"What is a local tyrant, this is called a local tyrant!" Lin Xiao stared at the plane in front of him and sighed: "My old man also bought a Gulfstream G550 to play, and they are directly A380 modifications, which is more than one grade worse." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Is this plane expensive?" asked Liu Mang.

"It's not very expensive, it's only a few hundred million. Of course, I'm talking about the dollar. ”

Yesterday, Francis of the Addams family made a phone call to Liu Mang, saying that he was going to have another important guest for a banquet and wanted Liu Mang and his team to help prepare the banquet.

At first, Liu Mang was ready to refuse, the last time he went was because he wanted to have a good relationship, but if he went every time, wouldn't he be someone else's private chef?

But then, when Francis said the list of guests who visited, Liu Mang suddenly had no reason to refuse.

Because this banquet was actually hosted by the President of the United States and his wife, as well as some United Nations officials.

And this banquet is still semi-public, before the banquet starts, there will be reporters from major media present, which is a temptation that Liu Mang, who is eager to expand the fame of Chinese food in the hearts of Americans, is simply an irresistible temptation.

"Guys, we're meeting again. Jefferson, dressed in a crisp tuxedo, stood on the stairs of the plane.

"Long time no see, Mr. Jefferson. Liu Mang nodded and said hello.

Mr. Francis and His Excellency the President, have been waiting for a long time. Jefferson bent down and said with a noble salute.

After a flight of more than an hour, the massive Airbus A380 landed at Los Angeles Airport. A convoy of Rolls-Royces and two Lincoln Navigators took them to the Adams family's luxurious mansion.

This time, Liu Mang only let Li Ruonan and Lin Xiao follow, after all, the food festival is very busy and the manpower is also insufficient.

"Lao Liu, what are you going to cook today?" came to the kitchen last time, Lin Xiao asked.

"I don't know yet, but I've asked Jefferson to ask to see if there's any taboo. Liu Mang replied.

"Taboo?"

"Well, that's right! We should try to avoid the things that the president and his wife don't like to eat or dislike. ”

"Makes sense. ”

After waiting for a while, Jefferson came back with a note in his hand.

"Mr. Liu Mang, this is the information I got after asking the housekeeper of the White House. Jefferson handed the paper to Liu Mang.

Liu Mang glanced at it and found that it was all in English, so he handed it to Li Ruonan.

"His Excellency the President has a penchant for sashimi, and he prefers spinach and broccoli among vegetables. Favorite snacks are vitamin-rich nuts, such as roasted peanuts, almonds and pistachios. In addition, His Excellency has a lack of interest in cold drinks such as ice cream and sweets such as cakes, rarely eats burgers and chips, and does not like to eat sweets. Regarding sweets, he only eats small crepes. The drink is water or an organic drink called Black Forest Berry Tea. Jefferson explained.

"And what about the president's wife?" Liu Mang asked again.

"Madame the President doesn't like mollusks, such as octopus, squid and other ingredients are taboo. But shells and crabs are not in this category, and she is particularly fond of French oysters, beef and lamb, and foie gras snails. Nothing else, but she, like His Excellency the President, has a penchant for nuts. ”

"Okay, no problem, I'll notice that. After Jefferson finished speaking, Liu Mang replied.

"By the way, Mr. Liu Mang, His Excellency the President has arrived, and a press conference is being held in the front hall, and the dinner will start around seven o'clock. ”

"You have to tell me how many people are eating, and how many dishes I need to prepare. ”

"Just like last time, this time it was a family dinner, with a total of 12 guests, and the order of serving was still a separate meal. ”

"Okay, I see. Liu Mang nodded and replied.

"Ruonan, Brother Lin, do you have any suggestions?" Liu Mang took a notebook and a pen and asked.

"The president loves sashimi, so why don't you use salmon sashimi for the first plate?" Mr. Li said.

"No, although sashimi is derived from our country, it has been carried forward by the people of Toei, and when you think of sashimi, it is easy to think of Toei cuisine. Lin Xiao objected.

"Well, let's use sashimi as well, but in our Chinese way. ”

"You mean, our Chinese Shunde fish belly?" Lin Xiao understood.

"Hmm. Yusheng is not unique to Dongying, we also have it in China, and I believe that they can do better than them. Liu Mang replied.

"Okay, let's go to Shunde fish tart, what kind of do you do?"

"How about the chrysanthemum fish belly? The color is beautiful, and the presentation is also beautiful. ”

"No problem, listen to you. Lin Xiao and Li Ruonan nodded.

"What about the soup? Do you still make 'West Lake beef soup' the same as last time?" asked Li Ruonan after deciding on the first plate.

"It's not impossible to follow the soup soup from last time, at least it's safe, but it just lacks a kind of expectation and surprise. Liu Mang thought about it and replied.

"How about the seafood soup?" Lin Xiao thought for a moment and said.

"Do you mean oysters?"

"That's right, isn't the president's wife fond of eating, the first dish takes care of the president's taste, and the second soup soup should also take care of the president's wife. ”

"Okay, then we'll make a 'jade flower soup' and replace the flower branches inside with oyster slices. ”

The soup of this dish is relatively thick, which is in line with the taste of foreigners, and the appearance is also good-looking, full of oriental aesthetic interest, I agree. Li Ruonan replied.

"Okay, I agree. Lin Xiao nodded: "Let's discuss the side dishes next." ”

"There is no need to discuss side dishes, since the president likes to eat nuts, then China's most famous cashew nut shrimp is definitely the best choice. Liu Mang replied.

"Hmm...... Reasonable. Lin Xiao and Li Ruonan nodded again and again.

"What about the main course? The main course is the most headache. Li Ruonan continued.

"What's the headache about this, it's nothing more than beef and mutton, which is fried and grilled. Lin Xiao pursed his lips and replied.

"The beef I used last time, so let's use mutton this time, what do you think of the 'cumin lamb chops'?"

"Cumin lamb chops? Isn't this a bit too risky? Foreigners rarely come into contact with cumin, a spice. Li Ruonan was surprised.

"I don't have a problem with that. I also made a barbecue for those foreigners in the United States, and I also used cumin, and they liked it so much!" Lin Xiao replied.

"People have a natural rejection of new things, but once they accept it, they just can't stop it, and I bet these Americans will accept the taste and love it from then on. Liu Mang said confidently.

"That's fine. Anyway, there's nothing bad about what you make. Li Ruonan laughed.

"Let's talk about the last dessert, and we'll be ready to go. ”

"Last time it was red bean cake, what about this time?"

"That's so easy, don't the president and the president's wife like nuts? Let's take the traditional Chinese peanut cake and mix it with all kinds of nuts to make a hodgepodge. Lin Xiao suggested.

"It's okay, peanuts are the mainstay, and a moderate amount of sesame seeds, pecans, macadamia nuts, etc., the president doesn't like sweets, and the sweetness can be a little lighter. ”

“OK！”

The three of them got busy, divided their labor and worked together to prepare the ingredients needed for the dishes and cook them cleanly.

By six o'clock in the evening, Jefferson walked in with two stout men in black suits, headsets and sunglasses.

"Is it time to cook, Mr. Jefferson?" asked Liu Mang.

"Well, wait another half hour, Your Excellency the President's speech was slightly delayed, and the meal needs to be delayed a while. Jefferson replied.

"...... they?" Lin Xiao asked curiously, pointing to the two black-clothed men who followed in.

"Uh...... The two of them are members of the Secret Service and are responsible for keeping the president safe. ”

"Secret Service, is it 007?" Lin Xiao became excited, couldn't help tiptoeing, and patted one of the men in black on the shoulder: "Hey, buddy, are you like in the movie, you have undergone rigorous training, your marksmanship is like a god, your skills are outstanding, and the beauties around you are like clouds, you can pounce on them as soon as you meet?"

The two men in black were expressionless and didn't say a word, while Jefferson explained on his behalf: "Mr. Lin Xiao, they are bodyguards, not agents. Tonight's dishes must be sampled and inspected by them before they reach His Excellency the President's table. ”

"It's really troublesome, can we still poison it?" Lin Xiao shrugged his shoulders helplessly: "Okay, whatever you want." ”

After waiting in the kitchen for half an hour, there was a bell outside, and Jefferson looked at the watch in his hand: "Mr. Liu Mang, you can start cooking." ”

"Okay. Liu Mang responded and walked to the board.

Lin Xiao ran to the fish tank with fresh fish and seafood, and used a net to catch a fish that was red all over his body.

Originating from Shunde, the 'Chrysanthemum Fish Soup' is very particular about the ingredients, and is generally divided into three types: upper, middle and lower.

The next product is generally made of silver carp and bighead fish, which have many spines, thin meat, and a little worse taste.

Medium grade carp and grass carp, they are characterized by thicker meat, sweet taste, spines mainly large bones, and good taste.

The top grade is made of flower fish, crucian carp, tilapia, this kind of fish is characterized by meat tendons, excellent taste, sweet taste, and the color of the fish is good, people can't help but increase their appetite and saliva directly.

However, today Liu Mang directly uses sea fish, and it is still a very valuable real sea bream.

The flesh of this fish is compact and elastic, and compared with river fish, it does not have the slightest fishy smell and has a refreshing feeling.

Lin Xiao slaughtered the real sea bream with his hands and feet to remove the blood, disemboweled and scaled it, and then handed it to Liu Mang.

Liu Mang lays the fish flat, lightly cuts a slit with a knife along the back of the fish, sees the direction of the fish bone, and then cuts it along the fish bone with a knife, cuts it at the junction of the fish tail and the fish head and the fish body, slices two-thirds of the fish's sternum, and slices a piece of fish meat without thorns, and immediately wraps it in a sterilized clean towel to absorb the water in the fish.

Next, the sliced fish meat that absorbs the water is arranged, and the bright kitchen knife in Liu Mang's hand is cut down.

Originally, the two black-clothed people were still wearing sunglasses and standing in front of the board pretending to be cool, but when they saw Liu Mang cutting fish fillets, they couldn't help but take off their sunglasses and watch them intently.

There's no way, Liu Mang's actions are so cool!

As soon as the blade fell, his hand immediately flipped the handle of the knife, and with a slight shake, the fillets on the blade were gently thrown into the porcelain plate next to the cutting board, as if playing acrobatics.

"How about buddy, handsome, right?" Lin Xiao smiled like a hiccup quail, and spread out the fish fillets on the plate with chopsticks.

The fillets on the plate are cut so thin that they look as if there is nothing on the plate.

Knife skill is the key to this 'chrysanthemum fish tart'!

Generally speaking, a good master can cut the fish fillet into a thin skin of only 0.5 mm, and can faintly transmit light to pass the grade.

Now Liu Mang has cut the fish fillet into slices no higher than 0.2 mm, which not only transmits light, but can even clearly see the patterns printed on the plate through the fish fillet, which is simply breathtaking.

"Brother Lin, let's refrigerate the fish fillets, and I'll cut the ingredients. Liu Mang commanded.

Cut fillets must be refrigerated, as this is the only way to make the meat smoother and sweeter.

After cutting the fish fillet, Liu Mang took some ingredients such as shredded ginger, green onion, cucumber, red bell pepper and other ingredients that Li Ruonan had washed, and also cut them into extremely fine shreds.

Now that you've shredded it, it's time to make the dipping sauce for the fillet. Unlike the sashimi eaten by the people of Toei, which only uses miso and wasabi, the dipping sauce of Chinese tartlet is colorful.

There are sour vinegar sauce, mustard juice, tangerine peel juice, ginger juice, spicy juice...... Wait a minute. Everything can be freely combined according to personal tastes and can be freely combined into a variety of flavors.

Today, in order to take care of the taste of foreigners, Liu Mang chose one of the sour vinegar sauces as a dipping sauce.

Mix salt, light soy sauce, white sand pond, fresh rice vinegar, lemon juice, sesame seeds, and most importantly, pure peanut oil.

Pure peanut oil is very important for Chinese tartlet. Because the aroma and taste of sashimi are largely taken from the use of oil, and can never be replaced by other oils.

After the fish in the refrigerator was frozen for a certain time, Lin Xiao took it out and placed the ingredients cut by Liu Mang around the plate.

And Liu Mang picked up the prepared dipping sauce and poured it evenly.

According to the Chinese way of eating, the fish fillet and dipping sauce are separated. Just pick up the fillet with chopsticks and dip it when eating. But Liu Mang considered that foreigners all used knives and forks, which was a little inconvenient, so he poured the dipping sauce on it in advance.

"Do you want to taste it, both? Liu Mang picked up one of them and handed it to a man in black.

A man in black opened his suitcase, took out a glass test tube, and filled it with a little prepared yusheng and put it in.

The other man in black took a fork, picked up a piece of yusheng and threw it in his mouth and chewed it.

The man in black didn't speak, but his actions betrayed him deeply.

I saw that after he finished eating one of the fish fillets, he couldn't wait to pick up a piece with a fork and put it into his mouth.

After the other man in black packed the fish fillet, he also came over, picked up a piece and tasted it, and stretched out a thumbs up: "good!very good!"