Chapter 206 Tan Jiacai
"Brother Yang, I really feel ashamed to ask you, the chef, to wait for me at the door!"
When the car just arrived at the entrance of the hotel and had not stopped yet, Wang Yong saw an extremely eye-catching person waiting at the entrance through the car window.
Because this person was wearing a chef's uniform, especially the tall chef's hat, many customers coming and going took the initiative to greet him, and you could tell at a glance that this person must be the chef Yang here.
"It's done. Now the big bosses in the entire capital who don't have the chance to treat you to a meal can be lined up with Chang'an Street. It's a great honor for you to come to my place to have dinner! Of course, the most important thing is that I give you face so much, and you will definitely not be embarrassed to give me eye drops to my uncle again in the future, right?"
After hearing Brother Yang's words, Wang Yong was embarrassed and his face turned red. But he quickly calmed down and stared at Brother Yang directly with a smile on his face, saying, "That's not necessarily the case. Uncle Zhang asked me to taste your skills. If the dishes you cook here are not delicious, I dare not cover you up."
"It's done, this sentence of you is enough. Wouldn't you introduce your friends to me?" Brother Yang saw that the fat man Wang Qian and the others got out of the car and was about to come to the two of them, so he no longer felt very friendly with this guy who had just met for the first time. He was very close to him and was just a junior brother chatting.
"Okay, everyone, now I will introduce to you the chef in front of you."
Wang Yong turned around and said to the fat man and the other three.
"This person is Yang Zhong and Yang, the successor of the fourth generation of Tan Jiacai. Everyone is greeting with each other and warmly welcome them."
"Get out! Hello Brother Yang, I am his little boy Liu Wei, just call me fat."
The fat man slapped Wang Yong behind him, and he stepped forward and introduced himself proactively.
"Oh! Hello! Hello!"
Yang Zhong was surprised by the fat man's actions just now. You must know that he had learned about Wang Yong's situation through Dawei and some friends before. Not to mention anything else, just a living god is enough to make him respected. But the fat man in front of him didn't care at all, and he slapped such a famous genius doctor in the capital and almost made a fuss?
It seems that this person has a good relationship with Wang Yong! He has a good personality and is worth making friends. Yang Zhong instantly made up his mind to have a good relationship with this fat man.
"This is Wang Qian, Wang Yong's girl."
"Hello Brother Yang!"
"Hello! Hello!"
"Finally, I will introduce this person grandly." The fat man exaggeratedly prepared to introduce the genuine princely party he had just met and show off. But when Yang Zhong saw Zhang Kai, he immediately took Zhang Kai's hand. It was obvious that people knew him!
The fat man is very depressed. What a good opportunity to show off! I missed it like this, I really don’t want to!
"Mr. Zhang, long time no see!"
"I'm just a university teacher. If I hadn't been a rich brother, I wouldn't have been able to afford the food you have here."
"Okay, stop moji, it will be dawn in a while!"
Wang Yong's words caused unanimous reverence among the crowd, but they did not object. Several people humbly entered the hotel. They took the elevator, went upstairs, and came to the private room to sit. The waiter immediately sent wet wipes, tea, several plates of dried fruits, snacks, and of course the most important menu.
Brother Yang picked up the menu and handed it to Wang Yong. Looking at him, he said, "I have already made the signature dishes in front of you, so you don't have to order them, just order some other ones! I'll lose my companion first. Today I'll make a table to let you taste the skills of your senior brother."
"So. Then you can go busy!"
"Wang Yong, why are you communicating with Brother Yang?" Zhang Kai asked about the doubts in his heart after Yang Zhong left.
"Let's get this question. Before answering, I will tell you about Tanjiacai. Do you know the history of Tanjiacai?"
Wang Qian and Fatty shook their heads, Zhang Kai couldn't sit upright, I guess he knew the story here! But since there were two people who didn't know, Wang Yong started to make up for the Fatty and Wang Qian on his own.
Tanjia cuisine, also known as the No. 1 dish, is a representative of the official cuisine and appeared in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.
Tan Family Cabbage was founded by Tan Zongjun, Hanlin of the Qing Dynasty, and was originally a private family banquet. After Tan Zongjun's death, his son Tan Zuren and his third concubine Guo Lifeng were defeated after the Xinhai Revolution and opened the family banquet to subsidize their family income. However, because of their good face, they were not called restaurants. According to records, there was another rule that at that time, he had to set up a seat for the owner Tan Zuren at each banquet.
In the 1930s and 1940s, Tan Jiacai was very famous in the upper class in Beijing and was favored by countless celebrities and important people. She said that "the opera industry is full of speech but not learning from Tan Xinpei, and the food industry is full of words and praises Tan (Tan Jiacai)". However, it is said that Tan Zuren did not take action. The cook was his third concubine Guo Lifeng (some say Zhao Lifeng) and several family chefs.
After the death of Tan Zuren and his wife, their daughter Tan Lingrou and her chef Peng Changhai continued to operate in Mishi Hutong, Beijing. In 1949, Tan Lingrou participated in the business work. The chefs Peng Changhai (red case), Cui Minghe (cold meat), and Wu Xiuquan (white case), left the Tan family to continue to operate Tan family cuisine until the public-private joint venture in 1954. In 1958, under the personal arrangement of Premier Zhou, the Tan family cuisine of Peng Changhai and others arrived at the Great Wall Hotel, and Tan family cuisine still uses it as its base camp. Peng Changhai's apprentice Chen Yuliang and Wang Binghe are the third generation descendants. The current representative is Wang Binghe's apprentice Yang Zhong.
"Uncle Zhang learned from Master Peng Changhai for several years in the 1960s and 1970s, and had a good relationship with Chen Yuliang and Wang Binghe. Although Uncle Zhang did not take Master Peng as his master, he also had the reality of being a master and apprentice. Therefore, he usually matched Master Chen and Wang, both of his masters. This time, do you understand what our relationship is, right?"
"Oh, I really don't know that there is such a source!"
At this time, the door of the private room was pushed open from outside. Yang Zhong came in first, and followed a series of waiters to serve up tempting delicacies.
"Brother Yang, I used to hear people saying that Tanjia cuisine is so powerful. Tell us what are the characteristics of Tanjia cuisine?" The fat man looked at the big meal all over the table, drooling, and resisted the words and asked.
"After, I'll tell you. The characteristics of Tanjia cuisine are mainly cooked by roasting, stewing, stewing, stewing, steaming, etc. It is important to have thick soup and stewing it slowly, so as to achieve a soft and delicious texture. Tanjia cuisine is "good at the delivery of dry goods" and "exquisite to cooking the eight treasures of the sea with old fire". The seasoning is generally half salty and sweet, and it pays attention to the original flavor. It never needs to stir-fry, and generally does not use pepper, pepper and MSG."
"Oh, you don't need pepper and MSG to cook. This is the first time I heard about it. By the way, how many dishes are there in our Tanjia cuisine? What is the most famous one?" The fat man endured the chopsticks for some reason, but he carefully found out about Tanjia cuisine.
Yang Zhong didn't mind, and these things didn't need to be kept secret. Besides, he liked the fat man very much. He was Wang Yong's childhood friend who he couldn't afford to offend, so he explained it to him without any hesitation.
"There are about 300 dishes in Tan's family, including the Ming Hai Bazhen, braised shark fin, stewed shark fin, casserole shark fin, clear soup bird's nest, wood-hand duck, vegetable heart stewed ginseng, and arhat shrimp are all very popular delicacies for diners."
After saying that, he pointed to a bowl of shark fins in front of everyone and said, "Tanjia cuisine is the most famous for cooking shark fins and bird's nests. Especially the hair of shark fins is soaked thoroughly by warm water, and it is absolutely not necessary to rush the fire alkali to avoid destroying the nutrients."
Seeing that several people were listening quietly to themselves telling the characteristics of Tan Jiacai, Yang Zhong, who was very proud, continued to introduce:
"Besides, this soup is made of a whole farmer hen. The whole duck, scallops and ham are put into the pot in proportion and simmered on low heat for two days. The chicken and duck are completely simmered, dissolved in the soup, and then put the shark fins into the obtained soup and simmered on low heat for one day. The shark fins made in this way have a strong juice and a thick taste. They are soft and smooth and extremely delicious."
"No, I can't help it when Brother Yang said this." After the fat man said that, he picked up the bowl of shark fin in front of Wang Yong without hesitation and drank it all, very generous.
Wang Yong stared at the fat man with wide eyes, his face turned red with anger. He pointed at him with his fingers, unable to say a word.
"I want to try it for you to be hot first? I didn't expect that the shark fins were so delicious. I couldn't help it and it fell into my mouth." After saying that, the guy then picked up the bowl of shark fins in front of him. According to his understanding, Wang Yong would not give up and would definitely steal his bowl.
Who knew that Wang Yong didn't even look at him, and continued to stare at Brother Yang, waiting for him to continue talking. Yang Zhong was speechless about the fat man's behavior. Seeing that Wang Yong was still waiting for him to continue talking, he continued:
"The best way to make shark fins is to make them braised shark fins in Tanjia cuisine. They are made of the most precious Luzon yellow fins, and they pay attention to eating whole fins."
Speaking of this, he pointed to another bowl and said, "This is another specialty dish of Tanjia Cuisine, bird's nest. When it comes to processing bird's nest, it is usually soaked in warm water for three hours, then rinsed repeatedly to select all the bird's hair and impurities. After soaking, put it in a large soup bowl, inject an appropriate amount of chicken soup, steam it in a basket for 20 to 30 minutes, take it out and put it in a small soup bowl. Then boil the clear soup, add cooking wine, sugar, and salt, sprinkle a few finely cut ham shreds of ham for each bowl, and serve. The soup is as clear as water, slightly beige, and tastes delicious. The bird's nest is soft and smooth and not broken, with extremely high nutritional value, and is suitable for all ages and young."
As soon as everyone finished speaking, before everyone could react, Wang Yong had already picked up his bowl of bird's nest and took a bite. After swallowing it, he frowned. Just when everyone was puzzled, the man slowly brought the bowl of bird's nest in front of the fat man, and slowly held the whole bowl and started pouring it out of his mouth.
The fat man who understood the taste was stunned and wanted to slap himself. He knew that Wang Yong would definitely not suffer a loss, but in the end he was still told by him. It was too late to regret it!
Ignoring the regret of the fat man hanging his feet and pawing his bear, the others began to slowly enjoy the delicious and nutritious bird's nest.
"Did you do it on purpose? You don't like to eat shark fin, so at that time you just asked me to take away your portion, just for this bowl of bird's nest, right?" The fat man looked at the other people eating bird's nest in big mouthfuls, and said with saliva.
"Wipe your saliva first, it's so embarrassing for us!"
After hearing what Wang Yong said, the fat man quickly touched the corner of his mouth with his hand, no! He instantly understood that this was his words again?
Chapter completed!