From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 251 The Xia family’s grandparents visited the restaurant at night

After the final selection, the Xia family returned to the hotel where they settled in Quan City.

Xia Zhennan originally wanted to put a tight spell on his son, so that he could prepare well for the official competition, to demonstrate the skills inherited by his Xia family, and to defeat other young chefs in one fell swoop.

But before Xia Zhennan could put a tight spell on his son, he was called to the room by his father.

Master Xia called his son to his room, and then talked to his son very seriously about his granddaughter learning to cook.

"You also watched today's shortlisting and selection. What do you think of Huihui's cooking skills?"

Xia Zhennan was stunned for a moment, and then he could only express his opinion frankly.

"I admit that Hui Hui's cooking skills are not bad, and her basic skills are very solid, but Dad, we are all chefs, and we all know the hard work of the kitchen. Almost all the people in the kitchen are men. Hui Hui is a girl. Really It’s not suitable for an environment like the kitchen.”

Master Xia stared at his son with a serious look on his face: "You still have traditional stereotypes. We should stick to tradition, but we don't have to stick to the stereotypes in this traditional concept. Times are different now. Everyone has begun to open their eyes to see the world. A large amount of foreign culture has entered our country.

We need to make changes. I went to the discussion meeting before this game. At the discussion meeting, I felt that what Lao Yan said was right.

The purpose of this provincial young chef cooking exchange competition is not to select whose young chef is better, but to better inherit our traditional Shandong cuisine through mutual exchanges, and to test the abilities of young chefs. , but also to see some new things and recognize the innovations of some young chefs. "

Having said this, Master Xia warned his son: "Don't interfere with Hui Hui's learning to cook. Since she is willing to learn and work hard, we should support her. We should stop some bad old-fashioned ideas. Change it.”

His father had already said this, and Xia Zhennan had no choice but to nod and agree with his father's statement.

Master Xia warned his son not to worry about his granddaughter learning to cook.

But Master Xia had no intention of caring about his son putting pressure on his grandson.

In Master Xia's opinion, boys should be given more pressure.

As a result, Xia Mingye was unexpectedly given various instructions by his father in the room that night.

Even the cooking process, Xia Mingye was asked by his father to recite it.

If there was any mistake in memorizing it, Xia Zhennan would give his son a long lecture.

Xia Mingye was once said to be a little dizzy.

Fortunately, this is not the first time Xia Mingye has experienced this kind of thing.

In the end, he satisfied his father and sent him back to his room.

Xia Mingye's father asked him to take a rest early before leaving. Naturally, it was impossible for Xia Mingye to obey.

Looking at the time on the watch, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

Xia Mingye wondered in his mind, would the Feng family restaurant be closed at this time?

After thinking for a while, Xia Mingye decided to sneak over quietly and take a look.

Xia Mingye changed his clothes and quietly slipped out of the room.

He walked carefully through the door of his father's room.

After walking through the door of his father's room, Xia Mingye was about to turn around and run quickly to the elevator when the door behind him suddenly opened.

Master Xia stood inside the door and looked at his grandson with a smile: "Where is Xiaoye going?"

Xia Mingye suddenly had a bitter look on his face. He never expected that instead of alerting his father, he would alert his grandfather.

"Master, I can't sleep. I want to go out for a walk. I'll just walk around and I'll be back in a while."

As Xia Mingye said this, he turned to his grandfather in the door behind him and forced a smile.

Seeing his grandson's appearance, Master Xia asked softly: "Do you want to go to the Feng Family Restaurant?"

Before the stunned Xia Mingye could answer, Master Xia walked out of the room, gently closed the door and said, "Let's go and take a look with you."

When Xia Mingye saw that his grandfather wanted to go with him, a smile quickly appeared on his face.

The grandfather and grandson walked out of the hotel together, hailed a taxi at the door of the hotel, and went straight to Feng's restaurant.

In the taxi, the driver learned that the grandfather and grandson were going to work at Feng's restaurant, so he took the initiative to talk.

"Go to the Feng Family Restaurant. Do you want to try a handful of meat?"

When Xia Mingye saw the driver talking to him about Feng's Restaurant and Handfuls of Meat, he immediately started chatting with the driver and wanted to help his grandfather and himself learn more about Feng's Restaurant through the driver.

"I heard that Feng's Restaurant is the best in cooking pork in Quancheng?"

The driver nodded: "Yes, there are many meat shops in Quancheng. The most famous ones are Chaoxingxing at the train station, and the Feng Family Restaurant."

Xia Mingye asked curiously: "So, Chaoxingxing is more famous than Fengjiagang Restaurant?"

The driver said: "If you come from out of town and come by train, and you see Chaoxingxing as soon as you get out of the station, would you think that Chaoxingxing is the most famous butcher shop in Quancheng?"

After hearing this, Xia Mingye felt that this was the truth. The location of the store at Chaoxingxing Railway Station was indeed very good.

"Yes, when I got off the train and left the station, the first thing I saw was Chao Xingxing."

The driver said: "That's right, so Chaoxingxing must be the most famous restaurant in the eyes of outsiders, but if you ask the locals, they will tell you that if you want to eat a lot of meat, you must go to Fengjiagang Restaurant."

"Why? Is there such a big difference between the two meats?"

Hearing Xia Mingye's question, the driver hesitated and thought carefully for a while before answering.

"The tastes of the two are different. Chao Xingxing's meat has a stronger taste, which is also suitable for our taste. Fengjiagang Rice Shop's taste is not as strong as Chaoxingxing's. If you eat the meat from Fengjiagang Restaurant, you will eat it. It smells like meat, how can I describe it to you..."

Xia Mingye saw that the driver seemed a little short of words and didn't know how to describe to himself the delicious taste of the meat from Fengjia Ganfan Restaurant.

He thought about it himself and gave the driver a description.

"Do you think you won't forget it after you eat it?"

The driver immediately said: "Yes, that's right. You won't notice the taste at first, but once you eat it once, you won't forget it. You can't taste the taste of other people's meat even if you eat it. "

Xia Mingye then asked the driver: "I heard that Fengjiagang Rice Shop not only sells meat, but also makes stir-fry dishes. Does their stir-fry food taste good?"

The driver immediately replied: "Okay, his chef is very good at cooking. All the dishes are freshly fried. It is very authentic Shandong cuisine."

Xia Mingye asked: "The business must be very hot, right?"

The driver said: "Business is booming. If you go there at this time in the evening, there will be tables all over the door and on the road."

Master Xia remained silent until he heard this and said, "Have you ever eaten there?"

The driver said: "I have eaten. Sometimes I don't have time to have dinner at night. I pass by the dry rice shop and go in to ask for a handful of meat and rice. After eating, I continue to work."

The taxi finally arrived on the road where Feng's restaurant is located.

As soon as you turn into the road outside the Feng Family Restaurant, you can immediately feel the excitement.

There was no one at this point on the road next to me.

But the road outside the Feng family's dry rice shop was still bustling with people, especially the sidewalk in front of the dry rice shop. There were already a row of tables, almost all of which were occupied.

When the driver saw this scene, he was a little proud and said, "Did you see that? Business is good."

Xia Mingye looked at the scene outside and was a little surprised: "Why does this road seem to have turned into a night market?" The driver said, "Yes, this road turns into a night market at night."

Master Xia and Xia Mingye did not let the taxi go directly to the door of Feng's restaurant, but asked the driver to stop at the intersection.

After the grandfather and grandson got out of the car, they first observed the road from a distance.

On this road, there is not only a row of tables and chairs in front of the Feng Family Restaurant.

At the same time, there are carts gathering here on the roadside.

On those carts, there are all kinds of snacks and drinks.

Among them are grilled skewers, fried skewers, some Quancheng specialty snacks, and even some selling large white flour steamed buns and pancakes.

All the cart stalls and dry rice stalls are placed just enough to leave a path between the tables outside.

In this way, people who come here to eat can go to the door of the dry rice shop more smoothly.

Master Xia and Xia Mingye's grandson and grandson were also walking on the middle road.

Looking at the various snacks and delicacies on the cart stalls.

There are also handfuls of meat, pig's trotters and various stir-fried vegetables on the table on the other side.

Xia Mingye couldn't help but said: "It's great, we have everything here."

Master Xia stopped in front of a stall and asked, "Do you come here every night?"

The other party raised his head and glanced at Master Xia. He didn't mind whether Master Xia bought something or not, and answered Master Xia's question with a smile.

"This place is only set up at night. People's shops do business during the day."

Xia Mingye asked: "Then you come here specifically at night, don't you think it's troublesome?"

The owner of the stall responded with a smile: "What's the trouble? There is business here at night, and many people come here specifically to eat at night, so we can take advantage of it."

Xia Mingye immediately asked: "You all come to Feng's house to work in the restaurant?"

The stall owner nodded: "Yes, come to the Feng Family Restaurant."

The grandfather and grandson didn't ask any more questions and walked all the way to the door of Feng's restaurant.

Although there are tables all along the sidewalk at the door, there is enough space in front of the Feng Family Restaurant to enter and exit.

Master Xia stood at the door, looked at it and said to his grandson: "Look, this business is really good."

Xia Mingye looked inside for a while and muttered strangely: "Why don't you see my sister?"

Master Xia smiled and said, "With such good business, your sister must be busy in the kitchen."

As a result, as soon as Master Xia finished speaking, he saw Xia Hui, wearing a chef's uniform, walking out with a plate of dishes in her hand to serve to the customers.

Seeing her sister serving food to customers, especially when she saw her sister wearing a chef's uniform with a smile on her face, Xia Mingye couldn't help but say, "Sister is very happy."

Master Xia came back to his senses after hearing his grandson's words, and turned to look at the row of tables outside the door.

Seeing an empty table, I grabbed my grandson and walked over to sit down.

Xia Mingye was pulled by his grandfather to sit down outside. He couldn't help but said, "Master, it's quite cold outside. Why don't we go in and take a look?"

Master Xia said: "Why is it cold? Didn't you see that people are sitting outside eating? They don't feel how cold it is."

After hearing what his grandfather said, Xia Mingye could only sit down obediently.

Not long after they sat down, Wei Xiuling came to them with menus.

"Want something to eat?"

Xia Mingye opened his mouth and said directly: "Eat a handful of meat."

Master Xia glared at his grandson, and then said to Wei Xiuling: "Here are two handfuls of meat."

Wei Xiuling asked again: "Do you need anything else? Do you want it to be paired with eggs, fried tofu, dried tofu and gluten?"

Master Xia said: "Then everyone has a portion and we can try it."

Wei Xiuling took a note and asked: "Do you want these? No cooking? Do you want the pork with rice? Or hand-made noodles? Does the pork need soup?"

Hearing Wei Xiuling ask so many questions again, Xia Mingye was a little surprised: "Does your family pay so much attention to the meat?"

Without waiting for Wei Xiuling to answer, the table next door helped her answer.

"Are you from out of town? I don't know that there are many ways to eat the pork belly at Fengjiagang Rice Shop. In the past, it was rice with pork belly, and it was always eaten with a spoonful of soup and mixed with rice. Recently, Feng Jia Gan Restaurant has hand-rolled noodles, and let me tell you, the hand-rolled noodles are also a masterpiece, paired with a piece of meat and a spoonful of soup, it is really delicious."

After hearing this, Master Xia immediately said: "Then give us some hand-made noodles."

Wei Xiuling said: "Do you want a hand-made noodles? Thin noodles? Thick noodles or wide noodles?"

The barrage of questions really made Master Xia feel dizzy.

The customer at the next table laughed and suggested: "It's best to have wide noodles. The soup with the wide noodles and the meat tastes best. Of course, if you are not used to wide noodles, you can also have thin or thick noodles."

Master Xia and Xia Mingye still don't know what to choose?

Wei Xiuling gave a suggestion: "If you want to try thin noodles, thick noodles and wide noodles, you can order a three-pairing dish, and you will be served with all three types of noodles."

Master Xia said with a smile: "Okay, then I'll let you three hands roll the noodles."

Wei Xiuling immediately wrote: "Okay, two slices of pork, all the side dishes, and a three-pack of hand-rolled noodles, which will be delivered to you right away."

Seeing Wei Xiuling entering the door with the list, the Xia family's ancestors and grandson looked at each other.

It was Xia Mingye who spoke first: "Sir, are all the dry rice shops in Quancheng like this?"

The customer at the next table smiled and explained.

"The dry rice shops in Quancheng are not like this. The old dry rice shops in the past only served rice with meat, such as Chaoxingxing's. At most, they only have some box lunch dishes to choose from, such as Feng's dry rice. This kind of shop is unique in Quancheng."

Another person at the next table said: "You foreigners must come to Fengjiagang Restaurant to taste our Quancheng specialties."

After hearing this, the Xia family's grandparents smiled and nodded.

Master Xia looked at the hustle and bustle of this road at night, and couldn't help but feel that the way the Feng Family Restaurant operates is really special.

Wei Xiuling didn't let the grandparents and grandsons wait long. Wei Xiuling came out with a tray and served them to the grandparents and grandsons.

Two small bowls were placed separately with thick and solid meat soaked in the soup.

On a small plate are eggs, fried tofu, dried tofu, and gluten.

There is another large bowl with three rows of thin, thick and wide noodles.

Just the way it is served in this way has made Master Xia's eyes light up.

(End of this chapter)