NOVEL NEXT Chapter 222 Food Stalls 2
"Shopkeeper, two tables of diners ordered fish boiled in soy sauce." Waiter Ah Xing came to report the name of the dish.
Mao Xi dove into the kitchen and started processing the ingredients.
Her signature dishes at the food stall are soy sauce poached fish and curry crab.
Before it was converted into a seafood food stall, Liuxiang Snacks mainly sold various types of barbecue for late-night snacks, and hot pot in winter.
Mao Xi had considered selling grilled fish.
But since she started selling barbecue at the night market, all the food shops on this street started selling grilled ingredients.
There are five shops specializing in grilled fish.
It’s hard to break out of the siege just by relying on the popular oyster pan-fried and steamed squid rings.
Now that the food stall is open, it must look like it is selling seafood.
Mao Xi asked Pang Xiaohai to bring in whatever fresh fish he caught every day, regardless of species.
She steamed different fish in soy sauce water to avoid missing dishes that only sell one type of fish.
Curry crab is a fixed dish, and curry paste cannot be cooked successfully only with curry powder.
Because the shop has always sold curry shrimp and curry chicken dishes, diners also recognize the curry of Liuxiang Snacks.
Although the dish made with crab is more expensive, it increases the unit price of a single dish and can also generate some revenue.
The fish shipped from Pangxiaohai today are white pomfret and small yellow croaker.
Tempeh is indispensable for cooking seafood. Since it was not sold at the market, Mao Xi went to the mall to buy it in advance and kept it in the kitchen for later use.
Dajiang fished out the fresh white pomfret and small yellow croaker from the bucket, and killed them with the knife in one go.
Mao Xi began to boil the soy sauce water. Add a little yellow rock sugar to a small bowl of soy sauce and boil it separately.
Stir-fry ginger and garlic slices with dried radish, tempeh, and dried chili pepper in a hot pan with cold oil until fragrant.
After the aroma comes out, turn off the heat and add soy sauce, then pour in water and bring to a boil, then add the chopped fish pieces into the soy sauce water.
Do not turn the fish pieces after putting them in. Spread the sauce from all sides and pour it on the fish.
After the soy sauce water is concentrated, sprinkle a handful of garlic sprouts, drizzle with scallion oil, simmer for ten seconds, and then remove from the pan.
The waiter brought the fish boiled in soy sauce all the way from the outer hall to the outdoor table of the shop.
With the aroma of soy sauce and the unique sweetness of sea fish, who wouldn’t want to take a few bites of rice after smelling it?
The gluttons in the stomachs of the diners in the house were also drawn out.
Some people went to look at the seafood barrel production and found that there were less than twenty sea fish left in the barrel.
If you want to get delicious food first, you have to start first. New menus were quickly added, and the waiter kept reporting menus to the kitchen.
"Shopkeeper, add five parts of soy sauce to boil the fish."
The waiter had already delivered the first two dishes of fish with soy sauce to the diners' tables.
This dish successfully started the excitement of the seafood stall tonight.
The first two dishes of fish boiled in soy sauce were delivered to the table of Brother Dali and his family, and an unknown boy also ordered them.
Brother Dali usually comes to the restaurant to have breakfast, and occasionally he brings his daughter to have snail noodles.
Today, it was rare that all three of their family came to Liuxiang Snacks.
Mao Xi took the time to come to Brother Dali and chat with him.
Brother Dali witnessed her go from setting up a stall by Guanyun Bridge to selling roasted sweet potatoes, and then started making snack recipes.
He has always been a regular customer of her shop.
In addition to seafood, the seafood stall also has cold dishes and iced drinks.
"Brother Dali, let me serve you two jugs of iced drinks. It's my treat." After Mao Xi finished speaking, he turned to the waiter and called out: "Ah Xing, give me a pot of iced sour plum soup and iced lychee drink on the table. Please add more." Kelp salad."
Brother Dali smiled naively and said, "Thank you so much, my daughter. Thank you sister soon~"
As soon as Brother Dali's daughter got the cold lychee drink, she started drinking it without having time to reply.
"Brother Dali, why are you free to have dinner with the whole family today? This is the first time I've seen you come out with your sister-in-law."
"Hey, today is Xiao Ni'er's birthday. I just went to your fruit cake shop to buy some of her favorite cakes." Brother Dali lifted the packaged fruit cakes, "It's cool tonight, so I just wanted to We will take the whole family out for a meal, and later, we will take her to the stage to play."
Mao Xi took a closer look and saw that this was really bought from her cake shop. There was a big Liu character stuck on the oil paper outside.
At the other table, the unknown man was enjoying the soy sauce water with gusto.
The more Ma Xi looked at him, the more familiar he seemed.
This man was calm and composed. When eating fish, he was not like some diners who were in a hurry. Instead, he carefully put each piece of fish into a bowl, put it into his mouth together with a mouthful of rice, and chewed it carefully.
This expression and behavior are quite similar to Nalan Jue.
But this face... looks a little more scrawled than Mr. Nalan's, and he is also dressed in ordinary casual clothes.
As if aware that he was being looked at, the man's eyes narrowed and he looked at Ma Xi.
"You are the shopkeeper, right?"
Mao Xi choked for a moment and hurriedly looked away, then asked: "Brother, is this soy sauce boiled fish still palatable?"
The man lowered his eyebrows and thought slightly: "The fish is cooked almost as well as the fishermen at the port. It's not too bad! It also restores the taste of seafood."
Well...it seems that this young man is an expert in eating.
"We also have curry crab in our store. The crab is also fresh. Would you like to try it? The curry sauce bibimbap is also delicious."
"Then have one."
Ma Xi took the order, entered the kitchen and started preparing crab curry.
Halfway through the dish, she finally remembered who the young man was.
It's been a while since I last saw you, why is Kaitou Yi Zhili so gentle and elegant?
Mao Xi remembered that the first time she met him was at her sweet shop.
That day, the strange thief Yi Zhili stole some fruit cakes from her shop, and was caught by Mo Xia. He also made fun of Mo Xia by talking dirty words.
However, Mao Xi didn't pay much attention to it at the time. He only knew that the strange thief had stolen a bag of oranges from the magistrate's house, distributed them to some beggars, and then disappeared.
So, if this guy came here today, wouldn’t he be pretending to be a noble man and freeloading?
The more Ma Xi thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.
She asked Lou Lan'er to keep an eye on the pear to prevent him from running away and eating the King's meal.
After all, the crab is dead, and this dish costs 36 cents a serving. We have to pay the bill first.
"Curry crab is ready~" The waiter came to the seat carrying a pot of curry crab.
Yi Zhili followed Mao Xi's suggestion and poured a spoonful of curry juice into the bowl of rice.
This taste really goes well with rice. After finishing a bowl of rice, Yi Zhili asked the waiter to add another bowl.
After two bowls of rice, the corners of his mouth were filled with golden curry sauce.
"Waiter, pay the bill!" Yi Zhili put a silver ingot on the table and said to the waiter, "I can't finish this curry crab meat. Can you pack a food box for me and I can take it home? "
"Please wait a moment, sir, I will prepare it for you right now."
Ah Xing took the silver ingot to Zhang Xiucai to settle the bill, handed the change to Yi Zhili, and brought a wooden food box and a large bowl over, and took the remaining curry crab meat from the plate. into a large bowl.
"Sir, do you still want this curry sauce?"
"If you want, pour it all in, and give me two more of your baked naan."
Yi Zhili took some more copper coins and gave them to the waiter.
Mao Xi watched Yi Zhili carrying the food box and two roasted naan towards the stage.
She shouted to Yi Zhili: "Brother, don't be in a hurry to return this food box!"
She could have guessed that Yi Zhili was going to help a homeless beggar again.