“How is it?” Meng Shuangshuang couldn’t help but ask after seeing him close his eyes and savor it carefully, without saying a word for a long time.
Ning Xi smiled, took money from Meng Shuangshuang, bought some of their sauces from the young Japanese beside Ito Taiyi, and distributed all the sashimi she had cut to the crowd for free .
Everyone has long seen that these two Japanese people are not pleasing to the eye, but the food is now, and they can’t help the appetite. Now that they saw Ningxi’s free sashimi, they all grabbed it.
“Delicious!”
“It was delicious!”
“It’s much better than what this Japanese made!”
The crowd applauded.
Taiichi Ito told the young man to pack his things with a dark face, Meng Shuangshuang said proudly: “Mr. Taiyi, we Ningxi will be participating in the cooking competition in Guangzhou city recently. If you are not convinced, you can come anytime. Come and challenge! By the way, by the way, it would be nice to have a look at the cooking skills of our Great Zhou Dynasty, lest you have been watching the sky like this all the time.”
Taita Ito grunted angrily and left without looking back with the young man.
Jun Qianyu looked at Ning Xi with a half-smile but not a smile: “Wang Mojie’s “Luoyang Daughter’s Journey”? Where did you see this, why have I never heard of it?”
Ning Xi said: “I just read it in an unknown miscellaneous journal. Fifth Master doesn’t have to take it to heart.”
The fisherman boy who brought them here sincerely admired: “Sister, you are really amazing.”
Jun Shaofeng said: “This dipping sauce is very good for the nose, but I don’t think it is delicious.”
Ning Xi said: “That green mustard is a special sauce of the Japanese country, and some of us in the Central Plains are not used to eating it. In fact, when I say ‘golden glutinous rice’, the ‘golden glutinous rice’ in it refers to another A special sauce, which is the preferred sauce for us Central Plains people to eat sashimi. If Shizi is interested, Ning Xi can go back to the fisherman’s house just now and find all the sauces for you to make.”
“That’s great.” Meng Shuangshuang clapped and smiled, “Then let’s go back and do it!”
Ningxi asked: “I wonder if Fifth Master is interested?”
Jun Qianyu nodded.
Ning Xi said: “Then this is the fourth dish I made for Fifth Master.” She still owes him ten dishes, and when she thinks about it, she feels like a small mountain is pressing down on her heart, and she doesn’t know what to expect. Time to be done.
Jun Qianyu didn’t say anything, but Ning Xi took him by default.
Back to the fisherman’s house, Ningxi went to prepare the sauce first. This fisherman’s house cooks for the guests all year round, and all kinds of condiments are well prepared. , also found.
This sauce is made by mashing garlic, ginger, orange, white plum, cooked cornstarch, japonica rice and sauce together, and then adding vinegar.齑’ name.
Then I picked a fish, and after scraping the scales and opening the belly, cut the fish into thin slices. This time, the fish slices were slightly thicker, and they tasted more tender and tender.
Ningxi brought out the sliced fish and the prepared sauce. After tasting it, Jun Shaofeng repeatedly praised: “This is really delicious sashimi!”
The young fisherman carefully observed Ningxi’s practice from beginning to end, and then practiced his skills of sliced fish. After a few years, a famous “fish slice” appeared on this beach. Try the sashimi from “Fishizhang”, but that’s for another day.
After returning from the seaside fishing village, Jun Qianyu was probably busy with official business, so he never looked for Ningxi again, and the day for the rematch of the cooking competition came soon.
Ningxi is still taking the way of being ingenious and unworkable, making white cut mutton, selecting the best lamb shank, dipping it in white sauce, cutting into thin slices, and serving with two seasonings of sand **** and fermented bean curd , crispy skin and tender meat, mellow and delicious.
Rong Daquan made a mutton pot. In the past ten days, he did not waste time doing nothing, but went around and learned about the local eating habits. Due to the hot and humid weather in Guangzhou, he paid attention to the clean and moist food. The local people think that eating Lamb will be hot, so it is customary to cook it with some moist ingredients.
In the past few days, based on his observations and some casual instructions from Ning Xi, he tried out this nourishing and moist mutton pot.
Roast the mutton until the skin is golden and red to remove all the odor, then boil it with the local sweet bamboo cane until soft and smooth, then add radishes, water chestnuts, bamboo sticks and garlic, and simmer over low heat. The taste is sweet, soft and delicious, which is very popular with the judges.
Obviously, Rong Daquan has broadened his horizons and thinking a lot since he joined Ning Xi, and now he can create his own dishes.
As for the other contestants, Ning Xi is optimistic about Han Xiangfei and You Zhenniang.
Han Xiangfei cooks a special delicacy from the Western Regions, pocket mutton pie.
He directly took off the iron pot on the stove, replaced the firewood with charcoal, then folded the large pieces of fresh mutton tightly and put them on an iron rod, and grilled it on the stove, turning the iron while roasting. The handle of the drill, the iron drill is like a shaft, which drives the whole stack of mutton to slowly rotate and bake on the stove, the hot oil drips down, and the aroma is fragrant.
Han Xiangfei then held a small knife and cut off small pieces of meat from the roasted mutton. After seeing that it was almost cut, he sprinkled with coriander and chopped green onion, and mixed with his special seasoning.
The white flour cake is prepared in advance. An opening is cut from one end, and it is opened into a pocket. The mixed meat is stuffed into the flour pocket, and it becomes a fresh and hot pocket mutton cake. array, very distinctive.
Actually, the stewed mutton with white radish made by You Zhenniang is also very good. The white radish can bring out the sweetness of the mutton, and the combination of the two is also very good. It is a pity that the judges on the field were attracted by another local fat man.
The reason why he is said to be a local tyrant is mainly because the materials he uses are too extravagant. There are actually dozens of sheep’s eyes. One sheep has only two eyes. Dozens of precious lotus goats.
Sheep eyes have been eaten by Ning Xi in a previous life. They also have a nice name, Grape Sheep Jingjing. After they are cooked, they look like a big ball with stuffing. The outer layer is soft and tender, and it tastes good when you bite into it. The unique juice splashes all over the mouth, and when you chew it carefully, you will feel that there is something similar to cartilage in it, which is still very chewy.
In this round of competition, a total of four chefs will be selected to participate in the finals. Ning Xi, Rong Daquan and Han Xiangfei will be selected. , After some discussion, You Zhenniang missed the final, and the local fat man named Chen Dexiang entered the final.
It’s just the time and title of the finals, but it hasn’t been announced yet, just let them go back and wait for the news.
Since I don’t know the topic yet, I have nothing to prepare yet. Ning Xi and Rong Daquan returned to their residence, and they spent a few days of leisurely foraging for food. came to find her.
This time he actually came to Ning Xi for help.
It turns out that when Jun Qianyu came to Guangzhou this time, in addition to hosting the cooking competition on the bright side, he also had a secret mission to secretly investigate the case of Yu Qinglin, the prefect of Guangzhou, colluding with officials from the DPRK and China to corrupt the law.
Because this matter involves important officials in the DPRK, if he investigates it openly, he will definitely encounter a lot of resistance. Therefore, he plans to start with Yu Qinglin first, and after he has obtained enough evidence, he will return to Beijing to take all the involved in one fell swoop. affairs officials.
But this Yu Qinglin is an old fox. Officially, he does everything flawlessly. If he checks from the surface, he must be unable to find out any problems. Originally, Jun Qianyu also placed people in his mansion to investigate secretly, but recently The old fox may have heard some rumors, and the precautions are very strict, so that the placed chess pieces cannot be contacted with people outside, and Jun Qianyu has not heard from that person for several days.
Ning Xi looked confused: “I’m a weak woman, I’m afraid I can’t help you much!” In fact, she was very reluctant to get involved in such a thing.
Jun Qianyu said: “Yu Qinglin is a slick person and meticulous in his work, but he has one of the biggest weaknesses, that is, he loves to eat. There is no food in the world that he is not interested in. Over the years, everyone in Guangdong has a bit of a reputation. Chefs have been his guests. You have emerged in the culinary competition this time. If it is not expected, he will send someone to invite you in the next two days.”
Ningxi didn’t expect that participating in a cooking competition would cause trouble. Is it really necessary to keep a low profile?
“I wonder what Fifth Master wants Ning Xi to do?”
“You only need to make a mark in the hidden place after entering the Yufu, and someone will come to you naturally. You just need to help me bring out the things he gave you.”
“Is this going to be dangerous?” Ning Xi still had lingering fears about the last boat cruise.
“No, our people are very careful, as long as you are careful, you should be fine.”
Ning Xi lowered her head, bit her lip and didn’t speak. To be honest, she really didn’t want to help her because of the other party’s identity, so it was really hard to say no if she refused.
Jun Qianyu said: “This Yu Qinglin is an unkind official. If he can be removed, it will be a good thing for the benefit of the people.”
Ning Xi murmured in a low voice, “What does that have to do with me?” She is just a commoner, and it is not her turn to have such big ambitions as worrying about the country and the people.
“Then I promise you, as long as you help me this time, I can promise to do three things for you in the future, how about that?” Jun Qian said.
Ning Xi’s heart moved: “Is anything ok?”
Jun Qianyu said: “As long as it’s not a matter of harming nature, killing people and setting fires, anything else will do.”
“That’s right, the deal is done!” Ning Xi said simply.
As expected, Jun Qianyu didn’t expect it. Not long after he left, someone sent by Mr. Yu, the prefect of Guangzhou, came to the door.