Chapter 208 It's so good!
Ning Xuan first asked Lin Yuhan to download a lot of food-related pictures and videos, some of which simply introduced the finished products and how to taste them, as well as food video tutorials.
Considering that Xi Yue's area is a complete food wasteland, after Lin Yuhan downloaded a lot of food, Ning Xuan first selected some that were relatively simple and easy to make, created a separate folder, and then let Xi Yue look at the contents of this folder first.
This video opened a new world for Xi Yue. She realized that there were so many different ways to cook and so many different things to put in it.
What's amazing is that, as long as these things are added in the right amount, they won't ruin the taste of the ingredients; on the contrary, they can make the ingredients more delicious.
She followed the simplest recipe for stir-fried greens with garlic and made herself a green leafy dish. First, she heated the pan, then added a little oil, and then added the crushed garlic and stir-fried it until fragrant.
With just a little minced garlic, the air was filled with a slightly pungent but not unpleasant aroma.
Once the minced garlic changed color slightly and the aroma became stronger, she quickly poured the washed vegetable leaves into the pan, then stir-fried them rapidly. After the vegetable leaves changed color, she sprinkled some salt, stir-fried them a few more times, and then it was ready to serve.
This was her first time trying to cook, and looking at the stir-fried vegetables with garlic on the plate, she felt a strange sense of accomplishment.
Then she took out the cooked rice she had traded from Ning Xuan and began to taste the stir-fried vegetables she had made.
"Wow, this is so delicious! This green vegetable with its little flowers is sweet and tender. With oil, salt, and minced garlic, it's become a feast for the eyes, nose, and palate." Xi Yue commented to herself as she ate. The ingredients she was eating were all radiation-free, green, and healthy ingredients that she had traded with Ning Xuan.
She then sold the low-radiation ingredients that Han Dongling had.
She finished the plate of vegetables she had cooked with great satisfaction, then opened the tablet that Ning Xuan had traded for her and continued watching the cooking tutorials on it.
Then she discovered that there are many variations of stir-fried vegetables. For example, when it comes to garlic-flavored vegetables, the method she had just learned involved adding the garlic first after heating the oil in the pan. Now she saw another method that was different.
First, boil water, then add the greens and cook until just tender, then simmer for a little while longer before scooping them out and arranging them on a plate.
Next, pour out the water from the pot, then reheat the pot, add oil, and then add the pre-mixed seasoning water. Depending on personal taste, you can add dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, chili peppers, minced garlic, etc. Bring it to a boil quickly, then lift the pot directly and pour it over the vegetables.
Listening to the sizzling sound of hot oil and seasoning being poured at the end of the video, Xi Yue inexplicably felt hungry again.
"This looks very simple, and it looks delicious too. I'll learn how to make this for dinner~" Xi Yue said as she watched the video and made arrangements for her dinner.
For the next few days, Xi Yue spent her time cultivating, trading supplies, listing ingredients for her online store, checking the restaurant's accounts, and researching all sorts of food.
From childhood, the highest-grade ingredients in her mind were G-grade ingredients, mainly leafy greens. She had heard that meat was even more expensive, and she had never dared to dream of it before.
Therefore, although she can eat a lot of delicious food now, her ideal food is still green leafy ingredients, so the first food videos she watches and learns from are simple vegetable-based ones.
Once she had mastered the common ways to cook vegetables, she began to focus on other types of dishes, such as noodles, stir-fried meat, frying, boiling, steaming... She was learning new techniques every day.
After learning for about a week, she was completely captivated by these delicacies and felt that the other people in the interstellar community would like them too. With so many varieties and flavors, there must be one that suits her taste.
Knowing that Xi Yue was planning to add new dishes to the restaurant, Ning Xuan gave Xi Yue some marketing courses. These courses had also been sent to Wang Shulan before, and Ning Xuan thought they should be useful to her.
Xi Yue is a very quick learner. She quickly watched all the marketing courses and then applied them to the operation of her own restaurant.
Xi Yue knew she couldn't serve too many dishes right away. She planned to serve three first. Moreover, because of the people in the interstellar world's obsession with preserving the original flavor of the ingredients, she knew that if people knew that this dish was not prepared using the boiling method that preserves the original flavor of the ingredients, they might resist it.
Therefore, Xiyue initially adopted a method of giving away samples to try out the new products.
Every customer who makes a purchase at the store will receive a complimentary small portion of the new dish, which is about the size of a palm and contains a mini portion of the dish prepared using the new cooking method.
The new dishes in the restaurant were also made by Xi Yue after the cooking robot learned how to cook. The cooking robot in the interstellar space has a strong learning ability, and its control over seasonings can be accurate to a fraction of a gram.
Although Ning Xuan initially thought that cooking robots lacked soul, after Xi Yue shared several dishes cooked by the robot with her, she realized the truth.
She also wants to have one of these robots for herself, so that she can use it when she has the chance in the future. At that time, she can just prepare the ingredients at home and eat the same dishes as those made in restaurants.
Some dishes are really troublesome to make at home, but they are indeed very delicious. With a cooking robot, you won't have to worry about the trouble at all.
Ning Xuan quickly ordered a few cooking robots with Xi Yue, but these robots would have to wait. They would get the mining robots first and then buy the cooking robots later.
Xi Yue naturally had no objections.
Just as Xi Yue had predicted, when everyone received the free gifts, even though they were all F-grade ingredients, some people, due to their insistence on the original flavor of the ingredients, started criticizing Xi Yue's restaurant for wasting ingredients when they saw strange things on the free dishes.
But since it was free, and the ingredients were F-grade, these people grumbled and complained, but they still ate the food, and then, just like Ning Xuan, they found it delicious.
"This tastes even better than G-grade ingredients!" A customer who had tasted G-grade premium ingredients couldn't help but exclaim.
Hearing this, the others quickly ate the complimentary dishes they had. The portions were small; a large bite was enough to finish it in one go, while a small bite would only last two or three bites at most.
"Do you still have this dish? I'd like to order one."
"I want one too."
Some people saw that the server operator was right next to them, so they quickly grabbed the robot to place their orders.
Some people quickly turned on their personal computers, scanned the order button on the table, and then opened the restaurant's ordering system to place their orders directly.
The restaurant was suddenly overwhelmed with orders again.
Fortunately, Xi Yue had the foresight to increase the number of cooking robots in the shop in advance, which barely kept the restaurant's business afloat.
However, the booming business of her newly opened restaurant has attracted the attention of other restaurants.
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