It just so happened that there were fish in the inn, because the dishes Zhou Daqing had learned from her before were all related to fish.

To smoke the fish, first remove the main spines in the middle of the fish body, cut two large pieces of fish diagonally into thicker fillets, first use ginger, shallot water and a little Huadiao wine to remove the fishy smell, and finally add an appropriate amount of salt. The dark soy sauce and soy bean paste marinate.

Then start the seasoning sauce, pepper, star anise, dogwood, onion, ginger, and garlic, and a few spices. Pour an appropriate amount of rapeseed oil into the pot, fry a handful of shallots first, fry the shallot oil, and then pour in the previous dry ingredients to fry the fragrance. Then add water, salt, rock sugar, dark soy sauce and balsamic vinegar to taste, and finally add the fried shallots and a handful of coriander, cook for half an hour, and add some five-spice powder prepared by Xu Qinyu before serving.

This is just the sauce for the smoked fish. The previously marinated fish nuggets are fried in oil until they are browned. The fried fish nuggets are crispy even with the big fish bones inside. Finally, the fried fish nuggets are fried. Take it out and soak it in the previously boiled sauce for an hour. It tastes crispy and has a sweet and sour taste. It is suitable for drinking or eating with porridge and rice.

When the second wave of suckling pig was roasted, Xu Qinyu had already fried the fish and marinated it into the boiled sauce. Now the time was just right and it was ready to eat.

In addition to a crispy suckling pig, a large pot of smoked fish, Zhou Daqing also fried an egg.

The crispy suckling pig is the most popular. When the lotus was eaten, he suddenly said to Xu Qinyu, "If only I could follow the master all my life."

She herself is also a member of the black armor guards, a member of the vertical king.

A few days ago, the Fourth Highness ordered 20 people to go to the Xuji Restaurant in Raozhou City as bodyguards. At first, only Huo Jiang was happy, and the others were not very happy.

Huo Jiang was a child picked up by Commander Huo Ye, and he has been raised since then. Commander Huo also taught him kung fu, and finally became a black armor guard.

Among the black armored guards, more than half of them were orphans. They were adopted by the first prince, and the first prince asked people to teach them martial arts and various skills.

Originally, the eldest prince was framed, and they all planned to kill them back to the capital. Later, they learned that King Shu and the others were exiled. Commander Huo told them not to act rashly. After finding the queen, they followed the king, and they knew that the king would definitely help the eldest prince in the future. Revenge will bring the throne of the Great Sheng Dynasty back to orthodoxy.

So they all look forward to doing something big with the vertical king, even if they can only grow food on the island and near the island, and run the business and guard the bodyguard.

So when they first knew they were going to be guards at the princess' restaurant, they were not very happy, and felt that they were a bit overkill. Among all the black armored guards, the twenty of them could rank in the top fifty.

Until they came to the restaurant and ate the meal prepared by the princess, everyone was shocked, and no longer felt that it was overkill to come to guard the restaurant of the princess.

Although the eldest prince adopted them, taught them martial arts, taught them to read and write, and taught them all kinds of skills, but in terms of food, they were just full. The food is only cooked, although there is no shortage of meat, it does not taste good.

Compared with the food made by the princess, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is pig food.

Lianhua also knew why Huo Jiang was so happy when he knew that he was going to be the guard for the princess. He must have eaten the meal made by the princess before.

Of course, the princess didn't know their identities yet, and the vertical king didn't let them reveal their identities, so they must protect the princess.

The meals made by the princess are so delicious that she wants to follow the princess for the rest of her life.

Xu Qinyu felt a little helpless when she heard the lotus call her master.

These guards are also strange. They like to call her master every time, and she corrects them many times.

Now that she heard Lotus calling her so, she knew that it was useless to correct her.

"Eat quickly, everyone has worked hard today, rest early after eating."

In the end, Lotus ate four bowls of japonica rice, two catties of crispy suckling pig, and two bowls of smoked fish, which made her comfortable and satisfying.

...

The morning food in the inn the next day was still made by Xu Qinyu. Last night, Manager Zhou ordered the ingredients and delivered them early in the morning.

When eating in the morning, Xu Qinyu made custard buns, crystal shrimp dumplings, dry-steamed siomai, seafood porridge, and steamed pork ribs in soy sauce, which is almost the same.

The guests who originally lived in the inn learned that there was a new meal this morning. They didn't need to introduce them to the shopkeeper Zhou. They just smelled the fragrance and got up and went downstairs. They were afraid that they didn't grab the delicious food like last night.

After getting up, asked the chef Zhou what fresh food was made by the kitchen.

Shopkeeper Zhou said, everyone ordered the food they wanted to taste.

In fact, I basically ordered a portion of each item. These crystal shrimp dumplings, custard buns, dry steamed siu mai, and steamed pork ribs in black bean sauce are not much. They are all three or four yuan, plus a seafood Congee is just a normal meal for an adult man.

There are also many passers-by asking why the food is so delicious.

Shopkeeper Zhou took the trouble to tell everyone, "This is the morning food that my master from Daqing came to cook. Can you come in and taste it? There is not much left, and it will be sold out in a while. Remember the owner of the restaurant, the taste of the food is absolutely undeniable, you will know after tasting it, was the crispy suckling pig yesterday delicious?"

The shopkeeper just next to him said, "It's delicious, Lao Zhou, your master Daqing also made morning food? Well, I hurried in to take a seat. I got some crispy suckling pig yesterday, which was not enough for me. If I knew I would buy more, I insisted on it yesterday." I will eat it when my wife comes back. I will know the taste when I eat it. Hey, when I think about it and buy it from you, Lao Zhou, it is already sold out. I told you yesterday that I want it directly today. Half a crispy suckling pig, the money has already been given to you, don't forget, Lao Zhou."

Shopkeeper Zhou said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will definitely not forget."

The manager of the nearby shop immediately entered the inn, intending to order Chaoshi.

Seeing this and smelling the fragrance of Chaoshi, some of them couldn't hold back and followed in.

Apart from saving some for his own family, Chaoshi sold out the rest in less than an hour.

The price is also 20% off the price of Xu Ji Chaoshi.

In the evening, Xu Qinyu roasted ten crispy suckling pigs, and she didn't intend to roast too many. It's best if everyone eats a little less, so that they are still thinking about it in their hearts, and they will want to eat it next time.

Ten crispy suckling pigs, Liang Qianhu came to buy another one, and bought some crispy fat sausages.

The remaining seven or eight were basically pre-ordered by those who bought them yesterday, and only two were sold to others.

In this way, Xu Qinyu lived in Bafang Inn for four or five days, and the reputation of her cooking and crispy suckling pig spread.

At least the area on the West Street knows that the chef of Bafang Inn has a master, and the master is the owner of Xuji Restaurant outside the city, and the food he cooks is extremely delicious.

"Is it really that delicious?"

"Really, lord, I also ordered the crispy suckling pig. It's delicious. How can there be such a delicious thing in the world? Not only that, but also the crispy fat sausage, and the braised pork belly. The fat sausages are very delicious, and the stewed fat sausages are the cheapest, even though they are cheap, they are delicious, if you don’t have much money, go buy some stewed fat sausages.”

These words even spread to Zuixianlou, and many diners in Zuixianlou heard about it.

Those who can go to Zuixian Tower for meals are rich businessmen and wealthy families in Raozhou City.

Hearing that the owner of Xuji Restaurant cooks food at the Bafang Inn, know in heart that it must be to attract customers, but the reputation of this crispy suckling pig is really big, and always hear people talking about it, so many wealthy businessmen and masters of rich families Ladies and wives, let the servants in the family go to the Bafang Inn and order a crispy suckling pig and come back to taste it.

If it is not delicious, they will definitely tell their relatives and friends, so that everyone will not be fooled.

To put it bluntly, still hold the mentality of trying or joining in the fun.

When the boys and maids went to the Bafang Inn and asked, Xu Qinyu said, "There are too many people ordering crispy suckling pigs, so there are only two more tonight, and each person can only buy two catties."

Two catties of crispy-skinned suckling pig is probably only one serving.

When these little servants and maids heard so little, they started talking about who their master was.

Xu Qinyu said helplessly: "There is really no way. There are a few more suckling pigs roasted today than in the past few days. I have been busy almost since noon, but there are only two left, and many people come to buy them." , can only be sold by portion, or you can go back and talk to the owner, you can order tomorrow's now, but you can only order one and a half, and you can't bake any more."

There was no other way, the servants and maids had no choice but to go back with a piece of crispy suckling pig, and told the masters what Xu Qinyu had said.

One of them, surnamed Zhao, has been in business for decades and is very rich.

After listening to what the young man said, Mr. Zhao didn't pay much attention, he just said: "Just one serving, just taste it. Besides, I heard it was made by an 18-year-old little cook? That little cook is The owner of Xuji Restaurant outside the city is still a chef, a cook in her teens, how delicious is the food she cooks? The dishes in Zuixianlou are all chefs who have been in charge for more than ten, 20 or 30 years The roasted pork slices from Zuixianlou taste very good. Thinly sliced ​​pork slices are marinated with secret seasoning and grilled on a charcoal fire iron plate. When the meat is rolled, quickly turn it over. , bake the other side, and then dip it in the secret seasoning, alas, my wife will go to Zuixianlou to eat it tomorrow, I want to eat the roasted meat of Zuixianlou, and there are dancers from other places to watch... ..."

This kind of broiled meat can be found in many big restaurants in the city, but because the marinating method is different from the secret seasoning, the taste is not quite the same.

Mrs. Zhou didn't say anything, and just asked the servant to serve the crispy suckling pig.

The servant took the crispy suckling pig out of the food box, and also took out a stack of finely ground sugar, and a stack of red dry dipping plates, "Master, madam, the shopkeeper said, this crispy suckling pig can be dipped in two It tastes good with a variety of seasonings.”

There is even fine sugar used as a dipping material.

Mr. Zhao said helplessly: "Pork itself is very greasy, look at the grease under the crispy skin...how can it be eaten with sugar, what a weird taste."

But it smells pretty good.

As he spoke, he couldn't help but pick up a piece, and as soon as he entered it, with a click, Master Zhao's face immediately changed.

Even Mrs. Zhao is similar.

The servant who was serving him also gave a thud in his heart, thinking that the female shopkeeper was exaggerating, but in fact, the food smelled delicious, and it was not delicious, which changed the faces of the master and wife, but seeing the master and wife eating a piece, they were again. Immediately picked it up together, ate a few pieces in a row, and then let out a long breath. Finally, a piece was dipped in sugar, and the mouth clicked, and closed eyes enjoying it. Soon, a stack of crispy suckling pigs After seeing the bottom, there was only the last piece left, and the chopsticks of the master and wife were caught on the last piece of crispy suckling pig.

Mr. Zhao smiled and said, "Ma'am, there is only one piece left."

Mrs. Zhao sneered, "Why, so what if there is only one piece left? Just now, I thought that the roasted pork in Zuixianlou was more delicious, and the dancing girls were also better looking. How delicious is it? Why do you want to grab the last piece of crispy suckling pig with me right now?"

Master Zhao smiled awkwardly, and finally let go of his chopsticks. He watched helplessly as his wife dipped the last piece of crispy suckling pig in sugar and put it in her mouth. Suddenly thought of something, he left to greet the boy and said: "Hurry up, go to the Bafang Inn now, order a whole crispy suckling pig from the little cook, and pay the money directly, so that you can save it and lose it."

Mrs. Zhao swallowed the food in her mouth slowly, and said with a sneer: "Didn't the master just think that the food made by the little cook must not be as delicious as the roasted meat in Zuixianlou? Why don't you go to Zuixianlou to eat tomorrow, by the way?" Look at the dancing girl, I won't accompany the master, I will eat the crispy suckling pig made by the little cook at home."

"Ma'am, I'm joking. I'm short-sighted. Ma'am, please don't be as knowledgeable as me." Master Zhao happily admitted his mistake, "It's true that I didn't expect Xu Ji's crispy suckling pig to be so delicious. Why don't you wait for the little cook to come back another day? After leaving Xu Ji, I will take my wife to Xu Ji outside the city to eat? Maybe other food is also delicious, there are clear soup jelly vegetables for two taels of silver, and a can of Fushouquan for fifty taels of silver. Now I think People shouldn't mark the price randomly, but the food is worth the price."

The husband and wife really wanted to go to Xu Ji to eat, and they happened to go to play for a few days.

Not only the Zhao family and his wife are like this, but the other lords, wives and wives who bought the crispy suckling pig like Xu Qinyu today also have the same idea. , want the whole one, and plan to try it with family.

Unexpectedly, Xu Qinyu had no choice but to tell them, "Tomorrow there will be a lot of diners ordering crispy suckling pigs. I'm afraid it will be difficult to order one for each person. We can only order half."

Even Xu Qinyu didn't expect that the crispy suckling pig became so popular, all of them were repeat customers, and they wanted to eat it even after eating it. If these rich masters really bought one for each of them, how could she and Dongqian roast so many? , or because the back kitchen of the Bafang Inn is relatively small, and only one oven can be built, so the roasting is slow. If there are several ovens at the restaurant, twenty can be roasted at a time.

Just like that, Xu Ji's crispy suckling pig became popular in Raozhou City.

Many diners in Raozhou City also planned to wait for Xu Qinyu to return to Xu Ji, and they also went to live in a restaurant outside the city for two days to see if Xu Ji's other meals were equally delicious.

...

In the drunk fairy building.

The owner of Zuixianlou is surnamed Kong, Kong Kun, forty years old this year, he is both the owner of Zuixianlou and the chef of Zuixianlou.

Although the Kong family is not a centuries-old family like the Dong family, Zuixianlou has only experienced two generations, Kong Kun and his father.

When Kong Kun’s father was eleven or twelve years old, his family suffered a natural disaster, and he died on the way to escape from famine. In the end, he met a cook who adopted him as his adoptive son and taught him how to cook. His foster father was also a widow. , the master and the apprentice depended on each other, but he didn't expect that when he was 20 years old, there was an accident at home. When he was sleeping with the master at night, it was too cold and there was a charcoal fire burning at night, but something happened.

Confucian father's adoptive father also opened a restaurant. The next morning, the staff of the restaurant waited for a long time but did not see the two of them coming to the restaurant. He was a little worried, so he found Confucius' adoptive father's yard and knocked on the door for a long time. No one opened the door, so with the help of the neighbors around, they broke open the courtyard door, and found that the doors and windows were closed, and no one answered when they knocked on the door. They broke open the door inside, and saw the master and apprentice lying unconscious on the bed. Awake.

Everyone hurriedly sent the two to the hospital. The doctor said that it was because charcoal fire is actually poisonous. If the doors and windows in the house are closed too tightly, it is easy to be poisoned.

Because Confucius was young and strong, he just fell into a coma. Because Kong's adoptive father was a bit older, he was also poisoned by the charcoal fire. Only Confucius was rescued, and Kong's adoptive father was gone.

Afterwards, Father Confucius was very sad. After burying his adoptive father, he left there, saying that seeing his adoptive father's house and restaurant was very sad and unbearable.

After he sold his adoptive father's restaurant and yard, he came to Raozhou City in a daze with money, and then settled down in Raozhou City and opened Zuixianlou.

Of course, this is the life experience that Confucius himself told the outside world.

In the beginning, Zuixianlou was just a small restaurant. After more than ten years, the small restaurant has become the largest restaurant in Raozhou City.

Kong Kun was born after his father got married in his twenties, and he was the only son of his father.

Now even though Kong Kun is the owner and chef of Zuixianlou, his father and father are still there, even in their sixties, and they are starting to take care of themselves, and don’t worry about the affairs of Zuixianlou. Zuixianlou is managed by Kong Kun. .

The Zuixian Tower of the Kong family has been open in Raozhou City for 40 years. In the early years when the Southwest was in the worst chaos, the Zuixian Tower was able to open safely, which shows that the father and son also have some skills.

Kong Kun knew that Xu Ji Restaurant might become the biggest threat to Zuixianlou since the opening of Xuji Restaurant, so he came up with the idea of ​​inviting some exotic dancers to perform in Zuixianlou, and all the food would be priced at 70% Come.

Sure enough, the number of diners did not decrease. No one went to the Xuji restaurant outside the city, and the number of diners in Zuixianlou was more than before.

Father Kong and Kong Kun have opened a restaurant in Raozhou City for 40 years, and their vision is also very sharp.

It’s not that Raozhou City hasn’t opened restaurants that are about the same size as Zuixianlou in recent years, but they haven’t beaten Zuixianlou, and many of them closed after half a year or a year. A situation of dominance has been formed, and other restaurants are incomparable with Zuixianlou.

Kong Kun is very smart, even if he has never eaten the food made by Xu Qinyu, but when Xu Ji started construction outside the city, he knew that Xu Ji's owner dared to open the restaurant outside the city, it must be relying on everything, or his status is not good. Similarly, other people will join in, or the food is particularly delicious.

He also made a special trip to Yuanbao Town to inquire, and he knew that Xu Ji's boss was an eighteen-year-old cook, who seemed to have no other identity, and her husband's family was also very ordinary, nothing special, and she was not a relative of the Hou family. , it should be simply because the food is delicious, that's why they dared to open the restaurant outside the city.

Therefore, after Xu Ji opened, Kong Kun immediately thought of a way to suppress Xu Ji. As long as he persisted for a month or two, Xu Ji's reputation would be affected. What thought of was that Xu Ji's little boss came to the Bafang Inn in Raozhou City to come up with such a plan.

This method is simple and easy to say, but also difficult to say.

The simple thing is that it is very rough, directly let the diners taste the taste and remember it.

But this is also the most difficult part of it. What kind of food can make diners think about it as soon as they eat it?

Kong Kun knew that Xu Ji couldn't be stopped now, and there would be many diners in Raozhou City going out of the city to eat in the future.

In the past two days, he also got angry with anxiety, and his teeth were a little swollen.

After returning home, seeing his son like this, Kong's father couldn't help asking, and Kong Kun explained the reason to his father.

Father Kong's hair and beard were already grey, and he was very old. Hearing what his son said, he said, "It's just a little cook in her teens. Why are you panicking? I should have gotten some recipes somewhere, so I made a fuss about it." The crispy suckling pig came out to attract diners, and it is impossible for a restaurant to attract diners only by one dish."

To put it bluntly, Father Kong also underestimated Xu Qinyu, thinking how capable a teenage cook could be.

Kong Kun said: "Father, that doesn't seem to be the case. I heard that Xu Dong's family also opened a restaurant in Yuanbao Town. It was a restaurant at the beginning. Later, Donglaiju was willing to merge with Xu Ji, even giving up the signboard. Xu Ji, the signboard of Xu Ji is hanging, I am afraid that this young lady Xu is a bit real, my son even sent someone to inquire with the people around, and said that Xu Ji's food tastes very good."

Father Kong snorted coldly, "It's just a Donglai residence, you are so afraid. A few decades ago, when Dong's father was alive, he also wanted to move Donglai residence to Raozhou City. In the end, it didn't matter. Laiju’s food recipes are not as good as Zuixianlou’s, and this little cook has no teacher’s biography, so I guess it’s just those few dishes that are good. Even if other diners go to Xuji to eat, they can’t always eat these few dishes, no It's also useless to keep diners with other things. Just relax and see how Xu Ji is, if it doesn't work, Dad will have other ways to deal with Xu Ji in the future."

Kong Kun could only do this, and he really couldn't think of any other way to stop the diners from going to Xu Ji.

...

Xu Qinyu stayed in Bafang Inn for about ten days.

In ten days, she roasted hundreds of crispy suckling pigs.

After waiting for ten days, she also asked shopkeeper Zhou to tell the diners that she planned to go back to Xuji restaurant outside the city. If the big guys still want to eat, they can go outside the city. The taste of the dishes is not inferior to the crispy suckling pig, and the storage makes them feel comfortable.

In fact, these diners are not clear, the young lady came to the city to cook for a few days, just to attract customers.

But they have eaten the food made by others, and they are willing to take the bait.