Chapter 23 Section ten

Xiong Bao is clumsy, not stupid, and he also understands that Hao Dongxi asked him to prepare a banquet today, to a large extent, to test his ability on the spot, facing Hao Dongxi from Lumen, Qian Liangliang from the north, and Li Shasha It is not an easy task to really make a family banquet that everyone praises for the tastes of different people.So Xiong Bao didn't dare to take it lightly, and did his best to cook a total of twelve dishes including four cold, eight hot, six meat and six vegetarian dishes.The number of dishes is also particular among chefs, which is called Siping, Bastable, Liuliu Dashun.

There are two local dishes in Siliang: soil bamboo shoot jelly.Soil bamboo shoots are commonly known as "star worms" and are about two or three inches long. The thick ones are like index fingers, and the thin ones are like rice stalks. They are about the length of a thumb and have a thin tail. old maggot. "Soil bamboo shoot jelly" is a jelly-like food that is condensed from its boiled broth.It takes some courage to eat this thing. The broken limbs of starworms are condensed in the jelly, and they look exactly like chopped maggots. People who are not used to eating this thing will definitely be frightened when they face the thing called soil bamboo shoot jelly .However, soil bamboo shoots are high in protein, high in gelatin, and rich in nutritional value. It is said that regular consumption not only reduces fire and clears lungs, but also nourishes yin and strengthens yang.

Another Lumen cold dish is broken rice snail meat.The caught sea snails are stirred and washed repeatedly with a bamboo brush to remove the shell dirt, and then put into a water basin to raise them with clean water, add a few drops of vegetable oil to wash out the dirty saliva in the shell, then crush the peanuts and dice the cucumbers , prepare cooking wine, fresh soup, pepper, refined salt, sugar, vinegar, and wet starch, and mix it into juice, cut the snail meat into thick slices with a knife, squeeze out the water and mix well, pour it into a hot oil pan to disperse , until it is eight mature, pick up and drain, and finally mix well with the prepared sauce.In order to increase the ornamental value of the broken rice snail meat, Xiong Bao sprinkled mung bean sprouts and minced purple cauliflower on the mixed snail meat. The white snail meat complemented the green bean sprouts and purple crushed flowers. Processing improvements based on Lumen dishes.

These two cold dishes, bear buns, took some thought, because he is a chef from Sichuan, and he learned Lumen cuisine after he arrived in Lumen. Whether he can suit the taste of Lumen people is also a factor in whether he can make Lumen dishes well. a test.Hao Dongxi is a true Lumen, and at this time, Xiong Bao especially cares about Hao Dongxi's opinion.Of course, if the dishes you make are not only recognized by Lumen people, but also by outsiders, such as Qian Liangliang and Li Shasha, it will be considered a real success. The other two cold dishes are more popular, one is Dengying beef, the beef is cut as thin as paper, crystal clear and translucent, which shows the skill of the knife.One is a Northwest three-set cart, tomato, potato slices, vegetable gall, mixed with red, white and green, and only white vinegar and sugar are used to mix vegetables. It is a vegetarian dessert.As soon as these four cold dishes were put on the table, the table became a flower bed, and the four cold dishes were like four pots of colorful flowers.

Next, Xiong Bao began to cook hot dishes.Li Shasha ran to the kitchen to help.With the excuse of cleaning the car, Ah Jin ran outside and hid in the car to listen to the radio.Qian Liangliang and Hao Dongxi started talking about business.Hao Dongxi hoped that Qian Liangliang would be in place immediately, and he would be involved in the clubhouse from the very beginning: "This way you will understand the situation from the beginning to the end. Even if there is something wrong with the equipment and facilities after the opening, you at least know it." Qian Liangliang knew that Hao Dongxi was right, and personally, it meant that he would have a salary from now on, but he still pretended to think it over before agreeing to Hao Dongxi.Then Hao Dongxi asked the next question: "What's the name of the clubhouse?"

Qian Liangliang really didn't think about this question, so he threw the ball back to Hao Dongxi according to the habit he developed when he was a national cadre: "You are the boss, so you can call your name whatever you want." Hao Dongxi smiled slightly: "It's good that I'm the boss. You are a think tank and an intellectual. Should the boss listen to your opinions and suggestions? We also practice democratic centralism." Qian Liangliang had no choice but to tentatively ask: "What is the main function of your club?" Hao Dongxi took the opportunity to test him: "You are well-informed, what do you think the function of the clubhouse should be?"

Qian Liangliang secretly smiled. He really has a little knowledge in this area. Not long ago, he just looked up the information in this area for writing. Hao Dongxi asked him that the problem in this area was the point where mosquitoes stepped on eggs.Qian Liangliang told Hao Dongxi confidently: "In fact, the original intention of the clubhouse is a place for gatherings, which can be traced back to Europe in the seventeenth century. At that time, gatherings in the form of European aristocratic salons were popular among the upper class in Europe. , art, exchange experience of horseback riding and archery. With the development of the times, the clubhouse is gradually refined, and it is no longer a gathering place for specific groups of people. Community owners provide places for business contacts, exchange of hobbies, fitness and entertainment. There are also clubs with a specific interest as the value orientation, such as football clubs, music clubs, art clubs, and even gay clubs, women's clubs, etc. That's why I want to ask what is the main function of the clubhouse you run, and the name of the clubhouse can only be determined after the function is confirmed."

Hao Dongxi said: "As for the Chinese, eating is always the most important thing. First of all, you must eat well. If you eat well, you can have business communication, fitness and entertainment. Well, I thought of a name when I told you so. People have a photographic memory, so it is called a 'Chinese-style dinner'..." Qian Liangliang quickly reminded him: "You said you were going to open a club, you didn't say you were going to open a restaurant. Using this name makes people think it's a restaurant." Hao Dongxi thought for a while and then said: "Then add the word 'leisure club' and it will be done?"

Qian Liangliang didn't agree with Hao Dongxi's idea, but for Hao Dongxi who was about to become his new boss, Qian Liangliang didn't want to be too obsessed with him, let alone spoil Hao Dongxi's interest, so he followed suit: "This way It’s okay, just like writing an article, sometimes there is not only a theme, but also a subtitle, “Chinese-style dinner” is the theme of the club, and the word “leisure club” is the subtitle, which is very good and very novel.” What Qian Liangliang didn't expect was that Hao Dongxi then asked him a difficult problem: "You have worked as a government receptionist and have a lot of experience, so I have to ask you to come up with a club decoration plan, will it work?"

Qian Liangliang was a little overwhelmed by this request: "This may be a bit difficult, I don't study that major, and in addition, the owner's preferences and requirements must be fully considered in matters such as decoration..." This request is a bit too much, even if the money Liangliang majored in that major, so far Qian Liangliang is only a candidate for him, he hasn't even signed a contract, and he asked someone to come up with such a large decoration project without seeing a penny. It is difficult for the strongman to cross the river with his brother-in-law on his back--by taking advantage of it.

Hao Dongxi interrupted Qian Liangliang's words: "Tomorrow I will take you to see the scene. What is a profession? I major in fishing, and I have to do everything now." Hao Dongxi has undoubtedly begun to assume the attitude of the boss, and has also begun to use Qian Liangliang as an employee.At this time, Qian Liangliang naturally couldn't say anything more, even though he secretly complained in his heart, he had to agree on his face. Xiong Bao worked as a chef, and Li Shasha took up her job consciously. She helped Xiong Bao finish the work in the kitchen, and then began to serve dishes on the table.Hao Dongxi only cared about chatting with Qian Liangliang about the clubhouse, and let the two young people chat happily.At this time, Ajiao came back. Ajiao came back from the dusty incense, and saw Hao Dongxi's car parked outside, but did not see Ajin hiding inside, and was still wondering, why did Hao Dongxi go home so early today?After she parked her beloved Audi A4 in the garage, she went directly to the door of her house from the elevator in the garage, opened the door and came in, and saw that Hao Dongxi had recruited such a group of unknown people into the house, held back her surprise, and politely talked to Qian Liang Liang, Xiong Bao, and Li Shasha greeted each other, but their eyes kept asking Hao Dongxi: Who are these people?What are you doing at home? Hao Dongxi quickly introduced his wife Ajiao to everyone, telling everyone that Ajiao is a kind person, and she just came back from offering incense to Mazu Niangniang today. Ajiao is not a person who likes to be lively, especially if there are idlers at home, but she is also a person who knows how to maintain her husband's authority in front of outsiders, so although she is somewhat a little bit a little bit sorry for Hao Dongxi bringing such a group of strangers into the house Unhappy, he still entertained everyone very politely and enthusiastically, serving fruits and refreshments.Knowing his wife's temper, Hao Dongxi quickly introduced Qian Liangliang to his wife, and told A Jiao that Qian Liangliang was invited by him to be the clubhouse. Will refute his face.As for Xiong Bao and Li Shasha, they are ordinary employees recruited by the company, and Ajiao doesn't even care about them.Sure enough, when Ajiao heard that Qian Liangliang was invited by him to be the clubhouse, he immediately reached out to shake Qian Liangliang's hand, and kept saying please.Qian Liangliang was caught off guard, and when he stood up politely, he almost knocked over the tea table, and knocked his knee against the edge of the glass tea table, causing pain, but he endured it. Taking advantage of the time when Ajiao went upstairs to change clothes, Hao Dongxi whispered to Qian Liangliang that his wife was also very interested in the clubhouse and might work with Qian Liangliang in the future. Forgive me a lot: "Women, sometimes they think things differently from us men." Hao Dongxi's words made Qian Liangliang feel very considerate, with a strong meaning of caring and tacit understanding between men.At the same time, Qian Liangliang was also slightly uneasy, because according to his experience, if he really became an executive of a Chinese-style dinner and leisure club, and there was a woman listening to the government behind the curtain, it would definitely be very uncomfortable.At this time, Xiong Bao had finished his work and greeted Hao Dongxi and Qian Liangliang to take their seats. Hao Dongxi yelled upstairs: "Ajiao, it's time to eat." After several people took their seats at the dining table, faced with the dishes that were well-balanced and stable, even Ajiao couldn't help but praise them for their excellent color, fragrance and taste.Among several hot dishes, Lumen Fried Crab is indispensable. In addition, there is also Dragon Palace Crystal Mussel, which is a local Lumen dish.This is made of grouper fish meat, kneaded with starch, rolled into small fish skins, wrapped in appropriate amount of delicious shrimp gelatin, kneaded into dumplings, steamed in a basket, taken out, and put into a soup bowl.Then kill the snake, take the snake bones, add water and ginger slices to make snake soup, remove the sundries, add refined salt, monosodium glutamate, and chicken essence, pour it into a soup bowl, add a little coriander and serve, the dish is white and red, Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, fresh and mellow, it belongs to the relatively high-end Lumen cuisine. Xiongbao put a lot of thought into the dishes. Not only did several Lumen local dishes get great praise, but also several popular dishes, such as boiled rice field eel, three delicacies in oyster sauce, stir-fried three shreds, etc. Great aroma.Hao Dongxi, A Jiao, Qian Liangliang, and A Jin praised it repeatedly.Xiong Bao was used to being a cook, and Li Shasha was used to being a waiter, and the two of them hurriedly served dishes.Ah Jin couldn't help but picked up his chopsticks and wanted to eat, so Hao Dongxi slapped his hand: "Wait, eat when everyone is seated." Then he called Xiong Bao and Li Shasha to take their seats. Xiong Bao and Li Shasha are very polite.Ajiao reminded them today that they are customers, not waiters, and he pulled Li Shasha to the table, and Xiongbao sat down timidly.Hao Dongxi suddenly remembered that there was no wine on the table, so he took out a bottle of Lumen sorghum wine from the wine cabinet in the living room. Ah Jin grinned and sniffled when he saw the sorghum wine.Hao Dongxi knew what he meant: "You look down on Lumen sorghum, don't you? Just think of XO and Remy Martin?" A Jin asked Qian Liangliang: "Director Qian, when you receive the leaders, will you use this kind of sorghum wine that costs more than ten yuan a bottle?" Qian Liangliang told the truth: "Actually, when receiving senior leaders, it is rare to serve wine unless the leader asks for it. Generally, when receiving small cadres with real power, foreign wine is served when talking about pomp and pomp, and domestic liquor is served when it is really delicious." Hao Dongxi patted the table, and the dishes on the table jingled, startling Li Shasha and A Jiao.Ajiao protested: "What are you doing? Speak well, what table are you taking pictures of?" Hao Dongxi ignored A Jiao, and Guan Zi expressed his opinion: "Old Qian is right! I am annoyed by A Jin who hangs a diaper as the United Nations flag—a guy who thinks he is western." Ah Jin muttered innocently: "What's wrong with me? Who doesn't want to drink good wine?" Hao Dongxi began to pour sorghum wine into everyone's glasses.Seeing this, Li Shasha quickly took the bottle and poured wine, and Hao Dongxi sat back in her seat and talked loudly: "Is only foreign wine good wine? Is foreign wine really good? It is the taste of foreigners, and it has nothing to do with us Chinese. Chinese people Those who say that foreign wine tastes good are all soil beetles who drink foreign urine and fart. The more soil the more foreign garlic. Let’s talk about XO and Cordon Bleu. How is it different from plain water mixed with traditional Chinese medicine alcohol? There are those bastards People say it’s delicious. I’m most annoyed by fake foreign devils who drink coffee without adding sugar. If you’re old, it’s better to go home and boil a pot of traditional Chinese medicine. I don’t believe that the bitter taste is better than the sweet taste. What do you say, Bear Pack?" Xiong Bao was very cautious on such occasions, and kept rubbing his hands. When Hao Dongxi asked him by name, he had to say: "I don't like foreign wine, but Erguotou from our hometown." A Jin quickly corrected: "Erguotou is from Beijing, how can you have it in Sichuan?" Hao Dongxi said: "Sichuan has Wuliangye. By the way, those who don't like to drink Lumen sorghum drink Wuliangye. I don't have much else here. If you want to talk about good wine, you can get what you want." Xiong Bao quickly said, "Just drink Lumen sorghum. Lumen vegetables go well with Lumen wine." Hao Dongxi laughed loudly: "This is the high-end words spoken by experts, so let's go here, and I will hire you." Xiong Bao quickly thanked him.Hao Dongxi raised his glass to toast.Li Shasha looked at drinking like drinking poison.Ajiao had just finished paying homage to Mazu Niangniang and didn't dare to drink, so the two women substituted tea for wine.Hao Dongxi is used to being the boss, toasting is almost like a boss lecture.After a busy afternoon, everyone at the table was in a hurry to eat and drink, and no one would listen carefully to what he had to say. Hao Dongxi drank very boldly, and said: "For the smooth and successful future of our cooperation, everyone cheers." The sorghum wine in the cup was drained.Qian Liangliang and the others also quickly drained the wine in their glasses.Li Shasha and Ajiao took a sip of tea from their teacups, and then the meal officially began, with the cups and chopsticks intertwined, and the bowls and chopsticks clattering together.Everyone was hungry, and at the beginning of the meal, as usual, they ate their heads down and gorged themselves, and when they were almost done, they began to toast with each other. The work has been implemented, and it is more ideal than expected. Qian Liangliang, Xiong Bao, and Li Shasha are very relaxed and happy in their hearts. In addition, Hao Dongxi, the future boss, is easy-going and forthright. At first glance, he is not difficult to serve and communicate. better.Hao Dongxi and Qian Liangliang chatted about the future of the clubhouse. Qian Liangliang used the experience accumulated when he was the head of the reception office in the past, and performed well with the help of wine, especially some anecdotes about the reception leaders made Ajiao feel better. He and Hao Dongxi were stunned when they heard it, and secretly sighed that they didn't expect such a well-informed talent to be hidden in the market of Lumen City.At the end of the banquet, Hao Dongxi and Qian Liangliang agreed to visit the factory area by the lake the next day.For this sake, Qian Liangliang knew that he did not have the strength to provide a decoration plan for a luxurious clubhouse, so he had no choice but to sneak into the pile of garlic and pretend to be garlic, and bit the bullet and promised to give someone a decoration plan.