The tofu shreds used in this dish must be as thin as hair yet intricately arranged, while the jade cucumbers placed on the side must be light and translucent.
Sun Yannan cut a piece of tofu with his knife as fast as heavy rain, and gently shook it in the middle of the soup bowl that Xiaoye brought over. Everyone in the kitchen widened their eyes. Thousands of soft and tender tofu strands as thin as hair floated in the hot soup. Such knife skills could not be achieved without ten or eight years of hard work. Even their chef might not be able to match his skills.
Xiaoye felt slightly pleased and proud, but Sun Yanan then took the cucumber and began to cut it. After a while, Xiaoye handed over the plate. Sun Yanan spread the cucumber on the snow-white porcelain plate. The thin slices, as thin as a cicada's wing, turned twice on the huge plate and were neatly arranged.
After a while, the soup bowl of hibiscus chicken soup was placed in the middle and it was complete. The tender yellow chicken soup with the bright red wolfberry on top looked very beautiful.
After making this appetizer soup that showed his skillful knife skills, Sun Yanan began to give instructions to everyone, and by this time everyone's eyes had changed.
Sun Yannan first said to the second chef who was good at stir-frying, "For every stir-fry you make today, I will put your nameplate next to the dish."
The second chef asked in confusion, "What brand?"
Xiaoye took a few small squares carved from white radish, on which his name was written with red plum juice.
Sun Yannan said, "This is it. It will be placed next to every dish you cook."
Then he said to Auntie Tian, who was in charge of serving the dishes, "Today, we are setting up the table under the glazed tile ceiling in the Peony Garden. Because the garden is open to the sky, anyone serving the dishes will be under the eyes of the two old ladies and the masters.
"The four maids by Madam's side, Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum, have been assigned to help me keep an eye on the maids from the moment they leave the kitchen through the second door. I'll be the head chef here today, so I have to trouble them."
The second chef and Aunt Tian, who had originally wanted to do something after receiving the young lady's instructions, immediately stopped after hearing these words.
The four maids, Mei, Lan, Zhu and Ju, who were by the mother-in-law's side, had already received instructions from the lady, and they would naturally help the young lady to maintain the situation.
Shi Yue's servant went to four famous restaurants and spent more than an hour trying. Every restaurant asked him to wait and then told him that they couldn't make it.
The servant walked back dejectedly and met the little girl. Because she was Rong Li's girl, Shi Yue's servant also knew her. After greeting her, the girl asked the servant what errand he was on.
The servant said this, and the maid laughed at his stubbornness. She said that it didn't have to be from those big restaurants. Aren't the dishes in small restaurants just as good? She knew of a small restaurant that tasted good and was cheap.
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