Chapter 260: I grabbed it too quickly and didn’t taste the famous dishes
But this does not mean that Wan Yuyue did a bad job, or that Zhao Xiaojing and Master Gu made a mistake.
This situation is precisely caused by Wan Yuyue's strong intuition in cooking.
Wan Yuyue usually cooks in one go, relying on her intuition and ideas, without hesitation or fear. When she feels right, she can often create surprises. She doesn't need Zhao Xiaojing to teach her over and over again to learn a dish.
However, because of his strong intuition, he always relies too much on it and cannot be as cautious as Yun Yongyuan in some details. He often makes the same mistake the first time and then makes it again the second time.
Zhao Xiaojing’s stir-fried dishes are the best-selling in the store. Yun Yongyuan and Wan Yuyue both practice according to her steps and taste.
Although Zhao Xiaojing believes that every chef has his or her own style and taste, and that a hundred flowers bloom and each has its own differences is the way to long-term development, these two people have little experience in formal culinary studies and are not yet able to form their own style. Imitation can actually make them progress faster.
Yun Yongyuan arrived earlier than Wan Yuyue. He is very cautious when cooking and is currently performing stably. Among the few dishes he regularly makes, he has learned about 60% to 70% of Zhao Xiaojing's skills.
Wan Yuyue's cooking skills are as unique as her own. Since she can finally cook, she has little experience but a lot of ideas. Various novel methods emerge one after another. When she cooks well, she can perform 80% to 90% of Zhao Xiaojing's, but when she cooks poorly, even dogs won't eat it.
It was precisely because of this that Wan Yuyue captured Wu Kaile, a tall, strong, and somewhat silly-looking man, to serve as a tester for the dishes.
But Wu Kaile was fooled every time, but Dangdang was different.
"It's time to eat!" In the blink of an eye, Wan Yuyue and Yun Yongyuan finished cooking the dishes for the last three guests. When all the prepared dishes were gone, Wan Yuyue cheered, quickly washed the pot and ran towards Zhao Xiaojing, "Junior sister, take a rest, I'll serve!
Wow, it smells so good! Why didn’t I see you making this dish? What is this dish?
Wan Yuyue stared at the plate in front of her with curiosity. On the plate was a large plate of golden fried strips that were cut into squares, but because they were wrapped in fluffy batter, they looked very irregular. From the cut, you could see the soft and fibrous meat inside, and there was also the trembling white and brown mixed skin. As Zhao Xiaojing took it out of the microwave, a fragrant smell of oil hit her face.
"Don't move, be careful of the heat. Just take the sauce and green onions from the bag over there.
This is pot-roasted pork elbow, packed from outside, have you heard of it? "
Zhao Xiaojing took out the roasted pork elbow from the microwave while wearing gloves, and said with her head tilted.
"So this is called pot-roasted pork elbow! I've never heard of it." Wan Yuyue made way and turned back to look for the bag Zhao Xiaojing mentioned.
"Isn't that Shandong cuisine?" Yun Yongyuan finished washing the pot and wiped the stove, hung the rag in the cleaning area, and walked over.
"Yes, I asked Suozi to pack some from the Shandong restaurant yesterday to try it and see if I can replicate it." Zhao Xiaojing said as she walked towards the front hall. Yun Yongyuan turned around and put the remaining hot pot dishes on two trays and brought them all over. Wan Yuyue put the sauce, dipping sauce, chopped green onions, and small pancakes that came with the pot-roasted pork elbow on small plates one by one, and followed her out of the kitchen.
"Sister Geng, Sister Hou! Let's eat!" Su Yuchen saw the three of them coming out, walked to the door and shouted to the next door.
There were three or five other customers eating in the store. The tables for Zhao Xiaojing and her colleagues had already been set up. The pork ribs and lotus root stew were placed steadily in the middle, and the electric hot pot was placed next to it, with the bright red tomato stew bubbling inside.
The other people were clearing the table and doing some rough cleaning while waiting for the three people in the kitchen. When they saw that the three people had finished their work, they called out to each other and gathered around.
Zhao Xiaojing placed the braised pork elbow on the other side of the braised pork ribs and lotus root, and took the small plate from Wan Yuyue's hand and placed all the pork elbow ingredients next to it. Yun Yongyuan turned around and placed two large trays of hot pot dishes on the table behind him.
Everyone smelled the fragrance and filled their plates with their eyes shining.
"Eat, eat, eat." Zhao Xiaojing called out, and her chopsticks moved around in a circle, reaching straight for the pot-roasted pork elbow in front of her, and she tasted a piece.
The first feeling when you put it in your mouth is crispy. The batter is a little thick, but quite fluffy. The elbow is tender wrapped in it, and it melts in your mouth after just a few chews. It is not greasy, but the taste is a little bland.
Zhao Xiaojing picked up the pancake again, put a few chopped green onions in it, picked up a piece of pork elbow, dipped it in the dry sauce, lightly dipped the other side in the sauce, rolled it in the pancake, and ate half of it in one bite.
Only then did I realize that the dry sauce was pepper and salt, and the sauce was sweet bean sauce that was diluted and lightly seasoned.
The taste of the pork elbow is greatly improved after being dipped in pepper and salt. The pepper and salt are not the pepper and salt powder on the market, but seem to be homemade. The slight aroma of salt and pepper not only makes up for the blandness of the pork elbow, but also magically improves the taste, adding a refreshing and salty soul to the rich and soft meat. The layer of sweet noodle sauce on the outside complements the green onions and small pancakes, which not only relieves the greasiness but also gives this pot-roasted pork elbow a multi-layered taste.
As she was savoring the food, Su Yuchen on the side put another piece of pancake into her bowl, and then picked up two pieces of pork elbow.
Zhao Xiaojing looked up reflexively, and sure enough, the plate of braised pork elbow was empty, with only chopped green onions, sweet bean sauce, and a sauce of pepper and salt left.
Yes, there were nine people at the table, and all nine of them were gluttons, and eight of them were eating at double the speed. Each person took two pieces, and not a single piece of pork elbow was left.
"Aren't you thinking about eating? But after eating, you start to daydream again. I think you'll be left with nothing without me." Su Yuchen looked at her with disdain, turned around and joined the battle for pork ribs and stewed lotus root.
"Junior sister, why are you suddenly interested in this dish? I didn't expect that Jiangcheng Shandong Cuisine Restaurant would have such a troublesome dish." Yun Yongyuan wiped his hands and said.
"Trouble? Is there anything special about this dish? Isn't it the fried pork elbow in the style of Peking duck?" Ouyang Yidan looked up from his dry rice, looking confused.
Zhao Xiaojing chuckled, "This is a famous Shandong dish from the Eight Great Cuisine Schools, pot-roasted pork elbow. Your sister Shuzi brought it back specially from Jianghe District!"
"Hey, Xiao Zhao, why didn't you tell me earlier? I grabbed the food too quickly and couldn't even taste the delicious dishes!" Hou Guihua slapped her thigh.
"That's right, sister, you didn't remind me!" Ouyang Yidan stared at the empty plate in front of her with regret, and quickly stretched out her chopsticks to pick up the last noodle residue at the bottom of the plate and put it into the bowl.
Wu Kaile on the side also had a look of regret on his face. He was even more heartbroken that the scumbag was gone when they met.
On the other hand, Lu Hongwen was much calmer, just like Su Yuchen and Yun Yongyuan who knew about it earlier.
"I don't know if it's because of the region, but my family once had this dish when we traveled to Shan Province. I felt that the pork elbow there was stewed more fragrantly, and the sauce used was different, some kind of tiger sauce, and it tasted better overall than this."
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