Lin Xi rolled up his sleeves by himself, walked to the cabinet where the vegetables were put and chose what he wanted to use, and said, "Zhao Zhangshi, the recipe is so important, I don't need to say more, right?" ”

Zhao Dequan's face changed, and he smiled slightly: "Naturally." ”

Lin Xi took a few eggplants, then looked back at Zhao Dequan and Chef Zhao, and said, "Before the cooperation is confirmed, if I let you see this unique recipe with your own eyes, can it still be called unique?" ”

Her gaze shifted slightly, falling on Chef Zhao.

"You also said that your chef is well-informed, and I am afraid that I will be able to memorize my recipes after reading them once, and I dare not underestimate them. Now that I'm going to start, I'll ask you two to go out and stay for a while. ”

Today, Lin Xi's mood is really not good, he doesn't have the energy to laugh when he laughs, and he looks very serious.

Zhao Dequan is also a good person, and when he noticed that Lin Xi didn't have the heart to play Tai Chi with them again, he didn't say anything, and simply called Zhao Chu out.

Chef Zhao felt very incredible, and said, "In charge, you just listened to that Miss Lin like this?" ”

The guests in the lobby were almost gone, Zhao Dequan found an empty table to sit down, and called the guy to serve a pot of hot tea.

He poured himself a glass and said, "What if you don't listen?" Do you really want to stay in the back kitchen and watch Miss Lin do it? ”

"Not really."

Chef Zhao is a cook himself, and if he has a unique recipe, he will definitely not want anyone to see it every time he cooks.

Zhao Dequan took a sip of tea, looked in the direction of the back kitchen, and said, "Then wait slowly." ”

Everyone has come and started to make it, whether it succeeds or not, it depends on whether Lin Xi can make a unique dish for him.

If he could, even if Lin Xi couldn't do what she promised before in the future, his work today would not be in vain.

Thinking of the "dividends" that Lin Xi said, Zhao De thought about it and called a guy, "You go to a nearby village and county to inquire, what kind of person is this Lin girl." ”

He was not a fool, and when he went back that day, he thought carefully about the "dividends" and found that the subtlety was endless, and the risks and benefits were immeasurable. If used properly, it will certainly be of great help to him.

Therefore, this cooperation with Lin Xi is intended to be regarded as an attempt. If successful, he wants to use the "dividend" method for other businesses.

Before trying, it's better to know more about the allies who are with you.

Zhao Dequan was very puzzled, just these days of contact, he felt that Lin Xi was not an ordinary person, so why hadn't he heard of such a number one person in the nearby villages and counties before?

……

In the back kitchen.

Lin Xi picked and chosen, and quickly selected the ingredients he wanted to use.

What she wants to make is two famous dishes in later generations, one is braised eggplant and the other is Dongpo pork.

After this period of adaptation to this era, Lin Xi found that this era was still very different from the era she was in. People regard food as their day, and there is a big difference in food.

For example, on preferences. Lin Xi herself likes spicy food, but there are no chili peppers in this era, and she has never heard of any ingredients with the same or similar taste instead.

There is also the practice of braised dishes. Lin Xi came to Keyunlou several times, all when Keyunlou was overcrowded, she deliberately paid attention to the famous dishes of Keyunlou and found that there was basically no braised practice. When she made braised pork for Shen Chen and them for the first time, they were even more surprised, as if they had never eaten it before, and they liked it very much.

The second is that there are not many ways to make dishes. As we all know, stir-frying, boiling, frying, boiling, stewing, steaming, pickling, brizing, etc., are all food practices. Very ordinary potatoes, through various methods, can make a table full of potatoes and have a very different taste feast, let alone other dishes?

But there is a bit of a monolithic approach here, and there are not many of them.

Lin Xi can actually understand this.

Before Qin Taizu, the world was also in turmoil, and it was a luxury for the people to fill their stomachs and survive, how could they spend time on enjoyment?

After Qin Taizong, the world was stable for a long time, and the people were struggling to live a good life, and they also had no time to pursue what methods could be used to make the dishes delicious, which was too wasteful of the people's energy, and the people were now very satisfied if they could eat enough every day.

Therefore, there is an old saying that is very reasonable, only when the warehouse is real knows the etiquette, and only when the food and clothing are sufficient can the honor and disgrace be known.

Lin Xi sighed and went to make braised eggplant.

She chose this dish first because it is a traditional delicacy that is very common among the general public. In the vegetarian chapter of "Qi Min's Technique", Jia Siqian of the Northern Wei Dynasty recorded the method of burning eggplant.

Wenji: "Eggplant method: If the child is not successful, the child is not good." Break it with a bamboo knife and bone knife, use iron to blacken, and Tang Die to remove the fishy smell. Finely chop the green onion white, boil the oil to make it fragrant, and the Su Mi is good. The fragrant sauce is clear, the green onion is white, and the eggplant is on the side. Cook and add minced pepper and ginger. "It can be seen in the record that the method is fine.

However, it is obviously impossible to be so fine now, so Lin Xi added some appropriate amount of sugar and soy sauce, supplemented by salt, minced meat, etc., to adjust the taste.

As soon as the smell of braised broth came out, the whole back kitchen was full of aroma, and Lin Xi, who smelled it, had a great appetite, and couldn't help but take a few bites with a small bowl. Sure enough, there are all the materials in the restaurant, you can do whatever you want, and it is better than making it at home.

The people outside in the lobby also smelled the aroma.

Some of the guests who didn't leave immediately turned around and asked in surprise: "What are you doing behind here, who is in charge?" Why is it so fragrant! ”

"Yes, yes! What kind of dish is this? I don't think I've eaten it before! ”

Zhao Dequan and Chef Zhao reacted for a while, it should be the aroma of the dishes cooked by Lin Xi, and they were suddenly stunned.

Zhao Dequan hurriedly replied to the guest: "This is a new dish to try today." ”

"New dishes? How to sell? Come up and let us try it! "I can't help but say when there are guests.

Zhao De was overjoyed.

Recipes and recipes, the dishes made are only valuable if the guests like them.

He coughed twice and politely refused, but made the guests smell the fragrance even more itchy.

In the back kitchen, Lin Xi has already started to make Dongpo meat.

Dongpo meat is famous for the celebrity Su Dongpo, and the method is much simpler. Wash a piece of good pork belly in one piece, set it in water, and then cut the pork belly into large pieces. Before the pork belly is put into the pot, the green onion and ginger should be spread on the bottom of the clay pot, and then the meat pieces should be stacked in the clay pot with the skin facing down, and the juice of sugar, rice wine and soy sauce should be poured in, first boiled over high heat, and then simmered slowly over low heat for nearly an hour.

Once simmered, remove the meat and place it in a bowl with a lid. This is not the end, you have to steam in the steamer for another two quarters of an hour before it is completely done.

It's simple, but it's a bit long, so patience is needed.

Lin Xi ate some braised eggplant while waiting, and left half of it for Zhao Dequan and Chef Zhao outside to taste, and by the way, after thinking about it, it was not boring. But the two people outside were really waiting.

From the apprehension and suspicion at the beginning, to the unexpected expectation later, to the surprise and impatience when they smelled the aroma of Dongpo meat, they couldn't sit still, and frequently looked at the back kitchen.