Chapter 214 A master of one dish (2)
Compared with the large and small bags of other passengers on the train, Master Huang and Jiang Weiguo had very few things. They only brought a small cloth bag with a change of clothes, various bills and money.
The cloth bag is with Jiang Weiguo. He has never had a peaceful life since the fall of Peiping. He was displaced during the war and did not settle in Z city until a few years ago. Pickpockets and robbers on the train cannot catch his eye at all.
Master Huang, who has been living in a small city like Z City and has never experienced a war. Ordinary people who are peaceful and honest, poor and hungry, are simply stupid compared to Jiang Weiguo.
The environment in the train carriage is not very good either. Various mixed smells, crowded people, adults talking, and children crying all mix together to make people have a headache. But compared with the cabins and tractors Jiang Feng had stayed in in other memories, this train car could already be considered a VIP first-class cabin.
Master Huang and Purchaser Wang chatted for several hours without drying up their mouths. They chatted until Purchaser Wang had three urgent needs and needed to go to the toilet for convenience.
"Xiao Jiang, I have to say that you are not young anymore. You are almost 30 and have settled down. When you go back this time, how about I ask your sister-in-law to introduce you to a partner?" Master Huang started to play matchmaker.
30? ? ?
Jiang Feng couldn't believe his eyes. Jiang Weiguo's face looked like a young man in his early 20s, but Master Huang said he was almost 30 years old!
I didn't expect that the old man would be so secretive when he was young.
Calculating this, the blind date, dinner, and flash marriage between him and Grandma Jiang should have happened during this period of time.
"Object?" Jiang Weiguo opened his eyes.
"Yes, your sister-in-law has a girl in the village next door. She is very pretty. She is 17 years old. She just has more sisters, so she has not said we are married at this age. There are 5 girls in their family, and the family is quite well-off and not poor. , the child did not starve to death." Seeing Jiang Weiguo actually replying to his words, Master Huang was immediately excited, "I have seen that girl, she can endure hardships and work well, she will definitely be a good wife."
"Why don't you go back after shopping this time and let me talk to your sister-in-law and make an appointment for you two to meet?" Master Huang almost rubbed his hands excitedly.
"Okay." Jiang Weiguo agreed. He was indeed old enough and it was time to consider marrying a wife, having children and starting a family.
"After we get off the train, we will go to the guest house with Comrade Wang first to familiarize ourselves with the surrounding areas, and then find a place to buy things." Master Huang began to make purchasing plans, "It's a pity that we are not going to the Magic City this time. The last time Master Liu from the hotel next door went to Shanghai on a business trip, we were so envious of the things he brought back!”
In Master Huang’s view, the two largest cities in the country are Peking and Shanghai. Only when you have been there can you truly enter the city.
"I know where to buy seafood. We have to buy dry goods and go to the county town below." Jiang Weiguo said.
"Going to the county town below?" Master Huang was a little confused.
"Yes." Jiang Weiguo said, "I know a place. We can go back after buying it."
"Then... why don't you go to that treasure house to see the apprentices or something?" Master Huang was a little reluctant. This was his first business trip. How could he go back in just two days?
"Go." Jiang Weiguo said.
Master Huang is happy again.
The train kept driving slowly, stopping at a station along the way, and some passengers got off the train. It was not until late in the evening that they reached the terminal station.
Purchaser Wang led them to the guest house. The waiter at the guest house looked disgusted and ignored. He asked them to show their letter of introduction, took the money and went through the formalities before leading them upstairs.
"If you want boiling water, it costs two cents for a pot. If you break the pot, you'll have to pay. If you want it before eight o'clock in the evening, it's late." The waiter led them to the door of the room and left.
"Brother Huang, Comrade Jiang, if anything happens, come to me tomorrow night. I have to run around and be busy during the day. I estimate that I will stay here for three or four days. If you have anything, you can come to me anytime." Wang Purchasing The staff is very enthusiastic.
"Okay, thank you, Comrade Xiao Wang." Master Huang said with a smile.
The two of them entered the room and had been on the train for several days. They didn't even change their clothes and they were all smelly. Master Huang is the one who has to support his family. He didn't want to give up the two cents for boiling water and just decided to get some cold water to wipe himself. Jiang Weiguo went down without saying a word and spent 4 cents to buy two pots of boiling water. He handed it to Master Huang. bottle.
"Oh, Xiao Jiang, why did you buy this? Two cents a pot is too expensive. I'll treat you to steamed buns tomorrow morning, and let's try the steamed buns from this coastal area." Master Huang said cheerfully, After wiping my body, I fell asleep with the fantasy of the smell of steamed buns from coastal areas.
It didn't take long for him to start snoring so loudly that it shook the sky. It was a shame that Jiang Weiguo could still fall asleep.
Both of them were asleep, and Jiang Feng didn't need to sleep, so he wandered around within the scope of his movement.
This guest house is probably newly built, and the facilities are relatively new. The bed sheets and quilt covers are very clean. Buyer Wang is still very good at finding places.
The two of them woke up early on the second day, packed their things, took their money, and each had a big meat bun. After asking for the location, they took a minibus to Linxian County.
The minibus was bumping and bumping, almost as much as a tractor. Master Huang couldn't bear the bumping and asked Jiang Weiguo loudly: "Xiao Jiang, how long will it take for us to get there?"
"It's not far. I just asked for an hour or so." Jiang Weiguo said.
Sure enough, the two of them arrived at the place more than an hour later. Jiang Weiguo asked when the last bus back would be, and then led Master Huang to ask for directions and find a place along the way.
After many people gave me directions, I turned into a shabby little shop.
They sell seafood, and they are all dry goods, and the quality is really good. Master Huang is a standard inland person. He has never seen the sea, and he doesn’t know what the seafood looks like, let alone how to choose. This time he was able to go shopping with Jiang Weiguo on a business trip only because he had a good relationship with Jiang Weiguo.
It was Jiang Weiguo who picked the food. After all, he would also have to cook the dishes. When he was a child, he was used to seeing good things at Tai Feng House. He had used abalone, shark fin, and sea cucumber, and all of them were of the highest quality.
"Hey, Xiao Jiang, you said we finally came to a coastal place, so we have to eat something good. How about we go to that restaurant for a meal tomorrow?" Master Huang was reluctant to buy two cents last night. With a pot of hot water, I now have the ambition to have a meal at the most famous restaurant in FJ.
"Okay." Jiang Weiguo concentrated on picking scallops.
He is not short of money at all. He lives in a dormitory, earns money and spends it. There is no problem of supporting the family. He can also go out to take on some private work from time to time. Compared with Master Huang, he is extremely rich.
"I just don't know what this seafood tastes like. You said it's called seafood. It's called seafood. It must be very fresh!" Master Huang began to say to himself.
"Are you two young comrades going to Jubao Tower tomorrow?" The shop owner, an old man, asked with a smile.
"Yes, it's the Treasure Building!" Master Huang finally remembered the name of the Treasure Building.
"That's a famous restaurant in our area. You'll be in for a treat if you go there tomorrow. Tomorrow is the deadline for Chef Sun to accept apprentices. He must be in the store. Maybe you can still eat his food!" The shop owner said, "I just heard you talking. You should be cooks too, right? If you two comrades are interested, you can sign up tomorrow. Even if you can't be accepted by Chef Sun as an apprentice, it would be good to get a few words of advice from him. ”
"We are just here from out of town to watch the fun." Master Huang has no interest in becoming someone else's teacher. "Old comrade, do you know what dishes are recommended at Jubaolou?"
"Buddha jumped over the wall." Jiang Weiguo and the shop owner said in unison.
"Oh, this little comrade also knows the famous dishes of Jubaolou?" the shop owner became interested.
"I've heard of it. After all, Jubaolou is very famous, and Buddha Jumping Over the Wall is its signature dish." Jiang Weiguo said.
"What is Buddha jumping over the wall?" Master Huang looked puzzled as if he had never seen this before.
"The altar is open and the fragrance of meat is wafting around, and the Buddha hears abandoning Zen and jumps over the wall. This dish was originally called Fu Shouquan, but it was renamed Buddha Jumping over the Wall because of this poem. Comrade, do you still have these dried shrimps in your store?" Jiang Weiguo said.
"There are some in the back, I'll show you." The shop owner led Jiang Weiguo to the back, "But I'm afraid you won't be able to eat this Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. This dish has always been in short supply, and it's too expensive for ordinary people like us. You can afford it. If you have some spare money, you can try the baked lobster in soup, which is also Chef Sun’s famous dish. ”
"Isn't that Cantonese food?" Jiang Weiguo asked.
"What Cantonese food?" The shop owner couldn't tell the strange classifications of Cantonese food and Fujian food. "Are you talking about the food from Guangdong Province? Chef Sun studied it in Guangdong Province in his early years."
Jiang Weiguo picked through the small store and directly completed the purchase task photographed above. The two of them carried thirty or forty kilograms of dry goods each and prepared to return.
Taking the minibus back to the provincial capital, the two of them returned to the guest house carrying the smell of the sea.
Putting down the things, Master Huang drank several large gulps of cold water and said, "Since I have finished shopping, I will buy a return ticket after dinner tomorrow."
Jiang Weiguo nodded.
It was getting late now, and they had been going back and forth to Linxian for a long time. The two of them had just eaten one bun today, and now that they had a rest, their stomachs started growling.
"Master Huang, let's order something, and let's go eat. I was just listening to our chat in the front seat in the car. There is a restaurant nearby with good craftsmanship." Jiang Weiguo said.
Master Huang:? ? ?
Did I just make a fake car?
Or do I have a pair of fake ears?
The two of them took inventory of their things and compared the list. They found that there was nothing missing. They put the things away, took the money and went to a restaurant happily.
I usually work as a chef in a state-owned hotel, and other people come to eat in the restaurant. Now I change my position and go to other people's restaurants to eat. It is really a different experience.
Jiang Weiguo has a good memory and will never forget a road he has walked once. He led Master Huang to a small restaurant as if he were a local.
We have to save the real feast for tomorrow. Although we are going to a restaurant now, the dishes the two of us ordered are very ordinary.
Each person has a bowl of braised noodles, a plate of spring rolls, and a fried oyster.
The owner is from southern Fujian, and the spring rolls are made in the same way as southern Fujian spring rolls.
Bamboo shoots, peas, bean sprouts, dried tofu, shredded eggs, fish, shrimps, diced meat, oysters and carrots. The fillings wrapped under a thin skin are richer than one can imagine. They are golden and crispy, and are very coastal.
The braised noodles are not ordinary braised noodles. The ingredients are very rich, including lean meat, shiitake mushrooms, dried shrimps, scallops, oysters, razor clams, leeks and red mushrooms. The noodle soup is a stock made from slow-boiled pork bones. The noodles are also very tough and the soup base is Thick and fragrant.
Even Jiang Feng was surprised by the shop owner's sincerity. When ordering, Master Huang felt a little distressed. He felt that just two bowls of noodles, a spring roll and an unknown thing cost nearly three yuan. This shop is really... Expensive. When the boss brought the noodles and spring rolls to the table, Master Huang immediately felt that it was worth every penny.
Let alone three yuan, even if it costs 13 yuan, he can't make it taste like this.
The chefs in this restaurant are really talented.
"It's really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger here, which makes the chefs in this small shop so good!" Master Huang sighed, "You can definitely be a chef at our level."
"If you rely on the mountains, you can eat the mountains, and if you rely on the sea, you can eat the sea. The chefs here are naturally better at making seafood than us." Jiang Weiguo said, continuing to eat noodles.
The two of them snored, and the bowl of braised noodles suddenly reached the bottom.
Oyster pancake was served last. This dish is a specialty snack in southern Fujian. Jiang Weiguo had only heard of it and had never seen it before.
The freshly fried sea oysters are still hot, and the eggs surround the sea oysters, which maintains the original flavor of the sea oysters and covers up the fishy smell of the sea oysters.
Neither of them has ever tasted similar dishes, so it's hard to make an evaluation. They are all fresh tastes.
Jiang Feng also saw this dish for the first time and found it novel. He thought about finding time to go to southern Fujian during the summer vacation to taste it and see the world.
It would be nice if this store still existed.
Jiang Feng thought and even laughed at his own thoughts.
Jiang Weiguo and Master Huang went back to the guest house after eating and drinking. Before leaving, they asked the owner where the treasure gathering building was, so as not to look around like headless flies tomorrow.
Jiang Feng knew that Chef Sun of Jubaolou once taught the old man Buddha Jump Over the Wall, and he was the master of one dish. It must be this time. Maybe the recipe in this memory is Buddha Jump Over the Wall.
Sun Guanyun is more than ten years younger than the old man. He should still be a teenager at this time. Maybe he can still see him tomorrow.
Just thinking about it made Jiang Feng look forward to what would happen in the Treasure Building tomorrow.
It was getting late. Jiang Weiguo and Master Huang were tired after a busy day. They washed up simply like yesterday and went to bed early.
Jiang Feng did not stay in the room. After all, Master Huang's loud snoring did not sound good. Jiang Feng sat outside the guest house and looked up at the sky, quietly looking at the moon in the sky and the stars that would be difficult to see again in 50 years. He felt very comfortable listening to the chirping of insects.
What will happen tomorrow? (End of chapter)