Chapter 72: The City of Sweetness
Sun Yunniang didn't think too much about it, the environment of the house was indeed very good, better than the small courtyard she bought in Xiuwen County, and this Huang shopkeeper really had a heart.
In the guest room between the two, Qin Zhongyi and Zhang Hongsheng also walked out of the box and greeted each other warmly.
"Lady Sun, take a seat." Several people hurriedly invited Sun Yunniang into the box.
The space in this box was larger than she imagined, not only a place to eat, but also a place for musicians to sing songs, and even a quiet room study with a chess table and a tea table.
"Thanks to Mrs. Sun's suggestion, the design of these four floors, I made it little by little according to the plan you wrote, such a wonderful and novel idea, I really admire it!" The shopkeeper arched his hand, and his eyes showed admiration.
Sun Yunniang replied, "Shopkeeper Huang is polite, let's not say that this is my duty, what I wrote is just a theory, and you have to worry about it if you want to do it well."
This is not a compliment, she did write a store opening plan at that time and asked Zhang Hongsheng to transfer it to the shopkeeper Huang.
This kind of modern catering planning case, she learned some of it when she was studying catering management in college in her previous life.
It's just that planning is planning, but it is impossible to write everything in detail.
She also only suggested that different floors can be diverted to different consumer groups.
But this yellow shopkeeper is obviously a person who can understand everything.
The first floor is arranged for ordinary people, the second floor is divided into well-off families, the third floor is probably for businessmen and the like, and the fourth floor is for the big V magnates or the literary and young class with status.
Almost not a single consumer group has been left behind.
This person's understanding and shrewdness in the business field were definitely a leader-level figure in ancient times.
But if you think about it carefully, it is natural that opening a hot pot restaurant can be so wealthy, and it will not be just an ordinary businessman.
The group sat down for a while and talked about opening in three days.
After discussing, Sun Yunniang will pass by the store to guide the dishes in the kitchen these days, and will add a few more varieties of hot pot.
But the shopkeeper Huang thinks that the varieties of hot pot don't need to be too rich, and three or two more are almost enough.
This is slightly the same as what Sun Yunniang saw as a hero, and the merchants in the capital really have a different vision.
And the shopkeeper Huang is now more concerned about another issue, "Sun Dongjia doesn't know, in the past half a month, the chef has been familiar with the dishes of hot pot, I don't worry too much about this, only one thing, the dessert of side dishes, I hope that Sun Dongjia can guide one or two."
"Dessert?" Sun Yunniang was a little stunned when she heard this, how could the hot pot restaurant get sweets.
"Sun Dongjia doesn't know, in addition to the spicy people, they also love sweetness, but over the years, these gourmets have long been tired of eating all kinds of desserts in Beijing, if you can prepare some novel sweets to match while eating hot pot, it will definitely be popular in the whole capital!"
I see...
"It's not difficult, I'll cook a few special sweet desserts later, and ask the shopkeeper Huang to arrange for the chef to come over."
Sun Yunniang asked the guy to take a pen and paper, wrote down a few ingredients and handed them to the shopkeeper Huang, "Make these sweets today, and then add them slowly in the future."
Shopkeeper Huang was overjoyed, and hurriedly explained to the steward and called all the cooks.
Zhang Hongsheng and Qin Zhongyi also looked interested, and every time they saw Sun Yunniang cooking, it was a novel experience, and it was even more of a blessing.
After touching a cup of tea, the shopkeeper Huang invited the group to the back kitchen.
As soon as Sun Yunniang entered, she was shocked by the spacious area of the kitchen, and the kitchen of a modern top hotel is probably nothing more than that.
Dozens of kitchen guys and chefs stood in several rows, waiting for her to command.
For a while, I felt a little exaggerated, but as soon as I entered the kitchen, I no longer carried emotions, and immediately entered the professional state.
She said: "The few sweets and desserts I want to make below are all very simple, but please concentrate and don't miss any steps, they are all in the industry and understand the details."
The importance is a fraction of a millimetre, and the taste is lost."
After she finished speaking, the shopkeeper Huang stepped forward again and said solemnly: "The hot pot dishes you have learned and eaten before are all created by this Sun Dong's own secret system, what level of chef she is, you also know that you must concentrate on the next step and listen carefully to the owner's advice!" Do you hear me?"
After listening, the guys immediately shouted in unison, "Hear clearly! Xie Sun's mentorship!"
An unnatural blush flew on Sun Yunniang's face, this battle... It's a little speechless.
I always unconsciously think of the cult old man named Ding Chunqiu in the TV series in my last life.
In an instant, he settled down again, looked at the ingredients prepared in front of him, took the basin first, and saw that a small half pot of glutinous rice noodles had been placed inside.
After carrying a pot of boiling water, he slowly poured it into the glutinous rice flour.
Stirring with chopsticks while pouring, the glutinous rice flour slowly changed from powdery to lumpy, and then stirred quickly for a while, and the noodles were slightly less hot, before she started to knead.
While kneading the dough, he reminded: "This is similar to kneading flour, but you should pay attention to the kneading process, if the dough is sticky, there will be too much water, and if it can't be kneaded, there will be less water, but in both cases, the taste of the food will be reduced."
"Is there room for remedies in either case?" One of the chefs asked curiously.
Sun Yunniang's hands kept moving, "The principle is also similar to flour, if there is more water, you can also add glutinous rice noodles to mix, but if there is less water and then add boiling water, it may not be able to remedy, I will write the ratio of water and glutinous rice flour clearly, practice makes perfect, and it will be clear slowly."
After speaking, a big glutinous rice dough was kneaded, she put the dough on the cutting board, cut it into several pieces, and then kneaded it into strips, and then kneaded the strips of dough one by one into the size of her fingers, and kneaded them into balls.
"You can make the rest into balls." Sun Yunniang pointed out a guy to come over to help, and she walked to the edge of the stove, and the boiling water had been boiled in the pot in advance.
She added a few tablespoons of sweet wine mash and a few spoonfuls of sugar to it, boiled for a while, and then poured down the glutinous rice balls that the guy had kneaded.
Under the boiling water, the aroma of rice wine mixed with sweet fragrance came to the nose.
Soon, the glutinous rice balls floated to the bottom, twice as big as they had been boiled before they were put down.
Seeing that it was almost over, Sun Yunniang sprinkled a handful of wolfberries into the pot, and after boiling for a few moments, she lifted the pot.
I took a few small bowls and filled seven or eight bowls.
"The first dessert, the mash pearl balls."
In fact, this thing is an inconspicuous sweet soup in her hometown, and everyone calls it "sweet wine baba".
It can be sold in the ancient capital, and the decoration of the restaurant is so stylish, the name will inevitably have to be retouched.
The shopkeeper Huang and Qin Zhongyi each picked up a bowl first, and then asked the chef to taste it too.
"Everyone, watch the heat." Sun Yunniang reminded, "This thing can be eaten with ice cubes in summer, and can be heated in winter, according to the season, you can also ask the guests in advance about their preferences."
Recently, the weather has been getting colder, so it's appropriate to eat hot now.
I saw that the shopkeeper Huang blew for a long time, and finally put the sweet wine balls in his mouth, his eyes lit up, and he scooped another spoonful.
Several chefs also looked at each other, wanting to stop talking, and they really couldn't imagine that such a simple ingredient could make such an amazing taste.
In a few moments, everyone drank all the soup and dregs.
"Good! It's so good!" Shopkeeper Huang put down the bowl and was still reminiscing about the sweet and not greasy taste just now.
"This sweet soup is definitely an excellent anti-spicy product!" Qin Zhongyi couldn't help but open his mouth.
Zhang Hongsheng and several chefs also chimed in.
Sun Yunniang smiled, sure enough, everyone was doing it, "Yes, this wine-stuffed meatball can be paired with dishes like spicy chicken hot pot."
As she answered, she immediately moved on to the second course.
She also left half a piece of glutinous rice dough in the basin just now, took it and kneaded it again, and cut it into long strips of glutinous rice with the thickness of her index finger.
Set up on the stovetop
In the iron pot, pour in a small half pot of oil, and after the oil temperature is ninety percent hot, she sandwiched the glutinous rice into the pot one by one.
As soon as it touched the hot oil, the glutinous rice cake exploded.
"When this dish is just out of the pot, you must not turn it at will, the glutinous rice noodles are easy to paste the pot when they get to the bottom of the pot, and when it is fried for a few moments, it will take shape slightly, and at this time you must quickly turn it over, just now!"
Sun Yunniang flexibly turned the food with chopsticks, and everyone watched as the glutinous rice was fried in hot oil.
"This dish is half-fried and half-fried, and you have to be quick to cook it, and when it turns golden brown on both sides, you have to pick it up immediately."
Her hands were so fast that she could turn over the afterimage and the cooks couldn't take their eyes off it.
When the fire arrived, the bamboo sieve was scooped up, the excess oil was controlled, and then the glutinous rice was neatly placed on the plate with chopsticks, and then sprinkled with a layer of bean noodles.
"That's good?" Shopkeeper Huang asked.
"Don't worry, there's still one step left."
Sun Yunniang smiled slightly, took away the oil pot, replaced it with a clean pot, and brought the melted brown sugar water.
Adjust the stove heat, slowly boil it over medium heat, a lot of thin foam slowly emerges on the surface of the brown sugar water, in order not to stick to the bottom, stir slowly with chopsticks.
As the temperature rises, the foam disappears little by little, and the originally thin brown sugar water becomes thicker and thicker.
Sun Yunniang quickly stirred several times before lifting the pot, and then poured the syrup evenly on the glutinous rice cake.
"The second dessert, brown sugar glutinous cake."
A group of people immediately came up to take a look again, and the golden glutinous rice cake was topped with a layer of light yellow soybean noodles, and then a circle of burnt red sauce on top, which immediately aroused people's appetite.
Everyone sandwiched a piece one by one, and the instant crisp sound came and went.
In particular, several chefs unabashedly showed amazing expressions in their eyes.
In Nanchu, desserts and snacks are either crushed to be steamed or boiled.
How could they never have imagined that sweets could be made by frying?
And this glutinous rice cake looks very greasy, but after the mouth, it is very refreshing.
The shell is crispy in one bite, and the inside is soft and glutinous in another bite.