The Xiao family's delicacies have always been famous. As early as Chang'an, the Xiao family's delicacies had the reputation of being the best in Chang'an.
Even in the past two years, Xiaojiazhuangzi's forged iron pots have been sold all over the Tang Dynasty.
Similarly, cooking techniques also spread in the Tang Dynasty along with these lightweight iron pots, but the Xiao family's delicacies have remained as popular as ever.
In Chang'an, if someone comes to Xiao's house and has a taste of the food, no matter whether it is to their taste or not, they will definitely advocate for them when they go out and praise them as unique in the world.
In this way, more people are curious and coveted, wanting to have a taste of the flavor.
But the problem is that Xiao Han's social skills are too high, and the people he interacts with are all generals, or the emperor or prime minister! Even the nobles of the aristocratic families rarely see him, let alone the curious common people.
Since then, the Xiao family's dishes have gradually become mythical, and their reputation has even surpassed that of the imperial cuisine in the palace.
After all, for the people of Guangda, only what they can’t eat or see is the best!
As for the royal cuisine in the palace, there are several restaurants in Chang'an City that hire chefs who used to be in the palace to cook at high salaries. As long as you are willing to spend a little more money, you can also eat dishes of the imperial cuisine standard.
The food of the Xiao family has been seriously mythologized, but Xiao Han, who is among them, always feels that the dishes are mediocre.
Without MSG and oil consumption, no matter how good the dish is, it will lose some umami.
I remember learning in school that MSG was first made from kelp, and later made from grains such as beans and grains!
For the sake of his own taste, and to keep the brand of No. 1 gourmet food in the world from falling, Xiao Han also tried it to see if he could get out the MSG.
However, imagination is always beautiful, reality is always cruel!
After a long meal, the MSG was not produced, but a lot of grain and kelp were wasted.
Fortunately, Yangzhou is not far from the seaside, and kelp is not valuable, otherwise this business would be a huge loss!
Xiao Han finally lost confidence in MSG, and Xiao Han also understood that high-end goods like MSG were simply not something he could produce now.
In his waning mood, he didn't even bother to clean up, and threw everything into the vat, preparing for the fool to throw it out.
And the fool was also careless. He nodded and bowed his head in agreement, but completely forgot about his back steps!
It wasn't until one day that Xiao Han accidentally passed by the house again and smelled a strong smell of soy sauce in the air. He held his nose and went in to open the lid, only to find that soy sauce had fermented out of the pile of things!
Looking at the dark red color of most of the tank and the rich flavor of the "seafood soy sauce", Xiao Han didn't know whether to cry or laugh. This could be regarded as something lost and gained in the east, right?
After supporting Chai Shao back to the house, Xiao Han looked at the sky and told the fat cook to serve the food quickly. He was already hungry!
The fat cook had been following Xiao Han for many years and knew that this man could not stand being hungry the most. He hurried back to the kitchen, heated up the dishes he had prepared long ago, added two quick dishes, and sent them to the master with his apprentice.
In the restaurant, Chai Shao washed his hands and face and went to sit down at the table, but Xiao Han could only stand because of an injury to his butt.
In the middle of the table, a plate of pure tofu mixed with green onions has been placed. The soy sauce is on the bottom, the sesame oil is scattered, and the white green onions and green leaves are dotted in it. It looks so refreshing.
This is still the first dish, very soon! Sauce-flavored wild boar, braised venison, roast goose and other meat dishes were served by the apprentice of the fat cook.
Finally, the fat chef personally held a plate of Yangtze River shad and respectfully invited the two of them to taste it.
Anchovy is known as the first of the three delicacies of the Yangtze River, and because of its high price, it has been described as swimming gold. Rich people in later generations could not get it even if they paid tens of thousands of yuan for one fish, which shows how delicious it is.
"Hey, don't wait for that Cheng Pifu. Maybe he has been forced to sell himself to pay off his debts. With such a strong physique, he can make a lot of money as a grinder!"
Chai Shao was usually the talkative, but now that he saw this big table of delicious food, his mouth was almost drooling. How could he hold it back? So he sat in his seat and urged Xiao Han to start eating.
Xiao Han stood aside and felt that there was no need to wait for Lao Cheng. Who knew when this guy would come back?
Besides, because of the cold weather, the dishes on the table will soon stop steaming. If you wait a little longer, you will have to eat cold dishes, and the taste will naturally not be as good as now.
Thinking of this, Xiao Han happily picked up his chopsticks and lightly ate on the table, just as he was about to shout out "Let's eat!"
The door behind him opened with a bang, and then, Cheng Yaojin rushed in like a wild boar.
"You, why are you back?" Xiao Han was startled, his eyes widened subconsciously, and he looked at Cheng Yaojin and asked.
"Why can't I come back?" Cheng Yaojin glared back at Xiao Han, and when he saw the dishes on the table again, he was immediately overjoyed, reached out and took the chopsticks from Xiao Han's hand, and didn't even sit down. The chopsticks were like rain, and he just blinked. In a short period of time, half of the dishes on the table were missing!
"Uh, where are those people who are asking you to compensate?" Xiao Han looked at Cheng Yaojin who was like a starving ghost reincarnated, then looked outside at the empty place, and asked in surprise.
"Huhu, you two are so dishonest, how dare you say that?! Where did you throw me? I came out without any money, and the only valuable jade charm I had on me was given to your daughter. How can you compensate me?"
Cheng Yaojin's mouth was full of things, but it did not affect his speech at all. I don't know where this person learned the ability to make sounds while swallowing.
Chai Shao was also very curious at this time and did not bother to compete with him for food. Instead, he asked in surprise: "You have no money to compensate? How did you leave?"
Cheng Yaojin opened his mouth and swallowed a large piece of fish, glanced at the two of them proudly, and said with a smile: "Haha, I say you two are stupid, but you still run so fast! I say you two are smart, but you don't even think about it: you two are running But your cow, Xiaodong and Gouzi who were following behind didn't run away!
Wherever I mortgage them, if I come back to raise money, those people will naturally agree!
Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to tell you, that cow was running so hard that its lungs were exhausted and it was about to die! If it doesn’t work out, you can still make money selling beef..."
"Huh? My cow!"
"Huh? My beef!"
Before Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, Xiao Han and Chai Shao had already jumped up. However, although the two shouted similar words, their meanings were completely different.
"You eat first, and I'll redeem the cow!"
Chai Shao, who jumped up, dropped these words and left in a hurry, fearing that if he left for a while, the cow would be snatched away again.
Oh, how pitiful!
Since this year, he has been caught by the imperial censor because of something very strange that happened at home, and he went to the emperor's brother-in-law to sue him severely!
This makes him no longer able to eat beef casually. Now that a cow has finally died in public, if I eat it, there won’t be so many crows croaking around it, right?
As for Xiao Han, he didn't go with him. Anyway, the cow was dead, so why would he go? I pity myself for trying to imitate the celebrities of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. I just built such an ox cart, but it didn’t work twice and the ox died...
