Chapter 157 Bright Red Crystal Dish (9/10)
A small rectangular white porcelain plate with slices on it, placed into a book-like crystal meat with a color like agate. Very fine shredded ginger is dotted on it, and a small plate of balsamic vinegar is placed aside.
Crystal meat is another dish that Zhuang Zhebin is not unfamiliar with.
Zhuang Zhebin can be said to have grown up in his great-grandfather’s kitchen with his grandfather and his father when he was urinating. He is no stranger to meat and meat.
Because now, with the release of state banquet dishes, restaurants of all sizes across the country will present a plate of meat as cold dishes.
However, most of the dishes and meat used on the dining tables in hotels may be some dishes and meat produced in industrial batches.
Zhuang Zhebin had seen the great-grandfather's restaurant cooked by his great-grandfather, and followed his grandfather and his father in some well-known restaurants, and saw some meat made by top chefs.
If it were before eating Yifu noodles, Zhuang Zhebin might still be disdainful and thinks that the meat is too common and ordinary.
But now Zhuang Zhebin will not feel any disdain, because he could see from his great-grandfather's eyes that Su Jiyao's meat was unique.
What's the difference?
In fact, Zhuang Zhebin could probably guess.
The so-called "looking at the old braised vegetables for cooked vegetables".
It is obvious that the specialty of Su Ji's crystal meat must be on the old braised rice they used.
After careful observation, Zhuang Daozhong raised the chopsticks in his hand, gently selected them, and finally picked up the last piece of the plate.
This piece of meat is a thin bone connected to the lean meat.
Zhuang Daozhong looked at Su Jinrong and said, "Jinrong, your son-in-law is a little too polite. I can't afford to add this lamp stick to me."
According to the level of lean meat, crystal meat can be divided into four types: eyes, jade belt hook, triangle edge, and lamp stick.
The four different names of the crystal meat are clearly marked by the shape of the lean meat.
As for the fourth type of pure lean meat, it is naturally very rare to have a thin bone. Even in some Jiangnan teahouses, because it was difficult to obtain this type of meat, it was replaced by inserting a thin chicken bone.
Because adding lamp sticks is rare and precious, they are usually reserved for the most distinguished guests in teahouses and restaurants.
Today, there was a piece of light stick in the plate of meat that Feng Yifan gave Zhuang Daozhong, which surprised the old man.
This was the first time Zhuang Zhebin met, so he couldn't help but approach his great-grandfather and made a careful observation.
Zhuang Daozhong looked at his great-grandson's appearance and asked with a smile: "How is it? Are you a little convinced now? Do you see Su Ji's special?"
Zhuang Zhebin also nodded subconsciously.
Zhuang Daozhong then said, "Okay, try it."
Zhuang Zhebin came to his senses and reluctantly looked away from the lamp stick on his great-grandfather's chopsticks. He picked up a piece of jade belt hook food, and put it directly into his mouth without adding shredded ginger and balsamic vinegar.
The aroma, fresh, crispy, tender, and the taste of the standard dish meat burst out from Zhuang Zhebin's mouth.
The taste of fat but not greasy, crisp but not rotten is really good.
After chewing, when the overall aroma of the meat came out, Zhuang Zhebin finally tasted a different taste from his great-grandfather and other major restaurants and hotels.
The taste and taste are superimposed, bringing a delicious enjoyment that makes Zhuang Zhebin squint his eyes unconsciously.
This is food.
A kind of enjoyment on the tip of the tongue.
A soft and gentle beauty.
Just like the hazy scenery in the misty rain between the Jianghuai River and Huai River, the charm of landscape, calligraphy and painting, it blooms warmly between lips and teeth at this moment.
After eating a piece, Zhuang Zhebin couldn't help but want to pick up another piece.
Zhuang Daozhong next to him was already preparing to eat a second piece. This time he put the ginger shredded ginger together, then gently dipped it in his mouth like a dragonfly, dipped it in a little balsamic vinegar.
The slight taste of the slender ginger shredded ginger, combined with the taste of balsamic vinegar, is another scroll painted on the tip of the tongue.
The two grandparents and grandchildren here are able to eat vigorously, which also attracts the observation of diners on the table next to them.
Soon a diner said to Su Ruoxi: "Boss, do you make that dish from your own? Can you order it?"
Su Ruoxi responded and said, "Yes, it was made by my husband himself, you can order it."
During breakfast in the morning, Feng Yifan had already shared the meat that he had sat with his family, and asked his wife to add the meat to the ranks of side dishes at noon.
Diners didn't notice it before, but now seeing how delicious it is for such old and young people, naturally some people can't help but ask for orders.
Su Ruoxi also wrote down the order and then went to the kitchen to tell her husband.
Soon, Feng Yifan also put crystal meat on other tables. They all used a rectangular plate with shredded ginger on top, and paired with a plate of balsamic vinegar.
When someone ordered crystal meat one after another, Zhuang Daozhong and the others had already finished eating it.
Zhuang Daozhong couldn't help but sigh: "It's worthy of being a 'bright red and tender frozen crystal dish', delicious."
Zhuang Zhebin is completely convinced now, and he really didn't expect that Su Ji's crystal meat is so delicious. It's not that his great-grandfather is not doing well, but that Zhuang Zhebin really likes Su Ji's this more.
Sure enough, the guests who ordered the meat on the next table soon couldn't help but admire them after eating.
"Wow, this dish tastes so good."
"This dish tastes really different from what I ate in other restaurants."
"Yes, it's really unique and delicious. It's almost always available at wedding banquets, but it's the first time I've had such a delicious meal."
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Diners praised and said that Feng Yifan did not stop in the kitchen because there were suddenly more takeout orders today. It seemed that some office workers in neighboring neighboring blocks also came over to order food.
While waiting, some office workers couldn't help but want to pack and take it away when they saw people in the store eating meat.
Of course, some diners want to try it, but they still have to give up after seeing the price.
After all, I have fried rice and noodles for lunch, which is to save trouble and quick, and the second is that the fried rice and noodles are not expensive.
Even Su Ji’s fried rice and Yifu noodles are still relatively affordable. So when Meng Shitong’s video was fermented and circulated, some nearby office workers came here to taste the taste during their lunch break.
After finishing the meal, Zhuang Daozhong sat next to Su Jinrong, looked at the diners coming and going to Su Ji, and felt a different urban atmosphere.
For a master like Zhuang Daozhong who is famous in the catering industry and has his own special private restaurants, he has forgotten how long he has been and has never experienced such a market atmosphere.
Watching the people coming and going, the haste of office workers, the leisure of residents near the old street, and the busyness of Feng Yifan and Su Ruoxi.
In such a city atmosphere, Zhuang Daozhong seemed to suddenly understand the realm of assisting the chef at the state banquet.
It is like a bowl of simple and unpretentious chicken noodles, and like the crystal meat that is as warm as agate. It is simple and free and easy in the city, but it also uses the skill of giving simple ingredients to beautiful memories, leaving every diner with endless aftertaste.
Chapter completed!