Chapter 1235: People Love Nostalgia when They Get Old

The customer had no special requirements, just helping to make a birthday peach, which was not a difficult task for Fu Yu.

He changed his clothes and hurriedly took a taxi to Fuchengchun Restaurant.

The customer who booked the birthday banquet this time directly booked the open hall and private room on the second floor. This was a relatively grand banquet event for Fuchengchun Restaurant.

It is said that there have been two similar banquets in the past, but they were all customized by the friends of the boss Liu Yongping. After all, such large-scale banquets will have a certain impact on the normal operation of the store.

Fuchengchun Restaurant is not a business model based on large banquets. It is usually mainly for individual customers.

The customer booked this birthday banquet because of the relationship of a friend of Liu Yongping.

A total of twelve tables were booked, all of which were large-scale orders. This is because Du Yingchun and Luo Rong happened to be there. At that time, several stoves in the kitchen were fired at the same time, and semi-finished dishes could be made in advance. All prepared, this can ensure the normal serving process of the banquet.

Everything was ready, and the kitchen had even cooked a lot of cold dishes. As soon as the customer arrived, they could start serving the dishes.

As a result, the customer called for help at the last minute, because the old lady at home suddenly wanted to eat birthday peaches.

In previous years, birthday cakes were ordered. This year, a very famous local cake shop in the capital specially customized a large eight-layer cake with both birthday stars and birthday peaches on it, which was very appropriate.

As a result, when picking up the cake, the old lady looked at the photo and suddenly asked to eat birthday peaches.

They say old children, young children, the old lady is having a birthday today and she wants to eat birthday peaches.

The children are very filial, so they tried every means to contact and buy.

The main reason is that time is too short, and birthday peaches are not like other things that can be purchased temporarily. They are generally booked in advance. After all, they are not hot-selling food. They are usually unpopular, and there are limited noodle shops supplying them.

The customer contacted two stores himself, both of which only accept reservations and have no stock.

There was really no other way, so he thought that Liu Yongping, after all, ran a restaurant, and he should have more connections in this area than himself.

Liu Yongping helped to contact a circle, mainly because birthday peaches were too unpopular. In recent years, birthdays have become popular with cakes, and few people have ordered birthday peaches.

After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered that he had dinner with Yao Shi when he went to Bei'an before.

At that time, Yao Shi casually sighed at the dinner table that Fu Yu was a culinary genius, not only was he good at red cases, but also at white cases.

He had helped to make a birthday peach for a customer in the store before, helping to solve the problem.

It was just a casual mention, and Liu Yongping didn't take it to heart at the time. Now in a hurry, he suddenly remembered this matter.

Since Fu Yu can make birthday peaches, he will help to deal with the emergency first. As for the style and taste of the birthday peaches, he can't take care of it for the time being.

Liu Yongping contacted the customer first and explained the situation to him.

The customers were already anxious. When they heard that they could make birthday peaches, they didn't care about these things. As long as they could make the old lady happy and successfully hold the birthday banquet, they would be thankful.

Liu Yongping got an accurate answer, so he hurriedly called Li Dongxu and told him to send Fu Yu back.

As soon as Fu Yu got in the car, he received a call from Liu Yongping, asking him what ingredients he needed to make birthday peaches and the kitchen should prepare them in advance.

Fu Yu had heard Li Dongxu's general description of the situation in the store before. He thought that the old lady was so old, and since she wanted to eat birthday peaches, she should still prefer the classic old taste.

For the new product with rose fillings, it is estimated that she may not be used to it.

As for the auspicious birthday peaches that only use pure bean fillings, they seem a bit too ordinary.

The eight-filled birthday peaches are quite good, with enough fillings and good taste. As for the shape, he has done it before and has some experience, so he can design it more exquisitely and distinctively.

Fu Yu hung up the phone, carefully listed all the ingredients and seasonings needed, and sent them to Liu Yongping.

When he arrived at Fuchengchun Restaurant, the kitchen had already prepared all the ingredients and utensils in advance.

Fu Yu changed his clothes and did not waste time to check all the ingredients and utensils.

In order to facilitate his cooking, Liu Yongping directly arranged for a noodle counter in the white case area for him to cook.

Fu Yu was not very familiar with the chef on the white case side, so he followed the other party to list the kitchen utensils he needed, and carefully communicated about the operation of cooking the longevity peaches.

When the white case chef first heard that the boss arranged Fu Yu to come to make longevity peaches, he was very surprised!

Although he usually didn't interact with the people on the red case side because of work, everyone gathered together at lunch, and he knew that Fu Yu was a person who came to the store for further study.

The young man was quite young and handsome. Not long after he came, he was sent to work with Li Dongxu at the food stall at the technology exhibition.

Being sent to participate in such a food event, Fu Yu must have a very good cooking skill.

However, white case and red case cooking are two different things. This is an old-fashioned pastry, which even he has never made. I didn't expect Fu Yu to be able to do it.

The white case chef suddenly became interested. Seeing Fu Yu busy with cooking preparations, he took the initiative to follow him and helped with the preparations enthusiastically.

When Fu Yu was kneading dough to make the peach skin, Liu Yongping rushed over.

I heard that Fu Yu was already cooking at Bai An's side, so he came here too.

Seeing Fu Yu kneading dough, Liu Yongping carefully asked Shoudao's method and style.

Fu Yu explained: "I've only done it once before, and I don't know many types. Does the customer have any size requirements? Do you need to ask more carefully?"

The stuffing of Shoudao can be adjusted again, and the noodles can also be added. The main question is how big should it be?

I'm not sure about this matter. It's hard to decide on the style of this longevity peach.

Liu Yongping didn't expect this. Hongyan's cooking has always determined the dish size based on the size of the plate, and there are unified regulations. He ignored the size of the pasta cooked by Baiyan.

Liu Yongping took out his mobile phone and quickly contacted the customer who ordered the meal.

After the call was connected, Liu Yongping immediately said: "Hey, it's me, Liu Yongping, it's like this. Our chef in charge of making Shoudao here wants to negotiate with you about the customized size of Shoudao... Oh, let's do this, you can talk to him directly , if you have any requests, you can make them directly.”

After explaining, Liu Yongping handed over the mobile phone.

As soon as Fu Yu picked it up, he heard a somewhat familiar voice coming from inside: "Hello, hello, I'm a custom-made Shoudao customer."

Fu Yu said quickly: "Hello, I am the chef responsible for making longevity peaches. Here is the situation. The longevity peaches I am going to make for you are eight-stuffed longevity peaches. The fillings will be candied dates, preserved apricots, raisins, pine nuts, hawthorn strips, Candied pineapple, melon seeds, peanuts, bean paste, if you have no dietary requirements and are satisfied with this choice of birthday peach fillings, I would like to know the specific custom size of the birthday peach.”

After hearing this, the other party immediately said: "The bigger the better, of course! The fillings are fine, they are quite complete, not bad, just go with the biggest one, it will look good when served on the table."

Fu Yu further communicated with the other party carefully about Shoudao's style design, and the other party was quite easy to talk to. Whatever Fu Yu said, he would agree "very well".

Fu Yu was sincerely relieved that the customer was so cooperative.

Since it is the largest size, it must be determined according to the size of the steamer drawer at Fuchengchun.

However, since the customer wants to serve the noodles on the table, in addition to the largest longevity peach, they can also steam a pot of small longevity peaches.

As long as you have time, you can make it more exquisite.

Fu Yu had done Shouting once last year. With experience, it would be much smoother when he did it again.

He puts the various fillings together, adds a little vegetable oil, and forms a ball.

Knead the dough evenly to make a skin, add stuffing and wrap it up to make a peach-shaped steamed bun.

In addition, I made some dough, added vegetable juice and coffee powder and kneaded it evenly to make green and brown dough respectively. The green dough was made into leaves and stuck on the steamed buns. The brown dough was kneaded into strips and made into the character "Shou". On the peach body, steam the prepared longevity peaches in a steamer.

This Eight-Stuffed Shou Tao is very simple in other aspects, but the head is big, so the skin should be relatively thick, and the fillings should be sufficient.

If you want to steam such a big and heavy longevity peach, time is also of the essence.

It should not burst into cracks, and the filling inside should not be heated too much, causing it to taste too soft and lose the granular chewiness of the mixture of preserved fruits and nuts. It should also be controlled not to be too heated, causing too much effort when chewing, and the taste will be poor. will be affected.

It's quite difficult to grasp this degree.

Chef Bai An stood nearby, taking advantage of the fact that he was finished with what he was doing to take a moment to watch Fu Yu cook, while mentally considering how to control the steaming time and heat of this giant longevity peach.

Shoudao and steamed buns have the same purpose. The filling is very important, and the texture of the dough is also very important.

It needs to be soft and fluffy like bread, and soaked in the fat of the filling to ensure that every bite is full of flavor.

Although Chef Bai An has never made Shoudao, this does not affect his understanding of cooking noodles such as steamed buns.

While Fu Yu was steaming, Chef Bai An couldn't help but put forward his own opinions on this aspect.

After hearing this, Fu Yu was a little surprised. While adjusting the heat according to the other party's suggestion, he excitedly communicated with Chef Bai An about the cooking operation of steaming and heat control.

They were having a heated discussion when Liu Yongping suddenly came over to Bai An with someone.

"Xiao Fu, how's it going? This is the customer who ordered Shouting, Mr. Qin."

The visitor followed Liu Yongping and walked over. Fu Yu saw that this man was wearing a dark red top. He was very mature and steady, and he had a kind smile on his face. This smile looked particularly familiar.

Isn't this the middle-aged man who carpooled with him?

When the middle-aged man saw Fu Yu, he was also stunned, and then said hello in surprise: "It turns out to be you, little brother! Ouch! What a coincidence, tell me."

Liu Yongping looked at them in surprise and asked, "So you know each other?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Yes, I was in a hurry to go to Fukeyuan a few days ago to handle the chargeback, and I took a taxi with this little brother at the time. Look at this fate!"

With that said, he looked at Fu Yu and introduced himself: "Hello, my name is Qin Li, thank you very much! Boss Liu told me, I really caused trouble to you!" Qin Li thanked Fu Yu politely.

Fu Yu hurriedly said: "You're welcome. The steaming has started here. I will definitely finish cooking it in time for the birthday banquet."

Qin Li heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and explained with a smile: "That's great! Oh, you don't know, my mother is having her birthday today, and I ordered a big cake for her, but she suddenly kept saying she wanted to eat birthday peaches. In our hometown, it was popular to eat birthday peaches on birthdays, but later we moved to the capital and the habit gradually changed. We haven't eaten birthday peaches for more than 20 years, and my mother suddenly remembered it today."

When people get old, they love to miss the past.

Fu Yu can understand it, and his parents are the same.

There is a grain store in the county town of his hometown, which has been open for more than 20 years. The store sells several old-fashioned cakes. When Fu Yu was young, his parents often bought them to eat. Later, there were more kinds of cakes and snacks, and these old-fashioned cakes were gradually bought less.

However, when he went home for the New Year this time, his parents specially bought some more, saying that after eating them all, they still liked such old-fashioned cakes the most, and they tasted particularly good.

Liu Yongping said at the right time: "Mr. Qin, you are really a filial son."

Qin Li smiled and said: "I am from a single-parent family. It was not easy for my mother to raise me. Now that I have the ability, I naturally have to respect her."

This brief conversation made Fu Yu's impression of Qin Li a little better.

People who are filial to their parents are always good people.

Fu Yu listened to their conversation and felt quite touched.

He said seriously: "Mr. Qin, please rest assured, I will make the birthday peaches very beautiful and exquisite, so that your mother will like it!"

Qin Li smiled gratefully at Fu Yu: "Thank you, Chef Fu!"

Qin Li came to the kitchen specifically to thank Fu Yu and make sure that the birthday peaches can be served on time when the birthday banquet starts, so as not to delay the business. He said a few polite words to Liu Yongping and went back to the dining area.

Fu Yu glanced at Qin Li's back as he left, thinking that when Fu's father and mother celebrate their birthdays this year, as long as time permits, he will try to go home and celebrate with the elderly.

At that time, he can make birthday peaches for his parents.

In their hometown, in fact, in the early years, there was also a custom of eating birthday peaches on birthdays, but his parents were young and lived a very simple and frugal life before, so birthdays were nothing more than a bowl of boiled noodles in the morning and two more dishes in the evening.

Now that he is capable, it is time to celebrate for his parents.

After all, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and the son wants to support his parents but they are not waiting.

He must take advantage of his parents' good health to show more filial piety. (End of this chapter)