From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Through He Yunqing's contact, Feng Zhengming met the first family who was willing to hold a wedding banquet at Huiquan Building.

The people who came to interview Feng Zhengming were the newlyweds who were getting married, their parents, the groom's grandparents and the bride's aunt.

It can be seen that both families attach great importance to this wedding banquet.

Feng Zhengming did not show them the previous flyer, but brought out the official menu.

"Thank you for your trust in Huiquan Tower and your willingness to host such an important banquet in your life at Huiquan Tower."

Present the formal menu to the groom and bride’s families.

"I believe you should have talked to our Huiquan Building manager He and know that our Huiquan Building wedding banquet menu has three price points. Please rest assured that our Huiquan Building guarantees that no matter which price range of banquet you choose, we will take it seriously and treat you The dishes for every table will be prepared to satisfy you and the guests at the wedding banquet.”

Seeing the official menu, the groom, bride and their families seemed to feel relieved immediately.

Perhaps it was because when He Yunqing talked to them before, he always used the leaflets he had prepared for publicity.

It makes the groom's and bride's families feel that it is not very formal.

Now I see it is very formal, and it is divided into three parts. The covers are all in festive red with the word "囍" on them.

It immediately makes the groom and bride’s family feel better.

Feng Zhengming had learned about it in advance through He Yunqing.

This time, the young couple, the groom and the bride, wanted to hold the wedding banquet at Huiquan Building.

Probably the bride and groom are both young people. They ate at Huiquan Restaurant once with their friends and fell in love with the younger atmosphere of Huiquan Restaurant. The bride especially liked the presentation of some of the dishes in Huiquan Restaurant.

Therefore, the groom and the bride took the initiative to find He Yunqing and expressed their wish to hold a wedding banquet at Huiquan Building.

After He Yunqing first communicated with the groom and the bride, he also communicated with the groom's and bride's families respectively.

After a series of exchanges, the parents of the groom and the bride were not opposed to hosting a wedding banquet at Huiquan House.

And it can be seen that the parents of both parties also respect the groom and the bride's choice.

However, the groom and other elders of the bride's family seemed dissatisfied with having a banquet at Huiquan House.

This year the groom’s grandparents and the bride’s aunt appeared.

Feng Zhengming probably guessed that they were not satisfied with the wedding banquet held at Huiquan Tower.

This is not surprising, as the groom's grandparents are older and relatively conservative.

And judging from what the grandparents are wearing today, the groom’s grandparents should also be relatively decent people.

Maybe the two old people had a certain status before they retired.

For the grandson's wedding, the grandparents naturally cannot just choose a restaurant to hold the wedding banquet.

The bride's aunt was very fashionably dressed and had an aura as soon as she entered the house.

His attitude toward He Yunqing and Feng Zhengming was somewhat arrogant.

Judging from the behavior of the bride's parents, the bride's aunt probably has a high status in the family.

After roughly understanding and seeing the situation of the two families, Feng Zhengming was not in a hurry to let the other party make a decision.

The first person to speak was, as Feng Zhengming expected, the bride's aunt.

"Chef Xiao Feng, since you took over Huiquan Building, Huiquan Building has not yet taken over the wedding banquet, right?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, I haven't accepted it yet. If you are willing, you will be the first wedding banquet hosted by our Huiquan Building. As the first one, we will give you some discounts."

The bride's aunt waved her hand: "It doesn't matter whether it's a discount or not. Since it's a wedding, we want the two children to have a good start through the wedding banquet, so our family doesn't care about the cost of the banquet."

After the aunt said this, the groom's grandmother said: "Yes, we have such an eldest grandson in our family. The banquet must be grand and grand, and we don't care about spending money."

Feng Zhengming said: "Grandma, don't worry, it is indeed the first time for Huiquan House to host a wedding banquet, but we will definitely cook every dish well and provide considerate service on site."

The bride's aunt added: "We all know Chef Xiao Feng's craftsmanship. Now everyone praises your craftsmanship and praises Huiquanlou for how beautiful and delicious the dishes are. But some of our relatives and friends are not Shaodu has some status, but the current reputation of Huiquan Tower is still not as good as that of Ju Fengde and others.

If we hold a banquet at your Huiquan Building, it is inevitable that some relatives and friends will talk behind our backs, as if our two families cannot afford the money to go to Jufengde to entertain guests. "

First, he praised Feng Zhengming's cooking skills, but then the conversation changed and he complained that Huiquan House is not famous enough now.

He Yunqing felt a little harsh when he heard it.

Feng Zhengming kept smiling and said: "Is this the bride's aunt? Aunt, you can't say that. Huiquan Building is indeed not as famous as Jufengde and the others, but we pay attention to high quality and low price in catering. Wedding banquets A wedding banquet seeks a happy occasion.

Since it is a happy event, I definitely hope that it can be done with enough lavishness and that the invited guests can also be satisfied with the meal.

If it was simply because of the restaurant's reputation, it would end up being too busy, so the service and dishes for the wedding banquet could not be guaranteed.

I think the relatives and friends you invited will still dislike you behind the scenes and be reluctant to spend money on the wedding banquet, even if you don’t tell them in person? "

After saying this, Feng Zhengming added: "And I didn't finish what I just said. As Mr. Du and Miss Mei are the first couple to hold a wedding banquet here, our Huiquan House will help hire a master of ceremonies to host the wedding on site. ”

The bride's aunt was quite disdainful: "Can you help us hire a master of ceremonies? Can't we find one ourselves? Who can you invite to host the ceremony?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and asked: "Can I be the host of the city TV station?"

These words confused the two families present.

The bride was a little surprised and asked, "Can you invite Li Rong to be our master of ceremonies?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "It should be no problem. I will do my best to help you invite her."

The reason why he dared to raise this point was because Feng Zhengming had already made arrangements in the morning.

As a well-known host on Quancheng TV Station, Li Rong hosted a people's livelihood program and interviewed Feng Zhengming several times.

The most important thing is that Li Rong is actually the cousin of senior brother Li Huidong. At the same time, he and Luo Qing were classmates in elementary school. The two had a good relationship in the class in elementary school.

She interviewed Feng Zhengming several times first-hand, all through the relationship between Li Huidong, Luo Qing and Feng Zhengming.

Therefore, Feng Zhengming felt that as long as he said hello and arranged the time in advance, Li Rong would give him the honor of being the master of ceremonies for the first couple holding a wedding banquet in Huiquan Building.

Of course, Feng Zhengming had also mentioned this matter to Li Rong in private before when Li Rong interviewed him.

Li Rong also thought it was interesting at the time, so she agreed to Feng Zhengming.

With such a condition, Li Rong was invited to be the master of ceremonies.

The groom and the bride almost immediately agreed to host the wedding banquet at Huiquan Building.

When the bride's aunt saw this, she promptly said: "Don't just think about Li Rong being the master of ceremonies. The key to a wedding banquet is the banquet. Our two families have some status, so the banquet should be more particular."

Feng Zhengming smiled slightly, pushed the three menus and said, "Auntie, you can take a look at the menu first."

This time, the two families finally started to look at the menu seriously. When making three menus with different price points, Feng Zhengming took photos of every dish at the banquet.

Seeing the photos of each dish on the menu, the bride and groom naturally nodded frequently.

I am still very satisfied with the appearance of every dish in the photos.

The bride's aunt asked again: "Chef Xiao Feng, do the photos on your menu match the dishes on each table of your banquet?"

When it comes to this, Feng Zhengming said with unusual certainty: "Auntie, you can rest assured that the dishes on the table are basically the same as those on the menu photos."

"Basically the same?" The bride's aunt obviously still wanted to make things difficult.

This time the mother of the bride finally spoke: "Sister, I think Chef Feng is very sincere. The dishes on this menu can be said to be very tough."

The bride's father, prompted by his wife's gaze, also began to agree.

"Sister, look at these dishes. Even if Jufengde holds a wedding banquet, it's impossible to say that the dishes served at the banquet will be exactly the same as the photos on the menu."

The bride even said to her aunt: "I think this is very good, we will hold it at Huiquan Building."

When the aunt saw the bride and her family, they had already decided to be here.

The groom's family also likes Huiquan Tower.

As the bride's aunt, she could only agree in the end.

However, even though he agreed, he still gave Feng Zhengming a serious instruction.

"Chef Xiao Feng, you must prepare well. My niece's wedding banquet must be the best, otherwise we will not agree."

Feng Zhengming said confidently: "Please rest assured, since we have taken over your wedding banquet, we will definitely do our best to satisfy both your family and the guests as much as possible."

Then Feng Zhengming asked: "Which menu do you want to choose?"

This time both families reached an agreement and made their choice immediately.

"A happy marriage for a hundred years."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Okay."

Afterwards, Feng Zhengming asked He Yunqing to take out a deposit slip.

"If you have no objections to the dishes on the menu, you can pay a deposit and confirm the menu. We will prepare corresponding dishes for you according to this menu."

The two families were quite happy and agreed after looking through the menu again.

Then the groom's mother took out the money from her bag and paid the deposit for the banquet to He Yunqing.

Feng Zhengming personally signed the reservation agreement with the other party, which was regarded as the two parties officially finalizing the wedding banquet.

"Thank you for your support. We at Huiquan House will definitely go all out to make your wedding banquet a glorious one."

The bride's aunt did not forget to say: "The dishes must be done well. I won't say that they are exactly the same as the photos on your menu, but at least they will look better when they are put on the table."

Feng Zhengming smiled and agreed: "Auntie, you can rest assured that we will try our best to make it consistent with the menu."

The bride still didn't forget about the emcee: "Then don't forget to invite Li Rong to be the emcee for us."

Feng Zhengming promised: "Bride, please rest assured, we will contact Li Rong immediately. Whether we invite her or not, we will inform you in advance."

Send the groom and bride's families out in person.

After watching them leave, Feng Zhengming returned to the restaurant with He Yunqing.

He Yunqing looked at the reservation agreement in his hand.

"The task is a bit tricky. There are more than forty tables in the lobby and private rooms combined."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "There are only more than forty tables, so we can practice our skills."

He Yunqing was a little surprised: "Only more than forty tables? This is already a lot. You guys have to cook a lot of dishes on the same day. Can your chef be busy with so many tables?"

Feng Zhengming said confidently: "Don't worry, the chef will definitely be able to handle it. If it doesn't work, you can ask my senior brother to help."

"Let your senior brother come and help? Where is the restaurant?" He Yunqing was somewhat worried.

Feng Zhengming said: "It's not like we only have third brother and one senior brother."

He Yunqing was stunned for a moment, and then thought of Feng Zhengming's senior brother Li Huidong.

"You mean, you plan to ask Chef Li to come over and help?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "If I talk to the senior brother, he will definitely be willing to come and help. The senior brother and I went to the countryside to cook birthday banquets for others. The senior brother is more experienced in cooking big dishes in the kitchen of the cafeteria. When the time comes, let me Senior brother is here to help coordinate, and the kitchen will definitely be fine."

He Yunqing suddenly asked: "By the way, Li Rong seems to know Chef Li, right?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "We know each other. Li Rong is my senior brother's cousin."

He Yunqing was suddenly stunned when he heard this.

"So that's the case. No wonder you told them that they could help invite Li Rong to be the master of ceremonies. You were already prepared."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Since we have decided to host the wedding banquet, we must become famous and make our reputation known. Let everyone who comes to attend the wedding banquet see how unique the wedding banquet at Huiquan Tower is. ”

He Yunqing also agreed to do this.

"Yes, since you have to do it, you must do your best."

Feng Zhengming went on to say, "It's not as difficult to prepare a wedding banquet as you think, because the wedding banquet is mostly served with big fish and meat, and most of it is stewed and braised. It's much easier than cooking a meal for the bosses who have booked private rooms." ”

In fact, what Feng Zhengming said is true. Wedding banquets are mostly filled with big fish and meat.

Although the wedding banquet dishes designed by Feng Zhengming are quite particular.

But this particularity is compared to wedding banquets in other large restaurants.

There were so many tables to prepare for a wedding banquet at one time. Feng Zhengming didn't overestimate his ability. He would use the banquet specifications of the bosses who booked private rooms in Huiquan Building to prepare banquets.

If we do that, the back kitchen staff of Huiquan Building may not be able to be busy even if the manpower is doubled.

Of course, even so, the pressure on the kitchen is still quite high.

Therefore, Feng Zhengming did not pick up the wedding banquet as soon as the apprentice arrived.

It is also to allow the apprentices to learn from the young chefs in the back kitchen for a while, at least to get used to some of the work in the back kitchen, and to be able to keep up with the pace of Feng Zhengming and the young chefs.

Now that it has been running in for a month, Feng Zhengming feels it is time to test it out.

Let’s see if the kitchen at Huiquan Building is operating at full capacity, and whether it can take the wedding banquet to a new level. (End of chapter)