Chapter 391 You are an expert in food
Wen Zhenyi began to write the menu. This was a wedding banquet, so naturally he had to prepare a lot of ingredients: "Master Cheng, how about holding your wedding banquet in a restaurant?"
"Why?" Cheng Lesheng was a little confused.
"In fact, holding a wedding banquet in a restaurant is quite impressive."
"Don't we have any cards at home?"
"Some families don't have as much wealth and power as you do."
Cheng Lesheng seemed to understand what she meant: "But it seems that no one has done this before."
"You'll know after trying it. You can even bring your bride to toast everyone."
Cheng Lesheng looked at Axiang: "Can you do it?"
"It sounds interesting. Why don't we give it a try?" Axiang didn't care.
Cheng Lesheng thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
“After eating at the restaurant, you can also prepare some barbecue at home.”
"Is it still possible?"
"It's just a formality. From the bustling restaurant to home, but when I come back I have to change to a carriage."
"You arrange it, and we'll do it."
Wen Zhenyi, Shen Hanxing and others began to make arrangements.
Shen Hanxing and his team were responsible for the decoration of the restaurant, and they also needed a bridesmaid to organize it, as well as music.
If you need music, just ask Uncle Biaozi. He has plenty of people who know how to play music.
Wen Zhenyi is responsible for the ingredients for the banquet.
Feng Qianlan has been following Wen Zhenyi recently and is more interested in her than others: "Yiyi, are you writing a list of ingredients?"
"Yes, these are the ingredients for the banquet."
"Is there anything I can help with?"
"Yes, but we have to wait until after the wedding banquet. We don't have any right now."
Feng Qianlan really likes this way of getting along: "Okay."
Wen Zhen started to organize the wedding menu. She made four sets of wedding menus and planned to discuss with Mr. Cheng before deciding which one to use.
The first set of menus: stir-fried seasonal vegetables, braised pork with preserved vegetables, spicy shrimp, three-fresh soup, pickled pepper frog, dry pot duck, cold salad platter, braised fish, mouth-watering chicken, roasted pork intestines, first-class steamed chicken, large pot of lotus root slices, steamed spare ribs, blanched shrimp, Dongpo pork elbow, and side dishes.
The second menu includes eight cold dishes of "A Happy Marriage", steamed king crab, crispy roast duck, steamed eel with black bean sauce, baked lobster, shark's fin soup, steamed yellow croaker, braised pork trotter, abalone with vermicelli in garlic sauce, imperial stir-fried chicken, seasonal vegetables, organic preserved bamboo shoots in abalone sauce, early pregnancy and white fungus soup, happy and perfect dim sum platter, preserved meat in lotus leaf with glutinous rice, steak baguette.
The third menu: Imperial delicacy Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Happy Early Birth Soup, Marbled Beef, Stir-fried Celery with Lily Bulbs, Steamed Grouper with Black Bean Sauce, Eight Flavors Dishes, Steamed Lobster with Vermicelli and Garlic Sauce, Abalone with Abalone Sauce, Chicken in Lucky Bamboo Spring Water, Stir-fried Pork Neck with Three Peppercorns, Seasonal Healthy Vegetables, Braised Sturgeon Tendon with Scallions, Boiled Prawns, Dungeness Crab with Huadiao Winery, Spicy Pork Trotters, and Fruit Platter.
The fourth menu: eight cold dishes: mandarin duck eggs, wishful chicken rolls, shrimp cakes, satisfying fish strips, big braised pork, crispy flower kernels, candied lotus seeds, and love toast; eight hot dishes: braised golden hoof, spring rolls with shellfish heart, fish balls in milk soup, crispy fried quail, Eight Immortals’ sea pot, king prawns, flower kernel and jujube soup, and fried chicken wings; four fruit desserts: cake, crispy candy with fillings, sugar-roasted chestnuts, and peanuts and melon seeds.
When Master Cheng saw the menu, he started to hesitate again: "Girl Wen, these all look delicious."
“But I don’t recommend choosing the second set.”
"Why?"
"There are too many uncertainties in the deep sea, and you've invited dozens of tables of guests to this wedding banquet. I'm afraid these requirements may not be met."
"That's right. What about the fourth set?"
"You can take a look at the fourth set. If there's anything you don't like, we can replace it."
"There are too many cold dishes. Let's switch to some hot dishes."
"Okay, what do you want to change?"
"I want to eat the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall that you made."
"Okay, I'll add Buddha Jumps Over the Wall for you. What else?"
"Dongpo pork elbow, beef and a chicken."
"We may not be able to buy that much fried quail, so we switched to fish to be on the safe side."
"Okay, you decide. There's nothing we can do about the non-specific ingredients."
"It just so happens that the ham I made is ready to eat, so I'll give you a taste too."
"Sure, I've heard that your workshop's warehouse is full of pork legs, but I've never seen you sell them."
"I heard it's already moldy."
"Haha, that's right. I was wondering when you became so wasteful, kid. It turns out we were overthinking it."
"The longer this ham ages, the better it tastes."
"You're an expert on food."
"How's your health lately?"
"That's great. I finally got to see this brat get married. Even if I die, I'll have an explanation for his mother."
"Mrs. Cheng will definitely be very happy to see this."
Mr. Cheng smiled and nodded.
Wen Zhen started preparing the ingredients. The wedding banquet was held in the town mainly because it was convenient to buy ingredients here.
For this purpose, Mr. Cheng even bought a restaurant specifically for this wedding banquet.
Before the wedding banquet, Wen Zhenyi went to see Boss Ke and Village Chief Haiyun to order ingredients.
As for some of the needed dry goods, the Cheng family has no shortage of them, so she just needs to soak them in advance.
On the wedding day, Axiang married out of the Wen family.
The day before, Wen Zhenyi went to find Axiang and handed her a box: "Axiang, your mother and others have prepared a dowry for you. This is from me."
Ah Xiang opened the box and looked at the banknotes inside: "Yi Yi, I have my own money."
"Your money is yours, and this is what I gave you."
Axiang closed the lid, his eyes a little dry.
Wen Zhenyi gave her a hug: "Axiang, be happy."
"good."
The next day, Wen Zhenyi did not send Axiang to get married. She went to the restaurant early in the morning.
Qian Tu had already arrived, and he had come all the way from the county town specifically to help.
Chef Zhang wanted to come, but unfortunately the journey was too long and he couldn't come back.
Wen Zhenyi was very satisfied with the ingredients delivered, so he stopped talking and started preparing the most time-consuming dish, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
Qian Tu is now able to work on his own and helps Wen Zhenyi.
Feng Qianlan also came early in the morning to help light the fire and pick vegetables. She really didn't look like a princess at all.
Wen Zhenyi had a new understanding of his sister-in-law and liked her even more.
Feng Qianlan knew some cooking skills, but she had never seen Wen Zhenyi cook in such a variety of ways: "Yiyi, what are you doing?"
"This is like making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, it just wastes some time."
“These ingredients are not cheap.”
"Indeed, but the taste is really great."
"But there is another dish that is also very time-consuming."
"What's the dish?"
"Eight Immortals Making a Scene in the Sea Pot."
“Is it also a seafood dish?”
"Well, it takes as long as Buddha Jumps Over the Wall."
Feng Qianlan felt a headache just thinking about it: "This dish took too long to make."
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