Chapter 722: Mission accomplished, prizes drawn! Celebrate by making a pot-stuffed eggplant!(1/3)
"Holy shit, Boss Lin is really serious!"
Netizens in the live broadcast room originally thought that this store visit was just for Lin Xu to advertise or promote his restaurant. They were even ready to post "Boss Lin is also having a meal" barrage.
Unexpectedly, the originally envisioned business situation was shattered by a pot of tofu.
It's quite harsh to say that the food is overpriced before you even taste it, especially when facing your own restaurant, it's somewhat disrespectful.
But it is precisely this kind of seriousness and lack of face that makes Lin Xu become the person that Diaoyutai and Yanjing Hotel are fighting for, right?
When the front desk manager not far away heard what Lin Xu said, he immediately called the head chef over.
If your boss wants to make a suggestion, just listen.
Although it feels uncomfortable to be criticized, being able to have problems pointed out by a chef of Lin Xu's level is what many chefs dream of.
Because his simple words may save a chef from many detours.
In the office upstairs, the general manager of the customer department, who was also watching the live broadcast, turned his face and glanced at Chen Meiliang:
"Mr. Chen, is this live broadcast... appropriate?"
"It's appropriate, it's so appropriate. If Xiaoxu praises it all the time, it will actually harm us."
Lin Xu's working environment and social status almost represent the highest level of Yanjing catering or Chinese catering. If he wants to praise it all, how high are customers' expectations for business restaurants?
When it opens, everyone will flock to it. A slight flaw in the dishes may cause the reputation to collapse, and even implicate Lin Xu himself.
Now he can find faults, which not only makes customers more rational, but also reflects Lin Xu's character, which is actually a good thing.
In the restaurant, Shen Jiayue asked curiously:
"Xubao, you haven't tried it yet, how can you say it's not okay?"
Others were also curious. It is not difficult to make fried tofu. Generally speaking, a housewife can make it. They did not understand why Lin Xu said the dish was overturned after just one glance.
Lin Xu smiled and said:
"Guotai tofu pays attention to the salty and fresh taste, and the tofu is soft and tender. The tenderness of this dish should be okay, but the salty and fresh flavor is not enough, because the standard method is to add shrimp roe for seasoning, and it will not work without shrimp roe.
You have to drizzle the shrimp oil before taking it out of the pan, but it doesn’t have any, and that’s the problem.”
When the head chef not far away heard this, he immediately patted his head.
Obviously, these words reminded him.
Chinese cooking has always been a one-stop shop. Many times, just one sentence can make people suddenly enlightened.
But it is precisely because of this characteristic that the master-apprentice system in the past deliberately left the disciples alone, resulting in many techniques and experiences being lost in this precaution.
Now when he heard Lin Xu talk about using shrimp seeds or shrimp oil to increase the freshness, the chef immediately reacted.
In Shandong cuisine, shrimp roe and shrimp oil are very important condiments. Many hot dishes, including stewing, stewing, simmering, etc., need to add a pinch of shrimp roe to bring out the delicious flavor.
With shrimp roe, the umami and aroma of the dish can be balanced and unified, making it more comfortable and enjoyable to eat.
In front of the camera, Lin Xu took a bite of tofu and then said:
"You shouldn't put cooking wine in the meat filling. This is a taboo. It will make the meat taste slightly sour, making the meat filling not fresh enough."
The head chef not far away has already taken the front desk’s ledger and started recording.
The cooking wine was added privately by the chef. It had been rinsed with water, but unexpectedly it was tasted. From this point alone, it can be proved from the side how superb Lin Xu's cooking skills are.
As for why cooking wine is included, it’s not because there are too many half-baked food bloggers on the Internet. No matter what dish they cook, they always have a three-piece set of onion, ginger and cooking wine, which is simply devastating.
We will have to hold an all-hands meeting for the chefs later and emphasize this to them again:
“Never put cooking wine in meat fillings!”
The preparation of pot-stuffed tofu is actually not difficult. You just need to cut two 4-5 mm thick tofu slices, put some meat filling in them, pinch them slightly, then coat them in flour, and finally dip them in the egg liquid and fry them in the pan.
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After frying, take it out, stir-fry the shredded green onion and ginger, add the stock, add the tofu, season it, sprinkle some cooked shrimp seeds, simmer over high heat for a while, then turn off the heat, and you're done.
But it’s not difficult. The quality of the tofu, the marinating of the meat filling, the preparation of the stock, the amount of heat...these external factors together determine the final taste.
cy was confused by what he heard and had no idea about these Chinese cooking dishes.
She thought the dish tasted bad and didn't want to eat it at first, but when Lin Xu kept talking, she picked up a piece and put it on her plate, took a bite, and was immediately impressed by the delicious taste.
Here:
"Wow...this tastes great!"
When she said this, Shen Jiayue, Liu Bo and others also picked up pieces of various kinds. After tasting it, they all felt that the tofu tasted really good, at least better than most tofu dishes on the market.
Thinking about it, if people can regard this dish as a signature dish, they must have some confidence.
But just now, Lin Xu's squinting attitude made a few people react. How delicious are those pot-stuffed tofu with shrimp roe or shrimp oil?
A dish that seems very ordinary, in the hands of the chef, becomes something that everyone can't afford.
After finishing one dish, a series of dishes such as beef with kale, diced chicken with fresh pepper, braised garlic fish, duck with ginger, braised eggs with pink skin, oil-soaked squab, spicy and sour tripe, and braised skin residue were served.
These dishes include both foreign dishes and local Yinzhou characteristics.
The staple food is also very rich, including relatively green wild vegetable steamed buns, exquisite bite-sized flower rolls, Wuchang rice and hometown pancakes to choose from.
Every time he serves one, Lin Xu will sincerely explain the shortcomings of these dishes and how to adjust them.
The head chef originally stood listening from a distance, but later felt that it was not enough, so he simply pulled a chair over and sat down, and seriously discussed the cooking methods of the dishes with Lin Xu.
In Beijing, Uncle Gao, who spent a whole day at the filming site, sat at home and carefully watched the live broadcast on TV.
Xie Baomin walked out of the kitchen wearing an apron and carrying two plates of food:
"Master, drink first, I'll stew the pig's trotters..."
Uncle Gao waved his hand and said:
"Don't be busy cooking, watch Xiaoxu's live broadcast."
Xie Baomin was happy when he saw it:
"Hey, I keep saying I won't visit the store, but it turns out he's more professional than me. If it doesn't work, I have to inform Lao Dai to make him feel a little bit in danger..."
Uncle Gao rolled his eyes at him:
"How long has it been since you were still so glib...Have you noticed Xiaoxu's craftsmanship..."
He did not explain, but drew a horizontal line in the void with his hand.
Xie Baomin immediately understood:
"Junior brother seems to no longer deliberately pursue personal cooking skills. Instead, he is developing horizontally and starting to work hard on cultivating talents... Master, is he biting off more than he can chew?"
Uncle Gao tasted the dishes made by Xie Baomin, filled the wine glass in front of him with the wine bottle, picked it up and took a sip, and then said:
"If others were like this, it would be easy to bite off more than they can chew, but I always feel that your junior brother's talent has not reached his limit... It's a pity that I am too old. If he were twenty years younger, his cooking skills would definitely be better.
Further."
"You are not old now, and my wife is not at home. Why don't you go to Sanlitun to relax today?"
"What the hell... Yufei Yuhang will have a rest tomorrow, right?"
"Yes, come back tomorrow afternoon."
Upon hearing this, Uncle Gao said:
"Then tomorrow afternoon when you receive them, come and have dinner at home. Xiaoxu will go to Yinzhou for a reunion, and we will also have a reunion dinner. It will be lively."
The live broadcast on TV continued, and Lin Xu also taught the head chef here a solid lesson.
Everyone has finished eating and drinking, and the live broadcast has almost come to an end.
Lin Xu took a look and found that the hot searches had now reached the top three. In addition to being interested in horses and accommodation, everyone was also curious about business restaurants.
I really want to try the dishes that Lin Xu picked out with many flaws and how delicious they will be after they are recreated.
Lin Xu briefly browsed the hot issues under the hot search topics. As he was looking at it, the system prompt sounded in his mind:
"The host successfully made the horse farm reach the top ten hot searches and maintained it for five hours. After completing the main task, the horse farm became famous] and received a lottery for perfect lost cooking techniques, a lottery for innovative cooking techniques, and a lottery for Sichuan cuisine. Do you want to draw immediately?
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Phew...it's finally done.
Lin Xu breathed a long sigh of relief.
As for the lottery, let’s wait. Don’t rush it. It’s not too late to wait until the live broadcast is over.
Thinking of this, he put aside his thoughts and announced the opening time of the racecourse:
"The racecourse will open the day after tomorrow. At 12 o'clock tomorrow morning, all major group buying platforms will launch ticket reservations at the same time. You can search for Pegasus Club and add your following. After noon tomorrow, you can reserve racecourse tickets, package tickets, performance tickets, and riding experience tickets.
As well as reservation services for guest rooms, catering, etc.”
These are just for the first time. Tomorrow, Happy Media will launch a large-scale network launch to promote as much as possible.
After the live broadcast, Lin Xu took off the power bank, put away the hot mobile phone, and folded the handheld gimbal and put it into Shen Jiayue's bag.
"It's finally over. I always feel uncomfortable being stared at."
To be continued...