The place where I made an appointment with Zhang Caimai was in a small restaurant on the side of Suzaku Fang.

This place can be said to bring together almost half of the magnates and wealthy families in Chang'an City.

Someone once joked that walking on the street of Suzaku Fang is to take a breath, as if you can smell the smell of money and power in the air.

The Wen family in her childhood memories was also a member of the Vermilion Bird Workshop, but later ...... Nothing.

After being convicted, power and money turned into nothing.

However, Zhang Caimai made an appointment with her here, not to see any rich and powerful people.

In addition to the rich and powerful, the rest of the Vermilion Bird Fang is the Yamen, and more than half of the Yamen of the various departments of Chang'an City are gathered on the boundary of the Vermilion Bird Fang.

Zhang Caimai held the tea and said: "Zhao Sishan has entrusted me with this matter since last year, and I did help you find a good place to go before you left the palace." As he spoke, Zhang Caimai stretched out his hand and pointed to the tall red-walled yamen facing the window, and said, "The place I helped you find is there." ”

Wen Mingtang looked at the golden characters on the plaque above the head of the red-walled yamen, and read them out: "Dali Temple yamen? ”

"It's not." Zhang Caimai glanced at her, shook his head, and said, "Although the chef of Dali Temple is also recruiting cooks, the place I will take care of for you is the Guozijian behind Dali Temple." ”

Wen Mingtang let out an "oh", indicating that he knew: Anyway, they are all cooks, which yamen is not the same?

probably saw Wen Mingtang's thoughts, and Zhang Caimai explained: "You don't know, in the entire Yamen of Chang'an City, the chef of this country is recognized as a fat poor!" ”

Wen Mingtang nodded in agreement: Since ancient times, the idea of not being able to be bitter has accounted for the vast majority of the crowd. Those who can enter the country to study are all sons and daughters of wealthy and powerful families, and they are naturally generous, not to mention that the elders in the family are willing to pay for their children to open a small stove. It can be said that as long as the craftsmanship can stand, I am afraid that the reward is much more than the salary.

"It's also a coincidence, some time ago, there was a vacancy in the chef of Guozijian, and I had a good relationship with their chef's purchase, so I immediately reported you to the news." Zhang Caimai said, "Zhao Sishan said that your craftsmanship is better than hers, and I will buy a packing ticket with Ding Cai, your craftsmanship is good, and when Ding Cai buys it for a while, he will definitely show his hand to him, and if Ding Caimai is suppressed, this son will be able to set eight percent." ”

Wen Mingtang said he knew.

As he was talking, Ding Cai, the chef of Guozijian, bought in.

After sitting down, he took the tea poured by Wen Mingtang, Ding Caimai didn't talk nonsense, and directly pointed to the back kitchen, and said, "Make a dish and see if the craftsmanship is feasible?" ”

Wen Mingtang nodded, this Zhang Caimai had already told her first.

Just as he was about to turn around and go to the back kitchen, Ding Caimai glanced at Zhang Caimai, who was giving him a lawsuit with his eyebrows, and said: "Lao Zhang, you don't have to speculate about my taste preferences, I'll just say it myself!" I like sour, sweet ......"

When Zhang Caimai heard this, he hurriedly said to Wen Mingtang: "Then make a sweet and sour cold vegetarian dish......"

Before he finished speaking, Ding Caimai said again: "I don't like vegetarian food, I like meat." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Caimai's face stiffened slightly: "Lao Ding! ”

Can meat dishes be delicious when made into sweet and sour?

Ding Caimai's eyes at Zhang Caimai were as if he hadn't seen it, and he opened his mouth and said: "Although I like meat, I ran on this hot day, and I don't want to eat too greasy ......."

When Zhang Caimai heard this, his face became more and more ugly, he looked at Ding Caimai, and said straightly: "Lao Ding, you have promised me, how can you be good and strong?" ”

Although he is not a cook, he always has to eat. From his point of view, the sweet and sour dishes are mostly pastries and other dim sum, and only occasionally a few vegetarian dishes can be made into sweet and sour dishes, which taste like appetizers. But Lao Ding "deliberately" made a stumbling block, and named him to eat meat.

is sweet and sour, and it has to be made into meat dishes, and Zhang Caimai will not taste good if he thinks about it. It's not over yet, and after yelling to eat meat, he can't be too tired.

But in the requirements he specified, whether it is sweet or meaty, it is easy to eat greasy, how to do this?

Lao Ding ignored him, rolled his eyelids, and looked at Wen Mingtang: "What can Little Lady Wen do?" ”

The girl didn't respond immediately, but just pointed to the back kitchen and said, "I'll go to the back kitchen to see if the ingredients are available?" ”

The proprietor behind this small restaurant is Ding Caimai, which can naturally be used conveniently for school examinations.

Ding Caimai nodded, the girl only had a few breaths to go in, and before Zhang Caimai questioned Ding Caimai, she came out again, nodded to Ding Caimai and said, "Do it!" ”

Shuangli people also like Shuangli people. Listening to the girl's refreshing response, Ding Caimai had a good impression of her, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, I'll wait here and try the craftsmanship of Little Lady Wen." ”

Wen Mingtang answered the call and entered the kitchen.

Seeing that Wen Mingtang was no longer here, Zhang Caimai could finally have a seizure. He glanced at Ding Caimai: "Old Ding, you and I have been friends for many years, and since you have promised me, why do you want to deliberately make a stumbling block?" ”

Ding Caimai glanced at Zhang Caimai, who had a little anger on his face, took a sip of tea slowly, and said, "Lao Zhang, you are not as happy as a little girl!" Look at the little lady Wen, didn't she go into the kitchen without saying anything? Since it is to eat by hand, it should be under the hands to see the truth, what is the use of just relying on the mouth? ”

"It's okay to enter the kitchen to test your skills, but you didn't mean to be difficult?" Zhang Caimai squinted at him, "As far as the request you just made, do you see how many cooks in this capital can do it?" ”

Ding Caimai's hand for drinking tea paused, glanced at him, and said, "It's not that I deliberately tossed!" To tell you the truth, all my requests were made by us in Yu Sacrificial Wine. Even if this little lady Wen has passed my level, and has passed the level of Master Jiang, who is in charge of the public kitchen, he will also be admitted to the school in this way when he is in charge of the final Yu sacrificial wine. ”

Seeing the anger on Zhang Caimai's face dissipate, Ding Caimai smiled and reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "You and I have been friends for so many years, do you think I look like someone who deliberately finds fault?" ”

Speaking of this, Ding Caimai elongated his tone and said meaningfully: "I've 'got through' the topic in advance!" ”

"Recruiting a cook is not thorough." Zhang Caimai glanced at him, the displeasure in his heart did not dissipate until this time, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Yuerou rarely asks me to help once, if I don't get things done, how can I still have the face to come to her in the future?" ”

Yuerou is Zhao Sishan's name, and Ding Caimai suddenly said: "I said, why are you so positive?" It's not like an ordinary friendship at all, it turned out to be a pleasing family Zhao Si......"

Before he finished speaking, he received a kick in the leg.

It turned out that Wen Mingtang, who had been busy in the back kitchen for a long time, came out with the dishes.

Ding Caimai glanced at Zhang Caimai, who had reorganized his sitting posture, shook his head, and swept his gaze casually to Wen Mingtang who came out with the dishes.

At the first glance of the dish, Ding Caimai was stunned: "This is ......"

Although he can't say that he is a diner who has tasted all the delicacies, he is also the owner of a restaurant, and he has eaten almost all the common dishes in his daily life.

But this is the first time he has seen this plate in front of him.

Wen Mingtang smiled at him and said, "Green plum pork ribs." ”