At this time, brother Liu Haojia took a step back, highlighting the presence of Zhang Shunping. Zhang Shunping smiled broadly and wanted everyone to bow his hands and salute. He took a thin hemp rope from a waiter and gently pulled it, covering the plaque with a piece of red.
The cloth fell down, revealing the ebony plaque at the back! There were three big words written on the plaque: Shiweizhai!
These three characters are written vigorously and powerfully. Zhang Shunping paid a lot of money to have them written by famous artists!
As soon as the red cloth on the plaque fell, the waiter next to him lit the firecrackers! The sound of "cracking" suddenly sounded on the street, and everyone on the street knew that this restaurant was officially opened!
As soon as the firecrackers ended, Zhang Shunping took the guests into the restaurant. The first floor of the restaurant is generally for individual guests, so there will be as many tables as possible. But Shiweizhai is basically preparing to sell high-quality products.
route, so even the seats for individual travelers on the first floor are relatively loose!
And the most amazing thing is that each table is separated by a low wall of different heights. On the low wall are pots of green plants of different sizes, dividing each table into independent
Space! The height of the green plants is not high, just a little higher than people’s line of sight. It is absolutely guaranteed that the neighboring table cannot be seen! And with the blocking of the plants, even the sound of the neighboring table can be blocked a lot!
Seeing this scene, all the guests were amazed and praised Zhang Shunping for his good intentions! Someone said: "With these flowers, plants and trees, the scattered tables have become like elegant rooms, which makes people feel much more at ease."
,What a good idea!”
"That's true! And haven't you noticed that the height of these green plants is just enough to block everyone's view and prevent them from seeing the table next door!"
"Many of these flowers and plants are evergreen plants from the south. I'm afraid it's difficult to grow them in the north, and they'll cost a lot of money to maintain!"
"It's not particularly difficult. All you need to do is put a few more carbon pots in winter. It doesn't cost a lot of money, but the effect is very good!"
When they walked around on the first floor and went up the stairs to the second floor, they found that the empty space in the middle of the second floor was made into a small stage, and the surrounding rooms formed a large semicircle surrounding the stage. More
What surprised everyone was that the doors of all private rooms were an entire wall!
The entire wall is made up of sixteen wooden boards. There are hinges in the middle of the wooden boards and grooved slides up and down. If all the wooden boards are pulled apart, a wall will be formed, which will seal the room into a sealed and complete private room!
But if you push these wooden boards aside, they will fold up, and the entire wall will open to reveal the dining table inside. This allows people sitting inside to see the performers on the stage!
This discovery made everyone praise Zhang Shunping again! Zhang Shunping accepted it with a proud face, but refused to say that these ideas came from other people!
Just when the guests wanted to go to the third floor, they were stopped by Zhang Shunping and said: "Everyone, there is nothing interesting on the third floor. They are all private rooms, but the area is a little larger! And now the third floor is
There are noble people here, so don’t bother us! When you have time in the future, Zhang will definitely invite everyone to come up and have a seat!"
These guests are all businessmen, and they naturally know that they cannot offend those noble people, so they made a joke and followed Zhang Shunping to sit down on the second floor, waiting for the food to be served, so as to have a taste of what this food restaurant has to offer.
Just when they were seated, the dishes at Liu's father's table on the third floor had already started to be served! The first things to be served were cold pickles and cold dishes. Liu Haojia really didn't have any innovative ideas for these things, because there were many braised dishes.
The prescription was handed down from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it has not improved much since it was passed down to modern times.
In addition, Liu Haojia himself was not a chef, so he could not make many improvements. All he could do was to collect as many spices as possible in the market and hand them over to the chefs. So these cold dishes were tasted by these nobles.
It didn’t surprise them too much after that, only a few dishes were eye-catching!
You know, Liu's father boasted about it very much at the beginning, so everyone was a little disappointed after tasting the cold dishes! But fortunately, everyone is a distinguished person, and they have to save some face, so they won't laugh directly at this time.
Father Liu.
But Father Liu guessed something by looking at the expressions on everyone's faces, so he immediately said: "Our family's skills are not in cold dishes, but in hot dishes! You will know the difference when the hot dishes are served soon!"
While I was talking, the first dish had already arrived, a dish of spicy tofu! As soon as they saw the color of the dish, everyone became curious! As soon as the chopsticks came down, everyone shouted, "Enjoyable!"
“It’s too spicy, I can’t stand it!”
"Get me water quickly!"
“This dish is delicious!”
Father Liu laughed secretly in his heart when he saw the faces of everyone! But he knew in his heart that he had the same behavior when he ate this dish for the first time! God knows where Liu Haojia found this kind of ghost thing. It tasted very delicious.
It’s too spicy and burns your tongue a little!
In fact, with the advent of the Age of Discovery, many exotic species have taken root in China and begun to gradually become localized. This pepper is one of them!
According to a Ming Dynasty book "Hua Cao Lu", peppers had been localized in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, but at that time they were called peppers and were grown as ornamental plants. As a result, these peppers were
Liu Haojia sent people to collect them and make them into seasonings!
Moreover, at this time, China's eight major cuisines had not yet taken shape, so many dishes had not yet fully appeared in the world. Liu Haojia could only describe the appearance and general methods of these dishes, as well as the raw materials and ingredients, to these chefs.
They explore on their own.
With so many tips, these chefs quickly copied many of these future dishes, and they made them very impressive! This is also the reason for him to open this restaurant!
As the dishes were served one after another, these nobles finally knew that today's meal was different from the past! These nobles lived in the capital and lived a life of fine clothing and fine food. They can definitely pat their chests and say that there are not many like them in the world.
Something they’ve never tasted before! But most of today’s dishes have never been eaten by them!
It’s okay that the dishes are fresh, and you can figure them out if you study slowly. But what’s hard to learn is that this whole table of dishes highlights three characteristics! The first one is salty, which is one of the main traditions of northern dishes. It is especially suitable for
Northern taste!
The second one is spicy! In the past, people usually used dogwood as seasoning to eat spicy food. But the spiciness made from dogwood is more like the spiciness of horseradish! It also has a light astringency! So in
After chili peppers were officially classified as condiments, they were completely eliminated!