Chapter 64: Thirty-six Essays

"Drop, the host has an understanding of the quintessence of national cuisine, and the system rewards a copy of "Thirty-six Foods". ”

"The quintessence of the country, what is this? Thirty-six Shiji told him before that it is nothing more than a dish related to the Three Kingdoms, but the quintessence of the country is of particular interest.

"Every culture has a heritage, Chinese culture is broad and profound, not only ancient myths and legends, but also a brilliant 5,000-year history, etc., which have created a splendid and colorful cultural heritage, and Ni Mei was about to continue talking when she was interrupted by You.

"Stop, cute Nimei, let's talk about the point, okay?" each time it was this opening line, and the latter said that he was very hurt.

"That is to say, every culture, every legend, every history can be made into a dish. ”

"How many dishes do you have to make, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it in my life!"

"Culture can be passed on because it has a spirit, and in the same way, a dish needs to be given a soul, and it is better to make a dish that will last a lifetime than a thousand dishes. ”

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You Yishou still can't understand such an esoteric philosophy for the time being, he can only start in front of him, the latter used to carve the Three Kingdoms characters The ingredient is "spring water tofu", and then use vegetable juice to color, and finally add dishes to the tofu, the difficulty is quite high, he tried many times without success, and finally turned to Qiuqiu to let the latter freeze the tofu with black technology, so that the tofu is more compact and not easy to loosen.

"Thirty-six Foods" is not only thirty-six dishes, each one contains a variety of changes, in addition to the Zhuge grilled fish, Zhang Fei beef, Guan Yu Chitu that You Yishou got before, there are many other dishes, such as grass boat borrowing arrows, Zilong unloading armor, Guandu loach, Cao Cao *** array, Panlong yellow croaker, Changbanpo, green plum boiled wine, Wuchang fish fairy soup, Sun Quan gluten, burning red cliffs, dragon and phoenix, Xu Gong balls, imperial sister-in-law flat food, Xiao Qiao stewed white duck, Diao Chan worshipping the moon, tongue battle group Confucian, horseshoe crisp eel, There are many types and variations.

18 o'clock in the evening, back kitchen

When several apprentices saw the densely packed lifelike statues of the Three Kingdoms on the board, their eyes were about to fall out.

"This is Zhang Fei"

"And Zhao Yun?"

"Oh my God, Guan Yu is still riding a red rabbit horse"

"Is that Little Joe and Diao Chan?"

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Some people say that a good chef is first of all an artist, especially each of these carvings are vivid and colorful, very delicate and vivid, the most difficult of which is the eyes of the characters, which is also the key to whether a character is expressive, it is difficult to portray the expression on the palm-sized statue, and it took nearly three days for you to carve the facial expressions of these characters in the system.

"Okay, don't look at it, send these statues to the steamer," You said to the apprentices, wondering how they would feel if they knew that there was something else in each of the statues.

The dishes in the statue are stuffed into the ancient Shaolin kitchen after You Yishou, the tofu frozen by black technology can maintain firmness for a long time, and then after high-temperature steaming, the tofu will not only not fall apart, but also the taste of the tofu will be more delicious after the aroma of the ingredients inside.

Because this dish is too huge, you used three bamboo dustpans to hold it, implying that the Three Kingdoms are full of heroes, three dustpans and three cultures, and all the historical allusions of Shu, Wei and Wu are presented in it, which is definitely a gluttonous feast.

"Congratulations on the birthday, go"

When the four apprentices and two waiters dragged the "Heroes Congratulations" out of the kitchen, the whole restaurant immediately fell into a frenzy, and everyone took out their mobile phones to take pictures, which was simply shocking.

"Come on, come on, let's go, don't squeeze"

"Slow down, slow down, be careful"

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"This, this, this?"

"What kind of dish is this, it's so beautiful, isn't it?

"There are so many villains from the Three Kingdoms, take a picture"

"These can't be props, right?" one customer asked.

"No, these are the ninety-nine Three Kingdoms characters carved out of tofu by our head chef. The waiter said proudly.

"What? You said these were carved out of tofu?"

"That's right!"

"Oh my God, this must not be true," exclaimed the guest, holding his head.

"Waiter, let's get a portion of this dish too!" one of the guests shouted.

"We want it too"

Suddenly, the guests of the whole restaurant were shouting to order this dish, and those who could come here to eat were not bad money, and the manager Yang Shuang hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "I am very sorry, this dish is specially customized for the birthday of an old man upstairs, and usually our restaurant does not sell it to the outside world at all, please understand." ”

"Since you offer customized dishes here, why didn't you tell us earlier?"

"Why can't you cook for us if you can cook private food for others, I'm afraid we can't afford to eat it?

"It is"

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Just when Yang Shuang couldn't cope with it, You Yishou, who heard the movement, came to the front hall from the kitchen, only to see him smile and say to everyone: "Friends, I am the head chef here, this restaurant treats all guests equally, the dishes you order are the same, the dish just now is customized by the guest for a ninety-year-old man, of course, we fully accept such special customization, but only for the elderly over sixty years old or guests with special circumstances, if you have this need, you can communicate with the restaurant." ”

Hearing You Yishou say this, the guests also understood.

At this time, in the private room on the second floor, when everyone saw this "group of heroes celebrating their birthday", they were all moved, especially the old birthday star, who was even more excited to get up from the wheelchair.

"Dad, do you want to take a closer look?" Feng Weili hurriedly asked.

The old man nodded.

When Feng Weili brought the dustpan representing the culture of Shu to the old man, the latter suddenly let out a whining sound, as if he liked this dish very much.

"Dad, this dish is called "Celebrating the Birthday of the Heroes", you see, the characters in the Sichuan opera masks that have accompanied you all your life are here, and they have come to pay you a birthday greeting! This father-in-law of his, who has been with the face mask all his life, and that kind of feeling is incomprehensible to ordinary people.

Next, when they opened the tofu, ninety-nine dishes with different flavors instantly flowed out of it, which also stunned everyone.

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Tonight's restaurant is very busy, You Yishou is basically his hand does not leave the spoon and his feet do not leave the stove, during this period, Feng Weili brought his family to toast, thanking the latter for making an unforgettable birthday banquet for the old man, You Yishou also took the time to visit the old birthday star and took a photo with the quintessential master, which can be regarded as a commemoration!

After getting off work in the evening, You Yishou called home and told his father and mother about his current situation, when he learned that his son was in charge of the restaurant, You Dasco told him to be serious and not sloppy, Yin Hong also told him to pay more attention to his body and asked if he had recently contacted Zhao Xiaohong, You Yishou said that they often texted, and chatted with his parents for a while, the latter went to bed and got up early tomorrow.