Chapter 91
This was given by Fu Xunzhou to celebrate the last time Xiao Yue started its summer event. …
This was given by Fu Xunzhou to celebrate the last time Xiao Yue started its summer event.
What he gave were really practical items, such as curtains, vases and some decorations, which are now displayed in the store, and the rest are these exquisite kitchen utensils.
Perhaps it is because of the self-service nature of Yueting that the quantity of each type is particularly large.
Xiao Yue had used several batches before, and the others that were not used were temporarily placed in the cupboard and taken out when needed.
For example, now.
Because this separate small steamer is perfect for steaming pork with lotus leaf flour!
It is the size of an ordinary plate, the color is bamboo heart, and the depth is just right; the best looking part is the lid of the steamer, which is not ordinary in appearance, with a lifelike lotus painted on it!
As soon as Xiao Yue decided to make the dish of steamed pork with lotus leaf, she thought of this small steamer.
When the time comes, you can use it to hold the dishes and place them on the steaming plate, and then you can put them directly into the steamer to steam a small portion. It's perfect!
Thinking of this, Xiao Yue took out all the small steamers from the cupboard.
They have been kept for quite a long time, and although they are not covered in dust, they still need to be cleaned before use.
Sun Wen and others came forward when they saw this, and while helping, they asked Xiao Yue what dish she wanted to cook. They had just seen her frying rice.
Xiao Yue naturally had nothing to hide from the store members, so she told them that they had to make three things tomorrow, so they had to prepare them in advance tonight.
Sun Wen and others exclaimed "Wow" one after another, looking extremely expectant.
Just at this moment, there was a knock on the back door, and the people who came were a couple who delivered the lotus flowers and lotus leaves.
Because Xiao Yue gave a lot of money, the two of them even washed the lotus leaves, and arrived just as the sun was about to set.
"Thank you for your hard work!"
Xiao Yue had not expected this, and quickly brought lemonade to the couple and asked them to come in and sit down and rest for a while.
However, the two of them were a bit reserved. They hadn't even sat down on the benches yet. After drinking the lemonade, they went to bring in a few baskets of lotus flowers and lotus leaves.
Xiao Yue and Sun Wen helped to lift it. They could clearly feel the weight of the lotus leaf, but there were hardly any drops of water on it.
What a real person!
After finally finishing the move, Sun Wen breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Yue sent the couple away, looked at the clean lotus flowers and lotus leaves, and said with a smile: "It seems that we don't need to clean them. Then I will go and prepare the rice flour first, and then I will teach you how to carve pumpkins later."
The rice noodles have almost cooled down, so just put them into a food processor in batches and grind them into powder smaller than sesame seeds.
As for "carved pumpkin", Xiao Yue mentioned it while washing the steamer just now. Fried lotus is a snack, and there will be another dish tomorrow, "Golden pumpkin stuffed with locust flower and taro paste."
This is a small dessert that has never been available in the store. It is soft and sweet but not greasy.
In order to fit in with the Zhihuai Festival, Xiao Yue made some slight improvements, such as adding locust flowers and changing the original big pumpkin to a small pumpkin.
However, no matter how the pumpkin is transformed, it still needs to be processed and used like a small steamer to hold food.
After beating the rice noodles, Xiao Yue found a special knife and distributed it to everyone, teaching Sun Wen and the others how to process it step by step.
The pumpkins are prepared in advance. Each one is the size of a palm and golden orange in color. You need to use a triangular knife to cut out a small lid along the top and then take out the pumpkin seeds inside.
Xiao Yue was teaching when Fang Sanhong and Lu Ran, who had been cooking in the kitchen, came out.
However, the two did not join in because it was getting late. Fang Sanhong watched for a while and then urged them to go eat first.
It was indeed a busy night. After dinner, a group of people continued to carve and dig pumpkins.
Until the freezer was filled with small pumpkins, Sun Wen lay on Lu Ran's back, too tired to move.
"Awen, why don't you stay here with me for a night?" Xiao Yue said upon seeing this.
The room next to her had just been cleaned up a few days ago and used as a nap room for Xu Qingwu, who now dared to sleep alone.
Sun Wen got up immediately after hearing that: "No, no, if I don't go back my sister will scold me, I'm not that tired, I'm just being naughty for a while!"
Only a funny guy would say that.
Afterwards, Xiao Yue watched them leave and thought about hiring more people to help. The answer was that now was not a good time.
I didn’t feel it was that busy when Su Xiaoxiao was here, but when there was no one to help, it felt like three people were missing.
Xiao Yue felt that it was not right to be too tired, and she had said before that everyone could have five days off a month, so it was up to them to take a rest any day they wanted.
Unfortunately, apart from the sisters who went back home, no one else had a rest, not to mention it is approaching the Zhihuai Festival, so no one has the mood to do so.
It seems that we need to let everyone take a break together sometime...
Xiao Yue fell into deep thought.
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The next day.
Since Xiao Yue and others prepared the ingredients last night, working in the kitchen today was much easier.
For the first dish, steamed pork with lotus leaf, you only need to slice the pork belly, add salt, sugar, soy sauce, pepper, fermented tofu, and water with scallion, ginger and garlic, mix well and then pour in the rice noodles made last night.
The rice noodles are a bit dry when added, so you need to add a small amount of rice wine to make the meat slices more moist. Finally, use sesame oil to moisten and marinate for about a quarter of an hour.
During the process, Xiao Yue cut the sweet potatoes into dice and put them into rows of small steamers that were already covered with lotus leaves.
Everything was laid out and the meat slices were marinated. Because there was a big basin, Fang Sanhong and others came up to help.
"Just spread the slices on the sweet potatoes one by one, and make sure they don't exceed the height of the steamer." Xiao Yue said as he covered the small steamer that had been prepared earlier and put it into the steamer.
At least twelve can be placed in one layer, and they can be placed directly on the table after steaming for customers to choose, which is very convenient.
After Lu Ran had laid it out, he still used paper to write it down, and there was an extra small wooden board under the paper compared to last time, so he didn't have to bend over to put it on the table, which was more convenient.
The next dish is golden pumpkin stuffed with locust flower and taro puree, which is even simpler to make than steamed pork with lotus leaf.
The small pumpkins are arranged in a row on the table like a small steamer.
Xiao Yue took out the taro that had been steamed, added lard, sugar and hot water soaked with locust flowers.
The taste of water is not as strong as that of the locust flowers themselves, but the essence has been extracted, giving people a hint of fragrance amidst the sweetness.
Xiao Yue poured them all into a food processor and crushed them into a paste. In order to make the color look good, she also added a little purple sweet potato powder.
The next step is easy. Crush the taro into taro paste and put it into the small pumpkin one spoonful at a time. Then cover the pumpkin with a lid and wait for the lotus leaf steamed pork to come out of the oven before putting them in alternately.
Now there’s one last dish left… no, the last snack.
Xiao Yue thought about it and decided to just leave such a simple thing to Fang Sanhong and the others, and only mentioned the proportions when preparing the batter.
Afterwards, she poured a little oil into the pot and gave a simple demonstration, which was to use chopsticks to pick up the lotus petals, coat them with batter, and then turn them around in the pot.
The lotus wrapped in batter can be cooked easily by frying it.
Fang Sanhong, Sun Wen and the others each tried a round and soon came up with a big pot.
At this time, the lotus leaf steamed pork was almost done. Xiao Yue put on thick gloves and took them out one by one, and then put a small pumpkin filled with taro paste on top.
The small pumpkins are small, so many of them can fit in a steaming tray, and the steaming time is not as long as the lotus leaf steamed pork.
Xiao Yue took out the locust flower petals, opened the small lid of the pumpkin stuffed with locust flower and taro paste when it was steamed, and randomly sprinkled a few white petals in.
Today’s Zhihuai Festival warm-up food is ready!
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As expected, as soon as Yueting Buffet opened, the three new dishes immediately attracted the attention of customers.
However, compared to the fried lotus that is crispy on the outside and sweet on the inside, the two dishes served separately are more eye-catching.
They are still included in the home-cooked dishes for lunch, but two small tables are set up next to them and they are placed in layers just like the buns for breakfast.
Not only can it hold more, it is also convenient for customers to take.
Almost everyone took one, and couldn't wait to find a table and sit down to open them excitedly.
The first is the steamer. The lotus flower on it is eye-catching enough. Once opened, the freshness of the lotus leaf and the fatness of the meat combine to create a fragrance that is simply perfect in nature!
The second one was a more delicate little pumpkin. When everyone opened it, they were pleasantly surprised.
There are locust flower petals inside!
It was so beautiful and touching that Zhao Liang was reluctant to scoop it up all at once.
But when I saw the part that Liu Meng scooped up with a spoon, it was so soft and smooth, with a beautiful color, that I couldn't help but stare at it after taking a bite.
“It’s delicious!”
Zhao Liang stopped hesitating and quickly scooped up a spoonful.
By the end, they had finished the pumpkin, leaving only a small handle on the table.
Looking around, they found that they were not the only ones doing this.
Who said pumpkin is so delicious!
night.
When Lu Ran and his friends were having dinner, they finally understood why the customers in the store had such a strong reaction today.
It’s really delicious!
Xiao Yue ate a small pumpkin by himself and looked very satisfied.
It is certainly right to add less sugar, because the highest praise people give to desserts is: not too sweet.
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On June 14, the number of people in Liuyun City increased visibly, and groups of people could be seen everywhere on the streets and in the shops.
Not only local people, but people from Qingyun City also arrived one after another.
Yueting Buffet is even more popular because many people come here just to try the clam and loofah soup.
Those who came were naturally people from Qingyun City. However, when they arrived at the location and saw the long queue, they were all surprised.
That’s not all. The closer the people from Qingyun City are to the door, the more clearly they can see the whiteboard hanging there that no one can ignore.
There are not too many or too few words on it, but the main idea is - huge store, fifty copper coins, all-you-can-eat!
The people in Qingyun City were stunned.
"Cousin." A woman in the team looked at the man beside her nervously, "Do you really pay to eat as much as you want? You won't stop me when I go out, will you?"
She knew more about it than other people in Qingyun City and knew what kind of store it was because she had a cousin who had lived in Liuyun City for a long time.
But even though you know it in advance, seeing it with your own eyes is still shocking and worrying.
This cousin was the one who said last time that he would bring his cousin to try it out. Hearing this, he patted his chest confidently.
"Absolutely not. If I say fifty, it means fifty! I'll get you whatever you want to eat. Just take whatever you want. What are you afraid of when I'm here?"
The woman believed it for the time being and followed him step by step to pay the money and go in.
A quarter of an hour later, the woman sitting on the second floor looked at the half-filled table of food and drinks with dazed eyes.
As soon as the woman tasted the clam and loofah soup, she closed her eyes on the spot.
"Cousin, I've made up my mind! I'm going to move to Liuyun City. Yueting Self-service will be my second home!"
cousin:"……"
Many people from Qingyun City came to Yueting’s buffet today. They originally came for the clams, but ended up eating everything and then supported each other as they left the house.
Not for anything else, just because I ate too much.
After hearing what Sun Wen said, Xiao Yue coughed lightly to hold back his laughter, and then sighed in his heart that the festive atmosphere in the city would become more intense from today on.
Because starting from tomorrow, all major food stores will go to the government office to register to participate in the Zhihuai Festival competition.
Xiao Yue was unusually excited, but after thinking about it, he realized that he might have to wait until the afternoon to go to Yueting Self-service Restaurant.
Only then did she calm down and continue cutting the pumpkin in her hand.
“Sister Xiao!!”
Just at this moment, a familiar female voice came from the back door, followed by "bang bang" knocks on the door. Just by listening to it, you could feel the excitement of the person who came.
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