The Days of Opening a Restaurant on an Abnormal Earth

"Mom, do you think today's western food is delicious?" Niu Ben looked at Niu Xiaoli with his eyes, and put his chubby hands on the table. It looks a bit like a fat Shiba Inu praying for a cucumber.

Niu Xiaoli was amused by Niu Ben's appearance, and burst out laughing. Then he nodded and said, "It's delicious. But this can't be regarded as Western food, right? Xiao Zhang, the elder sister didn't mean you were sorry. The dishes you cook are delicious."

Zhang Tong waved his hand: "It's okay, it's pidgin soy sauce western food. Let's not talk about authenticity or not."

Niu Xiaoli smiled when she heard what Zhang Tong said.

Niu Ben ignored the conversation between the two adults, he just continued to ask Niu Xiaoli anxiously: "Mom, answer my question. Do you think this western food is delicious?"

"Huh? Delicious!" Niu Xiaoli replied sincerely. Zhang Tong's cooking skills are nothing to say, and the difficult thing is that Zhang Tong's cooking does not have a {restaurant flavor}.

The so-called restaurant taste refers to the fact that people’s tastes are getting heavier and their sense of taste is getting duller. Foods that are not very stimulating (stimulating is not exactly equal to spicy) are difficult to open the taste buds of ordinary diners. In order to attract business and repeat customers, restaurants are using more and more seasonings, and the taste types are becoming more and more complex.

Regardless of restaurants of any taste, regardless of Sichuan cuisine or Cantonese cuisine, the current restaurant cuisine all pay attention to a taste of "head start". The taste for the guests must be stimulating and shocking. Obviously, some Zhongzheng peaceful dishes are made by these shops with extraordinary sharpness, and you come and go to fight each other on the tip of your tongue.

The dishes Zhang Tong cooks don't have that restaurant flavor, they are delicious, but they are of a different style and style. There is a feeling of washing away all the lead and returning to the original.

When all the hustle and bustle is gone, eat a scoop and drink a pot, simple and pure enjoyment. It's not about how good the chef's skills are, but that the chef shows the side of the ingredients that should be shown to the diners.

This is another level after the colorful technique fades.

Niu Xiaoli is not a gourmet, so she can't tell a lot of great truths. But she felt that the meals made by Zhang Tong were completely different from all the other restaurants she had seen and eaten.

It is obviously a simple Shanghai-style western food, and it is obviously a simple dish that almost every Huaihai aunt can cook, and there is obviously nothing fancy about it. But it is delicious, with a rare sense of authenticity.

Niu Xiaoli said with sincerity: "Xiao Zhang, you are really talented in opening this small shop. The food you make is simple but tastes really old (very good)! You can go to a big restaurant as an executive chef! "

Zhang Tong waved his hand: "Thank you for your support, Sister Niu. But the executive chef has to forget it. If you go to a big restaurant, you have to be managed by others, and you can't cook according to your own wishes, and there is no first-line communication with diners." .That doesn't suit me."

Niu Xiaoli smiled and didn't reply to Zhang Tong's words, she just said: "Xiao Zhang, how much is this meal?"

"Oh, Niu Ben has already given it." Zhang Tong pointed to Niu Ben: "He said that today he will treat his hard-working mother to a good meal. Do you think this meal is good for Sister Niu?"

Niu Xiaoli glanced at Niu Ben with kindness in her eyes. She nodded: "Very good! Thank you, mom."

"Then which one do you like better than steak?" Niu Ben continued to look at Niu Xiaoli like a fat Shiba Inu asking for a cucumber.

"Well, this." Niu Xiaoli said after thinking for a while: "I still like the taste of this. You said you want to eat western food or something. I thought you were going to Global Harbor to eat that kind of steak. I can't eat that kind of your mother. , I don’t like the steak that sticks in my teeth, and there’s blood in it, I don’t like it at all.”

Niu Xiaoli was very sincere, and Niu Ben nodded: "Yes, Mom. Actually, I just want to tell you, in fact, we may not be used to steak."

"Eh?" Niu Xiaoli glanced at Niu Ben in surprise.

Niu Ben is a very smart child, and Niu Xiaoli knows this very well. In addition, Niu Xiaoli and Niu Ben now have a disagreement on whether he should go to the United States, so when Niu Ben said this, Niu Xiaoli subconsciously thought whether Niu Ben had something to say.

"Niu Ben, do you have anything to say?" Niu Xiaoli looked at Niu Ben.

Niu Ben didn't hide what he wanted to say, he said directly: "Yes, Mom. I just want to say, in fact, authentic Western food may not be all that good. This pidgin soy sauce Western food is just as bad."

Niu Ben was extremely serious, and his chubby face had the persistence and seriousness of a young man of his age, and there was also a hint of high spirits.

"You don't have to go to a western restaurant to eat western food. It may not be that we spend three to five hundred to eat steak. You also said that you don't like steak, don't you? Compared with eating medium-rare steak, Actually, tonkatsu with spicy soy sauce is more comfortable for us, isn’t it?”

Niu Ben stood up, holding the table with both hands: "It's like I went to the United States to study and exchange. Going to the United States to study and exchange for a month can indeed gain some knowledge, but it's just a little more knowledge. I missed this study trip Just because I missed an exchange, it doesn't mean I missed the whole world."

"My classmates are really envious and want to have the opportunity to go to the United States. It's not because of the importance of this learning and exchange opportunity, but because they can go to the United States for a month, and they can brag about it with others in the future." Cowhide."

Niu Ben said logically and clearly: "The world is big, but it's also small. I can't go to New York, but I can ask my friend to record it for me with a mobile phone. This is just an exchange, not for me To be admitted to a famous Ivy League school in the United States. In fact, is the fifteen thousand dollars spent very meaningful?"

Niu Ben shook his head: "I don't think so. Our family's conditions are average. Those students think that going to the United States for exchange is meaningful because their families can easily come up with the money. It's not a burden for them."

"But for us, I don't think it has any meaning. Can a trip to the United States substantially change my life? It's not about making movies and writing novels. The end result is to go to New York with everyone to have fun After a month, I will brag with my classmates when I return home."

"Actually, I don't want to compare family conditions with anyone. I know our conditions very well. Mom, in fact, some things are really not as important as you think."

Niu Xiaoli shook her head: "Niu Ben, mom knows you are very sensible, but this is an opportunity to perform in New York. Many people can't ask for it in their lifetime."

After hearing what Niu Xiaoli said, Niu Ben turned his head to look at Zhang Tong and nodded. Zhang Tong responded to Niu Ben, and nodded slightly.

Niu Ben said to Niu Xiaoli: "Mom, I want to take you to a place."

Niu Xiaoli: "?"