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Chapter 221 Su Ji from a Hundred Years ago (Part 1)

After some introductions, everyone is naturally looking forward to what kind of dishes Feng Yifan, who is known as the owner of an old restaurant with a century-old heritage, can make?

Although there are three tables of guests in the restaurant, and there are quite a few dishes on their tables, they have all been passive after all.

Li Fei'er didn't make things difficult either, but said to Feng Yifan: Chef Feng, we still hope that we can film a complete dish of yours, or Su Ji's special dish, can you make us a dish?

Speaking of this, Li Fei'er looked at the table of guests who came to celebrate the old man's birthday and said, Well, in order not to waste, we ask you to make a special dish for that table of old birthday stars, is that okay?

Hearing this, the old man who had passed his birthday at that table stood up and said, Oh, what a shame.

Li Fei'er smiled and said: You are welcome, old man. This is our program group's catching up. It is also your birthday before the renovation of this street. It is our celebration of your birthday together.

Li Fei'er's proposal naturally won the approval of many people present.

Especially the young guests at that table, as well as some young people from the TV station, thought this idea was very good.

Feng Yifan said this to Li Fei'er, but he didn't agree immediately, but he was thinking in his heart what kind of dish should be cooked?

Seeing Feng Yifan's silence, Li Feier went on to say, Chef Feng, don't make things difficult. You only need to cook one dish on the menu. We don't intend to make things difficult for you.

Feng Yifan thought about it seriously, raised his head to look at the old man and said: Mr. Yan, you don't have to be polite. Since everyone has said it, I will naturally give you this birthday dish. I don't know what Mr. Yan wants to eat. ?”

The birthday old man was stunned for a moment, seeing Feng Yifan's serious expression, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, Feng Yifan smiled again and said, Mr. Yan, don't be so nervous, just tell me what you want to eat, as long as Su Ji has it, I will definitely make it for you.

After being told in this way, Mr. Yan, who was celebrating his birthday, finally said: Well, when I was young, I once ate lion heads corresponding to the four seasons at Su Ji, and I still remember it.

Hearing this, Feng Yifan smiled and nodded: Okay, I'll do it for you once.

Heard of this Four Seasons Lion Head\

,"In fact, many people present still don't quite understand. After all, not everyone knows everything like Su Lanxin.

The young guests at that table couldn't help asking first: Boss, do these lion heads also have four seasons?

Feng Yifan nodded and said: Yes, in fact, in the past, different ingredients were added in the production of lion heads throughout the year, and then four different cooking methods were used to make them.

After hearing this, not to mention the young people at that table, the other people present were also extremely curious.

Seeing that everyone was very curious, Feng Yifan also faced the camera of the TV station and gave a serious introduction.

Lion's head is made in four seasons: braised in spring, steamed in summer, stewed in autumn, and braised in winter. These four cooking methods are different in four seasons, and they must be matched with seasonal ingredients. The most typical one is crab powder stew in autumn. Lionhead.

Hearing this, everyone naturally exclaimed. They did not expect the lion head to be so exquisite.

Some young people even sighed: It turns out that crab noodles and lion heads are eaten all year round?

Feng Yifan said with a smile: Now it's natural that you can eat it all year round. In the past, the ingredients were restricted by region and season. How could you be able to eat crab noodles all year round?

When Su Lanxin came here, she introduced it to two people from the Catering Association.

But at that time, it was just a few of them chatting privately, neither Su Lanxin nor the two members of the Catering Association made it public afterwards.

Su Lanxin did not disclose that time because her apprentice had already suffered a crushing defeat.

The two members of the Catering Association may still be thinking about the choice between Su Ji and Su Lanxin these days. So the saying of the Four Seasons Lion Head that was said at that time was not known to many people.

Today is different, Feng Yifan made the public in front of the TV program, which means he has revealed the essence of this dish to the public.

It also let many people know for the first time that they have eaten the lion's head for so many years, but they didn't understand it at all.

Elder Yan, who was celebrating his birthday, couldn't help but asked again: Chef Feng, so besides the crab noodles in autumn, what ingredients do you use for the lion's head in the four seasons?

Feng Yifan didn't hide anything, and replied with a smile: Actually, there are differences in the ingredients used. In the past, it was usually 'braised mussels in spring, steamed with lotus leaves in summer, stewed with crab powder in autumn, and braised chicken in winter'.

Of course, there are also seasonal fresh vegetables from all seasons, such as spring bamboo shoots in spring, lotus root in summer, mushrooms in autumn, and winter bamboo shoots in winter. Of course, these four kinds are generally stewed.

After listening to these introductions by Feng Yifan, everyone really felt that they benefited a lot, and there was a feeling that a lot of knowledge points had suddenly increased.

Li Fei'er asked at this time: Chef Feng, what kind of four season lion head are you going to make for the old man who is celebrating his birthday today?

Feng Yifan immediately felt that Li Fei'er cooperated well with him. She had obviously been to Su Ji a few times, and knew that Feng Yifan must have such a unique innovation.

With a smile on his face, Feng Yifan said to the crowd and the camera: I made lion heads in four ways for Mr. Yan today, but they are different. It can be regarded as after the beginning of summer, let's come to a small summer product.

What Feng Yifan said made everyone look forward to it immediately, and wanted to see what Feng Yifan's Summer Little Four would be like?

Li Fei'er then asked: Then, can Chef Feng reveal it?

Feng Yifan shook his head: I can't say it for the time being, it's meaningless to say it. Later, when Mr. Yan is eating, you can ask Mr. Yan to talk about what ingredients I used.

Hearing this, the old man celebrating his birthday over there smiled and said, Okay, I'm looking forward to it.

Everyone else in the restaurant was looking forward to it too.

Before Feng Yifan turned to leave, he said to Li Feier and the others: This dish may take some time, or you can go to interview other people on the old street first, and come back after about an hour.

A young man on the TV station suddenly exclaimed: What? Will it take as long as an hour?

And among the middle-aged people at the table in the restaurant, a middle-aged man said: Is one hour long? To know a good lion's head, the soup alone needs to be boiled for a long time, and the meat of the lion's head is finely chopped. Rough chopping, everything is kung fu.

Elder Yan also said at this time: One hour, my old man has to wait.

Naturally, the children who came to the table to celebrate the old man's birthday also expressed that they would wait together, especially the grandchildren of the old man, all expressed that they must see it.

Feng Yifan smiled and said, Thank you for your willingness to wait, then I'll go to the back kitchen to start, see you in an hour.

After saying that, Feng Yifan walked towards the back kitchen.

Li Fei'er and her colleagues in the TV station looked at each other, and then she said, Why don't you go out and take some pictures of the night market? I'll wait here.

Colleagues were a little weird at first? Why did Li Fei'er stay and wait?

But soon after Li Fei'er's daughter came over, she immediately understood that she wanted to stay with her daughter.

Some people from the TV station felt that it was a bit urgent to wait so long, so most of them went out to shoot the scenery of the old street night market outside.

Seeing her mother staying, Yang Xiaoxi naturally smiled and pulled her to the children's side, besides Feng Ruoruo's mother, grandma and grandfather, as well as Chen Yaofei's grandparents.

Li Fei'er smiled and said to Su Jinrong: Uncle Rong, it may still be a bit difficult for Chef Feng today.

Su Jinrong shook his head and said, No problem, he can.

Feng Ruoruo also said: That's right, my father can definitely do it.

Yang Xiaoxi immediately cheered for his good friend: Of course, Uncle Feng is the best.

Chen Yaofei also said: Yes, Uncle Feng is the most powerful.

Li Fei'er saw the three little girls booing, and said with a smile: You three little girls naturally think that Ruoruo's father is amazing, because you eat Ruoruo's delicious snacks every day.

The three little girls giggled together.

Next, Li Fei'er chatted with Su Jinrong a bit more, and asked him more about Su Ji's inheritance.

There is no serious problem for Su Jinrong to speak now, but the narration will be slower, but it happens that there is more time now.

Regarding the inheritance of Su Ji, Su Jinrong did not hide anything, and directly revealed some things in the past.

Although the photographer is not around now, Li Fei'er still listened carefully and recorded some important details.

This kind of chat interview made everyone more relaxed. Su Jinrong's narration was regarded as a story by others in the restaurant, and they listened with gusto without knowing it.

The earliest ancestor of Su Ji was also a cook in the palace, but what is more special is that the ancestor of the Su family was recruited into the palace halfway.

The ancestor of the Su family was originally the private cook of a certain official's mansion in Jiangnan. Once, when the emperor at that time came to Jiangnan for inspection, he happened to live in the mansion of that official in Jiangnan.

In order to please the emperor, officials naturally provided the best food and clothing.

At that time, the ancestors of the Su family were in the back kitchen and presented a dish of cherry meat that surprised the emperor.

The method of the cherry meat presented by the ancestors of the Su family is different from that of many people at that time. The taste is soft, glutinous and delicious, not very sweet and greasy, and there is a little sour mixed in it to enhance the taste.

At that time, the emperor was very happy to eat it, and Dang even summoned the cook and gave him a great reward.

When the emperor finished his inspection in the south of the Yangtze River and returned, he brought the ancestors of the Su family back to the capital.

Speaking of this, everyone in the restaurant listened with gusto, and they were even more surprised by such a legend.

Su Jinrong intentionally paused at this point.

Grandpa Chen Yaofei interjected and said, This can be regarded as a success.

After hearing this, Su Jinrong smiled and shook his head: Brother Chen, I went to the capital, but it's not like I'm going to the sky.

Hearing such a turning point really made everyone look forward to it. He has already won the emperor's appreciation and brought him back to the capital, so why do you say that he is not on the rise?

Then Su Jinrong continued talking.

It turned out that after the ancestors of the Su family were sent to the capital, because there was no suitable place to settle them, and at that time, the royal chefs all had fixed families, so the ancestors of the Su family went to a foreign cook, and there was no place for them in the imperial dining room. land.

And after the emperor brought him back, he didn't let the ancestor of the Su family enter the imperial dining room, but arranged for him to live in a place outside the palace.

Su Jinrong said indifferently: The emperor has something to ask, and he ordered people to be recruited into the palace, to serve the banquet, and when he was rewarded, he sent them out of the palace.

Hearing this, there was no sound in the restaurant, and everyone was very surprised to be treated so strangely.

A cook who is so loved by the emperor, he was not assigned to work in the imperial dining room, and he didn't even say that he would reward a more prominent official title.

Su Jinrong continued to speak slowly.

In fact, the process is relatively ordinary, that is, when there are grand banquets in some palaces, the ancestors of the Su family will be specially summoned into the palace.

Even, the ancestors of the Su family personally served as the chef of the highest standard Thousand Seniors Banquet at that time.

Hearing this, it really made many people feel emotional.

Everyone never expected that the ancestors of the Su family had such glory.

But after finishing this paragraph, Su Jinrong said calmly: Don't get excited. That paragraph was rumored by ancestors. It was a joke. The Su family has no evidence.

Hearing what Su Jinrong said, Li Fei'er said: Uncle Rong, you can't say that. Maybe there is something true? Besides, it's really old. If there is no evidence, we can just listen to it as a story.

Su Jinrong smiled and nodded: Yes, everyone, let's make a story.

After talking about the story of the unknown ancestors, Su Jinrong then talked about the real first generation of Su Ji, that is, the one who founded Su Ji.

In the first generation, Su Ji was just a street snack shop, and it was actually just to make ends meet.

Su Jinrong smiled and said: I heard from my father that at that time, Su Ji cooked breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It was quite hard work, but he insisted on craftsmanship and quality.

After the hard work of the first two generations, it was the third generation, the generation of Su Jinrong's grandfather, that Su Ji really began to rise.

Su Jinrong's grandfather was a restless person when he was young, he liked to travel far and wide to see, and indeed he made a name for himself outside.

Later, he participated in the top domestic culinary competition at that time, successfully won the grand prize, and was selected into the chef team of the state banquet.

That was Su Ji's first person to take part in a state banquet.

However, Grandpa Su Jinrong was already old when he participated in the state banquet, and later passed on the craftsmanship to Su Jinrong's father, who passed away soon after, which did not really bring great glory to Su Ji.

It was Su Jinrong's father who really made Su Ji rise and brought great glory.

It can be said that without the help of his parents, relying on his own efforts, he made his name at a very young age and was successfully selected as a chef for the state banquet.

In the past, including Feng Yifan and Su Ruoxi, they only knew that their grandfather had participated in the state banquet.

But today Su Jinrong said: Father participated in more than one state banquet, and the last time, he was the chef.

It was also the first time for Su Ruoxi to hear her father talk about these things, which made Su Ruoxi understand why some of her grandfather's experiences seemed to be so slightly inconsistent?

It turned out that my grandfather participated in the state banquet more than once, and was promoted step by step in the group of state banquet chefs.

This is a good explanation, why the uncle from the dealer would respect grandpa so much.

After all, if you really want to talk about it, as Zhuang Daozhong himself said, he is the apprentice of the old man of the Su family. However, because they participated in the state banquet together, the old man of the Su family did not regard them as masters and apprentices, but regarded them as colleagues.

Listening to Su Jinrong's story about Su Ji's ups and downs, everyone in the restaurant seemed to be immersed in the past.

It is true that Su Ji will be respected unconsciously, and everyone is also looking forward to what kind of lion head Feng Yifan, who is the sixth generation chef, will show?

The first one is sent. Thanks to Icarus for the 5000 tip and Feng Mianyi for the 100 tip. Thank you for your subscription support. In this chapter, the story about Su Ji’s ancestor being brought back to the capital by the Emperor Jiangnan is actually a paraphrase of the story of a famous chef “Zhang Dongguan” in history. This chapter can be regarded as the foreshadowing of the next chapter. The author has carefully studied several methods of lion head in four seasons, and will make some combinations. The next chapter will try to present the process as completely as possible. Friendly reminder: Do not watch late at night, please prepare snacks when watching. (manual funny)