What kind of food would you like to eat? The boss made it for you! Realize the dream of worry-solving house RebirthCafe&Restaurant

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Rebirth Cafe, hidden in the alleys of Wenzhou Street, once appeared in the movie "Liulong Cafe". The unique style impressed people who had been there. Kevin, who is both the boss and chef, personally buys food every day, with unique cuisine techniques, giving full play to the flavor of all ingredients, the utilization rate of ingredients is close to 100%, almost zero waste.

The chef Rebirth Cafe & Restaurant (Photography _ Lin Yijun) on the street of Wenzhou became the boss and had to pay back the money before he made any money.

The appearance of the store looks like a bar. When I walked into the store at six o'clock in the afternoon, I saw layers of bookshelves and old-fashioned electric toy machines lit up. The boss was writing today's menu on the blackboard wall with chalk. This is the most anticipated time of the day. "I got a lot of sweet potato leaves yesterday, but today I'm going to cook traditional pork. It tastes best." The boss casually said that after writing the price, he would go back to the kitchen to cook.

"in the past, I have cut sashimi, been to a hot fried restaurant, and worked in hotels and restaurants." Kevin, who has worked in a variety of restaurants since childhood, has long hair and wears a hat and ponytail at work. The faint tone can not tell the twists and turns of the store's past.

Rebirth Cafe in the alley of Wenzhou Street has entered its tenth year of operation. Four years ago, Kevin was originally just a cook. When the partner left, Kevin was left alone, and Rebirth moved to a new location. "so I became the boss. On the first day I moved to my new house, I was told that I was in debt of several million."

Rebirth Cafe and Restaurant owner Kevin (photography _ Lin Yijun) can not define the store, realize the dream of the house of everything

Searching for "Rebirth Cafe and Restaurant" on the Internet, you will see that it is classified as a coffee shop, but actually walking into the shop is very different from the impression of the coffee shop. The atmosphere in which visitors speak freely is like a bar; the dazzling books on the walls are very elegant from afar, but most of them are cartoons; and the woman reading books in the corner of the store is the resident tarot card diviner.

The store will hold photo exhibitions, small concerts and even barbecue parties from time to time, no matter how many times it is: is this a coffee shop, a restaurant or a bar? In response to this question, Kevin replied: "whatever you think it is, I didn't set it up, but I prefer to use the term 'room of everything' to describe the store."

Kevin's interpretation of the master room is: "a place that can tolerate and realize any idea or dream". As long as the person who comes to the store can come up with ideas and practices, he will have a chance to realize it here. For example, one of the words written on the wall, "the memory of daydream", is actually dreamed of by the guest. When he wakes up, he describes the food and taste, and soon after telling Kevin, it is realized on the menu.

The space in the store, the books on the shelf can be borrowed, and the bar on the right is responsible for preparing drinks (Photography _ Lin Yijun) the freshest food bought in person after closing in the early morning.

Rebirth opens from 2pm to 2am. After the store is empty at 2am, Kevin tidies up the store and prepares to go out to buy vegetables. "Wholesale markets all open in the early morning, so you can only find the freshest ones at this time!" When Kevin comes back from shopping with ice, he will have a rest, take stock of today's ingredients and menus at noon, and then go to the vegetable market to replenish stocks according to the situation.

"how can a chef who does not go to the market to buy vegetables give full play to the true flavor of the ingredients?" Kevin said solemnly that he would cut the fresh fish, remove the scales neatly, separate the flesh and bones, throw the bones into the soup pot, cut the fish into pieces during the cooking gap, and soak the sauce for pickling. In addition to buying vegetables in person, Kevin will also receive "gifts" from time to time. "sometimes he will receive vegetables from farm friends, or someone will come after a farmer's market rally with ingredients he has never seen before." Then made into cooking, have seen the most special ingredients are dragon fruit flower and snake melon, respectively made of fried dragon fruit flower, snake melon fried meat.

British roasted vegetables, using seasonal vegetables, rosemary grown in the store, rice using New Nantian Dong Mi (Photography _ Lin Yijun) to break the restrictions on the fixed menu, special products become the protagonist of the cuisine

After shopping every day, Kevin looked at the refrigerator ingredients planning for today's cuisine. "there used to be a fixed menu, but then everyone only ordered a blackboard menu, and gradually there were no fixed ingredients, and then there was no fixed menu." Only drinks are fixed on the blackboard, and other dishes disappear from the blackboard every few days.

"in the past, fixed menu ingredients were not easy to buy after the season, but now they are not restricted. I can just cook them with the ingredients of the season on the market, and they are the freshest and cheaper in the season." He now cooks whatever ingredients he buys, and even a special product that is disliked by others can become a delicacy on the table.

"No one likes these ugly fruits and vegetables. Vegetable vendors sometimes sell them cheaply, but they are actually very delicious." He took out a deformed bovine tomato, cut off the bruised part, cut the rest, beat it into mud and began to make a sauce. Strong aroma and slight acid can increase the freshness and flavor of the meat.

Change the menu at any time, and the ingredients of the season become inspiration.

Only certain ingredients in the store are fixed, such as rice, Xinnan Tian Dong Mi from Ilan, while others