At half past eight o'clock in the morning of July 24, the reporter walked into the "Happy Restaurant" in Tailinle Block, Zhongtai Street, and heard the sound of "tuk tuk" chopping vegetables from the back kitchen.
"Did you start preparing lunch so early?" Hearing the reporter's inquiry, Hu Shujian, the chef who was preparing the dishes, nodded with a smile and said, "The old man has lunch early, and we will make all the dishes before 10 o'clock." ”
At this time, today's dishes at the "Happy Restaurant" have been basically washed and cut, and pork, dried plum vegetables, 1000 buns, pumpkin, radish, zucchini and other ingredients are placed on the stove. Put the "Qianzhang Bao" neatly in the pot, add water and seasonings to steam, and the white water vapor will rise quickly; Blanch the pork to be used in the "plum cabbage button pork" and fry the blanched pork again, and the aroma immediately wafts out...... Operating three stoves at the same time, Hu Shujian is methodical, "Like plum cabbage button meat and braised pork, we will put it in the steamer and steam it again after firing, the taste is softer and rotten, not greasy, suitable for the elderly." ”
The rice cooking aunt who was washing rice next to her also echoed: "Add a little more water when steaming rice, and the rice will be softer." ”
"Our weekly 'happiness recipe' is formulated in advance on Saturday of the previous week, with four meat and four vegetables every day, and the dishes are mainly steamed and cooked as much as possible, and popular dishes are arranged several times, such as steamed eggs with meatloaf, braised pork, stir-fried winter melon, etc." Jia Zhangting, a staff member of the "Happy Restaurant" in Tailinle Block, said that there are currently more than 90 elderly people who come to the "Happy Restaurant" to eat every day.