Chapter 671: Meat That Melts In Your Mouth
Sun Mingxing came to the door of the private room with the dishes himself, just in time to meet Su Liancheng coming out of it, and the two met at the door.
Su Liancheng was a little surprised when he saw this: "Master Ninth Uncle, why did you deliver it yourself? If it's an important dish, just call me and I'll just deliver it."
Sun Mingxing said seriously: "No, I must bring this dish in myself."
Su Liancheng instantly understood that the dish Jiu Shishu was holding should be the Suji dish his uncle had ordered before.
Sun Mingxing puffed up his chest, then knocked lightly on the door, and waited for the insider to reply that he could enter, then he opened the door with the vegetables and went into the private room.
When the people in the private room saw Sun Mingxing serving the dishes in person, Feng Yifan, Su Ruoxi and the children stood up naturally.
Sun Mingxing hurriedly said to Feng Yifan and Su Ruoxi: "Sit down, you and the children sit down, today you are the guests, and I am the chef, serving you food, how can I make you stand up?"
Feng Yifan said with some embarrassment: "Uncle Ninth Master, you really embarrass us by serving the dishes yourself."
Sun Mingxing smiled and said: "What's so embarrassing? You are diners and I am the chef. Shouldn't I come to serve the food? Could it be that my master and your master didn't serve people? So You all sit down, and I'll serve the food."
Feng Yifan and Su Ruoxi led the children to sit down and asked Sun Mingxing to put down the dishes.
After putting it down, Sun Mingxing conveniently lifted the top cover.
In an instant, the rich meaty aroma rose, and the meaty aroma of the shop even made several children who had eaten a lot feel hungry again immediately.
Sun Mingxing said earnestly: "Please use this "Flower Fang Button Crisp" slowly."
Hearing the name, Zhuang Daozhong looked at the dishes on the table and his eyes lit up.
The four specially invited diners were very unfamiliar with this dish.
The two scholars who studied the Red Chamber had never heard of such a dish.
It was President Cai who thought for a moment and remembered: "Ah, I see, it is Mr. Su's original dish that was once amazing at the state banquet, right?"
President Zhuo didn't know much about it, so he looked at President Cai and asked, "Has this dish been served at a state banquet?"
Chairman Cai nodded: "Yes,
The method at the state banquet is more delicate, similar to the Vajra Fire Recipe, but it is cooked with a whole piece of pork belly, and only one piece is used as a whole. . "
President Zhuo was a little surprised: "This dish is interesting."
Zhuang Daozhong smiled and said, "The one Mingxing made is a big fire party, and the one at the state banquet is a small fire party."
Chairman Cai was also a little puzzled this time: "Little Fire Fang? What is that like?"
Zhuang Daozhong explained: "Xiao Huo Fang, which is only a quarter of this piece, is served as a thick dish, and sometimes it is replaced with braised lion's head."
Hearing Zhuang Daozhong's explanation, the people present immediately understood.
But Sun Mingxing was a little surprised when he heard what his uncle said.
You must know that it takes a lot of work to make such a large piece of pork belly. If you only use a quarter of the size of the pork belly, which can just fit into a small cup, it will take even more work.
Zhuang Daozhong turned his head and said to Sun Mingxing: "At the beginning, when your master made this dish, he also needed such a dish temporarily, so he researched this method. All the pork belly was cut into small pieces that are one finger long and square. Fried crispy meat stuffed into it."
Sun Mingxing was also amazed when he heard this: "Master was still amazing back then."
President Cai said: "That's natural. Mr. Su was a real master back then. I still vaguely remember the scenes of the years when he hosted the state banquet. There are really too many scenes that have been handed down today. The innovative dishes were all passed down by the old gentleman at that time.”
Zhuang Daozhong went on to say: "Besides, Senior Brother Su at that time was a very open-minded person. He never thought of hiding his secrets, but taught all his cooking skills to everyone who wanted to learn from him for free. people."
Among the few present, except Su Jinrong and Sun Mingxing, two disciples of Su Quansheng.
Both Zhuang Daozhong and President Cai had been instructed by Su Quansheng.
Zhuang Daozhong is even more difficult to forget until now. He was able to become a master from a small cook back then, thanks to the help of too much Su Quansheng.
After everyone recalled it, Feng Ruoruo couldn't help asking her mother softly, "When can we eat?"
Su Ruoxi whispered to her daughter, "Don't worry, let's wait a little longer."
Zhuang Daozhong also caught the mother and daughter's whispering.
A smile appeared on the old man's face and he said: "Okay, the children must be eager to wait, let's have a taste, how does this Mingxing's re-engraved Huafangkuu taste?"
Chairman Zhuo asked curiously: "Why is this dish called Huafangkousu?"
Su Jinrong said with a smile: "Hahaha, actually, this is the name given by our seniors. Normally, this dish should be called "Five Flower Fire Square Stuffed Crispy Pork"."
Chairman Zhuo suddenly said: "So it is like this."
Sun Mingxing also recalled the scene when the seniors named them: "At that time, our seniors chatted in private, and felt that it was too straightforward to call it that way, so we gave it such a name. Sometimes the back kitchen cooks Time will say: Come for a buckwheat."
Su Jinrong then laughed: "That's right, a piece of pastry."
This yell had the smell of yelling in the classroom, and everyone found it very interesting to hear it, especially the children who stared at Su Jinrong with wide-eyed eyes.
Finally everyone began to taste the dish.
After stewing and steaming, the pork belly is already very soft and glutinous, and it will crack when you touch it with chopsticks.
Then go down with chopsticks, and the deep-fried crispy meat below is like the bones inside the square pork belly, supporting the pork belly well, just enough for the chopsticks to pick it up.
Feng Yifan got up and used the serving chopsticks to pick up chopsticks for everyone.
A piece of meat is basically divided.
Feng Ruoruo looked at the meat in the bowl, couldn't help but pulled his father and said, "Dad, this is so fat, you eat the fat meat, and let Ruoruo eat the lean meat, okay?"
Su Jinrong smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of this, you have a taste, this will melt in your mouth immediately."
Feng Ruoruo asked suspiciously: "Will it melt in your mouth? Is it the same as eating ice cream?"
Su Jinrong nodded: "Yes, just like ice cream, it will melt in your mouth immediately, if you don't believe me, take a bite and try."
Seeing that his grandfather was so sure, Feng Ruoruo finally scooped up some with a small spoon and tasted it.
The meat was delivered to the mouth, but the little girl hadn't chewed it yet, and it really melted in her mouth.
Feng Ruoruo's eyes widened, her small face was filled with disbelief, as if she had never eaten such meat, yet it disappeared in her mouth as soon as she ate it, and it flowed into her throat like water.
After carefully smacking his mouth, Feng Ruoruo asked in amazement, "Grandpa, it really melted away, and it disappeared in an instant."
Hearing what his granddaughter said, Su Jinrong laughed: "Hahaha, isn't it? Ruoruo doesn't feel like eating a little bit of fat? Isn't it delicious?"
Feng Ruoruo slowly ate the remaining meat in his mouth, and said with a smile, "Mmm, it's delicious."
Others also ate it at this time, and everyone also discovered the deliciousness of this piece of meat.
The feeling of melting in the mouth, leaving the crispy meat that has been cooked through, when you chew slowly in your mouth, you will feel that the more you chew, the more delicious it is, it is really a very wonderful dish.
After Zhuang Daozhong ate it, he couldn't help sighing: "Unexpectedly, I ate this dish again after many years."
Four professional diners, that's really nothing to rave about.
"Delicious, really delicious."
"This is the unique delicacy of our Chinese cuisine."
"Although it is fat, but the feeling of melting in the mouth really makes people feel endless aftertaste."
"Especially the crispy meat that is cooked thoroughly, when chewed together, it is really delicious."
Getting everyone's unanimous praise still made Sun Mingxing very happy, with a radiance in his eyes, obviously very happy to receive such a compliment.
However, Sun Mingxing still restrained himself, trying not to get too excited, but looked at Su Jinrong and Feng Yifan.
After all, these two are the current two generations of Su Ji.
And the dish he made was the specialty of Su Ji's most famous cooker, so naturally he most hoped to get some comments from the two generations of cooker.
After Su Jinrong and Feng Yifan looked at each other, he spoke first.
"Brother, I didn't expect you to be able to make this dish."
Hearing this, Sun Mingxing was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said: "We were the ones who were sorry for Master back then. After I left Su Ji, I realized how bad I was. I never really became a teacher, let alone a teacher. Become a master like a master."
Su Jinrong said: "No, brother, you can make this dish, which means that you have not left behind what my father taught you."
Sun Mingxing was a little excited, and said seriously: "I dare not forget, and I must not forget."
Hearing this, Su Jinrong nodded: "Thank you, brother."
Sun Mingxing quickly said: "No, I want to thank you, Jinrong, you are willing to forgive me, let Yifan and Liancheng call me back, let me take over this Fujing Building, I really want to thank you, You don't know how much I want to go back to Huai City, come back here."
At this moment, everyone in the room could vaguely feel Sun Mingxing's mood.
Especially Zhuang Daozhong and Su Jinrong understood Sun Mingxing's feelings even more.
The age of Sun Mingxing's apprenticeship at Su Ji is about the same as the age of Feng Yifan when he first came to Su Ji. It can be said that he was in Su Ji from the beginning of his culinary arts to his growth from the basics, so he has a deep affection for Su Ji .
But he made such a mistake and chose to leave Su Ji, young and vigorous, wanting to make a career out of it.
As a result, Sun Mingxing wandered around, but failed to realize his former ambition.
He didn't even have the face to go back to Huai City.
Now that Sun Mingxing has been invited, he can finally return to Huaicheng with dignity, return to the city where he once learned to cook, and continue to be the cook he has stuck to all his life.
For Sun Mingxing, this is really a kind of recognition for him.
Su Jinrong said earnestly: "Senior Brother Ninth, let's not bring up the past. We should look forward. I believe that under your leadership, Fujing Building can take on the burden of catering in Huai City."
When Sun Mingxing heard this, he quickly said: "No, no, the leader of Huaicheng's restaurants must be Su Ji."
Su Jinrong waved his hand: "No, it must be Fujinglou."
Sun Mingxing was a little puzzled?
Su Jinrong continued: "Fujinglou has geographical advantages and can become a signboard of our Huaicheng cuisine, so you must make Fujinglou well, let others know about Fujinglou, the food of Huaicheng, and our Huaicheng. Food culture is inherited.”
Sun Mingxing thought for a while and asked, "Then, Su Ji?"
Feng Yifan said on behalf of his father-in-law: "Uncle Ninth Master, don't worry, Su Ji will have its own way. Originally, Su Ji's cuisine is not just Huaiyang style. Next, Su Ji will restore the taste of Su Ji."
Zhuang Daozhong was a little excited when he heard this, and said, "Su Zaoyan, have you and your son-in-law prepared?"
Su Jinrong smiled and said, "Master, Yifan has indeed researched Su Zaotang."
Zhuang Daozhong was taken aback for a moment when he heard this, and then he stood up very excitedly, stretched out his hand to hold Feng Yifan's hand, and asked very earnestly: "Really? Yifan? Have you made Su Zao Tang?"
The others present didn't quite understand what "Su Zao Soup" was? Why did Zhuang Daozhong get so excited?
Feng Yifan helped his uncle to sit down, and then said: "Yes, I have researched it, but for the time being, there is only the summer formula, and I need to study the other three seasons in the future."
Zhuang Daozhong was very excited: "Okay, okay, okay."
Everyone looked at Zhuang Daozhong sitting there and applauded excitedly, but they didn't know what was going on?
In the end, Chairman Cai asked: "Mr. Zhuang, is this Su Zao Tang?"
Zhuang Daozhong explained to several people: "Suzao soup is the key to Suji Suzao Banquet. To put it bluntly, it is braised soup, but the proportion of Suzaotang will be different throughout the year, and the taste of the dishes presented will also be different. .”
Everyone was a little surprised when they heard it, even Sun Mingxing was also surprised because he had never heard of it before.
Zhuang Daozhong also said: "Brother Su tried to develop it before, but he failed in the end. I didn't expect it to be restored by Yifan."
Feng Yifan hurriedly said: "Actually, I was also lucky, and I only have summer soup for the time being."
Sun Mingxing asked, "Why haven't I heard Master mention it before?"
Su Jinrong replied: "That's because my father didn't study the final ratio, so he never told us. I also found a dilapidated cookbook when I was packing up my father's belongings after his death. It is recorded that Su made soup."
Speaking of this, Su Jinrong was also full of regret: "It's a pity that there are only names on it."
Zhuang Daozhong also said: "I had a chance to look at that cookbook, and it was dilapidated. There were only the names of the dishes on it, but there were no recipes or ingredients for those dishes."
Everyone in the room expressed their regret when they heard this.
Feng Yifan said: "But my dad and I will work hard to try to restore some of these dishes, and try our best to present those lost dishes in the way we are today."
Zhuang Daozhong nodded and said, "Okay, this is good, Jin Rong, you did the right thing."