The previously fragrant aroma came from a row of open sales windows along Parkway Street. The lower half of the window is a row of half-person-high counters. The overall frame of the counters is made of wood, but there is a
Through the large piece of glass, passers-by can effortlessly see the goods displayed inside. The sales clerk behind the counter is dressed in a yellow short coat with a red bottom, and the same M-shaped archway logo as the one on the top of the building is pinned to his shirt.
.The clerks are both male and female, but they all wear the same strange red and yellow hats.
On the whole, this hat looks like a common local uniform hat, but with a forward-protruding brim, it looks a bit nondescript. Girl Zahra noticed that a clerk at the counter was holding a long-handled dustpan made of thick wire.
The same container was filled with clusters of long golden objects. The clerk poured the objects into a rectangular iron pot and evenly sprinkled some white seasoning mixed with a small amount of black powder into it. Then
Following his movements, the previous fragrance became even more intense. What was tumbling in the other oil pans were fluffy flakes wrapped in golden coating.
The clerk kept stirring the pot, and used a special colander to put the fried food into paper bags made of newspaper, and displayed them in the cabinet in front of him. Another clerk kept shouting: "
Freshly baked Australian chips, two cents for a large portion, you are guaranteed to want to eat more!" "Fish and chips, five cents off!" Before Zahra could react, Sonia, who was willing to try something new, had already paid in advance.
I picked up two packages of money.
The clerk who sells the goods is a young naturalized citizen with good eyesight. Knowing that these two strangely dressed Yanma girls are probably the life secretaries of the elders, he quickly directed the two girls to take a seat on the second floor to taste slowly. The two girls started from
When you walk in through the door next to the sales counter, you will be greeted by a wood carving inlaid on the wall, depicting various patterns of life in a medieval city. If Mr. Xu came here, he would have recognized it as part of the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". But
For girls, they just find the lines delicate and interesting.
One side of the corridor leading to the second floor is an area for dining. The wall is an unusual white brick wall, which looks quite clean and concise. On the wall are some pictures of the dishes and a large number of posters printed by the publicity department.
Because it is a restaurant, the theme is basically food hygiene and safety. It adds a lot of interest to the slightly monotonous wall. The floor is made of ceramic tiles commonly seen in veteran bathrooms, which are just alternating white and brown.
It looks quite decorative. The tables and chairs for diners arranged in threes, threes, fives, and fives are also in the IKEA style. The two girls just thought it looked similar to the Australian furniture at home.
The other side of the passage has a style that the girl has never seen before. The half-height white wall is covered with a large piece of raised dividing glass, and the aroma of hot food is constantly coming from the mosquito-proof screen at the top.
Through the glass, you can see the rows of flame-belching furnaces embedded in the wall on the opposite side. In front of the stoves are wooden platforms lined with various ingredients, and people wearing red and yellow uniforms and white aprons surround the ingredients and the furnaces.
Busy shop assistant.
This scene is actually quite shocking. In this time and space, not only did Mencius say that "a gentleman is far away from the kitchen", kitchens all over the world are unsightly and therefore secretive places. Such a generous display like this is in
It is unheard of in front of the public. But this place, with things spread out everywhere and looking a bit crowded and chaotic, has a strange Australian compact and uniform atmosphere.
The attentive girl Zahra especially noticed a row of round mechanical objects hanging on the furnace. Every time the chef holding a long-handled shovel pushed the processed round dough covered with various ingredients into the furnace,
They will all fiddle with this thing. From time to time, this thing will make a crisp ringing. At this time, the chef will shovel out the final product that has been baked and gives off an attractive aroma, and then put it on a plate and prepare it for serving.
The girl didn’t know that what she saw was actually a standardized fast food kitchen that was far ahead of the times. Following the example of a modern catering company in another time and space, Mudanlou adopted a central kitchen, cold chain transportation, standard operations and standardized brand image.
An invincible tool for catering.
Every morning, freight wagons use special refrigerated transport boxes with ice cubes and diatomaceous earth layers to transport uniformly processed semi-finished ingredients from the central kitchen located outside Dongmen City to various branches.
Branches that have the conditions store it in their own gas cold storage, and those that don't have the conditions also have earthen refrigerators with ice cubes. The subsequent operations are strictly standardized, limiting the method steps and even the specific temperature and time for post-processing. This set
The method that was unfailing in the old time has been proved to be effective in the new time and space. Although it is impossible to ensure the freshness and perfection of the taste, it provides uniform quality and guaranteed food quality. Since the opening of several branches, sales have been rising steadily.
This illustrates this point.
Naturally, limited by the objective conditions of cold chain transportation, Mudanlou’s cold chain distribution can currently only cover Hong Kong and Guangzhou, and beyond that it is out of reach. In fact, even the entire Hainan Island can accept cold chain
There are also very few delivery areas.
Of course, these methods are easier said than done. Apart from anything else, the standardized kitchen utensils customized for this kind of kitchen caused headaches for the seniors in charge. For example, the round object Sonia noticed was customized by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Simple mechanical timer. The circular clock face has several scales representing different times. Turn the circle to the corresponding position and the bell will be triggered after different times, which greatly regulates the time required for food baking. In addition
In addition, a considerable amount of effort is spent on the custom-made gas oven, the frying equipment required for French fries, and the corresponding special thermometers.
However, the two girls just found it novel. Sonia was already holding the fries she just bought and went upstairs immediately. The basic layout of the upstairs is the same as that of the downstairs, but there is no kitchen area and an extra row of spectators facing the street.
Floor-to-ceiling windows with a view. At the same time, there is a power shaft on the ceiling that passes through the entire house, driving a number of ceiling fans scattered in the house to spin leisurely. Together with the linen tablecloths and napkins covered on the tables, compared to the downstairs individual guest area
, the performance level suddenly improved greatly.
It was still early, and there were not many customers upstairs. There were only a few girls in Australian-style plaid skirts chattering. The two girls walked straight over and chose a viewing seat facing the street to serve the people upstairs.
The young female clerk came over and helped put down the bamboo curtain for sun protection. Zahra noticed that her clothes were a little different. Although there were the same marks as those downstairs, they were mainly pink in color, and the style was also in the form of a dress, with some
Similar to a maid school uniform.
The female clerk immediately handed over two booklets. The bamboo cover was printed with the logo of Peony House and the two characters "menu". The girls opened it and saw that main meals, snacks and drinks were listed in categories on each page.
, not only is the price clearly marked, but the main ingredients used are also listed under the food. Like all people who learn foreign languages, the names of the wide variety of ingredients make the girls dizzy. They simply took out the coupons sent by the popsicle guy.
, handed it to the female clerk.
The female clerk seemed to be very familiar with this, and she said loudly without even looking at it: "Then let's take a medium-sized seafood supreme cake. Can the two girls add our special crispy roasted honey chicken wings, paired with a large bottle?"
Chilled Australian kvass, only 4.5 cents." Zahra calculated in her mind and felt that it was still within the budget, so she nodded and confirmed the order. However, Sonia left a menu specifically, saying that she wanted to look at it more.
While waiting for the meal to be served, Sonia opened the warm paper bag in her hand. The paper bag was made from "Lingao Times", but the Peony Building logo was covered with wood. Inside was steaming hot potato.
Strips and coated fish fillets.
This kind of thing is not a rare thing in Lingao, it has been around for several years. However, because it requires a lot of cooking oil, it only appears sporadically on the tables of the elders. Mudanlou can be regarded as the first to popularize fried food.
This is naturally due to the fruitful results achieved by the Senate in promoting oil palm cultivation in Vietnam, southern Hainan and other places over the years. Although oil palm cultivation is difficult, the shortage of edible oil has always been a pain point for the Senate, so the Council of Agriculture made a huge decision
efforts to solve the problem of large-scale production of oil crops.
The two began to imitate others' eating methods and tried their first French fries and fried fish. Since they had recognized the main ingredients of French fries "Australian potatoes, seasoned with salt and black pepper" on the menu, the two
The girl’s expectations have actually been lowered a lot. After all, potatoes are already a common item in veteran recipes. Whether it is spicy stir-fried shredded potatoes or beef roasted with potatoes, they are not new. As for the main ingredient of fried fish "
"Deep-sea fish fillet" is the most common food in the Senate cafeteria.
But the taste of the French fries in my mouth is unexpectedly different. The salt grains with a slight taste of black pepper match the fried outer shell, but the inside is soft and has a slightly sweet taste. How is this?
Maybe it was the potatoes she usually eats! From this moment on, Zahra became a big fan of french fries. She even tried to fry them at home more than once, but unfortunately she just couldn't get the taste from Peony House.
French fries has never been a simple job suitable for families. Take the old Mak Kee as an example. Not to mention the specially selected potato varieties, careful selection and segmentation must be carried out in the factory, and the oil used must be
Adding the later infamous trans fat to increase the shelf life, temperature control during frying alone becomes difficult for most home cooks.