The strong smell of meat was mixed with the smell of soy sauce, and the media colleagues swallowed unconsciously, pushed the male colleague who was walking in front and knocked on the door.
"Please come in." The kitchen door was ajar, and the crisp sound of pots and bowls colliding could be heard from time to time.Hearing someone knock on the door, a clear and gentle voice came from the kitchen.
"Hello, we are introduced by the actress. I am Wang Mao, editor of Capital Life Channel, and these are also media people from various channels of Capital Star." The man in front rubbed his hands politely. Hands, looking at the chefs who stopped their hands because of the entry of strangers.
Jiang Ruan put down the snow-white dough that was carving the white swan in his hand, tilted his head and gave a low voice to ask the cook next to him not to pinch the indentation, wiped his hands and turned to walk towards the crowd.
"Hello, what's the matter?"
"Hello, hello, may I ask that you are Jiang Ruan, right?" The man looked at the slightly immature face in front of him, and thought of the young cook that Lanxi had announced to the outside world before, and then he took a seat and guessed.
"It's me." Jiang Ruan nodded, waiting for Wang Maodao to write later.
"It's like this. We are very curious about your cooking. We also know that many cooks keep their skills secret. It is really inappropriate to rush into the back kitchen. But I can't help it. The first three pre-dinner snacks are really delicious. It's very innovative and delicious..." Wang Mao laughed so hard that he couldn't see his eyes, "What is so delicious?"
Jiang Ruan shook her head with a grin, her feelings were for the name of a visit. "Is the steamed meat with lotus leaf powder on the steamer right? It hasn't been steamed yet, so I probably can't get it for you to eat. But here is clear tea, let's have a cup for each person. Ryan? Is it convenient to come and entertain our guests, I will go to teach Bai again Swan carving."
Smiling, he took the tea handed over by the genius of the Imperial University, took a light sip, and unexpectedly had a bit of a refreshing taste in his mouth, full of sweetness.Wang Mao raised his eyebrows in surprise, and heard Jiang Ruan mention a term he had never heard before.
"What is the white swan carving method?"
"It is to carve the dough into the shape of a white swan. If you are interested, you can take a look. Remember to say hello to the audience in my live broadcast." Jiang Ruan raised the corners of his mouth and led a group of people through various stove positions , came to his exclusive teaching position.The young chef who was receiving Jiang Ruan's knife skills training before was still standing there, holding a fat goose without a long neck, waiting eagerly for Jiang Ruan to guide the next step.
"This is the white swan?" Wang Mao looked at the chubby ball in the hands of the young cook, and raised his eyebrows indistinctly.
"It's still far away. Come, just the one in your hand, come with me." Jiang Ruan shook her head, picked up a round dough again, and scooped a spoonful of nearly transparent filling.He turned his body sideways to the camera, so that the viewers of the live broadcast could see the movements of his hands.
Wang Mao led a group of people, glanced at the live broadcast, and then focused on Jiang Ruan's actions.I saw Jiang Ruan holding his palms slightly, forming a chubby shuttle-shaped goose body, but he didn't stop there, instead, he grabbed the small sharp knife placed on the side, and scratched wavy patterns on both sides of the goose body Going up, a few strokes of flower knives are a pair of swan wings.The young chef at the side hurriedly started, barely keeping up with Jiang Ruan's movements.When he finished, he looked up, and Jiang Ruan had already attached a cute and short tail to the goose.
Wang Mao and the others looked at Jiang Ruan's movements, and then at the potholed works of the cooks around him, and they kept nodding to confirm that the strength was in place and the knife skills were flexible and familiar.
"This is the body of a goose, which is filled with shrimp stuffing. It can be said to be big enough to hold. The fatter the goose, the more it represents the harvest and joy, so this meaning is taken. But in terms of shape, we need a goose that is beautiful enough to reflect the beauty of the goose." It has a long neck, so I'll pinch it for everyone to see." Jiang Ruan looked up at the lens, and without putting down the goose body with her left hand, she took a little dough with her right hand, rubbed a slender strip with two fingers together and bent two arcs.
"This is?" Wang Mao didn't understand for a while.
"Look at it, the lower arc connects the body of the goose, and the upper arc is the raised head of the goose. Let me deal with it again, and you can see it clearly." Jiang Ruan said, holding the tip of the knife on the thick body. Pull the carrot on the skin, take off a small red dot and press it on the top of the big white goose's head, and stick two black sesame seeds to give the big white goose the finishing touch.Finally, a flower knife was drawn on the edge of the goose's mouth, and when it was put down, it was already an image of an elegant white goose, lying vividly on the green porcelain plate.
"At the end there will be some decorations, the white hair will float in the green water, that's it." Jiang Ruan hooked the corners of her lips and wiped her hands.
"Floating green water? Oh! So that's what it means! It's really beautiful!" Wang Mao looked longingly, "It's so beautiful that I don't want to eat it."
There were also dense messages on the bullet screen, praising the big white goose one after another.
"Baibai: I was already at the scene, so I sat down to greet Jiang Jiang, and I didn't dare to rush to find me Jiang Jiang. Who can tell me who the group of old men around Jiang Jiang are!!! Jealousy!"
"ID128437: The big white goose must be secretly happy, hee hee hee Jiang made me!"
"Lily's family: It's really beautiful! Especially the last few strokes, it suddenly came alive. I'm satisfied with my girlish heart!"
"ID2102990: Awesome, my Jiang, I'm afraid that the big white goose under his hands will suddenly come alive and come to scare me 2333"
"Brother Fatty: I still remember the introduction of the big white goose in the textbook, but I didn't expect to see it in the food live broadcast. Is this the culture in cooking?"
"Don't, it will be even more beautiful when it's steamed later, but don't be reluctant to eat it." Jiang Ruan waved his hand, and told the cook at the side a few more words, asking him to act as an example, and he didn't practice a few times. Question, just ask for it to be beautiful enough to be served later.
After being called away by other cooks, Jiang Ruan left the stove in a short while.
"Did Jiang Ruan teach you this today?" Wang Mao looked at the cook who was concentrating on practicing, and sighed that there would be no harm without comparison.Even though this is comparable to many cooks, it is true that Jiang Ruan is not as good at home.
"No, it's like this. I haven't learned a dish for a while. A few days ago, when Master Jiang came to check and accept it, he couldn't meet the requirements, so he changed it for me temporarily. Today is the third day of practice, Jiang Ruan is also accommodating to my habits, and has changed his appearance a few times..." The young cook hurriedly waved his hand.
"Oh, this is also very pretty. Are all the dishes Jiang Ruan ordered?" Wang Mao immediately understood.
"That's right, we all learned from Master Jiang Xiao." The young cook replied.
"That's it..." Wang Mao looked up and looked around. Many chefs were nervously preparing, and many of them had familiar faces.There are young and promising cooks, as well as veteran cooks with old qualifications, but in the end, they got Jiang Ruan's attention?But after thinking about Jiang Ruan's skills that he showed just now, he felt that it would be a good choice to listen to him in decision-making.
"I'll practice one or two more. Maybe I'm not as proficient and fast as Master Jiang, but I should be able to make it so beautiful." The young cook nodded nervously, looked carefully at the modeling examples left by Jiang Ruan, bowed his head and began to concentrate on carving .
When Wang Mao and others saw this, they didn't want to bother them too much.Then I found another stove location to observe.The dishes that need to be steamed have already been processed and waited to be served in the steamer, and the ingredients that need to be fried are all cut and put on hand by the cook.The soup was simmering quietly on the fire, and the steam made the lid rattle.The sugar water and beverages are all refrigerated in the freezer, and the bowls are arranged in several layers.Even the unsliced red bean yokan is made into eight square boxes.
Wang Mao and the others were very satisfied, and they were embarrassed to bother the cook left and look through the freezer with the right, so a group of people dispersed to look at each other, which is really impolite.
Jiang Ruan was too lazy to take care of them, he had to check whether the preparation of each dish was in place.The birthday banquet is about to begin. There are ten tables in total, and each table will serve ten dishes, which means perfection.Each guest also needs to separately deliver thick soup, drinks and desserts, and there can be no mistakes in any link.
"Mr. Wang, Madam asked me to remind you. The birthday banquet is about to begin, and I invite you to go back to the main venue." The waiter knocked on the kitchen door.
In the corner of the kitchen, Mu Zexi lowered his head and kept concentrating on his work. Hearing that the crowd had left, he smiled and raised his head to give Chef Jiang a wink, in exchange for Jiang Ruan shaking his head with a smile.
Wang Mao saw that the time was coming, and when he thought that there should be many guests in the garden, he greeted his colleagues and prepared to leave the back kitchen.After thanking Jiang Ruan, he hurriedly led the people away. As soon as he walked out of the corridor of Lan's house, he saw that most of the seats in the garden were filled with people.
Seeing Wang Mao and his group coming from a distance, Lan Xi turned her head to look at the guests.When the time was up and almost everyone had arrived, she held the hem of the dress and stood on the specially built stage, clicked on the loudspeaker button in her brain, and cleared her throat.
"Good morning everyone, I'm Lancie. It's a great honor to..."
A lot of tall and strong young people sat on the innermost table, and guards in black were secretly guarding under the door rail not far away.Quite a number of guests looked over curiously, and wondered which family's owner was so ostentatious, and finally saw the real owner's appearance, so they opened their eyes wide in surprise and stopped talking.It was a middle-aged couple. The man looked serious and not angry, while the woman was dignified and delicate. Although the fine lines at the end of the eyes could not be concealed by age, her frown and smile were elegant.
These are the two faces that often appear on the headlines of new articles on StarNet. Even though it is known that Her Royal Highness and actress Lan Qian have a close personal relationship, it is still unexpected for the royal couple to attend the Lan family's birthday banquet at the same time.
Zhang Yan sat beside her husband, even though her body was straight and her eyes were straight ahead, her eyes wandered imperceptibly. "Your Majesty, where did you say Ze Xi went?"
"Mu Zexi is here?" Mu Jiang frowned and followed his wife's line of sight, but he didn't find the figure in his mind.
"Well, Sissy said she came with the chef in charge." Zhang Yan nodded. "I don't know where it is, and I don't see anyone."
"Cook?" Mu Jiang frowned, as if dissatisfied with the situation, "What cook? What does it look like to run after a cook?"
"What are you talking about? A cook is also a very precious existence. Especially Sissi said that the cook this time is still a child and very talented. I guess he is looking for fresh blood. " Zhang Yan smiled lovingly, "He has been paying attention to this matter since he came back from the army."
As soon as Mu Jiang heard his wife mentioning the resignation of his youngest son, he fell silent.
"You said, he was obviously talented in combat, so why did he retire..." Zhang Yan muttered in a low voice, "I have always felt sorry for him, if it wasn't for Jiu Qiang's need to get the honor of young marshal, Will Ze Xi still stay in the barracks?"
"It's all fate, what is your identity and what you do." Mu Jiang looked at his wife with a cold face, disapproving.
"Isn't this just talking, you see Jiu Qiang's identity has been made public. He has a career, a reputation, a partner, and everything. Why is Ze Xi still acting like a transparent person..." The more Zhang Yan talked, the more distressed he felt, The already low voice gradually became smaller.
"Zhang Yan!" Mu Jiang snorted, with a serious expression, but a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes, "Pay attention to the occasion."
Zhang Yan didn't continue talking, but looked at Lanxi's position on the other side.Sometimes she really felt that the Lanxi couple's family was very happy, even though they had no children for many years, they didn't have to think about the identity of inheritance.Although the husband didn't say anything about inheritance, the eldest son is definitely going to take the place of his father.The youngest son still lacks this and that, and it's all the flesh on the palms and backs of his hands, which arouses Zhang Yan's distress.
"...Yanyan, Ze Xi is so much younger than Jiu Qiang. When Jiu Qiang was honing in the barracks, Ze Xi was still instructing his teacher. How long can Jiu Qiang reveal his identity? No? In the past few years, we have settled down with Li Hui, and only when everything has stabilized will we reveal our identity. Ze Xi also has this day, boys, there is nothing wrong with being hardened and becoming an official. It is always right for him to be unworthy of his position and a high status. Said, there is no real benefit." Mu Jiang sighed.
"Who do you think can't be called him?" Zhang Yan blinked, "It's not like you don't know how smart Ze Xi is, and the learning speed of those courses is faster than when you were a child. Although the God of Cookery Festival has not been popular in recent years The fire, but after his readjustment, at least it saved the predicament of extinction, didn't it?"
"When I didn't know that you put Li Hui in charge of the Culinary Association, and then helped him rectify the culinary family?" Mu Jiang chuckled, "But that kid is quite capable, the old man of the Xiang family came over a few days ago, He even praised him a few words in front of me. But he is not smarter than me, when I was young..."
"Yo, don't mention it." Zhang Yan hurriedly interrupted her husband's little arrogance, and covered her mouth with a chuckle, "Who would wink and try to copy my answers in classical culture class when I was a child?"
Mu Jiang was at a loss for words for a moment, he touched his nose helplessly and smiled without saying a word.
After Lan Qian finished her speech on the stage, everyone congratulated the old man of the Lan family on his birthday.The guests looked at the situation on the field, and many of them wanted to show their faces to the royal couple, but Lanxie and his wife took the lead.
"Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, good morning." Hao Qun and Lan Qian saluted. "I wish you both a pleasant meal. The meal will be served soon."
"Cissy, you're welcome. Come, sit here." Zhang Yan beckoned, and let Lanxi and her husband sit in the two newly vacated seats next to her.
"Good day, Marshal." Hao Qun had gone to the battlefield with Mu Jiang before, and for so many years, he still greeted him like a soldier.Lanxi bowed her head at the side to pay tribute to her husband's words.
"Well, Commodore Hao, good day." Mu Jiang restrained his smile and nodded.
"Sissy, do you know where Ze Xi went? Why is there no one?" Zhang Yan took Lan Qian's hand and patted it.
"I don't know, I haven't seen him today. But it shouldn't be out of the range of the Lan family. Since I brought little master Jiang here, I haven't been out." Lan Qian shook her head and looked back at herself Husband, but Hao Qun also shook his head.
"Hey, I still want to talk to him after dinner. People usually don't come back to the palace to see us very often in the capital. It's rare to catch one..." Zhang Yan pursed her lips, still the same as when she was a teenager. Delicate appearance.
"I'll ask the waiter to look for it. The second prince may be busy with his own business somewhere, and he forgot the time! Don't worry, I'll call him out for dinner." Lan Xi shook Zhang Yan's hand and patted it To show relief.
"Speaking of eating, you said before that the cook was brought back by Ze Xi, right?" Zhang Yan asked instead.
"That's right, Brother Qun and I were still discussing whether we should hire the chef from Xiang's family to cook this birthday banquet. I didn't expect the second prince to come to me and said that he hoped to give Jiang Ruan a chance." Lan Qian nodded, "But fortunately, I agreed. What Jiang Ruan made is not the old dishes we ate at Capital Star Restaurant before."
"I can see that these three are really good, very unique and elegant. My Majesty and I tasted them, and they are very appetizing. They are really suitable for making pre-dinner snacks. We are all looking forward to the next works." Zhang Yan smiled, He glanced at the three small dishes on the table that had only moved one or two bites.
"Huh? Speaking of serving, I have to show the rhythm of the serving. The back kitchen should be able to produce the first few dishes!" Lan Xi was mentioned in this way, and she was about to get up and leave temporarily. He was patted on the back by Hao Qun, motioning to look in one direction.
The waiter pushed the trolley from the aisle into the garden venue. Even if the tan round stewing pots were tightly covered, the unmistakable aroma permeated the entire garden venue.
"What is this?" Zhang Yan took a breath, and looked away curiously, "Is it meat? I can smell meat. But it's not just meat, it seems to be mixed with something."
"Yes, Jiang Jiang told me that the first dish served is a stewed soup, called the ancient palace stewed chicken." Lan Xi nodded, watching the waiter approach quickly, and brought the large stew pot on the table that attracted everyone's attention.
"The palace?" Mu Jiang looked at the steaming cup lid, and raised his eyebrows when he heard the name of the dish.
"Your Majesty, Jiang Jiang's court refers to the earth period. The feudal Huaguo's practice should be quite long and traditional." Lan Qian smiled.
"I'm interested when you say that. If you don't have too much to do over there, you can sit here and eat together. Just talk?" Zhang Yan saw the waiter lift the lid of the pot and looked inside curiously.
Lanxi opened her eyes wide, lost her mind for a moment, and looked back at her husband.Hao Qun looked at Mu Jiang.
"Let's eat here." Mu Jiang nodded.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you Yanyan." Lan Xi smiled with eyebrows crooked, waved away the waiter at the side, and got up to prepare the soup herself.
"Eh? How can you do this? Sit down, you are the master!" Zhang Yan waved her hand. "We can just come by ourselves. It's not like you don't know, we don't pay attention to these things at home."
"It's okay, I don't need to be so particular about it. You are still entangled with me about the food." Lan Xi moved gracefully and quickly, and after putting away four bowls of soup, Shi Shiran sat down and straightened her clothes. "This occasion is different, after all, it's outside."
"You too..." Zhang Yan shook her head with a smile, and was about to say something when she was attracted by the soup bowl in front of her.
The light yellow soup is clear and clear, in addition to the tender white chicken bones, there are also various ingredients for flavor.Zhang Yan scooped up a spoonful of soup and poured it into his mouth, and the taste was so delicious that it made people speechless.Accompanied by the boiled chicken oil, the soup does not have many complex flavors, but the flavor of the yellow chicken is stewed to the extreme.The chicken is also smooth, tender and delicate, with distinct strands.
"The taste is very good. It is boiled very well, and the taste is also very special." Zhang Yan nodded in satisfaction, and glanced at her husband.
"Yes." Mu Jiang also took a sip and curled the corners of his lips.
"That's good. I'm afraid that Jiang Jiang's things won't meet everyone's needs. After all, she's still young, and she's still an adult." The royal couple's affirmation, coupled with the deliberately suppressed sighs from other tables, made Lan Qian feel relieved Take a breath.Jiang Ruan's perfect opening gave her an idea of the quality of this birthday banquet.
"Not yet an adult? He's a child!" Zhang Yan opened his eyes wide, with a flash of surprise in them. "This is really capable. Where did he learn from? I have never heard of an old cook who can cook this dish."
"I don't know, I also asked Ze Xi in private. He only said that Jiang Ruan has the ability, but he didn't answer who my teacher is. I guess he has some concerns. The ingredients are also, Jiang Ruan can't get such a large demand. We went to the genetic center to cultivate them. Li Hui also mentioned that my batch of ingredients were of high quality, and some of them didn’t even have data on file in the genetic center, but they were unexpectedly beneficial to the human body. Ze Xi only told me that Jiang Ruan has a way to get it out, and the channel is legitimate. I thought that he has the technology and ability, and guessed that he has inheritance and secrets, so I didn't ask any more." Lan Xi blinked.
"So that's how it is..." Zhang Yan nodded, looked at Mu Jiang beside him thoughtfully, and gave her husband a little push, "Eat, what are you thinking about?"
Mu Jiang shook his head, looked at the waiter who was approaching to serve food again, and said nothing.
"This is mixed fruit juice, please enjoy. This dish is coir raincoat cucumber, please enjoy." The waiter brought a stack of vegetarian dishes with crisp color but accompanied by red seasoning.
"This is a cucumber. I watched him cut it three times by Jiang Jiang's side, but I didn't understand how he cut it out. The pepper is stir-fried to produce oil, and the shredded ginger is also scalded to produce juice. Mix it and marinate it. Pickle first." Lanxi looked at the dish introduction and said.
"Oh! Try it?" Zhang Yan picked up her chopsticks, only to find that although the cucumbers seemed to be juxtaposed one by one, they were not completely cut at the end, so that they could be curled up in the plate like a dragon and not disperse.But the pickled cucumbers were more flexible than the crisp ones, so Zhang Yan pulled them lightly and they came off.When it is put into the mouth, the spicy and salty aroma explodes in the mouth instantly, and it is particularly refreshing with a hint of sour taste.
"It's so cool..." Zhang Yan nodded hastily, "This dish is perfect with porridge!"
Lan Xi covered her mouth and smiled. She has accompanied Zhang Yan to find restaurants to experience delicious food many times, but it is really rare to be so happy.
The waiter served the cheese baked shrimp and seafood risotto one after another.Lan Qian followed up with the introduction, the heads of the baked shrimps were side by side, but the tails of the open back were scattered into a flower shape, which was extraordinarily delicate and beautiful.The back of the shrimp is sprinkled with black pepper, and the cheese is so sticky that it can be drawn.Zhang Yan carefully cut it open and put it in his mouth.The thick taste and chewy texture of the cheese, paired with the delicious springiness of the shrimp meat, made Zhang Yan squint her eyes slightly.
"That's good." Nodding affirmatively, she reached out to the seafood risotto decisively.Just as she expected, the seafood risotto is also excellent. Instead of prawns that are baked with cheese, the prawns are smaller in size and paired with other seafood. The taste is rich and multi-layered.The faint aroma of wine, accompanied by the slight acidity of garlic and tomato, penetrates into the plump rice grains, making it very satisfying after one bite.
"Where's Mu Zexi?" Mu Jiang put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand, looked at Lan Xi and his wife, Lan Xi hurriedly beckoned the waiter to come forward and ask.
"Mr. Mu is still in the back kitchen. He said he was with Mr. Jiang. He said he would come out and serve the table later." The waiter replied respectfully.
"Eh? Why are you still in the back kitchen at this time?" Zhang Yan frowned slightly.
"I'm going to ask him to come out to eat quickly. The dishes are almost ready, so we can come out with Jiang Ruan." Lan Xi pursed her lips, "Children, they are always a bit willful. Jiang Ruan should be Your Highness's friend, so valued."
"En." Zhang Yan hummed in a low voice, her face was calm, but her eyes were less happy.
How could Lanxi not understand the thoughts of her best friend, so she found a chance to get up, greeted the guests at other tables, and then walked to the back kitchen.
The whole journey was quiet, only the waiters came in and out silently carrying the dishes, and Lanxi quickly approached the kitchen.It was found that it was different from other places, the kitchen was very hot, and the cooks were nervously preparing meals.Jiang Ruan stood by a stove, checking the dishes in the stew pot one by one. A tall young man in a cook's coat stood very close behind Jiang Ruan with his arms folded, poking his head and talking and laughing.
"Jiang Jiang? Zexi? The guests enjoyed their meal. I came here to take a look. It's really hard work!" Lan Xi approached with a smile on her face, "The meal should be almost ready, but fortunately, it won't be long, everyone Distinguished cooks, please take your seat quickly, the seats and meals are reserved for you!"
"Aunt Lan?" Mu Zexi looked at the person coming, raised his eyebrows and turned around.
"Ze Xi, your mother asked me where you were just now, and told you to go to dinner quickly. There are other things after eating." Lan Xi patted Mu Zexi's arm.
"Yeah, I got it. Jiang Jiang has to finish what he's doing right away, so I'll just serve him at the table." Mu Zexi nodded calmly.
Lan Xi glanced at Jiang Ruan with a smile, rubbed Jiang Ruan's head with a hat, nodded and turned to other cooks.
"Go and eat first, isn't your mother waiting for you?" Jiang Ruan straightened her hat and looked up at Mu Zexi.
"It's okay, let's eat together." With a smile in his eyes, Mu Zexi continued to rub Jiang Ruan's head, "Hurry up, I'm still waiting for the table to eat."
"Don't rub it, it's going to fall off! I'll try my best, don't rush me..." Jiang Ruan patted Mu Zexi's hand away, straightened the hat again, lowered her head and accelerated the speed of pulling the noodles with her hands.
It wasn't until Buddha Tiaoqiang and lotus leaf powder steamed meat came on stage that Zhang Yan saw Mu Zexi and a slender young man walking out in casual clothes and sitting at the banquet reserved for the cook.Although it was a seat reserved for cooks, it was not just the cooks who worked on the field, but also the members of the Xiang family invited by Capital Star.Mu Zexi sat down with the two of them, but it didn't look abrupt.It's just that a young man at the table watched Jiang Ruan take his seat, his eyes widened, and he secretly turned on the optical brain to take pictures.
"Hey, I really want Zexi to sit here..." Zhang Yan glanced back from time to time, and sighed after seeing Mu Zexi's figure, "That young man is Jiang Ruan. Value him. Your Majesty, don't bring me food, I'm a bit stuck."
Mu Jiang heard the words, but he didn't stop, attracting the queen's attention.
As for Jiang Ruan, as soon as he took his seat, he received the attention of a table of people.But he was not familiar with the guests, so he had to sit down with Mu Zexi, opened the bowls and chopsticks and started eating. "Lian handled this steamed pork with lotus leaf powder. I adjusted the sauce, and he marinated the meat. How about it?"
"Well, it's very good! The fat and thin slices of meat are paired with crushed rice noodles. It's a wonderful combination! The rice grains absorb the gravy, and the meat just relieves the greasy taste. It's very refreshing. It's very delicious! Plus the glutinous potato slices on the bottom layer, and the faint aroma of lotus leaves. Jiang Jiang, you are awesome!" The boy with an unfamiliar face at the table heard Jiang Ruan asking Mu Zexi, and answered aloud.
When Jiang Ruan heard the guest praise herself so bluntly, she opened her eyes and looked over in a daze.How did he know so clearly...
"Jiang Jiang, I'm Xiang Bai, and this is my brother Xiang Yuan. Father and grandpa are at the table over there, and it's just the two of us here." The boy tugged at the dead-faced young man beside him, and smiled enthusiastically and obsequiously. .
"Buddha Jumping Wall is delicious, really delicious, has it been cooked for a long time?" The older youth looked serious.
"Yes. Because there are a lot of ingredients needed, and the processing methods are different. The preparation in the early stage did take a lot of time, but as long as you pay attention to the heat in the stew, let it simmer by itself." Jiang Ruan nodded.
"Oh! So that's the case! Then, Jiang Jiang, can you take a picture with me later?" Xiang Bai blinked his starry eyes, and unconsciously curled up his hands slightly.
"...Okay." Jiang Ruan couldn't help laughing seeing the boy who got the reply fulfilled his wish.Pressing the corner of his mouth and looking away, he felt as if he knew the truth.
The serious young man on the opposite side looked at his younger brother's intoxicated expression, and couldn't bear to look directly at him.But after hesitating for a while, he didn't say anything to stop him. Instead, he wondered if he should rub the camera for a while.
"Hey, eat quickly. It will be gone later." Mu Zexi served Jiang Ruan a bowl of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall, and handed it to Jiang Ruan. "Do you want anything else?"
"Huh? You can make a bowl yourself. I ate some when I was trying the dishes, and I'm not hungry now." Jiang Ruan leaned to Mu Zexi's side with a smile, and started talking with Mu Zexi again.
Xiang Bai looked enviously at the two people who were laughing and chatting together, and wanted to have such intimacy with his brother, but when he turned his head, he suddenly met his brother's paralyzed face.Subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, buried his head and drank the soup obediently.
Xiang Yuan: ...He just wanted to ask his brother if he would like to make him a freshly served Yong Tau Foo.
Not far away, the royal couple were also looking at this side. Zhang Yan was captivated by the extremely delicious taste of Buddha Jumping Wall, and had long put aside the previous unhappiness.Seeing that Mu Zexi seemed to serve Jiang Ruan a bowl first, he looked at Mu Jiang who was also looking there. "Your Majesty, Ze Xi actually served a meal for a friend first. It takes a good friend to make him so unassuming. It's really rare!"
Mu Jiang didn't speak, just nodded in response.But thinking about Mu Zexi's expression just now, he always felt that Mu Zexi's actions seemed familiar.
Every dish on the birthday banquet was served extremely quickly, especially the sea bass in tomato sauce and beef brisket with braised potatoes.
In Yong Tau Foo, sausages, fungus, shiitake mushrooms and taro are diced and fried together with soaked raw glutinous rice, stuffed into fried tofu with a cross knife cut, steamed in a steamer, fried for a round and sprinkled with chopped green onion, Arranged round and round on the plate, golden brown and crispy.
The sea bass in tomato sauce had a strong sour aroma before it was served. When it was served, it was like the fate of the previous dishes.The delicate and tender white fish meat unique to sea bass, accompanied by the thick and fragrant tomato juice that has been fried and thickened, made everyone send an extra bowl of rice for nothing.In fact, everyone was already very full, but when they saw the last dish being served, they opened their eyes wide again.
Braised Potato Beef Brisket is the finale dish. In Xiang Bai's words, it is too much of a limelight.
In fact, Xiangjia restaurant can also have dishes with similar methods, but no matter how you eat them, they don't feel as tasty as Jiang Ruan's method.The unique tendons of the beef brisket make the taste quite springy, and the juice is rich when you bite down.The potato cubes are stewed until they are half-melted, and the powder is glutinously stuffed, which makes people have endless aftertaste.After all, the people who were full couldn't bear to stop. They just breathed a sigh of relief after digesting their food, and then gave them a bowl of rice with this dish, feeling pain and happiness.
The waiter specially delivered a birthday dish to the main table where the birthday star was sitting. This is the longevity noodles that Jiang Ruan has prepared for a long time.
The green onion is green on the wide edge bowl, and the noodles are white and clean, and they are thinly plated in the bowl.Lanxi stayed by her parents' side for the second half, said a few auspicious words, and let everyone share this beautiful gift.A group of guests learned that Jiang Ruan had specially prepared this dish for birthday stars, so they looked curiously at the chef's table.At first they couldn't recognize who was who, but when the camera caught sight of Jiang Ruan's face, everyone realized that the cook who served this table of food was so young.
Jiang Ruan herself had no idea.The pulled longevity noodles have been frozen for a short time, so I don't know if the taste is still as good as freshly cooked.But looking at the reaction of the crowd, it should be all right.
The guests thought that the gluttonous feast was over, but they didn't expect the waiter to present each guest with an exquisite gift.Two completely different delicacies are packed on both sides of the same airtight box, and the slightest bit of air-conditioning can still be seen in the transparent box wall.One side is a sauce-red slice, but the other side looks like an animal, as if trying to confuse the real one.
"Please come in." The kitchen door was ajar, and the crisp sound of pots and bowls colliding could be heard from time to time.Hearing someone knock on the door, a clear and gentle voice came from the kitchen.
"Hello, we are introduced by the actress. I am Wang Mao, editor of Capital Life Channel, and these are also media people from various channels of Capital Star." The man in front rubbed his hands politely. Hands, looking at the chefs who stopped their hands because of the entry of strangers.
Jiang Ruan put down the snow-white dough that was carving the white swan in his hand, tilted his head and gave a low voice to ask the cook next to him not to pinch the indentation, wiped his hands and turned to walk towards the crowd.
"Hello, what's the matter?"
"Hello, hello, may I ask that you are Jiang Ruan, right?" The man looked at the slightly immature face in front of him, and thought of the young cook that Lanxi had announced to the outside world before, and then he took a seat and guessed.
"It's me." Jiang Ruan nodded, waiting for Wang Maodao to write later.
"It's like this. We are very curious about your cooking. We also know that many cooks keep their skills secret. It is really inappropriate to rush into the back kitchen. But I can't help it. The first three pre-dinner snacks are really delicious. It's very innovative and delicious..." Wang Mao laughed so hard that he couldn't see his eyes, "What is so delicious?"
Jiang Ruan shook her head with a grin, her feelings were for the name of a visit. "Is the steamed meat with lotus leaf powder on the steamer right? It hasn't been steamed yet, so I probably can't get it for you to eat. But here is clear tea, let's have a cup for each person. Ryan? Is it convenient to come and entertain our guests, I will go to teach Bai again Swan carving."
Smiling, he took the tea handed over by the genius of the Imperial University, took a light sip, and unexpectedly had a bit of a refreshing taste in his mouth, full of sweetness.Wang Mao raised his eyebrows in surprise, and heard Jiang Ruan mention a term he had never heard before.
"What is the white swan carving method?"
"It is to carve the dough into the shape of a white swan. If you are interested, you can take a look. Remember to say hello to the audience in my live broadcast." Jiang Ruan raised the corners of his mouth and led a group of people through various stove positions , came to his exclusive teaching position.The young chef who was receiving Jiang Ruan's knife skills training before was still standing there, holding a fat goose without a long neck, waiting eagerly for Jiang Ruan to guide the next step.
"This is the white swan?" Wang Mao looked at the chubby ball in the hands of the young cook, and raised his eyebrows indistinctly.
"It's still far away. Come, just the one in your hand, come with me." Jiang Ruan shook her head, picked up a round dough again, and scooped a spoonful of nearly transparent filling.He turned his body sideways to the camera, so that the viewers of the live broadcast could see the movements of his hands.
Wang Mao led a group of people, glanced at the live broadcast, and then focused on Jiang Ruan's actions.I saw Jiang Ruan holding his palms slightly, forming a chubby shuttle-shaped goose body, but he didn't stop there, instead, he grabbed the small sharp knife placed on the side, and scratched wavy patterns on both sides of the goose body Going up, a few strokes of flower knives are a pair of swan wings.The young chef at the side hurriedly started, barely keeping up with Jiang Ruan's movements.When he finished, he looked up, and Jiang Ruan had already attached a cute and short tail to the goose.
Wang Mao and the others looked at Jiang Ruan's movements, and then at the potholed works of the cooks around him, and they kept nodding to confirm that the strength was in place and the knife skills were flexible and familiar.
"This is the body of a goose, which is filled with shrimp stuffing. It can be said to be big enough to hold. The fatter the goose, the more it represents the harvest and joy, so this meaning is taken. But in terms of shape, we need a goose that is beautiful enough to reflect the beauty of the goose." It has a long neck, so I'll pinch it for everyone to see." Jiang Ruan looked up at the lens, and without putting down the goose body with her left hand, she took a little dough with her right hand, rubbed a slender strip with two fingers together and bent two arcs.
"This is?" Wang Mao didn't understand for a while.
"Look at it, the lower arc connects the body of the goose, and the upper arc is the raised head of the goose. Let me deal with it again, and you can see it clearly." Jiang Ruan said, holding the tip of the knife on the thick body. Pull the carrot on the skin, take off a small red dot and press it on the top of the big white goose's head, and stick two black sesame seeds to give the big white goose the finishing touch.Finally, a flower knife was drawn on the edge of the goose's mouth, and when it was put down, it was already an image of an elegant white goose, lying vividly on the green porcelain plate.
"At the end there will be some decorations, the white hair will float in the green water, that's it." Jiang Ruan hooked the corners of her lips and wiped her hands.
"Floating green water? Oh! So that's what it means! It's really beautiful!" Wang Mao looked longingly, "It's so beautiful that I don't want to eat it."
There were also dense messages on the bullet screen, praising the big white goose one after another.
"Baibai: I was already at the scene, so I sat down to greet Jiang Jiang, and I didn't dare to rush to find me Jiang Jiang. Who can tell me who the group of old men around Jiang Jiang are!!! Jealousy!"
"ID128437: The big white goose must be secretly happy, hee hee hee Jiang made me!"
"Lily's family: It's really beautiful! Especially the last few strokes, it suddenly came alive. I'm satisfied with my girlish heart!"
"ID2102990: Awesome, my Jiang, I'm afraid that the big white goose under his hands will suddenly come alive and come to scare me 2333"
"Brother Fatty: I still remember the introduction of the big white goose in the textbook, but I didn't expect to see it in the food live broadcast. Is this the culture in cooking?"
"Don't, it will be even more beautiful when it's steamed later, but don't be reluctant to eat it." Jiang Ruan waved his hand, and told the cook at the side a few more words, asking him to act as an example, and he didn't practice a few times. Question, just ask for it to be beautiful enough to be served later.
After being called away by other cooks, Jiang Ruan left the stove in a short while.
"Did Jiang Ruan teach you this today?" Wang Mao looked at the cook who was concentrating on practicing, and sighed that there would be no harm without comparison.Even though this is comparable to many cooks, it is true that Jiang Ruan is not as good at home.
"No, it's like this. I haven't learned a dish for a while. A few days ago, when Master Jiang came to check and accept it, he couldn't meet the requirements, so he changed it for me temporarily. Today is the third day of practice, Jiang Ruan is also accommodating to my habits, and has changed his appearance a few times..." The young cook hurriedly waved his hand.
"Oh, this is also very pretty. Are all the dishes Jiang Ruan ordered?" Wang Mao immediately understood.
"That's right, we all learned from Master Jiang Xiao." The young cook replied.
"That's it..." Wang Mao looked up and looked around. Many chefs were nervously preparing, and many of them had familiar faces.There are young and promising cooks, as well as veteran cooks with old qualifications, but in the end, they got Jiang Ruan's attention?But after thinking about Jiang Ruan's skills that he showed just now, he felt that it would be a good choice to listen to him in decision-making.
"I'll practice one or two more. Maybe I'm not as proficient and fast as Master Jiang, but I should be able to make it so beautiful." The young cook nodded nervously, looked carefully at the modeling examples left by Jiang Ruan, bowed his head and began to concentrate on carving .
When Wang Mao and others saw this, they didn't want to bother them too much.Then I found another stove location to observe.The dishes that need to be steamed have already been processed and waited to be served in the steamer, and the ingredients that need to be fried are all cut and put on hand by the cook.The soup was simmering quietly on the fire, and the steam made the lid rattle.The sugar water and beverages are all refrigerated in the freezer, and the bowls are arranged in several layers.Even the unsliced red bean yokan is made into eight square boxes.
Wang Mao and the others were very satisfied, and they were embarrassed to bother the cook left and look through the freezer with the right, so a group of people dispersed to look at each other, which is really impolite.
Jiang Ruan was too lazy to take care of them, he had to check whether the preparation of each dish was in place.The birthday banquet is about to begin. There are ten tables in total, and each table will serve ten dishes, which means perfection.Each guest also needs to separately deliver thick soup, drinks and desserts, and there can be no mistakes in any link.
"Mr. Wang, Madam asked me to remind you. The birthday banquet is about to begin, and I invite you to go back to the main venue." The waiter knocked on the kitchen door.
In the corner of the kitchen, Mu Zexi lowered his head and kept concentrating on his work. Hearing that the crowd had left, he smiled and raised his head to give Chef Jiang a wink, in exchange for Jiang Ruan shaking his head with a smile.
Wang Mao saw that the time was coming, and when he thought that there should be many guests in the garden, he greeted his colleagues and prepared to leave the back kitchen.After thanking Jiang Ruan, he hurriedly led the people away. As soon as he walked out of the corridor of Lan's house, he saw that most of the seats in the garden were filled with people.
Seeing Wang Mao and his group coming from a distance, Lan Xi turned her head to look at the guests.When the time was up and almost everyone had arrived, she held the hem of the dress and stood on the specially built stage, clicked on the loudspeaker button in her brain, and cleared her throat.
"Good morning everyone, I'm Lancie. It's a great honor to..."
A lot of tall and strong young people sat on the innermost table, and guards in black were secretly guarding under the door rail not far away.Quite a number of guests looked over curiously, and wondered which family's owner was so ostentatious, and finally saw the real owner's appearance, so they opened their eyes wide in surprise and stopped talking.It was a middle-aged couple. The man looked serious and not angry, while the woman was dignified and delicate. Although the fine lines at the end of the eyes could not be concealed by age, her frown and smile were elegant.
These are the two faces that often appear on the headlines of new articles on StarNet. Even though it is known that Her Royal Highness and actress Lan Qian have a close personal relationship, it is still unexpected for the royal couple to attend the Lan family's birthday banquet at the same time.
Zhang Yan sat beside her husband, even though her body was straight and her eyes were straight ahead, her eyes wandered imperceptibly. "Your Majesty, where did you say Ze Xi went?"
"Mu Zexi is here?" Mu Jiang frowned and followed his wife's line of sight, but he didn't find the figure in his mind.
"Well, Sissy said she came with the chef in charge." Zhang Yan nodded. "I don't know where it is, and I don't see anyone."
"Cook?" Mu Jiang frowned, as if dissatisfied with the situation, "What cook? What does it look like to run after a cook?"
"What are you talking about? A cook is also a very precious existence. Especially Sissi said that the cook this time is still a child and very talented. I guess he is looking for fresh blood. " Zhang Yan smiled lovingly, "He has been paying attention to this matter since he came back from the army."
As soon as Mu Jiang heard his wife mentioning the resignation of his youngest son, he fell silent.
"You said, he was obviously talented in combat, so why did he retire..." Zhang Yan muttered in a low voice, "I have always felt sorry for him, if it wasn't for Jiu Qiang's need to get the honor of young marshal, Will Ze Xi still stay in the barracks?"
"It's all fate, what is your identity and what you do." Mu Jiang looked at his wife with a cold face, disapproving.
"Isn't this just talking, you see Jiu Qiang's identity has been made public. He has a career, a reputation, a partner, and everything. Why is Ze Xi still acting like a transparent person..." The more Zhang Yan talked, the more distressed he felt, The already low voice gradually became smaller.
"Zhang Yan!" Mu Jiang snorted, with a serious expression, but a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes, "Pay attention to the occasion."
Zhang Yan didn't continue talking, but looked at Lanxi's position on the other side.Sometimes she really felt that the Lanxi couple's family was very happy, even though they had no children for many years, they didn't have to think about the identity of inheritance.Although the husband didn't say anything about inheritance, the eldest son is definitely going to take the place of his father.The youngest son still lacks this and that, and it's all the flesh on the palms and backs of his hands, which arouses Zhang Yan's distress.
"...Yanyan, Ze Xi is so much younger than Jiu Qiang. When Jiu Qiang was honing in the barracks, Ze Xi was still instructing his teacher. How long can Jiu Qiang reveal his identity? No? In the past few years, we have settled down with Li Hui, and only when everything has stabilized will we reveal our identity. Ze Xi also has this day, boys, there is nothing wrong with being hardened and becoming an official. It is always right for him to be unworthy of his position and a high status. Said, there is no real benefit." Mu Jiang sighed.
"Who do you think can't be called him?" Zhang Yan blinked, "It's not like you don't know how smart Ze Xi is, and the learning speed of those courses is faster than when you were a child. Although the God of Cookery Festival has not been popular in recent years The fire, but after his readjustment, at least it saved the predicament of extinction, didn't it?"
"When I didn't know that you put Li Hui in charge of the Culinary Association, and then helped him rectify the culinary family?" Mu Jiang chuckled, "But that kid is quite capable, the old man of the Xiang family came over a few days ago, He even praised him a few words in front of me. But he is not smarter than me, when I was young..."
"Yo, don't mention it." Zhang Yan hurriedly interrupted her husband's little arrogance, and covered her mouth with a chuckle, "Who would wink and try to copy my answers in classical culture class when I was a child?"
Mu Jiang was at a loss for words for a moment, he touched his nose helplessly and smiled without saying a word.
After Lan Qian finished her speech on the stage, everyone congratulated the old man of the Lan family on his birthday.The guests looked at the situation on the field, and many of them wanted to show their faces to the royal couple, but Lanxie and his wife took the lead.
"Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, good morning." Hao Qun and Lan Qian saluted. "I wish you both a pleasant meal. The meal will be served soon."
"Cissy, you're welcome. Come, sit here." Zhang Yan beckoned, and let Lanxi and her husband sit in the two newly vacated seats next to her.
"Good day, Marshal." Hao Qun had gone to the battlefield with Mu Jiang before, and for so many years, he still greeted him like a soldier.Lanxi bowed her head at the side to pay tribute to her husband's words.
"Well, Commodore Hao, good day." Mu Jiang restrained his smile and nodded.
"Sissy, do you know where Ze Xi went? Why is there no one?" Zhang Yan took Lan Qian's hand and patted it.
"I don't know, I haven't seen him today. But it shouldn't be out of the range of the Lan family. Since I brought little master Jiang here, I haven't been out." Lan Qian shook her head and looked back at herself Husband, but Hao Qun also shook his head.
"Hey, I still want to talk to him after dinner. People usually don't come back to the palace to see us very often in the capital. It's rare to catch one..." Zhang Yan pursed her lips, still the same as when she was a teenager. Delicate appearance.
"I'll ask the waiter to look for it. The second prince may be busy with his own business somewhere, and he forgot the time! Don't worry, I'll call him out for dinner." Lan Xi shook Zhang Yan's hand and patted it To show relief.
"Speaking of eating, you said before that the cook was brought back by Ze Xi, right?" Zhang Yan asked instead.
"That's right, Brother Qun and I were still discussing whether we should hire the chef from Xiang's family to cook this birthday banquet. I didn't expect the second prince to come to me and said that he hoped to give Jiang Ruan a chance." Lan Qian nodded, "But fortunately, I agreed. What Jiang Ruan made is not the old dishes we ate at Capital Star Restaurant before."
"I can see that these three are really good, very unique and elegant. My Majesty and I tasted them, and they are very appetizing. They are really suitable for making pre-dinner snacks. We are all looking forward to the next works." Zhang Yan smiled, He glanced at the three small dishes on the table that had only moved one or two bites.
"Huh? Speaking of serving, I have to show the rhythm of the serving. The back kitchen should be able to produce the first few dishes!" Lan Xi was mentioned in this way, and she was about to get up and leave temporarily. He was patted on the back by Hao Qun, motioning to look in one direction.
The waiter pushed the trolley from the aisle into the garden venue. Even if the tan round stewing pots were tightly covered, the unmistakable aroma permeated the entire garden venue.
"What is this?" Zhang Yan took a breath, and looked away curiously, "Is it meat? I can smell meat. But it's not just meat, it seems to be mixed with something."
"Yes, Jiang Jiang told me that the first dish served is a stewed soup, called the ancient palace stewed chicken." Lan Xi nodded, watching the waiter approach quickly, and brought the large stew pot on the table that attracted everyone's attention.
"The palace?" Mu Jiang looked at the steaming cup lid, and raised his eyebrows when he heard the name of the dish.
"Your Majesty, Jiang Jiang's court refers to the earth period. The feudal Huaguo's practice should be quite long and traditional." Lan Qian smiled.
"I'm interested when you say that. If you don't have too much to do over there, you can sit here and eat together. Just talk?" Zhang Yan saw the waiter lift the lid of the pot and looked inside curiously.
Lanxi opened her eyes wide, lost her mind for a moment, and looked back at her husband.Hao Qun looked at Mu Jiang.
"Let's eat here." Mu Jiang nodded.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you Yanyan." Lan Xi smiled with eyebrows crooked, waved away the waiter at the side, and got up to prepare the soup herself.
"Eh? How can you do this? Sit down, you are the master!" Zhang Yan waved her hand. "We can just come by ourselves. It's not like you don't know, we don't pay attention to these things at home."
"It's okay, I don't need to be so particular about it. You are still entangled with me about the food." Lan Xi moved gracefully and quickly, and after putting away four bowls of soup, Shi Shiran sat down and straightened her clothes. "This occasion is different, after all, it's outside."
"You too..." Zhang Yan shook her head with a smile, and was about to say something when she was attracted by the soup bowl in front of her.
The light yellow soup is clear and clear, in addition to the tender white chicken bones, there are also various ingredients for flavor.Zhang Yan scooped up a spoonful of soup and poured it into his mouth, and the taste was so delicious that it made people speechless.Accompanied by the boiled chicken oil, the soup does not have many complex flavors, but the flavor of the yellow chicken is stewed to the extreme.The chicken is also smooth, tender and delicate, with distinct strands.
"The taste is very good. It is boiled very well, and the taste is also very special." Zhang Yan nodded in satisfaction, and glanced at her husband.
"Yes." Mu Jiang also took a sip and curled the corners of his lips.
"That's good. I'm afraid that Jiang Jiang's things won't meet everyone's needs. After all, she's still young, and she's still an adult." The royal couple's affirmation, coupled with the deliberately suppressed sighs from other tables, made Lan Qian feel relieved Take a breath.Jiang Ruan's perfect opening gave her an idea of the quality of this birthday banquet.
"Not yet an adult? He's a child!" Zhang Yan opened his eyes wide, with a flash of surprise in them. "This is really capable. Where did he learn from? I have never heard of an old cook who can cook this dish."
"I don't know, I also asked Ze Xi in private. He only said that Jiang Ruan has the ability, but he didn't answer who my teacher is. I guess he has some concerns. The ingredients are also, Jiang Ruan can't get such a large demand. We went to the genetic center to cultivate them. Li Hui also mentioned that my batch of ingredients were of high quality, and some of them didn’t even have data on file in the genetic center, but they were unexpectedly beneficial to the human body. Ze Xi only told me that Jiang Ruan has a way to get it out, and the channel is legitimate. I thought that he has the technology and ability, and guessed that he has inheritance and secrets, so I didn't ask any more." Lan Xi blinked.
"So that's how it is..." Zhang Yan nodded, looked at Mu Jiang beside him thoughtfully, and gave her husband a little push, "Eat, what are you thinking about?"
Mu Jiang shook his head, looked at the waiter who was approaching to serve food again, and said nothing.
"This is mixed fruit juice, please enjoy. This dish is coir raincoat cucumber, please enjoy." The waiter brought a stack of vegetarian dishes with crisp color but accompanied by red seasoning.
"This is a cucumber. I watched him cut it three times by Jiang Jiang's side, but I didn't understand how he cut it out. The pepper is stir-fried to produce oil, and the shredded ginger is also scalded to produce juice. Mix it and marinate it. Pickle first." Lanxi looked at the dish introduction and said.
"Oh! Try it?" Zhang Yan picked up her chopsticks, only to find that although the cucumbers seemed to be juxtaposed one by one, they were not completely cut at the end, so that they could be curled up in the plate like a dragon and not disperse.But the pickled cucumbers were more flexible than the crisp ones, so Zhang Yan pulled them lightly and they came off.When it is put into the mouth, the spicy and salty aroma explodes in the mouth instantly, and it is particularly refreshing with a hint of sour taste.
"It's so cool..." Zhang Yan nodded hastily, "This dish is perfect with porridge!"
Lan Xi covered her mouth and smiled. She has accompanied Zhang Yan to find restaurants to experience delicious food many times, but it is really rare to be so happy.
The waiter served the cheese baked shrimp and seafood risotto one after another.Lan Qian followed up with the introduction, the heads of the baked shrimps were side by side, but the tails of the open back were scattered into a flower shape, which was extraordinarily delicate and beautiful.The back of the shrimp is sprinkled with black pepper, and the cheese is so sticky that it can be drawn.Zhang Yan carefully cut it open and put it in his mouth.The thick taste and chewy texture of the cheese, paired with the delicious springiness of the shrimp meat, made Zhang Yan squint her eyes slightly.
"That's good." Nodding affirmatively, she reached out to the seafood risotto decisively.Just as she expected, the seafood risotto is also excellent. Instead of prawns that are baked with cheese, the prawns are smaller in size and paired with other seafood. The taste is rich and multi-layered.The faint aroma of wine, accompanied by the slight acidity of garlic and tomato, penetrates into the plump rice grains, making it very satisfying after one bite.
"Where's Mu Zexi?" Mu Jiang put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand, looked at Lan Xi and his wife, Lan Xi hurriedly beckoned the waiter to come forward and ask.
"Mr. Mu is still in the back kitchen. He said he was with Mr. Jiang. He said he would come out and serve the table later." The waiter replied respectfully.
"Eh? Why are you still in the back kitchen at this time?" Zhang Yan frowned slightly.
"I'm going to ask him to come out to eat quickly. The dishes are almost ready, so we can come out with Jiang Ruan." Lan Xi pursed her lips, "Children, they are always a bit willful. Jiang Ruan should be Your Highness's friend, so valued."
"En." Zhang Yan hummed in a low voice, her face was calm, but her eyes were less happy.
How could Lanxi not understand the thoughts of her best friend, so she found a chance to get up, greeted the guests at other tables, and then walked to the back kitchen.
The whole journey was quiet, only the waiters came in and out silently carrying the dishes, and Lanxi quickly approached the kitchen.It was found that it was different from other places, the kitchen was very hot, and the cooks were nervously preparing meals.Jiang Ruan stood by a stove, checking the dishes in the stew pot one by one. A tall young man in a cook's coat stood very close behind Jiang Ruan with his arms folded, poking his head and talking and laughing.
"Jiang Jiang? Zexi? The guests enjoyed their meal. I came here to take a look. It's really hard work!" Lan Xi approached with a smile on her face, "The meal should be almost ready, but fortunately, it won't be long, everyone Distinguished cooks, please take your seat quickly, the seats and meals are reserved for you!"
"Aunt Lan?" Mu Zexi looked at the person coming, raised his eyebrows and turned around.
"Ze Xi, your mother asked me where you were just now, and told you to go to dinner quickly. There are other things after eating." Lan Xi patted Mu Zexi's arm.
"Yeah, I got it. Jiang Jiang has to finish what he's doing right away, so I'll just serve him at the table." Mu Zexi nodded calmly.
Lan Xi glanced at Jiang Ruan with a smile, rubbed Jiang Ruan's head with a hat, nodded and turned to other cooks.
"Go and eat first, isn't your mother waiting for you?" Jiang Ruan straightened her hat and looked up at Mu Zexi.
"It's okay, let's eat together." With a smile in his eyes, Mu Zexi continued to rub Jiang Ruan's head, "Hurry up, I'm still waiting for the table to eat."
"Don't rub it, it's going to fall off! I'll try my best, don't rush me..." Jiang Ruan patted Mu Zexi's hand away, straightened the hat again, lowered her head and accelerated the speed of pulling the noodles with her hands.
It wasn't until Buddha Tiaoqiang and lotus leaf powder steamed meat came on stage that Zhang Yan saw Mu Zexi and a slender young man walking out in casual clothes and sitting at the banquet reserved for the cook.Although it was a seat reserved for cooks, it was not just the cooks who worked on the field, but also the members of the Xiang family invited by Capital Star.Mu Zexi sat down with the two of them, but it didn't look abrupt.It's just that a young man at the table watched Jiang Ruan take his seat, his eyes widened, and he secretly turned on the optical brain to take pictures.
"Hey, I really want Zexi to sit here..." Zhang Yan glanced back from time to time, and sighed after seeing Mu Zexi's figure, "That young man is Jiang Ruan. Value him. Your Majesty, don't bring me food, I'm a bit stuck."
Mu Jiang heard the words, but he didn't stop, attracting the queen's attention.
As for Jiang Ruan, as soon as he took his seat, he received the attention of a table of people.But he was not familiar with the guests, so he had to sit down with Mu Zexi, opened the bowls and chopsticks and started eating. "Lian handled this steamed pork with lotus leaf powder. I adjusted the sauce, and he marinated the meat. How about it?"
"Well, it's very good! The fat and thin slices of meat are paired with crushed rice noodles. It's a wonderful combination! The rice grains absorb the gravy, and the meat just relieves the greasy taste. It's very refreshing. It's very delicious! Plus the glutinous potato slices on the bottom layer, and the faint aroma of lotus leaves. Jiang Jiang, you are awesome!" The boy with an unfamiliar face at the table heard Jiang Ruan asking Mu Zexi, and answered aloud.
When Jiang Ruan heard the guest praise herself so bluntly, she opened her eyes and looked over in a daze.How did he know so clearly...
"Jiang Jiang, I'm Xiang Bai, and this is my brother Xiang Yuan. Father and grandpa are at the table over there, and it's just the two of us here." The boy tugged at the dead-faced young man beside him, and smiled enthusiastically and obsequiously. .
"Buddha Jumping Wall is delicious, really delicious, has it been cooked for a long time?" The older youth looked serious.
"Yes. Because there are a lot of ingredients needed, and the processing methods are different. The preparation in the early stage did take a lot of time, but as long as you pay attention to the heat in the stew, let it simmer by itself." Jiang Ruan nodded.
"Oh! So that's the case! Then, Jiang Jiang, can you take a picture with me later?" Xiang Bai blinked his starry eyes, and unconsciously curled up his hands slightly.
"...Okay." Jiang Ruan couldn't help laughing seeing the boy who got the reply fulfilled his wish.Pressing the corner of his mouth and looking away, he felt as if he knew the truth.
The serious young man on the opposite side looked at his younger brother's intoxicated expression, and couldn't bear to look directly at him.But after hesitating for a while, he didn't say anything to stop him. Instead, he wondered if he should rub the camera for a while.
"Hey, eat quickly. It will be gone later." Mu Zexi served Jiang Ruan a bowl of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall, and handed it to Jiang Ruan. "Do you want anything else?"
"Huh? You can make a bowl yourself. I ate some when I was trying the dishes, and I'm not hungry now." Jiang Ruan leaned to Mu Zexi's side with a smile, and started talking with Mu Zexi again.
Xiang Bai looked enviously at the two people who were laughing and chatting together, and wanted to have such intimacy with his brother, but when he turned his head, he suddenly met his brother's paralyzed face.Subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, buried his head and drank the soup obediently.
Xiang Yuan: ...He just wanted to ask his brother if he would like to make him a freshly served Yong Tau Foo.
Not far away, the royal couple were also looking at this side. Zhang Yan was captivated by the extremely delicious taste of Buddha Jumping Wall, and had long put aside the previous unhappiness.Seeing that Mu Zexi seemed to serve Jiang Ruan a bowl first, he looked at Mu Jiang who was also looking there. "Your Majesty, Ze Xi actually served a meal for a friend first. It takes a good friend to make him so unassuming. It's really rare!"
Mu Jiang didn't speak, just nodded in response.But thinking about Mu Zexi's expression just now, he always felt that Mu Zexi's actions seemed familiar.
Every dish on the birthday banquet was served extremely quickly, especially the sea bass in tomato sauce and beef brisket with braised potatoes.
In Yong Tau Foo, sausages, fungus, shiitake mushrooms and taro are diced and fried together with soaked raw glutinous rice, stuffed into fried tofu with a cross knife cut, steamed in a steamer, fried for a round and sprinkled with chopped green onion, Arranged round and round on the plate, golden brown and crispy.
The sea bass in tomato sauce had a strong sour aroma before it was served. When it was served, it was like the fate of the previous dishes.The delicate and tender white fish meat unique to sea bass, accompanied by the thick and fragrant tomato juice that has been fried and thickened, made everyone send an extra bowl of rice for nothing.In fact, everyone was already very full, but when they saw the last dish being served, they opened their eyes wide again.
Braised Potato Beef Brisket is the finale dish. In Xiang Bai's words, it is too much of a limelight.
In fact, Xiangjia restaurant can also have dishes with similar methods, but no matter how you eat them, they don't feel as tasty as Jiang Ruan's method.The unique tendons of the beef brisket make the taste quite springy, and the juice is rich when you bite down.The potato cubes are stewed until they are half-melted, and the powder is glutinously stuffed, which makes people have endless aftertaste.After all, the people who were full couldn't bear to stop. They just breathed a sigh of relief after digesting their food, and then gave them a bowl of rice with this dish, feeling pain and happiness.
The waiter specially delivered a birthday dish to the main table where the birthday star was sitting. This is the longevity noodles that Jiang Ruan has prepared for a long time.
The green onion is green on the wide edge bowl, and the noodles are white and clean, and they are thinly plated in the bowl.Lanxi stayed by her parents' side for the second half, said a few auspicious words, and let everyone share this beautiful gift.A group of guests learned that Jiang Ruan had specially prepared this dish for birthday stars, so they looked curiously at the chef's table.At first they couldn't recognize who was who, but when the camera caught sight of Jiang Ruan's face, everyone realized that the cook who served this table of food was so young.
Jiang Ruan herself had no idea.The pulled longevity noodles have been frozen for a short time, so I don't know if the taste is still as good as freshly cooked.But looking at the reaction of the crowd, it should be all right.
The guests thought that the gluttonous feast was over, but they didn't expect the waiter to present each guest with an exquisite gift.Two completely different delicacies are packed on both sides of the same airtight box, and the slightest bit of air-conditioning can still be seen in the transparent box wall.One side is a sauce-red slice, but the other side looks like an animal, as if trying to confuse the real one.
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