Chapter 121: Let You Open a Food Shop, You Open for Business at Three in the Morning

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

No. 8 Courtyard, Yunding Huating Villa District.

Lu Feng reluctantly put down his mobile phone and stretched lazily on the soft large bed.

He looked at the clock on the wall; it was almost noon, time to prepare lunch.

Lu Feng got up to wash up in the bathroom, then took out the ingredients he had brought back from the shop yesterday from the refrigerator.

The villa's kitchen was much larger than his shop's kitchen; over the past few days Lu Feng had prepared all kinds of cookware and seasonings, and the spacious villa now had a touch of homey warmth.

Lu Feng stood at the cooking counter, holding the beef brisket he had just taken out of the refrigerator, planning to make himself a bowl of Braised Beef Noodles for lunch today.

For Braised Beef Noodles, beef brisket or shank is usually chosen; these cuts have firm meat, suitable for long stewing, resulting in tender meat and thick soup.

Lu Feng preferred a texture of fat and lean mixed together, so he chose beef brisket as the ingredient for the Braised Beef Noodles.

He put the beef brisket under the faucet and simply rinsed it with clean water.

Afterwards Lu Feng took a large Stainless Steel Bowl, put the beef brisket into it, and drew half a bowl of clean water to soak it.

This step was to soak out the excess blood in the beef brisket; otherwise the cooked soup would have a faint fishy smell, affecting the taste of the beef noodles.

When the beef brisket in the bowl had faded slightly in color, Lu Feng gently lifted it to look, feeling it had soaked enough.

Afterwards he put the beef brisket on the Chopping Board and cut it into chunks about four centimeters with the Knife.

Lu Feng turned on the Gas Stove, added some clean water to the pot, put the cut beef chunks into the pot with cold water, then added cooking wine and several slices of cut ginger, turning on High Heat to begin boiling.

As the water in the pot slowly boiled, the beef chunks tumbled continuously in the hot water; blood and impurities from the meat were slowly forced out, and a layer of foam rose on the water surface.

Lu Feng stood by the pot, holding a ladle in his hand, occasionally skimming the foam in the pot clean.

After boiling for about Ten Minutes, no more foam was produced in the beef in the pot.

Lu Feng reached out to turn off the stove fire, quickly scooped out the beef, and washed the remaining impurities and blood foam on the surface clean with warm water.

After processing the beef, Lu Feng took out a seasoning box from the Food Ingredient Box he had brought from the shop; inside were placed star anise, cassia bark, grass fruit, bay leaves, and various spices—these were indispensable seasoning elements for stewing beef.

He soaked the spices in hot water for a while, simply processed them, and put them into a Bowl on one side for standby.

After the spices were processed, next Lu Feng began to prepare to caramelize sugar for the beef.

Lu Feng took a wok, poured in an appropriate amount of oil, turned the Gas Stove to low heat; after the oil temperature gradually rose, he poured the prepared rock sugar into it.

He held the Spatula and gently stirred in the wok; the rock sugar gradually began to melt.

First it turned into transparent syrup, then gradually turned amber; as the color deepened, fine small bubbles began to rise in the wok, and a faint burnt-sweet fragrance began to drift in the air.

Lu Feng quickly poured the beef chunks into the wok, turned up the fire a bit, and began to stir-fry quickly.

The instant the beef entered the wok, a sizzling sound rose in the wok; a white steam wrapped in Meat Fragrance began to rise.

With continuous stir-frying, the originally somewhat whitened meat chunks in the wok were evenly coated with an enticing reddish-brown color; the surface of the beef was slightly charred, and the fat inside gradually melted, slowly seeping out beef oil.

Lu Feng stir-fried the beef chunks in the wok with one hand while adding a Spoon of cooking wine into the wok with the other; after stir-frying until the alcohol completely evaporated, he added ginger slices, scallion sections, and the processed spices into the wok in sequence.

The spices in the wok, after being heated, began to emit their own unique Aromas; after mixing with the Meat Fragrance, they merged in the air, and the kitchen instantly became filled with fragrance.

Lu Feng drizzled a circle of light soy sauce along the edge of the wok; the wok made a sizzling sound; then he added half a Spoon of dark soy sauce into the wok to simply color it.

After stir-frying a few more times, Lu Feng added enough hot water to the wok, just enough to cover the beef in the wok.

After a short while, the hot water in the wok boiled; he took the pot lid to cover it, turned to low heat to begin slow stewing.

The essence of Braised Beef Noodles lies in the beef being tender and flavorful; slow stewing over low heat allows the beef to fully absorb the taste of the soup.

While waiting for the beef to stew, Lu Feng began to prepare the noodles and other side dishes.

The noodles were likewise hand-pulled noodles; this step was already very familiar to Lu Feng.

When the noodles were cooked, he scooped them out and rinsed them with cool water; this way the noodles would be more chewy when eaten.

At this time the beef in the wok was also stewed almost done; Lu Feng lifted the pot lid, and a strong Aroma instantly rushed to his nose.

Smelling the enticing Fragrance, Lu Feng couldn't help but pick up Chopsticks, picked up a piece of beef, blew on it twice, put it into his Mouth to Taste.

The beef was stewed soft, glutinous, and delicious; the taste was rich and fresh.

Lu Feng nodded Satisfiedly; this topping for the Braised Beef Noodles was made very successfully.

He Impatiently scooped out the noodles that had been rinsed with cool water, put them into a large Bowl, poured over the stewed beef and Soup/Juice, then placed several pieces of green vegetables blanched with boiling water, sprinkled with scallion flowers and cilantro; a bowl of Braised Beef Noodles with an Aroma that rushed to the nose was thus completed.

After being Busy for half a day, Lu Feng could finally slowly enjoy this bowl of Braised Beef Noodles filled with Aroma.

He held the Bowl to the dining room, walked to the dining table and Sat Down, stirred a few times in the Bowl with Chopsticks, lifted the Bowl and first Drank a mouthful of soup.

The rich and delicious beef soup slowly slid down his throat into his stomach; instantly his mouth was full of an unforgettable taste.

The Soup/Juice taste was rich, yet would not make people feel greasy at all.

The tastes of various spices and the Meat Fragrance of the beef intertwined and lingered in the mouth, perfectly Merged together, making one's appetite greatly open.

Lu Feng picked up Chopsticks, picked up a mouthful of noodles, lightly sucked; the noodles wrapped in Soup/Juice slid into his mouth.

Taking a bite, the chewy and smooth texture of the hand-pulled noodles and the rich Soup/Juice merged in the mouth, producing an indescribable deliciousness.

The texture of hand-pulled noodles could not be compared at all with machine-made noodles; the distinct noodles hung with rich Soup/Juice; the moment the teeth bit down, the sauce fragrance and Meat Fragrance, carrying Wheat Fragrance, bloomed on the tip of the tongue; with continuous chewing, a faint, hardly perceptible sweetness also seeped out.

Lu Feng enjoyedly narrowed his eyes; after swallowing the noodles, he picked up another piece of beef.

The beef was cut by him into neat squares; after being picked up by Chopsticks, it trembled slightly.

The sauce-red meat chunks were wrapped in rich Soup/Juice; with a slight force of the Chopsticks, the Meat Juice inside and the sauce seeped out.

The beef in the mouth was tender and moderate; almost melted in the mouth; with a light bite of the teeth, the rich sauce burst out from the beef.

The meat tendons on the meat chunks had just the right elasticity, further enriching the Texture, making one unable to stop eating.

Lu Feng ate the noodles in big mouthfuls; in the somewhat empty villa echoed his somewhat absorbed noodle-eating sounds.

Very quickly, a bowl of noodles went down his stomach, the bowl clean and spotless, not a single drop of soup left.

Lu Feng set down the bowl, let out a beef-flavored satisfied burp, and licked his lips with a look of still wanting more.

He sat in the chair contentedly rubbing his stomach, only feeling his whole body incomparably comfortable.

This bowl of Braised Beef Noodles, whether Ingredient, heat control, or seasoning, could already be called perfect.

This is the real Braised Beef Noodles, not something that Kangshifu's few packets of sauce mixed flavor can Compare to.

Lu Feng Decided, today's business New Flavor would be this Braised Beef Noodles.

However, to make Braised Beef Noodles, the soup base stewing needs to Spend quite a lot of time.

Lu Feng thought for a bit, anyway the Afternoon had no other matters, the Ingredients he brought back from the Shop were still Many Times, in the Afternoon he could stew the beef brisket and soup base well in the Villa.

Wait until the Afternoon arrived at the Shop, just need to Prepare the noodles and it would be done.

Lu Feng rested on the chair for a while, then Thin Can the bowls and chopsticks, and then began to Busy in the Villa.

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Noon, Hong'an Restaurant Door.

Li Hong'an's car slowly stopped in the Parking Lot in front of the Restaurant.

All along the way he was Imagining, the Restaurant's future business booming scene, humming a little tune full of spring breeze he got out of the car.