361 Silent Matchmaking (Oversized Chapter!)
Wu Tingze found that the fifth child had changed, this guy was the same as him before, and he was never very convinced when he mentioned Zhou Dong opposite, and most of them would say how that kid was......
But today, just the honorific title of King Zhou Mian has never come down from his mouth, let alone that respectful look, it is like facing the beggar master of the year.
When he saw the lard osmanthus cake served by Yan Xiang, Wu Tingze understood why the fifth child had changed so much.
On the white fine porcelain plate, there are stacked osmanthus cakes cut into small pieces of three centimeters square, if it were not still steaming hot and fragrant, I am afraid that no one would believe that this is something to eat.
The cake body with a slight jade white luster is as transparent as glass, and it trembles like jelly when gently touched with chopsticks.
The body of the cake is the osmanthus petals that are scattered up and down, if you look at it a few more times, the whole mind of the person seems to be sucked into the world inside the cake, here the autumn breeze is swaying, the osmanthus flowers are floating, and it is beautiful.
Zhou Dong sandwiched a piece of osmanthus cake made by himself, chewed it carefully and nodded, as if he was quite satisfied.
This made the five brothers of Lao Xionggou even more curious, especially Yan Xiang, Yan Xiang quickly sandwiched a piece of cake, took a bite, only chewed twice, and stayed there, staring at Zhou Dong with his eyes, his mouth trembling slightly, and he didn't know whether he wanted to continue chewing or wanted to say something.
"The appearance is first-class, but is it really so delicious, it actually surprised the fifth child like this?"
Wu Tingze frowned, he naturally knew the craftsmanship of Lao Wu, it is said that the more expert he is, the less likely he is to be impressed, looking at Lao Wu's appearance, he knows that Zhou Dong, the king of Zhou, is most likely worthy of his reputation, but how it is, he has to verify it personally.
Pick up a piece of osmanthus cake, bite it gently, as soon as the teeth touch the cake noodles, the feeling of Q super elasticity makes Wu Tingze slightly stunned, so elastic?
However, Zhou Dong is not making kraft candy, when diners have enjoyed this super elastic taste, it is like spring breaking the ice, the silver bottle is cracked, and the teeth do not need to spend much effort, they will bite the layered cake body, just the right amount of lard brings the most mellow fragrance in the world, and the layers of cake body let diners experience the happy feeling of breakthrough again and again.
When you start to chew carefully, you will find that this lard osmanthus cake is not as sweet as you imagined, at first in the mouth, it is only slightly fragrant and slightly sweet, and it will not make people eat greasy because of the use of lard.
But when you have a little aftertaste, you will find that this faint sweetness lingers in your mouth, just like a naughty little girl, pulling your strange uncle's beard one by one, the more the taste is piled up, the richer it is, which makes people feel deeply!
This is not the end, when Wu Tingze was secretly surprised, the fragrance of osmanthus seemed to suddenly come out, rushing to the nose and mouth, reaching the limbs and hundreds of remains, and it was not over after turning around in the body, and finally the bony protrusion was about to rise, which made people can't help but burp.
"Uh......"
Wu Tingze hiccuped very comfortably, and then found that starting from the eldest brother, the brothers were burping one by one, and the five old men exhaled like an orchid, and what they spewed out was the fragrance of osmanthus flowers!
"It's just a lard osmanthus cake, how did he do it to this extent?
If, as my eldest brother said, he also brews wine like roseroe, will I lose to him?"
Wu Tingze's mind turned, and his gaze at Zhou Dong became more and more solemn.
"After all, the king of Zhou noodles is the king of Zhou noodles, just say that this lard osmanthus cake is indeed far beyond my fifth brother's craftsmanship......"
Xiong Buer smiled and praised a few words, then looked at Yan Xiang and said: "Old Five, Chef Zhou has the intention to teach you today, otherwise he will not show his skills here, this favor, you have to write it down." ”
Yan Xiang was still in a daze, and his mind was full of Zhou Dong's means of 'solving flowers', as well as the supernatural operation when beating cakes, which made him even more fascinated.
Zhou Dong said with a smile: "It's just an exchange between peers, and the bear's shopkeeper is serious."
In fact, I also know that the five brothers of Lao Xionggou are famous, all of them are experts in running taverns, and I am a primary school student compared to you. ”
I was taken aback by saying this, when did I become so emotionally intelligent? I am simply ashamed of the name of Chudu Mental Hospital! It seems that this system is really effective for my illness, and I haven't been able to scare people with straight eyebrows for a long time, and I really miss it a little.
Xiong Buji smiled slightly: "Chef Zhou, in fact, our brother has suffered ......"
"I know that the Fan family approached me and was rejected by me,
According to the rules of the Fan family, it must be against me and mess up my business. ”
Zhou Dong said with a smile: "Although the Fan family is a little overbearing, they have not violated the law and committed crimes, it is completely normal business competition, and of course I will not have any ideas."
Hehe, let's put it this way, if the old tavern really topped the business of the big wine vat, then I can only blame my lack of ability, but I can't blame the head of the bear shopkeeper. ”
Xiong Buji smiled and said: "Chef Zhou is both excellent in wine and food, and he is the king of white cases, how can we have this ability to top your business?"
It's just that I owe the Fan family in my early years, and I have to pay it back, if you are really an ordinary person, my old bear will stir up your business, and diligence is originally a place to talk about strength, and I will not feel guilty about it.
But who let me meet you, Chef Zhou?
Forget it, after all the love with the Fan family, a few of our brothers will go back to Lao Xionggou, this is our ability is not as good as your Chef Zhou, but I am not sorry for the Fan family. ”
Hearing this, the old Xionggou brothers had different expressions, Huabiao smiled and didn't speak, and the cow whisperer looked at Zhou Dong, just smiled bitterly and shook his head,
Wu Tingze didn't speak, Zhou Dong's craftsmanship didn't have to be said, and he seemed to be quite good, but among the five brothers of Lao Xionggou, he was the one who got the true inheritance of the beggar master's winemaking!
If he wants him to admit defeat like this, he is a little unwilling.
Yan Xiang looked at Xiong Buer, and suddenly said, "Big brother, I don't want to go back to Lao Xionggou yet......"
Xiong Buer laughed: "Chef Zhou, it's okay now, I'm afraid that my fifth brother is going to entangle you." ”
Zhou Dong smiled slightly: "What's this? Everyone lives door to door, and I welcome the five shopkeepers to exchange cooking skills at any time." ”
Can you welcome it? This is a ready-made white case master, if he is included in the door, then the upgrade skill points will not be able to rise slowly? I have to snicker when I think about it.
The more Wu Tingze listened, the more wrong it became, what is going on, the fight against Taiwan is almost a family, especially looking at the appearance of the fifth child, I can't wait to call Zhou Dong the master now, this is not possible!
Hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Chef Zhou, you haven't tasted my rose dew yet, I'm still waiting for your advice." ”
The rose dew on this corner of the table has been warmed twice, fortunately, the wine is different from the food, the longer it is warm, the more mellow the aroma of the wine, and the one that Wu Tingze gave Zhou Dong is still an aged wine, and it is just right to warm it twice.
Wu Tingze is still very confident in his rose dew, Chen's rose dew in the past ten years is very different from ordinary goods, and the secret is not even known to the eldest brother Xiong Fuji.
Just like Xiong Fuji also has a secret, back then, the beggar Shi Bu passed on a skill to each of the five brothers, but he has never revealed it over the years, as if he was just an ordinary shopkeeper who was proficient in human accidents.
Zhou Dong looked at Wu Tingze with a smile, poured a cup of rose dew and tasted it, nodded slightly, and said: "Good wine, if I guess correctly, the predecessor who taught the four shopkeepers winemaking skills back then must be a brewing master, if his old man's taste corresponds to diligence, it should also be the legendary god chef, right?"
Although I also heard Yi Zhiyu talk about the five brothers of Lao Xionggou who were taught by the beggars to eat silently, but the legend is a legend after all, and the diligent and wine-making business are two circles after all, but not all chefs can be as proficient in wine-making as he is, so Zhou Dong is only guessing, and he is not sure that Wu Tingze's wine-making method must be the teaching of the beggar.
Xiong Fuji smiled and said: "What the master taught to the fourth child back then was to make wine, and Chef Zhou may have heard the name of the master and his old man, he is 'God Beggar's Silent Food'."
Zhou Dong nodded when he heard this, that's right.
If it weren't for a character like the beggar, it would be impossible to find a way to use the essence of the earth without the help of the system, but it's a pity that although Wu Tingze got the secret inheritance of the beggar, he only got two or three percent, which is a bit plausible, otherwise he would really be a little stressed.
"Big Brother ......"
Wu Tingze was a little depressed, and said in his heart, "Big brother, why did you tell the name of the master to others: "Chef Zhou, you haven't commented on this rose fragrance yet?"
"Okay, then I'll say a few words. ”
Zhou Dong said: "This corner of wine can be different from the previous Gu Zong brought back, not only more than ten years of old wine, but also spent the special thought of the four shopkeepers, let's talk about water first."
The good water of China is nothing more than some basins of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, because it flows through a long distance and gathers hundreds of rivers and thousands of springs, so it is the most abundant in minerals, and it is one level higher than well water and spring water......"
Wu Tingze nodded slightly, looking at Zhou Dong with a hint of playfulness.
Zhou Dong can make three bowls of good wine like Oka and Jiangxiang, and he must have studied the water veins in the world, but it is difficult to say whether he can see the water source he uses.
"According to superstition, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River are the two dragon veins of China!
But the dragon veins of Huaxia are not only this river and one river, as far as I know, there are also two dragon veins in the three northern provinces, one is on the ground, which is the Black Dragon River, and the other is in the sky, which is the Changbai Pool!"
Zhou Dong smiled and glanced at Wu Tingze: "When the four shopkeepers brewed the Chen Rose Dew in the past ten years, they must have stepped on these two dragon veins in the three northern provinces, right?"
In fact, what I'm curious about is that when a few people open an old tavern in Lao Xionggou, how good a business must they have to be to be able to afford such consumption as the four shopkeepers?"
Wu Tingze sighed: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from Chef Zhou,
Actually, you should drink it too, I only use pure snow water to brew ordinary rose dew, although it is not as convenient as the water sources you just mentioned, and it is the most convenient to use, and there is almost no cost.
It was only when I was brewing for ten years that I spent a lot of money to get water from these two places, but fortunately my eldest brother fully supported me at the beginning, otherwise I would definitely not be able to brew it......"
Xiong Fuji patted Wu Tingze on the shoulder, signaling to him that needless to say, the younger brother has a dream, can he support the eldest brother?
What's more, the old tavern that focuses on wine also needs to have the goods at the bottom of the box, otherwise the scene will not be suppressed at the critical moment, and the five brothers will not be embarrassed together?
Zhou Dong said with a smile: "There is good water in winemaking, and then there is koji."
The koji of your rose dew is different from ordinary wine, and the materials used are not only glutinous rice, Beidi fragrant rice, and Guanzhong new wheat, but also a taste of rose stamens.
I won't talk about the technique first, but let's talk about the four shopkeepers in order to brew the ten-year-old rose dew, when choosing roses, I'm afraid there are special means, right?
As the saying goes, 'there are heroes among people, and there are flower kings among flowers!' is simple to say, but it may not be that everyone has the ability to find the heroes among the people and the king of flowers......
Wu Tingze smiled bitterly: "Chef Zhou, don't talk about it anymore." ”
"Understood. ”
Zhou Dong smiled: "The fourth shopkeeper can go to my winery if he has time, it is in the Sister Valley of Fengqi Village, not far from here, and we can exchange winemaking."
I'm going to take my leave today, and it's noon, and if the guests see me here, how dull will my face be?"
Zhou Dong smiled, didn't wait for the five brothers to stay, got up and walked outside the store, suddenly seemed to remember something, turned around and said to Wu Tingze: "Master Wu, such a good craft, must not be won by people with ill intentions.
If it's okay for us Chinese, if it's an outsider, it's bad!"
Wu Tingze was slightly stunned, this sentence was clueless, and he didn't understand what Zhou Dong meant.
Xiong Fuji was thoughtful: "Chef Zhou's words seem to have a deep meaning...... Fourth, I see that "Jingdong Daily" wants to interview you, so I can push it.
Although many years have passed since that war, the men of our three northern provinces still try their best to have less contact with the people of the island countries. ”
"Big brother, don't worry, I agreed to accept their interview a few days ago, it's nothing more than using each other, trying to make a lot of money for our old tavern.
After all, now everyone knows that our brother is going to fight against Zhou Dong, even if he is great, we can't win against him, and we can't lose too ugly.
Since the eldest brother didn't like it, I rejected them. ”
"Actually, according to what I said, don't say anything about the right stage, Chef Zhou's skills are good, and he is humble, what is worse than being friends with such a person?
It's you, the fourth brother, it's not refreshing to be a man!
I was happy to hear Chef Zhou talk about winemaking just now, why don't you let the family continue to talk about it?
Zhou Dong's back had disappeared, but Yan Xiang was still looking in the direction of Kyushu Dingshi, with a reluctant expression on his face.
"You know what!"
Wu Tingze sighed: "Big brother, don't blame me. I know what you say makes sense, and Chef Zhou is really heartbreaking, but you also know that the most conceited thing in the master's life is not his cooking skills, but his old man's ability to make wine!
The master said that I had a relationship with wine, so he passed on his best brewing skills to me, so ...... I can't just throw in the towel!
I didn't let Chef Zhou continue just now, because I was afraid that I would listen too much and lose confidence, so it was better not to listen!"
"It's just covering your ears and stealing the bell......"
Yan Xiang muttered in a low voice, and said to Xiong Fuji a little anxiously: "Big brother, do we still have to continue to fight against Chef Zhou?"
"Hehe, the matter of being entrusted by others and being loyal to others will naturally continue, but ......"
Xiong Fuji smiled and said: "But if our brothers do their best, it's really Chef Zhou who is too smart, not to mention making people's business yellow, we ourselves are barely maintaining business, who is to blame, right?"
The fourth child has a fighting spirit and refuses to ruin the master's reputation, which I can understand, but compared to Guibi, it doesn't affect us to make friends with Chef Zhou, right?
Also, the more we face people like Chef Zhou, the more our brothers have to show all our skills, otherwise it will be a lack of respect for Chef Zhou, and they will not be true friends!"
Lin Qing's column really attracted a lot of female customers, dragging their husbands and boyfriends to the old tavern one by one, and as long as you come once, you will unconsciously chat with the bear shopkeeper and become old friends, and a few more times, it will become a family.
What is the supreme state of this kind of humanistic restaurant? It is to let the guests regard you as the biggest thought in addition to home, as long as they are free, they want to run to you, if they don't come for a day, they will feel that the food is not fragrant, and their hearts are itchy.
Sometimes it really doesn't rely entirely on the dishes and wines, the way of running a small restaurant is a small restaurant, sometimes it depends on observing words and feelings, seeing what people say, a word is on the right path, and the shopkeeper can start chatting with the guests deeply, and the conversation is deep, and they will become friends who will miss each other.
Even if he was comprehensively crushed by Zhou Dong in the wine-colored dishes, with the management methods of Rose Dew and Xiong Fuji for many years, he did not lose immediately, but the taste of competition was not very strong, and even in this drama against Taiwan, many diners smelled a trace of weirdness.
There are delicate female guests in the big wine vat to eat heartily, while praising the harmony is good, drinking a few more times the relationship between husband and wife has become more harmonious, and then coquettish said that they want to drink sweet wine, then the waiter in the big wine vat will smile and introduce the old tavern opposite, where there is a sweet wine called rose dew, which will definitely meet your appetite.
The old customers who came over early were stupid, how could they bring the door-to-door business to the other side for advertising?
Long Dashen grabbed Wu Rongrong once and asked Rongrong Are you a spy sent from the other side?
Old Dragon, the realm is low, isn't it? This is the realm of our chef Zhou!
'A truly strong man is never afraid of a challenge'!
Wu Rongrong thought about it and added, because no one is qualified to challenge him!
The dragon god was silent, did it take a long time or did my realm get low? It seems to be really hey......
Now the most depressed is Fan Mingren, listening to the news brought back by the thin monkey San'er, Fan Mingren was speechless for a long time and felt very aggrieved.
This is good, fighting against Taiwan has become friendship and mutual assistance, but it's not good to complain about Xiong Fuji and a few of them.
The five brothers of Lao Xionggou are not the direct cooks of the Fan family, and most of their willingness to make a move is still based on the affection of the year; not to mention that even he must admit that the five brothers of Xiong Fuji have used all their strength to say that they are not good at business......
Now it's not just Zhou Dong's big wine tank that has to line up every day, when the big wine tank business is too good, the drinkers will run to Xiong Fuji's side, and the business on both sides is thriving......
Fan Mingren had a pot of rose dew in front of him, he had already drunk half a pot, the wine was a little up, and he was in a very bad mood, it was clear that he was borrowing wine to drown his sorrows, but this was when the thin monkey San'er poked his head over: "Brother President, there is news......
"Well, I'll wait until I hear anything, I need to be quiet now. ”
"Uh......"
The thin monkey touched his head, seemed to hesitate, and only held back a sentence for a long time: "But...... There's no girl called Jing Jing in this area, huh?
These days in Chudu can suffocate me, there is no girl I don't know if I can know nearby, but there is really no one called Jingjing!"
"Get out!"
"Oh...... No, Brother President, this news is really important, Cangyanshan is back, and there are people from Kyoto, and there are ......"
"Then you didn't say it earlier!"
Fan Mingren felt his head grow for a while, and gently pinched the corner of his forehead and said, "Who is from Kyoto, it can't be him, right?"