As the new imperial chefs handpicked by the emperor, Wen Wen and Wen Shouzheng were placed in a quiet courtyard next to the imperial dining room under the personal leadership of Eunuch Fu.
There are two wing rooms in the east and west, where the father and daughter live very comfortably.
Lord Wei came to inquire about it twice, and Lord Qu also visited twice. They probably heard about the relationship between Wen's father and daughter and the emperor. Naturally, they dare not underestimate them from the downtown area to the Jinluan Hall.
Coupled with the fact that the father and daughter have stood out from the elite chefs, the skill in their hands is naturally so good that people can't fault it!
In terms of emotion and reason, the two Shangshan masters in the imperial dining room still have a sense of proportion for this kind of special care!
"Chef Wen, Miss Wen, after you've settled down, go to the imperial dining room to get used to it. Tomorrow the emperor will order beef, and he said he's tired of eating the usual way in the imperial dining room. Let your father and daughter change to something fresh. You should take advantage of this kind of hand-picked opportunity!" Mr. Wei explained carefully.
"Lord Wei, don't worry, my father and I will do our best!" replied gently and confidently.
"Cough cough." Master Qu coughed and reminded.
"Hehe, it's okay, Miss Wen and Chef Wen are new here, so naturally they accidentally understand the rules of the palace." Lord Wei smiled kindly.
"This..." Ruan hesitated for a moment, "Dare to ask Mr. Qu, this rule..."
"Miss Wen, in this palace, when talking to adults, you have to call yourself a servant and servant, and you can't say 'I'. Before you speak, you must first say 'return to your adult'. In addition, you must salute before speaking, and salute in order according to the official rank... Hehe, there is still a lot to learn, let's learn it slowly in the future!" Mr. Qu explained word by word.
"Thank you Master Qu for your teaching, this slave will remember it." Gentle bowed his knees and saluted.
Sigh... just entered the palace, and became a slave...
As soon as the word "servant" was uttered, Gentle's heart felt like a needle prick. Human beings are created equal, and they are all treasures held in the palms of their parents, and they are all born of human flesh. How did he get into the palace, and became a servile slave... Sigh! You have to salute in order according to your official rank...
It looks like the days to come. It is doomed to spend it with back pain!
There was a burst of desolation in Wen Rou's heart!
Fortunately, my mother didn't see it, and my brother didn't follow. In addition to being desolate, there is also a little bit of happiness in tenderness.
Beef... The emperor wants to eat beef tomorrow...
Gentle heart can't stop thinking.
How about flipping through Chef Gao's ancient recipes...
No, Chef Gao's grandfather used to be the imperial cook in the palace, and those imperial meals were widely circulated in the palace, maybe the emperor had already tasted them...
How to do it? Gentle fell into deep thought...
The imperial dining room in the palace is spacious and bright, whether it is kitchen utensils or ingredients. Everything is available.
Led by Master Wei and Master Qu, Wen's father and daughter came to the imperial dining room.
"Listen up, everyone, these are the new imperial chefs, Chef Wen Shouzheng and Miss Wenrou! They are also the two imperial chefs handpicked by the emperor in this year's Beijing chef selection competition! From now on, their father and daughter will be our imperial dining room It's over, let's learn from each other, cooperate with each other, and strive to satisfy the emperor!" Lord Wei said in person.
"Hey, it's the first time I've seen this person brought by Master Wei himself!"
"Didn't Master Qu bring them here in the past? Or the eunuchs in the palace. This year's situation..."
"I heard that this year's chef selection competition, a girl came for the first time! Could it be her?"
"That girl is so beautiful!"
"Hey, that girl... isn't she the last time she gave to the Empress Dowager..."
For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the imperial dining room. Someone even recognized Wenrou, the girl Nangongxue brought last time!
"That's right, I remembered! It's her! The soup she cooked last time, and the porridge... The empress dowager raved about it, and then asked us to make it! How can we make it! It doesn't fit! The taste of the Empress Dowager! I even received a board... My ass still hurts to the touch!" Some people not only recognized the tenderness, but also remembered what happened that day and even later.
"Oh! So it's that girl! Let me tell you! With her skills, she is more than enough to be an imperial cook. I didn't expect that she actually became an imperial cook!"
"Ahem." Master Qu cleared his throat again, signaling for everyone to be quiet.
"Chef Wen and Ms. Wen are in the imperial dining room today. Everyone is taking good care of them. Tomorrow the emperor will hand-order the beef. I asked Chef Wen and his daughter to cook it by name. Let's take a look. If you can help, please help. Okay." It's over, let's go, let's go!" After Master Wei said, he gestured to Wen's father and daughter with his eyes, full of trust and concern, and immediately left the imperial dining room with Master Qu and his party behind their backs.
Because Wen Wen is a girl, she was born beautiful, coupled with her outstanding cooking skills and lively personality, she soon became acquainted with everyone in the imperial dining room.
Under the introduction of everyone, the father and daughter quickly got acquainted with everything in the imperial dining room, and Ruan Wen had already been here before, so even if they changed to a new environment, they were handy!
"Chef Wen, what are you going to do with the beef tomorrow?" Someone asked.
"This...haven't thought it through yet..." Wen Shouzheng hesitated.
"Hi! Your Majesty likes to order beef, but unfortunately most of the old people I cook for him will only eat one bite! Chef Wen, you have to make good use of the beef tomorrow! You have to give our imperial dining room a good look!" someone explained.
"Brother, does the emperor have any preference for beef?" asked gently and puzzled.
"Who knows! The taste of the emperor...it's too hard to bite; it's full of tenderloin and tasteless; it's too mushy and stuffs your teeth... Alas! Every time the emperor only wants a little beef, we are frightened, I'm afraid my head will move!" A royal cook sighed.
In this way, it seems that the emperor's taste for beef is extraordinary! Even so, this beef can't be done in the usual way... Rourou thought to herself, and suddenly a brilliant idea popped into her mind!
I still remember that before the selection of the imperial chef, Cai Mi once taught himself to cook a tough dish that night. Although it is not cooked beef, it is possible to understand such things as cooking!
The utensil Cai Mi used to cook meat that day was not a fire, but a stone!
In Cai Mi's words, it is a long-lost cooking method "stone cooking"!
On that day, there was a pot full of stones on one side of the stove, and extremely thinly sliced pork and chicken on the other.
Gentle still remembers that the pot full of stones was placed on the table, which was very eye-catching. The pot that Cai Mi used was not ordinary stones, but all black and shiny pebbles, probably from the oil pot. Cooked at high temperature, a gust of hot air hits the face.
On that day, there were neatly sliced fresh pork and chicken slices neatly stacked on a plate next to it, with distinct marble textures in red and white, one could tell at a glance that the quality of the meat was excellent. of.
Close your eyes gently, recalling carefully.