"What a big fish." Mrs. Xie Er looked at the big mackerel and yellow-lip fish and said worriedly, "Isn't the meat of such a big fish old?"
It's not like there aren't such big fish in the inland. For example, the big herring in some lakes can grow to twenty or thirty pounds. It's not like Mrs. Xie has never eaten such a big fish as a noble.
But to be honest, Mrs. Xie Er thinks that some very large fish may have been alive for too long, and the meat is not as tender as fish that is only one or two years old.
And the fish weighing several dozen kilograms in front of her now looked very big. She wondered if their meat quality would not be as delicious as the big herring and carp she had eaten before.
"Don't worry, mother, the meat of these fish tastes very tender." Xie Yufei said. After putting on his apron, he took a knife and cut the fish that had been killed. His knife skills were very good.
Mackerel and yellow lipped fish are cut into fillets, which are slightly thinner but not as thin as cicada wings, about one centimeter thick; tuna is thicker, so it is easy to use whether it is boiled or pan-fried.
good.
Xie Yulan disassembled the crabs and lobsters, cleaned the crabs under the guidance of the hot pot restaurant chef, and then knocked off the crab legs and shells to make them more flavorful.
The two brothers were handling the complete seafood together, while Cai Guogong, the elders, and several younger brothers and sisters had already begun to add other ingredients to the pot.
Meatballs are difficult to cook, so Cai Guogong and others put all kinds of meatballs into the pot first and cooked them for a longer time. Then when the bottom of the pot boiled again, Cai Guogong and others put the mutton slices first.
There is no beef in the hot pot restaurant today, but there is still plenty of lamb. Thin fat lamb rolls, lamb ribs, and lamb scorpions can all be put into the hot pot.
Some of the lamb ribs have been grilled, some have been stewed, and the lamb scorpions are almost cooked. You only need to put them in the bottom of the pot and cook them for a while, and you don't need to stew them for too long.
"The taste of this lamb scorpion is very good." Cai Guogong said while eating the lamb scorpion. This dish is a sauce-flavored lamb scorpion. The mutton has not a strong smell but also has a sauce flavor. Cai Guogong likes it very much.
"I think this fried rice tastes very good." Mr. Xie said while eating fried rice. This time, the fried rice Xie Yufei ordered was seafood fried rice. It added a lot of crab meat, shrimp meat, shell meat and other seafood, but it was not delicious at all.
It's fishy, but very delicious.
"I think this eel rice is delicious." Sister Xie said, in front of her was a piece of grilled eel rice. The grilled eel was very fragrant, the gravy was also rich, and the meat was plump. She ate it very deliciously.
"The eel is indeed delicious." After Xie Yulan processed the ingredients, he sat back and took a bite of the grilled eel. It tasted very fragrant when paired with rice.
The eel rice has a special sauce, and the rice mixed with these sauces also tastes very good. Xie Yulan thought that when he went to Hanye Temple, he met Prince Ning and Princess Ning. The fragrant food they cooked on the way was definitely delicious.
thing.
You must know that after that, he could not forget the taste. It was not until the Chinese New Year that he bought the instant noodles that Wang Ning mentioned at Chenji Supermarket for a long time.
Now that he had eaten the delicious hot pot and eel rice, Xie Yulan had to admit that Princess Ning was a good eater and she really knew a lot of delicious recipes.
"Grandpa, please try these crab legs." Xie Yulan fished out the king crab legs from the clear soup pot, removed the crab shells and put the complete crab leg meat into his grandfather's bowl and said, "Look at it.
How is the taste different from the taste of hairy crabs?”
"Okay, okay..." Cai Guogong nodded heartily, took a bite of crab leg meat, closed his eyes with satisfaction and tasted it carefully.
Others are grabbing the cooked food in the pot. The most important thing when a group of people eat hot pot is to grab the cooked food in the pot. If you are slow, the food you want to eat will be taken away by others.
That's definitely sad.
Seeing his family eating happily, Xie Yufei felt that his decision to bring his family over to enjoy this delicious meal was the right one. The happiness of his family was more important than anything else.
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"Mother." Yan Long looked at his mother and said, "Today, my sister-in-law sent some seafood to the palace. How about we, mother and daughter, have a seafood hotpot?"
Concubine Yun Guifei heard this and looked at her daughter and said, "Did your sister-in-law bring seafood?"
"Yes, my sister-in-law's hot pot restaurant has added a lot of new seafood. She said that her family should also enjoy it." Yan Long said with a smile, "Mother, do you want to taste it with your daughter?"
"Okay." Concubine Yun Gui did not refuse her daughter. Of course, she also knew that these seafood were definitely not easy to come by, so she also ordered her nanny to go to her warehouse to get a few things for her daughter-in-law.
Seeing that his mother-in-law had agreed, Yan Long happily took her to the dining place, where mother and daughter waited for the chef in the small kitchen to prepare the bottom of the seafood hotpot and put all the seafood ingredients sent by Chen Yu.
When they were finished and served, the sound from outside the door interrupted them——
"The Emperor has arrived——"
Concubine Yun Guifei's eyes flashed with displeasure when she heard this voice. She wanted to enjoy the delicious food sent by her daughter-in-law alone with her daughter, and did not want Emperor Yun Zhao to ruin it at all.
But she had no choice, she was just a concubine and couldn't show Emperor Yun Zhao's face at this time, so she could only hide her feelings and pretend to be happy to welcome Emperor Yun Zhao.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty." Concubine Yun Guifei greeted Emperor Yun Zhao gracefully.
"Daughter pays homage to Emperor Father." Yan Long also saluted. Although she felt for a moment that Emperor Father came at the wrong time, she did not show any sign of being unwelcome. No matter how much they, mother and daughter, did not want Emperor Yun Zhao to appear,
You can't drive people away, right?
"My beloved concubine, Long'er." Emperor Yun Zhao still had a smile on his handsome face despite his age. He stepped forward and took Concubine Yun's hand and said, "My beloved concubine is not too polite, so Long'er should be fine."
As he spoke, Emperor Yun Zhao looked at the hot pot and various seafood ingredients on the table, and said with a smile, "I heard that the ninth daughter-in-law sent a lot of seafood to the palace, so I came over to take a look. My beloved, do you mind if I do too?
Let’s take a share of the pie?”
Concubine Yun Gui rolled her eyes in her heart. Of course she minded. She didn't want to have dinner with Emperor Yun Zhao at this time, but who made him the emperor?
Concubine Yun Gui said with a gentle face, "Of course I don't mind. Mrs. Chen is my concubine and your Majesty's daughter-in-law. Why can't your Majesty eat the things she honors her elders?"
"Your Majesty, sit down." Concubine Yun Gui asked Emperor Yun Zhao to sit down and poured him a glass of rice wine herself. "Your Majesty is able to come to Baifu Palace. I am not happy enough. It is my blessing to be able to dine with His Majesty."
"My beloved concubine is too modest." Emperor Yun Zhao said with a smile, "Don't worry, I also asked the imperial kitchen to prepare some dishes. I will not finish all the meals for you mother and daughter."
"Your Majesty is joking." Concubine Yun Guifei joked with him with a smile.
Seeing the "deep affection" between his mother-in-law and his father, Yan Long felt that it was a bit fake for some reason. The relationship between his mother-in-law and his father didn't seem that strong?
Of course, Yan Long knew very well what kind of person her father was. He was definitely a good emperor, but he was not a good husband or father. Of course, not being a good father was for Yan Long, but she did not care about her father.
The feelings are still very deep, at least the father did not make her life difficult.
As for a good husband, having so many concubines in his father's palace proves that he is not a good husband. After all, there will always be women who will be sad because of their father.
Yan Long felt that it was quite right for her mother-in-law to act like this. She only served her father as the emperor and did not think about getting any affection from him.
Never believe that an emperor loves you, and never expect that an emperor only loves you.
Especially a good emperor, he cannot only love you.