Mr. Minguo's kitchen

The courtyard is deep, and the wind blows into the curtain.In the summer, the stove in Beijing began to burn slowly. Yu Zuotang knew that Lin Weirui was a master who could not tolerate heat, so he had already ordered someone to clean up the shady yard in the mansion for them to live in.Ah Fu followed the young master, walked through the winding corridors of the courtyard, opened the curtain, and saw the young master was washing his hands and making soup in front of the stove.

"Young Master, the post has already been delivered, and the Chang Mansion replied that Zhongxin Restaurant will be waiting for you in three days."

"Yeah." Lin Weirui was adding crushed ice to the bowl, while Xiaobao was helping.Under the sunlight, the small yellow flowers can be seen in the crushed ice that is frozen with sweet-scented osmanthus honey, and then chopped into fine crushed ice with the back of a knife with even force.Ah Fu saw that the ice in the bowl of the eldest young master seemed to be free of money, and then trembled in fear.

Ah Fu: "Young master, eating too much ice can easily chill your stomach."

But the persuasion that was so hard to muster was completely buried by Lin Weirui with a soft hum.Lin Weirui was not a person who was afraid of heat in the past, after all, there are air conditioners everywhere.But there will be no air conditioner here, so he can only use iced food to cool down the anger in his stomach.

Lin Zhenpeng, who was waiting to eat, also persuaded: "Brother, fourth brother said that you should not have more than half a bowl of ice a day, if there is too much, he will punish Brother Wu and me when he goes back."

Lin Weirui: ...

He kept moving his hands and adjusted the ingredients in the ice bowl in a short while.Take a closer look, in the glass transparent round bowl, there is a piece of washed green lotus leaf, on which there are random piles of river freshness, lotus seeds that are stained with water droplets, fresh and translucent river lotus root , cut into small pieces and steamed in a pan, the plump water chestnut seems to burst out, and the tender yellow chicken head rice grains are strong. These are seasonal products in early summer, and they are served with almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts that have been carefully peeled After waiting for the dried fruit, a few candied fruits with a yellow sugar juice tail are adorned at the end. The thin ice shards glisten in the sun, and there is a slight chill in it.

"Father! Yes, yes, eat!" Lin Weirui turned her head, and at some point, the father and son of the Yu family were already standing at the door.The begging words just now were spit out from the mouth of the little doll who was wearing a beard.

Seeing this, Yu Zuotang laughed loudly, "Young son has no shape, I made Wei Rui laugh."

Lin Weirui washed her hands, took the cloth handed over by Xiao Bao, dried her hands slowly, and then said, "It's okay, let's eat together." Who doesn't know that Secretary-General Yu will bring his children to cook for a few days to eat? Shield, "But this assorted ice bowl has ice added, so he can't eat it."

The youngest son of the Yu family knew at a young age that a crying child had milk to drink, and he would cry when he heard his words. small mouth.I don't know if it's his own illusion, Ah Fu always feels that his young master has been staring at the Yu family's young master, and his eyes seem to be quite fierce?

Originally, Yuan Xiaolan was reading in the house, but when she saw the bustle outside, she also came out to have a look, just in time to eat.

Everyone moved to the gazebo to talk, and the cool breeze was blowing. Lin Weirui even dug a few spoonfuls of ice into the bowl of ice, and then felt alive again.The not-too-sweet candied ice combined with river fish is a perfect match to cool off the heat.The crushed ice touches the tip of the tongue like a volcano, and it melts in the mouth. The river freshness is soft, glutinous and sweet. Once it enters the throat, it is like a gust of breeze sweeping the whole body, which is cool and brings a unique fragrance between the lips. The person climbing up the head immediately felt a little better.

Yu Zuotang also got a bowl, he ate for a while and didn't even have time to talk.After drinking all the soup in the ice bowl, he raised his head and praised with satisfaction: "People often say that the freshwater fish in Huixiantang is raised with the spring water from Yuquan Mountain, the best spring in the world, so the taste is the most precious. Every summer, the supply is in short supply. Today I tasted this bowl of Wei Rui, and I realized that the unique taste is elsewhere! Taking advantage of this summer, you Fenglaiju should settle in Beijing as soon as possible!" In this way, he refused to go Fengtian, I will be able to taste such deliciousness every day in the future!

Lin Weirui remained silent on the face, thinking to himself, other people's fish are raised with famous spring water, while ours is irrigated with Lingtan water, such a comparison is a bit incompetent.

"The cooking competition was held in Huixian Hall this year. Huixian Hall is located in Shichahaina, the northern city. After a while, we drove out of the city gate to go there. There is a ten-acre lotus pond with lotus leaves in the sky. The pink and white lotus is blooming, and Wei Rui and Xiaolan can enjoy the lotus scenery later."

Lin Weirui continued to eat his half bowl of ice without any objection.

However, Yuan Xiaolan asked a question that he had been baffled for a long time, "Mr. Yu is in a high position now, and he is going to be a judge of a cooking competition. Will someone take advantage of him?"

Yu Zuotang laughed loudly, patted him on the shoulder and said: "I don't know, Xiaolan, in this party state, my hobby of eating and drinking is the most common. I also have colleagues who like to listen to operas, and some people only like that. There are people who like to fight crickets, appreciate antiques, and praise famous actors. As for why I have no scruples, let me ask you, there are so many people with the surname Ye in the world, but when it comes to Ye Shuai , which one do you remember?"

Yuan Xiaolan replied to him: "Of course it is Fengtian's fourth master Ye."

Lin Weirui raised her eyes and cast a glance at them.

Yu Zuotang smiled and waved his hands again and again, "Marshal Ye is so famous, it's not appropriate to use him as a metaphor here. Next, let me ask you, which one is known as a handsome ruffian in Beijing?"

Yuan Xiaolan said without hesitation, "Cao Shuai."

"Let me ask you again, who is the commander of the Central Third Division?"

Yuan Xiaolan hesitated for a while, contacted the context of Mr. Yu just now, and guessed: "Could it be that he is still Cao Shuai?"

Yu Zuotang had a teachable look on his face, and said, "Now you can understand how this innocuous hobby can affect us politicians and generals? Fame is something that is expected to be famous first. Ordinary people may not know that the Prime Minister's secretary The surname is very different, but if you mention the big eater among politicians, you will know that I am Yu Zuotang. Besides, when you mention the drunken concubine, the first thing others think of is Yuan Xiaolan instead of Yuan Datou, you Is that the reason?"

Yuan Xiaolan listened to him making a crooked analogy with herself, and burst out laughing, "I understand, this hobby is what distinguishes a person from all other living beings. But I think Mr. really likes to eat, not just A name."

"Friends!"

Yuan Xiaolan and Yu Zuotang unexpectedly had a happy chat.A group of people went to the north gate in two cars, and within half an hour, they saw Huixian Hall built on the edge of the lotus pond from a distance.There was already a steward at the door waiting to greet him.The steward enthusiastically welcomed Yu Zuotang who was walking in front, and saw that the two Yuan Lin who were following behind did not neglect.

"These two are Mr. Yuan and Mr. Lin from Fengtian. The presence of the two of you really makes our Huixian Hall full of glory!" The invitations sent to Yufu these days have disappeared like snowflakes The flight at the end of the day, but they were all declined, but it did not prevent the big guys from knowing that Lin Weirui had arrived in Beijing.The steward was probably greeted in advance.

Yu Zuotang placed the two friends in a wing room on the second floor where he usually sits in a room with a great view, and then went to meet up with Wu Shunyu who had come a step earlier.Huixian Hall occupies a very large area. In addition to hundreds of wing rooms with three entrances and three exits, there are also three theater buildings, each of which can accommodate a hundred people to watch.Today's competition was held in front of the front theater.

Yuan Xiaolan will open the window facing the theater building, and the perspective of the second floor can just clearly see the actions of everyone on the stage.The first floor was full of spectators, and there were even people who opened the betting market. So far, Gambling Huixiantang and Zhongxin Restaurant have won the first class with the most people, and the two are evenly matched.

"It is said that because of this good show today, all the ice bowls in Huixian Hall have been taken out to entertain the guests!"

"Strange! I didn't make a reservation in the past, but I couldn't eat this bowl."

"Oh? What is the name of the ice bowl in Huixian Hall?"

"I said you are here for the first time. In addition to the delicious taste of the materials used in the ice bowl of Huixian Hall, it was also the favorite food of Emperor Guangxu in the former palace! Even the big ice bowl of Huixian Hall The cooks all come from the imperial dining room in the front palace, do you think this is a big name?"

"Then this is equivalent to tasting the royal meal?"

"Who says it's not! Or do you think that the price of ice bowls is so high, why is the supply in short supply?"

The sound of the next room came through the open window, just as someone knocked on the door of Lin Weirui's side room, it was the people from Huixiantang who brought a special ice bowl.The green lotus leaves are set against the tender-colored river lotus root, which is very beautiful.It's a pity that there are a group of people who have just eaten the special ice bowl in this room, and they are not interested in this legendary imperial meal.

The waiter was used to the guests who came here for this bowl of ice. Seeing them ignore them like this, and hearing Lin Weirui's foreign accent, he thought it was the first time for a foreigner to come here, and he had never seen such a precious meal What about eating?So he volunteered to explain the history of the ice bowl to them with a rather proud tone, emphasizing the title of imperial meal.

It's a pity that his introduction fell on deaf ears and ended up in a situation where no one would support him.Lin Weirui looked at the fineness of the river freshness and knew that not all of the ingredients came from the jade spring water.Also, there are a lot of guests watching a good show today, if you want everyone to offer a bowl of river fresh ice bowl, you will not lose money, and it is also a "smart" way to mix some ordinary goods into the ingredients.

Yuan Xiaolan saw that the people from Huixiantang introduced the ice bowl emphatically, so she held the ground and moved the spoon, stopped the chopsticks after saying something good, and sent the person out by the way: "There is no need to wait here, you go out."

The waiter had no choice but to retreat full of doubts.

Yuan Xiaolan said with a smile: "Sure enough, Wei Rui's craftsmanship is better, it's a pity for this ice bowl."

Lin Weirui rolled his eyes lightly at him, and said lightly, "It's going to be ostentatious, but you can't bear the cost. It's a good one, so you can say it's good. It's easy to feed, but it's cheaper Lu Lao Liu."

Yuan Xiaolan pursed her lips and smiled slightly, but said nothing.Yuan Xiaolan, who is well aware of his friend's temperament, knows that at this time he can only laugh and say nothing, otherwise he will become more and more teasing.

At the moment of the confrontation between the two, the cooking competition has already begun.Strictly speaking, this is not a formal competition at all, because all the contestants are young people recommended by the eight major restaurants and the thirteen major restaurants. However, most of these young people are disciples of famous chefs.

The judges are not professionals, each has their own tastes and hobbies, and cannot be absolutely objective and fair.But for people of this era, it is already a new and fashionable thing.You can tell by looking at so many young ladies and sons who are watching the excitement sitting below.

It is not so much a competition as it is a famous drama.Even the competition only had two rounds. In the first round, 21 companies were eliminated and the remaining three were eliminated. Sure enough, two of the last three were Zhongxin Restaurant and Huixiantang.In the end, each of the three will decide the winner with a dish. In the summer season, the theme of this competition is also very seasonal - lotus, regardless of whether it is red or white.

The author has something to say: When I was writing this, I suddenly remembered Xiao Nai’s sentence in Wei Wei’s TV drama version, “You are not worth being robbed.” The value being written...

Just now I have been pestering my mother and sister to chat, because I will go back tomorrow, I am so reluctant!This is the first update, the second update will be later - from the author of the waste meow