Cute Beast Food Garden

The month is getting deeper, and the days are gradually getting colder.The thicker the cotton-padded clothes on people's bodies, the more lazy their bodies are to move, and even their enthusiasm for going out to find delicious food seems to have been greatly weakened.

In order to retain customers, everyone in the restaurant has fully adjusted their strategies. They not only renovated the premises of the restaurant to keep warm, but also stepped up to develop a series of warm delicacies suitable for winter.

For example, soup.

Soup is not a rare delicacy. As winter is approaching, almost half of the restaurants in the town will strongly recommend their signature hot soup to customers.In contrast, if restaurants want to stand out from the whole food street and attract the most customers, they must start with exquisite soups.

Qi Yan walked around the street and found that the soups in other shops were similar, the public ones were nothing more than chicken soup, duck soup, vegetable soup, fish soup, pork ribs, and occasionally some special soups stewed with beef, mutton or river seafood.The restaurant focuses on health-preserving meals, but the soups currently offered are not much different from those in other stores, which seems a bit mediocre.

He sat alone in the rest room in the inner courtyard of the restaurant, thinking hard for a long time.Speaking of which, there are only so many ways to make traditional soups, and unless you use special ingredients, you can't make any tricks.

When he was in distress, suddenly there was a "squeak", and the door behind him was opened.A brown-red ball poked its head out from behind the door, its small eyes blinked slyly, looking at the boy sitting at the table.

"Aooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooarry."

Qi Yan saw that it was quietly inquiring, and thought it was a bit funny, so he waved at the wind blowing beast.

"Come on, Wind Beast, come here."

"Aww, gah!" The silly ball swished over, but it threw itself in front of Qi Yan vigorously.Caught off guard by being bumped into his arms, Qi Yan and the chair he was sitting on wobbled a bit, and almost fell backwards to the floor on his back.

"Drum Beast, you naughty ghost!"

Qi Yan couldn't help but punched that stupid beast's bulging belly twice.But this guy's body is extremely elastic, Qi Yan's fist bounced on his belly, making a popping sound like a balloon.

"Quack hum..." The wind blowing beast snorted twice proudly, and flicked its tiny tail.Suddenly, he heard a bang from behind him, Qi Yan turned his head and saw Boss Lan standing at the door, with a pair of big peach blossom eyes wide open, staring angrily at the Blowing Wind Beast lying in Qi Yan's arms.

As soon as Qi Yan saw Boss Lan, he knew what happened just now——I saw a huge "lip print" made of oil and dirt on the fair face of the beauty. The drum wind beast is worthy of the title.He couldn't help laughing and said: "Well, you are a powerful wind beast, and you managed to sneak a kiss again?"

"Aww!" Blowwind Beast twisted its chubby body a few times triumphantly, waving its short claws wildly.Boss Lan walked over angrily and with a smile, grabbed the wind blowing beast by its tail, and lifted it upside down in the air: "Bad thing, wait until I take care of you!"

Seeing the innocent rascal look on Gufeng Beast's face, Qi Yan burst into laughter: "Boss Lan, we can all see that - Gufeng Beast likes you very much! Hey, just let it go this time, don't let it happen." It's mad."

After hearing this, Boss Lan's face suddenly turned red.He turned around sullenly, and threw the giggling Wind Beast out of the window.

The relationship between the two of them is still the same as usual, without much change.But Qi Yan still couldn't forget the words that Gufeng Beast said when he was drunk that day, "Zeqing, Lan Zeqing", what does this word mean?And... that day, the wind blowing beast spoke human words, which was the most difficult thing for Qi Yan to let go.But now, Boss Lan and Gufeng Beast are still getting along as usual, so he can't see any clues.

Seeing the boy staring at the place where the wind blowing beast disappeared, Boss Lan wiped the "lip marks" on his face with a handkerchief, and asked with concern: "What's wrong, Qi Yan, what are you thinking?"

"Ah..." Qi Yan came back to his senses, and then changed the subject, "I...I was just thinking, winter is coming, what kind of soup is better for our restaurant."

Boss Lan sat down at the small table and poured himself a cup of tea: "In addition to the ginseng chicken soup that you and Dongmo made last time, the restaurant also freshly introduced some fish soup and vegetable soup. Drink some in cold weather The hot soup will make people's stomach very comfortable."

Qi Yan recalled his experience of eating in his previous life, and thought: "In addition to soup, you can also eat hot pot, hot rice, and dumplings in winter..."

"There are shops in the food street that specialize in hot pot and dumplings, but they all have a strong taste. But I don't know, what kind of food are you talking about 'hot rice'?"

The ancients in other worlds didn't know what hot rice was. In fact, even in the modern era that Qi Yan once lived in, hot rice hadn't been spread all over the country.He organized his language and explained: "It's just a kind of pickled rice. It's too cold in winter, and people are too lazy to make a big meal, so they fry some small dishes and cook them in the pot with the leftovers from the previous meal. The soup with rice is easy to make and tastes warm. I once tasted hot rice mixed with vegetables and minced meat, and it was really warm and delicious after eating it in one bowl.”

"A good idea." Boss Lan thoughtfully, "However, will the rice cooked in this way be too hot?"

Qi Yan nodded and said: "Yes, hot rice is the same as other hot food, even in cold winter, you can't eat too much, otherwise it will easily burn your mouth and esophagus."

The two were talking, when a guy outside the lounge called Boss Lan over something.After the boss left, Qi Yan came to the kitchen by himself, but unexpectedly found that it was in a mess.

"This is……?"

Si Dongmo was bending over to clean up the soup that had been spilled on the ground.Standing behind him is a young cook with an apologetic face—this young man has just graduated from the teacher, and he is still very unskilled in doing things. After the master retired and left, he followed Si Dongmo to work in the stove house, but always It's messy.This time he accidentally knocked over the dishes, messed up the pot of soup that was being stewed, and spilled it on the floor.

Qi Yan glanced into the soup pot where the incident happened - he saw that a plate of cooked potatoes had been dunked into the fresh shrimp and vegetable soup, exuding a mysterious smell.

Although this thing looked terrible, it also triggered a certain memory in Qi Yan's mind.Put the potatoes in the soup - there are few restaurants in Luoxia Town that do this, however, this is a worthwhile attempt.

"Dong Mo, what do you think of the potato soup?"

Dong Mo was squatting on the ground and wiping the water stains on the ground. Hearing this, he raised his head in surprise, "No way? The potatoes here are all shredded and fried, sliced ​​and fried, or stewed with meat. Potatoes boiled in soup...?"

Qi Yan doesn't have much knowledge, he only drank a small bowl of borscht in a western restaurant in his previous life, and he was attracted by its unique sweet and sour taste at that time.After helping clean up in front of the stove for a while, he blinked and came to the cabinet where the ingredients were stored, and found potatoes, tomatoes and other dishes.

"Dongmo, let's make a different soup!"

Just do what you say, after tidying up the kitchen, Qi Yan, according to the memory of his previous life and his own imagination, found all the ingredients from the locker, including a large piece of freshly bought Good beef.He explained the general idea to Dongmo, and the man quickly understood the appearance of the potato soup he described, and rolled up his sleeves eager to try it.

After night fell, Dong Mo walked out of the stove, carefully holding a pot of steaming things in his hand, and slowly came to the front hall of the restaurant.

It was meal time at this time, and there were still many customers having dinner sitting in twos and threes in the room.Hearing the commotion, someone turned his head and saw that the soup pot brought by the man was very bright in color, so he couldn't help asking, "Hey, what kind of dish is this?"

Dong Mo paused, "New product, I haven't decided on the name yet." Although this is only a semi-finished product for the first time, it is already quite good in terms of color: in the bright red soup, potatoes, radishes, tomatoes and overripe The chunks of beef are floating in it very well, filling the whole bowl of soup to the brim.

A customer came over curiously, "Could it be the new soup made by the restaurant?" Seeing the handsome young man behind Dongmo, he couldn't help but boldly asked, "Hey, what does this soup taste like?"

Qi Yan rubbed his chin, "Hmm...it should be sweet and sour."

"Sweet and sour?"

Looking at the surprised eyes of the other party, Qi Yan simply picked up a clean small bowl from the table where no one had sat, scooped a few scoops of boiling hot thick soup from the soup basin, and poured it into the bowl.

"I'll try to eat a little first."

Seeing that the handsome young man in the restaurant wanted to try it himself, the bored customers in the restaurant immediately became interested and turned their attention to it.Qi Yan sat down at the table with a bowl in his hand, held the spoon, and found himself being stared at by a group of customers, he couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Boss Lan also approached, leaning gently against the table.

"Cough." Qi Yan coughed dryly, "Then, I'll eat."

As he spoke, he scooped up a small spoonful of red thick soup, and after blowing it to cool down, he put it into his mouth.

Hmm... As expected, it is sweet with a little sour taste, and its taste mainly comes from the sweet tomato.It's no wonder that the main components of the strange color of this thick soup are bright red tomato juice and carrots, and the aroma it emits also has a natural and fresh sweet and sour taste.

Dong Mo looked at it, and was also a little greedy: "What's the taste?"

The young man pursed his lips and smiled: "Sweet." Si Dongmo's heart trembled suddenly when he was stared at by his bright smiling eyes, and a little bit of sweetness came out of his parched mouth.He hurriedly lowered his head and looked away.

Qi Yan ate a few more mouthfuls of the contents of the soup - plump and refreshing potato cubes, thick and not greasy diced beef, and small pieces of onion and celery for seasoning.It has to be said that although there is nothing special about the ingredients in the exotic soups, the taste they mix with each other is very different from traditional Chinese cuisine, which is very appetizing.

After drinking some samples in the bowl, Qi Yan gave Dongmo a thumbs up.

"I think so."

Seeing his affirmation, Si Dongmo also smiled reassuringly, his eyes crooked.

But some customers in the restaurant raised a question: "The soup we usually eat is salty. Even in the restaurant, we have never eaten sweet and sour soup. Will this taste really good?"

"It's useless to talk about it, it's better to let the big guys taste it for themselves."

Qi Yan knows that in an era of limited resources, people's thinking is often limited by their own knowledge.The folks in Hongye County are conservative, and no one dares to try things that have never been seen or tasted.To convince these simple and cautious ordinary people, we can only conquer their bodies and minds with the most perfect flavor.

Not to mention diners, even the shops on the food street.There are simple and vicissitudes of wine flags everywhere on the street, even if they are dilapidated, they are unwilling to replace them.The shop owners here often use the "hundred-year-old brand" as their signboard, focusing on retaining the traditional taste of the previous generation.Whether it is a traditional small shop like Xiaji Spicy Shrimp or a high-end brand like Yuanshan Restaurant, the food in Luoxia Town has come and gone over the years with the same variety, and it has not changed much.

However, it is precisely because of this that the innovation of Fourteen restaurants is even more valuable—among the traditional gourmet restaurants whose taste has remained unchanged for centuries, only this one restaurant will really boldly create some new gadgets. Slanted to win the appetite of customers in one fell swoop.

While most balk at the quirky color and sweet-and-sour taste, some daring customers ask to try it.Qi Yan and his companions distributed some of the remaining thick soup in the soup bowl, and then quietly waited for people's reactions.

There was a young man who grabbed the tasting right first——Qi Yan recognized him. This small government official in the town was a regular customer of the store. Whenever he had free time, he would come to the store to sit, sometimes alone, sometimes alone. Take two or three friends with you.He has the common habit of customers in restaurants - he likes to peek at Boss Lan, but he has always been too shy to strike up a conversation.

This time he took a small bowl of soup from Boss Lan, and his face flushed with nervousness. He lowered his head and gulped down a few mouthfuls. When he raised his face again, the periphery of his lips was covered with red Soup.

Boss Lan smiled at him: "How does it taste?"

"Taste..." The little official stared blankly at Boss Lan, and said something even more stupid: "Taste...forgot."

"..."

After a while, the little official suddenly blushed and jumped three feet high.

“It tastes so good!!”

He yelled out suddenly, startling everyone around him.I heard this young man stammering: "I, I drank too fast just now, and forgot to taste... But until I finished drinking the soup, the taste still remained in my mouth. It's really sweet... Delicious."

His stammering description inadvertently touched the heartstrings of other diners around him.

"Is it really so delicious? We want to try it too."

People gathered around, but there was not enough soup left in the soup basin.Boss Lan was looking at the pot and was in trouble. Suddenly, he heard a "quack quack" and rushed out from nowhere like a whirlwind. It stretched out its short claws, picked up the soup pot, and then put its mouth Zhang reached the maximum limit, and gulped it all down.

"The Wind Beast—!"

Amid Boss Lan's screams, Gufeng Beast slammed the soup bowl on its face regardless of the scalding heat.Gudong Gudong, I just heard it drink up the remaining thick soup neatly, and then hiccupped, making a huge soup hiccup.

The well-fed balloon floated down to the ground leisurely, and spread out its brown-red round body leisurely, showing a satisfied expression.The diners saw that the remaining thick soup had been drunk by this silly beast, so they had no choice but to give up, and stared at the smacking Fengfeng beast with envious and regretful eyes.

Boss Lan glanced at Gu Feng Beast who had done something bad, but only got a wicked smile from the other party.The beauty turned around helplessly, and comforted the customers who hadn't tasted the thick soup: "Don't worry, everyone, our store will formally confirm the thick soup plan in a short time, and everyone is welcome to taste it then."

"To be honest, although the soup looks weird, it smells especially delicious..."

"Yeah, I really want to try it and see what the sweet and sour potato and beef soup tastes like..."

Qi Yan looked over the crowd and looked at the wind blowing beast lying on the ground. The guy flicked his slender tail under his body, and blinked at him twice with his roving eyes.He suddenly discovered that this seemingly stupid guy was actually very smart. When Boss Lan was having difficulty distributing the thick soup, Gufeng Beast took on the role of the villain himself, and drank the thick soup in one go regardless of its scalding temperature. , to help him solve the problem.

He couldn't help but wonder, as the saying goes, "Great wisdom is like a fool"—whether this wind blowing beast is completely different from the stupid state shown on the outside, but is actually a very intelligent creature?

"Aooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooarry."

The Gufeng Beast spread out on the ground, happily humming an out-of-key tune, and swung its tail around in circles.

Boss Lan was worried that it would be stepped on by passing customers, so he walked over and planned to pick up the chubby guy.But at the moment when he bent down, the Wind Beast suddenly pouted, and kissed his face quietly through the beauty's soft long hair.