Qian Xinlu and Qian Xinwen are cousins, but in fact their relationship is not as close as that of Yang Zhigang and Yang Zhiyi.
To put it simply, Qian Xinlu's father is Qian Xinwen's uncle, but there are several generations between the two fathers. Although they are considered relatives, they are actually quite distant relatives.
However, this kind of relationship is considered a relatively close one in the countryside, so they will take care of each other.
Therefore, after Qian Xinwen's family opened a furniture factory, naturally all kinds of relatives came to ask for help in finding a job.
Qian Xinlu is a smart person and he does things in a tactful way, so he is favored by Qian Xinwen's father and is retained in the furniture factory as a professional delivery driver.
Naturally, Qian Xinwen did not get into college after graduating from high school, so he just helped out in his father's factory.
Of course, Qian Xinwen was also quite humble. He knew that Qian Xinlu was highly appreciated by his father and had prestige among the delivery drivers in the factory. Therefore, he always addressed Qian Xinlu as his brother and often delivered goods in Qian Xinlu's car.
Qian Xinlu certainly knew that Qian Xinwen might become his boss in the future, so he took good care of this brother.
This time Feng Jiandong came to order this batch of tables. When the two brothers learned that this was an opportunity to go into the city, they naturally took the initiative to apply to deliver the goods together.
What the two brothers didn’t expect was that they would be able to have such a gorgeous meal after delivering the goods to the city.
Not to mention the taste of the dishes, just Feng Yifan's unique presentation of the dishes instantly made the two brothers feel like they were sitting in those very high-end restaurants on TV.
It needs to be accompanied by a glass of red wine, and some foreigners playing the piano for you.
But no matter how you look at it, Su Ji is just a quaint old restaurant on the street, and you would never expect it to have such exquisitely presented dishes.
The most important thing is the plates used by Su Ji for plating.
Although the two brothers of the Qian family didn't understand much, it was not difficult to see from the colors and patterns of the plates that these plates were very exquisite.
In fact, the plates used for each of Feng Yifan’s dishes are carefully selected.
It should not only match the color of the dish itself, but also be in line with the overall atmosphere of Su Ji.
All of this is thanks to Su Ji’s ancestors, who were once court chefs and had very strict requirements on the containers for various dishes.
I would also like to thank my grandfather even more. As a former state banquet chef, it was thanks to his status as a state banquet chef that he was able to purchase the batch of exquisite custom-made tableware that Su Ji uses today.
For example, the plate used for the fried eel paste is a unique container that is made up of small bowls and plates stacked up one on top of the other.
Originally, this tableware was used to hold cold dishes, but Feng Yifan used it to hold fried eel paste, which he served in small bowls. Especially when pouring the oil, it was as beautiful as a stacked spring pool.
The two brothers of the Qian family were really stunned by what they saw.
For example, Feng Yifan made braised beef brisket specially for the two brothers.
The dish chosen is "Beng Sha Nan".
This is a very rare part. It consists of a layer of lean meat sandwiched between two layers of fascia. It is really suitable for braising and is very resistant to cooking.
In many cases, it is difficult to buy this kind of beef brisket in the market.
Feng Yifan also relied on his relationship with the farmers' market and asked the vegetable vendor Old Zhang to help him buy some.
Originally, I was planning to make it later, but today, in order to entertain the two people who helped deliver the furniture, I took out some to braise.
Feng Yifan's braising method is different from the usual Cantonese method.
He first stews the beef brisket until the meat is soft and tender, and then braises it.
This ensures that the beef brisket will not taste greasy, the lean meat part is guaranteed to be juicy, and the fascia part is also soft and tender, giving a feeling that it melts in your mouth.
When arranging the dishes, Feng Yifan used four small dark brown bowls. This is also a set of tableware. The four small bowls are all in the shape of petals. When put together, they form a circle, but when separated, they form four petals.
Feng Yifan picked out the braised beef brisket, placed it in each petal-shaped small bowl, and then poured the braised sauce on it.
When this dish is served, even before you start eating it, just looking at it makes your mouth water.
The two brothers of the Qian family were already swallowing their saliva.
Seeing the brothers' expressions, Feng Jiandong smiled and said, "Okay, come on, let's taste it first."
After waking up the two brothers, Feng Jiandong said, "You two drove the car and have to rush back at night, so I can't let you drink. But if you don't drink, you must eat well."
The Qian brothers immediately agreed, then picked up their chopsticks together, looked at each other, and then reached for the delicious beef brisket at the same time.
Pick up a piece of beef brisket with tendons attached, dripping with rich sauce, it makes people swallow their saliva just by looking at it.
Next, the Qian brothers couldn’t wait and put the beef brisket directly into their mouths.
Seeing this, Feng Jiandong couldn't help but remind him: "Be careful, don't rush, it's very hot."
It was indeed a little hot the moment it entered their mouths, but at the same time, the rich aroma bursting in their mouths made the two brothers completely ignore the heat because they really didn't want to spit it out.
When you chew the beef brisket slowly in your mouth, the fascia on the surface can be easily cut by your teeth, leaving you with juicy lean meat one by one.
Mixed with the braised sauce, the beef brisket has a slight sweetness and a little bit of spiciness. It is really delicious.
The two brothers quickly devoured a piece of beef brisket and said in unison, "It's delicious."
Hearing this, everyone else present burst into laughter.
To everyone, it would be strange if the dishes cooked by Feng Yifan were not delicious.
Feng Ruoruo and her two good friends saw the two strange uncles eating voraciously. The three little girls couldn't sit still and immediately came over.
Feng Ruoruo came close to her grandfather and said, "Grandpa, can I have a taste?"
Yang Xiaoxi was more direct and took her father's hand and said, "Dad, give me a piece quickly. I want to eat it too. I want to eat it too."
Chen Yaofei also came to her grandfather and said, "Grandpa, I want to eat too."
Grandpa Feng Jiandong and Chen Yaofei carefully selected two pieces. They blew them to cool them down, and then put them into their mouths to let the two little girls taste them.
When Feng Ruoruo and Chen Yaofei put some in their mouths, the two little girls' eyes narrowed slowly and they thought it was really delicious.
But after eating it, Feng Ruoruo immediately exhaled heavily and said with her mouth open: "Oh, it's spicy, so spicy."
Seeing this, the grandmother quickly pulled her granddaughter over, and then picked up a piece of apricot from the dish on their table and gave it to her.
"Hurry up, hurry up, use sweet dishes to relieve the spiciness."
The apricots that Lu Cuiling picked for her little granddaughter were a dish on their table, which Feng Yifan specially prepared for the ladies and children: pork ribs with apricots.
The presentation of this dish is different again.
There was no fancy plate used, just a white rectangular porcelain plate.
Then Feng Yifan piled up the spare ribs and apricots, a layer of spare ribs and a layer of apricots. The presentation was simple yet revealed a sense of layering.
The fried red spareribs paired with yellow apricots are really gorgeous in color.
Especially the ribs are covered with the sauce made from fried yellow peaches, which is really beautiful and delicious.
Feng Ruoruo's grandmother put a piece of apricot in her mouth. The sweetness of the apricot gradually melted on her tongue, slowly covering up the spicy taste in her mouth.
Chen Yaofei returned to her grandmother, looked at Feng Ruoruo and asked, "Ruoruo, can't you eat anything spicy?"
Feng Ruoruo shook her head and said, "Don't eat spicy food. Ruoruo doesn't like spicy food."
Chen Yaofei's grandmother smiled and said, "Our Feifei likes spicy food very much. It seems that the two little girls have different tastes."
Feng Ruoruo looked at Chen Yaofei, a little surprised: "Feifei, can you eat spicy food? You are amazing."
Chen Yaofei smiled shyly and responded: "I think the pepper tastes very fragrant. I can eat a little bit, but I can't eat too much."
Feng Ruoruo and Chen Yaofei had already eaten their food and came back to discuss the pepper issue. Yang Xiaoxi hadn't eaten her food yet and was still pestering her father.
"Dad, hurry up, Ruoruo and Feifei have already eaten."
Yang Zhiyi was actually a little helpless because he couldn't find the right size and they all seemed a little too big.
Moreover, Yang Zhiyi knew that his little girl, like Feng Ruoruo, could not eat chili peppers at all, so Yang Zhiyi was really in a difficult situation.
After careful selection, he finally picked out a piece. Yang Zhiyi even washed it with tea before carefully feeding it to his daughter.
Yang Xiaoxi finally ate it, but the little girl didn’t taste much.
After all, most of the taste was washed away by Daddy’s tea, but the little girl still thought the piece of meat was delicious.
Because the fascia on the beef is easy to chew, and the lean meat inside is very juicy and tender, and has a little sweetness, it is really delicious even eaten alone.
After eating, Yang Xiaoxi didn't stay with her father at all, and quickly ran back to her mother.
After returning to her mother, Yang Xiaoxi said to her mother with a smile: "Mom, the dishes on Dad's table are also delicious. Let's switch with Dad."
After hearing what her daughter said, Li Feier smiled and whispered, "Dad and his table have guests, so we can't change."
Feng Ruoruo heard this and came over and said with a smile: "Then I'll go talk to my dad and ask him to serve us a dish from grandpa and grandpa's table."
Su Ruoxi pulled her daughter to her side and said, "Don't go now. We should wait quietly for Dad to make arrangements. We should believe that Dad will make arrangements."
Chen Yaofei pointed at the dishes on the table and said, "Ruoruo, Xixi, our dishes are actually very delicious too. The spareribs are sour and sweet, and the shrimp balls look really good, don't they?"
The ringing shrimp balls are Feng Yifan's way of giving full play to his imagination, making the shrimp balls in a way that children like.
Each shrimp ball was fried into the shape of a golden bell, and then the dish was presented in a unique way, with a white porcelain pillar in the middle and the shrimp balls hung on it one by one.
In this way, the presentation of this dish really feels like a Christmas tree.
There is a shrimp ball on each forked branch above, and then there is a pile of beautiful shrimp balls piled around the small tree below.
The more crucial point is that Feng Yifan pours the sauce on the shrimp balls. In this way, the small white porcelain trees look like they are covered with slurry, and it really gives a feeling of falling willows.
After hearing what Chen Yaofei said, Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi also looked at the shrimp ball tree, and the two little girls also clamored to eat.
Next, the three little girls ate shrimp balls together. The chewy and crispy shrimp balls made the three little girls feel delicious and fun at the same time.
Seeing his daughter enjoying the meal, Yang Zhiyi came over and said, "Xixi, can you give Dad a taste too?"
Yang Xiaoxi decisively refused: "No, Dad, you have your own dishes, you can't eat ours. This is for us to eat with mom and grandma, you can't eat it."
Yang Zhiyi was speechless after hearing his daughter's words.
I clearly just ran over to eat the dads’ food, why aren’t you letting your dad eat your food now
Yang Zhiyi continued to say to his daughter: "Let Dad have a taste. Didn't you just taste the braised beef brisket from Dad?"
Yang Xiaoxi was still very protective of her food: "No, Daddy can't eat ours."
Yang Zhiyi was really completely stunned. He didn't expect that in the end he would be rejected so decisively by his daughter.
At this time, Li Feier also gave her husband a critical hit.
"Hey, you're such a grown-up, but you're still fighting with your daughter for food. Aren't you ashamed? Look here, you're the one arguing with your daughter. Isn't it better for you to just eat your own food?"
Yang Zhiyi had no choice but to turn around and continue eating the food on his table.
Soon, Feng Yifan's second wave of dishes came up. They were again some very exquisite dishes, which were exchanged with the previous dishes.
The dishes on the men's table were changed to lighter ones, while the dishes on the ladies and children's table were slightly stronger. Of course, the dishes on the elderly's table were still relatively nutritious.
After three rounds of dishes, everyone felt that there were too many dishes. Everyone was dazzled by the sight and felt that they could not finish them.
When Feng Yifan came out of the kitchen for the fourth time with the food cart, the two brothers of the Qian family finally couldn't help but say, "Brother, there's no need to serve more food. This is already a lot."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Actually, there are no more dishes left. These are probably all I have. The portions I gave are relatively small, so you two must eat your fill. This is the last porridge dish. If you are not full, there will be rice and noodles later."
Speaking of porridge, Feng Yifan specially served a bowl to each of the two brothers: "This is chicken porridge, you must try it."
The two brothers looked at the bowl, which seemed to be just white porridge. They didn't quite understand what was so special about this porridge
Feng Ruoruo came close to her father and reminded him with a smile: "Uncle, you should try it, this porridge is delicious."
At the urging of the little girl, the two Qian brothers also took a sip.
After drinking it in one gulp, the two brothers' eyes widened and they looked at the porridge in the bowl in disbelief. It looked like ordinary white porridge, but it tasted so delicious.
The key is the "rice grains" in the porridge. It doesn't feel like rice grains when you drink it. It has a really magical taste.
Seeing the two brothers' expressions, Yang Zhigang and Yang Zhiyi, who were sitting at the same table, said with a smile, "How would you feel if I told you that there was not a single grain of rice in this bowl of porridge?"
The Qian brothers widened their eyes and exclaimed in unison: "What? No rice?"
Seeing the two brothers' surprised looks, everyone in the restaurant burst into laughter.
Feng Jiandong explained to the two brothers: "This chicken porridge is made by using chicken paste as rice. Very fine chicken paste is cooked in chicken soup to make it look like rice grains."
The two brothers of the Qian family were completely shocked after hearing this. They couldn't imagine that porridge could be made in this way.