Chapter 515 Peach Blossoms
Today’s menu is neither for first-class seats nor second-class seats.
It was Ning Weimin who combined the two.
He reduced some of the flashy and luxurious dishes.
For example, shark fins and bird's nests.
Focusing on summer flowers and fruits.
For example, clear jasmine soup, peach blossom pan, fried jade spring sticks, and sweet and sour cherry meat.
For no other reason than to reduce costs while also showing off the restaurant’s unique culinary advantages and characteristics.
As for the procedures for serving dishes, they strictly follow the official procedures.
When guests come to drink tea, they first taste the table dishes.
Then there are four "hot stir-fry dishes", followed by the main dish of "Four Seas", accompanied by the side dish of "Eight Braised Bowls".
After the two snacks are served, there are "four meals". Finally, there are glutinous rice porridge and special desserts, as well as fragrant tea to rinse your mouth after meals.
So the characteristic of this official banquet is that it definitely takes longer than an ordinary banquet, and there are more dishes but less food.
In this way, by the time the main course is served, it has actually been nearly twenty-five minutes since the start of the meal.
This is an ordinary casual banquet. At this moment, it is undoubtedly the end of the dish, and customers are often not too interested in the dishes.
But just because today's dishes are so unique, the kitchen's cooking skills are interesting, and the quantity of dishes effectively controls the speed at which guests eat.
Even if each dish is served at a ridiculous price, it still makes people look forward to it and make them salivate.
Just watch it if you don’t believe it.
No, as the four plates of hot and cold leftovers have been removed, today’s main course officially begins.
At this moment, more than twenty male waiters lined up to pick up the dishes in front of the special elevator used to transport dishes in the kitchen.
Each of them holds a bright yellow brocade plate in his hand.
After taking the dishes, they dispersed, filed past, and went in pairs to serve the dishes to the guests.
One by one, they took off a sea bowl and two stew bowls from the tray and placed them gently on the table of each table.
The other one is the braised sea cucumber with green onions, braised diced shrimps and braised dried razor clams, that’s it.
It’s just seafood with relatively expensive ingredients. The ingredients are high-quality, but the way of eating is ordinary.
But the second course "Jasmine Clear Soup" saved by "Zhang Dashao" was paired with braised duck tongue and braised chestnuts, but it was completely different.
It is really refreshing and an unexpected surprise.
To know the gimmick of this dish, you have to sprinkle a small plate of fresh jasmine flowers into the soup in front of the guests.
The jasmine flowers are extremely fragrant and the color is pure white.
Scatter these petals into the hot soup on the spot. Not only will the fragrance of the flowers suddenly refresh your mind, it will last for a long time without dissipating.
Even the scene of the petals floating and spreading in the soup is extremely beautiful.
Its posture is like catkins in the wind, for a moment it is like smoke and picturesque, so beautiful and elegant.
There is no doubt that people with normal aesthetics, let alone women, even men, will be amazed by the color and aroma of this dish.
But compared with this visual and olfactory enjoyment, the taste of this dish is even more delicious.
Because all the ingredients in this pot of soup are delicious, and because of the high heat, they are completely integrated into the pot of soup. It is not much less troublesome than making Buddha Jump Over the Wall.
Even though the color of the soup is as clear as well water, the taste is made up of the essence of countless top-quality ingredients, making it a delicious and mouth-filling dish.
To use a common saying thirty years later, it definitely does not contain MSG and is purely natural.
Everyone who has tasted this soup will experience a wonderful feeling that they have never experienced before due to the deliciousness and refreshing feeling of the soup and the aroma of jasmine permeated by the petals.
What does this feel like?
It combines the deliciousness of the ingredients with the elegance of the floral fragrance, and also reflects the seasonal feeling of summer. The word "excellent" is no exaggeration to describe it.
Of course, perhaps the more important thing is the novelty of most people seeing this dish for the first time.
Anyway, there is no one who doesn’t like it.
After tasting it, almost every guest can clearly feel the elegance of the old palace and understand the exquisite way the nobles in the past used to add summer fun.
Especially the table of the model team, these young girls, love this dish extremely.
Almost all of them fell in love with it at first sight and became big fans of "Jasmine in Clear Soup".
This is no exaggeration, the truth is actually very simple.
The common problem among these girls is that they are greedy but afraid of getting fat, they like meat but are afraid of being bored, and they all hope that they can become otherworldly goddesses in the hearts of the opposite sex.
Isn’t this dish just perfect for all their needs?
To put it bluntly, after drinking such soup, I am afraid that no matter who you are, you will have the illusion that you are the queen's destiny.
But the bigger surprise is yet to come.
Although the clear jasmine soup was the most elegant, refreshing and refined dish during this day's banquet.
But it is by no means the most charming and delicate dish.
Because such a crown can only belong to the third main course "Peach Blossom Pan" that followed.
This is Chef Chang’s representative dish modified from the traditional dish “A Thunder on the Ground”.
Because the materials, techniques, and meanings are all cleverly integrated into the poetic and picturesque atmosphere of peach blossoms, they successfully add to the beauty of the dishes.
Some time ago, Chef Chang just won the culinary gold medal in Japan for this.
This dish is similar to "Jasmine Clear Soup", but it also has a gimmick.
It is to make gravy with fresh shrimps, borlotin, diced apples, diced lychees, tomato sauce, egg whites, and cooked lard. When serving, "stab la la" in front of the diners. "Sprinkle it on the crispy and fragrant crispy rice cakes.
Just this guy, what is the effect?
On the spot, you can create a sense of sight of ten miles of peach blossoms with flying petals.
As the white mist rises, the sweet and sour aroma enters the nostrils of the diners.
The brown rice dumplings are overflowing with bright red juice and dotted with pink shrimps, just like the enchanting peach blossoms outside the window.
And the "cracking" popping sound made when the gravy soaks into the crispy rice is like the faint spring thunder in the distance.
What a colorful peach blossom, with red, yellow, green and white echoing each other, the fragrance fills the room, and the four seats are extremely stunning. Forget about the taste, the easiest thing to impress women is the sweet and sour taste.
And accompanied by two stewed bowls of candied plums and candied lilies, it is sweet, sour, glutinous and soft.
Just the thing to relieve your boredom!
How is it possible not to impress the girls and make the models beam with joy?
To put it bluntly, this dish cannot be seen anywhere else.
Except for the Kang Le Restaurant where Master Chang has worked all his life, now it can only be eaten at "Tan Palace".
Therefore, this "Peach Blossom" even makes the models happy and excited even more than the "Jasmine Clear Soup".
In fact, these girls seem to be possessed by a demon. They have lost their reserve to a certain extent and have unconsciously become worldly old ladies.
Lest you fall behind and eat less, you will lose the happiness of feasting.
Qu Xiao and Shi Kaili are also among them.
They both served it with spoons and chopsticks, looked at each other, smiled, and ate happily. It was very wonderful.
But even as they ate, they didn't even think about talking, it wasn't enough.
When they were about to pick up the rice dumplings with their chopsticks and put a spoonful of sauce on the plate, they were tapped several times on the shoulders.
"Hey, don't eat it. You two should help me quickly and accompany me to toast some important guests."
It was actually Ning Weimin who was smiling. Came here, of course, with Zhang Shihui.
"Brother Ning, you are here..."
Qu Xiao was really obedient. He blinked his big eyes and stopped using his chopsticks
He wiped the corners of his mouth with a cloth and stood up.
The face is both happy and ashamed.
But on the contrary, Shi Kaili glanced at Ning Weimin with dissatisfaction.
"Why? We haven't eaten enough yet, so you can't come later..."
Then he turned around and added food and stuffed it into his mouth, as if it didn't happen.
The other girls cheered together.
"Manager, why did you think of us just now? No, no, you came too late."
"Even you don't pay enough attention to us. We must be punished You must drink as a penalty..."
"You still want to take our people away? You have to have a drink with each of us first, otherwise, you won't even be able to leave..."
Ning Weimin had to brace himself first to deal with this group of women's soldiers.
Of course, although he complained in his heart, in the eyes of others, he was envious.
There were people at the other tables nearby who were secretly lamenting that people were more likely to die than others.
I envy him from the bottom of my heart. He is a lucky person who enjoys the peach blossoms ten miles away. His face is red and his hall is shining.
In short, Ning Weimin even joked and brought a wine company, and finally managed to take Qu Xiao and Shi Kaili away.
But I have to say that this girl Shi Kaili is a pure foodie.
Her feasting was interrupted by Ning Weimin, and she was quite conflicted, so complaints were inevitable.
"Brother Ning, you are serious. There are so many people at the table, why do you have to drag us together? You can't just bully us just because we are familiar with each other. Especially me, I am still young. , you can't drink, but you should eat more nutritious things, maybe you can grow a few centimeters..."
"Oh, you just know how to eat. Are you not afraid of getting fat? Think about your career, you. You have to keep your mouth shut, so you can be fair, beautiful and have long legs..."
"Brother Ning, you can pull me down. Just open your mouth and come, you are fair and beautiful and have long legs, that's a ditty, I You still don’t know yourself? I’m so dark and have a completely Southeast Asian style of skin. Why don’t you take Xiaoqu alone? I’m afraid of embarrassing you, so I’ll go back and sit down first...”
Qu Xiao didn't know whether to be angry or laugh, so he quickly stopped Shi Kaili and turned around to leave.
Ning Weimin was also amused by the way Shi Kaili pouted.
"Little Shitou, call you stupid, you look very smart. But call you smart, you are really stupid. You don't know what to do, and you treat my good intentions like a donkey's liver and lungs. Can't you be more careful? , is this the time for you to have a meal? It’s the time for you to make friends and expand your network.”
Then he lowered his voice and said, “Hey, didn’t you two make it to the semi-finals? Don't you want to get a good ranking in the model competition? If you do, you have to take this opportunity to build a good relationship with the media reporters. I will help you in a while. If the reporters have an impression of you, they will try their best to cover you. Put your names and photos. This is good for you.”
“Also, you can’t just follow the model path. Let me tell you two. You go meet Liu Xiaoqin and Director Li from Hong Kong. You listen to me and be good. As long as you can leave a good impression on them, I will definitely find you some movie roles in the future..."
Once you say this. The two girls were so happy.
It’s not that they are utilitarian, that’s all. The key is to meet Liu Xiaoqin, which they yearn for.
You must know that celebrities in this era are really celebrities. Most of them are proud to get to know them, get autographs and take photos with them.
What’s more, this is the time when Liu Xiaoqin’s reputation is at its peak.
Not long ago in Northeast China, she was recognized while eating, and the fans were too enthusiastic, which caused a riot.
However, the difference in personality is more obvious now.
Qu Xiao is such a good boy, he only knows thank you and promises to be obedient.
But Shi Kaili wanted to take advantage of everything, and even made additional demands, saying that she could follow Ning Weimin's arrangements.
But in a few days, Ning Weimin would have to treat her to "Peach Blossom Pan" again.
Ning Weimin is really convinced.
Well, let’s just be good people and do it to the end.
He asked Zhang Shihui to take out two more red envelopes and gave one to each of Shi Kaili and Qu Xiao.
"You can come and eat whenever you want. These coupons can be used as payment. Understand? Then keep it and don't let others see it. Can we go now?"
Unexpectedly, Shi Kaili smiled while holding the red envelope in her hand without putting it in her pocket.
And I can't help but feel so happy.
Just when Ning Weimin, Zhang Shihui, and Qu Xiao were stunned, they all felt that this girl was really inexplicable.
This girl actually lowered her head and took the initiative to tell her the reason for her laughter.
The answer shows that her imagination is simply unreasonable and unreasonable.
"Brother Ning, give me a red envelope this time. I think so. It's like Brother Zhang is the best man and I'm the bridesmaid... It seems like you and Qu Xiao are getting married..."
Needless to say, Zhang Shihui burst into laughter, Ning Weimin was dumbfounded, and Qu Xiao turned red with embarrassment.
Covered her mouth on the spot.
ps: I am on a business trip and can only take two days off. Sorry.
(End of this chapter)