"Do you have a cook here?" Meng Meng grinned and asked, although she was short of money, she couldn't really sell herself into the Qinglou, right?

The maid was stunned and said, "The girl is here to recruit a cook?" ”

Meng Meng smiled and nodded: "Yes." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"Then come with me, girl." The maid entered from the side door with Meng Meng, and just opened the curtain of the inner room, only to see a middle-aged woman dressed in a purple and red brocade gold thread back pattern trimmed placket, and a big red Luo skirt sitting on the spring bench, with a gold silk inlaid with gems on the jade rabbit grass hairpin, shining with her figure moving. With a smile on her charming face, she subconsciously raised her eyes when she saw someone coming in.

"Yueniang, this girl is here to recruit a cook." The maid blessed the woman sitting on the spring bench, and Meng Meng hurriedly followed and pretended to salute.

"Look up." Yueniang said with a smile, peeling the lychee with her slender hand, her eyes swept over Meng Meng's face lightly, and her heart slammed, but she couldn't see the clue on the surface, and she still smiled lightly: "It's really a good color...... Since you're here to recruit a cook, why don't you go to the back kitchen and cook a dish for me to taste?" ”

"Okay." Meng Meng breathed a sigh of relief, the scene that she thought would be troubled by Yueniang did not happen.

Seeing Yueniang speak, the maid took Meng Meng to the back kitchen.

Sure enough, it is the best green building in the city, the spacious and bright room is paved with large non-slip dark grain light stone bricks, the stove and the sink are adjacent, and in the middle is a granite table that can accommodate twelve people to cook at the same time, each position is equipped with various seasoning jars, and kitchen knives with different purposes are placed on the shelves under the table, because it is close to evening, the back kitchen has begun to be busy, and the cooks and servants in uniform clothes have begun to burn the fire and cut vegetables in an orderly manner.

Meng Meng turned around, and had a rough idea in her heart, this city is not only close to the sea, but also the city is also covered with a dense water network, and the fish should be quite abundant, she carefully observed the large pool in the southeast corner, the crucian carp in it are alive, it looks like it has just been caught, and it is very fresh.

It's safer to make fish, but it's hard to say whether the locals who are used to eating one fish and nine foods can take a fancy to the fish she makes.

"Hey, girl, are there any such sea fish as tuna, snapper, and mackerel?" Meng Meng beckoned to the maid who led the way just now, but she didn't know the other party's name, so she had to call the other party "girl".

"Yes, but not in the back kitchen." The maid looked at Meng Meng in surprise, she didn't expect that she was young, and she actually recognized a lot of sea fish, you must know that although Baicheng is off the coast, ordinary people can only afford to eat freshwater fish, and sea fish are generally only supplied to aristocratic and wealthy merchants.

Meng Meng honestly and unceremoniously asked the maid to bring the sea fish just mentioned, and she went to prepare the ingredients needed, wasabi, perilla leaves, perilla flowers, sprouts and onions and grapefruit are quite complete, there is no rock salt, but the sea salt is still good, I heard that there are merchant ships here that will go to Dongying, so there are a lot of stocks like kelp and salted cherry blossoms, and there is still half a tank of Dongying soy sauce shipped last year, which tastes more refreshing, and has the best effect with fish tart.

Even ordinary food is so particular, no wonder Yihong Mansion is doing a thriving business.

The maid took all the fresh fish, Meng Meng touched the meat in the wooden box, it was cold and elastic, and it was not bad, so she put it aside, took out a meat knife suitable for sliced fish, took out the small fish pieces in the box, slice them into thin slices, put the mackerel slices in salt and marinated, and put the others in bone china plates.

Grind a small dish of wasabi with wasabi, boil white vinegar, sugar and salt in a small hot pot to make a suitable sushi vinegar, and pour some into the komburi.

"Girl, are you going to make fish from the sea?" The maid asked in surprise.

"Yes, you usually make fish from freshwater fish such as crucian carp and bream, right?" Meng Meng estimated the time, put the marinated mackerel fillets into a small porcelain bowl, poured in the prepared vinegar, and put it aside.

The rice is just steamed out of the oven and cooled for about 20 minutes, put it in a cypress barrel, pour in an appropriate amount of white vinegar and stir well, wait for the mackerel to marinate and take it out, smear a little mustard, and then put the vinegared rice on the fish fillet and press it lightly, brush with a thin layer of soy sauce, and then spread a piece of perilla leaf and whiteboard kelp, and it can be served.

There are a total of four pieces of mackerel sushi in this dish, and I sandwiched one piece to taste, and there are some differences, but the sweet and sour of kombu and the aroma of shiso still bring out the layers of sushi. I let the maid taste it again, only to see her bite in confusion, and her eyes suddenly lit up: "It's delicious!" I didn't expect the fish made by the sea fish to be not bad! ”

"Really?" Meng Meng smiled proudly and processed the tuna in the same way, and when the sushi was formed, the surface of the tuna was burned to a pink white color over low heat, and finally placed in the dried shiso flower decoration.

From cooked to raw, from solid to fluffy taste, with perilla flowers, it is very fragrant.

After blanching the sea bream in boiling water, put it in ice water to cool down, add an appropriate amount of vinegared rice and knead it to shape, sprinkle with a little sea salt to enhance the flavor, and a thin slice of lime for decoration.

When the sun went down and the light gradually dimmed, a servant shook down the large chandelier on the top, lit candles, and hung torches on the wall, and the inside was lit up again.

When the maid saw that it was getting late, she inevitably said anxiously: "Girl, are the dishes ready?" ”

Meng Meng nodded at her, found a thick and simple pottery plate, packed a few pieces of sushi, put them on the tray, and followed the maid to the backyard to see Yueniang.

Caiyue Lou is built around the lake, in addition to the flower building of the carved fence jade in front, the lake is some independent and small courtyards, it is early summer, the lotus flowers are in full bloom, strolling on the lakeside path, all are comfortable and leisurely.

The courtyard where Yueniang lives is a stone boat, Meng Meng and the maid shuttle from the rockery group for a while before they can walk in, the house furnishings are simple and elegant, a granite screen cuts off the sight outside the door, the bamboo chaise longue is placed in the position of the bow of the boat, the bamboo curtains on both sides are pulled up, and the lake scenery is unobstructed.

Seeing them come in, Yueniang sat up from the chaise longue slowly, and the maid hurriedly held the tray of vegetables in front of her.

She glanced at the fish and vinegared rice made of sea fish, her eyes flashed with surprise, and then she picked up the bamboo chopsticks, sandwiched a piece of mackerel sushi and put it in her mouth.

Meng Meng looked at Yueniang calmly, confident that she could conquer her with food.

"Yes, Xiaonuo will step back first." Yueniang ate a few bites and put down the bamboo chopsticks lightly, "I want to talk to this girl." ”

"Yes." Xiao Nuo responded, packed up the scraps and tableware and retreated, and closed the door of the stone boat with his hand, leaving only Yueniang and Meng Meng.

It turned out that the maid's name was Xiaonuo, Meng Meng secretly wrote down that people had helped her a lot along the way, and if she could stay in Caiyue Tower, she would definitely have to find an opportunity to repay the other party.

The inner room suddenly fell silent, and she didn't know what to say to break the embarrassment, so she had to stand still and pretend to watch the lake outside. At this moment, Yue Niang suddenly took a step forward, half-knelt on the ground, and said respectfully: "Subordinates see the sect leader!" ”