Liuxiang

Out of respect for the people who came quietly this time, even though he felt it was unnecessary in his heart, the person in charge of the Beijing Office of the Chefs Association sat in the reception area of ​​the office first and waited for the guests who came in from outside the door.

So when Lao Chen took Yi Baitang into the reception room separated from the kitchen by a small patio, and originally planned to let Yi Baitang directly into the kitchen, but when he saw his immediate boss, he was almost shocked: "Xu Old man, why are you here? The one behind—”

The old man known as Mr. Xu interrupted Old Chen with a wave of his hand, and his eyes fell on Yi Baitang who came in later.

The first time he saw Yi Baitang, he felt that the other person looked familiar, but exactly where the familiarity was... It seemed that he couldn't tell for a while.

Mr. Xu wondered for a while, and in the end, he could only blame it on the fact that beautiful people are more popular with passers-by.

He said to Yi Baitang, "Sit."

This is a very traditional tea room.

There are not too many furnishings in the tea room, there is only a wooden carved tea table and a few wooden carved chairs.

Yi Baitang sat down opposite Mr. Xu. His purpose of coming here was very simple, so he was not polite, and said directly: "I need a loan."

Mr. Xu was on business: "Okay, what do you want to use as collateral?"

Yi Baitang: "Sauce."

Sauces, although they are more partial, are not bad... Mr. Xu pondered for a while and said, "No problem. Do you bring finished products or make them fresh?"

Yi Baitang said again: "Do it now."

This answer made Mr. Xu feel better about Yi Baitang.

You know, after the chef industry was recognized by the country, the Chef Association came into being. From the very beginning, it helped many chefs to start their businesses successfully, and now it is prevented by various chefs in every possible way.Although it was once because the president who was in charge of the association back then cheated for personal gain and even used his position to steal the secret recipe, at least most of the presidents across the country were dedicated to helping the chefs.

It's just that trust is the most fragile thing. Once it is damaged, it is doomed to be extremely difficult to make up for it.

He smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Well, there are all common materials in the kitchen. If you need unusual materials, you must have prepared them." Now that he is sitting here, he will follow the rules Make it clear, "There is no high-tech shooting equipment in the kitchen, and no one will go in when you are cooking in it. There is no need to waste too much, but we understand small losses."

Having said that, Mr. Xu took a sip of tea and continued:

"After you finish making and come out, I will evaluate the value of the sauce you made. Generally, as much as I evaluate, the Chefs Association will give you a temporary loan. This loan needs to be repaid in batches, but no interest is charged—— Do you understand?"

Yi Baitang continued: "It's clear."

Isn't this young guy a little shy and introverted?

After a long conversation, it turned out that the other party had three sentences and punctuation from the beginning to the end of the call, and it was less than ten words. I really cherish words like gold...

Thinking of this, he took a closer look at Yi Baitang, but was shocked to find that the other party didn't seem to be afraid of talking less, but was out of his mind, and didn't listen carefully to what he just said at all!

But at this time, Yi Baitang looked at him again and asked:

"Finished?"

Old Xu said angrily, "It's over!"

Yi Baitang nodded and stood up from his seat: "I'll go in and make the sauce. It will take an hour and 10 minutes."

However, the things in the kitchen are clearly stated.

Mr. Xu calmed down a little: "Okay, you go." Seeing Yi Baitang turning around and leaving quickly, he suddenly thought of another thing, "What's the name of the sauce you're going to make?"

Yi Baitang: "Sauce."

Old Xu: "Sauce? I'm asking—"

But at this time, Yi Baitang had already entered the kitchen, and after a period of time when Mr. Xu didn't get an answer to the question, he finally realized: Wait, what the other party meant just now was that he didn't name the sauce at all!

Which chef is stingy with a beautiful name for something he has carefully crafted?

This guy... this little guy!

Is it really reliable?

What Elder Xu was thinking while sitting in the tea room had nothing to do with Yi Baitang.

He only sighed annoyedly from the bottom of his heart when he was listening to the other party's long speech just now.

It is a waste of time to have to listen to others repeating things that you know everything.

But the wasted time has already passed anyway, when standing in front of the stove, facing the at least a hundred kinds of seasonings on the stove, Yi Baitang narrowed his eyes slightly, and took a breath comfortably, All this has been left behind.

The ever-changing dishes are the most interesting =w=

The sauce that Yi Baitang planned to make this time was a variant of hot pot sauce.

A general hot pot restaurant has a sauce table, on which some basic sauces are placed, and each diner who comes here mixes these sauces according to his own taste, which can be regarded as taking care of the biggest difference A matter of customer taste.

But the sauce that Yi Baitang is making now cannot be prepared in this way.

Because it requires not only different materials, but also a simple processing. After adding materials and simple processing, it will...become a new basic sauce!

Yi Baitang began to put various materials.

First of all, the cooked beef used as the base is smashed with a cooking machine, which happens to be available here.

Then there is the second layer of taste, the mustard mustard in Fuling is the freshest, and the soy sauce in Shaoxing is unique.

Then, all kinds of condiments, peanut kernels, cooked sesame seeds, cashew nuts, and pine nuts are all crushed in a cooking machine, sugar, oyster sauce, sesame oil, and cooking oil are fried together with the first two according to the amount. system, but if that's all, it's just a variant of beef sauce.

That's when the real change begins.

Yi Baitang calmly added a large amount of water, and started to boil over high heat.

Then open the backpack, take out the things you brought one by one, divide them into two parts, wash one part directly into the pot and cook with the existing sauce; in the pot.

At this time, the sauce in the pot is boiled, and the fire is turned to a simmer. After simmering the juice for an hour, the soup is collected with a high heat.

Everything is done, the time is 55 minutes, and there are 15 minutes left.

Yi Baitang cleaned up the kitchen, put the sauce on a plate, and when he walked across the patio to the reception room, it was exactly an hour and 10 minutes since he entered the kitchen.

But at this time, there was no one in the living room.

Neither Old Chen who brought him in nor Old Xu who talked to him disappeared.

Yi Baitang put the sauce he made by himself on the table in the living room, and sat down to wait for Mr. Xu.

His eyes fell on a big orange tree in the yard, and after a while, he thought about how to make orange jam more delicious.

But at this time, only a sliding door separated, Mr. Xu looked at Yi Baitang who had come out and waited for him, and at the same time helplessly looked at the distinguished guest who sneaked here.

He lowered his voice: "You old—"

The distinguished guest said, "Go and taste it."

Elder Xu: "Are you coming too?"

The distinguished guest laughed: "It must not be delicious, so don't eat it."

Mr. Xu: "..." If you want to be so sure, you should go, why are you following me!With a look of "I don't see him if I don't, I won't see him", people who don't know think you are afraid to see him...

Mr. Xu slandered a few words in his heart, but he couldn't do anything about this distinguished guest, so he could only open the door and enter the living room. The fat old man should have squeezed out from the crack of the door, and then met Yi Baitang's gaze.

awkward.

Mr. Xu coughed: "I just left for a while, come, let's try your new sauce."

With that said, he walked up to Yi Baitang and sat down. First, he took a look at the shape of the sauce, but it didn't have any shape, just the color and consistency of oil-consuming.As for the sauce, it’s mostly like this. Anyway, it can’t make any flowers in appearance.

Out of concern, Mr. Xu asked again: "Is there really no name for the sauce you innovated?"

Yi Baitang glanced at Mr. Xu, and said casually, "Then call it Fresh Breath Sauce."

This name...you might as well just call it sauce.

Xu Lao, who took out his chopsticks from under the table, was speechless for a moment. He still poked the tip of the chopsticks, dipped a little bit from the plate, and put it in his mouth to taste.

Ok……

Basic beef sauce taste.

Although it is fresher, more delicious, and more fragrant, it still tastes like beef sauce.

What is the fresh breath sauce? Isn't this beef sauce?Do you think a cow can become a horse with a new name?Innocent!

Elder Xu was a little displeased.

He was about to put down his chopsticks and send out the little guy here, but at this time, the sauce in his mouth had completely melted, and the taste that had been heavily covered by fresh and salty taste suddenly rose in his mouth, like Something that has been covered up but has been working tirelessly has finally broken through the ground!

No, wait, this smell is...? !

At about the same time, there was another knock on the door of the Beijing Office of the Chefs Association.

There are people here again, it's really lively here today!

Old Chen, who was guarding the door, opened the door according to the voice, poked his head out, and after seeing the person standing outside the door clearly, he immediately smiled: "Who did I say, it turned out to be Mr. Shi, what's wrong with Mr. Shi today?" Are you free to come over here?"

The stone standing outside is always a middle-aged man with a pot belly. He stroked his protruding beer belly, squinted and smiled: "Isn't it a month or two since I haven't been here? I think it's almost time, I want to come and have a look Is there a chef to put a valuable recipe..."