gourmet chef

Chapter 123 Finding Faults
Bai Xiaobai took a taxi to Jianghai Yangning Airport, went through the check-in procedures, and after the security check, boarded the plane and flew to Shudu City.

Shudu City is the capital of Shuchuan Province. Because of its flat terrain, criss-cross river network, rich products, developed agriculture, and inexhaustible variety of mountain delicacies, it has been known as the "Land of Abundance" since ancient times.

Relying on the world-renowned Sichuan cuisine, Shudu ranks first among the top ten gourmet cities in China all the year round, and was even awarded the title of "Gourmet Capital of the World" by UNESCO.

Food has become a shining business card of the capital of Shu, and the concept of "food in China, taste in Sichuan" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Although Sichuan cuisine restaurants are now blooming all over the country and even the world, many foodie tourists still go to Shuchuan, the place where it originated. As the provincial capital, Shudu City is naturally the first choice.

It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon when Bai Xiaobai got off the plane.

Dragging the trolley case and walking out of Shuangliu Airport, his head was a little dizzy. After all, it was his first time flying, and his eardrums were a little tinnitus, and he hadn't fully adjusted.

Bai Xiaobai didn't squeeze the bus, but took a taxi directly to the hotel where he was staying and checked in.

It's summer vacation, so there are a lot of tourists from outside Shudu, and the prices of hotels and hotels are naturally rising.

Considering the cost, Bai Xiaobai booked a hotel on the mobile phone in Shuangliu District of Shu City. Because this area is outside the Fourth Ring Road, the accommodation is relatively cheap.

88 yuan a night for a single room, the decoration is quite good.

Bai Xiaobai tidied up the suitcase, took a cold shower, and changed into a clean T-shirt.

At this time, the cool electronic sound played.

[The daily budget of 250 for the gourmet tour is in place, the host should choose cash or WeChat red envelopes. 】

"System, I choose cash." Although electronic payment is very popular now, Bai Xiaobai still feels that holding money in his hands is more reliable, and it is not a large amount anyway.

After choosing cash, an envelope from the system appeared in Bai Xiaobai's hand out of thin air. He opened it and saw a few bills, exactly 750 yuan.

After deducting the three-day accommodation fee, there is only more than 400 yuan left, that is, only more than 100 yuan can be spent a day, and the average meal is only more than 30 yuan.

If it's normal travel, it's enough to save money, but the big food trip focuses on tasting food, so the money is obviously a bit stretched, at least it must not be spent recklessly.

Fortunately, Bai Xiaobai already had his own plan.

The breakfast plan does not exceed 5 yuan, and the focus is on spending money on lunch and dinner.In addition, roadside stalls, small restaurants, and high-end restaurants are staggered to taste, so that you can save money and ensure that you don’t miss the famous food in Shudu.

After planning, Bai Xiaobai left the hotel with the money and went to dinner.

In Shudu, he is completely unfamiliar with the place, Bai Xiaobai does not have a Baidu food guide, but looks for restaurants on the street himself.

The time was only in the early five o'clock, and the summer time was still quite early. Bai Xiaobai took the bus from Shuangliu District to the inner ring city of Shudu.

While shopping, Bai Xiaobai was looking for a suitable restaurant.

Until dusk fell, when it was meal time, a restaurant named Chuanxiang Shiweifang caught Bai Xiaobai's idea.

This street is full of gourmet restaurants. At meal time, every restaurant is basically full, but this one has no customers.

It pales in comparison, it's so conspicuous.

Through the glass window, Bai Xiaobai saw a girl in the shop holding her chin and looking out of the window frowning.

Those gloomy little eyes, together with the extremely delicate fair face with three-dimensional features, look delicate but not coquettish, looking from a distance like a fairy who does not eat the fireworks of the world, it is really hard to look away.

Soon the girl's eyes wandered to Bai Xiaobai's face, which happened to meet his eyes.

Bai Xiaobai collected himself, without even thinking about it, he strode directly into this restaurant.

In fact, it's not just because the girls in the restaurant are eye-catching and attractive, but also because Bai Xiaobai wonders why there are no customers in this restaurant.What's more, it's meal time now, other restaurants are crowded, and the orders are very slow, so Bai Xiaobai doesn't bother to wait.

The melancholy Sichuan girl, seeing Bai Xiaobai enter the door, immediately relaxed her sorrow, got up and greeted with a smiling face, "Handsome pot, what are you eating?"

Bai Xiaobai chose a seat next to the air conditioner, sat down, and said, "Beauty, is there a menu? Let me take a look first."

Chuanmeizi smiled and handed a menu to Bai Xiaobai.

Bai Xiaobai glanced at the menu, the prices of the dishes are quite satisfactory in the first-tier cities, reasonable and reasonable, not a scam.

Because no customers patronize this restaurant, Bai Xiaobai has doubts about the taste, so he dare not order too many dishes. If it is really not delicious, it will be a waste of money, so he only picks the cheapest one first. Mapo tofu.

After all, mapo tofu is a famous traditional dish of Sichuan cuisine. This dish is easy to learn but difficult to master. Anyone in an ordinary family can make it as long as the ingredients are complete, but it is definitely not so easy to make it well.

Authentic Mapo Tofu requires hemp, spicy, hot, fragrant, crisp, tender, fresh, and lively. If there is any lack of it, it cannot be called the best Mapo Tofu. The steps cannot be sloppy.

So it is not an exaggeration to use it to measure whether the chef of a Sichuan restaurant is good at cooking.

"Beauty, I want a mapo tofu and a side of rice." Bai Xiaobai ordered after making up his mind.

"Yes, handsome pot, just wait a moment." After Chuanzi finished speaking, she turned her head and yelled at Trump in the kitchen, "Old man, one serving of mapo tofu."

"Yes!" A middle-aged Trump male voice echoed from the kitchen.

After shouting, Meizi Chuan poured Bai Xiaobai a glass of cold water from a cup.

Bai Xiaobai drank some water, and while waiting for the food to be served, he took a little look at the shop.

This is a small and medium-sized restaurant with a small space and simple decoration. The walls are half-old and slightly yellowed. There are not many decorations in the restaurant. There are only eight dining tables. Although the cleaning is not spotless, it is quite good.

Because Bai Xiaobai was the only customer in the store, the food was served very quickly.

A middle-aged man in his forties, half-limping, came out of the kitchen with a plate.

"Ma Po Tofu is here."

The middle-aged man with handicapped legs gently placed the plate in front of Bai Xiaobai, and Chuanmeizi immediately brought a bowl of rice and said with a smile, "Handsome pot, the dishes are all ready."

Bai Xiaobai looked at the mapo tofu in front of him.

The color of the tofu is light yellow and shiny. The surface is covered with a layer of red chili oil. It is paired with tender green chives.

Bai Xiaobai broke apart the disposable chopsticks, carefully picked up a piece of tofu, and put it in his mouth.

The tofu tastes smooth, hot, numb, spicy, and fresh, while the minced beef is crispy in the mouth and melts when touched with the teeth. The full aroma of beef fills the mouth, and finally exhales slowly from the nasal cavity.

The only thing missing is that the mapo tofu thickens unevenly, so when Bai Xiaobai eats it, he can clearly feel that the tofu sauce is thick on one side and too thin on the other, resulting in a slight difference in taste.

Generally, when cooking mapo tofu, because the water content of tofu is very large, thickening too thin will easily make the dishes look watery and affect the senses of the dishes, and thickening too thick at one time will easily burn the pot, so even the master chef must cook mapo tofu Thicken the sauce at least twice, and finally fully turn on the fire to collect the sauce, so that the sauce and tofu are perfectly combined.

Only after the tofu is tightly wrapped in the spicy and delicious sauce, every bite is the top delicacy on the tip of the tongue.

However, the mapo tofu that is eaten in the mouth now ignores this point.

Although the taste of the mapo tofu in my mouth is lacking, it can only be regarded as a small flaw. It is actually not easy to achieve the current taste!

Bai Xiaobai came to the food tour to increase his food experience, not to be a food critic, so he doesn't know how to criticize poisonous snakes, but bows his head and eats mapo tofu with white rice, sweating profusely.

He was having a good meal when a few young men with dyed hair suddenly broke into the store.

These few people were obviously not good at it, their eyes were very sinister, they didn't even say a word, they just kicked the table and smashed things when they entered the store.

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