After going back, Ning Xi handed over the matter of going to the night market to set up a stall to Meng Shuangshuang and Xiao Ze, and she wholeheartedly prepared for the whole fish banquet three days later.

Ning Xi first made a list of the dishes he planned to make, wrote down all the raw materials and ingredients he needed, and showed them to Rong Daquan first.

Rong Daquan was greatly taken aback when he saw it, the little girl was so young, and there were many ingredients on the list that he had never heard of, you must know that the chef of Quanjufu could see more rare ingredients than the chefs of ordinary restaurants, but he didn't expect Ning Xi to know more than him, it seems that the Yiya heirs should not be underestimated!

But some ingredients and ingredients really can't even be obtained by Quanjufu, Rong Daquan shook his head and crossed them out, and he couldn't make them at all.

The two discussed and re-listed what could be made and presented it to the shopkeeper Shen, who took a look at it, and with a stroke of the pen, crossed out some of the methods on the menu that presented the fresh, sweet, and flavorful flavor of fish and meat, such as boiling and steaming, leaving only some dishes with complicated methods and strong colors.

Ning Xi was puzzled: "Eat fish and eat fresh, for example, this anchovy tastes delicious and abnormal, but only steaming can best present its original essence, and using a measured seasoning will only spoil this sweetness, since the guests love to eat fish, they naturally understand this truth, I don't know why Shen Shopkeeper wants to arrange dishes like this?" ”

"Nonsense!" The shopkeeper Shen said: "Steaming, boiling and other methods, any country woman will do it, the guests come to us to gather all the blessings, the fancy is naturally the craftsmanship that the people outside do not have, how can you use such a simple method to fool the guests." ”

"Oh!" Ning Xi understood, but it was just a show of craftsmanship, and she didn't have to show off, on the contrary, when she was learning cooking in her previous life, she was crazy about skills for a period of time and ignored the most primitive taste of food, and the dishes she made were always complex and exquisite, and she couldn't even see the original material, until she realized later that the highest level of cooking skills was not all kinds of cool skills, but to stimulate the most primitive taste of food with heart, so that the delicacy returned to its true nature.

Although Ning Xi didn't quite agree with Shen's shopkeeper's idea, she also thought that since proper skill display would allow her to be recognized in the capital's food circle faster, why not? Anyway, she is confident that she has to show off her skills, and there is really no one here who can compare to her now.

So he smiled: "If you want to say that this steamed anchovy, there is also a delicate method, the general steamed anchovy does not scrape the scales, because only the fat in the fish scales melts into the fish, so that there is the final delicious taste, but the taste is not perfect after all." My method is to scrape off the scales of the fish, thread them one by one, and hang them evenly above the fish when steaming, and the fat in the scales slowly melts during steaming, drips onto the fish, and seeps into it, so that the steamed anchovy will not only not have the hard astringency of the scales, but also taste more delicious. ”

Shopkeeper Shen nodded when he heard this: "This is okay." ”

It is not easy to buy all the materials required by Ningxi, some of the ingredients are not even available locally, so they can only be transported back from the outside quickly, and finally all the ingredients are ready, and the day of the guests has arrived.

This all-fish banquet, two distinguished guests, accompanied by the king of Qi and the prince, a total of four people, all Jufu cleared the field early, and only prepared to entertain two distinguished guests throughout the day.

Ning Xi brought Meng Shuangshuang over to help, although she didn't know much about cooking, but she was sharp with her hands and feet, and she cooperated well with Ning Xi, usually Ning Xi knew what to hand over with a look, and Ning Xi was still very worry-free to have such a helper.

Quan Jufu came out from Rong Daquan, and brought his two apprentices, Wang Dongping and Yuan Fugui, two and a half children, who are also smart and clever, and there is no problem in getting started.

When they arrived at Quanjufu, the two of them were taken aback, the pomp and circumstance of this distinguished guest was really big enough, basically the street where Quanjufu was located was cleared, and there was not a single idle person on the whole street, except for Ning Xi and them, the rest were all guards with knives, standing there expressionlessly, Rao is Ning Xi has seen the world, and they all feel a little weak, not to mention Meng Shuangshuang, if he is not dragged by Ning Xi, he will not be able to walk.

Jun Wuye saw Ningxi that day, and there was not such a big pomp, so who would be the other distinguished guest? Ning Xi was secretly a little frightened.

When he arrived at the kitchen, Ning Xi first selected the freshest and most vigorous fish from the prepared fish with Rong Daquan, and Rong Daquan casually instructed the two apprentices to follow Meng Shuangshuang to deal with the ingredients, Meng Shuangshuang was not polite, and asked Wang Dongping to shave ginger and Yuan Fugui to peel green onions.

Wang Dongping is nothing, he is an honest child, he can do whatever the master tells him to do, Yuan Fugui is not happy, but he is also the chef's personal apprentice, and he is also used to being praised in the kitchen of Quanjufu on weekdays, but he was actually criticized by a little girl who was about the same age as himself, could he stand it?

But looking at the master, he actually listened to what a younger girl said with a teachable expression, and he didn't look here at all, and his heart was even more indignant, and he didn't peel the onions, and saw that there were a lot of sparrow eggs in the basket, and took a big bowl to beat the eggs.

Meng Shuangshuang hurriedly said: "Hey, I said how are you moving, Ning Xi hasn't said how to get this egg, don't break it." ”

Yuan Fugui: "Huh! A voice said: "This is the kitchen of Quanjufu, my master hasn't spoken yet, where is your turn to be a little girl!" ”

Meng Shuangshuang shouted in a hurry: "Ning Xi, look, he messes with your sparrow eggs!" ”

Ning Xi raised his eyes and saw that Yuan Fugui had already broken several sparrow eggs in the bowl, so he said, "This is to be cooked and then peeled." ”

Rong Dacheng also reprimanded Yuan Fugui a few words: "Who let you make your own decisions? Fortunately, the materials are much more prepared, otherwise I won't skin you if you miss something! Listen to Miss Meng's instructions, you can do whatever she asks you to do, and you are not allowed to move if you don't let you move. ”

Yuan Fugui didn't dare to contradict the master, and buried his head in hatred to peel the onions, looking at the ground, his eyes were full of resentment.

Upstairs is richly arranged, in the heavily guarded private room, an old man wearing bright yellow clothes is the current Holy Hongxian Emperor, the first person in the Great Zhou Dynasty to advocate eating meat to strengthen the body, accompanied by the five princes Jun Qianyu, the king of Qi and the prince of Qi Shaofeng.

"Old Five, the female chef you mentioned, is the fish really that delicious?" Emperor Hongxian asked the five princes.

Jun Qianyu said: "Father, don't be impatient, wait a moment and taste it." ”

Emperor Hongxian smiled heartily: "You kid knows that you fooled your father, but I left a lot of government affairs in the court with you today, if you don't do well, I must not spare you." ”

Jun Qianyu said with a smile: "The affairs of the court let the eldest brother work hard, my father has worked hard for the country and the people for decades, and now he is enjoying the blessings." ”

"You kid is lazy, and you want to drag your father into the water, look at the two of you, you only know how to eat, drink and have fun in the town, when are you willing to go to the court to help?" Emperor Hongxian coughed and said to King Qi: "Your Qi Wangfu is just such a son, you can't bear to see him idle like this?" ”

King Qi sighed: "His mother wants to be spoiled, what can I do." ”

Jun Qianyu also shouted wronged: "Erchen is not idle, he has been recuperating in the countryside some time ago, and he has only returned to Beijing for more than ten days. ”

As he was talking, the dishes began to pass up, and several people stopped, looking straight at the chief eunuch who was serving the dishes and the chef Rong Daquan who was holding a tray beside him.

Originally, Rong Daquan meant that he wanted Ning Xi to serve the food himself, and the dishes were made by her, he was just working on the sidelines, and he didn't even let him see the key places, in case the guests had any questions, he might not be able to answer them, right?

But how could Shopkeeper Shen give up this opportunity to show his face to an outsider? For such a beautiful thing, it is natural to let your own chef come forward.

Jun Qian Yuqi said: "What about Miss Ning?" Why wasn't she the one who came to cook? ”

Shopkeeper Shen hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Fifth prince, Quanjufu did invite a Ning girl to help today, but the country woman acted rudely, lest she collide with the holy driver. ”

Jun Shaofeng: "Poof! With a smile, he remembered the last time Ning Xi talked and went on a rampage, if she was allowed to come out today, it would be really lucky, and he wanted to keep her to eat more delicious food in the future, so he waved his hand and said: "That's right, you don't need to call her up, if the food is delicious, the fifth brother will reward her more." ”

Rong Daquan then carefully put down the silver plate, the silver plate texture is smooth, shiny, surrounded by gold wire inlaid with dragon and golden phoenix, the pattern is lifelike, extremely luxurious.

Lift the dome lid on the silver plate, only to see that the plate is red and green, dotted with all kinds of fruits and vegetables, crystal and jade, just like many jade agate scattered on the plate, in the middle of a white jade, lying a steamed mandarin fish.

Emperor Hongxian smiled: "This dish is full of wealth at a glance, I don't know what the name of the dish is?" ”

Rong Daquan bowed forward, held silver chopsticks and inserted them into the belly of the fish, gently picked up, and the upper half of the fish body was turned over, and at the same time said loudly: "The name of this dish is 'Lao Mussel Huaizhu'!" ”

When the body of the fish is opened, the heat in the belly of the fish evaporates out, and the silver plate is like a cloud like mist, and after the smoke gradually dissipates, everyone sees that the belly of the fish spread out into the shell of the fish actually hides a bright pearl.

This pearl is the size of a thumb, white and round, and the end is jeweled.

Jun Qianyu took the lead in scooping two pearls with a spoon into Emperor Hongxian's bowl: "Father, please taste it." ”

Emperor Hongxian took a closer look and realized that this was not a real pearl, but an egg of unknown nature, boiled and peeled.

Rong Daquan explained in a timely manner: "These pearls are wild sparrow eggs, and the taste has a unique fragrance. ”

Emperor Hongxian gently picked up a pearl and put it in his mouth, chewed it carefully for a while, closed his eyes and his head, and seemed quite satisfied.

After eating it, King Qi also sincerely praised: "There is both the freshness of mandarin fish and the fragrance of bird eggs, and the taste is soft and glutinous, which can be called beautiful." ”

The second dish is the braised silver carp head that Jun Qianyu and Jun Shaofeng both tasted last time, Jun Qianyu specially let Emperor Hongxian taste the delicate and soft eye ointment, but he sandwiched a piece of fish lip, which is crisp and tough, quite chewy. And it is long and repeated, and the taste of fresh fragrance becomes stronger and stronger, almost reluctant to swallow.

The next dishes are served one after another, there are steamed anchovies, hibiscus fillet, West Lake vinegar fish, squirrel osmanthus fish, fried grass carp, braised bream, sauerkraut fish and chestnut sweet and sour carp ......, there are all kinds of things, people are dizzying, Emperor Hongxian is just a little taste of everything, and he has a little full.

The last thing that came up was a stomach-nourishing porridge.

Ningxi's porridge is also quite particular, using high-quality new rice, the rice grains are rolled into two or three petals, rinsed and mixed with oil and salt, slightly marinated for a while, and then put into a large clay pot to cook. When the water and rice are boiled harmoniously, the porridge water boils to the shape of a chrysanthemum, and when the layers are turned out from the inside out, the porridge water is scooped up from the flower-heart, which is the porridge green, which is the essence of the porridge, which is sweet and soft, smooth and smooth like soup.

Cut into paper-thin fish fillets with oil and salt slightly marinated, put into a bowl, and then use a spoon to boil the porridge into the bowl, the fish fillets are just scalded, extremely smooth, the porridge water is full of the umami of fish, this porridge is a bowl of belly, it really makes people warm from heart to stomach, a piece of ironing.