Chapter 105 Sichuan food has a strange taste and needs to be seasoned with sesame sauce
Zhang Yu and Mengyi came to the house.
"Uncle Xu, Aunt Xu, we are here."
Aunt Xu saw the two children coming, and a happy smile appeared on her face.
Quickly step forward and hold their hands.
"Oh, you guys are here, Aunt Xu misses you so much after not seeing her for a few days."
"Come, come, sit down and talk with Auntie."
Zhang Yu looked at the room full of people and felt embarrassed to sit down.
"Well, Aunt Xu, I'd better not do it. None of these elders are sitting down. I'm embarrassed to sit down!"
The few people standing in the room look like ordinary people at first glance, and their aura seems to be that of leaders.
Even if Zhang Yu has a good relationship with Uncle Xu, he cannot break the rules.
It just so happened that Factory Director Yang walked in at this moment, seeing Zhang Yu who had arrived early, and there was a girl beside him.
"Zhang Yu, you came very quickly. Is the person next to you the daughter of Director Wang of the Street Office?"
"Director Yang, you are here too. Let me introduce you. This is my lover, Yuan Mengyi."
"Meng Yi, this is Director Yang of our steel rolling mill."
Zhang Yu made an introduction to the two of them.
"Hello, Director Yang."
Mengyi nodded to Director Yang and said hello.
"Hello, hello, you and Zhang Yu are really talented and good-looking! Hahaha."
Although Mengyi felt a little shy when being praised in this way, she still said it openly.
"Director Yang, you have given me the award."
"Okay, Xiao Yang, you should go catch up with your old boss and don't make it difficult for the two children."
Aunt Xu spoke up at the right time and helped Mengyi out of trouble.
"Haha, then just listen to Madam and I won't disturb you."
Director Yang nodded to Zhang Yu and Mengyi, stepped into the crowd, and started talking to Wang Ju.
Uncle Xu was surrounded by everyone, talking to each other in a lively manner.
Aunt Xu brought Zhang Yu to the side.
"Zhang Yu, Uncle Xu called you here this time because he wants you to cook some Sichuan dishes."
"These people in the room are all your Uncle Xu's old subordinates. Many of them have stayed in Sichuan with your Uncle Xu, and they all like Sichuan food, so they want you to show off your skills."
It seems that Aunt Xu doesn't know that there is already someone in the kitchen. I guess Silly Zhu is already in the kitchen at this moment.
But Zhang Yu still wants to say a few words.
"Hey~, Aunt Xu, what are you talking about? Even if you and your wife want to eat, I will be on call. Didn't we already agree!"
"Then, shall I go and work in the kitchen first?"
After saying that, he made a show of walking towards the kitchen.
Aunt Xu quickly grabbed Zhang Yu.
"No, no, no, we'll talk about it later. Uncle Xu asked Xiao Yang to bring a projectionist. We'll watch the movie later and then we'll have dinner."
"Please watch the movie with me first, and then go to the kitchen later."
"Oh, so that's how it was arranged. Then, how about Aunt Xu show me the side dishes in the kitchen first, so that I can have a good idea of what to do."
Zhang Yu never fights an unprepared battle and never sees the prepared ingredients, so he never feels at ease.
Aunt Xu also thought this was true, and led Zhang Yu to the kitchen. Mengyi didn't know anyone here, so she followed her to the kitchen.
When the three of them came to the kitchen, they saw Sha Zhu lighting a cigarette. Aunt Xu's face turned dark instantly.
"Hey, comrade, we don't allow smoking in our house, please put out the fire."
Silly Zhu ignored what Aunt Xu said and was surprised that Zhang Yu appeared here.
He took the cigarette out of his mouth, threw it into the stove, stood up and asked.
"Zhang Yu, why are you here? And your partner, you two are here to eat too?"
"Yes, Master He."
"What, you two know each other?"
Aunt Xu asked curiously.
"We know each other from the same compound. Master He is the chef of the steel rolling mill."
Zhang Yu gave a brief introduction.
As for Mengyi, she was too lazy to look at Silly Zhu for fear of getting her eyes dirty.
"Oh, I see, that means, is it you or him who does it tonight?"
When Shazhu heard this, he felt somewhat unhappy.
"What are you doing? Cooking?"
"Of course I did it. I am a chef and Zhang Yu is a welder. What can he do?"
"By the way, let me tell you something. Your family lacks sesame paste. You can't cook without sesame paste."
After saying that, he took out a bag of tea leaves and poured it into the tea vat.
Aunt Xu looked unbelieving.
"We asked you to come here to cook Sichuan cuisine, why do you want sesame sauce?"
Silly Zhu held the teapot, looked at Aunt Xu, and spoke without any courtesy.
"The cooking is mine, and the food is yours. Ask what you should ask, and don't ask what you shouldn't."
"Where's the boiling water?"
"Hey, I'm talking about you..."
Zhang Yu quickly grabbed Aunt Xu. It was not easy to argue at this time. There were many people outside. Those people heard her and thought that Aunt Xu was intolerant.
"Aunt, aunt, don't be angry. You go out first. I will explain to you later."
Zhang Yu asked Mengyi to help Aunt Xu out of the kitchen, and went to find a thermos for Sha Zhu.
Zhang Yu knew that Sha Zhu was such a loser, but he didn't bother to say anything to him.
After leaving the kitchen, I caught up with Aunt Xu.
"Aunt, are you okay? Are you angry?"
"It's okay." Aunt Xu waved her hand to say it was okay.
"What did that person mean just now? How can there be sesame sauce in Sichuan food?"
"I saw you didn't use sesame sauce when you were cooking that day!"
Zhang Yu watched and comforted Aunt Xu.
"Auntie, what Master He said just now is correct. Some Sichuan dishes need this sesame sauce for seasoning. That day, I saw that there was no sesame sauce in the kitchen, so I made those dishes."
"You have to find someone to prepare the sesame paste in a while. It will be used when cooking later."
Zhang Yu is not talking for Shazhu, he is just seeking truth from facts. It is true that some Sichuan dishes need sesame sauce for seasoning.
There are three major branches of Sichuan cuisine: Shanghe Gang, Xiahe Gang, and Xiaohe Gang;
There are "seven flavors" (sweet, sour, numbing, spicy, bitter, fragrant, salty) and eight flavors (dry roasted, sour, spicy, fishy, dry stir-fried, strange smell, peppery numbing, red oil).
A total of 24 compound flavors, namely
Category 1: Spicy, red oil, spicy, hot and sour, peppery, homemade, lychee, fish, tangerine peel, strange.
The third category: salty, soy sauce, tomato sauce, mellow and sweet, lychee, sweet and sour flavor
This strange smell needs to be adjusted with sesame paste.
Aunt Xu believed what Zhang Yu said more. When she heard that sesame paste was indeed needed, she felt a little less angry. However, when she thought of Silly Zhu's arrogant attitude, she still felt uncomfortable.
However, I still took the overall situation into consideration and found Secretary Chen and asked him to quickly prepare a bottle of sesame paste.
Secretary Chen also looked confused, why do you want sesame paste?
Seeing that Aunt Xu's face was not good, she didn't dare to ask any more questions, so she quickly asked someone to drive over and prepare a bottle of sesame paste.
"Zhang Yu, please keep an eye on the kitchen first. I don't feel at ease without you here."
"I'm going to see how the projectionist's arrangements are going."
Zhang Yu nodded, and Aunt Xu went to the living room with confidence.