flstandardbreds Chapter 364 I am investigating the market
Chapter 364 I am investigating the market
Zhao Xiaojing was a little worried.
If we talk about the differences in detail, this fish soup is indeed different from the one made by Senior Brother Nie. They look different in appearance. Senior Brother Nie uses shredded ginger, while this family uses shredded green onion for garnish; Senior Brother Nie uses egg yolk liquid, while this family uses egg white.
From the taste point of view, Brother Nie’s vinegar is just right, and this restaurant’s control of the heat is excellent; Brother Nie’s water starch is thickened very evenly, and the taste of this restaurant’s auxiliary ingredients complement each other even better.
But overall, this store is still slightly better, although the taste did not meet expectations.
But if even this twenty-year-old restaurant can’t live up to the expected taste, and even the appraisal can’t go above level three, and the menu is just ok, then aren’t the other restaurants even more hopeless?
"What are you doing? You look so dejected while eating fish soup. Isn't this fish soup delicious?" Su Yuchen looked at Zhao Xiaojing sighing with amusement.
Zhao Xiaojing was stunned, and also laughed. "I just felt regretful in my heart, why did I sigh out loud? This fish soup is indeed okay, but it did not meet my psychological expectations. It is not obviously on the same level as Brother Nie's. I thought Hangzhou Restaurant would do better."
"Then let's eat fish balls. There are three restaurants lined up behind you anyway. Just take your time eating. Fish balls are delicious. Try them." Su Yuchen said as he scooped up half a bowl of clear soup fish balls for Zhao Xiaojing.
Zhao Xiaojing nodded and stopped worrying. She scooped a spoonful of fish balls into her mouth with the mentality of trying something new. Unexpectedly, the moment she took a bite, she suddenly felt relieved because of Song Sao's fish soup. "So delicious."
"Isn't it? Am I right? I think you are obsessed with food and can't relax. Have another spoonful." Su Yuchen scooped another spoonful into Zhao Xiaojing's bowl. "We have come so far. Finding food is important, but don't forget to enjoy the food."
"You're right." Zhao Xiaojing smiled and lowered her head to enjoy the fish balls in clear soup.
Although the fish balls came in soup, the portion was not large. Two small bowls were empty for each of them. After finishing the last spoonful, Zhao Xiaojing remembered that she had forgotten to use the quality evaluation module to check the quality of the fish balls. She immediately felt regretful.
"I'll check out at the front desk and see how the package is."
Although the fish balls on her table were all eaten, there were still some on other tables. Zhao Xiaojing found an excuse and walked around the dining tables in the hall, looking at the newly served dishes. After walking around four tables, she found the clear soup fish balls.
Zhao Xiaojing stopped for a moment to make way for the waiter and glanced at the table.
[Fish Balls in Clear Soup: Level 2. The fish variety is wrong due to the water and soil, which results in a slightly larger amount of seasoning.]
It turns out to be level two. No wonder it tastes much better than level three Song Sao Fish Soup.
I don’t know if it has something to do with the chef. For such a big shop, there should be more than one chef. Maybe other chefs’ Song Sao Fish Soup would be better?
Thinking of this, Zhao Xiaojing turned another corner and walked among the many scattered tables with her head down.
[Dongpo Pork: Level 5, add 0g more Huadiao wine, and one bottle cap less dark soy sauce, the color is uneven, and the cooking is slightly overcooked.]
[Fish Balls in Clear Soup: Level 2. The fish variety is wrong due to the water and soil, which results in a slightly larger amount of seasoning.]
【Longjing Shrimp: Grade 3, the shrimp meat is not of high quality, the tea leaves are too old, the cooking time is not accurate, and the meat is a little old. 】
【Dongpo pork...】
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Zhao Xiaojing walked around and found that almost every table had the signature dish Dongpo pork, and the quality of each table was almost maintained at level two.
However, for every table that ordered fish balls, the identification results were exactly the same.
Zhao Xiaojing was wondering why different chefs could perform at almost the same level. Then she realized that the fish balls must have been cooked in a pot in advance, and they were originally the same chef. Suddenly, it became clear.
However, Mrs. Song’s Fish Soup was probably not the main dish. After looking around, she did not find any second table ordering this dish. Zhao Xiaojing could only walk to the front desk to pay the bill with regret.
"Do you know what you look like? You look like a goblin who hasn't eaten human food for 800 years and just transformed into a human form!" Su Yuchen was typing on his mobile phone non-stop. When he saw Zhao Xiaojing coming back, he raised his head and complained.
"What's wrong with me?"
"Look for yourself." Su Yuchen handed over the phone.
The packed dishes were packed into two large bags, but the portions were not large, and the square packing boxes were not too heavy when stacked together. Zhao Xiaojing put the bags on the table, took Su Yuchen's phone and started looking at it. She even laughed at herself when she saw it.
Su Yuchen recorded a video of Zhao Xiaojing walking around the various tables. Although Zhao Xiaojing was walking in the video, her eyes were always fixed on the dishes on other people's tables, from one table to another. She was almost staring at the road and the dishes with a straight look, as if she had never seen these dishes before and didn't know what they were.
"Delete it quickly, I'm investigating the market!" Zhao Xiaojing hurriedly cleared her name.
"It's too late. They all said they saved it."
"Them?" Zhao Xiaojing looked down and saw that Su Yuchen had shown her the store's group. The video had already been sent out, and except for three chefs who were probably still practicing cooking, everyone else jumped out at the first opportunity, with the screen full of "hahaha" and the video having been saved.
"You're slandering me again!" Zhao Xiaojing immediately grabbed his hand and pinched him hard.
The two laughed and joked for a while, picked up two bags of vegetables, and continued on to the next store.
The next store is neither new nor old. It has been open for two or three years. It is a Suzhou and Zhejiang restaurant specializing in Suzhou cuisine, but it is not very popular.
The reason why Zhao Xiaojing chose this restaurant was, firstly, because it was very close to the first restaurant, only a ten-minute walk away, and secondly, because among the few reviews, there was a person who claimed to have grown up in Zhejiang Province and praised the Song Sao Fish Soup of this restaurant very sincerely.
There was no need to queue this time. Although this restaurant was not big, it was not as popular as the previous one. The waiter cleared the table not long after the two of them arrived.
There were not many dishes on the menu. Zhao Xiaojing ordered Song Sao's Fish Soup as usual. After browsing around, Su Yuchen chose the vegetarian roast goose. After ordering a few special dishes and Suzhou-style dim sum to be taken away, the two of them sat quietly and looked at the restaurant environment.
The entire hall is several times smaller than the Hangzhou restaurant. Although it is a Jiangsu and Zhejiang restaurant, there are not too many Jiangsu and Zhejiang dishes, and most of them are popular dishes. This is like many restaurants in Jiangcheng that are not well adapted to the local environment and focus on one cuisine. At the beginning, it really only made one cuisine, which was popular for a while but gradually lost its popularity. In the end, in order to survive, the boss had to make concessions and started selling local dishes and popular dishes again.
So when Zhao Xiaojing saw two-thirds of the dishes on the menu were popular dishes, she automatically lowered her expectations. It is already difficult for such a store to survive, so one should not have too high expectations for the quality of the dishes.
The two were drinking tea and chatting casually when a middle-aged man came over led by a waiter.