Survival rules for restaurants: cooking and eating melons at the same time

Before long, the food that had just been ordered came in one after another and was placed on the table by Qi Tao.

The first thing that attracted Gu Qingyun was a pile of fried crispy leaves with pieces of meat on top, which looked like pork bone meat.

Then I heard Qi Tao say, "This is a deep-fried spareribs. The young lady used fresh pork bones, chopped them into small pieces, put them into soy sauce, garlic, scallions and ginger slices and marinated them for an hour. Then she heated up the pan with oil, put the pork bones into the pan, fried them until they were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and added peppercorns, dogwood and a little salt for seasoning, put in mint leaves and fried them until fragrant, and finally took them out. This is the deep-fried spareribs."

Qi Tao started to serve the dishes with a smile. In addition to the fried spareribs, there were also corn tortillas, tiger skin green peppers, grilled tofu and a refreshing cabbage soup.

Today, An Qiao deliberately did not add any oil or salt. Compared with modern dishes, these ancient dishes are much safer. They are neither polluted nor ripened.

So I cooked a pot of it yesterday without adding any oil or salt. It was delicious and sweet, and every bite was sweet.

Gu Qingyun picked up the white rice and took a bite of the fried pork ribs. Pork bone meat is a bit fishy, ​​and Gu Qingyun had never eaten pork bone meat in his life.

I didn't expect that when I took a bite, I would feel oil splattering everywhere. The taste was complex, with various flavors mixed together. I had eaten half a bowl in a short while.

The aroma of garlic wrapped in the aroma of meat, plus the mint leaves that Qi Tao mentioned just now, is actually somewhat addictive.

It is paired with hot and sour tiger skin green peppers. The green peppers are fried in oil until soft, then poured with soul vinegar and some soy sauce.

After a while, Gu Qingyun added another bowl of rice.

After a meal that was all he could eat, Gu Qingyun got up hungry and now just wanted to crawl out.

Just as he was getting up to pay and leave, he saw Miss An walking out gracefully, her hair tied into a bun with a piece of coarse cloth, and a hint of casualness on her plain face.

"Sir Shaoqing, wait a minute."

"Hmm?" Gu Qingyun looked at An Qiao who was walking over, a little confused. Although there were not so many customers at this time, they didn't have time to chat with him.

"My Lord, please go to the second floor and sit in the elegant room. I have something to tell you." An Qiao said and left, not caring whether Gu Qingyun had anything else to say.

Gu Qingyun had no choice but to walk upstairs in confusion.

An Qiao sat down only after Gu Qingyun came to the second floor and pointed to the seat opposite.

"Sir Shaoqing, the reopening of the Kyoto restaurant requires a lot of ingredients, especially seasonings. I have found many shops. Many merchants from the Western Regions have settled in Kyoto and opened shops.

Some merchants in Kyoto Prefecture also chose to cooperate with merchants from the Western Regions to buy and sell seasonings and dried goods.

But I found that many of the spices and dried goods sold by merchants were problematic. The dried goods store on South Street, not far from the Kyoto government office, actually sold a strange fruit from the Western Regions that was addictive and would make people want to eat it again and again.

I've seen many restaurants ask their servants to buy some of this. Although it's okay to eat it only a few times, it will only make people think the food is delicious, but eating too much is bad for your health.

There is a dry goods store in Guiren District, Taipei City. The things it sells seem normal on the surface, but there are big problems when it is opened next to the pharmacy.

Commonly used ingredients like honeysuckle, licorice, and puffed sea cucumber can be put into a sachet with several spices from this shop to produce a hallucinogenic smell.

It’s okay if you can’t smell the scent, your brain won’t react, but as soon as you smell it, your brain will automatically produce a confusing effect.

Honeysuckle and other ingredients just cover up the smell of those spices. Even experienced doctors may only suspect that the taste of honeysuckle has changed a little.

In addition, there are three in the West Market and two in the East Market, all of which are relatively large dry goods stores. My manpower is limited, so I only happened to go to these, and I don’t know about more.

Each of these spices alone is not a big deal, but when combined together they can kill people without them even noticing.

Especially the two families I just mentioned, killing people is very easy.

I am telling you all this today, just hoping that Lord Shaoqing can find a way to restore harmony in the spice market. If things continue like this, I am afraid the entire Kyoto Prefecture will be in a state of confusion." An Qiao said a lot in one breath, took a deep breath, and then picked up the tea bowl and drank.

An Qiao knew about the Opium War, and was also well aware of how great a crisis these things had brought to the entire country. Now there were a lot of raw materials even in small shops, so naturally he was the first person he thought of to report it.

As for whether things will succeed or not, we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate.

After hearing this, Gu Qingyun almost clapped his legs and cheered. It was like sending a pillow when one is sleepy. Why did it sound so similar to the spices made by Chef Li?

As long as he continued to investigate along this line, Gu Qingyun suddenly gained confidence. He looked at An Qiao with bright eyes, "Young lady, you are really meticulous. Thank you for the clues you provided. I will definitely find out as soon as possible."

An Qiao waved her hands, thought for a long time, and uttered, "Good luck, Shaoqing."

Gu Qingyun didn't care about etiquette at this time. He nodded, quickly went downstairs and went straight to the Dali Temple.

It was already afternoon and the people who were sent out had not returned yet. Gu Qingyun could only write down the several restaurants provided by An Qiao himself, and then asked a few clerks to go to the yamen to write down all the dry goods shops and make a book.

It wasn't until the evening that they came back.

Zhao Huaiqing reported that poison residues were indeed found on many of the tableware used by the Qin family's chef, Li, but several doctors felt that it was impossible for them to cause death.

But then again, if the poison is administered every day, coupled with other catalytic effects, it is possible.

As for the incense on the Buddhist hall, they were also found. Cook Li had soaked the poison directly in it, added some water to make a paste, and then applied it to the incense. She repeated this process several times and it worked.

Xinhai came back soon and said that Chef Li and her husband were indeed as Chef Li said, but Chef Li's husband asked the master for a contract to sell his body a few years ago.

Because of the relationship with Chef Li, he returned his indenture.

Madam Qin probably thought that this would make Chef Li more loyal, but who knew it would turn out this way.

Gu Qingyun also told everyone the clues he got during the day. Except that Zhao Huaiqing was angry and complained in his heart and secretly went out to eat good food, everything was normal.

They also agreed not to wear the Dali Temple clothes tomorrow, and pretend to buy seasonings, and go to each store to test the waters.

Today, the Dali Temple can rest in the twilight again, and Gu Qingyun is also very relieved. He went to the Kyoto Restaurant in the twilight. Today, he made an appointment with Miss An to take some food from the restaurant home for dinner.

I've been talking about it for a long time, thinking that my grandma would like to eat it, and today I can finally buy it home.