The Age of Discovery: Chinese cuisine swept across Europe

The two of them bought quite a lot of things today, so Min Xi simply hired some laborers to move the things back.

Although Yun Ji said he could lift it, Min Xi was concerned that his left arm was broken, so it would be better not to use too much force.

But he didn't remember that Yun Ji had already hugged him with his arms, and his weight must be heavier than these ingredients.

When I returned to the store, Amanda had already arrived. She was waiting at the door of the store. When she saw the two bosses coming back, she hurried over to help take things. She was such a hardworking person. It was so worry-free to have such an employee.

Min Xi said, "Amanda, you came too early. You can come back later."

Amanda said, "It's okay. I just came here after I finished my work at home. I came here early to see if I can help."

"Thank you so much." Min Xi thanked him.

Amanda showed shyness on her face: "Sir, this is what I should do."

Min Xi was not polite either. Since he was here, he would naturally do whatever was required.

Amanda helped to take the ingredients back to the kitchen. She watched Min Xi and Yun Ji process the ingredients, and then she hurried to wipe the tables and chairs. In fact, she had already wiped them yesterday, but she felt that they should be wiped again.

Min Xi took out the fish lips and fish maws that needed to be dried, cleaned them, soaked them in water, and waited for an hour or two before drying them to remove the bloody and fishy smells. He saw this production method on a video, and he never thought that he would be able to use it one day. The summer in Fulangji is dry and rainy, which is very suitable for drying goods.

The same goes for shellfish. After cooking, take out the meat, soak it in clean water, and then dry it in the sun.

The mushrooms were sliced ​​and dried directly.

The tendons must be taken out by cutting open the pig's trotter, cooked, and then dried in the sun.

While he was busy with these things, Yun Ji went to make breakfast, which was still noodles with croaker meat as the topping.

The maw of the croaker is removed, but the fish meat can still be sold. The lunch menu now has boiled fish with a sour and spicy flavor. The sourness comes from the tomatoes and the spiciness comes from the chili peppers. Eating something sour and spicy in the summer is very appetizing.

When customers come to order food, Gail reads out the names of the dishes and asks them to order. He can also make appropriate recommendations on dishes when the customers are undecided, and the food will be sold.

The young man named Anthony arrived at almost ten o'clock and was late on his first day of work. Min Xi and Yun Ji were both dissatisfied with him.

Min Xi called him and Amanda over: "Anthony, can you cook?"

Anthony shook his head: "No."

Min Xi asked again: "Have you ever worked in a restaurant?"

"Yes, as a waiter," said Anthony.

Min Xi said: "Have you never been to the kitchen?"

Anthony shook his head: "No."

Min Xi said, "I guess you don't know how to cut vegetables."

"No." Anthony wanted to work as a waiter in the front hall and didn't want to wash greasy dishes in the kitchen.

Min Xi said, "Since you don't know how to cut vegetables, you can only wash the dishes. And help Gail in the front hall clean up. Amanda, come and help me."

Anthony was stunned for a moment: "No, I'm not here to wash the dishes. If she doesn't wash the dishes, am I doing odd jobs?"

Min Xi said: "The job of a handyman is to wash vegetables, cut vegetables, kill fish and chickens. Do you know how to do it?"

Anthony looked a little unhappy: "I can't."

"So you can only wash dishes." Min Xi said.

"I don't wash dishes!" Anthony protested.

Min Xi sighed: "Then go back and tell the broker that you don't want to work in my shop, and ask him to find someone else to send me over."

Anthony turned around and walked out of the store without hesitation.

Amanda remained silent until the other person left, then she said to Min Xi: "Sir, I can do everything you said. You can hire one less person and save money."

Min Xi said, "There aren't too many people here now, so you can handle it. When there are more customers in the future, you will have to prepare the dishes for me and clean the dishes. You won't be able to handle it, so we have to find this person."

Amanda didn't say anything.

Min Xi knew that Amanda was capable and willing to work, but if the workload was too intense, how could she handle it? She would be exhausted, and she still had four children to raise at home.

With Amanda's help, work efficiency was indeed much faster. Amanda didn't know how to make buns or bake egg tarts, but she knew how to handle the ingredients, so Min Xi could concentrate on making staple dishes and desserts with Yun Ji.

Before ten o'clock, the first batch of egg tarts were baked, the first batch of buns were steamed, and the baked buns were taken out of the oven.

When the group of kids came to buy egg tarts again, they bought hot and fragrant egg tarts. And this time, the group of people who came to buy egg tarts was larger. More children knew that this newly opened restaurant had delicious dim sum. Although it was expensive, they could still get 4 reis pocket money by negotiating with their parents. After all, those who could live on Magallanes Street had good family conditions.

Not only do little kids come to buy egg tarts, but there are also some well-dressed adults who come to buy egg tarts. They buy at least a box at a time. These are guests who have eaten here and come to buy desserts for their children at home, or to buy them as gifts.

When Min Xi brought out lunch, Yun Ji said, "I really think if we have enough manpower, we can open a stall to sell desserts, and the business will be very good. In just a short while, we have sold 20 to 30."

Min Xi said: "What's the point of saying there is a store? It must have been opened a long time ago, but it hasn't been opened yet. This is an exclusive monopoly business, and we set the price." Although you can't get rich overnight by selling desserts, it is definitely not a problem to make dozens of reais a month. For the locals, that is definitely making a fortune.

They had cold noodles for lunch today. The weather was hot and they didn't want to eat hot food. It happened that there were a lot of melons on the market recently, and Min Xi's favorite cucumber was one of them, so they made some cold noodles.

A lot of chili peppers were picked recently, but not many people dared to eat them because they were too spicy. So Min Xi dried them, crushed them into powder, and then poured some oil into them to make bright red chili oil.

I made some tomato sauce with tomatoes to replace vinegar. In summer, I need something sour to stimulate my appetite.

Cut the cucumber into shreds, mince the garlic, mix with some chili oil, and pour hot oil on it. It’s a pity that I couldn’t find any peanuts, otherwise I would have put some chopped peanuts in and mixed them together. It would have been even more delicious. Add some tomato sauce, it’s sour and spicy, very satisfying.

Min Xi can eat spicy food, so he added more chili oil, and he was sweating profusely while eating. Yun Ji knew it was too spicy, so he only added a little bit.

Gail didn't know the extent of the situation. Even though Min Xi had reminded him that it was a bit spicy, he still added a large spoonful. The spiciness made the young man burst into tears. He couldn't help eating while drinking water.

Min Xi asked with a smile, "Is it delicious, Gail?"

Gale wiped the sweat from his forehead: "It's delicious, but spicy."

"I warned you it was very spicy and asked you to eat less." Min Xi said, "Look at Amanda, she put very little."

Amanda was called upon and said, "I think it's spicy too, but it's delicious." To her, there was nothing in the restaurant that wasn't delicious. Even if it was spicy, it tasted great. She felt that every day in the restaurant was like Christmas. No, it should be said that the food was even better than on Christmas.

They had just finished their meal when guests arrived.

The number of guests at noon today was similar to the previous two days, a little more but not noticeable. Europeans have a very mediocre lunch, which has been a tradition since ancient times. However, they attach great importance to dinner, so they are too busy in the evening.

If the ingredients hadn't been insufficient yesterday, the turnover rate would have been 80%. If there were enough people in the kitchen, two or three turnovers would have been possible. So Min Xi wanted to find someone to train him, but it wouldn't be easy to train him in a short time.

Yun Ji was busy paying the bill when a new customer came in. Yun Ji looked carefully and found that they were Sanvis and Diego. "Sanvis, Diego, you are here? Please take a seat. What would you like to eat?"

Sanvis walked up to the counter and said, "Let Min make something for both of us. I came to you today to ask for something."

Yun Ji quickly led them to the private room upstairs and said, "It's a bit noisy downstairs, let's go upstairs and sit down. We can talk in detail after we finish working in the kitchen."

Diego handed the bear onion in his hand to Yunji: "Sir, I picked this this morning."

"It's very fresh. I'll take it to the kitchen." Yun Ji went to the kitchen and told Min Xi that Sanvis and Diego had arrived, and asked him to cook two dishes for them.

Min Xi readily agreed: "Okay, I'll make it right away after I finish cooking this table of dishes."

When Sanvis and Diego were almost done eating, Min Xi finally finished his work. He brought a plate of egg tarts upstairs and opened the door of the private room: "Sanvis, Diego, are you done eating?"

"I'm done eating." Sanvis put down the fork in his hand.

"Have some dessert." Min Xi sat down next to them, "Yun Ji said you had something to tell us."

Sanvis sighed and said, "I'm going to go out to sea and be the captain of the Shark."

Min Xi looked at him in surprise: "You're going out to sea? Where's your tavern? Is it closed?"

Sanvis said, "The tavern has been sold to someone else. Reis sold the boat, and Count Silva and I bought it together. We couldn't find a suitable candidate for captain, so I had to do it myself. I'm now arranging Diego's whereabouts. He is too thin and small, and I'm a little worried about taking him on board. Can he come to your shop to work?"

While Sanvis was speaking, Diego lowered his head deeply, not daring to look at Min Xi's face.

Min Xi was very shocked when he heard this, but he suppressed his surprise and asked Diego: "Of course, little Diego, are you willing to come?"

Diego looked up suddenly when he heard this, looked at Min Xi with great surprise, and then nodded vigorously: "I do!"