Hao Libao has been a chef all his life, and he can see the quality of the ingredients at a glance.

Without exception, these ingredients are all high-quality.

Fresh chickens and ducks are all local chickens and ducks, with golden fat and firm meat.

The pork is also a native pig, with bright red flesh and full bone marrow.

Ham is the top Jinhua ham, which is used to hang the soup.

Needless to say, abalone, sea cucumber, and dried scallops are all top-notch ingredients.

The two abalone were already soaked, he stepped forward to pick one from the basin, pinched the two ends, and pinched it hard, the abalone arched, and the skirts of the two ends touched together.

This shows that the abalone has been prepared in place.

Then, he scooped up another sea cucumber, looked at it carefully, and then nodded with satisfaction, and then put the abalone and sea cucumber back.

"We'll have to start stewing abalone later, or we won't be able to do it tomorrow."

Li Yi saw Hao Libao looking at the ingredients, and he also stopped and said casually.

"It's a good haircut."

Hao Libao praised it, and then asked: "You also did the work?" ”

"It's not."

Li Yi raised his finger and pointed at Liu Yifei, who was busy in front of the steamer, and explained: "She is responsible for the dry goods and the hair system, I told her all the methods of the hair system, and she is staring at it." ”

"Not bad."

Hao Libao nodded, and then said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to take this grass platform team and do a decent job." ”

Looking at it all the way, Hao Libao found that although it looked a little chaotic and the way the artists handled the ingredients was a little clumsy, the final processed products were surprisingly good.

"They're really not a grass deck team."

Li Yi explained with a smile, but his tone was a little more serious: "They are guests in every previous episode of the show, when recording the show, although they don't know how to cook, they are willing to learn, as long as they can clearly tell them what to do, they will find a way to do it with all their hearts." ”

Hearing his words, Hao Libao was silent, and then smiled: "You have this kung fu, wouldn't it be better to bring a few more apprentices?" ”

"This is a variety show, and we don't really open a restaurant."

Li Yi smiled, stretched out his hand and pushed open the door of the operation room.

Suddenly, a dull thumping sound came out of the wall, as if something heavy was smashing something.

The operator's room is an area where all kinds of kitchen machines are located, and it is full of various kitchen appliances sponsored by manufacturers.

But in the center of the operation room, there is an old-fashioned wooden rice cake machine, driven by the motor, the wooden head keeps rising, falling, and smashing a gray paste in the stone mortar.

The sound of slamming against the wall came from the stone mortar.

Li Yi came closer, turned off the machine, and then dug out a lump of paste from the stone mortar, wiped it with his fingers, observed the state of the paste, and then took a large basin and dug the paste into it.

Looking at this gray paste, Hao Libao was a little puzzled.

Almost all the ingredients can't escape his eyes.

But this mess, he really didn't see what it was.

Taking a step forward, he reached out and dug out a lump, looked down and sniffed it.

The paste doesn't have a big smell, just a faint woody fragrance.

Judging from the taste, there was no clue, and he also followed Li Yi's example, wiped the paste with his fingers, and observed its state.

The paste has been licked to a very fine level, but the tiny filaments can still be seen.

These filaments are slightly textured, not as hard as wood filaments, and not as soft as shredded celery.

I couldn't see anything by looking at it, Hao Libao thought about it, dipped his other hand in some paste, stretched out his mouth and licked it, and tasted it.

Like the smell, the paste doesn't have any peculiar smell, just a faint fragrance.

But the fragrance is not like wood, but like bamboo.

Finally, Hao Libao recognized its identity and asked with some surprise: "This is a bamboo shoot?" ”

"Yes."

Li Yi answered without raising his head.

"What are you going to do when you smash bamboo shoots like this?"

Hao Libao was full of doubts.

"[Phoenix]."

Li Yi replied without raising his head.

"[Phoenix Clothes]?"

Hao Libao looked at him, and his tone was a hint of inquiry: "Do you really want to make a dragon and phoenix banquet?" ”

"Or else?"

Li Yi glanced back at him as he filled the large basin with water.

"How do you know how the Dragon and Phoenix Feast is done?"

Hao Libao was very curious: "The menu of the Dragon and Phoenix Banquet is not complete, and there are only five dishes that have been handed down, where did you learn about the other dishes?" ”

The reason why he changed his mind and made an exception to participate in this variety show was because of the menu he took.

The menu completely recorded all the dishes of the entire table of [Dragon and Phoenix Banquet], including the five dishes he knew.

The Dragon and Phoenix Banquet is one of the top four banquets in the culinary world.

But like the other three tables of [Eight Treasures Banquet], [Fraud Horse Banquet], and [Manchu and Han Full Banquet], the recipes and dishes have all been lost.

Hao Libao has been a chef all his life, no matter the cuisine of the world, the north and the south, and the cuisine of the major schools, he knows it well.

The famous dishes of any kind of cuisine, he can make them more authentic and delicious than the local celebrity chefs.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the field of Chinese food, he has reached the peak of his superiority and seeks defeat alone.

In any industry, people who stand at the top can understand what it means to be in a high place.

In the process of climbing, because there is an ultimate goal that you want to surpass, you can keep your fighting spirit alive.

But when the ultimate goal is surpassed, and when it is replaced and stands at the top, people often feel hesitant, frightened, and even collapsed because of it.

For people like Hao Libao, the most painful thing is not to be surpassed by future generations, but to lose their goals and the direction of struggle, so they stand still and no longer make progress.

In the first few years of becoming the executive chef of the State Guesthouse, Hao Libao once had insomnia all night and lost a lot of hair.

It's not because of the pressure of work, but because he can't find a direction to fight for.

Later, when receiving experts from the museum, he happened to hear an expert who studied the living notes of ancient emperors mention that the [oolong spitting pearl] he made belonged to the [Dragon and Phoenix Banquet], one of the four major banquets in ancient times.

This is the first time he has heard this statement.

After going back, he checked all kinds of information and found this so-called [Dragon and Phoenix Banquet].

It turned out that this [Dragon and Phoenix Banquet] was the Chinese New Year's Eve meal eaten by the ancient royal family during the New Year.

In different dynasties, there were different specifications, and in the Qianlong period, the most greedy emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the [Dragon and Phoenix Banquet] also developed to its peak.

According to records, the dragon and phoenix banquet in the Qianlong period had a total of one main banquet and nine banquets.

There will be a total of 18 main dishes in the main banquet, including nine dragon dishes with the meaning of the dragon and nine phoenix dishes with the theme of phoenix.

At the second banquet, there will be nine dragon and phoenix dishes with the theme of dragon and phoenix.

In addition, the appetizers and staple dishes of the main and secondary banquets are also themed on dragons and phoenixes.

It's a pity that the information is incomplete, and only five of the dishes are remembered, and [Oolong Tuzhu] is one of them.

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