Chapter 280 My Uncle Yule (Monthly Pass at the end of the month)
And at this time, Chen Nian realized that he had not noticed just now. There were a few silk plum dishes on it. When he anxiously put the chopped pork into his mouth, he found that the plum dishes were mixed in.
However, this does not affect the taste, but instead makes the taste even further.
Since the plum dishes were spread flat on top when they were steamed in the pot, the aroma of the meat continued to rise during the steaming process and was then absorbed by all the hungry plum dishes.
At the same time, after the plum blossoms were absorbed to saturation, the juice in the body overflowed and returned to the top of the meat. Therefore, under this bite, the dried plum blossoms were covered with a rich meat aroma.
The meat is covered with a faint purity of dried plums.
The two are combined with the seasonings that were just pickled. At this moment, the salty and fresh food will be moderate, and the fat and thin will be suitable.
Although the white meat accounts for half, it turns into a stream at this moment, with a mellow fragrance and the joy of reunion after a long time, constantly surging on the tip of the tongue, fully blending with the carefully prepared ingredients, regardless of each other.
Together, we build a net of interwoven deliciousness, and capture the old taste buds in just one moment.
"The meat eaters are despised, except for the meat-barred!"
Chen Nian couldn't help but admire his craftsmanship, just like he would be so handsome that he could not extricate himself from looking in the mirror every day. Chen Nian is now deeply impressed by his cooking skills.
But despite this, Chen Nian ate it while picking up the recipe in his mind and took a look. The plum vegetable buckle on it has only achieved 97%, which means there is still 3% room for improvement.
"Is it not perfect even if it's so delicious?" Chen Nian was a little puzzled.
In the past, he had not had a deep impression of Cantonese cuisine. If he put a few labels on it, it would be light, seafood, soup, porridge, and Fujianese.
However, since he came to Glory Hotel, Chen Nian has a new understanding of the dishes here. Although the overall taste is light, it still has an extremely large classification under Cantonese cuisine.
Moreover, there are many dishes with strong taste, which makes Chen Nian sigh that he can become one of the eight major cuisines. It is indeed well-deserved, and the title of Guangdong Foodie Province is not in vain.
Let’s look at Mr. Qiao, and he has similar expressions. However, compared to Chen Nian, the expression on Mr. Qiao’s face is more pure. It is a pleasure of delicious food. He does not have so many insights, only respect and exploration of food.
Then Chen Nian took a big mouthful of rice, but when he was eating the pork, the thick soup attached to the pork inevitably fell on the rice. After eating it, the sweetness and sweetness of the rice formed a very delicate balance with the saltiness of the pork.
Chen Nian was just a chef, and he couldn't think of too many gorgeous words to describe it, so there were only two words in his mind at this moment.
"Damn it! It's delicious!"
Although only one portion of plum vegetable pork was left in the end, Mr. Qiao still cooked some vegetables. Moreover, because Mr. Qiao was old, even if he liked plum vegetable pork, he could not eat too much. He just stopped chopsticks after eating three or four slices, so the rest were all aged.
So I ate two bowls of rice with the plum vegetable crumbs, and in the end I even poured out the soup in the plum vegetable crumbs and stirred it to eat the third bowl of rice.
Think about it this way, the last time I ate it so delicious, it seemed that it was the time to make braised pork.
Sure enough, meat can bring happiness to people. If you can't bring it, it means that it is not delicious enough.
But just as Chen Nian finished the meal and was about to go to the kitchen to wash dishes and wash dishes, Mr. Qiao did not immediately return to the backyard room for a nap.
Instead, he just stood at the door and looked at Chen Nian.
"A Nian, I kind of want to retire."
Hearing this, Chen Nian couldn't help but stop the movements in his hand and turned around in confusion to look at Mr. Qiao: "Master, why do you say that? You are still young now, and cooking has always been your favorite thing to do?"
"Yes, I started working for people in the restaurant when I was a teenager. At first, I just brought dishes to clean the food, and then went into the kitchen to wash vegetables, and then gradually cut vegetables and buy vegetables... After more than ten years of making it, I finally got to be a chef.
In the following decades, I often went to find some famous chefs to ask for advice and learned this way for decades.
Actually, I still didn’t want to rest before today. Even if I had been standing for a long time, I couldn’t move the spoon anymore, but I still wanted to stand in front of the stove and listen to the stinging sound of dishes when they were put into the pot, and the sound of the iron spoon and the iron pot colliding."
Hearing this, Chen Nian couldn't help but nodded in agreement. These sounds are really addictive.
"But just when I was having dinner, I kept thinking that I have been doing what I like for so many years, and now I should do this as I am old."
"Yes." Chen Nian asked in confusion at this time, "Why do you want to retire, Master?"
"Actually, since I was 60 years old, my bones often hurt. Sometimes when I was sleeping, sometimes when I was cloudy... In fact, I still wanted to cook like this until I couldn't move, but I thought about it again just now, A Nian, you have such a good talent. You can make it so delicious when you make plum vegetables and braised pork for the first time. I can teach you all the skills, and then make it when I want to make it. When I don't want to make it, let A Nian, you do it."
"This way I won't be too tired, and I can live longer after I take care of my body."
Chen Nian looked at Mr. Qiao and thought that such an open-minded old man is rare now.
Nowadays, some people are either unwilling to be idle, even if they are inconvenient to their legs and feet, they want to go out and move, or they simply give up on those things and live a leisure life of walking in the park and playing cards downstairs every day.
"But, it will take some time." Mr. Qiao added.
Chen Nian smiled indifferently and said, "This is all up to you, Master. Your apprentice will remember your kindness no matter when you are!"
For these masters who taught him, Chen Nian was sincerely willing to be filial to them. At first, he thought that Mr. Qiao was actually a pure businessman, and that his son was the president of the chamber of commerce, so he must be ruthless. Just as Mr. Qiao said before, a maid at the previous Glory Hotel had been sent to the mine to do coolies.
But after spending time together, Chen Nian felt that Mr. Qiao was not like this.
He is actually the kind of old man who has a very hard mouth but is actually very kind-hearted.
Therefore, Chen Nian couldn't help but wonder whether his previous man was sent to be his companionship with those black slaves.
But today Mr. Qiao revealed his feelings to himself, which also shows that Mr. Qiao admits that he is old.
Although I still like to cook and still don’t want to rest, I also see it clearly, knowing that if I live longer, I will have more opportunities to cook, because once a person dies, there will be nothing left.
After saying this, Mr. Qiao slowly walked through the backyard and returned to his room to rest.
Chen Nian looked at the back of Mr. Qiao walking towards the backyard and found that his master was indeed a little old, his back was a little hunched, and his legs were even a little sluggish when walking.
For a moment, Chen Nian's eyes suddenly became a little wet for some reason...
Is this the inheritance of the new and the old?
Then the sound of jingling bowls and plates colliding again in the kitchen.
...
In the afternoon, Mr. Qiao did not say anything about expressing his thoughts to Chen Nian at noon, but continued to cook.
But at about five or six o'clock, Chen Nian suddenly heard someone outside talking in English.
"Uncle, this is the Chinese restaurant I told you before. Last time my friend at the dock brought me here to eat, it was so delicious! I have been missing the taste of this Chinese restaurant since that day, but I remembered again that you are also a gourmet, so I will take you here to try it this time."
The two of them walked in as they spoke. Chen Nian looked at it with a fixed eye: "Good guy, isn't this David? I ate a lot when I came last time!"
Chen Nian still remembers this foreigner. After all, there are few foreigners here. Even if there are some Americans at the bottom, they are still some of the lower class. After all, the prices here are cheap, but more Americans are still more accustomed to their local food.
Even if I visit the restaurants of Han people, most of them go to some localized places.
After all, different countries are different, there are still some differences in diet.
"Mr. David, you are here!" Chen Nian said hello in English after seeing the other party.
David had already seen Chen Nian's English proficiency last time, at least much better than the Chinese on the dock. There is no problem with normal communication, and more importantly, Chen Nian can understand his accent.
"He can still speak English?" The man who was called uncle by David at the door looked at Chen Nian in surprise. After all, Chen Nian is still very young now.
“Yes, uncle, he speaks very good English.”
As he spoke, David began to introduce each other again.
"Hello, this is my second time here to have dinner, and this time I have brought my uncle from the foodie, whose name is Yule."
Then he immediately said, "Uncle Yule, this old man is the boss here, his name is..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly thought that he didn't seem to know what the old man was called...
"Qiao Heyong." Chen Nian added at the right time.
"Yes, yes, Mr. Qiao, and this one is..."
As he said that, David got stuck again because he found that he didn't seem to know what Chen Nian was called.
“Aged.”
"Oh, Mr. Chen."
After the introduction, Yu Le looked at the two of them with anticipation, because he had already smelled the fragrance of the food at this time.
But when Chen Nian heard the name, he looked positive and then said tentatively: "Oyster?"
David obviously didn't know what Chen Nian was saying, because suddenly speaking the word oyster was like a code code.
But Yule quickly reacted after hearing this, and then showed a hint of disbelief: "Mr. Chen, how do you know that I had sold oysters in the first place?"
Chen Nian thought to himself that I didn’t know. I just said it casually after hearing your name. I didn’t know how to answer for a while. Chen Nian looked down after dodging his eyes.
Yu Le also reacted at this time, looked at his hands, and suddenly said, "So that's how it is."
While saying that, he raised his hand to show everyone: "There are some wounds in my thumb and palm that were left with a knife when I was selling oysters on the boat before. Moreover, the color of the right hand is also darker. It is also because of the long-term use of a knife. Although the cocoon is gone, the color cannot be changed."
After saying that, he looked at Chen Nian with admiration: "Mr. Chen has such a keen insight at a young age, and he can even be a detective."
Yule also used Cantonese when speaking, and it was obvious that he, as an uncle, spoke better Cantonese than David.
Therefore, after hearing this, David and Mr. Qiao couldn't help but look at Chen Nian and be amazed. Obviously, they didn't expect Chen Nian to have such a skill.
But not only did they not expect it, but even Chen Nian himself did not expect it.
It was obvious that David came here for a meal, and he wanted to show how delicious the restaurant he found was.
After Yu Le praised the old age, he couldn't wait to order the same chicken as last time. Yu Le looked at the menu, looked at the ingredients in the pot, and finally ordered a white-cut chicken.
Looking at the dishes they ordered, Chen Nian thought to himself that these people really like to eat chicken.
These dishes are ready-made and can be served as long as they are served. However, according to the rules, Mr. Qiao still cooked vegetables for them.
Just when Aged Nian went to serve the dishes, Yu Le talked about his life experience. In the early years, he did sell oysters on the boat, but the captain was pretty good at that time, and the captain was a person who liked to read more, so Yu Le often borrowed some books from the captain when he had nothing to do.
Later, he met another noble man on the boat. The other party saw that Yu Le often reads books. Later, he discussed with the captain and took Yu Le away when he got off the boat, and then left him by his side as a book boy.
Later, Yu Le gradually grew up and the man died of illness. Yu Le became a reporter through his own efforts and also acted as a freelance writer and foodie.
Anyway, there are not many customers in the store now, so Chen Nian and Mr. Qiao just listened to Yu Le's story quietly...
Just when Le was telling his story emotionally, A Cai brought Wang Chaoyun to him again.
Hearing the sound from the door, Yu Le subconsciously looked up and couldn't help but exclaim when he saw the two of them: "These two ladies are so beautiful."
Chapter completed!