The proprietress Sun Xiaowei, who is only about 27 or 27 years old, is sitting in the store wearing a cheongsam. She looks dignified and elegant and looks a little sad.
After falling in love with this place while traveling, she wanted to stay here permanently. Because she had been engaged in the catering industry and her family had resources in this area, she decided to open a restaurant in this place where per capita consumption is not high and the flow of tourists is not large.
A fusion restaurant.
The trial operation stage was fine, but when it officially started, daily operations were a bit bleak.
After all, the consumption level of her store is not friendly to many people who come to check in at Qiongyou. In addition, the reputation of her store has not been established, and not many people come specifically to the store.
"This is it, you order."
"Wait a minute, I'll take a look at the menu at the door first."
Suddenly, two voices sounded at her door and floated into her ears.
I heard that I came here to eat...
It seemed that her online promotion was finally effective, so she quickly got up and went to the door to welcome him.
When I came out, I saw two people about the same age as me. Their eyes lit up and they showed bright smiles, because people of this age would not care much about the prices on the menu when their wallets are abundant.
But it's not absolute.
Seeing that the taller and more handsome one of the two was flipping through the menu, Sun Xiaowei secretly thought that he should be the one to make the decision. She smiled and said hello proactively: "You two, why don't you come and sit inside? Our store has just opened.
, I’ve been doing some activities recently.”
"Um?"
Zhang Wentao was stunned for a moment.
When Hu Youyu saw that she was a beautiful woman, his eyes suddenly shone with a strange light. He pushed Zhang Wentao aside and said with a smile: "That's exactly what we meant."
Sun Xiaowei smiled slightly, leaned back and took a step back. She raised her hand and led Hu Youyu into the store.
This scene stunned Zhang Wentao.
He finally understood why this guy didn't want Damai and Nana to see him. He must be too hungry.
Groaning in his mind, he hurriedly walked towards the store.
"Our restaurant is a fusion of Western food and local special ingredients. You two can take a look at the menu and help us evaluate it after you taste it."
After leading the two of them in and sitting down, Sun Xiaowei brought two menus and handed them to them.
"Yeah, okay."
After Hu Youyu finished speaking, he blinked at Zhang Wentao, as if to say: "Brother, it's up to you."
Seeing the other party's actions, Zhang Wentao opened the menu speechlessly. It didn't matter if he didn't open it. When he really looked at it carefully, he became even more speechless and even frowned.
Combining dishes from different cuisines, different regions, different characteristics, and different ways of experiencing them together is basically a fusion restaurant. Western-style fusion restaurants are basically meals selected from various fields in various countries, based on local consumption habits.
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For Zhang Wentao, who is familiar with Western food, such a menu is more troublesome.
Because I don’t understand a lot of things...For example, what does this Korean-style charcoal-grilled filet mignon mean? What does local mixed berry sauce with duck meat mean? What does grilled chicken skin with chicken liver mean...
After pondering for a long time, he ordered a few dishes, just as a curiosity.
After secretly writing down the dishes ordered by the guests, Sun Xiaowei politely asked the two guests: "Do you need a bottle of red wine? We have Cabernet Sauvignon from French Bordeaux wineries, as well as Italian and New World wines."
"No, we drove here."
Zhang Wentao shook his head and rejected the proposal. The two of them came by bicycle, and drinking alcohol would be considered a drunk driving.
"Okay, please wait a moment." Sun Xiaowei, who was rejected, nodded, poured water for them carefully, and left their dining table.
"Lao Zhang, what are New World and Cabernet Sauvignon?" Hu Youyu asked quietly as soon as she left.
"It's just a variety of grapes. The New World is the red wine of Chile, Australia, and the Beautiful Country. Anyway, if you want to drink it, you can't go wrong choosing Chilean wine. Trust me."
After listening to Zhang Wentao's explanation, Hu Youyu nodded and wrote it down. This kind of thing can be used in the future.
The two of them waited for a short time. Perhaps because there were not many customers, or because they ordered too much, Sun Xiaowei personally brought the dishes one by one and introduced the various ingredients to them in detail.
Although Hu Youyu didn't understand much of what he heard, he was very serious and nodded from time to time.
Zhang Wentao smiled, this guy really doesn't want to show off in front of women all the time, but with Sun Xiaowei's introduction, he also focused on the dishes.
The level of presentation is okay, but it's not difficult.
The real difficulty of fusion cuisine is to integrate the unique cooking methods of each place into the local flavor in an innovative way, and transform the dishes on the basis of "complete color, flavor and flavor" instead of blindly combining them together.
This is a great test of a chef's understanding of the food culture of various places, his professional foundation, and his sense of innovation. To put it simply, if you want to make a fusion dish, you don't need to copy the plating techniques in Michelin restaurants.
Just have a beautiful plate and arrange the dishes nicely.
After all, Chinese food and Western food are very different in nature.
Even many Michelin restaurants and chefs have been criticized for their excessive pursuit of presentation, which has affected the taste of their dishes. They have also fallen out of the ranks of Michelin restaurants.
The dishes in Sun Xiaowei's shop obviously have this problem.
The novel innovative methods and unconventional fusion forms have fatal shortcomings due to the chef's lack of control over the taste of the food and sauces.
Facing such dishes, Zhang Wentao lost his interest in curiosity. After taking a few bites, he saw that Hu Youyu tasted delicious and asked doubtfully: "Old Hu, is it so delicious?"
"Put it aside whether it tastes good or not. I'm sorry for my wallet if I spend so much money and don't finish it all."
Hu Youyu chewed the food in his mouth, swallowing the dates and talking.
Zhang Wentao opened his eyes wide and looked at the other person. It took him a while to realize that the problem was not with his taste, but because the other person was worried about Qian and said: "Then you eat more, so you don't have to eat supper when you go home at night."
"Don't worry."
Hu Youyu's slightly dark face showed a sense of confidence. If you don't eat, you won't eat in vain. If you eat, you won't eat in vain.
Zhang Wentao, on the other hand, glanced at the Korean-style charcoal grilled steak in front of him and couldn't help but shake it away. If he had known that he would order a pizza, he would at least be able to swallow it.
This dish is really not as delicious as the spicy air-dried yak jerky...
After Hu Youyu had eaten and drank enough, Zhang Wentao was almost full: "Boss, please settle the bill."
"Chenghui 732, it's 585.6 after discount, just charge you 580." Sun Xiaowei smiled and walked over with two taste questionnaires and a QR code payment code.
"Is it so expensive? How about we join together?" Hu Youyu asked in confusion.
He basically wiped out all the food on the table, so he was a little embarrassed to have Zhang Wentao treat him.
"I'll do it, it's agreed." Zhang Wentao scanned the code, paid 580, took the questionnaire, glanced at it casually, and said to Sun Xiaowei: "We won't fill in this, it's not necessary, really
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"This customer, what do you mean by this?" Sun Xiaowei was stunned for a moment.
"It's not interesting, just change the chef, and it's easy to stop cooking fusion dishes, really."
After Zhang Wentao finished speaking, he raised his buttocks and signaled Hu Youyu to prepare to go back together.
"No, you have to explain this clearly. I can't drive our chef away just because of your words."
Sun Xiaowei felt a tightness in her chest. She hired this chef in person, and the salary was not low.
"Oh, that's nothing. I still have something to do, so let's go first."
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