Although Su Qingluan's question was a joke, shopkeeper Liang understood it clearly.
He smiled and shook his head: "I am a layman in cooking, but Yuanwei is an expert. He once said that the skills of niece Xian's knife are only a few years of hard practice. I am afraid she will not be so perfect. I don't know. Did niece Xian study under any master before?"
I have learned it, but this cannot be said truthfully.
Su Qingluan complained in her heart, but laughed on the surface: "Maybe I learned it before I lost my memory, so I feel very familiar when I touch the kitchen knife."
When Boss Liang saw what Su Qingluan said, he stopped asking further questions. Then he ordered outside: "Yesterday's new refreshments were made, and two copies were brought in."
After a while, a waiter brought two plates of plum blossom-shaped pastries with a green color and placed them in front of Su Qingluan and shopkeeper Liang respectively.
Shopkeeper Liang pushed the plate in front of Su Qingluan in her direction, and said diligently: "Niece, try it quickly. You can try this tea that was modified according to the method you said. Do you like it?" "
Su Qingluan nodded, picked up a piece of pastry and took a bite.
Sure enough, the overly sweet and greasy taste like last time was gone, replaced by the fresh and slightly bitter taste of green tea. The originally slightly dry taste has become more delicate due to the addition of lard.
Su Qingluan looked up and saw Shopkeeper Liang raising his eyes, looking at her expectantly.
Su Qingluan nodded: "Sure enough, after this improvement, it is not so sweet. Even people who don't like sweets can still eat it."
Shopkeeper Liang nodded in agreement: "Like me, I think this dim sum with a slightly bitter taste is just right. However, niece Xian is really ingenious, how could she think of adding tea to the dim sum to season it?"
Su Qingluan smiled and said: "As long as it is eaten, it can be used as a seasoning. Since tea can be drunk, it can naturally be used as a seasoning."
So, she briefly mentioned a few examples of using ingredients as seasonings, such as using hawthorn to make broth to remove the fishy smell, stuffing the pulp with soy sauce and vinegar to ferment together to make the taste more mellow, etc.
While chatting, shopkeeper Liang picked up another piece of tea and tasted it carefully.
"This tea snack can be regarded as another new dish for niece Xian," shopkeeper Liang said with a smile, "Although the profit may not be much, I will definitely not let niece Xian lose a penny."
When Su Qingluan gave Fang Zi, she didn't expect to make money from this tea cake - after all, she only suggested adding ground tea leaves to improve the sweet taste. In essence, it was still someone else's method, and it was entirely her own." Recipe," she felt unauthentic.
However, Boss Liang was very kind and straightforward, and gave her a share of the profits from the refreshments without saying a word.
Su Qingluan knew that it was the other party's kindness and quickly thanked him. But he was confused and said: "I think Uncle Liang likes this tea cake very much, how can he conclude that it will not make a lot of profit?"
Shopkeeper Liang took a sip of tea, swallowed the tea in his mouth, and explained: "After all, this tea is slightly bitter. Most of the customers in the market have sweet tastes, and I am one of the few."
Su Qingluan thought for a while and understood the reason: unlike modern times, where there is no shortage of sugar, for many people in this era, sugar is a luxury item that they cannot even take a bite for a long time.
Therefore, in this era, except for the very wealthy, it is impossible for ordinary people to "get tired of eating sweets", just like it is impossible for ordinary people in modern times to "have three Michelin stars" and eat until they vomit all day long.
It’s too expensive and I can’t afford it.
Since Hongfu Restaurant is located in a county town, it is destined to cater to most of the diners who are locals or have done business in the past. They are basically ordinary people, not the rich and powerful.
In this case, there is bound to be a lack of customer base who are “unwilling to eat sugar”.
After thinking about this point, Su Qingluan nodded: "In business, in addition to doing your best, you must also listen to fate. All we have to do is provide, and the choice is up to the diners."
The two chatted for a while. Su Qingluan looked up at the sun outside and was about to leave, but was stopped by shopkeeper Liang: "My dear niece, please stay here and bring you some fresh goods!"
With that said, shopkeeper Liang hurried out and went downstairs with a "dong dong dong" sound of footsteps.
Su Qingluan slowly went down to the first floor, passed by the busy guys, and then turned around and walked behind the front cabinet where the accountant was.
Mr. Accountant was calculating the discounts and said with a smile: "Thanks to Miss Su, the fish soup and Qiansi rolls have been well received. This month's income has increased a lot."
Su Qingluan was also very happy: "It is only because of the reputation of 'Hongfu Building' in this area that I can have room to develop my skills."
Although this statement contains some elements of business bragging, it is also partly true.
After all, "Hongfu Restaurant" is the largest and longest-running restaurant in the county. If the same food was sold elsewhere, it might not have so many customers.
Therefore, it is equivalent to Hongfu Tower providing "advertising space" to Su Qingluan, and Su Qingluan providing "finished product technology", and the two are mutually beneficial.
While talking, shopkeeper Liang came out carrying a basket from the chief editor and turned around to walk upstairs.
Su Qingluan rushed over and asked curiously: "Uncle Liang, what is this?"
Shopkeeper Liang moved the basket forward and brought it to Su Qingluan: "Xiannie, what do you think this is?"
Hearing this, Su Qingluan curiously poked her head over and looked into the bamboo basket, and saw a slender and lively fish inside.
If you look closely, you will see that the fish is covered with black patches like snake skin. At first glance, it seems that the entire fish is black.
Su Qingluan's eyes lit up: "This...is this black fish?"
"Hahahaha..." Shopkeeper Liang nodded and smiled, "Niece Xian really knows the goods. Today, my friend sent me some black fish. She also specially ordered that this fish is ferocious in nature, but the meat is delicate and has few spines. It is very delicious, so I thought of sharing it. My virtuous niece will never let this delicacy be let down!"
Su Qingluan knows that no matter in any era, this snakehead fish has always been difficult to catch because of its fierceness, which shows its preciousness. But now Shopkeeper Liang actually gave such precious ingredients to herself without blinking an eye, which made her very grateful.
Shopkeeper Liang saw her thanking her and waved his hand nonchalantly: "My virtuous niece helped me solve such a big trouble earlier. What does a fish mean?"
Su Qingluan stopped refusing, took the fish and turned to leave.
To say that this fish is really fierce, it took me all the way from Hongfu Building to my stall, and after half a day, I carried it all the way home from the stall. This fish was very cheerful all the time, as if it knew that its life was coming to an end and was going to be pretentious until the last moment. .
Since the fish had been restless, Su Qingluan struggled to carry it, thinking how to cook this troublesome fish.
After thinking about it, Su Qingluan had an idea.
