Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant

"I'm fine! I'm fine!" Director Han suddenly raised his arms to stop others from patting him on the back.

He waved his hand: "It's okay, let's sit back and eat."

After speaking, he stood up and scooped up another lion's head for himself with a large spoon.

Probably because he felt that it was not good to fish too much, so he gave up the idea of ​​catching them all.

The meat of the lion head is very tender. Director Han has never eaten such tender meat. He originally thought that the lion meat tasted similar to ordinary meatballs. The meat is tender but chewy, but it is delicious. It seems that it is not as fragrant as the fat and thin braised pork.

But this time the lion's head subverted his view of this kind of dishes.

The meat inside is tightly locked inside, and only when it is pierced, the gravy will flow out. With a little fat, it will be eaten together with the tender meat. Director Han takes one bite after another, squinting his eyes when eating.

While the others were still eating cold dishes, he had already killed two lion heads by himself, and extended his chopsticks to the vinegared fish.

Vinegar fish is not sweet and sour fish. Nothing is added to the sauce except vinegar and soy sauce. A little soup, vinegar and soy sauce are slightly thickened, and the sauce looks very light and slightly transparent.

The vinegared fish is fresh grass carp, which has many spines but tender meat. The vinegared fish is not sprinkled with shredded green onion, but minced ginger.

Director Han originally thought it was sweet and sour fish, but as soon as he put a piece of fish in the sauce and put it in his mouth, he was surprised by the delicious taste.

It has a sweet taste, but not the sweetness of sugar, but the fresh sweetness of the fish itself. The slight acetic acid makes this sweetness more obvious.

The word fresh means fish on the left and sheep on the right, but in Director Han's view, fishy meat and mutton are savory, which doesn't match the meaning of the word fresh at all.

He swallowed the fish meat in his mouth and spat out the small thorns.

It is estimated that many people who do not know how to spit thorns will not be able to enjoy such a delicacy.

"Xiao Ming, how do you cook this fish?" Director Han couldn't hold back the question, he walked up to Ming Qian with a wine glass and asked.

Ming Qian had just filled You Jun with a lion's head, when he turned around, he saw Director Han's eyes full of thirst for knowledge.

"You mean fish?" Ming Qian said, "The main reason for this is that the fish Yiyi bought is good, and what you eat with vinegar is the umami of the fish itself."

"Whether fish taste good or not depends on what they eat and where they are raised."

Director Han exclaimed in admiration: "To be honest, if you hadn't opened the shop, I would have invited you back to be my personal chef, and you would have lost your fortune!"

"Your skills are much better than those chefs."

Ming Qian smiled, picked up the cup and toasted Director Han: "Praise me, just praise me, don't bully the chefs, I'm a cheater, I'm different from them."

Director Han patted Ming Qian on the shoulder: "You are just modest, too modest."

Ming Qian still smiled, and then drank the "wine" in the glass in one gulp.

Mingqian, who had expected to drink at noon, asked Wanwan to go to the supermarket to buy bottled wine early in the morning.

And make it clear to buy the cheapest one.

Sure enough, cheap wine is always the best drink. It is sweet and sweet without the taste of alcohol, and tastes better than grape-flavored drinks.

Returning to his table, Director Han found that none of the lion heads that had been served just now were left, and even the vinegar fish only had a pitiful fish head left, and he was looking at him with his eyes closed. .

But for a whole table of dishes, Director Han couldn't tell which dishes were made by Ming Qian, so he could only try one by one.

Of course Yiyi’s fried dishes are also delicious. If you haven’t eaten Mingqian’s cooking, Director Han can swear that if Yiyi is interested in him, he will definitely pursue Yiyi, even if he is married. Money, as long as I have something to eat at home, I will be satisfied.

But after eating the dishes made by Mingqian, Director Han knew what is the best taste in the world.

It's a pity that Mingqian only did a few.

"Director Han, this fish is really delicious." He Qin nodded repeatedly after eating. She just had the cheek to pinch the big piece of meat from the belly of the fish. After taking a bite, she immediately began to chew slowly. If you want everyone to be a lady, I really can't bear to swallow it.

She already loves fish, so she can only eat fish and nothing else when she goes out to eat.

Director Han: "...you can eat more if it's delicious."

Don't these people know that they should leave some points for the director? !Does he have a special status as a director?

He should have quickly taken the plate of fish and lion's head for himself before they found out.

The dining table is like a battlefield, and the enemy must not be given the opportunity to strike first.

"Why don't you drink alcohol?" Director Han said with a smile on his face, "I remember Zheng Xu seemed to say that he was a good drinker."

"And Dong Han."

The two male guests who were named looked at each other.

Is it to please Director Han to bite the bullet and drink, or is he looking for an excuse to bury his head in eating?

If it was normal, even if they had to drink to the point of lying down, in order not to offend the director, they would have to drink with their eyes closed.

In the entertainment industry, you would rather offend your peers than the director. No matter how unpopular you are, as long as there are directors who appreciate you, are willing to cooperate with you, and support you, even if you fail, you may not have a chance to become popular.

Especially for actors, the audience may hate you because of a certain scandal you exposed, but as long as the scandal is not to the extent of being blocked by the industry, the audience may fall in love with you again because of a character.

And actors have a golden age, but directors don't.

On the contrary, the director can still be praised as a young talent at the age of 40 or [-].

Five or sixty years old are more popular because they are mature and stable, and they are used to strong winds and waves.

But today...

Dong Han swallowed the lion's head in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Director Han, I have a cold today, and I have to catch a plane in the afternoon, and there will be an announcement tomorrow, so I really can't drink it."

Zheng Xu also turned his head, and said cautiously: "My nutritionist also said that I'd better not drink alcohol these days."

Director Han: "...then forget it."

Hey, he didn't want to force them to drink, but he just wanted them to divert their attention and stop eating hard.

Act like their agency is abusing them.

This is not the case at all at the table where the staff are sitting, they are the ones who are really hardworking.

"Damn it, who snatched the last piece of Dongpo meat?!"

"Didn't you just say that it looks fat and greasy, and it's impossible to eat?!"

"Liars, a bunch of liars!"

Ming Qian picked up a piece of Dongpo meat for Youjun. He himself had eaten it outside before. He thought it would be the same as the one written in the book. --greasy!

Fat to death, and a small piece of braised pork is completely different.

Although it may be that the restaurant Ming Qian went to was wrong, Ming Qian has never ordered Dongpo pork in any restaurant since then, and the greasy feeling of the fat left a deep psychological shadow on him.

So when God of Cooking instructed him to make this dish, he still resisted a little in his heart.

As a result, after the test, he was really fragrant.

This dish takes a lot of time and effort. Slowly simmer over low heat until the soup is gone and the skin of the meat is crystal clear. When you touch it lightly with a spoon, it shakes like jelly.

Whether it is fatty meat or lean meat, it has been stewed to the point that it melts in the mouth. Fat meat is only glutinous, and lean meat is slightly chewy. You will never use chopsticks to pick it up. The skin and fat meat will be separated immediately. .

Ming Qian looked at You Jun: "You try."

You Jun picked up the chopsticks and picked up a small piece of meat.

Ming Qian likes to watch Youjun eat, no matter what Youjun does, he is not in a hurry, and his gestures are elegant and noble.

Even in a busy city, it can feel like sitting in a magnificent palace.

You Jun took a bite of the meat, and then solemnly said to Ming Qian, "It's delicious."

Ming Qian smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be so serious."

"It's really delicious!!" Because the other table couldn't sit down, the staff sitting with the shop assistants exclaimed. He ate a large piece of Dongpo meat with bright eyes, and swallowed it as if he hadn't chewed it. After swallowing, he said excitedly, "What I ate before was not meat! It was firewood!"

His colleague quickly echoed: "Just for this meal, this trip is not in vain!"

Unlike the artists, the staff don't need to keep fit or maintain their image, and the workload is heavy. When the artists are relaxing in the morning, they have to pack up their equipment.

"I want to take pictures for a while." The staff took out their mobile phones and kept taking pictures of a table of dishes.

Anyway, as long as you don’t take photos of people or scenes, and only take photos of food, you won’t be ordered to delete them.

Director Han glanced at Dongpo Pork, and felt that it was safe now, and no one would grab this dish from him.

He is a director, does he need to lose weight?Need to control your weight?Would you dare not eat fatty meat?Joke, he can eat anything!

As a result, when he was leisurely waiting to eat the dishes in the bowl before going to pick up Dongpo meat, when he looked up, the plate containing Dongpo meat was already empty.

Director Han: "!!!"

He asked dryly, "Can you eat fat?"

Lin Sui was the first to answer: "Yes, we still need to eat fat occasionally, as long as we don't eat too much and exercise afterward."

Director Han looked at the two pieces of Dongpo meat in Lin Sui's bowl, and his mood was about to explode.

Looking around, there was even a piece in He Qin's bowl.

Only he... a piece, no, not a bite.

"Okay, don't act like the whole world is bullying you." The assistant director had no choice but to grab a piece from his own bowl.

Director Han said disgustedly: "You have already put it in the bowl and returned it to me."

Assistant director: "Then you pay me back!"

Director Han sneered: "You want me to return it when it comes to my lips, you are dreaming."

He picked up the chopsticks and ate a piece of Dongpo meat into his mouth in two bites.

Assistant director: "The way you are now is the standard Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit."

Director Han's heart collapsed, and he still had to show a very steady face: "Good things are for eating. If you say that I am Zhu Bajie, what are you?"

The restaurant was noisy, and almost all the food on the table was swept away. It may be because Director Han did not force people to drink, so everyone's stomach was filled with food instead of wine.

"I'm full." Director Han touched his stomach.

The assistant director poked him beside him: "Pay attention to your image."

Director Han sighed, "I'm not an artist, so I don't need image management."

"Hey, it's been a long time since I've eaten so much. Now even if you give me a piece of dragon liver and phoenix marrow, I can't eat it anymore." Director Han leaned on the back of the chair, thinking that if he could sit for a while longer and then go to bed, he would be happier .

Assistant director: "I'm going to serve some eight-treasure rice."

Director Han, who just said he couldn't eat it, immediately lit up his eyes: "What eight-treasure rice?"

Assistant director: "Glutinous rice with red bean paste, but there are some other things added."

Director Han: "Then give me some too."

The assistant director lost his temper: "Did you have a broken waist or a broken hand, do you want me to feed it to you?"

Director Han sat up, pityed himself and said, "I'm a good director, not to mention the privilege, even the authority of the director is almost gone."

He served himself a small spoonful of eight-treasure rice, he was indeed a little stuffed, so he just tasted it.

The steamed glutinous rice is extra soft and glutinous, no need to chew hard, and it tastes extra delicious when eaten together with bean paste and other ingredients.

It's not the kind of sweet that puts a lot of sugar.

It is a sweet taste that can be eaten all the time without getting tired.

"I can't bear to leave." Director Han was dejected, "What can I do, my tongue has been spoiled, and I can't find anyone to take responsibility for it."

The assistant director comforted him: "If you want to eat, you can call me, we can fly over to eat, and you pay for the air ticket."

Director Han: "...Are you a vampire? You lie on me to suck blood after eating."

Compared to Director Han, Lin Sui ate much more slowly. She had just finished the last bite of Dongpo pork, and then filled a small bowl of eight-treasure rice.

She was not in a hurry to eat, but poured herself a cup of tea first.

Lin Sui picked up a chopstick and wrapped the glutinous rice with bean paste and ingredients, put it in his mouth, and took a sip of tea.

The aroma of tea and the sweetness of eight-treasure rice are completely intertwined.

It may be because Lin Sui seems to be eating too happily. Others followed suit and started eating eight-treasure rice with tea.

Then quickly open the door to a new world.

At the end of the luncheon, many people left with their stomachs straight.

Director Han looked at the plate with only soup and decorations left on the table, and knew for the first time that the breakup meal of the original program group could be eaten so cleanly, so in line with the CD-ROM action.

You have to take a picture to prove it.

Director Han took out his mobile phone and took a photo, which was quickly sent to Moments.

"Deliciousness that cannot be described in words, the taste is better when people are good."

Someone will like and reply soon

"Where did Brother Han go? Didn't you go to city x? Which store? I'll try it next time I go to city x."

"The food is so clean? I'm also curious which restaurant Brother Han went to?"

"In the second half of the year, I happen to be going to X City to film a movie. Brother Han, please leave a store name."

Director Han complacently looked at the messages under the circle of friends, and replied one by one with great interest.

“Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant.”

"When you come, you have to ask the locals carefully. There is only one Shanhai hot pot restaurant, and the others are copycats."

"Of course they don't sell Chinese food, they only sell hot pot, and hot pot is delicious."

"We may sell barbecue in the future, and I will definitely come over to try again as long as I am free."

……

The excitement didn't last long.

After the meal, the guests all left, and the program crew also withdrew.

Ming Qian got the final payment for the recording and shooting, but his heart was a little empty.

Between people, most of them are short-term gatherings and long-term separations.

Mingqian and Yiyi cleaned up the store together. In addition to the final payment from the program group, Mr. Yang also got the money to buy jadeite. Mingqian officially became a multi-millionaire from today.

Only now the multimillionaire is mopping.

After mopping the floor, Ming Qian stood at the door of the store to let the air blow, and called the decoration team by the way.

"Well, just follow the plan you said before, and it must be done in one step."

"It's okay, I'm downstairs anyway, I'll go up and have a look from time to time."

There is noise in the decoration, which will definitely affect the sound downstairs, but there is no way to do it. The decoration of the fast food restaurant is not very good, and it is even worse after so many years. It takes a lot of time to make a big change, just changing the soft decoration.

Now that he has money in hand, of course Ming Qian will not choose the money-saving plan again.

"You Jun, let me ask, this banquet has already been invited, so I don't need to learn how to cook?" Ming Qian stood in front of the counter, and he raised his smiling face in an attempt to confuse You Jun.

However, Youjun's expression didn't change, he just said: "You have to start and finish when you do things, since you have learned it, there is no reason to give up halfway."

Ming Qian: "... makes sense."

I reflected on myself three times a day, and Mingqian began to reflect on himself. Is it because he has too much money in his card that he is inflated?

Learning things is not a bad thing. There are so many great chefs in the world, if they are asked to recognize Chef Chef as their teacher, wouldn't they be crazy about it?

He easily got an opportunity that others couldn't get, so would he give up easily?

It's not his character!

Ming Qian: "Then I'd better study hard, study hard, maybe it will be useful in the future."

Now that there is no shortage of funds, the first thing Mingqian has to do is to recruit people.

This time there is no need for Youjun to call, Yiyi and the others all have recommended friends.

And Yiyi directly brought the "person" over.

Mingqian watched Yiyi take out something from her bag, she slowly opened her palm, revealing the little furry thing inside, the first thing Mingqian saw was the purple wings of this little thing, and put it on her own It's all around.

Ming Qian looked at Yiyi.

Yiyi signaled to Mingqian that he could use his hands, so Mingqian stretched out his hand and poked the little thing's wings.

With this poke, the little thing immediately spread its wings and flew up on the spot.

Its little purple wings flap to maintain its height in the air.

It looked at Mingqian roundly, probably from the photos, and knew that Mingqian was the boss, so he opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Ming, I heard from Yiyi that your shop is short of people, so I came here to apply."

It said politely: "I can speak the languages ​​of thirteen countries, I can read palms, and I can read the luck of ordinary people."

"You can never go wrong in hiring me."

Ming Qian looked at the mouse with purple wings and didn't know whether to say "so cute" or "so scary".

Especially this mouse is not like a hamster, it has a very obvious long tail, just like the big gray mouse that can be seen on the side of the road.

"By the way, I actually forgot to introduce myself." The little mouse with purple wings was a little annoyed, "I'm an ostrich."

Ostrich: "The boss can just call me Bamboo."

Ming Qian glanced at Yao, thinking why they all like to use single characters as their names, don't you think it's strange?

"Can you change into a human form?" Ming Qian asked him.

The ostrich nodded: "Of course."

There were no outsiders in the store, and the ostrich began to transform into a living person without any scruples. Its whole body was wriggling until the transformation stabilized. He stood in front of everyone, letting others look at him.

Mingqian: "..."

Yiyi: "..."

"Girls go out, all out." Ming Qian shouted hastily.

This is the first time he has seen a strange beast that transforms without its own clothes. Doesn't the strange beast even have the magical power to transform into a suit of clothes? !

Yiyi took out her mobile phone and typed: "It's okay boss, everyone didn't wear clothes before."

Ming Qian: "...Is this the same thing? Human beings didn't wear clothes at the earliest."

There was no way, the girls could only turn their heads and leave the back kitchen.

Ming Qian thought for a while, then handed the ostrich an apron: "Give it up first, I'll go back and get you a suit later."

The ostrich was not at all embarrassed, he took the apron and tied it around his waist, nodded and said, "Thank you."

Ming Qian: "Sit down, Yao, go and get two glasses of water."

The ostrich sat down a little cautiously.

It was only then that Ming Qian took a serious look at the ostrich. Although it was a mouse in its original form, its appearance in human form was more masculine than Yao and Chen Yan. Although Ming Qian felt that he was still a bit behind him in terms of appearance, he definitely killed everyone in seconds. Some human race men.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like you can be a waiter.

It's more like an elite who puts on a suit, a briefcase, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses to go to work in an office building.

The ostrich knew that Mingqian was looking at him, so he didn't move and didn't speak, until Yao brought the water, he asked cautiously: "Is there something I don't meet your requirements?"

Ming Qian: "No, no, I'm just thinking about what you are suitable for."

The ostrich said quickly, "I can do anything, and I eat very little."

He said such "humble" words with an elite face, even Ming Qian couldn't harden his heart.

"If it's not like this, there's just a lack of a caller." After thinking about it, Ming Qian felt that this seat was just right for an ostrich.

Every time before, Chen Yan came to call, but Chen Yan still had to bring pots and dishes. Even if he didn't feel tired, there was not enough time to take care of so many things by himself.

Ming Qian was going to lighten Chen Yan's burden, and let the ostrich try to call the name first.

If it is easy to use, it is best, and if it is not easy to use, then change jobs.

After spending some time telling the ostrich what job he was going to do, Ming Qian went upstairs. He often goes upstairs to check the progress recently.

Yiyi returned to the back kitchen, she asked the ostrich: "Are you all right? Have you passed?"

The ostrich was only wearing an apron. He nodded with a straight face and said sincerely, "Thank you very much this time. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known such an opportunity."

Yiyi smiled: "Don't tell Guan Guan, Guan Guan will get angry."

The ostrich nodded solemnly again: "I won't tell him, I promise."

It's not that they don't want to give Guan Guan a hand, it's that Guan Guan can change everything, except his mouth.

Especially Guan Guan is still a chatterbox, if he really came to work at the hotpot restaurant, the customers would either be scolded or annoyed to run away.

In the end, it was their conscientious and good employees who were unlucky.

I'm sorry Guan Guan, if there are monsters destined not to get a chance.

It can only be you,

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Guan Guan, who was nested in the cave, sneezed.

He blinked and cursed: "Mother Xipi, who is talking about me? Crazy!"