"Thank you for your hard work, Chef Xiao Ye. I will order the ingredients we need for dinner now. I guess we won't have time to try cooking at noon, so we can just eat what we have." Film queen and store manager Yan Yan also agreed with Ye Tian's opinion.
Ye Tian looked at the ingredients in the kitchen and refrigerator: a turbot, a bag of fresh shrimp, some vegetables, and a block of tofu. In the freezer, there was also a box of beef rolls and hot pot ingredients. She decided to make four dishes and a soup, and Kong Shen came to help her.
Shi Yingying took the initiative to squeeze juice, and the others were busy with their own things, ordering ingredients, tidying up the restaurant, and cleaning, and they were very busy.
In order to maintain their figure, artists eat very little and dare not eat too greasy food, so the dishes cooked by Ye Tian are mainly simple and light.
She plans to use the vegetables provided by the program team to make a popular fat-reducing stewed dish for everyone. The main ingredients are shrimp, eggs, carrots, broccoli, snow peas, etc.
After washing and processing all the vegetables, put a small amount of olive oil in the pan, fry the peeled shrimp, cut the boiled eggs in half, and pour them into the pan with the other vegetables. After stir-frying for three minutes, cover the pot and simmer for another two minutes. Then add a little sea salt and black pepper and serve.
Ye Tian found inspiration from the previous jelly sauce and abalone sauce, and made her own sauce, which she added to the braised dishes and stir-fried them together, so that the overall taste of the dish would be much richer.
In addition, she also made shredded radish and shrimp soup and homemade tofu, which really gave the impression of only vegetables and tofu.
After sweeping the floor, Yuan Zixiao curiously went over to watch Ye Tian cook. However, he showed little interest in the vegetarian dishes she had prepared. He rolled his eyes and said with a grin, "Little beauty, please make some meat dishes. Have some pity on me! I finally get to eat out."
"I'm preparing meat dishes!" Ye Tian replied with a smile to the handsome young man who looked very energetic.
"Do you have the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and Braised Pork Belly that you're good at?"
"No!"
"oh……"
Ye Tian then made a dish that looked quite delicious - beef in sour soup, with enoki mushrooms as a side dish. A large bowl was served on the table, emitting bursts of aroma that made people drool.
Meanwhile, the steamed turbot in another pot was ready. She removed the steamed scallions and ginger slices and sprinkled the fish with finely shredded scallions and ginger. A light drizzle of boiling oil immediately brought out the aroma. Ye Tian dabbed a few drops of her favorite steamed fish soy sauce on both sides of the plate, and the steamed turbot was ready.
"Today's turbot is really fresh! And Xiaoye only put a little oil in it." Kong Shen said to everyone while carrying the plate.
"It's time to eat! It's time to eat!" Brother Wang also called everyone.
Everyone took bowls and poured juice, and started to eat the first meal of the program team in a lively manner.
Brother Wang took a look at the beef in sour soup, silently picked up some fat-reduced stewed vegetables and put them on his plate, and also served a small bowl of shredded radish and shrimp soup that looked not very oily.
"Let's eat!" Yan Yan said.
Brother Wang took a sip of the soup first: "This soup is so delicious! This is my first time to drink this soup. I didn't expect that the combination of radish and shrimp would have such an effect. Sister Yan, you can try it too. It's not very oily."
"Huh? It's really fresh. You're worthy of being the chef's disciple. Such a simple combination tastes so amazing." Yan Yan's eyes lit up after tasting it.
Yuan Zixiao didn't even look at any of the vegetarian dishes; his chopsticks went straight to the beef in sour soup. He also filled a bowl with rice.
He and Ye Tian were the only ones in the room who each filled a bowl of rice. Kong Shen filled one-third of a bowl, and the remaining three people had no intention of eating rice.
"So delicious, so satisfying!" Yuan Zixiao took a bite of the beef and felt every pore in his body screaming for comfort. He also ate fish, tofu, and drank a bowl of soup. He just didn't want to eat the boring vegetables. He really didn't want to even look at these vegetables or salads.
The three people who didn't eat rice quietly picked up the stewed dishes and found that the taste was slightly different from their usual fat-reducing meals. The vegetables and eggs inside had a more fragrant flavor, instead of the bland, unchanging black pepper and salt flavor. Looking closely, they found a hint of amber sauce on the plate, which must have been the credit of this sauce.
Kong Shen, with his fitness routine, can eat a bit more and dares to try a bit of every dish. He loves the tender turbot the most, and the best part is the belly, which is rich in fat, smooth and delicious.
He took the spoon beside the plate, dug out a piece of fish belly meat, and put it on Ye Tian's plate. "You should eat quickly too, you've been busy all afternoon."
"Thank you, Teacher Kong!" Ye Tian was also a little hungry. She started eating elegantly but quickly. Soon half of the rice was gone, but she did not wolf it down at all.
Although everyone wanted to maintain their figure, the dishes were generally light, so they prepared to taste a few bites of each in private, also to give Ye Tian face. After all, she personally prepared four dishes and a soup. It is said that if you want to lose weight, eating only vegetables is not suitable.
"The tofu is fragrant on the outside and tender on the inside. It's delicious. Is this really tofu?"
“The steamed duobao is so fresh and tender!”
“The shredded radish soup is delicious!”
"Xiaoye, I'm trying to lose weight recently, so I'll just have a bite of beef!" Brother Wang finally took a piece. "It smells so good!" He chewed very slowly, enjoying the stimulation of his taste buds.
Then, as if he wanted to indulge himself, he picked up another piece and touched Shi Yingying's chopsticks which were picking up meat for the second time.
Only actress Yan Yan took a single bite of her beef slices, absorbing the oil with blotting paper before eating. She did the same with her homemade tofu, absorbing the oil before eating a piece. She took a few more bites of the fish, drank half a bowl of soup, and a third of the braised vegetable dish, which was her entire lunch meal.
"I ate a little too much today! Master Xiao Ye's cooking skills are really well-deserved." Yan Yan put down his chopsticks, touched his stomach and said.
Shi Yingying originally wanted to take a bite or two of each, but when she saw Yuan Zixiao and Ye Tian eating with big mouthfuls, she felt aggrieved: "Why can't I eat so many delicious foods? Why don't I have the self-control of actress Yan, wuwuwu..." Then, she picked up the last piece of tofu.
Four dishes and one soup, not too many, not too few. Ye Tian thought that since no one ate much, there would definitely be leftovers. Surprisingly, there was nothing left.
Yuan Zixiao ate the equivalent of two portions by himself, Kong Shen also ate a little more than usual, and together with Ye Tian, they really finished all the dishes, including the enoki mushrooms in the sour soup beef, which were all eaten up.
After dinner, Yuan Zixiao and Shi Yingying rushed to wash the dishes, and the others helped clean up. Then it was lunchtime, and everyone agreed to return to the site at 4 p.m. to continue packing and preparing dinner.
On the way back to the hotel, Kong Shen and Ye Tian walked side by side.
"Master Xiaoye, it's been almost a year since we last met. Your cooking skills have improved. The dishes for lunch today were delicious. They may seem like ordinary home-cooked dishes without any presentation, but they are much more delicious than those beautifully presented dishes I've had in Michelin restaurants."
"Thank you, Teacher Kong! Actually, your cooking skills are not bad, and I can see that you are a person who has high requirements for food."
"Yes, I do have some requirements, hahahaha...the dishes you cook just happen to suit my taste."
"Then I'm truly flattered! I heard you've accepted the lead role in an art film. Are you about to join the crew?"
"Yes, it's a niche subject. I will join the crew after finishing filming this variety show. It's a rare opportunity for me, the second male lead for a thousand years, to play the leading role in a movie." Kong Shen joked to himself.
"I believe in your acting skills. Sooner or later, you will become a movie emperor." Ye Tian said this not to flatter. She had indeed seen Kong Shen's dramas. His acting was very good, especially when he tried to play a hypocritical second male lead. His portrayal was spot on.
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After waking up in the afternoon, Ye Tian washed up quickly, changed into the chef's uniform, and went to the restaurant first. Unexpectedly, she ran into Yan Yan who was receiving the ingredients sent by the supplier.
Ye Tian naturally went forward to greet her and checked the incoming goods with her. "Sister Yan, you're here really early!"
"I don't sleep much, so I woke up early and practiced yoga for a while. I just happened to get a call, so I didn't call you. I put the ingredients away myself." Yan Yan was very easygoing when she spoke, without the airs of a big sister.
After collecting the goods, the two put the frozen goods into the freezer and sorted and arranged the others. It was not yet four o'clock.
After that, the tableware needed by the restaurant was delivered one after another. They actually found the lacquer storage box that Ye Tian wanted. It seems that the program crew is really amazing.
Because the evening meal was quite complex, Ye Tian began preparing it in advance. She planned to use specially prepared flour and food coloring to create a few decorative flowers, a characteristic of traditional Sichuan cuisine.
The two young people started washing the newly received dishes and put them in the sterilizer. After Yan Yan finished paying the bill, he stood beside Ye Tian and watched her make dough flowers.
"This flower looks so real! You have such a skillful hand!" Yan Yan praised sincerely. Others also came over curiously to take a look. They all thought that the flower in Ye Tian's hand was too lifelike, it was simply a work of art beyond imagination.
But in a short while, Ye Tian pinched three exquisite hibiscus flowers. The colors of the flowers were bright but not tacky. Everyone thought it would be a waste to use them for display on a plate. They would definitely be works of art if placed in a vase.
Everyone else followed suit, pinching dough into various shapes. Shi Yingying even made a pig. Kong Shen quietly threw his own flower into the trash can because it was so ugly it hurt his eyes.
Afterwards, Ye Tian began to prepare the first dish of the evening.
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