gourmet chef

Chapter 293 Cantonese Cuisine

Bai Xiaobai booked a standard single room at the five-star Jiayue Hotel in Canton, 199 yuan a day.

According to his current travel expenses of [-] yuan a day, living in a room of this level is completely enough.

After taking a taxi to Jiayue Hotel, Bai Xiaobai checked in at the counter first, and then went to the standard room to pack his luggage.

the same moment.

Little White Restaurant.

At this moment, it was lunch time, and the shutters of Xiaobai Restaurant were closed tightly, and the door was not as it used to be, and there were basically no people there.

All the old customers have basically learned from the WeChat official account that Bai Xiaobai will be closed for five days.

But there was a special person standing at the door of the store.

This is an old woman with pale hair and expensive clothes. She has been standing at the door of Xiaobai Restaurant for three or four minutes.

She looked at the signboard of Xiaobai Restaurant again and again, as if she was a little preoccupied.

Lan Weihao just got off work, and he had lunch at Chaotianmen Street as usual.

Coincidentally, I happened to pass Xiaobai Restaurant, and saw the old woman looking at Xiaobai Restaurant, as if there was something urgent.

Lan Weihao thought he was a regular customer of Xiaobai Restaurant, and he hadn't heard the news of the closure, so he waited hard.

So he kindly stepped forward and asked, "Do you have something to do with the owner of this store? He's closed for five days and won't be back until the sixth."

The old woman heard what Lan Weihao said, so she asked, "Young man, do you have the phone number of the owner of this shop?"

When Lan Weihao heard these words, his first thought was: Could this person be some kind of relative of Boss Bai?
But it's still not right, if it's a relative, it's impossible not to have Boss Bai's phone number.

Although I always feel that the old lady in front of me is a bit weird, but even if I call Boss Bai, it should be nothing. After all, the mobile phone number is basically public now. This old man is so old, it is basically impossible to engage in phone scams and the like.

After thinking to himself, Lan Weihao wanted to take out a pen and paper to write the number for the old woman.

At this time, the old woman took out a fashionable latest fruit smartphone and said, "Young man, you can just report the number, and I can write it down with my mobile phone, thank you."

Lan Weihao was a little dumbfounded, so he took out his phone, opened the address book, and reported Bai Xiaobai's number.

The old woman had sharp eyes and ears, and after writing down the mobile phone number, she thanked her again and left in a hurry.

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After Bai Xiaobai packed his luggage at the hotel, he didn't go to the hotel restaurant for dinner.

The hotel's dishes are very expensive to order casually, and the key is not enough to eat.

Bai Xiaobai left the hotel, took the bus to the nearest street and alley, and tasted local delicacies.

Because the travel funds are still sufficient, Bai Xiaobai is not as tight as the last time in Shudu.

For his first meal after landing in Canton, he chose to eat the most famous local delicacy——Zhusheng Noodles.

Zhusheng noodles are traditional noodles popular in Guangdong and Guangdong as early as the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

In the 60s and [-]s of the last century, being able to eat a bowl of Zhusheng noodles was once a kind of delicacy for Cantonese people to eat.

Since the late 50s, when the noodle process was mechanized, bamboo noodles have almost disappeared.

However, due to the inheritance and protection of traditional crafts, through the efforts of generations, they can still be found in the streets and alleys of Canton City.

For example, the small shop Bai Xiaobai chose is called Lai Lai Xuan Zhu Sheng Noodles.

The bamboo noodles made in the store are purely hand-pressed.

A middle-aged male master, after kneading the dough, put the dough on the chopping board, and then sat on the other end of the bamboo pole, kicking and kicking the dough with the bamboo pole.

When Bai Xiaobai entered the store, he happened to see this scene.

The middle-aged proprietress, when she saw Bai Xiaobai entering the shop, she warmly greeted her, "Little boy, what are you eating?"

Bai Xiaobai was momentarily at a loss for words, "..."

In the local small streets and alleys of Canton City, it is a local habit to communicate in vernacular after meeting strangers.

Although Bai Xiaobai occasionally watches original Hong Kong dramas, he still doesn't understand Cantonese vernacular.

But he can probably hear this sentence, it should be asking what to eat.

The shop was full, Bai Xiaobai found an empty seat, sat down and looked at the menu on the table.

The main signature of Lai Lai Xuan is bamboo noodles.

Divided into large and small portions, the price difference is only three yuan.

In addition, this store also offers a variety of old fire soup.

There are many varieties, such as donkey-hide gelatin red dates and black-bone chicken soup, yam and tuckahoe pigeon soup, Polygonatum lily quail soup, Cordyceps bamboo shredded chicken soup,...

Some of them have never even heard of them before, but Bai Xiaobai's eyes are dazzled.

Bai Xiaobai really didn't know what to order, so he had to ask for recommendations, "Hi, may I have any recommendations for stew pots?"

The proprietress heard Bai Xiaobai speaking Huaxia Mandarin, so she also replied in Mandarin: "Handsome guy, in this season, I recommend stewed duck with winter melon and lotus leaves, or apple lean meat and black date soup, both of which are very moisturizing. Now Very good to drink."

Bai Xiaobai looked at the prices separately.

Stewed teal with winter melon and lotus leaves is 36 yuan, and apple lean meat black date soup is 32 yuan.

This price is almost twice as expensive as the general stew pot in Jianghai City.

However, you get what you pay for, so there must be some reason for the price. To use fresh and high-quality ingredients, the cost price itself is high.

What's more, compared to the 498 yuan of winter melon toast stewed pork ribs in my store, this price is not much cheaper.

After Bai Xiaobai thought for a while, he finally ordered the stewed duck with winter melon and lotus leaves, and then ordered a small portion of the signature bamboo noodles.

"Okay, wait a minute." After Bai Xiaobai finished ordering, the proprietress explained her son in the kitchen and the customer's order in vernacular.

Bai Xiaobai didn't wait too long, and played a game of Protecting Carrot 2.

Soon, Lao Huo Liang Soup was served first.

Stewed teal in winter melon and lotus leaves is served in an exquisite earthen pot.

The old soup is clear, with a little bit of oil floating slightly, and the light wheat-colored duck meat is extremely attractive, and the wax gourd and lotus leaves are dotted in it, echoing the duck meat, which is very pleasing to the eye.

A burst of fragrant breath pierced the tip of Bai Xiaobai's nose.

Bai Xiaobai picked up the small porcelain spoon and took a sip of the stewed soup.

Although it is not as good as the stewed pork ribs with winter melon in the store, it has a special fragrance and taste.

The entrance of the soup is full of fragrance and mellow. Although it is teal soup, it has no duck smell at all.

Although lotus leaves are added, there is no trace of bitterness.

The soup is mellow and long, moisturizing the throat, the duck meat is soft and not sticky to the teeth, the more you chew, the more fragrant the teeth and cheeks remain, while the winter melon is smooth and delicious, melting in the mouth, constantly teasing the taste buds.

The soup was stewed really tasty, and Bai Xiaobai's tongue was quite sensitive.

After taking a few sips, he concluded that the soup did not contain any big spices, wine, or even monosodium glutamate.

Only one or two slices of ginger are used to remove the fishy smell of the duck. The emphasis is on authenticity and natural taste.

It is said that Cantonese cuisine is divided into drinking culture and food culture.

Among them, the two major symbols of drinking culture are Cantonese Herbal Tea and Cantonese Laohuo Soup.

Now that Bai Xiaobai drank this beautiful soup, he finally understood a sentence.

It is said that the soup made by Cantonese people is unique, not only in a variety of styles, but also in excellent taste. When I saw it today, it really lives up to its reputation.

Bai Xiaobai couldn't stop drinking the soup one mouthful after another.

He has no pressure on food.

By the time the Zhusheng noodles were served, he had already drunk more than half of a can of stewed teal duck soup with winter melon and lotus leaves.

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