Chapter 227: There Is No Cave (4)
The books seen in the Han and Tang dynasties were basically in the form of scrolls, that is, a large piece of horizontal and vertical paper for landscape painting or calligraphy that was rolled up, or bamboo slips, and occasionally the kind of small single pages used as some unknown small things, such as the thick book on the table, which was really a novelty.
It's not that "thick" doesn't count, it's a total of about 30 pages, but it's rare to see this kind of thing.
But the moment Liu Wei handed it over, Cai Xuze's gaze was locked all of a sudden.
"Recipes?" He looked at her, looking down at it.
On the cover page are the words "will enter the wine" and "recipe".
Turn the cover open.
"The wine will be served, and the glass will not stop."
That's one sentence on a single page.
Continuing to flip back, he immediately laughed when he saw the text and pictures on it.
"Shopkeeper Liu, you're very interesting!"
Other people's recipes are just the name of a dish.
Come, give you a few dish names, steamed lamb, steamed bear's paw...... Stop, it's not this, it's talking about the names of those dishes in the Tang Dynasty, let's take a look at a few things that are commonly seen on the streets of Chang'an.
By the way, the name of the recipe is called - food account.
Single cage of golden soufflé.
Brahmin is light and high-faced.
Jin Liping.
Gold and silver clips are cut flat.
Anyway, for those who travel through, the above are all incomprehensible, who knows which one is custard buns, sugar-flavored steamed buns, caviar pizza, and old Chang'an crab meat rolls?
Let's take a look at the recipe that will be in.
Not only is there a name of the dish, the price is clearly marked, but also each dish has a picture, and the main ingredient is written next to each picture, for example, this jade hibiscus.
Cai Xu pointed to a line of words and read: "Shrimp balls, one tael, fish paste, two taels, jade vegetables one tael." ”
"If you have a light taste, I recommend trying this jade hibiscus."
"Let's try one?" As he spoke, Cai Xu turned to the next page: "What is this carp jumping over the dragon gate?" ”
"Special dishes, Sun Er has studied for a long time, you must try them, but it is best to choose a time when there are few people to eat."
"Gollum...... Gollum meat? ”
"You can try this today, and you'll know what it means when the dish is served."
Fish and pork are often used in the recipes, because fish is cheap because it is close to the water, and because it is rich in variety, and pork is the cooking method she wants to popularize.
At this time, pork is also eaten, mostly by the "steaming" method.
Steamed pork, topped with garlic, sprinkled with spices, and eaten with freshly baked cakes.
And she customized the wok, changed the kitchen layout configuration, and used more stir-frying methods, stir-frying, stewing, stew, to be honest, it must be much better than simple steaming.
This is also the reason why Xiaodongtian has always had a certain amount of passenger flow.
There are several categories for specific dishes.
First, a single dish, that is, a la carte, is divided into hot and cold dishes.
Second, the set meal, which is the same as before, one meat, one vegetable and one soup, and a new fried rice is added.
Thirdly, wine and tea, as well as some pastries.
Most of the dishes are fixed, the set menu is according to the daily situation, the price remains the same, or the previous Xiaodongtian 20 wen a piece, fried rice a price, and other single dishes, compared to the more expensive, but compared with Jin Manlou, that is a 50% discount.
The variety of dishes is due to the different methods, and the dishes actually used, that is, those few things, if there is no one in a certain season, can easily be substituted with other ones.
Like last year's crab roe bun, a special "seasonal limited" will be launched at that time.
Of course, the price won't be cheaper.
“…… This one looks good, and this ......"
Cai Xu has been entangled for a while.
"Brother Cai, you turn to the last page and take a look."
The inside of the back cover.
Write a poem.
"Plant a grain of millet in the spring, and harvest 10,000 seeds in the autumn. There is no idle land in the four seas, and the farmers are still starving to death. On the afternoon of hoeing day, sweat drops into the soil. Who knows that Chinese food is hard work. - Li Shen. ”120
She smiled and said, "You just have one person, eat two dishes, it's enough, don't waste it." ”
Cai Xu frowned: "That...... Then I'll come back later. ”
"Hahaha, whatever you want."
Suddenly, Cai Xu looked out the window and smiled: "It's not a person now." ”
She followed and looked out.
Seeing Pian Lang on the street, Gu Mingche was looking up at her.
And he did.
Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly went down to greet the beautiful man, and told him in detail the purpose of each place: "...... It is the four gentlemen of Meilan and Zhuju. Wait until autumn, I'll find some fresh chrysanthemums, orchids are too expensive, not easy to survive, don't look at just silk flowers, it's still a lot of effort......"
"I heard that the shopkeeper Liu is extraordinary, and when I see it today, it's really unusual, I'm afraid I won't be able to take this little gift."
"And the courtesy?" She looked at a scroll in Gu Mingche's hand.
"I got a painting by chance."
"You come up with me first." Taking the scroll, she took Gu Mingche up to the second floor first.
At the same time, he ordered the waiter at the door to serve a few dishes first.
"Jiro." Cai Xu beckoned to Gu Mingche.
Gu Mingche was stunned, and hurriedly said, "Sir." ”
The two sat down.
She came in with two jugs of wine and a plate of cold dishes.
"But last time?"
"New flavor, Brother Cai to try?"
Cai Xu had already drunk this kind of concocted wine, but Gu Mingche was the first time, he took two bites and sighed, and Cai Xu told interesting stories: "A few days ago, Gu Gong ate this wine once, haha, the strength of the wine went up all of a sudden!" ”
"Isn't Daddy able to eat and drink?"
"Gu Gong's amount of wine is good, but when he encounters the wine of the shopkeeper Liu, King Kong Bodhisattva has to bow down."
As he spoke, the waiter served the food.
Then, Gu Mingche sighed again.
"What is this? I've never seen anything like this, crystal clear, shiny like jade, really jade? ”
"You've seen it, it's the fish and shrimp in the river."
"What is this? Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, crispy and delicious, with an endless aftertaste? ”
"You've seen it, too, it's a four-legged pig, pork."
The last dish was served.
Cai Xu's eyes were straight: "Ouch, this, this is a carp jumping over the dragon gate?!" ”
Carp jumping over the dragon gate.
To put it bluntly, that is, fried fish - sweet and sour pine nut fish.
But at this time, it is not popular to "fry", it is mostly steamed, or sashimi, and this kind of thing is still very good to support the scene.
Signature dish.
There is no need to limit it, because one copy sells for 666 yuan.
Hahaha – she did it on purpose.
Because this thing is troublesome, Sun Er can't be busy alone.
The kitchen has already recruited two apprentices, but it is certainly not enough.
Recipes, wine, food, and a large number of poems immediately made the wine prosperous.
Even with the entire school road, the number of people entering and leaving every day has increased by two or three times.
Most of the first few days were lined up at the door.
Like Chen Zhicheng, a few people also came to cheer and brought Eli Lilly to the shop to eat, but unfortunately, there were too many queues, and they couldn't get in the end.
Let's go back to the day Gu Mingche came.
When it came to wine, she asked Cai Xu what he had said before, he knew some people from the northwest.
Cai Xu said: "It won't work for the time being, but you don't have to worry at all, it won't be long before someone Hu comes to the door and asks for your burning knife by name!" ”