Great Imperial Merchant

Xiao Er's speed was very fast, and after a while a pot of plum blossoms was presented, and in an instant, the small private room was filled with the fragrance of plum blossoms.

Tianhong Restaurant specially uses transparent glass bottles to hold plum dew. When you get closer, you can see scattered red plum petals floating in the bottle, which is very beautiful.

"Although I haven't tasted it yet, I can tell its elegance from a distance. It's rare, rare!" Han Shiqian mostly dabbled in green tea, black tea and dark tea, but he really didn't study scented tea. Now that he suddenly saw it, he felt a little narrow-minded.

A scented tea is not as exquisite as roasted tea.The taste is also mostly floral and honey, but if it is well crafted, it can be quite elegant.

"Weizhe, what do you think?"

After everyone took a sip with the glass cup, Han Shiqian asked again.

Yang Zhongyuan had eaten this flavor of tea in the imperial dining room before.But the plum dew in Tianhong Restaurant is a bit special.In fact, plum tea is not difficult to make. Take the cleanest petals in winter, marinate them with raw salt, add honey in spring, seal them in jars, and mix them with water in summer.

And Meilu from Tianhong Restaurant seems to have added something else.

Yang Zhongyuan took a sip carefully, but when he looked up, he saw Cheng Weizhe's face full of thought: "There seems to be some other fragrance in it, master, how do you taste it?"

Han Shiqian was quite surprised that Cheng Weizhe cared so much about this simple scented tea. Hearing Yang Zhongyuan's words, he nodded and said, "It tastes really good. It's sweet and salty. It produces fluid and quenches thirst. It's worthy of being a signature."

Xiao Er won their compliments, and quickly laughed and said: "You guys are really good foodies, and the younger one almost can't understand it. You guys, four cold dishes will be served later, and the younger one will make tea?"

Zhou Quanxu saw them drinking tea with contemplative and troubled faces, and he didn't know what to say, so he told Xiao Er: "Cook, they have a lot of problems, and they like to mutter about these things after eating, and they talk endlessly every day. .”

Xiao Er smiled and quickly lit the tea stove.

The tea stove was small, and there was not much charcoal on it, and a purple sand teapot was boiling water on it.

He was cooking seriously, but Yang Zhongyuan suddenly called out in a low voice: "I see, there is milk in it."

These words were like a drum in the evening, awakening Cheng Weizhe from his contemplation at once. He stared at Yang Zhongyuan seriously with a pair of dark eyes, full of joy: "I want to have a taste of tea, and I will talk to you when I go home."

Han Shiqian was not annoyed when he saw his apprentice was so attentive. He just smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Weizhe, take your time, don't rush. It's Chinese New Year, let's take it easy."

Cheng Weizhe smiled, lowered his head and asked Xu Xiaotian: "Xiaotian, do you think this Meilu is pretty?"

He asked a little special, he said it looked good, but he didn't say whether it tasted good or not.

Xu Xiaotian held the hot soy milk and nodded vigorously: "It looks good, but I still like to drink soy milk."

Cheng Weizhe nodded, and looked at Yang Zhongyuan excitedly, but he didn't say anything more this time.

After a while, I could hear occasional voices from outside, Xiaoer made tea and served them one by one, then said: "Guys, there will be more guests today, if there is any noise, please forgive me. "

Yang Zhongyuan nodded, and took another sip of Chongling Xueya.Just like what Han Shiqian said, the tea is very bitter when it is in the mouth, but when the warm tea soup pours into the throat, there is a sweet taste in the heart.

Emperor Rui Mu Chen loves this tea very much, probably because it has a profound meaning, which shows the delicious taste of bitterness first and then sweetness.

Because he likes it, most of the tribute tea and tea cakes in the palace in recent years are snow buds.Yang Zhongyuan didn't drink less, and naturally tasted this pot of tea from Tianhong Restaurant, which is not the best Yuluxueya, but it is also a new tea this year.

"Xiao Er, your store is really doing business. This snow bud is from this year." Yang Zhongyuan said.

After he finished speaking, Cheng Weizhe added: "The water must also be mountain spring water, but this water is the most suitable for boiling snow buds."

Seeing that they were so knowledgeable about tea, the waiter couldn't help being a little excited: "That's natural. Our boss said that we should do the best, so that the guests will always want to patronize, and the business can prosper."

Cheng Weizhe nodded and said with a smile, "That's the reason."

While they were talking and drinking tea, four cold dishes were served on the table.

For the annual banquet of 20 taels of silver per table, Tianhong Restaurant is the one that puts the most effort into it.

Four cold dishes, eight big dishes.Two kinds of soup, four kinds of snacks, excluding tea and wine, a total of [-] dishes, it sounds very rich.

However, eating banquets is like this. It sounds like a lot, but in fact, their family of five should be able to finish eating.

Just look at the four cold dishes, crystal elbow flower, old vinegar sting head, short ribs with honey sauce and a vegetarian ham. empty.

Wanxi is not near the sea here, and you can eat sting head with cold dishes, which Yang Zhongyuan never thought of, but it is also reasonable.

After all, the money is there, if there is no seafood from the rivers and lakes, I am afraid it will not be justified.

Thinking of this, he also ate more carefully.Just look at the crystal elbow flower, which is round and thin, but delicate and lovely, not only can show the chef's knife skills, but also know that it is exquisite and meticulous.

"Not bad." After the cold dishes were removed, Yang Zhongyuan gave a summary.

Cheng Weizhe has had many meals with him, so he naturally knows that he is particular about cooking, and he is also picky when eating out.To be able to get the word "good" already shows that the chef of Tianhong Restaurant is very skilled.

Xu Xiaotian is still young, and he prefers to eat the short ribs with honey sauce. Seeing him gnawing his head down, Yang Zhongyuan couldn't help laughing and said: "Xiaotian likes sweets, and his teeth will crooked when he grows up."

"That's not true, Uncle Yuan, you lied to me," Xu Xiaotian spat out the bone into the plate, pouted, "Father told me that my teeth have grown back, so just don't eat it every day."

Cheng Weizhe laughed out loud when he heard it, and Yang Zhongyuan rolled his eyes at him: "Why are you laughing?"

"No, it's just that I ate too fast and choked." Cheng Weizhe pretended to cough and quickly took a sip of tea.

Tianhong Restaurant served the dishes in a very orderly manner. They had just finished eating the cold dishes, and in a blink of an eye they served four more big dishes.

Generally speaking, a meal of this level must have chicken, duck and fish. Sure enough, the first dish on the table is crispy squab, followed by dry roasted duck, beef in sour soup, and small fried river fish.

These four dishes were obviously just made, and there was a sudden smell of meat in the private room. Yang Zhongyuan asked Xiaoer to put the pigeon and duck treasures in front of Zhou Quanxu and Han Shiqian, pulled Cheng Weizhe to stand up and raised his glass: "Master , Dad, this time we left our hometown and troubled the two elders to accompany us all the way, the younger generation is very ashamed. Today is the first day of the new year, and Ah Zhe and I will replace the wine with tea and toast the two of you. In the future, the two of us will work hard and strive to The family business has been reset."

What he said was so empathetic and reasonable that Zhou Quanxu's eyes were red, and he hurriedly called him: "You child, what are you talking about, sit down quickly."

Han Shiqian also said: "Okay, okay, you are all good boys, and our family is safe and sound now, that is the best. Wei Zhe, hurry up and sit down with Zhongyuan."

Knowing that Yang Zhongyuan passed by Wanxi for the third time, Cheng Weizhe must have been very moved in his heart, and after receiving Master's order, he smiled and bowed to the two elders: "Uncle Quan, Master, I have the same thoughts as Xiao Yuan. The only remaining elders we have left, we should be filial to you in the future. Our family is so good, we have the old and the young, happy and happy, everything is enough. Isn't it Xiaotian?"

He bent down and touched Xu Xiaotian's head, then raised his head and drank the hot tea in the glass cup.

Yang Zhongyuan drank tea with him before sitting down.

For a while, the atmosphere in the private room became a little dull, Xu Xiaotian looked at the adults, thought for a while and said: "Our family is the best, isn't it?"

The child's words are the most innocent. This is also the first time Xu Xiaotian said the word "our family". Yang Zhongyuan immediately felt a little emotional, and began to warm up the atmosphere: "Xiaotian is right, come, eat a pigeon leg, the shop owner This dish is well done, crispy on the outside, but tender and smooth on the inside, it's a work of art."

When their family was sad just now, Xiaoer just thought he didn't exist, but now Yang Zhongyuan commented on the dishes, and he responded with a smile: "This is the signature dish of our family, thank you for the compliment."

Yang Zhongyuan didn't answer the call either, but just savored the food with his family.

Although they ate this meal with the intention of making the young and old happy, Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe came more to observe and learn.

Although Yang Zhongyuan is skilled in craftsmanship and Cheng Weizhe is quite business-minded, they are newbies to restaurant opening after all.As long as the roadside food stalls taste good, people will always come to eat them, but the restaurant is different.

They must have their own characteristics, signs, and their most important things.Whether it is the decoration of the shop or the tableware used, it must be carefully selected.Even the waiter who serves the guests has to be witty and eloquent, just like the one in Room [-] of the Son of Heaven, whose tongue is as bright as a flower, making people feel comfortable listening to it.

With such a purpose, eating is more about tasting.

Although the taste is good, there are always deficiencies.Yang Zhongyuan is a cook himself, and he is very persistent about meals.He said yes is naturally good, but he never said absolutely.

He can only say that it's okay, not bad, but he rarely says it's delicious or the best.

For example, when eating pigeons, Yang Zhongyuan would ask Cheng Weizhe: "Do you think it is better for pigeons to do this, or to cook soup?"

Cheng Weizhe thought about it, and then answered: "We can develop different styles, for example, the first one can be made with delicacies, and the second one can have warming tonic, so the first one can be delicious, and the latter one, more soup is better."

He spoke very implicitly, but Yang Zhongyuan could understand.What Cheng Weizhe meant was that even the matter of the branch was taken into consideration.

Yang Zhongyuan paused, and said: "You think too far, what if you can't drive the first one?"

Cheng Weizhe shook his head and married him a piece of duck gizzard: "No, although we started from scratch, there are some things that we already have."

Yes, although they are young, they have suffered setbacks and hardships.One has been suppressed in the palace for more than ten years, and the other is struggling in the family's predicament.They don't feel ashamed when they walk around the streets, and they never care about the criticism of others.

They are determined and have clear goals. As long as they stand firm and start from scratch, the bright future will not be too far away.

Cheng Weizhe has always been so sure.