Chapter 80: The Chef

Xiang Kun invited Tang Baona, Yang Zhen'er, and Xia Libing over for dinner a day later, that is, on the evening of Tuesday, September 3.

Originally, according to Xiang Kun's original idea, he just bought some beef and came back and cooked two dishes according to the recipe.

But his personality is like this, no matter what, at first he wants to do whatever he wants, but as he does it, he accidentally throws himself into it, and he can't help but want to do it better.

What's more, he happened to be interested in cooking recently.

In fact, on the night when he first agreed to invite them to dinner, when Xiang Kun rummaged through the Internet for suitable recipes, he couldn't help but start sending WeChat messages to ask them about their tastes.

In Xiang Kun's understanding, there is no absolutely delicious and perfect taste of dishes in the world.

People in different regions have different tastes and preferences, and even each different individual has their own preferences.

Although a well-made dish can usually be unanimously recognized by most people, there is also a difference in the degree of recognition, some people think it is "very delicious", some people think it is "delicious", some people think it is "okay", and there will even be completely opposite judgments such as a little salty, a little lighter, too spicy, not spicy enough, etc.

Most people are not professional foodies, and there is a system of judging. Whether a dish is delicious or not is the first feeling of taste bud feedback and a purely subjective judgment.

Therefore, Xiang Kun believes that adjusting the taste of dishes according to the tastes of different people is the way to get twice the result with half the effort.

Even if you want to do it to the extreme, you should call the people who are going to eat to the kitchen, and he will make it while letting them try it, and then he will adjust the taste and adjust the method little by little according to the feedback.

Xiang Kun also had this idea for a moment, but immediately gave up, which is a bit too exaggerated.

And this process may take an hour or two, or it may last for a long time, if they feel troublesome, they will do it casually in the middle of the process, with Xiang Kun's character, this feeling of not finishing a thing is even more uncomfortable......

At half past six on Tuesday night, Yang Zhen'er picked up Tang Baona and Xia Libing after work and went to Xiang Kun's house.

The security door outside was hidden, and the three of them pushed the door directly.

As soon as I entered the house, I smelled the fragrance coming from the kitchen while still in the hallway.

On the dining table in the living room, in addition to four pairs of dishes and chopsticks, there are three large white porcelain plates, all of which are covered by a stainless steel soup basin, and you can't see what is inside.

Obviously, this is a three-course dish that has already been made.

After closing the door casually, the three girls all went straight to the kitchen, and looked at Xiang Kun with an apron with some curiosity at work.

"I'll go, how many dishes are you going to make......" Yang Zhen'er said with some surprise, when Xiang Kun promised Tang Baona the day before yesterday that she would cook and invite them to dinner, she thought that at most it would be one or two dishes that she made herself, and then ordered a few takeaways to make a living-after all, Xiang Kun himself said that he had only just started learning to cook for a few days, and they themselves didn't have any expectations, they just wanted to force him to eat with them.

But looking at the posture in front of me, it doesn't look like a beginner......

Indeed, Xiang Kun's busy figure in the kitchen, his movements are quick, fast and smooth, but he is not flustered at all, the stir-frying action is steady and fast, when to put the seasonings, when to put the pot and put it on the plate, he grasps it very accurately and decisively, without any hesitation. After a while, it was already time to clean the pot and prepare for the next dish, and he really looked like an experienced chef, not like a rookie who had just started to learn to cook.

"Four dishes and one soup, and about 15 minutes left, you guys wait outside for a while. Xiang Kun said without replying.

He bought a bunch of ingredients the day before yesterday and spent the whole day running them all up, improving the recipes he found online, adjusting the taste and cooking process.

I had already determined the dishes and recipes to be made last night, and then I went out this morning to buy fresh ingredients, and calculated the time, after Yang Zhener said that she was going to go, she began to calculate the approximate time it would take for her to get to the community where she lived during this time period, after receiving Tang Baona and Xia Libing.

Then, according to this time, arrange the time to start cooking.

Four dishes and one soup, there is also a sequence, some dishes are out of the pot for a period of time is no problem, but the taste is better, and some dishes need to be eaten as soon as possible after the pot.

Before the cooking begins, he has already planned each step in his brain, and then it is step by step, just like a programme, running line by line, although sometimes there will be errors, but the errors are also within the calculation range. Before doing this step, the next step and even the next step are already rehearsed in the mind.

So it seems that Xiang Kun's figure in the kitchen is busy but not chaotic, just like a skilled veteran.

Standing at the door of the kitchen for a while, Yang Zhen'er couldn't help but whisper to her friend: "What the hell does he look a little handsome when he cooks?"

Tang Baona glanced at her and said with a smile: "Your crush is a chef of the world, and one day he will come to you wearing an apron, bald head, and braised pork?......

Yang Zhen'er pinched her: "I'll go! You actually laugh at me? He's your blind date......

Xiang Kun, who was busy in the kitchen, still didn't look back and said, "Go to the living room, don't block the door!"

Tang Baona stuck out her tongue and whispered, "It's so fierce!" But she still went back to the living room with Yang Zhen'er.

Xia Libing didn't leave, his head stuck into the kitchen and asked, "Can you use your computer?"

"No, play with your mobile phone by yourself! The WIFI password is *****, and it's going to be dinner soon!"

Xiang Kun is right, he said 15 minutes, it is indeed almost 15 minutes.

After the last dish and a pot of soup were ready, he didn't bring it to the living room immediately, but put it into two smaller plates and soup pots respectively, and then asked Xia Libing to help him open the door, and walked out with a tray in one hand and a basin in the other.

"Where is he going?" Yang Zhen'er and Tang Baona followed out curiously.

Then he saw Xiang Kun go to 706, where a chubby little girl was waiting for him with the door open, and happily welcomed him into the house.

"What's the situation? He's also opening a second battlefield?......" Yang Zhen'er blinked and looked back at his friend.

"Who do you ask me, who do I ask?" said Tang Baona.

But more than ten seconds later, Xiang Kun came out of 706, and the plates and pots were gone, but came out with the inner pot of a rice cooker.

Tang Baona and Yang Zhen'er immediately understood that this was exchanging vegetables for rice, judging from the performance of the little girl in 706, it is estimated that Xiang Kun had agreed with their family before.

"Open the meal!" Xiang Kun said to the third girl as he walked into the house with a pot of rice.

After bringing out one dish and one soup in the kitchen, and then removing the stainless steel basin covered with three dishes on the table, the lineup of four dishes and one soup was presented in front of the three girls.

Tang Baona looked a little stunned, and muttered, "It's all meat ......"

The four-course meal is all meat, and even the only soup is beef soup.

However, the four dishes are all full of color and flavor, and they are appetizing to watch.

Xiang Kun directly made a bowl of rice for each of them, then scooped a little beef soup into the soup bowl, and then took out a drink from the refrigerator to divide it, of course, he only had a glass of water in front of him - although he wouldn't drink this water.

Xia Libing was not polite, and inserted a piece of crispy pork knuckle into the bowl with chopsticks and started eating.

The outside is charred and the inside is tender, sweet and not greasy, and it does taste very good, really not worse than what is made in restaurants outside, but is this really something that beginners can make?

Xiang Kun said before that he just started learning to cook, was he lying?

Xia Libing raised his head and glanced at Xiang Kun suspiciously.

But when he saw Xiang Kun also observing her, he saw her and asked, "How does it taste?"

Before she could answer, Tang Baona, who had tasted curry beef and sauced chicken on the side, couldn't help but say, "Xiang Kun, is this really your own making? It can't be bought from outside, right?"

Xiang Kun put down his glasses with the index knuckle of his right hand, and said with a satisfied smile: "It seems that I am still relatively talented in cooking, maybe I can't stay here in the future, so I will go back to my hometown to open a small restaurant, open it when I am in a good mood, and go fishing in the mountains when I am in a bad mood......"

Yang Zhen'er also sighed: "Xiang Kun, tell me honestly, are you the guy from Shaolin Temple who sneaked down the mountain to be a programmer...... Is it really like the saying goes, programmers who don't know kung fu are not good cooks! Eh, but what kind of meat are you on this plate, I thought it was chicken, but it doesn't taste like it......

As she was talking, she suddenly thought of something, her eyes widened, she looked in the direction of the kitchen, and muttered, "Xiang Kun, where is your rabbit?"

Xiang Kun pointed to the balcony: "Moved over there." ”

"Whew~" Yang Zhen'er breathed a sigh of relief: "Then what kind of meat is this?

"Rabbit meat. Xiang Kun said: "I think it's enough to kill one, anyway, there are so many dishes." Rest assured, the one that was just killed today is absolutely fresh. He still sighed in his heart, this was the first time he had not killed a rabbit for the sake of drinking blood. When I was dealing with rabbit meat in the morning, I really struggled psychologically, and I almost couldn't help but drink blood.

Yang Zhen'er's mouth opened again, looked at the balcony, and then looked at the plate of dry pot rabbit meat on the table, and after hesitating for dozens of seconds, she finally didn't say anything.

Tang Baona, who was watching from the side, almost didn't laugh out loud, and couldn't help asking, "Zhen'er, is the rabbit meat delicious?"

Yang Zhen'er glanced at her and didn't reply, but after thinking about it, she sandwiched another piece of the dry pot rabbit meat in front of her - she didn't expect that the rabbit meat was so delicious. I thought that if I knew that I was eating rabbit meat, I would have a psychological barrier and I would not be able to eat it...... But it seems that he underestimated the hardness of his heart......

Watching the three of them eat happily, Xiang Kun was also quite satisfied, like a junior high school using VB to make a fortune-telling software so that his classmates could have a good time.

He also slowly took a piece of rabbit meat into his mouth, but he seemed to chew it, but he actually only held it in his mouth, and then directly swallowed the whole piece and forcibly swallowed it.

Although he found an excuse not to eat, it was indeed too weird for him to skip a bite of such a large table of dishes.

He had previously determined through experiments that after swallowing the pebble in advance, if the total weight of the whole solid food is about 200g, it will not affect the feeling of the pebble, and he can use that feeling to inhibit the occurrence of vomiting.

He had just swallowed the stones before he brought out the last two dishes.

As long as you don't drink water, don't drink soup, eat a few pieces of meat and swallow them directly, there is no problem.

Of course, this process is still very uncomfortable and painful, and the stomach is always at war and receiving punishment.

However, if you want to cook for your parents when you go home in the future, you always have to rehearse the situation in front of you.