From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 344 Show your advantages

Not long after Xia Mingye arrived, other young chefs from other places who were among the top 20 in the province's young chef competition also arrived one after another.

Sixth senior brother Zhang Minghai, like Xia Mingye, came to Quancheng and went directly to Feng Zhengming's dry rice shop.

It happened that when Zhang Minghai arrived, Feng Zhengming and the others were having dinner in the restaurant.

When he walked in and saw a group of people eating, Zhang Minghai said with a smile: "When you are eating at this time, is it lunch or dinner?"

Hearing the sound, he saw Zhang Minghai entering the door.

Feng Zhengming and his third senior brother Yang Bin quickly stood up to greet him.

Taking the things from Zhang Minghai, Yang Bin said with a smile: "The sixth one came very quickly."

Zhang Minghai said: "How could I not come over quickly for such a big thing? After receiving the notice, the owner of our hotel did not stop me in any way and asked me to pack my things and come over quickly."

When Senior Brother Six said this, Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Brother Six, your boss seems to be quite supportive."

Zhang Minghai could see that many people who came to the train station specifically came for Feng Zhengming's food stall.

After chatting for a few words, Feng Zhengming and the third senior brother asked the sixth senior brother to sit down and eat.

The scale alone really surprised Zhang Minghai.

When they heard that Zhang Haiming was also going, everyone suddenly laughed.

Shen Rongsen and Chen Anbang spend most of their time greeting customers, and sometimes they also help with some cutting and preparation work, or prepare some stewed dishes in advance.

"Lao Liu, please sit down and eat first."

At the same time, he also discovered that Feng Zhengming and the others were eating together with the people who were helping him renovate the restaurant.

After most of them came, some of the dishes they ordered seemed to be frequently ordered.

Zhang Minghai said: "Hahaha, it's the first time for everyone, so can we just go ahead and do it?"

Being dumbfounded by what Senior Brother Six said, Feng Zhengming said, "This is also my first time."

Seeing that the two senior brothers were so formal, Feng Zhengming nodded: "No problem, I will definitely make the decision when the time comes."

Zhang Minghai said with a smile: "He will definitely support it. The last time I participated in the Provincial Young Chefs Cooking Exchange Competition, he had already contacted our local newspaper and TV station and came directly to interview me. Using my name, he brought us If the hotel promotes it well, business will be much better than before after the Chinese New Year.”

Everything was ready and everyone rushed to the train station together.

Moreover, other food stalls basically have one stove, but Feng Zhengming and the others have two stoves.

The sixth brother said to Feng Zhengming: "Zhengming, you have to teach me well this time. This is my first time to participate in this kind of reception event."

Knowing that Zhang Minghai had arranged everything, Yang Bin said, "That's good. You can prepare for the reception mission with Zhengming."

You know, it is really rare that people are willing to eat with the workers of the decoration team.

Then I followed Feng Zhengming and others to move things and load the car.

"You have been working with me for several days?" Zhang Minghai immediately changed his mind, "Okay, hurry up and eat. We will go after dinner. How can I not go with such an interesting thing?"

Arriving at the train station, Zhang Minghai soon discovered that the food stall Feng Zhengming and his friends had at the train station was the largest among all the food stalls. The family actually built three sheds.

Zhang Minghai temporarily put the things he brought over into the dressing room inside the dry rice shop.

Xia Mingye said immediately: "I have been here for several days and have been working with you for many days. I think it is very good."

Feng Zhengming and the third senior brother didn't even need to look at the menu, they had already prepared some ingredients for the dishes.

After a full dinner, Feng Zhengming and the others began to load the car and prepare to go to the train station.

Zhang Minghai somewhat admired this.

There are many people coming and going at the train station, not only passengers taking the train, but also some people living nearby who come to the train station specifically to eat at night.

Zhang Minghai was a little unable to get involved at first, because Feng Zhengming and his group had a very clear division of labor.

But not long after, Zhang Minghai was even more surprised.

Zhang Minghai immediately said: "Are you going to the train station to work at the food stall in the evening? Are you all going?"

"You are the chef, so you must make the decision. We can give some opinions of our own under your command. Generally speaking, you cannot discuss things with us. You must make the decision."

"Don't worry, the boss has also found some new chefs, and the assistants he has assigned to me are all above average. Before I came here this time, I gave them special instructions and conducted some assessments on them to make sure they can do it. I Just came here." Zhang Minghai explained the arrangements before coming.

Seeing such a chef lineup, Zhang Minghai was a little surprised: "Isn't it too exaggerated to use a chef lineup like yours to work in a food stall?"

"We can't discuss it." Zhang Minghai quickly rejected Feng Zhengming's idea.

"That's right, Brother Six, let's eat first. After dinner, we'll go to the train station to work at the food stall in the evening."

As he spoke, Zhang Minghai glanced at the people present and found that Xia Hui's younger brother Xia Mingye was also there.

When Zhang Minghai sat down, he found that Feng Zhengming's dinner was quite sumptuous.

Feng Zhengming and his third senior brother Yang Bin were in charge of frying, while Xia Hui and Sun Hai were in charge of helping with the matching.

Feng Zhengming nodded: "That's right, let's explore together. We must focus on our Shandong cuisine. We will discuss some details."

Third senior brother Yang Bin also echoed: "Lao Liu is right, you must make the decision."

Because he found that the food stall business is really good.

Upon hearing this, Yang Bin asked strangely: "Then what will happen to the kitchen of your hotel if you come over?"

Xia Mingye obviously seemed to have just arrived and had not fully integrated into it, but after all, he had been here for a few days, so he was not completely out of touch like Zhang Minghai.

After watching for a while, Zhang Minghai slowly tried to blend in and help with some work.

After all the dishes for one round are cooked and served to the customers.

Feng Zhengming and his third senior brother withdrew, leaving Xia Mingye and Zhang Minghai to take care of themselves.

"Come on, Sixth Brother, you and Xiaoye come together. You go to the stove and cook some dishes. Let Third Brother and I rest for a while."

Yang Bin echoed: "That's right, you two are also busy on the stove, let's take a rest."

Since they were given the opportunity, Zhang Minghai and Xia Mingye naturally did their part.

After exchanging positions, Feng Zhengming and his third senior brother rested.

Zhang Minghai and Xia Mingye got on the stove and started cooking.

Sun Hai and Xia Hui also changed with Shen Rongsen and Chen Anbang, asking them to help match. This exchange allows everyone to have something to do, and it can also exchange hands so that another group of people can rest.

Zhang Minghai and Xia Mingye are good at spooning. After all, their results in the provincial young chef cooking exchange competition are not bad.

However, the two of them were somewhat uncomfortable with cooking in the open air at a food stall.

To be more precise, the two of them can't let go.

Especially when someone comes to the stall and stares at the two people while asking.

Under the gaze, Zhang Minghai and Xia Mingye felt a little uncomfortable.

However, the two of them were able to cook every dish with their solid spoon skills.

Feng Zhengming and his third senior brother looked at the two people and quickly saw that they were uncomfortable in public.

Yang Bin spoke first: "What are you two uncomfortable with? Weren't you being stared at by the judges when you were competing?"

Hearing Yang Bin's words, Zhang Minghai and Xia Mingye turned to look at Feng Zhengming and Yang Bin sitting behind them.

The two men looked at each other.

Zhang Minghai said: "The feeling of competing is different from this. Being watched by many people makes me feel like I am part of an acrobatic troupe."

"A lot of people just looked at it and kept staring. When we finished the dishes, they left and wouldn't come in." Xia Mingye said what he was unhappy about.

Feng Zhengming laughed after hearing this: "What's so strange about this? In your restaurants and hotels, not all guests will sit down and eat as soon as they enter."

Yang Bin echoed: "That's right, why are you two so nervous? There's nothing wrong with letting people see."

Then Feng Zhengming said: "Our reception work this time will definitely have to deal with some foreigners, so you should get used to cooking while being watched."

Yang Bin added: “We must also do a good job.”

Zhang Minghai and Xia Mingye looked at each other, and after thinking for a moment, they understood.

The two of them gradually got used to it. To be more precise, they ignored the glances around them and just focused on cooking.

However, Feng Zhengming quickly pointed out the problems of two people.

"Your cooking speed is too slow. Please try to reduce some unnecessary actions, otherwise customers will wait too long."

Yang Bin even said: "It only takes a minute or two to stir-fry, but the whole process is full of fire. Don't always pay attention to the size of the stove, and don't necessarily follow the same process in your kitchen."

Zhang Minghai and Xia Mingye have been in the kitchen for too long, and they are always used to cooking according to the kitchen's procedures.

They did cook the dishes very well according to the process, but the efficiency was much lower.

Especially when several tables appear at the same time and order a single order, two people will not be in a hurry, but the efficiency is obviously much slower, making customers wait for a long time.

However, these are not big problems. Feng Zhengming and the third senior brother proposed that they did not require them to speed up and let them keep their habits in cooking.

People who came to the food stall to eat this evening did not know that there were several future famous chefs present at Feng Zhengming’s food stall tonight.

In his free time, Feng Zhengming once again talked with everyone about the reception and catering.

Zhang Minghai raised the same question that Xia Mingye had raised when he first arrived.

"Why are we young people suddenly given the job this time? Normally, senior masters should be responsible for such reception work?"

Without waiting for Feng Zhengming to explain, Xia Mingye helped give an answer.

"This is an international youth exchange, and the people coming from abroad are all young people, so we arranged for our young chefs to be responsible for the catering."

Zhang Minghai heard what Xia Mingye said and looked at Feng Zhengming again: "Is it that simple?"

"Is there any complicated reason?" Feng Zhengming asked with a smile.

Zhang Minghai thought for a while and said: "I'm not saying there must be any complicated reasons, I just think it's strange that the master chefs of these big restaurants have no objections."

"How do you know they didn't object?" Yang Bin continued, "Let me tell you, this time it was mainly Zhengming's argument that gave you such an opportunity. Originally, they asked Zhengming, the number one young chef in the province, to be the chef. As for the chefs, I didn’t say that we would all use young chefs.”

After listening to Yang Bin's explanation, Zhang Minghai and Xia Mingye were somewhat surprised.

Xia Mingye also heard what Yang Bin said and realized that there was such a situation behind the scenes?

When Xia Mingye asked before, Feng Zhengming said that because all the people from abroad are young people, young chefs are responsible for catering reception.

At that time, Xia Mingye really accepted it and didn't ask any more questions.

Obviously Zhang Minghai is older, but he still understands that such a reception work seems to have a lot of rules, and it also requires a lot of responsibility, which is not a good thing.

But in fact, there are many people who covet such reception work.

After all, this is an opportunity to show yourself, and show it in front of foreigners.

If you get a good opportunity, you may have the opportunity to stay in some important places after working in reception, or be transferred to some departments specifically responsible for reception.

Just like this time, Feng Zhengming received a letter of appointment from the Provincial Department of Labor.

This is what many people long for in their hearts.

Even the third senior brother Yang Bin couldn't help but say something bitter when he saw the appointment letter.

Zhang Minghai said with a smile: "Zhengming is really good at getting them to agree to let us young chefs be responsible for catering reception."

"What's so great about it?" Feng Zhengming waved his hand, "Actually, it's just because this time it is indeed young people from abroad who come to our province for some exchanges, and the province also intentionally wants us young people to communicate with others, so that's why will agree to my request."

Xia Mingye thought for a while and asked: "Then we will just cook Shandong cuisine. Is it really okay?"

"Why not?" Feng Zhengming asked with a smile.

Without waiting for Xia Mingye to answer, Feng Zhengming asked himself: "Have you forgotten the dishes we cooked during the competition? Are our dishes and the old dishes taught by the master chefs on the spot all Shandong cuisine?" If we serve those dishes to others, will they surprise everyone?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly felt confident.

Zhang Minghai even said: "Hahaha, that's right, our own specialties will definitely shock foreigners and they will like them directly."

"That's right, Brother Liu, your specialty, sea sausage rice. When we make it in large quantities, I think it will definitely not be any worse than some foreign seafood risotto. It is guaranteed to make those foreign youths eat it. "It was eaten fresh." Feng Zhengming was still impressed by the seafood served by Senior Brother Six.

Zhang Minghai said: "We have a lot of seafood there, not only sea sausage and rice, we will definitely show it to them when the time comes."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, we just want to show our own things to foreigners."

At this moment, everyone was full of expectations for this reception.

(End of this chapter)