Li Xiao was eating her third foie gras cherry when the waiter opened the door and came in.
The young lady is holding a tray in her hand. On the tray is a small charcoal stove and a pot of tea.
"Hello guest, this is Mingqian Longjing. Please use it with caution. Please tell me when you need to add water."
While talking to the young lady, she poured green tea into the cup.
Although Li Xiao doesn’t know much about tea, he has seen others drink it several times.
He picked up the tea cup and did not drink it directly. Instead, he put it in front of his nose and gently fanned the aroma of Longjing into his nose with his right hand.
Leaves from the same tea tree, with the skillful hands of tea makers, can produce ever-changing aromas.
It's very fragrant. Li Xiao can't tell you exactly what it is. He can only say that the tea is very fragrant.
He didn't take too many notes in this regard. After all, this thing is too elegant. If something is too vulgar and elegant, the audience will be very small.
Even if there are tea lovers in the live broadcast room, the number will not be very large, so Li Xiao has never thought about learning about tea art in detail.
I took a small sip and found it refreshing and sweet. The tea washed down my stomach and left a fragrant aroma on my teeth and cheeks.
After recalling it, I seemed to have drank Longjing before. Where did it come from?
Oh, by the way, it’s Zhizhu.
However, the drink there is Yuqian Longjing, and the drink here is Mingqian Longjing. Obviously, it is expensive for a reason.
The quality of Mingqian Longjing is indeed better than that of Yuqian Longjing. After all, the collection time is early enough and the tea leaves are all new buds.
I drank the rest in one gulp, and the sweetness in my mouth became even stronger. The greasiness, sweetness and sourness from the foie gras and cherries were washed away.
I just put down the tea cup and refilled myself a cup of tea from the small charcoal stove.
The second dish was served,
[Osmanthus lotus root rhyme].
It's another big white plate. It seems that the chef here seems to have a special preference for white and round dishes.
In the large white plate, there is a small black round bowl. The black bowl is decorated with beautiful wire drawings. The chaotic and well-organized wire drawings form a bird's nest shape on the black bowl, which is very unique and beautiful.
In the bowl is the star of this dish, lotus root stuffed with glutinous rice. On the large white plate, there are three or four green beans as embellishments and a small purple flower, which also makes the large white plate less monotonous.
The young lady did not leave immediately, but smiled sweetly, and then introduced
"This sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus root dish is a sweet dish. The glutinous rice and lotus root pieces themselves are already sweet, so if you can't eat it too sweet, you don't need to dip it into the shredded noodles to eat it together."
After saying that, the young lady bowed slightly and turned around to leave.
Li Xiao did not touch the stuffed lotus root pieces in the black bowl, but picked up the solitary stuffed lotus root pieces on the big white plate.
Li Xiao picked up the lotus root cubes and said to the live broadcast room
"As expected of a five-star senior chef, the chef here has actually considered the guests' acceptance of sweetness when designing the presentation.
He specially put a piece of lotus root in the black bowl, just to let the guests taste the sweetness of the lotus root without adding shreds.
If the customer feels that it is not sweet enough after finishing this piece, they can add shredded silk and eat it together.
Very considerate, not only taking into account the presentation, but also relying on the actual needs of customers.”
After speaking, Li Xiao put the square lotus root slice, which was only as long as his thumb and wide, into his mouth.
Eat half of it in one bite and chew the lotus root slices and glutinous rice carefully in your mouth.
The glutinous rice is soft and glutinous, but the lotus root is crispy and has a very special texture.
"At first, I thought it was all soft and waxy, because normally the lotus root used in glutinous rice stuffing is pink lotus root, which is the kind of lotus root that can be eaten into powder."
“But here we go in the opposite direction and use crispy lotus root, which makes this glutinous rice and lotus root slices have a very distinctive texture.”
Li Xiao stuffed the remaining half into his mouth, nodded,
"It's pretty good, crispy on the outside and waxy on the inside, but I think it's not sweet enough, so I'm going to try the shredded lotus root slices to see what the difference will be."
Drawing is a saccharification process.
Mix the sugar with water. The usual method is: wash the pot and make sure it is clean. Then, when the pot is about 60% hot, add the sugar. It is best to use cotton candy because the effect is better.
Be sure to control the temperature of the pot when frying. If it is too hot, the sugar will burn and turn into caramel, which will result in failure.
Fry until the sugar almost turns red and add a little water. The proportion of water and sugar is based on the proportion of sugar.
Then, the temperature of the fire must not be too high, and then stir-fry until the sugar and water dissolve and become sticky, then turn off the heat.
Then wait for the syrup to slowly cool down, put the egg beater into the syrup, and then quickly swirl it on the empty plate.
The centrifugal force will turn the thrown out syrup into thin threads. When the syrup encounters colder air, it will solidify from the syrup into sugar threads. Then remove the excess part and you can get a drawn bird's nest.
Because the lotus root slices are still warm, the moment the lotus root piece comes into contact with the drawn wire, the layer of drawn wire that is in contact with the lotus root slice will melt slightly and adhere to the lotus root piece.
The outer layer of the drawn wire that is not in contact with the lotus root block is not affected and still maintains the silk shape.
The lotus root piece placed in the middle of the black bowl is even more delicate, only half the length and width of a little finger.
Even if the lotus root pieces are dipped in shreds, you can put them in your mouth in one bite.
Close your eyes and feel it with your heart.
The wire drawing is on the outermost side, so the tongue and mouth first feel the wonderful touch that the wire drawing brings to the tongue, and then the tongue melts and the wire drawing brings a lot of sugar to the tongue.
The lotus root pieces are crushed with the teeth, the soft and glutinous rice, the delicate shredded silk, and the crispy lotus root pieces are chewed and mixed together in the mouth. Both the texture and taste are quite good.
Opening his eyes again, Li Xiao let out a long breath
Give a thumbs up to the live broadcast room
"Yes, lotus root slices stuffed with glutinous rice or mung beans, it is considered a local dish in Hangzhou, a very unique dish."
"But the traditional glutinous rice with lotus root slices is too big, so if you eat one piece, you will be full. It is called a vegetable, but more like a staple food."
"But Guiyu Shanfang is very thoughtful. Not only did they cut the lotus root into small pieces, they also made a certain degree of innovation in the selection of materials. It's really good."
As he spoke, he lowered his voice, looked around, and said secretly to the live broadcast room
"But there is a problem. If you don't eat sweet food, the shredded noodles will feel very greasy. However, without the shredded noodles, this dish will be greatly discounted, so if you don't eat sweet food, choose carefully."
He was frightened by his experience with Zhizhu last time. If the other party heard him complaining, and he happened to be a petty person, he didn't have much confidence that he could beat a five-star senior chef.
I almost laughed when I saw Li Xiao sneaking around during the live broadcast.
"It's so funny, brother, you are in the private room. Are you afraid that someone has a bug?"
"Eavesdropping device? It's not impossible! This is the anchor's professional room."
"It seems to make sense? If you hear you saying bad things about him, just use a jammer to block the signal in the room."
"I suspect that not only is there a bug, but there may also be a 360-degree water-drop camera."
"!!!! Something weird seems to have appeared?"
“You can drive here, I’m lucky”
"I'm new here and I don't understand. Is this a paid Shuidi live broadcast room?"
"You know, I've actually seen the inside of the private room."
