After Zhu bin came in, he casually ordered the names of several people, including Ye Xiaoxian. After counting, he said, "if you read your name, come out with me."
Ye Xiaoxian put down her work and went out with several others.
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In the courtyard outside the kitchen, Zhu Bin said, "well, Empress Dowager Xiao in the palace suddenly sent someone to send a message and asked us to send some cooks to the palace in the windward restaurant. Because the emperor has no appetite recently, he wants to see if we can cook a meal that suits the Emperor's appetite."
As soon as the cooks heard this, they thought it was a special honor. There must be good cooks in the palace, but the Empress Dowager had to invite people outside the palace and appointed their windward restaurant. Isn't it an honor?
Zhu bin saw what they were thinking, He added: "don't think it's a good job. There are so many cooks in the palace and they are all famous chefs in Beiqing. If they can't cook food that suits the emperor's appetite, are you confident that you can do it? If you can't do it, you will annoy the Empress Dowager and make the reputation of Yingfeng restaurant small. Your small life is a big deal."
When they heard this, they immediately panicked. It's not going down or not going.
Zhu Bin said again, "you don't have to be so nervous. When you arrive at the palace, you need to be careful and make your best dishes. Everyone's taste is different. It's normal that your dishes don't match the emperor's taste. Don't be too nervous."
Ye Xiaoxian is more concerned about the windward restaurant. She asked, "the head of the family, we are all in the palace today. Who will cook the food in our restaurant?"
Seeing that ye Xiaoxian was still concerned about the restaurant at this time, Zhu bin smiled and said, "don't worry, the palace will compensate us for our losses. Don't sell roast whole sheep today, or let the customers come back tomorrow."
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They entered the palace with a worried mood.
The palace sent a carriage in which several cooks were whispering:
"You say that there are so many delicacies in the palace, how can the emperor like the dishes outside?"
"He must have eaten the food in our restaurant. Otherwise, how could he send us alone?"
"Maybe the little emperor loves the food style of our restaurant."
After hearing their discussion, ye Xiaoxian couldn't help asking, "what did you just say, little emperor?"
One of the cooks asked, "don't you know? The emperor of Beiqing is only 10 years old, so our people privately call him the little emperor."
Ten?
Ye Xiaoxian suddenly had a clue.
Ten year old children are usually picky about food in modern cities. But these are not difficult for her. Children of every age have their own favorite tastes. Compared with children around the age of one, they like colorful food and don't like green vegetables. After the age of three, those who like all kinds of cartoon patterns, the better they look, the more they like to eat.
After the age of six or seven, I like frying more, compared with McDonald's and KFC.
Although these things are junk food, they can also be very nutritious as long as they are well done.
Ye Xiaoxian thought, why don't you try making hamburgers and French fries?
Naturally, French fries and hamburgers are not difficult. You can fry chicken breast into chicken steak, put it in the middle of the bread and sprinkle some seasonings made by herself. It must be nutritious and delicious, and it will grow meat after eating.
When the carriage entered the palace, ye Xiaoxian already had a plan in her heart.
They were directly pulled to the back kitchen. Then, a steward around the Empress Dowager told them to make a meal for the little emperor. As for the taste of the little emperor, he just didn't like it too light, but the Empress Dowager Xiao's request was not too angry, and the rest was left to them.
As soon as ye Xiaoxian first came back to Beiqing's palace, she just felt that it was not as exquisite as Da Qi.
There are few green plants here, and most buildings are made of stone, which is as rough as the personality of Beiqing people.
Even the back kitchen is a big place, but it is not very particular about it. Fortunately, there are many ingredients and pots.
She soon found the ingredients she needed, but there was no pan for baking bread.
However, Beiqing's staple food is noodles and all kinds of thick beams. Ye Xiaoxian saw a pot for baking sweet potatoes in the windward restaurant. It has a mold made of sand and mud. It can also be regarded as an oven. As long as you master the time properly, you can bake the bread.
Thinking of this, ye Xiaoxian began to do it.
Several other chefs also want to make what they want to do. Some make snacks because they think children like to eat cakes, some make big meat, think children sometimes crave meat, and some make five-color beans, which looks good.
Ye Xiaoxian has always been dedicated to her own ingredients. The chicken breast meat is pickled and sliced, and then baked with noodles. When the bread is almost baked, take it out and cut it into a round shape.
Then, make salad dressing with egg yolk, flour and milk, put it aside for standby, and make tomato juice.
Then came French fries and fried chicken breast, which she did very carefully.
The kitchen doesn't set the time for them. Whoever's ready will serve it to the little emperor while it's hot.
The little emperor was sitting lazily in the hall, feeling very uncomfortable.
Seeing that he didn't eat during this period, his mother invited a cook in from outside and told him to do nothing but wait to eat.
After a while, he came up with a plate of five colored beans. He tasted it and felt bad. He didn't eat it after two bites.
After a while, he came up with a plate of steamed meat. He hadn't eaten this kind of thing. If his mother hadn't watched, otherwise he wouldn't even move his chopsticks.
Empress Dowager Xiao was very disappointed to see him so picky.
Just when she was about to be disappointed, she finally came up with something she had never seen before. Is this... Dessert?
This hamburger comes with a slice and a glass of orange juice?
Ye Xiaoxian wanted to make coke, but she couldn't find the ingredients for a while, so she made a glass of orange juice.
The maid of honor who brought the dishes in said, "this is made by a female cook in Yingfeng restaurant. She said, this is French fries. When eating, dip in a little ketchup. This is called Han Bao Bao. It contains chicken and green vegetables. You can eat it all. This... Is orange juice. You can drink it when you are thirsty."
Empress Dowager Xiao thought it was nonsense. She had never seen this way of eating.
But the little emperor was interested in the French fries. He took one, dipped it in a little ketchup, and put it in his mouth. As a result, he couldn't stop eating it and ate half at once.
The delicious taste of French fries led him to be interested in hamburgers. According to the palace maid, he took it up and took a bite. Bread, chicken steak, lettuce and salad dressing were mixed in his mouth. He just felt fragrant and soft. The taste was really good.
He ate one before he knew it.
Of course, eating these will really dry his mouth. He took another sip of orange juice. Ye Xiaoxian specially added some honey to the orange juice, so it tastes sour and sweet, just neutralizing the dry of hamburgers and French fries.
In the twinkling of an eye, he finished this set meal.
After eating, he also belched.
Empress Dowager Xiao was stunned. It seems that there are still capable people in Yingfeng restaurant.
This cook, she must see.