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Huo Zian came out to greet the guests during the interval of serving the dishes.

The atmosphere on the field was relaxed, and many of the guests were regular customers and old acquaintances. When they saw Huo Zian, they didn't ask any questions. They just talked about food and drinking as usual, and Huo Zian felt relieved.He hopes to keep this experience in the Hutong as a personal memory, especially unwilling to use it to satisfy the curiosity of the outside world.Fortunately, everyone seems to have a tacit understanding, no one said words of comfort, let the dining experience purely return to food.

After all, Huo Zian was reluctant, looking at the restaurant full of seats, he was in a daze.

"Chef Huo!" Someone stopped him.

Huo Zian unexpectedly discovered that two Michelin detectives were also present.He remembered that one was the uncle who asked questions, and the other was Chen Sheng who was in charge of nodding.

Huo Zian asked You Liangchen to open an extra bottle of wine for them.Uncle Question smiled and said, "Chef, it's useless for you to bribe us. After this time, Michelin will definitely take a detour when he hears Huo Zian's name."

Huo Zian laughed in horror: "Is it so serious? I'm really sorry." This apology is sincere, although it is not his fault, but this time it did a lot of damage to Michelin's reputation, and finally awarded a three-star restaurant , or the first guidebook to Beijing that attracted worldwide attention, turned yellow within a few days.Don't even look at this guide.

Uncle question: "Just kidding. We only look at the taste. It's a pity for your restaurant. I hope to eat at your new restaurant next time."

Huo Zian smiled and said, "There will be no new restaurants."

The two looked at each other: "It's very common for chefs in their 30s to open their first restaurant not long ago. Chef Zi'an, don't be discouraged."

"That's not what I mean, I don't intend to shut down JeMeSens, but ... there is no fixed foothold yet."

The two breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. Do you remember, there is one more question you didn't answer for me-this doesn't count." The question uncle picked up a tripe fries.

Huo Zian remembered that they hoped to eat the French version of stewed food.He shook his head, "I don't know what to do."

Huo Zian has really thought about how to reconstruct this kind of heavy-tasting civilian French food, but this kind of food with such a strong personality will not be edible at all after it is changed. Its cheap and high-end Without a beautiful French restaurant, that is the reason for its existence.He had no choice but to suggest to them: "Maybe you go to the stewed restaurant to eat a few more times, and you will taste delicious. Our sommelier is an old Beijinger, let him introduce you to some old restaurants."

They all thought that Huo Zian was perfunctory, and they didn't take it seriously, they were just joking.Uncle Question: "Then let's try it again, maybe we'll like it—giving a Michelin star to a stew restaurant, isn't that a bad idea, isn't it Chen Sheng?"

Chen Sheng tilted his head and nodded again.

Then came another appetizer.This duck liver dish looks like a traditional French meal in form, but the ingredients and seasoning are different.The square duck liver is neatly placed on a black porcelain plate. At first glance, it looks like a smooth and beautiful yokan. The top layer is a tough persimmon jelly. The green and grainy pistachio sauce is under the delicious and plump duck liver.Several layers are eaten together, and various tastes are intertwined. Fruits and nuts neutralize the fatness of duck liver, while the self-ground soy milk tastes mellow. aftertaste.

Another dish is beef tartare.Fresh raw beef is pressed in an iron box, accompanied by yuzu vinegar toon seedlings and black sesame paste pastry.Unlike other restaurants that allow customers to add their own seasonings, this tartar has been mixed with sweet ginger, pearl onions, and peppercorns.The characteristic lies in the iron box, the aroma of sweet-scented osmanthus smoked on the lid, when the lid is opened to eat beef, this aroma touches the taste along with the food.Flowers are not added to the food, so as not to make the seasoning too unreasonable. Through the indirect method of incense, it can add a layer of aroma to the food, and it is also to remove the greasy and fishy smell of heavy food.

After the appetizers, it's time for the main course.The scale of the main course was relatively large this time, Huo Zian returned to the kitchen, and worked with Ouji and Wei Guoen to manage all aspects of the back kitchen.

When Wei Guoen put the grilled tiger prawns back and forth on the wooden tray, he was still dissatisfied, and finally dropped the prawns to the ground.Seeing that he was not in a good mood, Huo Zian asked him to rest on the side.

After the food was ready, Huo Zian pulled Wei Guoen out of the kitchen.He wanted to chat with Wei Guoen a long time ago, but he couldn't find a suitable opportunity. Unexpectedly, before he opened his mouth, Wei Guoen said: "Teacher, where are you going to open a new restaurant? You can take me with you. I will go wherever you go." where."

Huo Zian was stunned.He shook his head: "My restaurant is unstable and cannot accommodate so many people."

Wei Guoen looked abandoned.Huo Zian secretly laughed: "Guoen, you don't need to follow me. With your current qualifications and skills, you can work in many good restaurants." Having been a sous chef at a Michelin three-star restaurant, even if you have only been in the industry for a short time, it is still a beautiful resume.

But Wei Guoen was still worried, "I'm not good enough, I still have a lot to learn from you."

Huo Zi'an comforted him and said, "You don't have to learn from me. You don't know that your talent is much higher than mine. If you go outside for a few years, you are a good chef yourself."

Wei Guoen couldn't believe it, how could he be better than Huo Zian? "In a few years, I will go out again in a few years."

Huo Zian is actually not sure about Wei Guoen. He is indeed talented in cooking, but when it comes to creativity, he will be dragged down by his personality, and he doesn't know what he can do.Huo Zian couldn't care so much anymore, so he could only give him the last piece of advice——

"You are talented and hardworking. What you lack is courage. I can't teach you this."

"Courage?" Wei Guoen immediately thought that when he first learned art from Huo Zian, Huo Zian told him that if he wanted to become a good chef, he should not learn from your teacher, but had the courage to compete with the teacher for his girlfriend.

He blushed: "I don't like You Liangchen!"

"Ah?!" Huo Zian thought for a long time before he figured out his brain circuit. He laughed and said, "I know you don't like it. I mean, you have to have the courage to do wrong things. It doesn't matter if you don't please others. In this regard, you should learn from You Liangchen, and when you encounter something you don't want to do, or something you don't agree with, just 'take care of it'."

Wei Guoen stopped talking.He didn't know the meaning of what Huo Zian told him. They were discussing being a successful chef, and what did they have to do with You Liangchen?But Wei Guoen understood that in Zian's eyes, he would never be as good as Yu Liangchen. He was quite aggrieved before, but after knowing the relationship between the two, he was relieved - it turned out that he and Yu Liangchen were not together at all. on the battlefield.

Huo Zian didn't know that he was still comparing himself with You Liangchen in his heart, and felt that he had fulfilled his responsibility when he said this.He patted Wei Guoen on the shoulder, and blessed: "I hope you can find a kitchen that suits you, or find an opportunity to build a kitchen that suits you."

Wei Guoen respected and appreciated Huo Zian more, he smiled and said: "Thank you teacher, I will!"

The main course was brought to the table lively.This main course subverts the tradition of high-end French cuisine. It is not delicately placed in front of the guests, but a large wooden plate is boldly placed in the middle of the table. According to the number of people on the table, it is filled with meat, vegetables and seafood. , but more like an American casual restaurant.Huo Zian was not worried that the guests would find it rough. He believed that in this season, hearty food and the feeling of sharing food would make people feel happier than delicate dishes.The food is full of portions and cooked in the simplest way, but the selection and processing of ingredients are very elegant.The beef is M9 grade. The three-finger-thick meat is cooked and fried at high heat until it is burnt. It is placed on a pink Himalayan salt plate. The taste of salt permeates the surface evenly and naturally. Next to it are freshly picked vegetables. and mushrooms, with the fragrance of green plants like a forest; butter-fried Australian scallops and tiger prawns are placed on lemongrass grass, whiskey crushed ice piles are placed on freshly opened New Zealand oysters, next to fried soft shell crabs and sandwiches Crispy nori with nuts.Stewed venison with dark beer and spices for eight hours, sliced ​​and served with freshly baked pretzels, it is a fresh meat sandwich.

No one thought that Huo Zian would bring out such a simple and easy-to-understand food for his last meal. It was simply delicious, and there was no need to appreciate it. He only needed to enjoy it with his tongue.The dinner was also full of fun, red wine and champagne were delivered to the table one by one, and at the end of the dinner, the restaurant was filled with a sense of intoxication.

Someone thought of asking Huo Zian to sign a photo, but the chef didn't come out anymore. When he asked the waiter, he said that the chef was no longer in the kitchen.

Huo Zian and You Liangchen walked slowly along the wall.The dining room was behind them, glowing lovely, but getting further and further away.

At the closed door of the bar, a man stood there.Huo Zian shouted: "Chief editor!" You Liangchen: "Old Qiu!"

Qiu Xinzhi had been standing for more than ten minutes, his lips were trembling.Huo Zian mocked: "Why don't you go into the restaurant, at this stop, it's like blocking the way."

Qiu Xinzhi was upset: "You didn't invite me again."

On the last day of the restaurant, Huo Zian didn't ask Qiu Xinzhi to come over for dinner—he didn't invite any of his friends, thinking it was too hypocritical, but he didn't expect Qiu Xinzhi to come here by himself.Come here, and still wait and see outside with a shelf.

You Liangchen asked, "Is the wound on your mouth okay?"

"Why are you all right? You don't even dare to turn your body sideways when you sleep." He was punched by Huo Zian, but he had already recovered a long time ago.

But You Liangchen laughed, "You should come to the alleys less in the future, I think it's true that the characters don't match, you have to hang some colors every time you come."

Qiu Xinzhi smiled wryly: "I'll just say... hey, even if I want to come in the future, there's no place to stay."

The three were silent and walked forward along the wall.

Qiu Xinzhi came here in a snowy day, naturally to bid farewell to the restaurant.He originally planned to take a look outside and leave, but unexpectedly bumped into the two of them, and he couldn't do it anymore if he wanted to be alone, so he had to put away his emotions and said casually: "Why can't this wall go to the end? I didn't feel that the square It's that big."

Huo Zian replied: "Well, this is called ghost hitting the wall."

The two smiled.Qiu Xinzhi laughed and said, "You know ghosts hitting walls?"

"I know, just walking around, all in the same place, I can't run out."

The three finally reached the end of the wall.Qiu Xinzhi joked: "This is the enchantment, you two go out from here, don't look back, and don't turn your head when someone calls your name, you know? Once you turn back, you can't leave."

You Liangchen cooperated and said: "What if the front is an illusion, faked to deceive people, we didn't go out at all."

"Yes, such a trap can't be ruled out," he kicked the gray wall, "We have to make a mark."

Huo Zian smiled and said, "Did Sun Wukong come here for a visit?"

"That's right," Yu Liangchen said, "Let's take a piss here."

Without saying a word, he and Qiu Xinzhi unzipped their trousers and faced the wall side by side.You Liangchen urged: "Huo Zian, hurry up!"

"I didn't pee."

"Just do it." He pushed Huo Zian over, unzipped the zipper skillfully, and took it inside.Huo Zian smiled while hiding: "Can you two not be so naive?"

Qiu Xinzhi couldn't see it: "Damn it, don't mess around in public, please! If you want to mess with it, add me."

He ran over to restrain Huo Zian with You Liangchen. Huo Zian was dying and struggling, wanting to cry without tears, and the ancient buildings on both sides also covered his eyes...

The moon was dark and the wind was high, fine snow fell silently to the edge of the wall, and the sound of running water came and went.

Qiu Xinzhi supported the wall and asked, "Where are you going next?"

Huo Zian: "It hasn't been decided yet, maybe Shanghai."

"Shanghai is not far away." Qiu Xinzhi lowered his voice and looked up at the sky while pulling up his trousers.

Not far...but not close either.He was happy that they were finally able to escape from the barrier, and after all, it was not easy to see each other.

The fine snow fell on his face and immediately turned into water.

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