Chapter 665 Swallow-winged Mat
Because he had to stay in Yonghe Residence to have dinner, Jiang Feng simply skipped lunch as well. Compared with the staff meals in Tai Feng Building, which are comparable to a buffet for less than 100 yuan, the staff meals in Yongheju are relatively simple and normal. Except that there is no cook lady, there is no difference between eating in the student cafeteria.
There are meat and vegetables, the craftsmanship is average, there are more vegetarian dishes, less meat and more oil.
The staff meals at Tai Feng House are arranged by all the cooks taking turns, while the staff meals at Yongheju are always prepared by the chef with the lowest seniority, such as the young man who often mistakenly calls Master Jiang Feng's uncle and does not deserve his name.
Today's staff meal was cooked by him. There were only five dishes in total, and Jiang Feng tasted them all. After tasting it, Jiang Feng realized deeply that this young man was the lowest in seniority, and there was a reason why he was generally not allowed to touch the stove - his craftsmanship was really not good.
"Master... Jiang Feng, when do you think I can become a real stove cook like you?" the junior guy asked, holding a plate.
"Sit down first, you're almost spilling your beans on me." Jiang Feng pointed to the seat opposite him and motioned for the junior guy to sit down.
Because of the poor quality of employee meals, bosses like Peng Changping and Lu Sheng usually eat out by themselves. Some chefs who are relatively well-off will also eat in small shops nearby. Only young men who are short of money and those who want to Only poor employees who are frugal to support their families eat in the store.
"How many years have you been studying?" Jiang Feng asked.
Although he stayed in Yonghe Residence longer than Tai Feng House during this period, he was always busy making soup and seldom communicated with others. Apart from roughly knowing the names of the people in the kitchen and who had a higher seniority, I don't know anything about other situations.
"Almost four years." The young man said.
"Then it's still early for you." Jiang Feng said, "I started learning cooking from my grandfather when I was less than five years old, and I couldn't cook until I was in junior high school. You are only a few years old."
Yongheju's model of recruiting disciples still continues the most traditional one. When a disciple is accepted, unless he is particularly talented, he must first practice basic skills for ten years. Even though times are changing, and the cooks have gone from being illiterate to having received nine years of compulsory education. They are not only literate but also know Newton's second law and chemical equations. Yongheju's method of recruiting apprentices has not changed.
This has also resulted in Yongheju having received almost no apprentices in recent years, which is a bit worse than Zhiweiju in the south - Zhiweiju has at least relaxed its requirements, but Yongheju has refused to let go at all.
"Hey." The young man sighed, sighing for his slim future of not knowing when he would be able to become a real chef.
Jiang Feng also sighed, sighing for today's unsatisfactory lunch.
Because the young man has the lowest seniority in Yonghe, his senior brothers and sisters have richer wallets than him, and they are young and enjoy life. Except for lunch at the end of the month, he rarely eats in the store. Because of the age gap, it is difficult for him to talk to his uncle and uncle. Normally, the young man doesn't have any food companions when he eats. Today, he caught Jiang Feng, whom he didn't know very well but was at least his age. Naturally, he wanted to seize the opportunity to say all the things he couldn't say during meals.
Jiang Feng was sitting opposite him, eating and listening to what he said. He didn't know when, but Jiang Feng discovered that he was very popular in this area. There were always people he didn't know very well who were willing to talk to him about things that were not very important. words. It was the same when I went to a teahouse with Zheng Siyuan before. Zheng Siyuan didn't pick on other people's faults in pastries, but only pointed them at him.
Maybe this is the affinity that comes from a great boss.
After listening to the other party and talking a lot, Jiang Feng suddenly realized that he actually had something to ask him, and asked: "By the way, have you seen other chefs cooking Tan's cuisine for banquets in Yongheju for so many years? ”
The Tan Family Cuisine Banquet in Yongheju has always been a very mysterious thing. Everyone knows that Yongheju has something, but few people have seen it. Legend has it that Yongheju only cooks it a few times a year, but most people don't even know when and for whom it was made. After all, ordinary diners can't see Yongheju's Tan family cuisine recipe.
Ever since he got acquainted with Lu Sheng, Jiang Feng had always wanted to ask him why he made the Tan family's cooking banquet so mysterious. It wasn't because the chef was away and couldn't cook it, so why did he hide the delicious dishes?
It's a pity that Jiang Feng never found a chance to ask.
"I've seen it before. Last year our store made two tables. It was a family banquet for the 90th birthday of an old diner in our store. When he went out for a party, I even came to help with my uncle, uncle, uncle, and the others!" The young man said with a look on his face. pride.
"You went too?" Jiang Feng was shocked.
"Of course!" The young man was very proud, "I wash all the dishes!"
Jiang Feng:...
I really don’t understand you Yongheju chefs very well.
"What are they all about?" Jiang Feng asked curiously, but after saying it, he felt it was inappropriate, "If you can't say it, don't say it."
"There is nothing that I can't say. Others may not be able to say it. You have learned cooking from Grand Master and you can definitely say it. If you ask me, Grand Master will definitely accept you as his disciple in the future. Maybe I will call you my uncle, my master." "I haven't even learned cooking from my great master." The young man said, "Let me think about it. In fact, there are not many big dishes. The main reason is that those dishes are too troublesome. There are too many dishes for my great uncle and great uncle to cook. "
The young man fell into deep thought. After a long time, he stumbled like a junior high school student memorizing text and said: "I remember serving tea and dried fruits first. The tea was Boss Lu's tea. The dried fruits were brought by my master from the store. I haven't eaten them. I don't know. Is it delicious? ”
"Then a few side dishes were served. My senior brother said they were dishes to go with wine. There were about six or seven dishes, served on small plates. I remember there were spiced fish, duck liver, drunken peanuts, sausages, elbow croquettes, and a few more. Not clear.”
Jiang Feng nodded. It was quite rich to have so many side dishes to go with the wine.
"There is also wine. The wine is also brought from the store. Uncle Shi said that the most important thing in this banquet is wine. You can't buy it from outside and you have to make it by them."
"I remember that the first dish was braised shark's fin. My master said that the order of serving other dishes can be changed, but the first dish must be shark's fin, the second dish must be braised abalone, the third dish is steamed chicken with straw mushrooms, and the fourth dish must be braised abalone. The first course is Tremella fuciformis stewed with vegetables. I remember the fifth course well. Like fish, the sixth course is scallops and crispy duck, the seventh course is sweet soup, and finally there are two stacks of dim sum. Originally, we should have made the dim sum ourselves, but there was really no manpower, so the host bought the dim sum himself. ”
"It's quite rich." Jiang Feng sighed. Shark's fin, abalone, chicken, duck and fish were all included in a banquet dish. This configuration can be said to be quite...
Wait, we have chicken, duck, fish, shark's fin and abalone, but what about sea cucumbers and bird's nests?
"Why are there no sea cucumbers and bird's nests?" Jiang Feng asked.
This question involves the young man's blind spot in knowledge. His biggest contribution during the entire banquet was washing vegetables, so he really couldn't answer this question.
The young man shook his head in confusion.
What Jiang Feng didn't expect was that he had just asked about the configuration of the Tan family's banquet at noon, and saw it in the afternoon.
After Peng Changping and Lu Sheng went out to eat, they brought Xu Cheng back. Not only did Boss Xu come, he also brought a bunch of ingredients, all of which were needed for dinner.
These ingredients require Xu Cheng to escort them personally, which proves their preciousness and rarity.
Of course, it's possible that Xu Cheng, like Jiang Feng, simply wanted to find a reason to stay in a hotel in Yongheju.
Jiang Feng went to look at the ingredients.
Chicken, duck, fish, various vegetables, sea cucumber, shark's fin, abalone and bird's nest are all available.
Jiang Feng:?
Is Peng Changping a superman? Or maybe he is the legendary Captain America. If a prime chef uses all these ingredients to prepare a banquet, he may die suddenly from exhaustion, let alone a super-old player like him.
"Master Peng, are you sure you will need so many ingredients for today's dinner?" Jiang Feng looked in disbelief.
"These are the ingredients for Yanqi Banquet." Peng Changping said with a smile, "Six dishes to go with the wine, nine hot dishes, one beet, four dried fruits, four fresh fruits, and one cup of Tieguanyin per person. It cannot be changed or changed."
Lu Sheng and Peng Changping's several disciples lowered their heads silently, their eyes becoming a little wandering.
"Are you too busy to come here?" Jiang Feng soul asked.
"Of course I'm busy enough." Peng Changping walked to the ingredients and took inventory. "The chickens, ducks and fish will be processed first. The time for soaking the shark's fins is not enough. Are the scallops and ham ready? This basin is made of alkaline water. Well, how can you use alkali water to make agar-agar thicken? Soak in warm water to maintain the original flavor. Have you forgotten this? How did you make agarwood these years? How is the chicken soup in the morning? Chen...forget it, you go and take care of the duck, Jiang Feng, you go and watch. Chicken soup.”
Except for Peng Changping, who seemed a little unhappy because of the alkaline water, his tone was gentle at other times, and he arranged tasks for everyone in an orderly manner, basically ensuring that everyone had something to do and everyone could work overtime.
The last few chefs from the Tan family who were not assigned jobs were the young man who had dinner with Jiang Feng at noon and the other two who were the lowest and least skilled.
"Master, I'll wash the vegetables!" Although the young man was not assigned a job, he could create a job. After saying this, he ran away holding a basin filled with vegetables that had obviously been washed on one side.
Jiang Feng:...
To be honest, I really don’t understand you Yongheju chefs very well. (End of chapter)