They all did the math. If you order a serving of braised chicken rice, it will cost 150 yuan (with pickled chilies), and then order a braised lion's head for 200 yuan, which will cost a total of 350 Chinese yuan. And two bottles of beer, a braised lion's head, and a plate of pickled chili peppers, are only 300 yuan. Both ate new dishes and drank alcohol, so it was a good deal.

This made Cao Lei really busy for a while.

Braised lion's head is a famous dish in Huaiyang, and people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang eat a lot.

At noon, I ate braised lion head at Cao's small restaurant, and in the afternoon, Lao Xu talked about braised lion head with the owners of two restaurants.

The boss of "Huaiyang Mansion" said disdainfully: "If you want to make braised lion heads, in Xijing City, except for my family, there is no second one that can be stronger than us." Otherwise, I invite you to go to my restaurant to have a meal, and see if it is better for my family or stronger for Cao's small restaurant. ”

As soon as Lao Xu's heart moved, he called Zhang Jie and the monkey to make an appointment. A group of five people went out of the "Huaiyang Mansion" restaurant.

The style of Huaiyang Mansion pursues the original taste, fresh and peaceful, and has strong adaptability, and the style of the dishes is elegant and beautiful. Braised lion's head is one of the four famous dishes in Yangzhou, which fully embodies the cooking skills of "fine knife work, good fire work", selects pork with proper fat and is processed, mainly cut, supplemented by chopping, finely cut into pomegranate shapes, raw meat balls into the pot, boiled over a high fire, simmered until crispy. The ingredients vary depending on the season, there are mussel lion heads in early spring, spring bamboo shoots lion heads in Qingming Festival, gluten lion heads in midsummer, and crab roe lion heads in golden autumn.

People in Xijing, if they want to eat lion's head, the first choice is Huaiyang Mansion.

Lao Xu and them, with the beauty of noon, entered Huaiyang Mansion. They didn't order any other dishes, they just ordered braised lion's head.

When the service staff brought the braised lion's head, Lao Xu frowned. Because he felt that the fragrance of this braised lion head was not pure, much worse than the braised lion head in Cao's small restaurant.

"Lao Xu, you feel it too. The monkey asked.

Lao Xu looked at Zhang Jie and them: "I feel that this taste is not right, which makes me feel disgusted." What about you?"

Zhang Jie nodded: "I'm the same as you, I'm not interested in this braised lion head at all! ”

Lao Xu said: "The fragrance has been experienced, so let's eat and see how it tastes." ”

As he spoke, Lao Xu took a little braised lion's head and put it in his mouth.

As soon as the braised lion's head was put into Lao Xu's mouth, Lao Xu felt rough and hard, and it was difficult to swallow.

When the other people saw Lao Xu's appearance, they also took a piece and tried it. As a result, the monkey vomited.

The lion's action of spitting vegetables was seen by the people in the restaurant, and they immediately went to report it to the boss.

The boss came over with the chef: "Mr. Xu, are you dissatisfied?"

The monkey's mouth was fast, and he immediately said: "You are a braised lion head?"

The chef said proudly: "Of course, the braised lion's head in our restaurant is the top brand in Nanjing." ”

The monkey asked the chef to try a piece: "You eat it, make sure that your braised lion's head tastes like this?"

The chef immediately took a piece and said, "That's the flavor." My braised lion's head is full of color and flavor. ”

The monkey crooked his mouth and said, "The color is light, the fragrance is evil, and the taste is fishy." ”

The chef was furious: "Which family did you send to step on the door?"

Lao Xu looked at it and hurriedly said: "I am friends with your boss, how can I step on my friends? ”

"What's the truth?" the boss was also upset on the side.

Lao Xu said: "You also know that we ate braised lion head at noon, so we never forget the braised lion head." But as soon as we arrive at your store and smell the braised lion's head, we lose our appetite. We all tasted a little bit, and to be honest, after eating the braised lion head from Cao's small restaurant, I didn't want to eat this braised lion head again. ”

The boss knew that Lao Xu had eaten a delicious braised lion's head at noon, and Lao Xu had a good relationship with him. Lao Xu will not slander him. That means that the braised lion head in Cao's small restaurant should be the braised lion head in Huaiyang Mansion.

After Lao Xu and the others left, the boss sat with the chef and looked at the braised lion's hair on the table.

The chef was not convinced: "I really don't believe that there is a braised lion's head that is better than ours." ”

The boss said: "I know Lao Xu, he will not tell lies." ”

The chef was busy: "Boss, which restaurant is he talking about?"

"It's not a restaurant, it's a small restaurant. I've heard of this restaurant before, it's expensive, but some people run to eat it no matter how expensive it is. ”

Chef: "If that's the case, it means that the small restaurant is not simple. Why is he expensive? Why are people still eating when he is expensive, and why do they still come to eat after eating? These are all extraordinary things about them. ”

The boss said, "I think so too." Otherwise, the two of us went to eat and feel their braised lion heads. ”

"Okay!" the two of them said they would do it, and immediately left Huaiyang Mansion and came to Cao's small restaurant.

However, they came early, and Cao's small restaurant was closed.

When they knocked on the door and explained that they wanted to come to eat braised lion's head, Cao Lei blocked them from the door: "The opening hours of Chinese food have passed, and dinner has not yet arrived." ”

The chef and the owner are stupid, there is such a restaurant, and others are not allowed to do business 24 hours a day. But this small restaurant is closed and does not do business.

It's good to say that Cao Lei doesn't enter the oil and salt, and he has to open his doors at half past four.

Looking at the watch, it was only half past three, and the two of them had to act as door gods outside the door of Cao's small restaurant.

Finally, at half past four, the door opened, and the two walked in.

When they came in, it was a visit, and finally the two met in front of the price list.

"My mother, is this something that the gods eat, so expensive?" said the chef.

The boss touched the chef and told him not to speak, so as not to make Cao Lei unhappy.

"Boss, we want a braised lion's head. The boss took out 200 Chinese dollars and handed it to Cao Lei.

As soon as Cao Lei heard this, he knew that this was not a real guest, but a spy.

However, Cao Lei doesn't care, just rely on the light soy sauce and other seasonings of the earth China, do you want to steal the teacher?

When Cao Lei put a plate of braised lion's head in front of the two, their eyes lit up.

"Hopefully, they are not lying. This color is stronger than ours. Chef said.

The boss said, "This smell is also stronger than ours." When I smell it, I feel like I want to swallow it. It's not like our food, it's just fragrant, it's not tempting. ”

The chef hurriedly broke a lion's head and put a small chopstick into his mouth.

After putting it in, the chef opened his mouth, but he didn't close it.

"What's wrong with you? choked?" the boss asked.