Food Bureau

"This is Sister Ziyan's favorite wax gourd cup," I introduced after the two of them sat down, "I heard that Ms. Shang has no taboos, so I boldly put in the ingredients. There are pigeon meat, flower crab, and fresh lotus seeds. , scallops, the soup is made from pork bones and dried shrimps.”

As I said that, I reached out to test the temperature of the soup pot, because I was supposed to drink it at seven o'clock, but it was delayed for a while just now, and I was afraid it would be a little cold.Unexpectedly, Shang Wan also went to hold the soup cup, a little bit earlier than me, and before I could retract my hand, I just touched hers, "I'm sorry..." I quickly retracted.

Xiao Ziyan laughed on the sidelines.

"Is it cool?" I asked quickly to hide my embarrassment.

"Just right, thank you," Shang Wan said, "What a beautiful calla lily." She pointed to the flowers on the dining table.

"Ha..." I smiled, "Those two drink first, I'm going to prepare an appetizer, grouper winter vegetable roll."

I took out the two large grouper meats that I had dissected earlier, "This is today's live freshwater grouper, I'll take care of it this afternoon." I explained to them, in fact, mainly to tell Shang Wan that Xiao Ziyan knew about my fish The ingredients are the freshest.

"Does that seat have to get up early every day to go grocery shopping? It's so hard." Shang Wan said.

One sentence made me ashamed, "According to logic, it should be like this..."

Xiao Ziyan smiled wickedly at me.

"Fresh aquatic products and meat, I outsourced them to a person named 'San Ge', because he is very good at picking these ingredients, I just need to tell him what I need one day in advance, and he went to buy it for me early in the morning."

"That's very smart. It not only saves my time and energy, but also divides the work to those who know best. It is a very effective resource allocation." Shang Wan said and put a spoonful of thick soup into his mouth.

"How does it taste? Are you still used to it?"

"Well," she tasted again, "better than I imagined."

I breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to slice the grouper. At this moment, I have to slice it into a slightly thicker fish fillet, and then cut a few times on one side at an angle, so that I can turn it over and roll it into a fish roll.

This dish is steamed. I think Shang Wan likes that tofu, and the taste should be light.

"Her place has been open for seven years." Xiao Ziyan said.

"Then I'm really ignorant, or is the bureau too low-key?" Shang Wan continued.

"She really doesn't do publicity, not even free advertisements like Moments."

Shang Wan looked at me, "Seven years, have you always been here?"

"Um……"

"Seriously, Mr. Ju, have you ever thought about making the restaurant bigger? I guarantee that the source of customers will never be a problem." Xiao Ziyan raised the spoon in his hand.

"Hi...I think this is pretty good, I may not be able to keep busy when I grow up."

"Help someone again." Xiao Ziyan shook his head.

"That's it, let's make it into a big restaurant." I took out the half-cooked asparagus and green onions, took the first half of the asparagus, wrapped them with winter vegetables into the fish fillets, wrapped them with steamed green onions and tied them together Jie, "Sister Ziyan, it becomes such a big restaurant, without such a private atmosphere, and there are other cooks cooking for you, are you still coming?"

Xiao Ziyan thought for a while, "That's right, I can't appreciate your cooking, I can't chat with you, and I don't want to be angry, so I won't come~"

"This fish roll is wrapped with winter vegetables, because the fish and asparagus are relatively light in taste, and winter vegetables can stimulate the appetite," I explained, "Actually, sometimes I think that being a cook and opening a restaurant are completely two ways, two ways of thinking .”

Shang Wan thought about it and nodded.

"How do you say it?" Xiao Ziyan was still asking.

I sighed, and continued to roll the second fish roll, "To be a cook, you need to make the dishes well and finely. This is a craftsman's job. When you run a restaurant, you need to maximize profits. The two are inherently contradictory. I heard that the small restaurants introduced in the well-known gourmet documentary a few years ago all became popular after the show was broadcast, and the quick money was so good that they expanded their stores one after another, and then all closed down within a year."

Xiao Ziyan's eyes widened, "Really?"

Shang Wan nodded, "I can imagine."

"So, my little place is fine like this," I put the wrapped six fish rolls into the steamer, "it will be ready in 5 minutes."

"But it's not easy to stick to it for seven years." Xiao Ziyan suddenly became interested in my entrepreneurial history today. If you don’t do it, you will rarely see a store sticking to it for ten years. Although your place is small, the profit should be quite good, the food is good, the service is good, and the location is also good.”

"To tell you the truth, in the first few years, we could only maintain a balance of payments, but in the next three or four years, we really started to make profits." I started to thicken the corn.

Shang Wan frowned, "Why?"

"I didn't find a way in the past few years. It didn't work like this. At that time, it was like a restaurant outside. A dish sold for tens of yuan, more than 100 yuan. The customers who came here were quite mixed. Then my place is so small, this kind of traffic The form is definitely not good."

"Oh, yes, I remember that at the beginning it was the same as outside, charging according to the dishes," Xiao Ziyan turned her head and said to Shang Wan, "But her craftsmanship is very good, and the ingredients are also good. If the price is too expensive, those customers don't want to come, and the price is cheap. It made her lose money, so she took this form of private customization later."

Gorgon is very simple, egg white, a little salt, sugar, gorgon powder, add some water to beat the egg liquid evenly, a little dark soy sauce for coloring, cook in a small milk pot, steam the fish rolls, pour it on, and the dish is finished .

I plated the fish rolls for them, three for each of them, and conjured up two brandy glasses filled with amber aperitifs, apple brandy.

"Have a drink, let's celebrate the smooth airing of the radio show you two collaborated on," I pushed the wine glass in front of them, "I finished the soup, there is something in my stomach, this is calvados."

"Okay, okay, you come too!" Xiao Ziyan clapped his hands.

I shook my head, "I'll forget it, it's working time."

Shang Wan took the glass, "Let's go together, a small glass of pre-dinner wine, it's okay."

I felt that it would be boring to persist any longer, so I took the wine glass from the cup holder and took a sip for myself.

"Oh my God! You don't know the boss. I've been here for five years and she hasn't eaten with me. This is the first time! Ms. Shang still has a lot of face!"

"What..." I felt that Xiao Ziyan was deliberately teasing me.

Shang Wan smiled her signature smile, "Have a drink."

After drinking the wine, the whole person really relaxed, so I started to make "Luoyipoyu", I took a whole piece of tofu out of the water.

Shang Wan watched me cut tofu with a mulberry knife, "The chef is indeed a chef. This kind of knife skill is beyond the reach of ordinary people."

"I'm just playing around and making some side dishes. You can learn my skills after a little practice. I can't match your professional field."

"Eh? Chief, why do I remember that you studied architecture?" Xiao Ziyan said.

I looked up, looking innocent.

"Did I remember correctly? Didn't you study in some rice university in the United States?"

Shang Wan's eyes turned from Xiao Ziyan's face to mine, with a little curiosity.

"I remember wrongly, I must have never stayed in school." I put the emphasis on the word "pass".

"Who are you? Didn't you study architecture for a few years, and for a few years...? Then you came back to City R?"

I cut the mashed tofu in silence for a while, "It doesn't matter, I came back before I finished reading, it's not that material, I'm still suitable for being a cook."

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Shang Wan's chopsticks lying aside, and two fish rolls on her plate.

"Is it the School of Architecture at Rice University?" Shang Wan asked.

"...um..." I snorted softly as an answer.

There was a pause, "That's amazing, undergraduate or master?"

"Undergraduate, but I came back after less than two years of study." I looked up at Shang Wan.

She looked at me thoughtfully, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything, she just nodded slightly.

Afterwards, the two of them chatted about some miscellaneous things, and while I listened to them, I steamed the "Luoyipoyu" and presented it on the dining table.

Shang Wan’s reaction at the beginning was not as excited as I imagined. Then I thought about it. The last time I posted this dish on Moments was in 2014. It’s been so many years. I’m not sure if I still think about it .

Until I cut the "Luo Yi" open with a knife and watched it fall apart, revealing the translucent "jade", Shang Wan's eyes lit up, "Eh? You actually know how to make this? What's it called?"

"...Lonely dressed and broken jade?"

"Oh, yes," she looked up at me. "It seems to be a dish from a restaurant many years ago. I liked it very much. After that restaurant closed, I never tried it again."

"Sister~" Xiao Ziyan whispered, "Look at your circle of friends~"

Shang Wan didn't understand, and looked at her in a daze.

"That day, someone asked me what you like to eat so that I can prepare dishes for you, but you just said 'casual', which made me look like a voyeur. A dish, you said you miss this dish very much." Xiao Ziyan not only said, but also took out his mobile phone and showed Shang Wan the circle of friends she took a screenshot of.

I think I blushed at the time, like you were researching a person behind your back and were discovered by the person involved.

"Oh..." Shang Wan seemed to remember it, and suddenly she didn't know what to say, "But...but just a photo, can you make a whole seat?"

"Oh..." I started to break out in a cold sweat, "I went to check some information and asked other chefs for advice." Saying this, I was afraid that she would ask again, "Try it quickly and see if it is the one you remember. smell?"

"Jade" was broken into two pieces, and the two of them were half. Shang Wan tasted it, "It's amazing, it matches the taste in memory."

"That's good, that's good, show your ugliness." I was relieved, and to be honest, making the "shape" was only half the battle.

Xiao Ziyan over there also gave me a spoonful of food, and gave me a thumbs up, "I just said, there is no dish that we can't cook!"

"It's really thoughtful." Shang Wan put down the spoon, "It's no wonder that Miss Xiao has been full of praise for such a thoughtful place."

"Hey, it's all small things, as long as you enjoy yourself." I turned to the stove, turned off the heat, and picked up a casserole. Taste it."

"Wow! I like it!" Xiao Ziyan said happily.

"Jeji chicken is cooked without adding water, the moisture of the ingredients is burned out, and then circulated in the casserole to cook the food, so the taste is more fragrant than ordinary chicken casserole, but if you don't pay attention, the casserole will be fried. I have soaked the pot in water since last night to ensure that it is evenly heated today." I explained while serving the dishes.

The casserole was still buzzing, and when the lid was lifted, the aroma overflowed. I just put the serving chopsticks next to the pot when Shang Wan's cell phone rang.

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