Chapter 11 It’s so delicious
Although they wanted to try the food, the family didn't go to the Phoenix Mountain Scenic Area until after May Day.
Dad Qi doesn't think the food prepared by a small farm house will be very delicious.
Because of his work, he is a frequent visitor to high-end hotels and he also frequently visits some rare private restaurants. It can be said that he has long been accustomed to eating delicacies.
As for Qiongye Restaurant?
It's clearly just a small, unknown restaurant.
But since his beloved son likes it, he will not be careless. Even though he is very busy at work, he still takes time out and goes to Qiongyuan Restaurant with his family for a day gathering.
Even before he set out, he had already decided that even if the food in that restaurant was not very good, he would pretend that it was delicious.
When they walked into the restaurant, it was lunchtime, but there were no customers in the restaurant.
Bai Mengmeng was alone at the front desk, sleeping on a recliner and dozing leisurely.
"Boss, I'm here to eat. What dishes do you have in the restaurant today?" Qi Cong asked.
Bai Mengmeng pointed to the blackboard behind her, where there was only one line of words.
"Bacon and rice."
Qi Cong was stunned and said speechlessly, "Boss, I'm afraid your business is going to fail. When I came here before, you still had several dishes in your restaurant. How come there is only one left today?"
Bai Mengmeng gave an awkward smile.
After the May Day holiday, there are fewer tourists in the scenic area. Qiongye Restaurant occasionally has a few returning customers, but except for weekends, there are almost no new customers at other times.
Bai Mengmeng was too lazy to bother. Why would he prepare any dishes if there were no guests? The menu on the blackboard was naturally simple.
Moreover, it is the beginning of summer, which is the time for crops to grow. Vegetables such as cucumbers and cowpeas will also start to climb vines.
Bai Mengmeng has to set up the vegetable rack, weed, and prevent pests and diseases by herself. She is busy all day long. How can she have time to do anything else?
Of course, the most important thing is that there are more and more vegetables, and we can’t eat them all, so we can only consume them in different ways.
Qi Cong was speechless at this time. He had brought his parents here today to taste the food in this restaurant. He had said that the food here was very delicious.
But the boss didn't care at all and only served vegetables and rice.
Feeling somewhat unwilling, he continued to ask, "Is that all you have? Or you could make us noodles? I want scrambled eggs with locust flowers."
Bai Mengmeng immediately smiled: "It's summer now, the locust flowers have already withered, if you want to eat them you have to wait until next spring.
Qi's mother pulled her son and said nonchalantly, "Then give me three servings of bacon and vegetable rice."
The recipe for bacon and vegetable rice is very simple. Just cut some Chinese sausage and bacon, wash them, and chop them into small pieces. Then mix them with rice and cook them just like you would any other rice.
While the rice is slowly cooking, cut a handful of vegetables, dry them before frying, then add a little salt and lard and stir-fry. Before the rice is cooked through, cover it on top of the rice and steam it together.
When the rice is cooked, the bacon and vegetable rice is ready.
The meal was ready, and the firewood in the stove was still burning.
Bai Mengmeng's talent is to make vegetables bring out their best flavors, so her skills in making this meal can be considered world-class.
As soon as the lid of the pot is opened, the fragrance immediately overflows.
Bai Mengmeng took three bowls, filled them up, then added an egg to each and poured a drink.
"This smell seems to be very fragrant."
When the food was served on the table, Mother Qi couldn't help but speak.
Although she is rich now, she was poor in her early years, so she doesn't have the style of rich ladies. Compared with all kinds of exquisite-looking delicacies, she actually prefers this kind of simple food.
Dad Qi moistened his throat with the drink. It tasted good, but the taste was a bit unique and familiar, but he couldn't remember what it was for a moment.
"What kind of drink is this?"
Bai Mengmeng handed the bowl over: "The raw material is mountain puffs."
During this period, the mountains are full of red wild fruits. These things look like wild raspberries and have a unique taste. There are raspberries and prickly berries. Of course, people in the countryside are not so particular about them. They are generally not called by their scientific names, but are collectively called mountain puffs. They taste sweet and sour and have a unique flavor.
She was quite surprised when she first discovered it, so she asked Wang Hao to make a picking tool, and she always had a good harvest every time she went up the mountain.
But this thing is really everywhere in the mountains. Later, Bai Mengmeng no longer cared about it. Recently, she almost vomited from eating it, so she simply used it to make jam and added it to soda to make this uniquely flavored drink.
Qi's mother came forward to take a look and was immediately surprised: "Oh, it really is! I haven't seen this thing for many years. Where did you find it, boss?"
"Just find it from us."
"The food is getting cold, let's eat it first. If you like these wild fruits, let's buy some later."
Dad Qi couldn't help but taste the food, it tasted so delicious!
After saying that, he couldn't wait to scoop a spoonful of rice and start chewing.
As soon as I took a bite, I found that the food was really delicious. The rice grains were distinct and the hardness was just right. The bacon and sausage were just average, but the vegetables were green and fresh, delicious and refreshing. It was really delicious.
These ingredients are obviously nothing special, but when they are paired together, there is no conflict at all. Even the ones made by the chefs of five-star hotels probably cannot compare to this dish!
Unexpectedly, the craftsmanship of this shop really surprised him, and the taste was so great!
Before they knew it, the three of them had finished their meal and no one spoke for a while.
"I'm full!" Dad Qi spoke first, sighing with satisfaction.
How long has it been since he felt such a sense of satisfaction both physically and mentally?
The food looked a bit greasy and a bit glistening, but it was surprisingly refreshing in the mouth. There was no oil at the bottom of the bowl after finishing the meal. This shows that the chef prepared all the ingredients just right.
He was a little bit unbelievable: "Boss, did you make this vegetable rice?"
Bai Mengmeng nodded: "I steamed it this morning with firewood."
"So it's made with firewood, no wonder it smells so good!"
Qi Ma sighed, and then thought of the egg she had just eaten. She asked, "What is this egg? Why is there a pattern on the eggshell?"
It was the Beginning of Summer egg. Bai Mengmeng didn’t know it before, but Uncle Xu kept saying that eating eggs on the Beginning of Summer is good for the body.
Bai Mengmeng searched online and learned how to make Lixia eggs.
It’s actually very simple. Just use onion peels and add some spices to make some red soup. Then stick the mugwort leaves on the eggs, wrap them with gauze, fix them, and put them in the soup to cook.
After being cooked, the eggshells will be dyed, leaving only the pattern of the mugwort, which looks like a pattern.
Bai Mengmeng replied, "It's just a little patterned egg. It tastes like a normal egg."
Dad Qi looked around and found that this restaurant was extremely simple. Although the cooking was so good, not many people came to eat.
"Little boss, you have such great skills, it's a shame if no one comes to eat. I want to invest and repackage it. It will definitely be very popular then, and maybe even open a branch."
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