The story of a cook

Chapter 135

There will be many opportunities in a person's life, and opportunities and difficulties exist at the same time.

Capable people seize opportunities, solve difficulties, and get results; incompetent people fear difficulties, lose opportunities, and find excuses.

It is said that people have to fight hard, it depends on whether you have the strength and courage, this has nothing to do with opportunities.

The golf club is a relatively high-end club, covering an area of ​​more than 2 square meters. Together with the Beiling Hotel, it occupies nearly one-third of the area of ​​the east gate of Beiling Park.At that time, there were only two kinds of people who could build clubs or hotels in Beiling Park. One was government action—the government had that power; the other was very powerful and backgrounded people who could even influence the government. .Except for these two kinds of people, no one else has the ability to build a club or hotel in Beiling Park.

Now that Beiling Park has successfully applied for the World Heritage Site, all these entertainment venues and facilities have been demolished, even some small shops inside are gone, and Beiling Park has been completely restored to its original appearance.

When they arrived at the club entrance, Master Huang and a young man were already waiting there.

I went up to Master Huang and said, "Master Huang, you have arrived early."

Master Huang said, "I just arrived." Then he pointed to the young man beside him and said, "This is Xiao Zhang, Zhang Hao, my apprentice."

I nodded to Zhang Hao and said, "Hello, Brother Zhang."

Zhang Hao smiled at me, nodded, and asked, "Are you Tan Zi?"

I said: "Yes."

At this time, a middle-aged man dressed as a manager in his 40s walked out of the club, and waved at Master Huang from afar, and Master Huang also waved at him.When the man came to the door, the security guard at the door saluted and said, "Hello, Mr. Du."

Mr. Du nodded to the security guard and led us in.

Master Huang and Mr. Du went to the general manager's office, and Zhang Hao and I sat in the lobby and waited.

The first time I came to such a magnificent place, I felt unreal sitting on the leather sofa for reception in the lobby.

A lobby for reception is bigger than the entire storefront of the barbecue restaurant. Looking at the decoration, I thought that if the decoration of the lobby is used to decorate the barbecue restaurant, it can accommodate three to four barbecue restaurants, which is too fucking rich.

About twenty minutes later, Master Huang and a young man in a chef's uniform came over. The chef looked only 27 or 30, less than [-] years old, and he looked like a Cantonese.

Master Huang introduced: "This is the executive chef, Ah Fa."

Zhang Hao and I nodded at Ah Fa and shook hands.

Then I went to the kitchen department to register, get the work clothes, and enter the kitchen.

The kitchen is huge.The one who just came in is the rough processing room, after the rough processing is the green vegetable room and the decontamination room, then the cold dish and brine operation room, and then the Cantonese cuisine operation room, next to the Cantonese cuisine operation is the Northeast cuisine operation room, and the Northeast cuisine and noodles are Neighbors are separated by a glass wall.

The Northeast kitchen has two sets of stoves and two sets of chopping boards.There are three sets of four-door freezers, one set of vegetable racks, clay pot stoves, floor hot stoves, and complete equipment and facilities.After all, it is a big hotel, everything is in place.

Master Huang and Zhang Hao are in charge of cooking, and I am in charge of chopping and matching.

When you first arrive, first open the freezer to check the ingredients inside.There are not many raw materials in it, and some raw materials seem to have been used for a long time. I asked Master Huang how to deal with them. Master Huang said to keep them well first, and wait for him to communicate with Ah Fa.

After checking the freezer, I started cleaning up with Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao is 34 years old, with a bald head and a slight lameness in his right leg.He is the first apprentice of Master Huang. Master Huang and his father are old comrades in arms. His father is from the National Security Bureau and his family conditions are very good.He didn't get good grades in the university entrance examination, he didn't pass the exam, and he didn't stay at home well, he always went out to drink and make trouble with some friends, so his father sent him to Master Huang, worshiped Master Huang as his teacher, and began to learn how to cook .He is very savvy about stir-fry, and he cooks very well, especially Cantonese cuisine, which is no less than that of a Cantonese chef.At the same time, he is also very talkative, the kind of acquaintance, who can find a topic within 3 minutes after meeting someone, and chat with them enthusiastically.

Zhang Hao said: "Tanzi, the master said you are old and capable. One person can serve three masters to cook."

I said, "It's not that great, they are all small restaurants."

Zhang Hao said: "That's pretty good too. The master said you can still fight. You beat a Jiumengzi at the Rose Hotel, and you beat him very quickly."

I said, "I can't fight, I was a drunkard who drank too much that day."

Zhang Hao said: "I was willing to fight before. See if I have this leg. I just got into a fight. It's crippled. Otherwise, I'd be a soldier. My uncle is from the BJ military region. I've contacted them all, but it didn't work." I want to have a fight, but my legs are lame, and I can't be a soldier."

I said, "It's nice to be a chef."

He said: "I was forced by my father to be helpless. I was lame and couldn't do anything else, so I was sent to Master Huang to learn cooking from him. If I wasn't lame, I wouldn't say anything If you do this, you have already joined the army."

I smiled and continued to work.

Zhang Hao asked me: "Tanzi, do you have a master?"

I said, "No."

Zhang Hao didn't believe it, and asked, "Have you never worshiped a teacher?"

I said, "No."

He said, "You have to learn from a teacher. People in our business have to have a master, you know."

I nodded.

He went on to say: "A chef must be well-known. Once you go out, you have to report your family."

Master Huang listened, and said: "Fuck that family, it's useless to fix it every day. If the dishes are not good, the family is the best."

Zhang Hao shrank his head and said in a low voice, "Master scolds me every day, and nothing I say is right."

I said, "Just work."

In the morning, there is a dish from Northeast Cuisine - "Dry Fried Crab Claws".

After finishing, I asked Master Huang: "Master Huang, isn't this place busy?"

Master Huang said: "This is just a club, not too busy. Usually, most of the customers order Cantonese dishes, as well as Cantonese morning and evening tea. We don't have many dishes here. I'm working on a few dishes to see. See what it looks like."

I said, "Let's take a look, they're all here anyway."

I eat at the staff canteen for lunch. After four years of working in restaurants, this is the first time I don’t have to cook my own work meals.When we arrived at the staff canteen, Chef Afa led us to apply for a dining card, which contained 180 yuan. We swiped the card when we were eating. There were four dishes to choose from, with different prices. The most expensive three One yuan is cheap, and the staple food rice is fifty cents.

The staff restaurant is as big as the lobby of a barbecue restaurant. Many employees eat in it, and there are five foreign women among them. They should be Russians and wear very revealing clothes.

I asked Zhang Hao: "Brother Zhang, are there still foreigners working here?"

Zhang Hao said: "You don't know anything, do you know what these women do?"

I asked: "What are you doing?"

Zhang Hao said: "It's a lady, they are all senior ladies. Anywhere here is a place where rich people come. When you come here, you usually look for foreign ladies. Do you know what it is called?"

I asked: "What is it called?"

Zhang Hao said: "This is called revenge. During the Eight-Power Allied Forces, they did a lot of harm to the Chinese. This time, we Chinese also look for foreign girls and retaliate with an eye."

I smiled and asked him, "Which country do these foreign women come from?"

Zhang Hao said: "No matter where you look, it looks like a Russian. Maybe it's from Ukraine, Belarus, or XJ. The people in these places all look almost the same."

After dinner, Ah Fa led us to the dormitory building, and asked the dormitory manager to open a room with four beds.Afa said to Master Huang: "Master Huang, you can rest in this room. You don't need to lock the door when you leave. There will be a cleaner to clean up. You'd better take your money with you. Just in case, you rest and I will go back." gone."

After Ah Fa left, Master Huang said: "From now on, this house will be our resting place. If you don't want to go back at night, you can stay here."

Zhang Hao said: "The conditions are not bad, if it is windy and rainy, I will not go back."

Master Huang said: "You'd better go back, don't stay here, it's just you, you don't have to do anything at night."

Zhang Hao laughed and said, "What can I do? I'm already in my 30s, and I have children, what else can I do?"

Master Huang said: "There are many places to play here. The swimming pool, chess and card room, and game room are all places to play. You should go less. Those places are high consumption, and the little money you earn is not enough. It took one night."

When we arrived at the evening market, our Dongbei cuisine side was still not very busy. We fried five dishes and got off work at eight o'clock.

Master Huang said that if you want to eat here, you can go to the staff restaurant to eat, just swipe your card, and if you don't eat, you can leave directly.

The three of us skipped meals and went straight home from get off work.

When I got home at night, Lin Yan was still awake. Seeing me come back, she asked, "Why did you come back so early today?"

I said, "The club gets off work early, at eight o'clock."

She asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

I said, "I haven't eaten, I'm not hungry, and I don't have a few dishes a day, so I'm idle."

Lin Yan said: "I know the club you went to. Several of my classmates work there as waiters and passers-by."

I said, "Really, the conditions in the club are very good, and it should be very comfortable to work there."

She said: "Comfortable is comfortable, don't not pay wages then."

I said, "No way, such a big club can't pay wages."

She said: "What the hell, if you don't earn money, you can't get paid."

I thought about the same thing, and said: "Let's do it first, and if you really can't get paid, you won't do it."

Lin Yan said: "I heard from my classmates that they haven't been paid for two months, and the efficiency is not good. I also heard that their chairman may have been arrested."

I asked, "Really? Why didn't you tell me about it the first two days?"

Lin Yan said: "I also called my classmate when I knew you were going to work there. I didn't know that before."

I said, "Oh, let's do it now that we're all here."

Lin Yan suddenly asked me: "Is there a chef from Cantonese?"

I said, "Yes, it's Ah Fa."

Lin Yan said: "That's right, my classmate Li Chunyang is the chef's partner, and Li Chunyang is the prettiest in my class."

I said, "Oh, why are you still looking for a Cantonese?"

Lin Yan said: "He is a chef and earns a lot. I heard that he earns 1 yuan a month."

I said, "Really? Someday, I'll earn [-]."

Lin Yan said: "You don't need to earn [-], you can earn [-]."

At that time, Cantonese chefs who cooked Cantonese cuisine did earn a lot, usually earning 1 yuan a month.Compared with other people's 1 yuan, my [-] yuan is insignificant.

People are more alive than others, and goods are better than goods.

As long as I work hard, one day I can earn 1 yuan a month, that is not a dream.

(End of this chapter)