From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 256 The Value of Craftsmanship

Most of the regular patrons who came to Fengjiagang Restaurant tonight knew that Feng Zhengming was going to participate in the provincial young chef cooking exchange competition.

Therefore, when some regular patrons came to visit, they also wanted to inquire about Feng Zhengming's preparations.

It was impossible for the regular patrons to rush into the back kitchen to question Feng Zhengming. Naturally, their target for seeking information would be other staff at the restaurant.

Some older people would ask Feng Zonggu to make insinuations.

Younger people will ask Shen Rongsen, Wei Xiuling and Chen Anbang.

Even Duan Sufen, who usually doesn't talk much, was asked by some women about her age.

Of course, Feng Jiandong is here tonight with his wife and children.

Some regular customers who have met Feng Jiandong several times will also ask him.

When other people were asked, they would politely say that they were not aware of the situation at the moment, and they all said that Feng Zhengming would prepare well and perform well in the Young Chefs Cooking Exchange Competition.

But when asked about Feng Jiandong, he was full of praise for his eldest nephew.

It's really not modest at all. It's like Feng Zhengming said that he has already been determined to be the champion.

"You guys, don't know about my eldest nephew. His skills are incredible. Among the young chefs, few are his rivals. Didn't you know that last time at Jubinyuan? Even the master chef who was in charge of Jubinyuan only If he can tie with him, none of the younger generation of chefs can be his opponent.

It's the same this time. As long as those master chefs don't take action, none of the young chefs will be my nephew's rival. "

Feng Jiandong is not modest at all. He bluntly said that Feng Zhengming will definitely be the number one among young chefs in the province.

"I'm telling you, my eldest nephew will definitely win the top prize, so you guys should be optimistic when the time comes."

Listening to Feng Jiandong's words, the regular patrons and other customers in the shop couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, if Boss Xiao Feng can win the first prize, then we will come here to eat every day."

"Yes, I believe in Master Xiao Feng's craftsmanship."

"Boss Xiao Feng's craftsmanship is certainly undeniable. I just don't know when we will be able to eat his food at the competition?"

"Yes, we also want to try the dishes from Master Xiao Feng's competition."

"We haven't tasted some of the dishes at Jubinyuan last time."

“I have eaten the fried conch slices in vinegar pepper fish soup at Jubinyuan, Taifenglou and Jufengde. I think Jufengde’s tastes the best among them, but I always feel that it is not as good as the one made by Master Xiao Feng. "

"I've also eaten there. The soup made by Jufengde is really delicious."

"The main reason is that I don't think it's that special, so I'm curious about what it's like, boss Xiao Feng, making it?"

After listening to everyone's words, Feng Jiandong said with a smile: "Then you really don't have a good taste. What my eldest nephew makes tastes different from what they make. Next year, when our dry rice shop expands, we may add some more dishes. You may have the opportunity to taste more of my nephew’s dishes.”

Lin Yun sat at the cashier with her daughter, watching her husband talk eloquently with others.

Lin Yun couldn't help but said to her daughter: "Look at your dad, he's not blowing enough."

Feng Shengnan immediately looked at his mother seriously: "Dad is not bragging. Brother Zhengming cooks the best food."

When Lin Yun was told by her daughter and saw her serious look on her face, she was stunned for a while, and then couldn't help laughing.

While laughing, Lin Yun reached out and gently pinched her daughter's pouty mouth.

"Okay, your brother Zhengming is the best at cooking. Look, are you still angry with your mother?"

Naturally, it was impossible for Feng Shengnan to be angry with his mother, so he immediately hugged her.

"Hehehe, I'm not angry with my mother."

Lin Yun also hugged her daughter and asked with a smile: "Do you think brother Zhengming can be the number one scholar like dad said?"

Feng Shengnan nodded without thinking: "Yes, brother Zhengming must be the top pick."

Seeing that her daughter was so confident, Lin Yun looked at her husband who was chatting with people in the shop. She also began to believe that Feng Zhengming should be able to win the top prize in this young chef cooking exchange competition.

While the third uncle was chatting with everyone outside, Feng Zhengming and the others tasted the dishes cooked by the third senior brother in the kitchen.

Everyone felt that the dish prepared by Third Senior Brother was indeed flawless.

Feng Zhengming said: "Third brother, our shop will expand its operations after the Chinese New Year. When the time comes, we will release this dish. I think this dish will definitely become a signature dish."

Yang Bin smiled and said: "Hahaha, I'm afraid not many people will order this dish when it is released. Sea cucumbers and mutton are not cheap."

After thinking about this, everyone in the kitchen felt that the cost of this dish was indeed a bit high.

However, Master Yan thought for a while and said: "You can't rush to launch this kind of dish. You can practice it first and wait for the right opportunity before launching it to customers who can afford it. Moreover, the times are developing very fast. I believe everyone will have money to spend it soon." , by then more and more people will naturally be able to afford such a delicious dish.”

When Feng Zhengming heard his master say this, he felt a little sad in his heart.

Because although everyone will be rich in the future, many craftsmanship will not be available.

Therefore, some good dishes may be affordable to everyone, but there are no chefs who can cook them well.

Thinking of this, Feng Zhengming fell into deep thought. He felt that since he had returned to an era where craftsmanship was still important, and the old masters were still young and powerful, they could teach and guide the younger generations.

I should work harder to better pass on and carry forward some old skills.

On the one hand, it is to pass on the old craftsmanship.

More importantly, old skills must be developed.

We cannot let some of the more complex old craftsmanship be lost, leaving only those stereotypes to others in the end.

Feng Zhengming feels that the stereotype that Shandong cuisine is dark and oily should no longer appear.

Master Yan saw what Feng Zhengming seemed to be thinking. He was a little strange and asked: "What is Zhengming thinking?"

Feng Zhengming was awakened by the master's words.

He smiled and said: "I was just thinking, will there be young chefs from other places bringing some fresh dishes to this provincial young chef cooking exchange competition?"

Master Yan said: "There will definitely be. Although the chefs in the whole province may cook Shandong cuisine, there will be differences between Shandong cuisine and Shandong cuisine. Each region will also have its own characteristics, so the dishes everyone cooks will be different." There will definitely be a difference.

This actually has something to do with the ingredients available in various places.

For example, your fried conch slices in vinegar pepper fish soup, as far as I know, the one that is now famous is your sixth senior brother.

This is of course because you specifically taught Lao Liu how to season it before he left.

More importantly, there will be more fresh fish and conches available on Lao Liu's side, which is close to the sea. "

Third senior brother Yang Bin also echoed: "Yes, Lao Liu's dish made by Zhengming is definitely the best."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said: "In the future, our shop will expand its operations. Let Brother Six help us contact him and provide us with seafood specifically."

Yang Bin nodded: "What a good idea. Let Lao Liu help. We will definitely be able to get fresh seafood."

Master Yan also agrees with this.

"You brothers and sisters contact each other among yourselves. I also agree that you use seafood to find Lao Liu. After all, he is near the sea and some seafood is easier to get than you. Of course, except Lao Liu, there are materials from other places. You We also need to understand that it can’t just be in our province.”

When Feng Zhengming heard what Master said, he couldn't help but yearn for it: "I wonder if we will have the opportunity to go to other places for exchanges like Master did back then."

Master Yan said with certainty: "It will happen, how could it not be possible? As long as you do your craft well, there will be a chance." Feng Zhengming, his third brother Yang Bin and others in the kitchen were all full of expectations to go out of the province and go to Communicate with others outside.

At this time, Lu Chongshan came in and asked, "Is it time to eat?"

When asked by Lu Chongshan, Feng Zhengming suddenly realized that it seemed that everyone had not eaten dinner yet and was studying the dishes in the evening.

Feng Zhengming hurriedly said: "That's right, let's eat. Let's eat the food that just happened to be cooked."

After that, Lu Chongshan cooked noodles according to everyone's requirements.

Feng Zhengming and the others took out the plate of grilled mutton with sea cucumber and called the third uncle's family.

Everyone in the dry rice shop gathered together and ate the noodles with this plate of sea cucumber, braised mutton, and handfuls of meat.

Feng Jiandong was really full of praise when he tasted this plate of braised mutton with sea cucumber.

"It's delicious. This dish is so fragrant. The most important thing is that this dish is so solid. Lamb and sea cucumber. It's great to have a piece of it in this winter."

Lin Yun didn't care too much about the braised mutton with sea cucumber. She thought the hand-made noodles from Ganfanpu were delicious.

"Zhengming, your hand-rolled noodles are really delicious. Is this made by the new Master Lu? This hand-rolled noodles is really delicious."

Some customers in the shop who also ate hand-made noodles immediately echoed Lin Yun's words.

"Yes, this hand-made noodles is really delicious."

"That's right. Not only is the dough strong when rolled by hand, but the key is that it doesn't feel sticky when you eat it."

“And the hand-made noodles with the soup are so delicious.”

"Hahaha, I used to mix the broth with rice, but now I think it tastes better when mixed with this hand-made noodles."

“You must mix this kind of wide noodles, it’s really a must-have.”

Then Feng Jiandong started to show off to everyone.

Pick up a piece of mutton on the plate, put it on the hand-made noodles in your bowl, pour some vinegar on it, and finally add a few garlic cloves.

Taking such a big mouthful into his mouth really made the people who loved Feng Jiandong almost confused.

As for the customers in the shop who were watching Feng Jiandong eating, their eyes were widened and they could not control the drooling at the corners of their mouths.

Purr purr.

Feng Jiandong didn't act like a big boss at all, and quickly finished the bowl of hand-made noodles.

Putting down the bowl, Feng Jiandong took a deep breath.

"What a pleasure."

The other customers in the shop looked at Feng Jiandong.

Several elderly customers did not shy away from criticizing Feng Jiandong.

"Your eating looks are too ugly."

"You're just trying to make us jealous, right?"

"I just feel that his third son is the worst in the old Feng family."

"That's right, every time he eats something good that we can't eat, he must be greedy for us."

After hearing the words of the elderly customers, Feng Jiandong looked at the older ones with a smile.

"Old gentlemen, this is a normal sign of me eating delicious food. When you usually eat good food, isn't it the same for me?"

An old man immediately asked Feng Zhengming after hearing this.

"Xiao Feng, when can we order your dish?"

Feng Zhengming smiled when he heard this and said, "Don't worry, I'm also thinking about when to introduce this dish for everyone to order.

The main reason is that the ingredients of this dish are relatively expensive. This plate of mutton alone costs a lot of money, and there are sea cucumbers in it. So if this dish is sold in our dry rice shop, if it is expensive, no one will order it, but if it is cheap, just We also have to lose money on the materials, plus the cost of this craft, it’s really hard to set the price. "

Hearing what Feng Zhengming said, the customers in the shop also fell into deep thought.

Everyone comes to Fengjiagang Restaurant to eat now, mainly because of the affordable prices here.

If the prices of the things at Feng Family Restaurant are too high.

I'm afraid most people won't choose to come.

For example, Fengjia Gan Restaurant has now increased the price of its pork belly to 1 yuan per piece, but has changed the pork belly into large slices. Now one slice is thicker than the two slices in the past.

So even though the price has increased, people will still come to eat.

But now the plate of sea cucumber and braised mutton that Feng Zhengming and the others were eating was different.

Mutton and sea cucumber, the cost price is there.

If such a dish is written on the menu, I am afraid that most people who come to Ganfan Shop will not order it, because the price is definitely not low for most people.

Faced with this situation, everyone feels a little entangled.

On the one hand, I want to eat the dishes where Feng Zhengming shows off his craftsmanship.

On the other hand, the price of such handcrafted dishes may not be affordable for many people.

When everyone starts to get a little confused about the price.

An old man suddenly said: "The price is not the key point, the key point is the taste. Since it is a good dish with good craftsmanship and solid ingredients and good value for money, some people will be willing to order it."

The old man said this, and other customers in the shop also thought this was true.

The cost of materials and craftsmanship is there, a dish is worth the money, and it is okay to spend money to eat it once in a while.

"That's right, as long as the ingredients are good and the craftsmanship is good, I'm still willing to order it once in a while."

"Yes, you can invite a few friends together, or bring your family to try it. It's okay to order it once in a while."

"Don't worry, Boss Xiao Feng. As long as you cook well, we will definitely support you."

Seeing that everyone expressed their support, Feng Zhengming thought that maybe he could try to launch it.

The key is to have people order it and the kitchen can cook it, so that good dishes can be passed down from generation to generation.

Otherwise, if there are no customers ordering the food, the chef will not be able to cook it a few times a year, and how will it be passed down?

Feng Zhengming feels that he needs to balance the price issue next.

After the dry rice shop expands its business, how can some customers be able to order some additional and skillfully prepared dishes?

Thinking of this, Feng Zhengming suddenly realized an important point.

Craftsmanship requires everyone to realize the value of craftsmanship. Only by letting everyone realize the value of craftsmanship can the chef's craftsmanship be more recognized and sell the craftsmanship at a higher price.

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