Chapter 7: A New Beginning
Steward Hu carefully wrote down all opinions with a pen, which is the experience summarized for many years, no matter what the guest says, the attitude is the most important.
The presidential suite has served for so many years, and there are many guests who know how to eat, whether it is right or not, first use the notes to write it down, and feedback it to the kitchen according to the program, and then complete the task yourself.
Johnson didn't care about others, he was really hungry, not to mention that they were all precious ingredients, with rice, feasting, and then talking about being full.
After quickly eliminating the two dishes, the meaning is still unfinished, especially the abalone juice poured on the authentic Wuchang rice, the taste is ......
The third course is stir-fried double vegetarian, light and delicious, just to relieve greasy, with Cantonese white porridge, soft and glutinous and smooth, warm stomach, very comfortable.
"Clear soup matsutake mushroom, nourish the spleen and stomach, strengthen the body, you can taste it. ”
Steward Hu served the soup, took out a pen and paper directly, and waited for Johnson's comments. The waiter filled a bowl and brought it to the front, Johnson scooped up a spoonful, drank it, and was surrounded by mountains and wilderness, deep valleys and bamboo forests, and lush greenery everywhere.
A small matsutake mushroom broke through the ground, and its white body was full of hope for life, poking its head out little by little, looking curiously at the new world.
A peasant girl walks in the mountains, pure and lovely, innocent, and happily shuttles through the bamboo forest. Humming a mountain song in his mouth, he squatted down from time to time, carefully dug out matsutake mushrooms and spring bamboo shoots, and put them in the bamboo basket behind his back.
A gust of wind blew, the fragrance of all kinds of plants and trees came to the nose, and the shyness of the grass ...... The upright ...... of bamboo leaves Elegant ...... of rosin
Everything is fused into the fragrance of the earth, Mother Earth opens its arms and gives birth to life, and all things work together, and I look at it.
Satisfied: "Yes, wild Shangri-La matsutake mushrooms, boiled with fresh crucian carp soup, the original taste, complement each other." ”
"Especially the treatment method, first salted in salt water, then blanched in boiling water, it seems to add artemisia stalk leaves and pomelo peel ......"
Johnson took another spoonful and tasted it carefully, and sure enough, there was another trick. No matter how fresh the matsutake mushroom is, it will inevitably have an earthy smell, and how to maximize the freshness of nature is the key to testing the chef.
The more top-quality the ingredients, the simpler and cleaner the cooking techniques. It's not that you can just boil the water, so what else do you need a chef to do?
The real master is to do subtraction, to remove the false and retain the true, to take its essence to remove its dross, and to fully tap the beauty of ingredients is the king.
This dish is the most satisfying, both the heat and the processing are very appropriate, worthy of the chef's level, a little interesting.
Now that Steward Hu has confirmed the identity of Johnson's gourmet, the heartfelt emotion on his face is not a state that ordinary people can understand. It's a pity that the chef is not there, so I must give feedback and further improvement when I go back.
SC Johnson put down his chopsticks and wiped his hands clean with a damp towel, satisfied. As a dinner is already very healthy and hearty, the state guesthouse is all powerful, older, light and health-oriented, and the details are hard work.
When ordinary people meet food, it is nothing more than two words: delicious.
Add a few words at most: why is it delicious...... How to make it delicious......
Those who really know the industry will understand the good intentions, for the chef, the work is also a work of art, and meeting a bosom friend is the most valuable.
Foodies are such a group of people!
A gourmand is not necessarily a good cook, but a truly top chef must have the talent of a gourmet, experience the ingredients, and understand the craftsmanship in order to go further and further.
After taking the bill, a meal is more than 6,000, good quality, but definitely not cheap. SC Johnson returns to his suite, reclines in a fully automated massage chair, relaxes, and reminisces about witnessing the miracle.
A wave of exhaustion welled up, and he collapsed on the double bed and fell into a deep sleep. The last thought in my mind, I hope that everything is not a dream.
"Where am I?"
Johnson slowly opened his eyes, and when he looked at the ceiling, he felt like he was in a different world. Got up, looked around the suite, let out a long breath, and muttered to himself, "Fortunately, it's not a dream!"
Pull back the curtains, let the sun shine, take a deep breath of fresh air, your eyes are full of lush greenery, and the chirping of birds rings in your ears, which is refreshing.
After washing, tidying up the shopping bags, go out today to buy a box, change clothes and hand them to the waiter, someone is responsible for cleaning.
"Mr. Zhuang is early, how did you rest yesterday?"
Steward Hu was already standing at the door, saw Johnson go out, accompanied him downstairs and asked, "Where are you going to eat breakfast?"
Johnson waved his hand, looked at his watch at past nine o'clock, and refused: "I ate too much last night, I am not hungry, and I want to go around." ”
"Do you need to call a shuttle bus?" Steward Hu smiled: "Actually, it's good to walk, our state guesthouse has a lot of beautiful scenery, which can be described as a change of scenery, and there is no cave." ”
Johnson laughed, the next day of changing his fate, walking activities. The two of them went out of the VIP building, led by Steward Hu, and began to visit the royal garden.
The two came to the lake, and along the walk, they saw the rippling blue waves, the lotus flowers blooming, and the breeze blowing on their faces, which was beautiful.
As early as 800 years ago, the Jin Dynasty was a recreation place where weeping willows were full of embankments, and the mountains were dark, and the peach blossoms were flowing and the sunset was low. ”
Steward Hu followed behind Johnson and said: "Because the lake here is inexhaustible in all seasons, coupled with the willow embankment and beautiful scenery, it has become a good place for the royal family and court magnates of the Jin Dynasty to go to the spring garden." ”
According to legend, Jin Zhangzong Wan Yan Jing likes to fish here, and also specializes in repairing platforms, so there is a royal Diaoyu Tai. ”
"In the Qing Dynasty, the two generations of emperors after Qianlong had to dine here whenever they set out from the Old Summer Palace to the Temple of Heaven to worship, or to go out of the Forbidden City to Xiling to pay respects. ”
"Look there, in order to create a unique style of garden architecture, we have artificially planted 40,000 flowers and trees, 300 pine trees, and hundreds of cherries. ”
There are also white magnolias, peonies, violets and other flowers, and the designer also introduced the lake water of Yuyuan Lake to form four artificial lakes, with birds singing and flowers everywhere. ”
Steward Hu pointed to the distance with his hand and said with a smile: "According to our internal name, we like to use flower names, the sixth building where you live is Baiyunlan, the fifth building is called Tulip, and the fifteenth building is Xifu Begonia." ”
The two chatted and walked, basically no one else, after coming to the capital for so many days, Johnson felt that the air was so fresh for the first time, and there were warblers and swallows everywhere, no wonder the leaders lingered.
I still remember that in December 1999, the chairman met with Yeltsin, who visited China for the last time as president, at the state guesthouse, and the two also walked together in the garden, leaving many rare and relaxing pictures. ”
Steward Hu said with rare emotion: "From the outing resort of the Jin Dynasty, the royal palace of the Qing Dynasty, to the important place of national foreign affairs activities, Diaoyutai has gone through 800 years of glorious years in historical changes. ”
"It's like a special symbol of the capital, solemn and mysterious. Even if many people have never been in, it becomes an indispensable part of memory. ”
After speaking, as if he remembered something, he smiled mysteriously and said, "If you don't go out at noon today, we will prepare a surprise, and I hope you can come there." ”