Chapter 663： Provincial celebrity chef

  Chapter 663 Famous chef in the provincial capital

After arriving in Bei'an, Yu Han's itinerary was very casual.

Wherever you want to go, just go there.

Eat whatever you want.

When he came to the Maxima Hotel, he didn't make an appointment in advance, so he was arranged in the lobby for the meal.

There was a table of customers leaving just in front, so he sat next to the aisle.

While waiting for the dishes, from time to time, waiters would pass by him with customers who ordered good meals, or go to the boxes on the first floor, or go directly to the second floor.

Yu Han had nothing to do, and unknowingly began to look at the passers-by and the customers at the next table.

The business of Maxima is very prosperous, and the open hall is already full of guests.

He was lucky. After ordering, there happened to be an empty table.

And those who came later were not so lucky.

There were two customers. After ordering, they were led to the waiting area to wait.

There is no place to eat, the customers are anxious, and the waiters are also anxious.

After Yu Han sat and waited for the meal for a while, two waiters came to the open hall one after another to check the dining situation.

The young couple sitting on the left side of Yu Han was obviously about to finish their meal.

But the two of them were eating and chatting, seeing that they had left the two customers in the distance, but they didn't want to get up for a long time.

Yu Han glanced twice unconsciously, and then was attracted by the arrival of the food passer.

The waiter brought over a dish, put it on the table quickly, and articulated the name of the dish: "This dish is distiller's lees field fish!"

Yu Han's eyes fell on the light blue shallow porcelain plate.

The plate is very beautiful, with frosted edges and a seashell-like light blue color.

There are two complete field fish lying in the middle, and a few tender green onion leaves are covered between the two fish. The soup is shallow, and only half of the fish body is soaked. It doesn't look like a vegetable. , rather like a static painting.

Since Yu Han came here, he has tasted a lot of local delicacies, but it was his first time to eat Tianyu.

This dish is still very distinctive in Bei'an. When I made a travel strategy before, someone mentioned this kind of seafood, but the method is different.

When the food was not served, he felt a little nervous, for fear of stepping on thunder, but now, seeing the shape of the plate, he felt relieved.

This fish looks really delicious.

I didn't realize it at first, but at this time Yu Han looked at the dishes in front of him, and he was really hungry.

He stretched out his chopsticks to pick a piece of tender fish belly and put it into his mouth, savoring it carefully.

It looks like a simple dish, but it tastes extremely delicious.

It can be tasted. When cooking, it should be strong wine. The wine is very old and strong.

The smell of wine penetrates into the fish, and the fish is golden red, and its color has a kind of intoxicating beauty, and the smell of wine is wafting.

In the mouth, the fish meat is delicate and smooth, with a long aftertaste, and the essential taste of the fish meat begins to sublimate after chewing carefully.

Along with tasting the distiller's lees thick soup and the shallot soaked in the soup, Yu Han suddenly felt a little drunk.

I feel that in the vicissitudes of life, there is a little sorrow again, as if I feel that this fish has left the lake and river alone, it is sleeping in the wine, and it is filled with intoxicating taste.

The field fish is not big, and there are two on a plate. Yu Han didn't eat the staple food, and he didn't drink alcohol. He just ate it carefully and tasted it with great concentration. It is moist from the flesh of distiller's grain fish.

The two fish were half eaten, and another dish was served.

Yu Han was still sipping the taste of the field fish, but his eyes fell on the newly served dishes in front of him.

"This dish is rich eel stew!"

The orderer carefully placed the casserole on the table.

The soup in the casserole is steaming and looks crystal clear.

Yu Han put down his chopsticks, picked up a spoon, and filled a piece of eel glue first.

The taste is waxy and slippery, and there is no fishy smell.

As a native of the coastal city in the south, Yu Han has eaten a lot of seafood since he was a child, especially the people in the area where his family lives, who like to eat raw and marinated seafood.

For example, raw pickled mantis shrimp, raw pickled shrimp and crab, etc., are called "seafood poison".

These are really delicious, and I have loved them since I was a child.

But in fact, he is still a little afraid of the fishy smell, and the fishy smell of some isinglass is really not flattering.

However, Maxima’s back kitchen handles the eel gelatin very well, and it really doesn’t smell fishy. It’s probably because it’s soaked well, or it’s also related to cleaning the inner membrane.

It is more related to the origin of the variety.

Thinking of Maxima's reputation, Yu Han secretly praised him.

It really is the real thing!

The next spoonful contains a piece of dark stuff, I don’t know what it is, it’s a round ball, and the unique taste of the starter can only be tasted in the mouth.

This spherical thing turned out to be Fa Cai balls.

Inhaled the strong aroma of eel gelatin and bone broth, the Fa Cai **** tasted delicious and refreshing.

And if you fish it carefully, you can find small square pieces of meat, which taste like pork, and the meat is very delicate.

One bite after another, he ate the rich stewed eel gelatin.

Although he had just tasted two dishes, Yu Han was full of anticipation for the next dishes.

It is really thanks to the blessings of the two old men just now, otherwise how could I have tasted such delicious dishes.

Yu Han was overjoyed.

Before the new dishes came to the table, he had already eaten the distiller's lees Tianyu. If it weren't for the fact that the stewed eel gelatin was too hot, basically there would be only a little soup base left.

While he was slurping his soup, the passer came again.

This time, the food was served very quickly. Almost as soon as a plate of hot food was served on the table, when I turned around, another large round white porcelain bowl with a deep mouth was served.

First served is a plate of fresh mushroom fish eggs.

It tastes soft and smooth, with a fresh taste.

Yu Han especially likes the side dishes yam and white jade mushroom in it. The yam is soft and glutinous, and it tastes oily and greasy.

It is perfect when paired with fish eggs.

However, what interested Yu Han most was the eel stewed in wine that was served later.

Because of its extremely rich nutrition, eel has always been known as "soft gold in water" and "ginseng in water".

Yu Han has also eaten it before, but it has always been grilled, steamed, or braised.

It is the first time in my life to taste the bowl of wine stewed in front of me.

Getting closer, the first thing you smell is the strong aroma of wine, which seems to be more mellow than the previous dish of distilled rice field fish.

And when he stretched out his chopsticks to pick it up, he saw the long eel, the fish meat spread out like an organ, and the long eel suddenly broke.

Visually, I still feel quite shocked!

Yu Han secretly sighed!

This Chef Fu is not only good at cooking, but also has superb knife skills!

Yu Han is very experienced in eating eel. The eel meat is thick and the fish skin is very tough, so when he stretched out his chopsticks, he directly pointed the mouth of the chopsticks at the position of the fish skin.

Put a piece of fat and tender eel into a bowl, and take a bite. The slightly sweet soup is soaked in the soft and waxy eel meat, and it feels super satisfying after one bite.

The river eel stewed in wine is really good!

And I don’t know if it’s because of the special wine. The eel meat tastes dense and plump. It can feel tough when you pick it up, but it melts in your mouth when you eat it.

And what surprised Yu Han the most was this bowl of soup.

The entrance of the wine is rich and fragrant, and the taste of the wine is sweet and mellow.

Even if Yu Han is like this, people who usually drink beer can taste it. This fish stew wine must be extraordinary.

After taking several sips, I only feel slightly drunk, which is just right, the alcoholic nature of this wine is very soft.

The whole dish, Yu Han sips slowly, only feels the aroma of the wine, warming the heart.

This dish is wonderful!

I never thought that the eel stewed with wine tastes so delicious!

And at this time, the passer came over again.

"Sir, the millet river crab is ready!"

The passer puts a large disc on the table.

A wide-mouthed round bowl is placed on the white porcelain plate, and the whole crab shell is placed on the side of the bowl. There is also a branch that looks like a branch, but it is actually a branch painted with chocolate. It is matched with tender green celery leaf.

But this dish instantly caught Yu Han's attention, but it was the crab shape in the porcelain bowl decorated with whole crab meat.

Regardless of the taste of this dish, the creativity of the presentation alone is enough to amaze people.

"Hey! This crab is beautifully disassembled!"

Yu Han raised his head upon hearing the sound, only to see a middle-aged man in his forties looking up at the dishes in front of him.

Seeing Yu Han looking over, the middle-aged man smiled kindly: "Little brother, your dish looks really good!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and asked the waiter leading the way: "What does he order?"

Yu Han's dining table happened to be close to the aisle, the waiter moved a little, and also stretched his head to take a look, but he couldn't immediately report the name of the dish.

The waiter looked at this in surprise, it seemed to be the staple food of seafood porridge, and he was confused: "This"

Although she has only been working in the store for two months, as a waiter, the store has very strict requirements on them, such as the service process in the store, all departments, especially the various dishes and drinks, must be familiar Degree.

But this dish.

Not on the recipe!

Such a characteristic dish, if she had seen it before, she would definitely be impressed.

Damn it!

The waiter faltered, unable to answer at all.

Yu Han said with a smile, "This dish is called millet river crab. It's an old-fashioned dish in this restaurant. It's not on the menu."

The middle-aged man was obviously surprised: "Oh? It's not on the menu? Then how did you order it?"

Yu Han explained: "When I was ordering food, I happened to meet two old gentlemen. After hearing their order, I thought it was very good, so I followed suit and asked for a table."

The middle-aged man nodded: "So it is."

As he spoke, he looked at the other dishes in front of Yu Han.

In addition to an eel and a casserole soup, the other dishes have been eaten up.

The middle-aged man asked with great interest: "These dishes you ordered are all old-fashioned dishes?"

Yu Han replied: "Yes!"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "It looks really good!"

Yu Han ordered four dishes and one staple food by himself, but he ate like this, which shows that the dishes are very delicious.

The middle-aged man turned his head and asked the waiter: "Can you give me another one according to this table?"

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly added: "Of course, the dishes I ordered just now are also served together, plus these few more."

The waiter glanced at the table number Yu Han was at, and quickly responded, "Yes!"

They were talking here, and someone came over.

The waiter turned his head and took a look. He froze when he was about to evade, and greeted with a busy smile: "Chef Yao!"

Yao Shizheng was walking and chatting with the person. He heard the sound and looked over. He nodded to the waiter first, and then noticed the middle-aged man standing next to him, and his pupils shrank!

"Kang Chu!"

The middle-aged man in front of him looked ugly, but in the circle, as long as the chef of Sanweiju, Kang Guijie, was mentioned, no one would not know it!

This experienced chef is a representative in the field of cooks in this province, or in the field of cooking. He is very famous and powerful.

Yao Shi had the opportunity to have dinner at the same table with Kang Guijie before, but because he lived in two places, he never had the opportunity to communicate in depth.

Never expected that I could see this boss in my store!

Kang Guijie also recognized Yao Shi.

Although the two of them only met once, there are still several well-known and well-connected colleagues in the circle who have heard of each other.

Especially Yao Shi is a talented person, he speaks and behaves quite gracefully, and it is easy to leave a deep impression on others.

"So it's Xiao Yao!"

Kang Guijie greeted Yao Shi with a smile.

Yao Shi is the head chef of Maxima Restaurant, and everyone in the circle knows about it.

Kang Guijie came to Bei'an for business today, and stopped by Qianlima for a meal, originally he didn't want to alarm Yao Shi.

It turned out to be a coincidence. I just entered the store and met.

Yao Shi is almost perfect in dealing with people and dealing with things.

He personally invited Kang Guijie into room 401, and even offered to help Zhang Luo order food.

"Kang Chu, you came just in time. Our store has received a new batch of salmon, and it is about to be put on the menu during the Chinese New Year. I will bring you a plate in a while, try it out."

Kang Guijie looks to be in his forties, but in fact he is already in his early fifties.

Yao Shi was in front of him, and he was also a junior.

Kang Guijie accepted this good intention, but seeing that Yao Shi was still trying to make a fuss, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "Xiao Yao, no need, I already ordered food just now, I can't eat any more."

Yao Shi was stunned: "Really? That's fine, but you can eat what you like."

When it came to his favorite food, Kang Guijie said with a smile: "Just now I got an order list from someone else. The young man ate old-fashioned dishes from your restaurant. It is said that there are no more on the menu. But , it looks pretty good to me, I just have a taste."

Yao Shi was obviously surprised: "Old-fashioned food?"

The waiter who followed hurriedly said at this time: "This is the order list for the 15 tables in the dining area on the first floor. Four dishes and one soup."

While the customer was talking to Yao Shi, the waiter hurriedly contacted the orderer to add more dishes.

Got the news over there, and quickly sent the order list for 15 tables.

Yao Shi couldn't help but also became interested: "What dish did you order, let me have a look."

The waiter hurriedly handed it over.

Yao Shi took it over to have a look, and couldn't help being taken aback.

I ordered this dish

Don't say it, it's really quite good!

are all special dishes that were once popular in their store, but now they are indeed removed from the menu.

(end of this chapter)