Chapter 241: People are in a foreign land, but their stomachs are in their hometown
Dining room seven, in the kitchen.
A morning may seem like a long time, but when you're really busy, you can't do much.
Just like Du Guangning, he felt that he had only made four or five cold dishes, and the guests who had booked the box at noon had already come, and in desperation, he could only temporarily stop the pace of studying, and instead of working with Pei Guofu and others, he began to prepare dishes.
Progress is addictive.
Especially when Du Guangning mastered another cooking skill in the process of making a cold dish, the sudden surprise was like buying a bottle of drink, only to find that the bottle cap was printed with the words "one more bottle", which made people overjoyed.
And every time he finished a cold dish, when he tasted that the cold dish he made by himself could be so delicious, the great satisfaction and achievement came to his face like a wave, and instantly wrapped him tightly.
This feeling that he has never had before made Du Guangning's whole person look very excited, even if he has been busy all morning, he does not feel tired at all, and he is full of enthusiasm to do things.
When the lunch was finished and everyone had eaten lunch, Jiang Yu was about to go to the box on the first floor to rest for a while as usual, but Du Guangning came over and said expectantly:
"Boss, it's just time that everyone is busy at this time, why don't I continue to learn to cook cold dishes?"
「……」
Jiang Yu turned his head and glanced at him in some surprise, are you a little too positive?
It's been busy for most of the day, aren't you still an iron man, aren't you tired at all?
Besides, you're not tired, I'm still tired!
After thinking about it, he said to Du Guangning,
"You've been busy all morning, let's rest for a while, it's still early for dinner, if we make cold dishes too early, the taste will change when the guests come."
"Oh, okay."
Hearing what the boss said, although Du Guangning was a little disappointed, he could only accept it, and after thinking about it, he asked again,
[In view of the general environment,
"So, let's start in an hour?"
"Okay, let's start in an hour."
Du Guangning's enthusiasm for learning cooking made Jiang Yu feel a little embarrassed, but he didn't think that the method of learning art was a good choice.
Whether you're learning a knowledge or a craft, it's best to do it gradually, and you always have to leave some time to consolidate your memory and practice.
After thinking about it, he couldn't help but remind,
"Take advantage of this time of rest, think more about the preparation methods of the cold dishes you taught you in the morning, but don't let you make your own next time because you have learned too much."
"Uh-huh, don't worry, boss, it won't."
Du Guangning nodded hurriedly, and after seeing Jiang Yu go downstairs, he was also ready to find a place to rest.
To be honest, he was actually quite tired after a busy morning, and he was not really an iron man, and the iron man had to add lubricating oil after working for a long time.
But Du Guangning told Jiang Yu before that if he continued to cook cold dishes, it was not fake, although he was very tired, he wanted to learn to cook a few more dishes.
After all, only the one who learns the hand is his own!
An hour later, Jiang Yu returned to the second floor of the seventh canteen on time, and he was still far away, and he saw that Du Guangning was already busy in the kitchen.
Seeing Jiang Yu coming, he hurriedly stopped what he was doing and said with a smile:
"Boss, I've prepared all the main ingredients for the cold dishes I'm going to make in the afternoon."
"Hmm."
Jiang Yu nodded, and the expression on his face was very calm.
He is different from other chefs, who are worried that the chefs under him will steal their jobs and take their places after their cooking skills surpass them.
But Jiang Yu doesn't have to worry about these things at all.
Not to mention that he is not only the head chef of the kitchen, but also the owner of the No. 7 dining room, no matter who comes, he can't shake his position, just in terms of cooking, he doesn't feel that there are few people who can surpass him.
Besides, people who can cook better food than him can't look down on their own small restaurant in the student cafeteria.
Du Guangning can learn to cook so diligently and actively, which is a good thing in Jiang Yu's opinion.
Only when Du Guangning improves his cooking skills can he share some of the pressure for himself, and he will have the time and opportunity to do something he wants to do but doesn't have time to do.
Turning his head to look at Du Guangning, Jiang Yu couldn't help but smile and asked,
"Some of these cold dishes to be prepared in the afternoon should be the same as those at noon, right?"
"Yes, white meat with garlic, shredded ginger belly, chicken nuggets with salt and pepper, cucumber...... There were several cold dishes that were the same as those made at noon."
Du Guangning didn't even have to look back at the menus posted on the wall, and said them without thinking about it, which shows that he has already memorized these menus in his heart, and he can't forget them at all.
"Okay, let's ignore these dishes that were made at noon, I'll teach you how to cook what you haven't done first."
Jiang Yu nodded, turned his head and glanced at the menu on the wall, and then said to Du Guangning,
"As for the dishes, I'll leave them to you when it's almost time for dinner, and I still have to stir-fry at that time, so I don't have time to keep an eye on them.
Anyway, you've already cooked all these dishes at noon, so there shouldn't be any problems, right?"
Du Guangning nodded confidently and said, "Don't worry, boss, I'm sure I'll be fine!"
"Okay, then let's make this crystal hoof flower first."
Jiang Yu nodded, raised his finger and pointed to the pig's trotters and phoenix claws placed on the operating table, and explained,
"I don't need to go into detail about how to make the hoof jelly, you must have done it too, but how to make the hoof jelly so that it doesn't smell fishy, it's very important.
Next, I said you do it, but you can't just know how to do it like a puppet, you have to think as you go, why do you do it, why don't you do it?
You have to think more and think more, and when you cook more dishes in the future, even if you have never cooked dishes before, you will naturally know how to make them."
"yes, okay, I got it."
Du Guangning nodded, and seeing that Jiang Yu didn't say anything more, he turned around and picked up the kitchen knife, cut the pig's trotters in half, put them in the pot and added cold water, and then put in the ginger slices, green onions and cooking wine that had been prepared, then covered the pot, lit the fire and boiled.
One of them sat on the edge and said a few words from time to time, while the other person in the kitchen sometimes picked up a kitchen knife and cut vegetables, and sometimes turned back to the stove to stew food, and was very busy.
This scene looks a little weird from a distance, but after a few more glances, it feels inexplicably harmonious.
Time always flies quickly when it is busy, and it is four o'clock in a blink of an eye, Pei Guofu and the two primary school apprentices are also here, it is very close to the time for dinner, they have to prepare the dishes in advance, so as not to be in a hurry.
Seeing that Du Guangning had already prepared several cold dishes, Pei Guofu and the others were not surprised, but they just stared at those tempting dishes a few times with some reluctance, and quickly turned their heads to work on other things.
When they came in the morning, they already knew that Du Guangning was learning to cook from the boss, and each of them was full of food and tasted all the cold dishes that Du Guangning had prepared in advance.
When he first tasted the dishes made by Du Guangning, not only Pei Guofu, but even the two junior apprentices were stunned.
The dishes cooked by Du Guangning have been tasted before, not to mention compared with what the boss made, but compared with the masters in those big restaurants, there is also a gap.
But now, under the guidance of the boss, the cold dishes made by Du Guangning can still be so delicious, which is really surprising.
Of course, there must still be some gap between the dishes he made and the boss's own cooking, but compared with what he originally cooked, it was not a level.
For a while, whether it was Pei Guofu or the two junior apprentices, they were all envious of Du Guangning.
It's not that I envy him for being able to cook such delicious cold dishes, but that I envy him for being able to learn how to cook from the boss, which is simply like a pheasant flying on a branch and becoming a phoenix.
Just imagine, as long as you can learn how to cook with your boss, do you still have to worry about not making money in the future?
Do you still have to worry about not having a good life?
It's a pity that this kind of good thing can only be encountered by Du Guangning, and they don't have this opportunity.
Whether it is Pei Guofu or the two primary school apprentices, they all know very well in their hearts that even if they want to learn cooking from the boss, they don't have the culinary foundation that Du Guangning has......
Therefore, opportunities are not only reserved for those who are prepared, you must also have the ability to seize the opportunity!
When Pei Guofu and the others sighed in their hearts, Jiang Yu naturally didn't know, seeing that the time was almost up, he stood up from the chair on the side and said to Du Guangning:
"When you're done with the pepper and apricot abalone, you can start making those cold dishes that you made at noon, and when you're done with those dishes, the guests should almost arrive."
"Okay, don't worry, boss, you won't make a mistake."
Du Guangning nodded while busy with the work in his hands, quite excited in his heart.
This day is a little tired, busy and indeed busy, but he has learned how to make seven or eight cold dishes, such a comparison, it is simply worth it!
Jiang Yu was not as excited as him, got up and went to the sink to wash his hands, and was ready to start doing things.
He had just wiped his hands clean, and before he could pick up the kitchen knife, the phone in his pocket rang.
Jiang Yu's hand moved, and he couldn't help frowning slightly, and after staying for a while, he still turned around, and while walking out of the kitchen, he reached out and took out his mobile phone from his pocket and took a look.
The call was from Liu Xining.
Jiang Yu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, speaking of which, Liu Xining hadn't contacted him for several days since he had gastroenteritis last time, and he had been busy with things these days, and he didn't think of her and Pan Jingchen at all.
I don't know how they are doing these days, is Liu Xining's gastroenteritis good?
Thinking of this, the mobile phone in his hand rang again, and he was awakened in an instant, and quickly reached out to connect the phone:
"Hey! Senior sister?"
"Xiao Jiang, are you already busy? I'm sorry, I didn't want to bother you, but I might have to go back to the magic capital, so I thought I'd tell you......
On the other end of the phone, Liu Xining's soft and nice voice came, but there was a hint of apology in his tone, probably because he felt that he had disturbed Jiang Yu and seemed very sorry.
"Huh? What happened, why was it so sudden?"
Jiang Yu didn't think there was anything, but she was curious why she chose to go back at this time.
"In the afternoon, my agent called me and said that there was an urgent matter on the company side that I needed to go back and deal with it myself, so I had to go back."
After Liu Xining explained briefly, he said,
"However, although Chenchen has improved now, she is not completely complete, and she seems to be a little addicted to the food you cook, and she can't eat what other people cook.
So, she's going to have to stay here for a while now, and then slowly get her used to the food that other people make.
Things on the company's side may be a little troublesome, and I don't know how long it will take to come back for a while, so after I leave, I have to trouble Xiaojiang to help me take care of Yingchenchen when you are free......."
"If you say anything troublesome, senior sister, you can rest assured, even if I don't have time, I have to take the time to take a look at it once in a while."
Jiang Yu thought for a moment and asked again, "By the way, when are you leaving, Senior Sister?"
Liu Xining said: "I'm waiting for my assistant to buy a plane ticket, if I can buy a ticket for tonight, I'll leave tonight."
"This
Well, you can ask her to buy a ticket a little later, it's almost five o'clock by now, and she can't catch the plane hungry."
Jiang Yu paused and said with a smile,
"Senior sister, have you gotten rid of gastroenteritis? If it's okay, I'll cook you a few dishes from Jiangzhou in a while, you've been here for so long, and I haven't made you a hometown flavor!"
"Xiao Jiang, you ......"
Liu Xining suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, this little junior brother is so good at making people have a mentality, knowing that he is in a hurry to rush back, and he still tempts himself with hometown dishes.
But I really can't stand the temptation!
She exhaled lightly and said,
"My stomach doesn't hurt anymore, and since you want me to taste the hometown food, then I'm welcome."
After a pause, she added, "I want to eat three cups of chicken, Gannan fried fish, and sauerkraut fried Dongpo!"
Jiang Yu smiled: "Just these three dishes?"
"Three dishes are enough, and if you can't finish it, it's a waste."
Liu Xining paused, sighed, and said faintly,
"I'm now 'in a foreign land, my stomach is in my hometown', and there are so many hometown dishes I want to eat, how can I eat them all?
It's enough to have these three dishes to ease my nostalgia a little."
"Senior sister, don't be sentimental, now is not the past, you want to eat the taste of your hometown, and the magic capital is not without Jiangzhou restaurants."
Jiang Yu listened to her words and couldn't help laughing, he said,
"Okay, then I'll go and prepare the cooking now, you and Sister Chen come over quickly, if there's anything else, we'll talk about it when we meet."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yu couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, "People are in a foreign land, and their stomachs are in their hometown", this is to create an image of Lin Daiyu for himself?
If it weren't for the fact that when Liu Xining had gastroenteritis before, he had seen her coquettish appearance when he used to help cook for her, he would have really believed in her ghosts!
Hmph, most people in the entertainment industry have two faces, Liu Xining is, Xie Siqi is, maybe, Pan Jingchen too!
After putting the phone away again, Jiang Yu stopped thinking about these things, turned around and went into the kitchen again, and began to get ready to get busy.
Since Liu Xining had to go back to the magic capital at night, he naturally had to cook Liu Xining's dishes on their table first, so that they could quickly eat enough so that they could go to the airport to catch a flight.
The three dishes ordered by Liu Xining, he had already made the small fried fish in Gannan a few times, and it was naturally not troublesome to make it again, but it was the first time he made three cups of chicken and sauerkraut fried Dongpo.
Sanbei chicken is one of the top ten classic dishes in Zhangjiang, it is not only a traditional flavor dish in southern Gansu, but also a famous home-cooked dish in Baodao.
Three-cup chicken is made with chicken as the main ingredient, with glutinous rice wine, green and red peppers and other accessories, by frying chicken, stir-frying sugar, then stewing, and finally pouring sauce.
The so-called "three cups", in the authentic Gannan practice, actually refers to a cup of lard, a cup of rice wine, and a cup of soy sauce.
And its method is not too complicated, first wash and chop half a fresh three-yellow chicken, add a tablespoon of rice wine, half a tablespoon of soy sauce and a tablespoon of cornstarch to grasp well, marinate and taste.
Then cut the washed green and red peppers into rings, cut them into pieces, cut them into green onions, slice ginger, and dice garlic.
Immediately after that, start to boil the oil, fry the ginger slices and garlic to bring out the fragrance, then add the green onions, fragrant solitude and marinated chicken pieces to fry together until they are broken, and then add the green and red pepper rings and stir-fry evenly.
Then pour in a cup of lard, a cup of rice wine and a cup of soy sauce, stir-fry again, cover and bring to a boil over high heat, and then change to low heat and simmer.
When the soup is about to dry, add a small amount of sugar to enhance the flavor, and then take it out of the pot and put it on a plate.
After this three-cup chicken is a dish, the color is red in sauce, the oil is bright and pleasant, the bone and meat are crispy, sweet and salty, and salty and fresh.
As for Liu Xining's other sauerkraut fried Dongpo, although it is not famous, it is actually a traditional specialty dish in southern Gansu, and it is also related to the great writer Su Dongpo.
It is said that Su Dongpo
When I came to Gannan that year, I liked it when I ate this home-cooked dish in Gannan "Stir-fried large intestine with sauerkraut", and later in order to commemorate him, the people of Gannan named the fried large intestine with sauerkraut "Stir-fried Dongpo with sauerkraut", which also means "reading Dongpo poems, intriguing chewing, and long meaning".
This dish is not difficult to prepare, just stir-fry the sour radish, sour winter ginger and sour scallion with the washed and cut pork intestine, and of course, the seasoning is the key.
Sauerkraut fried Dongpo into vegetables with bright color and sour taste, taste a mouthful of large intestine, the entrance is smooth and tender, chewy, Q bomb crisp and refreshing, the more you chew, the more fragrant, plus the sour sauerkraut is just right, very appetizing.
After these two dishes were cooked, Jiang Yu made sweet and sour pork ribs, egg-wrapped tofu, shredded yam and stir-fried fungus vegetables for Pan Jingchen, who does not eat spicy food.
As soon as the dishes were finished, Yan Tongtong came over and told him that Liu Xining, Pan Jingchen and the three assistants had all come over, and Jiang Yu did not delay, but found two waiters to come over and send all the dishes with him.
After arriving at the box, Liu Xining put on the "mask" again, put on that elegant and virtuous appearance, with a surging smile on his face, winked at Jiang Yu, and said with a touched face:
"Xiao Jiang, I also bothered you to cook Gannan food for me, thank you so much!"
"Senior sister, you don't have to be so polite, you don't come every day."
Jiang Yu waved his hand, and after putting the prepared dishes on the table, he said with a smile,
"Then you eat first, I still have some things to do in the kitchen, if there are not enough dishes, just come and talk to me."
After saying that, he didn't stay in the box for long, turned around and went out.
As soon as he turned to leave, Liu Xining took off the "mask", this room is full of old acquaintances, she naturally doesn't need to hold the shelf, how tiring it is to hold the shelf all the time.
"Chenchen, what should I do?"
Liu Xining pursed his lips, with an aggrieved expression on his face, and said pitifully,
"The last time Xiao Jiang made us ramen to eat, I didn't seem to be coquettish with him, looking at his appearance, it seems that he was scared by me......
"Nonsense, what boy have you ever seen who would be afraid of a girl being spoiled? They can't wait for it."
During this time, Pan Jingchen lost the pressure of work, and the tension of being exposed to the camera, and lived a very comfortable and comfortable life, and even with her, her whole mental state was much better.
She took a sip of water from her cup, smiled and said,
"I asked you before if you have any thoughts about Xiao Jiang, and you also said that you don't have it, if you really don't have a ghost in your heart, what do you care so much about what Xiao Jiang thinks of you?"
"I didn't have it in the first place, but I'm his senior sister!"
Liu Xining's two big eyes widened at once, and she said with a straight look,
"I seem to be three years older than him, can I like a little kid? What an international joke!"
"The female junior holds the gold brick, well, it's good, it's good!"
"Cut, the senior is still blessed, you are just four years older than Xiao Jiang, hurry up!"
"Hehe, I'm not going to rob you!"
Pan Jingchen smiled, picked up the fast son slowly, put a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs to his mouth and took a bite, and suddenly his eyes lit up with a "hmm", and said with surprise on his face,
"These sweet and sour pork ribs are delicious, A-Ning, if you don't hurry up and eat them, if you can't catch the plane for a while, these dishes will all be cheap Xiaoqian and them!"
Xiao Qian is Pan Jingchen's life assistant, her full name is Liu Qian, and she is sitting next to Pan Jingchen at the moment.
"Xiaoqian, you see that Chenchen is like this to you, hurry up and dump her!"
Liu Xining was talking to Liu Qian, but his hand was not slow, he stretched out a fast child and sandwiched a piece of chicken into the plate of three cups of chicken, put it to his mouth and took a bite, and screamed in surprise:
"These three cups of chicken are so flavorful, unlike the restaurants outside that don't know what kind of oil they use, Xiao Jiang uses authentic lard, which is really fragrant and fragrant!
This time, I really tasted the taste of my hometown, and I finally didn't go back to Jiangzhou in vain!"
Pan Jingchen and Liu Xining exclaimed again and again while eating, and the three assistants were much smarter, they buried their heads in eating from the beginning and didn't speak at all.
As the old saying goes, you don't have to eat or sleep!
If you talk while eating, you will definitely have to take one less bite than someone who doesn't talk!
You see, people in ancient times have long penetrated the true meaning of life!
Therefore, if you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer in front of you.
Pan Jingchen and Liu Xining didn't know this truth, so they suffered a loss from the beginning.
However, the two of them are also big stars, but they are not stupid, and they reacted after a while, and they also followed the example of the three assistants, closed their mouths and just buried their heads in eating.
For a while, there was silence in the huge box, only the occasional "hiss" sound, which proved that there were still people in the box......