Sesame Green Bean Garlic

The restaurant entered the final stage of decoration. While purchasing tables, chairs and lamps, Huo Zian interviewed many people.There are quite a few applicants, but none of them have ever worked in this type of restaurant. The first sentence is always: "Do you include food and accommodation?", and the second sentence: "When is the Spring Festival holiday?" Huo Zian replied: "It won't open before the Spring Festival." "Oh," the other party would glance around, as if he had discovered something important: "There is nothing, what are they selling here?"

It doesn't matter if you don't know French restaurants. The key is that most people don't know what they can do. They are unexamined and diligent. They just want to have a place to live in the capital, and then look for the possibility of starting a family.Huo Zian could understand them, but he couldn't take them in.One Yu Liangchen is enough for him to have a headache, he doesn't have the strength to deal with these directionless people anymore.

There are also experienced hands. I have worked in the kitchen of a five-star hotel. Seeing the scale and location of the restaurant, I am not very confident.

"The yard is nice. Opening a shop in a courtyard is also a selling point, but it's too far away. People in Beijing are willing to spend money on a high-end meal, but first of all, there must be a parking space. Do you understand? Parking is possible. Very important."

Huo Zian was stunned. He hadn't seriously considered such a realistic problem; and even if he had considered it, he hadn't been able to solve it.

They walked into Huo Zian's kitchen, which was full of internal organs. You Liangchen was alone in front of the cooking table, playing with seven or eight glasses of water - this was the homework Huo Zian gave him, asking him to distinguish the difference between several types of water, Because water is the most basic and important ingredient in all cooking.You Liangchen separated for a long time, his stomach was so full that he couldn't drink anymore, so he just played on his own, knocking on the glass, knocking out the rhythm.

The applicant asked, "Who is he?"

"My deputy."

The man frowned and expressed his intention.He said that Huo Zian's shop is completely ineffective, and the congenital defects cannot be remedied.He invited Huo Zian to open a store in a certain shopping mall. With Huo Zian's reputation, craftsmanship, management ability, and his own skills, he will definitely succeed.

The two chatted for a long time, and Huo Zian benefited a lot, but in the end he politely sent him away.This person is just too directional, he understands Beijing's catering industry very well, and is very pragmatic. The two discussed many technical issues in restaurants, but he never once asked why Huo Zian opened a restaurant here, and his understanding of food. What is the philosophy.

The man said: "Survival is the most important thing. Only after you survive, will someone care about your accent and ideals."

After he left, Huo Zian fell into deep thought.He is not the kind of rich second generation who has endless money. He earns every penny by himself, so he naturally knows how to survive and the benefits of money.It's not that he resists making money, it's just that he never regards money as the end point.What puzzles him most is that whether it is a person with a direction or a person without a direction here, they are too pragmatic.He has lived in Paris for many years and has worked in various restaurants. The French cuisine he understands is not the superposition of gorgeous ingredients, nor the show off of complicated techniques. It takes so much effort to cook a meal, from the ingredients The use, cooking method, balance of taste and presentation, after all, the chef expresses something—about his memory, feeling, thinking, aesthetics, and even social responsibility, making money and fame is just a normal return.

How could this be false?Such doubts have actually existed in Huo Zian's heart for a long time, between him and Li Xiaonan.No matter where he went, on this land, he still couldn't escape this question.

He stared blankly at You Liangchen beating the glass, and after a long, long time, neither of them said a word.As long as Huo Zian doesn't speak, You Liangchen won't take the initiative to provoke him.Huo Zian looked up at You Liangchen, and suddenly asked, "Hey, how much money do you earn a month selling pancakes?"

You Liangchen didn't expect that Huo Zian would ask him this kind of question. It felt like being asked by the teacher to go to the blackboard to solve the problem. It's not that he can't do it, but he just doesn't understand why he has to stand in the eyes of others.He thought for a while before saying: "Not necessarily, anyway, enough for myself."

"It's not safe to set up a stall, you will be chased by the city management, and your income is not stable. Have you ever thought about renting a shop, or that kind of fancy breakfast car?"

You Liangchen was taken aback, "Then I can't run around, what's the use?"

Huo Zian smiled helplessly, this is really a very typical You Liangchen type of lack of ambition; You Liangchen is also directionless, but the lack of direction is more thorough, and he doesn't even have the most mundane goals.Therefore, he is completely different from them.For some reason, this made Huo Zian feel comfortable, and the pent-up anger in his heart dissipated.He stood up, "Yu Liangchen, let's go out!"

"where to?"

"Go shopping. Our store will open soon, and it's time to meet the neighbors. On weekends, let's invite everyone to have a meal."

As the Spring Festival approached, the outsiders in the hutongs all went home one after another, leaving behind only old Beijing families.The old people are reluctant to move, and they feel that they are at the root of the imperial city, what else has they not seen?Lack of interest in the outside world.

They don't want to go to distant places, but they can go to restaurants that can be reached by walking two steps.They are somewhat interested in Huo Zian.First of all, he is good-looking and well-bred, and he looks like he has a bright future. If you put such a person in your network, even if it is not useful, it is not bad to look at it.Moreover, their eyes are poisonous. They have seen countless outsiders coming and going, and they can tell at a glance who is playing around and who has a right.It seems that Huo Zian will stay in this alley for a long time, they have to come to palm their eyes, and then decide how to treat him.

So, on the day Huo Zian invited guests, all the neighbors came.

There are two old people who live next door to the restaurant. Their children are not with them, but they live with their nephew.The three of them came and talked with Aunt Kong and You Dacheng, and it was only then that Huo Zian realized that the old lady and Aunt Kong were sisters.This old lady Cheng has a simple enthusiasm, and she is born to love to ask for warmth, and to be close to everyone; her wife, Uncle Cheng, also loves to talk, and with You Dacheng and the other one talk about romance, the other talk about the country's plans, and they can talk about everything. One piece; Beijingers talk like playing ping-pong, flicking the words back and forth lightly, but they don't hit the ground.

Their nephew—in terms of blood relationship, he should be Liang Chen's cousin, a neat young man.I was a little cautious, but when I asked, it turned out that I grew up in Hebei and only came to Beijing in the past two years.Because I am a half-outsider, I feel the need to be cautious here, unlike Kuizi and Yu Liangchen who are so relaxed and casual.

He seemed to be very interested in the restaurant. After sitting down, he took the menu on the table and read it at least twenty times.The menu was handwritten by Huo Zian. He wanted to introduce French cuisine to the neighbors, so he prepared a complicated set meal with 5 courses.

His nephew, Wei Guoen, pointed to the first dish and asked, "Is this an appetizer? It's the first time I've eaten Western food with so many appetizers."

Huo Zian explained: "Amusebouche is not considered an appetizer, it is a tapas appetizer for guests. Some people like to drink before meals, so they can have it with wine."

Wei Guoen showed a serious expression of astonishment, "Gift? Is that much?"

"A small sip," Huo Zian patted him on the shoulder, "Would you like champagne?"

Huo Zian poured wine for them one by one, and pink bubbles rose from the transparent wine glass. Every time this happened, Huo Zian would be encouraged, and his mood would become light and excited, just like every feast he had held before.That feeling is like going to a battlefield, but this battle is extremely tricky, because he doesn't want to kill people, but to make others happy; when others are happy, he can't lose himself, and he wants to let them eat meat. Pleasure, but also a tingling sensation to the bone.Just like all serious works, you can't just follow other people's preferences, and you always have to give them some excitement, adventure, and even discomfort in the end.These parts that can open up the experience are even the most valuable part of the meal.

Like a fighting general, Huo Zian walked into the kitchen and faced his only soldier.

You Liangchen was cutting carrots an hour ago, and he is still doing it now.Looking at the stump of the carrot on the chopping board, Huo Zian sighed deeply - this is not a soldier, it is clearly a poor country, and he got his food too late.

But he never counted on Yu Liangchen.For this meal, he has been busy in the kitchen for more than 30 hours, and what he can do is ready.

"That's all right, let's help with the plate."

You Liangchen responded, and when he retracted the knife, he couldn't control his strength, and his thumb made a cut, blood oozing out.

Huo Zian grabbed his fingers to check, and saw that the wound was not shallow, so he hurriedly asked him to wash it under the tap. "Does it hurt?"

You Liangchen shook his head. "At this time, you can't apply medicine. If you can bear it, if it's not easy to contaminate the food, I'll wrap you with a Band-Aid to stop the bleeding first?"

You Liangchen: "It's okay, no medicine."

Grabbing Yu Liangchen's fingers, he realized that there was a tattoo on the back of his slender fingers.On the thumb is the word "stone", on the ring finger is the word "knife", and the other fingers are invisible.Huo Zi thought to himself, he must have eighteen weapons tattooed on his body.

But he didn't have time to think about it anymore. People were seated, the wine was poured, and it was time for the first course.

After that, it was one ring after another, and it couldn't stop.

On a black porcelain plate, he served the first amusebouche.Huo Zian ordered You Liangchen to take out the crispy fried octopus and drain the oil, while he cut the soft bun and put black caviar on it. "There are usually three types of tapas to open up the taste buds of the guests. This time, there are elderly people who are eating, so we have to consider that they like soft and tender things, so we use soft bread instead of baguette," Huo Zian placed on the caviar with tweezers Put a sweet orange cut into the size of a thumb, and order some curry sauce next to the octopus, "but also stimulate them, let them feel that this meal will be different, and there will be expectations."

He knew that You Liangchen might not be listening, but he continued talking on his own.The kitchen where he works is usually bustling, but now there are only two people in the small kitchen, so he feels lonely, and talking can relieve his boredom.

Finally, he took out the hawthorn balls from the refrigerator and carefully placed them on the chestnut puree. "Take it out, put it gently on the table." Huo Zian instructed.

The first course was served.There are three small foods on the plate in front of everyone, red and yellow, very delicate.A middle-aged woman praised: "It's so beautiful, look at the candied haws in such a pose, it's more photogenic." She is Kuizi's older sister, she is tall, and her speech is full of momentum, which always reminds people of a female warrior.She picked up the candied haws and bit them, her eyes widened immediately, "Yo, this is not candied haws, it's filled with... stuffing."

Huo Zian explained: "This is the skin made of hawthorn juice, filled with vanilla mousse."

"No wonder it melts in your mouth like eating ice cream."

Kuizi stuffed his mouth with food and said, "Brother Zi'an, this is really delicious, but the amount is too small, my starlings can't get enough of it."

The brother-in-law continued: "Hey, you have no experience, you just want this unsatisfactory energy. Chef, I have been in the big restaurants in the capital. Your craftsmanship is really good."

Huo Zian smiled and heaved a sigh of relief, the first level was finally passed.