This dish of braised pork really makes people in the kitchen feel hungry just by looking at it.
Especially the three little girls who didn’t like eating fatty meat before, now they were all eager to try and taste Feng’s father’s braised pork.
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Okay, now it's time to taste the food. But we can't eat it by ourselves, right? Let's take it out and taste it with everyone outside, okay?"
The three little girls immediately agreed in unison: "Okay."
Yang Zhiyi, who had been impatient for a long time, felt a little depressed when he heard that the food would be served out for everyone to eat together.
"There are quite a few people outside. I'm afraid one piece won't be enough for one person, right?"
Grandpa Feifei immediately said, "Hahaha, Xixi's dad seems to be afraid of not having enough food to eat?"
Grandma Feifei continued, "Xixi's father, if you can't eat, this will be a good opportunity for me to urge you to go home and make a meal for Xixi and Xixi's mother as soon as possible."
When Yang Zhiyi heard what the two old people said, he was speechless, especially what Grandma Feifei said, which made him feel like he had no choice.
However, Feng Yifan still smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone. I calculated the number of people when I cut it, and I made sure everyone could have a piece. Besides, there's still some time before dinner, so it's not good to eat too much."
Grandma Feifei immediately praised: "As expected, Ruoruo's father is the most thoughtful one."
When Feng Ruoruo heard her grandmother praising her father, she immediately smiled and said, "Grandma, my father always thinks about others, which is great."
Grandma Feifei smiled and responded: "Yes, Ruoruo's father always thinks about others. He is really a good father."
Seeing that everyone was praising him, Feng Yifan hurriedly urged: "Okay, let's go out and eat quickly, otherwise it will get cold and taste bad."
Holding the braised pork, he led everyone out of the kitchen.
Zhao Daxia was sitting near the kitchen door and was the first to smell the aroma of the braised pork.
Originally, the elder sister was a little sleepy while sitting here, but when she smelled the rich aroma of meat, she immediately perked up and became energetic.
Looking at Feng Yifan holding the braised pork and followed by a large group of people, young and old, Zhao Daxia swallowed a few times and couldn't help but move closer to him.
When Feng Yifan put the meat down, it instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the restaurant.
Liu Wanhua sniffed it and said, "Hmm, this smells very authentic."
Li Feier also came over to take a look: "It's really beautiful."
The three old men, Lin Zekang, Tang Zhuochen and Zhang Maosheng, also came closer to take a look. When they saw the greasy red meat, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Lu Cuiling looked at it carefully and gave her son a thumbs up: "Son, you are amazing. This braised pork is really good."
Feng Yifan was praised by everyone and said with a smile: "Thank you for the praise. Come on, let's try it."
After asking everyone to try it, Feng Yifan turned around and went to look for Zhao Daxia.
Seeing her standing behind him, he called out, "Sister Zhao, come and try it too."
A group of people gathered around the table to taste the food, and naturally the three little girls were served first.
Feng Ruoruo saw that her grandmother picked up a lot of fat meat for her. This was obviously different from what the little girl had imagined, so she didn't want to eat it immediately: "Grandma, this is fat, Ruoruo doesn't like this kind of fat."
Feng Yifan bent down and said to his daughter, "Try it. Daddy promises it won't taste bad. It will melt in your mouth immediately."
Feng Ruoruo was still a little skeptical: "Really? Daddy doesn't allow you to lie."
Feng Yifan assured his daughter: "Dad will never lie to you."
Finally, Feng Ruoruo opened her little mouth and took a bite of the braised pork that her grandma had given her.
In fact, Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei had not eaten yet at this time. Only after seeing Feng Ruoruo eating it did the two little girls follow suit and take the first bite.
It is obvious that the three little girls are not like the little boys like Zhang Zhuangzhuang and Liu Zihao. They like to eat this kind of meat and still think that the braised pork is greasy, so they only eat small bites.
But after taking a bite, Feng Ruoruo was still thinking that if it felt like fat, she would spit it out.
But when the little girl was about to put the fat in her mouth, she suddenly found that there was no fat in her mouth, only some lean meat.
After chewing it slowly and tentatively twice, Feng Ruoruo found that there was really no fat, only sweet lean meat.
Feng Ruoruo's slightly wrinkled brows relaxed, a smile appeared on her face, and then she opened her mouth and ate the remaining meat.
Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei's reactions were almost the same as Feng Ruoruo's. The three little girls quickly finished a piece of meat.
After finishing the meal, Feng Ruoruo smiled and said to her father: "It's delicious. Dad, when you put this meat in your mouth, there is no fat. It's just lean meat. It's sweet and delicious."
Yang Xiaoxi followed up and said, "Yes, yes, the fat will disappear after you eat it."
Chen Yaofei said: "Well, it disappears once it enters the mouth."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "This is called melt-in-the-mouth. It melts when you put it in your mouth, and then it is swallowed directly along with your saliva. You don't feel like you are tasting fat."
The three little girls ate it, and the adults also tried a piece each.
When Zhao Daxia was eating, she was very careful and wanted to feel whether the meat was really that magical.
As soon as she took a bite, Zhao Daxia immediately understood that the little girl was not exaggerating at all.
The fat really entered my mouth, and with just a light roll of my tongue, it turned into oil, mixed with saliva and the juice of the braised pork, and was swallowed down together. I couldn't even taste much oil.
At this moment, after eating the braised pork that melts in your mouth, Zhao Daxia really began to look at this small restaurant with new eyes.
Whether it was the bowl of noodles before or the braised pork now, it really subverted Zhao Daxia's original understanding of food.
Noodles are a very simple staple food. Even people who can’t cook can make noodles.
But Zhao Daxia felt that Feng Yifan's bowl of noodles was very delicious. The taste of the soup and noodles was not strong, but it was light and contained a very good taste stimulation.
When Zhao Daxia tasted this homely braised pork, she felt that what she had eaten before was not real braised pork.
Braised pork can be said to be an extremely common dish. Almost every household in China makes it, and each household prepares it a little differently.
Before Zhao Daxia went out to work, she often cooked for her children in her hometown.
But the braised pork made by Zhao Daxia, the fat can never be cooked to the point where it melts in your mouth.
So in fact, Zhao Daxia’s children would often discard the fat part when eating braised pork.
Moreover, the braised pork made by Zhao Daxia is also more northern in flavor, which is more salty. After coming here to work, the braised pork she eats is a bit sweet.
Zhao Daxia often finds it difficult to get used to the food.
But today, the braised pork made by Feng Yifan, although also sweet, is not greasy at all.
Zhao Daxia felt that the braised pork had just the right sweetness, which made her salivate and she wanted to take a second bite after taking one.
Of course, it was impossible to take a second bite.
Because there was a limited amount of braised pork, and there were so many people in the restaurant, everyone ate one piece and it was gone. Feng Yifan himself didn't even eat any, but let the three little girls eat one more piece each.
After eating the meat, there were still some eggs left in the small casserole, but Feng Yifan didn't let anyone continue eating.
"Okay, I'll process these eggs later and leave them for our three little darlings to eat at dinner."
When the three little girls heard this, they cheered immediately.
"Great, thanks Dad."
"Thank you, Mr. Feng. Mr. Feng is the best."
"Thank you, Father Feng."
Yang Zhiyi looked at the eggs and actually wanted to taste them, but seeing that everyone was there, he was too embarrassed to ask for them. In the end, he watched helplessly as Feng Yifan carried the casserole back to the kitchen.
We had also eaten the braised pork. There were more and more people on the old street outside. Liu Wanhua and several other elderly people said goodbye and left, and they had to go back to look after the shops.
Feng Yifan went to the Lin family from the back alley and called Lin Ruifeng back. The master and apprentice also began to prepare in the kitchen.
As for the restaurant, the children were taken upstairs again. Su Ruoxi, her mother-in-law, and Yang Zhiyi, together with Zhao Daxia who came today, rearranged the tables and chairs in the restaurant and prepared for business.
After the tables and chairs were neatly arranged, Su Jinrong was pushed to sit next to the cashier counter. It seemed that everything was ready.
Zhao Daxia looked at the empty restaurant, then at the gradually increasing number of people on the bustling street outside, and she still had some doubts in her heart. There was not a single table of customers yet, so was the restaurant really doing well
With a skeptical attitude, Zhao Daxia said nothing and just sat near the kitchen, waiting quietly.
Finally, the clock struck five and Su Ruoxi took down the "Temporarily Closed" sign on the door.
Zhao Daxia originally thought that once the sign was taken down, a crowd of people would rush in immediately, but she didn't see that either.
The "Temporarily Closed" sign was indeed taken down, but still no one came into the restaurant.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Daxia couldn't help but shake her head in her heart: As expected, such a small restaurant has bad business. I don't know if the boss will deduct wages in the end
After waiting for almost half an hour, no one came into the restaurant.
Zhao Daxia was very disappointed at this time and felt that she might have found the wrong place.
It's such a deserted little restaurant. No one comes in to eat. It's useless no matter how delicious the food is.
Almost when Zhao Daxia was feeling very disappointed, suddenly, a group of young people walked in from outside the door accompanied by a burst of discussions.
"Wow, that's great. We came early today. No one is here at Su's yet. Everyone, hurry up. We want to be the first table of guests at Su's today."
Amidst a burst of delighted exclamations, several young people came in and found a seat to sit down.
Su Ruoxi took the initiative to walk over and greet them with the menu.
Just as we sat down at this table, customers started to come in one after another.
Zhao Daxia stared with eyes wide open, looking in disbelief. The restaurant went from being deserted to being bustling in the blink of an eye, with half of the tables already occupied by guests.
Watching the guests in the restaurant chatting while looking at the menu given by Su Ruoxi, and ordering dishes one after another.
Zhao Daxia had a feeling that it was unreal: How come so many people came all of a sudden
Just as Zhao Daxia was shocked, a voice suddenly pulled her back to her senses: "Aunt, what are you doing? Customers are starting to come to Grandpa's restaurant. You should go to the kitchen to help Dad."
Hearing the voice, Zhao Daxia came back to her senses and saw Feng Ruoruo standing in front of her wearing a small apron.
Despite wearing a small apron, the little girl still looks very fashionable.
Zhao Daxia asked, "Do you have so many guests every day?"
Feng Ruoruo nodded and said, "Yes, Dad's cooking is delicious. Everyone likes to eat Dad's cooking. Auntie, do you feel tired and don't want to help Dad?"
Zhao Daxia was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "How could that be? A lot of people means good business, so the aunt is motivated."
After that, Zhao Daxia told the little girl, "Okay, Auntie is going to help in the back. You have to be careful here. Don't get hit by so many people, and don't get taken away by bad guys."
Feng Ruoruo said with a smile: "Ruoruo is not afraid. Ruoruo is here to help dad deliver the menu."
As soon as he finished speaking, the other two little girls, both wearing aprons, came downstairs and quickly ran to Feng Ruoruo's side.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Daxia also found it very interesting and said with a smile: "Okay, then you three should be careful and don't squeeze with others, so as not to get knocked down or hit the corner of the table or something."
After giving the instructions, Zhao Daxia stood up and went straight to the kitchen.
Feng Ruoruo turned around and called her two good friends: "Okay, we are going to start working, Xixi, Feifei, are you ready?"
Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei immediately responded: "We are ready."
Then the three little girls started to get busy together.
Before the menu is handed out, the three little girls will take the initiative to greet the guests and point out where there are empty tables.
Finally, Su Ruoxi wrote down a few menus and waved to the three little girls: "The menus are ready."
Hearing the shouting, Feng Ruoruo took the lead and the three little girls immediately ran to Su Ruoxi.
Su Ruoxi separated several menus and gave them to the three little girls respectively. They could each take one and go to the kitchen together to give the order list to Father Feng.
Zhao Daxia entered the kitchen and took the apron, sleeves and rubber gloves from Feng Yifan. After thinking for a while, she said, "I didn't expect your business to be so good. The seats in the front are almost full in a blink of an eye."
Feng Yifan smiled and responded: "They are all old customers who are here to support us."
Lin Ruifeng followed up by saying, "My master's cooking is truly amazing. Plus, today is the weekend, so there will definitely be a lot of people coming to eat here. There will be a queue in the evening."
Feng Yifan said to Zhao Daxia again: "Sister, you may have to work hard tonight."
Zhao Daxia smiled and said, "It's okay. Since I've taken the money, I must work hard for you. I'm afraid that if you don't have business, I will have nothing to do."
Feng Yifan laughed when he heard this: "Hahaha, don't worry, big sister. Even if there is no business, we will still pay you according to the contract."
Just at this moment, Feng Ruoruo, Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei came in with menus. Feng Ruoruo took the lead in placing the menus one by one.
After finishing, Feng Ruoruo said, "Dad, you start cooking."
Feng Yifan glanced at the first menu, then smiled and said to his daughter, "Okay, let's get started."
Then, Feng Ruoruo took her two good friends back to the front. Feng Yifan and his apprentice Lin Ruifeng officially started cooking today in the back kitchen.