Chapter 24: Sealing the Willow
The two were drinking tea and chatting, and suddenly the door opened, and a figure walked in, and he apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm late!"
Jin Dafu stood up and introduced: "Master Cai came just in time, I am boasting to Mr. Wen about your craftsmanship, come, introduce, this is Mr. Wen, my honored guest!"
"This is Chef Cai, the head of a time-honored brand, and a master chef!"
Wen Yiming stood up, walked up to Master Cai, and said with a smile: "I have heard the name for a long time, hello Master Cai." ”
"Mr. Wen is so young!" Cai Yongquan looked at the young man in his early twenties in front of him, this is the distinguished guest who the golden fat man repeatedly asked to entertain?
The three of them sat down again, Cai Yongquan picked up the teacup, tasted it and nodded, looked at Jin Dafu and quipped: "Boss Jin, this is not Biluochun that I haven't drunk for a long time, the sun is coming out of the west today!"
Jin Dafu's face turned red and said embarrassedly: "Master Cai is really joking! Lao Jin, am I that kind of stingy person? Today is a good day, just take it out, let's taste it together." ”
Cai Yongquan smiled slightly, didn't ask any more questions, and looked at Wen Yiming with interest. Being able to drink Biluochun, which the golden fat man has treasured for many years, is not because he has a big face, but because he should be touched by this young man's light.
Wen Yiming raised the teacup again, took a deep breath, and the fragrance came to his nose, the aroma was tender and quiet, and the taste was mellow and fresh. Look at the tea leaves in the cup are slender, curled into snails, full of batches, silver and green, and the color is fresh and moist.
"It is worthy of being a special first-class blue snail spring before the Ming Dynasty, the soup color is tender green, clear and bright, and the bottom of the leaves is tender and even. Fragrant and elegant, rich and sweet, fresh and fresh, with a long aftertaste. ”
After listening to this, Jin Dafu gave a thumbs up and exclaimed: "Mr. is worthy of being a master, and he also has such a study of tea? It's not that I'm stingy, but it's really rare to have a special first-class Biluochun, but as long as Mr. likes it, it's the blessing of Lao Jin Xiulai!"
"What the hell is this young man coming from?"
The more Cai Yongquan looked at it, the more surprised he became, to say that it was not the first time that Jin Dafu had entertained distinguished guests here, and it was normal for the business to be ushered in. But I've never seen a fat golden man treat a person so respectfully!
The fat golden man who seems to be full of fat brains is actually more shrewd than anyone else! Born in a rural area, with a primary school education, he can now have a net worth of 10 million and his vision is absolutely unique. Could it be that the young man is the son of a big family?
Jin Dafu had been looking at his watch for an hour, and he was afraid that he would be in a hurry when he heard Yiming, so he hurriedly urged: "Lao Cai, I've waited so long, is the food good?"
"Okay, I'll take a look!" Cai Yongquan stood up and went to the back kitchen to check in person, and after a while, the waiter began to serve the food, first eight plates of cold dishes, colorful and dazzling.
Jin Dafu stood up and took the initiative to introduce Wen Yiming: "I recommend a few hors d'oeuvres, please taste them." This is mustard, fresh cabbage after hot water, and then pickled in special yellow mustard, the first bite to take a small bite, you taste?"
Wen Yiming nodded, and first picked up a piece of cabbage, the white jade-like leaves have a layer of pale green luster, lush, very eye-catching.
Put it in your mouth, and a stream of mustard rushes straight to the bridge of your nose, instantly refreshing and refreshing. The cabbage is crisp and sweet, and when the mustard fades, the refreshing taste is addictive.
Jin Dafu saw Wen Yiming's satisfied expression, and said proudly: "I have also eaten all over Zhongzhou, and this time-honored brand still tastes authentic! Speaking of authentic snacks, you won't lose if you have been here, please try this again!"
He pointed to the second plate of red and glamorous pastries and said: "Beijing cake pear shreds, the so-called Beijing cakes are old snacks, secret hawthorn cake slices, with refreshing big duck pear shreds, sour and sweet, a bite makes you unforgettable." ”
"This pear is not an ordinary product, specially purchased from SD, and I can't wait to get out of the water when I pinch it with my hands! Mr. Liu Baorui, the first person in Jingyun drum, usually likes to eat this kind of pear the most. I even took a piece in my mouth before going to bed, and when I woke up in the morning, I spit it out and saw that it was all black, and I sucked out the fire in my lungs, so my voice in my seventies was as sweet as a little girl!"
Smell a Ming taste of pear silk, it is really extraordinary, it melts in the mouth, and in the end there is not even a little residue left, which shows its delicacy. Taste the hawthorn cake again, it is not too sour, but there is a kind of sweetness, the taste is full of elasticity, and the color and flavor are good.
"The third white water sheep's head, fresh Inner Mongolia sheep's head is stewed in special white soup for a day and a night, the bones are soft, even the bone marrow is boiled out and integrated into the soup, not to mention the meat. Then it was refrigerated and turned into jelly, which is one of my favorite dishes. ”
Wen Yiming only understood why it was called Baishui sheep's head after reading it, but it was a plate of crystal clear skin jelly, clamped a piece, carefully looked at the translucent gel wrapped in a silk minced meat, put it in the mouth full of elasticity, there were strands of meat juice melted in the tooth friction, flowing down the mouth into the esophagus, without a trace of mutton smell, sweet aftertaste, and fragrant mouth.
"Wonderful!"
Hearing a Ming shoot is amazing, it is really 360 lines, and the line is the champion! Eating this delicacy is really a pleasure, whether it is good in color and flavor, it is seamless, and it makes people forget to return.
"This is sheep hemp tofu, made from the dregs of freshly squeezed soybean juice, and stir-fried with red peppers, which is fragrant and spicy, making people addicted to eating. ”
Speaking of eating, Jin Dafu's face was full of light, and he said excitedly: "Master Cai said that this dish was originally fried with mutton fat, and the bean dregs absorbed the smell of mutton fat, which was extremely delicious!
"What's the regret?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Cai Yongquan pushed the door in, and the waiter behind him carried a few plates and put them in front of the guests. He sat down and smiled, "What bad things did you kid say while I wasn't there?"
"Look at what you said, I keep praising your craftsmanship again, isn't it Mr. Wen?"
Jin Dafu smiled, grabbed the lid, lifted it and said: "This is today's protagonist, Lao Cai Ji's most famous baby, steamed dumplings!"
I saw nine steamed dumplings on the plate, golden and attractive, shaped like a crescent moon, very beautiful. Cai Yongquan said with a smile: "Don't listen to the fat man's nonsense, the level is average, it's just a family heirloom, please taste it!"
Wen Yiming picked up a steamed dumpling, the skin was as thin as a cicada's wings, and it was transparent under the light. There are twelve pleats on it, even and elegant, extremely delicate!
Jin Dafu introduced: "The leaves are folded, each steamed dumpling is twelve, and the basket is clearly visible, which is the first time-honored brand!"
He picked up a steamed dumpling, held it high, and shook it vigorously, only to see that the skin as thin as a cicada's wings was full of toughness, wrapping the filling, and it was not broken at all!
"This is the second must, and it is also the secret recipe of the Cai family's three generations!"
Cai Yongquan waved his hand and said modestly: "Don't listen to his nonsense, what is one and two unique? It's just experience, whoever has been doing it for sixty years is the same!"
Smell a sound nose slightly moved, the strong fragrance is fragrant, the filling is extremely rich, shiitake mushrooms, cabbage, shrimp are beaten into fine velvet, fully mixed, especially beef, fragrant and sweet, there is no trace of meat, but there is a kind of mountain grass like the fragrance?
Putting down the chopsticks, Wen Yiming looked at Jin Dafu and said with a smile: "If I guessed correctly, the beef used in the steamed dumplings should be the sealed willow, right?"
"Sealing the door willow?"
Jin Dafu was taken aback, quickly tasted a bite of steamed dumplings, and said incredibly: "It melts in the mouth, the aroma is compelling, is this the legendary Fengmen willow?"