Chapter 320: Just the Right Measure
"You two have so many common topics, and you are so engrossed in the conversation?" Jiang Zhengchun laughed.
"Oh, I didn't know about Xiao Su's talent earlier. This song is really well written. Xiao Jing, you didn't tell me earlier!" Wen Jin rubbed his hands with admiration, "Xiao Su, go ask them what they think. After that, we can go straight to the recording studio! Your song is really good!"
"I wasn't that good earlier, and if the mirror didn't do those things, she wouldn't be able to tell." Su Yuchen smiled and explained for Zhao Xiaojing, "I'll ask them later."
"What are you asking?" Wen Yulan asked curiously.
"When I asked about recording the song, Uncle Wen told me that they had a cooperative recording studio. He also gave me some suggestions and slightly changed the arrangement. The skeleton of the whole song became clear. Uncle Wen's stroke of genius is really great!" Su Yuchen's eyes sparkled.
"Haha, then Wen Jin, you should help Xiao Su, he can be of use this time.
Eat, eat."
"Wow, there are five dishes already. They look really good!" Su Yuchen only then noticed the dishes on the table.
"This Tomato Amber Ode is really beautiful." There were five small tomatoes on the long plate in front of Zhao Xiaojing. It looked like they were peeled and thickened with starch. The top tomato stem had been removed and replaced with a mint leaf. It looked very tempting.
Zhao Xiaojing picked up one and chewed it carefully. She found that it had surprisingly rich layers.
I don’t know what happened to the cherry tomatoes outside, but after peeling them, the texture became just right, with a sandy and soft feeling. When you bite into it, the juice bursts out, and the whole mouth is filled with a rich sweet and sour taste at first, and after a while, there is a refreshing taste of mint leaves. After chewing it twice, the world inside the cherry tomato begins to show, the crispness of the walnut kernel and the chewy meaty aroma of the beef balls dance in the mouth, and you can taste four flavors in one tomato.
"Delicious!" Su Yuchen praised.
"Haha, this dish is meant to fool you young ladies. It always works. One tomato costs fifty-eight! Give me fifty-eight and I'll buy you more than ten kilograms." Wen Jin smiled and smacked his lips.
"So expensive?" Su Yuchen was surprised.
"So this plate of five tomatoes... is nearly 300 yuan? This... Aunt Wen has made you spend money again." Zhao Xiaojing paused while picking up the food.
"Why spend money? Don't the things you bought for your grandparents cost money? I'm taking you to try something new. No matter how expensive it is, as long as you enjoy the meal." Wen Yulan glared at Wen Jin.
"Oh, I can treat you at worst. You're glaring at me with those dead fish eyes again, it's so ugly. Yunyun, don't learn from you in the future!" Wen Jin saw Wen Yulan glaring at him, frowning and curling his lips repeatedly, "Xiao Jing, Xiao Su, eat, eat, just eat! It's just a meal, you won't go broke eating it!"
"Try this, try this! Zhenjiang Crystal Braised Pork, the boss spent a lot of money to learn it, the same recipe as Gunpowder, it's a famous dish, and next to it is the crispy Chinese broccoli and hawthorn. In a place like this, the whole point is to eat creatively, it doesn't matter whether it's expensive or not, and it doesn't matter who's treating. What you eat is the boss's ideas and the combination." Seeing Wen Yulan's face getting darker and darker, Jiang Zhengchun hurriedly interrupted and pointed to a large flat plate in front of him.
"It turns out to be hawthorn!" Zhao Xiaojing took over the topic at the right time and shifted the attention back to the dishes.
The Zhenjiang crystal braised pork and crispy Chinese broccoli and hawthorn in front of me were served on a large flat plate, with five dishes in a row staggered and placed in two rows. On the left was the square Zhenjiang crystal braised pork, with a smooth and transparent jelly on top and red and white meat on the bottom; on the right was Chinese broccoli slices cut into squares, about the thickness of a one-yuan coin, with four slices stacked into a green square, and a small red ball dotted on top of the square. Some sauce was poured from top to bottom. The two dishes, one red and one green, looked particularly good together.
"It's hawthorn, but it has been specially processed, so it tastes smoother and more delicious than pure hawthorn." Wen Yulan glanced at Wen Jin, ignored him, and turned to explain to Zhao Xiaojing.
"Eat this crispy Chinese broccoli and hawthorn first to whet your appetite, and then eat the braised pork. This way the pork will taste better." Jiang Zhengchun clearly held the whole piece of crispy Chinese broccoli and hawthorn with a clean fork, and gave a piece to Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen respectively. When the pieces were placed on their plates, Zhao Xiaojing discovered that there was a thin paper tray at the bottom of the Chinese broccoli, which blended with the color of the bottom of the plate, and just held up the juice that dripped from the top of the Chinese broccoli.
"Oh, this crispy kale and hawthorn is packed with details."
Zhao Xiaojing first picked up the hawthorn ball on the top and tasted it. After taking a bite, she found that this hawthorn ball was indeed more than just hawthorn. It tasted like jelly, but with a dense paste. The sour taste of the hawthorn was also adjusted. Although it was strong, it did not have the sour and refreshing impact of the hawthorn itself. With the juice poured from top to bottom, the taste was softer and richer.
When I took a bite, I found that the sauce was actually vinaigrette. The taste was very good and I could tell it was prepared by an experienced chef.
Then eat the Chinese broccoli slices below, which are refreshing and lightly vinaigrette-y. They are crispy yet not bland, and the aftertaste of the hawthorn balls in your mouth complements each other even better.
Although there are four slices of Chinese broccoli, probably to match the braised meat, the four slices stacked together form a square that is only the size of a large dice. They are all eaten up before you know it, leaving you wanting more while your appetite is fully whetted.
So much so that when Zhao Xiaojing took a bite of the Zhenjiang crystal braised pork, which was the same size as a dice, she found it extremely delicious. The crystal jelly and the braised pork were both very fragrant, and it was even more wonderful when dipped in the specially prepared vinegar dish.
"Meat is still the best! How can these fancy snacks be as delicious as meat?" Wen Jin finished eating the braised meat and licked his lips with satisfaction. "How about we let him have another portion?"
"As for appetizers, they're just sweet and sour snacks to whet your appetite. Otherwise, how would you find the meat delicious? I guess you won't be able to get another one. He prepares it based on the number of people, so there shouldn't be too much." Jiang Zhengchun shook his head.
"Oh, so these dishes are calculated based on the number of people, one for each person, right?" Su Yuchen suddenly realized.
"Yes, and the order in which the dishes are served is also very particular. The waiter will give suggestions after looking at the menu based on how many people you have and how many dishes you order. Some dishes are delicious when eaten alone, but if you order the same item repeatedly, it will be too much and you will feel sick of it."
"That's right. Last time Wen Jin and I came here, he didn't like the cherry tomato I had just eaten, so I ate two in one go. But I felt that the second one tasted far worse than the first one, and I even felt a little sick of it." Wen Yulan said with a smile.
"So there are certain things to pay attention to when making private dishes. Simply put, it's to make you smell the fragrance and taste the delicacy, but not to fill you up so much that you'll want to come back next time," Jiang Zhengchun concluded.
"This is really just the right touch." Su Yuchen murmured.
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