Chapter 811 It’s both delicious food and breathtaking art—flower basket cold dishes! [Please subscribe]

"The flower basket cold dish is not easy to make, Xiaoxu, please watch it."

Uncle Gao cleaned up the large yellow croaker, but he did not change the knife immediately. Instead, he first rubbed a layer of salt on the fish skin, and then poured onion, ginger and cooking wine.

Lin Xu looked a little confused. Marinate without changing the knife. What kind of operation is this?

Xie Baomin, who was busy at the side, said:

"The meat of croaker is easy to taste, but the skin is not so good, so you need to marinate the skin first and then change the knife later... This dish uses fish fillets to form a flower, with white fish meat as petals and golden fish.

The skin is rimmed, so I don’t know if it tastes good or not, but the presentation is impeccable. I guess that’s why the flower basket cold dish is the main course.”

Damn, after saying that, Lin Xu also thinks this dish is pretty enough.

Simply arranging the fish fillets in the shape of a flower is enough to become the main dish at the banquet. However, the chef did not do this back then, and instead made it into a flower basket.

This not only shows a high level of cooking skills, but also expresses the theme of the flower basket symbolizing peace.

Such a chef is really high-level and really awesome.

Uncle Gao marinated the large yellow croaker and went to do other things. Lin Xu had already fried the herring and put it into the smoked fish soup to start soaking.

In addition, cucumbers, radishes, jellyfish and other dishes have been marinated and can be plated and served at any time.

As for the duck liver, Lin Xu also deliberately put it into the boiled salt brine and soaked it over low heat.

Dishes such as salted duck liver cannot be marinated over high heat, as this will make the duck liver old and hard. It must be cooked slowly by soaking to allow the flavor of the brine to gradually penetrate into the duck liver.

The duck liver produced in this way is not only softer, but also has a richer flavor.

For foreigners who like to eat foie gras, it is definitely a delicacy not to be missed.

The eight-flavored small plate was ready, and the chicken was almost marinated. Lin Xu took the marinated rooster, stuffed the chicken feet into his belly, and pierced the wings into his throat. He also stuffed some tangerine peel and tea leaves into his belly.

Put the ingredients such as shallots and ginger slices on the soaked dried lotus leaves and start wrapping.

Apply some lard on the dried lotus leaves to facilitate disassembly and make the chicken more fragrant.

Wrap it in two layers of lotus leaves and wrap it in two layers of tin foil, so that the flavor can be thoroughly immersed into the chicken.

The chickens were wrapped one by one, placed one by one in the old-fashioned oven burning charcoal, and began to roast.

Uncle Gao said:

"The chicken wrapped in lotus leaves is directly cooked in the braised soup, or steamed directly in a steamer. The result is the famous lotus leaf braised chicken and lotus leaf steamed chicken... There is no difference between these dishes.

As long as you learn one thing, you can learn them all."

Regardless of steaming or roasting, the only difference is the heating method. Essentially, they are both for cooking the food, so this is a one-stop process.

Lin Xu adjusted the fire on the stove and saw that his senior brother was making ham and Sichuan scallops, so he picked up the prepared duck and started making crispy duck.

The so-called ham and Sichuan scallops are actually ham and Sichuan scallops soup.

Cut Jinhua ham into shreds and cook the soup. After the umami flavor comes out, thicken the soup. Immediately after taking it out of the pot, soak the scallops thoroughly and then tear them into thin shreds and sprinkle them into the pot.

The ham itself is full of umami, and with the addition of dried beets as garnish, this cooking method of overlapping umami flavors makes the soup more delicious and the umami flavor more intense, making people unable to stop drinking it after one sip.

This is the only soup dish in the entire banquet. Compared with the hibiscus, bamboo and sunflower soup and bean sprouts and pigeon egg soup at the two state banquets in Yanjing, they are both much more high-end.

It can also be seen from here that the talks at that time had basically been finalized, so both the host and the guest needed a grand banquet to relax and unwind.

It is said that at this banquet, Nixon's toasts were all impromptu, unlike the two state banquets in Yanjing, where the words were written in advance and submitted to the staff of both parties for review, and they were confirmed to be correct before delivering the speech.

Lin Xu removed the duck's paws and wing tips, cleaned it carefully, and marinated it with onions, ginger, salt and other condiments.

It will be boiled for a while, then steamed to add flavor, and finally the bones will be removed and fried in batter. The whole production process is very complicated, but the taste and texture of the duck are very outstanding. Not only the foreign guests will never forget it, but also the domestic accompanying staff in charge of the reception will mention it.

Also full of praise.

After being busy until noon, everyone started to have lunch.

"Chef Cheng, what are you eating today?"

Although there is a lunch box every day, the dishes are different every day, which makes many people look forward to the lunch box.

Cheng Jianshe, who came over to say hello, heard everyone's questions and said with a smile:

"Today I eat rice with a handful of meat. In the past few days, I have been eating rice from the south. Today I will try the rice from the north."

Just as he was talking, several helpers came in carrying large thermos basins.

After opening it, a strong aroma immediately came out. Lin Xu looked at it and saw a large pot of meat, a large pot of vegetables stewed in broth, including green peppers, eggplants, etc.

The other pot contains a variety of soy products and meat dishes, including dried tofu, large meatballs, fried rolls, sausages, tofu skin, vegetarian sausages, large intestines, etc.

In addition, two more helpers came and brought packed lunch boxes, each with a spoonful of meat broth poured in advance.

Lin Xu felt that with just this spoonful of broth, even if he didn't eat a bite of the food, he could still eat two boxes of rice.

Broth is the essence of Baozi meat, and it is also the reason why Shandong men never tire of eating this delicacy.

He filled up a piece of meat, two green chili peppers, two meatballs, a fried roll, and a strip of tofu skin. After serving, he poured a spoonful of dark broth over it and started eating.

He sat down next to Shen Jiayue and ate rice with a handful of meat on the table.

The braised pork is tender and tender, and has the unique freshness of cattail.

Take a bite, the aroma is rich, and then take another bite of rice, and the joy of eating rice will return immediately.

People from Happy Media and CCTV were chatting while eating:

"In the past, when I went on field trips to film programs, I not only climbed mountains and waded in rivers, but I was also not used to eating and drinking. I almost lost a lot of weight every time. I didn't expect that this time I went on field trips. Instead of losing weight, I actually gained a few pounds."

"Me too, my girlfriend has always wondered if I made a mistake in adjusting my work in the CCTV cafeteria."

"I tried on the newly bought pants yesterday and they were a bit tight. I wasted hundreds of dollars on them."

"No wonder those people who used to take photos of the tip of the tongue liked to go out on the road. It seems they have tasted the sweetness of taking photos of delicious food."

"You Happy Media has signed so many chefs, can you usually eat the food they cook?"

"We usually eat lunch boxes from Lin Ji. The company has signed an agreement with Lin Ji. As for the craftsmanship of the chefs, we can occasionally take a bite or two while filming a food show."

"Damn, I'm so jealous that you can eat Lin Ji's lunch box..."

In front of the dining table, Shen Jiayue was looking at the hot issues being discussed in Lin Ji’s food topic:

[Why hasn’t Boss Lin updated the video for several days]

At first, a fan counted the update frequency of Lin Xu's accounts and found that although it was claimed to be updated weekly, Lin Xu actually updated at least four vlogs every week. He didn't understand that there had been no updates for several days in a row.

Some netizens analyzed that they were holding back some big moves, some said they were preparing for pregnancy, and some even mentioned traveling abroad or something. Everyone made random guesses, and even Aitlin Xu and Shen Jiayue wanted to know what was going on.

Just when Shen Jiayue was about to answer, a netizen named "Mysterious Person" secretly sent a picture of the state banquet shooting scene:

"Boss Lin is cooperating with CCTV to shoot a large-scale documentary. The specific content is confidential. Anyway, everyone will wait and see, it will be absolutely wonderful!"

Although there was only one picture, Lin Xu, who was wrapping the chicken in lotus leaves, Uncle Gao, who was playing with the large yellow croaker, and Xie Baomin, who was holding a ham knife, all took pictures.

The three of them are all wearing chef uniforms embroidered with the national emblem, which is not simple at first glance.

Netizens immediately became excited:

"Wow, our teachers are in the same class!"

"Master and apprentice cook together, this battle is quite powerful."

"Can't this mysterious person reveal the inside story?"

"I'm so anxious. What program are you talking about? Even if it airs at 3:30 in the morning, I will still wait in front of the TV."

"Hey, hey, hey, are you sure the food program broadcast at 3:30 in the morning is for living people?"

"..."

Shen Jiayue clicked on the mysterious person's avatar and found that there was no information or any answer record. It looked like it was a newly registered account.

She looked at the scene again, and when she was curious about who this mysterious person was, she suddenly noticed that Chen Yan was looking at her phone with a mysterious smile.

Could this mysterious person be Yan Bao?

Shen Jiayue tentatively sent a private message to the mysterious person:

"Yan Bao?"

Chen Yan, who was looking at her cell phone, suddenly stopped smiling and looked over in horror:

"How did you know it was me?"

"Tsk, one look at this kind of mysterious person and you will know that this is a method that media companies like to use. They use trumpets to release specious news, and at the same time, they hype it up and stir up the topic... In recent years, almost all celebrities are similar.

Routine, we have become resistant to it after eating melons."

However, this method of secretly releasing inside information is a good way to promote, otherwise those celebrities would not persist in using this method to promote.

After the meal, Uncle Gao officially started making the flower basket and cold dishes.

He first brought a piece of beef and stewed it with sugar-colored dark soy sauce and other condiments.

Then cut the beef into petal-shaped thin slices, fry them in a pan, and make Dengying beef slices.

I brought another rainbow trout, steamed the fish, and cut it into thin slices like petals.
To be continued...