"Beijing-style shredded pork with soy sauce is Beijing-style shredded pork with soy sauce. It's still Beijing-style shredded pork with soy sauce even if it's renamed. What's Tang's shredded pork? The cooking method is not authentic at all. Is this dish still the signature dish of Chinatown?"
Ye Chui could not help but reveal a sneer, he was a little angry. For a person who paid great attention to food, what he hated most was someone ruining the recipes of food. Shredded Pork with Beijing Sauce could be said to be the essence of modern Chinese cuisine. It belonged to Beijing cuisine. Although it was created only a hundred years ago, it was very popular all over the country. The shadow of this dish could be found in almost any restaurant in the country. It was a very popular cuisine, which was unmatched by many other dishes.
As for the Tang's Shredded Pork made by Jim, Ye Chui could tell at a glance that this dish was Beijing-style Shredded Pork with Sweet and Sour Sauce, and it was not even made in the authentic way. How could this dish be the signature dish of Chinatown now
That would have been fine, but the dish was actually named Tang’s Shredded Pork. The Tang here seemed to refer to the Tang in Chinatown. Changing the name of a dish was something Ye Chui could not tolerate.
Ye Chui's words obviously angered Jim. Jim raised his eyebrows and said, "Mr. Ye, please be careful with your words. I have never heard of Beijing-style shredded pork. This dish is Tang's shredded pork, one of the seven most famous signature dishes in Chinatown! Maybe it used to be Chinese cuisine, but after the efforts of the senior chefs in Chinatown, this dish has already been transformed and reached a new level!"
"Hey, Master Ye, are you deliberately looking for trouble? I have never seen Master Jim's dish before, and I have never heard of the Beijing-style shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce you mentioned." Gao Yuesheng also made sarcastic remarks.
"Beijing-style shredded pork with soy sauce was created in the early 20th century, and it has only been a hundred years since then. It was influenced by the vegetarian movement only a few years after it appeared, so there is no way the recipe has been passed down." Ye Chui said in a deep voice, and he glanced at Jim again, "However, for some reason it flowed into Chinatown, which is a great blessing for the food culture. It's a pity that this dish has been changed beyond recognition, which is regrettable."
Jim seemed even angrier: "Master Ye, you have been tolerant, but your words are too hurtful. You didn't even taste my dish and yet you made such a fuss. You are too much!"
"Since we know your dish is not authentic, why bother to taste it?" Ye Chui said coldly, "First of all, the most accurate way to eat this dish is to use tofu skin. When using it, wrap the shredded green onion and pork together with the tofu skin and put it into your mouth. This way, the taste of this dish will be the most delicious. Moreover, the best ingredient for making this dish is not pork butt, but pork tenderloin. The taste is naturally different because the meat parts are different. Ordinary people don't think it's a big deal, but as an eight-star chef, this difference in taste can still be easily tasted, right?"
Jim's face flashed with surprise. This dish is to be eaten wrapped in tofu skin? He didn't know this at all. The Tang's Shredded Pork that was circulated in Chinatown was like this, but... It was true that this dish had to use tenderloin. Only tenderloin shredded pork was the most delicious when cooked in this way. This was common sense. It was just that he wanted to show off his skills and make a dish that would impress Ye Chui. He carefully cooked this Tang's Shredded Pork. He didn't care much about the ingredients, but he didn't expect that this would violate the chef's taboo, especially for a senior chef like him. The choice of ingredients was of utmost importance. A slight difference could cause a loss of taste.
This dish was not perfect from the beginning when he made it. He underestimated Ye Chui's understanding of Chinese food culture. He had already lost before the provocation even began.
The other people in the kitchen who were eating were looking at this place curiously. Now Ye Chui gave them the impression of being a gentle boy with a good temper, but it was obviously an illusion. When he encountered a problem, he could become stern in an instant!
Gao Yuesheng looked at Jim, who looked a little annoyed but didn't refute him. He suddenly became anxious and said hastily, "It's not uncommon for a dish's recipe to change. This dish might have been called Beijing-style Shredded Pork in Soy Sauce, but it's not impossible that the cooking method has changed a little after it was introduced to Chinatown. Now everyone in the world only knows Tang's Shredded Pork but not Beijing-style Shredded Pork in Soy Sauce. Aren't you finding fault with me, Mr. Ye?"
"Beijing-style shredded pork with soy sauce is a Chinese delicacy. It's fine if the recipe changes, but I don't want our Chinese food recipes to be tampered with and given someone else's name. Besides, the original recipe of this dish is the most delicious. Some unnecessary changes are an insult to the dish." Ye Chui gave Gao Yuesheng a cold look, then glanced at Jim. "Beijing-style shredded pork with soy sauce will be a dish I serve at Chunyan in Manhanlou. By then, I will make the most authentic Beijing-style shredded pork with soy sauce!"
Ye Chui's words made Jim, who was originally a little frustrated, angry again. He had a great sense of honor for the dishes in Chinatown. Did Ye Chui's words make it seem as if Chinatown had become a shameless plagiarist and an ignorant tamperer
He said to Ye Chui angrily, "It is common for food culture to have various branches in the development of hundreds or thousands of years. It is not a bad thing for recipes to change. Many dishes have gone through countless developments before they are called delicacies. It was indeed my mistake to make the Tang Family Shredded Pork today. I admit that I messed up this dish, but the authentic Tang Family Shredded Pork is definitely not worse than the Beijing-style Shredded Pork you mentioned. Moreover, the Tang Family Shredded Pork will be the most authentic of this kind!"
The atmosphere in the kitchen was a little tense. Han Yuyan quietly put down the bowl in her hand and walked to Ye Chui's side - this sister could also act as a gold medal fighter at a critical moment...
Ye Chui didn't seem to care about Jim's prodding and threatening. He suddenly sneered, "Authentic? Master Jim, do you know the origin of this dish?"
"Origin?" Jim was stunned.
Gao Yuesheng said hurriedly: "What origin does a 100-year-old dish have? And Master Jim said that a dish has gone through countless developments before it reached its final form. There is no point in us discussing the origin."
"I agree with this statement, but as Master Jim said, the formation of a dish has gone through countless developments, and the dish of Beijing-style shredded pork with soy sauce is actually a variation of another dish with hundreds of years of history. It has already undergone changes to form. For this dish, the Beijing-style shredded pork with soy sauce a hundred years ago was already the most perfect, and any extra changes would just be superfluous!" Ye Chui said in a firm voice.
Jim was stunned again. Beijing-style shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce is a variation of another dish
He looked at Ye Chui and said coldly, "Then I would like to ask Mr. Ye, which delicious dish is this dish derived from?"
"Yanjing Roast Duck." Ye Chui replied.
"Yanjing Roast Duck?" Most people in the kitchen heard this name for the first time. In the era when meat was poisonous, many delicious recipes disappeared, including this Yanjing Roast Duck. Even Han Lao was very unfamiliar with this name. Of course, the advantage of following Ye Chui was that all kinds of extinct delicacies could be eaten at any time. When she was cooking at Xiaoyu's home, Han Yuyan had eaten this Yanjing Roast Duck many times. When she heard Ye Chui mention it this time, the elder sister subconsciously said, "Yanjing Roast Duck is delicious."
"Mr. Ye, I think you just made up a dish at random, such as Yanjing Roast Duck. I don't think this dish exists at all?" Gao Yuesheng said with a mocking look on his face.
"Yanjing Roast Duck originated in the Ming Dynasty and is the essence of Chinese food culture. You want evidence? Who can prove that the Manchu Han Banquet is a Chinese thing? Why don't you say that the Manchu Han Banquet was invented by foreigners?" Ye Chui retorted to Gao Yuesheng with disdain.
Gao Yuesheng looked embarrassed: "This..."
Ye Chui ignored Gao Yuesheng and continued to look at Jim and said, "The most classic way to eat Yanjing roast duck is to use tofu skin. Wrap the duck meat with tofu skin and it will have a wonderful flavor. The originator of Beijing-style shredded pork with soy sauce was an old man who sold tofu. He had a meager income and couldn't afford roast duck, but his grandson kept clamoring to eat roast duck. So he had no choice but to use pork loin instead of roast duck and cooked it for his grandson. By chance, he created this delicacy."
"Master, so this is how Beijing-style shredded pork with soy sauce came about." Han Yuyan said, "I remember you said that Yanjing roast duck originated in the Ming Dynasty, and after countless developments, it formed the most classic way of eating it. Since Beijing-style shredded pork with soy sauce is a variant of Yanjing roast duck, it means that Beijing-style shredded pork with soy sauce also has a history of hundreds of years in China."
"That's right!" Ye Chui nodded, his eyes sweeping over the Tang's shredded pork in Jim's hand, "The tofu skin mixed with vegetables is the specialty of this dish. In the era when meat was poisonous, Chinatown inherited this dish, but pretended to be smart and removed the tofu skin, which was really stupid. As for Chef Jim's dish..." Ye Chui showed an undisguised contempt on his face, "I don't even bother to taste it!"
This made Jim and Gao Yuesheng tremble with anger, but they could not refute it. Ye Chui traced the origin of this dish back to hundreds of years ago. This dish can be said to be a genuine Chinese delicacy, making the Tang Family Shredded Pork in Chinatown a joke...
When they met Ye Chui here today, Gao Yuesheng and Jim wanted to deliberately provoke Ye Chui, but in the end they were dealt with with a bowl of barbecued pork rice. The most important thing was that Ye Chui didn't even taste the dish they made and was simply disdainful of tasting it.
They are not provoking, they are clearly asking for trouble...
Gao Yuesheng was sweating profusely, and said in a panic: "Maybe... maybe this Tang's Shredded Pork has nothing to do with Beijing-style Shredded Pork. It is a delicacy developed by the people in Chinatown, but the cooking method is similar to Beijing-style Shredded Pork..." (~^~)