I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

Cantonese cuisine is exquisite, but it is too refined, suitable for scholars and their casual gatherings, but it is not grand enough at the level of the entire court.

Li Shimin thought the same way.

What is Datang?It is the kingdom of heaven and the center of the world.

To show it to outsiders, it is natural to show a graceful and luxurious side, and the monarch must have the appearance of a monarch, so Li Shimin brought people from Shangshi Bureau over that day, and asked him to be more elegant while retaining his delicacy.

Now it seems……

The Shangshi Bureau has not researched it yet, but the new cuisine that Yin Xuan brought out, on the contrary, fully utilizes this point.

Shandong cuisine has been court cuisine since ancient times. Since the Confucian Mansion was established in the Song Dynasty and the concept of Confucian cuisine was proposed, Shandong cuisine has always been synonymous with the court and high-end for nearly a thousand years.

Naturally, it is extremely majestic both in terms of taste and dishes.

Li Yuan admired it for a long time before moving his chopsticks reluctantly. He only regretted that he didn't bring a painter with him, otherwise he would have asked him to draw all these dishes.

After the entrance, the taste is also very different from Cantonese cuisine.

The sauce is rich, salty and delicious.

This satisfied Wei Zheng's appetite, he picked up several pieces of tofu in a row, and ate them with rice for a while.

After they finished eating, Yin Xuan came out of the kitchen.

"I didn't expect that there would be such a big difference between these two cuisines." Wei Zheng stroked his round belly and sipped seaweed soup.

Yin Xuan replied humbly, and continued to lie down on the wicker chair behind the counter.

Wei Zheng didn't continue to talk, but just imagined the bright future where he would come to the restaurant to eat every day in the future.

At another table, several scholars started arguing.

"Nonsense, obviously Cantonese food is better." One patted the table, stood up, and yelled at his friend.

The man did not show any weakness: "Shandong cuisine is better!"

"This dish is full of flavor. It doesn't look like Cantonese cuisine. It's light and doesn't even go with wine."

The two were torn apart and were about to fight.

The people on the side tried to persuade them, but they really couldn't persuade these two people. Suddenly, he saw Yin Xuan who was watching the play leisurely, and shouted: "You really want to do something, aren't you afraid that the store will blacklist you? "

As soon as the words "blacklist" were uttered, the two immediately settled down and turned to look at Yin Xuan, both shocked and frightened.

Yin Xuan showed a disappointed look.

It's a fight!

He won't make a blacklist, but if some table, chair, bench, bowl, chopsticks, cup and spoon are broken, it can be a big blow.

But the man's "shopkeeper" brought the two of them back to their senses.

They turned their heads to look at Yin Xuan, and one of them asked: "Shopkeeper, you are the one who made these two cuisines, which one do you think is better?"

Yin Xuan's face remained the same, and the wind was calm: "All are good, all are good, they just have different characteristics."

This answer obviously did not satisfy them.

"However... Among all the cuisines, Shandong cuisine should be number one." Yin Xuan thought for a while, and felt that Lu cuisine should still be given a title.

The scholar who supported Shandong cuisine looked happy, and shook his head triumphantly towards his lost friend beside him.

Yin Xuan continued: "However... the so-called number one is not because of its number one taste, but because of its particularity."

Not only the two scholars who were arguing, but also the other eavesdroppers were also stunned.

particularity?
What else is special about Lu cuisine?
Yin Xuan went on to say: "Cantonese cuisine was created by me based on the tastes of South Vietnam, but Shandong cuisine is different. It originated in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Warring States Period, and then developed through the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and has begun to take shape. Most of the cooking methods are derived from this cuisine. "

"So, Shandong cuisine is the big brother of many cuisines, and since it is the big brother, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the number one."

On this point, Yin Xuan did not lie.

In the "Qi Min Yao Shu", some cooking techniques have been recorded. Although the writing is superficial and only records the recipes of a few dishes, but... "Brewing, frying, roasting, roasting, boiling, steaming, marinating , stew, bad", these cooking skills have been summed up.

It is not empty talk that the cuisines of the world come from Qilu.

As the cuisine with the longest history and the one that promotes cooking the most, it is indeed qualified to deserve such a title.

It's just its status as the big brother.

Listening to Yin Xuan's explanation, the lost man grinned, patted his friend's shoulder lightly, and said, "Did you hear that, the store doesn't mean that Shandong cuisine is better than Cantonese cuisine."

The proud man pouted: "So what, the store didn't say that Cantonese cuisine is better than Shandong cuisine."

The lost soul became proud now, and snorted: "Oh, the store didn't say that, but that's what the store meant."

The friend was taken aback.

The man explained: "Don't even think about it. If the store thinks that Shandong cuisine is better than Cantonese cuisine, then why explain that the number one Shandong cuisine is not the first one we think?"

"That is to say, the store thinks that Lu cuisine is just the elder brother, but it is not the first in taste, so the store spends so much time explaining."

The friend gritted his teeth and said, "So what! The store didn't just say that Cantonese cuisine is the number one."

The man chuckled: "Now there are only two cuisines in total. The store said Shandong cuisine is not, so it is Cantonese cuisine?"

"It's not that the store hasn't figured out other cuisines!" My friend was a little overwhelmed by these words, and opened his teeth and claws, "Besides, the store said that these cuisines have different characteristics, and they are all good."

The man pointed at him, shaking his fingers a little: "Hurry up, you hurry up."

The two of them sparked a fairly friendly scolding battle, and the group of scholars from the Tongfu Academy started arguing in the restaurant.

Some people stand for Cantonese cuisine, while others stand for Shandong cuisine.

Of course, there is still a group of people who do not stand on both sides. They are still looking forward to Yin Xuan's next cuisines, and there are more than a dozen more. How can they stand in such a hurry.

After five days.

The Cantonese Cuisine School and the Shandong Cuisine School hadn't reached a conclusion yet, and the restaurant had changed to a new recipe.

The thickness is similar to that of Cantonese cuisine, except that the character on the upper left corner is a "Shu" character.

This Shu cuisine refers to Sichuan cuisine.

It's just that there is no abbreviation of "Chuan" in Shu now. It was called Sichuan more than 300 years later, so Yin Xuan used Shu cuisine instead.

As soon as the recipe came out, several scholars rushed to watch.

Seeing the names of dishes such as Flame Mountain and Fried Pork, these scholars suddenly felt palpitations. They had eaten these two dishes before, and they were so spicy that they couldn't bear to live, but in this pain, they still wanted to eat them. keep eating.

Is it...

This so-called Sichuan cuisine is this style?