fruity fragrance

Chapter 64

Sure enough, as expected by the scholar, as soon as they entered the Zuibinlou waiter, the waiter squinted and looked at the two of them from the corner of his eye, and his contemptuous gaze was like a sharp knife that was as real as it was bit by bit. Cut to Xiucai and Lin Guoxiang: "Do you know where this is?"

"I know." Xiucai replied pretending to be embarrassed, "There is something written on the signboard outside, I recognize it, it seems to be called Zui Bin Lou."

As soon as the waiter heard the word "I", he knew that these two must be bumpkins who ran out of nowhere and had never seen the world, so he couldn't help but sneered, and looked at Xiucai and Lin Guoxiang with even more contempt. "Since you know Zui Bin Lou on the sign outside, you should know that this is the best restaurant in the town. The drinks and dishes are all top-notch. Can poor people like you afford to eat?" The implication That is, where you came from, go back to where you came from, and don't stick around here to hinder outside business.

As soon as the waiter said something, the faces of Xiucai and Lin Guoxiang flushed red, Xiucai was embarrassed, and Lin Guoxiang was angry.If the scholar hadn't stopped in front of her calmly, I guess she would have rushed over and punched the waiter. Damn, you really look down on people. Could it be that the food here is made of gold?Could it be that I can't buy a home-cooked dish with four taels of silver?If it weren't for the fact that she came here to find an opportunity to sell recipes to make money, she wouldn't stand here and suffer from this uselessness.

The scholar blushed and said embarrassingly: "I only came in to eat after hearing people say that this is the biggest restaurant in the town. My father told me to take my daughter-in-law out to see the world. If I can go to the biggest restaurant in the town A meal in a restaurant is the best, so when I came out, my parents gave me a lot of money." As he spoke, he took out the four taels of silver from his pocket and showed it to the waiter, "My father and I As I said, abalone in bird's nest is unaffordable, but some home-cooked dishes are still okay."

Although Lin Guoxiang didn't understand why the scholar pretended to be a vulture and lied to others, but it didn't prevent her from helping the waiter at the side: "Yeah, so much money, is it even a plate of Chinese cabbage? Can’t afford carrots? Could it be that the dishes here are all made of gold?” After speaking, ignoring the waiter’s face turning dark, he deliberately said to himself, “I’m so stupid. If it was really made of gold, I probably wouldn’t If people dare to eat gold, who would really eat gold? Wouldn’t that kill someone? Most likely that person would be bored.”

The guy who was in trouble was almost turned nose by Xiucai and Lin Guoxiang's singing and anger, and before they could say anything else, he rushed out impatiently: "Go, go, where are you beggars, hurry up and don't delay our work." Business. They are really two soil turtles, so let’s save the little money and take it home to pad the coffin for your soil turtle father.”

As soon as the waiter said the last sentence, the faces of Xiucai and Lin Guoxiang turned livid, and Lin Guoxiang's face was so dark that ink dripped down.She dragged Xiucai aside and glared at the waiter: "Aren't you just an errand boy? What's the big deal? Why do you look down on us? What's wrong with you when we come in for dinner? The boss didn't say anything, why are you pointing fingers here, what kind of onion are you?" After speaking, he dragged the scholar away, "Huh, isn't it just a meal? Can it starve people to death?"

At this time, a waiter came out of the kitchen with a few dishes and went upstairs cautiously. It was probably ordered by a rich man in a private room.Lin Guoxiang caught a glimpse of those dishes out of the corner of her eyes, and couldn't help curling her lips in disdain, "Che, I thought that all the dishes cooked here were exquisite dishes, but it turned out to be nothing more than that, the ones cooked by my aunt at home are better than yours. powerful!"

The waiter was so angry by Lin Guoxiang's words that his face was dark and glowing green. If it wasn't for the fact that it was not a good time to eat and it would affect the business too much, he would definitely go to the backyard kitchen to get a fire The pliers knocked them out.

Instead, an ordinary-looking middle-aged man in a rain-blue robe passing by behind Lin Guoxiang, who was about to walk in, stopped when he heard what she said, turned to glance at her, and frowned slightly. After thinking for a while, he said, "This... I don't know what to call him?" He originally wanted to say Miss, but Lin Guoxiang obviously combed her hair, so he called him Eldest Sister. She passed her own test again, and finally asked this question after struggling for a long time.

Xiucai turned around at the same time as Lin Guoxiang to look at the middle-aged man who asked the question, and he took a step forward calmly to protect Lin Guoxiang behind him, and said in a flat tone: "This is my wife. Wang Linshi, who is this gentleman?"

Lin Guoxiang, who was behind the scholar, was taken aback by his words Wang Linshi, and felt a chill in her heart. At the same time, she once again felt sad for the ancient women who didn't even have a name, only a husband's surname.

"Oh, my surname is Gao, and I'm the second owner of this restaurant." The middle-aged man briefly introduced himself, and then turned to the main topic, "Just now I saw this... my sister-in-law seems to have a low opinion of us here. Vegetables, I don’t know what my sister-in-law’s ancestors did?”

In fact, this question is a bit abrupt, but the second owner has been in the restaurant business for so many years and has come into contact with many people. He can tell what kind of person he is at a glance, and his intuition tells him that the young woman in front of him is right. The dishes should have some real skills, otherwise they wouldn't show their natural disdain after seeing those dishes, to be precise, they should be contemptuous.

"Oh, it's just a cook." Lin Guoxiang said lightly, well, she lied too, but those in the restaurant business should pay more attention to those chefs who have ancestral dishes in their hands, right?The purpose of her coming here is to sell cookbooks, so it can be said that she has so many recipes.

The waiter saw that it was the second boss and quickly put on a smiling face, flattering him: "Second boss."

"Go ahead." The second boss replied lightly, and then said to Lin Guoxiang, "Since my sister-in-law was in this business from her ancestors, can you see if these talents can help you give some pointers?"

Lin Guoxiang raised her eyebrows, didn't she just want her to show her real skills to pay for her disdainful words just now?It's just cooking, she's really not afraid.

"Okay." Lin Guoxiang agreed without hesitation at all. This time it was the second owner who frowned, so she naturally saw his intentions, so she simply said, "I don't To tell you the truth, we are here this time to sell recipes."

"Sell recipes?" The second owner looked at Lin Guoxiang with a little surprise and raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, selling recipes." Lin Guoxiang replied very bachelor, "You don't have to feel so surprised, because we are short of money now, it's as simple as that."

The second owner obviously didn't expect Lin Guoxiang to answer so readily, and couldn't help but look sideways at her carefully. Seeing that her eyes were clean and clear, it was obvious that she wasn't lying. Looking at Xiucai, although she didn't show much in sizing up her daughter-in-law to him I was happy but didn't show any timidity. It shouldn't be that I stole the ancestral recipe and sold it for money.

But then again, even if they really stole the ancestral recipe and sold it, it's their own business if they are found out, not to mention whether he can like the recipe or not.

"Then please sister-in-law give some pointers." The second boss finally had a smile on his face, and made a gesture of invitation to Lin Guoxiang and Xiucai.

Lin Guoxiang raised her eyebrows, and took Xiucai and the second owner to the backyard kitchen.

The cooks in the kitchen were very puzzled when they saw that the second owner brought in two strange young men, a man and a woman, and thought to themselves: Could it be another new cook from Zui Bin Lou?But what happened to this woman?

It was the chef Gao Lin who asked everyone's questions. He and the second owner's family are distant relatives, and he has some real skills, so his attitude is more casual than other cooks.

The second boss brought Lin Guoxiang and Xiucai in and gave a brief introduction to everyone with a smile. When everyone heard that Lin Guoxiang was a cook, they couldn't help but look at her, and some of them had contemptuous smiles on their faces. The exit sarcastically said: "A woman who is not at home and brings her children here to hang around, don't your men care?"

"I guess her man is incompetent, so don't care about it." The other said, and the crowd burst into laughter as soon as the words fell.

The scholar's face was flushed red, he stared at that person coldly and said coolly: "I am the incompetent person you said, what's your opinion?"

As soon as the scholar's words came out, the kitchen was quiet at first, and then the booing became even louder. The embarrassed face of the one who spoke was as high as a purple eggplant, and his voice was stuffed in his throat and he couldn't speak.

Lin Guoxiang pursed her lips, washed her hands and took an apron to wrap around herself, then turned around and asked the second owner: "Do you cook squirrel fish here?" That's right, it's this dish, don't look ordinary , but this dish is a test of knife skills, and this dish is available when modern chefs take the exam.

"Squirrel fish?" The second owner was taken aback, "We don't have this dish here."

This time Lin Guoxiang was stunned, no way, there is no such famous dish?Could it be that it hasn't been invented yet?Or is it called another name?But no matter, just cook this dish, if they don't know this dish, it will be more beneficial to themselves.

So she asked for a pen and paper, and wrote down the required ingredients for someone to help prepare, but changed the ketchup inside to a sauce that was easy to color.

Er Dongjia took the piece of paper and glanced at the words on it, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows. He didn't expect this woman's handwriting to be so bold and free, which didn't match her appearance at all.If he wanted Lin Guoxiang to know about it, he would have to scream again, just kidding, in order to keep her hands from shaking, her grandfather forced her to practice the characters of the two kings since she was a child, and she has practiced for more than ten years. I'm so sorry for Grandpa, although she still hasn't fully understood what is so good about Wang Xizhi and his son's calligraphy.

After everything was ready, Lin Guoxiang picked up the mandarin fish that had been cleaned, and quickly cut the fish down to the pectoral fins with an oblique knife, cut it at the head and chin, patted it into a slightly flat shape with a knife, and then cut it along the fish. Use a knife on both sides of the ridge to split from head to tail, remove the fish head and ridge, cut off the breast, and take two pieces of fish meat, which are also called fish leaves.

She puts the skin of the fish leaf down on the chopping board, removes the chest thorns, and then evenly scratches the fish leaf straightly with a knife, and then cuts obliquely to the fish skin to make the fish flesh into a diamond shape with a small flower knife.From here, we can see the skill of a chef's knife. If the strength is not well grasped, the fish leaves will be cut badly.

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Put the prepared fish into the plate. Lin Guoxiang carved a few small flowers with carrots and placed them on the plate as decorations. A plate of squirrel fish is ready.

Everyone looked at the finished plate of squirrel fish and then at Lin Guoxiang, there was no sound, no one here is an idiot, everyone can see that this plate of squirrel fish is very particular about knife skills, so they are all about this knife skill and the cooking just now The skillful and confident look at that time said that she was inherited from the ancestors, which is not false at all.They all learned from the master here, basically they are half-baked, how can they compare with others?So everyone shut their mouths very wisely, even Gao Lin kept his eyes on the plate of squirrel fish without saying a word.

Naturally, Lin Guoxiang had a panoramic view of everyone's performance, a little pride flashed in her eyes, and she said in her heart: You are so small, if you don't look down on women anymore, I will compare you one by one today, and see what you can do! Ser, hum!

Xiucai glanced at Lin Guoxiang in surprise. He thought that the ancestral inheritance she mentioned was just a trick to the second boss. Could it be that what she said was true?If Lin Guoxiang knew what Xiucai was thinking at the moment, she would probably die laughing.

Under the eyes of everyone eagerly watching, the second owner picked up a piece of amber-colored fish with chopsticks and slowly chewed it in his mouth. His eyes lit up slightly. The fried fish was crispy and tender. Very good.

The second boss nodded imperceptibly after tasting the squirrel fish, and then greeted Lin Guoxiang and Xiucai very politely: "This is not a place for conversation, you two come with me."

Lin Guoxiang was not too polite, and walked out of the kitchen with the second boss's family carelessly. As soon as they walked, the people in the kitchen immediately surrounded them, and each of them stretched out a pair of chopsticks to the brightly colored plate. The squirrel fish, I can't help but praise it after eating it.

"After all, it is an ancestral craftsmanship, and the taste is authentic."

"Well, the knife skills are also good, nothing to say." Another echoed.In fact, it was quite normal. Everyone has learned from cutting vegetables, and no one's knife skills will be bad, and this squirrel fish can also cook, but it can't stand the rarity of the word "ancestral". Maybe people don't think it's a big deal, but For half-assed people like them, the meaning is different.And the taste is indeed more authentic than what they usually make. When they make it, they cook it directly with sauce, but Lin Guoxiang is poured with juice, so the taste is naturally much more delicious.

Everyone chattered while eating fish, and some jealous ones occasionally said a few sour words, and everyone laughed it off in good faith. Now everyone's mentality is similar to his, but no one is honest and unwilling. Just say it.

　Thanks to Guwawa for voting for the pink vote. This is the first pink in this book, which is very commemorative, so this chapter can be regarded as an additional update, and there will be another update during the day, haha.

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