Chapter 573: The First Shot
In order to make Zheng Siyuan's first blind date in Peking go smoothly, Zheng Da also took great pains.
The specific behavior is to force his senior brother to cook exquisite Subang dishes for Zheng Siyuan's blind date banquet.
Subang cuisine is not only delicious but also beautiful, the ingredients are fresh and colorful, whether it is squirrel osmanthus fish or honey sauce barbecued pork, it is a very eye-catching dish on the table.
As long as you decorate it a little, put some dry ice on the bottom with a special plate, and the dishes are carefully designed when they are plated, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the dishes served as landscape paintings.
The problem now is that Zheng Da doesn't want to paint.
Zheng Da only wanted to paint in front of the two uncles or grab the brushes of the two apprentices to paint, and didn't want to take the initiative to paint.
By the time Jiang Feng found out, the focus of the argument between Zheng Da and Master Huang had become whether Master Huang should only make a squirrel osmanthus tomorrow, or should he add another plate of additives, such as Gusu Bayan (a creative dish made with various fruits) or something.
"Uncle Zheng, there are three dishes on the menu set tomorrow, chopped pepper fish head, glutinous rice lotus root and vegetable wrapped chicken, if you want Huang Shibo to make another dish, it is enough to make one dish. Jiang Feng jumped out of the big circle.
"No, no, no, these four dishes are too unlucky, and you have to make up five. "Zheng Da always sees things from such a clear angle.
Jiang Feng: ???
"What are you going to do with me? Xiao Jiang's family is such a big restaurant, and he can't make up a dish that Siyuan or that girl wants to eat? What do they want to eat, you let them order it themselves at that time, I've heard of arranged marriages, I haven't heard of you arranging blind date dishes like this. Master Huang saw that he had a good helper, and he was full of firepower on the spot.
Jiang Feng: ......
After dozens of minutes of mediation, Zheng Da finally finalized the menu of Zheng Siyuan's blind date the next day.
Chopped pepper fish head, vegetable wrapped chicken, glutinous rice lotus, squirrel osmanthus fish and a small portion of Li Hongzhang chowder.
Jiang Feng swore that he definitely did not recommend Li Hongzhang's chowder to Zheng Da, it was Zheng Da who thought this dish was good when he flipped through the menu, but Fang Mei didn't believe his nonsense.
Fang Mei even wondered if Jiang Feng had any internal contradictions with their master, so she used this vicious method to take revenge on her uncle and senior brother.
"Manager Fang, the menu is set, and these 5 dishes should not change. Tomorrow is my brother's first blind date in Beiping, and my uncle attaches great importance to it, so I will trouble you to take care of the outside affairs at that time. Like the arrangement of the table, candles and other things that can set the mood depend on your care. Jiang Feng said.
The expression on Fang Mei's face was a little hesitant, her fingers unconsciously tapped the table at a certain rhythm, and she thought for a long time before she slowly spoke: "Little boss, is it best to replace this Li Hongzhang chowder?"
Jiang Feng mentioned to Fang Mei last time that Taifeng Lou could use Li Hongzhang's chowder as a star dish to promote it, and she has been hesitating. Because she witnessed too many diners crying over it, Fang Mei knew that Jiang Feng was a person who was very good at telling nonsense, which caused Fang Mei to not believe him very much.
In the past few days since opening, Fang Mei has been investigating customer evaluations, costs and potential market related aspects of other dishes, just to pick out a dish that is more suitable for promotion than Li Hongzhang's chowder.
Fang Mei felt that if she really couldn't find a dish that was better or comparable to Li Hongzhang's chowder, she might as well believe Jiang Feng's nonsense and let him try it.
"No need to change, don't worry, when the time comes, it will be a very normal Li Hongzhang chowder, and there will be no problems!" Jiang Feng assured Fang Mei.
"Okay, is there anything else that needs to be paid attention to?" Fang Mei decided to take a look at the situation tomorrow, and if it was really possible, she would set the star dish as Li Hongzhang's chowder, and she would consider the publicity plan in the next few days.
"Oh, there's one. When the time comes, please remind the waiter to serve the dish that when serving the glutinous rice lotus, tell my senior brother and his blind date that the dish should be drunk with soup first. ”
Fang Mei: ???
Although she didn't understand what was so delicious about a sweet dish of glutinous rice lotus, Fang Mei still nodded and wrote it down.
The time soon came to the next night.
The day of Zheng Siyuan's blind date.
Ling Guangzhao gave Zheng Siyuan a blind date leave, but Zheng Siyuan still made two batches of pastries in the afternoon and asked other white case masters in Babaozhai to help bake or steam them, which made Ling Guangzhao very moved.
and strengthened his determination to introduce the Beiping girl to Zheng Siyuan.
Ling Guangzhao was selective when he chose a blind date for Zheng Siyuan, and the targets he aimed at were all girls who were more suitable in all aspects and intended to stay in Beiping to work hard or were simply from Beiping.
Zheng Siyuan and her blind date arrived almost at the same time, and Zheng Da sat at the table next to Zheng Siyuan, sitting with his back to him. There was nothing on the table, only a porridge with preserved eggs and lean pork, and his son's blind date Zheng Da was so nervous that he couldn't eat anything, so he could only drink some porridge to calm down.
Zheng Siyuan's blind date is called Gao Qing, who is a very talkative person, and knows that Zheng Siyuan may not be very talkative, so he has been intentionally or unintentionally since he sat down. Looking for a topic, the facial features are correct, I have drawn a simple light makeup, but the lipstick is a little darker, and I am wearing a smart professional suit, obviously just getting off work.
Not long after the two of them sat down, the waiter served the food.
"Hello, glutinous rice lotus. The waiter who served the food to Zheng Siyuan was a very young senior round-faced girl who interned later in the year, and she looked very nervous when serving the food because she was carrying Fang Mei's instructions.
"If you want glutinous rice lotus, it is recommended to drink soup first. Do you want me to serve you two a bowl of soup first?" the waiter said nervously.
"Soup?" Gao Qing looked surprised, and even forgot what she wanted to say to Zheng Siyuan, and couldn't help but glance at the tray in the waiter's hand only to find that there was a small bowl of sugar water soup on the tray.
"Yes, it's... This is the specialty of our store, and the glutinous rice lotus root is also a new product, so it is recommended to drink soup. The waiter said.
"I'm sorry for you. Gao Qing smiled at the waiter, and turned to Zheng Siyuan, "I haven't come to Taifeng Building to eat before, I didn't expect their dishes to be so distinctive, glutinous rice lotus can actually drink soup, it's the first time I've seen it." ”
"It's the first time I've seen it. Zheng Siyuan said.
When Gao Qing saw Zheng Siyuan answer, she knew that this topic could continue: "By the way, there is actually a question I really want to ask you." Because you were introduced by Boss Ling and me, Boss Ling is the boss of Babao Zhai, and you are the chef of Babao Zhai. Why did our blind date settle in Tai Fung House instead of your own store?"
Zheng Siyuan didn't know what was going on, he only found out this morning that he was going on a blind date.
"I'm afraid of bothering everyone in my own store, and I also have a little relationship with the chef here in Taifeng Building, so it is very convenient to order food in advance and reserve seats. Zheng Siyuan said.
Gao Qing nodded: "Also, it's really embarrassing if you are surrounded by people you know on a blind date." At this age, although blind dates are a normal thing, we are reluctant to tell others. ”
Gao Qing took a sip of sugar water, frowned and put the bowl down: "This is also too sweet, it is simply sugar water with too much sugar added." ”
Zheng Siyuan also took a sip when he heard this: "It's too sweet." ”
After putting down the bowl, Gao Qing decided not to touch the plate of glutinous rice lotus again, blacked out this dish in her heart, and chatted with Zheng Siyuan a lot on the topic of blind date, until other dishes were served on the table, and she didn't start to eat with chopsticks.
Because of the overly sweet sugar water, Gao Qing's first impression of Taifeng Building was not very good, and she felt that this was a money-making restaurant with expensive dishes and poor chefs. But after tasting the follow-up dishes, Gao Qing's view of the chef level of Taifeng Lou quickly changed, and she felt that this was a good restaurant that she could come to eat often.
As long as you don't eat that strange glutinous rice lotus, every store has some thunder vegetables, and Gao Qing thinks it's normal.
Gao Qing and Zheng Siyuan ate this blind date meal quickly, and it was almost finished in an hour.
In Gao Qing's opinion, this blind date should be the most comfortable and satisfying of so many blind dates in her life.
Although Zheng Siyuan doesn't like to talk much, he seems to be a little ignorant. But Gao Qing, who is over 30 years old and has gone on several blind dates, has met all kinds of magical and eccentric blind dates, and feels that Zheng Siyuan is already a rare outstanding stock among men of their age.
People of her age are on a blind date, as long as the blind date is a normal person, it is already a happy thing.
After all, she had encountered a very confusing reason for dislike that she was old, that she had a high education, and that she had no house in Beiping.
"Do you want to go to a nearby mall or go to a movie, I know there is a movie that has been released recently and I haven't had a chance to see it. It's okay tonight, so why don't you go to the movies and relax. Gao Qing took the initiative to speak.
Zheng Da listened to the table next to them with great joy, thinking that his son would definitely be able to get a wife this time.
"No, I'm going back to the store. Zheng Siyuan said.
Gao Qing: ???
Zheng Da: ???
Zheng Da even forgot that he was a diner who was eating next to Zheng Siyuan, and turned his head in disbelief to see if his son had a dim sum or a butter cube in his head.
"You... You're going to work overtime?" Gao Qing couldn't believe her ears.
"When I go back to work, the dim sum should be almost sold and I can go back and make new ones. I've settled the account, you can go to the movies by yourself, remember to go home early, it's not safe for girls to go back too late alone. Zheng Siyuan said, put on a down jacket, and left.
Gao Qing sat on the chair and was stunned for a moment, revealing a wry smile: "I still think that people are good, but after a long time, people don't take a fancy to me at all." ”
Gao Qing shook her head and left with her bag.
Zheng Da: ......
The daughter-in-law who got in hand flew because his son was a two-hundred-five.
Zheng Da really wanted to pry open Zheng Siyuan's brain to see what he was inside.
I didn't see any opinions from him when I went on a blind date, and I didn't see that he was dissatisfied. Originally, he was not happy to let him go on a blind date, and he had a bad attitude towards the woman, but this blind date process seemed to be going well, neither picking the woman's thorn nor looking for the woman's fork, let alone saying that the woman's work was not good. Seeing that it was about to come to fruition, the last step was to leave.
was so angry that Zheng Da took out his mobile phone on the spot to call and scold his son.
Then Zheng Siyuan told him that he thought Gao Qing was okay, but.
The dim sum he made in the afternoon should have been sold out, and he had to rush to Babaozhai to make a new batch.
Zheng Da: ......
I don't want this son.
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