Antiques with golden eyes

"Qinan, let me introduce to you, this is Zhong Ping, Sister Ping."

In the private room on the second floor of the hotel, Pei Yuqin held the arm of the woman in the purple dress and introduced Shen Yu with a smile on her face.

The woman has almond-shaped eyes, willow eyebrows and a tapered face. The only drawback is that she has some freckles on her face. Although her appearance is not as good as that of Pei Yuqin, she is still very beautiful.

Different from Pei Yuqin's cold temperament, this person exudes the gentle flavor of Xiaojiabiyu, which makes people feel close to him at a glance, or it can be said that he was born to eat the food of a businessman.

According to what Pei Yuqin just said, he should be in his early forties, but it's hard to tell. He looks like he's thirty-four or five years old.

Of course, Pei Yuqin looks younger in comparison. Although she is 31 years old, some people would believe her if she just graduated from college.

This private room is not big, about ten square meters, and the design is antique. The seats and furniture are all old furniture from the Qing Dynasty. The placement of porcelain, calligraphy and paintings is also very particular. If you don’t know, you might think that the antique store has been moved. Come here.

Because it faces north and south, even if it is a rainy day, the house is very bright without turning on the lights.

Shen Yu was obviously startled when he saw this woman named Zhong Ping, but he recovered immediately. He stepped forward and generously extended his hand to shake Zhong Ping's hand, "Hello, Sister Ping, I am Shen Yu, Nice to meet you."

Zhong Ping, however, teased Shen Yu, "Yes, he is gentle, elegant and bookish, and he looks very talented. Xiaoqin has a really good vision."

"Sister Ping, I wonder who Zhong Ling is to you?"

Shen Yu changed the topic directly.

Of course, Shen Yu also wanted to know. Otherwise, this Zhong Ping and the big star Zhong Ling that Shen Yu met in Dongjiang were not only carved from the same mold, but they were also 80% similar.

"Ah, you actually know Xiao Ling?"

Pei Yuqin and Zhong Ping asked Shen Yu in unison.

Shen Yu smiled bitterly and recounted the story of meeting Zhong Ling at the Qingniuguan Antique Market a month ago.

After hearing what Shen Yu said, Pei Yuqin looked at Shen Yu with surprise. Her beautiful eyes looked at Shen Yu unblinkingly, as if she wanted to discover some secret on Shen Yu's face.

Shen Yu smiled bitterly again, "Sister Qin, why do you look at me like this?"

Pei Yuqin put her hand on her forehead and made a speechless expression, "This world is really too small. Even if I think about it a hundred times, it is impossible to connect you with the Li Tietou in Xiaoling's mouth?

"The big star Zhong Ling you mentioned is my best friend and sister Ping's half-sister. They both take Aunt Zhong's surname."

Pei Yuqin's words cleared up Shen Yu's doubts.

After Pei Yuqin and Zhong Ping whispered for a while, Pei Yuqin handed the menu to Shen Yu, "You are hungry, you can order whatever you want."

The menu is gilded and called "Zhong's Private Kitchen". The overall production is very exquisite, like a work of art.

But there are not many dishes, only twenty dishes.

Each dish has a high-definition color photo, and the saltiness, lightness, spicyness and sweetness of each dish are also listed in detail, so the orderer can know it at a glance without asking the waiter.

The so-called private dishes are private recipes handed down from ancient times. Most of them are secret recipes passed down from ancestors. That is to say, you cannot eat this kind of food in restaurants on the street. You can only eat it in a specific deep house compound.< /p>

But that doesn’t mean all the dishes. There are only two or three specialty dishes that can be said to be a private restaurant.

Nowadays, private kitchen dishes are not as mysterious as the legends say. They can be found in a corner or in a deep house in an alley, and you even need to be introduced by a friend to find them.

Or it's hidden in a certain unit in a certain community. Now you want to open a restaurant in the community? How can you open it upstairs or downstairs? It's impossible even if you think about it.

Shen Yu ordered a mixed vegetable salad, a charcoal grilled leg of lamb, and finally ordered a black-bone chicken and wild ginseng soup for Pei Yuqin.

Pei Yuqin felt that it was not enough and ordered another Kung Pao Chicken and Mapo Tofu.

Zhong Ping joked: "What a sweet little man. Xiaoqin, you are so lucky. Your boyfriend is so handsome and he knows how to care about people."

Pei Yuqin's cheeks were a little red, "Sister Ping, if you can't finish it, I won't want the black-bone chicken soup."

Zhong Ping waved her hand, "Except for the leg of lamb, all the other dishes are small portions so you won't be able to finish them all." After saying that, she gave Shen Yu a meaningful look and walked to the kitchen.

It is impossible for the boss to personally cook private dishes, but the boss must be involved in the whole process.

Two or three minutes after the kitchen range hood buzzed, the first hot dish was served, which was a plate of "Kung Pao Chicken" ordered by Pei Yuqin.

But it was not served by Zhong Ping herself, but by the waitress of the hotel.

Obviously, Zhong Ping doesn’t want to be the light bulb between the two of them.

I have to say that the chef's skills in this restaurant are very good, and the appearance of the dishes looks very comfortable.

The diced chicken is bright red in color, and the peanuts are fried to just the right temperature.

Shen Yu rinsed his chopsticks with hot water and handed them to Pei Yuqin, "Sister Qin, do you know the origin of this home-cooked dish?"

Pei Yuqin shook his head: "Isn't it just an ordinary home-cooked dish? Does it have a great origin?"

Shen Yu smiled and shook his head and said: "Sister Qin, this dish of Kung Pao Chicken is famous overseas, how can it be ordinary?"

Pei Yuqin looked puzzled, "Is there more to this dish?"

Shen Yu took a spoonful and put it on the small plate in front of Pei Yuqin, and then said with an exaggerated expression, "Of course, let's do this. Sister Qin, please tell me first whether this Kung Pao Chicken is Sichuan cuisine, Guizhou cuisine or Shandong cuisine." Dish?"

“Sichuan food?”

Shen Yu nodded and shook his head, "Let's eat the food first and talk about it later."

Pei Yuqin picked up a piece of diced chicken and tasted it, her beautiful eyes suddenly lit up, "It's delicious! It's fresh and tender, not too spicy, not too old, and slightly spicy with a bit of sweet and sour."

After saying that, she picked up another peanut and put it in her mouth, "This one is also very fragrant."

"Qinan, can you cook this dish?" Pei Yuqin took a small bite and scooped a spoonful for Shen Yu and placed it on the porcelain plate in front of Shen Yu.

"Of course, this dish mainly depends on the selection of ingredients. If you want to make it fresh and delicious, you must use fresh and high-quality chicken breasts or chicken legs, preferably freshly killed.

"Peanuts are also very important. You must use peanuts that are newly dried in the year. Aged peanuts will affect the taste.

"After the freshness of the chicken and the crispiness of the peanuts are guaranteed, prepare the chili peppers. There are many choices for chili peppers, such as Chaotian peppers, Erjingtiao strips, and bell peppers. You can choose according to the spiciness.

"Then salt, sugar, chicken broth, water bean powder, dark soy sauce cooking wine, onion, ginger, garlic, etc. must be prepared in advance.

"In the first step, the key to frying peanuts is to use cold oil in a cold pan. Hot oil must not be used. In the second step, use..." (囧, book friends, I am afraid that you will say that I am hydrophobic, so I will not write in detail.)

Pei Yuqin held her cheek in her hand and looked at Shen Yu's eloquent words with a doting look on her face.

It's like the joy a wife gets from listening carefully to her husband's work.

How could she not know about Kung Pao Chicken?

An improved version of Shandong Cuisine Sauce-fried Chicken and Guizhou Cuisine Spicy Chicken, a private dish of the family of Ding Baozhen, a famous official in the Qing Dynasty.

Gongbao is the prince's Taibao, and Prince Shaobao's common name is the prince's teacher, which is also the official name given posthumously by Ding Baozhen.

Pei Yuqin not only knows all of the above, but she also has great experience in making this dish herself.

It’s just that her mother told her that men love to show off in front of women. If you want a man to like you more, you must be a good listener.

Besides, Pei Yuqin also likes to listen to Shen Yu speak.