Adorable Food Goddess

Li Erniang's brother's restaurant was built by the Qinhuai River. It is an excellent location. The restaurant is not small. It is a small three-story building with carved beams and painted buildings. The cornices are steep and the signboard is more aggressive. It is called "Heavenly Residence". .

Nima, this kind of signboard has not been harmonized.

Li Erniang led Ye Jiayao to meet her brother, who is the owner of the restaurant.

The boss was looking at the menu, and told his subordinates: "The ingredients must be fresh and well-chosen. The gang of princes and princes are incomparable to others, and they are all very tricky."

"Yes." The subordinates took the menu and went to work.

Li Erniang called out: "Brother."

"Hey, my sister is here." Seeing that there was a young young man following behind her, he asked, "Will a brother-in-law come with you today?"

Li Erniang said with a smile: "I brought you a cook, let him help me today and cook a few dishes, if you are satisfied, you can use it."

Ye Jiayao stepped forward and saluted: "Master Li, my surname is Li, Li Yao."

Shopkeeper Li frowned seeing his young age, how could there be such a young cook? However, since it was brought by the second sister, it must be given to the second sister to save face. Anyway, it is just to try, and it is not necessary to stay. He said: "Then you can try it! But let me put it bluntly first, although our Tiantianju is not the top restaurant in Jinling, it is also well-known and has high requirements for the chef."

Ye Jiayao expressed her understanding that the success of a restaurant depends on many factors, such as location, environment, service, marketing methods, etc., but the most important thing is the dishes. Are the dishes delicious? Whether you can keep the guests or not, is there any specialty in the dishes? Whether they can make a name for themselves and gain a firm foothold in the strong Jinling catering industry is the key.

Therefore, no matter which restaurant, it attaches great importance to the chef, and spares no expense in recruiting. A famous chef is the second signboard of the restaurant.

Ye Jiayao dare not say that she is the best. There are mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people. What's more, she just arrived in Jinling and doesn't know much about the catering industry here. Given the opportunity, I will definitely work hard next time.”

She must work hard to get this job. A high starting point can save her N years of struggle.

Shopkeeper Li had nothing to say, so Erniang Li took Ye Jiayao to the kitchen.

The kitchen is in the yard behind the restaurant, and Ye Jiayao couldn't help being shocked by the scene in front of her when she entered.

On a workbench more than ten meters long, more than a dozen helpers are processing various ingredients, and the sound of chopping vegetables is one after another, and different rhythms are mixed into a percussion music. Further inside is a row of stoves, with more than a dozen large and small stoves, the fire is red, steaming white mist is rising from the steamer of the big stove, and various broths are stewed on the small stove, and the whole kitchen is full of aroma.

Such a scale should be considered powerful in ancient times, and it is worthy of being a big restaurant.

When Li Erniang arrived, everyone greeted her one after another.

Li Erniang nodded, and considered it a return, she quickly rolled up her sleeves, tied on her apron, and handed another apron to Ye Jiayao, who quickly tied it on.

"What's your best dish?" Li Erniang handed her a restaurant menu.

Ye Jiayao looked over the menu. She knew all the dishes and recipes on it, but she hadn't tried some of them. Today is the interview and the assessment, Er Niang asked her to choose the topic by herself, she has taken extra care, she must use her housekeeping skills to try to pass the test once.

"Wensi tofu, crab roe and lion's head, and fried black flowers." Ye Jiayao said.

She is particular about choosing these three dishes. First of all, today is mainly for assessment. It is impossible for her to cook a lot of dishes. Three dishes, neither too much nor too little. Secondly, these three dishes are the signature dishes of Huaiyang cuisine. Wensi tofu can show her knife skills, crab roe and lion head is more about seasoning skills, and fried black flowers require the control of the heat. Three dishes are enough Reflect the level of culinary skills.

Li Erniang's expression was calm: "Then I will leave these three dishes to you, let's do it now."

When Ye Jiayao passed the workbench just now, she observed the chef's knife skills here. The level is quite high, at least she has learned it for more than five years, but she believes that she is not weak.

Ye Jiayao cleaned her hands and took a piece of soft tofu. As soon as she took it, she felt that the soft tofu here was softer and more flexible than the tofu elsewhere. It was similar to egg tofu, and it was more suitable for making Wensi tofu soup.

The help cooks saw this posture and knew that this little brother was here to try his hands today. The original chef Niu was poached by Xiangyilou, and shopkeeper Li was having a headache because of this. Fortunately, shopkeeper Li had a proficient chef. Art girl, come to the rescue. Everyone is very curious, who will take over as the chef of Tiantianju.

Everyone stopped for a while, and the buddies came over to watch.

Under the training of the modern education system, Ye Jiayao has already experienced many battles and has a strong psychological quality. I saw her take a deep breath, throw away all distracting thoughts, calm down, and then decisively cut the knife.

Duk duk duk, the blade of the knife touched the vegetable pier, making a fine and crisp sound, which was continuous.

You can see that her hand speed is very fast, but the effect of cutting depends on how the tofu looks after being dispersed in water, whether the filaments are intact, and how thin they can be. This is the standard for judging whether the knife is excellent.

As soon as the beeping sound stopped, Li Erniang opened a bowl of cool white in front of Ye Jiayao.

Ye Jiayao carefully smeared the cut tofu with the blade and put it in the cold bowl.

Take a chopstick and gently poke it away.

There was a sound of gasping around.

Obediently, thin as a hair is just an description, it describes the fine workmanship of the knife, and the silk is like a thin strand, but at this moment, the tofu shreds that are displayed in front of everyone are of uniform length, short and thick, and are as thin as hair.

Everyone couldn't help but secretly praised "awesome" in their hearts. You know, as long as one of the blades is off by the slightest, it is impossible to have such an effect.

A look of astonishment flashed across Li Erniang's eyes, Li Xiaoge's knife skills greatly exceeded her expectations, and he had to admit that he was better than her.

Ye Jiayao's nerves are still tense, the matter is not over yet, the next thing is bamboo shoots.

Tofu is soft and brittle and hard to cut, while bamboo shoots are crispy and easy to break. It is more difficult to cut them to be as thick as shredded tofu. It is she who has raised the difficulty by more than one level, so the next one will not be easy.

After all the ingredients were shredded, Ye Jiayao's back was already sweating, but she finally survived.

In Jing'an Hou's mansion, Xia Chunyu Qingliu, the eldest maid in the house, came to ask what to have for lunch today.

what to eat Xia Chunsu used to be very particular about this question, but now he doesn't seem to be interested in it at all. Lazily said: "Whatever."

Qingliu was not surprised to receive these two-word instructions, the elder son has been back home for seven or eight days, and every time he asked him what he would like to eat, the answer he got was "anything".

The son wants to be casual, but the servants dare not be casual, so Qingliu ordered the kitchen to do it according to the master's previous taste, but the master put down the bowls and chopsticks when he ate casually.

This made the servants very worried, wondering if there was something wrong with the son's health, and the matter alarmed the old lady, who specially invited the imperial doctor to come to check Xia cChunyu's pulse, making Xia cChun dumbfounded.

For lunch, a piece of steamed shad, a plate of braised chestnut chicken, pork ribs in Wuxi sauce, braised lion head, and three shredded agar-agar soup.

Looking at the exquisite dishes, especially the lion head dish, Xia Chunyu thought of Yaoyao's dishes again.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but he always feels that no one's cooking is as delicious as Yaoyao's. It's because Yaoyao spoiled his stomach, or it's because he only loves her taste.

Seeing the son holding up his chopsticks for a long time without putting them down, Qingliu and Qiao Xi looked at each other with worried expressions in each other's eyes.

When Shi Zi came back this trip, he lost a lot of weight, and was taciturn, as if he was very worried.

"Master..." Song Qi walked in with a bowl and a smile.

Xia Chunyu sniffed his nose, frowned and said, "What did you take? It smells so bad?"

Song Qi chuckled, and put the bowl in front of Shi Ziye: "Shi Zi, these are preserved eggs brought back from the mountain. Ms. Ye pickled them. They said they could be eaten in forty-five days. The small ones were almost given to me." forget."

Xia Chunyu raised his eyebrows, and said unexpectedly: "She made it? It smells so bad, are you sure you can eat it?"

This preserved egg not only smells bad, but also ugly, black, yellow, translucent, with white patterns like snowflakes on it. I have never seen such a strange egg.

Song Qidao: "I haven't tasted it yet, but I heard from Ms. Ye that this preserved egg is a good thing. It can clear away heat and reduce inflammation, nourish the heart and mind, and it's delicious."

Xia Chunyu looked at the size of the egg and asked, "Is it made of duck eggs?"

"That's right, it was the duck eggs that Aunt Jiang gave. Ms. Ye heard that the elder son doesn't like duck eggs, so she marinated the duck eggs into preserved eggs."

"Since you know that I don't eat duck eggs, you still bring them?" Xia Chunyu said indifferently.

Song Qi pursed his lips, since Miss Ye was gone, the Shizi hadn't had a good meal, and nothing tasted good. Today, he suddenly remembered this preserved egg, and quickly brought it over for the Shizi to taste. Knowing was despised.

"The little one will be taken away." Song Qi said sullenly.

"Leave it alone!" Xia Chunyu said expressionlessly.

He thought that he would never eat Yaoyao's food again in this life, but he didn't expect that she would leave him preserved eggs. It was made by Yaoyao, no matter how unpalatable it is, I still want to eat it!

Xia cChun smashed the egg with chopsticks, dipped it in some dipping sauce, took a sip, and couldn't help being stunned.

This thing smells bad and looks ugly, but it tastes delicious and smooth, with a very special taste.

Xia Chunyu actually finished a whole bowl of rice with just two eggs, and seemed to be a little bit unsatisfied.

"How many eggs are there?" Xia cChun asked.

Song Qi thought for a while: "There are about twenty or thirty."

Xia Chunyu sighed, there were only twenty or thirty, and they were all eaten up in a short time, and they were gone after eating.

"From now on, I will have one every morning. It is not suitable to be served with rice, but it is more suitable to be served with porridge."

"Hey, that little one handed all the eggs to the kitchen." Song Qi said cheerfully.

Qingliu and Qiao Xi were curious, who is that Miss Ye? Why does the Shizi still eat such stinky things with great relish?

"By the way, Shizi, Yong'an Hou Shizi is hosting a banquet in the heavenly residence today, and this is an invitation to invite you to the banquet." Song Qi only remembered the business at this moment, and took out a post from his arms.

Xia Chunyu was in a slump, he was tired of coping with various celebration banquets these days, and felt a headache, so he said: "You just say that I am unwell, go back!"