gourmet food

Chapter 916 It’s all the fault of the ingredients

Can't promise?

After hearing Master Sun's answer, Chu Yunfeng's head was full of black lines. You didn't say anything, so you know your real appeal?

Besides, it's just a negotiation, how can he refuse it right away? Master Sun is really simple and direct, but this also shows that he is not good at communicating with others.

Naturally, Chu Yunfeng didn't take Master Sun's words to heart. He still had a lot of things that he didn't understand. Now that he had sat down, he should understand the situation first.

"Master Sun, can I ask you a few questions first?"

Seeing Old Man Sun's serious look, Chu Yunfeng felt a little funny in his heart. This old man's negotiation skills were really poor.

If you really couldn't agree, then why did you call me over so early in the morning and invite you to breakfast?
You must know that yesterday's attitude was very bad, but it has passed. Talking about things and knowing the truth are the most important things.

"Well, you ask!"

Master Sun nodded, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.

Chu Yunfeng first told the list he found. He mentioned all the eighteen ingredients listed on it one by one and confirmed it with Master Sun.

Then Master Sun continued to nod his head and said: "Yes, these are all the ingredients for Golden Soup Buddha Jumping Over the Wall, a lot of them, these are the eighteen kinds.

There should be no more than three people who know this secret recipe now, so I'm also curious about how you know it, but yesterday my wife told me that your mother got the recipe, right?

Although I don't know where she got it from, I have to say that she is very powerful. This secret recipe will not be passed on to others here.

But even if she got it, it would be of no use, because the Golden Soup Buddha Jumping over the Wall of the Eighteen Arhats requires a unique secret technique, and the secret recipe alone is definitely useless. "

Old Man Sun was a little depressed at first when he talked about this, but by the end, his face naturally showed a look of confidence and pride.

Chu Yunfeng nodded and felt the same way about Master Sun's confidence. For a dish like this, the recipe alone is definitely not enough.

In the process of making dishes, unique cooking techniques will give the dishes very different tastes and qualities, so what Master Sun said on this matter is absolutely right.

My mother-in-law had only been researching for three months at that time. If nothing happened later, she might not have achieved anything after two years of research.

However, Master Sun said that no more than three people knew about this recipe. Although he was very curious, he did not pursue the matter further.

Next is the most critical question, that is why not make this dish now?
"Master Sun, although I have never seen the Eighteen Arhats Golden Soup Buddha jump over the wall, I know from the side that many people want to get the formula and production method from you.

But why don't you agree?
And, if this dish is so extraordinary, why don’t you make it yourself?

Even if you don't make it bigger, it shouldn't be difficult to make it into a private dish, right? "

This is the core issue, and it is also what Chu Yunfeng has been most confused about so far. It stands to reason that the Eighteen Arhat Buddha Jumping over the Wall has such a great reputation, but it has declined so much that people have to have some doubts and curiosity.

When this question was actually asked, Master Sun's face suddenly turned ugly, and he was stunned, obviously feeling miserable.

Then he sighed deeply a few more times and wanted to speak several times, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back.

Chu Yunfeng knew that there must be a hidden secret in this matter, so he was not in a hurry and patiently waited for the moment when the truth was revealed.

"Come, Master Xiao Chu, eat some fruit. This is our specialty tangerine. It tastes very good. Try it.

If you come one month later, Guanxi's pomelo will be ripe by then, and it will be much more delicious than this mandarin orange. "

The old lady was very enthusiastic. She walked over with Mu Qing carrying a plate of washed oranges and stuffed two into Chu Yunfeng's hands.

"I can do it myself, thank you!"

After feeling the enthusiasm, Chu Yunfeng naturally opened the orange, but handed it to Mu Qing, and then opened the second one and tasted it.

The taste is indeed good, the sweetness is quite high, but it is not purely sweet, with a slight sourness, which makes the taste even more delicious.

The old lady smiled and watched the interaction between the two people, and she felt very happy in her heart. She couldn't help but think of herself when she was young.

But as soon as I saw the old man's appearance, I knew that he was starting to feel sad again, so after sitting down, he said: "It's now, let's say what you have to say.

I've been holding this in my heart for so many years, what's not to say?
Are you really prepared to give up like this for the rest of your life? There may be a way to do it. Didn't you say last night that Xiao Chu has channels? "

Before the old lady finished nagging, she was immediately interrupted by Master Sun, but the words mentioned Chu Yunfeng and related to channels, which was a bit interesting.

Chu Yunfeng and Mu Qing naturally exchanged glances. Although they had some guesses in their minds, they still needed to be confirmed in the end.

Master Sun finally let out a long sigh, drank the cup of tea on the table, and then slowly said: "Actually, this matter is not complicated to say. The biggest reason is On top of the ingredients.”

Ingredients?

When these two words were mentioned, Chu Yunfeng found that he suddenly understood!
Especially when you think about the short-lived appearance of this dish in the 70s and Master Sun's "persistence" now, then this thing makes sense.

Then Chu Yunfeng began to feel ecstatic. If it was just such a small reason, then it would not be a problem at all for him.

Ingredients?

This matter may be considered big or small, but for me, it is simply child's play!
Then Master Sun's narration began to verify Chu Yunfeng's judgment: "This dish was actually passed down by my master, and it was passed down to two people in total, one is me and the other is my senior brother.

My senior brother passed away a few years ago, so I suspect that the formula you have was obtained from him.

It should have been bought from his family, but if he was still alive, you probably wouldn't be able to buy it.

Because of the master's order, this dish is not allowed to be taught to outsiders, and the most stringent rule within the master is that when making this dish, the selection of ingredients is very strict.

If the ingredients are not up to standard, it is absolutely not allowed to be made, because it will ruin the signature of the dish, which is absolutely not allowed by the chef. "

When it comes to this point, it is already very clear. Chu Yunfeng nodded to Mu Qing, confirming his guess, and there must be a solution to this problem.

Speaking of this, Master Sun also felt a sigh of relief. He showed a look of reminiscence and said: "In the past seventy years, my senior brother and I were still learning to cook under the master.

I have been learning from the master for almost ten years, so he also wanted to teach us this dish. We were very excited at the time, and we all knew that this was his unique skill.

It's just that I have rarely seen him do it in so many years, and he has only done it twice in so many years, but I was lucky enough to taste it once.

Just once, I was deeply shocked by the taste. It was definitely the most delicious food. I just took a bite and started crying immediately.

I really didn’t expect that there are such delicious dishes in this world, so you can imagine how extraordinary this dish is.

However, the turning point also started at that time!

Restaurants at that time, oh no, should be called state-owned hotels. There was no such thing as private hotels at that time.

Although my chef is the person in charge of the hotel's kitchen, he still has to listen to the manager's instructions for many things. That day, the manager said that a customer had booked Buddha Jumping Over the Wall and would come back to the store to taste it the day after tomorrow.

My chef immediately refused when he heard about it, saying that if you want to taste the Eighteen Arhats' Buddha Jumps over the Wall, you have to book it at least one month in advance because some ingredients need to be purchased in advance.

If the main ingredients are unavailable or the quality is not up to par, the dish will be a mess.

But the manager disagreed. He told us that this table of guests is very important, and the day after tomorrow must be the day after tomorrow. If the task cannot be completed, we cannot afford this responsibility.

But the chef argued that if the ingredients were not up to standard, the quality of the dishes would definitely be substandard.

But the manager didn't listen, and even said that he was responsible for the ingredients, but the food had to be made.

But the master's objections had no effect. He just finished speaking this morning and the ingredients were delivered at noon.

This tragedy happened.”

When Master Sun talked about this, his voice choked up and tears were shed in the corners of his eyes, which shows how much this incident affected him.

“The ingredients delivered here must be too bad, right?

But your master still made it with this ingredient? "

Chu Yunfeng guessed in a low voice, which made Master Sun close his eyes and nodded. He really didn't want to recall these sad past events.

"You guessed it right, less than half of these ingredients actually meet the master's requirements, but under the pressure of the manager, he had to carry out the order.

If I didn't do it at that time, I would definitely not be able to keep my job, and the two of us would have to get out together. What would happen to the livelihood of this family?
At that time, neither of us was quite sure about the consequences of this incident, but the master had anticipated it early on, so he called us together to make this dish this time.

He explained to us the steps and precautions for making this dish from beginning to end, and also asked us to ask if we didn't understand anything, and even wrote it down in notes.

We didn't understand at the time, the master never asked me to take notes when teaching cooking, why was it so abnormal this time?
At that time, I thought that this dish was special and the chef attached great importance to it, but later I realized that I was totally wrong.

In fact, the manager and the master have never gotten along well. The most important reason is that his nephew was exposed by the master for playing tricks in the kitchen.

This matter of stealing public finances is not a trivial matter. Naturally, it needs to be reformed and reformed, so Liangzi just went ahead with it.

However, the master stood upright and was usually not afraid of the manager finding trouble, but this time it was different.

The color of the Buddha Jumping Over the Wall produced is of course not as good as the previous quality, and the taste is also much worse. Of course, the customers are not satisfied.

Faced with this accusation, we must have argued with reason, but what was unexpected was that this guy was so mean that he asked another person in the kitchen to correct the chef.

It is said that good ingredients are not used, but poor ingredients are deliberately used. The purpose is to vent the dissatisfaction in the heart and deliberately want to cause damage.

Of course, the chef would not admit his groundless accusations, but after searching the high-end ingredients out of thin air from the kitchen, we learned that this frame-up was all premeditated.

At that time, I really couldn’t explain why it was reasonable. Naturally, there were people in the kitchen who had been bribed by him. Under the Yingwaihe here, my master couldn’t explain why.

What happened next was naturally simple. All three of us were fired, which made my master fall ill immediately and passed away within a month.

When he was dying, he specifically told us that we were not allowed to make this dish if the ingredients were not up to standard, and we were asked to swear an oath before we closed our eyes.

But during the time when the master was ill, he was supervising the two of us making this dish despite his illness. We didn't relax until we mastered it.

Although this dish has such a great reputation, it ended at the time of my master, and the two of us have never shown it in front of others for so many years. "

Never revealed?
Chu Yunfeng immediately asked: "Didn't you learn it? Why didn't you do it later?

Is it because of the ingredients? "

Mu Qing was also very curious about this question. She held the teacup in her hand motionless and listened intently to Master Sun's story.

After sighing again, Master Sun said depressedly: "The reason for the ingredients was not big at first. At that time, we had just been fired from the restaurant, and it was naturally impossible to continue to engage in this profession.

The hotels at that time were all state-owned, and no hotel would accept us, so from that time on, my senior brother and I started doing odd jobs here and there to make a living.

It was not until the 90s that private hotels gradually appeared, and the two of us started our own business and opened a restaurant alone.

Just when we were about to start a big fight, the two of us were dumbfounded. As time went by, the quality of the ingredients was getting worse and worse. Many of the ingredients failed to meet the standards set by the master.

For example, the size of conches, the quality of abalone and sea cucumbers are far behind what they used to be, which puts us in a dilemma.

Although the quality is slightly worse, if it is forced to be made, the difference in quality is actually not very big, but if it is really made, it will be a disgrace to the master's spirit in heaven.

All my skills were taught by my master, so after thinking about it with my senior brother, I finally gave up to see if there were any opportunities in the future.

But we all know that the current ingredients are not up to standard, so can the ingredients in the future be better?

You must know that at that time, pig and fish farming began to use feed. Can the quality of these ingredients be as good as in the past?

The oceans are overfished, and our fishermen’s harvests from going out to sea are getting less and less, so later on, the two of us gave up the idea of ​​​​recreating this dish.

But there are still many people who are thinking about this matter, which troubles me very much, so you should know by now that I can't agree to your request, right? "

Although Master Sun said it very helplessly, he still had a hint of expectation when he observed Chu Yunfeng's expression.

Ingredients!

He knew some of the ingredients used in Chu Yunfeng's dishes. They were all very high-end. It was not easy to find so many in today's environment.

So Chu Yunfeng's next sentence made everyone feel uneasy: "What if I can find ingredients that meet the standards? Are you willing to make this dish?"

(End of this chapter)