It was around nine o'clock in the evening. At this time on weekdays, if there were no special events, Nana and Xu Hongdou would have gotten into bed long ago. But at this moment, they were staying in the restaurant.
One person is flipping through books about desserts, while the other person is thinking hard in front of the computer.
"Well... these are too difficult and not suitable for a small restaurant at all. Look, Hongdou, although these desserts are good-looking and I have eaten them in SH before, they are too troublesome to make." After saying that, Nana put her hands on the handle in despair.
Put the book on the table, then lie on the table and look sideways at Xu Hongdou.
"It's okay, this one won't work. Let's try another one. We can always find desserts suitable for the restaurant." Xu Hongdou stopped what he was doing and reassured.
"When will Zhang Wentao come back?"
Looking at Nana who was mumbling, Xu Hongdou looked at his watch and then shook his head.
"...How about you give him a call." Nana was silent for a while before saying.
Xu Hongdou didn't know how to answer for a moment, and after a long time he said: "I don't have his phone number."
"Ah, you don't have one either?" Nana raised her head from the table in surprise and said, "Don't tell me, I don't have either. It seems that only Da Mai and Hu Youyu have them. How about I ask Da Mai."
"Forget it, at this point, he will probably be back soon."
Xu Hongdou shook her head. She felt that this phone number would not be a big problem if Damai asked her to find it, but the key was that she and Nana wanted to ask each other for help, so it was appropriate to wait.
"Yes, it's time to come back at this point." Nana said, looking sideways towards the empty entrance of the courtyard.
Not long after, as it was approaching nine-thirty, there was indeed some movement outside the door.
Overjoyed, Nana quickly sat up straight, patted Xu Hongdou who was writing and said, "I'm back, I'm back."
After reacting, Xu Hongdou nodded to Nana and told her not to be so excited. It was just "friends" helping each other, so it wouldn't be like this.
Just as she turned back to look, a figure walked in at the door of the small courtyard.
Hu Youyu, carrying a guitar and humming a song, swaggered in.
"Hey, you two golden flowers, why haven't you rested yet? It's rare."
Hu Youyu's voice was a little hoarse. He was planning to go upstairs to take a rest early. When he saw that the lights in the restaurant were on, he walked over out of curiosity and saw that it was Nana and Xu Hongdou who should have taken a rest long ago.
But why are their expressions so ugly? They seem to be bored with themselves.
"Hey, why is it you, Hu Youyu, isn't Zhang Wentao with you?" Nana asked in despair.
"Yes." Hu Youyu was stunned for a moment, then pointed behind him while replying.
Xu Hongdou thought he meant that Zhang Wentao had just walked in, so he stretched his head and looked around, but there was no one there at all.
Just when he wrinkled his nose and was about to ask, he heard Hu Youyu say: "I went to look for him before I came back, but I didn't expect that he was still busy at the restaurant in the town. What, you two have something to do with him?"
Nana asked, "He is busy in the restaurant? What is he doing?"
"Ahem, you don't know. The boss named Sun asked him to come over to help. He agreed and went." Hu Youyu said, sitting down and wanting to chat with the two of them, but Nana couldn't.
After looking at Xu Hongdou helplessly, he lowered his head.
Xu Hongdou's expression was also quite amusing. She didn't hear the other person mention this matter yesterday, and thought that the other person was busy with something in France. She never thought that the other person was like herself, going to other stores to help others.
She had seen the Boss Sun that Hu Youyu mentioned. He wore an elegant cheongsam with a big wave perm. He was also pretty. He also brought a lot of things with him. How could she not be impressed?
"You don't know, when I went to see Lao Zhang, the girls in the restaurant, one after another, were all pretty, and they were all hanging around Zhang Wentao. Either Brother Zhang was drinking water, or..." Hu Youyu said excitedly
, suddenly found that the atmosphere in the restaurant was a bit strange, he closed his mouth in embarrassment, looked at the expressions of the two of them, and swallowed:
"Yes, yes, yes, call him and ask him to come back quickly." After reacting, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket, found Zhang Wentao's phone number and was about to dial it when he saw Xu Hongdou shaking his head and picking up his notebook.
I left the restaurant with pen and paper.
Nana snorted: "Man, haha." Then she took her book and left.
"No, no, you guys..."
For a moment, Hu Youyu was the only one left in the restaurant who looked confused...
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"This soup will take another 8 hours to cook. If it doesn't work, you can go back first." After Zhang Wentao sneezed, he said to Shi Tiandong, who was sitting next to him and was also tired.
After the day's training, the two of them were chatting and suddenly they talked about the role of soup stock in diet. On a whim, Zhang Wentao originally planned to make white stock soup tomorrow, but Zhang Wentao started making brown stock soup directly.
These two meat stocks are the basis of French cuisine. Of course, there are many raw materials for making stock, not just beef and beef bones. Chicken, duck, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mushrooms, etc. can also be used.
Make vegetables.
However, there are basically only two types of additions, the three treasures consisting of carrots, celery, and onions, or the spice bag made of green onion leaves, bay leaves, and thyme.
The two kinds of soup stock he is making now use the same raw materials and spices. The only difference is that the brown stock soup needs to caramelize the bones and meat first.
Caramelization is the most difficult. The time and heat must be controlled very accurately to bring out the aroma and color.
It was precisely to learn how to make this soup that Shi Tiandong was reluctant to leave, because the principle of white soup stock was similar to that in China, and he had tried it many times before.
But the secret to making brown stock requires careful observation of the making process.
"So, the red wine juice and pepper juice you usually use in the restaurant are all made from this?" Shi Tiandong asked after listening to Zhang Wentao's explanation.
Zhang Wentao nodded: "Yes, it's a pity that few people in domestic Western restaurants make this carefully. However, this kind of soup is made by a dedicated chef in French cuisine, so we usually just bring it over and use it."
"Then what's the difference between the French soup stock and the Italian soup stock?"
"The main flavor of Italian soup is vegetables, while French soup, as you can see, is just meat."
Looking at the stewed meat and bones in the pot, as well as only a small packet of seasonings, Shi Tiandong immediately understood what Zhang Wentao was complaining about.
"You go back first, I'll keep an eye on it. You come here in the morning, and then we will take them to prepare, and then you can do the training in the afternoon. Anyway, these simple things are not difficult, let each of them get familiar with it.
Just the process. The rest can be done when I come the day after tomorrow."
"Okay, then I'll go back and rest first, and you should pay more attention to your health."
"Don't worry, you're used to it."
After Shi Tiandong left, looking at the two pots steaming in front of him with only a few bubbles, Zhang Wentao gradually fell into memories of the past...
