readytorunbook Chapter 18 How do you eat this?
Chapter 18 How do you eat this?
At the entrance of Fulai Restaurant, many people were also delivering things inside.
Various vegetables, fish, meat...
Lu Tao and Liu San Niang exchanged a glance, then walked up in one go.
"Hey buddy, is your manager here?"
The waiter who was busy making arrangements looked up at them, but was then called away by others.
Lu Tao and Liu San Niang called out twice more, but the waiter ignored them.
The two were somewhat embarrassed and discouraged.
After a while, the waiter straightened up and asked, "Ladies, is there anything I can help you with?"
Judging from the waiter's relatively polite tone, Liu San Niang and Lu Tao's hopes were rekindled.
"Young man, we have some food here that we would like to supply to the restaurant."
As they spoke, the two men took out the bean curd sheets from the bamboo basket and handed them to the waiter.
The waiter held the bean curd skin in his hand, turning it over and over, looking at it and smelling it.
"Big sister, how do you eat this?"
The shopkeeper's refusal gave Liu San Niang and Lu Tao a lot of confidence.
They introduced the products enthusiastically, looking at the waiter with hopeful expressions.
Chu Xing Restaurant is Tian Xiang's husband's family home, and their awkward situation makes it inconvenient for them to go there.
Baiwei Restaurant has already rejected them.
Now, Fulai Restaurant is the only hope.
Tian Tian was also afraid of missing this opportunity, so she pulled Da Ya and Tian Jinghe to follow.
"Hey buddy, if you have time in your kitchen, I can teach them how to do it."
"You can try selling it around noon today."
"If it sells well, you can let us supply more."
The waiter's eyes lit up. "Okay, then who's going to the kitchen?"
"I'll go!" Tian Tian raised her hand.
The waiter looked at Liu San Niang and Lu Tao, as if to confirm with them whether it was really going to send the little girl.
"Auntie, come with me."
"Mother, you stay outside and watch over Daya and Jinghe."
Tian Tian quickly made arrangements and led Liu San Niang into the kitchen.
The waiter led them to a stove and said, "Chef Zhu, this lady and young lady are cooking with a new ingredient. Why don't you learn how?"
Chef Zhu frowned slightly, but did not refuse. "Understood, young master."
It turns out he wasn't a waiter, but the young owner of Fulai Restaurant.
Liu San Niang: "Thank you, young master."
Tian Tian didn't stand on ceremony with Chef Zhu and selected a few ingredients from the kitchen.
"Chef Zhu, could you please help me prepare the fillings? I'd like to make a meat filling with this pork and lotus root, and a vegetarian filling with this cabbage and tofu."
Liu San Niang thought they had come to teach the cooks how to put fried tofu skin in the soup.
Unexpectedly, Tian Tian asked Chef Zhu to prepare the filling.
"Sweetie, what's the filling for?" Liu San Niang asked in a low voice.
Tian Tian took out a sheet of fried bean curd skin. "Auntie, this sheet of fried bean curd skin we made is this big..."
"I was thinking, what if I filled it with meat or vegetable filling and then put it in soup..."
"It will definitely taste good."
When Liu San Niang heard her say that...
That makes sense...
"Sweetie, just tell me what you want me to do, and Auntie will listen to you."
Tian Tian nodded, "Chef Zhu, could you please prepare another frying pan for me?"
Chef Zhu muttered something reluctantly, but his hands were already preparing the oil pan.
Tian Tian didn't care what he was muttering about. All she wanted to do now was to recreate some classic ways of eating bean curd skin so that Fulai Restaurant would buy their bean curd skin.
They use a round pan to make bean curd sheets, so the sheets they make are also round.
Tian Tian wanted to make bean curd skin and meat filling buns, preferably rectangular in shape.
This requires modification.
After cutting the bean curd skin, we waited for Chef Zhu's filling.
Tian Tian plans to deep-fry the remaining scraps to make fried tofu skin, which will allow it to absorb the broth better and become more flavorful.
She used her chopsticks to pick up a piece of bean curd skin and put it into the hot oil.
The moment the bean curd skin touches the oil surface, it makes a slight "sizzling" sound.
In a short while, the originally translucent and thin bean curd skin was transformed.
The surface of the oily skin quickly puffed up, like a piece of paper being blown by the wind, rapidly becoming fluffy, with small bubbles appearing on the surface.
Before the dough hardened, Tian Tian turned the chopsticks and rolled up the transformed bean curd skin.
The aroma of soybeans filled the air, drawing curious glances from the other cooks in the kitchen.
"Auntie, come here."
Over there, Chef Zhu has already prepared the minced meat.
Liu San Niang took the chopsticks and imitated them quite well.
Tian Tian then started making bean curd skin and meat filling buns, and Chef Zhu followed along and learned from her.
It's actually very simple to make. Just lay out the bean curd skin, put the meat filling inside, roll it up, and seal it with egg wash.
Chef Zhu mastered the technique after watching it only once.
After making more than a dozen, Tian Tian began to teach him how to make them.
"There are many ways to make it; you can just steam it."
Chef Zhu immediately filled a plate and handed it to one of the chefs who was watching the commotion.
"You can just blast it."
Chef Zhu filled a plate and handed it to another chef.
"You can also pan-fry it first, then braise it."
Chef Zhu filled another plate and handed it to one of the cooks.
"Winter is coming soon, so you can pan-fry them, put them in a casserole, line the bottom with cabbage, and put these bean curd skin and meat filling buns on top."
"Delicious and warming."
Chef Zhu then took over the cooking...
While the chefs were preparing their dishes, Tian Tian continued, "Besides the variety of cooking methods, the fillings for these tofu skin buns can also be made according to the chefs' preferences."
"Vegetarian, meat, a combination of meat and vegetables, as well as fish and shrimp, are all acceptable."
"Anything that can be wrapped up is worth a try."
The scraps from Liu San Niang's side have all been fried.
Tian Tian took them over and placed them in front of Chef Zhu, saying, "These fried tofu skins can be put into any kind of soup or sauce."
"Young lady, my honey-glazed pork hasn't reduced its sauce yet, can I add it?" a cook asked. He was the same cook who was steaming bean curd skin and pork filling buns.
"Of course."
Tian Tian had already smelled the aroma of the honey-glazed pork.
The so-called honey-glazed pork is probably similar to braised pork.
Add the fried tofu skin before the soup thickens, so it can absorb the broth.
"Then I'll have to give it a try." The cook took some fried tofu skin and put it in the broth.
In the kitchen, things were steaming, frying, stewing...
In an instant, the entire kitchen was filled with the aroma of soybeans.
The young master returned, asking, "Chef Zhu, how did the trial go?"
"It'll be ready soon, you can try it now," Chef Zhu said.
"Young master, this is ready." The chef who made the honey-glazed pork had already served out the fried tofu skin separately. "This fried tofu skin cooks very quickly; it will be cooked in no time."
"It really absorbs the broth! Almost half of my broth has been absorbed."
"Let me try it." The chopsticks were handed to the young master, who picked up a piece without hesitation.
If the honey-glazed pork is reduced until the sauce thickens, the final broth will be very sweet and rich.
But now that the sauce hasn't reduced yet, it's not as thick or sweet.
The fried tofu skin soaked up the broth from the honey-glazed pork, which perfectly balanced the richness of the soup and added just the right amount of sweetness...