From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 392 Guests who come to exchange cooking skills (please vote for me)

In the evening, after it got dark, everyone who had booked other private rooms in Huiquan Building had already taken their seats.

Even a few small private rooms have begun to exchange cups and cups.

The largest private room booked by Chang Zongfu is still empty.

He Yunqing even began to wonder if Chang Zongfu was not ready to come?
It was past 8:30 in the evening, and several imported cars were parked in front of Huiquan Building.

Chang Zongfu finally arrived with his guests.

"Huiquan Tower? Is this the time-honored brand that is as famous as Jufengde in Quancheng?"

Chang Zongfu introduced the person who asked this question with a smile.

"That's right, the two most famous restaurants in Quan City back then were Huiquan Restaurant and Jufengde. I picked you up today because I made a special trip to pick you up to have a try."

The guests invited by Chang Zongfu nodded to Chang Zongfu very politely to express their gratitude.

"Okay, okay, Mr. Yuan, Miss Fumiko, please."

Surprised, Chang Zongfu's guest turned to look at a young girl accompanying him.

Chang Zongfu continued to introduce the other party seriously.

"Huiquan Building should have its own style. If we go to pick up the wedding banquet, it will lose its current style, which is completely inconsistent with the identity of the chef."

He asked curiously: "Do you know who Mr. Chang invited?"

Seeing He Yunqing, Chang Zongfu said with a smile: "I have booked a private room and I will definitely come. Aren't you going to pick up our guests? Can you keep the private room for me?"

The young girl known as "Wenzi" bowed respectfully to Chang Zongfu.

Yuan Wenzi replied: "I have met him, but I was not noticeable at the youth conference. He may not remember me."

Chang Zongfu didn't like the wedding banquet and banquet at Huiquan Tower.

If you listen carefully, you can hear that the other person's accent is a bit strange.

Chang Zongfu put it another way: "The chef didn't encounter anything disturbing today, right?"

He Yunqing was a little confused when he heard this: "It's not stylish to prepare a wedding banquet?"

Hearing this, a blush appeared on Yuan Wenzi's face, and he once again expressed his gratitude to Chang Zongfu respectfully.

He Yunqing personally led Chang Zongfu and others to the private room, and asked someone to go to the kitchen to inform Feng Zhengming.

"Mr. Chang, you are finally here. I thought you had booked a private room, but you wouldn't be here tonight."

After thinking for a brief moment, Chang Zongfu thought of something.

Hearing what the guest said, Chang Zongfu was a little surprised and turned to look at the young girl accompanying him.

Chang Zongfu nodded: "Yes, that's him. Do you know Miss Wenzi?"

He Yunqing nodded: "Yes, the chef and others have already prepared the menu."

Chang Zongfu led people into Huiquan Tower, and He Yunqing also hurriedly greeted him.

"Uncle Chang, I did just come to your place to attend the Youth Conference. I think the top young chef you mentioned should be the young chef at the Youth Conference, Chef Feng Zhengming, right?"

This question made He Yunqing a little puzzled: "How is the chef's condition?"

Chang Zongfu turned around and saw the guests who came in with him.

"Now the reputation of Huiquan House in Quancheng cannot be compared with Jufengde, but I believe that Huiquan House will catch up with Jufengde in the future, because the chef who takes over Jufengde now is younger and is our top young chef in Qilu. He leads Some young chefs took over Huiquan House.

So now Huiquan Restaurant is the only restaurant in Quancheng that does not have a master chef or master chef in charge. "

The person who came to call Feng Zhengming shook his head: "I don't know, I've never seen her here before. It seems that Mr. Chang drove there specially to pick her up. There is a young girl who is very beautiful."

These words made He Yunqing almost instantly think of Section Chief Wang and Luo Wenhan who came in the afternoon.

Seeing Yuan Wenzi's curious face and looking around at the decorations in Huiquan Building, he didn't bother to joke with He Yunqing.

Feng Zhengming was busy in the kitchen when he heard what He Yunqing asked someone to notify him.

"Thank you, Mr. Chang. I once heard my grandfather say that he had been competing with Jufengde at Huiquan Tower in Quancheng, but he still lost to Jufengde later."

"Fumiko, the chef here may be the young chef you have been talking about."

Chang Zongfu's guest said: "Mr. Chang, shall we go in? I also want to meet the young chef."

These words shocked the other party, and even the people accompanying him were quite surprised.

Chang Zongfu nodded after hearing this: "He is still planning to have a banquet, right?"

Although he was speaking Chinese, it was obvious that his pronunciation and pronunciation were not Chinese.

Chang Zongfu immediately said: "This is really destined. Miss Wenzi can get to know him well today."

Chang Zongfu then asked: "How is the chef doing tonight?"

"Forget it, we'll talk about it later when we have time. You take us to the private room and ask someone to notify Zhengming and ask him to come over. I want to introduce a few guests to him."

But he didn't tell anyone, he just said: "There is nothing disturbing. The chef took Xiao Gu to the vocational school this morning to recruit some apprentices."

He asked the girl: "Miss Fumiko also came to attend the Youth Conference?"

He Yunqing immediately said: "I will definitely keep it for you. You are our shareholder, how can I not keep it for you?"

Hearing this, everyone in the kitchen immediately became amused.

Qi Jiale said: "Hahaha, are you just looking at pretty girls?"

These words made the person who came to deliver the message feel embarrassed.

"No, I, I just took a look."

Bao Feng then said: "It's over, take a look, it must be in your eyes and you can't pull it out."

These words made everyone in the kitchen burst into laughter.

Everyone burst into laughter, making the messenger even more embarrassed, but he didn't know how to argue for a moment, and ended up feeling a little anxious when he saw the person standing there.

It was Feng Zhengming who helped him resolve the embarrassment: "Okay, okay, don't laugh at me. Maybe when you meet me, your performance will not be as good as others."

Then he said to the messenger, "You go first and tell Mr. Chang and the others that I still have some work to do in the kitchen. When I'm done, I'll go up and toast them."

The messenger quickly answered, turned around and hurried out of the kitchen.

As a result, everyone in the kitchen continued to make fun of him.

"Look, hurry up and go back to see the beautiful girl."

"Oh, I want to see a pretty girl."

Feng Zhengming smiled helplessly when everyone was deliberately teasing and joking. Fortunately, the messenger who was delivering the message was also a boy, so he wasn't angry because everyone was making fun of him.

He even ran out of the kitchen, popped his head back in and shouted, "I can see beautiful girls, but you can't."

After shouting this, Chuan Caisheng also ran away quickly.

The chef who was rumored to be shouting this made the entire kitchen go silent for an instant.

No one said a word for a long time.

It was Xia Hui who said, "Look, you guys are making fun of me, are you okay this time? Are you starting to envy me again when I get to see beautiful girls?"

As a result, Gu Zhicheng said: "It doesn't matter, we also have beautiful girls in the kitchen, and we have the most beautiful young chef in the province for us to see."

When Gu Zhicheng said this, other people in the kitchen immediately agreed.

Xia Hui looked at Gu Zhicheng and said, "Lao Gu, I see that you are usually mature and prudent, but I didn't expect that you are also full of tricks in your heart."

Upon hearing this, Qi Jiale immediately said: "Oh, Chef Xia, you were deceived by Lao Gu's superficial loyalty. He is not a good person."

Gu Zhicheng turned his head and glared at Qi Jiale: "Shut up and do your job well."

Qi Jiale was scolded, but he still smiled and said: "Look, I exposed it, so you became angry from shame, right?"

Feng Zhengming stepped in to stop the joke before everyone in the kitchen could continue.

"Okay, okay, hurry up and work hard. All the guests invited by Boss Chang are here. Regardless of whether there are beautiful girls or not, we must let people see the craftsmanship of our Huiquan Building."

Chef Feng Zhengming was very effective in speaking, and everyone in the kitchen immediately became serious.

Soon one dish after another was prepared by everyone.

The first is the cold dish in the set meal. The white braised pork elbow is cut into very thin slices. After placing lotus leaves under the plate, it is paired with a small plate of white porcelain lotus leaves with dipping sauce on it. It really has a fresh and elegant aesthetic.

In addition to this plate of braised pork elbow, there are several other cold dishes in this set that are equally beautifully presented.

For example, for a vegetarian cold dish, Feng Zhengming and the others showed off their knife skills, using shredded and sliced ​​vegetables to create a scene like a summer lotus pond.

This dish is called Moonlight over the Lotus Pond, which is a good combination of lotus root, cucumber and other summer refreshing fruits.

Of course, in addition to this beautiful cold dish, there is also the signature yam puree in Huiquanlou’s cold dishes.

After several cold dishes were prepared, Feng Zhengming asked everyone to place the cold dishes on the trays.

After the chef arrived, he personally went to serve the food with the chef.

Feng Zhengming went to serve the dishes, and everyone in the kitchen continued to prepare the next dishes under the leadership of Gu Zhicheng.

When I came to the door of the private room, I heard some conversations inside before I even entered.

From the accent, Feng Zhengming had already heard that the guests Chang Zongfu invited tonight should be foreigners.

Although the other party has been communicating in Chinese and speaks Chinese very fluently, I can still hear the obvious foreign accent of the other party.

Feng Zhengming knocked on the door gently, and when Chang Zongfu's voice came from inside, Feng Zhengming and Chuan Caisheng opened the door and went in together.

When Chang Zongfu saw Feng Zhengming coming to serve the food in person, he was naturally very happy and stood up to greet him.

"Hahaha, our chef is finally here."

Chang Zongfu came over and pulled Feng Zhengming on, and went to the table to introduce Feng Zhengming.

"Zhengming, this is Mr. Yuan. Mr. Yuan and his party came from Fuso for inspection. They stopped by to have some exchanges on cooking skills with us."

Then Chang Zongfu introduced to Feng Zhengming: "Mr. Yuan is also a very top chef. He has participated in many state banquets and is considered a national treasure-level celebrity chef."

Feng Zhengming listened to Chang Zongfu's introduction and nodded to Mr. Yuan with a smile on his face.

I was a little surprised in my heart, not because of the identity and name of Mr. Yuan in front of me.

I was surprised that such a top celebrity chef from another country would be invited by Chang Zongfu to have dinner at Huiquan House.

Feng Zhengming smiled and said hello: "Hello, Mr. Yuan. Mr. Yuan's presence here is a recognition of our Huiquan Restaurant. The dishes served to you tonight are some new dishes that our young chefs at Huiquan Restaurant have discussed together."

With that said, Feng Zhengming put the cold dishes on the table first.

Mr. Lian Yuan was a little surprised when he saw the vegetable platter in the moonlight of the lotus pond.

As for some other dishes, almost every dish is beautifully presented.

Mr. Yuan also praised it greatly after seeing it.

"The chef is very good. The shapes of your dishes are very beautiful, and they truly achieve the full flavor and color of your Chinese chefs."

Feng Zhengming smiled and introduced: "It is summer now. Summer is the season when lotus flowers are in full bloom. It is also the season when lotus leaves are densely covered in lotus ponds and you can eat fresh lotus roots. Therefore, the theme of our set of cold dishes is the summer lotus pond."

Mr. Yuan looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "Very good, the chef really has a lot of ideas. Whether it is meat or vegetables, you have paired it with elements of the lotus pond. Lotus leaves are used as a base under the elbow meat. This plate of vegetables is Lotus root slices and cucumbers are placed on top, and lotus seeds are added to it, which is really clever.”

Feng Zhengming smiled and said: "Thank you Mr. Yuan for the compliment."

Chang Zongfu took the opportunity to introduce Yuan Wenzi to Feng Zhengming: "Zhengming, do you still remember this girl?"

Feng Zhengming looked at Yuan Wenzi, and he had no impression of this beautiful Fuso girl.

Seeing that Feng Zhengming did not recognize him, Yuan Wenzi smiled shyly and said: "Hello, Chef Feng, this is our second meeting. I came here to attend the youth conference before, but I was not that inconspicuous at the time, so I didn't attract attention. your attention.”

Feng Zhengming looked at the other party carefully again, but vaguely remembered that he had indeed met him at the Youth Conference.

"I remember, you are the girl who asked us about some cooking details at the Youth Conference, right?"

Seeing Feng Zhengming remembering it, Yuan Wenzi was very happy. He nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, you were quite busy at the time, but you still answered my question seriously."

Only then did Feng Zhengming realize why he had no impression at first glance.

Mainly during the youth conference, Minamoto Fumiko dressed up like a very ordinary female student, and she was also dressed in a sporty and lively manner.

Minamoto Fumiko is now more mature in appearance, and she is obviously wearing makeup, so she looks much prettier.

Feng Zhengming responded with a smile: "I should answer your questions. The purpose of the Youth Conference is to allow us young people to communicate with each other. I remember you said at that time that you would like to learn cooking from us if you have the opportunity."

Yuan Wenzi immediately bowed respectfully to Feng Zhengming and said, "Yes, I came here with my uncle this time because I want to learn cooking from you. I wonder if you, chef, would like to accept me as your apprentice?"

These words not only surprised Feng Zhengming, but also Chang Zongfu.

Mr. Yuan, on the other hand, seemed to have expected it. He just sat there and looked at Feng Zhengming with a smile.

Feng Zhengming didn't speak for a long time.

Mr. Yuan said: "Chef Feng probably doesn't know yet. We are here this time to have culinary exchanges with you. We want to see and learn your well-inherited Shandong cuisine. If possible, we hope to Send young people to study and invite you to perform cooking demonstrations in our country.”

After hearing what the other party said, Feng Zhengming vaguely remembered that during this period, many famous domestic chefs were indeed invited to perform and communicate abroad.

(End of this chapter)