There are eighteen main ingredients for Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, some of which are commonly found, such as pig stomach, lamb elbows, hoof tips, tendons, chicken breast, duck breast, chicken gizzards, duck gizzards, etc., but some ingredients are not so easy to find.
For example, shark fin, abalone, scallops, etc.
Some of these ingredients don't even exist in this world. No, it can't be said that they don't exist, but no one uses them as ingredients. The most typical example is fish lips - fish lips refer to ingredients made from the skin and flesh of the heads of fish such as sharks and sturgeons. This kind of thing is even rarer than shark fins, and is one of the eight delicacies of the sea. There is currently no place in this world where they are sold.
Ye Chui could only entrust Xing Sen to find this thing using local materials.
"I've already found all the ingredients." Xing Sen said to Ye Chui on the other side of the phone, "Luckily, I know the owner of Yangshengtang and I helped her before."
Yangshengtang is a famous Chinese medicine family, and also does some business in rare ingredients. The few important ingredients that Ye Chu lacked were all found from her. When Ye Chu first met He Chengfei, He Chengfei brought Wu Haimei the best shark fin, which was found from Yangshengtang...
Of course, in the end, he still lost to Ye Chui’s pickles.
At that time, Ye Chui said that the taste of shark fin is similar to that of vermicelli. This statement makes sense, but shark fin, as a top-grade ingredient, naturally has certain unique features. It only requires the correct cooking method.
"Thank you for your help this time." Ye Chui heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Xing Sen say that several ingredients had been found. The eighteen main ingredients of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall are indispensable. If one is missing, the fragrance will be greatly reduced.
Of course, this kind of fragrance is greatly reduced for a gourmet like him, and ordinary people cannot feel it. But since Ye Chu wants to make this dish, he naturally wants it to be perfect and does not want any ingredient to be missing.
"What on earth are you looking for these dishes for?" Xing Sen asked Ye Chui curiously on the other side of the phone, "Are you going to entertain some important guests?"
"These ingredients are all the ingredients for a dish." Ye Chui said with a smile, "A super dish."
"… "
Xing Sen was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but say in surprise, "So many ingredients are used to make one dish? Ye Chui, you are not mistaken... You want ten kilograms of shark fin alone, so many ingredients just to make one dish?"
"Yes, it's just to make a dish." Ye Chui said mysteriously, "This is a dish that will make people give up even their faith."
Xing Sen remained silent for a while, then hesitantly asked, "Isn't this dish of yours a dark dish?"
"Definitely not..." Ye Chui rolled his eyes. He thought of something else, "By the way, have you caught Qian Xin?"
"Oh, not yet. But don't worry, it's a foregone conclusion that this kid will be caught." Xing Sen comforted.
"I may have some clues about Qian Xin..." Ye Chui said thoughtfully. A few days ago, Zhang Ying took out a video of Ye Chui participating in a dark banquet. Obviously, that video could not be found easily. Ye Chui suspected that Zhang Ying had contacted Qian Xin.
"What clues?" Xing Sen asked hurriedly.
Ye Chui did not intend to tell Xing Sen directly: "Bring the ingredients back first, and I will tell you in detail then."
"Why keep me in suspense... Well, I'm on my way back to Xizhou City now. I'll be there in about two hours. I'll come to Xiaoyu's Home Cooking Restaurant to find you then."
"Don't go to Xiaoyu's home cooking. Just take the ingredients to the vicinity of the Zhuangyan Temple, which is 20 miles west of Xizhou City. I will leave there in a moment."
Ye Chui persuaded.
"Zhuangyan Temple? Okay, I know this place."
After hastily ending the call with Xing Sen, Ye Chui also started to prepare.
It was afternoon and there were not many diners in the restaurant. Ye Chui apologized to the diners and asked them to finish their meal quickly. Then he packed up some other ingredients he had prepared over the past two days. Han Yuyan also drove the newly rented car over - Sister Han originally had a car, but it was not needed in the restaurant, and it was not safe to park it outside, so she directly called a meeting at Yan Jing's home.
At this moment, Han Yuyan rented this car from a special car rental agency.
Ye Chui and Tian Xiaodu moved a bunch of food ingredients and the Shaoxing wine jar into the car. The wine jar was fragile, so Ye Chui sat in the back seat with Tian Xiaodu and held it tightly.
"Master, is the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall you mentioned really that great? It's too troublesome to prepare. You've never seen such a laborious dish before." After the car started, Han Yuyan complained to Ye Chui while driving carefully.
"Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is ranked as a [diet] in the Manchu-Han Banquet. This level of [diet] refers to food that only the royal family can eat. This kind of food is extremely precious, with precious ingredients and complicated preparation. Ordinary people simply cannot eat it." Ye Chui explained, "By the way, Jinjin Monkey Brain is also a [diet] delicacy."
Han Yuyan made a disgusting gesture: "The ancients were really perverted. They ate everything."
"Haha, the ancients had many more perverted foods. For example, there was a dish called roasted duck feet. The live duck was placed on a slightly hot iron plate, which was coated with seasoning to keep warm. The live duck would walk around on the iron plate because of the heat, and then it would start to jump. In the end, the duck feet were cooked, but the duck was still alive. The feet were cut off and served on a plate." Ye Chui said with a bit of evil taste, "That's not all. The ancients had countless cruel ways of eating food, including eating raw drunken shrimp, dragon whiskers and wind claws, and calling donkeys alive. The cruelest one was a dish called ginseng fruit. Do you know what ginseng fruit is? It is..."
“Ahhhhhh!”
Han Yuyan couldn't stand it anymore and screamed. The elder sister was very angry: "Master, if you say that again, we will have a car accident and die together!"
Ye Chui: "...Okay, I won't say anything."
The twenty-mile drive took Ye Chui half an hour. Zhuangyan Temple is a temple located at the foot of a mountain. It is an important tourist attraction in Xizhou City. The mountain it is built on is Zhuangyan Mountain. On weekdays, many tourists come here to visit. Not far from the foot of the mountain, there are also some restaurants or shops. After all, it is a tourist attraction, and the business here is still very good on weekdays.
Ye Chui looked around and finally chose a restaurant that was closest to the Zhuangyan Temple and walked in. The restaurant was very small, or rather, it was just a small rice shop, with a small storefront and a row of tables and chairs outside with a sunshade set up above. The inside was clean and it was obvious that the owner was a clean person, which made Ye Chui very satisfied.
When he arrived here, the restaurant owner was sitting on a stool, doing nothing but waiting for business to come. When Ye Cui walked over, he hurriedly greeted him with a smile. Ye Cui smiled and repeated his purpose of coming.
"What?" The boss was stunned for a moment, "You want to rent my restaurant for three days?"
"That's right." Ye Chui said with a smile. He looked around and said, "It's the off-season for tourism recently. It seems that your business is not very good. I will give you one thousand yuan a day and rent your place for three days."
The boss didn't understand what Ye Chui was going to do, but he rolled his eyes and said, "How can one thousand yuan be enough? It's afternoon now so no one is here. My business is booming at night. I need at least fifteen thousand a day... No, two thousand!"
Ye Chui simply walked towards the shop next door: "Forget it, I'll rent this one next door."
"Hey, don't go. Fifteen thousand will do... No, a thousand is a thousand." The boss hurriedly held Ye Chui. He only had a few hundred yuan in turnover a day. If Ye Chu gave him a thousand yuan, he would already be making a lot of money. How could he let go of this opportunity
Ye Chui nodded, took out three thousand yuan from his pocket and handed it to the boss: "I will occupy this place for the next three days. Of course, I will not damage your equipment here."
The restaurant owner happily took the money, but was particularly curious: "What do you want to do by renting me and the restaurant?"
"Cooking."
Ye Chui explained briefly and asked Han Yuyan and Tian Xiaodu to move the wine jars and food ingredients into the restaurant. The young boss was curious, but he got enough benefits, so he didn't ask much and just watched the fun happily from the side.
Ye Chui made some modifications to the stove in the small restaurant, placed the wine jar on the stove, secured it, and then began to prepare various ingredients - the various ingredients in Buddha Jumps Over the Wall cannot be simmered directly, but must first go through various processes of frying, deep-frying, cooking, and stir-frying before being put into the wine jar.
Buddha Jumps Over the Wall had been described in various film works in Ye Chui’s previous life. However, in pursuit of artistic effect, those works simplified many processes. The authentic Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is not so easy to make.
Ye Chui was directing Tian Xiaodu and Han Yuyan to prepare the food. Not long into the work, a somewhat surprised voice suddenly sounded from behind Ye Chui -
"Ye Chui, why are you here!?" The person who spoke was Zhang Ying just now.
She was wearing a simple dress, and it was obvious that she had just come out of the Zhuangyan Temple. She was surprised to see Ye Chui, and then she showed a disdainful expression and walked towards Ye Chui. She looked around and said, "Ha, are you sure? Mr. Ye, are you going to open a restaurant here? Do you want to chat up with your girlfriend? I tell you, it's impossible! The old lady is very disappointed with you recently. Lin Wei is under her strict control. It's useless for you to do anything!"
Ye Chui, Han Yuyan and Tian Xiaodu, who were busy in the restaurant, were slightly stunned. Han Yuyan was carefully cutting mushrooms with a kitchen knife. What this sister couldn't stand the most was Zhang Ying's smug face. She waved the kitchen knife in her hand and said, "Master, do you want to stir-fry or deep-fry?" (~^~)