Chapter 108 Luxury ingredients
Some people may say that if you have money these days, you are afraid that you won’t get the ingredients you need? To some extent, this is actually true. If it is just some expensive ingredients, then there is naturally no problem. Anyway, Ning Zhiyuan has money now.
But the problem is that during the time period where the main plane is, many ingredients are no longer available for purchase with money, but are hard to come by. For example, the menu provided by the special chef from China requires a yellow lip croaker and a big yellow lip.
Many people may not be very familiar with this fish, but there are definitely many people who know about the fish. Among the seafood, there are abalone, ginseng, wings, and belly, which is known as the four delicacies. Among them, the belly refers to the yellow-lipped fish's belly, which is the fat.
This thing is not only a national second-class protected animal, but also is on the verge of extinction due to human hunting. Not to mention the ones required by the special chef, the big yellow lip croaker that must weigh more than 80 kilograms is difficult to encounter even ordinary small yellow lip croaker.
But the chef not only wanted more than one, but the most exaggerated thing was that the whole yellow-lipped croaker only used the most essence of the fish belly as raw material. As for the meat on the fish, it was completely discarded, which was really a luxury.
However, no wonder, according to the chef, the taste and taste of this yellow veal veal is far less good than that of the big yellow veal in terms of meat. It can be said that the reason why it is so expensive is entirely because of the fish belly in the body. Without this, the fish is really just ordinary.
But that's it. According to Ning Zhiyuan's results from his tablet computer through the Internet query, the unit price of an 80-kilogram yellow-lipped croaker per catty has reached 20,000 yuan, which means that a fish costs more than 3 million yuan.
The list requires at least three fish belly in the body of a yellow-lipped fish of this size to make a dish, which means that the price of this dish is as high as tens of millions in terms of ingredients alone, which is not considered the labor costs of a special chef.
Therefore, compared with yellow lip croaker, the other ingredients required on the menu, such as wild abalone that must come from the deep sea, must be of sufficient length and weight, and even the most advanced Tianjiu Fingers seem a bit invisible.
In addition, this special chef also specifically asked two jars of Shaoxing rice wine as the longer the year, as the better, and some mountain delicacies as his ingredients. Even if Ning Zhiyuan doesn't know anything, he knows that all the ingredients on the list must be prepared.
It's too early to say whether it's delicious or not, but in terms of price alone, this meal is precisely a sky-high price. Even rich people rarely dare to eat this way.
Not to mention, it is not only the Chinese special chefs who can see that this dinner is testable, so it is not just that this list of ingredients just now that many rich people are dumbfounded, but Japanese chefs who are specializing in Japanese cooking are not inferior.
Not to mention the Japanese beef, which is very well-known all over the world, there are also wild bluefin tunas that have been listed as extremely dangerous for the World Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. And not only should this fish be big enough, but it is also best to be alive.
This kind of wild bluefin tuna with a length of more than two meters and a weight of at least 300 kilograms can also be seen from the news searched on the Internet. In terms of price, it will be several million or more. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is less.
That's not all. In addition to this wild bluefin tuna, the famous Japanese chef also asked Ning Zhiyuan to provide a batch of abalone and a batch of abalone native to Japan. And unlike the fresh abalone requested by the Chinese special chef before, the Japanese chef asked for dry abalone.
But what made Ning Zhiyuan speechless was that the dried abalone variety required on this list was nothing, whether it was net abalone, Jipin abalone or Hema bread, as long as you have money, you are not afraid of not being able to buy it. But the problem is that the list actually requires two abalones to appear.
Since getting money, although Ning Zhiyuan has not shown too much luxury in the main plane, in the world of "King of War", he has enjoyed many of the best foods that were originally only visible on the Internet and on TV.
After a long time, Ning Zhiyuan naturally understood some of these things. Just compare this dried abalone. One abalone, two abalone, and three abalone are actually a unit. How many abalones are enough for a Sima jin (about 600 grams) to make it the number of abalones.
For example, the two-end dried abalone that a Japanese chef wants means that the two abalones must weigh 600 grams together, which means that only about 300 grams per single one. The smaller the number of abalone, the price will increase in geometric multiples.
In the current time period of the main plane, not to mention the two abalone, even twenty abalone, or dry abalone with only about 30 grams, can already be used in some very decent large mats. People like ten abalone are not affordable to ordinary people.
In the industry, there is a saying that "it is hard to buy two abalone with money". It naturally means that there is a price but no market, and no matter how rich you are, you can't buy it. As for abalone, sorry, it has only existed in legends since the 1960s.
Nowadays, many restaurants use the signs of abalone and abalone at both ends, which actually refer to fresh abalone. However, the weight of dried abalone is generally only one-tenth of that of fresh abalone. In other words, after drying abalone, one end of fresh abalone becomes ten abalone.
Not to mention, mainland China is accustomed to using market kilograms as a unit. In this way, even the same ten-headed abalone weighs one fifth less than the real ten-headed abalone, and the weight of this part is enough for abalone to grow for several years.
However, what surprised Ning Zhiyuan was that although abalone is good in Japan, in terms of cooking methods, Chinese cuisine will not lose to Japanese cuisine, but why did that super chef not have this requirement?
As soon as I asked, I realized that the special chef was not good at cooking abalone. The reason why he wanted deep-sea fresh abalone was that he planned to make it by himself and make ingredients for another specialty dish. However, the Japanese chef happened to be good at this, so he made the same request.
As for the French chefs and several other chefs, they also provided their own list of ingredients. What made Ning Zhiyuan secretly relieved was that although these lists were basically expensive, they were all "ordinary" products that could be bought with money.
Unfortunately, even the wild yellow-lipped croaker and bluefin tuna can still use the diving equipment obtained from the world of "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobra" to find ways to catch and watch in the deep-sea areas of other planes, but the net abalone at both ends cannot be done.
However, all these big words have been said, and if you can't do it at this time, you will definitely not look good on your face. Not to mention, it is indeed a pity that you can't give this kind of good thing to your parents to taste, so Ning Zhiyuan can only find another way to do it.
After lunch, Ning Zhiyuan had a good time in the resort area on his island, and unexpectedly reported that the female staff on the island were all very young and beautiful. After asking, he realized that this was Davis' credit.
It is said that this kind of resort is indispensable for some special services. Therefore, several activities similar to large-scale job fairs were held, and a group of handsome men and beautiful women were specially hired for tourists who come to enjoy the "enthusiastic" service here.
Especially in the private casinos on the island, they provide projects that can make you enjoy various pleasures and passions. In this regard, Ning Zhiyuan’s only requirement is that drugs are not allowed to appear, and nothing else matters.
As for security, in addition to the professional security company Davis found from formal channels, he also recommended several veterans to come and Huang Xin to establish a security company.
He is specifically responsible for patrol and security work in Paradise Island Resort. Due to the name of a legitimate security company and the Caribbean Sea, there is a relatively distinctive profession, pirates, so the personnel in the company are equipped with corresponding weapons and equipment.
However, Ning Zhiyuan did not intend to defend the safety of the island by relying on these people. Even if the secret base on the island is still in construction, if there is only a problem, Ning Zhiyuan can gather tens of thousands of intelligent robots at any time and anywhere.
In addition, in the world of "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobra", a base dedicated to the production of various armed vehicles and weapons is more than enough to defend the security of Paradise Island as long as it is not a catastrophic war such as nuclear strikes.
Not to mention pirates, even regular troops have to pay a heavy price. Not to mention an island, although it did cost a lot of money, it was not important to Ning Zhiyuan at all, and he would throw it away.
Of course, Ning Zhiyuan never felt that others could take advantage of him just because he had money. Therefore, even if he had to give up this island, it would teach the invaders, as well as the forces or countries behind him a very painful lesson.
Fortunately, from the time travel ability to now, Ning Zhiyuan is still low-key in the main plane. Except for the unknown origin of the funds in his hands, he has not shown anything that is worthy of attention from those major forces.
As for buying an island and then developing it into a tourist resort, although it is a huge investment in the eyes of the people, for those real rich people, it is just a pastime project due to their interest.
After dinner in the evening, Ning Zhiyuan, who contacted his family, and then experienced the band's performance and the girls' passionate and seductive dances in the bar in the resort. He played until midnight before returning to the villa.
Chapter completed!