Chapter 358: Let You Open a Food Shop, You Open for Business at Three in the Morning

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Afterwards, the shop will feed according to the diners' requirements.

Since the money was paid in advance, the duck's feed naturally improved, and when taken out of the pen, the ducks were fed to be fat and large.

Back then, supplies were relatively scarce, and people rarely got to eat meat.

It was precisely because of this that greasy things like roast duck naturally made people eat with endless aftertaste.

People back then not only did not find it greasy, on the contrary, the greasier it was, the more fragrant they felt while eating.

But now it's different; as people's material lives get better and better, they have more chances to eat meat usually.

Moreover, the concept of healthy eating is gradually taking root, and everyone tends more toward low-fat, low-oil, nutritionally balanced food.

Therefore, to cater to the current diners' tastes, Lu Feng added fresh green plums into the roast duck's belly.

The green plums were bought from the System Mall, plump and full, with emerald green peels.

If such green plums were eaten directly, the sourness would be greater than the sweetness.

However, after being stuffed into the roast duck's belly, as the temperature rises, the fruit acid inside the green plums will slowly seep into the duck meat, just right to neutralize the greasiness of the roast duck.

However, the time the green plums spend in the duck's belly must be precisely controlled.

If the roasting time is too short, the fruit acid cannot fully integrate into the duck meat.

Roasting for too long is also not okay.

Then the green plums will be roasted rotten by the high temperature, making the duck meat taste bitter and astringent, instead ruining the texture.

So Lu Feng specially set an alarm clock, to take it out just right when the duck is roasted halfway.

This timing is just right; the duck skin has set, the duck meat still maintains its tenderness, and the fruit acid of the green plums has just seeped out.

This time the green plums inside the duck's belly need to be taken out; taking them out directly by hand won't do.

Although the roast duck has only been roasted for half the time, the temperature inside the duck's belly at this time is also not something an ordinary person can bear.

Lu Feng took out a specially made ceramic spoon from the roast duck dedicated tools.

The spoon handle is about twenty centimeters long, just right to reach deep into the duck's belly.

The spoon head is about the same as a soup spoon usually used for drinking soup, with edges polished round and smooth, so as to avoid scratching the tender inner wall of the duck's belly.

He carefully prevented being scalded on one hand, and quickly took out the green plums inside the duck's belly on the other.

Very soon, the green plums inside were all smoothly taken out.

The taken-out green plums; except for the skin slightly wrinkling due to heat, every one looked intact.

After taking out the green plums, Lu Feng took out a specially made ceramic scissors from the tools again, and swiftly snipped off the duck's wing tips and feet.

These two parts have thin meat and little fat; if roasting continues, they easily get burnt, and eating them will have a bitter taste.

Afterwards, Lu Feng brought the braised sauce prepared in advance, and slowly poured it in through the small opening of the duck's belly using a funnel.

After pouring the braised sauce, he used a tail needle to seal the opening of the duck's belly again, and used a brush to brush a layer of oil on the surface of the roast duck.

After doing all this, Lu Feng put on heat-resistant gloves again, hung the roast duck back into the roast oven, carefully adjusted the angle of the hook, ensuring the duck can be heated evenly.

After closing the roast oven again, Lu Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, just need to continue roasting for a while, letting the braised sauce fully seep into the duck meat, roasting the duck skin until crispy, and this roast duck can be considered a great success.

The roast duck inside the roast oven, its surface has already begun to show an enticing reddish-brown color.

Under high-temperature roasting, the fat under the skin slowly melts, sizzling and oozing oil on the surface of the duck skin.

A rich aroma overflows from the oven mouth, filling the entire kitchen.

The fragrance passes through the empty hall, along the shop's open shop door, and slowly spreads on Food Street.

At this time, the queue outside Lu Feng's shop had just formed not long ago.

Those diners at the front of the queue soon noticed the enticing fragrance drifting out from inside the shop.

"Looks like Xiao Lu has come out with a new dish again; this smell is really fragrant!"

Qin Ye sniffed in the air, his originally casual expression instantly becoming focused.

Liu Zhen Guo, standing behind Qin Ye, moved forward, took a deep breath, and echoed: "Indeed it's the smell of a new dish; this smell has never been smelled in his shop before."

Xiao Feilong in the queue subconsciously wiped the corner of his mouth, afraid the saliva in his mouth would drip out, his chubby face full of anticipation: "Wait and see; looks like there's new meat dishes to eat again today!"

"It might not be meat dishes."

Gu Manman standing beside Xiao Feilong said with arms crossed: "I hope Boss Lu can make some light and fresh dishes, like Ice Sugar Snow Pear Tremella Soup or something."

Her words had just fallen when a rough voice came from the front: "What are you guessing wildly? This smell is obviously roast duck; how could it be that soup you mentioned!"

The speaker was Zhu Chang; as a veteran foodie, he guessed it right away as soon as he smelled the aroma.

Gu Manman, hearing this, rolled her eyes at Zhu Chang and immediately retorted: "Of course I know! I'm just daydreaming, whether Boss Lu will come out with other flavors of new dishes in the future!"

"What dishes Boss Lu makes in the future, can you imagine that?"

Zhu Chang rolled his eyes back at Gu Manman unwilling to be outdone, speaking with a somewhat disdainful tone.

Nowadays these old customers are already familiar with each other.

Such bickering on ordinary days happens frequently among them.

But it's all in a joking tone; no one really takes it to heart.

Xiao Feilong's stomach disobediently gurgled once.

He swallowed his saliva, looking worriedly toward the direction of the shop door: "Speaking of which, this smell is so fragrant, do you think Boss Lu can't help but secretly eat alone inside?"

He recalled that two weeks ago, before business hours, he glanced into the shop once.

As a result, he saw Lu Feng inside eating Crab Roe Fried Noodles, making him swallow his saliva uncontrollably.

"Damn it, don't say it out loud!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Chang's face revealed a pained expression; he couldn't help but poke his head into the Shop: "Now that you put it that way, I can't control the urge to rush in!"

"Damn it, why isn't it one o'clock yet? Time is passing too slowly!"

Gu Manman took out her Mobile Phone and took One Glance, couldn't help but stamp her foot, her Tone full of resentment.

"Sigh, young people nowadays are really restless, not a bit of patience."

Liu Zhen Guo behind Grandpa Qin listened to their complaints and said a sentence with a straight face.

"Old Liu, when you say this, can you not push me forward?"

Grandpa Qin stumbled forward a step, turned his head with a speechless expression to look at Liu Zhen Guo: "Looking at you, you're even more anxious than those few; you almost pushed me onto the person in front! Why don't you stand in front of me instead!"

"Cough cough, who pushed you? I was also squeezed by the back!"

Liu Zhen Guo's old face reddened, his gaze a bit unnatural; he hurriedly Turned Head to look at Xu Shao Ying behind him: "Old Xu, stop pushing me! Stand there properly; you're already of such an age, why are you still squeezing back and forth like a child?"