Chapter 754 Phoenix Egg
If you were to ask the people here who knew Chef Arnold, who looked the most like he had seen a ghost when he saw him, it would definitely be Tao Shu.
There is nothing more desperate than being caught by your immediate boss when you are trying to capitalize on an enemy.
Wait, my immediate boss seems to be scheming as well.
Tao Shu was confused for a moment.
Compared to everyone who looked like they had seen a ghost, Chef Arnold acted very calmly. He locked eyes with Jiang Feng at first glance, with a serious face. It was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry. After all, Jiang Feng basically had this expression every time he saw Chef Arnold.
After locking Jiang Feng, Chef Arnold didn't look at anyone else. He walked to the two empty seats and slowly asked word by word in less standard but understandable Chinese: "Can I sit here?"< br>
"Of course, please take a seat." Zhou Shi didn't know Chef Arnold and responded quickly.
Chef Arnold sat down calmly, put his hands on the table, and didn't look at his phone or anything else. He just stared at Jiang Feng with piercing eyes.
Jiang Feng:...
Whoever I provoke offends me.
"I'm going to use the toilet." Jiang Feng chose to urinate.
After Jiang Feng left, Chef Arnold changed the object of observation to Lu Sheng and began to stare directly at Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng:......
"I'm going to use the toilet too." Lu Sheng suddenly felt that Urinary Escape was a really good thing.
After Lu Sheng also left, Chef Arnold changed the object of his gaze to Tao Shu. He looked at Tao Shu like a two-part war, almost wanting to leave first. But he didn't dare, so he could only sit in his seat obediently, trying his best to avoid Chef Arnold's sight, his whole body shaking like a sieve.
"Who is he?" Zhou Shi was a little confused. He really didn't recognize this bearded foreigner.
"I...my boss, no, no, I am his boss, no, no, boss, no, not the boss, I..." Tao Shu was so nervous that he couldn't even speak. Maybe in his heart, Chef Arnold is His boss, but Chef Arnold is not technically his boss. This caused a certain degree of confusion in his logic and mouth. The mouth was not controlled by the brain, and the brain didn't know what it should control.
Zhou Shi:? ? ?
"I just want to know who he is." Zhou Shi said helplessly.
"Chef Arnold, the chef of our restaurant." Tao Shu's thoughts finally returned to normal.
"Chef Arnold." Zhou Shi was a little surprised.
Although he is not in Peiping these days and does not know about the love-hate relationship between the top-floor restaurant and old restaurants like Peking in the past few months, Chef Arnold still knows.
After all, this name was the most insulted name in the WeChat group of Tai Feng Tower employees some time ago, and its appearance rate is extremely high.
"Why did he come here? I remember that your top-floor restaurant is not with other..." To be honest, Tao Shu covered his mouth before he could finish speaking.
Tao Shu glanced at Chef Arnold in panic, and found that Chef Arnold was still looking at him, and whispered: "He understands Chinese."
Zhou Shi shut up immediately.
Tao Shu has known that Chef Arnold is learning Chinese from a long time ago. Chef Arnold always holds a book like "Beginner's Chinese Vocabulary Book" and "How Foreigners Learn Chinese Quickly" which are not surprising at first sight. Books on learning Chinese well were hanging around in the kitchen, and it was difficult for them not to know.
But no one cared, because no one believed that Chef Arnold could read Chinese just by reading these shabby books, so he was looking down on Chinese.
It turns out that they underestimated Chef Arnold too much.
Not only did he read it, but he also understood it.
In the past, the Chinese assistant chefs in the top-floor restaurant often gathered together to quietly discuss or complain about foreign chefs, relying on the natural barrier of language. It was Roland before, and now it's Arnold. Because they feel that they don't understand Chinese, everyone's complaints are usually very unscrupulous, and they even dare to say it in front of their faces.
Until half a month ago, there was an assistant chef who was not afraid of death. In front of Chef Arnold and others, he said with certainty that Chef Arnold must have a mental illness. It is not normal for him to have such a violent temper and personality. people.
Then Chef Arnold asked him to truly feel whether he was a normal person or not.
The assistant chef was successfully fired after experiencing the situation.
Tao Shu felt that it was his turn.
On the other side, Jiang Feng and Lu Sheng met unexpectedly in the toilet.
Having said that, Jiang Feng remembered that the first time he met Lu Sheng was in the toilet of Yongheju. Maybe the two of them were born with the toilet of Yongheju.
"Why did Master Peng hire Chef Arnold?" Jiang Feng looked incredulous.
"I don't know either." Lu Sheng felt that this question had touched upon his knowledge blind spot, "I didn't expect that he would actually invite Chef Arnold, obviously we are..."
"Wait a minute, was there any conflict between Chef Arnold and Master Peng?" Lu Sheng suddenly reacted.
Jiang Feng tried his best to think back, but it seemed that there really wasn't.
A few years ago, when Master Peng was in the United States, he and Chef Arnold had always been in harmony with each other. Of course, this was mainly because Master Peng had not been a chef for many years, and the well water could not be drained out even if he wanted to. Chef Arnold also obeyed Peng Changping in the selection of celebrity chefs. He just simply refused to accept the second place and felt that he should be the second place.
During this time in China, although top-floor restaurants are making enemies everywhere and are arrogant, and even blatantly suppressed Tai Fung House some time ago, it really has nothing to do with Chef Arnold. He doesn't get involved in the business of Tai Fung House and Yonghe Residence at all, and it has nothing to do with him. He drinks tea and chats every day, mentors his disciples and grandchildren when he remembers, and walks around when he can't remember. He is no different from an ordinary retired old man.
Chef Arnold's attitude towards Peng Changping wasn't bad. Before when Peng Changping went to the top-floor restaurant for dinner, Chef Arnold even came out to introduce the details of the dishes, which confused Xu Chengdu. If Chef Arnold has a bad expression and a bad attitude, he treats everyone like this, and he doesn't specifically target anyone. He just specifically targeted Jiang Feng and Lu Sheng.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, Chef Arnold was not targeting anyone, he was targeting Jiang Feng.
Thinking of this, Jiang Feng didn't want to go back to the box and sit there.
But he couldn't stay in the toilet forever.
"How about... let's go to the kitchen and see if the food is ready?" Jiang Feng suggested. He is familiar with Yongheju's kitchen. He is as familiar with it as his own kitchen.
Lu Sheng:?
Although he didn't understand why Jiang Feng's mind jumped so fast, he also thought it was a good idea to go to the kitchen. He didn't want to stay in the toilet either. He almost wanted to sit in the office, drink tea and watch the surveillance.
"Let's go take a look and see if you can help with serving dishes or something." Lu Sheng nodded.
The two of them walked towards the kitchen on the first floor together. One was the boss and the other was a non-staff resident. The chef in the kitchen was not surprised to see them. Even though he was not wearing work uniform, he didn't think it was anything.
Peng Changping is in front of the stove.
It looks like he has been busy for a while, which shows that he really attaches great importance to this apprenticeship banquet.
Jiang Feng noticed that the things in the pot seemed familiar. From a distance, they looked like small dumplings.
Come closer.
Peng Changping just finished thickening the soup, took it out of the pot, and put it on the plate.
It was a familiar little dumpling, the one wrapped in egg liquid that Jiang Feng saw in his memory yesterday.
"Let's see if the braised shark's fin is ready. When it's ready, prepare to take it out of the pot and put it on the plate. This phoenix egg is behind the braised shark's fin, so be quick." Peng Changping put down the spatula and ended the battle.
Peng Changping turned around and found Jiang Feng and Lu Sheng coming. He looked at the time and found that it was already past 7 o'clock. He thought they were impatient and said with a smile: "There was a small problem with a few dishes just now, so it was delayed for about ten minutes. People should Everyone is here, ready to serve. I will go with you.”
"Master Peng, ah..." Just as Lu Sheng was about to ask Peng Changping whether Chef Arnold was hired by him, he was interrupted by Jiang Feng's urgent words.
"Master Peng, what's the name of this dish?" Jiang Feng stared at the dumplings coated in egg liquid just out of the pan, his eyes shining.
"It's called Phoenix Egg. Why, have you eaten it before?" Peng Changping asked with a smile.
Lu Sheng also noticed this dish and thought it was fresh: "Phoenix eggs, the name is quite interesting, but I don't think I have ever seen this dish before."
"Maybe the chef doesn't want to make it now because it's too troublesome. The ingredients used in this dish are not very expensive, so it can't be sold at a high price, but it's quite troublesome, especially the layer of egg liquid on top that's so difficult to coat." Difficult. I remember that when I was a child, the wealthy people in Peiping would always I want to eat this dish because the name sounds so auspicious. Speaking of which, your Taifeng Restaurant was the best at that time. Your great-grandfather's phoenix eggs are really phoenix eggs," Peng Changping said, realizing that Jiang Feng could tell. Are you interested in this dish? “Want to learn?”
Jiang Feng nodded wildly, not hiding it at all.
"I think it's easy to learn. Although this dish is troublesome and difficult, it's not that troublesome compared to other dishes. Your current level should be enough to get started. When you are free, come over and continue to learn Jiang's Ginseng Soup. I'll teach you this dish while I'm teaching you how to make ginseng soup. You should be able to make it in two or three months." Peng Changping is also very generous in teaching cooking.
"Thank you, Master Peng." Jiang Feng instantly forgot all about Chef Arnold.
Lu Sheng:? ? ?
Is our focus now on teaching and learning food? Isn't the point now that there is a Chef Arnold sitting in the box? Aren't any of you wondering what to do next when you have dinner with Chef Arnold?
Wait, this dish is really good, and the name is nice and sounds good. If it is on the menu, the sales will be very good.
"Master Peng, do you think there are chefs in the store who can learn this dish?" Lu Sheng asked.
"Learn?" Peng Changping glanced at his disciples with a half-smile, which made his disciples lower their heads in guilty conscience and avoid looking at him.
"Those who need to learn are still a little short of cooking. If you don't need to learn, you can ask them." Peng Changping knew that this dish is difficult and troublesome, and there is not a very big profit. It is normal that most chefs are not willing to make it. After all, Yongheju's chefs, especially those who learned Tan's cuisine from him, have no shortage of difficult dishes that can be sold at high prices.
But whether you are willing to do it or not is one thing, being able to pretend to be stupid or not is another thing entirely.
Lu Sheng was a professional boss after all, so he reacted quickly.
He wrote this down, but didn't say it clearly: "Since the dishes are almost ready, let's go back to the box first."
"Yes." Peng Changping nodded, followed Lu Sheng and Jiang Feng out, and left the kitchen.
I have been renting and looking at houses for the past two days, and there are a lot of things going on, so updates may be unstable and random.
(End of chapter)