Chapter 1323
The real Buddha Jumps Over the Wall needs to be cooked in a sealed container, with eighteen ingredients including chicken, duck, mutton, tendon, ham, sea cucumber, abalone, shark's fin, fish lips, scallops, pigeon eggs, dried bamboo shoots, and shiitake mushrooms processed separately. After the preparation is ready, put them layer by layer in the jar, seal the mouth of the jar with lotus leaves, cover the lid and simmer. After the high fire boils, simmer on low fire for five or six hours, so that the ingredients cooked in this way have different flavors. Penetrating, one ingredient has many flavors, the taste is soft and tender, thick and juicy, but not greasy at all.
The best container for cooking Buddha Jumping Over the Wall is naturally a Shaoxing wine jar. Restaurants that specialize in making Buddha Jumping Over the Wall are very particular about this aspect. Haibawang has not specially cooked Buddha Jumping Over the Wall before, so the materials are not sufficient, so it can only be cooked with ordinary pottery altars.
"When can we eat it?" Zhong Yanhong asked, licking the corner of his mouth.
Wang Xiaoming smiled and shook his head when he heard this. It was true that he came to help, but it was true that he was wandering around to eat. Liu Hao said unceremoniously: "This is not made for you, do you want to show some dignity?"
Zhong Yanhong smiled and said, "I have already made the reservation. If you don't believe me, just ask Boss Yu."
Wang Xiaoming laughed dumbly. He said that he had indeed ordered it a long time ago, so he said, "You can also try the mice later."
"I don't want it. This thing is so expensive. Is it free?" Liu Haocai was reluctant to waste Wang Xiaoming's things.
Wang Xiaoming said with a smile: "We always do a little more than what is actually required to prevent any surprises."
Zhong Yanhong said: "I'll treat Officer Xiao Liu to eat so that Boss Yu won't suffer a loss."
Liu Hao looked at Zhong Yanhong: "It's just a Buddha jumping over the wall. Can't I afford it myself?"
Zhong Yanhong smiled: "Of course you can afford it, but I want to treat you to it."
"Put away your hypocritical good intentions, don't be shy!" Liu Hao rolled his eyes.
Wang Xiaoming listened to their conversation and realized something was wrong. Zhong Yanhong said that he was Mo Zi's friend, but why Mo Zi didn't treat him like a friend, but like an enemy. He was a little puzzled. He looked at Liu Hao cautiously, but he still didn't ask because he was too busy.
Although boss Zhong Yanhong is indeed here to make soy sauce, others are still doing what they should do in an orderly manner. At half past eleven, the banquet officially started. Although they did not wear uniforms, Zhong Yanhong's waiters all put on their original work clothes-shirts and vests, which looked a bit like that.
The cold dishes were served first. Their biggest specialty here is naturally the marinated platter and cold seafood platter. Because it is winter, there are relatively few cold dishes. Next, they served steamed grouper, boiled shrimp, garlic oysters, and shredded chicken stew. Shark's fin and other hot dishes, on the ninth course, Buddha jumping over the wall finally appeared. Before the food was served, the strange aroma from the kitchen filled the entire space above and below the front desk. Yesterday, the effect caused by a Buddha jumping over the wall was so strong. Today, more than a dozen Buddhas jumping over the wall were opened at the same time. The strong and mellow fragrance was simply overwhelming. It takes away people's souls.
The guests who were eating could no longer resist the temptation. They all stopped using their chopsticks and looked eagerly at the direction of the dishes, looking forward to the arrival of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall.
At the main table of the banquet, the two protagonists of the banquet, the longevity prince, were chatting with his younger brother, whom he had not seen for many years. The younger brother said: "Brother, have you smelled it? This is the smell. I had it in Zhangzhou before I left the country." That Buddha Jumps Over the Wall flavor is just like this! I have been thinking about it for so many years, but I didn’t expect that I can still eat it after decades. It’s so happy.”
The birthday boy nodded: "Why don't you remember that you secretly hid the soup cup that was used to hold vegetables?"
"Yes, is that soup cup still at home? I still remember it was a porcelain cup with gold and yellow patterns. It was very beautiful." The younger brother smiled with chrysanthemums all over his face.
The birthday boy said: "It has not been broken since then. Maybe Ah Da and Ah Er took it away when they separated."
The old people reminisced about the old days, and the waiters brought the dishes. This time, three people were responsible for one table, and two people were responsible for carrying the trays. Each tray contained five soup cups with white ground and ocher and yellow patterns. The other person was responsible for serving the soup. Cups are distributed to guests.
The person who got the soup cup first couldn't wait to open the lid. Everyone couldn't help but sip their saliva, for fear that it would drip down unconsciously. It was so fragrant that people couldn't resist the temptation.
Zhong Yanhong laughed in the kitchen: "My children are quite resistant to temptation and can actually walk."
What he said was true. Almost everyone pursed their lips, fearing that their saliva would drop as soon as they opened their mouths. Only the guy who served the food was the most unlucky. He had to say to others: "Please use it slowly!" If you don't pay attention, saliva will splash out. This work is really torturing yourself.
Finally, all the Buddha Jumping Over the Wall were served, and in the whole restaurant there were only heads immersed in eating, and the waiters quietly retreated. Zhang Yiwei slurped his saliva loudly: "Oh my god, it's so tortured. Can you let the person who serves the food taste it first next time?"
Wang Xiaoming said with a smile: "There are some left over there, and one person can have a sip of soup by then."
"That's enough, that's enough. If I can have a sip of soup, I can rest my eyes." Zhang Yiwei is a little kid who speaks without restraint, so Yang Ming drank him up: "There's so much nonsense, hurry up and serve the food. It's a happy event, Don’t say anything unlucky.”
Zhang Yiwei quickly stuck out his tongue and ran to serve the food. To be honest, it didn't matter whether they got the next dish or not. Buddha Jumping Over the Wall had already eaten it, and if they ate anything else, the taste would seem bland.
Generally, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is the finale dish at a banquet, but for the sake of good luck, the host requested that Buddha Jump Over the Wall be served on the ninth dish. This is because Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is also known as "Fushouquan", and nine means longevity. The ninth dish is Fushouquan. Is there anything more auspicious than this? Furthermore, the banquet originally consisted of eighteen dishes. If everyone is full at the end of the feast, and the Buddha jumps over the wall only comes at this time, the meal will not taste so delicious.
If the host requests this, there will naturally be no objections in the restaurant. The dishes will be prepared as requested and you can serve them however you want. Besides, what they said makes sense.
As soon as the feast was over, Sea Overlord became famous. The owner of the restaurant that served the wine loved to eat, so he had made many friends in the same way. His old man held a birthday banquet and invited several friends from the same way to taste Buddha Jumping Over the Wall. One of them was a senior commentator from the city's food association. He posted a photo of Buddha Jumping over the Wall on Weibo with the text "I went to an old friend's father's birthday party today and had an authentic Buddha Jumping Over the Wall at a little-known restaurant." A portion is truly a blessing in life. I would like to thank my old friend for inviting me to the banquet. I will definitely call me next time.”