Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 398
Lu Xiao accepted Chen Nian's statement, and at the same time she whispered to Chen Nian that she would not tell about this matter.

But she still told Chen Nian that if he really used the song written by the other party at that time, even if he didn't need money, he would have to use other ways to thank the other party.

Chen Nian said that he has nothing to do with it.

Tonight, there is a banquet in the old shop. Today's banquet is not a regular customer in the shop, it was ordered by a customer who was introduced by a friend.

But this guest booked a table here, not because of birthday or party, but for housewarming.

I just bought a new house and moved, so I invited my friends over for a meal.

As early as when the other party came to book a banquet and pay the deposit, Chen Nian curiously asked the other party why he didn't go to a bigger restaurant for this kind of banquet. After all, if he wanted to pay attention to ostentation, it was obviously not suitable for him.

"There are so many particulars. Boss, don't belittle yourself. Your restaurant is quite famous in Chengdu. When I was choosing a restaurant, I asked those friends. In the result, six out of ten people Everyone said that coming to your place, including myself, actually really wanted to have a meal here.

I have heard friends recommend you here every time before, but I have never had time to come here. This time I just took this opportunity to hold a housewarming banquet here. "

"Okay, but if you want to drink some good wine, you may have to bring it yourself. I only have ordinary wine here." Chen Nian at the time also warned.

"Don't worry boss, I will buy you a drink when the time comes." The man said.

Later, Chen Nian also wrote down the phone number and name of the other party.

Tian Maifeng, phone 13754...

In the afternoon, Chen Nian also called the other party to confirm that they would come over in the evening, and also specifically confirmed their coming time.

When it was around [-]:[-], Chen Nian saw a few people standing outside and chatting. After a few minutes, several taxis stopped one after another, and several young people got out of the car. People merged with the previous few people.

They didn't come in until they were almost there.

"Boss, I booked a banquet here earlier." When they were about to come in just now, Chen Nian had already washed his hands, and now he came to the lobby while wiping his hands with a towel.

"This way please, everyone, this is our box."

After introducing a few people, seeing them push back because of the seat, he asked: "Are you all here? Do you want the food to be served now or wait a while?"

"It's all here, just us, the boss will serve the food first, thanks for your hard work." The so-called Tian Maifeng who was pushed to the middle stood up and said to Chen Nian.

"Okay, wait a minute, if you have any questions, you can call us at any time." Chen Nian added after finishing speaking.

"By the way, boss, can you get some glasses for us? I brought a few bottles of wine here." Tian Maifeng said again.

"Okay, wait a minute." Then Chen Nian left the box, and then told Wen Hongxia who met by the way: "Aunt Wen, send twelve cups to that box in a while, and put the extra two Keep it aside."

Then I went back to the kitchen to prepare cold dishes.

At the same time, several people in the box were chatting enthusiastically, and it could be seen that their relationship was very good, but a few people looked at the surrounding environment and jokingly said: "Brother Feng, you have moved to a new house, right?" The budget is not enough, I thought I was going to a big hotel."

And as soon as his voice fell, a girl next to him said: "Brother Monkey, this is why you don't understand. This restaurant is hidden in the city. Regardless of the name, the environment in the store is nothing like other small restaurants." It’s different, but the boss here is very powerful.”

"Is the boss some kind of celebrity?" Brother Monkey asked suspiciously.

"That's the one just now." Tian Maifeng raised his chin and pointed to the door.

"The one just now was the boss. I look quite young, and I don't know him. Could it be that he is some rich Internet celebrity?"

"You're scolding him when you say he's an Internet celebrity. He doesn't like people saying that his shop is an Internet celebrity shop, and he's the chef here." The girl just said again.

"But I think he is also very young, probably in his 20s, maybe a little younger than me?" Brother Hou expressed his doubts again, because if Chen Nian is the chef here, how could he not I can't imagine how high the craftsmanship of aging can be.

"Young is young, but the dishes he cooks are different. Do you know Miao Miaowu? It's the food blogger with more than 800 million followers on the Internet. She often comes here to eat, and she seems to be very familiar with the boss here. " said the girl.

"I don't know, I usually don't watch these things." Brother Hou shook his head.

"If you don't know, then I can only tell you that our TV station seems to have come to interview some time ago, and even appeared on TV."

"Going on TV..." Brother Hou sighed, "Don't you know? You can spend money to go on TV for this kind of publicity, including some awards from many companies, which are actually bought with money."

As soon as this remark came out, other people who knew Honghong Hotel were a little unhappy, but we were all friends, and they didn't say anything, they just started talking about the story of this restaurant.

And Monkey Brother didn't mean to argue with everyone, but just watched them speak up and expressed his own opinion.

Because he really didn't know about this restaurant before, and now they said it so mysteriously, it naturally made him feel a little puzzled.

"It's okay, we've been friends for so many years, if we can't eat together for a meal, then we're in vain, won't we know when the food is served later? You'll understand if you take a bite." Finally, Brother Monkey I feel that their words can't convince me, and if I continue to say it, I'm afraid it will make everyone unhappy.

Originally, today was Tian Maifeng's housewarming celebration, so why not take a step back, at least everyone will be happier today, and after thinking about it, he felt that he shouldn't have said that just now.

"It's okay, brother monkey is here for the first time, he will know after a while." Tian Maifeng also came out to smooth things over at this time.

Then everyone began to ask about the decoration of Tian Maifeng's new home.

"You guys are asking the right person. In order to make the decoration better and not step on the pit, I specifically consulted Brother Hou, and the plumbers, carpenters, etc. we hired for the decoration were also introduced by Brother Monkey. Call a Lisuo, and the fee is reasonable..."

Soon the cold dishes were served, and the first dish was crystal meat. After all, there was only one cold dish in the whole banquet.

Although Chen Nian can also go outside to buy a piece of sauced beef and cut it into slices, and then make a vinegar dish and put some shredded green onion and a few drops of sesame oil in it as a cold dish, but after all, he didn't make it himself.

But Brother Hou's eyes lit up immediately after seeing the crystal meat dish: "Everyone... can you allow me to show off a little bit, I know this dish."

"Then why don't Brother Monkey come and tell us? Anyway, today's time is still long." Tian Maifeng said with a smile.

"This dish is called Crystal Dried Meat, also known as Crystal Dried Hoof. On the surface it looks like it is made of ordinary pork lean meat. In fact, the authentic one should be made with pig's trotters. It belongs to the cuisine of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. ’” Monkey Brother said.

After finishing speaking, the others couldn't wait to pick up a slice with their chopsticks and put it in their mouths.

"I can't tell if it's made of pig's trotters, but it's really delicious." said the girl just now.

"Indeed, I have eaten in this restaurant two or three times. This dish is not on the menu outside. It is only served at banquets. I saw it when I ate here at night, so I recommended it later. Lao Tian came here to hold a banquet."

"Then can you tell that this is a pig's trotter?"

"I can't eat it..."

Soon Brother Hou moved his chopsticks to pick it up and tasted it, then nodded seriously: "This is indeed made of pig's trotters, and the vinegar used is also Zhenjiang's balsamic vinegar. You can see that the color of the pork inside is better than that of ordinary pork." It should be more red and tender, because the meat inside the trotters is covered with a thick layer of fat and collagen, so it will be more tender."

Brother Hou said seriously after finishing his comments: "It seems that the owner of this store does have something."

Tian Maifeng just remembered: "By the way, Brother Hou is from Jiangsu, so Brother Hou has to put on a good show with us today, because when I was ordering, I found that a large part of the banquet was full of meat. It's Jiangsu cuisine."

"Isn't this a Sichuan restaurant?" Brother Monkey asked wonderingly.

"No." Tian Maifeng shook his head, "Although it is opened in Chengdu, and the owner's family is from Sichuan, there are still many kinds of cuisines here, and it's not the kind of cuisine that we often see. Home-cooked dishes from other cuisines, except for some vegetarian dishes, every dish here is one of the representative dishes of a certain cuisine.”

Brother Hou couldn't help but become more curious about old age.

"Is there still this kind of chef? Could it be that he puts whatever dish he likes on the menu?"

"I think it's quite possible."

While they were chatting, the second dish of lion head with crab noodles was also served.

Looking at ten meatballs on a shallow plate with green vegetables on top, Brother Hou couldn't help cheering up again.

"If I'm not mistaken, this dish should be lion's head with crab powder, and judging by the color of the dish, the way it's placed on the plate, and the smell it emits, it doesn't look like a dish that can be served in this kind of restaurant at all! "

"Let's just say, this store is different from our ordinary roadside stores. Maybe the only similarity is that they look the same." The girl said with some pride, and several other people who had eaten at Honghong Restaurant He also nodded in agreement.

But it is only after eating in Honghong Restaurant that I know how difficult it is to make this restaurant produce a new dish. Other restaurants are eager to produce dozens of dishes at one time and hang them on the wall for customers to take their time.

Sometimes even if there is no dish on the wall, as long as you say it, the chef can make it.

But this store is different. It only sells dishes on the wall, and every new dish will become a hit.

Many people think that this kind of restaurant may be a gimmick, but when they actually come to taste it, they will find that the menu on the wall of this store counts as one item, as long as it is posted for customers to order, it is not bad food.

And Chen Nian himself has already answered this question: I haven't fully figured it out myself, and I won't sell dishes that I understand after research.

And this can be seen from this crab noodle lion head.

The crystal meat dish in front is okay, but this crab noodle lion head dish is very powerful.

"Friends, I take back what I just said, because I am short-sighted." Brother Monkey said very sincerely, and then poured himself a glass of white wine, "I will punish myself first."

After speaking, he drank it in one gulp, and the previous grudge disappeared without a trace.

"Come, come, Brother Monkey eats vegetables. I don't like meatballs very much. I'll give you my lion's head." The girl also said at the right time.

"Don't you eat meat?" Monkey looked at the girl next to him who was arguing with him with a smile, "Have you lost weight recently? I don't think you are fat either!"

As a result, after the other party heard this, his eyes widened: "Brother Monkey, don't you want me to eat today's meal? I heard from Brother Feng that most of today's dishes are meat!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this, and the box was filled with happy air for a while.

Immediately after, squirrel mandarin fish, pot-packed meat, pipa prawns, duck feet in Sichuan sauce, white robe shrimp, jade rabbit cabbage, golden jade soup and other dishes were served one after another before they realized how wrong they had been.

They had only seen these dishes on the Internet. At that time, Xiao Jing, as the first grandma who ate this banquet and sent it out, also introduced these dishes in detail.

But it's one thing to read it online, but it's another thing to actually put it in front of yourself.

When it was the turn of Northeast cuisine, the Northeast people present would introduce it, and when it was the turn of Sichuan cuisine, the Sichuan people present would introduce it. A good housewarming banquet was held as a review meeting by them.

There were laughter and laughter in the box, and the feast was like a Chinese New Year.

In the kitchen, Qiao Zhaomei was also shocked to see Chen Nian frying one dish after another, especially the long fish in a soft bag, which made his mouth water.

As a Cantonese, he is naturally very particular about eating, especially when it comes to seafood and river seafood, he has a certain right to speak.

Long fish is eel, and it is commonly called long fish in Huai'an, Funing and other places.

When Chen Nian is doing it, first wash and slice the ginger and garlic, wash the green onion and turn it into knots, put water, salt, vinegar, green onion knots and ginger slices into the pot and boil it, then add the live long fish , Then cover the pot tightly and wait until the long fish stops moving, then add a small amount of water and turn the fish regularly.

After about 3 minutes, take out the long fish and put it in clean water to wash it. Take the back meat and cut it in two, then put it in a boiling pot and scald it.

The whole process was smooth and smooth, and Qiao Zhaomei saw that the long fish were alive.

However, there is no hesitation in aging at the moment of putting into the pot and covering the pot.

(End of this chapter)