"In this world, everyone likes food, chasing and enjoying food, but they don't know that food also has its own unique realm."

"Oh?"

Yang Huairen heard that the old man Chef Chen had divided the food into three realms, and that feeling was like finding a long-lost soulmate, so he asked with a smile, "I don't know which three realms?" ”

Chef Chen seemed to have the same feeling as him, and his faint smile revealed a kind of appreciation and pity for Yang Huairen in his bones, "Could it be that the petty officials also think like this?" Then why don't you let the old man show off first and see if it is the same as what the little official thinks? ”

Yang Huairen smiled without saying a word, just bowed his head slightly, and Chef Chen said, "The first realm of food is naturally delicious. There are too many complicated things in the world, but the simplest thing is to eat, drink, and sleep, and this food is the first thing.

Since you want to eat, it is better to pursue delicious things, this is the most basic idea of everyone, ordinary people may not have sufficient financial resources and conditions to enjoy different foods, but according to what they have, materials or seasonings, they must also try their best to make the simplest ingredients delicious taste. ”

Yang Huairen answered, "Yes, this is a human instinct, and it is this instinct that gave birth to the birth of our profession of cooks. Old man, you go on. ”

Chef Chen nodded, "Well, with the chef industry, there are relatively specialized people to do specialized things, and more food has been created, so this second realm is to create food in addition to enjoying food."

You only enjoy food, but you don't create food, and you can't enjoy food at the end of the day. The best food in the world, whether it is eaten by the emperor or by a person of high status, is indispensable to the cook, and the cook is the first person to enjoy this food.

Being able to eat and make means that a person knows how to enjoy the delicious food at the same time, but also understands how the delicious dish comes about, and knows that the taste of the food made by using different methods to process the ingredients, seasoning or heat with different recipes is very different.

Therefore, understanding the process of producing delicious food, and being able to make a delicious food by yourself, is the second realm of food. ”

Yang Huairen is very happy to have a senior who understands very similar to himself in terms of food, as if he has met a person who likes the same kind of food.

Chef Chen paused, "The two realms in front of us are actually not difficult to achieve, as long as you are willing to work hard, even if you are an ordinary person, you can do it, and you don't necessarily have to be a person who specializes in this industry."

But the third realm is to understand the connotation of food in the process of enjoying food or creating food, which is not something that ordinary people can do, including many people who claim to be gourmets or chefs. ”

Bosom friend is bosom friend, who can say this, Chef Chen is the first person Yang Huairen met in this world, because many people have just eaten food from all over the country, even around the world, and claim to be gourmets, in fact, they are at most well-informed diners.

A gourmet, since it is a home, has enough depth of thought to understand the cultural connotation of a food, the history of food, the development process, the changes and continuous improvement during the period, as well as various small stories and anecdotes, which are integrated with food and endowed with humanistic feelings for food.

Enjoying food, in addition to tasting the delicious taste of food, it is more important to enjoy its cultural connotation and humanistic feelings, and put yourself in it, that kind of happiness and satisfaction, in addition to deliciousness, is a greater enjoyment.

It's like watching a movie, listening to a song, reading a book, in addition to enjoying the grand scene, the beautiful melody, and the stirring plot, but also to enjoy what is inside, the kind of feeling that may quietly pluck the soft heartstrings in the depths of your heart in an instant.

After reading and listening, not only did you have a beautiful enjoyment of sight and hearing, you spent a good time, but also became a precious memory that you cherish in the years to come.

And then the movie, song or book influences you, making you better, more connotative, and a person with taste and thought, worthy of being appreciated and admired by others.

Chef Chen pointed to the finished soup cup, "Just like this boiled cabbage just made by the little official, in terms of taste, it is not only the best in Sichuan cuisine, but also the best in all dishes."

But in addition to the taste, the whole production process of the little official, every step made the old man feel amazed, and the old man didn't show it, not saying that the old man had already guessed the identity of the little official, just didn't want to break your enjoyment of the process.

Let's just say that the old man's two apprentices, they have also seen the whole process of boiling cabbage this time, can they make it themselves next time?

It is difficult for the old man to look at it, and he may be able to make eight images, but it is difficult to make it the same taste as the petty officials, because the gap between their cooking skills and the petty officials is too big.

This gap is not about the gorgeous knife work, or the mastery of the heat, but the understanding of the dish, and the intrinsic things of the dish that they thought in their hearts when making the dish, they still can't reach it for the time being.

If you take this dish out and sell it, no matter who you are, whether it is a gourmand or a wealthy person, they enjoy this delicious dish, but they still don't understand what the core of boiled cabbage is. ”

Yang Huairen suddenly thought of a sentence, and unconsciously said it in unison with Chef Chen, "Eat chicken without seeing chicken, eat duck without seeing duck......"

The old and the young felt this feeling of heart, and suddenly looked at each other and laughed.

"Hehe," said the old man, "the boiled cabbage is a vegetarian dish at first glance, and the only thing I see in my eyes is the clear soup and the simplest and most common cabbage, but it is a meat dish that does not have the slightest oiliness."

The brilliance of this dish lies in the fact that the name of the dish is boiled cabbage, but the taste is the essence of chicken, duck, pig and beef, through a cumbersome and complex processing method, these delicious essences are transferred from the meat to the 'water', and the most common cabbage is cooked with such 'water', which is the cultural connotation of this dish.

We Han people, the most particular thing is that the outside is not publicized, the inside is all-encompassing, between the ordinary appearance and the inside, the harmony and fusion between a different taste essence, is the ultimate spiritual pursuit of our Han people. ”