Chapter 107: Green Treasure Residence
Speaking of restaurants in Qingzhou City, the first is naturally Yufulou and Shibiju, which are decorated with luxury, and you can see yellow and white wine pots, vegetable plates and other things everywhere, and the maids who serve the dishes are the innocent body of the yellow flower girl. It is said that the chefs of these two families have been engaged in this business for several generations, with superb cooking skills and good knife work, and a piece of casual tofu can make dozens of dishes for you, and the saltiness is moderate, which is also quite in line with the taste of Qingzhou people.
It's just that Yufulou and Shibiju are so particular that every time they eat a meal here, they need to spend a lot of money. Except for some gentry and giants in Qingzhou City, or the lords above the temple, if ordinary people want to have a meal here, they have to say hello months in advance, and when that day is free, you have to put off all the chores before you can feast here, otherwise it will be a few months to wait.
Therefore, except for some people who are generous, where are ordinary people willing to stay in this gold cave.
However, some weddings and funerals in Qingzhou often attach great importance to eating and drinking, but they will not choose restaurants, but will be held in the house. Therefore, the two bosses of Yufulou and Shibiju discussed separately, let a few cooks come to the door to cook, set up a banquet for the main family to earn some thin noodles, and some can also ask for a few rewards. And leave a few masters in the restaurant, if the customer comes to the door, you can also take care of both sides.
Zhang Yuanwai's daughter, who entered the city that day, was to let the golden knife Liu of Yufulou take charge, so Qin Chuan and Lao Dao were fortunate enough to eat delicacies such as golden silk ham and chicken soup in four seasons. However, to be able to invite a master like Yufulou, Zhang Yuanwai must have spent a lot of money that day.
After Yufulou and Shibiju, the restaurants are uneven, and there are few signature dishes that can be handled. However, in the mouths of the people of Qingzhou City, Lvbaoju is definitely among the best, because the boss is polite and has a large amount of discounts.
Speaking of Lvbaoju, we have to talk about the shopkeeper of Lvbaoju: the eldest is named Meng Gongxi, the second is named Meng Facai, the two brothers are half-brothers, but the relationship is deep, the two were the cooks of Yufulou before, and later angered the patrons and lost their jobs. There is no other way to set up its own door, and after decades of operation, it has opened up a world in Qingzhou City.
In the past, the green treasure house was not called the green treasure house, there was not even a signboard, this old place was just a large food stall along the street, sewage flowed sideways, rotten leaves were flying, and pedestrians had to cover their noses every time they came here. In the past, whenever they went to the city to catch the market, the two brothers would carry the goods and set up stalls here to do business, and often some small merchants, hawkers, horsemen and other people settled here to rest, so the so-called meals were all things that ordinary people did not want such as going into the water. I don't know what method these two people used to remove the fishy smell of these water, and then after marinating it in the pot, it is more fragrant, with a bowl of white rice, which is the memory of the poor people in Qingzhou decades ago.
Later, Meng Gongxi and Meng Facai saved some money, bought this piece of land from others, and built a four-story restaurant. For example, on a hot summer day, the patron prepares cool well water, and on a snowy winter day, the brazier on the soles of his feet is burned more vigorously.
And although the restaurant has been built, but the green treasure house is still the most down-to-earth, not slack off the patrons, come here to eat, if you are a dignitary, you can go to the fourth floor of the box, if you are a rich businessman, you can go to the third floor for a rest, if you are an ordinary peddler pawn, you can go to the lobby on the first and second floors, so you can go up a few floors with how much money you have.
The people of Qingzhou City say that Yufulou and Shibiju eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, but what they eat in Lvbaoju is obscene things. And Lvbaoju is most famous for that famous dish - Jiuqu large intestine. It is said that the shopkeepers of Yufulou and Shibiju have secretly come here, and they are full of praise after eating Jiuqu large intestine. Later, a lot of cooks were sent to steal teachers here, but they were always discovered by Meng Gongxi and Meng Facai.
Xie Bald at the moment, like a few treasures, told the matter of Green Treasure Residence 1510, as if the gentleman of the floating door was telling a story, he shook his head and shook his head, and when he encountered a wonderful place, he also knocked on the table with chopsticks, if people who did not know would think that the old man in front of him was a relative of the shopkeeper of Green Treasure House.
However, Qin Chuan drooped his head, slammed his chin on the table, and watched boredly as Xie Bald's spit flew in front of his eyes, and before Qin Chuan could react, Xie Bald began to dance again and talk to himself.
Qin Chuan sighed, looked at the scene in front of him, and thought that if Xie Bald took a fan and a waking wood, stood in front of the door of the Green Treasure Residence and moved the fortune-telling table, and then brought his purple sand teapot with a bucket mouth, and said some anecdotes about the Green Treasure Residence, etc., it would definitely be able to attract some people.
Seeing that Xie Bald said so energetically, Qin Chuan couldn't raise any interest, looking at the old man at the same table who was drowsy, obviously it was also a morning of tossing, and he was already sleepy, how could he have the heart to listen to these rumors.
Qin Chuan picked up the teapot next to him, poured a cup of hot tea and drank it, and the feeling of sleepiness disappeared slightly. Rubbing his eyes and yawning, Qin Chuan patiently said to Xie Baldzi: "Since you know so much about the secret affairs of the Green Treasure Residence, you must be very familiar with the shopkeeper, why don't you talk to him and say, see when our meal will be served, I have been waiting here for a long time, and I haven't even seen a bowl of white rice." ”
Xie Bald patted his bare head at this time: "Oh, nephew, we have been here for half a pillar of incense, haven't you gone to get the vegetables yet?"
Lao Dao was drowsy, but when he heard Xie Baldzi's words, he couldn't help but ask: "This, this, you just greeted the people over there, and we thought that we had already ordered food, so we sat here quietly and waited for the food to be served, and by the way, I heard you say some interesting things about Green Treasure Residence......
Xie Bald carefully combed a few hairs on his head, and said to the two of them embarrassedly: "I'm really sorry, I just met a few friends from the outer streets of Baiyunguan, so I stepped forward to say a few words, how do you know that you didn't order food but waited for me." Hey, this Green Treasure House and other places are different from other restaurants, ordering food is not to look at the menu, but to go directly to the back kitchen, what the chef cooks today, you only care what dishes you serve. ”
Qin Chuan saw that there were indeed a lot of people in various costumes in the back kitchen, who were coming in and out of various dishes one by one, and he thought that these people were the little servants of the Green Treasure Residence. Qin Chuan was still thinking that the Green Treasure House was eclectic, and even the little people who served the food were wearing various costumes, but he didn't expect that it was the patron who went to get the dishes by himself.
Hey, Qin Chuan secretly regretted it, blaming himself for not opening his mouth to ask Xie Baldzi, which caused him to be hungry for half a pillar of incense.
Since he knew that the place to take the food was in the back kitchen, Qin Chuan shouted the old way and walked to the back kitchen, passing through the crowded crowd, and before he reached the kitchen, he already smelled the strong aroma of the large intestine.
"Hurry up, smell this fragrance, it must be the signature Jiuqu large intestine. Qin Chuan excitedly urged Lao Dao.
When he walked to the back kitchen, he did find that there was still the last plate of large intestines left on top of the wooden box, the color was shiny, the sauce was fragrant, and it was still steaming, Qin Chuan hurriedly stepped forward and prepared to leave in his hands.
Suddenly, a cold voice came: "Down, this is what I saw first." ”