Chapter 383 Boss, There Are More
The driver of the car hired by Gu Zheng was very talkative, or maybe it was because Gu Zheng gave him a lot of money. He was very happy and talked a lot on the road.
The driver is a local and said that if you go to him to find delicious food, you are looking for the right person. He is very knowledgeable about the delicious food in the streets and alleys of Hangzhou, and he knows what is delicious and what is not.
Soon, the driver took Gu Zheng to the first store. Gu Zheng was stunned when he saw the name of this store.
"Boss, the Golden Dragon Flying Egg Fried Rice here is the most authentic and the most delicious. Let me tell you, this is a craft passed down from the famous gourmet Gu Zheng. It is passed down here personally. Gu Zheng, you know, is the one we used to hang in Hangzhou. The champion of the city’s food competition, and then the championship of the national food competition!”
The driver spoke quickly, with a sense of pride when speaking, while Gu Zheng couldn't laugh or cry.
He didn't expect that the driver would actually bring him here. Of course he knew about Golden Dragon Feitian. It was the egg fried rice he made. It was his unique skill. He had never taught it to anyone. There could be no successor, let alone There may be authenticity.
Jinlong Feitian uses magic. No magic can't achieve the effect. The driver said that Jinlong Feitian is very authentic. You don't need to see or taste Guzheng to know that it's impossible.
"Let's find another one and forget about this one!"
Gu Zheng didn't even get out of the car and just shook his head. Even if this egg fried rice restaurant was really good, he couldn't write about it. After all, it was his signature place.
What does it mean if he writes it? Praise yourself? Or help this family advertise?
If he really writes it, I'm afraid no one will believe him in the future even if he says that he has never taught others how to make egg fried rice. They will definitely think that this is his cooking skill, which will only make things worse.
"Aren't you going? What a pity. Their Golden Dragon Feitian is really delicious. Look, it's not even dinner time yet. The people inside are much better. There are a lot of takeaways waiting at the door!"
Seeing that Gu couldn't argue, the driver looked a little regretful and pointed at the door of the store. There was indeed a takeaway waiting at the door, and there were quite a few people inside.
Maybe they are doing really well, but no matter how good they are, they can't go to Guzheng. This place is definitely not suitable.
"Change!" Gu Zheng said again. Seeing Gu Zheng's insistence, the driver could only drive away. Gu Zheng was a chartered car. He would go wherever Gu Zheng went today, unless it was somewhere he couldn't go.
"Is there a lot of golden dragon flying egg fried rice now?"
Gu Zheng suddenly remembered what the driver said before, saying that this restaurant was the most authentic, which meant there were other unauthentic ones, so he asked.
"Of course, since Master Gu Zheng made the Golden Dragon Flying Heaven in Hangzhou, the Golden Dragon Flying Heaven has become a special dish in Hangzhou. Many people come here to eat it. But speaking of it, Master Gu Zheng's is the most delicious and the best. Look, you can search online. Your video of Master Gu Zheng making a flying golden dragon is so handsome and beautiful, and the golden dragon is so vivid!"
The driver said quickly, while Gu Zheng looked out the window unnaturally, took out his sunglasses and put them on.
This driver was also quite interesting. He kept talking about Gu Zheng, but he didn't know that the person he was talking about was right next to him. He even asked people to watch the video, but he didn't recognize Gu Zheng himself.
However, his words also proved that there are indeed many people making Golden Dragon Flying Egg Fried Rice, and this dish has actually become a specialty of Hangzhou.
Strictly speaking, egg fried rice is not a dish, but a staple food, but everyone is accustomed to calling it that.
The driver took Gu Zheng to the second store, and Gu Zheng shook his head again.
This time the driver actually took Gu Zheng to the Tianmian Noodle House. The Tianmian Noodle House tastes really good, but it has been written about before. Mumu has written about it, and Gu Zheng has eaten it before and got an ordinary noodle restaurant here. level of flour.
It's like coming here in vain. Gu Zheng didn't get off the same bus and asked the driver to change places.
This time Gu Zheng gave the driver a reason. He had been here before, eaten here, and it tasted really good, but today he wanted to go somewhere he had never been and eat something he had never eaten before.
The driver drove the car a little further this time and arrived at a lake.
It's not the West Lake, but another small lake. It's not as famous as the West Lake, but the scenery is pretty good. There is a cruise ship dock by the lake, and there are some people rowing in the lake. The lake is not big, but it is very clean.
"This is Lakeside Pier Rice Noodles. Their rice noodles are very delicious. It's morning now, and it's full of people at noon. And at night, the entire lakeside is full of people eating rice noodles!"
The driver introduced again, it was almost eleven o'clock, and people were already eating rice noodles here. There were not many people, and it was not full.
"It's really delicious here, but we came at the wrong time. If it was at night, we would have to wait in line for a long time, and the people eating rice noodles by the lake would be a sight to see!"
Afraid that Gu Zheng wouldn't believe it, the driver explained again that he had already taken Gu Zheng to two places without Gu Zheng getting out of the car. He didn't want Gu Zheng to look down on the third place.
If that were the case, he would feel like a failure. He had said before that he knew all the delicacies in the streets and alleys of Hangzhou. He had blown away all the good stuff. In the end, he couldn't go to one or the other. He also felt that Very shameless.
"Okay, let's go try it!"
Gu Zheng finally nodded, and the driver let out a long sigh of relief. As long as Gu Zheng wanted to go, if Gu Zheng still didn't like this place, he didn't know where to go.
There are many kinds of rice noodles here, and the prices are not expensive. A bowl of ordinary rice noodles costs ten yuan. Gu Zheng noticed that their bowls are quite big, which is considered affordable.
If it's affordable and tastes good, then the business will definitely be good.
After ordering two bowls of the most ordinary rice noodles, Gu Zheng waited on the side. The reason for the two bowls was that the driver also had one bowl. The driver didn't expect Gu Zheng to treat him, so he smiled embarrassedly and finally accepted it.
The rice noodles here are really good, and he is also a frequent customer here.
When the rice noodles were served, Gu Zheng smelled them first. The taste was a little bit strong, and there were a lot of ingredients, but there was no way. It was also a common problem of many fast food. If you want to taste good, you need more ingredients. Popular fast food can't suppress the taste of these ingredients at a high cost, so it can only be like this.
You get what you pay for. Gu Zheng didn't care and took a bite casually.
The taste of the rice noodles is really good, it is very elastic, and it doesn't stick to your teeth. The grade of the rice noodles has reached the low level, which is not bad. Gu Zheng didn't expect to eat ordinary-level food at roadside stalls. Let alone ordinary level, it is difficult to even eat inferior food.
Reaching the low level, at least proves that their ingredients are good, and no chemical ingredients are added. If they are added, it is definitely garbage ingredients, or even poisonous.
Gu Zheng ordered a bowl of chicken rice noodles for 10 yuan. There were not many chicken pieces, just a few pieces, but to Gu Zheng's surprise, the chicken pieces were also low-quality ingredients, which meant that the chickens they used were free-range chickens, at least they ate very little feed, rather than the kind that were purely ripened with feed in the chicken cage.
The rice noodles tasted really good. As noon approached, more and more people came here, and it was no problem to fill the seats.
However, the taste of the rice noodles was still a little lacking, and there was no special highlight, so it was difficult to comment. Gu Zheng could only look for it again.
After eating the rice noodles, the driver immediately took Gu Zheng to another place.
He knew that Gu Zheng was looking for delicious food, but he didn't know what kind of food Gu Zheng wanted. He introduced three places but none of them worked, which made him a little confused, so he could only ask again.
"So, is there a place with good taste and good environment? The price doesn't matter!"
Gu Zheng thought about it and gave the driver an answer. He was mainly looking for special food, and the price really didn't matter, as long as it wasn't that kind of sky-high price, but the price of the place that the driver knew and could take him to was estimated not to be too high.
"What you said is true, but the price is indeed a bit high!" After thinking for a while, the driver said softly.
"How much is it per capita?" Gu Zheng asked casually.
"At least more than 100!"
The driver quickly replied. More than 100 per capita is a very expensive place in the driver's eyes. He said the minimum, and it may even be 200 or 300 per person.
"Let's go to the place you said!"
Gu Zheng immediately replied. One or two hundred per person, two or three hundred is nothing. Many exquisite and distinctive delicacies have this price. If it is a famous chef, there are many people who charge one or two thousand per person.
For example, Wang Dong's place is very expensive. The per capita price is not less than one thousand, and there is no seat every day.
"Okay!"
The driver quickly agreed, took the car, and immediately took Gu Zheng to the place he said.
That place is not far from where they ate rice noodles. It is an exquisite small courtyard. It is more like a remodeled old house, but the remodeling is very good.
This is a small restaurant. The restaurant is not big. There is no lobby, only private rooms, and there are only twelve private rooms.
The twelve private rooms were named after the twelve zodiac animals. When Gu Zheng arrived, only one room was left. Although there were only two of them, this room was given to them.
"What are the special dishes here?"
Gu Zheng asked casually after taking the driver to sit down. The driver was a little reserved. He and Gu Zheng were not familiar with each other. He had only heard about this place from others, and it was his first time here.
"We have many special dishes, the most famous ones are braised chicken feet, sweet and sour carp, Dongpo pork and shrimp egg custard!"
The waiter said quickly that they had more than a dozen special dishes, but the most ordered were the four he mentioned.
"Okay, you just said, serve one of each. If it's based on people, then serve two people!"
Four special dishes were just right, and they were all their representative special dishes. As for the price, Gu Zheng didn't even look at it. Even if it was expensive here, how expensive could it be? Gu Zheng was not short of money at this time.
"Boss, it's too much. Their dishes are not cheap!"
After the waiter left, the driver whispered. Gu Zheng didn't look at the menu, but he did. He was shocked after looking at it.
The braised chicken feet ordered by Gu Zheng cost 188 yuan per serving. One hundred and eighty-eight yuan. They could have eaten well outside, plus a box of beer.
This is just one dish, and the most expensive one is not this, but the sweet and sour carp.
Carp usually costs only a few yuan per catty, but here, a serving of sweet and sour carp costs 368 yuan. When the driver saw this price, his eyes almost popped out.
These two dishes cost more than 500 yuan, so he said it was expensive.
"It doesn't matter!" Gu Zheng smiled slightly. He came to find delicious food so that he could write articles. In fact, tasting other people's food is also his hobby. Although his cooking skills are very good now, it does not mean that he is better than everyone else and others have no advantages.
There must be a teacher among three people. The same is true for chefs. Many famous chefs often visit the people. Some of the methods of the people surprise them.
Even the immortal Tiexian has been walking around and tasting other people's food.
The first of the four special dishes is the braised chicken feet.
The chicken feet look very good, with a sultry fragrance. The aroma is very good and makes people very appetizing.
The chicken feet were placed in a jar. The jar was not big, and there were only about ten chicken feet in a jar. Gu Zheng took one out to taste it first. He took a bite, and the fragrance immediately rushed from his throat to his stomach.
The fragrance was very strong, very good.
This dish not only had a good fragrance, but also had good ingredients. It was actually inferior ingredients. They stewed it just right. It was not hard when bitten, but it was elastic and very rotten.
"Not bad!"
Gu Zheng exclaimed. This chicken feet was really well made and worth the price. Even if this chef had not reached the master level, he would have been close.
"It's really delicious!"
The driver was also eating. The chicken feet tasted really good, but the price was also good. If Gu Zheng hadn't brought him here today, he would definitely not have been willing to come to this place to eat.
The second dish served was Dongpo pork, which was ordered by person, one for each of the two people. Dongpo pork was also well made, not greasy, and melted in the mouth. However, Dongpo pork itself is a specialty of Hangzhou, so it is normal that it is better here.
The third one is shrimp egg custard. The egg and shrimp are cooked together, but they don't blend together. It's very creative and tastes good. They even added some tofu to the eggs, which makes the egg custard more tender and smooth.
To be precise, this should be egg tofu, but there are more eggs and less tofu, and they are all fresh.
The last one to come up is sweet and sour carp. The fish is not small, weighing three or four pounds, and it is served with a lid.
As soon as the lid is opened, a sweet fragrance comes to the face, and people's appetite is wide open, and they can't help but want to eat it.
The carp meat is tender and delicious, but carp also has a disadvantage, that is, there are many thorns. Many people don't like trouble, so they don't eat carp, and some people are afraid of being stuck by the thorns when eating carp.
Gu Zheng picked up a piece of jade meat, and the fish meat was emitting white smoke and was sent to the side of his mouth.
This carp also has thorns, but the thorns are very soft. When you shake it gently with your hands, the tiny thorns fall off, as if they are not together with the fish meat. This point is also praised by Gu Zheng.
The quality of the fish is very good, and it has reached the second-rate level, which means that this is definitely not artificially fed carp, but wild carp, and it is wild carp without pollution.
They can use such good ingredients, this dish is definitely worth the price, plus the unique taste, if it is placed in Shencheng, I am afraid that people will eat it even if it is a little more expensive.
The chef who made this dish is very good, which makes Gu Zheng curious and wants to see this chef.