I may have played a fake fantasy

Chapter 137 Meeting in Reality (4)

Generally speaking, eating is a must when traveling to other places or when foreigners come to the local area, and since you are in a new place, it is normal to eat some local specialties, otherwise it is meaningless.

Strictly speaking, the Northeast does not have a lot of special food. If you really want to experience Northeast-style food, it is nothing more than Northeast-style dishes and charcoal-fired barbecue.

Perhaps because of his geographical origin, Ye Shang especially likes to eat barbecue. He has eaten many types of barbecue, but his favorite is the charcoal barbecue in his hometown.

Barbecue is indeed very common, but the barbecue in Q City is a little different. I dare not say that it is the only one in the whole country. At least in Q City, barbecue has its own characteristics and has a high popularity rate.

In 2004, most families had a charcoal-fired barbecue grill, because there was a state-owned freight train factory in the city, and many people worked in it, so people often brought out some materials and made a grill .

It is winter now, and there are few barbecues at home, but in summer, some families set up roasting pots every now and then, and the family barbecues outdoors.

In the previous life, due to the popularization of technology, environmental pollution, troublesome operation, etc., many families and restaurants used induction cookers or electric grills on a large scale, so that the leaf merchants did not eat charcoal barbecue for several years.

There are many holes on the grill pan for charcoal grilled meat. It is not the type with a complete middle and holes on the edge. Charcoal is placed underneath, and ingredients are placed on the grill pan when the temperature rises.

This mode is actually nothing special, but the biggest feature of the barbecue in Q City is the mixed meat, not the kind of raw meat that has not been processed or marinated.The quality of the meat mix determines whether a barbecue is successful. The main thing is to pour the meat mix, salt, oil, etc. into the cut meat and vegetables. It seems simple, but it is not easy to get it right.

Successful meat mixing techniques and recipes are kept secret, and each has its own characteristics. In some small barbecue shops, only the owner can master it. Before opening every day, you have to come to the shop and hide in the kitchen alone to mix the meat. Take it to the chef.What's more, in the previous life, Ye Shang listened to people chatting on the train in 16. A boss who opened a Northeast barbecue restaurant in the south came to Q City to recruit people. The salary he offered was tens of thousands. .

The mixed meat is usually not roasted right away. It needs to be left to stand for a while to marinate and taste. If the meat is well mixed, the meat will be particularly tender and taste great.

In addition to mixed meat, the barbecue in Q City also uses a special powder dipping sauce, similar to Korean barbecue, but more flavorful than it.

Since it's not a restaurant right now, the huge shop still looks deserted, except for Ye Shang and the others, there are only a few tables of people eating.Considering that there were 4 girls, Ye Shang asked the waiter for a private room so as not to sit in the lobby and let people watch.

After being seated, Ye Shang handed over the menu to the girls, and several girls got together to order. During the period, Ye Shang said that he didn't need to save money for himself, but in the end they didn't order too much.

Barbecue in Q City may not be liked by outsiders, but it has basically become a feeling locally, but compared with the later barbecue system, there are not many types of barbecue here.

The meat of the barbecue is basically beef. Because it is very close to Inner Mongolia, most of the beef comes from Inner Mongolia, and the quality is better than other places.The selected parts are the upper brain, Sancha (the part of the hind legs near the back), etc., which are generally cut into thin strips of 4-5 cm long, which are cooked quickly and not easy to dry.

In addition to this kind of meat, there is another kind of meat, which is commonly known as large slices of meat. It is cut very thin but not mixed in advance. It can be eaten directly after roasting, or wrapped in lettuce.

There are not many grilled meats in Q City. In addition to meat, you can also roast some potatoes, sweet potatoes, eggplants, steamed buns, sausages, lettuce and the like.

After ordering the dishes, someone came to serve the charcoal soon after the waiter left, and followed the waiter to serve the ordered dishes again, and gave an extra piece of butter.The butter is used for wiping the grill pan after it is heated. First, it can remove the rusty smell of the grill pan, and second, it can prevent sticking to the pan.

Among the 5 people, only Ye Shang is most familiar with the process of eating (not lighting the fire and preparing dishes, he can only eat), so he uses chopsticks to wipe the baking pan with butter, and waits until it is almost ready before pouring meat on it.

The meat in barbecue restaurants is generally short of catties. If you can eat half a catty normally, you can basically eat 1 catty in restaurants. If you are "lucky", you can eat nearly 1 catties. It seriously makes people wonder if their appetite has grown. .

The meat is mixed. In addition to the beef, there are onions in it, which is one of the seasonings for the mixed meat. It is also delicious when grilled.In addition to meat, the leaf merchant also put some eggplant slices, sweet potato slices and so on. These things absorb oil and need to be roasted for a long time.

Afterwards, Ye Shang made room for a few slices of luncheon meat. He is a person who likes to eat all kinds of sausages, and the sausage of barbecue is his favorite, but if he roasts his own meat, he always mixes the sausage into the meat to taste. I basically don’t do this, and I can only order more expensive luncheon meat if I want to eat it.

During the roasting process, the leaf merchant keeps turning the food. Generally, the meat can be eaten after turning twice, but the vegetables don’t need to be turned so frequently.After watching it for a while, Qu Shangli and Qian Qian understood how to do it, so these two people consciously helped Ye Shang turn over the vegetables, only Zhai Zhengnan and Dizi were waiting to eat the ready-made ones.

"The meat is ready to eat. Pour some of this seasoning into a bowl. You can add cumin and chili noodles. If the vinegar is good, you can also pour some of it." The roasted meat is very attractive, and the leaf merchant is also greedy. , but it’s easy to say that he is a big man and the host, so he must be more polite, so he had to greet the girls.

The girls followed Ye Shang's advice and adjusted the dipping sauce according to their own tastes. Among them, although Dizi lived in the Northeast for more than a year, his parents were not locals and had no such feelings. He really hadn't eaten barbecue during this period. .

The roasted meat was picked up by several girls in the bowl. Qu Shangli and Qian Qian were kind enough to give some to Ye Shang before they started eating.

"Well, it's really delicious. The meat is very tender and tastes good, especially with this kind of dipping sauce. It's delicious...but a little salty." Qu Shangli is from the south, and his food is light and sweet. It's really a bit uncomfortable to live in a place like Northeast, where people generally eat salty food.

"Then dip in less ingredients, the main thing is the saltiness. Although the mixed meat is also salty, it is acceptable." Ye Shang reminded Qu Shangli that other people don't need it. They are all northerners and can eat salty, even if they are the same It is a southerner's flute, and I have practiced it for more than a year.

Since a few people did not drink, the meal was eaten very quickly, and it took an hour to chat while eating.Afterwards, Ye Shang took Qu Shangli to find a hotel, and followed a few people to watch TV and play poker in the guest room. After all, it was snowing in winter, so there was nothing to do.

When it was 8 o'clock in the evening, Ye Shang took a few girls to a hand-pulled noodle shop he often went to eat skewers. This shop specializes in skewers, hand-pulled noodles, fried rice and rice bowls. But the skewers are very famous.

The barbecue skewers in Q City are also not many varieties, beef skewers, lamb skewers, ham sausages, chicken heads, chicken legs, chicken wings, eggs, ribs, palace queens, garlic, etc., not like the skewers restaurants in the south of the night. They all have them, but they also have their own characteristics.

Except for chicken heads and fluffy eggs, Ye Shang basically ordered some of them. The main reason for not ordering those two is that the girls dare not eat them. Qu Shangli also said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I really like chicken heads and fluffy eggs... "

Ye Shang smiled and said it was okay, which fully demonstrated the man's generosity... but in fact, he did not dare to eat those two things.

In addition to the grilled skewers, Ye Shang also ordered fried rice and some cold dishes. There were staple foods, vegetables and skewers, which were both delicious and full.

The two meals were all paid by Ye Shang. Although four of them were girls, Dizi with a mysterious stomach capacity and Zhai Zhengnan, who was used by an old man, were also the main force. After calculation, he also spent nearly 4 yuan. Well, if it wasn't for his mother's 400 yuan backing, he really wouldn't dare to be so proud.

"Ye Shang, what shall we eat tomorrow?" Before the skewers were finished, Dizi began to study tomorrow's food.

"Why are you so active? I won't take you there tomorrow." Ye Shang frightened the little girl, but he underestimated Dizi's IQ. If they like me, they will take me wherever they go.”

"Okay, okay, I'm afraid you can do it. So, tomorrow we will eat Northeast specialties, and then we can take a stroll and eat some baked cold noodles and pies. If I can get up early, I will take you to eat hanging oven cakes." and casserole."

"It's really nice here. In my year, I probably didn't see a single snowfall." Qu Shangli's emotion was normal. Many southern regions don't see snow all the year round. Her coming back was an eye-opener.

"It's almost time to watch it once or twice. It's snowing all winter and it's annoying you to death." Ye Shangxin said with emotion.

"Really? Then I have to try and see if I can get bored to death." Qu Shangli replied pointedly.

(End of this chapter)