The old lady originally had no expectations for the boiled cabbage made by Ye Chui, but now she became curious because of Ye Chui's evaluation of Luo Han Cai. Looking at Ye Chui's confident look, it was obvious that he believed that this boiled cabbage was much better than Luo Han Cai.
She picked up the chopsticks and reached into the bowl.
The cabbage heart looks white and green, tender and lovely, and as soon as the chopsticks touched the cabbage heart, a leaf fell off naturally. This was because Lin Wei had been constantly piercing the cabbage with a fine needle, making the texture of the cabbage already become extremely crispy.
The cabbage leaves can be picked off very easily with chopsticks, and because the cabbage is put into the clear soup without being steamed, the tender cabbage leaves still maintain their original structure. Mr. Lafayette picked up a piece and placed it in front of his eyes to carefully look at the tender leaf, and then slowly put it into his mouth.
When you chew gently, you can still hear a crisp sound. This is because the cabbage is still raw. Naturally, the taste of raw cabbage is not very good, but to Lao Fuye, the vegetable is indeed raw, but it does not have the astringent feeling of raw cabbage. Instead, it feels fresh and refreshing, indescribably wonderful - this is still the credit of the needle holes pierced by Lin Wei. Those needle holes are all over the heart of the cabbage, allowing the clear soup to flow into it through the needle holes. In this way, the cabbage can not only maintain the crisp taste of raw cabbage, but also bring the pervasive fragrance of the clear soup.
This is the perfect combination of raw and cooked, and the ultimate embodiment of simplicity and complexity.
In terms of the richness of flavor, boiled cabbage is naturally not as good as Luo Han Cai, but the fragrance of this dish is better than the strong fragrance of Luo Han Cai, and is more in line with Lao Fu's original intention of health preservation.
"This cabbage tastes like cabbage, but it's completely different from the cabbage I've eaten before!" A look of surprise appeared on the old lady's face. She couldn't wait to pick up another leaf and put it in her mouth, and then another...
The temptation of delicious food seemed to make Mr. Lafayette forget what he was doing at the moment, and he just wanted to keep eating the boiled cabbage.
This eating scene, which shows the demeanor of a "foodie", shocked many people.
Zhang Ying was dumbfounded. She had been the health expert of Mr. Lafayette for several months. It was obvious that although Mr. Lafayette loved to eat, she was very restrained towards most delicacies for the purpose of health preservation. This was the first time she saw her eating so happily.
Sun Li and the three chefs from the Health Pavilion all looked petrified, staring blankly at the old man who ate all the cabbage hearts in the bowl in a blink of an eye, still feeling a little unsatisfied. He took the soup spoon to drink the soup in the bowl, his face full of satisfaction.
Although the old Buddha said that the Luohan dish was delicious before, it was definitely not as greedy as the "old foodie" she was showing now. The most important thing was that Ye Chui accused Luohan dish of not being healthy enough. The old Buddha's attitude towards this dish was obvious. And watching her drinking the clear soup from the boiled cabbage with endless aftertaste, the chefs of the Health Pavilion felt an indescribable blow at the same time - the vegetarian signature dish made by the three chefs of their restaurant was actually defeated by Ye Chui's boiled cabbage
How... How did such a ridiculous thing happen
At this time, Wu Haimei and Lin Wei were also staring at the old lady who was constantly putting clear soup into his mouth with a spoon. Both of them felt regretful for missing out on the delicious food, but they soon looked at Ye Chui. The eyes of these two foodies, one big and one small, lit up: Ye Chui was still standing here, was he afraid that he would not be able to eat this delicacy in the future
Wu Haimei couldn't help but ask Ye Chui, "I didn't expect such a simple dish to be so delicious. I've never seen mom eat so happily and forget herself. Ye Chui, what's the secret of this dish?"
Zhang Ying and Sun Li also looked at Ye Chui with curiosity. Just now in the kitchen, Sun Li did not see how Ye Chui cooked. In his opinion, it was not worth paying attention to such things. If he knew that Ye Chui's boiled cabbage had such a great origin, he would definitely observe Ye Chui's cooking steps carefully.
Ye Chui smiled faintly and explained: "The water used to cook the cabbage is of course not real water, but a clear soup that has been carefully cooked. This soup is the key to this dish."
"How did you make this soup?" Sun Li asked impatiently.
"You want to know?" Ye Chui looked at Sun Li and said with a smile. "I'll sell you the recipe for 200,000, okay?"
Sun Li: “…”
Zhang Ying felt a little embarrassed to be defeated by Ye Chui's dish. After hearing what Ye Chui said, she immediately said indifferently: "I didn't expect Master Ye to be so good at business. He asked for 200,000 for the recipe of a dish!"
"My recipe is worth this price." Ye Chui said with a smug smile, "I once sold a recipe to Wan Laifu for more than 100,000 yuan. Lin Bofu should also know about this."
Lin Zhengdao, who was sitting next to the old Buddha, heard Ye Chui say this and nodded with a smile: "I can testify to this matter, it is indeed the case."
Sun Li and Zhang Ying were shocked again. Although the Luo Han Cai in the Health Preservation Pavilion was well-known, if they sold the recipe of this dish, it would only sell for 20,000 or 30,000 yuan at most...
This recipe for boiled cabbage is so worth it!
"Do you think I would spend so much money to buy your recipe for this dish?" Sun Li snorted coldly. He thought to himself that this boiled cabbage looked so simple, and he would try to make this dish later. By then, this boiled cabbage would become the signature dish of their Health Pavilion...
"Haha." Ye Chui shrugged casually, not caring. He didn't need to worry about Sun Li impersonating him. The clear soup of boiled cabbage was the essence, and it could be imitated so easily. In his previous life, Ye Chui had heard such an interesting rumor -
When a certain important Chinese person was entertaining Japanese guests, boiled cabbage was one of the dishes on the banquet. When the Japanese guest saw that the dish was just a bowl of plain water with a few cabbages floating in it, he decided that the dish was bland and tasteless, and was reluctant to pick up his chopsticks. After the important person invited him again and again, the guest finally took a small taste with a spoon. He was stunned and wolfed down the dish.
After returning to Japan, the Japanese guests approached numerous famous chefs, trying to recreate the recipe of the dish, but they failed repeatedly and died in depression.
When Ye Chui was a guest in Japan, he heard a famous Japanese chef talking about this matter. At that time, the Japanese chef even asserted that the boiled cabbage served by the great man at the banquet was just a name in vain and not as delicious as rumored. So Ye Chui personally cooked this boiled cabbage, and the result naturally convinced the Japanese chef, who sighed at the breadth and depth of Chinese cuisine...
In short, if there is no original recipe for reference or if you have tasted the dish yourself, it would be difficult to research the recipe of this simple boiled cabbage based only on its appearance. This is also the subtlety of Chinese cuisine. Ye Chui is not worried at all that Sun Li would plagiarize the recipe.
At this point, the match between Ye Cui and Yangsheng Pavilion has come to an end.
The chefs at the Health Pavilion were all a little dejected, looking deeply shocked. However, although the boss Sun Li had lost this important business, he did not look depressed at all. He was thinking about letting his people try this boiled cabbage dish right away...
Of course, he will fail in the end.
Led by Sun Li, everyone in the Health Preservation Pavilion left the Lin family villa. Lin Wei jumped to Ye Chui's side and hugged his arm intimately: "Ye Chui is so nice, hehe, I can eat your delicious food every day again!"
Seeing her somewhat intimate action, the old Buddha immediately became unhappy again and coughed: "I only agreed to let this boy be our chef, but I didn't agree that he would be with Lin Wei now... You two young people better be careful!"
Hearing the old lady say this, Lin Wei blushed and let go of her hand, but secretly made a face at Ye Chui: As long as Ye Chui's cooking skills are here, it will be easy to impress the "old foodie" Lao Foye...
Afterwards, Lin Zhengdao called Ye Chui to the study upstairs. Now Lin Zhengdao had hired Ye Chui as a family chef, and the hiring fee couldn't be low, after all, Ye Chui was also the owner of a restaurant.
Ye Chui didn't really care about this, but Lin Zhengdao still gave Ye Chui a very good price - at least worthy of a first-line chef, and even made Ye Chui secretly sigh that the local tycoon was indeed worthy of his wealth. Of course, there was no need to say more about this.
"By the way." After finishing the employment issue, Lin Zhengdao seemed to suddenly think of something. He smiled and said to Ye Chui, "Since you are responsible for cooking for my mother, I think you should live here first. There are guest rooms here anyway."
"Hmm?" Ye Chui was slightly surprised, but then he laughed, "That's a good idea..."
So, Ye Chui officially settled down in the Lin family villa.
As for Xiaoyu's Home Cooking Restaurant, there are still a few days before the summer vacation, so business is very slow now. It is enough for Tian Xiaodu to stay in the restaurant every day. As for how long Ye Chui will stay in the Lin family villa, it is still uncertain. It depends on how long the old lady plans to stay in Xizhou.
Ye Chui's main purpose was to take care of Mr. Lao Buddha's diet and improve his favorability.
Of course, the most interesting thing about staying in the Lin family villa is that I can continue to get close to Lin Weiduo...
Unfortunately, although the old lady didn't break up the couple directly, she obviously didn't want Ye Chui and Lin Wei to spend too much time together, and she played the role of a light bulb to the extreme. Ye Chui didn't say a few words to Lin Wei this afternoon. He just stayed with the old lady and explained various ways of keeping in good health to her. In this regard, Ye Chui was definitely more professional than Zhang Ying, the health expert. Zhang Ying's face was basically green for the whole afternoon...
Soon it was night, and this was Ye Chui's first night at the Lin family villa.
He had just called Han Yuyan, An Jing and Wang Shiyu and told them that he would not be back in the short term. As soon as he hung up the phone, there was a knock on the door.
"Ye Chui, are you asleep?"
Lin Wei's voice came from outside.
Ye Chui looked at the time. It was already past nine o'clock in the evening. Why did Lin Wei come to see him so late? (~^~)
PS: ps: Regarding the rumor about boiled cabbage, the big shot is actually Premier Zhou~~~ Of course, this rumor also contains some fabricated elements~~~~~