Chapter Seventy-Five: Horned Dragonfish
The business of the small restaurant is booming, and Yanchen lives happily every day.
Lao Chen and Lao Wang, as two knives, have escaped the shackles of cooking skills under the guidance of Yan Chen and have made great progress.
Needless to say, Lao Chen has the title of Yunlong Chef King, and his cooking skills have reached the peak for many years without going any further, but the dishes he cooks now can also evoke endless memories for diners.
Lao Wang can become a chef in Mufu, of course, his cooking skills are not much worse, and after Yan Chen's guidance, his cooking skills are actually surpassing Lao Chen.
Lao Chen always looked at Yan Chen and Lao Wang with resentful eyes, hoping to find out what adultery there was between the two. If he is killed, he will not admit that his qualifications are not as good as Lao Wang, otherwise why hasn't Lao Wang been a Yunlong Chef King for so many years?
"Master, you are eccentric. Lao Chen chopped the ribs, and used up all his strength with one knife at a time, as if he had some deep hatred with this ribs.
"Why am I eccentric?" asked Yan Chen, sitting cross-legged and sipping a cup of tea, without raising his head.
"Master, did you say that you secretly opened a small stove for Lao Wang behind my back, this old boy is now better than me. Lao Chen dropped the kitchen knife in his hand and yelled at Yan Chen dissatisfied, "Where do I put my face!"
"I said Lao Chen, it's not right for you to say that, the things that Young Master Yan taught us are all the same, it can only be said that your talent is not as good as mine. Lao Wang interjected proudly, and the angry old Chen glared at him.
"Okay, don't make a fuss, hurry up and cook, the guests are still waiting outside." Yan Chen interrupted the two with a smile, and after a long time of contact, he found that Lao Chen was actually quite cute.
"Young Master Yan, there is a table of guests who have ordered your dishes. While talking and laughing, Xiao Er opened the curtain and walked in, and after the name of the dish ordered by the guest, he walked out.
"Wait, wait, you kid is back. Lao Chen suddenly called out to stop Xiao Er, "Are you sure you didn't report the mistake?" Since the master set a new rule a few days ago, no one has ordered his dishes anymore. ”
Xiao Er turned his head and glanced at Lao Chen, and waved his arm lightly, "Hey, Master Chen, don't worry, how can I make a mistake, the guests at the table outside are all good at all, and it is not too much to order the dishes made by Young Master Yan himself." ”
Xiao Er opened the curtain and walked out, and Lao Chen stayed in place a little unsettled. After scratching his head for a long time, he suddenly looked at Yan Chen, "Master, is it really wronged?"
"Get out. Yan Chen only gave him this short word, not long after the restaurant opened, Yan Chen unexpectedly made a rule, in the future, the dishes cooked by Lao Chen and Lao Wang will be at a normal price, but if the guests want to eat the dishes cooked by him, it will be ten times the price, and they can order at will, what to order.
Yan Chen beckoned to a lotus, took out a piece of paper and wrote down the ingredients he needed and handed it to him, "Go to the storage warehouse in Mufu and get these ingredients I wrote." ”
After answering the lotus, he left through a small door, and it was very close from the back kitchen to the storage warehouse of Mufu, and he was there after turning a corner. Yan Chen is particular about cooking, and the ingredients used must be the best and the best, so the storage warehouse of Mufu was requisitioned by him in a grand manner.
"Young Master Yan, the ingredients you asked for have arrived. ”
The person who carried the load carried a tray and covered it with a piece of cloth, and only the outline printed on the cloth could see that the tray was full. Yanchen stepped forward to take the tray and carefully placed it in front of the table, slowly uncovered the layer of cloth covered on it, and carefully inspected it before nodding with satisfaction.
"Master, do you want to do it?" Lao Chen suddenly jumped to Yan Chen's side with a bright kitchen knife, holding a kitchen knife with a serious face.
"What do you want to do?" Yan Chen turned sideways without a trace to avoid the sharp blade, and squinted at Lao Chen and asked in an unkind tone.
"Uh......" Lao Chen was stunned when asked, quite confused. At this time, the clever runner happened to open the curtain and walked in again, and when he saw the posture in the back kitchen, he immediately understood, and he trotted two steps to Lao Chen's side, "Knife, Master Chen, knife." ”
Lao Chen, who suddenly understood, smiled, scratched the back of his head while throwing the kitchen knife on the table, and looked at Yan Chen with a harmless look with blinking eyes, "Master, when will we start cooking?"
"Stay away from me. Yan Chen glanced at Lao Chen.
"Okay. Lao Chen consciously moved a few steps to keep a distance, and raised his hand to signal that Yanchen could start the performance.
"Wash these and peel them and slice them. Yan Chen pointed to the jade lotus root and ground eggs in the tray, and before Lao Chen could react, Lao Wang, who had been gathering momentum for a long time, took the first step, and dealt with it quickly, and the angry Lao Chen stared.
Yan Chen looked at Lao Chen's appearance and was amused, shook his head helplessly, pointed to the green onions, ginger, green onions and coriander hanging on the other side of the tray and said to him: "Then you can cut these small ingredients." ”
"Okay, master. Lao Chen, who was staring, immediately smiled happily when he heard this, picked up the kitchen knife and ran to the cutting board with great interest, "Master, how to cut?"
"Finely chop the green onion and ginger, cut the shallots and coriander into the watercress. After a slight pause, "Oh, yes, take some green and red peppers and cut them into rings." After Yan Chen explained, he stopped caring about the two of them, and after washing his hands, he took out a jade box from the tray.
When I got closer, I found that the so-called jade box turned out to be an ice box cut from ice cubes, and what was sealed inside was the main owner that Yan Chen was about to concoct. Through the crystal clear ice surface of the ice box, you can clearly see that there is a fish lying quietly inside with a sharp horn on its head, even if it is sealed in the ice box out of the water, it still gives people a feeling that it is still alive.
"The preservation effect of the ice box made of Xuan Ice is really extraordinary, and I don't know which predecessor is so talented, this can be imagined. Yan Chen held the ice box and admired it before gently opening the ice box, and the fish in the box was finally intuitively displayed in front of everyone's eyes.
"This fish is called the horned dragon fish, which lives in the deep sea of the extreme north and dies when it is dehydrated. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to capture or store, and only when the water is released can it be stored with this ice box to preserve its freshness to the greatest extent. ”
Yan Chen took the horned dragon fish in his hand and showed it to everyone present in the back kitchen, "Because of the capture and storage, the price of this fish is extremely expensive and the quantity is very small, I am afraid that only the Mu family in this Muyang City can afford it, Lao Chen, the restaurant before you did not have this kind of fish." ”
"No, no, no. Lao Chen took a closer look at the horned dragon fish before slowly shaking his head, "I've only heard of the name of the horned dragon fish before, and today is the first time I've seen the true face." However, I heard that the meat of this fish is delicious and thornless, so do you plan to use this horned arowana to cook the dish that the diners ordered?"
"Clever. Yan Chen nodded slightly, "Even if I make a move, I must use the best ingredients to be worthy of the ten times the price offered by the diners." ”