flstandardbreds Chapter 353 Eyeballs Arrive
Chapter 353 Eyeballs Arrive
"So they started to praise him forcefully?" Wan Yuyue guessed, following Yun Yongyuan's train of thought.
"Yes, they just started to praise it. Word spread from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred, and the more it spread, the more exaggerated it became. More and more people came to eat the fish soup, and more and more people praised it. The owner of a big restaurant heard about it and wanted to ask Song Sao to sell her exclusive secret recipe for making fish soup. However, after tasting it, they all shut their mouths and never mentioned it again, and asked their chefs to just make some fish soup under Song Sao's name. Therefore, the specific method of making this dish has never been passed down, for fear that future generations would scold them for having holes in their brains after eating it!" After the story was told, Yun Yongyuan and Gu Shanfeng laughed for a long time again.
"I agree with what Senior Brother Yun said. I'm afraid Master Cai is resentful about this dish, so he made up a story about ancient people to vent his anger." Zhao Xiaojing said happily.
"Who knows? Old Cai always says so. Yes, Xiao Nie also learned this dish at that time. I don't know how he cooked it later. If you are interested, ask him to cook it in the future!"
"By the way, will he be here soon?" After talking about the famous dishes, Zhao Xiaojing finally remembered to care about her reserve employees.
"I asked him to come a little later, after I leave, so that you don't feel pressured by the interview. It should be around three o'clock." Gu Shanfeng looked up at the clock. "Okay, it's getting late, Xiao Zhao, you can fry it first and let me see."
"Okay." As soon as the words fell, the four of them immediately became serious. Zhao Xiaojing fried while the other three watched from the side.
"Spray-fried Sichuan cuisine usually requires starch. You're right about this step, but your idea of mixing the starch is wrong." Gu Shanfeng watched Zhao Xiaojing mix the starch and get ready to stir-fry, and quickly reached out to stop her.
"The seasoning of the bowl thickener is used to shorten the time and control the heat of stir-frying. However, if the dish of double crisps uses county flower and yellow throat, the seasoning of the bowl thickener is not enough. You have to marinate it, and you have to marinate it separately."
Gu Shanfeng took the ingredients on the side and added a little salt and a little water starch to the county flower and yellow throat respectively.
"There are many ingredients to choose from for Double Crisp, including pork belly and kidney. Some also add pickled bamboo shoots or black fungus. If it is pork belly, just marinate it with bamboo shoots. If it is kidney, add less salt."
"Ginger and garlic can be put into the pot together with the main ingredients. If you want to add auxiliary ingredients such as bamboo shoots and black fungus, blanch them in water in advance and put them into the pot together."
"Then there's your bowl starch. You can add cooking wine and pepper, but it's missing the most important thing: sugar. Add some sugar." Gu Shanfeng picked up the bowl starch that Zhao Xiaojing had prepared and added half a spoonful of sugar with a spoon.
"Sichuan cuisine is famous for its spiciness, but most of it is inseparable from sugar. Sugar is a palette and a fusion agent. It is the key to making it fragrant but not spicy. Adding sugar softens the pungent, spicy and numb parts, and polishes the stimulating smell. Only in this way can the spicy, numbing and fragrant flavors occur at the same time."
The three heads listened attentively and nodded in unison.
After Gu Shanfeng finished his speech, he put the bowl of starch back in place, raised his hand to signal Zhao Xiaojing to start, and gave up his seat and stood aside again.
Zhao Xiaojing turned on the fire and followed the steps that Gu Shanfeng had just mentioned. She heated the oil in a pan, added the junhua, ginger and garlic, and stir-fried them for more than ten seconds. She then immediately added the yellow throat, followed by the auxiliary ingredients and starch, and stir-fried them quickly over high heat. After another five or six seconds, the dish was ready.
There was a flash of surprise in Gu Shanfeng's eyes. He said nothing but slowly picked up the chopsticks.
The four of them tasted it one after another, with different expressions on their faces.
"Oh my god! Junior sister! You are amazing! The master just taught you, but how come you are almost as good as the master?!" Wan Yuyue exclaimed.
“Ahem, Master is still as skilled as ever. Junior sister is doing just as good as Master.” Yun Yongyuan hurriedly tried to smooth things over.
"Thanks to the chef's guidance, the dish is now just right." Zhao Xiaojing didn't listen to what the two of them said, but just looked at Gu Shanfeng with shining eyes.
Gu Shanfeng's eyes were full of complexities. He sighed and raised the corner of his mouth. "I said at noon that you had made great progress, but that was too conservative. I didn't expect that you could control the heat to this level. I was going to remind you after you finished frying, but it seems that it's not necessary. Just practice a few more times and that will be enough."
Zhao Xiaojing smiled slightly, "Actually, after Master Gu taught me the trick, the only thing left is the heat of this dish. There are many stir-fried dishes in the restaurant, and I practiced it last night. With this experience, I am relatively proficient in controlling the heat."
"It's just one night. If everyone has this kind of understanding, there won't be a lot of top chefs on the street." Gu Shanfeng shook his head. "I'm actually looking forward to your participation in the competition. It shouldn't be a problem for you to advance to the next level and appear on TV."
"What about me, Master?" Wan Yuyue squeezed over.
"You? You'd better not go over there and cause trouble for others. Just stay in the store and practice well!" Gu Shanfeng waved his hands, "Xiao Zhao, I'm leaving first. You can teach them. Xiao Nie should be here soon."
"I just thought about the eyeballs." Wan Yuyue muttered softly as she looked at Gu Shanfeng's back.
"Brother Nie is the left eyeball, and you are the right eyeball." Yun Yongyuan calmly prepared the starch for the bowl and began to practice by recalling Zhao Xiaojing's method.
At three o'clock, Zhao Xiaojing finished today's special training for Yun Yongyuan and Wan Yuyue. Just as she looked up at the time, a knock on the door, so faint that it almost made her doubt her ears, came from the front hall.
Zhao Xiaojing walked to the kitchen door in confusion, leaned over to look, and saw someone standing at the front hall door, so she trotted out.
"Brother Nie? Come in."
The man was wearing a thick gray sweater. He looked up at Zhao Xiaojing and then quickly looked away.
"Ah."
Zhao Xiaojing took a deep breath and tried hard to control her expression that wanted to laugh.
It was all Wan Yuyue's fault. After seeing Nie Xiuqi's appearance, Song Xiaobao's face lingered in her mind. Obviously, they were not that similar, just a little darker, with deeper nasolabial folds, how could... his temperament be so accurate?
"Brother Nie, please sit down." Zhao Xiaojing tried hard to keep her lips tight and quickly adjusted her expression while pouring water for Nie Xiuqi.
"We have three chefs here. Besides me, there are two others you have seen. They all came from Master Gu. Currently, their salaries are a base salary plus commission, which is about 9,000. If you come over, your base salary can be increased by 500."
"it is good."
"The main business of the store is rice topped with gravy. Although it sounds like there are a lot of chefs, business is still good at the moment. It's still quite busy at mealtimes, and we prepare the dishes ourselves, so it's still quite hard work overall."
"As for working hours, they come in at 9:30 in the morning, have lunch at about 1:30 and leave work at 2:30. They come in at 4 in the afternoon and leave work at about 10. The specific time depends on the customers."
"Ah."
"Every Tuesday..."
"it is good."
"The store is still doing takeout, but only..."
"Brother Nie, do you have any questions?"
"No."