Chapter 134: Roast Duck
Huiwei Zhai's business is getting worse and worse, and Huozi finally can't hold on and comes to Li Zhang, but Li Zhang patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said: "Don't talk about this yet, you are busy with the restaurant during this time, and you don't have time to go home for dinner, it just so happens that you have to have dinner now, let's talk about it after eating first!" ”
After Li Zhang finished speaking, he didn't wait for Huozi's reaction, he went out and asked Xiuxiu to prepare dinner, he actually just came back from the palace, and there was still some time before eating, but Xiuxiu was already preparing dinner, so he quickly sent them a few side dishes.
"Big brother, where do I have time to eat now?" Huozi said with a wry smile at this time, because of the bad business in the store these days, he hasn't even slept well, let alone eaten, and now he has lost a few laps of weight, and even the dark circles under his eyes have come out.
"People are iron, rice is steel, you can't skip meals at any time, and I asked Xiuxiu to prepare a new food, you and the ugly lady haven't tasted it yet, and they will send it later!" At this time, Li Zhang said with a smile while giving Huozi vegetables, he had long expected such a day, so he was not surprised.
Seeing that Li Zhang didn't blame himself at all, Huozi was also moved and guilty, and finally couldn't stand Li Zhang's persuasion, so he picked up the chopsticks and ate a few bites of food, but soon put down the chopsticks, because he thought that if the restaurant couldn't open, then all the money they had invested before would be wasted.
Li Zhang seemed very calm, and while persuading Huozi to eat by himself, after a while, I saw Xiuxiu coming up with a large plate, which was also today's main dish, with a smooth roast duck on it, and a circle of dough around it.
"It's so fragrant, Xiuxiu, your craftsmanship is getting better and better!" Li Zhang smelled the tempting aroma of the roast duck, and couldn't help but praise it at the moment, Huozi, who had no appetite, also smelled the fragrance of the roast duck, and couldn't help but look up at it at the moment, and his face also showed a look of interest, he had really never eaten such a fragrant duck before.
"You can also taste Huozi, this is the roast duck that Xiuxiu and I researched, but it took a lot of effort to make it so delicious!" Li Zhang picked up the knife at this time, sliced a few pieces of duck meat and put it on the dough cake, added green onion and flour sauce, and then handed it to Huo Zidao.
Huozi didn't have much appetite, but this roast duck was so fragrant, coupled with Li Zhang's enthusiasm, he had to take it and taste it, but as soon as he took a bite, he immediately widened his eyes, speaking of which, in order to open a restaurant during this time, he had almost tasted the dishes of various restaurants in Tokyo, but there had never been a roast duck so delicious.
"Delicious! It's delicious! Xiuxiu, your skills are much stronger than Zhou Laosan! Huozi swallowed the roast duck in a few bites, and then praised it repeatedly.
"I also learned it from my eldest brother, and the idea of roast duck was also come up with by my eldest brother." Xiuxiu was also a little embarrassed when she heard Huozi's praise, and then said goodbye and left, because she knew that Li Zhang and Huozi had something to talk about.
However, Li Zhang was not in a hurry to talk about things, but watched Huozi eat almost the whole duck, and then said with a smile: "How about it, this dish tastes good, right?" ”
"It's not just good, it's the best duck I've ever tasted, and a few famous restaurants in Tokyo can't make such a dish!" At this time, Huozi praised again while wiping the oil from the corner of his mouth.
"Hehe, of course they can't make it, because this dish is my signature dish specially prepared for our restaurant!" Li Zhang smiled again.
"The signature dish? Big brother, do you mean to say......" Huozi also stood up excitedly when he heard Li Zhang's words, the store has been losing money in the past few days, and he slowly calmed down, and he also carefully considered the reason why the business in the store is not good, mainly because there are no special dishes, and it can't attract customers, so business is naturally not good.
"Yes, this roast duck is what I prepared for the restaurant, and there are several other dishes, these dishes are relatively special, other restaurants don't have them at all, it can be used as the signature dish of our restaurant, Xiuxiu has learned, she can teach these dishes to Zhou Laosan." Li Zhang also nodded with a smile at this time, he was already preparing for this matter long before Huozi wanted to open a restaurant.
"Great, I knew you had a way, big brother!" Huozi was also excited when he heard this, and grabbed Li Zhang's arm and said.
Li Zhang looked at Huozi's excited appearance and smiled again, and then told him about his remedy for the restaurant, in fact, it is not troublesome, it is nothing more than to introduce new dishes in the restaurant to attract customers, of course, the business of Huiwei Zhai is not good now, it may be a little difficult at first, but as long as the fame is out, it will slowly attract more and more customers.
"Big brother, the duck used for this roast duck is so fat, it may not be easy to find such a fat duck on the market." At this moment, Huozi suddenly picked up a piece of duck meat and frowned, just now when he ate roast duck, he found that this duck meat is very fragrant, the thin and crispy duck skin is connected with a few thick fats, and it tastes extremely satisfying, but such a fat duck is not easy to buy, and the restaurant wants to sell roast duck, it needs a lot of fat duck.
"I've thought about this for a long time, you wait, I'll let the wild dog call someone!" Li Zhang smiled again, and then ordered the wild dog to go to Huyan's house next to him to invite someone, and after a while, he saw Huyan walking in with a smile on his face.
"Brother Li, when are you going to buy our ducks, but I will follow your method and put all the family's old books into raising ducks!" As soon as Hu Yan Shouxin came in, he immediately asked Li Zhang.
Last time, Li Zhang persuaded Yan Shouxin not to sell the wild duck beach, mainly to persuade Yan Shouxin to keep the ducks, because he had long planned to sell roast ducks in Huiwei Zhai, and the roast ducks could not use ordinary ducks, but the kind of ducks that were particularly fat, that is, ducks raised by cramming.
For the matter of raising ducks, Hu Yan Shouxin was still a little hesitant at first, and in the end, Li Zhang promised to buy the ducks they raised, and also advanced a deposit to him, which made Hu Yan Shouxin believe in Li Zhang's sincerity, plus their Huyan family was indeed desperate, so they finally agreed.
Of course, the Huyan family has no experience in raising ducks, and in the end Li Zhang helped him come up with ideas, first hired a few experienced people, and trimmed the wild duck beach, and because the time was too late, it was impossible to raise the ducklings that had just hatched, so Li Zhang asked Huyan to keep his faith and buy a batch of ducks that had been raised, and then use the duck filling method to fatten the ducks, and the ducks could be fattened in a month's time.
"Haha~, I called you here today to discuss this matter, let me introduce, this is my brother Huozi, he opened a restaurant, and your duck is prepared for him!" At this time, Li Zhang pointed to the Huozi next to him and introduced.
"Great, Brother Huozi, our family will depend on you to take care of it in the future!" Huyan Shouxin also excitedly grabbed Huozi's hand at this time and said repeatedly, during this time, he put his family's old capital into raising ducks, if he didn't make money, then their Huyan family could only sell the ancestral house.
Huozi didn't understand at this time, Li Zhang helped him introduce Huyan Shouxin at the moment, and then talked about Huyan Shouxin raising ducks, which made Huozi also overjoyed.
"Brother Li, is this the dish you made with our duck, it's so fragrant!" At this moment, Hu Yan Shouxin also saw the unfinished roast duck on the table, and asked with a twitch of his nose at the moment, he only knew that Li Zhang occasionally bought a few ducks from him in the past few days, saying that it was to see if the ducks satisfied him, and he didn't know what Li Zhang was going to do.
"Yes, I'll go get another one, and you can taste it too!" Li Zhang also spoke again at this time, although this roast duck was not finished, Huyan was a guest and could not let the guests eat leftovers.
"You're welcome, I've already eaten just now, I just want to taste what my home-raised duck tastes like, this one!" Hu Yan Shouxin said that he was not polite, took a knife and slice a piece of duck meat and put it in his mouth, and then couldn't help but praise it repeatedly, "It's so delicious, it's even better than the imperial banquet in the palace, and it really deserves to be a duck raised by our family!" ”
Seeing Huyan Shouxin so casual, Li Zhang also laughed, and his good impression of him increased again, and then the three of them sat down to discuss the duck matter, and Huozi couldn't wait to go to Wild Duck Beach immediately, but now it was getting late, and the curfew was about to start, so he could only make an appointment with Huyan Shouxin tomorrow.
Early the next morning, Huozi and Huyan Shouxin went to Wild Duck Beach, and discussed future cooperation, Li Zhang didn't care about these little things, but he had other things to do, that is, to renovate the kitchen of Huiwei Zhai, after all, if you want to make roast duck, you can't do it without an oven.
However, the oven is not difficult, because Li Zhang has made an oven in the kitchen at home in order to make roast duck before, of course, he just moved his mouth, but the three of them who really did it were the old knife and the cripple, the old knife and the three of them not only have good martial arts, but also have good skills in building walls and plastering mud, and the oven at home was made by them decently.
With this oven at home as a model, it is much simpler to go back to the house, Li Zhang can't spare time for himself, but he has been to the kitchen before, and he has already drawn drawings according to the layout of the kitchen, and then sent the old knife to find a few masons, according to the drawings to make the oven in the back of the house, and the old knife also went to be a supervisor, after Li Zhang came back from the palace, he would also go there to see, and if there was any problem, he would directly let the craftsman modify it.
A few days later, the oven of Huiwei Zhai was also ready, Huozi also negotiated business with Huyan Shouxin, and ordered a batch of duck from him, and Xiuxiu also went to Huiwei Zhai and taught Zhou Laosan the practice of roast duck and several other dishes, and after everything was ready, Huiwei Zhai finally began to launch new dishes, but on this day, Lu Wu, who had not seen him for a long time, suddenly came back with a tired face.
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