Doujin 24: Four Song Cuisines in Kaifeng House - Lack of money and leisure
Kaifeng City, Song Dynasty Youweiguan.
"Hey, do you two want to eat? Then come to our 'Da Song Youwei Restaurant'? We have authentic recipes from the Song Dynasty." Without any explanation, the two students who looked like tourists were greeted by the welcome guests.
As soon as we entered the store, another waiter immediately greeted him enthusiastically, "You two, please come over here!"
After taking a seat and serving tea, this restaurant felt very good. So the two tourists picked up the menu and read it. After looking at it for a while, difficulty in making choices broke out, and one tourist said to the waiter: "How about you introduce it to us?"
The signature dishes of both stores?”
"Okay. Can you two eat spicy food? Yes? That's good. The first famous dish of the Song Dynasty is the 'Boxia Gong'. This is the imperial meal of the Song Dynasty..."
"I know this," a tourist said, "Boxia Gong is boiled rabbit meat. It is said that during the war between the Song and Jin Dynasties, Kaifeng's supplies were tight, so Emperor Zhao Gou of the Song Dynasty often went to shoot rabbits for meals, and also invented various ways to eat rabbit meat.
Method: Braised in brown sauce or steamed. To make rabbit meat, cut it into very thin slices and then blanch it in the soup. It is said that the color is as fresh and tender as the glow of sunlight..."
"Yes. It's this one that looks like clouds, so it's called the clouds. Would you like one? Our garlic dipping sauce is one of a kind."
"Okay, let's have a rabbit pot."
"Okay," the waiter tapped a few times on the tablet in his hand. "For the next dish, I recommend the 'Swallow Returns to the Nest'. This dish is said to have been invented by Emperor Zhao Gou of the Song Dynasty. During the Great War between Song and Jin Dynasties, it was really delicious."
It was miserable. The people were displaced, the villages were deserted, and only crows were left flying around. So the emperor led the imperial guards to shoot crows everywhere.
Firstly, it is to supplement the army with some meat, and secondly, it is to eliminate harm."
"Pesticide?"
"Yes. Crows are also a scourge. They eat carrion and spread diseases everywhere. So shooting crows is to protect the environment and improve health standards."
"Is this okay?" The two tourists looked at each other.
"Okay, why not? That emperor Zhao Gou also specially made 'crow fried noodles' to entertain foreign envoys. However, now we have also improved this recipe and replaced the crows with broiler chickens, which are all birds.
Okay. Look at the chicken on the noodles, doesn't it look like a bird squatting in a bird's nest? That's why this dish is called Yan Huan Nest. The noodles are paired with shabu-shabu, and it tastes amazing. How about I give it to you on the shabu-shabu?
This noodle?"
"okay."
“Another famous dish in our restaurant that goes with shabu-shabu is called ‘Earning and Feeling Earned’.
Speaking of which, this dish is also related to a celebrity during the Song-Jin War. The prime minister at that time, Zhao Ding..."
"Prime Minister? Aren't you the Prime Minister of the Province?"
"Oh, that's about it anyway. He is the biggest official below the emperor. Before he became rich, he often went to a stall by the Bian River to eat sheep skulls. Why? I don't have money. Sheep skulls, bones and skins are the cheapest.
Later, after he became a high official, he would still go to the stalls by the Bian River to eat mutton, but what he ate was no longer the offal, but the serious mutton chops. So, later on, the mutton
The stall stews lamb chops and sheep scalp together and calls it "raise one's eyebrows", which means rising.
The official has made a fortune. I see that you two are both extraordinary. Why don't you show off and get a good omen? If you don't want to stew the mutton, then I will serve you some sliced mutton. It's good to eat with shabu-shabu. That's it.
That’s it.” The waiter said as he clicked on the tablet.
"Huh?" One tourist seemed to want to say something, but the other pulled him and said softly, "Forget it, let's just try it."
"By the way", the waiter remembered something, "We also have a classic dish called 'Jinwu Huan'."
"What?" The two well-educated tourists were surprised at the same time.
"It's the banner that the emperor flew when he traveled. This dish is our signature dish. The chef stacks the egg pancakes spread very thinly one on top of the other. In the middle of each layer, sesame oil, chives and fine quality ingredients are added.
Yak meat. This is real shredded yak meat, plateau
Purely natural free-range cattle, highly nutritious and of high quality..."
Listening to the waiter's introduction, the two tourists were stunned, "Isn't this a combination of egg-filled pancakes and thousand-layer pancakes? And it's also called Jinwu Huan?"
"You can call it a Thousand Layer Egg Pancake, but the materials we use are so high-end. High-end materials must be matched with high-end names. What we use in this pancake is really yak, yak meat! You know, Jinwu Zan
As our specialty dish, you usually have to buy 999 for a plate. Today we are having an event. The four famous dishes, Bo Xia Gong, Swallow Returning to the Nest, Feel proud, and Jinwu He are only 888 per table.
You can’t be fooled, you can’t suffer a loss!”
Startled by the waiter's suddenly raised voice, the two tourists said, "Let's discuss it..."
"What are you discussing? Otherwise, if you order this table of four famous dishes today, I will make the decision and give you one of our most popular desserts, 'Snow Flower Silver'. Do you know Snow Flower Silver? That is my ancestor, oh, I forgot
You said, my father opened this shop. My ancestor’s surname was Qu,..."
"Could it be that crooked man who is both civilized and military and has a reputation as a dirtbag?" A tourist interrupted the waiter.
"Exactly. Look, these calligraphy and paintings hanging in the store are all handwritten by my ancestors. How about it? Are you shocked?" The waiter said proudly. "This snowflake silver comes from the Song Dynasty Emperor Zhao Gou's self-denial.
Ministers came to remonstrate with him several times, hoping that Zhao Gou could spend more money on him. Zhao Gou asked back, "What good is silver? Is it edible?" After hearing this, my ancestor Qu Jiedushi remembered that he mentioned it in a certain book
There is a saying that eating silver can infect worms, so I mentioned it to Dr. Pan one time. Dr. Pan was a highly talented person. He went back and read the medical books, and after confirming that a small amount of silver could be eaten, he ate the ice cream that Pan Guifei made.
A very small amount of silver shavings are sprinkled on the white ice cream surface, which occasionally reflects light, and it is really silvery.
Later, after Zhao Gou tasted it, he directly named it 'Snowflake Silver', and it has been passed down to this day..."
"What's there to say about this kind of flattery? To be honest, my ancestors were not bad either..." a tourist muttered.
"Huh? Who is your ancestor?" The waiter has a good hearing.
"My ancestor, Prime Minister Zhang..."
"Zhang Jun?" the quick-talking waiter interrupted.
"No, Zhang Bangchang..." the tourist named Zhang said a little embarrassedly.
"Oh, this one. What about you? What's your surname?" the waiter asked again.
Meet another tourist.
"My ancestor Lin Qi was a Jinshi."
"Oh, descendants of Lin Jingmo."
"No, another Lin Qi." The voice of the tourist surnamed Lin also became softer.
"Okay, no matter what, you two are also queens of famous families. Since we all have family traditions, I recommend you order another bottle of Blue Bridge Fengyue, so that it is worthy of our status."
"No, no," the two tourists Zhang and Lin were shocked when they heard this and said no repeatedly, "We don't have the capacity to drink, so don't waste it."
"Ah? No?" The waiter immediately lowered his head and clicked a few times on the tablet, "Then I don't want Lanqiao Fengyue. I just want a four-course set meal plus dessert. I will submit it to you now." No matter what these two people want,
What to say, place the order directly.
An hour later, Zhang and Lin came out of the shop, looked at each other, and sighed, "Forget it, let's go to Song's Fish Soup chain store and order another boiled fish?"