Chapter 73: I met a big customer
Chen Jianghe called three taxis and the group came to Guijie, a snack street - Guijie.
Guijie in 2001 has not been redeveloped yet.
The shops on both sides of the narrow street are all small bungalows built in the 1980s, with an area of only sixty or seventy square meters.
It was already past 2 a.m., and many small restaurants were closed.
Although the "Hu Da Restaurant" is still on, there are no customers in the store.
Chen Jianghe got out of the taxi and walked straight to the door of the store.
I saw a short-haired woman in her early thirties, leaning her waist carefully cleaning every corner of the store.
A small shop of several dozen square meters has seven tables.
There was no dirt in the dim fluorescent light, but she seemed not satisfied.
Chen Jianghe recognized the other party's identity at a glance and smiled: "Boss, do you still have Ma Xiao?"
The short-haired woman raised her head and saw Chen Jianghe and a group of more than a dozen people. She immediately smiled: "Yes, yes! Ma Xiao is our specialty, and there is also hot pot!"
As she said that, she shouted to the kitchen: "The head of the house, the guest is here! Come out and put the table together!"
The short-haired woman greeted her and handed the menu to Chen Jianghe with her hands and feet, and asked with a smile: "You order hot pot dishes first. Ma Xiao, what flavor do you want to eat? I'll stir-fry it for you now!"
Chen Jianghe originally didn't plan to eat hot pot, but now if he doesn't eat some hot food in the cold weather, his stomach will definitely feel uncomfortable.
He immediately smiled and said, "Put a double pot, tripe, duck intestine, yellow throat, fried crispy meat, first serve two plates. All tastes of pilosula, two plates each."
The short-haired woman was stunned for a moment and said embarrassedly: "I'm really sorry, the few hotpot dishes you ordered just now are not in our store."
Chen Jianghe frowned slightly: "Then what is in your store?"
The short-haired woman smiled and said, "Mutton rolls, lavender belly, prawns, tofu, bean skin, lettuce, Chinese cabbage, oil wheat..."
She said a lot of dishes in one breath, and without exception, they were all side dishes in the old Yanjing copper pot shabu pork.
If you use Sichuan hot pot to smelt these dishes, you will not be able to exert the true charm and flavor of Sichuan hot pot.
Chen Jianghe asked in confusion: "What you said just now doesn't seem to be the dish that should be cooked in spicy hot pot, right?"
The short-haired woman said a little helplessly: "This boss, you have seen a person who has traveled around the world and seen him. The tripe and duck intestines you just mentioned can only be eaten and eaten freshest on the same day. We do not have this kind of supplier in Yanjing. If you travel through mountains and rivers to Yanjing from the south, it will not only take time and effort, but also cannot guarantee freshness."
Chen Jianghe suddenly realized.
Sichuan hotpot of this era has not yet become popular in China.
The special ingredients of Sichuan hotpot have not yet formed a complete industrial chain, and logistics and transportation are even more backward.
Fresh products twenty years later can be delivered to the cold chain every other day in most provinces, cities, counties and districts across the country.
In 2001, a mailing item was always ten days and half a month.
Moreover, there is no complete cold chain transportation, so it is impossible to transport fresh ingredients.
At this time, an honest middle-aged man walked out of the kitchen.
He was shocked when he saw more than a dozen people in Chen Jianghe's group and blurted out a catchphrase: "I'm good! So many customers came at once!"
The short-haired woman urged repeatedly: "Are you humming? Why don't you put the table together and stir-fry the mash!"
The middle-aged man moved the table quickly and asked, "Yuzhen, what flavor did the guests ordered?"
The short-haired woman's voice suddenly increased a lot: "All flavors are served on two plates each!"
"I'll be good!"
The middle-aged man couldn't help but exclaim again, then turned back to the kitchen and became busy.
The short-haired woman turned her face and looked at Chen Jianghe with a smile on her face, "Boss, if you don't want to eat hot pot, I'll let that mouth cook a large pot of hot noodle soup for you. On a cold day, it's quite comfortable to eat some hot noodle soup."
Chen Jianghe smiled and said, "Let's try your hot pot, lamb rolls, ladle belly, and prawns, first two plates each, then a plate of lettuce and a plate of Chinese cabbage."
Considering that except for Xu Zhixi, my group of people, they are all young men in their twenties, and they are definitely a bunch of carnivores.
Therefore, Chen Jianghe didn't order many leafy green vegetables, so he had the meat to enjoy.
After a while, a stainless steel duck pot was brought up.
The clear soup is made of white bone soup, with green onion slices, ginger slices, wolfberry, jujube and so on.
The red soup part is made of red oil hot pot base.
However, there are only a few peppers and peppercorns, which are obviously improved according to local conditions.
Chen Jianghe pointed to the red soup pot and smiled and said, "Boss, the peppers and peppers in your spicy base are too few! It looks neither numb nor spicy, what's the taste when you eat it!"
The short-haired woman quickly complained and said, "Boss, I'm really sorry! I don't know your taste, so I'll add sperm and spicy to you right away!"
As she said that, she hurried to the kitchen.
In the blink of an eye, the short-haired woman walked out with two small iron basins.
One of the small iron basins was filled with a large piece of butter hot pot base.
In another small iron basin was filled with chili peppers and peppercorns.
The short-haired woman put two iron basins on the table and reminded carefully: "Boss, I brought this butter base and peppercorns from Chongqing, which are very delicious... You can try it first, don't be too numb and spicy at that time, and it won't be eaten!"
Chen Jianghe immediately picked up the iron basin and added it to the red soup pot. He smiled and said, "It's okay, I eat the most spiciest and spicy every time, otherwise it won't taste enough."
All of a sudden, everyone present was deeply surprised.
After pouring so much spicy base into it, isn’t all the red soup pot turned into chili and pepper?
If this is the case, can you still eat it?
At this time, the middle-aged man's voice came from the kitchen: "Yuzhen, serve the food!"
The short-haired woman came to her senses and hurried to the kitchen, took two plates of mutton rolls and two plates of thousand-layer belly and walked out.
"Xiao Guan, add the meat in, everyone is hungry."
Chen Jianghe said with a smile.
Guan Xiaoyi picked up a plate of mutton rolls and hesitated for a moment.
Then I picked up two pieces with chopsticks and put them in the red soup, then picked up two pieces and put them in the clear soup.
Chen Jianghe laughed in silence and said, "Xiaoguan, when can so many of us eat enough to eat when is it?"
He immediately stood up, picked up another plate of mutton, and put it all into the clear soup.
Then, before everyone could react, he picked up a whole plate of thousand-layer belly and poured it into the clear soup.
"The thousand-layer belly will be cooked after a little hot. Don't stand there, hurry up and use chopsticks to pick it out!"
Seeing that everyone present was standing still, Chen Jianghe smiled and urged.
Then, he poured the remaining plate of thousand-layer belly into the red soup pot.
"Boss, add two plates of mutton rolls and two plates of 1,000-layer belly."
Chen Jianghe turned his face and looked at the short-haired woman with a smile and said, "From now on, as long as I don't shout to stop, you will keep eating mutton and a thousand-layer belly."
The short-haired woman was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly ran to the kitchen, her heart pounding with excitement.
In short, her small restaurant has been open for almost three years, and she has encountered all kinds of customers during this period.
But it was the first time I encountered such a arrogant person as tonight!
"Quick! Take out all the frozen mutton rolls in the freezer!"
The short-haired woman panted and said, "Tonight, we will meet a big customer!"
Chapter completed!