Chapter 49: Drafting the Menu
Early the next morning, Ruan Tang called a hoverboard and set off for the Empire State Building. The Empire State Building is not only the tallest building of the Blue Star Empire, but also the center of the empire's government affairs. It is very representative of the Blue Star Empire. It can be said that it is a very high-standard treatment to entertain the Root people here.
Although he was mentally prepared, when Ruan Tang stood downstairs of the Empire State Building, he was greatly shocked. He had never seen such a tall and magnificent building, it literally towered into the sky, It is more majestic than those high-rise buildings he has seen in the previous life.
There was an endless stream of government personnel coming and going, and they entered the Empire State Building through various gates in an orderly manner, and Ruan Tang followed the flow of people and walked in.
The entrance security facilities of the Empire State Building are tighter than he imagined. There are four gates in the southeast, north, and west for entry and exit, but there are sixteen small doors behind each gate, and each small gate is an independent security checkpoint. , implement the system of one gate and one person.
Ruan Tang walked to the gate and pressed his palm on the smart terminal at the door. After passing the biometric information inspection, the sensor door opened in response, and a small compartment appeared in front of him. He walked in slowly, and the sensor door also opened. Then it closed behind him, and then an infrared ray scanned his whole body, and after confirming that he was not carrying any suspicious items, the gate in front of him was opened.
After receiving the elevator card at the reception desk at the door, Ruan Tang took the elevator to the banquet hall on the fifty-fifth floor.
"Xiao Tang, you're here!" President Gu was sitting in the banquet hall with several chefs discussing the menu, and when he saw Ruan Tang coming out of the elevator, he immediately showed a kind smile.
"Hello President Gu." Ruan Tang walked over with a smile.
"This is Xue Ning, Cai Wenjie, Qian Bin, and Tao An, all of whom are excellent chefs from our association." President Gu introduced them with a smile, "This is Ruan Tang, so I don't need any more introductions."
Xue Ning is the only female chef among the group of people. She has a pretty face and a cold temperament. She doesn't seem to be easy to get close to. When President Gu was introducing everyone, she hardly looked in the direction of Ruan Tang. Both Cai Wenjie and Qian Bin are veteran chefs of a certain age and experience, and they have a mature and stable temperament. After the introduction by President Gu, they both nodded politely to Ruan Tang, which was regarded as a greeting. Tao An is President Gu's apprentice, probably the youngest of them. When he saw Ruan Tang, his eyes were fixed on him all the time, so Ruan Tang couldn't pay attention.
"Hello." Ruan Tang turned around and greeted him with a smile. Seeing the other party's big and bright eyes staring at him fiercely, he couldn't help but muttered in his heart. He should... have done anything for the other to hate him, right?"
After hearing his words, Tao An's eyes were so ferocious that he was about to materialize directly, and in the next second Ruan Tang's panicked eyes rushed up and grabbed his hand: "He-hello! Ruan Tang Sir! I, I, I am your fan!"
Ruan Tang, who almost thought that he would be beaten up, looked blank, let him hold his hand, and muttered "I will not wash my hands for a week" When he said something like "I won't wash my hands for a month", I still didn't realize it. This is... his... fan?
"Well...thank you."
Tao An became more excited when he thanked him, and his appearance was already ferocious like a prehistoric giant beast. Ruan Tang couldn't connect his expression with words at all.
Noticing his dazed expression, President Gu couldn't help laughing beside him, shaking his head, unable to laugh or cry, and said, "This apprentice of mine is like this...Although he looks rather vicious, he has a very easy-going and innocent personality. He is really your fan, usually pay attention to restraining his expression, but when he sees you, he may be a little too excited, and he can't control it...Xiaotang, you should take care of him more."
Tao An nodded bluntly beside him, his voice was as thick as a tiger roaring, holding Ruan Tang's hand in his strong arm, and continued to growl loudly: "Ruan, Mr. Ruan! I have been watching your live broadcast since the third episode. I started to follow the live broadcast, and I also made up for the recordings of the first two episodes before, and I never missed every episode after that. Although I haven’t spoken much, I will give gifts every time! But I don’t have enough money to be your room manager, like manager He..."
He calmed down, wiped away his tears and continued to growl: "I think you are really amazing, you can turn any simple ingredients into delicious food, it's like creating a world God! Oh, no, like a God of food!"
"By the way, my ID is Wangshu." The King Kong youth slightly lowered his head in embarrassment, blushing with excitement, his thick neck, and his big black eyes fixedly staring at him. "Do you have any impression?"
"Hmm... I seem to have a little impression, thank you for your support!" Ruan Tang couldn't laugh or cry, but he did have a little impression of Tao An's ID, after all, in the early days of the live broadcast room. The number of people is still relatively small, and the probability of familiarity with the audience will be relatively high.
At first, he thought that Tao An was a fan of the original owner, so he was so excited to see him, but he didn't expect that the other party was his live broadcast fan. Although Tao An seemed a bit talkative and agitated, and his image and personality were very inconsistent, Ruan Tang had a very good impression of him.
Contrast cuteness is fun, and Tao An's contrast is much bigger than He Yunchen's.
"It's good that you can get along well. Xiao An is very reliable in cooking, Xiao Tang, you can order him as you like." President Gu said with a smile, "Then let's start drawing up the menu now."
The visiting group of the Rutes is composed of twenty nobles of Rutes, and their entourage and fleet will also have nearly a thousand people. At that time, the important officials of the government and members of the royal family will receive the visiting group in the main hall of the banquet hall, while the rest of the Rutes dined in buffet style in the outer hall.
Except for Tao An, President Gu, Xue Ning, Cai Wenjie, and Qian Bin all participated in the Rutes people's reception banquet last time. Xue Ning is good at making soup. During the last Rutes people's visit, the few dishes she made were rich and mellow the broths are all raves by the Rutes. Cai Wenjie is good at frying and grilling, and the barbecue he makes is very popular among Rutes people. Qian Bin is good at steaming, and the food he cooks tastes quite good. It was perfectly fine for the three of them to be in charge of feeding the other Rutes during their visit.
And Ruan Tang and President Gu will be in charge of the highlight of the reception, which is the food in the main banquet hall, while Tao An will be in charge of helping them both. Although there are only 20 people in the visiting team of the Rutes, they are all nobles among the Rutes, and they must not be neglected in the slightest. In addition, there are also government officials and royal family members from the Blue Star Empire present. More attention must be paid to the drafting of the menu.
President Gu could see that Xue Ning and the others seemed to have some dissatisfaction and hostility towards Ruan Tang, probably because they felt that Ruan Tang's joining had robbed them of their original status and limelight as chefs. But in fact, Ruan Tang appeared here because the leader of the Rutes personally appointed him, otherwise he would not have put up his old face to invite Ruan Tang. It's just that it's not good to tell them these things, otherwise I'm afraid it will only make them more ashamed.
President Gu shook his head helplessly. Anyway, they are divided into two groups and they just don't interfere with each other.
"The Rutes like to eat meat, so don't they eat any vegetarian food?" Ruan Tang asked curiously.
"It should not be eaten." President Gu turned on the optical brain and extracted the menu of the last banquet. A few green leafy dishes were not popular at the reception. The Rutes people were obviously more interested in those meat dishes.
Ruan Tang frowned slightly as he looked at the somewhat simple and rude all-meat menu. Perhaps such a menu would only be seen at the banquets of the nouveau riche in the countryside in his previous life...
But after all, it is because of the preferences of the guests. Ruan Tang can only accommodate them as much as possible.
"Since the Rutes like to eat meat, we will prepare as many meat dishes as possible, but there are also our government officials and royal family members. I think it would be good to have a few more meat and vegetable dishes."
"Yes."
"Chicken, duck, fish, pig, beef, and sheep, make two dishes of each, plus a few stir-fried dishes with meat and vegetables and a pot of broth, I think it's almost the same."
"Yes." President Gu knows Ruan Tang very well he has the ability to listen to his words and keeps nodding.
Because the other party's taste is obviously very simple and rude, as long as there is meat and delicious food, Ruan Tang didn't deliberately cook some dishes with gorgeous appearance but small portions, and directly arranged them according to the luxurious banquet in the country. The core theme of "eat big meat".
The first is chicken, which is also a very common ingredient. It is quite good to make chicken stewed with mushrooms, and then make honey chicken wings; of course, the duck is the most classic roast duck, and then make a sauced duck leg; fish, you can make a fish head with chopped pepper and squirrel sea bass; as for pork, he wants to make a roast suckling pig and a braised pork; for beef, he wants to make the beef roll with enoki mushroom and roast beef brisket with potatoes, and the last lamb, whether it is braised in red or white, it is delicious, and the boiled mutton soup is even more delicious.
Ruan Tang drew up the main functions of the banquet, but he was still a little undecided about the vegetarian dishes. In his previous life, he didn't pay much attention to the arrangement of dishes for the state banquet, and he didn't know what to do better.
President Gu saw his confusion, and said with a smile, "Let me take care of the vegetarian dishes. I'm also a five-star chef, so I can't be compared too much by you."
"Okay, I'll trouble you then." Handing over the vegetarian dishes to President Gu, Ruan Tang can rest assured.
But in general banquets, before serving hot dishes, you have to prepare a few more cold dishes, so as to pad the stomachs of the guests. After thinking about it, Ruan Tang decided to add crystal shrimp, bean curd fish rolls, cold tofu and sauce these dishes of cod in sauce.