Volume 2 Luoyang Xing Chapter 170 Smashing the field
A few people looked around, only to see a table of guests teaching the shopkeeper who was waiting for them on the side.
The leader was a fat man with a fat head and big ears, he was very arrogant, staring at him and shouting: "Didn't you say that the dishes on the left wall are all new?" The plate of beef I ordered is no different from ordinary beef, and you dare to say that it is new, isn't this fooling? Go, call your shopkeepers! ”
"Go, call your shopkeeper!" The rest of the people at the same table also coaxed.
Looking at these people, Lu Xiaoxian's face became gloomy, but he didn't speak. Even Wang Haibin could see that these people were clearly here to deliberately smash the field.
Wang Xiaojie is the prime minister of the dynasty and the first person in the Tang army, his prominent status makes Wang Haibin a leader in the second generation of Luoyang city officials, and other gentlemen can only respect him as the head of the horse.
Lu Xiaoxian just solved a big trouble for Wang Haibin, Wang Haibin has not returned Lu Xiaoxian's favor, and when he saw someone kicking Lu Xiaoxian's field at this moment, of course he was unhappy in his heart, so he stood up with a cold snort.
In Luoyang City, Wang Haibin did not allow such an unsighted person to appear in front of him. Although he is a gentleman, his ability is not small, and his temper is not small, otherwise he would not have clashed with the famous Wei Xuzhong.
At this moment, Lu Xiaoxian pressed Wang Haibin's shoulder: "You sit down, they will handle it themselves!" ”
Lu Xiaoxian is right, if the restaurant can't even handle such a thing, how can he leave with confidence?
Sure enough, after a while, Xiao Er led Liu Qi to appear in front of the guests at that table.
Liu Qi looked at a few people politely: "I am Liu Qi, the shopkeeper of the shop, a few guest officers, I don't know what I can serve?" ”
"Shopkeeper Liu!" The fat man looked Liu Qi up and down, pointed to the dish he had just served and asked, "May I ask Shopkeeper Liu, what is the name of this dish?" ”
The names of the dishes were written on the wooden signs on the walls, and they had ordered the dishes, but now they asked for the names of the dishes, which was obviously intentional.
Liu Qi replied with a smile on his face, neither humble nor arrogant: "This is the braised beef in our store!" ”
"Braised beef?" Of course, the fat man knew what the name of the dish was, and he waited for Liu Qi's words to defeat him, "Isn't this just ordinary beef?" Do you think a new name is a new dish? ”
"The guest officer laughed!" Liu Qi patiently explained, "The braised beef in the store is definitely different from ordinary beef, if you don't believe it, you will know if you try it!" ”
"If it's different, it's different?" The fat man laughed exaggeratedly, and then said, "I'd love to know how you make this beef, and if we can explain it clearly, we'll be okay with the past!" ”
Listening to the fat man's words, the diners couldn't help but look at him with disdain. The specialty dishes, production and cooking process of each restaurant are confidential, and it is taboo to ask about the production process blatantly like a fat man.
Who knew that Liu Qi didn't mind at all, he nodded: "Since the guest officer wants to know, then it's okay for me to talk about it?" ”
"Huh?" Listening to Liu Qi's answer, the fat man was stunned on the spot.
He expected that people would definitely not tell him about the production process of the dishes, so he deliberately said that, and now Liu Qi's answer made him a little confused.
Looking at the fat man's embarrassing appearance, Liu Qi's heart blossomed, and his gaze inadvertently swept over Lu Xiaoxian's table in the corner.
Lu Xiaoxian was still prescient, he had expected a similar situation a long time ago, and he hoped that Liu Qi would not have to hide it at all when he encountered such a thing.
Truth be told, there's really nothing to keep secret about cooking. A true master can immediately distinguish the ingredients and condiments used in the dish after eating it once, and even the order and heat of the ingredients in the preparation process. Therefore, instead of keeping it secret, it is better to tell others generously.
Those who learn from me live, and those who resemble me die. It is very difficult to innovate new dishes, even if others learn new dishes, but they can only imitate, and they will never be able to surpass the "autumn wind break" in the innovation.
There are only ten new dishes on the wall of the autumn wind, and Lu Xiaoxian originally planned to update them once a month, and withdraw the new dishes from last month and replace them with newer dishes. Even so, there are thousands of dishes in the book that Xue Huaiyi gave him, and he doesn't know how many years it takes to rotate them all.
The fat man looked at Liu Qi suspiciously, as if he wanted to verify whether what Liu Qi said was true or false.
Liu Qi smiled slightly, and said bluntly: "Buy the cattle back, mix them with distiller's grains and feed them for a few months, and kill them when the cattle grow half of them, such beef is called "bad beef." The texture of this beef is far more tender than ordinary beef, so you can try it! ”
"Not bad, not bad!"
After listening to Liu Qi's introduction, the diners immediately discussed, and even several tables of guests immediately ordered a braised beef on the spot.
The fat man stopped talking, he was knowledgeable, and he knew very well that this stewed beef dish would definitely not be able to be made elsewhere, and it was undoubtedly a new dish.
At this time, Xiao Er brought a new dish to another table, Liu Qi no longer paid attention to the fat man, and pointed to this dish and introduced it to the guests at that table: "This is the special roast duck of our restaurant, which is very exquisite." ”
"What's the method?" Someone at the table asked.
Liu Qi said: "Roast duck has to go through the process of duck selection, material selection and filling. In particular, the duck stuffing process requires careful cooking. It has to be fed in a special wooden cage for more than a month, and this wooden cage absolutely does not allow the ducks to have the freedom to stand and move. Each time I fill the feeding, I roll the pre-prepared sorghum dough and sorghum granules into strips and fill them little by little. In order to achieve the effect of crispy skin and tender inside, the duck filler must also use a needle to pick up the skin of the white-striped duck and dry it, which does not hesitate to waste time and effort. When roasting, it is necessary to prepare the meat oil cooked by apricot wood above the hanging oven, so that it can finally be roasted into a roast duck with full color and flavor. ”
Liu Qi's performance all fell in Lu Xiaoxian's eyes, and he couldn't help nodding secretly, as the shopkeeper of "Autumn Wind Break", Liu Qi was very competent.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Qi introduced the next new dish: "This is the Eight Treasures Mind." Put the fresh dregs of the squeezed wine into a bowl with well water to make a milky substance, then put two pieces of fat goat meat, two long yams of Bikqi, plus chopped green onions, grapes, egg pancakes and an appropriate amount of white flour pimples. You smell it, these eight treasures have a strong aroma of wine, but they don't have the strength of wine, and they won't get drunk if they eat a few more servings, which is a must......"