Food starts with noodles

Chapter 661 Completing Two Tasks

Xu Zhuo started to load the dishes.

He also doesn't know how Western food is served on a plate. Anyway, for a Chinese food chef, it is a bit awkward to put the dishes in a small spoon instead of directly on the plate.

However, Xu Zhuo has the blessing of arranging the plate, so there is no possibility of overturning when operating it.

He turned off the fire, and then used a small spoon to put the sweet potato mash in the pot little by little into the stainless steel spoon used for serving.

Each spoon is filled eighth full. After filling, take the spoon and tap it on the table twice to make the sweet potato mash in the spoon smooth.

Then he took mint leaves for garnish and stuck them on top.

Finally, place these spoons regularly on the plate, and a fried mashed sweet potato with a western style is ready.

For such a big lump on the plate before, the appearance of the mashed sweet potato has improved a lot.

And with one spoon per person, it tastes much cleaner and looks very civilized.

A group of foreigners came up to smell it, and kept praising Xu Zhuo.

They even took out their phones and took a few pictures each.

After a foreigner finished filming, he anxiously picked up a spoon to taste, but was stopped by Xu Zhuo.

"No! No! No!"

He can't speak other words either, so he can only say No several times in a row to stop the other party.

On the importance of mastering a foreign language.

The cook was very curious about why Xu Zhuo stopped him, and only after Zhao Guangming explained that it was hot did he finally understand, and thanked Xu Zhuo for reminding him.

But Xu Zhuo couldn't understand the words of thanks except for "Thank you".

After serving it from the kitchen, a group of people took two more photos while taking advantage of the night view of the Huangpu River outside the window.

It wasn't until Zhao Guangming took a sip and felt that it was all right, everyone held a large spoon in one hand and a small spoon in the other, and began to taste it patiently.

When I first started eating sweet potato mash, I was somewhat uncomfortable.

Because the mashed sweet potato should look cool without any heat coming out, but it is very hot when you eat it.

But the sweet potato mash tastes really good.

These chefs gave Xu Zhuo a thumbs up while eating.

"Ding, after many experiments, the host successfully completed the random task [Reboot], and specially rewarded the host with a D-level signature skill - fried sweet potato mash. Congratulations to the host."

Wow, Xu Zhuo wanted to cry after hearing the system's notification tone.

This shitty system always leads him to fork in the road.

After returning to Linping City from Hangzhou, he has been using flower mounting skills to improve the appearance of sweet potato mash, but after so many days of busy work, what he did was useless.

After I came to Shanghai and experienced molecular cuisine, I learned how to improve my appearance.

This is so...

In the future, I really can't guess what the dog system is thinking, maybe one day I will be tricked by this thing again.

Several people were discussing while eating, Xu Zhuo couldn't get in the conversation, just stood aside, eating fried sweet potato mash and looking at the night view of Huangpu River, feeling very happy!

After everyone finished eating the fried sweet potatoes, they crowded around Xu Zhuo again.

Zhao Guangming said, "Xu Zhuo, they still want to watch you show off your cooking skills. Do you have any unique skills? It would be best for them to learn..."

There are many unique skills.

But what these people can learn, Xu Zhuo really can't think of anything.

You can't make tofu mixed with shallots for these people, right?

Taking advantage of everyone's discussion, Xu Zhuo entered the system, checked the skills he had acquired, and selected a suitable dish to make these foreigners feel the charm of Chinese food.

When he saw General Tso's chicken dish, he suddenly thought of a question.

On the task of frying mashed sweet potatoes, I was cheated by the dog system, and the task of teaching...was I also cheated?

Thinking of this, he looked at Zhao Guangming and said, "I'm going to make Zuo Zongtang's chicken, you can ask them if they are interested."

As soon as Zhao Guangming said it, several foreign chefs became excited.

Zuo Zongtang's chicken is their gourmet food since childhood. Although they can cook it themselves, it is almost boring to eat. If Xu Zhuo can give some advice, that would be the best.

After listening to Zhao Guangming's translation, Xu Zhuo waved his hand, "Let's go, let's make Zuo Zongtang's chicken while there is still time... Guangming, does the kitchen have these ingredients?"

"Yes, let's go, they want to try it too."

In this way, Xu Zhuo led the crowd to the kitchen, started explaining from knife work, let them see step by step, and asked Zhao Guangming to help translate the ones that didn't move.

Half an hour later, Xu Zhuo cooked a plate of General Tso's chicken that was delicious in color and flavor.

"Everyone try it, and then, while there are still impressions in your mind, quickly do it again to consolidate it. If you don't understand, you can ask me. I promise to let you all learn."

Xu Zhuo was enthusiastic.

Even if the task cannot be completed, he still wants to teach these foreign chefs.

Because he found that seeing everyone's eager and respectful eyes made him feel better.

No wonder everyone loves being a teacher.

It felt really good.

Everyone held chopsticks unskillfully, tasted Xu Zhuo's Zuo Zongtang's chicken, and gave a thumbs up from time to time.

After they finished eating, they consciously started cooking.

"Teacher Xu" with his hands behind his back, carefully observed the actions of several people, pointing out any mistakes, showing a masterful demeanor.

The feeling of pretense is cool!

Zhao Guangming was very curious: "Xu Zhuo, when did you also learn this dish? This dish is not very popular in China, but foreigners like it very much."

Xu Zhuo smiled: "I was thinking about it, not only this dish, I can also make Li Hongzhang's chowder later."

But whether it can be done depends on the learning level of these foreigners.

If they can make qualified Zuo Zongtang's chicken later, and the teaching task is successfully completed, then Xu Zhuo will naturally be able to make Li Hongzhang's chowder.

If a few people can't learn...

Xu Zhuo was not afraid either.

Anyway, he's leaving tomorrow, so he doesn't have time to make Li Hongzhang's chowder.

People will not collapse.

Under Xu Zhuo's "careful" guidance, these foreign chefs finally finished the General Tso's chicken smoothly.

It also looks like it has benefited a lot.

Although they had watched Xu Zhuo do it before, they didn't know the tricks until they actually did it.

The understanding of this dish has also deepened a lot.

Xu Zhuo tasted them one by one, and they all seasoned well, and the cooked General Tso's chicken had no obvious flaws.

"Ding! The host has completed the random task [Teaching], and will be rewarded with a D-level signature dish - Li Hongzhang's Chowder. Congratulations to the host."

Sure enough, the teaching task is rooted here, not the online teaching and distance teaching given by the dog system, and the task prompt is just to confuse the audience.

"Xu Zhuo, do you really know how to cook Li Hongzhang's chowder? If so, I'll prepare the ingredients tomorrow. They finally came to China once, so they have to eat authentic Chinese food, right?"

"Okay, no problem!"

Chapter 662 "Chowder" and "Chop Suey"

In foreign countries, dishes such as Zuo Zongtang's chicken, Li Hongzhang's chowder, sweet and sour sweet and sour pork are very popular among foreigners.

But their approach has long been assimilated by the local eating habits. Many people have never eaten authentic Chinese food made by Chinese since they were young. What they eat is made by foreigners.

So they yearn to travel to China and eat Chinese food cooked by Chinese chefs.

That's why they were so excited when Xu Zhuo said that he was going to make mashed sweet potatoes.

I have eaten Chinese food made by Westerners for so many years, and now I can suddenly see Chinese food made by Chinese people, and I can't restrain my excitement and excitement.

Stir-fried mashed sweet potatoes were an eye-opener for them.

And Zuo Zongtang's chicken made by Xu Zhuo made their trip worthwhile.

Not only tasted the authentic General Tso's chicken, but also learned the authentic way.

It was worth the trip.

Now that Zhao Guangming said that he will be making Li Hongzhang's chowder tomorrow, everyone is even more excited.

"Xu Zhuo, tell me what ingredients you need, I'll prepare them in advance."

Xu Zhuo smiled, and was just about to tell Zhao Guangming the ingredients used in Li Hongzhang's chowder, when he suddenly froze.

Because he discovered that this so-called Li Hongzhang's chowder was his mother's two dishes!

One is Li Hongzhang's chowder, which uses ingredients such as sea cucumbers and scallops, stewed in chicken broth and then served in a pot.

It is said that when Li Hongzhang visited the United States, he entertained foreign guests in the consulate. Because there were not enough dishes, he made a dish with leftovers from the kitchen.

This legend is very marketable, and many people still talk about it with relish.

however……

This is downright fake news.

Nothing like that.

And foreigners don't like to eat stewed dishes.

Therefore, Li Hongzhang's chowder, which is widely spread in China, is basically a story fabricated by the Chinese people themselves, and the dishes are only Anhui chowder.

The Li Hongzhang chop suey that is popular in the United States should be called chop suey exactly.

The second dish Xu Zhuo got was this fried chop suey.

After acquiring the skills, Xu Zhuoshun also took a look at the origin of the two dishes.

Li Hongzhang is miscellaneous and has nothing to do with Li Hongzhang.

Fried chop suey is a dish brought to the United States by Chinese laborers in the Pearl River Delta in the middle of the 19th century.

Although the name of this dish is chop suey, the ingredients used are not animal offal, but some leftovers from the kitchen.

Stir-fry chicken or pork with these kitchen scraps in a pan, and the fried dish is called fried chop suey.

In this dish, the word chop suey should be understood separately.

Miscellaneous refers to the miscellaneous ingredients.

Broken refers to the finished product.

This kind of stir-fry is very popular in the United States because it is easy to obtain materials, fast to make, and not limited by ingredients, and the price is relatively low.

Not only Chinese workers love it, but Americans also like it.

Wang Qingfu, the editor-in-chief of the first Chinese-language newspaper in New York, described chop suey as a staple food for Chinese in New York, and even called it "Chinese national dish".

This is of course a huge misunderstanding.

There are so many Chinese dishes, even the [-] people in the back row will not be able to enjoy this dish of chop suey.

But white people like to be self righteous.

At the end of the 19th century, when Prime Minister Li Hongzhang visited the United States, the American media repeatedly wrote about Li Hongzhang eating chop suey.

The reason for writing this is because chop suey is the only Chinese food accepted by white people, so they take it for granted that a dignified minister of a country must eat the national dish every day.

In fact, during the week of Li Hongzhang's visit to the United States, he never ate chop suey once.