Chapter 8: The Manchu and Han Banquets

He slept for a while, and didn't get up until he was too hungry to stand it, and the adequate sleep made Shen Long feel extremely refreshed, and he was so happy that he would never have to go to a 9-to-9, six-day-a-week day again.

I changed to a restaurant with a lot of praise, spent more than 400 yuan for a lunch, and then went to a nearby five-star hotel to drink afternoon tea while using my mobile phone to search for information and study how to open a store.

Shen Long didn't look for those big hotels, he specifically looked for small restaurants with characteristics, and after half an afternoon, he really found a target suitable for imitation, that is, the famous Li family cuisine in Beijing.

In a small alley in Houhai, Lijia cuisine initially only made one table of dishes every day, only for a dozen people to eat, and the diners were all charged 200 yuan per person, and another side room was opened, and two small tables were added, but it was enough for up to 20 people to eat in one night.

The ancestor of this chef was the head of the internal affairs government of the Qing Dynasty, and he was deeply trusted by Cixi, and the daily menu of the imperial dining room was approved by him, and he tasted all the dishes eaten by Cixi and the emperor; Every time he read a recipe, he kept it in mind, wrote them down one by one when he went home, and sorted out a set of recipes in his later years.

Later generations have practiced superb cooking skills with this recipe, especially good at the practice of palace cuisine, since the restaurant opened, there is an endless stream of customers, even the former US Treasury Secretary Rubin, former British Prime Minister Major and so on have visited here, Jin Yong, Mei Baojiu, Jackie Chan and other domestic celebrities have also been guests of Lijia cuisine.

Most people have to make reservations if they want to eat, and they can't order food; Depending on the type of private meal, the per capita consumption is between 500 and 1,500 yuan, well, after so many years, the price has risen, and this price does not include alcohol.

Why don't you try it? Shen Long called a few netizens who also liked food on the Internet, called to set a location, and finally waited for the opportunity to taste it after a week.

After the dish came up, several other netizens were full of praise after tasting it, Shen Long felt that it was not as good as he imagined, and the taste was naturally good, but it was not as good as Liao Jie's craftsmanship.

Thinking about it carefully, it is also in the process of cleaning, Liao Jie is not only talented in cooking, but also has experienced the careful teaching of famous teachers, and the completeness of culinary inheritance is not comparable to the Li family who just looked at the recipes and studied by himself.

Since they can do this, I can do it, isn't it possible that the business will be worse in the early stage, and I can still hold on to it for three or two months, and it's a big deal to cook by myself every day.

Shen Long made up his mind and beckoned to these netizens, "I'll cook and make a table for you after a while, and you can come over and try it when the time comes, and see how my craftsmanship compares to this one." ”

He is not indiscriminately greeting people, these are more influential netizens on food websites, if they are satisfied after eating, they will definitely help him promote.

These people naturally don't believe that Shen Long's craftsmanship can be better than Li's cuisine, but they can eat and drink for nothing, so they naturally refuse to miss such an opportunity, and they all agreed.

So Shen Long began to apply for a business license and find a suitable store location; The formalities can be handed over to the agency company, and it is not difficult to find the location of the store.

After looking for a few days, Shen Long really found a suitable store, the location of this store is definitely not as good as Li's cuisine, but it is also in the old alley, and a coffee shop was originally opened, but no one came to drink it and could only transfer it.

The coffee shop also buys food, and the open kitchen is ready-made, and after Shen Long took over, it was simply modified, separated by two private rooms, and the private room has an open window facing the kitchen, so that guests can also see how he cooks from the window when eating.

In the movie "Full of Gold and Jade", Liao Jie, Long Kunbao and the villain Huang Rong are very stylish when cooking, and a food movie makes Tsui Hark shoot the momentum of a martial arts film.

To put it simply, Shen Long is not only cooking deliciously now, but the process of cooking is also very appreciative, of course he will not give up this selling point, he also pondered that if the business was not good enough for a period of time at the beginning, he would go on the live broadcast platform to broadcast the process of cooking by himself, maybe it would be more profitable than opening a restaurant.

Modification is some simple work, it didn't take a few days to complete, the agency company also got a business license, he also recruited an aunt who served vegetables and swept the floor, and then went to buy some exquisite tableware, tables, went to the vegetable market to choose good ingredients, and the preparation for business was ready.

I chose a weekend, shouted on the Internet, and called all the people I had made last appointment to my store, and this time there were about 20 people, just sitting at two tables.

After the people were almost over, Shen Long appeared on the stage wearing a snow-white chef's uniform and a chef's hat, and the guests stopped talking and looked at Shen Long curiously, wondering what he would cook.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what I want to do for you today is a full banquet for the Manchurians! Of course, there are a total of 320 dishes for the Manchu and Han banquets, and we can't eat them all at once today, so I just chose a few distinctive, I hope you can like them. "It's not just a matter of not being able to eat enough, but there are a lot of protected animals on the menu of the Manchu and Han banquets, which can't be eaten.

Full Han banquet? When these gourmets heard this, they immediately came to their senses, and now there are a few restaurants that claim to be able to make a full banquet for the Han Dynasty, but either they are coaxing, or the chef is not skilled, or the price is too high, and few of these people have really eaten it.

"The first course, Hongzi chicken shredded cucumber." Shen Long first took out a piece of chicken breast and put it in the pot to cook, then took the cucumber, and after a few flashes of the kitchen knife in his right hand, the cucumber was cut into shreds, and these gourmets were stunned for a moment.

"This knife work is amazing!" Immediately, there was a thumbs up.

After a while, the dish was ready, divided into two plates and sent to the private room, and immediately someone impatiently picked up a chopstick and put it in his mouth.

"How?" The person on the other side who was still out of reach hurriedly asked.

Those who had tasted it frowned and chewed a few times and shook their heads, "It's not delicious." ”

It doesn't make sense, whether it's knife work or plating, it's extremely good, and it smells extraordinarily fragrant, how can it not be delicious? was stunned, and saw that the person who said it was not delicious put down his chopsticks again.

Now the big guy finally understood, "Okay, you, you just want to eat more!" ”

Resolutely unable to let him get his wish, someone immediately turned the table, turned the Hongzi chicken shredded cucumber in front of him, and put a chopstick in his mouth to taste, the shredded chicken is fresh and tender, the cucumber is refreshing, and he can't help but want to eat the second bite before he finishes eating it.

The next dragon and phoenix Chengxiang, 10,000 characters spicy belly silk, and Nianzi mushroom hair cabbage also made them full of praise, and almost every dish was swept away as soon as it came up.

After eating a few dishes, they looked forward to it more and more, the appetizers were so delicious, what would the main dishes look like?