Chapter 181: Ideal and Reality
Push the door into the restaurant, I saw that there were almost full of guests sitting inside, now the time is already a little more, there are so many guests, one and most of them are white-skinned foreigners, the restaurant is very high-end, each seat is divided by a crystal bead curtain, there are some Chinese paper-cuts hanging on the wall, and some Chinese knots, in addition to these, you can't see the Chinese flavor, the light is dark, there is a lamp on the top of each table, the whole restaurant is very atmospheric, but the overall decoration is biased towards modern style. Ju An had to doubt Hou Sen's taste, with so many foreigners sitting here, it was really difficult to say how much Chinese taste this restaurant could keep.
Seeing that a guest came in, the Chinese waitress standing on the side of a small table at the door smiled and bowed: "How many may I ask?"
Ju An smiled and stretched out three fingers and said in Chinese: "Just the three of us, is there a private room, if there is one, give me a private room." Since Ju An wanted to chat with Hou Sen, he wanted to find a quiet place where a few people could talk.
The little girl shook her head and explained in Chinese: "I'm sorry! Our private rooms here are full, and the hall isn't too noisy."
Ju An had no choice but to nod, so the little girl took the three people to a square table in the corner of the restaurant and sat down, and when the three of them were ready, the little girl brought a pot of tea, and then handed Ju An a menu to the three of them, Ju An took it and looked at it a little, drink, good guy, the food here is not cheap, and the price of the restaurant where Ju An eats in New York is not much, but this is not New York, Ju An smiled and said to the little girl: "Your food here is not cheap, this price catches up with the restaurant in New York" 。
The waitress girl explained with a smile: "We are different from other Chinese restaurants, we are high-end, unlike other Chinese restaurants that lower prices, and our chefs are all famous chefs invited from China, all of them are old chefs with more than 15 years of cooking experience, not those small shops, we can eat Sichuan cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, Shandong cuisine almost all cuisines, rest assured, the taste is definitely similar to the domestic one, we are very famous in Bozeman, it belongs to high-end restaurants."
When Ju An heard this, he smiled and asked, "I know that foreigners don't like real Chinese tastes too much, so it's really rare that you still have so many guests here!" ”。
The little girl smiled and explained: "Our boss didn't think about resisting at the beginning, he said that my restaurants are very high-end, why our Chinese food can only be low-end, it is because everyone is competing with their surnames, and they all want to use cheap prices to attract customers, but he doesn't want to do this, he just wants to make high-end Chinese food, and now we have opened five stores in California and New York, and Bozeman is the sixth store, here you can designate a chef to cook your dishes, see where there is our chef's number, A lot of foreigners will appoint a chef." After speaking, I pointed with my hand, and I saw a frame on the wall, and there were several photos in it, and under it was written that the chef was today, and what other chefs were, anyway, there was a list of names.
Listening to the little girl say this, Ju An is interested, this boss is also a smart person, there are a few chefs on the kitchen preparation table next to it are cutting vegetables, and the sound can not be heard through the glass, but Ju An can see a few chefs' knife work when he just walked by, cut the carrot shreds thin and good, it looks very enjoyable, no wonder it can be sold at a high price, the boss has a lot of ideas, just show it to you, why are we so high in the price of vegetables here, do you see, How much does it cost to train such a person to be able to cut vegetables so finely and almost every one of them is the same?
Ju An smiled and asked the little girl: "Then what signature dishes do you have here, introduce them."
"We are most famous for our shredded tofu and egg custard, which almost every guest will order, as well as shredded pork with Beijing sauce and steamed dumplings," the little girl said with a smile.
Ju An looked at Hou Sen: "What do you want to eat, you are welcome to order it yourself!" ”。
Hu Sen said: "I can do whatever I want, it's best to have one, sauce plate duck, braised pork or something."
After hearing this, Ju An closed the menu: "Sauce plate duck and braised pork, are there any, if there is one, there is a boiled pork slic, shredded pork in Beijing sauce, and a copy of the tofu soup you said, what do you want to eat, Dinah."
Dinah smiled and said, "Spicy tofu."
"That's good to add a spicy tofu" Ju An said to the waiter girl, it's spicy tofu again, anyway, my wife-to-be recognizes spicy tofu every time she eats Chinese food, and she likes to eat it very much.
After ordering, the waitress girl turned around to inform the kitchen, Ju An said with a smile: "The owner of this restaurant is a smart person, you see how prosperous this business is, this is still the Chinese restaurant with the most customers I have met in the United States except for restaurants in California, where the customers with good business are Chinese, and here are all foreigners."
Hou Sen took a sip of tea and said: "Actually, foreigners are similar to us, I think that the expensive must be good, the cheap to invite a girlfriend to dinner or something is faceless, I came here to eat once, the taste is very authentic, you see that the surroundings are basically one-on-one lovers, to Friday or the night of the festival here to book a seat in advance, this business is getting better and better, I only know this authentic Chinese restaurant, the rest are American Chinese food including takeaway, usually I have time to cook my own food."
Ju An looked around, and sure enough, they were all as Hu Sen said, many of them were a pair of young foreigners, and even a pair of foreigners stood by the glass window and watched the chef chop vegetables: "I heard Brad introduce that your horse training skills are very good, why do you go to the supermarket to do odd jobs."
"I came here at the age of eighteen and nineteen to learn and train horse racing, thinking that one day I can return to China to train my own champion horse, the first two years also went back to China for a period of time, I don't want to stay for a year, a domestic competition is more than ten kilometers and dozens of kilometers so run, where is this horse racing is simply a killing horse, and the previous boss has two dollars to get a horse of millions of yuan ran a few times without ranking, will complain about the horse trainer, do not understand the horse at all, understand the horse knows the strength of the thoroughbred horse in the short sprint, Long-distance horses are not as good as Mongolian horses, and some people buy a multimillion-dollar horse and hire a horse trainer not to train horses at all, but to show off that they have money, and that horse is usually kept to play, and they never think about sending it to the track, and I have two bosses before and after, I just want to train horses, train first-class champion horses, so I come back to continue learning, as for why no one hires me to train horses, on the one hand, there is no achievement, and the second aspect is my face."
Hou Sen pointed to his face: "Those foreigner horse owners think that the Chinese do not train horses well, do not believe in my skills, when I have results, I must return to China to develop domestic horse racing, one day I can also take the champion horse trained in China to participate in the world competition, or to teach what I have learned to the domestic horse trainer, now no one is looking for me to train horses, the training center is impossible to raise an idler, I am now a volunteer in the training center, I have no money to get that, life depends on working in the supermarket, Fortunately, the owner is Chinese and takes good care of me."
Ju An was a little moved by this young man who was about the same age as himself, although he was not as rich as himself, but he had ideals better than himself, and he was willing to work hard, unlike himself who was happy and idle, and found a comfortable nest to hide, but you let Ju An himself go to find an ideal, and then work hard then forget it, the surname is in this place, and he has a good life, why change it, this is the saying that rice raises a hundred kinds of people.
"The horse on the information you just saw has been greatly improved compared to now, it's not that my rich burner is looking for a pony for you to train, now the naughty bag shoulder height is more than one meter seven points, the height is still growing, and the muscles are stronger, you will know when you see him, I am talking to you now in vain, I just want to find someone who can work hard to train him, now it seems that my choice is correct" Ju An looked at Hou Sen and said seriously.
Hou Sen nodded and said: "Even if it is not as you said, since I accepted your invitation and you agree to let me train your horse, it is my responsibility to train him well, no matter what he does, I will try to train him well, you don't have to worry about this, horse training is a big part of my life."
The two of them were talking, the waiter had already started to serve, and the kung fu dishes had already been served for a while, Ju An beckoned Hou Sen to start together, and tasted a few chopsticks Ju An had to say that the chef here is really level, several dishes are quite authentic, and the knife work is very powerful, tofu egg custard, the tender tofu inside should be shredded with a knife, and the tofu in this bowl is basically like silver wire, one by one. The slices of waterdrop pork are moderately spicy, and the neat and neat small squares of spicy tofu all show the extraordinary skills of the chef.
Dinah praised the spicy tofu in the bowl and said, "This is the best spicy tofu I have ever tasted, I will definitely eat it again next time."
Sandwiched a piece of boiled meat and put it in Dinah's bowl, let her taste it, and then picked up the small round pancake on the table, put the shredded meat and shredded green onion cut into thin strips and rolled it up, handed it to Dinah, let her taste it, and after eating a bite, Dinah nodded happily and said to Ju An: "Next time, remember to remind me that when eating Chinese food, in addition to spicy tofu, you must order this call?" ”。
Ju An rolled one for himself, took a bite and replied, "Shredded pork with Beijing sauce."
"That's right! The shredded pork in Kyoto sauce is much better than the slice of meat you just made me eat," Dinah complimented as she gulped down.
In the end, the three people had to serve two more Bo cakes, and after adding a portion of shredded meat, the rice of the three people basically did not move, but they swept the dishes on the table clean.
(To be continued)