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

Shangshi Bureau is now a rather tasteless institution in the imperial city.

Apart from being responsible for the meals of those concubines, princesses, and princes, there is no other use.Although it seems that they have raised a large family - it doesn't matter if this group of people starve to death, as long as they can serve the emperor well.

But the emperor didn't want them to serve him anymore.

Today, the Shangshi Bureau has put all its strength into it, and is ready to show its hand well in front of His Majesty, officials, and scholars who are used to eating in Tongfu restaurants.

Stir fry, stew, broil.

All the new dishes they have learned and figured out have been brought out.

The meal in the courtroom is still divided into meals, but... the number of people is indeed too large, one person cannot have a table, and only two people can barely be assigned a table.

When the dishes are served, each plate is very delicate.

Originally, Jia Tong didn't have any hope for the imperial meal - the emperor didn't go back to the imperial city every day, and the emperor often beat his teeth for sacrifices, and even complained that the food at home was not delicious.

The emperor has said so, what kind of expectations can we have for the food of Shangshi Bureau?
But on the table.

Jia Tong's eyes still lit up, the dishes looked good, the colors were bright and the aromas were tangy, and a small portion on the plate became a piece of heaven and earth.

In addition to the fruit for the appetizer, the dish that came up was a sliced ​​roast duck.

Square and square, the brown-red color looks similar to that of a restaurant.

Roast duck is also available in Tongfu restaurants.

But there is not just one approach, but two approaches.

One is on the menu of Beijing cuisine, and the other is on the menu of Jinling.

There is not much difference in the roasting method of these two kinds of ducks. They are both divided into stewing oven and hanging oven. The only difference is that the roasted ducks are eaten differently.

It's like Beijing cuisine, which pays attention to a spring pancake smeared with sweet noodle sauce, wrapped with two slices of duck meat, some shredded green onions, and cucumber strips, and eaten in a roll.

The Jinling roast duck is different, the focus is on the brine.

Roasted crispy duck, topped with a spoonful of red marinade, the salty taste is the best enjoyment.

The two factions of ducks are the two major forces of Tongfu restaurants.

What is more fortunate is that these two ducks are not on the menu of the same cuisine, otherwise, when these two ducks are on the scene, the restaurant may be reduced to full martial arts again.

But the ducks in front of them didn't have sweet bean sauce, spring pancakes, or red brine.

This is a brand new method that is different from Jingya and Jinya.

Could it be that this is the Changan Duck?
Jia Tong picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of duck meat and stuffed it into his mouth. Just one bite made him fall into a strange feeling.

For Li Shimin's sake, and thinking that this was His Majesty's royal banquet, he forcibly resisted the urge to spit out this mouthful of duck meat.

Fuck the damn Chang'an duck, this kind of roast duck is not worthy of the word roast duck at all!

unpalatable!

It's so unpalatable!
In fact, to be precise, this mouthful of duck is not so difficult to eat, but...Jia Tong's mouth has long been spoiled by Tongfu Restaurant.

He was fed with 70-point dishes, but he could tolerate [-]-point dishes at worst, so...these dishes with more than [-] points and passed the test can only be labeled as "unpalatable".

Zhang Yezu also held a chopstick, with the same expression on his face, he swallowed the duck meat in his mouth abruptly, and put down the chopsticks.

When he got over the difficulties, he sighed: "Now I understand why Peking Duck and Golden Duck have to be seasoned with sweet noodle sauce or red marinade."

Jia Tong nodded in agreement: "I also understand."

Why should there be material?

Because the original flavor of the duck has a smell of fishy smell, although it has the aroma of fruit charcoal after roasting, it still can't suppress the sullenness embedded in the shredded meat.

Take a sip, and it stirs upside down in the nasal cavity.

Others who had eaten duck from Tongfu Restaurant also gradually stopped their chopsticks, with stiff and polite smiles on their faces.

I can't eat anymore.

That's the only way to get over it.

Li Shimin was very prescient. He knew early on that the food at the Shangshi Bureau was unreliable, and he didn't take a bite of the roast duck that was presented.

Since the morning, he hasn't eaten even a morsel of rice, but he would rather be hungry than eat a morsel of food from Shangshi Bureau.

Soon the second course was presented.

Jia Tong and Zhang Yezu didn't want to move their chopsticks at first, but they ate two mouthfuls of deep-fried dough sticks in the morning, and they were already hungry by now.

The second dish also looks good in color, with green leafy vegetables and balls with white flesh floating on the soup surface-this is also a familiar dish.

Green Vegetable Ball Soup is a dish in the home-cooked menu of Tongfu Restaurant.

Such a simple and vegetarian dish, there will be no problems...

The two of them touched their bellies.

Just believe it for a while, the cooks of Shangshi Bureau can't even cook this dish badly, can they?
One person scooped up half a bowl.

The faces of the two were a little numb.

They really overestimated the bottom line of Shangshi Bureau.

But...It is slightly better than the previous roast duck, so it is not too bad to eat, but why is the meatball soup made by Tongfu restaurant so delicious.

However, the soup made by Shangshi Bureau is much weaker, and the taste of the meatballs is also much worse. The meatballs at Tongfu Restaurant are soft and chewy.

But... the meatballs they ate just now were mushy.

They wanted to put down the bowls in their hands, but their stomachs growled uncontrollably. The two of them looked at each other and sighed in unison.

Forget it, anyway, this dish is barely edible, so let's use it to fill your stomach.They don't expect the following dishes to satisfy their mouths now.

The people in the Shangshi Bureau felt very satisfied, and felt that after such a lot of effort, they should be able to satisfy those people.

But when the banquet is over, the guests leave happily.

When they were clearing away the leftovers, they were shocked to find that most of the dishes on the table hadn't been touched much, and a few of them were empty, and they were nothing more than bland dishes such as fruit plate and meatball soup.

Except for the tables of the aristocratic family, the hard dishes they made with great pains were not touched on other tables.

If the aristocratic family finds it delicious, should Shangshi Bureau be satisfied?

fart!
Although the Shangshi Bureau lives in the imperial city and has not been out of the city for a long time, they all know that those people from the aristocratic families are on the blacklist of Tongfu restaurants.

They have never eaten the delicacies of Tongfu Restaurant.

So their mouths are unreliable, and the performance of those who have eaten the food of Tongfu restaurants but have not touched these dishes shows a fact.

The dishes they cook are far inferior to the delicacies of Tongfu Restaurant.

And outside the imperial city, in Huaizhen Square.

Jia Tong and Zhang Yezu, who were walking together, stopped in front of the square gate, looked at the people in front of them in astonishment, and then couldn't help laughing.

The two parties said in unison: "Are you here too?"

The few people standing opposite the two of them were also guests at His Majesty's banquet just now.