Food starts with Mapo Tofu

A sense of fulfillment came.

This mouthful filled his mouth completely.

"It's the first time I've eaten this kind of thing, and it's pretty good, with meat, vegetables and sauce."

Such an idea just emerged in Song Qingzhou's mind...

"No, why is this the first time?"

"That's not right, why did I say again? How many things does Chen Nian know that I have never heard of?"

"The same goes for the desserts and ice creams I made for His Majesty before, and the breakfasts I made later." Song Qingzhou thought again that he had helped Chen Nian to make a fire for a while.

"Is he the apprentice or am I the apprentice?"

Song Qingzhou feels very strange now.

But after thinking about it for a while, he gave up: "Forget it, why are you thinking about this? Anyway, Chen Nian is called my master. After all, I am just a cook. It is impossible to learn how to cook everything in the world. It is normal for Chen Nian to order things that I don't know."

"And this burger... is really delicious."

Although Song Qingzhou is the royal chef in the palace, he knows very well in his heart that he can make whatever kind of food he uses.

When it comes to food, Chinese cabbage cannot be required with the specifications of shark fin and sea cucumber.

Bazhen soup has the recipe of Bazhen soup, and rice soup also has the recipe of rice soup.

As far as this burger is concerned, the so-called bread that has been made for a long time is soft and sweet, and the so-called chicken chop that has been fried is crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside, and well marinated.

The collocation is rich, but not messy, it is also very anti-hunger, and it is very convenient to carry.

As long as a kind of food can be perfect in cooking, then it is good food.

After that, Chen Nian assembled those ingredients to make a new burger, and then wrapped it in oiled paper.

It was given to Tan Yuanqing who was in a hurry to go to court.

Ever since Chen Nian made him an egg-filled pancake, Tan Yuanqing got up later than before.

Who wants to get up early when they can get more sleep?

Anyway, you can eat it on the way.

But this time after Tan Yuanqing took the hamburger, he didn't rush to eat it, but planned to see if he could meet other people on the road.

He has to show off again.

Let those grown-ups see how good the cook in his house is.

It's just that he didn't meet his colleagues along the way.

Finally came to the gate of the imperial city.

Some time ago, he fell in love with egg-filled biscuits, and asked the cook at home to make them every day, and some adults in the court also asked him to bring egg-filled biscuits after they knew about them.

Every time he brought them over, everyone finished eating the egg-filled biscuits at the gate of the palace, and chewed the mint leaves Tan Yuanqing specially brought for them before going in to court.

Anyway, everyone came very early every day, and there was nothing to do at the door, just chat for a while, talk or think about what to say when you go to court today.

It's just that everyone got tired of eating after eating, and others no longer asked him to help them bring it.

But this time Tan Yuanqing brought the hamburger to the gate of the imperial city again.

With a hamburger in his hand, some acquainted court officials beckoned him over to chat with him.

It's just that after those people saw the hamburger in Tan Yuanqing's hands, they asked in amazement, "Master Tan, what did you bring today? It doesn't seem to be egg-filled pancakes."

Tan Yuanqing smiled proudly: "Yesterday Song Qingzhou and Chen Nian came back again. This is also freshly made by Chen Nian. I haven't tried it before. It seems to be called... a hamburger."

"Han Bao?"

No one else had heard the name either.

Tan Yuanqing only heard Chen Nian say that the name of the breakfast was called this, but he didn't have time to ask how it was written.

"Yes, it's Han Bao."

While talking, he opened the oil paper.

Take a bite.

"Well, yes, it's made of chicken, and there are pickles in it."

Tan Yuanqing commented on the burger in his hand while eating.

He was born in the Tan family and he passed the Jinshi examination in his early years, so his literary talent is natural, and the adults in the court who can speak in a few words swallow their saliva.

"Is it really so delicious?"

Master Zhou asked.

"It's not particularly delicious, but I'm really a little hungry now. I can eat anything when I'm hungry, but it's a bit indecent. I hope you adults will forgive me."

"What's indecent? It's human nature to fill up one's stomach. Mr. Tan, can you give me a bite too, I was too anxious to eat in the morning."

Then a voice came.

Everyone followed the voice and saw Fu Xin walking towards this side.

"Master Fu."

Everyone greeted each other.

"Morning, my lords." Fu Xin also greeted everyone.

But Tan Yuanqing looked at this young man who was very popular in the court, and felt a little difficult for a while.

He has eaten half of the burger because of it.

But Fu Xin didn't mind these things. Compared with other court officials, his personality was more free and easy. In addition, his teacher was the chief assistant of the court, so his free and easy personality turned into an advantage.

Seeing Tan Yuanqing's embarrassment, Fu Xin said with a smile: "Just break a piece from the bottom."

Tan Yuanqing nodded, then broke off as big a piece as possible and handed it to Fu Xin.

Fu Xin took the hamburger, looked at it, and threw it into his mouth, chewing it.

"Well, it's delicious. Did Mr. Tan make this old?"

"Yes, it was made in old age."

They all know the relationship between Chen Nian and Fu Xin, and now the story of the two of them has become a good story in the court, and there are also many storytellers among the people, who have slightly adapted the story and told it in various restaurants.

I heard it's very popular.

After all, the folks heard that they are most concerned about the gods and ghosts, the love stories between scholars and some women, and the anecdotes from the government and the public.

At that time, the number one scholar was friends with a tofu seller, and that tofu seller was also very talented, so that the number one scholar was willing to bow down.

Thinking about it, this story is very touching, and it can be called a template for contemporary cool writing.

"It's not surprising what Chen Nian did. When I was in Yangzhou with him, he always made strange things."

"Yes, Chen Nian is really good at cooking." Tan Yuanqing nodded in agreement.

After chatting here for a few more words, Meng Tie, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, also came over.

"Just now I seem to hear you guys talking about old age?"

"Yeah, we say that the things he makes are novel and delicious."

Meng Tie has a different impression of Chen Nian. Others pay more attention to how delicious the food made by Chen Nian is, but Meng Tie pays more attention to Chen Nian's knowledge.

Even now, he occasionally brings people to Chen Nian for advice.

Chen Nian collectively referred to this type of knowledge as physics.

Thanks to some things that Chen Nian taught him, many technologies in their engineering department have been improved, which greatly reduces the loss.

He went to Li Xu more than once to ask Chen Nian to report to the Ministry of Industry, but every time Li Xu replied, it was based on Chen Nian's wishes.

If Chen Nian wants to go, he can go, if he doesn't want to go, then he can stay in the palace and be the imperial cook.

And Chen Nian is naturally unwilling to go.

At the same time, Chen Nian, who was cooking porridge in the kitchen of the Tan Mansion, became the center of discussion among these court officials.

But Chen Nian didn't know this, after finishing breakfast here, he went home after eating.

Only two days out every two months.

One day will be spent in the Tan Mansion, and the second day will have to go home for a while.

"Sister, I'm back!"

When he came outside Lu Wanxing's dim sum shop, Chen Nian called out.

"Are you back? Are you busy in the palace for the past two months? You seem to be a little thinner, must be very tired?"

As the saying goes, an elder sister is like a mother. In this world, Lu Ke is only such a relative, and he is still a younger brother, so he is naturally very spoiled.

"I'm not tired, I still do those jobs every day, and how can I be thin? There is delicious food and drink in the palace. If you want to say that I am fat, it is almost the same."

Lu Ke smiled and brought Chen Nian into the dim sum shop, chatting with Chen Nian while working.

"By the way, my wedding date with Mingxian has been set, and it will be in two months."

"Congratulations, my sister is finally getting married, but how is Mr. Hai doing recently? I haven't been back much recently, so I don't know how he is doing now."

"It's true that I haven't told you about this. He passed the entrance examination last year and is now copying books in the Imperial Academy. It is estimated that he will be assigned to six departments next year."

"Where does Mr. Hai plan to go?"

"Master Hai wanted him to go to the Ministry of Households. After all, Master Hai was working as a minister in the Ministry of Households, but he didn't want to go. I also asked him. He said that he wanted to hone at Honglu Temple more than coming to the Ministry of Households."

"Honghe Temple, isn't the Minister of Honghe Temple Fu Xin?"

"Yes, he has a good relationship with Mr. Fu, and they often drink together on weekdays."

"That's a good relationship. In fact, it's not bad to go to Honglu Temple."

"Well, let him go, he can go wherever he wants, in short, I just follow him."

Looking at his cousin's shy look, Chen Nian couldn't help but tease: "Sister, you haven't married yet."

As a result, when Lu Ke heard this, he raised his hand and punched Chen Nian: "It will be a matter of time, by the way, can you come by then?"

"I will try my best to come. If I ask for leave on this kind of family affairs, His Majesty will agree. After all, Your Majesty is very kind to me. I will fight for it when the time comes and see if I can invite you back for a few more days to personally hold a wedding banquet for my sister."

"Okay, Mingxian said before that he wanted to invite you to the wedding banquet."

But after he finished speaking, Lu Kehao thought of something, looked left and right, and when there was no one, he approached Chen Nian and asked in a low voice, "Brother, have you seen Your Majesty?"

"See you, what's the matter, sister?"

"Then do you think His Majesty is beautiful?"

"Old and beautiful!"

"Then do you think it is possible for you to marry...No, marrying His Majesty to be a queen...It's not right, what should this kind of name be?"

"Wang Fu?" Chen Nian suddenly thought of such a word.

"Almost, do you think it's possible for you? If that's the case, our family will become relatives of the emperor!"

Chen Nian's head was full of black lines.

"Sister, what are you talking about? Who is Your Majesty? Who am I? Let me be His Majesty's queen? Instead of being a good royal cook, go to the harem to compete with other men? Is it plausible? Are you plausible?"

"Why is it outrageous? Mingxian has told me that many children from aristocratic families are developing in this direction. If His Majesty can take a fancy to him, he will be able to make a fortune in no time!"

"Sister, I told you to stop thinking about these unreliable things. What are these things? And I also have a girl I like, but she's not around now."

"You really don't think so?"

"Not really."

"But you said that His Majesty is very beautiful."

"Sister, being beautiful is one thing, but there are so many beautiful girls in the world, why can't I marry all of them?"

"It's different."

"Same, what's the difference."

"Then what if His Majesty insists on marrying you? What if the emperor's order is hard to violate?"

"Then what else can I do? Of course I run away."

"Where are you going?"

"The greatness of the world can run as far as it can run."

"What if you can't escape?"

"Then I'll pretend to be crazy, take a shower in the cesspit, and run around naked all day. I don't believe it's all like this. His Majesty still has a crush on me."

"Okay, but you said you have someone you like, why don't I know?"

"There are so many things you don't know."

"When will you show it to me?"

"In a while."

"Okay, then you must show it to me."

"No problem, you are me, sister, if I don't show it to you, who will I show it to?"

"Okay, what shall we have for lunch today?"

"What do you want to eat?"

"Eat something good, you watch and do it."

"Then I'll go out to buy groceries first."

"Go."

After speaking, Chen Nian went out to buy vegetables and meat to make lunch.

Those guys in the store, every time they come back from old age, it feels like Chinese New Year.

Although Lu Ke provided them with good food on weekdays, there was a gap between people, and the food cooked by the second boss was delicious.

So much so that when they ate at noon, each of them ate their stomachs full.

"Second Boss, the food you cook is so delicious, even if I can only eat your food once every two months, I'm willing to work here until I die."

"It doesn't mean that a few of you are also veterans here. When the dim sum branch opens in the future, maybe you will be asked to be shopkeepers."

"Thank you, Second Boss."

Originally they called Lu Ke and Chen Nian the shopkeeper and the second shopkeeper, but now that Lu Ke and the Hai family got married, they are also a family, and they can be regarded as family members.

Naturally, the name should be changed to Dongjia.

After eating here at noon, I will go to Fu Xin's house to have dinner and stay again in the evening.

During the period when Chen Nian disappeared, Fu Xin didn't know where Chen Nian was, so he couldn't see him even if he wanted to.

But now that Chen Nian has also come to the capital, he also wants to let Chen Nian go to his place to sit and chat, drink and drink every two months.

And this time, Chen Nian also has something to say to Fu Xin.

When he went there, Chen Nian specially bought a lot of snacks, which were basically the favorites of Fu Xin, Xiao Mudan and Xiao Lu.

In addition, when he was still there, he made some complementary foods that children could eat for Fu Xin's children.

This little guy is close to Chen Nian, now Chen Nian teases Fu Hao, just like Chen Nian teased Fu Xin in the past.