Chapter 127,
“Delicious! But the presentation isn’t sophisticated enough.”
"It's delicious. The chicken is so tender and boneless, and the broth is sour and sweet. What a novel way to eat it!"
One of the veteran chefs gave a fair answer: "The chicken wings weren't cooked thoroughly. If they were cooked a little longer, they would be more flavorful. But the taste is really good. We can sell it as our signature dish."
Su Guoer thought the same thing. She then said to Yunniang and the others, "Then let's give this dish a name. It should be nice."
Someone immediately blurted out: "Mei Xiang chicken wings!"
“Brine-cured chicken wings!”
Plum-flavored chicken wings pot
Plum Chicken Wings
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The names they came up with were all the same, and finally Chang Qi said, "How about calling it Phoenix Flying?"
What's the name of this dish? Su Guoer was stunned and asked, "Why is it called this name?" How can a chicken wing stew made with dried green plums be associated with Phoenix?
Chang Qi: "You don't understand this, do you? The literati and scholars of Bianjing love this kind of food. Dishes like Phoenix Meat and Phoenix Chicken are designed to cater to their tastes, but they are actually just dishes made with poultry like chicken and duck. The name is just a fancy name."
Su Guoer: "But...isn't this name a bit too exaggerated?"
Phoenix in flight? "What if the customer orders a dish and then decides the taste doesn't match the dish? Wouldn't that be a disservice to our reputation?" Yunniang said.
Su Guoer thought the same, so she said, "Although my dish tastes good, it doesn't live up to its name. The name is a bit too big, so why not keep the name for now? I'll see if I can make a dish worthy of it in the future. As for this plate of chicken wings..."
"I can think of a good name, 'Green Plum Stuffed Chicken Wings', or the 'Plum Fragrance Chicken Wings' I just mentioned would also be good."
Then everyone agreed: "Let's call it Green Plum Stir-fried Wings. Green Plum Stir-fried Wings sounds more elegant. If it is paired with the grape wine in our store, it will taste good too."
Speaking of fruit wine?
Su Guoer suddenly shuddered.
"Fruit wine?" How could she forget?
Her father also made wine, and the wine he brewed was either clear and refreshing or sweet and sour, perfect for scholars or those with a low alcohol tolerance. If a few medicinal herbs were added, the wine would have the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and it would even warm the body for women with cold constitutions.
If you only drink a little, it will be fine when a woman is pregnant.
Su Guoer thought again, this restaurant can't just sell other people's wine? As everyone knows, her wine is all in cooperation with major wineries. People give her wine and she resells it.
But if the partnership collapsed, she would be faced with a shortage of wine to sell. That wasn't the point; after all, who wouldn't want to do business? Partnerships were hard to break down.
But...if she wants to retain customers, perhaps she should follow the example of other restaurants, such as Qianxianglou, whose wine, modeled after that of Nanyang, is famous in Bianjing.
Many diners go there just for the sip of wine.
She had never drunk wine and didn't know how to make it, but her father had once taught her to make a kind of bamboo leaf sake with a clear taste and a kind of green plum wine with a sweet and sour taste. It was said that many people came to her father to buy the wine recipes, but he refused to sell them. He just said that there were medicinal ingredients in them, and if the proportions were not correct, people would die. So people gave up.
In fact, there are indeed medicinal herbs in it, but they are all non-toxic herbs, and the wine brewed from them only has simple health benefits and does not reach the level of poisoning.
So...Su Guoer had some ideas.
If you make it well, you can also enter it for a competition. The green plum wine paired with this plate of green plum stuffed shark's fin will make the taste even better!
Su Guoer simply didn't want the chicken wings anymore. She asked Yunniang and Changqi to look after the store while she went out to find some wine-making utensils. She also bought a few large bags of dried green plums, dried bamboo leaves, and a small bag of medicinal herbs.
The production process is not complicated. Su Guoer doesn't want to open a winery, so there is no need to go through so much trouble. He just buys some bottles and jars and simply brews some wine with unique flavors to add a little fame to their restaurant.
The method of making green plum wine is also very simple. Remove the stems of the washed green plums, dry them and put them in a jar, then pour in high-concentration white wine, a handful of dried tangerine peel, and a little bit of dried hawthorn, seal it, and you can drink it after sealing it for thirty days.
In addition, bamboo leaf sake is brewed from dry bamboo leaves. The method is the same as above, except that a little Ophiopogon japonicus, licorice and a small piece of ginseng are added to it. It is brewed for one month and then sealed after one month.
The sake brewed at that time will have a sweet and strong taste, suitable for young and middle-aged people to drink, but not suitable for women to drink. As for plum wine, it is extremely suitable for women to drink, and children can also drink it.
It tastes sour and sweet, very appetizing.
Two jars of wine were sent to the basement, and someone in the kitchen urged Su Guoer to come over and cook, saying that they were too busy.
Su Guoer went over to take a look, and hey! Sure enough, after dinner time, the lobby on her first floor was full of diners, no less than yesterday, and some were even sharing tables.
Chang Qi: "The tables over there are our regular customers, who eat here every meal. The tables to the right are newcomers. I heard they are maids from some mansion. And over there are the shopkeepers Li and Wang from the east city grocery store. They made an appointment to dine here together."
"The three tables over there are for people from the theater, and the four tables over there are for workers from the textile factory. They used to only have one table, but now they all come here to eat. People from the official kiln in the west of the city also come here to eat..."
When Changqi reported everyone one by one, Su Guoer looked at the hall full of people and felt very satisfied. She said nothing more and went to cook.
Otherwise, the five cooks and seven apprentices in the kitchen might not be able to handle the work.
She should go and help, even if it’s just to cut some braised meat.
But there are apprentices to cut the braised meat.
After the restaurant opened, Su Guoer specially customized several large pots for braising meat. The braised meat was simmered on the stove, and when customers wanted it, they would use a hook to scoop out a piece from the pot full of soup.
Put it on the chopping board and cut it into pieces.
The braised meat is still smoking when it is cut. After cutting, put it on a plate, scoop a spoonful of boiling hot braised meat soup on it, and then you can serve it.
This plate of braised pork cost fifty coins. There was no price increase, but the amount of meat was doubled, so the price was not excessive. The diners had no objection, because they had always ordered two plates at a time, so this was convenient for them.
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