Chapter 275 Roast Suckling Pig
During the summer wheat harvest, there was a shortage of manpower, so Gu Taohua and others had to go home to rush to harvest.
Now that the family has hired people in the village, there is no need for Gu Taohua and others to participate in the autumn harvest.
After all, shop business is more important.
Tong Huaqiong searched Tong Dajiao's memory and found that there would be continuous sunny days during this autumn harvest season.
This way, Tong Huaqiong doesn't have to worry about having to harvest corn overnight.
Gu Dahan is in charge of the work in the fields, so Tong Huaqiong doesn't have to worry. She can take time to go to Ningcheng, the provincial capital.
Peach Blossom Dessert is about to move out of Yanguan Town, with the goal of directly reaching Pingchuan County and the provincial capital.
Tong Huaqiong doesn't have to worry about Pingchuan County.
To put it in a utilitarian way, Tong Huaqiong is now best friends with the county magistrate's mother.
No one dared to cause trouble in the shops in Pingchuan County, not even Xu Zaohua, who hated Tong Huaqiong to the core.
Ningcheng is different.
In such a big city, who knows what kind of backgrounds the people have. Tong Huaqiong is now completely in the dark about the city.
The shop in the provincial capital was bought by He Chao and Gu Dashu.
Tong Huaqiong believed He Chao, but as for her own shop, Tong Huaqiong still wanted to check it out in person to feel at ease.
She was just planning to go to the provincial capital when she saw Boss Qian coming to Qinghe Bay with a smile on his face.
Since Boss Qian's house and He Chao's house have newly dug foundations, it is estimated that they will not be completed until winter.
These days, he came to Qinghewan from time to time in the name of supervisor. Of course, he would inevitably meet Tong Huaqiong when he arrived in Qinghewan.
After all, they will be neighbors from now on, and Tong Huaqiong can't pretend not to see it even if she wants to close her eyes.
"Shopkeeper Tong." Boss Qian greeted cheerfully.
"Boss Qian, I just want to ask you something." Tong Huaqiong said.
Boss Qian was so happy after hearing this that he was dizzy.
Tong Huaqiong asked, "How do you like the pork I gave you a few days ago?"
"It's delicious! It smells really good! I was just about to tell you about it."
Boss Qian became more and more excited.
Fenglelou, as the first high-end catering brand in Yanguan Town, has only very few pork dishes.
Given Feng Le Lou’s positioning of its users, its pork, which has a smell of fishy flavor, is destined to be unacceptable in high-class restaurants.
Boss Qian himself hardly eats pork.
So when Tong Huaqiong sent someone to deliver pork to him and told him to taste it himself, he was quite embarrassed.
Thinking about the gift Tong Huaqiong gave him, it was already a good one, so what else could he choose? Even if it was pork with a strong smell, he had to close his eyes and eat it.
Thinking of this, Boss Qian didn't let anyone else do anything and hid in Fengle Building to cook the pork himself.
He originally wanted to cook the pork first to remove the fishy smell, then take it out, cut it into pieces and braise it, and use sauce and star anise to cover up the smell.
But soon after the pork was put into the pot of water, it began to emit a rich meaty aroma.
As the fire burned hotter, the smell of the pork became more and more fragrant.
The aroma really makes my stomach itch.
Not only that, it also attracted the attention of everyone in the kitchen.
Everyone asked what kind of meat this was and why it smelled so good. When they found out it was pork, they all looked surprised.
Because in our lives, we have never smelled such delicious pork.
After the pork was cooked and taken out, Boss Qian couldn't resist the temptation.
Boss Qian cut a piece with a knife and started eating it without dipping it in any sauce.
Boss Qian dares to say that this is the most delicious pork he has ever eaten. It has no fishy smell at all and has no peculiar smell even without dipping sauce.
Before I knew it, I had finished the pork.
He was still not satisfied, so he took all the pork that Tong Huaqiong sent to the kitchen.
The chefs from Fengle Building gathered around the pork and exclaimed in amazement.
Such good pork cannot be boiled to show the cooking skills, so I pushed away the boss Qian and rolled up my sleeves to make braised pork, twice-cooked pork, stir-fried pork with green peppers...
Boss Qian ate with great relish.
"You run a restaurant and you have a lot of knowledge. If you say the pork is delicious, then it must be right," said Tong Huaqiong.
Boss Qian blushed when he received Tong Huaqiong's praise and said, "I came here today just for the pork. When Dahan sent me the meat, he said it was from your pigs. What did you use to raise the pork? It doesn't have any fishy smell at all. It tastes delicious whether it's braised or boiled. Are there any pigs available now? I'll buy one first."
Although Fenglelou is the best restaurant in Yanguan Town, it is not without competition.
Other restaurants also have their own signature dishes.
Fenglelou hasn't offered any new dishes to customers for a long time. Boss Qian thought that if he introduced a series of signature pork dishes, it would further attract diners.
The premise is that the pork has no fishy smell and is as delicious as the pork sent by Tong Huaqiong.
He knew that Tong Huaqiong's family raised twenty pigs.
So he came to Qinghewan to ask Tong Huaqiong to buy a pig.
Tong Huaqiong smiled and said, "The remaining pigs can only be sold at the end of the year."
"So long."
Boss Qian looked quite regretful. He was a little impatient because the chef of Fengle Building had already started planning the new menu.
Tong Huaqiong saw what Boss Qian was thinking and said, "In fact, it is not always possible to raise pigs to be fat."
Boss Qian's eyes lit up. Tong Huaqiong was planning to sell the pigs to him ahead of schedule.
too excited.
Boss Qian rubbed his hands, feeling a little overwhelmed.
Boss Qian said in surprise: "How can I do this... Don't worry, I will definitely give you more than the market price."
Tong Huaqiong knew that Boss Qian had misunderstood.
Her pigs could not be sold.
The largest boar that has been slaughtered now has meat that is so tender that it beats all the pork on the market, but Tong Huaqiong thinks it would be better if it could be raised for two more months.
The remaining pigs must be fed for a full month.
After all, she is going to open a pork shop at the end of the year, so the quality of the pork must be standardized and the quality of the meat must be the best.
What's more, if she agreed to Boss Qian's request now, Feng Le Lou would come to ask for a pig from time to time, and all her pigs would be given to Feng Le Lou. How could she let more people know that her pork was good?
After all, diners who go to Fenglelou only know that the pork in Fenglelou is delicious, but they don’t know that the pigs are raised by Tong Huaqiong.
Tong Huaqiong said to Boss Qian calmly, "My 20 pigs cannot be sold now. It's not that I don't want to sell them to you, but their meat is not yet good enough. In fact, your restaurant doesn't have to wait until my pigs are sold. Have you ever thought about serving the roast suckling pig dish?"
Boss Qian said, "Roast suckling pig? How do you say that?"
It seems that Boss Qian has never heard of this dish.
Yes, for the entire Ningcheng area, raising a pig is not easy. Who would eat a newborn piglet?
That's simply a sin!
In addition, grown-up, uncastrated pigs have a fishy smell, which makes it even more unlikely for restaurants and gluttonous diners in the Ningcheng area to think of cooking delicacies from piglets.
Tong Huaqiong then explained how to make roast suckling pig.
"As for pigs, you can either spend time raising them like I do and wait until they are fat and tender for slaughter, or you can make roast suckling pigs when they are still two or three months old," said Tong Huaqiong.
Boss Qian believed Tong Huaqiong's words. After all, all the various desserts at Taohua Dessert were made with recipes devised by Tong Huaqiong.
Take the meat dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival and the meat and ham mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival for example. These seemingly incompatible combinations are extremely delicious, which shows that Tong Huaqiong has some talent for food.
But to be cautious, he still asked: "Manager Tong, how did you come up with the roast suckling pig?"