Chapter 8: Full Feast of Man and Han

He slept for a while, and didn't get up until he was too hungry to stand it. Sufficient sleep made Shen Long feel particularly refreshed. When he thought that he would no longer have to go to the nine-to-nine, six-day-a-week life, he was so happy that he would die .

Changed to a well-reviewed restaurant, spent more than 400 yuan for lunch, and then went to a nearby five-star hotel to drink afternoon tea while using mobile phones to research information on how to open a store.

Shen Long didn't look for those big restaurants, but specifically looked for small restaurants with unique characteristics. After searching for half an afternoon, he really found a target suitable for imitation, that is the famous Lijia cuisine in the capital.

Li’s cuisine is located in a small alley in Houhai. At first, there was only one table of dishes for outsiders every day, and it was only served for a dozen people. All diners were charged 200 yuan per person. It can also feed up to twenty people.

The ancestor of this chef was the governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty, and he was deeply trusted by Cixi. He approved the daily menu of the imperial dining room. He tasted the dishes eaten by Cixi and the emperor; every time he read the menu, he kept it in his heart , Write down one by one after returning home, and sort out a set of recipes in his later years.

With this cookbook, later generations have developed superb cooking skills, especially good at court dishes. Since the restaurant opened, there have been an endless stream of customers, including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Rubin and former British Prime Minister John Major. Having been here, Jin Yong, Mei Baojiu, Jackie Chan and other domestic celebrities have also been guests of Li's cuisine.

Most people have to make a reservation if they want to eat, and they can’t order food; depending on the type of reservation, the per capita consumption is between 500 and 1,500 yuan. Well, after so many years, the price has risen, and the price does not include drinks. .

Do you want to try it? Shen Long called a few netizens who also liked food on the Internet, called to reserve a place, and finally waited for the opportunity to taste it after a week.

After the dishes came out, several other netizens tasted them and were full of praise. Shen Long ate it and felt that it was not as good as expected. The taste was naturally good, but it was not as good as Liao Jie's craftsmanship.

Thinking about it carefully, Liao Jie is not only talented in culinary arts, but also has been carefully taught by famous teachers. The completeness of culinary art inheritance is not comparable to that of the Li family who only read recipes and studied it by themselves.

Since they can do this, I can do it too. Isn’t it that the business may be worse in the early stage? I can still hold on for three or two months, and the big deal is to cook by myself every day.

Shen Long made up his mind and greeted these netizens, "I'll cook a table for you in a while, come and try it when the time comes, and see how my cooking compares with this one."

He didn't greet people indiscriminately. These are relatively influential netizens on the gourmet website. If they are satisfied after eating, they will definitely help him promote it.

Naturally, these people did not believe that Shen Long's cooking skills were better than those of Li's family dishes, but they could eat and drink for nothing, so they naturally refused to miss such an opportunity and agreed to it one after another.

So Shen Long began to apply for a business license and find a suitable store location; the formalities can be handed over to the agency company, and it is not difficult to find a store location. There are many small stores in the alleys like Jingzhong Yes, there must be some that can't be done and need to be transferred.

After searching for a few days, Shen Long really found a suitable shop. The location of this shop is definitely not as good as Li's Cuisine, but it is also in the old alley. There was originally a coffee shop, but no one came to drink it. transfer.

The coffee shop also buys meals, and the open kitchen is ready-made. After Shen Long took over, he made a simple modification and separated two private rooms. See how he cooks.

In the movie "Gold and Jade", Liao Jie, Long Kunbao and the big villain Huang Rong are very cool in cooking. A gourmet movie just made Tsui Hark shoot a martial arts movie.

To put it simply, Shen Long not only cooks delicious food, but the cooking process is also very worthy of appreciation.

Of course, he will not give up this selling point. He is also thinking that if the business is not good enough in the first period of time, he will live broadcast the process of cooking by himself on the live broadcast platform, which may make more money than opening a restaurant.

The refitting is a simple job, and it took only a few days to complete. The agency company has also applied for a business license. He also hired an aunt who serves dishes and sweeps the floor, and then went to buy some exquisite tableware and dining tables. Go to the vegetable market to choose the ingredients, and the preparations for business are ready.

I chose a weekend, shouted on the Internet, and called all the people I had an appointment with last time to my store. This time, there were about twenty people, and they happened to sit at two tables.

After it was almost time for people to arrive, Shen Long appeared on the stage wearing a snow-white chef's uniform and a chef's hat. The guests stopped talking and looked at Shen Long curiously, wondering what dishes he would cook.

"Everyone, what I'm going to cook for you today is the Man-Han Banquet! Of course, the Man-Han Banquet has a total of 320 dishes, and we can't finish it all at once today, so I just chose a few special ones. I hope everyone likes them." Not only The problem of not being able to finish the meal, there are many protected animals on the menu of Man Han Quan Banquet, which cannot be eaten.

Full banquet? These old gourmets suddenly became energetic when they heard it. Now there are a few restaurants that claim to be able to cook the Manchurian Banquet, but they are either deceptive, or the chefs are not skilled, or the price is too high. Few of these people have eaten. .

"The first dish is Hongzi shredded chicken and cucumber." Shen Long first took out a piece of chicken breast and put it in the pot to cook. I was taken aback for a while.

"This knife skill is absolutely perfect!" Immediately, someone with knowledge gave a thumbs up.

After a while, the dish was ready, and it was divided into two plates and sent to the private room. Immediately, someone impatiently picked up a chopstick and put it in his mouth.

"How is it?" asked the person who was still out of reach on the opposite side.

Those who tasted it frowned and chewed a few times, shaking their heads, "It's not delicious."

It doesn't make sense, both the knife work and the presentation are extremely good, and the smell is also exceptionally good, how can it be bad? When I was in a daze, I saw the person who said it was not delicious put down his chopsticks again.

Now the big guy finally understood, "Okay, you, so you want to eat more!"

He was determined not to let him get what he wanted, someone turned the table immediately, turned the Hongzi shredded chicken and cucumber in front of him, took a chopstick and put it in his mouth to taste, the shredded chicken was tender and the cucumber was refreshing, and he couldn't help but think about it before he finished a bite. Take a second bite.

The following dragon and phoenix Chengxiang, Wanzi spicy tripe, and Nianzi mushroom hair dish also made them full of praise. Almost every dish was swept away as soon as it was served.

After finishing several dishes, they became more and more looking forward to it. The appetizers are so delicious, what will the main course look like?