Chapter 197: Haven't seen the food, but smelled it first
"Of course there are. Today our chef specially selected a few of the best dishes, and they will be presented later. Teacher Mao wants to give some guidance." Jiang Yuanxi said with a smile.
After Mao Xueliang heard the answer he wanted, he had been very curious and looking forward to the back kitchen. He kept staring at the direction of the back kitchen. If he was not worried about losing his composure, he would have wanted to go to the back kitchen to meet the chef in person. Exchange exchanged.
A person who can restore the food culture of ancient ancestors must also be a person who has studied and liked ancient Chinese very much, and he likes to make friends with such people the most.
Even if the other party's cooking is not very tasty, but to be able to take such photos and restore ancient dishes to this level, his level of cultural research is definitely very deep, at least, he is currently unable to do this.
A few people wanted to come over to exchange feelings with Mao Xueliang, but unfortunately Mao Xueliang is now focused on the delicious food that is about to be served, and he is very coping with other people. Everyone has also seen his impatience and perfunctory, and they are worried about angering him. There is no such thing as ignorance.
Of course, not everyone is savvy, such as the one in front of you.
"Mr. Mao, I didn't expect to meet you here." Yang Wenguang walked over with a smile on his face and said hello.
When Mao Xueliang heard this voice, he didn't turn his head back, but just nodded lightly, as a response to the other party's greeting.
"Mr. Mao, Mingyang Group has recently developed a new nutritional supplement that can provide people with sufficient nutrients to the greatest extent. I wonder if Mr. Mao is free. Can you give us some advice?" Yang Wenguang didn't mind either. Before Mao Xueliang was indifferent, he continued to speak enthusiastically.
Mao Xueliang's achievements are not only in the study of ancient Chinese and ancient dishes, but also in the research of modern nutritional powder and nutrition powder. If any company can obtain the approval of Mao Xueliang, it is almost equivalent to getting the Appraised by experts, it is also a brand that customers can rest assured to consume.
Therefore, many nutritional supplement companies want Mao Xueliang’s approval before they develop new products and promote them. Unfortunately, the other party’s requirements are too high, almost harsh, and few companies can fully meet his requirements. Require.
Therefore, many companies were worried that they would not meet his requirements and would eventually be rejected by customers, so they had no choice but to not invite him. Of course, even if those companies wanted to invite him, they probably did not have the qualifications and capabilities.
But Mingyang Group is different, it is an industry under the Yang family, and it specializes in nutritional supplements, and its annual profit accounts for almost 60% of the entire industry.
It is enough to see how much profit their group can make from it every year.
"No matter how good the nutritional supplement is, it's also instant food. It's tasteless and tasteless. After a long time, everyone's sense of taste will decline accordingly. Don't take it." Mao Xueliang refused very simply.
In the past, when no one could cook ancient dishes, in order to survive, they had no choice but to invent nutritional powder and nutritional supplements, but no matter how good nutritional powder and nutritional supplements were, they were instant food with a very bland taste, even if a lot of them The group is working on inventing nutritional supplements with different flavors, but it still cannot make up for the taste of ancient dishes.
After a long time, the human sense of taste will degenerate. If at that time, everything that human beings eat will be tasteless, it will not be a lot of fun in life.
There was no way before, if someone can really cook ancient dishes now, if ancient dishes can be popularized, and everyone can return to the eating habits of their ancestors in ancient times, then life will definitely be more fun.
Mao Xueliang was looking forward to those dishes more and more.
Just at this moment, a strong fragrance came over. No entity was seen, but the fragrance came first, causing the people present to stop communicating with each other in an instant, and smell this never-before-smelled fragrance with all their hearts. .
"It smells so good, what kind of smell is it?"
"Where did this come from, why didn't it just now?"
"This scent is so special, it makes me feel hungry."
Everyone chatted again and started to discuss, but this time the topic of conversation became the mysterious dish of "smell the taste before seeing the dish".
"Look, it's over there." I don't know who called, and everyone's eyes turned to the communication between the back kitchen and the hall.
Road office.
I saw the waiters in the gourmet hall, each holding an exquisite dinner plate, and the colorful dishes were placed on the dinner plate, and the fragrance was wafting from it.
The fragrance of all kinds of dishes constantly filled the hall, which made everyone feel a little bit distracted.
Mao Xueliang's eyes never left from the moment these dishes appeared, no matter what Yang Wenguang said, he couldn't hear them.
Yang Wenguang's complexion suddenly became gloomy, his eyes became dark and unclear, and there was an anger of being ignored in his heart. As the eldest son of the current head of the Yang family, Yang Wenguang came to attend the opening ceremony of the Food Hall on behalf of the Yang family.
In fact, the Jiang family really didn't want to invite the Yang family. After all, the relationship between the two was not good. Coupled with Jiang Chenxi's matter, they almost became mortal enemies. Who would invite an enemy to attend their opening ceremony.
However, the Yang family is one of the top families after all, and the two families have not completely torn apart on the surface, so the surface work that should be done is still to be done.
In the end, Jiang Yuanxi sent the invitation letter to the Yang family.
The reason why Yang Wenguang came here was also because of Jiang Yuanxi's promotion for the Food Hall during this period.
The main industry of the Yang family is nutritional supplements, and 90% of the annual income of the Yang family also comes from the nutritional supplement industry. From a certain point of view, the gourmet hall opened by Jiang Yuanxi can be regarded as competing with the nutritional supplements. The Yang family attached great importance to it. That's why the Patriarch of the Yang family asked Yang Wenguang to come over and inquire secretly, to see if it would really pose a threat to their Yang family.
However, Yang Wenguang didn't think so at all, it was just a bad looking photo, how could this kind of messy things be edible, and if it was unpalatable, how could everyone buy it.
He felt that it was because the Jiang family was jealous of the profits of nutritional supplements, but they couldn't capture the market, so they made these sensational things, and there was nothing to be afraid of.
In fact, there are not a few people who think the same as Yang Wenguang. Most of these people present are here to exchange feelings with others, and they really don't care about those dishes.
But what they may not know is that soon, they will be severely slapped in the face by their own thoughts, and they will be slapped personally, so there is no need to say sourness.
"Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend the opening ceremony of the Food Hall. These dishes are the signature dishes of the Food Hall in the future. You can enjoy them to your heart's content today. I hope you will like them." Jiang Yuanxi stood on the temporary platform and smiled. The people below said, and then under the eyes of everyone, they personally took out a small portion of each dish and put them on their own plates, and ate them one by one in front of everyone, to show that these things were really delicious. Edible and non-toxic.
All the people present are rich and powerful, and they are usually very careful about eating and drinking. Even if this is a banquet held by the Jiang family, everyone is still very cautious, and many people even made up their minds. The idea is not to taste something that has never been seen, and they are not here to eat anyway.
However, the lure of the rich aroma just now, coupled with Jiang Yuanxi's personal test dishes, made many people feel a little eager to move.
However, among them, there was one person who seemed extremely excited. Before everyone else took any action, he had already moved to those long tabletops, and carefully picked up some dishes with the shared tongs and put them on his own small plate.
All eyes followed that person, nervously waiting for the other person's evaluation.
If the other party thinks it is delicious, then it is okay for them to taste it.
However, Mao Xueliang doesn't know what these people think, even if he knows, he doesn't care. His eyes are now full of all kinds of exquisite dishes on the long table.
He felt like he was in a dream. After studying ancient dishes for decades, he could only see one or two sentences of descriptions in books, and could not even get a picture. He could only rely on his own imagine.
However, who would have thought that one day, he would actually see these ancient dishes restored, and even have a chance to taste them, which made his excited hands tremble.
Carefully picking up a piece of emerald green broccoli, Mao Xueliang first carefully observed the shape and appearance of this broccoli, and quickly searched for the description related to this ingredient in his mind, but finally found only a few words , which is most similar to the broccoli in front of you.
What puzzled him was that the ingredients described in the book were off-white, but this one was on the green side, which made him unable to make up his mind for a while.
After the observation was over, Mao Xueliang carefully put the broccoli into his mouth with a spoon. His teeth and tongue did not dare to move, they were stiff there, but even so, the fragrance of the broccoli and the strong taste of the seasoning pulsated on the taste buds When he got up, his sense of taste was constantly stimulated, making him wish he could swallow the whole broccoli like this.
In the end, because the teeth were wide open and I dared not close them, my mouth became a little sour. I could only touch the upper teeth and the lower teeth. The soft broccoli was bitten off instantly, and the fragrance became more intense. , giving a feeling of lightness.
The taste of broccoli, for people who have only eaten light nutritional supplements, is like eating only vegetarian food. People who eat meat for the first time are so surprised, so fascinated, so eager to swallow Go down and have another bite.
And Mao Xueliang did the same. After spending the longest time, after experiencing all aspects, he finally swallowed the broccoli, and the next eating action was much faster.
The others were still on the sidelines. Seeing that Mao Xueliang seemed to be eating in pain at first, everyone actually flinched.
However, the more I looked at it, the more I felt that was not the case. If it was really bad to eat, why did Mr. Mao eat it faster and faster, and his skill did not look like an old man at all, which made everyone's minds active again.
Some young people who were not strong enough, swallowed secretly, joined Mao Xueliang's ranks, holding small plates, and started with the dishes they had already fancyed.
"Well... Good time..."