Chef Park Toyota, since the age of 19, entered Zhang Zuolin's grand marshal's mansion and worked as a chef for Zhang's father and son for six or seven years. This experience made him remember it fondly, and in his later years he often recalled some anecdotes and anecdotes about him in the Marshal's Mansion.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > mountain treasures and seafood are not worth a plate of sauce eggplant</h1>
One summer, the weather in Fengtian was particularly hot, and every day the sun was like fire, and the steam was so hot that people couldn't breathe. The heat lasted for a long time, during which Zhang Zuolin's appetite dropped rapidly, and he did not eat much, and the meals cooked in the kitchen were almost untouched.
In the first few days when Zhang Zuolin did not eat, Hao Heling, deputy director of the General Affairs Office of the Grand Marshal's Mansion, did not dare to tell outsiders that he quietly ran to the kitchen to discuss with the head chef Zhao Lianbi.
"Master Zhao, what kind of dish can you make to open the appetite of the marshal?" This morning's breakfast is what dish did not move, a small bowl of rice still has more than half a bowl, how to get it all the time. ”
Zhao Lianbi asked, "How many days has this been?" Is it because the marshal is sick that he reduces his meal? ”
Hao Heling said: "For many days, I was afraid that the ladies would know that they would be in a hurry to catch fire, and they did not dare to shout. The marshal himself did not let me say, he said that it was not a disease, and it did not hurt or itch well. I just don't want to eat. ”
Zhao Lianbi said: "Okay, Me and Toyota want to think of a way." ”
That night, Zhao Lianbi and Park Toyota pondered in the kitchen operation room, and after some discussion, they took out a set of appetizing and refreshing recipes, planning to change Zhang Zuolin's pattern.
Zhang Zuolin took a group photo with his second son
In the next few days, Zhao Lianbi successively made Zhang Zuolin high-end dishes such as red grilled shark fin soup, white grilled shark fin, a poinsettia of pearl swallow vegetables, pigeon egg swallow vegetables, three silk wings, hibiscus dried scallops, steamed jiaji fish, egg intestines, etc., and let the shangcha send them into Zhang Zuolin's room when the meal was opened.
Unexpectedly, for several consecutive days, these exquisitely crafted and exquisitely used dishes were served and brought back, and Zhang Zuolin did not move at all.
The shang cha who delivered the dishes said to the kitchen: "The marshal said, don't let me do so much, he doesn't like to eat." At this point, even Zhao Lianbi, the head chef who has always been confident, has no idea.
After a few days, the news of Zhang Zuolin's non-eating gradually spread, and several ladies and Zhang Xueliang and his wife knew about it. For this reason, they specially came to greet Zhang Zuolin and said, you always want to eat something, we send people to buy, how can you not eat when you are old? Zhang Zuolin smiled and said, "I don't need anything, I'm fine." I just don't want to eat, there is nothing wrong with it, you don't have to rush to the fire. ”
That being said, Zhang Zuolin's meal volume still did not improve.
After a while, the fifth wife, Shou Shi, also came to persuade Zhang Zuolin. She said to Zhang Zuolin: "Grand Marshal, you can't always not eat, this will drag people down." You can't eat the big dishes, do you have any other small dishes you want to eat? At this time, Zhang Zuolin said slowly: "I have to say that I want to eat something, or the sauce eggplant has a little taste." No, let the old Chen tou sauce an eggplant, cook some sorghum rice, eat it to see how. ”
The "old Chen Tou" zhang Zuolin said was originally a chef in the Marshal's Mansion, who was more than 80 years old at this time. Although his hands and feet are still sharp, his left eye can no longer see things clearly, so the work on the stove has not been allowed to take over. He usually has nothing to do, in fact, he is pensioning in the Marshal's Mansion. Old Chen Tou has a hand pickles of the unique job, through his hand of pickles not only taste positive, but also maintain the original color, whether it is cucumber, cowpea, beans, celery or radish, made into pickles are still emerald green, looks very fresh, eat into the mouth and crisp and fragrant.
In addition to pickling pickles, Old Chen Tou usually personally made sauce for Zhang Zuolin. The sauce he made was mellow and tasteless, and all the people in the shuai mansion loved to eat it. After his old age, Old Chen Tou only made two vats of sauce in the spring every year, pickled a few jars of pickles in the autumn, and made small plates for the kitchen to use as side dishes, and the rest of the time did not have to work, that is, rest. Zhang Zuolin has always left Old Chen Tou in the Shuai Mansion, and his salary is still paid, and Old Chen Tou is very grateful in his heart. He often nagged outsiders: "If this old bone of mine had not been taken care of by the marshal, I would have lost it somewhere." ”
Today's small green house
Today, the fifth wife Shou Clan heard that the grand marshal wanted to eat eggplant with sauce, and quickly sent someone to find Old Chen Tou. Not long after, old Chen Tou came to the Xiaoqing Building, as soon as he entered the house, Zhang Zuolin was in debt on the bed to show his courtesy, and then said to Old Chen Tou: "I don't like to eat these days, I want to eat some sauce eggplant, will you make me a good meal for dinner today?" ”
Old Chen Tou had been reading Zhang Zuolin's good in his heart, and when he heard this, he quickly said, "Grand Marshal, you wait, I will go and do it for you." Madame Shou also smiled and said to Old Chen Tou, "You do more, we will also taste."
Out of the small green building, Old Chen Tou went straight to the kitchen, and as soon as he entered the door, he put on an apron and began to work.
Eggplant sauce is the best dish of old Chen Tou, and he prepares the eggplant by cutting it twice. Park Toyota saw that Old Chen Tou was old and wanted to go forward to help fry egg sauce and meat sauce, but Old Chen Tou waved his hand and said, "Wait for me to do it." Although the work of frying sauce is simple, if it is not fried well, this dish cannot be delicious. ”
Park Toyota saw that the old Chen tou fried sauce was really different. In addition to the usual ingredients, he also put some vegetable oil and eggs. And after the meat of the fried sauce is added to the sauce, he also has to add some water, stir-fry quickly, and the meat must not be fried. Add soy sauce and MSG before cooking, so that the sauce surface is moist and not dry, and it tastes delicious. Park Toyota watched the old Chen Tou busy on the stove next to him, and secretly picked a big finger in his heart: Don't look at the old man in his eighties, as soon as he gets on the stove, he knows that he is a good hand, and this big handsome mansion is really a "hidden dragon and crouching tiger".
Today's Grand Marshal's Mansion
Before long, old Chen Tou'er's sauce eggplant came out of the pot. At the same time, another chef has also cooked sorghum rice and millet rice. In addition to the sauce eggplant that Zhang Zuolin ordered, Lao Chen Tou also served some small cabbage, small radish, light green lettuce and tender green prickly cucumber, plus two plates of egg sauce and meat sauce, so that the upper errand quickly sent it to Zhang Zuolin.
As soon as these dishes were brought to the table, Zhang Zuolin said happily: "This meal is still delicious enough." The fifth wife served a bowl of water rice and handed it to Zhang Zuolin, who used chopsticks to dip the small cabbage in the sauce, and then took a few mouthfuls of sauce eggplant, a mouthful of rice, while eating and praising the old Chen Tou: "This craft is incomparable, it is really fragrant." ”
Zhang Zuolin ate three bowls of sorghum rice in a row, and after eating it, he instructed Old Chen Tou: "Do it tomorrow." After that, he also specifically instructed: "Tomorrow's meal will not have any other dishes, just a sauce eggplant." ”
In this way, after several meals of sauce eggplant and water, Zhang Zuolin's appetite finally recovered, and the whole shuai mansion was relieved. After many years, Park Toyota recalled that the incident is still fresh in his memory, he said: "It is really mountain treasures and seafood that are not worth a plate of sauce eggplant." ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="105" > Sun Chuanfang eat buns</h1>
In April 1926, Sun Chuanfang lived in Shenyang. Sun Chuanfang was also a great warlord, who had been the commander-in-chief of the joint army of the five provinces in Guannei, but because of the defeat in the Northern Expedition against Chiang Kai-shek, he turned to Zhang Zuolin, and his troops were also changed to Zhang Zuolin's "Fifth Front Army", and Sun became a member of the Fengzhi warlords.
In these days of living in Fengtian, Sun Chuanfang often came to the Marshal's Mansion or worked or chatted, and Zhang Zuolin often accompanied him. On this day, Zhang Zuolin was in a good mood and said to Sun Chuanfang and others who came to sit idly: "Today the big guys are all right, let's play cards, and we will accompany the Fengtian people." ”
When the adjutant heard Zhang Zuolin's arrangement, he hurried to make a phone call and asked someone to come to the Shuai Mansion to accompany Sun Chuanfang and Lu Yongxiang, the overseer of Shanghai, to play cards. Not long after, the eight mahjong card tables in the living room of the Marshal's Mansion were already set up. Subsequently, the Fengtian officials who came to accompany them also came one after another.
Zhang Zuolin raised his voice and said to everyone: "Today we will hold a 'card playing conference' to welcome Sun Dashuai and Lu Supervisor, and you will each find a partner, two guests, two accompanying guests, and I will accompany Sun Dashuai and Lu Supervisor. Before long, the sound of mahjong cards filled the large living room, and the eight card tables were filled with high-ranking officials playing mahjong.
After the first circle of mahjong, Zhang Zuolin whispered to the adjutant: Tell the kitchen to prepare snacks, if nothing else, you want buns.
The adjutant ran to the kitchen to convey the words of the marshal, and said that after four laps of playing, he would eat, and now the first lap had been completed. Zhao Lianbi, the head chef, frowned and asked, "How many people are eating?" ”
"I'm afraid there are forty or fifty people."
"How come there are so many people?"
"There are only 32 people playing cards, and there are some idle people watching the liveliness."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Lianbi said decisively: "Four laps can't be done, and it is barely possible to hit eight laps." You go back and talk to the marshal. ”
The adjutant hurriedly went back to tell Zhang Zuolin that when Zhang Zuolin heard Zhao Lianbi's opinion, he also felt that so many people were eating, and the four circles were indeed enough to choke. When he was hesitating, Wu Junsheng persuaded from the side: "Eat eight circles, anyway, we can't take it down." So Zhang Zuolin nodded and agreed.
The adjutant quickly ran to the kitchen and said, "Eight laps down to eat, the marshal agreed." Then he said a few words: "The marshal said, there are guests, and the stuffing can be mixed with bright spots." Zhao Lianbi said busily: "Rest assured, guaranteed to be delicious." ”
Interior view of the Grand Marshal's Mansion
After the adjutant left, Zhao Lianbi immediately arranged for several cooks to start the division of labor. One person kneaded the dough and swirled the dough, 40 pounds a pound, and two people cut sea cucumbers, mushrooms, and lean pork, each of which was cut into cubes, each for two pounds. Then call the "Dexinglong Vegetable Line", ask for three pounds of fresh shrimp and three pounds of small tender cucumbers, and send them as soon as possible. All this was done, and he took out some crab yellow from the "soil refrigerator".
According to Zhao Lianbi's orders, everyone was busy with their own lives. Zhao Lianbi said to the chefs while working: "This Sun Dashuai is also a well-known figure in the north and south, and the buns we made today must be eaten for a lifetime." ”
When the fillings such as diced cucumbers, sea cucumbers and mushrooms are ready, Zhao Lianbi personally adjusts the filling, and then adds sesame oil and MSG to taste. After the stuffing was mixed, he instructed him to prepare the large drawer, boil the water and prepare it, and then take Park Toyota and the other 4 people to start wrapping the buns.
While wrapping, Zhao Lianbi pointed out to the chefs: "The bun pleats must be pinched to look good, and today's bun must be delicious and good-looking. ”
Half an hour later, the buns were all wrapped. Zhao Lianbi asked people to see if the guests had already reached eight laps. Just wait for the guests to finish, the bun will be drawered. When waiting for mahjong, Park Toyota was not idle, he made a large pot of clear soup, put on the coriander, seaweed, pepper noodles, monosodium glutamate and sesame oil, steaming only to wait for the table.
Not much later, the difference notice: the bun can be drawered. The kitchen immediately began to boil the water, and soon the buns were steamed. Everyone opened the cage drawer to see, this bun is really not bad, white and fat, the pleats are evenly proportioned. Zhao Lianbi said happily, "This bun looks good." Then he bit open one and saw that the bun filling was yellow, black, red, and green, and the taste was also very fragrant.
When the bun was brought to the table, Zhang Zuolin was happy when he saw it: "Today this bun must be delicious." "The crowd ate and boasted that the buns were fresh and fragrant. Sun Chuanfang also ate with relish, praising while eating: "The chef of the Marshal's Mansion is really very clever, not only the buns are fresh, but even this soup is delicious from the north to the south." ”
Zhang Zuolin saw that the influential figure Sun Chuanfang was so happy to eat, and was in a good mood, laughing and introducing himself to the guests: "Chef Zhao Lianbi is from a serious hotel and has seen the world. He is skilled in frying, frying, cooking, frying, roasting, burning, stuffing, and everything. Is one bowl of soup enough for each of us? The crowd said it was enough. At this moment, the atmosphere in the Marshal's Mansion also became steaming, the guests were satisfied, and the host was also happy.
At this time, Zhao Lianbi appeared in the window of the restaurant cabinet, and as soon as the guests saw that the chef was coming, someone immediately asked him: "Master Zhao, what is this bun called?" How can it be so delicious? Zhao Lianbi replied, "This is called three fresh and five buns." The three fresh shrimp, sea cucumbers, mushrooms, the rest of the filling should be diced. The noodles are good, the noodles are large, the filling is full of spices, and this bun is delicious. ”
The guests were happy to eat, and several of the messengers rushed to the kitchen and asked, "Are there any buns?" They all say that today's bun is delicious, and we want to try it too. Zhao Lianbi smiled and said, "Can I not bring you a copy?" Saying that, he instructed Park Toyota to bring out the extra buns to a few of the upper officials and let the lieutenants eat enough.
Sun Chuanfang's eating buns made a deep impression on Park Toyota, and the praise of the guests on this day about the three fresh buns also made Zhang Zuolin very happy, feeling that the light on his face was greatly used, and the chef in the kitchen was also very happy this day, which was also an unforgettable memory for them. Sixty years later, Park Toyota is already a dying old man, and when he mentions this matter, his eyes still shine and he laughs. (End of Chubu)
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