Chapter 430: No Fight, No Acquaintance

"What's the signature dish? Isn't that what I just ordered the signature dish?" Wen Xinyuan was stunned.

"Residential building stir-fry, the specialty is of course cheap home-cooked dishes." The fat man wrote a few more words on the paper before sending the menu to the kitchen.

"Sister, when we go to your restaurant, remember to make me that stir-fried pork liver!"

"It's stir-fried pork liver. Didn't you order pork liver yourself? Why are you still thinking about me making it?" Zhao Xiaojing shook her head and laughed.

She was sitting next to the fat man, and when the fat man added more dishes, the first one he wrote was "Bandit Pork Liver". She saw it when she turned her head.

"Isn't this for you to experience the restaurant's signature dishes? The dishes I ordered are the boss's best. You'll know when they come up."

"Fatty, how did you find this little family restaurant in a remote corner? It's not that far from Guangdong Province, right? Why do I feel like you come here often?"

"Yeah, it seems that everyone sitting here is a local, or even from this district." Zhao Xiaojing listened around, and all she could hear was the half-understood Tuancheng dialect. And judging by the way they were dressed, it seemed that many of them had just gotten out of bed to come here for dinner, so they must live nearby.

"Hehe, finding restaurants is my forte. Not to mention Tuancheng, I can also find a restaurant like the one in Jiangcheng for you. If you don't believe me, we can make an appointment to have a midnight snack in Jiangcheng tonight, and I will take you to eat the same way." The fat man smiled and kept the suspense.

"Then tell me, what are the special restaurants in Jiangcheng?" Guan Yingxia asked.

"Wait a minute, I'll show you."

When the fat man saw Guan Yingxia asking, he immediately took out his phone, tapped a few times, and handed it to Guan Yingxia, "Look, these stars are all mine! This is my exclusive private collection!"

Seeing Guan Yingxia flipping through the map, Zhao Xiaojing also came over curiously. It turned out that the fat man was showing Guan Yingxia a map, a map with many stars marked on it at first glance. But when she looked at it carefully, she found that almost every star marked a restaurant, but there were also a few that were inexplicably marked on the main road.

"There's nothing in the place marked by this star. What's it for?"

"Let me see... Oh, this one, click on it. See, there's a note there: 'This stall opens at 4:30 AM, only sells raw beef noodles. Start lining up at 4 AM, sold out by 7:30 AM.' That's the location marked for the pushcart stall. There's no storefront, so it's on the street."

Zhao Xiaojing was immediately shocked. "Four in the morning? Queuing up for beef noodles?"

"Yeah. The cow dies at three, but you can eat meat at four-thirty. It's worth going in the early morning."

"You haven't gained any weight... indeed." Guan Yingxia choked up for a rare moment.

"Some of the ones with real photos are the ones I've eaten, and the ones with only text descriptions are the ones I haven't eaten, so I made a guide for them. Sister Zhao... Sister, I've been calling you sister all morning, and I'm really not used to it. It's all Wen Xinyuan's fault for being so age-sensitive! Sister, where is your shop? What's its name? Let me inspect it and see how it's going." The fat man gradually overcame the suppression brought by Guan Yingxia during their morning interactions and became talkative again.

"Jiangnan District, Zhaoji Rice Bowl."

"Zhao Ji Rice Bowl..." the fat man muttered as he took the phone from Guan Yingxia.

Zhao Xiaojing tilted her head to watch the fat man searching. Guan Yingxia was slightly surprised and lowered her head to watch the fat man fiddling with it. Wen Xinyuan hurriedly ran over from the opposite side of the fat man. The four of them were very curious about whether they could find Zhao Xiaojing's restaurant.

"There are so many places with that name, why don't you come up with something unique... Hey, I actually have a favorite Zhaoji Rice Bowl... Hey, it's actually in Gangnam District! Look, is this your place?"

"Yes, that's it." Zhao Xiaojing glanced at the familiar photo and plate of pork trotter rice and recognized it immediately.

"Sure, Fatty! Oh, there are pictures?! You haven't been there before, have you? Have you passed your test?"

"There really are pictures! It seems my sister and I have known each other for a long time?" The fat man was surprised and clicked on the pictures in the notes one by one. "Let me see... Hmm? This doesn't look like I took it? It's quite appetizing... Damn, the movie star? Chu Chu?... I remember now, this is the restaurant that the movie star recommended on a variety show! I was so hungry that I took screenshots of everything they ate, and I'm going to order it!"

"Hey, I think I have the same impression now that you mentioned it!"

"A friend who is inviting you to dinner?" Guan Yingxia lowered her head and thought for a moment, then accurately gave the name of the variety show.

"You've all seen it?" Zhao Xiaojing smiled with a hint of surprise. "They stumbled into our store by accident when we were about to close."

"No wonder you look familiar to me. I was wondering where I've seen you before, but I thought you were the apprentice of some former master chef. I was thinking for a long time when you raised your hand to hand over the dish!"

"Look, Sister Zhao, the real purpose is clear. This fat guy has been pestering you since he came out. He is trying to gather information!"

"Hey, no friendship without fighting, no friendship without fighting!"

"Oh, a fight between strangers, a fight to gather intelligence?" Wen Xinyuan asked with a sly look.

"Same, same, haha! Wow, the dishes are here so soon!" The dishes in the proprietress's hands were like timely rain. The fat man's eyes lit up and he hurriedly greeted the three people. "Eat first come, first served. There's no need to wait for all the dishes to be served. If you wait, the heat will disappear. Anyway, they are already cooked. Eat one dish at a time. Don't be shy!"

First up was the pork liver and cured meat steamed with the fat man's addition. The pork liver was sliced ​​large, and served on a large plate. It was paired with leeks and red peppers, and the liver was a rich, appetizing sauce. The cured meat steamed dish included cured meat, sausage, and fish, topped with a layer of oil-sprinkled fermented black beans. Served in a large bowl, it looked quite simple, reminiscent of a farm-style dish perfect with rice.

"I think I've never seen fermented black beans poured over cured meat." Zhao Xiaojing curiously picked up a piece of cured meat and tasted it. "It's a little salty, but it's really delicious."

"There's nothing we can do. The fermented black beans are seasoned, and the cured meats also have salt. Although soaking for a long time can remove the salt, the fragrance is also soaked away. The same goes for the fermented black beans. They are neither salty nor fragrant. This is a double superposition of saltiness and fragrance. It is more fragrant and saltier. Eat the pork liver while it's hot. This pork liver is very tender and tastes best right after it comes out." The fat man reminded the three people while picking up the pork liver with chopsticks.

The three of them were very considerate and immediately reached for the pig liver with a big chopstick.

As soon as Zhao Xiaojing put the pork liver in her mouth, she felt the difference immediately because she had just made stir-fried pork liver in the morning.

Her stir-fried pork liver is a Sichuan dish that has been optimized through a systematic recipe. It is tender, smooth, oily, and spicy, but the spiciness is not prominent. What stands out is the oily and fresh fragrance of Sichuan cuisine. The bandit pork liver is obviously Xiangxi style. You can feel the rich and refreshing spiciness as soon as you put it in your mouth, but this kind of spiciness is not a single spicy flavor, but the complex spiciness unique to Hunan cuisine.