PNB Chapter 341 That’s it?
Chapter 341 That’s it?
"Junior sister, what should we do with these dishes? We have guests today. How about my junior sister and I continue practicing in the afternoon and save them for ourselves to eat in the evening?" After he had finished speaking, Yun Yongyuan looked at the results of his morning's practice with ease.
Usually, the dishes that the two of them practiced on were saved for dinner as employee meals. Anyway, there was a system microwave oven, and after a few turns, they would be as good as freshly cooked. Everyone was used to it.
"Pick a few good dishes. They are all acquaintances and they won't charge you. It's a good opportunity to let them taste the food for you and absorb their opinions."
"That's fine! They are picky eaters and are willing to try the food, which is great!"
"There's also mine, let me pick some too!" Wan Yuyue was delighted and immediately joined the team choosing dishes.
Zhao Xiaojing put the prepared pot-roasted pork elbow aside, turned around and opened the refrigerator. Just as she was about to look for ingredients suitable for hot pot among yesterday's specialties, Guo Gaoang and his friends arrived.
"You came just in time. The pot is already cooked. What else do you want to eat?"
"Those are sent to you, keep them for yourself!" Guo Gaoang and Da Zhuang came from the front hall carrying two large bags each, "We can just wash them and put them directly into the hot pot!" "Just leave them there, let me see what you bought." Zhao Xiaojing and the other two took the bags and began to look at the ingredients.
"Basically it's beef and vegetables, with some shrimp balls and the like. You just cut the beef, and we'll wash the vegetables." Da Zhuang quickly snatched the two bags of vegetables from Zhao Xiaojing's hands, and started washing them with Guo Gaoang without saying a word.
The five people divided the work, three of them cut the vegetables and two washed them. Su Yuchen and Li also went into the kitchen to take out the cut side dishes, the hot pot, and the bowls and chopsticks and set them out. Finally, they put the braised pork elbow and the dishes fried by Yun Yongyuan and Wan Yuyue in the microwave, and lunch for seven people was ready.
"Wow, what kind of dish is this?" Li Zi looked around and pointed at the pot-roasted pork elbow with a pink inner circle and a golden outer circle and asked.
"Wow, we even got the chance to taste the new dishes?" Guo Gaoang said with surprise.
"It looks good!" Da Zhuang said as he raised his phone to take a close-up photo.
The three of them were regular customers of the restaurant and were familiar with all the original dishes in the restaurant. They recognized at a glance the pot-roasted pork elbow which was not a dish on any other menu.
"Pot-roasted pork elbow, a new dish I learned. The yellow dish is pepper salt, and the brown dish is tiger sauce. The pepper salt is refreshing, while the tiger sauce is rich. Try it." Zhao Xiaojing introduced.
Everyone at the table became interested and took a piece to taste.
"It's really pot-roasted pork elbow! When did you learn how to do it? How come it tastes better than that place!" Su Yuchen was the most shocked among the people at the table after he took a bite of the pot-roasted pork elbow. "Didn't you ask me to buy it for you last time? I went through so much trouble!"
"I learned it after that." Zhao Xiaojing couldn't help laughing, "If you didn't go around buying it for me, how could I have eaten a better pork elbow today?"
"Is this possible?" Su Yuchen stared at the elbow for a moment, then became delighted. "Then I'll pack you some food from the food stall downstairs from our rehearsal room! There's a fried gluten dish there that's really delicious. I'll pack it up for you to try!"
"There's a very famous fish restaurant in Jiangcheng, and reservations have to be made a week in advance! Can I get some food to go with me?" Li Zi also joined in the fun.
"Yes, but it may not be possible to replicate it successfully. It may take a long time. I have been researching this elbow for two months." Zhao Xiaojing said with a smile.
"Two months? That's quite excellent! Although I have never eaten this pork elbow, it tastes very good and special. It is also very fragrant with the two dipping sauces. The taste of this sauce should belong to Shandong cuisine, right?" Da Zhuang said.
"Yes, Shandong cuisine." Zhao Xiaojing couldn't help but look at Dazhuang a little more when she met someone who knew the subject. "It's just right. Let me borrow your tongue as a professional to taste these dishes and see if there's anything wrong with them."
"Yes, these dishes were cooked by the two of us. You can try them and feel free to tell me if you have any comments!" Yun Yongyuan quickly pointed to the other dishes on the table.
"The astringency of this bamboo shoot is a bit strong."
"This beef seems to be overcooked."
“This one has a slightly more bitter taste.”
“This one has a little more sour taste.”
The three of them did not refuse. After tasting them one by one, they expressed their feelings about the stir-fried pork with spring bamboo shoots, stir-fried beef, stir-fried pork with chili peppers, and spicy and sour chicken offal on the table.
"Of course we are just nitpicking. We are comparing the taste of Chef Zhao's dishes that he usually cooks. In fact, they taste quite good." The three of them spoke frankly. They made four suggestions for the four dishes. Da Zhuang was afraid that Yun Yongyuan and Wan Yuyue would be sad, so he tried to make amends after the review.
Unexpectedly, their expressions brightened at the same time. "That's it?"
"Ok?"
"Why do you look so excited?"
"Because the mirror points out far more faults than you do, and you are too tactful." Su Yuchen was not surprised.
"Yes! If my junior sister said this, it would definitely be a compliment to our cooking skills!" Wan Yuyue was beaming with joy.
Yun Yongyuan nodded repeatedly.
"Haha! That's true. I saw it when we were filming the video!" Da Zhuang laughed, remembering that Zhao Xiaojing looked serious and unsmiling during the video filming.
"Oh yeah, speaking of which, the video shot in your store has been viewed over 100,000 times. Because of the mirror, we gained a lot of new fans!" Guo Gaoang was very excited. "Many fans even came here specifically to eat, and left comments about their feelings after the meal! Once these real comments were posted, more fans were immediately attracted to come and eat, and we also gained fans. It's a perfect closed loop of mutual benefit! Have you read those comments?"
"Uh, have you seen it?" Su Yuchen was stunned and looked at Zhao Xiaojing.
"I'm busy learning new dishes... Have you seen it?" Zhao Xiaojing asked in a low voice.
"This reaction is definitely because he didn't watch it!" Li Zi pointed out with a smile.
"Alright, alright, I've figured it out. Both of you bosses are too busy to care about trivial matters like traffic volume! I'd better eat instead of getting mad chatting with you!"
"I remember now! Yesterday, a few people said they came here to watch the video and that they were fans. I thought it was weird at the time!"
"I find it strange too! The boss doesn't even know he's famous."
"You can add the litsea cubeba oil yourself. When I opened the bottle and smelled it, it smelled so strange that I didn't add it to the soup because I was afraid that you wouldn't be used to it." Zhao Xiaojing smiled, and when she saw Guo Gaoang starting to scoop soup, she quickly changed the subject and pushed the litsea cubeba oil in front of her.
"I was wondering why it was missing a little flavor. I was wondering what it was!" Li Zi suddenly realized, took the Litsea cubeba oil in front of her, carefully poured a little into her own bowl of soup, and then handed it to Guo Gaoang. "Hey, now the taste is right! Very good!"
"What's that smell?" Su Yuchen was eager to try.
"Have you ever tasted this?" Da Zhuang thought for a moment and turned to ask. Seeing Zhao Xiaojing shaking her head, he turned around and walked into the kitchen to get four bowls.
"If you add too much of this, it won't work. It will smell strong. But if you add a little bit to the soup, it will enhance the flavor. The three of us were hooked the first time we ate it. Let's give it a try."