From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 384 The value of craftsmanship (asking for monthly votes)
Before entering, Feng Zhengming heard the laughter inside at the door.

It can be heard that Grandpa Feng and Chen Sifu's family are still very happy sitting together.

Moreover, it seems that Luo Qing's family and the two families are getting along well.

Seeing Feng Zhengming open the door, everyone's eyes immediately fell on him as he entered.

Grandpa spoke first: "Zhengming, you drank a lot today, right? How many tables have you drank at?"

After hearing his grandfather's question, Feng Zhengming walked in and said with a smile: "There were two or three drinking tables. First I went to drink with Master and the others, then I went to meet my friends who were co-owners of Chang, and then I went to Tao's table. Then come to your side, grandpa.”

Grandpa smiled and said, "It's not bad. I didn't drink too much. There are still your senior brothers and the Liu family who helped you decorate the table."

When grandpa said this, Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, those tables will also have a toast."

At this time, Luo's mother said: "Xiao Feng, you are the boss and chef today, so you should drink less."

Seeing Luo's mother speak, the second aunt Feng Suying said with a smile: "Did you hear that? Your future mother-in-law feels sorry for you. Please go to other tables later, so don't drink too much."

When the second aunt said this, Feng Zhengming smiled and said to Luo's mother: "Thank you for feeling sorry for me, aunt. I will drink less."

Especially the hairtail fish in tomato sauce.

And everyone should have noticed that when we make hairtail fish in tomato sauce, we only use the back half of the hairtail, and we don’t use the section above the abdomen. "

These words immediately stopped both Grandpa Feng and Chen Sifu.

The quality of the hairtail Feng Zhengming and his team selected was indeed very good, and all of them used the second half, not the part before the abdomen.

The children present also spoke one after another at this time, taking turns to praise Feng Zhengming.

Because it is unclear, the quality of the craftsmanship cannot be accurately quantified.

On the contrary, the skills of chefs are not really valued by many people.

No one else knew how to answer this question for a while.

The children all liked the dishes cooked by Feng Zhengming.

High-end restaurants and restaurants can only use the most intuitive method of stacking materials to sell their dishes at a higher premium.

When this practice becomes a trend, many high-premium raw materials become something that restaurants and diners are chasing.

As a result, many years later, the chef's skills are still not valued.

Third uncle Feng Jiandong said with a smile: "I'm satisfied. How can you be dissatisfied with the dishes on your table? They are all good dishes."

In this private room, Feng Zhengming felt the care from his family.

After listening to what Grandpa and Uncle Chen said, Feng Zhengming took a few bites of the food and asked, "Grandpa, Uncle Chen, how much do you think our craftsmanship at Huiquanlou is worth?"

How much should craftsmanship be worth?

Chen Sifu said: "Xiao Feng eat something first, drinking without eating will hurt your stomach."

"Then I'll eat something first. By the way, are you satisfied with today's food?"

Chen Sifu took the opportunity to ask: "Xiao Feng, I think your hairtail fish in tomato sauce is very good. Not only is it golden and crispy on the outside, but the key is that except for the big thorn in the middle, there are no thorns on the side. How do you make it? of?"

At this time, the third aunt Lin Yun and Chen Zhiheng's wife also said that the hairtail fish in tomato sauce should become Huiquanlou's signature dish.

Chen Sifu even gave a thumbs up and said: "Xiao Feng, your craftsmanship is incredible. It can be seen that there are a lot of guests today, but with so many tables, how can you and your chef cook so well?" , incredible.”

Then Chen Zhiheng said: "Zhengming, your business at Huiquan House will definitely not be bad in the future. The dishes you cook are really of a high standard. I feel that you are more attentive than what you did at the youth conference catering reception. "

Luo Qing stood up and walked to Feng Zhengming, pulling Feng Zhengming over to sit down.

Chen Zhiheng echoed his father: "Yes, you are the protagonist today. There must be several tables waiting for you later, so you must pay attention to your health and eat something."

Luo's mother was also smiling. The more she looked at Feng Zhengming, the future son-in-law, the more she liked him.

Everyone present also persuaded Feng Zhengming to eat something first.

"It's actually very simple. The hairtail we use is very fresh. Before cooking, we will tear off the spines on both sides. This is why fresh hairtail can be easily torn off. If it is some hairtail that is not that good, it may be more difficult. Tear off the thorns on both sides.

This may not be clear for many years.

After listening to Feng Zhengming's introduction, everyone thought about it and understood.

Everyone, including the Chen family present, also asked Feng Zhengming to eat something first.

"Have you eaten? If you haven't, eat something here first, and then you can go to other tables to toast."

Whether it is the younger brothers and sisters from the second aunt and third uncle's family, or the little boy from the eldest brother Chen Zhiheng's family.

Grandpa said at this time: "The prices of Huiquan Restaurant's dishes are still a little higher, so you have to be mentally prepared when you officially start the business. Huiquan Restaurant cannot be like Fengjiagan Restaurant and food stalls, which can be overcrowded every day." of."

All this made him feel very comfortable.

Not long after it was served, it was divided among the three children.

Therefore, the prepared hairtail fish in tomato sauce is really neat and beautiful.

Feng Zhengming looked at other people present at the same time and asked everyone the same question.

When Feng Zhengming heard Chen Sifu's question, he smiled and explained how to make hairtail fish in tomato sauce.

Luo's father and mother also expressed that they were very satisfied with the dish.

Then Chen Sifu said: "Yes, Xiao Feng, you have raised the level of Huiquan Building, which means that ordinary families may not come here to spend money casually."

As a result, many truly good craftsmanship cannot be passed down.

Instead, some flashy decorations and crazy piles of the most expensive ingredients on a dish have become mainstream.

Because of the lack of respect for the skills of chefs, it eventually spread to a large number of people who simply did not even have chefs in the kitchen.

Instead, various pre-prepared dishes are prepared through the central kitchen and delivered to each restaurant.

Then in the so-called back kitchen of the restaurant, it is assembled and heated in a microwave oven before being served to the guests.

Feng Zhengming is asking this question now because he wants to remind everyone that every chef's craftsmanship should be respected. If the guests do not respect the value of the chef's craftsmanship, then they may only be able to enjoy the hard work of technology in the end.

Under Feng Zhengming's direct question, everyone thought about it for a while.

Chen Sifu first said: "Huiquanlou, your craftsmanship is indeed very good. If you really want to set a price, the price of each dish on your menu may seem to be underselling your craftsmanship."

These words stunned everyone else present.

Although everyone wants to say that Feng Zhengming's craftsmanship is indeed rare and should be very valuable.

But others did not expect that Chen Sifu would give such a high evaluation. But after everyone thought about it, they felt that what Chen Sifu said made sense.

With Feng Zhengming's current skills, the pricing of the dishes on the Huiquanlou menu can indeed be said to be a "cheap" price for his skills.

After all, at the International Youth Conference dinner, Feng Zhengming also led the young chefs who are now the back kitchen of Huiquan Building to cook for the dinner.

In terms of specifications, that dinner could be regarded as a youth version of a state banquet.

There is really no way to give a random price for such craftsmanship.

Grandpa Feng asked: "Zhengming, you want to say that the current pricing of Huiquan Building is to allow more people to come to Huiquan Building and realize the value of your chef's skills?"

Feng Zhengming was a little surprised by his grandfather's words, but he didn't expect that his grandfather would think of his own idea.

Feng Zhengming did not hide it, and said very bluntly: "Yes, the current price of each dish in Huiquan Restaurant is because I consider the value of my and everyone's craftsmanship in the kitchen, so I set the current price.

Perhaps such a price is a bit expensive for ordinary friends to gather together and share a meal.

If you need to invite more important guests, or family reunions on some important festivals, or some wedding banquets, I think the prices on the menu at Huiquan Restaurant should not be high. "

This time, the family members present carefully considered it.

Third uncle Feng Jiandong and second uncle said almost in unison: "It's not expensive, it's really not expensive."

Chen Zhiheng thought for a moment and said that if it was a more important banquet, the prices on the Huiquanlou menu were indeed not expensive.

In fact, Feng Zhengming did not make it clear that his current pricing has also taken into account that with the rapid development of the domestic economy, more and more business entertainment will appear.

His current pricing seems to be a bit high, and it is also to satisfy the vanity of those business and entertainment people.

After all, Huiquan Restaurant is a time-honored restaurant in Quancheng, and Feng Zhengming, the province's number one young chef, is the head chef.

Moreover, the chefs in the back kitchen have all participated in the provincial young chef competition and ranked among the best.

The entire team even participated in the dinner reception of the International Youth Conference.

The resume of such a strong chef team shows off.

It is enough to attract the vanity of those business entertainers.

The prices on the menu will further inflate those people's vanity to an unprecedented level.

This can be regarded as some preparations made by Feng Zhengming for the future.

After Feng Zhengming’s words, everyone in his family supported his pricing.

The family continued to chat, and Feng Zhengming took the opportunity to eat some food.

Luo Qing kept picking up vegetables for him next to him, and would also help him choose some good ones. For example, when picking fish meat for Feng Zhengming, she would also help him pick out the fish bones.

The family members and the Chen family saw this with smiles on their faces.

I understand that the friendship between Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing is really deep.

After eating for a while, Feng Zhengming stood up, took the wine glass, and continued to toast in other private rooms.

The private room that came next was the private room where the brothers and sisters gathered.

As soon as he entered the door, the third senior brother Yang Bin, who was already a little drunk, immediately got up and ran to the door and grabbed Feng Zhengming.

"Zhengming, you're finally here. Come here, come here. My senior brother and I, as well as the sixth brother, have been waiting for you for a long time. You contracted the Huiquan Building this time, which really made our senior brothers look good, and also made Master's Your reputation is even greater in Quan City, and we senior fellow apprentices must come together to toast you, a capable young fellow."

While supporting the third senior brother, Feng Zhengming said to the first senior brother and the sixth senior brother: "Thank you several senior brothers for coming to support me today, especially my sixth brother for providing me with such good seafood."

Then he said to the senior brother: "And senior brother, I can be where I am today, really, really thank you, senior brother."

Finally, he looked at the third senior brother next to him: "Third brother, third brother, let's have a drink. You are also the one I want to thank. You helped me hold up the restaurant. I really thank you, third brother."

Senior Brother Li Huidong and Sixth Senior Brother Zhang Minghai, who came with the cargo truck, both stood up.

The senior brothers raised their wine glasses together. They were really excited at this moment.

Li Huidong said: "Zhengming, actually it's not you who should be thanking us, it's us who should be thanking you. I, the senior brother here, your third senior brother and your sixth senior brother, which one of us has not been helped by you?

Needless to say, the third child, he might have gone back to farming when he returned to the countryside, but it was you who brought him back to Quancheng. How many connections did you have to find for the third son's son to go to school?

Lao Liu, he can do a good job in hotel catering and securely hold the position of chef because of some of your boldly designed dishes.

I, senior brother, the best steamed buns sold in my cafeteria, as well as the handfuls of meat, five-spice boneless pork trotters, and elbows, are all the recipes you gave me, so that I can stand more firmly in the cafeteria. . "

The three senior brothers raised their wine glasses together and said to Feng Zhengming: "Thank you to our most outstanding junior brother."

Feng Zhengming looked at his three senior brothers and saw their sincere gratitude to him.

He suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, you are my brothers. As a younger brother, how can I watch my brothers being told that they can't do it? If we are told that we can do it together, we will be the best."

The family members in the private room could understand the deep friendship between the brothers.

Seeing this scene in front of them, everyone was very moved and hoped that their brothers would get better and better.

In the end, the brothers clinked their glasses vigorously and drank all the wine in the glasses together.

Feng Zhengming hugged the three senior brothers and said to them seriously: "Brothers, if one day I can really make my business bigger, I hope that you can all come to help me. , we need to build Yanxi Tower again in Quancheng and reopen Yanxi Tower, okay?"

Without waiting for the three senior brothers to answer, Feng Zhengming shouted loudly: "Okay?"

The three senior brothers looked at each other, and then responded to Feng Zhengming together: "Okay."

After drinking a few glasses of wine with his senior brothers, Feng Zhengming came out of the private room and went to the Liu family's private room.

Liu Jiasheng's whole family is here, as well as Liu Yonggang and others who helped Feng Zhengming decorate Fengjiagan Restaurant and renovated Huiquan Building.

When he saw Feng Zhengming coming in, he was already blushing.

The Liu family all laughed and joked about Feng Zhengming together.

"Our Chef Feng worked really hard today. He cooked so many good dishes and drank so much wine. It seems that ancient poets wrote hundreds of poems about wine, and our Chef Feng cooks better after drinking wine and food."

Feng Zhengming laughed: "Hahaha, thank you all, thank you very much, Uncle Liu, and everyone. Without your help, my dry rice shop and this Huiquan Building would not have been able to open so safely. I would like to toast you all with this glass of wine." "From now on, anyone from Liujia Village who needs a banquet will receive a discount."

Liu Jiasheng said with a smile: "Okay, then we have agreed that in the future, all the banquets in our Liujia Village will come to Huiquan Tower."

Feng Zhengming poured another glass of wine and toasted respectfully to Liu Jiasheng to express his gratitude.

This lunch treat for friends and relatives also helped Huiquan House successfully identify a part of its future customer base.

Feng Zhengming is very clear that the next trial operation and official opening will be the beginning of the real challenges that he and everyone at Huiquan Tower will face.

(End of this chapter)