Chapter 190 189. Taste Buds Are Singing

Three waves of fragrance came out in succession, and the waiters at the door could no longer bear it.

When Liu Piaoliang saw this, she quickly discussed with Luo Yihang, "Brother Luo, you brought this good stuff here again, why didn't you tell me in advance? There's almost a riot outside."

"This..." Luo Yihang didn't expect that it would be so powerful.

It doesn't make sense.

Obviously, there was no reaction when Master Lu made it for the first time.

Master Lu blushed, "There is a smell, but it hasn't spread out. It smells quite nice in the kitchen."

Then he tried to make excuses for himself, "The range hood was on, so it sucked everything away."

Why didn’t I smoke it away this time? Maybe the fragrance was not enough.

It was obvious that his skills were not good enough and he failed to bring out the power of the chili pepper.

I used Master Xu's recipe, and the dish had the best front, middle and back flavors, as well as a simmering layered texture, which brought out the potential of the chili pepper.

It's a bit too well developed and very attractive.

The diners couldn't stand the lingering aroma that wafted out through the door curtain.

They were in torture in the kitchen.

With his saliva gushing out, Master Lu touched the basin of peppers eight times in one minute. It was the first time he felt that the natural cooling was so slow. He wanted to open it and take a look, but he didn't dare.

He simply called the kitchen helper over and said, "Go to the fourth floor of the Grand Times. There is a window selling noodles. Buy five bowls of noodles and don't let him mix them."

The kitchen helper agreed and was about to leave.

Luo Yihang quickly called him over, took out a hundred yuan from his wallet, pointed to the back door, and said, "Buy ten bowls and go that way."

Things in Times Square are expensive. A piece of dough that costs four or five, six or seven dollars outside costs ten dollars here.

Liu Piaoliang was almost going crazy. Seeing that they still had the time to buy dough, she grabbed Luo Yihang and begged, "Brother Luo, can we please not eat it? Think of a solution."

Luo Yihang spread his hands and said, "Don't worry, what can I do? I haven't thought of it either."

"How can I not be anxious? I rushed in without thinking of a solution."

"Why are they rushing in?"

"Why else? The chili you made smells so good that people are sniffing outside the gate. They are greedy. They want to buy it, eat it, and see what you are making."

"Then just let them eat it."

Huh? You agreed so easily?
Liu Piaoliang got ten surprises, eight and a half of which hit her head, and with the remaining one and a half, she was about to lift the lid on the chili.

"It's not ready yet, it's not ready yet." Boss Liu Piaoliang asked Master Lu to shoo him away like a fly, "You guys discuss your own matters, this can't be touched."

"Okay." Liu Piaoliang retracted her claws in embarrassment, turned around and asked Luo Yihang, "Brother Luo, do you agree to sell this chili? How much is it? What can you make it into? Did you buy dough just now? Are we going to sell dough in our store?"

This series of questions gave Luo Yihang a headache, so he picked out the most important answer first: "I want to eat the dough."

Block the road, and then think about the chili and how to deal with the people outside.

The chili peppers must be sold, but not now. This batch is intended for experimentation, not for sale. I haven't thought about how much they will sell for or what they will be sold for. It's not the right time yet.

Luo Yihang thought about it and made a suggestion, "We don't plan to sell these chili peppers today, so let's do a tasting to give back to customers. We'll give one to each customer today. How do you eat chili peppers with oil?"

The question was answered right away. The people in the kitchen started to name the dishes, "Noodles", "Mixed tripe shreds", "Our bean sprouts", "Noodles with spicy oil", "Spicy steamed bun"...

"Stop!" Liu Piaoliang interrupted quickly, "That's enough. If you continue, you won't be able to finish in a whole day."

The main feature of Shaanxi's chili oil is that it can be eaten with anything. People even add two spoonfuls of it to rice porridge.

Among those just mentioned.

Let’s rule out the dough first. It’s not available in the store and it costs money to buy it outside.

The mixed shredded tripe is too cost-effective, and the mixed bean sprouts are selling well, so they can’t be given away for free.

Anyway, let’s forget about the cold dishes.

That leaves...

"Mixed noodles are too troublesome, steamed buns are easier. I'll just make spicy steamed buns. We have a fermentation cabinet, so we can use one cabinet to ferment the dough and steam a few pots of steamed buns."

The Shaanxi way of cooking is to abbreviate and invert the words, namely, Roujiamo, Caijiamo, and Lazijiamo.

Let’s talk about what’s stuck inside first.

The steamed bun for spicy hotpot can be a hard pancake or a soft steamed bun.

What Liu Piaoliang is talking about here is steamed buns.

Why steamed buns? There are conditions.

The dish with the highest profit margin in barbecue restaurants is grilled steamed bread slices.

Liu Piaoliang is meticulous in her business, and in order to continue to increase her profit margins, she purchased a stainless steel fermentation cabinet to ferment dough and steam her own buns.

In his words, the fermentation cabinet is cheap anyway, only a few thousand dollars, and the cost can be recovered after using it twice.

After deciding on the reward activity, Liu Piaoliang looked at the basin of chili peppers reluctantly, took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, turned around and went out to appease the guests.

Come out and take a look.

My goodness, there were three layers of people inside and three layers of people outside. There were at least twenty or thirty people blocking the small space like the kitchen door.

When they saw Liu Piaoliang come out, they all started talking and asking questions.

"Boss Liu, what exactly are you doing?"

"Sell it or not?"

"You can't eat alone."

"We have been friends for such a long time, you can't forget me."

"Let me take a look, please. Just a quick look..."

Liu Piaoliang quickly pressed her hands down and shouted, "Quiet, quiet, everyone, listen to me first!"

After shouting several times, the scene finally quieted down.

Liu Piaoliang spoke quickly and apologized as soon as she opened her mouth, "I'm really sorry for making you wait so long." She had to say "I'm so sorry" first and then "I'm sorry." If the order was wrong, it would definitely be confusing again.

"We are trying out a new seasoning today. I'm sure you've all smelled it. It's the familiar chili oil."

"When it's done, please help taste it. This is my first time trying it, so please forgive me if there's anything wrong."

"Everyone who comes here today will get a portion. This is a gift from our store. Please go back and enjoy your meal. Or you can take a look around first and come back in an hour."

"It's really not ready yet, please bear with me."

This time Liu Piaoliang used all her abilities to the fullest. She spoke quickly to finish what she wanted to say; she spoke clearly without leaving anything out; and she put the best part of each sentence first so that she could move on to the rest.

Throughout the whole process, these twenty or thirty people did not cause any chaos.

She was also polite to Liu Piaoliang, saying, "Boss Liu is a righteous man.", "Boss Liu does business in a down-to-earth manner.", "Okay, okay, stop surrounding us."

"Hey, I was just impulsive. It's because of this thing of yours that I got drunk. I'm sorry, sorry, I have caused you trouble..." The man's face turned red with embarrassment, and he felt a little embarrassed.

But judging from the way he kept swallowing his saliva, he was too greedy to resist. Finally, he tried to make up for it, "I don't like other things, but I like spicy food. I've been eating spicy food for more than 40 years, and I've never smelled anything as delicious as this."
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The people who surrounded the kitchen quickly dispersed, but only a few left. Most of them found a place to sit and wait in the lobby.

It’s not even dinner time yet, but the first floor is almost full.

It's not appropriate to just wait, so you should order something.

Liu Piaoliang wiped her face, breathed a sigh of relief, and leaned on the counter to rest for a while.

A waiter went into the kitchen and came out again.

She complained to Liu Piaoliang, "Boss, look at Master Lu. He refused to bake the food after the customer ordered it. He insisted that he wait until the customer finished eating the dough before..."

"Fuck, you're shameless." Liu Piaoliang suddenly realized and stopped the waiter with her eyes, "Keep your voice down, it's not noisy enough."

After saying that, he quickly ran to the kitchen.

The waiter muttered in the background, "You shouted louder than I did."

Liu Piaoliang rushed into the kitchen and slowed down.

Fortunately, we haven’t started eating yet.

I bought ten portions of dough and poured them all into a large stainless steel basin.

It is topped with a layer of bean sprouts.

You can tell at first glance that these bean sprouts are from our own garden. They must be so delicious.

A kitchen helper is smashing garlic and preparing garlic vinegar water.

The rest of the people stared at Master Lu...the bowl of chili in his hand.

"It's not ready yet. It still feels a little hot. Wait two more minutes." Master Lu touched the basin again and said.

Then there are complaints, "You've already been four two minutes."

"Promise, this time it will really only take two minutes."

This time, Master Lu finally did not lie.

After two extremely agonizing minutes, Master Lu said "Done" and opened the lid.

huh~~
A rich and mellow aroma wafted out and penetrated into everyone's nostrils.

It wasn’t as explosive as the first time, nor was it as exciting as the third time the oil was poured.

If the oil is just poured, it is like newly brewed wine, stimulating and explosive.

At this moment, it is like old wine that has been stored in a cellar, becoming long-lasting.

"It smells so good~~" Everyone was drunk.

Except for Master Xu on the other end of the video, he couldn't smell it and the video was not turned off, so everyone forgot about him.

"Lao Lu, stop smelling it, hurry up and taste it!"

Master Xu shouted and woke up Master Lu.

Master Lu didn't say anything. He picked up the spoon and scooped three large spoonfuls into the dough bowl, then poured half of the chili oil into the bowl.

Liu Piaoliang felt sorry for him and said, "Leave some, there are a bunch of people outside."

"Why keep it? It won't be strong enough without it. I have more. I'll make more when it's gone."

After saying that, he poured the prepared garlic vinegar water into the basin and picked up the chopsticks to stir it.

He who is close to the water gets the moon first. He grabs a big lump and stuffs it all into his mouth in one gulp.

"Hmm!" Without opening his mouth, as it was busy, he let out a sigh through his nose.

There was no need to call others. They just picked up chopsticks and reached into the dough bowl, taking as much as they could. If they were late, there would be nothing left.

Luo Yihang also picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it in his mouth.

The first feeling when you put the dough covered with spicy oil into your mouth is that it is bland and tasteless, but a second later, the burnt aroma accompanied by sesame scent rushes out and fills your entire mouth.

Following closely is pure pure pure pure spiciness, so spicy that you want to inhale.

But before I finished taking a breath, the spicy taste quickly faded away, turning into a rich and mellow aroma of chili peppers and various spices, mixed together, it was like multiplication.

It's complex and has a sense of layering.

The taste buds on the entire tongue are dancing and singing...

After chewing and swallowing, the taste in the mouth becomes light again.

It started out ordinary and returned to ordinary.

It's empty, leaving only a lingering aftertaste.

It makes people eager to take a bite and fill up the emptiness...

"Holy shit! Did I make this? Am I that awesome?" Luo Yihang took just one bite and was stunned. The chili peppers that were nourished by spiritual energy, dried, and processed intricately to make chili oil could actually have such an effect.

Going to heaven!

It’s not scientific at all!

(End of this chapter)