Section 324 Cold Food Vegetables
The store is surrounded by shelves on all sides of the wall, and in the middle is a large glass lattice table with lids, filled with various goods in each lattice.
Ceramic tiles are rarely used in the floor and walls here. It is probably because they have just been cleaned when the door is opened. The floor and walls are clean and shiny, and even the glass is spotless.
Due to packaging materials, most of the light industrial products and food in the Senate adopt a large-package disassembled and scattered sales model, which is easy to be contaminated in terminal channels. Therefore, cleaning and hygiene have always been highly valued.
Chu Ha and Park Ji-hyun both came from Jeju Island. They were used to the style of Jongyi Trading Company and did not think anything was strange. However, the local customers in the store felt a little amazed - after all, the cleanliness brought by this tiles was very difficult to have in the 17th century.
Chu He looked at the products in this glass grid - this branch not only has a larger area than the Jeju branch, but also has a much higher product type and grade, which is probably the difference in market consumption capacity.
Unlike Zichengji, the former sells food and daily necessities that are positioned as high-end people, with high premiums and exquisite packaging; most of the goods sold by Zhongyi Trading Company are aimed at the middle and lower levels, not only with a wide variety, but also with relatively affordable prices.
The reason why it is said to be "relative" is that the goods here are still unaffordable for the real local people at the bottom of the country or can only be consumed occasionally.
It would be great if we could get more affordable and affordable products from Nanyang, Chu He thought.
Unlike the cool and popular outside, some customers inside are rushing around and selecting goods. You can also hear laughter and collisions between dishes and dishes upstairs, and it seems that there are still many customers.
It seems that the senate's business and goods are still very attractive. Chu He was a little calmer - as long as the senate is still a golden sign, it will naturally attract enough investors.
Almost all the clerks in the store are women - in the field of commercial retail, the employment principle of the senate enterprises is to use women as long as they are competent. Zhongyi Trading Company is no exception. They wear white brown lace tops, black trousers, short brown aprons, and brown headscarves, which are exactly the same as the branch offices in Jeju Island. The only difference is that they speak Cantonese rather than "Newspeech".
Looking at the female clerks greeting customers, recommending products, weighing and packaging... Chu He suddenly remembered something and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Pu, how did they know that I am an elder?"
Park Ji-hyun posted: "You always open your mouth and just look at it casually - it's not uncommon to say new words, but this 'just look at it casually' is the wording of the leader."
"There is still this?" Chu He felt very novel.
"That's right." Park Ji-hyun nodded, "Although the leader and our naturalized people both speak new words, the difference is quite big. First, the leader's new words are accurate, and second, the words and sentences are also different from ours."
"So that's how it is." Chu He nodded repeatedly.
"Actually, there are also, for example, when the elders walk, men like to walk with their hands behind their backs and take steps in all directions; women basically take big steps and hold their heads up..." Pu Zhixian imitated the elders' walking posture, "There is also the expression, I can't learn this expression. Poor people are evasive, while rich people are arrogant, and the expressions and eyes of the leaders are very different..." As he said that, he also imitated.
Chu He was laughing endlessly, thinking that this summary was really good! He suddenly thought of Xiao Pu's sister, who was also so cunning, smart, lively and interesting, was the most favored one among his secretary of life.
"You really have it." Chu He joked, "I think you should be an actor in the drama troupe."
"How can this work? Then there is no one to serve you? Besides, my sister is not at ease if I am not by your side..."
"I didn't expect you to have a heavy responsibility." Chu He joked. His originally worried mood was relieved, but he suddenly felt hungry - probably because of the dazzling array of food that aroused his appetite. Seeing the billboard of "cold food vegetables" hanging at the stairs on the first floor to attract business - although it was not a photo, the patterns drawn by the skilled painter were still very attractive. He swallowed without hesitation.
"Let's go upstairs to eat something."
"Chief, there will be a dinner party tonight..."
"You're just talking nonsense! You stand by and watch later!" After that, he lifted his feet and headed upstairs.
When you go upstairs, you will be the "Food Department" of the trading company. The Food Department of the Zhongyi Trading Company is also facing the middle and lower classes of people, and belongs to the category of "fast food" and "snacks".
The furnishings of the catering department are completely in the style of a fast food restaurant, with small tables for two or four people, and the size of the chairs is also very small to maximize the use of the space. Large menus are posted on the walls, all with illustrations and price tags, so that customers can see it at a glance when they come in.
Chu Ha took Park Ji-hyun to the cashier counter and asked for a basic "cold food and cold noodles".
"Do you want to add meat?" asked the cashier.
"No……"
Park Ji-hyun couldn't help but say, "Chief, it's still winter..."
"What do you know? Cold noodles are only satisfying to eat in winter." Chu He said, "Do you want to eat? If you don't eat, just stand aside."
Park Ji-hyun had no choice but to do anything: "I want a bowl too."
The two chose a table to sit down, and Chu He browsed the menu on the wall. In addition to cold noodles, there were hot noodles, stone pot bibimbap, cold-shi pancakes, seaweed fish and meat rice dumplings, and cold-shi fried rice cakes... On another counter, there were more than a dozen large porcelain jars with glass lids, which contained a wide variety of "cold-shi dish mixing": mixing platycodon, mixing dried tofu, mixing sea rabbits, mixing assorted, mixing konjac...
In fact, the dishes sold by the catering department of Zhongyi Trading Company are mostly "Korean cuisine" from the old time and space. Although the Lee Dynasty in this plane also has some high-end banquet dishes popular in the palace and two classes, it has not yet developed a familiar flavor to everyone in the old time and space - just say that the representative Korean kimchi is, because the pepper has not yet been introduced to the peninsula, and it is not the kind of taste familiar to the veterans.
Chu He knew that the dishes here were basically all out of Dr. Zhong. Zhong Lishi was good at making Korean-style foods from the old time and space, and he also had some taste preferences - after all, his hometown was in Jilin. It was under his guidance that the veterans tasted the cold noodles that they often ate in the old time and space, such as cakes, spicy fried rice cakes, spicy cabbage, and mixed vegetables...
However, the elders could not admit that these things came from the old time and space, so the foods that did not exist in this original plane were called "Australian Cold Food". The "Korean Cuisine" in the original plane was called "Cold Food Vegetable" in Lingao. It was similar to the fried chicken burger in Lingao called "Kaifeng Cuisine".
After a while, the waiter brought two bowls of "cold food and cold noodles" to the table. The noodles were all filled with a big sea bowl, with a layer of kimchi on it. Chu He took a sip of the soup, which was cool, but the taste was fresh and fragrant - probably made of beef, and after entering the stomach, it was a little cool and refreshing. Then he ate another piece of kimchi, which was spicy and crispy, sour and sweet, and had a fruity aroma; the cold noodles slipped into his stomach before they could be chewed carefully.
"This is a good thing!" Chu Ha praised. Looking at Park Ji-hyun opposite him, he was also snoring and laughing.
Chu He experienced the process of Dr. Zhong’s “inventing” and “cold food and cold noodles” throughout the process. After the occupation of Jeju Island, he took advantage of the opportunity to build a new observatory to set up the site in Jeju. In his opinion, Jeju has superior agricultural and animal husbandry conditions. It is a good place for Zhongyi Trading Company, which mainly produces and sells non-staple foods.
So by the way to build the observatory, Dr. Zhong built a trading company in Jeju. The trading company was personally organized from design to decoration by Dr. Zhong, which made Chu He, who was in Jeju at that time, quite incomprehensible: Why is this doctor who is not very close to anything, so keen on this?
Before the trading company was completed, Dr. Zhong got into the kitchen where the Jeju camp went to Jeju and began to develop "cold food vegetables".
As a veteran stationed in Jeju, Chu He is another "idle" and is the first to taste the "cold food and cold noodles" that Dr. Zhong "invented".
I have to say that the cold noodles of Zhongji are better than all the cold noodles he had eaten in the old time and space, completely subverting his impression of cold noodles of North Korea.
Curiously, he suggested that he wanted to see the production process of North Korean cold noodles. Dr. Zhong happily agreed and not only took him to the kitchen to watch, but also explained to him personally:
"A bowl of cold noodles seems simple, but in fact, there are many ingredients and it is very exquisite to make. The authentic cold noodles are pressed in a fresh press. After pressing, they are put into a pot and cooked immediately. After cooking, they are served in a bowl with ice chips. The cold noodles are cold on the outside but warm inside, soft and tough, and will not form a ball for an hour. Its main ingredient is soba noodles, which is smooth and vigorous and chewy. The disadvantage is that the taste is rough. The store's method is to mix some white noodles. The white noodles are now 'precious ingredients', and it can't afford it if you add them. Fortunately, Jeju is the most suitable for growing potatoes, and it is the same if you mix potato flour." Dr. Zhong pointed to the noodle press machine transported from Linggao and talked, "This soup base is also exquisite, and it is generally used to use beef soup - in fact, it is more delicious with dog soup - first
Wash the large piece of beef and put it in the pot. Add enough water at a time, boil it on high heat and skim off the foam, add soy sauce and salt, and simmer for three or four hours. Then put the green onion and carrots in a gauze bag, tie it tightly, put it into the beef soup, and stew it for a while. Finally, remove the beef and gauze bag together to cool. Slice the beef and cut the carrots into strips; the beef soup should be precipitated and removed, and then use seasonings to taste and set aside. As for the toppings, Korean kimchi is essential, as well as apples, pears, watermelon slices or other seasonal vegetables. Gently use yellow and white egg shreds as a top, sprinkle with chili powder, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, and finally sprinkle with cooked sesame seeds, which will become a bowl of authentic Korean cold noodles.”
Chu He thought he had no wonder he wanted to go to Jeju Island to develop this "cold food dish". Except for Jeju Island, where can there be a stable supply of beef in other places!
Chapter completed!