Probably because this year is the Year of the Pig, the theme of the Spring Banquet is pork. As the name suggests, restaurants participating in the Spring Banquet need to cook a table of dishes with pork as the main ingredient. Pork, as one of the earliest animals domesticated by humans, is undoubtedly the mainstream meat in human daily life.
In this world, the vegetarian movement has caused the loss of many meat farming technologies, such as raising chickens and ducks. However, some technologies have been retained, such as pork farming. This is because pork has completely lost the ability to survive in the wild after training. In the eighty years that the vegetarian movement has experienced, domestic pigs have been cultivated by some national institutions in order to continue this crystallization of human domestication history.
Therefore, pork farming technology has been preserved.
After the ban on meat was lifted, pork farming was rapidly promoted under the government's advocacy. Large-scale pork farms were established in almost every city, so there was never a shortage of pork resources in the daily operations of large hotels.
Every morning, fresh pork is shipped from a slaughterhouse in the suburbs of Yanjing to the Manhan Building for daily expenses.
"The theme of this year's Spring Banquet is pork? Hey, there are quite a few pork dishes on the menu of Manhanlou, and they are all very popular. We are sure to win this year's Spring Banquet!"
This is Dong Youyou's voice.
When learning the news about the Spring Banquet theme, Ye Chui was in the office with Dong Youyou, and Han Yuyan was also beside them. After the Chinese New Year, Dong Qian had been busy with her hotel work and had stayed in Yanjing, while Dong Youyou had to fly back to Hainan to take care of the four restaurants there. Now, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, she had just flown back from Hainan to celebrate the festival with Dong Qian. At this moment, she was reporting the business situation of the four restaurants in Hainan to Ye Chui. Dong Youyou was particularly proud because the sales of Hainanese chicken rice topped the list among the four restaurants.
But what made her even more proud was the theme of the Spring Banquet. She looked at Ye Chui and asked with a smile, "Ye Chui, am I right?"
Han Yuyan naturally knew the importance of the Spring Banquet, and said with a smile: "In fact, my grandfather told me some time ago that the theme of this year's Spring Banquet might be pork. Now it seems to be true. Hehe, we have quite a few pork dishes on the menu of Manhanlou, such as steamed pork with eight treasures, fried spare ribs, four-happiness meatballs, jar meat, braised pork, crystal pork elbow, pot-roasted pork elbow... These dishes are the favorites of the guests who come to dine here. When it comes to pork, our Manhanlou dishes are definitely the most delicious."
—Sister Han obviously worked hard after hearing the news from Mr. Han and summarized these pork dishes. These dishes of Manhanlou are ancient recipes that were lost in the era when meat was poisonous. Only Manhanlou can cook these dishes.
Putting so many dishes on the table during the spring banquet will definitely become a highlight of the banquet.
After Ye Chui learned that the theme of the Spring Banquet was pork, his mind had been turning. At this moment, he smiled and said, "I haven't cooked for a long time since I became the boss. Today is August 15th. In the evening, I will personally cook a table of pork dishes for everyone to taste."
"Really?" Han Yuyan and Dong Youyou's faces lit up immediately. Manhanlou has no shortage of good chefs, and the meals they cook are very delicious. Working in this restaurant, there is no shortage of delicious food to eat every day. Every meal is sweet and delicious, but the most delicious food is still made by the boss Ye Chui.
However, now that Ye Chui has become the owner of a restaurant, there are very few opportunities to eat dishes cooked by Ye Chui himself.
"We are in for a treat tonight." Han Yuyan chuckled a few times, "Master, what are you going to do tonight?"
"Just make the dishes you just mentioned." Ye Chui said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll go tell Senior Brother and the others right away." Han Yuyan hurriedly left the office.
Dong Youyou looked at Han Yuyan's figure, and suddenly thought of something, so she teased Ye Chui, "Ye Chui, Sister Yuyan seems to be helping you in this restaurant very hard, I wonder what kind of salary you give her?"
"Salary?" Ye Chui tilted his head and thought about it when Dong Youyou mentioned this. "It seems that I have never mentioned the issue of salary to her... Anyway, she is worth 18 billion, why would she need my salary?"
"Brothers should settle accounts clearly, Ye Chui, you are going too far." Dong Youyou shouted immediately, "Sister Yuyan is very dedicated here... You don't know, some time ago she was worried that my sister was unhappy working here, so she specially got two concert tickets for my sister and me to attend. Where can you find such a good employee?"
—Sister Han will definitely burst into tears when she hears her say this...
"... If she wants salary, she will ask me. Now I see she is very happy as a hotel manager, she shouldn't care about that little salary, right?" Ye Chui said with a shameless face. He felt embarrassed. Han Yuyan really helped him a lot in the hotel. Should he find a way to compensate this hardworking second apprentice
"Hmph, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to go find my sister."
Dong Youyou rolled her eyes at Ye Chui, jumped up and left the office.
This girl has a lively personality. Strictly speaking, Ye Cui is still her boss, but she has never been aware of that. Of course, Ye Cui doesn't care about that. But after hearing what Dong Youyou said, Ye Cui thought of Han Yuyan's problem again.
Hmm... Why on earth is this sister staying here so hardworking and uncomplainingly
Ye Chui shook his head and decided not to think about this question for the time being, and his thoughts returned to the Spring Banquet.
"The Spring Banquet is a competition between restaurants. I wonder what Shenghuayuan will do?"
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"The theme of this year's spring banquet is pork!" In the kitchen of Shenghuayuan, Gao Yuesheng, who had just learned the theme of the spring banquet, hurriedly found Jim in the kitchen. He smiled and said, "Master Jim, do you have any pork dishes?"
With Jim's joining, the menu of Shenghuayuan has also been completely changed. All the dishes are based on the ones provided by Jim. Most restaurants do the same. The dishes in the restaurant are all the chef's specialties.
However, there are not many pork dishes on the menu of Shenghuayuan.
"Pork?" Jim thought for a moment and then laughed. "That's easy, don't worry, Boss Gao. Pork dishes are very popular in Chinatown. I know quite a few delicious ones."
Gao Yuesheng smiled even brighter when he heard Jim's words, but he thought of something and said worriedly, "But there are also many pork dishes on the menu of Manhanlou. Chef Jim, this is the menu of several pork dishes I found on the menu of Manhanlou... Each of them is extremely delicious."
The menu of Manhanlou was easily available to anyone who was interested. Since Gao Yuesheng regarded Ye Chui as his mortal enemy, he naturally had a copy in his hand. He handed a piece of paper to Jim and continued, "If I'm not mistaken, these are the dishes served at the Manhanlou Spring Banquet."
Jim took the paper and scanned the names of the dishes on it. He had never heard of most of these names, but he was not too worried. "After the Chinese cuisine spread outside, it has been sublimated and become the noble Chinatown cuisine. There is an old Chinese saying that is very correct, which is called "the disciple surpasses the master". Although I am unfamiliar with these names, there are many similar dishes. They are all new dishes formed after these dishes have been sublimated outside, and the taste is more outstanding. Since Ye Chui is going to use these dishes to participate in the Spring Banquet, I will make dishes similar to these dishes and try to suppress him!"
Jim's words were full of confidence, but... Gao Yuesheng vaguely sensed something from his words.
Jim claimed that he would return to China to restore Chinese cuisine to its peak, but his tone seemed to be full of confidence and indescribable pride in Chinatown cuisine...
“There’s really no difference between the food in Chinatown and Chinese food. Maybe it’s just my illusion…” Gao Yuesheng then dispelled his concerns. With Jim’s joining, Shenghuayuan’s business has greatly improved compared to the lows some time ago.
As long as business is good, why should he worry about those things
He went on to say, "We have two main competitors for this Spring Banquet. One is Manhan Restaurant, and the other is Jingjia Restaurant. Jingjia Restaurant has been the champion of the Spring Banquet for three consecutive years. I don't know what dishes they will serve this year."
"Don't worry, neither Manhanlou nor Jingjialou can match me!" Jim said confidently, tightly holding the piece of paper with the names of Manhanlou's dishes in his hand. "The dishes in Chinatown have long surpassed the Chinese cuisine!"
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"boom!"
"Snapped!"
The sound of firecrackers continued to ring out on the street outside the Manhan Building.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, the sound of firecrackers is naturally indispensable.
There are still a lot of firecrackers left from the pile of firecrackers Han Yuyan bought during the Chinese New Year. At this moment, An Xiaoxiao and Wang Shiyu are setting them off on the street for fun.
It was already past ten o'clock in the evening, and the restaurant's business for the day had ended. Ye Chui did not break his promise and personally cooked a table of delicious food. It was a table of pork banquet dishes, steamed eight-treasure pork, fried spare ribs, four-happiness meatballs, jar meat, braised pork, crystal pork elbow, pot-roasted pork elbow...
Tian Xiaodu, Han Yuyan, Lin Wei, Dong Youyou, Dong Qian, Du Xuejiao, Qin Yiyue and others sat around the table in the hotel lobby, tasting the pork dishes and sighing constantly.
"The longer I know you, Ye Chui, the more I realize how flawed my cooking skills are. This pork slice is one of the dishes in the Yanchen Banquet that I'm responsible for. I'm confident that my cooking is outstanding, but there's still a big gap compared to Ye Chui." Dong Qian said, pointing to a deep red dish on the table.
The original name of Sliced Pork was Sliced Roasted Pig. It was a disguised pork dish made by Ye Chui who changed the cooking method for the convenience of running his restaurant. The skin is crispy and fragrant, and the meat is tender and delicious. It is not much different from the original version.
"I learned these two dishes from you, Master, when I was cooking at Xiaoyu's home, but they are still not as delicious as yours." Tian Xiaodu also shook his head and said with a smile on his fat face, "I represented Wan Laifu to participate in the Spring Banquet and returned empty-handed. This time, with these dishes, our Manhanlou will definitely win first place."
"We must fight for the first place in the Spring Banquet." Ye Chui was sitting with Lin Wei, he said with a smile, "But... did I say that we would make these dishes at the Spring Banquet?" (~^~)