Chapter 233: Carved Yam
In the next few hours, the staff in the kitchen experienced all the ups and downs.
Jiang Feng's next dish is shredded yam. The new employees in the kitchen have not yet experienced Jiang Feng's excellent cooking skills after cheating, and they are still doubtful about the newly cooked shredded yam.
After eating the pickled vegetable dumplings, he couldn't stop burping and drank two large glasses of water before he could suppress it. Zhang Weiyu, who was now unable to walk, had courage and a spirit of experimentation, but his stomach really didn't allow it.
He would soon learn what he was missing.
Jiang Jiankang took advantage of everyone's hesitation and picked up a large piece with his quick eyes and hands.
After finishing the meal calmly, he said, "Why don't you come and try it? The flavor of the yam will change when it gets cold."
After saying that, he picked up another piece.
Sang Ming hesitated for a moment, feeling that Jiang Feng was both a small boss and his interviewer. He had a keen eye for talent and recognized his talent in mahjong arrangement, and he was kind to him in recruiting him.
He gritted his teeth and took a piece.
The freshly cut yam was no longer hot to the mouth after being dipped in cold water, but the yam inside the sugar layer was still scalding hot when bitten into it. Sang Ming inhaled and bit into half of the piece.
This taste!
Sang Ming was stunned.
He has never tasted such delicious shredded yam!
Sang Ming had no education. He went to a rubbish high school and never scored above 300 points in the monthly exams. In the college entrance examination, he exceeded his standard and advanced to the 300 mark, but it was of no use. He was still more than 100 points away from the undergraduate level.
The tuition for junior college costs tens of thousands a year. He also has a younger sister who has good grades and is about to enter high school. He can't waste the money at home and has to leave the money for his sister to go to college. Instead of wasting money to go to a useless junior college. The school might as well go with fellow villagers Beipiao to see if they can make a difference.
He has no special skills. He is occasionally praised for his quick hands and feet. Other than that, he is very good at playing mahjong. This is famous throughout the country. Now no one wants to play mahjong with him during the New Year. He came to apply for the job of a Dutch chef because he heard that a Dutch chef is a handyman. He felt that they are all handymen anyway. If he pays 7,500 for a month with food and accommodation, he would definitely choose the former. There are some people he doesn’t know from his fellow villagers. It only costs RMB 500 a month to rent a shared basement.
If he could save 6,500 a month, that would be 78,000 a year. The boss said he would get three times his salary during holidays and a year-end bonus at the end of the year. He might be able to gradually increase his salary later, so he could save at least 80,000 to 90,000 a year. Probably more.
With so much money, he could send his sister to a high school in the city. His sister is a good student and cannot live in a high school in the town like him. In the future, she will get into a good university, find a decent job, and marry into a good family.
His sister is not like him. She is not smart, not very good at work, and she is not good-looking. As the saying goes, ugly people should study more. His sister didn't have any merits, she had a flat nose, dark skin, pimples on her face all the time, and she couldn't play mahjong well. If she didn't study, she really wouldn't be able to get married.
Sang Ming was thinking a lot and drank a piece of yam.
He thought again of the girl in the next class in high school, the math teacher's daughter. She was good-looking, with white skin and big eyes. She was the opposite extreme of his sister.
If his sister could grow up like that, she wouldn't need to study. As long as she was lucky enough to meet a blind person, she might be able to marry into a good family.
Going off topic again, Sang Ming was so worried about his sister that he could think of his sister no matter what he thought about.
The girl in the next class was really good-looking and good at math. Sang Ming had a crush on her at first. Unfortunately, although Sang Ming was good at mahjong and card counting, he was terrible at math. He was unlucky and could only guess single digits. After graduating from high school, the girl in the next class went to the provincial capital to study at university, and Sang Ming came to Beiping. They had been secretly in love for two years without even speaking to each other.
Speaking of which, although his sister can't play mahjong or even count cards, she is really good at math and gets full marks in every exam.
Wait, why did he think of his sister again? His sister called him two days ago and told him that she ranked first in grade in the final exam. He impulsively sent her a red envelope worth fifteen yuan.
Alas, his day's meal money was cheated away by his sister again.
"Sang Ming, Sang Ming, what are you thinking about? I've called you several times and you haven't heard me. Is the shredded yam delicious?" Consultant Han Yi asked.
"Ah, it tastes delicious, no, I mean delicious, really delicious!" Sang Ming said.
Seeing this, the others stretched out their chopsticks, all intoxicated by the sweetness of the shredded dog food.
It was the two men who finally set the price for the food tasting. The main reason for letting other chefs participate was to let them know the strength of each stove chef, and also to let each stove chef have a little confidence in his own level.
For example, Zhou Shi felt that although he was a younger brother, he was at least better than Jiang Feng. After Jiang Feng finished making the yam, he deeply realized that he was a younger brother.
After tasting the shredded yam, all the staff in the kitchen looked at Jiang Feng with admiration.
Jiang Feng was unfazed and started making Li Hongzhang's chowder.
Li Hongzhang's chowder is a big dish, and the steps are relatively complicated. Correspondingly, if it is really on the menu, the price will be relatively expensive. Ji Xue is still concentrating on her Watan Huadiao Chicken, and the two old men are also looking forward to it. If Ji Xue can maintain her level in the competition, Tai Feng Lou will be able to kill one in Beiping City with just this dish. Bloody road.
The two old men knew Jiang Feng's level well, and the only thing they were prepared to try personally was this Li Hongzhang chowder.
"When did Xiao Feng learn this dish?" Jiang Weiguo couldn't figure out who taught Jiang Feng this dish.
Neither he nor Jiang Weiming knew how to cook this famous dish in Chinatown, and where did Jiang Feng learn it from?
"I remember that he has been tinkering with some messy things in the kitchen in the past few months. He probably figured it out by looking at recipes on the Internet." Jiang Weiming guessed.
In the past few months, Jiang Feng has been thinking about Li Hongzhang's chowder, Yun chicken and soup. In the eyes of outsiders, he is really messing around.
Zhou Shi was basically cold, and he had three dishes in a row. He didn't deserve to have a name among the special dishes. In addition to Shandong cuisine, Zhang Guanghang also has several standard French dishes. If you change the name of the plate, it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity from the Chinese food, such as the spinach pile with French sauce. If you change the name, call it Hongyun Dangtou Dabo Lai or just call it spinach pile. Not many people would recognize this as French food.
There is also French rosemary grilled lamb chops. If you remove the French style, 80% of the guests will simply think that this is grilled lamb chops.
Adding the word "French" can double the price.
Sun Jikai was better than Zhou Shi. His steamed Eastern Star Spot was knocked out. This dish had no merit except the high price. The crispy roasted suckling pig was also knocked out. He was not skilled enough to cook such a big dish. But the crispy roasted suckling pig gave Jiang Weiming some inspiration. After all, Shandong cuisine is the originator of roasted whole pigs. One of the eight delicacies of the Zhou Dynasty was roasted whole pigs. Later, there were countless evolutions of the method. Jiang Weiming would Quite a few.
It's perfect to use this hard dish as a dinner dish on the opening day.
Zhou Shi had already cooled down and switched to another cook on the stove. Ji Xue's Watan Huadiao Chicken was still waiting for a while, and Jiang Feng's Li Hongzhang chowder was almost out of the pot. It was already time to put it on the plate and put it in the steamer for steaming.
"Sang Ming, Han Yigu, Ouyang, Luo Yu, Yin Xuan, come over and see how I arrange the dishes." Jiang Feng called.
If his Li Hongzhang chowder could score 100 points, 30 points would be the additional points brought by the presentation, which shows the impact of excellent presentation on this dish.
Seeing the movements of Jiang Feng's hands, Sang Ming had a hint of realization.
"This is how to place a cake! It's still three-dimensional." Sang Ming sighed.
The rest:? ? ?
Jiang Feng:? ? ?
Jiang Feng stopped moving his hands and took a closer look.
When Sang Ming said this, it seemed a bit like it.
Even though he was greatly shocked in his heart, Jiang Feng did not show it on his face, and continued with his hand movements, saying: "Just add it layer by layer, then pour the chopped ingredients and original soup on top, and just steam it. ”
Although you can only cook it once a day if you have the buff, it would be a waste to cook this kind of delicious dish once a day. It must be more expensive and cooked more times. It is best for other stove chefs to learn to mass-produce it.
Ten minutes later, Li Hongzhang's chowder was served. (End of chapter)