After Fu Yu finished serving the last dish, he hurriedly said hello to Zhang Zhen and hurried back to the VIP room in the front hall.
The customization of medicated meal mats is different from others. He needs to understand the customer's dining situation in detail, and then appropriately adjust the customization of medicated meal mats for the remaining few treatment courses.
And before he went to the VIP room, the last cooked mutton soup was already served on the table.
"Hey, what's this?" Xu Zebang was closest to the door. When the waiter served the food, he took the first look and said, "Hey! Is this mutton soup?"
Although the side vegetables looked colorful and the color was very pleasing, at first glance, it should be mutton soup.
When Mr. Xu and Yao Shi heard the sound, they also raised their heads and looked over. After a closer look, it was true!
After seeing clearly what the last medicinal dish was, Yao Shi couldn't help but look at Mr. Xu worriedly.
Sure enough, the smile on Mr. Xu's face obviously faded a bit.
This time, Xu Zebang reacted quickly and took the initiative to add a bowl of hot mutton soup to Mr. Xu. He said with a smile: "It will be the beginning of spring soon. It has always been cloudy these days and the sun cannot be seen. The air is very cold and humid. At this time, it’s really suitable to drink a bowl of hot mutton soup!”
Yao Shi gave Xu Zebang an appreciative look and echoed: "That's right, don't they say that ginseng can replenish qi and mutton can replenish the body? Uncle Xu, it just so happens that you are not feeling well these days. A bowl of mutton soup can also help. Warms the stomach.”
Xu Zebang looked at the mutton soup in front of him. He did not taste it immediately, but sighed: "If this mutton wants to replenish the body, it must be cooked in soup for the best effect!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Zebang and Yao Shi changed their expressions at the same time.
broken!
The old man's stubborn temper is probably about to flare up again.
Mr. Xu said with emotion: "Mutton is indeed a good thing, and this one word can explain it. It is half fish and half sheep. No matter how delicious other ingredients are, they cannot compare with these two! Especially now that the weather is cold, drinking Mutton soup is particularly refreshing and tonic. However, no matter how it is made, it all reaches the same goal through different methods. But when it comes to replenishing the body, whether it is meat or other things, the word "boil" is important."
"For mutton like this, a big iron pot is always used to simmer the mutton bones. The soup must be as thick as jade!"
When it comes to making soup, Mr. Xu's chat box is completely open.
He has been a soup cook all his life. Among the many methods of cooking ingredients, stewing is the most highly regarded and loved.
"In terms of nourishment, this mutton soup is not as good as the haggis soup!"
Mr. Xu's words were not entirely meant to find fault.
After all, the nutrients of ingredients like mutton are all in the soup after stewing, but mutton soup is made by lightly blanching the shredded mutton, directly stewing the vegetables, and then thickening it.
This soup and soup are completely different things.
Speaking of haggis soup, Mr. Xu couldn't help but think of what happened back then.
He said with nostalgia: "Do you still remember that when your master Xiao Yao was still there, in late autumn, he always liked to make arrangements for me to make haggis soup?"
Talking about this matter, Yao Shi couldn't help but have a trace of nostalgia on his face.
He learned cooking from his master since he was a child. Every year in autumn and winter, his master would start pulling live sheep from the mountains and fields. He would buy them whole and braise the sheep heads, boil the mutton slices, braise the mutton, and eat them in various ways. One thing is enough.
However, their master and disciple's favorite thing is to carry fresh haggis to Xu's house and drink haggis soup.
Mr. Xu’s soup-making skills are outstanding!
The two families sat together at the round table and served a large bowl of steaming haggis soup.
Not only his own chef loves to eat haggis, Yao Shi also likes it very much.
The sheep offal soup stewed by Mr. Xu is crispy and tough, the sheep liver is dense, the sheep blood is fresh and tender, and the sheep lungs are soft and elastic.
The big pot brings out the delicious aroma of the mutton, and the sesame water with different tastes is gathered together. Pair it with the sesame sauce biscuits or pancakes from Zhang Ji's on Erma Road, and you can get it right in one step.
Everyone here eats greedily, and if they don't have enough, they often have to add a bowl of soup. The food warms the food from the tip of the tongue to the tips of the toes. A bowl of soup is perfect in autumn and winter, and you can't refuse it at all.
When Fu Yu entered the VIP room, he happened to hear Mr. Xu's words.
If the medicated meals I made were rated so highly by customers, anyone else would probably feel a little uncomfortable.
However, Fu Yu's attention was focused on the few dishes left on the table.
Today's table of medicinal meals is prepared for Mr. Xu. Yao Shi and Xu Zebang must have Mr. Xu to eat first.
At present, most of the dishes on the table are eaten, which shows that Mr. Xu should eat some of them.
As long as you can eat it and are willing to eat it, it doesn't matter if you are criticized like this.
Anyway, Fu Yu didn't take it to heart at all, and he actually quite agreed with Mr. Xu's words.
There are many ways to cook mutton, including grilling, frying, and smoking, all of which are delicious.
But the most nutritious way to eat it is to stew it and make soup.
"Hey! Fu Chu!" Xu Zebang saw Fu Yu first and quickly stood up to say hello.
Mr. Xu paused for a moment before turning his head to look over.
When Yao Shi saw Fu Yu for the first time, he took advantage of the moment when the two people's eyes met and winked, telling Fu Yu not to argue with Mr. Xu.
Fu Yu nodded to Yao Shi without any trace, then greeted the Xu family father and son with a smile, and asked warmly: "How is it? Is this dish delicious?"
Mr. Xu has not had much appetite in the past few days. Now he is in a happy mood because of the delicious dishes. Hearing this, he took the initiative and said: "Fu Chu, your cooking level is very high, and the dishes you cook are very delicious."
After saying that, he probably realized that what he just said could easily cause misunderstanding, so he explained specifically: "This mutton soup is not bad, but the most nutritious way to eat mutton is to make soup. Other ways of making it, although delicious, are It’s still a little inferior in terms of health care!”
Upon hearing this, Xu Zebang suddenly thought to himself, "It's broken!"
His old man is usually nice to talk to, and only mentions the soup-making aspect. He always argues with reason and doesn't let anyone get in the slightest.
Now he is pretending to communicate with Fu Yu again. If this pisses people off, how can he customize this medicinal diet?
Especially after seeing with his own eyes that his old man had just eaten a lot of medicinal food, Xu Zebang had already made up his mind to ask Fu Yu to help with the preparation.
At this critical moment, nothing can be said to offend someone.
Thinking of this, Xu Zebang quickly explained: "Fu Chu, don't get me wrong. My dad has no other intentions. He is a chef himself and is best at making soup. When it comes to this aspect, it is easy to be serious!"
When Mr. Xu heard this, his face suddenly darkened.
This prodigal son actually slandered himself in front of outsiders!
He is just talking about things, what does it have to do with being more serious?
Yao Shi was even more confused. Xu Zebang was usually a very shrewd person, but when it came to matters involving his family, he was easily concerned and confused.
Things that could have been disrupted by just a casual word were made difficult to smooth things over when he emphasized it like this.
Seeing this atmosphere, it seemed like it was almost deadlocked.
At this time, Fu Yu said with a smile: "Indeed, when it comes to the nourishing effect of mutton cooking, soup is definitely the most nutritious."
When Mr. Xu heard this, he immediately felt at ease, and a smile appeared on his face: "Right, especially when you break open the mutton bones, put the marrow and mutton into a big pot to make soup, let's not talk about the taste. How, the nutritional value alone is the most excellent of all cooking methods!"
"That's right!" Fu Yu nodded and agreed: "If it's a lamb soup, it must be made with lamb bones as the most nutritious, and in terms of taste, the white soup with lamb soup is the best!"
When he mentioned the book-collecting mutton, Mr. Xu's eyes lit up and he waved warmly: "Fu Chu, do you still know about the book-collecting mutton? Come on, sit down quickly and let's have a good chat."
Fu Yu happily sat next to Mr. Xu.
When talking about collecting books and mutton in white soup, Fu Yu, except for introducing a topic at the beginning, spent the rest of the time listening to Mr. Xu's talk.
"Don't ask for fresh mutton soup, don't ask for copper coins! This recipe of mutton is really traditional and authentic."
Talking about the things he was interested in, the old man became energetic now, and his face began to turn rosy.
"The cooking technique of book-like mutton is really unique, especially the white-roasted one. The soup is milky white, rich in aroma, the meat is crispy but not rotten, and the taste is fresh but not greasy!"
In fact, Fu Yu once mentioned the knowledge about collecting mutton when he heard Zhao Meng and Yao Shi chatting in the mutton soup restaurant.
Zhao Meng is a chef himself. Before he got married, he loved to think about making food and drink, paired with some wine.
Sometimes I drank too much the night before and felt sick to my stomach in the morning, so I would just make some seafood soup in the store to warm my stomach.
But after all, I work in a store, and almost every employee meal has seafood, so I have long been tired of it.
So more often than not, I go to the old mutton soup restaurant on Erma Road to have a bowl of hot mutton soup, paired with a portion of freshly baked and cut shredded pancakes.
Zhao Meng and Yao Shi can get along together because they are compatible in temperament, appreciate each other, and share common interests.
They are both open-minded, don't care about things, and like to study cooking. The most important thing is that they can eat and drink together and have similar tastes.
Yao Shi's habit of eating mutton soup was developed by his master, while Zhao Meng only loves food and likes anything as long as it tastes good.
The mutton soup restaurant on Erma Road was moved from another county. When Zhao Meng went there for the first time, it was Yao Shi who led the way.
Fu Yu had just been working as a cook under Zhao Meng for a short period of time. He had just taken advantage of the opportunity to enjoy a meal of good wine and food the night before, and drank a bowl of fragrant mutton soup the next morning.
At the dinner table, Zhao Meng casually praised the delicious mutton soup, but Yao Shi, who was also hungover, suddenly said, "Indeed, the mutton soup made here has a taste of white soup mutton!"
When it came to food, Zhao Meng was always very interested and asked about it carefully.
Fu Yu only remembered that Yao Shi once said that the mutton in white soup was much more delicious than the mutton in hot pot.
To make Tibetan mutton, a very dark cedar barrel is used when cooking the mutton. This is the key to whether the mutton tastes authentic or not. Put the fresh mutton you bought in a large wooden barrel and simmer it for 2 hours until the meat is tender. Crispy and rotten.
The mutton cooked in this way is tender and has almost no smell, and the mutton soup is clear and fresh.
And its cooking method is as simple as adding only salt without any other condiments, allowing customers to truly taste the original flavor of the mutton soup.
Fu Yu just mentioned the mutton collection casually, originally intending to divert Mr. Xu's attention and ease the awkward atmosphere at that time.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Xu was very interested in this, which caught him off guard.
The little he knew about the book-collecting mutton soup was all from Zhao Meng and Yao Shi chatting at the dinner table. At that time, he was focused on eating and didn't listen in detail. He only heard about the mutton soup made in this way. The soup was particularly delicious, so I listened to it a few more times.
Now seeing that Mr. Xu was about to have a good conversation with him, Fu Yu had no choice but to take advantage of the other party's conversation and quickly browse through the classic recipes.
Not to mention, this look really made him realize something!
To sum it up, there is a secret technique to making Zangshu mutton so delicious.
After roughly memorizing the specific content, Fu Yu said with a smile: "Yes, it is also a mutton stew. Zangshu White Soup Lamb can make the mutton delicious. The mutton soup is clear and fresh. The main reason is that the cooking method is very special. ."
Mr. Xu nodded: "Indeed, I also tasted the authentic Zangshu white soup mutton. It tasted different from ordinary mutton soup. There must be a certain secret recipe when they cook it, but we don't understand it."
Fu Yu said with a smile: "I know a little bit about this. If you want to make authentic Zangshu white soup mutton, first of all, when choosing a sheep, you should choose three-year-old mutton. At this time, the meat is neither old nor tender, so it is most suitable." . And the sheep are made from goats that have been raised uphill. The biggest processing feature is that the fishy smell that makes people hide their noses is removed. When cooking, only salt is added without supplementary ingredients. The wooden barrel for making soup is made of century-old fir. When cooking, The heat is very particular and depends entirely on the chef's control. The cooked meat needs to be neither hard nor rotten. At this time, the soup is the most delicious and nutritious."
After hearing these words, not to mention Mr. Xu, even Yao Shi looked surprised.
Mr. Xu was surprised and said: "So you actually know how to cook this book-like mutton?"
Fu Yu nodded, and before he could speak, Xu Zebang on the side suddenly interrupted: "Dad, you forgot, Chef Fu is a famous chef who is very good at cooking!"
When Yao Shi heard this, he was speechless. How could anyone talk like this? Although it is a good thing to become a famous teacher, who doesn't hope that he can excel?
Xu Zebang was really unintentional this time. He saw his old man and Fu Yu chatting happily, and the atmosphere was harmonious. He was overjoyed for a moment, so he spoke without thinking.
Yao Shi felt helpless and had to find a way to make amends. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Mr. Xu say: "Xiao Fu, come here, please tell me more about this specific cooking method."
Yao Shi took a look, okay, he just asked Xiao Fu for this. It seems that Fu Yu has really won the favor of Mr. Xu.
As long as Mr. Xu likes Fu Yu, there is no need to worry about customizing the medicinal meal banquet.
(End of chapter)
