Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 304

Li Xiao took the bottle without any logo, looked it up and down, and groped his fingers up and down the white bottle.

The body of the bottle is a bit uneven, not as smooth as imagined.

Some of these places have even turned yellow and dark because of too much time, and some of the enamel on the surface has even begun to fall off, which is obviously a real old wine bottle.

Li Xiao didn't hesitate, and said:
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the 30-[-]-year-old Moutai liquor, right?"

Hearing that Li Xiao didn't hesitate, he said what kind of wine this unmarked bottle of wine was.

Yang Sanxi and the old waiter looked at each other in blank dismay, but Sanjie Yang had also seen big storms.

After he and his old brother looked at each other, they immediately burst into laughter. He pointed at Li Xiao with his finger:

"I didn't see it. The old man was wrong this time. He is actually an expert. Okay, I recognized it right away. He usually drinks a lot, right?"

"This kind of wine is rare now. Even if you drink a bottle of something less than a bottle, there are not many genuine products out there. It's not easy for you to tell at a glance!"

Hearing Yang Sanxi's praise, Li Xiao patted the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Good luck, good luck, I happened to drink it before, so I boldly guessed it."

What kind of expert is he? If he hadn't drank the exact same bottle before, and the taste was so good, he would have been deeply impressed.

Otherwise, don't let him just look at the bottle, even if you let him take two sips, he probably won't be able to tell what kind of wine it is.

However, after hearing Li Xiao's words, Yang Sanxi had a better impression of Li Xiao, and he didn't think it was the truth.

Such a capable and humble young man is really rare.

He looked at Li Xiao with satisfaction, and he really liked it more and more.

He waved to Li Xiao and pointed to the seat beside him.

"Sit down and eat quickly, or the taste will be bad when the stew is cooled."

"Good."

Holding the wine bottle in his left hand and two wine glasses in his right hand, he sat next to Yang Sanxi again.

Li Xiao unscrewed the bottle cap, and there was a familiar and strong Moutai aroma coming out of it.

The aroma of the wine is very rich and fragrant but not strong. After more than 20 years of precipitation, those fierce and active molecules have long since become stable and calm.

Time has made them mature and gentle.

The already viscous wine slowly flowed out of the jug.

The cups of both of them are not big, but small cups worth two yuan.

Maybe some people don't know what two qian is. Ten qian is one tael, and ten taels is one catty.

The two-dollar cup is the size of the standard and Moutai cups, which is 10ml in volume.

Well, it was not a good thing to drink on an empty stomach, but the aroma of the wine was too tempting. Although the two of them were not alcoholics, they couldn't hold back.

The two each picked up the wine glasses close to them, smiled at each other, clinked them lightly, and then drank them all in one gulp.

The aroma of the wine is very rich, and it is very comfortable and clean in the throat.

Without the pungentness and stimulation of other liquors entering the throat, he is like a gentle girl, charming and charming.

The original alcohol content of this wine should be only 38 degrees. After more than 20 years of careful preservation, the alcohol content has obviously dropped a lot.

The alcohol content of more than 20 degrees is not high, and it is not a big problem even if you drink it on an empty stomach.

After finishing a glass of wine, Li Xiao quickly looked at Yang Sanxi.

Finding that Yang Sanxi's face was not flushed and he was out of breath, he put down his worries.

It seems that although the old man is very old, his physical condition is still quite good.

Seeing that Li Xiao put down the glass after only one drink, it seemed that he didn't intend to continue drinking.

Yang Sanxi was a little dissatisfied, he glared at Li Xiao:
"No way, you kid, you look so tall and burly, so you're a smug guy, why don't you just have a drink?"

Although he knew that Yang Sanxi was an aggressive general, he could say anything to a man, but he couldn't say it was useless.

Li Xiao quickly poured two more glasses of wine for the two of them, but immediately added after finishing the beating:
"Grandpa, we have to make it clear first. If we have another drink, stop for a while and eat some stewed food first, otherwise it won't taste good when the stewed food cools down."

"Besides, drinking on an empty stomach is not good for our health, don't you think?"

"When we're done eating, I'll drink with you as much as you like, not to mention a bottle, I can drink with you even a box, okay?"

Yang Sanxi is not an unreasonable person, he nodded slightly:
"Okay, let's have another drink, and then cook this stew first."

As he spoke, he clinked another glass with Li Xiao, and the two drank it down in one gulp.

After drinking a glass of wine, he did not forget to show off in front of the audience:

"The Moutai of more than 20 years is delicious. This person is dead compared to others, and the gap between the old Moutai and the old Moutai is far away. If the old Moutai has 90 points, then the new Moutai can only be mixed at most. .”

Just now in the live broadcast room, I heard that Li Xiao was holding a 30-year-old good wine, and all the drunkards in the live broadcast room started shouting.

Now it is even more unbearable to hear the anchor showing off in front of them.

"My God, what does Moutai taste like after 30 years?"

"I have been lucky enough to drink it for 20 years, and the taste is really amazing. Seven or eight years later, I still remember it fresh."

"I used to drink a bottle of blended Moutai at the company's annual meeting. I added 50ml of 30-year-old Moutai to the new Moutai, and the taste has been improved several levels."

"Isn't it too wasteful for the anchor? Just drink the 30-year-old wine right to your mouth, without adding anything else?"

"I didn't believe it before when I heard that the capital is hidden by a dragon and a crouching tiger, and several high-ranking officials can be killed with a single brick, but now that any old man can produce 30-year-old wine, I believe it a little bit."

"Wait, why is Yang Sanxi's name so familiar?"

"Yang Sanxi's name is so common, isn't it a matter of course that it sounds familiar?"

Seeing a group of viewers drooling in the live broadcast room, you let out a cruel smile, and then looked at your bowl of steaming stew.

As soon as I picked up the spoon, I heard the familiar check-in prompt from the system:

[Ding dong, you have clocked in successfully. The gourmet restaurant you clocked in is: [Huiji Braised Small Intestines]]

[The braised soup that has been passed down for 100 years has preserved the taste of the last century]

[After 36 days of uninterrupted cooking, the qualitative change and sublimation of the marinated soup]

[The various enzymes and microorganisms in the stewed soup have made the taste of the stewed soup more wonderful after a hundred years of development]

【Fresh ingredients, carefully processed】

[The cramped environment and poor service attitude have slightly reduced the dining experience of diners]

[Chef: 3-star senior chef: Huo Zhenxi]

[Sous chef: 1-star senior chef: Huo Yuanpei]

"Ding dong, the system scores, [Hui Ji Braised Small Intestines] has a rating of 4 stars."

"Ding Dong, you have received a 4-star gourmet store check-in reward"

[Ability: Mastery of stewing]

[Ability introduction: You have learned how to make a pot of stew. 】

[Ability: Mature in Brine]

[Ability introduction: God created the world in 7 days, and you created the old brine in 7 days. The new brine only needs 7 days of careful care from you, and it can be comparable to the century-old brine]

[Money: 100000 yuan]

【Fame: 40】

[Fame introduction: 1 point of fame will allow 10 strangers to know you through different channels]

Seeing the rewards he got, Li Xiao gasped.

What the hell?What does it mean that God created the world in seven days, but he can create a pot of brine that lasts a hundred years in just seven days?

What the hell kind of power is this?

Li Xiao even suspects that this is the so-called time ability, but at this time, one person can only act on this pot of brine.

You must know that brine is indeed the better the more it is cooked, and the more it is cooked, the more fragrant it is.

Whether the food in a brine shop is good or not, and whether the brine is fragrant or not, all depends on the old brine at the bottom of the pot and the seasoning of the store.

Li Xiao also heard some news that some people who want to open a braised stew shop go to some century-old stewed stewed shops.

I want to ask a lot of money for the old soup base of brine as a soup, and no one else is willing to sell it at a price of 30.

Of course, this is not news and hype but real events. 100 years sounds very short, but it is very long when converted into days.

After 36 days of meticulous care, the final pot of old stewed soup base, the cost of firewood alone may be more than 500.

The old stewed soup base does not actually have a lot of weight, and most of the stewed soup that is rolling in the pot now is actually a new soup base.

The old stewed soup base is usually well preserved by the boss himself, and he is slowly heated in a small house with a low fire.

Every day when I get up early in the morning, the boss scoops out one-tenth of the pot of old stewed soup.

This tenth of the old stewed soup can be put into a large soup pot to become a kind of stewed soup.

Then add the new stewed soup into the big soup pot, and then use the soup base of this pot of new stewed soup throughout the day.

When the door is closed at night, the boss will filter the remaining stewed soup, and filter out all the impurities and residues inside.

Then pour these new stewed soups back into the pot of old stewed soups, repeating the cycle, constantly caring and cooking.

So it is really not worthwhile to buy half a pot of old stewed soup base for 30 yuan.

Li Xiao first scooped up a spoonful of stewed soup with a spoon. The color of the stewed soup was very positive, neither strange red nor black.

Blow off the oil on the spoon, and pour the steaming stewed soup into your mouth.

The braised soup is very authentic, with a rich layering of flavors.

Salty, fragrant, thick and sweet.

The 4 flavors are perfectly mixed, and the stewed soup has no peculiar smell, which proves that the pig offal inside is really clean.

The quality of the stewed soup is greatly affected if the pig offal is not cleaned, because the stewed soup needs to be boiled repeatedly.

Once there is a peculiar smell in the new stewed soup, pour it into the old stewed soup again, and it will directly destroy the whole pot of stewed soup.

However, the taste of the stewed soup Li Xiao always felt a little too thin, probably because the business was so good that the added old stewed soup was diluted too much.

So the soup does not have the thick feeling that Laolu should have, but I have to say that the soup of Laolu soup is really good.

Even if it is diluted a lot, the taste is still very positive, unlike other stewed soups, once the water is added, it will always give people a bland feeling.

Li Xiao nodded with satisfaction:

"Very good. Although this stewed soup is a bit thinner, the taste is very pure. It is indeed an old stewed soup that has been boiled for 100 years. Not to mention anything else, I can cook 65 for this stewed soup alone. score or more."

Studio

"Hey, why is this stewed soup still drinkable? Isn't that weird? Don't you think it's very salty?"

"I don't understand the one upstairs. There are many types of posters. The stewed soup that the anchor eats now will be relatively thin, so he can drink it directly."

"Is 65 points too low?"

"The anchor's score has always been relatively stable, and I feel that 65 points is not low."

"You can score 65 points just by drinking soup, which is fine."

"How can stewed stew in the capital be delicious? I still think beef offal is better."

"I have eaten both stewed and beef offal. In fact, I think the two things are comparable. The difference does not lie in the two foods themselves, but in the craftsmanship of the producers."

"It's true that the same thing can be made differently by different people. We can't blindly evaluate the quality of things like this."

"Fai Kee Braised Small Intestines has always been doing well, and it can be regarded as the pillar of the time-honored brand."

"The taste is really good, but the price is getting more expensive every year. I eat it for three years and it's still 22 yuan. This year it has risen to 30 yuan."

Seeing someone comparing food from different regions, Li Xiao hesitated for a moment and explained:

"Each region has its favorite food, just like Sichuan likes spicy food, friends from other regions that don't eat spicy food, there is no need to complain about the other party's eating too spicy."

"Just as ethnic compatriots in some areas don't like to eat pork, everyone should give them some respect."

"My opinion is the same as what a viewer said just now. There is no distinction between high and low in food. It is only the quality of the maker's craftsmanship that determines the quality of the dish."

"Okay, let's not talk about these, let's try other stewed dishes first."

After finishing speaking, Li Xiao turned his attention to Lu Zhu in front of him.

Although the price of Fai Kee Braised Small Intestines is indeed quite high, it has to be said that the portion is very generous, and the parts that are used are relatively expensive.

Seven or eight pieces of large intestine, seven or eight pieces of small intestine, five or six pieces of pork belly, lung slices, and kidneys are all unambiguous.

The side of the bowl was filled with thickly sliced ​​fire and fried tofu. These two things have been placed on the surface of the pot, so they have long been filled with stewed soup.

Li Xiao's bowl had mashed garlic and coriander added, while Yang Sanxi's bowl had nothing added, just a few drops of sesame oil.

The audience in the live broadcast room saw the comparison between the two, and started discussing again:
"The anchor's food is not authentic? Why do you eat this stewed stew and add coriander? It's too unauthentic, isn't it?"

"One thing to say, the smell of coriander is really too strong, it completely overwhelms the stewed taste."

"It is true that I have lived in the capital for so many years, and I can barely add a little bit of garlic when I eat stewed garlic without coriander."

"Your uncle is still your uncle. This old man surnamed Yang eats really authentically. If he doesn't add anything, he just adds a few drops of sesame oil to bring out the aroma of stewed cooking. This is a real foodie."

"I think coriander is good. I like to add coriander to everything I eat. I even plant coriander in my yard. Why can't we add coriander to marinated food?"

"Long live the cilantro, long live the cilantro party."

"Okay, okay, it's just that I haven't eaten coriander for a long time. It's true that authentic stewed food does not contain coriander."

"But eating vegetables is not about which one is more authentic, but which one is more delicious. I think it tastes better this way, so I choose to eat it this way, there is nothing wrong with it."

After speaking, he pressed all the coriander that he had added on the surface of the stewed stew into the stewed stew, and the steaming old stewed soup quickly cooked the coriander.

Li Xiao held the spoon in his left hand and the chopsticks in his right, and quickly pulled the cooked parsley and stewed soup into the spoon.

The strong-flavored coriander entered Li Xiao's mouth together with the strong-flavored stewed soup. I have to say that the combination of the two strong-flavored foods unexpectedly matched each other.

With the chewing of the teeth, the smell contained in the coriander was finally fully released.

Li Xiao had a contented expression on his face, coriander is really amazing, it has a rich and strong fragrance.

Joining him when eating heavy food will have a 200% bonus to the food. Of course, people who don't like it will smell like poison.

Swallowing the coriander in his mouth, Li Xiao quickly picked up a piece of greasy large intestine.

The reason why he was so anxious was because after drinking two or three mouthfuls of stewed soup, he realized that the stewed soup tasted bland at first.

But the more you eat, the more fragrant it becomes, and the stamina is very strong.

Therefore, his expectations for Luzhu also increased gradually.

The hot large intestine entered the mouth, and the rich taste exploded in the mouth.

The outer skin of the large intestine has become dense, smooth and tender due to long-time cooking, but the inside of the large intestine is still in a state of Q-bomb.

And because the large intestine is cooked together, it is cut open with scissors when it is finally served.

Therefore, the jelly-like substance contained in the middle of the large intestine is particularly rich, and it has not been lost due to long-term cooking.

To judge whether a large intestine is well-made, first of all, it depends on whether there is a layer of translucent jelly-like substance mixed between the surface and inner layer of the large intestine.

The jelly-like, jelly-like substance is actually the same as the jelly between the white-cut chicken bones, it is the amino acid condensate in pork.

This layer of amino acid condensate is the main source of the sweetness of the large intestine. Without this layer of gel, the sweetness of the whole large intestine will be reduced by more than half.

However, the heat and technology here are obviously quite good, and the layer of jelly that is almost overflowing makes Li Xiao nod in satisfaction.

When he drank the first sip of stewed soup, he still felt that the system actually gave this restaurant a 4-star rating, which was a bit exaggerated, and the gap was too big. The level of the stewed soup was only 2 stars at most.

These two days are responsible for taking care of the children, 6. So I am sorry for the first update yesterday, and my relatives left this afternoon. Therefore, although there are two updates tonight, the second update will be very late. Don’t wait, get up and watch tomorrow.

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