Chapter 835 - 733: An Excellent Opportunity (2)

Fu Yu carefully listed all the ingredients and Chinese herbal medicines needed for the dishes and handed the list to Yao Shi.

Yao Shi called directly and asked the music restaurant’s purchaser to arrange it.

In the meantime, Fu Yu familiarized himself with all the kitchen utensils and the location of the seasonings, while quickly reviewing the cooking methods and specific plating designs of the sample dishes.

He mainly looked at the favorite recipes of customers with anorexia, because the main goal tonight was to make Xia Anni feel the desire to dine when she sees the medicinal meal he prepared.

To put it bluntly, no matter how he makes the dish, as long as Xia Anni is willing to eat, it would be a success!

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The music restaurant is very close to Liu Yiming’s house, and many ingredients and Chinese herbal medicines on the purchase list were already available in the restaurant’s kitchen.

The purchaser soon gathered everything and drove them over.

Fu Yu habitually stuck the list of medicinal meals on the kitchen wall, quickly calculated the cooking sequence of all dishes, and began cooking.

The customized medicinal meal menu for Xia Anni consisted of four dishes, one soup, and one staple: yam quail, ginger steamed catfish, vinegar ginger papaya, hawthorn brew, xiangfu chicken, and five-white sweet cake.

As for the four other medicinal dishes prepared for guests, Fu Yu decided to show his skills, after all, the charge for this door-to-door service was quite generous, and Liu Yiming also mentioned that he had invited Ren Yuchang and an old Chinese medicine doctor from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital to dine together.

Although Yao Shi repeatedly emphasized that the quality of tonight’s medicinal meal didn’t matter, since Xia Anni herself had a very serious anorexia problem, it was normal if she couldn’t eat anything.

However, the situation was different now. Since he wanted to truly establish the medicinal meal, he had to gain recognition from customers and industry insiders.

Tonight was a great opportunity!

You should know that both Xia Anni and Liu Yiming have extensive networks, and if he could get a compliment from them, it would be far more effective than ordinary advertising.

Fu Yu carefully selected four medicinal meals, hoping to use tonight’s opportunity to officially promote the music restaurant’s medicinal meal.

There were no assistants to help with cooking tonight, and everything needed to be arranged by himself.

Fu Yu was very skilled in preparing food; he picked and sorted all the ingredients himself and began cooking.

Fu Yu, when he looked at the yam quail dish, thought it was indeed quite a nourishing dish.

Though the dish had high nutritional value and was very effective for fatigue and anorexia,

it had a big drawback: no matter how it was processed, it always looked bland and unappealing.

Luckily, it tasted good and was mildly flavored, suitable for those with loss of appetite.

The quail sent from the music restaurant was live, and Fu Yu quickly slaughtered it before cooking.

The scallions and ginger were prepared, using green onions, which were juicy and could squeeze juice with pinching.

The ginger was sliced thinly, and because it was for medicinal meals, its skin had to be retained.

Fu Yu didn’t know before that the nutrition in ginger skin was higher than the ginger itself.

With everything prepared, he performed parboiling.

Parboiling should be done after the water boils, quickly putting the quail in, boil once, and remove, clearing blood and impurities for a clearer broth.

After parboiling, the remaining feathers on the quail needed to be thoroughly removed.

Fu Yu never used a hair-removal machine, as there was one in Qianlima, but it was purely deceptive, unable to clean small feathers properly.

The parboiled quail went into the pot; first, it boiled with high heat, then slow-cooked with low heat until tender.

Meanwhile, Fu Yu started preparing the next medicinal dish, ginger steamed catfish.

The catfish had a rich mucus on its surface, slaughtered and blanched in boiling water, washing off the mucus with clean water.

The fish was cleaned and scored on both sides, marinated with Shaoxing wine and pepper powder.

Fu Yu was busy in the kitchen and didn’t hear the sound of guests arriving.

About an hour and a half after Liu Yiming made the call, Ren Yuchang arrived at Liu Yiming’s home with his old friend.

Ren Yuchang didn’t schedule any activities tonight, handed over early as planned in the daytime, and invited his old friend to take a ride and come over.

He originally planned to have a good gathering with his old friend tonight and even booked the restaurant in advance, never expecting to be contacted here suddenly.

Suddenly, he hurriedly canceled the restaurant reservation and explained the situation to his old friend.

Ren Yuchang had a true boyhood friendship with Liu Yiming’s uncle, and their relationship was particularly strong. Despite not working in the same field, their bond not only didn’t weaken but became closer.

Upon hearing Liu Yiming needed something, Ren Yuchang barely hesitated and agreed.

Anyway, he had a good relationship with this old friend, and such a small matter was under his discretion.

Indeed, after explaining the situation, the old friend enthusiastically agreed to come and try the medicinal meal.

Knowing Ren Yuchang had arrived, Liu Yiming hurried to open the door to welcome him.

Ren Yuchang had been here with Liu Yiming’s uncle before, entered the house, and was quite familiar, inviting his old friend to change into slippers.

Liu Yiming warmly greeted, proactively helping the two elders with their outerwear, while leading them to the living room, smiled and said, "Uncle Ren, you’ve been absent from here for a while!"

Ren Yuchang casually handed his down jacket to Liu Yiming, chuckling, "Nonsense! I came over with your uncle last month to pick something up, remember?"

As the chief master of sales, Liu Yiming frequently received various items, gifts, and samples from different manufacturers for trial, test eating, and new products.

Unable to finish them all himself, he generously gave them to family and friends.

Through Liu Yiming’s generosity, even Ren Yuchang’s family saved considerable expenses.

Expensive cosmetics, daily necessities, snacks, and various clothes, all yearly gifted from Liu Yiming.

There’s a saying that you tend to favor those who give—though Ren Yuchang’s relationship with Liu Yiming’s uncle was genuinely strong, the ongoing good ties extended to Liu Yiming couldn’t be separated from Liu’s frequent giving.

Because he came to help assess the level of the medicinal meal, Ren Yuchang briefly introduced both sides, after exchanging pleasantries, followed Liu Yiming into the living room to meet the famous celebrity Xia Anni.

Unexpectedly, just as they entered the living room, before they could see who was sitting on the sofa clearly, they saw Yao Shi, whom they had met once, approaching from the direction of the balcony.

As Yao Shi entered after finishing the call, he spotted Ren Yuchang.

The other party just happened to look over.

At first glance, Ren Yuchang was momentarily stunned, exclaiming, "Xiao Yao! What brings you here?"

Yao Shi was prepared, smiled, and greeted Ren Yuchang, "Dean Ren, didn’t expect us to meet again!"

Then, warmly greeted each other.

Ren Yuchang was utterly surprised to see Yao Shi here.

Looking at Yao Shi, he couldn’t help but sigh, "What a coincidence."

Then thinking of something, he couldn’t help but ask, "Xiao Yao, tonight’s medicinal meal, could it be prepared by Chef Xiaofu?"

Yao Shi smiled and said, "Yes, Mr. Liu contacted our shop, customized the medicinal meal service for tonight."

Upon hearing Chef Fu Yu was cooking tonight’s medicinal meal, Ren Yuchang looked expectantly.

He turned to his old friend and said, "We’re in for a treat tonight, Zong Ming, let me tell you, Chef Xiaofu’s medicinal meal is truly impressive!"

Li Zongming seemed indifferent to this.

He, being a native of Bei’an,

Had visited similiar banquet restaurants like the music restaurant a few times but had never heard of any special medicinal meals.

However, Li Zongming didn’t show any disapproval.

After all, gaining a compliment from Ren Yuchang suggested that Chef Fu’s medicinal meal was likely outstanding.