"Money, money, money, don't just think about money." Fang Ze knocked Lin Xiaoxin's head with his hand and said, "People just regard cooking as a hobby. Being a chef is to make more delicious dishes, not just Just for the money.”
"Well, if you have something to say, please say it carefully. Don't knock your head. What if you make yourself stupid?"
Just when Fang Ze was about to say, "I'll keep it if you're stupid," Liu Pleiaxing answered, "Actually, we also want to sell it more expensively, but the food cooked by the chefs in the surrounding restaurants is very delicious, so there is no way to sell it more expensively. , otherwise no one will come to eat.”
"Look, they still want to sell it more expensively." After hearing Liu Pleiaxing's explanation, Lin Xiaoxin immediately jumped up and flicked Fang Ze's forehead.
Fang Ze, who was brutally ganked, turned to look at Liu Pleiades, who was rubbing the back of his head and smiling innocently, and said helplessly, "Everyone, let's get ready to go. Let's drive over and we can reach Lin'an before noon."
"Isn't it more convenient to take the high-speed rail?" Lin Xiaoxin looked at Fang Ze and asked.
It's convenient to take the high-speed rail, but I don't know if this guy Da Miao has arranged an identity for Liu Pleiades.
So Fang Ze asked Liu Pleiax, "Xiao Xing, do you know your own ID number?"
"ID card number?" Liu Pleiaxing obviously didn't know this thing, but he thought about it for a moment, then pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket, "Is this it?"
Fang Ze took the note and looked at it. There were eighteen digits written on it. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with the ID number.
So Fang Ze entered Liu Pleiades' ID number and name into the ticket-buying software. After verifying his identity, he bought high-speed rail tickets for three people.
I went out and took a taxi to the high-speed rail station. I got a temporary ID card for the underage Liu Pleiades and waited until it was time to get on the bus.
On the high-speed train, Liu Pleiax looked at the surrounding decorations curiously. When Lin Xiaoxin went to the bathroom, he asked Fang Zedao in a low voice, "Is this the carriage in your world? What kind of animal can be used to pull such a big car?"
"It's not pulled by animals, it's a mechanical device called an engine." Fang Ze simply explained to Liu Pleiaxing.
"If you use this kind of thing to pull goods, you can definitely keep the ingredients fresh and prevent them from rotting easily."
"In fact, when we transport some ingredients with a long shelf life, such as seafood, we have faster transportation methods."
"This is the ideal place for chefs." Liu Pleiades sighed.
While Fang Ze and Liu Pleiades were chatting, a man suddenly walked up to them and said in broken Chinese, "Hello, excuse me."
Fang Ze looked up and found that he was an Asian who didn't look very Chinese. And from the politeness in his body, Fang Ze guessed that he was either a South Korean or a Neon person.
"What's wrong?" Fang Ze looked at this man and asked.
"Do you still remember me?" The man bowed and said to Fang Ze, "Last time you and your neon friends came to my restaurant for dinner."
"Going to your restaurant to eat with my neon friends?" Fang Ze raised his eyes and thought for a moment.
When it comes to neon friends, are you talking about gin
I remembered.
Fang Ze pointed at this person and said, "You are the chef of that Japanese restaurant, right."
"Yes, yes." The neon chef nodded and said to Fang Ze, "Does your friend have time these days? I am going to Lin'an to participate in the Xianghu Food Festival with my senior brother. .If he can come then, I will definitely let him eat authentic neon cuisine."
"He seems to be very busy recently." Fang Ze thought to himself as he said this. 'Gin is probably busy cooking Conan's dishes recently. Let alone authentic neon cuisine, he doesn't even have time to eat it even if he calls the top chef in the neon cuisine world. '
"That's right." The neon chef paused, and then continued, "But I still hope you can inform me. After all, I was really sorry about what happened last time."
"Yeah, okay." Fang Ze wanted to quickly resolve this awkward conversation, so he nodded and agreed.
Seeing that Fang Ze agreed, the neon chef left with peace of mind.
"Is it the chef from Neon?" Liu Pleiades asked, looking at the back of the departing Neon chef.
"Yes, but I'm not very interested in Japanese food." Fang Ze said, "The main reason is that I can't accept sashimi, but the rest is fine."
"I once tasted Neon's sashimi." Liu Pleiades said, "Although Neon's chefs have worked hard, just using mustard is really not the best way to eat sashimi."
"Um, isn't it that the neon chef puts mustard on top of the sashimi because wasabi and sashimi go best together?"
"It's not true." Liu Pleiades said, "Neon's chef put mustard on the sashimi actually because Neon's local condiments are too scarce. They don't have pepper, cloves, and sansho is far away in Hokkaido, so The lack of diverse seasoning techniques is why mustard is added.”
Liu Pleiaxing explained to Fang Ze, "Generally speaking, if a certain ingredient needs to be eaten raw, the purpose is to preserve the original flavor. And the best way to preserve the original flavor is to add salt."
"And the mustard in Japanese food is actually not the same thing as the mustard we usually know. The mustard we know has become a condiment used by chefs as early as the Zhou Dynasty. The production method is to combine mustard greens The seeds are ground into powder and this becomes mustard.”
"But the color of the mustard made in this way is yellow, which is not the same color as the mustard used in Japanese food. Strictly speaking, the mustard used in Japanese food is not real mustard, it is a kind of mustard called ' Wasabi' plant. Wasabi and mustard greens have similar flavors. Unless you are a professional chef or someone who eats these two vegetables regularly, there is no way to tell the difference between wasabi and mustard greens."
"So the wasabi used in Japanese food is actually wasabi. These plants grow in clear water, and it takes at least three years to be used as a seasoning. Even in our world, the price of neon is quite expensive. So neon Only Hong’s chefs use such an expensive and highly stimulating seasoning.”
When Liu Pleiax said this, Fang Ze remembered that he had read the news before. It was said that some cutting-edge Japanese chefs in Neon had begun to use yuzu sauce instead of wasabi as a condiment for sashimi in high-end Japanese food. As a result, it was criticized as deviant by some so-called traditional Japanese chefs with "artisan spirit".
"Xiao Xing, what kind of condiments do you think is better to put in sashimi?" Fang Ze asked.
"I haven't done any research on sashimi, so I don't dare to say anything. But if Brother Fang wants to try different sashimi, I recommend you try Korean sashimi, or there are some places in Nanyang that have it. Nice sashimi chef.”
"But actually, having said that." Liu Pleiades scratched the back of his head and said, "The true meaning of food is actually to eat whatever you like. For food like sashimi, if there are enough seasonings, you can eat whatever you like with it. Whatever goes with it, there’s no need to stick to tradition.”
"That's right." Fang Ze nodded to express his understanding.
It turns out that Japanese food with sashimi and wasabi was just a thing that Neon people didn’t have to eat in ancient times, so they could only eat it this way.
Thanks to China's vast land and abundant resources, foodies can have enough seasonings to mix and match freely.
As soon as the two of them finished talking, Lin Xiaoxin came back and sat over. "What are you two talking about?"
"We were talking about food and exchanging cooking experiences." Fang Ze replied.
"I just believed you when you talked about food. Let's just exchange experiences." Lin Xiaoxin looked at Fang Ze and said, "Besides cooking instant noodles, what else can you do?"
"Let me think about it." Fang Ze began to count with his fingers, "braised liver in sauce with flower salad, stir-fried lung slices, French foie gras in Vidal sauce, chicken liver pate mixed with peppercorns and wine jelly. ..."
"Stop, stop, stop." Lin Xiaoxin interrupted Fang Ze directly and said, "Let's not talk about your weird dish names. The point is, you, a person who can even scramble an egg and fried rice, must really know how. These dishes.”
"Actually," Fang Ze put his hand on Lin Xiaoxin's shoulder and said, "I am a top Western chef who is proficient in seventeen languages."
"Hahaha." Lin Xiaoxin raised her head and laughed three times, then looked at Fang Ze and said, "The joke you told is so funny, I almost died laughing."
"No one believes the truth these days." Fang Ze held his forehead in sorrow.
"As the saying goes, dog owners still don't know the temperament of dogs. I have known you for so many years. I know how many times you wet the bed when you were a child. Do I still know whether you can cook and how many languages you speak? .”
"Not to mention seventeen languages. You have three dialects plus your half-baked English. That's pretty good."
"Although there is an old saying that says rough words are not rough words." Fang Ze looked at Lin Xiaoxin and said, "But your use of the metaphor 'dog owners don't know the temperament of dogs' is a bit inappropriate."
"What's the analogy?" Lin Xiaoxin said, "Using the phrase 'I've worked so hard to feed you so hard, I still don't know how capable you are'?"
"I didn't grow up eating shit and drinking urine, thank you."
The two bickered and introduced various knowledge about modern society to Liu Pleiades, and soon arrived at the high-speed rail station in Lin'an.
"There are a lot of people today." After getting off the bus, Lin Xiaoxin said while looking at the sea of people in the high-speed rail station.
"I guess they are all here to participate in the food festival." Fang Ze took out his mobile phone and tried to hail a taxi, "I'll see if I can get a taxi to Didi, otherwise we'll have to take the subway."
"It should be okay." Lin Xiaoxin said guiltily, but five minutes later, several people were completely disappointed when faced with Didi, who still had no one to take the order.
"Are there just this many people today!" Fang Ze had no choice but to use his mobile phone to check the subway route. Fortunately, the subway terminal in Lin'an is Xianghu Station, which is very convenient and there is no need to transfer.
Although it is expected that the subway will be crowded like dogs, there is nothing we can do about it.
Just when Fang Ze was checking the map, a voice suddenly shouted cheerfully, "Fang Ze!"
(End of chapter)