MTL - Food: How Did I Become a Chef When I Set Up a Stall?

Today’s celebrity chef: Jiang Feng

Today’s special dishes: Double crispy fried in oil (afternoon), Nine-turn large intestine (evening)

Jiang Feng will definitely show off his cooking skills when he returns to his Shandong restaurant.

 He is very serious about the dishes from the eight major cuisines, which is also a test of a chef's cooking skills.

 It happens to be the weekend, which is a good time to go out and find restaurants for dinner. People came after hearing the news, and the restaurant was packed as soon as it opened, and there was a queue that lasted until the evening.

 “Is Jiang Yuetai so popular today?”

“Hi! Who says it’s not the case? I heard that Chef Jiang is back, so don’t wait in line to try it!”

“Who is Chef Jiang? His background is really unfathomable!”

 “It doesn’t matter so much, just make the food delicious!”

Jiang Yuetai is in the downtown area. When people in the surrounding shops see the grand scene of Jiang Yuetai, they can't help but chat a few words.

 Can't compare, not at all.

Jiang Yuetai is now the number one restaurant in the region and the most popular Shandong cuisine restaurant in the city.

All the authentic Shandong cuisine chefs go to him. Each dish he makes is more delicious than the last, and it is normal for it to explode.

 At this moment, Jiang Feng was already busy in the kitchen.

Oil-fried Double Crisp is a dish that really tests your knife skills and heat. Making one depends on luck, but making a hundred of them is pure strength.

 Shandong cuisine plays an important role among the eight major cuisines and involves many techniques.

 For example, turning the spoon covers all the possibilities of turning the spoon during Chinese meals.

For example, frying sugar and drawing sugar, Shandong cuisine’s five-step process of honey juice, hanging frost, glass, drawing, and frying sugar color is the ultimate use of sugar.

Another example is deboning a whole chicken, hand-pulling live sea cucumbers, etc., which are also unique skills of Shandong cuisine.

 When making Shandong cuisine, it is very difficult to master one skill, let alone master them all.

 Dan Jiang Feng is such a person.

The dishes I’m currently making cover almost all the techniques of Shandong cuisine, and you can’t fault them all.

 The chefs in the back kitchen looked towards Jiang Feng from time to time.

 The same goes for newly hired chefs.

Several apprentices were chatting away while they were free.

"The boss is really strong. I heard from Brother Hu that it is very difficult to make fried double crisp. It is usually made for the distinguished guests in the private rooms. Very few people can make it for the ordinary guests in the lobby. The boss plans to make hundreds of copies. !”

“This craft is no longer of ordinary interest, it has reached its peak.”

“I also heard that people from the Shandong Cuisine Association came here to invite him and wanted to give him a position in the Shandong Cuisine Association.”

“To be honest, I think the boss looks down on the association’s reputation.”

While the apprentices were chatting, they saw Zhang Hu inspecting the kitchen. They hurriedly dispersed and went to work.

It is indeed as they said, people from the Shandong Cuisine Association came specifically to find Guo Jiangfeng.

Jiang Feng doesn't care about the name of the association. It doesn't matter if it has one or not.

Considering that there must be something like seniority in the association, Jiang Feng refused.

 After all, he has to cook dishes from other cuisines, so it’s hard to say when the time comes.

It would not be good if several associations rob people.

 In the lobby of Jiang Yuetai, customers are placing orders one after another.

Soon, the fried and crispy dishes were served to the guests.

This dish is a signature dish in Shandong. It is a must-try for New Year’s Eve dinner and has a high status.

 So, when people eat, they can also taste whether it is good or bad.

 A regular customer eagerly picked up a piece of pork belly cut into flowers and put it in his mouth.

 In an instant, a fresh and tender feeling spreads across the tip of the tongue, giving it the feeling of a first kiss.

 “Smooth and tender” is also a major feature of Shandong cuisine.

For example, there is a Shandong dish called "Xi Shi tongue in clear soup", which means that the white stuff in the soup feels smooth and soft when held in the mouth, hence the name.

 The double crispy fried in oil is not only smooth and tender, but also crispy.

 You can feel the crispness when you chew it, and coupled with the delicious and rich soup, your mouth will be soft after eating it.

 Even crispier than crispy horns!

 “It’s really not bad! The fried double-crispy fried rice they make is delicious!”

 “How about saying he is a chef!”

 “It has to be him, this trip is not in vain!”

“Shandong cuisine is the authentic one in this restaurant. The boss can cook all kinds of dishes, but how can he be a good cook? So when opening a restaurant, it also depends on what kind of boss he is!”

 The guests were very satisfied.

 Especially those who book private rooms every day.

 Such people are often relatively wealthy, pursue both health and taste, and are very picky about what they eat.

 They need to find a high-end restaurant to discuss business and receive distinguished guests.

 The private rooms on the second floor of Jiangyuetai perfectly met their needs.

 Hence, the restaurant’s turnover has always been high.

 At the front desk, Liu Mei was staring at what was going on here.

Whenever a guest comes, you should ask:

“Is Chef Jiang in the kitchen now? Can you take a photo?”

 Liu Mei would often politely refuse such requests.

Someone also asked:

"Whenever he sets up a stall, I have to support him no matter what he does." Liu Meihui smiled and replied:

"The boss never talks to us about this kind of thing. It all depends on his mood, and we can't tell for sure."

 Jiang Feng’s name is still very popular in the local area, and it is considered a brand name.

Jiang Feng never cared about this.

 He did not feel tired after a busy day in the kitchen.

This weekend, Shandong Cuisine Restaurant is completely popular.

 Jiang Feng also received many invitations.

For example, Zhang Dashan of Happy Ranch wanted to invite him to the ranch for a barbecue and cook two dishes at the same time;

For example, the city’s Culture and Tourism Bureau wants to discuss a tourism plan with him and make him a tourism ambassador for the city and a veritable mobile attraction;

There is also a youth entrepreneur training program that allows successful young entrepreneurs to share their experiences.

 Jiang Feng said that I would just set up a stall, so it wouldn’t be so outrageous.

 Just go out quietly and quietly.

 Two days later, Jiang Feng successfully received the system reward.

It happened that there were not many people on Monday. Around ten o'clock in the morning, a company specializing in advanced anti-theft came to the door of Shandong Restaurant with an anti-theft display cabinet.

 Liu Mei and all the employees were watching, and so was Jiang Feng.

"What's this?"

 An employee asked curiously.

“You don’t know this, right? The display cabinet the boss bought, I heard from Sister Liu, is worth millions per display cabinet, and no one can steal it.”

 Someone replied.

 “Such an exaggeration, the boss is really generous!”

 Everyone was amazed.

 Then, several staff members carried a huge display cabinet into the restaurant.

 Confirm a good place at the entrance and start fixing the foundation.

 The display cabinet is located further inside and can be seen after passing the counter.

 The whole is a glass showcase, as transparent as crystal.

 In fact, this kind of anti-theft measure is not uncommon.

For example, some companies put millions of dollars in cash directly in display cabinets, so that everyone who comes in can see it.

 Others have gold bricks inside.

After the display cabinet was fixed, Jiang Feng placed the gold pot and jade chopsticks inside.

 The display cabinet reads:

Collection exhibition

Don't mention it, put these two things in, and the style of the display cabinet will suddenly rise, and the whole restaurant will become full of B boxes.

The whole thing is revealed in two words:

 Inheritance.

Jiang Feng learned about the basic mechanism of the safe from the security company and ensured that only he could open the safe.

Then, Jiang Feng entered the password and closed the safe.

There is a camera filming this place all day long, so you don’t have to worry about someone stealing it.

 Employees look towards the display case.

 The transparent glass cabinet is covered with a layer of dark red soft satin.

 Satin is very clean and tidy.

 A gold pot is placed on a mahogany stand, and a pair of jade chopsticks are also placed on a stand next to it, like a sword stand.

"Wow!"

The employees were so shocked that they were speechless when they saw this scene.

They don’t understand jade, so they can see that the pair of chopsticks is worth a lot of money.

Jiang Feng's action was truly extraordinary!

Jiang Feng looked at the gold pot and jade chopsticks in the cabinet.

 Don’t tell me, it’s pretty good-looking and suitable for display.

　　It can be considered a rare sight.

 His collection cannot compare with the top bosses.

For example, the exhibition halls of the top wealthy people in Xiangjiang are all filled with top-notch antiques and artworks worth tens of millions or hundreds of millions.

  But for a Shandong cuisine restaurant, this thing shows a profound background.

 At this moment, employees do not know the value of the gold pot and jade chopsticks.

 But I admire Jiang Feng more and more in my heart.

"Just put this thing here. Just wipe the dust on the surface every day with a dry rag."

“Unless an excavator comes in and digs away the foundation, it won’t be lost.”

Jiang Feng explained.

 “Okay.” Liu Mei agreed.

 There is no need to worry about losing the showcase, the security here is relatively good.

Unless you encounter a crazy criminal, after all, someone broke into the bank with an excavator and dug away all the ATM machines with the excavator.

That’s outrageous! (End of chapter)