An elder sister smiled and said: "Stop making trouble! You guys! Xiao Bailong will be invited by the Food and Drug Administration in a while!"
Secretary Tang walked in and looked at He Huan with a smile, "The chef requested to change the menu and it has been approved. You asked for a Yunzhou chef to come to Beijing."
"Ah?" He Huan's eyes widened.
"Ah!" everyone cheered.
He Huan reacted and was very happy. Unexpectedly, he casually mentioned that the chef was going to change the menu. He really took it in. He really had high demands on himself!
This will be the first time that Yunzhou cuisine is served at a state banquet!
If nothing else happens.
Everyone looked at his excitement and said, "You are really Yunzhou's treasure!"
He Huan was all smiles, and he was not embarrassed at all. The state banquet has always included those few dishes, which are very classic and they are very good at them. However, there are so many cuisines in our country and the ingredients are so rich. After so many years, the Spring Festival Gala has not only eaten dumplings.
So we can’t just eat those few dishes at the state banquet, right?
I called Director Cheng and explained the situation, "I originally wanted to contact the Food Association, but for the state banquet, I would like you to recommend a reliable chef."
Director Cheng was overjoyed, "Xiao Bailong, you are really awesome! As soon as you went to Yanjing, you served Yunzhou cuisine at the state banquet!"
He Huan was a little embarrassed, trying to hide his preference, and said obviously: "I don't specifically recommend Yunzhou cuisine. I did try the dishes. Although those dishes are famous for their freshness, they are all fresh meat and river seafood. I think they are better than mushrooms."
, you don’t need to eat meat or seafood.”
"Hahaha... That's not what you told them, right?"
"I didn't say it so obviously."
Director Cheng smiled and said: "I worked in Jiangsu, and the food there does tend to be fresh and sweet. This is more in line with foreigners' tastes."
“It’s really good! But basically every dish is fresh and sweet. There are only four dishes and one soup, pork and fresh seafood are put together. The only vegetarian dish is also made with chicken soup, which is really a bit boring.
I think washing it with fungi with pure mountain flavor will sweep away the greasy smell, leaving a fragrance on your lips and teeth, leaving you with a fresh feeling."
"Yeah. My favorite thing to eat when I came to Yunzhou is mushrooms. With bacteria, any meat has to be put back."
"That's what it means, to give them a cleanse and shock to their taste buds."
"Hahaha...I will immediately ask the whole province to find a chef."
"Except for the chef, the mushrooms should be fresh, highlighting the original flavor and not mixed with anything else. As long as you have two specialty dishes, one mushroom soup and one mushroom fried rice, you can enter Beijing."
"good!"
After hanging up the phone, Director Cheng reported it to the governor again. The two of them were very happy to find the chef. If Yunzhou cuisine is really served at the state banquet, what an honor it would be!
Yunnan cuisine has never left Yunzhou, and it is not well-known. It is far away from the eight major cuisines.
Little Bailong is really Yunzhou’s treasure! Now that he has left Yunzhou, he can still contribute to Yunzhou!
That night, Director Cheng called him: "The chef has been booked. The chef of Chuxiong Quanjunyan Tourist Restaurant has been making mushrooms for thirty years and has rich experience!"
"OK!"
"The political review has been passed. Chuxiong is a Yi ethnic minority and a pure peasant family. But we still need to prepare the ingredients and take a flight to Yanjing the day after tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll pick him up then."
Two days later, near noon, He Huan went to the airport to pick up the chef from Yunzhou. The female tour guide was afraid that he would get lost. After seeing the path he just walked in the Forbidden City, he would look confused when he walked back, so she took the initiative to accompany him.
go.
He Huan said gratefully: "Thank you so much, Sister Jin, otherwise I would have taken him to Tianjin."
There is also a driver following me, this is really an exaggeration!
Director Jin smiled and said: "I mainly want to eat mushrooms! It's better to get to know your Yunzhou chef first!"
"Hahaha... let's go."
Director Jin was with him, so he didn't call the driver. Director Jin drove He Huan to the airport in his own car.
The chef pushed the luggage cart out, and his eyes lit up when he saw people from his hometown in the capital. For Yunzhou people, Xiao Bailong is a hometown person! He trotted out pushing the luggage cart, excited and shy, "Little Bailong!"
"
He Huan took the luggage cart and said, "Welcome to Yanjing!"
Shaking his hand, He Huan found that his hand was shaking a little, so He Huan knowingly asked, "What's your surname?"
"Guo."
"You see, your surname is Guo, so you are destined to host state banquets."
"Hahaha……"
Master Guo also relaxed and looked at Xiao Bailong happily, "Last time the inspection team came, our restaurant also signed up, but because it was not the season when mushrooms are on the market, the president felt that we could not reflect the richness of the mushrooms, so we were not selected.
.”
He still has some grievances.
He Huan said with a smile: "You were not selected last time, but aren't you selected for the state banquet this time?"
Master Guo smiled happily.
"Brother Oppa always said that I don't recommend Chuxiong. If I hadn't been in Yanjing, I should be in Baicaoling at this time, eating fungi in Chuxiong."
"Yes!" Master Guo nodded.
He Huan looked at the two foam boxes on the suitcase again, "Are they all fresh?"
"Yeah! I just picked them at four or five o'clock today, and then I rushed to Spring City to catch a plane before dawn."
"Wow! Thank you for your hard work!"
"It's not hard work." Master Guo smiled honestly, "Mushrooms must be harvested and eaten immediately. Fortunately, the spring rains continued during this period. Although there was not a large amount of mushrooms on the market, when the task came, we hurried into the mountains to look for the mushrooms. Fortunately, there were
Found more than a dozen species.”
"Good, good! It's already very rich in spring!"
"Yes! If there is a spring drought, it won't happen. Fortunately, God seems to know that we are going to have a state banquet. It rained non-stop the week before, so fungi popped up everywhere."
Director Jin listened to them beside him, yearning for it and holding back his saliva.
He Huan introduced with a smile: "This is Director Jin, as the name suggests, a national gold medal tour guide! This is also a food tester! Master Guo, you not only want to conquer the head chef, but also conquer the mouth of this gold medal tour guide!"
"Hello, hello! I'll make fungi for you to eat later!"
Director Jin was so happy that he shook hands with Master Guo, "I heard from Xiao Bailong that Yunzhou has the freshest mushrooms. I dream about eating mushrooms at night, and today my dream finally comes true!"
"Yeah, um. Eat it in a while, eat it in a while. Make sure it's fresh!" Master Guo said.
He Huan's mouth watered when he said it. It's easy to say that Yanjing is an international metropolis. Although it has food from all over the world, it is still dominated by northern cuisine. His southwestern stomach is really not very good these days.
conform to.
Several people happily got into the car and went straight to the State Banquet Hotel.
The general manager and chef are waiting at the door of the hotel.
After getting off the car, He Huan opened the trunk and took down Master Guo's suitcase.
Master Guo took down the foam box.
He Huan made an introduction to both parties and submitted a resume that had undergone political review and was sent by the Engineering Bureau.
The general manager looked at it and nodded.
Being able to meet the head chef of a state banquet is an honor in the chef world. Master Guo bowed and shook hands. He was so excited that he almost bowed.
But the head chef looked at Master Guo. He was a simple mountain man, not the image of a chef in a high-end restaurant.
After all, it is a state banquet and cannot be treated like a roadside restaurant.
But he didn’t say anything. Anyway, the food he was trying was not suitable, so he could still be asked to go back.
"You should take a rest first and try the dishes tomorrow."
"Try it now!" Master Guo picked up the foam box and spoke in Yunzhou Mandarin. "I went up the mountain with my colleagues to pick up the fungi in the early morning. I picked the best ones and packed them into boxes and carried them on the plane. They have to be thrown away tomorrow.
! It won’t work even if it’s at night. To maintain the freshest flavor, cook it now!”
This wild man suddenly revealed the unquestionable tone of a chef who has been dealing with fungi for thirty years.
It actually shocked the head chef who had received countless heads of state and senior officials.
I appreciate him more.
He Huan also looked at Master Guo happily. He must be a professional to have such confidence! Our fungi cannot be slandered! We cannot be neglected!
He Huan put his suitcase aside, and Master Guo ignored it. He held the foam box and asked the head chef to take him to the kitchen.
The head chef had no choice but to nod. Yunzhou people are indeed a bit wild!
Several waiters stretched out their hands to help. Master Guo held the foam box and crooked his arm as if protecting a child.
Both He Huan and Director Jin couldn't help laughing.
The waiter was puzzled. Is the chef still afraid of them snatching the mushrooms?
Walking into the kitchen, He Huan also entered the kitchen of the State Banquet Hotel for the first time.
It's very novel. I looked around and saw all the kitchen utensils and tableware. They are really high-end!
The chefs all wore snow-white clothes and hats, and were ready.
Master Guo was holding the foam box, and the chefs also looked curiously at the mushrooms and mushroom chefs from Yunzhou.
The head chef introduced: "This is Master Guo, a chef from Yunzhou, who specializes in making mushrooms."
"Bacteria!" Master Guo corrected him righteously.
Director Jin laughed.
The head chef couldn't help laughing, "Sorry, I specialize in mushrooms."
"Hello everyone!" Master Guo was a little shy. He probably had never been to such a high-end kitchen. "This is my first time leaving Yunzhou. Please give me your advice." He bowed again.
Seeing that he was a little nervous again, He Huan smiled and said: "The first time I left Yunzhou, I was escorting Junzi to Beijing."
Everyone laughed and were really curious about the treasure in the foam box!
Speaking of mushrooms, Master Guo showed a fatherly smile again, "Yes, I have been collecting mushrooms in the mountains since I was a child, and cooking them when I picked them up. I became a chef at the age of seventeen, and I also go to the market to select the mushrooms myself. I know that every
The best time for the flavor of a kind of fungus to be released. If the time is wrong, you will meet the little people."
Everyone looked at him in fear. Is it okay for everyone to meet a villain together at a state banquet?
Are you really here to poison me?
"But I have been cooking mushrooms for thirty years, and no one in my family or guests has ever met a villain."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and admired him! The mushrooms in Yunzhou really still need to be made by chefs in Yunzhou! This is the expert in cooking mushrooms!
"It is very important to control the time of mushrooms. If you don't have enough time to see the villain, the best taste will be lost if the time is long. In our all-bacteria banquet restaurant, each table has a clock, and the waiter will help the guests cook each mushroom on time. I don't have to
Just by looking at the clock, you know when to cook which mushrooms and for how long. Ensure safety!"
He Huan is not worried, there is still him! He cannot be poisoned!
A chef who participated in everything from collection to serving. The head chef also stood in awe, stretched out his hand and said, "Please."
Lead him to the sink.
Under everyone's curious gaze, Master Guo opened the foam box, as if he were a newborn baby, and gently opened the fungus covered with leaves with his rough hands, waking up the little elf in the Yunzhou forest: We are in the capital!
Then I picked them up gently. They were really fragile. If I had a heavier hand, they would probably break.
Therefore, this treasure must be eaten locally and eaten as soon as it is harvested.
After looking at this treasure with moist red soil, the chef worried: "Can these be served at the state banquet?"
"Of course not, it will thin out in a day." Master Guo said, "Don't worry, on the day of the state banquet, they will pick the mushrooms early in the morning and send someone to deliver them. During this period, Yunzhou will have strong sunshine and rain, and the mushrooms will be more abundant by then.
many."
"Ah!" The head chef breathed a sigh of relief and watched Master Guo intently bathing the fungi with red mud and grass and sawdust.
Just like bathing a newborn, Master Guo skillfully and gently adjusted the water flow and rinsed carefully, trying to keep the bacteria intact.
Seeing that he was washing the little guy in vain, the head chef quickly placed a long drained fish plate next to him.
The beautiful and clean mushrooms were arranged obediently on the white plate. They looked delicious. Everyone was holding back their saliva. Director Jin stood beside him, staring intently.
After washing, the head chef personally took Master Guo to the vegetable cutting area.
Master Guo cut each type of fungus and placed different types separately to maintain its shape.
Everyone is just waiting for the fungi to come out of the pot!
look forward to!
This mountain man is really skillful, gentle and patient when it comes to dealing with fungi.
Definitely a professional mushroom chef!
"Xiao Bailong said that in addition to mushroom soup, we also want to make mushroom fried rice?"
"Yes." said the chef.
"Then please help me cool the rice."
"OK."
A group of people watched Master Guo making mushrooms.
Some parts looked good, but he cut them off and threw them into the trash can. Everyone felt it was a pity! Director Jin said: "This is the first time I want to pick up something from the trash can and eat it!"
He Huan almost died laughing, "Don't do this. Because we have to maintain a consistent taste, some parts may be processed, and I don't understand."
Director Jin looked at Master Guo who was attentive, "A man who treats fungi with gentleness, meticulousness, and no mercy!"
After preparing the ingredients, go to the soup cooking area. Put half a pot of water in the casserole without adding anything. When the water boils, Master Guo adds the mushrooms in an orderly manner.
On the other side, the chef also helped spread the rice to dry.
As the heat increases, the casserole comes out with a delicious aroma.
"Yeah!" Everyone took a deep breath and couldn't hold back their saliva anymore.
Mushrooms boiled in water are so fragrant!
In the past, their soups were all made of chicken, duck, fish, sheep and seafood, a fusion of the essence of various top-quality ingredients. Even if mushrooms were used, they would not make the soup with mushrooms alone. They would only use mushrooms as the soup base! They also added some chicken!
There is only one type of fungus in this scent.
Fungi and mushrooms are indeed different!
Master Guo opened the lid of the pot, and a wisp of aroma turned into boiling and tangy.
"Wow! It smells really good!" Director Jin grabbed He Huan's arm excitedly.
He Huan is funny and proud.
Master Guo was not disturbed at all and didn't care about everyone's feelings. He added another kind of mushroom and put the lid on the pot.
Different types of mushrooms are lined up on the plate, waiting to enter the casserole and join their companions.
The aroma lingers and fills the kitchen.
Everyone looked at Master Guo with great admiration. Many chefs, especially Western-style chefs, have a bell, and many of them are even smart tools. They can directly set the time and take it out when the time comes.
But Master Guo, everyone believes that he has a clock in his heart, a clock specifically for fungi.
He was fully focused, without any distractions, and only had his germs in his eyes and heart.
The head chef was very moved. This is the spirit of a chef! Such skill comes from the understanding and love of ingredients!
Director Jin looked at Master Guo. When he picked him up at the airport, he thought he was such a simple and honest man. Now he looked at the man infatuatedly, "How handsome! Master Guo!"
The last kind of mushroom also happily jumped into the casserole, and Master Guo closed the lid.
After a while, uncover it, add a few drops of vegetable oil and a little salt.
The fungi were rolling, and the fragrance was not disturbed at all. They rushed into everyone's nostrils in the steam, like naughty elves, "Come and eat me! Come and eat me!"
Director Jin said: "It's over! Now I have seen the little man!" He swallowed hard again.
Everyone laughed and perfectly expressed everyone's feelings.
A chef quickly picked up a stack of small bowls and placed them next to them.
Master Guo turned off the fire, scooped up a small bowl of soup with a smile, and handed it to the chef with both hands.