From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 340 Obsession with Cooking (please vote for me)

After Feng Zhengming finished his lesson at the driving school, he said hello to Coach Fang and left the driving school earlier.

Because he was going to invite Uncle Chen and Chen Zhiheng's family to dinner in the evening, Feng Zhengming also needed to make some arrangements, especially to pick up his grandfather to the food stall.

Feng Zhengming understood that grandpa would be happy to get together with Uncle Chen again.

After returning home early and picking up his grandfather, Feng Zhengming took his grandfather directly to the food stall on a tricycle.

Third senior brother Yang Bin has already led people to set up the food stalls.

Feng Zhengming checked the dishes prepared to entertain Uncle Chen's family that night.

After that, he asked grandpa to sit down and rest first, while he, the third senior brother and the apprentices got busy first.

Not long after Feng Zhengming and the others started busy, Luo Qing came over after get off work.

Since Uncle San won Boss Wang's contract, Luo Qing has been relatively relaxed during this period.

The boy's words made everyone laugh immediately.

This time it made an impression on the little boy: "I remember eating scrambled eggs with tomatoes, it was delicious."

I returned to Quancheng with my husband and after working at the Health Bureau, I heard some colleagues mention the hygiene conditions of his food stalls.

Chen Sifu nodded: "That's right, craftsmanship is the key, but you can't be careless."

Seeing Feng Zonggu come out to welcome him, Chen Sifu hurriedly stepped forward: "Brother Feng, look at why you are still greeting us."

This makes the already delicious dishes feel even more thoughtful.

When Feng Zhengming saw Chen Sifu, he smiled and greeted him proactively: "Uncle Chen, you are finally here."

Not long after Luo Qing arrived, Chen Zhiheng brought his family to the food stall.

Taking advantage of this time, Chen Zhiheng also introduced his wife to Feng Zhengming.

Chen Sifu observed carefully and saw that there were already customers in the food stall. He smiled and said, "Xiao Feng's business is doing very well. He is very famous now."

Wang Meiping responded: "Why can't I know? Don't forget, I have been working in the health department. I know these things better than you."

Wang Meiping had heard her father-in-law praise Feng Zhengming many times at home.

Seeing Feng Zhengming today, Wang Meiping immediately understood why her father-in-law praised Feng Zhengming so much.

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "Thank you sister-in-law for the compliment. I don't want to be a role model. We just help with cleaning. Food is for people to eat. If the hygiene is not up to standard, it will definitely not work."

Chen Sifu said at this time: "Xiao Feng's cooking skills are really impressive. This time I came to eat, I feel that his cooking skills have improved again. It really feels like he can master everything easily."

Before eating Feng Zhengming's food, Chen Zhiheng had one kind of food, but it was just stir-fry. There shouldn't be much difference between Feng Zhengming and other chefs.

More importantly, Feng Zhengming is also very particular about the order of serving dishes. He will intersperse dishes with different saltiness and taste, and also use a little care in the presentation.

Chen Zhiheng was also very surprised after eating Feng Zhengming's craftsmanship.

The dishes that look like home-cooked ones are not very different in taste from Feng Zhengming’s food stalls.

Chen Zhiheng smiled and said, "Yes, you know better than me."

The young chef in front of me, who looks like a big boy, is really an excellent person in all aspects.

Wang Meiping ordered the sweet-scented osmanthus meat first: "This sweet-scented osmanthus pork is the first time I have eaten such tender shredded meat, and the eggs were not fried too hard. The whole dish tastes like it is made in a home stove." The pot gas doesn’t come out.”

Feng Zhengming introduced Luo Qing to Chen Zhiheng and Wang Meiping.

But every dish served on the table will give people the feeling that it is tailor-made for your taste.

Chen Zhiheng smiled and said, "Do you still know about pot gas?"

But tasting the dishes from Feng Zhengming's food stall today made Chen Zhiheng understand what delicious food is.

These words also made Chen Zhiheng's wife Wang Meiping happy.

What surprised Feng Zhengming was that Chen Zhiheng's wife now works in the Quancheng Health Bureau.

Feng Zonggu heard Chen Sifu's words and said with a smile: "Zhengming is really hardworking. He really loves cooking and will study it well in his free time."

Obviously you didn't tell Feng Zhengming about his taste.

So after get off work in the evening, Luo Qing went directly to the food stall to help.

Wang Meiping couldn't help but say to her husband while eating: "Master Feng's craftsmanship is really good. These dishes look very homely, but the food he eats here tastes really good."

Uncle Chen and his family went into the food stall and sat down. Feng Zhengming served several special dishes from his side and even fried tomatoes and eggs specially for Chen Zhiheng's son.

The little boy looked at Feng Zhengming, but for a moment he really didn't recognize him.

But it will make people feel that every dish tastes just right.

Chen Sifu reminded his grandson: "Hahaha, don't you recognize me? Do you still remember when you and grandpa went to see your parents, we ate the lunch box sent by our uncle at the train station?"

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is our direct management unit. If we ask her to have strict requirements on us in the future, we will definitely ensure that the hygiene is up to standard."

Feng Zonggu also walked out and said: "Old Chen, you returned to Quancheng, but you haven't shown up for a long time. I thought you looked down on us and refused to come and have a drink with me, an old man."

Feng Zhengming quickly said: "We just rely on our craftsmanship and insist on doing our craftsmanship well."

"Hahaha, the reputation of Master Feng from the Feng Family Restaurant is very famous in Quancheng now. I heard from my colleagues that you clean up the garbage in the food stalls every night. You are really the hygiene model food stalls in Quancheng." ”

Chen Sifu then asked his grandson: "Binbin, do you still remember uncle?"

Wang Meiping heard this and said: "It can be seen that Xiao Feng is really good at cooking. I also found that he was full of confidence when cooking. He must really like cooking."

Chen Sifu said with a smile: "Yes, you observed it very carefully. Zhengming really loves cooking from the bottom of his heart and loves his career as a chef. Because of his love, he will be immersed in it and have a way to make his own dishes the best." A good passion, this passion brings him a stronger sense of satisfaction than the money he earns from cooking.”

Chen Zhiheng nodded: "Love is very important. If you love something, you will devote all your enthusiasm and energy to do your best."

At this time, Chen Zhiheng’s son said: “The scrambled eggs with tomatoes made by my uncle are the most delicious.”

The child's words made everyone laugh immediately.

In fact, Chen Zhiheng's son is a bit picky about food, but at Feng Zhengming's place, he really ate a lot tonight, and he was willing to eat almost every dish.

For this reason, after Wang Meiping finished eating, she took advantage of Feng Zhengming's free time to ask him for advice on how to cook for her children.

Feng Zhengming carefully taught Wang Meiping some practical skills at home. For example, when sizing the shredded pork, if your family conditions do not allow it, just grab a little egg white and starch, mix the shredded pork evenly, coat the surface with a thin layer, and then grab some oil. You can fry it without adding oil, or Put very little oil.

Feng Zhengming also taught Wang Meiping that if you can’t cut onions and ginger so finely at home, you can simply squeeze out the juice from the ginger and onions with a knife, put it in the pot and stir-fry the onions and ginger first to get the flavor, then take out the onions and ginger. Then stir-fry the onions and ginger in oil.

This is also a more convenient way to make scallion oil.

And when cooking fish, how to clean the fish and remove the fishy smell. Feng Zhengming even taught Wang Meiping how to remove the teeth from the fish's throat.

I was also taught how to remove shrimp threads. Simply peel out the shrimps and cut the backs of the shrimps with a knife, and the shrimp threads can be easily removed.

Then add the base flavor to the shrimps, lightly sizing the shrimps, and stir-fry them into shrimp balls.

Wang Meiping really learned some things that can be used at home from Professor Feng Zhengming.

After Wang Meiping finished asking for advice, Chen Zhiheng found Feng Zhengming alone.

"I have already reported your request, and I should agree to it. Do you want these friends of yours to come with you?"

Feng Zhengming said: "I will bring two young apprentices with me. My senior brother will help me take care of them and will not delay the business here."

Chen Zhiheng nodded and asked: "If you only bring two apprentices, where will you find the others?"

Feng Zhengming smiled slightly: "Brother Chen, you should be able to guess it."

"Are you going to search from all over the province? Find all the young chefs who participated in the competition with you before? Is that right?"

Chen Zhiheng had indeed guessed it on his way back to the unit when Feng Zhengming made the request.

Feng Zhengming nodded and admitted: "Yes, since I am always said to be the number one pick by you, I, the number one pick, must play a role. In the name of my number one pick, I will call back all the top picks who participated in the competition. This time, the reception and catering, We are responsible together to find the first twenty young chefs. We should have enough manpower, right?"

Chen Zhiheng laughed: "Are you trying to challenge the authority of the masters and masters?"

Feng Zhengming was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Chen Zhiheng would see that he had this idea.

When he learned that this international youth exchange event wanted Feng Zhengming to be responsible for the reception and catering work, he had an idea in mind.

That is, all young chefs will be used to carry out the reception and catering work with themselves.

It can be regarded as a challenge to the authority of some masters in the province.

After all, Feng Zhengming, the province's top young chef, did not have much say in the Culinary Association for such a long time after receiving the award.

As for some other young chefs, their reputations are almost gone after they return.

Feng Zhengming felt that this was wrong, as young chefs had no chance to get ahead.

So since there is such an opportunity this time, why not gather young chefs together to form a youth chef group.

Feng Zhengming looked at Chen Zhiheng and said: "I respect the old chefs very much. Their cooking skills are very good, and they are based on years of accumulated experience. For the time being, we young people cannot catch up, but we young chefs also need some contacts. Only in this way can we better promote the progress and development of young chefs.”

Chen Zhiheng said: "You also hope that you can not be suppressed by the masters."

Feng Zhengming said: "I have never been suppressed by master chefs, and they cannot suppress me. I just want to let young chefs across the province see more things, so that everyone can have a stronger ambition."

Chen Zhiheng thought for a while and asked: "Aren't you afraid that since we are all young people, they will dissatisfy you? Or use this opportunity to surpass you?"

Feng Zhengming smiled confidently: "Isn't that great? If they are not convinced, then come over and I can give them a chance. If someone can surpass me, it means that I have not done enough. I am not the number one pick. I deserve it." .”

When Chen Zhiheng heard what Feng Zhengming said, he finally understood at this moment why his wife, father and Grandpa Feng Zhengming all said that he really loved cooking.

Feng Zhengming really puts his heart into cooking and improves his cooking skills.

Even if the same young man challenges him, he will never flinch.

Even for him, if he is defeated by others, it means that his cooking skills are not good.

This is a devotion to cooking.

Chen Zhiheng said: "I believe you can do it. This time is just a small step for you to become famous. In the future, you will truly become famous and become a top cooking master."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said: "Thank you, Brother Chen, for your praise and encouragement. I will work hard."

After Chen Zhiheng and Feng Zhengming chatted, they said goodbye and left with their families.

After returning home, Chen Zhiheng told his family some of his conversations with Feng Zhengming.

His wife Wang Meiping said: "It's pretty much what I thought. Xiao Feng can be said to be a person who is crazy about cooking. He is a bit like the kind of martial arts fanatic in martial arts novels who only wants to improve his cooking skills."

After hearing what his wife said, Chen Zhiheng thought for a while and said, "They are really similar."

Chen Sifu said happily: "Zhengming is really obsessed. The dishes you are going to eat tonight are all home-cooked dishes. In fact, his skills are more than that."

Wang Meiping said: "Dad, we know this, we have seen it on TV."

Chen Zhiheng also said: "Yes, I think the leaders in the unit agreed to let Feng Zhengming be the chef this time because they understood Feng Zhengming's skills."

Chen Sifu nodded: "So, your leader has a vision."

The Chen family had a great time tonight. On the other hand, Tao Jingwen went back to his parents' house in the evening and told his father and little sister that Chef Feng Zhengming should be finalized.

Tao Mengran said happily: "It's great. I believe he will make beautiful dishes and let people from abroad see the beauty of our Chinese food."

This time, even Tao's mother looked at Feng Zhengming in a different light.

"It seems that Feng Zhengming is indeed capable and can be unanimously recognized by you. I am more and more curious about how delicious his cooking will be."

Tao Mengran smiled and said, "If you want to try it, I'll make an appointment with him tomorrow night. You and Dad can go and try it together?"

Before Tao's mother could say anything, Tao's father said directly: "Let's make an appointment with Ran Ran and let's go try his craftsmanship tomorrow night."

After making the decision, Tao's father looked at Tao Jingwen and said, "Jingwen, let's go together too. Take your wife and children with you."

Tao Mengran said: "Yes, yes, bring sister-in-law and the others with us."

Tao Jingwen had the same concerns as Chen Zhiheng at the beginning: "Dad, I'm afraid it won't be good for me to go, right? After all, I am now one of his recommenders."

Father Tao smiled and said, "What's the point? Since you're off work, we're not allowed to spend our own money to eat at the food stalls."

When Tao Jingwen saw his father saying this, he naturally nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)