Chapter 525: Huaiyang Cuisine
As soon as a few people took their seats, they heard a knock on the door. Then two men, an old man and a young man, walked in.
"It is a great honor for Mr. Yang to visit the Humble House. If you are disappointed, I hope that Yang Xiaoyou will bear with me!" the old man smiled before he spoke.
Yang Meng said speechlessly: "I said Mr. Hong, it's not the first time we've met, and if there is no conflict, we're friends, so what's the reason for being polite? I've also eaten the food you cooked yourself, so what can we do if we can't be friends?
Yang Meng's guess was not wrong, it was Hong Yuqing and Hong Hao, father and son, who came in.
Hong Yuqing's face became even more joyful after hearing this.
What does Yang Meng's words mean?
"Yes, yes, yes, it's me who is too vain, and I should punish myself with three cups!" Hong Yuqing smiled: "I don't know if Yang Xiaoyou minds old ageγγγγγγ Ahh
Yang Meng's face was black: "I said Hong Hao, you are usually so tired of talking to your father? There are two empty seats at my table that you think I don't know who I want to keep without my name?"
Chen Haijun's face darkened after hearing this: "Eh, Mr. Yangγγγγγγ β
Yang Meng smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm a very simple person, you have an enmity with me? Then you are my enemy; Let's see what we say now, we don't have any grudges, right? That's friends. Don't be too demanding of your friends these days, as long as you don't want to hurt me, then I have no problem with you. β
"Yang Xiaoyou is free and easy!" Hong Yuqing sat down with a smile: "Xiaohao, sit down." β
Yang Meng smiled: "Hong Hao, why is your face so ugly? You haven't been feeling well lately, you don't want to see me, do you?"
Hong Hao hurriedly said: "Brother Yang, you are joking, in fact, I have been busy with a drinking party recently. The scale is still not small, so it's a bit tiring. β
"Then sit down and rest. Yang Meng said: "Let's stop standing, sit and sit!"
Everyone sat down, and Yang Meng looked at Hong Hao with a smile.
In fact, Yang Meng is really right, the last person Hong Hao wants to see in his life is Yang Meng.
Yang Meng has simply become Hong Hao's nightmare-like existence! He made his whole body rot again, and he almost steamed himself, but fortunately, Yang Meng showed mercy to his subordinates, he is only black and basically regained his original appearance, otherwise he would definitely go to Goryeo to have plastic surgery now!
During that time, I couldn't look at that ghost!" Hong Hao said as he smashed all the mirrors in his home. Although it is much better now, I am still stunned from the bottom of my heart when I hear the word 'Yang Meng'.
Fortunately, Chen Haijun wanted to invite the 'Hong Pavilion' to dinner, and Hong Hao scolded Chen Haijun! It's too late for me to hide from him, so you still bring him here?
As a result, after Hong Yuqing knew about this matter, he scolded Hong Hao again! He told Hong Hao that he not only wanted to entertain Yang Meng, but also had to entertain him best------ wouldn't it be nice to have a good relationship with a strange person like Yang Meng?
Just because of the relationship between him and the Liu family, it is worth getting closer.
That's why Hong Yuqing came to the 'Hong Pavilion' in person, don't talk about him here, even Hong Hao rarely comes over.
But Hong Hao didn't talk nonsense at all, he was really busy with a drinking party.
Right now, a drinking party was being held in the 'Hong Pavilion', and Hong Hao should be there to accompany the guests, but Hong Yuqing was directly arrested.
Hong Hao gritted his teeth, picked up his wine glass and said to Yang Meng: "Mr. Yang, I didn't apologize to you for what happened last time, and now I solemnly apologize to you." Just now my dad said 'self-punishment three cups', in fact, this should be my self-punishment first. I didn't have that opportunity before, but now it's a good occasion. β
After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for Yang Meng to reply, he directly raised his head and drank the wine in the cup, and the waiter with the wine glass next to him directly wanted to refill his glass.
Yang Meng smiled slightly: "I said Hong Hao, it's boring for you to do this." β
"Huh?" Hong Hao held the wine glass and didn't know why.
Yang Meng said: "You said that you scared me once, and I also corrected you once." Which of us suffers more?"
Hong Hao blinked, do you need to say this? It must be me! I almost let you die, right?
But he didn't understand what Yang Meng meant, so he didn't know how to answer Yang Meng's question.
It was still Hong Yuqing who spoke: "My stupid son, you have disappointed me too much, you still can't hear what Yang Xiaoyou meant? It means that the matter is over, and when it comes to it, you have suffered more but you still keep talking about it, doesn't it seem that Yang Xiaoyou is too calculating? He means that he doesn't blame you! Don't mention the matter after that!"
Hong Hao nodded after hearing this, why didn't he understand what Yang Meng meant? It's just that now Yang Meng has become his psychological shadow, and his brain doesn't turn when he encounters Yang Meng!
As a result, at this time, Yang Meng suddenly said: "Who said I don't blame him?"
"Huh?" Hong Yuqing and the others looked at Yang Meng in a daze.
Yang Meng said with a smile: "Before this dish came up, he stole wine and drank it first, which is not authentic." β
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. Especially Hong Yuqing's father and son and Chen Haijun, they knew that the original bad thing had been completely turned over.
A group of waiters dressed as palace maids walked into the room one after another with the dishes, and because they had been prepared in advance, the dishes were served very quickly, and soon all the dishes were ready.
"Yang Xiaoyou, you are a connoisseur of food, how good is the chef level of our 'Hong Pavilion'?" Hong Yuqing said with a smile.
Yang Meng was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and got up and said: "What are you looking at me doing? Still waiting for someone to say a few words before eating? I am not active in eating, I have a brain problem, everyone eats and drinks well, don't blame me if you can't eat enough!"
Damn the rules of the Han State eating banquet, generally what the guest of honor does not move the chopsticks, others do not move the chopsticks. Yang Meng didn't come back to his senses, he actually became the guest of honor?
In the middle of the table, Yang Meng tasted a mouthful of 'grilled whole pig's head', and exclaimed: "Li Xiaoqing, let your classmates hurry up and taste it, there is no such shop in this village! Today is the celebration banquet for your performance, hurry up and let go of your stomach and eat! Not to mention other dishes, this 'grilled whole pig's head' is definitely a traditional practice handed down from Fahai Temple in Yangzhou, and the level of the chefs here is not low!"
Li Xiaoqing smiled at her classmates: "You are not usually such a reserved person, hurry up and eat!"
After hearing this, her classmates all complained about Li Xiaoqing's words in their hearts. Some people are even talking about it.
What kind of garlic are you pretending, if it weren't for your brother, you would have come here to eat? We are usually uninhibited, but do you want to see what kind of place this is?
Of course, since Li Xiaoqing said so, they were not polite, and they relaxed one after another, but they didn't eat first, but took out their mobile phones to take pictures first: these meals are so beautiful!
Take the dish of 'grilled whole pig's head' as Yang Meng said, the finished pig's head meat and tongue are placed at the bottom of the plate to press the plate, and then the gills, pig's eyes, pig's ears and other meats are arranged in the shape of the whole pig's head according to the original position, and then poured with soup, paying attention to 'crispy and deboned without losing its shape', which is a great test of the chef's means.
Huaiyang cuisine is the most important among the four major cuisines, and the presentation pursues fine elegance. Because of this, Li Xiaoqing and his classmates now feel a little unbearable to put down chopsticks!
After listening to Yang Meng's evaluation, Hong Yuqing said: "Yang Xiaoyou, last time I cooked and invited you to eat the Tan family dishes taught to me by my wife, I felt that you were an expert, and now I am even more sure that you are indeed an expert! Many of our chefs here turned out to be state banquet chefs, and one of them was the most proud of this 'grilled whole pig's head', and his ancestor was the cook of Fahai Temple!"
Don't look at the Han monks who don't eat meat, but there are many famous dishes that come out of the temple.
That's what this 'grilled whole pig's face' is all about. During the Qianlong period, a master of Fahai Temple was very good at cooking, at that time he often used the pig's head he personally burned to entertain the pilgrim benefactor, because the taste of this dish is indescribable, so many people went to Fahai Temple for this dish to give alms just for a feast, when this dish was known as 'taste pressure Jiangnan'.
Huaiyang cuisine pays attention to modeling knife work, so generally speaking, the state banquet of the Han Kingdom is mainly Huaiyang cuisine.
It is a little interesting to say that among the four major cuisines, such as Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, and Cantonese cuisine, they are all named after the province where they are located, with the exception of Huaiyang cuisine.
Many people think that Huaiyang cuisine refers to the flavor dishes of Huai'an and Yangzhou. In fact, this is a misunderstanding.
The 'Huai' in Huaiyang cuisine refers to the Huai River, and 'Yang' refers to the 'Yangtze River', that is, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Therefore, Huaiyang cuisine in a broad sense encompasses a large area. Including the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Huai River basin and the area around the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which connects the Yangtze River and the Huai River, all belong to 'Huaiyang cuisine'. It is the one with the widest radiation area among the four major cuisines. And at the banquet, it is the most dignified to feast people with Huaiyang dishes------ who makes it so beautiful?
Although Li Xiaoqing's classmates were restrained at first, they were young people after all, and they soon let go, and a few of them boldly held wine glasses and kept pouring Yang Meng and their table toasts, which made the atmosphere in the room good.
"It's good to be young!" Hong Yuqing smiled: "Yang Xiaoyou, do you know? Actually, even if you don't look for me, I will look for you." β
"Oh, why?" Yang Meng asked, puzzled.
Hong Yuqing said: "In order to thank Yang Xiaoyou for saving my son's life, I asked a friend to get you a gift, I think you will definitely like it." β
Speaking of this, Chen Haijun understood, and walked out of the room directly, but it didn't take long for the roar of the engine to sound outside.
But it didn't take long to see Chen Haijun running back in a hurry and whispering a few words in front of Hong Hao.
Hong Hao was stunned when he heard this: "Why is she here?"
"Who?" asked Hong Yuqing.
As a result, Hong Hao whispered a few words in his ear, and Hong Yuqing's face also changed.