He brought his wife and daughter back to the restaurant and saw his apprentice Lin Ruifeng waiting obediently in the restaurant.
Feng Yifan couldn't help but smile and said, "You are so honest, kid. You can go back to your work first and let Uncle Lin help look after the door."
Lin Ruifeng scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "Master, I'd better help you watch it. This way I will feel more at ease."
Su Ruoxi said, "Very good, Xiaolin, you really care about it. Thank you. Don't listen to your master. Your master must be very proud to have such an honest and good disciple like you."
Feng Ruoruo stepped forward and gave Uncle Xiaolin a thumbs up: "Uncle Xiaolin, you are great. Ruoruo gives you a thumbs up."
Lin Ruifeng felt a little embarrassed when being praised by Su Ruoxi and Feng Ruoruo, mother and daughter.
After a pause, Lin Ruifeng said to Feng Ruoruo: "Okay, thank you Ruoruo."
Then he raised his head and said to Su Ruoxi, "Thank you, Master's wife."
Feng Yifan stepped forward and patted his apprentice: "Okay, go back and get busy. There will be too many people later, and Uncle Lin and Auntie may be overwhelmed. If you need anything, you can ask me to help."
Lin Ruifeng nodded and smiled in response: "Master, don't worry, I will definitely be able to handle it and will not embarrass you."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "You have done a great job. How can you embarrass me? I am lucky to have a disciple like you."
After seeing Lin Ruifeng off the door and watching him run back to the shop next door to help, Feng Yifan also turned around and went back to the shop.
When Feng Ruoruo saw her father coming back, she immediately said, "Dad, I'll go upstairs and wake up grandpa, grandpa, and grandpa Shi."
Feng Yifan stopped his daughter, "Don't wake them up yet. Let Grandpa, Grandpa and Grandma, and Grandpa Shi sleep a little longer. Dad still needs to prepare breakfast. It's only six o'clock now. Wait until Dad is almost ready for breakfast before waking them up."
As soon as Feng Yifan finished speaking, his mother's voice came from upstairs.
"You little brat, do you think your parents are late risers? We got up a long time ago, just waiting for you to make breakfast. You took your wife and children out early in the morning and didn't care about our elderly family members."
Hearing her grandmother's voice upstairs, Feng Ruoruo ran upstairs directly.
Soon, the little girl's voice was heard upstairs: "Grandma, don't be angry. Daddy took me and mom to buy groceries. Daddy bought a lot of things to make delicious food for you, Grandpa, Grandpa, and Grandpa Shi."
In front of her little granddaughter, Lu Cuiling naturally had no temper at all.
"Really? What delicious food did Dad buy?"
Feng Ruoruo thought for a moment and said, "Dad bought shrimp roe, shrimp brains and shrimp meat, saying he was going to make noodles."
As soon as the girl upstairs finished speaking, she remembered Shi Jinbin's voice: "Oh? Are you going to make three shrimp noodles? The season is about the same, but this season is actually a little early."
Hearing the voice of his uncle, Feng Yifan said downstairs: "Uncle, I bought some shrimp roe, shrimp brain and shrimp meat that someone else has processed. The taste may be a little worse. Will you tolerate it?"
Shi Jinbin responded from upstairs: "Okay, we are lucky to be able to eat it in this season. Old men are not picky."
Seeing that most of the elderly people upstairs had gotten up, Su Ruoxi said to her husband, "Hurry up and do it. I'll go upstairs to help Dad wash up. We're all waiting to eat."
Feng Yifan smiled and nodded: "Okay, don't worry, I promise you will be satisfied with the meal."
After watching his wife go upstairs, Feng Yifan immediately walked towards the kitchen.
Entering the kitchen, Feng Yifan first unloaded the purchased goods from the flatbed truck, and then took out the three bags of shrimp roe, shrimp brains, and shrimp meat.
All three items were processed and then frozen.
This is understandable. After all, after such processing, transporting it is no longer as easy as directly transporting fresh shrimp.
Although freezing may destroy the original fresh taste.
But when Feng Yifan opened the package, he found that the shrimp roe, shrimp brain and shrimp meat were all relatively fresh.
Using a very fine mesh sieve, first rinse the shrimp roe.
After filtering the water, put all the shrimp roe directly into the pot, add onion, ginger and a little cooking wine, and stir-fry the shrimp roe over low heat.
This process is very time-consuming because you cannot use high heat, you must stir-fry slowly over low heat, so it really takes a lot of time, usually more than an hour.
During the stir-frying process, Feng Yifan also took the time to process the shrimp brains and shrimp meat.
Shrimp brains also need to be stir-fried with oil until they change color.
The shrimps should be mixed with starch and egg white. In order to keep them fresh and tender, they should be sealed with a layer of oil after being mixed evenly. This will prevent the shrimps from drying out after waiting for too long.
Afterwards, while continuing to stir-fry the shrimp roe in the pot over low heat, use another pot to cook a pot of soup with the other shrimps.
This step is actually very critical. If you don’t use the soup made from fresh shrimp to cook the noodles, the original fresh flavor of the shrimp may be diluted.
Then the taste of shrimp roe, shrimp brain and shrimp meat will be lost.
Of course, Feng Yifan also peeled the shrimps, then put the shrimp shells into the pot and stir-fried them slightly, and then poured water into the pot to boil them.
At this point everything is ready, and the next step is to spend time processing it.
While the soup is boiling, slowly stir-fry the shrimp roe.
There are basically not many tricks in this process, it just takes a lot of time.
Just when Feng Yifan was busy, Shi Jinbin walked into the kitchen.
As soon as he came in and smelled the aroma of shrimp roe, shrimp brains and fresh shrimp soup, Shi Jinbin immediately exclaimed: "It smells so good. I haven't smelled this smell for many years."
When Shi Jinbin was an apprentice at Su Ji, he was naturally familiar with the three shrimp noodles.
But after I returned to the north, I never ate this thing again.
The main reason is that this bowl of noodles is really too expensive.
The topping must be made with fresh shrimp roe, shrimp brain and shrimp meat, and the best time to eat it is in early summer when the shrimps begin to spawn.
Although fresh shrimp can be airlifted to the north for processing, doing so may be more time-consuming and costly.
So during these years in the north, Shi Jinbin never ate this bowl of noodles again.
Now that he smelled the fragrance again, Shi Jinbin was instantly reminded of the taste of this bowl of noodles.
Feng Yifan saw his uncle come in and quickly said, "Uncle, please watch the fire for me. I'll go upstairs and carry my dad down. Everyone, sit outside for a while. The shrimp roe may take some time to cook."
Shi Jinbin smiled and said, "Okay, go ahead, I'll watch over you."
Walking to the stove and taking the spatula from Feng Yifan, Shi Jinbin began to slowly stir-fry the shrimp roe so that Feng Yifan could free his hands.
Feng Yifan also quickly ran out of the kitchen and went upstairs to his father-in-law's room.
At this time, Su Ruoxi had already washed and dressed her father, shaved his beard, and changed him into new clothes.
Seeing her husband come in, Su Ruoxi was a little surprised: "What? Have you finished it?"
Feng Yifan smiled and replied, "No, let my uncle watch the fire for me. I'll carry dad downstairs to bask in the sun. I'll need some time to get there."
Carrying his father-in-law on his back, Feng Yifan and his wife walked out the door together, and Feng Ruoruo immediately came to meet them.
The little girl was beside her father. She looked up and said to her grandfather, "Grandpa, Dad has bought some delicious food. He wants to make it for us."
Su Jinrong smiled and replied to his granddaughter: "Grandpa knows, did Dad buy shrimp roe, shrimp brain and shrimp meat? Is he going to make three shrimp noodles for us?"
Feng Ruoruo was immediately surprised and said, "Oh, Grandpa, you know?"
Su Jinrong nodded: "Grandpa heard you talking to grandma, let's go downstairs and wait for dad to make noodles."
Feng Ruoruo smiled and nodded in agreement: "Okay, let's go downstairs and wait."
After carrying his father-in-law downstairs and placing him in a wheelchair, Feng Yifan went to open the door of Su Ji to allow the sun to shine into the restaurant.
Then Feng Yifan went to the kitchen, intending to take the spatula from his uncle.
But Shi Jinbin said, "I'll help you with this little thing, but you should prepare something else. You can't just leave us to eat three shrimp noodles, right?"
Feng Yifan thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he opened the refrigerator again and took out some minced meat.
I used the shrimps that I had peeled earlier and mixed them with the meat filling to quickly make some wontons.
Wontons and noodles are a good combination. Of course, Feng Yifan also plans to go to the Lin family next door to buy some pot stickers. By eating the two together, the family will have a hearty breakfast in the morning.
Stir-frying shrimp roe is a process that requires a lot of patience. After more than an hour of stir-frying, almost all the moisture is fried away, and the remaining shrimp roe is clearly grained.
Finally, take out the shrimp roe separately and store it in a clean small jar.
The shrimp roe, shrimp brain, and shrimp meat are all prepared, and paired with the filtered shrimp soup, everything is ready.
The next step is to cook the noodles, and then stir-fry the shrimps in a pan. This process is similar to stir-frying shrimps.
After adding appropriate amount of salt for seasoning, add shrimp roe and shrimp brains and stir-fry together, making sure the shrimp meat is evenly coated with shrimp roe and shrimp brains.
Finally, serve it in a small dish and then serve the cooked noodles.
Put it in a bowl, add just a little bit of shrimp soup, a little bit of lard, and a drizzle of shrimp soy sauce, and a bowl of three-shrimp noodles is ready.
Shi Jinbin, who was standing aside, looked at the bowl of noodles and couldn't help but sigh: "I really caught up. It's so wonderful to be able to eat such a bowl of noodles in this season."
Feng Yifan smiled and picked up the large tray, saying to his uncle, "Uncle, let's go out. This won't taste good if it gets cold."
Shi Jinbin quickly said, "Yes, yes, let's go out quickly."
When the noodles were served, some customers who were having breakfast had already sat down in Su Ji's restaurant.
Seeing Feng Yifan coming out with a large tray, some diners smelled the food and became very curious. What kind of breakfast did the boss of Su Ji prepare today
In fact, after so many days, everyone has come to understand that although Su Ji does not do breakfast business, it is not because Su Ji is not good at making breakfast.
On the contrary, everyone knows that the breakfast that the boss of Su Ji prepares for his family every morning is really very sumptuous.
Just like the three-diced buns we had before, the jade pork siu mai, and the dumpling noodles in the following days, and even chicken porridge and other various breakfast options.
This made many customers who bought breakfast at the Lin family next door salivate over Su Ji’s breakfast.
Although the pot stickers at Lin’s breakfast shop are really great, and the flavored soy milk is economical, it still can’t compare to the variety of dishes at Su’s every morning.
It’s a pity that the diners all know that Su Ji’s morning breakfast is only made by Feng Yifan for his family.
Although many people begged Feng Yifan to sell breakfast, he refused them all.
But the more he refused, the more curious everyone became about the breakfast Feng Yifan made.
Today, the bowls of noodles with the aroma of fresh shrimp really make people more curious, and in an instant I feel that the pot stickers are no longer fragrant.
Finally, a customer who was more knowledgeable about food saw what was on the small plate and couldn’t help but exclaimed: “Wow, it’s three-prawn noodles.”
When people heard that it was three-prawn noodles, it naturally attracted a lot of attention.
Some people who don’t know much about it would ask curiously: “Three shrimp noodles? What kind of noodles are those? Are there three kinds of shrimp?”
Whenever this happens, there will always be a tool person who will step forward to explain.
"Three Shrimp Noodles is made with Taihu fresh shrimps from this season. The shrimp roe, shrimp brain and shrimp meat are fried into a topping and then mixed with noodles. It is called Three Shrimp Noodles."
Then someone asked, “Is it delicious?”
You will immediately get an explanation: "It's not just a question of whether it tastes good or not. The key is that you may not be able to eat it. This bowl of noodles is very precious. The shrimp roe and shrimp brain must be peeled out manually, and they are very rare."
"Yes, the key is that you can only eat this three-prawn noodle in this season. You can't eat it after the season is over."
After hearing such amazing words from some knowledgeable diners, naturally some people want to try it.
A middle-aged man with a briefcase came up to Feng Yifan and said, "Boss, how much is a bowl of your three-shrimp noodles? Just name a price and I'll buy a bowl to try it."
Feng Yifan looked at the other person and replied with a smile: "I'm sorry, we don't do business in the morning. These breakfasts are all made by me for my family. If you really want to try them, you can come over at noon. Of course, please come early at noon, otherwise they may be sold out."
The middle-aged man was obviously a wealthy man, and he was a little dissatisfied when he heard that he could only buy it at noon.
"You name a price, and I'll give you twice the money. You don't have to wait until noon, just make me a bowl right now."
Feng Yifan was not angry, and still said very seriously: "I told you that Su Ji doesn't do business in the morning. This is Su Ji's rule. The rules cannot be changed. So if you want to eat, please come at noon."
The middle-aged man was obviously unwilling to give up, but when he wanted to say a few more words, he suddenly saw Feng Yifan stand up and take a few steps towards him.
After Feng Yifan stood up, the middle-aged man realized that he was unusually tall.
When the middle-aged man saw Feng Yifan's strong arms, he realized that he was no match for him and had to give up.
As for some other people who were having breakfast, when they heard that they could have three-shrimp noodles at Su Ji at noon, they had already made up their minds that they must come early at noon to order a bowl to try.