Song Mingyue

Chapter 21 "Special Dishes" of Chunfenglou

Chengnan Street, the most prosperous triangular location.

At noon, there is a lot of traffic and pedestrians bustling like clouds.

On the left side of the street, the newly opened Chunfeng Building is crowded with people, and the door is lined with exquisite warm sedan chairs and gorgeous carriages.

This is a new restaurant opened by Zheng's family on Chengdong Street. Naturally, it is an extraordinary restaurant. In Zhao Hao's eyes, it is even worse than a five-star hotel 900 years later.

The floor was covered with bright red silk carpets at the entrance, and there were two rows of strong young men on both sides to welcome the guests. They were all eighteen or nineteen years old, with red lips and white teeth. They were all in black mandarin jackets, looking extremely energetic and neat.

The Chunfeng Building has five floors, and each floor is divided into small pavilions similar to more than a dozen boxes. All wine vessels are made of silver, and even porcelain from official kilns, to compete for luxury.

In the corridors of each floor, there are dozens of beautiful prostitutes dressed up in fancy clothes, each of them has skin bullying Saixue, speaks Wu Nong's soft language, has flowers on their heads, smiles like flowers, and invites guests by leaning on the railing, which is called "" Sellers".

There is also a younger girl with the appearance of a petite maid, who comes without calling, holding a pipa or a guqin in her arms, and calls out delicately, "Gentlemen, how about a tune?" This kind of singer who sells and sings in wine shops is called " "Wipe sitting" (not a socket), in "Water Margin", when Lu Zhishen met Jin Cuilian who was singing in a restaurant, it was "wiping sitting".

There are also performers such as blowing flute, playing Ruan, breathing, gongs and boards, singing, and playing casually, which are called "catch up".And there are old women who offer incense sticks in small burners, which are called "Xiang Po".There are also snacks such as jade-faced raccoon, venison, trough cassia, bad crab, bad sheep's hoof, wine clams, minced shrimp, dried bighead carp, etc., which are called "family traditions".

The waiter in the restaurant is always on call, he can recite hundreds of dishes for you at one go, and he doesn't need to order from the menu, even if ten people order ten dishes, he can remember them clearly without any mistakes.

Naturally, Zhao Hao couldn't help admiring such a restaurant. It was indeed worthy of being the top restaurant in Jiangning Mansion, but this restaurant was not opened in the right place, and it abruptly opened to the territory of the Zhao family in the south of the city.

And even though Zhao Hao is called a host, he came here to step on the plate.

Yesterday, I heard my mother Xie Yun say indignantly that the Zheng family had gone too far and opened the restaurant to the Zhao family's territory in the south of the city, so I paid attention to it.As a time traveler with a system, he can't mess around and act aggressive all day long. If there is a problem at home, he has to stand up, otherwise he will become a waste.

He chose a private room on the inner side of the fourth floor, which was extremely clean, and the person sitting opposite him was none other than Wang Jue, the second son of the East Palace.

Wang, Xie, Zhao, Zheng, and Jiangning are the four major houses. Xie and Zhao are married together. The Zheng family has become fierce in recent years, but the Wang family has always remained neutral. Maintaining a relationship with Wang Jue is naturally beneficial and has no disadvantages.

And the most important thing is that Wang Jue really treated him as a brother and showed him his favor many times. The so-called come and go is not indecent, so this meal treats two birds with one stone.

The Chunfeng Building of Zheng's family is magnificent and extravagant, it has everything you want.The Hefeng Building on the opposite side of the street is the restaurant of his Zhao family. In terms of decoration, scale and service, it is no worse than Chunfeng Building.

However, since the opening of Chunfeng Building, the business of Hefeng Building has been in a steady decline, and it is getting worse day by day. At first, the Zhao family thought that it was just a few days before the opening.

However, the shopkeeper of Hefenglou was disappointed. For a whole month, the business of Chunfenglou was getting better and better, but the business of Hefenglou was getting worse, so he asked the mistress Xie Yun for help.

The Zhao family's business involves restaurants, medicinal materials, wine making, tea and silk, and their business spreads all over the Jiangnan Road. Although a single restaurant is already the top restaurant in Jiangning City, even if it completely closes down, it will not hurt the Zhao family.The most important thing is that the Zheng family's restaurant has actually opened in the southern part of the city. This tone is really hard to swallow, and it also shows that the Zheng family has become more and more arrogant relying on the queen's protection.

But after some investigation, Xie Yun was helpless.The Zheng family relies on hard power, and the decoration is luxurious and luxurious, which is only one aspect of it. The key is that the fundamental way of restaurant management lies in the quality of food and beverages.

The so-called smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys. As long as your food tastes good, even if you only build a shed, people will come to line up to eat. If the taste is not good, no matter how luxurious the decoration is, it will be fresh.

Zheng's restaurant added a dozen new dishes. It is said that the craftsmanship comes from the capital.

As soon as Zhao Hao sat down on the fragrant pear wood chair, the little girl approached with a smile on his face, sang a song, and then asked: "All officials..."

Zhao Hao didn't wait for him to finish, and said impatiently: "Choose expensive ones for me, special ones, and those that are not available in the opposite and Fenglou, and order them together."

The waiter smiled so that his face was covered with flowers: "Well, the young master is indeed an expert, but there are only six young masters, and our family's specialties have more than twenty flavors, including crispy unicorn meat, golden branches and jade leaves, and ginseng meat. The second grade, the first grade Ganoderma lucidum, the third grade black jade, the wide belly of the bergamot, the fish flying in the shallow water, the phoenix spreading its wings..."

This guy was interrupted by Zhao Hao just now, and now he finally found a chance to show off his skill of reporting recipes, he reported the names of more than [-] dishes in one go, and he was still satisfied.

Zhao Hao couldn't help but secretly startled when he heard that, he grabbed a big grass, what kind of vegetables are these, they sound awesome, there are unicorns, phoenixes, golden branches and jade leaves, ginseng, ganoderma lucidum, black jade and so on Yes, the compulsion is really high.

"Why are you making so much fuss, why don't you send it up together, and you're afraid that you won't be able to pay for your food?" Zhao Hao said angrily.

The waiter sang, although he was scolded, he had done a big business, and he still looked very happy, and asked for drinks and snacks, if he wanted a girl, and then left in a hurry.

Wang Jue looked at Zhao Hao and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao may have other intentions when he comes here. There are more than 20 dishes, and he definitely can't finish them all."

Wang Jue brought two confidant house slaves, and Zhao Hao brought Zhao Dian and Liang Lie. There were only six people in total, and they ordered more than 20 dishes, which was indeed a bit too much.

Zhao Hao laughed: "The Zheng family's restaurants have all opened to the south of the city, so it's a must to have a good taste. If you can't eat, you can take it away, hahaha!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Hao felt that something was wrong. With his clan status, plus the son of the four great houses of Jiangning, if he couldn't finish his meal and pack a bag, it would be a big news that caused a sensation in the entire Jiangning city.

However, Wang Jue didn't seem to understand the meaning of packing, so he laughed and said nothing.

After a while, the waiter who passed the dishes, holding the dish passing plate with a gold-rimmed silver bottom, contained two or three steaming dishes, brought them in respectfully, and carefully arranged them on the dining table.

Just when the twenty or so legendary special dishes of Wanfulou, the delicacies that shocked the foodies in the whole Jiangning City, were scattered in front of Zhao Hao, Zhao Hao was completely shocked.

What the hell!

This is the famous Zheng's private kitchen dish in Jiangning, which is delicious in color, fragrance and flavor!
This is a delicacy that defeated the five-star restaurant of Laozi's family and made our chef bow down!
This is the special dish that makes our old lady sleepless, and is planning to send chefs from various restaurants in the family to go north to the capital to learn art!
I beat your lungs!
Zhao Hao was stunned and stared at the messy table for a long time before remembering that he was the host. He raised his glass and invited Wang Jue and others to drink and eat.

Afterwards, Zhao Hao raised his chopsticks again, and ate a bit of each dish on the table. After savoring it carefully, he almost gushed out a mouthful of old blood.

That so-called "Kirin Crispy Meat" is a little stir-fried yellow beef, which is so old!

That bullshit "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves", what the hell is scrambled eggs with onions, and the eggs are scrambled!
That bullshit "Yipin Ganoderma lucidum" is fried pork with mushrooms, and it tastes a little salty!
……

Every dish on this table is a small home-cooked dish of later generations. The taste that I can cook with my own feet actually overwhelms the entire Jiangning City.And it's an average of [-] coins, and a table of dishes eats more than [-] coins.Almost a year's expenses of an ordinary family, just your f*cking table of food stall-level home-cooked dishes!
What a nonsense this is!
In fact, before the Song Dynasty, because there was no solution to the problem of the iron pot for cooking, all major restaurants have always been stewed and steamed, and there is no stir-fry. Even after the Song Dynasty, the technology of stir-fry has not been promoted. In the government-run restaurants in the country, the chefs who can cook a few dishes are all chefs, let alone Jiangning Mansion, which is far away in the south of the Yangtze River.

For example, Uncle Tang, the chef in Hefeng Building, also knows a few cooking skills, but compared to the chefs in Chunfeng Building who can line up more than [-] dishes, it is more difficult.

Just as Zhao Hao was in a state of confusion, there was a knock on the door of the private room, followed by a familiar voice, with a tone that was neither yin nor yang: "I don't know if Brother Zhao and Brother Wang are here, so I am far away to welcome you." Nah!"

As soon as Zhao Hao raised his head, he saw Zheng Feng's expression of not smiling, and his eyes were full of sarcasm, looking at him.

(End of this chapter)