Su Jinrong decided to order. He didn't mean to pick up the menu at all. He sat there waiting for Su Liancheng to be ready.
Su Liancheng also made some arrangements outside the door, tidyed up his clothes, made all preparations, and took a deep breath before stepping into the room.
"Good afternoon, everyone, Fujing Building is very happy to welcome you all. Today, the dishes our Fujing Building hosts promote are some of the dishes in the Red House Banquet. Do you know if you need to start ordering now?"
After hearing Su Liancheng's words, Su Jinrong said calmly: "Well, let's order."
Su Lian immediately took out the menu, ready to pass it to everyone to see.
But Su Jinrong spoke first: "A bad duck letter."
When Su Jinrong spoke, he instantly disrupted Su Liancheng's rhythm, but he still made adjustments quickly, passing the menu to everyone, and then quickly began to record it.
"Since it is a dish of the Red House Banquet, let's have a portion of rouge goose breast and chestnut roast chicken."
Rouge goose breast is on the menu, and this chestnut roast chicken is not among the red house dishes on the menu, but Fujinglou does have such a dish, but it may be slightly different in practice.
Su Liancheng hesitated and said seriously: "Old sir, I'm really sorry, the chestnut roast chicken in Fujinglou may not be the way of the red house banquet."
Su Jinrong did not blame, but nodded: "Yes, just follow your approach."
Su Liancheng thought for a while and said, "I will help you ask the chef, if they can use the red house method, we will give you the red house method. If not, please forgive me."
Su Jinrong did not expect that Su Liancheng would reply to himself like this.
But Feng Yifan nodded his head to Su Liancheng's answer.
This is indeed a top restaurant, a change that a close receptionist should make.
Su Jinrong nodded and said, "Okay, you can."
Next, Su Jinrong ordered a few more dishes.
After a few simple and common dishes, Su Jinrong ordered one of the key dishes that came over today: "Well, I want a "Fried Pork with Five Flowers and Fire"."
Su Liancheng was shocked when he heard the name of this dish.
"What? You, what kind of dish are you talking about? This dish doesn't seem to be on our menu."
Such a dish, Su Liancheng is indeed a dish that has never even heard of the name.
So he also subconsciously said that this dish was not on the menu.
Su Jinrong smiled and said, "I know your menu is not on, but I heard that you have hired a new chef. He once learned cooking in Su Ji, so since he is a cook who came out of Su Ji, he should know Tell your chef about this dish, I think he should be able to make it."
Su Liancheng was really surprised. From the moment Su Jinrong said the name of the dish, he knew very well that this dish must be from Su Ji's unique dish.
But he was surprised that he had never heard his parents mention such a dish.
Feng Yifan was also a little surprised when he heard the name of the dish.
Of course, after looking at his father-in-law's expression, he probably also understood his father-in-law's intention, which was deliberately to test Sun Mingxing. See if this brother has forgotten the dishes of Su Ji back then.
After listening to Su Jinrong’s words, Su Liancheng hesitated and said respectfully: "Good old man, I will help you ask the chef first. If the chef agrees, we will arrange for you, but if the chef is unwilling to do it , Please forgive me, old man."
Su Jinrong was not polite, and said directly: "Well, if the chef is unwilling to do it, let him come and see me."
Su Liancheng understood this time that his uncle obviously deliberately wanted to blame his brother.
Su Liancheng is naturally not qualified to participate in such things of the older generation, so he can only nod his head and promise: "Well, yes, I will tell the chef, do you need any more dishes, old gentleman?"
Su Jinrong said: "Well, let's have a dessert last. Give me these little grandchildren and little granddaughters."
Feng Ruoruo heard her grandpa order dessert, turned her head and asked her mother in a low voice: "Mom, can I talk?"
This sentence was of course heard by Su Jinrong. Su Jinrong said, "If you want some dessert? You can say it, let the back chef make it for you."
Seeing that her grandfather agreed to speak, the little girl said to Su Liancheng: "Uncle, you ask your sister and brother to give your kitchen to me. You must make delicious snacks. If it doesn't taste good, if you don't like it, Ruo Ruo will not like it."
Su Liancheng asked, "What if you want a snack?"
Feng Ruoruo thought about it and said, "If you don't know, there are so many powerful chefs in your kitchen, they can cook, and they must be delicious."
The smile on Su Liancheng's face stiffened a little, and then he still kept smiling and said, "Okay."
But in his heart, Su Liancheng was really depressed, thinking: You grandparents, you came here to find fault on purpose today, right?
Grandpa ordered a dish that he hadn't heard of before, and the granddaughter didn't even say the name of the dish, and let the chef of the back cook to do it by himself.
Su Liancheng felt helpless, but he still had to keep a smile on his face and asked again.
"The other guests, do you need anything else?"
Su Ruoxi returned to the menu and shook her head to indicate that there was no need.
When it was Feng Yifan's turn, Su Liancheng was really nervous again, for fear that Feng Yifan would have some problems for himself and the kitchen.
Sure enough, Feng Yifan asked, "Do you have any drinks?"
Feng Ruoruo heard her father's words, and the little girl said, "Dad, you can't drink."
Feng Yifan smiled and said to her daughter: "It's okay, we just drink a little bit, we promise not to drink too much, okay?"
Feng Ruoruo pursed her little mouth and was very upset, and then her mother held her in her ear and whispered a few words. The little girl finally nodded and agreed: "Okay, but don't drink too much."
Feng Yifan nodded and agreed: "Okay, I promise not to drink too much."
Su Liancheng then replied: "We have all kinds of wine here, including white wine, rice wine, and wine. I wonder what wine do you need, sir?"
Feng Yifan then asked: "Do you have any recommendations?"
Su Liancheng was stunned for a moment, and quickly understood that this was also a test.
Because when the guests are dining, some guests may ask to recommend drinks. In this case, it is necessary to make suitable drinks recommendations according to the dishes ordered by the guests, and they must be able to fit the dishes ordered.
Su Liancheng thought for a moment and said: "Based on the dishes you ordered today, I recommend you to try our rice wine, which is a kind of rice wine. It is also specially purchased by our Fujinglou. It has a mellow taste and is suitable for matching with what you have today. The dishes I ordered."
Then Su Liancheng gave a more detailed introduction from the wine category, some characteristics of the rice wine, and the types of rice wine purchased by Fujinglou.
After listening to it, Feng Yifan smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's add some food and have a pot."
Su Liancheng nodded: "Okay, finally I will confirm the menu with you."
After confirming that it was correct, Su Liancheng retreated and left the room.
The moment he walked out of the room, Su Liancheng was really relieved, and suddenly felt that his back clothes were already wet with sweat. When faced with such a scene for the first time, it made him feel so nervous that he did not dare to be sloppy at all.
Some waiters next to him saw Su Liancheng gasping for breath and quietly wiping off his sweat. Someone leaned in and asked for warmth.
"Manager Su, are you okay?"
Su Liancheng looked at the waiter who came to inquire, shook his head and said, "It's okay, you are busy with you, pay attention to the attitude to the guests, remember that our Fujing Building is a first-class restaurant, and all services must be kept up. Go against the guests."
The waiter also quickly agreed to turn around and leave.
Su Liancheng took the menu and walked quickly across the restaurant lobby, directly into the back kitchen.
When he came to the back kitchen, Su Liancheng found Sun Mingxing, handed the menu to him, and whispered: "Uncle Jiu Shi, my uncle ordered a dish that is not on the menu. He said that you know how to make it. He said it was made by Su Ji. An old dish, he asks you to cook it for him to taste."
Sun Mingxing glanced at the menu and saw the dish in an instant.
"Fried Pork with Five Flowers and Fire".
When Sun Mingxing saw it, a wry smile appeared on his face: "Su Jinrong, Su Jinrong, I never thought you would order this dish, but it really embarrassed me."
Hearing what Sun Mingxing said, Su Liancheng couldn't help asking: "Uncle Master, do you really have this dish?"
Sun Mingxing nodded: "Naturally, this is a dish that has been on the state banquet menu. It is the dish that your grandfather and my master are best at back then."
Su Liancheng was a little surprised: "Is there really?"
Sun Mingxing continued: "This dish also has a name called "Huafangkou Crispy"."
Su Liancheng still hadn't heard of such a name.
Sun Mingxing explained as he recalled: "Hua Fang means to use the top quality pork belly of the four sides and cook according to the method of the fire recipe. , And then the crispy meat is stuffed into it, and finally, the surface is changed to a flower knife like cherry meat.
This is done by steaming first, then stewing, so that the streaky is soft and waxy, stuffed into the crispy pork and eaten with the gravy of the streaky, then the dish is completed. "
Su Liancheng thought about it carefully and asked, "This crispy meat is also meat, and the fire outside is also meat. Isn't this just meat stuffed with meat?"
Sun Mingxing smiled and shook his head: "No, the difficulty of this dish is that you have to cut out the underside of the four-sided pork belly to make crispy pork, a unique Su Ji method of crispy pork, and then stuff it into it like this to make such a piece of four-sided pork belly. Still intact."
This time Su Liancheng understood that this dish was basically made with a piece of pork belly.
That is to say, it gives a piece of pork belly two ways and tastes with two layers inside and outside.
Thinking about this carefully, Su Liancheng couldn't help but sigh, such a dish is really a bit magical, no wonder his grandfather could put this dish in the state banquet.
The same piece of pork belly, using two different methods, and finally fusion into a dish.
It is indeed a somewhat wonderful combination.
Su Liancheng looked at Master Uncle seriously and asked, "Then, Master Uncle, can you do it today?"
Sun Mingxing smiled bitterly and said, "If I say I can't do it, will I be kicked out by Su Jinrong?"
Su Liancheng said quickly: "That can't, you are still the chef of Fujinglou."
Sun Mingxing thought for a while and said, "Fine, since Jinrong has already ordered this dish, then I will make it today. Do you have five flowers in Fujing Building?"
Su Lian said at the establishment: "There must be this one, and our pork is a selection of high-quality bantam pigs."
Sun Mingxing nodded: "Okay, let's start preparing."
Su Liancheng is still very much looking forward to Sun Mingxing.
Sun Mingxing walked into the back kitchen and immediately began to assign tasks, and handed over the other dishes on the menu to Zhang Fenglin to be responsible, and seriously explained how Zhang Fenglin would do it, how to improve some dishes and so on.
After listening to Sun Mingxing's instructions, Zhang Fenglin also gained a new understanding of Sun Mingxing's cooking skills.
Before Zhang Fenglin would think, does Sun Mingxing really have that strength?
But now, after listening to Sun Mingxing's adjustments to some dishes, Zhang Fenglin also felt that Sun Mingxing was worthy of being the apprentice of the state banquet master who had been with Su Ji.
After Zhang Fenglin took a careful note, he immediately took the chefs in the back kitchen and began to prepare other dishes for the private room.
As for Sun Mingxing, he personally selected a piece of pork belly, the kind of very beautiful three-layered pork belly, and made it into a square shape by himself, and then relied on very exquisite knives to cut out a hollow in the middle.
At the same time, in the private room, Su Jinrong was also explaining the dish to Feng Yifan and Shi Jiahui.
"That dish is a very test of knife skills. When you take out the lean meat from the middle of the five sides, you can’t take out too much fat. That will cause the knife to bloom on the top, it will destroy the whole piece of fire. At the same time as it comes out, the meat must appear to be cut."
Listening to Su Jinrong's explanation, Shi Jiahui was really surprised, thinking that such a dish is really not easy.
"If the meat is taken out one by one, it can be marinated directly, and the marinating is also particular, because the part of the fire is sweet, so if the marinated crispy meat is salty, but because the outside is to be smashed, It shouldn’t be too salty, so pay attention to the seasoning.”
Feng Yifan heard this and couldn't help but say: "If you say this, you can actually pickle it in advance with our Souzao Soup, and then sizing and deep-frying."
Su Jinrong laughed: "Hahaha, Yifan, what you said is correct. The key to this dish is indeed the Suzao Soup. It's just that the Suzao Soup was later lost, so your grandpa used seasoning and pickling instead, but you Grandpa also said that if you want to make a real taste, you must use Su to make soup."
During this time, Shi Jiahui also heard about Su Zao Tang.
Especially a few days ago, she personally tasted the dishes made by Feng Yifan's Suzao Soup, which really surprised her.
"It's really unexpected that Su Ji's ancestors could create such a good braised soup."
Su Jinrong couldn't help sighing: "Yes, the wisdom of the ancestors is often something we must strive to catch up with, but those seemingly simple things are also the accumulation of years of research by the ancestors."
Everyone in the private room also agrees with this point.
While chatting, the private room door opened, and Zhuang Daozhong led a few people to the private room.