From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 172 Careful preparation of materials

Although his uncle was coming to eat, Feng Zhengming actually didn't make any special preparations.

However, in order to entertain the uncle, two dishes were specially prepared for the uncle.

After preparing the soup, Feng Zhengming went out on a bicycle alone.

Everyone was a little curious when they saw Feng Zhengming going out in a hurry? What dish is he going to prepare for his uncle who is coming tonight?

As a result, when Feng Zhengming came back, everyone saw that he had several bags in his hands.

Cousin Zhang Hongwei was curious and went to the kitchen to have a look.

Then Zhang Hongwei came out and reported to everyone: "Grandpa, what my brother bought was shrimp and beef, as well as a carrot and a lettuce."

As a result, as soon as Zhang Hongwei finished speaking, Feng Zhengming came out of the kitchen and said, "Prepare two more dishes for Uncle Master tonight, shrimp and beef should be enough."

As soon as Feng Shengnan heard that there were shrimps, he immediately asked: "Brother Zhengming, what kind of shrimps are you going to make this time?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and said: "Brother and uncle are here tonight, mainly because they want to eat stir-fried vegetables, so I am going to make him stir-fried shrimp kidneys."

Zhang Hongwei asked: "Brother, what are you going to cook with carrots and lettuce?"

Feng Zhengming replied: "Those two are not cooked separately, they are put into the stir-fried shrimp loin as side dishes."

Luo Qing couldn't help but ask: "What about beef?"

"Beef stir-fried with green onions."

After listening to Feng Zhengming’s answer, everyone was still more curious about the stir-fried shrimp kidneys.

Shen Rongsen said: "I've heard of stir-fried shrimp kidneys. It seems to be a famous dish in Jubinyuan."

Feng Zonggu looked at Feng Zhengming with a smile: "Are you going to challenge Jubinyuan head-on?"

Feng Zhengming shook his head: "I am adding two dishes for my uncle. The dishes we prepared are just the same. Senior brother told me that I must make some different dishes for my uncle."

Zhang Hongwei immediately said: "Brother, this is not right. You should challenge Jubinyuan. Brother, you will definitely win."

Seeing Zhang Hongwei's excited face, Feng Zhengming felt a little dumbfounded.

"I really never thought about challenging Jubinyuan. This is a large restaurant that has been passed down for many years. The master's craftsmanship at Jubinyuan is excellent. Occasionally, some mistakes should be made by the apprentice."

Grandpa Feng suddenly asked: "Zhengming, if you make a bad dish at Yanxi Tower, will master let you serve it to the guests?"

Feng Zhengming was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Master will definitely not let the food be served."

Grandpa Feng said: "So if customers eat the wrong food, they will have to pay a corresponding price."

Shen Rongsen said: "Yes, the apprentice made a mistake. The master should have detained the food before it was served, and it should not have been served."

Feng Zonggu walked up to Feng Zhengming, reached out and patted him and said, "I know that when Lao Yan was teaching you, he must have told you to be as low-key as possible and not to always think about being in the limelight, but when it comes to cooking, It’s not about being in the limelight, it’s about showing off and setting a benchmark for our Shandong cuisine.”

After listening to his grandfather's words, Feng Zhengming immediately understood what his grandfather meant.

Grandpa hoped that Feng Zhengming would stick to traditional craftsmanship and prepare the dishes well, so that he could force those restaurants to prepare every dish carefully.

Rather than just focus on commercialization and give up easily the things that should be held on to most.

After understanding, Feng Zhengming said: "Okay grandpa, I will prepare the dishes."

Feng Zonggu nodded with satisfaction: "Go ahead and prepare well."

Feng Zhengming naturally returned to the kitchen to continue preparations.

After cleaning and peeling the carrots and lettuce he bought, he first cut the carrots and lettuce into square pieces.

Then use a knife to cut all the carrots and lettuce into small triangular pieces.

Some are like the triangular bricks of Tetris, but Feng Zhengming's is three-dimensional.

Chen Anbang was very shocked when he saw Feng Zhengming carving such a beautiful little girl in the kitchen and couldn't help but exclaimed. “Wow, brother, what are you going to cook?”

Hearing Chen Anbang's exclamation, Shen Rongsen and Zhang Hongwei, who were closest to the kitchen, naturally squeezed into the kitchen out of curiosity.

Seeing the little Ding carved on the plate, Zhang Hongwei couldn't help but want to reach out and touch it.

But when Zhang Hongwei put his hand on the plate, he quickly retracted it, feeling a little embarrassed to touch it.

Feng Zhengming was more generous and said: "If you are curious, take one and have a look. You can show it to grandpa and Shengnan and sister. This is actually just a side dish, not a complicated carving."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hongwei immediately stretched out his hand and touched two of them. One was carved from carrot and the other was carved from lettuce.

Taking two out, Zhang Hongwei held them in the palm of his hand and showed them to his grandfather and Feng Shengnan.

Feng Shengnan also felt very beautiful when he saw it.

"This is so beautiful. Did brother Zhengming carve it? What kind of cooking is it for?"

Zhang Hongwei smiled and said, "Brother, I'm going to make building blocks."

Feng Shengnan immediately said: "Nonsense."

"Grandpa, what are you going to cook with this?" Feng Shengnan turned to ask his grandfather again.

The old man pinched it and looked at it carefully, then shook his head and said, "Grandpa, I don't know what kind of dish this is for, but it does look very delicate. It should be a more delicate dish."

Feng Zhengming heard this in the kitchen and immediately stretched out his head to answer.

"These are for garnishing. They are used in stir-fried shrimp loins."

Feng Shengnan couldn't help but ask: "Brother Zhengming, can we eat that dish that night?"

Feng Zhengming immediately replied with a smile: "Okay, Sheng Nan wants to eat it, then I will make an extra portion tonight and we can eat it ourselves."

Feng Shengnan clapped his hands and applauded: "Great, brother Zhengming is the best."

Zhang Hongwei couldn't help but said: "Brother, you can't always spoil your sister. Why don't you tell me to cook me a dish?"

Feng Zhengming said: "Sheng Nan is the younger sister, and she is a girl. As brothers, we should let our younger sister order. Besides, won't you also eat the dishes I cook?"

Zhang Hongwei hurried to the kitchen and begged Feng Zhengming with a flattering expression.

"Brother, I want to eat something else."

Feng Zhengming couldn't help but asked with a smile: "What do you want to eat?"

Zhang Hongwei immediately looked at the beef.

Feng Zhengming saw his gaze and understood immediately.

"I know, go ahead, I'll definitely let you eat beef tonight."

When Zhang Hongwei saw Feng Zhengming's promise, he exited the kitchen with a smile and stopped disturbing Feng Zhengming in preparing ingredients. Even the two diced dices that he touched before were put back on the plate by Feng Zhengming.

Seeing his cousin put Xiaoding back, Feng Zhengming just smiled and said nothing.

Although Xiao Ding was taken out and let his grandfather and sister see it.

But when you cook it later, you still need to blanch it in boiling water, so it doesn’t matter if you put it back.

One afternoon, Feng Zhengming carefully prepared all the ingredients.

When it was almost time to open, he finally cut and mixed all the main ingredients, put some of the ingredients into the bottom and prepared them for sizing, waiting for customers to come.

(End of this chapter)