Recently, a group of photographers in the rural areas of western Henan Province to shoot folk customs, passing through a small village to hear the drum music noisy, singing continuously, unusually lively, into the village found that the whole village is to a centenarian birthday ceremony, the pit yard on one side is the ceremony site, on the other side is the place of eating joy, so lively and noisy place, we saw in the shade of the side of the electric car actually lying on a middle-aged man is sleeping, feel a little strange, then took this photo, perhaps the camera shutter sound alarmed him, The middle-aged man opened his eyes and looked at us embarrassedly, saying that he was the chef today, he had been working for several days in a row, too tired, busy and leisurely to take a break, so we opened the topic.
The middle-aged man looks very straightforward, he is not at all informal about our several cameras, stood up and began to introduce us, his surname is Huang, is the Yellow River opposite Pinglu County, Shanxi Province, perennial running in the countryside on both sides of the Yellow River, doing red and white happy events one-stop catering services have been 12 years, in Shaanzhou District Zhangbei Town has a fixed façade, his team is called Golden Sun a dragon, the team has a total of more than 60 members, can serve 5 at the same time, in jinyu on both sides of the Yellow River rural business is hot, almost perennial, non-stop Every day is busy without time for rest.
Master Huang said that the daily work is full of queues, sometimes they are heavy together, fortunately, the team has many people, although the scale of today's centenarian life banquet is not large, but he attaches great importance to it, filial piety to the elderly is the top priority for a family, so he can't take care of fatigue, personally led the team at 5 o'clock in the morning to rush over, went all out to run this birthday banquet, has been busy for most of the day, basically arranged the food of the birthday banquet. Today is in accordance with the standard of 268 yuan to serve, there are 8 cold 10 hot 18 dishes, in the local countryside is a medium standard, in advance and the main family has discussed they are very satisfied.
Chef Huang's small team brought today has a total of 7 people, both the chef and the waiter are good in the team, 2 chefs each, 3 waiters, including his brother and his daughter-in-law. At 11:30 the old man's birthday ceremony ended, followed by the birthday feast began, relatives and friends sat at a full 25 tables, Master Huang began to direct the cold dishes, the 8 cold dishes that had been prepared were beef, belly silk, ear silk, fungus, rotten bamboo, milk melon, cold skin and peanut rice, 3 waitresses served plate by plate.
Master Huang said that the folk customs and habits on both sides of the Yellow River in Jinyu are basically the same, the eating habits are almost the same, and even the language is exactly the same, so he is quite skilled in serving in the rural areas of Shaanzhou, it can be said that he is a rural baby who grew up on the bank of the Yellow River, he understands the difficulties of the peasants the most, has a deep understanding of the amount of food and clothing that rural people often say, how much ability each family has to do, and now the rural one-stop is the contractor package, according to the table, from 238 yuan, 268 yuan.338 yuan.368 yuan to 488 yuan range, each family must discuss and communicate with the main family, and make a satisfactory meal for the owner.
After the birthday feast began, Master Huang ran forward and ran, while directly participating in the service, he would help the waiter serve dishes and replace the chef's work, he said that everyone was very hard, the handle would be easier, he began to learn to cook from the age of 16, in this catering industry for more than 20 years, he opened a restaurant and then embarked on this one-stop service road, the reason why he can do business in the countryside on both sides of the Yellow River in Jinyu, there are mainly 2 points, one is that the quality of the meal is good, the price is cheap and the taste is good, The other is that the service is good, always from the perspective of the owner to consider, so his business has been hot, in addition to paying 60 people's wages, his annual income is more than 400,000 yuan.
Master Huang said that the one-stop service is actually a mobile restaurant, saving the owner a lot of trouble, from the use of the kitchen shed, tables and chairs, meals, tobacco and alcohol and even auxiliary supplies, are readily available, the owner only needs to make requirements, the rest are handed over to him to serve, there is nothing that can not be done only unexpected. Hot dishes are known as big dishes in the local countryside, and the first one is a large plate of potato goulash, which has a beautiful color and flavor, and has won everyone's applause.
Master Huang's team's master dish is the sweet and sour Yellow River carp, he said that this is his family heirloom signature dish, is the generations of generations of exclusive secret food, as long as there is a banquet almost everyone will choose it, everyone is tireless, of course, his feast is also the first choice of dishes, the big carp raised in the Yellow River to people on both sides of the strait to bring the same taste enjoyment. Sweet and sour carp in the early stage of the same, to go through 2 times of frying, this link on the oil temperature control to be just right, otherwise it will not be fried out of the brownish color, the most important thing is the sour sweet and delicious powder preparation, this with sugar and ketchup has a certain proportion, is the key to the taste, the two processes need to be very careful, in order to make the outside of the caramel tender, the taste of sweet and sour sweet and sour fish, neither can be all sweet and sour taste, but also can eat the deliciousness of the fish.
The 10 hot dishes are, potato goulash, braised pork ribs, sweet and sour carp, large plate of chicken, kelp button meat, dried fried prawns, fish eggplant, noodles fried green peppers, sour and spicy belly soup and sweet dates. The locals' custom at eating a feast is to taste a cold plate first, followed by a hot dish. The cold plate on the table is placed around, the center sets aside the position of hot dishes, hot dishes are eaten one after another, orderly, we see Master Huang's big dishes, each one is very large, he said that farmers serve farmers pay attention to the truth.
The food collected by the cigarette is very colorful and fragrant, the villagers eat very happily, almost every table is a disc at the end, of course, this is also the thing that the owner and Master Huang are most happy to see, Master Huang is a person with a heart, after serving the dish, he also has to find several people of different ages to seek everyone's opinions, so that everyone can make suggestions on the taste of his meals. The picture shows him asking for an old grandmother's feelings about the meal, listening to the grandmother's praise, master Huang kept thanking the old man for his encouragement and praise.
Busy for more than 7 hours, Master Huang's small team of 7 people completed today's service, Master Huang said that he would rush to another village to serve in the afternoon, too busy to rest, after cleaning up they can eat, very hard. The photographer deliberately left them a group photo, a joke, so that 7 people smiled and smiled, it seems that at this moment they are the happiest time. It is behind this smiling face that hides how many unknown hardships, they rush on both sides of the Yellow River to serve countless families, bringing pleasure and enjoyment to countless people, and also using their own hard work to create wealth. 【If you want to see more stories of the people, please click to pay attention】