1979 The Life of Idle Fish

Chapter 231 It's Nice To Be Young
While Luo Tao was noisy and laughing with a few old gentlemen, these words and paintings deceived him a lot.

As soon as the dishes were served, Lao Zhangtou also rushed over from Miaoyin Courtyard, and Mr. Jin introduced several famous dishes to everyone vividly.

For example, here are the dishes: "Steamed bear paws", stir-fried phoenix tongue, poached tenderloin, hundreds of birds facing the phoenix, fried chicken, mixed smoked shredded chicken, steamed pork belly, vinegared cabbage, and braised smoked liver with sliced ​​meat. , belly.

Take steamed bear paws as an example. People nowadays can't eat bear paws. We can't do anything illegal. The bear paws today are all made of meat.

The authentic way to stir-fry phoenix tongue is to stir-fry it with grass and sparrow tongue. It was eaten until it was on the verge of extinction. Later, it was changed to pigeon tongue. This is not extinct yet. Today I use ordinary chicken. tongue.

A brief introduction to palace cuisine is that it is the cuisine specially served to the royal family and is an outstanding representative of Chinese cuisine.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, palace cuisine mainly refers to the cuisine of the imperial court in the capital. It is characterized by strict selection of ingredients, fine preparation, beautiful appearance and color, and its taste is clear, fresh, crispy and tender. The main modeling methods are "surrounding, matching and setting". , brewing” and other technological methods.

Luo Tao specially opened a bottle of 1960 Five-Star Moutai for this purpose.

After several gentlemen tasted it one by one, Luo Tao said, "How do you guys feel?"

Luo Tao was just a boy serving wine today, walking around the table.

"Painful."

"One of the best in the capital."

"Jin Ye, you really deserve your reputation!"

"..."

Judging from the situation, he knew that this had won the applause of the whole house. Luo Tao took advantage of the opportunity and said: "From now on, I will ask a few gentlemen to publicize this Xichang Tower."

"There's no problem with publicity, but you have to take care of the food!"

All the gentlemen were joking, but Luo Tao dared not agree and accompany them to have a few drinks and taste the delicious food.

At midnight, the sun was blazing outside. All the old gentlemen were holding cattail leaf fans and folding fans, but the sweat couldn't stop flowing down.

When the weather gets hot, people become restless, and their appetite for food becomes much smaller.

After eating only about half of the food, Luo Tao ordered them to be removed and brought out mung bean soup for the gentlemen to relieve the heat.

This is also a new benefit introduced by Xichang Restaurant, which is free for all diners.

This was praised by all the diners who came to Xichang House for dinner.

At midnight, as the sun set in the west and the air cooled down, Luo Tao, Xu Le, and Hou Ming prepared to take several gentlemen home by bicycle, but they were rejected by them, and they all rushed home on their own. Walk.

Mr. Zhang lived not far away, so he did not leave early, but stayed as if he had something to say to Luo Tao.

The two men were in the box. Luo Tao made a cup of tea for Mr. Zhang and said, "Sir, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask me."

"What can I say? You've been very busy lately, and I haven't had a good chat with you. I just wanted to chat a few words since we both happened to be free today."

"Hehehe! Sir, please tell me, I am all ears."

Luo Tao thought about it. Except for going home to pay New Year's greetings on the third day of the Lunar New Year this year, the two of them really haven't had a good chat until now.

"I've heard faintly recently that there seems to be something else going on outside. Don't be too pushy, kid. I don't know how the wind will blow, so I'm a little worried about you."

Mr. Zhang spoke sparingly and held Luo Tao's hand to talk.

"I've heard what sir said, don't worry! I'm also very concerned about the things you're always worried about. I think there shouldn't be any big problems now.

right now!The country's reform is an inevitable trend and cannot be stopped by human efforts.

Sir, please relax. Taking good care of your health is the most important thing. In a few years, the situation will become more prosperous.

Zhu Lin and I will take you and my wife to take a walk around the famous mountains and rivers of the motherland. Do you think it’s okay? "

Luo Tao also knows that in this period, if you want to make a lot of money in business, you will inevitably end up in jail if you are not careful.

These things that haven't happened, but may happen, why tell this old man, let him worry about it for no reason. "Hehe! You have a heart. But I am also old. Now I can walk around this back sea every day. I am satisfied, and I don't want anything else.

This time I asked you to work in the Forbidden City, what do you think? "

"That's what I wish for." Luo Tao answered directly without even thinking.

Mr. Zhang was very satisfied when he heard what he said, "This matter has a lot of benefits for you, but it's just a lack of gold and silver. This shouldn't have much impact on you, right?"

"Sir, even if they don't give me this specially-appointed researcher, I will do the same. The current situation of the Palace Museum makes people worry.

As you know, I really like these things and have never thought of making profit from them. "

"........."

Mr. Zhang drank tea and listened carefully to Luo Tao's words. He would never interrupt you mid-sentence.

"Well, I'm so lucky to have a disciple like this!"

"Hey! It's my blessing to have you as my teacher for three lifetimes."

Three lives is a bit too much, but it is indeed true to say that it is a second life.

"Your little boy hasn't been to my place for a while. Is there something wrong? Your wife is always talking about him."

"Oh, my family hired a nanny a while ago. The little one is very clinging to her now and doesn't like to go out to play. Tomorrow I will ask him to go to your house to pay his respects to the elders."

Mr. Zhang waved his hand and said with a smile: "As long as the little guy is happy, there is no need to make a special trip. If there is nothing to do, I will go back."

Seeing that he was about to stand up, Luo Tao quickly helped him: "Okay, I'll help you."

Mr. Zhang didn't refuse, but unlike Mr. Wang, if this happened to Mr. Wang, he would definitely say: Get over it.

He is an old gentleman who refuses to accept his old age and is very stubborn, but also loves to play with young people.

Luo Tao walked with Mr. Zhang on the streets of Houhai, "It's great. It's great to be young."

These six words were the most emotional expressions from Mr. Zhang along the way. Luo Tao could only reply: "You are still getting stronger with age. You are still as young as you are old."

"Hahaha, the beginning of these two words is old, but not young."

We chatted some gossip along the way and talked about recent trivial matters in life, and soon we arrived at my husband’s residence.

Luo Tao didn't stay long at Mr. Zhang's house. He greeted his wife, chatted for a few words, and then left.

The chef of Xichang House, "The master chefs have been working hard recently, and I didn't think carefully about some things. I hope you can understand me."

"The boss is joking, we are too happy before it's too late... I have been working hard for so many years, but I have never seen a store as popular as ours."

Master Wu wiped his hands with his apron and said happily.

"Hahaha! I didn't expect business to be so booming. Today I just wanted to ask you three to see if you have any friends or acquaintances who can introduce you to work in our Xichang Building."

"As you all know, there is obviously not enough manpower in the kitchen. Wangfujing will also open a new store in a while, and the kitchen staff will need to recruit at least eight people.

To be honest, our business is no worse than the state-owned ones, but the wages and benefits are not as good as ours in Beijing, right? "

Luo Tao is going to issue a recruitment order today, and he is in urgent need of experienced chefs to come to the stage.

Several of them looked at me and I looked at you. Except for Master Hong, they all said that there were one or two people who could try to talk about it, but there was no guarantee that they would come back.

"Anyone who comes can be successful. If we really can't recruit people, we have to open our own classes to train them."

They were all shocked by Luo Tao's big words, training chefs by themselves is not as simple as talking about it.

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