"Liu Mang, you're back!" Liu Mang and Lin Xiao returned to their residence and found Li Ruonan and others waiting anxiously in front of the door of the hotel. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"What if the people of the Yamaguchi-gumi didn't take you, did they?"

"It's not that good, it's just a bowl of ravioli. Liu Mang replied.

"What about the effect, how is the effect?"

"Of course, the effect is good!" Lin Xiao laughed: "There is a kitchen god out of the horse, what else can't be done? Ruonan, do you know? After eating Lao Liu's wontons, the chairman of the Yamaguchi Group directly shed tears. ”

"Isn't it, the effect is so magical?" everyone was a little incredulous.

"Yes, but my bowl of wontons is purely made for the president, and if you are allowed to eat it, you will definitely find it unpalatable. Liu Mang replied.

"The land of the Yamaguchi Group has also been settled?" Tan Shi asked.

"It should be no problem, the Yamaguchi-gumi agreed that we should hold a food festival there and took the initiative to maintain law and order for us. ”

"That's great!" everyone excited.

"Otherwise, let's make a table in the evening and celebrate, and everyone is so busy that even though they are all cooks, they haven't had a good meal. Kong Ruiming suggested.

"No problem!" Lin Xiao nodded, but immediately became embarrassed: "Now we are staying in a hotel, but we can't get it!"

"This is easy to do, isn't there a presidential suite in the hotel we live in now? There is a kitchen in it, although it is a little simple, but it can barely be done, I will open one later." Li Ruonan replied.

"It's okay, then there are so many of us, just eat hot pot at night! It's lively, and there is an atmosphere. ”

"Yes, yes!" Zhou Xiaolong nodded again and again: "Then I'll go grocery shopping right away." ”

"I'll go too. I remember there was a good supermarket right next to the hotel with all the fresh ingredients. Lin Xiao said.

"What kind of hot pot do you want to eat? Liu Mang asked.

"Now this season, it's the time to make a side stove, and I'll buy more seafood later. One thing that is better in the United States than in the country is that the seafood here is not only varied, but also very fresh and cheap. ”

Under the leadership of the waiter, Liu Mang, Li Ruonan and others walked into the presidential suite of the hotel.

Compared with the average business suite, the presidential suite of this hotel is full of thousands of square meters, occupying the space on the first floor of the top floor of the hotel. There is a kitchen, an indoor pool, and a semi-open terrace outside, where you can stand and enjoy the view of Los Angeles, and you can also make your own outdoor barbecue.

After waiting in the suite for about an hour, after everyone played a few tricks to fight the landlord, Lin Xiao and Zhou Xiaolong came back.

"Come, come, come, let's help, let's clean up the ingredients first. Lin Xiao greeted.

"Well, these ingredients are good, they're all quite fresh!" Liu Mang checked it a little and found that the ingredients they bought back were all very high-end ingredients.

For example, lobsters that are two or three feet long, king crab that is the size of a basin, live abalone that is the size of a bowl, and Wagyu beef that is imported directly from Toei, etc......

After the purchase just now, I was directly upgraded to a VIP in their supermarket, and I can get a 20% discount on everything I buy in the future. Lin Xiao took out a golden card and shook it in his hand.

"Then I'll make the bottom of the pot first, the hot pot is relatively simple, and as soon as the ingredients are processed, you can start eating. Liu Mang said with a smile.

"Okay! The most important process will be handed over to you, the great god, and we will all help out. ”

Liu Mang walked to the stove, and the hotel suite was equipped with an induction cooker, so that the traditional crockpots and other cooking utensils he brought could not be used.

"By the way, Lin Xiao, you won't forget to buy a gas tank, right? ”

"How is it possible? am I such a forgetful person?" Lin Xiao untied a plastic bag on the ground and took out several portable stoves and liquefied gas canisters from it.

"That's good. Liu Mang nodded, took the kitchen knife and cutting board, and cut some ginger and onion and other condiments first.

Then put on the special pot for induction cooker, add half a bucket of pure water, and put in the green onion and ginger and the lobster head and tail processed by Kong Ruiming and others.

In addition to these ingredients that are usually used to make soup bases, Liu Mang also specially took a small piece of raw gypsum from the condiments brought from China and added it to the soup base.

In addition to being a common building material, gypsum is also a traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effect of clearing away heat and eliminating fire, reducing swelling and relieving pain.

Adding gypsum to the soup base of the hot pot is a common method used by the old people, which can reduce the disadvantages of dry mouth after hitting the side stove, and make people not easy to get angry.

The soup base used in the side stove is different from the spicy hot pot in Shudi, and it does not require too many processes. Because it highlights the freshness of the ingredients themselves, it is generally only used to make soup with fish bones or shrimp heads, or even directly with water.

In addition, the ingredients and the bottom of the pot used in the side stove do not need to be seasoned, and all its flavors come from the dipping dishes that come with the table. It can be said that the dipping dish is the soul of the side stove.

Boil the water over high heat to force out the umami in the lobster, and then use a colander to remove the residue inside, and the soup base on the side stove is ready, just wait for it to be served and reheated again.

There are a few things that must be eaten in an authentic side stove, otherwise you will always feel that something is missing.

The first is a variety of meatballs, beef balls, beef tendon balls, cuttlefish balls...... In short, no "pill" is not "perfect".

The second is all kinds of seafood and sashimi, the fish fillet should be cut with a knife, the meat is cut and flew, so that the pot can be scalded in the shortest time to maintain its smooth and tender taste.

The third is a variety of fresh vegetables and side dishes, such as beef slices, kidney flower slices, chicken skin, chrysanthemum, lotus root slices......

It is worth mentioning that fried yuba may be a "supporting role" with few "scenes" in shabu-shabu in other provinces in China, but in the side stove, its status is completely different, and it can be said that in addition to the "protagonist", it is the most eye-catching and popular one.

When the bottom of the pot was ready, Liu Mang rolled up his sleeves, took a box of fish steaks, tore off the plastic wrap on it, and sniffed it at the end of his nose.

Americans don't spit out the bones when they eat fish, so in their supermarkets, the meat is roughly processed, only the sides of the fish are sliced, and the fine spines are removed, which saves a lot of time.

"Well, yes! It's not a live fish, but the steak is fresh from the grouper. Liu Mang nodded secretly, then put the fish on the cutting board and cut it into large slices with a knife.

"Master Liu Mang, leave the meatballs to me. I'm good at this. A thin middle-aged man walked over.

This middle-aged man's name is She Wei, and he is the executive chef of a well-known restaurant in Chaoshan. Making all kinds of meatballs is exactly what he does best.

"Okay. ”