Chapter 76
It was sunny in early June. Yueting Buffet has added a new breakfast, egg spit...
It was sunny in early June.
Yueting Buffet has added a new breakfast item, egg toast pancake.
The egg toast pancake is simple and quick to make, has a rich texture and is very filling, and has won the love of many customers over the past two days.
Xiao Yue taught everyone in the store once in advance, and they learned it completely.
After all, you just need to use the existing toast and add egg liquid, then fry it in a pan and it's done.
So Xiao Yue became a "hands-off boss" and handed the kitchen to Su Xiaoxiao and the others with confidence, while he concentrated on preparing breakfast.
First, there is the rice noodle area on the first floor, with condiments, side dishes, and staple foods; then there are the various breakfasts in the yard, including steamed buns, soy milk, eggs, toast, and cakes...
Xiao Yue put the food on the table while customers took it. She responded to the greetings with a smile, and the yard soon became lively.
After everything was placed, the yard was already full of people.
Xiao Yue turned around and walked back, passing by a table of customers chatting. She didn't want to stop, but the content of the conversation...
"Have you heard that the tea stall across the street is going to be turned into a noodle shop?"
"I come here every day, so how can I not know? It's true!"
"Old Liu is really willing to..."
"It's too late to take care of him. The noodle shop across the street is opening today. Do you know what the sign says?"
"What?"
“Chicken cold noodles!”
Xiao Yue definitely heard the surprised sounds coming from this table and other tables where people were listening to the gossip. She raised her eyebrows and looked across the street.
The decoration of the tea stall opposite had been replaced three days ago. The storefront was wide open early this morning and wisps of green smoke came out of the chimney.
Opening soon?
Xiao Yue was used to the gongs and drums from Jixiang Restaurant and Wei Ke Ju the last two times. When this tea stall was still being prepared, she did not expect that it would open today, and the signature dish was still shredded chicken cold noodles.
She didn't have any idea, as for why she was so concerned...
Xiao Yue thought of the lantern placed in her room, which she bought on the day of the Lantern Festival, and it had been almost seven days since the end of the festival.
She bought one for Xu Qingwu that day, thinking of giving it to her the next day after she came back. However, Xiao Yue never saw her again from that day on.
At first, she thought it was nothing, until three days ago, when Fang Sanhong saw her two uncles, Tao Niangzi and Xu Qingwu, appear together and asked a question.
"They are all here. They won't leave Xiao Wu alone at home, right?"
“…”
Thinking of this possibility, Fang Sanhong went over to ask, and the answer she got was: Xu Qingwu was sick and staying at home.
Fang Sanhong almost got into a fight with them at that time - three adults came to the store and left the child home alone?
In the end, one of Xu Qingwu's uncles stood up and said: Xiaowu has someone to take care of her at home.
This ended the farce.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yue withdrew his gaze from across the street and heard the customers at the table still chatting.
"...I tried one before I came here, and I thought it tasted a bit bad, but it only cost twenty-five copper coins."
"Twenty-five copper coins, is that okay?"
"What's fine? If I raise it to fifty copper coins, I can not only eat shredded chicken cold noodles, but also braised pork, fried spare ribs, cold mixed pig ears, rose ice glutinous rice balls, and ice cream..."
The customer began to read the menu, causing everyone to laugh.
Xiao Yue held back, turned around and went back to the kitchen. As she walked, the purse hanging on her waist swayed slightly.
Back in the kitchen, Xiao Yue put down the steaming tray and wiped her hands on her apron as usual. Then she lowered her head and saw the purse on her waist. Her expression softened immediately.
This was made for Hua Jinjin after she heard that her purse was lost.
This time everyone has one, and the colors and patterns are all different, very thoughtful and detailed.
Xiao Yue wanted to laugh when he thought about it, and decided to have a snack in the evening!
…
As the store was about to close, Xiao Yue took some dried fruit from the kitchen and chewed it, thinking about a snack while chewing.
Everyone in the store has no dietary restrictions and eats everything from sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, so there is no need to worry about leaving anyone out.
The weather was hot, and Xiao Yue didn't want to make the meal too complicated, but she wouldn't be able to enjoy it without meat... She thought about it carefully, and suddenly opened her eyes.
Then why not try the crispy roasted pork belly which is crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and juicy.
This dish is good!
Xiao Yue swallowed his saliva, chewed the dried fruit in his hand, clapped his hands and prepared to help clean up first, and then make the crispy roasted pork belly.
But when he turned around, Xiao Yue saw the stock of dried fruits in the kitchen.
Dried fruits Dried fruits...If fruits can be dried, they can of course be made into frozen ones.
Frozen fruit!
Xiao Yue looked serious and without hesitation, he ran directly to the first floor to quickly clean up the dishes.
Great, I’ve got a snack for after dinner!
…
Hearing that there would be an extra meal tonight, Su Xiaoxiao, Lu Ran and others came to help with saliva dripping from their mouths after finishing other things.
After all, when Xiao Yue makes new dishes now, he basically prepares the quantity for tomorrow together.
Fortunately, they can eat first!
However, this new dish did not seem to be too complicated. They saw Xiao Yue put strips of evenly fat and lean pork belly into the pot with cold water and added the three necessary ingredients to remove the fishy smell.
You don't need their help next because it's the sauce part.
Fang Sanhong watched carefully, and Lu Ran and others also started to learn.
Xiao Yue took out the seasonings one by one and put them into a large bowl one spoonful at a time. They were salt, sugar, cumin powder, chili powder, five-spice powder, soy sauce and a few pieces of fermented bean curd. Finally, he added a small amount of water to dilute them.
The sauce is thick and has a deep brown color.
Xiao Yue stirred it evenly, and the pork belly in the pot was almost done, so he scooped it out one by one with tongs.
Now it's everyone's turn to help. You need to poke the pig skin with bamboo sticks, preferably densely packed - because this is the key to crispy skin.
Xiao Yue had tied the bamboo sticks with string in advance, several in a group, which was very convenient to use. She said, "But everyone should be careful not to prick your hands."
With her reminder, everyone naturally paid more attention.
There is strength in numbers, and soon the big pot of pork belly strips was finished.
All the white strips of meat were pierced and placed aside. They looked no different from when they were just out of the pot, but in fact, if you look closely, you will find that the light pink pig skin is covered with densely packed small holes.
The next step is to cut it. For this step, Xiao Yue asked Fang Sanhong and Lu Ran to help, as their knife skills are slightly better.
The pork belly needs to be cut down every three fingers' width, but not completely cut through. Stop when there is only one finger's width left from the pig skin.
The three of them repeated this process very quickly.
After finishing all the cutting, Xiao Yue brought out the sauce that he had prepared earlier.
She didn't ask them to take off the plastic gloves that could block most of the heat. She divided the pork belly into several plates and placed them in front of them. Then she grabbed the sauce and spread it on the pork.
With the demonstration, everyone knew what to do and followed suit.
"Be careful not to apply the coating to the pig skin..." Xiao Yue reminded as he did so and placed the first piece of coated pork belly on a baking tray.
There is a trick to placing it. The pig skin should face up and the pork part should face down, so that the juice that is inevitably produced by the sauce will not overflow onto the pig skin.
The step of applying the sauce is not difficult. Everyone chats while tinkering with it, and it is all done in a few moments.
Xiao Yue put most of the coated pork belly into the freezer and placed the rest on the baking tray.
There are four of them in total, and they look tempting in color, perfect for their snack tonight.
Su Xiaoxiao raised her head and saw Xiao Yue taking out a silver cylinder as thick as an arm from the cabinet. It looked like iron.
Then Xiao Yue pulled out an extremely thin piece of iron from the "iron" and tore it casually...torn it apart? !
Everyone in the yard widened their eyes, their fear evident in their expressions.
It was not until Xiao Yue used this thin "iron"-like thing to surround the pork belly, leaving only the pig skin exposed, that he noticed the expressions of the people in the yard.
Xiao Yue looked at the tin foil, then looked at them, and understood. Then he explained: "This is tin foil, used to wrap the pork belly so that it won't burn."
Tin foil?
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
It turned out to be tin foil, which they knew, but they had never seen something so thin, especially one that could be used in the kitchen?
Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help but be curious, so while Xiao Yue was using it, she folded off a little bit of tin foil from a large roll of tin foil.
Everyone gathered together and tentatively touched the tinfoil. It was indeed extremely thin and could be torn with just the slightest force. They became even more confused.
You can actually use this thing to cook?
At the table, Xiao Yue neatly placed the pork belly wrapped in tin foil, took out some coarse salt and sprinkled it on the pig skin to cover it, then put it into the oven.
Mission accomplished!
Xiao Yue clapped his hands, turned around and saw a group of people still studying the tin foil. He couldn't help laughing: "Okay, let's cut the fruit."
"Cut fruit?" Fang Sanhong looked up at her with a puzzled tone.
There is still a lot of dried fruits in stock in the store, so there is no need to prepare anything for the time being. Why do we suddenly need to cut the fruits?
But someone did deliver some this morning, almost filling up a freezer full of fresh fruit...
Everyone in the yard had obviously thought of this and became even more confused.
Xiao Yue walked to the refrigerator that was used to store fruits, patted it and said leisurely: "Instead of making dried fruits, let's make some... frozen fruits!"
Frozen fruit?
It sounds simple and straightforward. Sun Wen asked: "Just freeze the fruit?"
Xiao Yue snapped his fingers.
Everyone was unable to react for a moment and could only follow suit to deal with the fruit.
Yueting Buffet has always been slow in its product introduction. Although there are many fruits in the refrigerator, only four kinds need to be processed this time.
The first is mango, which is yellow and green and exudes a special fragrance. Each one is the size of a palm and is very easy to cut.
Especially the feeling of cutting almost in the middle but not even reaching the core, it feels so good.
Xiao Yue prepared a glass bottle with a diameter similar to that of the mango. He placed the cut mango against the mouth of the bottle and scraped it. The flesh fell straight into the bottle.
The second fruit was watermelon. When you cut it open, the inside was pink and juicy, without a single black seed.
Xiao Yue took out a round-headed, long-handled tool, and with just a dig and a twist, the watermelon instantly turned into a small ball.
The third fruit is banana, which is very easy to prepare. Just peel off the yellow skin and cut it into segments.
The fourth type is simpler, green grapes, which can be put on the plate after washing.
After the four kinds of fruits were prepared, Xiao Yue classified them and placed them in small boxes. Finally, like the ice cream, he had a special large freezer for them.
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