If he went a little too far, people would think he was being sarcastic, but now, Masha was very happy, and he did not lower his status, so everyone was happy.
"Please come this way." The young man took a step back and gestured to Masha.
Masha walked inside and asked, "There should be another table of guests, right?"
"Yes, but when the guests at that table heard that Boss Cai was going to entertain VIPs, they immediately said they couldn't come. In the past, if the guests didn't come and the food couldn't be finished, grandpa would be angry, but now grandpa has decided to cook a separate table for that family tomorrow."
——Fuck, I feel like your reputation as a lady like Cai Shi is a bit too big!
Just as Masha was about to please his family's God of Wealth, Boss Cai appeared.
He first came up and greeted Masha enthusiastically, then went straight to Xiao Shi - yes, he turned his head to look at Xiao Shi, without paying any attention to Chihiro who was also SSS level.
"Ms. Kikuri, I have heard a lot about you. Your father speaks Chinese very well and has received a lot of care in Japan."
"Eh?" Kikuri looked at Boss Cai in confusion. "Uh, sorry, I don't know much about my father's interpersonal relationships. May I ask who you are..."
Boss Cai handed over his business card.
Masha asked doubtfully: "Is Xiaoshi's family...very powerful?"
Boss Cai glanced at Masha and said, "Don't you know? His family has hosted the weddings of several Japanese prime ministers."
Xiao Shi smiled and said, "No, it's because there are several prime ministers among the politicians and congressmen who have presided over weddings in our family. And there are many prime ministers in Japan. For a period of time, there was basically one prime minister who resigned every year."
Masha looked at Xiao Di in surprise - you, as a young lady, are such a big shot!
"Please come this way, Uncle Chen is waiting." Boss Cai guided Masha into the small hall of the restaurant.
"This lobby in front looks like it's open to the public on a daily basis?"
"Yes," replied Chen Xiaochu, "Those of us who learn cooking from grandpa must have a chance to practice, right? Grandpa's principle is not to rely on the reputation of the restaurant to attract customers, so that our true level can be tested. Therefore, he particularly dislikes his restaurant becoming famous. As long as it becomes an Internet celebrity restaurant, grandpa will sell the restaurant and move to another place. We have only moved here for half a year."
"I see." Masha nodded. He was looking forward to the meal even more. This old man sounded like a hermit who lived in seclusion in the mountains!
Maybe the old man used the same butcher knife technique to cut meat, and when cooking, he used the hot tea magic and pure internal energy to heat the dishes...
This is an era of spiritual revival, maybe something like this will really happen.
Just as he was thinking about it, a group of people came into the small hall and the old man sitting in the hall stood up.
He looks like an ordinary grandpa. If you go to the park in the morning, you can meet a dozen of this type of grandpa doing morning exercises, banging their heads against trees or something like that.
——I don’t know which damned public account first came up with the idea that hitting a tree can prolong one’s life. They definitely have a grudge against the elderly.
"Oh, you are indeed a handsome man." The old man smiled, came up to shake Masa's hand, and then turned to Xiao Shi, "Ms. Kikuri, when your grandfather accompanied Prime Minister Tanaka to visit, he ate the dishes I cooked."
"Eh?" Xiao Shi was confused again. "Uh... my grandfather did work as an aide to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, but he said he was just an ordinary consultant on religious issues."
Chef Chen smiled kindly: "It seems that Miss Kikuri has been well taken care of. After all, these are things that girls don't need to know."
By this time, Masha had come to his senses.
——Kiruri Komachi, it seems that her family, as a religious corporation, has close ties with the upper class in Japan, but she is not the daughter of a politician and does not have a direct blood relationship with the Japanese ruling class.
——Putting her next to me and having a romantic relationship with her would be perfect. When I want to abandon her, she is just the daughter of a shrine. When I want to use her, she has a close connection with the political family.
——It seems that the Japanese have put a lot of effort into selecting people.
"I'm a cook, and a cook should let his skills speak for themselves," said Chef Chen. "I'm going to the kitchen to make the final confirmation. You guys wait a moment and chat first. Xiaochu, serve the wine!"
Chen Xiaochu had been waiting for this sentence, and immediately went into the small hall with the wine - Masha didn't even notice when he left.
Chef Chen turned and left.
Xiao Shi naturally took the bottle of wine from Chen Xiaochu and began to pour wine for everyone.
Masha teased, "Miss, let my Chihiro do this, okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay. Pouring wine is part of the bride's training. I have learned it carefully."
Xiao Shi smiled, and then filled Masha's glass gracefully with a dignified and virtuous manner.
——Yes, it’s Yamato Nadeshiko!
——Yamato Nadeshiko really exists!
Boss Cai said, "Ms. Kikuri, are you planning to stay with Masha forever?"
"Uh... maybe." Xiao Shi's face turned slightly red. "After all, this is a task given to me."
Boss Cai glanced at Masha, then asked Xiao Shi in a serious tone, "In other words, if the Japanese government decides to cancel the mission and recruit you back to China, you will return, right?"
——Nice! Boss Cai, this assist is great!
Xiao Shi was stunned, with a troubled expression on her face: "Well... I haven't thought about it yet, but after the mission is cancelled, I still have to inherit the shrine and get married. After all, I am the eldest daughter..."
"So Miss Kikuri will return to China, right?" Boss Cai asked again.
"I……"
Masha saw the opportunity and offered a helping hand: "We'll talk about it when the time comes. When you reach the mountain, there will always be a way out. When you reach the bridge, there will always be a way out."
Xiao Shi showed a grateful expression to Masha.
Boss Cai added, "As for a marriage, I think Masa is a good choice. I think Prince Kiuri would also agree with such a marriage."
"Uh... this..." Xiao Shi glanced at Ma Sha, "Well, although my family is a local shrine, it has a long history. Without a rank above Mingjie, one cannot serve as a chief priest or deputy chief priest. Ma Jun should not pass the rank review of the shrine headquarters... I'm not saying that Ma Jun has a bad character. I know that Ma Jun is a good person, but in the eyes of outsiders..."
Chihiro: "No, he is a bad guy. If we examine his character, he will be doomed."
"Yes, it's absolutely over." The League Secretary nodded.
Masha: "What is Mingjie?"
"It is the rank of a Shinto priest. My father is of the highest rank."
Masha nodded: "I see. So as long as I pass this examination and get a rank above Mingjie, I can legitimately marry Xiaoshi, right?"
"Uh... Yes, that's right. But..."
"Don't worry, I promised you that I would give you a perfect first love, and I will fulfill my promise," said Masha.
Xiao Shi's face was completely red.
"First love or something..."
At this time, the door of the small hall opened, and Chen Xiaochu, who had left at some point, walked in and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are ready. Can we serve the food?"
Boss Cai glanced at Masha, and after Masha nodded, he said to Chen Xiaochu, "Serve the food."
Chen Xiaochu gestured to the back, and a cook immediately came forward with a plate. After placing the plate on the glass turntable on the table, Chen Xiaochu loudly announced the name of the dish: "Huaishan black chicken soup!"
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I’m putting it this way. Before the fifth watch, I won’t go to support the Han Dynasty.
Chapter 380 Please Stop Persecuting the Dark Cuisine World (Part )
This is a very common dish in Yuezhou, and any restaurant that allows you to order soup will have this soup.
So much so that for a moment Masha thought he had heard the name of the dish wrong.
Chef Chen's behavior had already aroused Masha's curiosity. He originally thought that the dish served would be some world-famous dish, or at least something like "Boiled Cabbage" that looked rustic in name but had something special inside.
It turned out that the first dish was yam and black chicken soup. Such a conventional home-cooked dish really made Masha feel a huge disappointment.
The soup was placed on the table, and Masha smelled the aroma - it was also the smell of yam and black chicken soup, and he didn't feel there was anything special about it.
But when Masha saw the color of the soup scooped into the bowl, he knew that this thing was special.
The color of the soup is very clear, and it feels similar to the photos of the so-called real "boiled cabbage" that Masha has seen on the food public account.
Masha has always suspected that the picture of the real cabbage in boiled water was taken by soaking a piece of cabbage in boiling water.
But this soup is so clear that you can see the bottom. The bottom of the white porcelain bowl makes the wolfberries floating on the water look unusually bright.
There was no black chicken in the whole soup - most restaurants in Yuezhou dare not have chicken soup without chicken, for fear that diners would think it is not cost-effective.
But when a really good chicken soup is cooked, the chicken is all chopped up and the meat is almost gone. You can't taste anything at all. Many times, people from Yuezhou will just drink the soup and symbolically eat a little bit of the chicken bones in the soup, because the meat is really not tasty. It has been stewed for too long and the flavor is gone, and the taste is not good either.
Moreover, the chickens used for stewing soup in Yuezhou are all free-range chickens with very firm muscles, and the texture of the meat is naturally "woody".
In high-end restaurants, chicken soup is often made separately from the chicken. The soup is the top broth that has been simmered in a large pot for a long time. After the customer places an order, the top broth is used directly to stew a very tender chicken, and the dish is served after the chicken is stewed until it is soft.
In an authentic Yuezhou restaurant, the kitchen is stewing soup almost 24 hours a day, and there are special requirements when the fire is stopped to maintain equipment.
All of the above are the knowledge that Masha got from a reliable food public account - why is it reliable? The operator of the public account is an old comrade-in-arms of Masha’s father, who used to be a cook in the army. After retiring from the army, he has been working as a chef until now. He is the chairman of a private chef organization in Yuezhou City.
Regardless of whether this kind of person is really good at cooking, there is definitely nothing wrong with his knowledge.
Masha observed the yam and black chicken soup, which only contained wolfberries but no yam or black chicken, and vaguely felt that it was not simple.
It was obviously not the first time that Boss Cai came. He turned the glass tray and said, "Come on, help yourself to the soup."
Masha took the bowl decisively, scooped a spoonful impatiently, blew on it a few times, and then sucked it into his mouth.
The taste was very light at first, with only the umami flavor being very obvious, but then the flavors of yam and black chicken began to spread in the mouth.
Masa is not a gourmet, but as a Cantonese, he has a lot of experience in drinking soup.
This is definitely a good soup.
When serving food in Yuezhou, there is a pause after the soup comes out, which is specially for everyone to drink the soup.
Masha glanced at Xiaoshi - this banquet was originally prepared for Xiaoshi's sake. No matter how intoxicated Masha got, it would be useless if Xiaoshi didn't think the wine tasted good.
Xiao Shi drank the soup in a very elegant manner, and it was impossible to tell what he thought of the soup.
——Isn’t it to her taste?
At this time, Marsa noticed that the Frenchwoman Jeanne had finished the soup in her bowl and was staring at the casserole on the table, obviously wondering whether she should add more soup.
After all, there is no such thing as adding more to Western food. You have to eat whatever is served, and when it’s finished, that’s it.
Jeanne noticed Marsha's gaze, and then she began to gesture to Marsha.
Normally, it would be easy to use gestures to ask if you could have another bowl, but Marscha didn't understand what Jeanne was gesturing.
——Do gestures also have cultural barriers?
Masha wanted to ask Comrade Josephine for help, but Comrade Josephine was drinking soup with a critical expression on her face. Her expression was so serious that Masha didn't dare to talk to her.
——I always feel like if I start a conversation, someone will pull out a gun and shoot me…
At this time, Xiao Mi elegantly drank the last bit of soup in the bowl - Masha was quite surprised. She actually drank the soup spoon by spoon until only a little bit was left at the bottom of the bowl. This little bit of soup was left because the spoon could not scoop up anymore.
Then Xiao Shi smiled at Masha and said, "Oh, rubble."
Masha stood up decisively and filled her spoon with it: "Duo Zao!"
Xiao Shi drank it elegantly, spoonful by spoonful.
Jeanne said "Oh", turned the glass tray by herself, and filled it up herself.
——She really wanted to add more soup, but from the gesture she made just now, no one could tell that this was what she meant!
Less than five minutes later, the whole casserole of soup was finished.
The Yuezhou people's habit of having a pot of soup before meals has made many people in Yuezhou skinny. After all, meal money dilutes stomach acid, which is not conducive to digestion.
But this is a kind of food culture. If the people of Yuezhou invite guests to formally eat Cantonese cuisine and there is no good soup before the meal, the host will be embarrassed.
Chen Xiaochu appeared again without making any expression. He looked at the soup pot and made a gesture. Immediately, a waiter came up and took the soup pot away.
Next comes the serving of the food.
Unlike when the soup was served, waiters carrying plates of dishes formed a long line and placed the dishes one by one on the glass turntable on the big table.
Every time a dish was served, Chen Xiaochu would announce the name of the dish.
The names of Cantonese dishes are usually announced in a quiet voice, giving a gentle feeling.
Masha listened to the names of the dishes and gradually mastered the pattern.
What Chef Chen prepared this time were probably all common home-cooked dishes, and he didn't prepare any rare dishes at all.
I guess this chef thinks that making home-cooked dishes look stunning is the real way to show off his skills.
For example, there is a dried abalone dish that looks ordinary, but once you put it in your mouth, it is completely different from the dried abalone that Masha has eaten.
Masha happened to have seen the method of making top-quality dried abalone on the official account of his father's comrade-in-arms. The flavor of dried abalone mainly comes from the drying process, while the abalone itself is not the most important thing. Top-quality dried abalone is usually dried by the chef himself, and the flavor is fully formed during the drying process. Then, there are many complicated steps in soaking the dried abalone, which usually takes several days.
You also need to use the top soup.
The dried abalone that is processed through these complicated processes not only has the flavor of dried abalone, but also absorbs the umami taste of the soup. It can then be served directly as a dish, or it can be used with other ingredients to make other dishes.
