After a few months, Zui Xianju finally launched a canned product in Tokyo, which immediately caused a sensation in the capital. Thousands of cans were sold out in just two days, but most of them were bought by wealthy families.
, the most shameless thing is that these rich families not only want the expensive canned fish and meat, but also the canned vegetables and fruits that Li Qi specially prepared for the traveling people, they also swept them away, which are not easy to spoil anyway.
Are you prepared?
After all, the taste of canned food is very unique, and no one has ever tasted it before, so it has achieved such unprecedented popularity.
Especially the guy in Gao Yanei. Since Li Qi had given some cans to the Taiwei Mansion in advance, he had already expected that Li Qi would sell the canned meat. He had already ordered people to wait at Zuixianju. Once the cans came out, he would
Just grab it. Facts have proved that this guy's judgment was very correct. As soon as the cans came out, he was the one who grabbed the most. So those young men who realized later that they had not bought the cans came to Gao Yanei one after another, hoping to get them from him.
Buy some from him to try.
I don’t know if Gao Yanei suddenly enlightened, or if some bastard around him noticed him, but he got back the cost of buying cans with only a small amount of cans. He was so excited that he was so proud in front of Brother Qiu.
Brother Qiu never objected to Gao Yanei's business, and even praised Gao Yanei a few words, which made him extremely happy.
Nowadays, more and more people come to Zuixianju seeking cans every day. In order to speed up the process, Li Qi immediately asked the workshops in Xicheng to rush to make the cans immediately. He also asked people to set up stalls around the capital to recycle the cans.
During the two days when the canned food was in hot demand, all the foot shops with the Zui Xianju chain store inside and outside the city were almost full all day long. The shopkeepers of these foot shops were so happy that they woke up laughing inexplicably at night.
There are also more foot shops, and the main store hopes to join the Zuixianju chain store. But at the same time, this also makes other restaurants feel more panic. After all, foot shops are the most solid backing for big restaurants like them. If the surrounding foot shops
If they have all become Zuixianju chain stores, their lives will not be easy. The shopkeeper of Shizilou knows this very well. He has been surrounded by Fanlou now, living a life of dire straits.
This also made him resolutely choose to side with Jinlou.
And they also followed suit and studied the canned food, even Zhang Chun'er was no exception. However, this was a technology that spanned hundreds of years. How could they easily discover the secrets inside it? Li Qi was quite relieved about this.
However, there is one exception, and that is Cai Minde. He has seen canned meat a long time ago and has studied it for a long time, but has never succeeded. However, he only knows about canned meat and does not know that there are canned fruits and canned vegetables.
When he tasted a can of canned oranges, he discovered one of the ways to make money, which was the raw material of the can.
On the day when the canned food came out, he immediately sent Cai Laosan with a huge amount of money to purchase several large orchards in Tokyo, and also sent people to cultivate vegetables on the land he bought before. This time he also learned
You are smart and know how to use cheap labor from refugees to cultivate those vegetables.
As far as the current situation is concerned, this is really a great thing for those refugees. No matter how stingy Cai Minde is, he will give them a bowl of food. That is enough.
Then, he found Li Qi and offered a very fair price. Since many canned-related materials out there had more or less increased, the two parties hit it off and quickly signed a preliminary contract.
Starting next year, Cai Minde will provide some canned raw materials for Zuixianju.
In addition to canned food, preparations for morning tea culture are also being stepped up. Although the pastry chefs from Taishifu are all good at it, the twelve delicacies that Li Qi will introduce, mainly Xiaolongbao, are all
They have their own characteristics, so they still need to go through a period of practice.
Since Zuixianju had to do business, and Li Qi's manor in the western suburbs had to make cans, Li Qi arranged for their training location to be with the chef of Taishi Academy.
Early this morning, Li Qi came to the kitchen of Taishi Academy as usual to supervise their practice and teach them some new dishes. In order to avoid exposing the dishes, Li Qi only taught Lu Meimei and Zhang Runer the key points of each dish.
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Since it is mainly Xiao Long Bao, it is natural to introduce a more distinctive Xiao Long Bao. Goubuli Steamed Bun is undoubtedly the best choice. And the most critical part of Goubuli Steamed Bun is its fillings.
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Li Qi first told the chefs about today's mission, and then took Lu Meimei and Zhang Run'er to stand in front of the innermost table and taught them how to make the fillings for Goubuli steamed buns. Without saying a word, one person handed them to them first.
They have a pair of gloves.
Zhang Run'er took the gloves and said humbly: "Brother, can I not wear these gloves?"
She had never worn gloves since she started making sesame seeds, and she felt quite uncomfortable.
Li Qi shook his head and said: "No. People's hands are hot. If you don't wear gloves, the stuffing will be melted when mixing with the stuffing. This will seriously affect the taste of the buns. They are stuffed with green onions and pork.
We are also stuffed with green onions and pork, so why should others buy ours? The key lies in these details."
The temperature of your hands? Is this still making steamed buns? After hearing this, the two women looked at each other, but they still put on their gloves.
Li Qi took out another basin with a piece of lean meat and a piece of fat meat in it, and said, "You must remember that the ratio of lean meat to fat meat is seven to three, which is seven pounds of lean meat.
To match a pound of fat meat, just keep this number in your mind and don’t tell others. Also, the fat meat must be pure fat, so that during the steaming process, the fat meat will turn into soup. Remember
Yet?"
The two women said in unison: "I remember."
Li Qi quickly chopped the fat and lean meat into fillings, and then mixed the fillings directly with his hands so that they could mix evenly. After a while, Li Qi poured the prepared ginger and sauce into the fillings, and then added
Said: "Remember, this kind of sauce can only be used for these steamed buns, not others, and the amount of sauce used for a pound of meat filling is between one or two to one or two and five."
In fact, this sauce has a high soy content, and Li Qi also added some special ingredients, which is also a key to his secret recipe.
Next, Li Qi told them the order of the ingredients and the weight of each ingredient, and asked them to remember it, because these cannot be leaked.
How to add water to the meat filling? The most critical part of Goubuli steamed buns is to add water. After Li Qi told them the secret of the ingredients, he began to demonstrate for them how to add water to the meat filling.
"First of all, add five ounces of water to one pound of meat filling, no more. At the beginning, you need to slowly pour water into the meat filling, otherwise the meat filling cannot fully absorb the water, and your hands must be stirred in one direction." He said while doing it.
, Lu Meimei and Zhang Runer also followed suit.
After fetching the water, add the minced scallions. This is also very particular. It is not advisable to put the minced scallions in early. It must be put into the meat filling just before making the buns, and it must be stirred in sesame oil and soaked for a while.
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The soup dumplings made last time were an eye-opener for Lu Meimei and Zhang Runer. They knew that making steamed buns was really not a simple task, but they never thought that this Xiaolongbao would be even more difficult. The special preparation was all about the details. It was really demanding.
Strict.
After Li Qi finished teaching, he let them practice on their own. He guided them for a while, then went to another stove to give instructions to other masters.
Suddenly, a maid came in and announced that Wu Furong was here.
Li Qi glanced at the sky and thought to himself, it's almost noon now, why would he come here if he didn't stay in the store? He took off his apron, washed his hands, and went to the front hall.
As soon as he arrived at the front hall, Wu Furong greeted him and said: "Master Li, the Jinlou has just issued a notice, saying that the first gourmet feast will be held in the Wanglou on the third day of the next month, and half a month later, another food feast will be held in the Wanglou.
Jinlou held it for the second time. Both times, restaurants in Tokyo came to participate. In addition, she also said that it will be held twice more in the near future, and those two times were attended by chefs from outside Tokyo. Oh, she just sent
Someone invites us to participate? Do you think we should go?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "Go. Why not."
"you go?"
"Should I go? I'll let them compete for second place." Li Qi smiled and said, "Let Liuzi and Xiaozhu go. It's time for them to prove themselves."
Wu Furong nodded slightly and asked, "Will their actions affect us?"
"There will always be a little bit, but they mainly use this to build momentum for themselves and will not pose any threat to us." Li Qi said, frowning and said: "However, for Fan Lou, it can be
It’s not a good thing. The better Jinlou’s business and the higher his status, the harder Fan Lou’s life will be. Moreover, Jinlou’s series of small actions are not aimed at us, but at Fan Lou.”
Wu Furong frowned and said, "How can that be a good thing?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Don't worry, as long as we rush to launch the morning tea culture, I'm almost ready. We can launch the morning tea culture in less than two days, as long as everyone is used to Zuixianju and
If we have morning tea in Fanlou, it will be difficult for them to steal our guests."
Although Wu Furong didn't know much about the morning tea culture, he felt relieved when he heard Li Qi's full confidence. He suddenly said: "Master Li, if you ask Aunt Cao to be the breakfast supervisor of our store, is this okay?"
That woman talks too much, I really don't trust her."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Xiaoyu also needs to rest." Li Qi shook his head and smiled: "Although Aunt Cao is a bit talkative, she can smile at her guests all day long without losing her enthusiasm.
This is rare, and guests also like to hear her gossip, which is also an indispensable part of morning tea. By the way, do we have a better newspaper in the Song Dynasty? Don't be like the Chao Bao."
Chaobao is equivalent to the official newspaper. With the surname of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, it reports sorrow but not good news. What is there to read in this newspaper?
Wu Furong nodded and said: "Yes. In addition to the imperial newspaper, there is also a kind of cheat sheet. The imperial court has banned it, but it has been banned repeatedly. Therefore, as long as they do not write anything treasonous, the imperial court will let them go."
"Then isn't this cheat sheet illegal?"
"You can say that."
Li Qi frowned. It seemed that he had to find a way to publish a gossip newspaper that was not illegal.