Lotus flowers usually bloomed from June to September, mostly around the end of June, and only wilted around September. The best month to watch them was July to August.
Most of the varieties that were mainly used for viewing would bloom until September, while the varieties used for eating would bloom longer and could bloom until around October.
Of course, lotus leaves were only available at this time. It was only March, so there were no fresh lotus leaves.
Therefore, the steamed meat with lotus leaf powder was made with dried lotus leaves.
This dish wasn't in season. If Xu Ming had ordered it, he wouldn't have ordered it in this season.
Seasonal dishes would have a fresh taste when cooked.
Therefore, the dishes he recommended every day were basically seasonal dishes, and the taste was absolutely great.
However, since someone had ordered it, he naturally prepared it.
The dried lotus leaves were soaked first, and the pork belly was sliced. Then, the green onion and ginger shreds, sweet bean sauce, soy sauce, cooking wine, and white sugar were added and marinated.
Then, he evenly wrapped the steamed meat with steamed flour.
Xu Ming had also prepared the steamed vermicelli beforehand. More than 30 kinds of spices had been ground into powder by a grinder and mixed with the powder ground from rice to become steamed meat vermicelli.
The meat was wrapped in lotus leaves and steamed for an hour. Then, the pieces of meat were wrapped in small lotus leaves. Before eating, they were placed in a cage and steamed for 30 minutes.
The crispy rice noodles steamed with pork belly were soft and sticky. They also carried the fragrance of lotus leaves. They were fat but not greasy.
Zhao Tianming had been waiting for more than an hour in the private room. He was so hungry that he felt dizzy.
He knew that he had to come to the cafeteria to eat Xu Ming's cooking at noon, but he had not eaten since morning.
He had been waiting for this meal.
At this moment, he suddenly smelled the fragrance of lotus flowers.
"Am I hallucinating?"
She was lying in the private room, where was the fragrance of the lotus flowers?
"Thump! Thump!"
"Come in!"
Zhao Tianming immediately perked up when he heard the knock on the door.
It wasn't an illusion. It was his steamed pork with lotus leaf powder!
After waiting for so long, it was finally time to eat!
" Give me a bowl of rice!"
Zhao Tianming was like a person who had been starving for ten days to half a month. As soon as the dishes were served, he impatiently picked up his chopsticks and stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth. It was so hot that his tongue could not bear to shrink back. He swallowed it firmly.
"The fragrance of lotus leaves in this season is so rich. I really don't know how they were made!”
It turned out that there was such a big difference between chefs.
His family had always wanted him to learn how to cook and inherit the skills of the Zhao family.
However, ever since his father's generation, the Zhao family had transformed from a restaurant into a hotel.
The famous Pearl Hotel in City A was owned by his family.
From a restaurant to such a well-known hotel, his father was really a business genius.
However, he did not have any talent in cooking, so his grandfather had hoped that he could learn to cook since he was young. His father felt that it was useless to learn to cook. His family's business was so big that he had to study finance. After graduation, he would work in a hotel and inherit the hotel in the future.
As he ate such delicious dishes, he suddenly thought of the steamed meat with vermicelli that his grandfather had made for him when he was young.
The rice was cooked in a rural stove with firewood, and the steamed meat was steamed on top. The rice was ready, and so was the steamed meat.
Then, he directly mixed the steamed meat with rice and ate it. His picky tongue could actually eat a big bowl.
Zhao Tianming took the rice that the auntie handed over and picked up a piece of steamed meat with vermicelli and mixed it with the rice.
Jin Ying's oily steamed meat was poured into the rice along with some oily soup.
The white rice was wrapped in gravy and became oily. After taking a big bite, it made people squint their eyes in happiness.
Zhao Tianming's thoughts gradually became clear.
After the meal, he drove back to the countryside to look for his grandfather.
After driving for four hours, it was already dark when they reached home.
The moment she pushed open the door of the courtyard, she could smell the fragrance of rice. Grandpa was carrying a plate of vegetables out of the kitchen, and Grandma was sitting at the table in the lobby.
"Tianming, you're back. Why didn't you tell me in advance and let your grandfather buy some groceries?”
Seeing that he was so happy to be back, Grandma immediately went forward and pulled him over to look at him.
Even though he was rich, the old man was still not used to living in a villa in the city. He questioned whether he wanted to go back to his hometown in the countryside and grow vegetables and flowers when he had nothing to do. He was idle and leisurely.
"I missed you guys, so I came back to take a look.”
Her words made her grandparents laugh non-stop.
Zhao Tianming was also very happy with the simple food.
After dinner, Grandma went for a walk. Zhao Tianming and Grandpa sat on a small stool in the courtyard.
"Did something happen?"
Grandpa Zhao gently leaned back on the recliner with his eyes closed and asked,
How could he not know what kind of person he was?
He came back in such a hurry in the middle of the night. It was impossible for him to just come back to take a look.
Grandpa, I've decided to learn how to cook."
Zhao Tianming said this very easily with a smile on his face. He looked at his grandfather and jumped up in surprise like a little old man.
"What did you say? You don't have a tiger like me, do you?"
"No, Grandpa. I'll take you to a place for dinner tomorrow.”
...
Zhao Tianming managed to get a four-person private room at 12 o'clock. At the same time, he sent a message to his father, asking him to wait for him and his grandparents at the cafeteria of Hua University at 11 o'clock tomorrow.
His mother was still shopping overseas and couldn't make it back in time. He could only wait until she came back.
The next morning, Zhao Tianming drove his grandparents to A City.
He arrived at Hua University at 11 o'clock.
Mr. Zhao came to the cafeteria of Hua University with a confused look on his face. He didn't know what his son and the old man were doing.
"When did you go back? Why didn't I know?”
The four of them gathered in the private room. Mr. Jones felt like he was kept in the dark.
"Let's eat first. We'll talk after we eat.”
Zhao Tianming decided to wait until his father tasted Xu Ming's cooking before telling him that he wanted to learn how to cook. Otherwise, he might get beaten up!
In order not to let everyone wait too long, he chose some dishes that required some technical content and did not take long to wait.
"Stewed chicken with mushrooms."
After the first dish was served, Zhao Tianming called his father and grandmother to eat.
Grandpa Zhao's culinary skills were also not bad. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to rely on the restaurant to accumulate the capital for Father Zhao to transform into a hotel.
"Good! It was perfect! The two-month-old chicken was stewed with wild mushrooms. The unique cooking method was absolutely delicious!”
Grandpa Zhao's eyes lit up. He hadn't eaten such delicious food in a long time.
"It's so delicious! Why didn't I know about this restaurant? You're the best. No good food can escape your mouth.”
After finding Father Zhao to eat a piece of chicken, he was immediately captured by the fresh and juicy chicken in his mouth. He looked at Zhao Tianming with admiration in his eyes.
Such a delicious restaurant would be a good place to entertain customers in the future!
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