"Try it." After the dishes were put on the table, Shen Yuxi greeted everyone, and even the waiters gathered around when they smelled the aroma.
Zhao Ke tasted the chopsticks first, his eyes immediately lit up, and he hurriedly told the waiter: "Bring me a bowl of rice."
Chef Lao Du looked surprised. The boss's behavior said it all. This dish looks very good, but does it really taste that good?
As he was rubbing his hands impatiently, Zhao Ke signaled to him and a few other guys: "Why are you standing there in a daze? You should hurry up and try it.'
"Yes, boss." Everyone hurriedly picked up their bowls and chopsticks, and divided some among themselves.
It was good now, everyone ran to get a bowl of rice and started to cook.
Soon, the meal was finished, and the plate of Mapo Tofu was also swept away. Everyone was wiping the corners of their mouths with unfinished thoughts.
"How's it going? Tell me how you feel." Zhao Ke put down his chopsticks and looked at the guys.
The guys all gave thumbs up: "It's so delicious!" I didn't read much and didn't understand the description, so I just gave an angry thumbs up.
Lao Du smacked his lips, shook his head and said: "The tofu is soft, tender and smooth, has a spicy and fragrant taste, and has a delicious color and taste. It's the best, the best!"
Zhao Ke looked at Shen Yuyu with excitement, "What's the name of this dish?"
Shen Yuyu smiled and said: "Ma Po Tofu."
"Can you sell the recipe of this dish to our restaurant?" Zhao Ke is a real person. Although he and Shen Yuyu are partners now, he has never thought of taking advantage of her.
"This dish is free." Shen Yuyu smiled and took a sip of tea, "But I will bring out the recipes for the other two dishes. Our restaurant needs to pay for the recipes for these two dishes."
"Okay, no problem." Zhao Ke agreed wholeheartedly, and the two quickly agreed on the price. The recipes for the two dishes totaled forty taels of silver. Shen Yuyu, as a shareholder, paid half of it, and she also paid an additional twenty taels of silver. .
After the discussion was clear, Shen Yuyu told Zhao Ke to bring a pen and paper and two dishes, one 'Dongpo Pork' and one 'Pheasant Mushroom Soup', which were exactly the two dishes that Chef Lao Du failed to make.
Shen Yuyu wrote down the recipes of the two dishes in detail.
"Miss Shen, your calligraphy is at the level of a master!" Zhao Ke looked at the formula and his admiration for Shen Yuyu deepened again.
Shen Yuyu smiled nonchalantly and told Chef Lao Du: "Master Du, you first learn to make these two dishes according to this recipe. Starting tomorrow, I will bring one of the most important seasonings for this dish. "
Zhao Ke asked curiously: "What kind of seasoning is it? Can't it be bought in the county??'
"Yes, you can't buy it." Shen Yuyu said with a smile, "This seasoning is the water from our Shenjia Village. The dishes cooked with this water will be ten times more delicious."
"Master Du will try making it today. Brother Zhao, you can try it. After the spring water is delivered tomorrow, make it for Brother Zhao to eat. You will know the difference by comparing it."
"Okay." Zhao Ke nodded and patted Shen Yuyu on the shoulder hopefully, "I hope our restaurant's business will prosper and we will cooperate with each other for a win-win situation."
Just as he was talking, Shen Xingwang bought all his things and the bullock cart stopped at the door of the restaurant.
"Brother Zhao, I'll go back as it's getting late. I won't open for business today. I'll let Master Du try out the two new dishes before we officially open for business tomorrow.'
"Okay, let's do it like this." Zhao Ke personally walked to the door of the restaurant and watched Shen Yuyu take Li Ye out of Zuixian Tower and get on the bullock cart.
After that, Shen Yuyu went to the blacksmith shop, took out the drawings of several scalpels he had drawn before, and asked the boss if he could make them according to that look.
After looking at it carefully, the boss said there was no problem, but the price might be a bit expensive.
When I asked how much it would cost, I was told at least ten taels of silver, because those knives were so delicate that they required top craftsmanship to make.
Shen Yuyu paid a deposit of five taels of silver without hesitation, and the boss told her to pick it up in half a month.
After that, Shen Yuyu cut two pieces of pork at the butcher shop, bought some vegetables and other various things, and bought two bags of candies and pastries, and then went home.
When we returned to Shenjiacun at about five o'clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Zhou's family had already started cooking, and she was squatting in the courtyard to get hot water to wash the meat. When she saw Shen Yuyu and the others came back, she stood up and said hello with a smile.
"Auntie, are you ready to cook?" Shen Yuxi carried a bag of meat and a bag of candies, got out of the car and entered Aunt Zhou's yard, "Yugu weighed some meat and snacks for my uncle, aunt and brothers to eat."
She found that every time Shen Xingwang went to the city, apart from buying some oil, salt, chili and so on, he never bought meat.
In this poor countryside, pork is a luxury product.
When Aunt Zhou heard that she was not willing to take it, she pushed Shen Yuyu out of the hospital without any doubt: "Oh my boy, why do you keep costing you money? Take it back and eat it by yourself. Auntie just bought meat this morning, so you can eat it." '
"Is it the ostrich meat that I bought in the morning?" Shen Yuyu remembered that when he passed the big locust tree in the morning and saw so many people gathered around to buy it, he looked curiously at the water basin, his eyes falling on the two smoked black piles. On top of the piece of meat, his eyes couldn't help but condense.
There's nothing wrong with the color of these two pieces of meat. They look dark, but that's what smoked bacon looks like, but it's just in shape.
Shen Yuyu squatted down in front of the basin, put down the two bags he was carrying, reached into the basin and picked up a piece of meat.
The shape of this piece of meat is like a modern round steak, about the size of two palms, five to six centimeters thick, and the meat is so black that you can't tell the texture.
"Auntie, what kind of meat is this?" Shen Yue looked at it twice and asked Aunt Zhou.
"The boss said it was ostrich meat." Aunt Zhou put the meat up to her nose and sniffed, "It smells quite fragrant."
"Ostrich? Why have I never seen this kind of bird?"
Aunt Zhou said: "We are here next to the Western Regions. I heard that there is this kind of bird in the Western Regions. It is taller than a human and is covered in flesh."
Shen Yuyu was silent. Shenjiacun was indeed on the border of Western Xinjiang. Maybe there really was such ostrich meat, but in this era when there was no artificial breeding, how could ostrich be considered a rare animal? How could its meat be so cheap?
"This meat looks good, it must be delicious." Aunt Zhou said to Shen Yuyu with a smile while washing the meat, "Yuyu, why don't you call A Ran over and have a taste of the bird meat?" See if it tastes good or not.'
Shen Yuyu didn't seem to hear her words, and stared at the piece of meat.
The meat had been marinated in wine and spices, and smoked for a long time. It exuded the unique smell of bacon, but Shen Yuyu always felt that there was something fishy about the meat and wanted to cut it open to see what was going on.
"Auntie, go get a knife."
"Okay." Aunt Zhou agreed and hurriedly went to the kitchen to get a knife and a chopping board.
"Wash it and just cut it here, cut it into thin slices, and probably add some oil when frying." Aunt Zhou handed the knife to Shen Yuyu, and the chopping board was placed on a low stool nearby.
Shen Yuyu took out a piece of meat and placed it on the cutting board. He cut the meat into cross sections with a knife.
The outside of the bacon is dark, but the texture and texture of the meat are clearly visible inside. As soon as the meat is opened, the color changes drastically. Why does this meat look so familiar?
