Chapter 237: Becoming the Head Chef
In the private seat on the second floor, Chi Wan and Lin Nanyi sat face to face, and Chi Wan said a little embarrassed: "I really don't know how to thank you, you really did me a great favor today." ”
"Why worry about such a trivial matter?" Lin Nanyi didn't seem to care about this matter, and his tone of voice was also an understatement.
"Why don't you invite Lin Gongzi to a meal today?" Chi Wan clapped her hands, and more than a dozen maids outside came in one after another to put dishes on the table.
Lin Nanyi's eyes were opened, and he looked curiously at the plate of dishes in front of him, which was very novel, and it was full of food that he had never seen before. What is this milky parfait-like thing, and what is that soft and delicious thing that looks golden on the surface?
Chi Wan said with a smile: "These are all new dishes created by myself, why don't you try them if Lin Gongzi doesn't dislike them?" ”
Lin Nanyi has a particularly big hobby, which is tasting food. He had tasted every meal in the palace, and he knew that the pastries made by the chef in the small kitchen of King Chu were the most delicious, and the soup made by the concubine Niangniang herself was the most delicious.
He also knows where to buy the most crispy, tender and oily roast duck in Beijing, and the most worthwhile thing to order in Baiwei Restaurant is not the soup sea bass recommended by the shopkeeper, but the shredded chicken and white fungus soup, which is the most fresh and sweet.
Even if so much time has passed, Lin Nanyi still remembers the delicious taste. He thought that there were still things in the world that he hadn't eaten, but he didn't expect that the ones in front of him really hadn't eaten!
"What are these?" Lin Nanyi showed a puzzled expression, if it weren't for the attractive aroma of these dishes in front of him, he wouldn't believe that these were edible at all.
Chi Wan said: "It's better for Lin Gongzi to eat one, and I'll introduce one to you." ”
She looked at the cream chiffon cake in front of Lin Nanyi, and said, "It's better to start with the pastry in front of you, this thing is called a cake, which is made of eggs and flour." ”
"Then this soft is ......"
"This is cream, whipped with egg whites and added to sugar."
Lin Nanyi scooped a spoonful with a spoon and sent it into his mouth, this taste is very different, the delicate and soft melt-in-your-mouth feeling is very novel, the cream is sweet and greasy, although I am a little unaccustomed to eating it all of a sudden, but I will feel it after two more bites.
"And this mozzarella cheese stick, Lin Gongzi also try it?" Chi Wan pushed the dish in front of Lin Gongzi and motioned for him to taste it.
Lin Nanyi couldn't help but take a bite of the cake before he began to look at the plate of parfait-like snacks in front of him: "You just said it too fast, I didn't hear what it was called." ”
"Forehead......" Chi Wan subconsciously said the modern name, anyway, Lin Nanyi couldn't understand it again, so he simply introduced it from Jane, "It's called a cheese stick, it's cheese." ”
"Cheese?" is another new term, Lin Nanyi took a piece and put it in his mouth, unconsciously showing a look of surprise.
The taste of this cheese stick is amazing, with a creamy aroma and a hint of saltiness, which is soft and chewy. It just feels like being in a milk bath, which makes people feel more and more unable to extricate themselves.
"How are these things made, why have I never eaten them in the palace?" Lin Nanyi subconsciously said this, but unconsciously revealed his identity.
He was terrified, and saw that Chi Wan on the other side obviously caught those two words, and said, "In the palace? ”
"Hmm......" Lin Nanyi quickly came up with an excuse in his mind and said, "My predecessor was actually a guard in the palace, and I was kicked out of the palace because I did something wrong, so I ended up here." ”
I don't know if this excuse can be fooled, but seeing that Chi Wan didn't seem to think much about it, and looked at him with an empathetic expression, Lin Nanyi suddenly felt a little upset because he had deceived her.
"So, do you want to know how to do this?" Chi Wan got up and motioned to Lin Nanyi and said, "You come with me, I'll take you to the back kitchen to have a look." ”
The two went downstairs one after the other to the kitchen of the flavor building, and at this time there happened to be two cooks making cheese sticks, and they greeted Chi Wan and said, "Hello shopkeeper!" ”
Chi Wan waved her hand and said, "You guys continue to be busy." ”
Then she turned her head and showed Lin Nanyi: "What they are doing now is the cheese stick that Lin Gongzi just ate, first pour the milk into this bucket, and then add this thing." ”
Chi Wan took out a small jar of liquid from the table next to her, and Lin Nanyi asked puzzledly, "What is this?" ”
"That's when rennet," Chi explained, thinking about it and explaining in a simpler way, "can make this milk curdle." ”
"Is it really that amazing? Isn't it glue? Lin Nanyi pointed to the transparent liquid and said.
"You can also understand it this way, but this is definitely not an ordinary glue, it is a 'glue' that can be eaten."
After Chi Wan poured the so-called rennet into the milk, the two cooks began to stir non-stop.
This rennet is actually very easy to extract, it is generally attached to the gastric mucosa of animals, as long as the animals eat milk, they can extract this rennet from their stomachs.
As early as about 6,000 years ago, Western countries began to use this method to make cheese, cheese and other foods. And for the Eastern countries, they can also extract the so-called rennet, but they don't find it.
"After mixing, you just need to let it sit for ten minutes, and then they will turn into ...... This way! Chi Wan lifted the lid of another box, which was a pre-made cheese, which had completely condensed into a milk cake, as crystal clear as jelly.
"Then we have to break them and then go back to the pot to boil, and then separate the boiled water, and the rest will continue to stand still for a while before it becomes the cheese stick that Lin Gongzi ate just now."
Lin Nanyi can be regarded as the head of the Tao, and he has memorized almost every step in his heart. You must know that in addition to eating, Lin Nanyi also likes to cook food by himself.
There are so many strange delicacies in this flavor building that Lin Nanyi can hardly control his desire to stay, and learn every kind of food here before he is willing to give up.
He sincerely took Chi Wan's hand and said to him, "Shopkeeper Chi, I want to ...... Can I stay here? ”
"What do you mean by that?" Ji Wan asked puzzled.
"The food in this restaurant is so appealing to me," Lin Nanyi said, "so I want to stay here and learn how to cook." ”
"You can also cook?" Chi Wan almost couldn't believe it, Lin Nanyi nodded, he had to prove it today, he also had this strength.
Seeing that there were some soaked vermicelli and pork next to his hand, he said to Chi Wan: "Why don't you let me cook a dish for you as the shopkeeper of Chi, and it can be regarded as my return gift to you." ”
With that, he picked up the kitchen knife on the table, put the pork on the cutting board and began to chop it into minced meat.
The powerful and rhythmic sound of chopping meat attracted a group of chefs to watch, seeing Lin Nanyi chopping quickly and evenly with the pork in one hand and a knife in the other, he was not a novice at first glance.
This knife technique is fast and even, and the strength is just right, even some of the chefs here are not as good as Lin Nanyi's knife skills, which makes Chi Wan look surprised, and he is even more looking forward to what he will do next.
Chop the minced meat and put it aside, oil rose in the pot, Lin Nanyi poured a lot of oil into the pot, Chi Wan asked, "Do you want to fry pork patties?" ”
"No, my dish has to be oily enough to be delicious." Lin Nanyi winked at Chi Wan, then poured the minced meat into the oil pan and began to stir-fry, adding all kinds of ingredients one by one, the aroma of meat lingering on the tip of everyone's nose made people can't help but stay.
After the minced meat is fried, add vermicelli, and then add seasonings such as dark soy sauce, watch Lin Nanyi stir-fry the vermicelli, drawing a beautiful arc in the air, and the oily and shiny vermicelli makes people look at the appetite.
One of the most important is to add water to it from time to time, Lin Nanyi controls himself in terms of time and quantity, and eight minutes later, a fragrant minced meat vermicelli is on the table.
"It smells so good." Ji Wan sighed from the bottom of her heart.
Hearing this appreciation, Lin Nanyi only felt that his fatigue was swept away, and hurriedly said to Chi Wan: "Hurry up and eat and see, how does it taste?" ”
Ji Wan couldn't wait to take a bite and send it in, she chewed two bites, this taste is so delicious! The vermicelli slippery, the taste that bounces in the mouth is very wonderful, the soup is delicious and the pork is delicious, and I can't help but want to take a second or third bite after a bite.
"It's really amazing, Lin Gongzi's cooking skills are really master-level." Chi Wan looked at Lin Nanyi in front of her, this person is not only strong in martial arts, but also can cook, but also cooks so deliciously, not to mention that his appearance is not bad, such a good man is rare and valuable if he is put in modern times.
"The shopkeeper of the pool praised it falsely," Lin Nanyi said with some embarrassment, "I don't know, can the shopkeeper of the pool agree to let me stay here?" ”
Chi Wan thought about it carefully, Lin Nanyi's good cooking skills can't be wasted, and the dishes he cooks will definitely attract more customers to visit the flavor building.
But look at the thin skin and tender meat in front of him, it seems that he only cooks when he rises occasionally, and he can't keep him busy in the kitchen and tired him.
After weighing it, Chi Wan proposed: "Why don't you be the head chef of the flavor building?" ”
"Head chef?"
"That's right," Chi Wan showed the dozen or so chefs behind her, "Since then, these chefs have all been under the control of Lin Gongzi, and if Lin Gongzi wants to learn how to make the special recipes of our flavor building, he will naturally have to pay something." ”
"I am impressed by Lin Gongzi's dishes, I wonder if you can also teach them so that they can also make dishes as delicious as Lin Gongzi's cooking. In the same way, these cooks will make new recipes that Lin Gongzi wants to learn, and you let them teach you. ”
"Deal!" Lin Nanyi agreed without hesitation.