Chapter 568: Pushed Back
Thanks to Zhou Xu's adjustments, the matter of sending a few experienced old craftsmen to lead the construction was basically finalized.
So far, his first court meeting since his return went smoothly.
After retiring from court, for Zhou Xu, his day had just begun.
After briefly dealing with the documents piled on his desk, Zhou Xu turned around and went to the cafeteria kitchen of Black Moon Village.
He had sent people to take care of everything in advance, so his arrival did not cause much trouble to the chefs here.
After arriving at the place, Zhou Xu didn't waste any time and directly gave the chefs a general overview of the spices that had been simply processed and packed in small jars.
"Okay, come here now and smell and taste these spices one by one, so that you can really get a rough idea of what they are."
Following their king's instructions, the chefs came one by one to smell the spices, then picked up a chopstick, dipped a little bit into the spices and put it into their mouths.
Many of these spices, including chili peppers, peppercorns and Sichuan peppercorns, are spicy, giving chefs who have never tasted such flavors before a first taste.
Although they only touched a little bit and were not jumping up and down due to the spiciness like Bam before, the expressions of everyone at this moment were also quite interesting.
But after all, I am a cook, so when I first took a bite, I just thought, "Can this thing be used to cook? Will anyone really eat the dishes I make?"
But as the taste in their mouths gradually settled, they slowly tasted some new flavors while aftertaste, and at the same time they had new ideas.
Zhou Xu had no intention of letting them take these spices and study them slowly right away.
Instead, he taught them a few simple dishes.
The first thing he taught was the dipping sauce he made when he ate mutton. After all, it was simple...
"This is a dipping sauce that can be used with some steamed or boiled foods, such as chicken, lamb, etc. When steaming or boiling, you can also use this onion, ginger and garlic to remove the fishy smell."
As for dipping sauce, it is easy to learn once you know the recipe. There is really no special knowledge involved. Then I taught you how to stir-fry three dishes.
There is actually not much to say about the ingredients used in cooking. What is tested is the chef's skills in the stove. The chefs in the Black Moon Village canteen have to cook hundreds of servings every day, so their skills in the stove are naturally not bad.
After taking a bite, Zhou Xu couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
[Fortunately, I was relatively well-informed and did not cook these dishes myself. ]
Before he traveled through time, he lived alone and had some skills in cooking.
When he first traveled through time, he could still show off his cooking skills, but as time went by, he didn't know how long it had been since he last cooked, and the newbies under him who originally had no knowledge of cooking have all grown into experienced masters.
This left Zhou Xu with almost no room to show off his cooking skills.
By the time they finished trying the dishes, it was almost time for lunch.
"That's great. Just put the new dish up there and promote it. When you promote it, you can say this..."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu taught the waiter at the window a set of rhetoric.
"As for the price, let's just try one dish this time. Let's choose boiled chicken, which costs five cents."
As soon as the price was announced, the chefs and waiters in the kitchen gasped.
As a dish, this price is undoubtedly expensive.
Let's put it this way, a relief meal costs one cent, and a normal person would spend two to three cents on a normal meal, and three or four cents would be quite luxurious, but these five cents are just for a dish! Although the taste of these new dishes is very novel, and even vaguely makes them want to try them again, but they are so expensive, it is really hard to say whether they can be sold.
However, Zhou Xu naturally had his own ideas when he made this offer.
You know, it’s time for lunch next.
Although meals are provided at noon in the cafeteria of the Great Zhou, normally speaking, the daily income of most people in the Great Zhou is not enough to allow them to live on three meals a day, and they mainly rely on two meals a day.
In other words, in their Great Zhou, those who could afford an extra lunch were all rich people.
This is also the main reason why Zhou Xu chose to launch new dishes directly at this time.
After all, the main consumer group for this kind of new dishes is wealthy people with bulging wallets who can afford three meals a day, so this gives them a place to spend their extra money.
After spending money and enjoying the happiness brought by the delicious food, they worked harder for their Da Zhou.
When it's time for lunch, people who want to eat lunch arrive one after another. After all, their lunch break time is relatively limited. If they dawdle, it will soon be time to go back to work in the afternoon.
At this moment, the chef standing at the window had already perked up. When he saw someone coming in, he immediately greeted them.
"Minister Wang, Minister Zhuang..."
Zhou Xu, who was in the kitchen at the time and heard the noise in front, was not surprised at all.
Considering the high income, the high-income people in their Great Zhou at this stage are basically concentrated on the cadres.
At the same time, the chef was also very enthusiastic.
"Today, the cafeteria has a new dish, made with some new seasonings that our king got from the New World. It's called 'Boiled Chicken'. It's five cents a portion. Would you like to try one?"
"Five cents? For a dish?!"
When Wang Dachui walked in and heard the price, he was shocked on the spot.
As a cadre in an important department, he has a high income and his wallet is indeed very fat, but he is not ignorant of money.
In fact, these cadres are required to be literate and numerate.
He usually only spends three or four cents on a meal, but this thing called "white-cut chicken" is more expensive than a meal? !
Hearing this, the chef immediately perked up.
Wasn't it at this time that the words that their king had taught him were used? As a result, before he could even open his mouth, Zhuang Mengdie's light voice rang out...
"Give me one portion, with any vegetables, a bowl of soup and a bowl of rice, thank you."
Zhuang Mengdie was a little interested in the new seasoning that their king brought from the New World, but he didn't plan to waste too much time on it. He just wanted to eat lunch quickly and then go back to work.
When Wang Dachui saw that Zhuang Mengdie was so decisive, he, as a grown man, naturally did not want to be left behind.
"Then I'll have one too, and the rest will be the same as usual."
“…”
Good guy, he just suppressed the words that were already on the tip of the chef's tongue!
(End of this chapter)
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