"I feel like you have a lot of evil ideas. I heard that Hu Han is not an easy person to deal with." Chu Jingxuan said.
Regarding Hu Han, although no one was even aware of his existence before, since someone brought him out to compete with Ye Kai, his name quickly spread among the high-level circles in the capital.
After all, the person who supports Hu Han is Mr. Gu. This old man is also a well-known big shot, but he has been relatively low-key in recent years, and after the reform and opening up, his influence is not as good as Mr. Fang and Mr. Chu, so most people may not remember it.
You can lift him up, but if you really pull him out and measure it, you will see that his energy is still very high.
So when Mr. Gu recommended Hu Han, it attracted everyone's attention, and they all began to study this young man.
Compared with Ye Kai, Hu Han is older and has a weaker family background, but overall, older age can be seen as mature political skills, while a weaker family background can be seen as more experience in struggle, so comprehensively.
In other words, there are more people who look at Hu Han than those who look at Ye Kai.
Coincidentally, although there is a twelve-year age difference between these two people, they are both deputy department-level cadres in terms of their zodiac signs. So after Hu Han takes over the Shengwang New District, will he be able to build a
A more brilliant high-tech development zone is very exciting.
"I'm not familiar with him, but he doesn't seem to be difficult to deal with." Ye Kai waved his hand and said, "When I met him in Mingzhu, I felt that this person is more feminine. In this case, I won't
It’s time to play dirty tricks with him. Let’s engage in a conspiracy openly and openly to test his strength.”
"Your confident look makes people feel very safe." Chu Jingxuan took a sip of red wine and said to Ye Kai.
In fact, for Ye Kai, any shady conspiracy is basically out of his reach. On the contrary, he will fall behind and make people feel too petty, so Ye Kai simply makes a conspiracy and starts a big one with great fanfare.
Yes, Hu Han was so convinced that he could no longer think of going against Ye Kai.
The two of them were eating and talking, and Ye Kai said that the food seemed to be a little missing.
"Then you can order a specialty red wine steak. This restaurant makes it very special." Chu Jingxuan suggested.
"Then two?" Ye Kai asked.
"Just eat, I'm full." Chu Jingxuan shook her head.
"Okay." Ye Kai nodded, then waved and called the waiter, "Let's have the special red wine steak."
"Okay, please wait a moment." The waiter bowed slightly and left.
After a few minutes, the chef came over with a cart, and it turned out that this dish was actually cooked right next to the diners.
The steak has been marinated in advance. The method is also very simple. Just sprinkle an appropriate amount of small grain sea salt and freshly ground black pepper on both sides of the steak, and then pour the red wine used for cooking. The height is about one-third of the thickness of the steak.
One, and then sprinkle with a thin layer of dry spices, usually fresh rosemary, which tastes good.
Of course, if you don’t have red wine, it doesn’t matter if you don’t use it, but the richness of the taste will be slightly lacking.
Because many diners in the restaurant will order this dish, the ingredients are prepared in advance, and the chef will come over and cook it freshly for the guests at any table who order.
"How cooked do you want it sir?" the chef asked.
"Seventy to eighty percent," Ye Kai replied. He was too raw to eat it.
The chef nodded, then heated the pan, added olive oil, and added steak.
I saw that he quickly used high heat to slightly fry both sides of the steak. This was to lock in the meat juice of the steak and prevent it from being excessively lost, otherwise the taste would not be good.
After this process was completed, the chef poured in the remaining sauce that had just been marinated, then turned down the heat, covered the pot, and simmered for a while, then opened the lid again and poured in something unknown.
As the wine went up, I saw blue flames flying high and making a banging sound.
Then the chef quickly used a knife to pull apart the steak, and the cut surface of the meat showed a tender pink color. Then he quickly sprinkled some black pepper and something unknown.
"Sir, the steak you requested is ready," the chef said.
"It smells very good." Ye Kai looked at the steak in front of him and smiled, "But I didn't see you put red wine? The one with the flames just now seems to be a white bar?"
The chef smiled and said, "Sir, you looked very carefully. The red wine is used to make the secret sauce. What we cooked just now is indeed white wine. If you can guess the name of the white wine, sir, we can get this dish for free."
.However, if you are not sure, you will have to order another red wine steak.”
"This is not good." Ye Kai shook his head and said, "I am not someone who deliberately takes advantage."
The chef smiled and said, "It's okay, just treat it as entertainment. Anyway, no one has guessed it in these years."
"Forget it, I can't eat any more." Ye Kai waved his hands.
The chef said nothing, excused himself with a smile, and went to another table to continue showing off his cooking skills.
Ye Kai scratched the steak with a knife and fork and stuffed it into his mouth, "I think it tastes good and suitable for Chinese tastes."
"Well, the taste of Westerners is still a bit bad. Generally, after Western food arrives in China, it must be partially improved before it can be put on the market. Otherwise, people will just think that your cooking is not authentic, but they don't know that it is actually the other party's food.
Although its reputation is great, the taste is really questionable." Chu Jingxuan also said that she has eaten too much foreign food, so naturally she has a strong say in this aspect.
In fact, it is very good at Western food. After arriving in China, it went through various improvements by chefs and gradually adapted to the domestic market. This is the main reason why Western restaurants can never compete with Chinese restaurants.
When it comes to food culture, the accumulation of thousands of years in the country is indeed not comparable to that of the Japanese who drink blood. Let alone other things, just talking about Japanese seafood dishes, it cannot be said to have any technical skills.
content, but Westerners’ catering also has its own characteristics, which is simplicity.
Basically, Western food can be promoted to families on a large scale and in a simple way, and the taste is simple, and everyone will taste the same after making it.
But Chinese food is different. The chef's cooking skills are very effective. If he doesn't grasp any aspect well, the food he makes will be completely different. Especially the use of some unique secret techniques will make the dishes taste better.
The taste is unique.
To put it simply, the magic of Chinese food can only be grasped by the chef himself. This cannot be explained clearly by writing it in a recipe.
As for junk fast food like KFC, even the French say it is disgusting. It can only be said that it is due to the effect of publicity and the Chinese people's mentality of worshiping foreigners.
Of course, promoting Chinese restaurants overseas is not that easy.
Since the term "food culture" contains the word "culture", it is not so easy to promote it.
If the catering industry wants to gain a foothold in a new market, it must first have cultural identity. However, in overseas markets, Chinese culture is not mainstream, and Westerners do not have the idea of worshiping China, so they must accept Chinese food culture. That is
What is more difficult is that even if some chefs want to promote Chinese food, they will encounter resistance from foreigners.
Without a market foundation, this business will naturally be difficult to do. Therefore, many Chinese restaurants overseas are actually tasteless Chinese food. If serious Chinese people eat it, they will probably say it is really disgusting.
It seems that it is just a matter of eating, but in fact it reflects the essence of mutual disagreement between Chinese and Western cultures.
Chu Jingxuan did not expect that Ye Kai could have such a profound reflection after a meal. She just asked curiously, "Looking at you just now, it seems that you have already guessed what kind of liquor the chef used?"
"Lao Baigan from Xiangshui River." Ye Kai said.
"Lao Baigan, that kind of cheap wine?" Chu Jingxuan had never drank Lao Baigan, and she didn't even have any impression of it. After hearing this, she couldn't help but feel a little strange.
"Well, the people who come here to eat are usually rich people. In addition to the unique taste, there are really very few people who have drunk this kind of Laobaigan. Of course you can't guess it." Ye Kai explained, "Of course, just
You have to rely on your sense of smell to distinguish the smell of burning Laobaigan, and it’s not that easy to distinguish.”
After hearing this, Chu Jingxuan couldn't help but be filled with surprise.
Logically speaking, Ye Kai's family background does not require him to drink such low-end wine. How could he recognize it?
"Haha, I remember once when I went camping, I found that I didn't bring any alcohol, so I went to a nearby store and asked them for several bottles of spirits to recharge." Ye Kai explained with a smile, "When I was burning, I found that every
The taste of each wine is different, and the experience is more profound."
In fact, there are many spirits that can be used for burning, but not many that can be used in restaurants. One has to consider cost issues, and the other has to consider quality issues.
Therefore, after choosing and choosing, there are only a few options left.
"Second Young Master Ye is really amazing. Let me give it a try and see if you really guessed it right?" Chu Jingxuan said. She quickly wrote a note, then called the waiter over and asked him to hand it to the boss.
kitchen.
Sure enough, after the chef received the note, he looked surprised. He obviously didn't expect that someone could guess this difficult problem. He immediately cooked another red wine steak and asked the waiter to bring it over.
"Hello, sir, this is a gift from us. The chef hopes that you can keep this little secret." The waiter came over, placed the steaks, and whispered to Ye Kai.
"Haha, I'm not so boring that I have to fight with you." Ye Kai said with a smile.
There is no need to do things that are harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself. Ye Ershao really doesn't have time to joke with a restaurant.
If Chu Jingxuan didn't want to verify how outstanding her prospective fiancé was, there was no need for him to reveal this matter.
Speaking of which, this is nothing more than a little trick used by other restaurants to attract customers, and there is really no need to expose it.