Food starts with noodles

They are all on their own, so it is natural to help each other in business.

As for Xu's Restaurant and Zhao Ji's Private Kitchen, such established restaurants don't need to make major changes. Anyway, they have a good reputation, and as long as the service is decent, they don't have to worry about customers.

If you change the marketing plan indiscriminately, it will not only increase the cost, but may also be counterproductive.

So Xu Zhuo did not share these with Xu Wenhai and Zhao Jinma.

When the live broadcast ended, Yuan Kang had also watched it and helped Xu Zhuo make some necessary adjustments in details.

Marketing this thing, to put it bluntly, ultimately depends on the quality.

The dishes in the store are of high quality and taste good. Even if you don’t do marketing or publicity, there will still be customers who come here admiringly.

Coupled with Xu Zhuo's own reputation and Sifang Restaurant's popularity, no matter what kind of marketing you do, it's just icing on the cake, and it won't play a decisive role.

After Yuan Kang and Zhou Wen left, Xu Zhuo chatted with Lao Meng for a while.

Lao Meng is living a good life now, he is married, and Zheng Jia is four months pregnant, and the child will be born in a few months.

Moreover, the house I bought last year has already been handed over, and I am going to decorate it in these two days.

His self-service hot pot business is good, and he plans to open another branch this year, but not now, but in autumn and winter, when hot pot is the peak season.

In addition to the good business, his income from live broadcasting has also been maintained well, so this guy bought another house in the provincial capital, planning to live in it for his parents when they are older.

As for his hometown in Huainan, he didn't plan to go back.

After all, this is a provincial capital, and the conditions in all aspects are much better than that of the small county in Huainan.

And when you have children in the future, you have to consider education issues, parents' pension issues, medical issues, etc. A place like a provincial capital is better than a small county town.

The most important thing is that Lao Meng is not short of money. He has an income of more than [-] a month, and he is also a little famous. Although this kind of capital will not make him prosperous in the provincial capital, at least he is quite rich .

Lao Meng is an easy-going person. Back then, he wanted to complain to his roommate Xu Zhuo just because he had just divorced and was cuckolded.

As a result, by accident, he became a food broadcaster, and then gradually gained a firm foothold in the circle and became a first-line anchor.

If it weren't for Lao Meng, who is too Buddhist, his grades might be even better than they are now.

But he is quite satisfied, the current job is simple, live broadcast occasionally, and then sit in the self-service hot pot restaurant as a mascot, this job is much better than the previous work of climbing up and down with network cables and monitoring.

When the two chatted until it was dark, they went to Jiang Dabiao's shop together and had a drink with Jiang Dabiao.

It happened that Cui Yong and Da Jiang were also there, they drank wine and bragged, recalling those interesting things in the past, it was very pleasant.

The next day, Xu Zhuo didn't drink with Cui Yong and the others, but went to the culinary major of the provincial capital university, and visited Zhao Jinma, Feng Weiguo and others who were studying there.

Feng Weiguo is a master of Jin cuisine, and he didn't want to teach here.

But the reputation of a visiting professor made him rush over immediately, and even took the initiative to serve as the main lecturer of the advanced knife crafting course.

Being able to have the number of visiting professors in two schools made Feng Weiguo full of energy, and he was not so dissatisfied with Guo Xingwang's disobedient behavior in his heart.

Especially when Xu Zhuo said that Guo Xingwang found a girlfriend with a net worth of over [-] million, he was very happy, saying that it was right to let that kid go to the capital.

After such a leisurely week, it was because when Xu Zhuo came back and just wanted to be lazy and fish for fish, the skills he had devoted himself to learning finally cooled down.

You can learn liver paste soup.

Early in the morning, Xu Zhuo drove to Wei's restaurant, and came to Wei Junming to learn how to make liver paste soup.

In fact, I told Wei Junming about this a long time ago, but Xu Zhuo never came, and Wei Junming didn't have the nerve to urge him.

For young people, it's normal for them to be playful, and Xu Zhuo is so busy in the capital, and now he finally came back, so naturally he can't be urged to learn.

Now Xu Zhuo had enough fun to study, which made Wei Junming very satisfied.

To put other people aside, with Xu Zhuo's achievements, I am afraid that he has long been so complacent that he doesn't know what to do, and he doesn't even think about asking for advice with an open mind.

But Xu Zhuo is not the same, he has always maintained a humble attitude.

So when I received a call from Xu Zhuo saying that I would learn liver paste soup today, Wei Junming had already prepared the ingredients, even double servings, for fear that Xu Zhuo would not be able to learn it.

It's not that he doesn't feel worried about Xu Zhuo, it's mainly because the preparation of this liver paste soup is really complicated and cumbersome.

In terms of difficulty alone, it is even more difficult than chickpeas.

After all, it is a dish that is on the verge of being lost, so the difficulty can be imagined.

Chapter 1552: The Reason Why Gangao Decoction Is on the Brink of Lost

Among the "Three Gorgeous Soups" of Sichuan cuisine, liver paste soup should be the most complicated and complicated soup dish.

To say that it is cumbersome and complicated is not only demanding in terms of practice, but also high in requirements for chefs in terms of production experience.

Other dishes, such as chickpeas and boiled cabbage, if you don't have enough experience when cooking, you can cook more or less, but the appearance is not very good, and the taste is not bad overall.

But the dish of liver paste soup, if you are not careful when making it, the dish will be fishy and bitter, and the taste will be very astringent.

Hard to swallow.

For this dish, Xu Zhuo is also cautious.

Before his concentration on learning cools down, he didn't even dare to come to Wei Junming to learn from him, because he was afraid that after reading it, he wouldn't understand it at all, or he might make a low-level mistake if he tried to get started.

In this case, the character set that I have maintained for a long time is a bit unstable.

Maintaining a persona is a very tiring thing. You may not feel anything at first, but after a long time, it will be like wearing a mask.

Can't take it off at all.

When we came to Wei's restaurant, everyone was having breakfast.

This is also a tradition left over from the period of Sifang Restaurant.

As soon as Xu Zhuo entered, he met Zheng Jia who was dressed a little loosely.

"Hey, boss, why are you here today? Have you had breakfast? Do you want to eat something together?"

Xu Zhuo looked at Zheng Jia curiously and asked, "You are also the vice president after all, why are you still on the morning shift? Doesn't your Lao Meng feel bad?"

Zheng Jia said with a smile: "I'm too lazy to make breakfast at home, so it's great to eat ready-made breakfast here. It just helps the child in my stomach adapt to life in a restaurant early, so that I won't have to adapt to eating out after birth."

Tsk, this prenatal education...

Xu Zhuo was really convinced.

He came so early to grab a meal. After all, he has to be busy in the back kitchen of Wei's restaurant for the past two days. Everyone can't see him when he looks up, so he needs to come here first to get acquainted.

Although he knows most of the chefs in this restaurant, they are no longer together, so it is necessary to come here in advance to get acquainted.

After I went in with Zheng Jia, some employees were already eating.

The staff meals at Wei's Restaurant have always been in the form of a buffet, but the prepared portion is not much, and if you come late, you can basically only eat the leftovers.

Today's breakfast is beef patties, meat buns, vegetarian buns, fried rice noodles, shredded pork mustard soup, assorted kimchi, boiled eggs and so on.

Xu Zhuo looked at it, and it was similar to the breakfast in the factory.

But the thoughtful thing is that there are also some coarse grains such as boiled corn and steamed pumpkin and steamed sweet potatoes, which are to take care of the waiters who are losing weight in the store.

He looked around, greeted a few chefs he was familiar with, and then he took an empty plate and started to get what he wanted to eat.

While eating, Shi Lei came over with a plate.

Compared to the past, Shi Lei is now not only taller, but also a lot stronger. He is completely different from the skinny boy who secretly smashed the glass of his shop with a brick in the past.

Shi Lei, like Zheng Jia, still called the boss when he saw Xu Zhuo.

Xu Zhuo sat down and chatted with him while eating.

Now Shi Lei is doing well, his job is stable, and his income has already exceeded 1 yuan. In addition to the house Feng Weiguo bought, he can be regarded as a family man in the provincial capital, which is better than many social animals who are still renting houses. a lot of.

But according to Shi Lei, he wants to save enough money to go to school again.

He doesn't even graduate from junior high school now. Although his income has increased and his job is stable, he knows that this is the reason for being taken care of.

So he wants to improve himself.

And his biggest shortcoming is culture, so he wants to go to school again, learn for two or three years, and then take a cooking class at his own expense, and learn cooking-related courses systematically.

In this way, no matter whether he goes out to work or goes back to work in the future, he will be able to be alone.

Unlike now, it needs the care of others to gain a firm foothold in the back kitchen.

In fact, Shi Lei's Fried Liangpi has always been good, but if he wants to improve himself, Xu Zhuo will naturally support him strongly.

Among other things, just say hello to Yangzhou University, Shi Lei should be able to easily enter the Culinary Academy to study.

Anyway, he is just learning knowledge and doesn't need a diploma. Even if he doesn't say hello, Shi Lei can still go there as long as he pays. But if he says hello, Shi Lei can get proper care and let him learn more knowledge.

But it's still early, and Feng Weiguo is also a visiting professor at Yangzhou University, so it should be easy to operate.

After eating and drinking, Wei Junming also came to work.

Xu Zhuo walked over to have breakfast with him, and then went to the kitchen to make liver paste soup.

This dish of liver paste soup is actually very similar to chickpea curd. They all need clear chicken soup, and it is the kind of clear chicken soup with high clarity.

Only with clear chicken soup can authentic liver paste soup be made.

In addition to clear chicken soup, the most important ingredient is fresh pork liver.

Wei Junming told the store to buy the pork liver, and it is soaking in clean water at the moment.

There is a lot of blood in the liver, so it needs to be soaked in advance when eating, so that the blood can be soaked out as much as possible.

Some people make liver paste soup and feel that they follow the steps in the tutorial, but the liver paste soup they make has a fishy smell.

This is very likely because the pig liver has been soaked for too long and the excess blood in the liver has not been soaked out.

In addition to the liver, this dish also uses ingredients such as starch, egg white, green onion and ginger, and bamboo fungus.

Dictyophora is a cryptogamous fungus that parasitizes on the roots of dry bamboos. It is shaped like chicken fir, but it is different from chicken fir. The complete shape of bamboo fungus has a fine and white mesh skirt around the top of the stipe from which the fungus grows. Cover spreads down.

This graceful shape makes Dictyophora the reputation of "Snow Skirt Fairy", "Flower of Mountain Treasure", "Flower of Fungus" and "Queen of Fungi".

In addition to its high appearance, bamboo fungus is rich in nutrition, rich in fragrance and delicious in taste. It has been listed as a rare food since ancient times, and was once a tribute.

Today, the price of bamboo fungus is still high. In addition to the harsh growth environment of bamboo fungus, the short maturity period of bamboo fungus is also the reason that hinders its large-scale development.

Dictyophora needs to be picked quickly after the umbrella skirt is opened. After four or five hours at most, the bamboo fungus will gradually rot and melt.

In such a short period of time, it is not only necessary to dig out the bamboo fungus from the bamboo forest, but also to transport it to the bottom of the mountain for initial processing as soon as possible. This kind of restriction makes every bamboo fungus very precious.

The bamboo fungus to be used today is ready, just soak it in water later.

Xu Zhuo already knew how to make clear chicken soup, so this step was omitted, and Wei Junming started teaching directly from smashing pork liver.

The so-called smashing refers to using the back of a knife to smash the fresh and tender pork liver into minced meat. At the same time, when smashing, the fascia in the pork liver should be completely picked out.

Only in this way can we make a tender liver paste soup.

If there is fascia mixed in, the quality of the whole liver paste soup will be greatly reduced.

Listening to Wei Junming's explanation, Xu Zhuo asked in a daze, "Godfather, who still uses the smashing method these days, wouldn't it be enough to just grind it into a meat paste with a wall-breaking machine?"

When Wei Junming heard this, he immediately laughed.

"Xiao Zhuo, do you know why the dish of liver paste soup is on the verge of extinction? It's because too many chefs have ideas like yours.

Good dishes not only test the chef's stamina and skills, but more importantly, his heart.

Blindly opportunistic, it is impossible to make perfect dishes! "

Chapter 1553 Liver Paste Soup

When making chickpea curds before, Xu Zhuo felt that the meat pulp made with a cooking machine was not much different from the meat pulp scraped out by traditional methods.

Although the traditional method is more delicious, it does not mean that the quality of the cooking machine is poor.

On the contrary, a cooking machine can save a lot of time. The chickpeas curds sold in Sifang Restaurant are now made with a cooking machine.

The traditional method of slowly scraping and smashing with a kitchen knife is really time-consuming.

Xu Zhuo couldn't afford to delay.