Eternal food paradise

"Chen Zhiyuan!"

Chen Zhiyuan, who was named, found himself surrounded by onlookers.

Several of Wang Fuquan's apprentices turned around at the bar with unkind glances. They were a little unclear about the chef at the bar, but they looked fiercely at the guy who had just made it clear that he was not the waiter.

"Go and buy me a plate of tofu and a pound of pork."

Chen Zhiyuan responded quickly and ran away. But not long after he squeezed out of the crowd of onlookers at the store door, he slapped his thigh: "I forgot to ask for money."

In the personal panel, money is displayed like this:

Silver-2 taels

Bronze-196 text

This is the first pot of gold he has accumulated as a newcomer in two days, a solid amount of hard-earned money.

However, buying a version of tofu only costs a few pennies. No matter what era, tofu is a cheap ingredient for the common people. Chen Zhiyuan has become familiar with half of Jinguan City in the past two days, and has made one or two trips to the countryside. He knows that there happens to be a time-honored tofu shop on the street. Grandma told him with a smile.

"Pork is just too expensive!" Chen Zhiyuan was heartbroken.

Restaurant.

Xia Yan seemed to be taking his time. He first looked for ginger and green onions and cut them into pieces for later use.

Simple daily ingredients are still in stock in the store. Unfortunately, although this store is copied according to the unchanging Tokyo style, due to the rules of the world, modern kitchen equipment such as refrigerators, food processors, and microwaves are not available.

Even the stove...

Yeah, earth stove.

He lowered his head and looked at the stove for a few times. The fuel was not limited to firewood. The coal was already burning at high temperature in the belly of the stove. It seemed that he didn't need to worry about the firepower.

It’s time to think about what recipes to use.

"Bitter Melon Stuffed with Doubanjiang" is not impossible. Once you gain proficiency, it is easy to achieve the task requirements of "no less than 80 points and no less than light darkness index".

But Xia Yan wanted to change it to something fresh, so he updated his personal menu.

It just so happens that the dishes related to tofu are the ones that Xia Yan is most confident in and has practiced the most. There is no way, who told the Neon people to order in the store, and the probability of ordering 'Ma Po Tofu' is as high as 90% or more. For tofu If you are proficient in cooking, then you have to do business out of necessity.

If we say "Bitter Melon Stuffed with Doubanjiang", it is a sudden and whimsical idea.

So, the dish Xia Yan plans to make now is his real signature dish.

"Tofu, pork."

A group of Wang Fuquan's disciples discussed in low voices.

"The chef often says that tofu and pork are a perfect match. Combining meat and vegetables, even if the cooking skills are so-so, it can still be very delicious."

"The simplest recipe is probably something like 'pork tofu', right?"

"Hehe, our chef has a specialty dish, which is also tofu with pork, but the technique used is 'stuffing', where the stuffing mixed with green onions and minced meat is stuffed into the tender tofu. You need to be deft with your hands so as not to break it. Then steam it in a steamer, and finally eat it with soy sauce. The taste is so good that Master Shaoan was full of praise after eating it!"

Soon, Chen Zhiyuan returned to the restaurant with the ingredients and gasped loudly.

"Manager Xia, here it is."

Opening the paper package, Xia Yan saw that the tofu was complete and nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."

He turned around and went to wash the meat.

It's a pity that there is no modern cooking machine to mince the meat. If you want to use minced meat, you have to chop it by hand.

Fortunately, I upgraded my knife skills!

Noticing that Wang Fuquan was squinting his eyes from time to time, Xia Yan was secretly awestruck. Under the noses of these experienced chefs, every detail could be exposed if not handled well.

"'Flower knife' should be used with caution..."

After having a control experience, Xia Yan felt less guilty this time and took a breath, "Bang bang bang bang bang bang..."

Holding the two knives, he began to chop the meat on the chopping board.

There was no trace of dazzling skills, just a very ordinary performance of basic knife skills. Two square kitchen knives were alternately lifted and dropped in Xia Yan's hands, and the blades collided with the wooden chopping board, making a pleasant sound.

"It seems to be no different from the basic skills we usually practice." An apprentice muttered.

"It's just basic knife skills, as long as you have hands."

Chen Zhiyuan's perspective is different from that of the group of apprentices in front of the bar. At this time, he is standing behind Xia Yan, like a chef who is always on call.

His eyes couldn't help but move downward. Looking at Xia Yan's shaking right foot, Chen Zhiyuan's eyebrows twitched and he complained wildly in his heart: "Hey, this store manager Xia doesn't have any intentions at all."

Listening to the discussion of his apprentices, Wang Fuquan narrowed his eyes: "Shut up!"

For a while, the only sound left in the store was the sound of meat being chopped.

"I told you all not to work hard at all times." Wang Fuquan snorted twice, "Pay attention to his hands. Did you see them? Be steady!"

"I asked you to stand in the sun, cutting vegetables and shreds, for several hours, just to develop this kind of mentality and foundation..."

As Wang Fuquan spoke, his pupils suddenly shrank.

At this time, Xia Yan, who had finished chopping the meat, shoveled all the minced meat onto a plate for later use. Then he spread a full plate of tofu on the counter and took out another knife from the knife rest.

Uh-huh!

The force of the knife was so fast that it was almost difficult for the eyes to catch.

It was just so "fast" that several apprentices thought they could do it, but within a minute, they found that the tofu spread on the table had been cut into modules of equal sizes. At first glance, it looked like a terrifying scale. A group of cloned tofu appeared, and the apprentices were immediately horrified and lost their voices.

quick! allow!

When the two elements are added together, it becomes more than a simple basic knife skill. After all, too many advanced knife skills revolve around these two points. If you do well enough in this aspect, you can be said to have innate skills. Learning Advantages.

"Help me light the stove fire -" Xia Yan said without looking back.

"Oh, me? Okay, okay!"

Chen Zhiyuan replied.

The pot is hot. A heavy iron pot is placed on the stove. Xia Yan pours in a tablespoon of oil. This is a very common step in cooking the pot in Chinese food. When the oil is hot enough, you can stir-fry the ginger and green onions. .

"Bah, bah, bah."

Large plumes of smoke came out, and because there was no transparent glass to prevent smoke and oil, the store looked like a mist-shrouded wonderland for a while.

"The smell of firewood is so strong!" The apprentice covered his mouth and nose.

Wang Fuquan lost his squinting eyes at the beginning and sat up straight. Watching Xia Yan pour a whole plate of cut tofu into the big pot, he couldn't help but said: "Wrong, wrong!"

"After frying the minced meat, the next step should be to add the bean paste and saute until fragrant, not the tofu first."

"The process is reversed, and this dish of tofu with minced meat is almost ruined." Wang Fuquan seemed to be sighing or sneering, "In this way, the bean paste cannot be fried at all, and the most important seasoning flavor is lost. , how do you want to 'taste' it while it's smoldering in the back?"

Xia Yan ignored him.

Who said he was going to make smoldering tofu?

It is impossible to make dark dishes with high scores and high index using ordinary processes. Since the system wants him to be regarded as a villain, Xia Yan can only make his signature dishes reluctantly.

Although deliberately serving dark dishes like this is a self-defeating sign, and it will easily get bad reviews and bad reviews from customers.

But this is paradise.

The paradise of "China Ichiban".

"Dark cuisine" will remind people of that group of people, and then label them as not to be messed with. Xia Yan hoped that this would only be a once-in-a-lifetime trouble. In order to practice his cooking skills, he had no choice but to use his name in the dark cooking world.

"Have you seen those big bottles of seasonings in the cabinet? Bring them to me." Xia Yan ordered.

"Take them all?"

Walking to the cupboard, Chen Zhiyuan couldn't help but ask one more question.

"all!"

After going back and forth several times, Chen Zhiyuan kept opening the lid of Manager Xia, and then poured the entire bottle of seasoning into the pot. His expression gradually changed from shock, confusion, and fear to indifference.

The bright red bean paste was piled on top of a hill, completely covering the tofu cubes and minced meat.

"This this……"

"I believed it even when you said it was spicy chicken!"