The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 62 Rice Noodles
After two days, when I returned to the hotel, Sydney felt that everything was different!

When I came here before, I felt that "it's so interesting to have an envoy, I want to watch the excitement", but now I feel full of sadness.

Master Lu died unjustly!Although...although it may not be related to the diplomatic missions, but even if it has nothing to do, they can't bear to despise Da Qi!
While talking about these "tragedies", Sydney walked towards her residence angrily.Shangshi Bureau occupies a courtyard with three entrances, and the maids live in the last entrance.As soon as she stepped through the courtyard gate, two little court ladies who were kicking shuttlecocks hurriedly stopped and gave her a blessing: "Ladies!"

Sydney: "..."

do not do that.

Jin's "Imperial Catering Lady" happened yesterday morning, and now not only the palace, but even the rest of the hotel know about it.The two little maids looked at her with some novelty and timidity, so Xueli had no choice but to point to the door of her own room: "I'm going back to my room first."

In the bedroom, Zixian and Ting Xian were resting, and when they saw her coming in, they surrounded her and asked her why she didn't come to the hotel yesterday, and what happened to the "female dining official".

Sydney really doesn't know how to deal with it.Thinking about it now, what happened yesterday was more than what she had experienced in ten days on weekdays combined, and it involved imperial guards, so naturally she couldn't go into details.

So she said a few words briefly, and showed them the little cabbage, and then she asked them: "How do you feel after the day? Are the envoys easy to serve?"

"Hey, don't mention it." Su Zixian curled her lips when she mentioned this, "Speaking of which, there is nothing delicious about Luo Wu, right? But they are really picky! Every meal can pick out many faults, and it was withdrawn from lunch today At that time, I saw that Fang Sishan's face turned green!"

Fang Sishan's qualifications are similar to Zou Shangshi's. Among the four chefs in the Shangshi Bureau, her skills are the best!
Xue Li looked at Ting Xian again, Ting Xian also curled his lips: "It's true. In the morning I ground the sesame paste and presented it to the past. Mrs. Concubine Hui never said that the sesame paste I made was not good, and it didn't go well with their mouths. Annoying!"

Both of them were full of resentment, Xueli was thinking about what to do while listening, the three of them rested together for another two minutes, and it was time to go ahead and prepare dinner.

When they arrived, the other maids on duty that night were almost there as well.Everyone gathered in three rows in the courtyard, listening to Fang Sishan's arrangement of errands.

Sydney pressed his feet and listened to a few words. Cold and hot dishes are all refined, and the combination of meat and vegetables is also suitable.She weighed it in her heart, walked up to Fang Si Shan and bowed: "Miss Si Shan."

Fang Sishan turned his head to look at her, Xueli took a deep breath, and said seriously: "Miss, don't make the dinner according to the original menu, and let the servant arrange it once, okay?"

She negotiated in a very polite way, and Fang Sishan also knew that the emperor specially arranged for her to come, so naturally he didn't say no, he nodded and said, "Let's go see Lord Wei."

Even if it's just going through the motions, Wei Chen has to make up his mind according to the rules.

Wei Chen lives in the front of the hotel, in a separate courtyard with two entrances.When I approached, I could see the imperial guards coming and going from time to time, and I would say hello to those who knew Xue Li occasionally.After entering the gate of the courtyard, it was also the imperial guard who led them in, and knocked on the door of the wing room on the east side of the second entrance: "My lord, the people from the Shangshi Bureau ask to see you."

The door opened quickly, and the person inside the door startled Xue Li, who had to take a look before acknowledging it: "Master Wei, Mr. Wei..."

In just one night, he haggarded a lot.His normally radiant face turned pale, and bright red bloodshot eyes faintly appeared in his eyes.

After looking at the two of them, Wei Chen stepped back to the side: "Come in and talk."

Xue Li followed Fang Sishan into the room, looked around and knew it was a study.Wei Chen went around and sat down in front of the case, and asked them quietly, "What's the matter?"

Sydney looked at Fang Sishan, and Fang Sishan motioned for her to just say it.She stepped forward and presented the two pages of paper in her hand to Wei Chen: "My lord, can we prepare dinner for the envoys according to this?"

Wei Chen took a glance and frowned: "Rice noodles?"

Sydney nodded: "Yes. When I was shopping in Dongshi with two adults yesterday, I saw a rice noodle shop. Rice noodles are not served in bowls, but are served directly to customers in stone pots after they are ready. The stone pots hide the heat. It’s still bubbling after being on the table for a long time! Most of the side dishes are raw, and they are presented in small plates, and they are poured into the stone pot while it is still hot to cook, and you can pour whatever you like.”

She had never seen this way of eating in the palace.At that time, I thought it was novel, and I couldn't help but take a few more glances before remembering it. I originally planned to try it myself after returning to the palace, but now it seems that I have to give the envoys a taste.

——Suddenly a little dissatisfied with such a thought.Xue Li snorted coldly in her heart, and decided that she would also eat this tonight.

Wei Chen looked at the paper and listened to her, and frowned even more after listening to her: "Why do you want to do this?"

"Zixian and Tingxian said that the envoys complained about the bad food - but you know what is the most common food in Luowu! So I think their complaints are just finding fault, and they have to cook this for them, no matter how bad it is It's their own business!" Sydney nodded firmly, "I will wait in Mrs. Qi Ke's room, and I will find an opportunity to let him know that we are not soft persimmons."

Her words sounded like a child getting angry again.But after the three dishes at the palace banquet two days ago, Wei Chen also knew that she did have her skills in this regard.Whether it is a crooked attack or a wise fool, in short, His Majesty is willing to let her try it.

Therefore, Wei Chen was not worried that her idea would go awry. He sank, and then said: "Since the stone pot is hot, what should I do if I burn someone? There is a way?"

"It depends on how you say it..." Xue Li bit her lip and asked him cautiously, "My lord, can I pretend to be a tiger once?"

After Fang Sishan and Xue Li returned to the dining room, everyone began to prepare for the dinner.

All the hot dishes listed earlier are omitted, and the rice noodles can be served with some cold dishes.In this way, there are not so many manpower, and those who are already on duty at lunch can go back to rest first, and listen to Sydney to tell how to do the rest.

"The rice noodles should be thicker...don't be too thick. How about measuring... Just put half a pot in the small stone pot, put more soup, and cook the vegetables after serving it." She explained the thickness of the rice noodles while gesticulating, listening The maid in charge of the order earnestly responded, and started to prepare.

Sydney also called the waiter who was in charge of preparing the soup: "For the soup, use the pork bone soup that has been boiled for a day and a night! Just scoop out the soup, heat it in the pot first, and then put the rice noodles in the stone pot after preparing it, otherwise Still cool."

The court lady who was a few years older than her answered "No", Xueli blushed, and deliberately added "sister" to the next sentence, she said: "Sister, cook some more cartilage and boil it with sweet sauce .This is not only presented, it is placed directly on top of the rice noodle, otherwise it will look too plain!"

"Hey, good." The court lady responded with a smile, and said after thinking about it, "Throw a few mushrooms into the bone soup! When you pour it, you can also put it on the rice noodles and put it on the rice noodles. It looks good and is delicious."

Then find someone to prepare various side dishes.This is not difficult, but it takes a lot of small dishes——we have to present twenty or thirty samples to each person, and there are twenty or thirty people in the envoys.

Sydney first talked about what he saw outside the palace: "Crack a quail egg, it's fine if it's raw; cut the beef into two slices, as thin as hot pot meat; take a piece of chicken thigh marinated in sauce—this one is watered first. Stir-fry before serving, but don’t take too long, it’s fine if it’s tender.”

Other than that, she couldn't say anything else, so she just told the maids that the meaty and vegetarian ones looked a bit different, and the ones that were convenient and easy to cook were served raw, and the ones that were inconvenient were cooked here first. presented.

After all, they are all people who prepare meals in the palace every day. Even if they have never made rice noodles, they are very aware of these requests.

About half an hour later, a portion was prepared first, and a stone pot and twenty small dishes were brought over for Sydney to taste.Sydney glanced at the bubbling bone broth in the stone pot, and quickly took the side dish she wanted to eat.First poured quail eggs, then added beef slices, and after thinking about it, added ham slices; for vegetarian dishes, I picked very finely chopped fungus shreds, and poured in a plate of yellow corn kernels.

A bowl of rice noodles that was just "simple and simple" has become colorful in a blink of an eye.

When the bone broth stopped bubbling, Sydney tasted two kinds of meat first, and they were all cooked; then try the quail eggs, um...you should put them later when you eat them yourself, so that you can eat them with a runny heart!It's so overcooked now!
The shredded fungus tastes elastic, and the corn kernels are sweet when bitten.She took another bite of cartilage and shiitake mushrooms, and finally ate rice noodles and soup.

The warm bone broth has a rich aroma, and one sip makes me feel comfortable. The rice noodles soaked in this soup are soft, but not rotten. It is fragrant and smooth when chewed in the mouth, and the color and aroma are just right.

Recalling all the flavors that I had just tasted in my mind, Sydney put down the chopsticks, satisfied: "It's delicious! Prepare another plate of chili and a few sauces and present them together, lest they dislike the taste of bone broth." If it’s not enough, let them adjust it themselves.”

Everyone in the dining room thought: Well, the imperial dining lady, you are so brave, you let the envoys pour the food by themselves, and now they have to season it themselves—that’s all!Even if they adjust the taste well, they can always find mistakes. In this way, it is more cost-effective to let them do it themselves.

Even if it's settled here, it's enough to prepare everything one by one. Sydney drags Zixian and Ting Xian to the next dining room to prepare snacks.

"What are you going to do?" Zixian asked her while washing her hands.Xueli smiled, walked to the stove, gritted her teeth, picked up a bamboo basket on the ground and put it on the table.

The two came over to have a look and were shocked: "Where are there so many lychees?!"

This thing is not produced in Luo'an, nor around Luo'an, and it is all brought in from the south.There are not many every year, even concubines are not available to everyone, these court ladies...

Basically did not eat.

"Your Majesty rewarded it." Xue Li stuck out her tongue.

This is not something to entertain the envoys, but before she left the palace this morning, His Majesty called her over and said: "If you are still unhappy because of being bullied, eat something sweet to coax yourself!"

So such a basket of lychees fell into her hands.I tasted two Sydney pears, they were indeed sweet, and full of lychee.

It's a bit heartbreaking to feed those Luo Wu people, but...

Sydney repeatedly emphasized to herself: the overall situation is the most important thing!

Of course, I didn't intend to give them all to the Luowu people, there were so many!
"Let's make lychee ice sugar Sydney!" Xue Li said, Zixian and Ting Xian wanted to laugh when the name came out, who asked her to be called Sydney?

"Don't laugh and hate it!" Xue Li embarrassedly touched two lychees to them, "Hurry up! You peel the lychees, and I will cook the white fungus."

(End of this chapter)