Chapter Twenty-Nine: Becoming a Chef
Wen Xueru smiled and took out the menu from her arms, and then handed it to Steward Wu, and then slowly spoke.
"Steward Wu, please help prepare the ingredients needed for these dishes."
Steward Wu looked at the menu as a result.
Longevity Boundless Birthday Banquet, the cold dishes are eight dishes, and the ingredients needed are also listed below, combining the tastes of the people of Beijing and Xiangzhou, and each ingredient has its own characteristics.
The hot dishes are also divided into 12 courses, assorted Qiandao yellow peach shrimp, spicy fresh perfume boiled fish, steamed scallops with golden garlic and silver silk, baked cowboy bones on the iron plate, rich and crispy nest head, warm and crispy signature elbow, thick soup and seafood glutinous rice bubbles, seafood hot and sour gnocchi soup, delicious salt and pepper yellow croaker, the best spicy cold rabbit, Shu-style dry pot dried cauliflower, garlic stir-fried cabbage heart, and the last simmering soup is stewed soft-shelled turtle with old chicken and wild mushrooms.
The so-called chef, that is, to look at the dishes, Wen Xueru's menu, the selection of each ingredient, to the classification of some dishes, all made Steward Wu feel surprised, no wonder he was able to defeat Yi Yi and stand out, it is indeed a real effort.
Whether it is the dishes or the tastes, these dishes are all combined with the tastes of the people of Chengenbo Mansion and the capital, and even the dishes on this menu are enough to satisfy everyone.
"Miss Wen is really good, I believe that this time the old lady's banquet will definitely be satisfied."
Steward Wu praised that the old lady's banquet will be held grandly every year, and this year's menu is also the most satisfying in recent years, so Steward Wu is impressed.
Hearing Steward Wu's words, Wen Xueru also breathed a sigh of relief, as far as she knew, this Steward Wu was the old man of Chengenbo Mansion, and it was naturally clear that Chengenbo Mansion and the old lady were washed, since he said that he was satisfied, it was good to think about it.
Thinking of this, Wen Xueru also showed a smile on her face, these dishes were all worked out by him with great effort, and he was naturally happy to be affirmed.
"Then it's going to trouble Steward Wu."
"Many of the ingredients on this menu are very expensive, and only Cheng Enbo Mansion can find them, so these ingredients are still bothersome to Steward Wu."
Wen Xueru said with a smile, her tone was very polite, and when she heard her words, Steward Wu was also very gentle, and smiled at her.
"Miss Wen, don't worry, no matter how difficult these ingredients are to find, I will prepare them for you, and when the time comes, the old lady's banquet will ask the girl to bother a lot."
After a few polite words with Steward Wu, Wen Xueru settled down the ingredients, and felt a little relieved, and did not stay in Chengenbo Mansion for long, and said a few polite words to Steward Wu, and prepared to go back.
Since Steward Wu wanted to send Wen Xueru out, he originally wanted to send Wen Xueru to the door, but the back kitchen said that there was something to report, so Steward Wu didn't go out, sent Wen Xueru to the yard, and said goodbye to her.
After Wen Xueru and Steward Wu said goodbye, others sent her out, and Steward Wu came directly to the back kitchen.
"Uncle Wu, this is Yi Yi, the chef of Yijia Restaurant, the eldest apprentice of Chef Yi Ling'er, you are my fellow villager, isn't our kitchen lacking a chef? So I recommended him to come, Uncle Wu, you see, is this appropriate? ”
Jin Ye, the kitchen manager of Chengenbo Mansion, looked at Steward Wu with a respectful face and said, standing beside him was Yi Yi, who was also politely bent down at this time, looking at Steward Wu respectfully.
"The chef of Yijia Restaurant? Why do you think that Cheng Enbo Mansion is the head chef, isn't your restaurant business very good? Your master will let you come out and find a place to do it yourself? ”
Steward Wu looked at Yi Yi with some doubts, and when he heard his inquiry, Yi Yi hurriedly said respectfully.
"Back to Steward Wu's words, although I am the master's apprentice, but I don't have any sense of existence in front of the master, recently the restaurant has added a group of people, and the master is also trying his best to train them, I am learning the cooking skills are almost the same, so I want to come out and break through alone, to see what fame can be made? I can't lose the face of our Yijia Restaurant, after listening to the villagers say that you need a chef in charge of the Chengenbo Mansion, so I decided to come. ”
Hearing Yi Yi's explanation, Steward Wu nodded, and did not say the words to leave Yi Yi, and only after thinking for a while did he speak.
"The matter of choosing a chef for Bofu is also very important, and the old lady must be satisfied, so we still have the old rules, you make a dish first, and let me serve it to the old lady to taste, if the old lady agrees to let you stay as the head chef, then you can stay."
Hearing Steward Wu's words, Yi Yi's face suddenly showed a touch of joy, and he hurriedly said with a smile.
"Thank you Steward Wu, Yi Yi promises not to disappoint the old lady."
Yi Yiyi said with a firm face, he lost to Wen Xueru before, and after he went back, he also did his homework, and now he came to Chengenbo Mansion to be the chef at the behest of the master, so naturally he came after some preparations.
Steward Wu asked Yi Yi to go to the kitchen to make a dish, and Yi Ling'er handed Yi a new dish before coming.
If you want the old lady to be satisfied, you naturally have to do what she likes.
Hunan cuisine mainly relies on sour and spicy, and Wen Xueru won last time by relying on this, so before coming, Yi Linger handed over Yi Yi to chop the head of the pepper fish.
Chopped pepper fish head is a famous dish in the hometown of Chengenbo Mansion, this dish is a delicious dish, and it is also the signature local dish that every family must eat in the hometown of Chengenbo Mansion, which is one of the most representative Hunan dishes.
Take a piece of fat head fish head and wash it, divide it into two, spread it neatly in the center of the plate, spread the chopped red pepper on half of the fish head, and the other half spread the sour green pepper, a total of two flavors.
Put the fish head in the pot and steam, you can take it out about a stick of incense, pour sesame oil on it, sprinkle green onion and coriander, pour a layer of hot oil, and the fish head with chopped pepper for delicious rice is turned out, just smelling the taste, I want to eat two more bowls of rice, and Steward Wu's eyes are bright.
"It smells good, it deserves to be the chef of the Yi family, I will immediately serve this dish to the old lady to taste, if she likes it, you can stay and be the chef."
Hearing Steward Wu's words, Yi Yi's eyes suddenly showed a touch of joy, the master really expected things like a god, and the dish of chopping pepper and fish head would definitely satisfy the old lady.
Just as Yi Yi thought, since Wen Xueru made a spicy boiled fish that day, the old lady has been hungry for the taste of her hometown, and she has not eaten that delicious dish for a few days, and she misses it very much.
When the chopped pepper fish head was served, the old lady's nose was pointed, and then she said happily.
"It's the taste of chopped peppers, did the kitchen make chopped pepper fish heads today? Isn't that Miss Wen here? ”
The old lady opened her mouth happily, and at this time, Steward Wu also came in with a chopped pepper fish head, so she said with a smile.
"Old lady, Miss Wen is indeed here, but she is here to draw up the menu, and today's dish is made by someone else."