Chapter 170: Celebration Banquet
Fang Yu happily picked up the steamer and looked left and right, except for the feeling that it was very good, he didn't find anything special. He thought about it, rubbed the steamer hard, wiped it for a while to see if there was no response, and muttered to himself:
"Why is it useless, it's so difficult that you have to go on the fire to steam until it's bubbling up?"
Wei Zhen slapped Fang Yu on the back of the head: "Who has ever seen the use of a steamer to seal the demon god, and that is the story of the heavenly people, we Huaguo do not have this kind of operation." ”
Fang Yu touched his head and retorted unconvinced: "Isn't there still a big demon king who has been locked up by the rice cooker." ”
"That's a Toei manga story!" Miso replied angrily, "That's not how this thing is used at all." ”
"You know how that works? Tell me quickly. ”
"I don't know that, it doesn't come with a manual." Wei Zhen glanced at Fang Yu, "I can only feel that there is a trace of Dao rhyme hidden in it, and the rest can only be explored by yourself." ”
Fang Yu said disappointedly: "Even you don't know, then this thing can only be used as an ornament." ”
"Not necessarily."
"Oh, what's the use, can it be used to cook?" Fang Yu complained casually.
"Bingo, got it right." Miku snapped his fingers triumphantly.
Fang Yu pointed to the steamer in surprise: "Really use it to cook?" It's an antique. ”
"Hey, isn't that what you use when you get something? This steamer is very well made and must be delicious when used to steam things. Wouldn't you just be able to feel what it's like to be a royal chef? ”
Fang Yu touched his chin, "You really have some truth when you say that, hehe, then I'll try this imperial chef's baby too." ”
Miso nodded, patted the steamer and said:
"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, it just so happens that your friends are coming to give us a celebration banquet tonight. I'll teach you a dish now, and you can turn on this guy at night and let him taste the meat he hasn't tasted in hundreds of years. ”
"Meaty? Are you talking about that dish? ”
"That's right, it's the famous snack you've tasted in the dream world and you've never forgotten."
Fang Yu happily waved his fist: "Great, let's start now." ”
Fang Yu walked downstairs with a steamer full of energy, and met Lin Xiaoxiao who was mopping the floor in the noodle restaurant hall.
Lin Xiaoxiao pointed at the steamer strangely and said, "Brother Fang, didn't you want to put it away, why did you take it down again?" ”
Fang Yu said with a smile: "Do you want to enjoy the royal treatment?" We're going to cook with it tonight. He walked briskly into the kitchen. Leaving Lin Xiaoxiao with a stunned face.
According to the guidance of the taste chopstick, Fang Yu cleaned the steamer with clean water, soaked it in warm water for half an hour, and then steamed it in the pot for half an hour. This steamer looks more and more warm as jade, and it also magically exudes the fragrance of cedar and green bamboo.
In the interval between processing the steamer, Fang Yu selected Shiqu white mushrooms and dried green head mushrooms to simmer the soup with the hen over slow fire.
After doing this, Qian Duoduo and Qi Yi came to work, and Fang Yu was guiding them while preparing for the opening.
The culinary duel at the Expo once again made Fang Yu's "one-sided relationship" famous, which made more and more people come to visit. Because the reception capacity of the small shop is really limited, many customers make reservations every day, but they are not able to enter the store.
Fang Yu did not force him systematically, nor did he feel that it was very good to play a cooking temper in front of diners, and it was Fang Yu's ideal to let more people feel the joy of life through food. So anything that makes diners feel unpleasant is something that Fang Yu wants to avoid.
Fang Yu has set an upper limit on the number of guests received per day, and a fixed reservation number is released on the reservation software of the small store every day, so that guests who do not have an appointment do not have to wait at the door of the small store.
But another problem arises again, and the reservation number of the small store is often sold out after midnight. In the past few days, Lin Xiaoxiao even found someone on the online shopping platform selling the dining qualification of "One Side".
Although Fang Yu was a little unhappy about this, he was helpless.
Li Shuhan suggested that he add identity authentication to the reservation software, so that he would have to swipe his ID card when eating at a small restaurant later.
Fang Yu could only smile bitterly when he heard this, after all, he opened a restaurant, so he had the qualifications to engage in the real-name system, even if he submitted a declaration to the relevant departments, people would not be able to approve it.
However, Fang Yu still hated the feeling of being chartered by scalpers, and after thinking about it, he added a special number for fifty newly registered users every day to the reservation software. Although scalpers can also register by borrowing ID cards to grab numbers, at least some new customers can have a chance to enter the store to try it.
When it came to business hours, the first person to come in was still the first customer of the shop, the middle-aged man who claimed to be a folk gourmet.
He and Jingjing, Sister Wen and other first customers of the small shop, Fang Yu each presented a specially customized commemorative card, as long as the card holders can come to dine directly without an appointment. This is also Fang Yu's gratitude and preferential treatment to the old friends he met at the beginning.
Jingjing often lent her cards to colleagues, but this middle-aged man has always been alone.
There are as many guests as ever today, but fortunately, Qian Duoduo and Qi Yi's cooking skills have made great progress under Fang Yu's careful training, and they are already competent for many jobs, saving Fang Yu a lot of time.
Time flies quickly in the busyness, and before I know it, it's time to finish work at 9 o'clock in the evening.
Because he was afraid that going back too late at night would affect his rest, he asked Qian Duoduo and Qi Yi to go back to the training school first an hour ago, and now there was only Fang Yu alone in the kitchen.
After making the last dish of the night, Fang Yu tasted the chicken soup with rare mushrooms that had been brewed in the afternoon.
Shiqu white mushroom is worthy of being the "royal mushroom" that even Lafayette loves, the fragrance is unique, and the green head mushroom is also famous for its deliciousness, these two things plus the fat and tender hens that have been raised for a year and a half, the soup stewed out is delicious and makes Fang Yu's picky tongue also give a thumbs up.
Fang Yu skimmed off the oil slick and took a bowl of clear soup and put it aside to dry. Take out the best yellow beef loin from the freezer, neatly remove the excess fascia from the meat with a few knives, then wash and slice it and put it in a large bowl for later use.
Fang Yu took out another handful of Xiangshui rice, treated it with the "purification" small magic power, and then put it in the pot and added homemade five-spice powder while stir-frying. Stir-fry until there is a slight discoloration, then take out the rice and grind it into a somewhat rough rice flour.
Fang Yu rummaged through his pile of condiments, found a bottle of medicinal wine soaked in starfish and red dates, and poured some into the beef, so that the beef would be fishy and fresh first.
Then Fang Yu added sweet noodle sauce, Pi (pi) county bean paste, sweet soy sauce, starch, and fried five-spiced rice noodles in turn, and finally mixed in the dried chicken soup and stirred well.
Fang Yu took out the steamer that had been dried, evenly spread the tender green rape cut into large sections at the bottom of the steaming drawer, and then spread the beef clockwise on the green vegetables. The two layers of steamers are all full, just four catties of beef.
Fang Yu put the steamer on the water pot, raised the fire and began to steam.
At this time, Liu Zhenqiang and Wang Jinrong came one after another, and to Fang Yu's surprise, even Su Agarwood came.
Fang Yu likes Su Shenxiang, a generous and straightforward sister, but now his relationship with Shu Xianghui is not very good, and she has just been promoted in Shu Xianghui, in order to avoid affecting her, Fang Yu has not taken the initiative to contact her recently.
As soon as Su Shenxiang entered the door, he went straight to the kitchen, and when he saw Fang Yu, he said:
"Why, now that Mingzhen Shu has forgotten my sister, I won't be called at the celebration banquet. Sister Xiaoxiao still has a conscience, and she will notify me if there is something delicious. ”
Fang Yu hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, it's just..."
"It's just because I'm from Shuxianghui, right?" Su Shenxiang tapped Fang Yu's head with his finger, and said angrily: "Just your heart, Shu Xianghui is Shu Xianghui, and I am me." On the day of the cooking showdown, I was out of town, otherwise I would have come to the scene to cheer you on. ”
Fang Yu listened to Su Shenxiang's explanation, touched the back of his head embarrassedly, and laughed happily.
"Well, it smells good." Su Shenxiang sniffed, "Haha, I'm really blessed, every time you come back, you're making things." Chef, what are you doing today? ”
Speaking of food, Fang Yu immediately returned to his true nature as a chef and patted the steamer gently.
"You'll find out in a moment."