Dare to cook

Chapter 319 The gift of nature, dinner on the mountaintop (2 in 1)

After Wu Shu left, the program recording of Hua Restaurant seems to have entered a stable period.

Every day is very busy and fulfilling.

After a period of running-in, the partners of Hua Restaurant cooperated more and more tacitly, and adapted to this busy pace of life.

From the first day of opening to the No. 20 day of opening, Yao Yu and Lu Chenyu have been the head chefs of Hua Restaurant.

During these 20 days, the two have introduced many dishes in various ways.

Moreover, as the Chinese food dishes they introduced became more and more high-end and complex, the prices of Chinese restaurants also rose steadily.

By the third week of the restaurant's opening, Hua Restaurant had become the most expensive restaurant in the entire town.

And the daily turnover of Hua Restaurant has soared from about [-] at the beginning to [-].

July 24, [-] p.m.

When Hua Restaurant closed its business for the day again, Jiang Yuqi also calculated today's turnover.

"Three thousand seven hundred... 48 euros!"

Looking at the figures she calculated, Jiang Yuqi was shocked at first, and then happily said:

"My God! We have broken the record again. One hundred euros more than the previous day's record."

"Oh! It's amazing! It's one step closer to the [-] mark!" Feng Ziyi was so happy that he slapped the table wildly.

"The store manager has to treat guests today. Pay wages! Bonuses! Benefits!" Li Xungui was as happy as a two-hundred-pound fool.

"Huh? Welfare? What kind of welfare do you want?" Yao Yu narrowed his eyes instantly, with a murderous look.

"Uh...it's nothing." Li Xungui hesitated for a moment, then quickly responded, "I mean, we have been open for more than a week. Should we take a day off?"

"No, we can't rest. We have to strike while the iron is hot, and reach new heights, so that future Chinese restaurant programs will not be able to break our sales record!"

"That's right. I think we can work harder and raise the prices of the dishes appropriately."

Feng Ziyi and Jiang Yuqi competed and said.

Under Yao Yu's guidance, the several restaurant partners were a little overwhelmed, and seemed to be fascinated by this busy business life.

Yao Yu smiled and opened the system panel.

On the system panel, the activated S-level random task - [The Busiest Chinese Restaurant in History] has been completed ahead of schedule.

This task requires Yao Yu to lead everyone to achieve a turnover of [-] euros within one month.

Moreover, the profitability of turnover must not be lower than 38%.

In other words, if you sell enough 11400 euros, you must earn [-] euros at the same time.

But now, Yao Yu overfulfilled the task ahead of schedule in only 24 days.

After the task is completed, Yao Yu can draw fifty foreign recipes of level 8.

Fifty lv8 recipes!
If ordinary people want to learn so many dishes, it is impossible to do it without several months of hard work.

But now, Yao Yu only needs to move his mind and receive the reward directly from the system.

A life with cheats is so unpretentious and boring.

Yao Yu thought happily in his heart, but said:
"Everyone has worked hard during this period. In my opinion, it's better to rest for a day. It just so happens that Bailard also wants to invite us to visit his manor."

"We can take it easy tomorrow. Then how about you guys taking turns being chefs from the day after tomorrow?"

"Let us be chefs?!" Feng Ziyi and others were shocked at the same time.

The program group of Hua Restaurant has always had a tradition of letting the main guest take turns being the chef. In the previous few seasons, all the restaurant partners took turns being the chef.

Of course, some of the guests' dishes were well done, but others were horrible.

Feng Ziyi and Li Xungui are both good at cooking.

Even if it's Jiang Yuqi, it's no problem to ask her to scramble eggs and fried rice, or bake some chicken wings and sausages in the oven.

but now……

When the few people heard that Yao Yu wanted them to be in charge, they immediately felt guilty.

Enteritis said, if you compare goods, you will die, and if you compare people, you will lose them.

With super celebrity chefs like Yao Yu and Lu Chenyu in front of them, how could the other partners be willing to do the same thing?

Li Xungui immediately said:

"Manzi, aren't you afraid that we will smash the signboard of the restaurant?"

Feng Ziyi also said:
"That's right. If we let us take the lead in the first place, it won't be a big problem."

"Now that half of Amalfi's people have been spoiled by you, let us be the chef at this time. Are you deliberately trying to see our jokes?"

Now that Yao Yu has completed the task, he doesn't care about the turnover anymore.

He laughed:
"Don't you really want to show your hand again?"

"I'm just making a suggestion, not forcing it. If any of you want to be a chef, Chen Yu and I will also assist you to ensure the quality."

"Hey, if you want to say that, I'll show you the day after tomorrow." Li Xungui rolled up his sleeves, looking as if he couldn't bear it and wanted to do something big.

……

Late at night.

The restaurant partners returned to the B&B, each covered the recording camera in the room, and then gradually fell asleep.

After waking up the next day, the restaurant partners ushered in the second rest day during the recording program.

Today Yao Yu and others will go to Bailard's manor for dinner.

Bailard's estate, on top of a hill above the small town of Amalfi.

The average altitude of the mountain top is about 350 meters.

It takes 10 minutes to drive from the homestay where Yao Yu and the others stayed to the top of the mountain.

However, when Ballard invited Yao Yu yesterday, he suggested that they should not drive.

Because the road conditions near the top of the mountain are relatively bad and the roads are narrow.

For drivers who are not familiar with the terrain, there is a risk of rollover if they drive rashly to the mountain top area.

Therefore, Yao Yu and his group got up this morning and decided to ride up the mountain after eating breakfast.

As for the hard-working photographers from the program team, they could only sit on the bumpy backseat of the bicycle, trying to keep the camera lens steady, and record today's journey in a miserable way.

Bailard is a veritable big local tyrant in the small town of Amalfi.

He not only has an ancestral manor in the mountaintop area, but also bought a small mountain farm near the manor to grow fruits and vegetables and herd sheep.

When Yao Yu and the others were riding near the farm, they happened to see Byrard and several shepherds milking goats on the farm.

At the same time, Bailard also noticed this bicycle team carrying camera equipment.

Ballard immediately waved to them enthusiastically:

"Hi, my friends. You're here earlier than I thought. Would you like to visit my farm?"

"Of course, are you milking goats? This looks very interesting." Yao Yu smiled at Bailard.

Bailard said seriously:

"Yeah, yes, quite interesting. Milking goats gives you a sort of satisfaction sometimes."

"If you've been milking a lot, you'll even love the feel of it. Well, the...grabbing feel."

"Dear Yao, do you want to try it? I still have a dozen goats that have not been milked."

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of everyone in the program group suddenly became very exciting.

The corner of Yao Yu's mouth couldn't help but twitch a few times.

Li Xungui whispered, "Is this old man driving?"

Feng Ziyi smiled and said: "I didn't understand a word he said, but I have a hunch that this segment recorded by the program crew will definitely be cut off."

In the end, Yao Yu and others declined the "fun" of milking goats.

Just kidding, Ballard described the matter so indecently, who would have the nerve to milk the cows in full view?
A group of goats skipped the group of goats waiting to be milked. Under the leadership of Bailard, they went deep into the orchard and picked a lot of lemons and blueberries.

I don't know if it's because of the fertile soil here.

The blueberries grown on Baillard Farm are generally larger than those sold in the market.

After they picked the fruit, they came to Bailard's manor.

It has rained a lot in the Amalfi region over the past few days.

The mountain air is fresh and moist.

After Yao Yu and others arrived at the manor, they found that there were still many chestnut trees growing here.And under every chestnut tree, many ripe chestnuts fell.

Ballard pointed to those chestnut trees and said:

“The hills of Amalfi are covered with all kinds of wild chestnut trees.”

"The chestnut trees in the manor are the same as those outside. They usually don't need to be taken care of, but at this time of year, they will bear many plump fruits."

"Guys, I'm going to make gnocchi today. Maybe you can collect ingredients with me."

"No problem. We really like farmhouse entertainment." Li Xungui said with a smile.

Soon, everyone took a small bucket and scattered to collect chestnuts.

For people who are busy with work, picking fruits and picking up the gifts of nature is a very healing way of leisure.

The happiness it can bring you is far beyond that of playing monsters and picking up gold coins while sitting in front of a game console.

Although, there seems to be little difference between the two...

Yao Yu and the others quickly picked several small buckets of chestnuts.

As the chestnuts were gradually picked up, the distance between everyone became more and more scattered.

Suddenly, Lu Chenyu came to a gentle slope and shouted: "Yao Yu, come quickly!"

Immediately, Yao Manzi was like a wild dog running off the leash, and rushed to Lu Chenyu's side with a "whoosh": "What's wrong?"

Lu Chenyu smiled, brushed away some weeds and rotten leaves in front of him, and said, "What do you think this is?"

"Boletus? It's so big! This one is the size of a milk tea cup." After Yao Yu recognized the boletus, he also laughed.

Boletus is a very delicious and nutritious fungus.And it is difficult to plant in large quantities through artificial cultivation.

The preciousness of wild boletus is not much lower than that of matsutake and truffle.

In China, ordinary boletus from Nanyun Province can be sold for three to five hundred yuan per catty.

A boletus the size of a cup of milk tea found by Lu Chenyu, if sold in a supermarket in Rome, can sell for at least more than 100 euros.

When other people nearby heard that Lu Chenyu had found the boletus, they all gathered around.

Li Xungui looked at the boletus that Lu Chenyu had picked, clucked his tongue and said, "My dear, such a big one must be very fresh for soup!"

"Barbarian! I've thought about what to cook tomorrow! I'm going to make porcini duck soup tomorrow!"

Yao Yu rolled his eyelids and said:

"Such top-quality ingredients would be really ruined if they fell into your hands."

"Everyone, search separately, maybe there are still nearby."

"By the way, the action of collecting boletus must be gentle, and the soil under the boletus must not be damaged. Otherwise, the place that has been collected is unlikely to grow boletus in the future."

Feng Ziyi, Jiang Yuqi and others immediately expressed their understanding when they heard the words.

The appearance of boletus shocked everyone, and they became more interested in collecting ingredients.

Afterwards, the crowd dispersed, and as expected, more than [-] boletus were found one after another, and each one was very large.

The joy of harvest made everyone smile.

These porcini mushrooms were all found in Byrard's manor, and were supposed to be his private property.

But Bailard didn't mind letting Yao Yu and the others share these top-quality ingredients worth two to three thousand euros.

As noon approached, the Ballard family began setting the table.

A variety of fruits, vegetables, cheeses, cheeses and smoked hams were put on the table.Six or seven bottles of table wine were also taken from the cellar of the manor.

Byrard was proud to tell Yao Yu that the food on the table today was produced on his own farm.

Including smoked ham and thinly sliced ​​bacon, all made from the Apennine black pig raised on his farm.

Afterwards, Ballard invited Yao Yu and Lu Chenyu into the kitchen to start making today's staple food.

Peeled chestnuts are boiled in water and then crushed into a puree with a noodle machine.

Next, Ballard mixed the crushed chestnut and potato mash into the wheat flour.

Then knead the noodles into long strips like kneading noodles, cut the noodles into individual noodles with a knife, and then pour them into hot water to cook.

Byrard told Yao Yu that this kind of small pasta is called Italian glutinous rice balls in translation.

Regarding this, neither Yao Yu nor Lu Chenyu showed a hint of surprise.

They have known for a long time that Italian dumplings and glutinous rice balls are basically two different things from Chinese dumplings and glutinous rice balls.

Although many pasta cooking techniques in Italy are very similar to those in China.

Romantic, unrestrained Italians who love freedom never seem to care what kind of pasta is wrapped.

However, the Chinese who pay attention to color, fragrance and shape are different.

Sometimes, if the dumplings are too ugly, you are even embarrassed to enter the kitchen →_→.

The True Story of Salt Turtle.

After Bailard threw the soup... balls into the pot to cook, he cut two boletus and fried them in olive oil.

Tsk, it's really extravagant to use two boletus at one time.

High-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking.

Fried porcini mushrooms, sprinkled with a little salt and pepper, the kitchen is filled with aroma.

Later, Bailard cut some beef and stir-fried it, and added some peeled tomatoes.

Then pour in the cooked glutinous rice balls, add a small amount of water, simmer to collect the juice, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and white sesame seeds to taste, and then you can take it out of the pot.

After plating, Byrard sprinkled some shredded cheese and basil on top.

In this way, this stewed porcini sauce with chestnut gnocchi created by Bailard is ready.

After the staple food was in place, Yao Yu and Lu Chenyu each quickly cooked a small stir-fry that was close to the Italian style, and everyone gathered for dinner at the long table under the shade of the trees outside the house.

As for today's friendly and warm dinner party, if nothing goes wrong, the program team will definitely cut out at least half an hour of the scene and paste it into the feature film to be broadcast in the future.

(End of this chapter)