Chapter 24 The first private kitchen in the capital
The next day, I woke up naturally, washed up, and took Xia Long and Xia Hu to run around the lake. I was full of energy and it was a brand new day.
Back to Diaoyutai, today is the last day. When Mr. Hu heard that Johnson Johnson had settled in the No. 7 courtyard of Diaoyutai, he was surprised and said, "You really..."
Johnson Chan laughed and joked: "Uncle Hu, if you like it, stay at any time for a few days!"
"You boy!" Butler Hu was choked and cursed with a smile: "Okay, I'll go find you if you have nothing to do. Eat, drink, defecation and urination are all yours!"
Hu Hai liked Johnson from the bottom of his heart, and after a few days of contact, he had already regarded it as a friend. He would definitely envy it, but he would never be jealous and hatred.
Just kidding, every day, it is the leaders of various countries. If they were jealous, they would have been unable to survive!
Johnson Chan asked Butler Hu to sit down and said sincerely: "You are old and knowledgeable. You will inevitably ask you for information in the future..."
"No problem!" Hu Hai waved his hand and said in a rare domineering manner: "Ask any questions and answers, I dare not say anything else. I am a little bit of land in the capital, but I am a clear place!"
Johnson nodded with satisfaction. Lao Hu was the biggest gain in the State Guesthouse. He often contacted him in the future and had no harm in his personal connections.
Although there is Vader's team, if you have the opportunity, you should make more contacts with yourself. In the past, you didn't have capital, so you must not let it go now.
The two chatted for a while, and it was already noon. Johnson asked, "Apart from the State Guesthouse, are there any other recommendations?"
"We have to tell you a good place..." Hu Hai pondered for a moment: "Accustomed to eating the chefs of Diaoyutai, there are not many other companies that can attract attention."
"The Li family cuisine is pretty good, and it is a craft that has been passed down from the palace. I served Cixi back then, and the taste is quite authentic."
Johnson nodded, and had long been famous, claiming to be the number one private dish. He must try it after Hu Hai's recommendation.
Hu Hai shook his head, but unfortunately said, "It's just too difficult to book. There are only three tables in a day. You may not be able to queue up half a month in advance."
"Or..." A thought flashed through Hu Hai's mind. Hao Baoli had a good relationship with the Li family. If the old man spoke, then?
But after hesitating, he still didn't say it. Johnson took up his mobile phone and dialed the channel: "I want to order the Li family dishes and arrange them as soon as possible."
Within three minutes, the phone rang again. Johnson said a few words, hung up and said with a smile: "Do you have a seat tonight, go together?"
Hu Hai was stunned. What a guy, SC Johnson is not simple! He agreed: "It's time to rest in the evening. After you check in, you will enjoy your good fortune."
Johnson Johnson was also very happy. Xia Long and Xia Hu must have worked diligently to fulfill his bodyguard responsibilities outside. It was too boring to eat by himself, so he happened to have Lao Hu to accompany him to have fun.
"Bird nest with wild silver shreds, braised shark fin, original abalone, roasted meat and floral gelatin, bird's nest mung bean rice..."
"Master Li Xiaolin is now the fourth generation descendant of Li Family Cuisine. His grandfather Li Shunqing was a minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the Tongzhi and Guangxu periods. He was appointed as the second rank and was deeply trusted by Cixi. In his later years, he sorted out the recipes of the imperial kitchen, so that the taste of the palace will be passed down from generation to generation in the Li Family Mansion."
Hu Hai recalled: "The preparation of palace dishes is often longer than cooking time. In order to prepare for the family dinner that day, Master Li needs almost a week to process the ingredients."
"It is not surprising that the emperor has hundreds of dishes for each meal. I still remember the first time I went to Li's house. I included 18 dishes in hand dishes, main dishes, soup dishes and sweets. Just looking at the appearance of the dishes, it was indeed almost the same as ordinary high-end restaurants, but only after chewing them in the mouth, I realized the mystery inside."
"In that small courtyard, at that time, only one table of dishes was made every day for more than ten people, and each person was charged 200 yuan. Another room was set up and two small tables were added, but it was enough for up to twenty people to eat in one night."
"One day, I suddenly went to several foreigners and said that I wanted to book a meal for three days in half a year. Afterwards, the relevant departments also conducted special safety supervision. It turned out that they knew that the reservation was a meal specially arranged for Clinton."
"As a result, because Clinton's itinerary was temporarily changed, the banquet that was booked half a year ago was not finally completed. Even so, there were three steps in Yangfang Hutong at that time, one post and two steps, and even the security personnel stood on the room."
"Later, it became bigger and bigger, and opened branches in Melbourne and Tokyo. Because the Tokyo restaurant insisted on using raw materials from Beijing, it won two Michelin stars."
Hu Hai took a sip of tea and continued: "No chemical raw materials such as MSG, the seasoning depends entirely on natural methods. The restaurant does not have any modern kitchen utensils, and they use fire stoves."
"For example, when making sweet and sour dishes, the sugar and vinegar I bought this time, how much sugar should be combined with the vinegar?"
"I've finished this time, and I'll do it in the same proportion next time. It's absolutely impossible to make a mistake. Because there will always be errors between one batch and another batch of brewed things, I have to try them myself and find the acid-base ratio again."
"For example, the famous dish, fried salty food, the ingredients include carrots, magnolia slices, mustard heads, coriander, shredded ginger, and several colors. If there are more carrots, just one piece of red, more coriander, and another piece of green."
"The proportions should be good, and the color coordination and distribution are also very particular. In this way, the dishes are served in a colorful and colorful way, showing the beauty of the shape."
"Even there is knowledge about serving the dishes. When the dishes are coded, who will follow whom? How to match them well? How to code them with large plates and small plates?"
"Fry, boil, steam, stir, and fry. The color cannot be too tight, and the color difference cannot be too large. These are all knowledge!"
Johnson nodded secretly, saying that the famous scholars are no less famous, and the private housekeeper of the State Guesthouse is praised by Lijia Cuisine.
"If you don't say anything else, the most impressive thing is the sauce meat!" Hu Hai seemed to remember something, and couldn't help but clattering his mouth a few times, and he said: "First a plate of white meat, one piece for each person, and then a plate of rice. The rice is served with the small plate of soy sauce."
"First use a spoon to make some rice into a small plate, then put a piece of white meat on the rice, and finally sprinkle soy sauce on top of the rice and white meat and mix it with it. The meat has the aroma of rice and soy sauce."
"The meat is marinated by the old man of the Li family when he gets up early every morning and cooks it. When he eats it, he doesn't have the fat and smoothness. The golden egg custard looks bright and it looks really good."
"Each person has a small portion. After eating it, I feel a faint egg fragrance. The egg custard seems to have glutinous rice, which tastes sticky."
"I have never eaten such delicious bibimbap. It's simple, but I still remember it!"
Chapter completed!