364 Selection (1/2)

”My bamboo rats are cooked ala Cantonese. Would you guys be alright with that?” When Boss Shao heard the request for four servings of bamboo rats, he agreed to it without a word.

Those who opened restaurants were not afraid of gluttons, much less doctors whom they were familiar with.

For Boss Shao, instead of saying that only two plates of bamboo rats were available per table because he had limited stock, it would be better to say that it was a marketing strategy, just like how housing agents would say that a person was only limited to buy three apartments.

Zuo Cidian patted his belly and said with the tone of a regular customer, ”Whatever you cook is delicious, we'll be good with anything that comes out of your pot.”

”Alright, then.” Boss Shao chuckled and said, ”Do you want the lean piece or fat piece? Whichever you choose will be one serving. The ones with lean meat will be three pounds, and the ones with fat meat will be four pounds.”

”Are they freshly killed?” Zuo Cidian's eyes lit up again.

Boss Shao smiled and said, ”That's for sure.”

Zuo Cidian gave him a thumbs up and said, ”Then two fat and two lean rats, pick as you see fit.”

”Then, two of them will weigh three pounds, and the other two will weigh four pounds?” Boss Shao confirmed the quantity.

Lu Wenbin coughed and said, ”You can't judge whether the rat has fat and lean meat by just looking at the weight. Some bamboo rats may weigh two or three pounds, but if it is less active, its meat will be fat. Some bamboo rats may weigh four to five pounds, but it exercises every day, so it would have more muscle, and it would have more lean meat.”

”You have a point, Doctor Lu.” Boss Shao waved his hand. ”Why don't you guys pick the rats in person? Whichever you choose, I will kill them.”

”I won't be able to bear with it.” Lu Wenbin waved his hand and said, ”However, as far as my experience is concerned, the bamboo rat will look like a pork trotter once it's roasted, right? If that's the case, we should the type that's fat, but not those who are sedentary, right? It should be the kind that has a layer of fat with lean meat, and it has an equal distribution of fat...”

Boss Shao laughed after listening to him. ”Grilling bamboo rats will be more similar to roasting suckling pigs. They are all roasted until their skin is crispy and oily...”

”You'll have to roast it until you get rid of the oil inside, and only then will it be fragrant, but when it is eaten, you can taste the collagen and also enjoy the elasticity.” Lu Wenbin interrupted Boss Shao's words in an instant and came up with a set of techniques on how he should cook bamboo rats.

As the saying went, ”When one method was proven to work, it can be applied in other situations as well.” Lu Wenbin had to deal with thousands of pork trotters in a week, and he single-handedly provided for a thousand medical staff and tens of thousands of patients and their family members in a hospital with a high patient flow rate. If they were in the premodern age, an ordinary capital city would not even have as great a population flow rate and consumption capacity as Yun Hua Hospital. In other words, if one were to put a pork trotter cook like Lu Wenbin in the premodern age, he would also have the ability to be famous in a city.

Therefore, although Lu Wenbin had never grilled bamboo rats, he could mention a few methods to cook it.

Boss Shao could not help but nod, and he began thinking about his words. ”What you've said is quite theoretical.”

”Isn't it?” Lu Wenbin laughed smugly and asked, ”How do you cook it?”

”Ours is simple. The bamboo rat that has been killed is salted slightly, and the skewer will be inserted. It is then grilled over a charcoal fire. Once the cold inside is forced out and the entire rat is hot, we apply a layer of oil over it and apply the barbecue sauce I made on it.” When Boss Shao said this, he confidently raised his head, ”I have been barbecuing meat for 20 years. I don't dare to say about other things, but this barbeque technique has never failed me before at all. Do you know why I serve bamboo rats in the restaurant?”

”Because it makes money?” Lu Wenbin looked at the decorations in the store. The decorations and kitchen utensils in Shao family's restaurant alone were already comparable to the prince for his BMW.

Boss Shao was rendered speechless. He sighed and said, ”There are other businesses that can make money. I cook bamboo rats because they are...”

”They can be sold at a greater profit margin!” Ma Yanlin deliberately fought for the chance to answer, earning a few chuckles from his girlfriend.

”Because bamboo rats will allow you to taste the taste of roasted meat the best!” Boss Shao sighed with a tired heart. ”Who is going to choose the bamboo rat with me?”

”I'm coming.”

”Me too!”

Yu Yuan and Guan Fei shouted together.

Ma Yanlin's girlfriend, Wei Man, stood silently and looked at Yu Yuan and Guan Fei's heads. There was a hint of playfulness and profundity in her eyes. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.

Yu Yuan and Guan Fei felt pressured. They stood up, refusing to admit defeat.

Wei Man's gaze was on Guan Fei's face while she continued to stare at the top of Yu Yuan's head.

…..

If they moved a few feet away from the scullery, they would reach the two old bungalows Boss Shao rented that he used to temporarily rear the bamboo rats. A colony of gray bamboo rats was isolated outside, and they were to be selected for cooking today.

”It's so cute and hairy. It's a little adorable, the limbs are so short...”

”This is a bamboo rat?”