"This place used to be a pomegranate garden, where many Hui people gathered. Because the sauced beef they made was particularly delicious, it was also called Niu Street."
"Uncle Pancake, are we going to eat mutton-boiled meat this time? Why did you mention beef?"
"There is also beef. Its full name is Jubaoyuan Beef and Mutton Shop. It used to be a shop selling raw and cooked beef and mutton..."
When we arrived at the store, there were no private rooms, so we sat down directly in the lobby. It was already overcrowded at this time, and the four of them crowded around a small square table. There were also gourmets coming and going, but others were also patronizing and eating.
It's so steamy that no one will notice whether a celebrity is arriving.
Dai Yuni found it particularly interesting when she listened to the conversation between Wang Panpan and Uncle Cake. Moreover, Uncle Cake did indeed produce a food show. Many of his introductions quoted classics, which made her listen with gusto.
Just as the food was being served, the waiter brought up a small copper pot that looked like an upside-down high hat. There was a chimney in the middle, surrounded by boiling clear soup water. Then he brought up plates of mutton, which was red in color.
The white, fine-textured pieces of mutton stacked together look particularly beautiful!
"This mutton is cut very well! Uncle Biscuit, did you just say that they cut it by hand?"
Dai Yuni is also an experienced foodie, and she could see the extraordinary quality of this mutton at a glance.
"Yes, its mutton is their specialty. Many people come here to eat because of its mutton. Aren't they originally selling raw and cooked beef and mutton? They still sell it now, and there is a queue outside."
Uncle Biscuit picked up a plate of mutton and held it at a nearly vertical angle to show Dai Yuni.
"Look at this mutton. It can't fall off even if you hold it like this. It means it's fresh enough and has no moisture, so it looks so good!"
"Our mutton-shabu hot pot is also very particular. This pot originated from the Mengman area, and the northern hot pot is different from the hot pot in our Sichuan Province. It can be summarized in four words, simple and crude! You see, the clear soup
It’s watery and has no base.”
“It’s the clear soup, so the quality of its ingredients is very important. You’ll know whether the mutton is fresh or not as soon as you eat it!”
"Let's add some sheep tail oil to it, and add some sauerkraut. The sauerkraut is mixed with sheep tail oil. The more you eat, the better it gets! Lamb, lamb brain."
"Xiao Dai, you and Yang Qian will try this lamb brain later. It's the piece of meat from the back of the neck. It's cut thickly, but it tastes very tender. Dip it in this sesame sauce."
"This sesame sauce is also very particular. The sauce of northern hot pot is the highlight. For Jubaoyuan's sesame sauce, you have to add chopped green onion and coriander. Yes, you don't need to add coriander if you don't want coriander. Stir it and then add the meat. The sesame sauce is salty.
The combination of aroma and meat aroma, hey, this tastes amazing!”
Uncle Cake was tinkering with it while explaining it in detail.
Not only did Dai Yuni not find it annoying, she also thought it sounded interesting.
"I finally understand why you like to watch Uncle Bi's food videos. Just listening to Uncle Bi, I feel like this mutton should be very fragrant, and my stomach is growling!"
Dai Yuni put her hand on Yang Qian's arm and laughed.
It's not that she has never tasted hot pot in the capital. In fact, Dai Yuni has tasted all the delicacies from all over the country. I can't say all of them, but at least most of them.
Beijing's mutton-shabu hotpot is so famous, of course Dai Yuni has eaten it before, but not in this restaurant.
"It's not that it smells good, it really smells good."
After Yang Qian gave Dai Yuni a piece, he also took a piece of sheep brain and ate it in big gulps. He couldn't help but admire it before he chewed it thoroughly.
"Uh-huh!"
Dai Yuni didn't care to talk at this time, she was so happy with her meal.
"Here comes the sauerkraut and lamb tail oil. You have to eat them together!"
Uncle Cake continues to pass on his experience.
"Absolutely amazing!"
"Ling forehead, Ling forehead!"
Dai Yuni and Yang Qian were so sweaty from eating that they even started talking in Modu dialect.
"Both Xiaodai and Panpan love to eat meat? I'm worried that none of you female celebrities dare to eat meat. But I'm not worried about Panpan. I've had dinner with her several times and I know that she loves meat."
Uncle Biscuit waited for them to eat for a while, then started chatting with a smile.
She really loves to eat meat, Dai Yuni almost eats the meat with her chopsticks.
Of course, it doesn’t matter if you eat it this way. In a hotpot restaurant that cooks mutton, mutton is of course the theme.
"I'm okay. I'm not a celebrity, so I don't need to pay too much attention to body management."
Wang Panpan said something that none of her fans agreed with.
"I'm not a celebrity. Yang Qian said that we are just singers. The main thing for singers is to sing. They just need to focus on protecting their voices. Don't drink and don't eat spicy food often. As for body management, just pay a little attention to it. I didn't say you have to be thin.
Into a line of lightning.”
Dai Yuni also said something that Wu Lan didn't agree with. Wu Lan was terrified when he saw her eating and drinking with Yang Qian before!
"The main thing is to eat so as not to gain weight."
Yang Qian smiled and pointed out her biggest feature.
"Yes, I really don't get fat by eating. When we were in Yangcheng and Shanghai, Yang Qian cooked the food. His cooking was also very fragrant. Then I ate a lot, but I didn't gain weight.
fat."
Dai Yuni chuckled, and after saying that, she picked up another piece of mutton, covered with yellow, red and green coriander mahjong, and ate it happily.
"Eating without getting fat is such an enviable skill! Hey, Yang Qian knows how to cook? I thought you mainly wrote songs and often stayed in the piano room."
Wang Panpan was a little surprised when Dai Yuni finished speaking.
"Actually, I only learned it after I met Yu Ni. I didn't need to cook at home before, but cooking felt pretty good. I enjoyed the cooking ingredients, and then I enjoyed seeing Yu Ni eating happily."
Yang Qian nodded.
His words made Uncle Biscuit and Wang Panpan burst into admiration.
"Good man!"
Uncle Biscuit gave a thumbs up.
"No, there must be life besides music. I think music is important, but talking about ideals without living is lacking a foundation and is just a castle in the air."
Yang Qian waved his hand modestly.
"I also think it's great. If it's all about music, then he will become an artist who can't eat the fireworks of this world!"
Dai Yuni smiled.
"By the way, Sister Panpan, in a few days, we will pack up the place where we live in the capital. When we start the meal, please come over with Uncle Biscuit as a guest. Yang Qian will prepare delicious food for you! Yang Qian's Cantonese cuisine
It’s delicious, and you can even make soup!”
Dai Yuni warmly invited Wang Panpan and Uncle Cake.
She and Yang Qian didn't have many friends in the capital, and they had even fewer friends of the same age with whom they could chat. Wang Panpan and Uncle Biscuit were very nice people and both loved food. Dai Yuni felt like we were old friends at first sight.
"Okay, I should be fine. The main thing is that Panpan is very busy right now. She has so many shows that she can't even make an appointment."
Uncle Biscuit pointed at Wang Panpan, who is now a celebrity on CCTV.
"Eating should be no problem. I should be in the capital for nearly half a month."
Wang Panpan nodded.
"Then I'll ask my family to send some specialties from Hecheng. The seafood over there is more distinctive, including prawns, palm-sized ones, and crabs. The crabs are very fat now, and the horsetail fish can be fried..."
Yang Qian, like Dai Yuni, are both hospitable people, and they are very enthusiastic with friends they can talk to.
"There's also mutton, Uncle Biscuit. The mutton from Yang Qian's place is also very delicious, but the way of eating it may be different from the sheep in the north."
Dai Yuni said enthusiastically.
"Then I have to try it. I have written three seasons of small town night food diaries in the past two years, and I have never been to Hecheng."