Chapter Thirty-Four: The Ox of Ku Ding
The simplicity of the road is not that the simpler the seasoning, the better.
Rong Yu's view of the simplicity of cooking is to be able to see the essence of food at a glance, to be able to see through the original taste of food at a glance, and what condiments and temperatures should be used to cook to achieve the best.
When the average chef first learns to cook, he likes to read the recipe and follow the steps in the recipe step by step, for fear that the taste will not meet expectations.
Rong Yu also went through this stage.
After the initial cooking according to the recipe, you will enter a proficiency period, but the proficiency period is still a proficiency in the recipe steps, but you don't have to think about what the next step is while doing it. Because all the steps will be familiar to the chest.
The third stage is to have your own new experience and perception on the basis of the recipe, and then appropriately add or delete some seasonings and cooking heat, so that you can bring forth the new.
Generally, there are not many people who can do the third step, and such people can be called chefs.
Wang Tiejun belongs to this category.
The chef can enter the house, enter the star hotel, and even take the position of head chef. For many people, when they reach this point, they will be satisfied, and they will have more and more experience in the future, and they will become more and more familiar, and they will be able to cook well.
It's just that there is another kind of chef, and above the chef, there will be new dishes to be discovered. New dishes have little to do with recipes. It's about fully mobilizing your senses of taste, smell and sight, and constantly trying to find the most suitable way to cook.
This kind of person has a unique soul.
The noodles in the morning were sold out. No noodles are sold at noon. Hang the sign out: no face at noon.
Simply and rudely turn away people who want to eat noodles at noon.
Then Rong Yu began to prepare the dish.
Spread out the beef and use a knife to cut the flower knife on the beef.
Nie Xiaoqing on the side looked at it and asked strangely: "Isn't it a fish, and the beef is also a flower knife?" ”
"This piece of beef is already the best quality beef I can buy at the market, but it still has moisture." Rong Yu smiled, "After hitting the flower knife on both sides, the pieces will continue, and hang for a while." ”
"There is no such practice." Nie Xiaoqing muttered.
"I made my own!" Rong Yu said, "After hitting the flower knife, let it dry for a while, and when it is sliced into thin slices, it is not easy for the meat to stick to the knife." The beef cut out in this way is of the same thickness. You can try it yourself later. ”
"Oh!" Nie Xiaoqing watched Rong Yu do things, it was really like art.
In the past, when I studied "Ku Ding Jie Niu", I always felt that in the text, "the hand touches, the shoulder leans, the foot walks, the knee is foot, the sound is loud, the knife is played, and it is not alto." Isn't this description a bit excessive?
Looking at Rong Yu's beef now, I really have this feeling, even if it's just a flower knife, but the wave of the hand, the sliding of the knife and the opening of the beef, there is really a sense of rhythm.
When Rong Yu hung up the beef and began to cut the peppers, she was still lying on the window of the operating table, watching with relish.
"Brother Yu, there is only one beef for meat dishes!"
Huang Jia's abrupt voice shattered this art.
Nie Xiaoqing glared at him, approached the operation room stupidly, took out the vegetables, and prepared to choose vegetables. Huang Jia took out the dishes that Nie Xiaoqing had chosen and washed them.
The three of them divided the labor and prepared the dishes quickly.
When the dishes were ready, Rong Yu began to cook. Nie Xiaoqing stood a little farther away and watched Rong Yu cooking. Huang Jia sat and swiped his mobile phone, and then looked outside the store to see if his father's friend had arrived.
The time was just right, and at one o'clock in the afternoon, a Maybach pulled up on the side of the road.
Two middle-aged men got down in the back seat of the car.
"Dad, Uncle He, you're here!" Huang Jia had already taken aim, and stepped forward with an arrow step, preparing his father to shake hands.
Who knew that Huang Bairong's disgusted slap knocked his hand off, but Uncle He next to him grabbed his hand: "I have long heard that you are going to make private dishes, this is right for my appetite, let's go and try the chef's skills." ”
Huang Jia welcomed him in.
Rong Yu's first dish was brought out by Nie Xiaoqing and placed on the simple table in the store. A long table for eating noodles. The two middle-aged men are not disgusted either.
A bowl of minced vermicelli soup.
It's not a big dish, it's all home-cooked dishes and soups.
The order of serving is soup first, then vegetables, and then meat. The soup is a little hot, you can leave it for a while. Meat needs to be warmed to lock in the taste, and it can be eaten hot to ensure the texture of the meat.
Even if the temperature is only warm, it will become greasy to eat, especially the meat oil will be sticky, if it is cold, it will be even more unpalatable, and it will be bad for the stomach after eating.
Five dishes and one soup.
Stir-fried beef, chili stir-fried meat, leeks, shredded potatoes and broccoli, plus a vermicelli minced broth.
There are also five people who eat.
Rong Yu wiped his hands and motioned for everyone to sit down. Sit down and say, "A bowl of appetizer first." Eat or not eat at will. Please! Make a gesture of please, and motioned for Huang Bairong to hold the soup spoon first.
Huang Bairong nodded, so he scooped a bowl of vermicelli minced meat soup with a soup spoon, took a sip, smiled slightly, and then took a second sip. When the friend next to him saw Huang Bairong's movements, he immediately picked up the soup spoon and scooped a bowl, first taking a small bite, and then taking one bite after another.
After drinking, Huang Bairong still wanted to scoop the soup, Rong Yu smiled and said: "The soup is just appetizing, a little sour, after appetizing, the soup is not important, the important thing is these five dishes." ”
Huang Bairong nodded approvingly, and sandwiched a piece of beef with his first chopsticks.
It is not difficult for beef to be delicious, and most chefs can make the beef tender and refreshing, slightly sour and spicy. So when you first eat it, it feels like it tastes like beef from other hotels.
It was just a few bites of chewing, and when I swallowed it, I felt the difference.
Because the friend next to him couldn't help but eat a piece of beef, and then suddenly stretched out his chopsticks again and grabbed another piece of beef. This kind of beef is cut very thinly, but not too thin, and when it is sandwiched, it can be bounced, indicating that it is cut to the proper thickness and is not fried.
"You're fast!" Huang Bairong laughed, and also stretched out his chopsticks to clip the second piece of beef.
"The meat is full of flavor, and when you chew it, the juice fills every corner of your mouth with the spices and the flavor of the meat. The spiciness of the tongue is on the tip of the tongue and on the sides, the sourness is behind the sides, and the saltiness is on the tip of the tongue and the first half of the sides. Therefore, the taste of a dish of meat is very full, which is why people yearn for strong meat. ”
Rong Yu talked eloquently, and the two middle-aged men were there.
"There is a sense of happiness!" As soon as Nie Xiaoqing interjected, it made the two middle-aged men laugh, beauties have always been favored!
"And after a bite of meat, if you eat vegetables, you can dilute this full taste and texture. If you eat meat again, you will have the satisfaction of returning to fullness. ”
So the chopsticks of the two middle-aged men reached for the leeks at the same time. Then, the two middle-aged men looked at each other and smiled.
Leeks are also called "warped vegetables", men, in middle age, warping is a problem. Eating some leeks is like soaking some goji berries. So the two middle-aged men have a heart.
"Squeak!"
After the first bite, Huang Bairong's friend was stunned, chewing it so crisply, he thought he had eaten raw leeks, but after chewing a few bites, it was cooked.
The leek fragrance is light, and the taste is thick and slightly sweet.
Leeks make this kind of taste, which is really surprising.
You can really feel a slight sweetness, not very noticeable but there is. So the middle-aged man looked up at Rong Yu and asked, "There is a little bit of sweetness in the leeks, what is the ......reason for this?"
"Rock sugar water!" Rong Yu smiled, "A little." ”
"There's still this way to eat!" The middle-aged man nodded again and again, "What an eye-opener!" ”
"In fact, this way of eating is not new, there is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that leeks are mixed with rock sugar, which has the effect of protecting the waist and kidneys. So I did it specifically for both of you. ”
Huang Jia almost stopped laughing, but he held back. If you laugh out loud, or if you have a smile on your face, you will definitely be beaten to death by your father when you go back.
"Haha...... It's so straightforward! The middle-aged man turned his head and smiled at his friend Huang Bairong, "But the taste is very good and innovative." ”
Had a great meal.
It's just two middle-aged men happy. The two of them ate the most, and Huang Jia and Nie Xiaoqing basically didn't use chopsticks much. Rong Yu ate some with him, but he didn't eat much.
It's not that they don't want to eat more, but the five dishes and one soup are gone, and most of them are in the mouths of two middle-aged men, so they can't grab it with the two of them.
Anyway, these two people are the main hosts of today's hospitality.
Rong Yu had almost eaten anyway, and motioned to Nie Xiaoqing to clean up the mess.
Nie Xiaoqing hurriedly put away all the leftovers and wiped the table clean. Rong Yu brought over two cups of tea, one for each person, and poured himself a cup of boiled water.
The middle-aged man took a sip and nodded: "Good tea!" ”
Huang Bairong also took a sip, looked at Rong Yu and said, "The tea is good!" This seems to be Biluochun, can you show me your tea? ”
Rong Yu took the tea box.
Huang Bairong looked at it, sniffed it again, and shook his head: "This is an average quality, how can it soak this taste?" ”
Rong Yu didn't hide it from him: "I added some condiments." ”
Huang Bairong nodded suddenly and said with a smile: "I'll just say it!" ”
However, he did not ask what kind of condiment was added. Because this is probably someone's confidential thing, it is already very interesting to be able to take it out and entertain it.
One cup of tea is over, make a second one. The second cup was tasted slowly, and the third cup was much lighter. Rong Yu poured the tea out for them. No more new tea.
The middle-aged man stood up and stretched out his hand to Rong Yu: "Fortunately, fortunately, it is worth it to come today." Master Rong, my name is He Zailai. Your Uncle Huang's friend is very interested in food, and we will communicate more in the future! ”
Rong Yu smiled: "Welcome to the art chef!" ”
"Chef?" He Zai was stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed, "Haha, you will start advertising right away." Okay, I'll pay for it next time. This time, you invited me to eat. ”
Huang Bairong also laughed: "I see, don't go later, come back tomorrow, as long as you pay." ”
He Zai immediately nodded: "This is good, this is good, ...... at noon tomorrow"
"Stop, stop!" Rong Yu hurriedly raised his hand and made a pause gesture.
"What's wrong?" Huang Bairong asked.
Rong Yu pointed to the signboard of his noodle restaurant - a bowl of beef noodle restaurant!
He Zai couldn't help laughing immediately, this name is sloppy enough.
"This is a noodle shop!"
As soon as these words came out, Huang Jia's face changed, Nie Xiaoqing pursed his lips and smiled, rolling his beautiful eyes at Rong Yu.