In his spare time, Shao Yan did not go to the seminar, so he concentrated in the store.
Father Shao asked him to airlift back a batch of fresh seafood from the coast. The most eye-catching sea urchins lay in the basket one by one, grinning with big black thorns and claws, looking terrifying. Shao Yan had never seen such a thing before, especially when he was still alive, so he squatted in the kitchen and studied.
Before it was time for dinner, Tian Fangli was leaning against the counter with his chef hat and talking, talking about what Louis and the others had just heard from the taxi driver.
Almost famous restaurants in Province A participated in the food show organized by Shao Brothers. The program was broadcast on the TV station of Province A for several days, and the ratings were not low, but the Royal Gate Xi did not know whether it was intentional or unintentional. Excluded from this event.
Even Tian Fangli only learned the news after the start of the filming of the show. No matter how stupid he is, he can see that his family has been squeezed out.
He saw that Shao Yan looked nonchalant after listening to his complaints, and thought that the other party was a sinister person who could not understand these subtleties. Tian Fangli has worked under Shao's father for so many years and has seen too many dirty things. Shao Yan is already twenty, and he feels that he should also let the other party know the way. After all, the Shao family is an only child like Shao Yan. Sooner or later, Shao Yan will inherit the family business.
Shao Yan listened to him chattering about the competitive relationship between Shao's restaurant and Yumenxi after the separation of the Shao family. He learned that in recent times, Shao's intentionally or unintentionally formed an alliance with other restaurants in Province A. Just think it's funny. Shao's father had already said that he would shift the focus of business to those economically developed areas in S City, and Shao Yubo's petty behavior is undoubtedly quite ridiculous to him. As for the so-called food show in City A... who cares! Had it not been mentioned by Tian Fangli, he hadn't even heard of it.
The sea urchin is very fresh. After Shao Yan heard that this thing can be eaten raw, he cut it and swallowed it. The sea urchin is cool and smooth with the unique sweetness of seafood. It tastes good, Shao Yan still want to do something else.
The kitchen door was knocked, and apprentices wouldn't usually come at this time. Shao Yan glanced at his watch, and his face showed two doubts.
The door opened, and the waiter on duty at the front desk came in. He glanced at Tian Fangli, whose face was a little ugly because the speech was interrupted, and cautiously said to Shao Yan: "Shao Yan, there are a few foreigners outside looking for you..."
Yan Shao's name was called jokingly. Later, the waiter in the royal gate of S city called him this way. He don't know since when his collective name in City A changed to this.
Shao Yan didn't remember any foreigners he knew, so he said to her, "It's not time for dinner. You let them go first and come back at four o'clock."
The waiter held the door hesitantly and pleaded, "But they said it was your friend... ..."
Shao Yan frowned, "When did I have foreign friends?"
Louis and the others were hungry. The royal gate at this time was empty and the lights were not turned on. They also had to persuade the front desk supervisor for a long time. Go to the kitchen and inform Shao Yan. Louis's friend looked around the neatly arranged tables and chairs in the Imperial Gate Hall.
The decoration style here is very similar to that of the S City Imperial Gate Hall, except that the details are slightly older. In general, the environment can still score high. There was no way to eat anything on the plane. From boarding the plane to now, a group of people ate a few breads. Seeing such a dining environment, they felt hungry.
Danny complained to Louis: "Why don't you have a contact information for him? Of course the restaurant is closed at three o'clock. We might as well go outside and find some special snacks."
How can Louis say that he is not familiar with Shao Yan at all. He came to City A to find someone with a lot of blood, and now he can only use his swollen face to fill the room. The front desk supervisor walked for more than ten minutes as soon as he left. The long waiting time made him nervous. It was easy to see the figure inside from a distance, and he was immediately relieved when he caught Shao Yan.
The image of Louis Leng Gao disappeared, and he waved at Shao Yan excitedly and shouted, "Here!!!"
Who is this?
Shao Yan couldn't understand what he said or his face, carrying a freshly washed sea urchin and approaching in confusion. Louis immediately realized that the other party had forgotten who he was and was greatly frustrated, so he tried to remind the other party to remember him.
Shao Yan couldn't understand what he was saying, and immediately didn't want to go there. He grabbed the foreman's clothes and stopped: "What is this person talking about?"
"He said he met you in S city, and a person named Yan Xi Your friend..."
Shao Yan recalled for a long time before he remembered the foreigner who was sitting in a box with Yan Xi the day the passion fruit wine came out. Foreigners look the same to him, and it is a bit difficult for him to get his head off. Shao Yan is not familiar with Louis, but because of a serious relationship, he can't drive people away casually, so he has to walk over.
The languages of both parties are not fluent. Fortunately, the almighty foreman can speak three foreign languages, which makes communication much easier.
After hearing that Shao Yan was the person they were looking for, the group of friends that Louis had brought were all very surprised. They thought that their goal shouldn't be seventy and eighty. They should also be a somewhat older chef with many years of experience. After all, after all these years, there are really few chefs who can be highly praised by Louis, and the chefs of restaurants with three-star standards for Gumei are no exception. They are not young.
Everyone was hesitating. Shao Yan saw Louis wrinkling a nice face and said pitifully that he was hungry. After hesitating for a while, he glanced up and down at each other, then turned around and walked towards the kitchen: "Come with me. Pick, when is this chosen?"
The foreman smiled and only translated the good words. Louis stared at Shao Yanqing's thin and straight back, and his heart felt as warm as a spring breeze.
"Are you kidding Louis?"
"We came to City A to find him when we were exhausted?"
"This person looks very uncomfortable!"
As soon as Shao Yan left Louis' group of friends, he caught up. Surrounding him, a group of people whispered their dissatisfaction with what they had just seen. Louis seemed to see himself more than a week ago through these people, just smiled and didn't talk much.
There are a lot of ingredients in the back kitchen, but Shao Yan didn't plan to make more solemn things. The ground was full of seafood, and there were sea urchins he broke out on the cooking table. Shao Yan complained about the ignorance of these uninvited guests. After thinking about it, he asked Tian Fangli: "Is there any steamed rice at noon?"
Tian Fangli turned over. He looked for it: "There is still a little bit of Bijing rice, but not too much."
"You put the rice out, and then go to the cold storage to find the big roe and the beef I marinated in the morning."
Shao Yan found a big one. Bowl, pour out a few sea urchins, pick out the internal organs and wash them. Sea urchins were plump and golden, crowded tremblingly in a large bowl. Shao Yan poured a few drops of lemon juice on top, dividing the bijing rice into several bowls, and then directly spread the sea urchin on it.
The roe that Tian Fangli brought was red and watery. When he fished it out, Shao Yan couldn't help throwing one into his mouth. The fresh juice burst out of the thin roe film, and his mouth was full of special fishy freshness. .
Shao Yan opened the iron plate and spread his marinated chunks of beef on the surface of the plate. The knife in his hand cut the iron like mud. He cut the meat into small pieces while frying, and the neat and crisp movements made Tian Fangli who watched him cooking too much, couldn't help but stop and immerse himself in the work.
The beef with fine fatty fiber is grilled at a high temperature to give off a rich and tangy aroma, and the dark brown surface is filled with gravy. Shao Yan made a large plate that seemed to him to be very cryptic, divided a few pieces into each plate, and poured the sauce he made.
Then he scooped a bowl of soaked fish roe into a bowl of sea urchin and rice, thought for a moment, and decorated with a handful of fish floss he had eaten before, and then left the soaked fish roe. The sauce poured on.
"I'm afraid this is not enough." Tian Fangli couldn't help but remind him when he saw that he had finished all these and sat on the side, obviously not planning to do it.
Shao Yan raised his chin on the large soup pot next to him: "Then there are my marinated goose and foie gras? It's enough to cut out a few plates. If you don't have enough to eat, you can just give it to the bread. I still want to eat the full Han's table this time? You have to charge for the food."
Tian Fangli looked at him speechlessly for a while. The people in the store were not off work except for a few people on duty at this time. He had to cut the goose and foie gras and brought other dishes to others. Go up.
The speed of serving dishes is so fast that it is a bit surprising to those who haven't waited long. After all, delicate food takes a lot of time to cook. Only then did they remember that they didn't seem to order food yet, and there was a sense of being neglected in their hearts. After seeing the delivered items, their unhappy mood improved a little.
Shao Yan gave the emperor a plate for so many years, so he could not just use the technique casually. The sea urchin rice that is ready for less than three minutes before and after is served in a small green bowl similar to stoneware. The intense collision of the golden sea urchin and golden red roe and the small bowl of bismuth oil brings an ultimate visual enjoyment.
The diners still eat the set of mystery that Shao Yan disdains, and the lonely pieces of beef on the big plate are also highly praised in terms of presentation. Although the roasted goose and foie gras that were delivered later did not match the first few dishes, but the stomach was so hungry, who would take care of them if they had food.
Regardless of whether it is up to standard, just eat it if you see it pleasingly. Just now, some people who were still complaining about Louise immediately put their chopsticks on the sea urchin rice that seemed to fill up the stomach. A spoonful of sea urchin mixed with rice and garnished with a few fish roe just entered the mouth, everyone subconsciously in their mouths "Hmm" there was a sound.
How could it smell like this! ?
They thought it was just an ordinary sea urchin rice, which is not uncommon in various restaurants, especially R national cuisine restaurants, because the highlight of a bowl of rice almost depends on sea urchin to improve, so the most important conditions of all steps It is the freshness of sea urchins. But the bowl of sea urchin rice in front of them undoubtedly subverted their previous impression of sea urchin rice.
The umami flavor of sea urchin is no longer the indisputable focus. The rice has a light bamboo fragrance, and the sweet fish floss and fish roe are also outstanding. These flavors are mixed with the same distinctive sauce on the top, and the delicious composition makes people instantly relieve their guards!
Louis knew at the moment of the entrance of the sea urchin rice that he had come to bet on this trip. He hasn't encountered such an intoxicating food for too long. The last time there was a similar move was in a private restaurant in P country that only serves the royal family.
It was almost the most delicious meal he had ever eaten in his life, and it was also the most impressive three-star sign he awarded. History is always so similar, and the shocks that have been going around go round and round, and he feels it again in this humble new restaurant in Country C.
Before he could swallow the sea urchin rice in his mouth, Louis hurriedly forked a piece of hot beef and stuffed it into his mouth. The gravy that filled his mouth instantly was incredibly delicious. In fact, he has always admired the original beef without any treatment, and he insists that the taste of the marinade will take away the deliciousness of the beef itself.
But at this moment he discovered that the original marinated beef would have such an irresistible flavor! The combination of the fragrant sauce and the obviously very high-quality beef flavor, the taste is tender and elastic, it is definitely a top enjoyment!
The poor portion of beef was eaten in three or two bites. While mixing the sea urchin rice in a bowl, Louis prodded his hands to the small plate of foie gras in front of him. The foie gras is cut very thick, the brine is obviously the flavor of country C, and I don't know what is in it, the combined effect is surprisingly good!
The plump foie gras has been thoroughly eaten from the inside out, and the taste is slightly harder than western foie gras, and it is full of rich foie gras fragrance when chewed. The cut into small pieces of braised goose has a shiny skin, and the black and red soup penetrates into the fibers of the goose meat. The taste is smooth and tender, and it is no less than any dish on this table!
Louis felt that he should say something at this time, but when he raised his head, he found that his companions were lowering their heads and eating like him. These dishes suit his tastes, so he was even more surprised than the stinky tofu and stinky mandarin fish that he ate at the Imperial Gate in S City last time.
Seeing that his group of friends who complained a few minutes ago are now slapping themselves like he did when they first ate at the Imperial Gate, Louis unexpectedly gave birth to a shameful relief that was more than just him.
"Is this really sea urchin rice..."
"I have never eaten such excellent sea urchin in the top three-star restaurant in R country!"
"The roe is not fishy at all! How is this done?"
"God, this rice is more delicious than the sushi rice in Country R..."
After listening to these comments, Louis quickly skewered a few pieces of goose and foie gras and put them on his plate, suddenly remembering the process of eating a meal. The foreman who hurriedly wiped his mouth and shouted and looked at them with a smile: "Excuse me, where is the wine we serve?"
The foreman was taken aback when he was asked. The imperial seat has never had this rule, and has never encountered a guest. Ask. These people are Shao Yan's "friends". She didn't dare to take it lightly when she was entertained, so she had to say sorry and went in to ask Shao Yan.
"Tsk! Why are there so many things!" Shao Yan was so angry when he heard the foreman's questioning. When he couldn't catch up, he came to eat and clamored for drinks. Is it difficult for foreigners to have such a thick face? He glanced around, and the foreman shrank by the door tremblingly because he was angry. Shao Yan didn't want to embarrass a big slim girl, so he could only sigh a wine bottle from the top of the kitchen cabinet and put it on the table: "You take it to them."
" Huh huh huh!!!" The foreman raised his voice as soon as he saw the bottle, "Hua Niu! How can you do this, Yan Shao! The store has been out of stock for so long, so you secretly hide your own goods."
"What I hide, and I don't drink." Shao Yan waved his hand. "This belongs to Tian Fangli."
After seeing the bottle of wine brought by the foreman, Louis fidgeted nervously on the stool. The dishes on the table didn't have much time. It's almost done, everyone is gnawing on the braised goose head and goose neck that they would never use. The goose meat that is soaked in the marinade and fragrant in the teeth and cheeks will chew the bones and have a different flavor. Louis originally disliked the lymph in the necks of birds, but at this time, there is no concentration to be hypocritical!
The companions ate all the goose brains and goose claws clean, because the speed of eating was too fast, and at this time they realized that they seemed to be a little struggling. The group lowered their heads to restore their composure and wiped their mouths. After looking at each other, they nodded and affirmed the value of this meal. Originally, they were planning to say something before they could leave. Unexpectedly, the foreman brought another bottle of wine at this time.
"Huh?" Danny asked subconsciously, "Is this for us?"
The foreman didn't know what to say, or Louis kicked him and said: "What nonsense, this is the wine for the royal banquet. , It's the one that sold out in S city and made me wait for a month and a half."
Danny couldn't help but laughed, took the bottle and began to unseal it, and said: "It's not a normal thing to let you remember for so long. , The bottle of Boton Winery last time in 1977 tastes great, but national wine C must not suit my stomach...Oh!"
When he smelled the scent of wine, Danny instantly swallowed the remaining words that were close to his mouth. He drunkly leaned on the mouth of the bottle and smelled the scent of the wine, frowning involuntarily, "God..."
Louis looked at him warily, and he saw that the first move he saw was to pour wine into his glass. After the goblet of water was full, there would not be much left in the bottle, so Louis quickly got up to grab it!
The Qinglihuigan liquor entered the mouth, and everyone who was already full couldn't help but sigh slightly. Their way of tasting wine is slower than that of many people, and their sense of smell and taste buds are thus more fully enjoyed. Danny held his small wine glass and hiccuped. Seeing that Louis was still drinking cautiously, he couldn't help but put out a thumb at him with admiration: "You're good."
"No." Louis thought of the reason. You will find the reason for the embarrassment of the Yumenxi shop, and can't help but shook his head, "This is a trick of fate."
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After that, Louis stayed in City A for a period of time, with friends every day The two meals were almost solved at the Imperial Gate. After staying until Shao Yan's flowers brewed new products and the supply was no longer so tight, he only bought more than ten bottles of Shi Shiran with his quota per person and left.
The young girl in the Imperial Gate was so fascinated by Louis and his friends that all the branches in City A knew that a group of rich foreigners had arrived in Tianfu. This group of foreigners spend at least 40,000 to 50,000 at the royal gate every day, not to mention eating and buying wine. So when Louis and the others really left, the waiters who were accustomed to the royal seats they patronized couldn't bear it.
When Louis and the others were staying in City A, they remembered the taxi driver's words, realizing that they had been too arrogant towards the restaurants in the past, so they also specially found the list to taste, and finally left with disappointment. Including the old signature Shao's restaurant, no restaurant in the show alliance can have amazing tastes.
Since the restaurant can be bigger, the taste of the dishes is definitely not much worse, but the standard of the Gumei judging has never been enough for the entrance. What can be crowned the name of true food must be the existence that allows people to taste happiness with their taste buds.
Yumenxi obviously did this, but the veritable restaurant was excluded from the propaganda of a mob, which is undoubtedly a ridiculous and sad thing. However, even though they were reluctant to leave, they still had to say goodbye to Yumenxi. The new issue of Gu Mei's gourmet annual magazine was about to be finalized. Louis must go back a little earlier and add his own experience of dining at Yumenxi to the owner. Go to the camp of glory.
Shao Yan never noticed that Louis and the others had left. He was busy integrating the outstanding apprentices in City A to carry out the devil training that Maeda Oda and the others had experienced. He was busy with alcohol that was in short supply in Province A and City S. Researching new dishes and his own studies, the decision to open a branch in S City sacrificed all his recent personal time.
Tian Fangli was still worried about being able to join the TV Food Alliance of Province A. She always sent someone to watch it sneakily, and then told Shao Yan that these alliance restaurants didn't know why there were always so many foreigners, like province A. The foreigners are all concentrated on their side.
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The Shao Group has recently spent a lot of money on publicity expenses alone. The sponsorship fee of the TV station in Province A is not cheap, but only after paying the money will the program group really treat Shao as a key role. It is not easy to stand out among so many restaurants. The sufficient exposure rate has made the influence of the old Shao's signature revive. Many cities near City A have people who come to Shao's home to taste the show after watching the show.
The large-scale advertisements in the prosperous business districts of various cities in Province A, the softness of various channels, and all the corners of city A that can penetrate. Shao Yubo even signed an agreement with a rental company in City A. Once you encounter foreigners or foreigners who have a clear purpose to find food, you must do everything possible to promote Shao's restaurant. The Shao's restaurant downstairs even has a special registration person. Every time a table of guests is brought to the door, the restaurant will pay the driver two hundred yuan for the hard work.
This is a big deal! Drivers who can talk more can earn nearly a thousand a day, so fools don't do it. Shao Yubo is not for the turnover that these customers can create after they come to the door. What he likes is that these people who are looking for food have a probability of one in ten thousand possible Gumei review.
After all, Gumei originated in country F. In recent years, there have been few restaurants in country C on the list. It is very, very likely that the judges are foreign nationals. For this, Shao Yubo turned his head in a low voice and invited Zhao Weber back to the restaurant to be the chef. It didn't take much, even if one Gu Mei's one-star comment, he was satisfied!
The Shao's waiters have received key training, and their attitudes towards foreign customers, especially foreign customers, are really chilling. This situation makes some old customers who have visited many times feel uncomfortable. However, Shao Yubo obviously did not notice that the number of old customers returning from the restaurant recently appeared less. He concentrated on TV and various propaganda work, and spent almost all his energy for this.
He deliberately or unintentionally ignores the imperial gate in this propaganda, no matter how cautious he is, people will be discovered. In the past, Yumenxi rose rapidly in the short term, and many people were not optimistic about the new brand restaurant because of the tit-for-tat between the two. Now the Shao family unites almost all the established enterprises in Province A, but only one Yumenxi is missing. , More people watch the jokes.
This situation can be regarded as a kind of cold treatment even if it is not regarded as being attacked by colleagues in the industry. How can people in the arena without any dependence? After all, the Shao family has a big family. Although the business has been deserted some time ago because of the death of the old man, but recently because of Shao Yubo's publicity, it has begun to warm up.
When the Shao family regained its previous strength, the huge province A would not know if there would be a position of Yumenxi. In this way, the Yumenxi had shifted the focus of business to outside the province early, and it became a kind of Quite a wise way to avoid the limelight.
He don't know when, in Province A and even in many areas around Province A, news began to circulate that a Shao's restaurant would soon be crowned with the title of Gumei Star. The people who spread these words circulate in different forums, speaking with noses and eyes. Sometimes, for fear of not being eye-catching enough, he even wanted to bring out the history of the Shao family.
In contrast to this, it is naturally the voice shouting at the gate seat that gradually began to appear, but this voice is not obvious. It is just that some unidentified "locals in City A" always seem to have when they support the old signboard of the Shao family. Ruowu stepped on the imperial gate.
This kind of thing can't be done too conspicuously, and the masses are not fools, and they will definitely find something wrong. Therefore, the argument of stepping on Yumenxi must not be cut from the cooking skills, most of the bad voices are criticizing Yumenxi for deviating from the traditional food morals. All the "old employees who left under Shao's father" all came up and began to reveal some unknown "scandals" at the royal gate. In their mouths, the reason why Yumenxi can develop so quickly is the blessing of the excellent hype team.
These black materials have no impact on the business of Yumenxi at all, and even spread the popularity of Yumenxi to a certain extent, but there are too many negative news in this way, and the impact on the image of a company that is still starting is very fatal. It was almost unnecessary for Shao's father to use his brain, even Shao Yan guessed who would do this kind of thing. The real Shao family and his wife behind the vest of the "old employee who left from Shao's father" also knew it well.
Yumenxi is busy opening branches now, it is the busiest time, how can there be time to take care of them? It just so happens that the Yan family has a lot of media to cooperate with. Shao's father thought about it, but he entrusted this matter to Yan Daichuan. No matter whether it was suppressing or sealing up, the old Shao family propaganda brand Shao father had no objection, but he didn't want to hear the malicious smearing of the imperial seat.
He didn't know that within a few days, the situation became more and more uncontrollable.
Originally it was just a small hype in the province of A. I don't know why Lao Gao rushed up like a raging fire. The Shao's restaurant and Yumenxi became the focus of discussion after they faded out of public's sight last time. Even the neighbours in the alley heard about the Gumei star overnight! After a meal, anyone can talk about this. The children all know that another restaurant in Country C will become a Gumei restaurant. Many people in the catering industry are also proud of this.
Among these new rounds of topics, the presence of Yumenxi is small and pitiful, and they are basically put forward to contrast with the old signs of the Shao family. The black material is rarely seen under control, but the imperial gate seats are simply stepped on under various contrasts and no advantage is found.
The scope of participation in this discussion is mostly limited to the middle and low classes who have never actually entered the imperial gate. The number of this class is also the most impressive. Obviously they have never set foot in Yumenxi or Shao's restaurant, but they are very good at analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of the two.
They memorized the history of the Shao family and knew well about the population of the Shao family and the Yumenxi, and then they unanimously determined that although the Yumenxi is now influential outside the province, in terms of strength, it must be slightly inferior to the Shao family who has been in business for so many years. .
How dare you refute?
Then why did Elder Shao give the company to the younger son instead of the older son? Why don't you stay in city A and go to city S? Why did the chef, who was obviously a relative of Yumenxi, also defect to Shao's house? Could this be for no reason?
The situation was a little out of control. For the first time since the opening of the Imperial Gate, Shao's father faced the offensive of public opinion. Although he was not in a hurry, he was somewhat angry. Especially when he saw those remarks that didn't know how to pretend to understand strong words, he even had the heart to find Shao Yubo. The old customers of Yumenxi expressed their trust and sympathy to him. Everyone seemed to subconsciously identify the initiator of this incident as Shao Yubo who was thousands of miles away.
Only Yan Daichuan, who comforted Shao's father not to worry about this matter, knew that the situation was far from simple.