National Tide 1980

Master Liu has been cooking for his whole life.

Especially in the last twenty years of his career, he has been the leader of Ruibin Tower.

Despite the fact that when he retired, Qinxing had not implemented the chef level, and Master Liu in the small restaurant did not even have a formal professional title.

But the quality of the old man's craftsmanship is definitely much higher than that of the cooking master thirty years later.

Because the masters thirty years from now are all masters born under the oral economy. Being able to blow is more important than being able to do.

When it comes to writing articles and serving as judges, each one is better than the other.

But if you really let them do it together, the level will be average.

Even to hide clumsiness or to show off.

These masters rarely do it themselves, and they have to teach their disciples to show off.

But Master Liu is different. His craftsmanship started as an apprentice and was practiced step by step with the master's stick.

It was something he had honed over a lifetime of time and hard work.

He is using the experience he has accumulated throughout his life to meticulously prepare his best dishes for his relatives and friends.

This kind of craftsmanship is not only integrated into his flesh and blood, but has almost become a belief in his life.

That is, you have to do whatever you want, without making any compromises.

Forget about anything else, as long as the old man accepts someone, he must personally do the work. This is called loyalty.

Looking at the two apprentices he brought, we can see the rigor again.

Because even though the young one is already the second cook of Ruibin House, he can cook all kinds of dishes in the store.

But when I started with Master Liu, he only served steamed buns as a staple food.

The other one studied for five more years.

Now I have been transferred to work in the same place, and my job is the same as the second stove, and my professional title is also set as senior.

But that only has the power to make steamed vegetables and soups, not stir-fried dishes.

This is the rule in old age, and the master strictly controls the quality of the craftsmanship.

If you say you can't do it, you really can't do it.

Then think about it, what is the taste of the banquet made by such a craftsman in your mouth?

Facts have proved that tongues cannot deceive people, and guests with tongues are not ignorant.

Regardless of the table, the dishes served were quickly swept away by the guests.

So at the begging of Uncle Bian and Kang Shude, Master Liu had to temporarily agree and add two more dishes to each table.

One is shredded potatoes, and the other is oily cabbage. If nothing else, the ingredients are easy to find.

But this is it, not much is left in the end.

Some people may say that people these days have not seen the world, and their stomachs are too plain, so they are like this.

This does not necessarily mean that there is really such a big gap in the level of chefs.

But this reason may not make sense.

Why?

Just because he came from time travel, Ning Weimin, who boasted that he had eaten a lot, was the same.

As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison, so he was convinced by Master Liu's crab competition.

They didn't make the elbows taste like dragon meat, but they made the eggs and fish taste like crabs.

Speaking of which, Ning Weimin actually tasted this dish in his previous life.

At that time, he was treating an out-of-town customer at a time-honored Beijing restaurant.

When the customer was flipping through the menu, he saw this dish and thought it was quite fresh. He also heard that it was a traditional dish in Beijing.

In the end, we ordered it. Unexpectedly, when the food came and tasted it, both of them were happy.

It turned out to be a shapeless plate with scrambled eggs that looked like crumbled tofu.

It is said that it tastes a little like crab, but in fact it is just because the dish is poured with ginger vinegar sauce, which is indispensable for eating crabs.

No matter what, it's not worth more than eighty yuan.

From then on, Ning Weimin no longer liked this dish.

I think it's just a gimmick to deceive people, just like tomatoes mixed with sugar called "Snowing in the Snow Mountains" with a price tag of fifty-eight yuan.

It's not even as good as Heju's "three-no-stick" stir-fried egg dish, despite the price tag of 108 yuan.

It was real skill after all, and it was delicious.

Therefore, this experience was regarded by him as a great shame and humiliation in his life.

He is a dignified business veteran who has always been able to confuse others, but he was hacked by a restaurant. Can he not feel aggrieved?

But today is different.

Because the crabs cooked by Master Liu are completely different from that shit restaurant.

They use yellow croaker as the main ingredient, eggs as auxiliary ingredients, and then add various seasonings, marinate them in advance, and stir-fry them quickly.

The croaker meat is as white as crab meat, and the eggs are as golden as crab roe.

Master Liu's crab meat looks very similar to crab meat, and its tender, smooth and delicious taste is even more like crab meat.

It's not a crab, it tastes better than a crab.

Compared with the fat crabs currently sold in the market, not only is it much cheaper, but it is also particularly enjoyable to eat.

Can Ning Weimin not pick his thumb?

Speaking of which, this was even if he didn't know the true origin of this dish.

If only he knew that this crab game was created by Master Wuerhunwu Qiye of Shanzheng during the Tongzhi period, and it was originally an authentic imperial dish.

Later, through He Saner, the chef at Kouzi, he knelt down and begged, Wu Qiye moved his compassion and passed on the art, and it was finally introduced to the people.

If he still knew, the Kouzi Kitchen in the capital is almost extinct now, and only the crab race passed down from the Ruibinlou lineage is the authentic one.

This kid is probably even more grateful for his luck.

Because this is an absolute "intangible cultural heritage". If you say you can't eat it in the future, you may really not be able to eat it.

Look at how lucky he is!

In short, if today's shooting scene is going to end with the scene at the banquet.

The scene of eating and drinking at the end must make Westerners who see it even more misunderstand that our Chinese people are very stereotyped.

Because the Bian family's banquet was actually a special case, and the dishes were so delicious.

So much so that the guests sitting at the table couldn't put down their chopsticks.

No one cares about being polite anymore, they only care about eating.

It was rare for anyone to raise a glass and drink, and even less to chat with.

Everyone was very involved, even if they were strangers sitting together, they wouldn't notice, and they would all fill their mouths with big mouthfuls.

It's still the standard way of eating these days. Eat large pieces of meat, don't be stingy with fat or thin, and no one eats vegetables.

I waited until I finally had time to remove the dishes and catch my breath.

At the same table with Ning Weimin, there was a bathhouse clerk, Master Sun, who even couldn't help but sigh with happiness.

"Mom, it would be nice if someone gets married every day..."

As a result, this sentence made Ning Weimin take over.

He spoke a supreme truth in public that was irrefutable.

"The key is to have good wine and good food. Otherwise, it will be useless even if you get married a hundred times."

There is no doubt that this incisive answer triggered a burst of happy laughter in the audience.

Even Master Sun picked Brother Thumb.

Just for these words, he patted Ning Weimin on the shoulder and raised a glass of beer.

Just like that, the two of them laughed and clinked glasses, and the atmosphere at the table was great.

Everyone was very excited except their stomachs were seduced, and their drunkenness was also getting stronger.

It's just a pity that just when the glasses were being exchanged, everyone finally came and chatted.

A completely unexpected accident ended Ning Weimin's opportunity to wait for the hot dishes to be served, prompting him to leave the table early.

Even because of this incident, he missed the next two dishes of dry croquettes and tomato sauce shrimp.

It’s quite a pity when I hear other people mention the wonderfulness of these two dishes afterwards.