Chapter 79 How come the original dish tastes so good?
Shen Jiang followed Lin Yunqing around the market for half a day and had a rough idea of the quality of the vegetables currently on the market.
Although yam is the hardest hit, there are still many vegetables that reassure her. After seeing the real vegetables, Shen Jiang found that instead of racking her brains to think about the menu, it is better to choose vegetables according to the season.
As long as you choose the right vegetables, any dish you cook will be beneficial to the human body.
It's late spring, early summer, and with the arrival of summer, seasonal foods like sweet potato leaves, leeks, and amaranth, enjoying ample sunlight, absorb a significant amount of energy. To Shen Jiang's eyes, they are rich in light and other elements, but pitifully low in dark elements.
Shen Jiang casually pointed to the vegetables on the stall in front of her, and then taught Lin Yunqing on the spot why she chose these vegetables. The energy contained in seasonal vegetables is much higher than that of greenhouse vegetables that can be eaten all year round, and the vegetables are also more flavorful.
"The vegetables here are the best in this market." Shen Jiang picked as he walked, and finally stopped in front of a small stall with few customers.
Hearing her say this, the boss immediately gave her a friendly smile.
Lin Yunqing nodded. She knew that seasonal farm-grown vegetables were good, but while Dr. Shen's medical skills were impeccable, his vegetable selection skills were far from satisfactory.
"Doctor Shen, look at these vegetables, they're full of wormholes, and their sizes are all irregular, with all sizes ranging from large to small. Why don't we go to another market and have a look?"
I'm afraid this kind of dish wouldn't be suitable for a small restaurant.
Before the boss could say anything, an elderly woman standing beside them, selecting vegetables, overheard the conversation. She raised her brows and said, "I can tell you don't know how to choose vegetables. The worm holes in these vegetables mean they haven't been sprayed with pesticides. They're smaller because they didn't use leavening agents. I've been buying from this market for years, and this girl is right. This owner's vegetables are the best in the market."
Lin Yunqing was a little surprised. In the past, it was her boyfriend who was a chef who was responsible for selecting the vegetables. She really didn't understand the ins and outs of it.
"My eyesight is poor. I didn't expect that you, Doctor Shen, are so good at selecting vegetables."
Lin Yunqing was completely convinced. As long as Dr. Shen wanted to, there was nothing he couldn't do.
If Shen Jiang heard her sigh, he would definitely jump out and say: No, you are wrong, I don't want to be an empty bench. I also want to be like Grandma Lu and others, with a lot of recognized patients coming to see me!
After buying vegetables, it’s time to buy meat.
Meat wasn't like vegetables; Shen Jiang couldn't sense its energy using the Wood attribute. She could only distinguish it using the Dark element. However, Lin Yunqing had formed the impression of her as a grocery shopping boss and completely followed her advice, buying whatever she pointed at. He quickly finished buying the meat.
The restaurant will open in a few days, but the chef has not been hired yet. Lin Yunqing tried his best to invite Shen Jiang to the restaurant to taste the food at noon.
"I've got a chef over to taste test the food this afternoon. Dr. Shen, you have to come along! Oh, and get the guys from your restaurant to come eat with us. We bought so much food, we can't finish it all by ourselves, so we can get everyone's feedback."
Lin Yunqing's idea was very simple. Shen Jiang was also one of the owners of the small restaurant, and she vaguely felt that during the food tasting session, Dr. Shen might give her some surprises.
Shen Jiang readily agreed. The restaurant was her cash cow and would also serve as her dining hall. A good chef was a key factor in determining a restaurant's success.
The chef who applied for the job was called He Dayong. He was a rookie chef, having only been an apprentice for a little over a year. Lin Yunqing didn't look down on him. After all, when she and her ex-boyfriend opened a restaurant, that guy's skills were similar to his, and they still managed to make the restaurant a thriving business.
She cared more about the chef's character than anything else. After all, this was a long-term relationship, and if he had bad intentions, she would definitely not tolerate him.
When He Dayong was cooking, Shen Jiang was not there. She was treating a new patient in the clinic.
This patient was introduced by Yan Yian.
Ever since Yan Yian took the medicine from Shen Jiang and recovered from her illness, she'd been radiant. Because she hadn't been able to control her temper for the past six months, many of her friends had been offended by her capricious and sarcastic remarks.
Zhao Rui, the man who was here today, was Yan Yian's only remaining best friend. If she hadn't known Yan Yian for over a decade and knew she wasn't a bad person, Zhao Rui, with her explosive temper, would never have tolerated her. For this reason, after Yan Yian recovered, she was the first person to tell her good friend, Zhao Rui, about a young Chinese doctor who had cured her long-standing ailment with just one prescription.
Zhao Rui was very surprised when she found out, and hesitantly asked her for the doctor's information.
Zhao Rui is only 37 years old, naturally in her prime, but she found herself approaching menopause. She went to the hospital for a series of tests and received medication, but her periods kept coming less and less frequently, only coming a little bit on the due date. This month, the situation was even worse: her period had completely stopped.
Shen Jiang took her pulse according to the old rules. Zhao Rui's heart sank because Shen Jiang took quite a while to feel her pulse.
This doctor has been looking at me for such a long time without saying anything. I wonder if I have some terminal illness.
She was just about to tell the doctor that she could accept any result when she heard the young female doctor speak.
"It's not a big problem, it's just blood deficiency. It can be cured by taking some medicine." Shen Jiang withdrew his hand and raised his hand to quickly write down the prescription on the medical record, "But..."
"But what?" Zhao Rui's heart suddenly tightened. Generally, if a doctor said this, there would be a serious illness later.
"But you can't skip meals to lose weight, nor can you force yourself to exercise. Blood deficiency requires nourishment. Otherwise, while I'm encouraging you, you're holding me back. All this medicine will be in vain."
Zhao Rui was startled and then very surprised: "How do you know I don't eat to lose weight?"
"Yourself, who else could it be?"
"Me? I didn't say that." Zhao Rui was a little confused.
Shen Jiang laughed and said, "Everything wrong with your body is in your pulse. I can feel it."
Yan Yian looked at his friend with a very proud expression: "Well, I told you that Doctor Shen is amazing."
Zhao Rui was still in shock. Although she had heard Yi An say that this doctor was very good before, she had never felt it was real. Now that people had told her about her living habits, she was really shocked.
Shen Jiang was out that morning, so He Mei could have been sneaking around the pharmacy without a doctor. However, she couldn't sit still, so she took her daughter Huanhuan to the backyard to help Chen Ru. There was a reminder device installed by the door of Mingxin Hall that would sound whenever someone was around. Shen Jiang had previously turned it off because it was too noisy, but He Mei was afraid that the store would attract thieves, so she turned it on before entering the yard.
Fortunately, she opened it, otherwise Yan Yian and the others would have left when they came in and saw that there was no one there.
After He Mei finished picking up the medicine and took it to the pharmacy to boil it, she heard Chen Ru calling her: "Let's go to the next door to have lunch together later."
Shen Jiang's aunt Chen Ru was not a warm-hearted person, but He Mei was a down-to-earth and hardworking person, which she liked very much. Seeing Shen Jiang inviting the couple to eat next door, she simply asked Shen Jiang if she could invite He Mei as well.
In the end, except for a few people from Shen Jiang’s restaurant, everyone including Yan Yian and Zhao Rui went next door to try the food.
It's true that He Dayong was only just starting out. The first few dishes he cooked looked average, but they smelled pretty good. Lin Yunqing silently compared him to her ex-boyfriend, the chef, and then cursed herself for being crazy.
Seeing the boss lady's unhappy face, He Dayong defended himself rather dissatisfiedly:
"Madam, the vegetables you bought don't look good. There are holes all over the leaves. That's none of my business. But they're bound to taste great, especially the sweet and sour pork ribs. They're my specialty. I guarantee you'll be flocking to them!"
Lin Yunqing smiled and said, "Well, it's none of your business."
Several people sat around a table. Lin Yunqing said a few simple opening remarks and then started eating.
Yan Yian first extended his chopsticks to the meat dish, took a bite, and gave Lin Yunqing a thumbs-up, saying, "This sweet and sour spareribs is good. Xiaoqing, give me some rice."
Today's meal was free of charge by Lin Yunqing, but when Lin Yunqing stood up and went to the side to get the food, his movements were very natural and there was no impatience on his face.
He Dayong happened to be secretly watching their reactions from behind the kitchen, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this.
This beauty has good taste! He can also make pork ribs with green plum sauce. If there was no green plum sauce today, he would have to show her his skills.
Zhao Rui usually eats salad, but thinking of Dr. Shen encouraging her to eat more, she also ordered a small bowl of rice, but her chopsticks reached out to a dish of stir-fried amaranth on the table.
As soon as Zhao Rui took a bite, her eyes lit up. She had a light palate, but a very sensitive tongue. Perhaps it was because she'd been eating salad all day, but the warm amaranth tasted unexpectedly crisp, tender, and sweet. A comfortable warmth washed over her as it entered her stomach, and she couldn't help but pick up another chopstick and put it in her mouth.
He Mei picked up some vegetables for Huanhuan. Although Huanhuan was well-behaved, she didn't like to eat vegetables. Usually, she had to be coaxed to eat a little at a meal. But today's meal was mainly vegetables, with only two plates of meat on the table. With so many people here, He Mei didn't feel comfortable just picking meat for her daughter, so she picked up a lot of vegetables as well.
He Mei was worried that Huanhuan would make a fuss, so she whispered, "Eat your food obediently, and I'll buy you some candy later."
Huanhuan's eyes lit up, and she cooperated very well by picking up the smallest piece of amaranth in the bowl and eating it. After smacking her lips to taste the flavor, she picked up another piece with chopsticks and ate it.
He Mei had coaxed her daughter this way before, but never before had Huanhuan been as cooperative as she was today. When it came to eating, Huanhuan was like any other picky eater: even if she went hungry all day, she wouldn't eat a bite of something she didn't like. He Mei thought to herself, it was probably because there were so many strangers around, especially Yan Yian, who had made Huanhuan cry the previous time. Huanhuan was timid and probably had no idea what she was eating.
He Mei felt relieved and started to eat. She took a sip of the vegetable and tofu soup first and was surprised to find that the soup tasted very good. The vegetables were crisp and refreshing, and the tofu was tender. Only a little seasoning was added, but the overall characteristics were very obvious.
He Mei blurted out subconsciously: "So delicious."
The others had a similar reaction. For the vegetables selected by Shen Jiang, He Dayong only used the simplest cooking methods to bring out the delicious taste of the vegetables.
Chen Ru poked her husband Chen Houkang and said, "This dish isn't as fresh as ours, but it tastes much better than yours."
Chen Houkang smiled innocently: "The fire at home is small, it can't compare with the big stove in a professional kitchen."
Yan Yian ate several pieces of pork ribs with rice. After hearing everyone praising the delicious vegetables, she started to eat. As soon as she took a bite, her eyes lit up. She had just said that the sweet and sour food was delicious, but after taking a bite of the stir-fried sweet potato leaves, she realized that the extremely sweet taste actually came from such an ordinary sweet potato leaf.
After taking another bite of the soft, sweet and tender yam, Yan Yian exclaimed, "This yam is delicious too. Xiaoqing, where did you find such a great chef who can make vegetables taste better than meat?"
I think your restaurant will be a success! This is much better than the one you opened on Xing'an Road!"
"As long as everyone likes it, it's fine. Dr. Shen personally picked these dishes this morning. It's all because of her selections."
Lin Yunqing's smile was a bit forced. She had also noticed that the vegetables tasted incredibly good! So good that she thought it was impossible for such a young chef to make them. With so much advanced technology and hard work these days, Lin Yunqing suspected that He Dayong had secretly put some kind of flavor enhancer or crispness enhancer in the vegetables. After all, she had actually seen this stuff in the kitchen; her ex-boyfriend had used it several times.
He Dayong said that he was a master at making sweet and sour pork ribs, but after trying them all, she found that this one was the most ordinary!
However, with so many guests here, she definitely couldn't tell this guess to others, and could only ask He Dayong privately later.
Shen Jiang ate the food with a smile on his face, a very satisfied look on his face.
In the past, the biggest worry was the problem of food. Neither she nor her grandmother had the talent for cooking, nor did they have the time to study. Now, Lin Yunqing's small restaurant has perfectly solved this problem.
However, her ability to pick meat still needs to be improved. Shen Jiang sighed silently and began to think about how to effectively improve her meat picking skills.
The simple lunch was a great success for both the host and the guests. Zhao Rui, Yan Yian and others felt that Lin Yunqing's small restaurant would definitely be successful, especially after hearing that Dr. Shen had also joined. Yan Yian was the first to express his desire to try the hidden menu.
“Good things are not afraid of being expensive, but being afraid of not being able to eat good things even if you spend money.”
Shen Jiang then realized that the financial strength of the Yi An sister that Lin Yunqing mentioned was indeed extraordinary. The most terrifying thing was that Zhao Rui actually nodded in agreement.
After hearing that there was a discount for depositing money at Lin Yunqing's restaurant, Zhao Rui followed her friends and deposited 10,000 yuan at Lin Yunqing's restaurant.
Shen Jiang: Is this the world of the rich?
In such a small restaurant with only five tables, they spent 10,000 yuan without blinking an eye?
After Yan Yian, He Mei and others left, Shen Jiang stayed.
Now that Shen Jiang was also the owner of the restaurant, they had to discuss whether to hire the chef, He Dayong. And just as Shen Jiang was eating, she had come up with a few ideas for drinks and planned to have Lin Yunqing write them down.
What Shen Jiang hadn't expected was that Lin Yunqing's face suddenly became serious, and he asked He Dayong, who looked very happy, in a serious tone, "Did you secretly bring any seasonings with you? Didn't I tell you not to add anything to the dishes except the seasonings from the store?"
He Dayong was confused: "Add what? I didn't add anything."
Lin Yunqing retorted: "Impossible, if you didn't add anything, how could the dish be so delicious!"
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