From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

A photographer specially invited by the groom's family took a group photo of the groom, bride, Feng Zhengming and the last dish he presented.

After the groom Zheng Tao took a group photo, he also held Feng Zhengming's hand very excitedly.

"Chef Feng, you are a real chef. Although you are not older than me, today really opened my eyes."

The bride also said beside her: "Thank you, Chef Feng, for giving me such a grand wedding banquet."

After speaking, the groom’s family also quickly handed over the wine.

The groom and bride, as well as the groom's parents, including relatives sitting at the same table with them, raised their glasses to toast Feng Zhengming.

Feng Zhengming took the wine glass and said with a smile: "Thank you for your trust in Huiquan Tower and in me."

After drinking the wedding wine, Feng Zhengming returned to the kitchen.

The wedding banquet outside was still going on, and the atmosphere became more lively as the cakes were served.

Relatives and friends exchanged glasses and found that there seemed to be a lot of food on the table.

Except for the nine-turn large intestine served on the table, the quantity is limited because all large intestines are used.

Basically, every table is eaten after being served.

The braised prawns are also eaten by the guests at the same table after they are served.

The guests found that the other dishes were very large.

Even though the people at the table were drinking and eating for such a long time, there was still a lot of food left on the table.

And every dish on the table was really cooked to everyone's satisfaction.

When the Fulu duck was served, each one on the plate was red in color and shaped like a gourd, and its belly was stuffed with various ingredients. Just looking at it made people greedy.

What makes guests satisfied is that the Fulu duck has been cut into pieces, so it will be more convenient for everyone to eat.

Use chopsticks to gently pierce the duck skin to cut out the duck meat along with the fillings.

With the rich filling and rich duck meat, it really tastes no worse than braised pork.

Of course braised pork is also a favorite dish.

The taste of Huiquanlou Braised Pork is more towards the taste of some Qilu people.

It's not the sweet braised pork in the south.

It also makes the guests find it delicious when paired with small abalone.

There are also dishes such as braised beef in soy sauce and red braised mutton strips. There are so many dishes on the table.

At the end of the meal, a bowl of clear soup with Bazhen Hydrangea and Budai Chicken is served.

The chicken soup looks like water, but when you drink it, you will taste the rich and delicious chicken soup.

Does this really make many people feel incredible when drinking it?

Who has never cooked chicken soup?
Generally, a soup that has a strong chicken flavor will be relatively turbid.

But in the soup bowl in front of me, there is clear soup as clear as water.

When you drink it, you will taste the rich aroma of chicken, which is the taste of real rich chicken soup.

Paired with the tender and tender chicken from the Budai chicken and the Bazhen hydrangea balls inside, it is really a soup that is beyond everyone's imagination.

There are guests who bring their children. When the children see the sweets on the table, they naturally want to eat them.

At first, many guests thought that such beautiful cakes with dragons and phoenixes in auspicious shapes might just look good.

When some people can't resist the child's request, they reach out and break off a piece for the child.

When you reach out and break it, you will find that the pastry is still a little warm.

After breaking it open, there was a sweet fragrance inside.

The person at the same table looked at it and said, "Wow, there's something in it."

Such a sound made other guests at the same table look curiously.

I saw that there was stuffing inside, and it smelled very fragrant after breaking it open.

Many people also reached out and broke off a piece to try it.

After eating, everyone realized that this pastry was not just made for viewing, but was actually edible.

The dough for the pastry is very soft, and the filling inside is also very sweet.

Someone ate it and found that the filling contained peanuts and other nuts, and it seemed to have the milky aroma of Western desserts.

Someone soon figured out the key.

"This is to wish the bride and groom can have a baby soon after their marriage."

When the bridegroom, bride and family members heard this, they all agreed with this statement after thinking about it carefully.

This made the groom's family feel that Feng Zhengming and Huiquanlou were really attentive.

Later, when the wedding candies were distributed, the groom led people to the kitchen and said that he must personally give the wedding candies to every chef in the kitchen.

"Chef Feng, thank you so much for giving me such a wonderful wedding banquet. The wedding candies here are not very valuable, but they are also our thoughts. I hope that I can hand-deliver them to the kitchen with my new wife today." Every chef.”

Seeing the sincerity on the faces of the groom and the bride, I understood that they must sincerely want to send wedding candies.

They want to use this way to express their gratitude to everyone in the kitchen.

Feng Zhengming agreed and led them into the kitchen together.

The groom and the bride stood in the back kitchen and first bowed together to all the chefs in the back kitchen, including Feng Zhengming.

The groom said: "Thank you chefs for your hard work today. The food you cooked today is really good."

The bride then said: "This is our wedding candy. I hope all the chefs can share in our joy."

Then the groom and the bride distributed wedding candies to everyone in the kitchen.

Faced with the groom and bride, he came to the kitchen in person and distributed wedding candies to himself.

Everyone in the kitchen felt that the hard work these days seemed to be worth it.

Especially for their hard work, they were recognized by the groom, bride and guests, and they also won the respect of being handed out wedding candies by the groom and bride themselves.

At this moment, every chef in the back kitchen, even Li Huidong, who came to help today, felt that their waists were really straightened.

After distributing the wedding candies, the groom and the bride thanked them again and left the kitchen together.

Afterwards, the groom and the bride also gave wedding candies to other service staff in Huiquan Building.

And they also gave Li Rong a separate red envelope.

Li Rong originally wanted to shirk it.

But the bride and groom insisted on giving it as a token of their gratitude to Li Rong for attending the ceremony.

Li Rong was also very happy on this trip. She was invited to sit at the same table with the groom and bride, and tasted the legendary craftsmanship of Feng Zhengming and Huiquanlou.

She received an appearance fee from Feng Zhengming, and now she received a red envelope from the bride and groom.

She did some calculations and found that this wedding banquet would almost cover two months of her salary.

This is the end of a grand wedding banquet.

The groom's family saw off the guests. Finally, they once again expressed their gratitude to Feng Zhengming and the entire Huiquan Building.

The groom’s grandfather said: “Thank you so much for your hard work. I didn’t expect your Huiquan House wedding banquet to be so well organized.”

Seeing the groom's grandfather reaching out his hand, Feng Zhengming stepped forward and held the old man's hand.

"Grandpa, you're too polite. We should handle this well. We can't let your family spend this money and the wedding banquet is not satisfactory.

I have said that I think the wedding banquet is the official start of the couple's marriage, and our Huiquan House is here to give the newlyweds a good start. "

Feng Zhengming looked at the groom and bride: "I wish you a sweet married life in the future."

The groom's grandmother said: "Chef Xiao Feng, with your blessing, I believe they will live a good life."

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "That's right. Starting from this joyful wedding banquet in our Huiquan Building, your days should be as harmonious and beautiful as today's wedding banquet."

Originally, the groom's father wanted to give Feng Zhengming a red envelope in the end, but Feng Zhengming still refused.

"Thank you, uncle. We have accepted your kindness. Since the wedding banquet has been paid for, we can't accept any more red envelopes from you. Besides, you gave us smoke, wine and candy today, which also made us feel happy. It's enough."

Finally sending off the bride and groom and their families, this first wedding banquet in Huiquan House was finally over.

It was already two o'clock in the afternoon, and it was quite a hard day for everyone.

Feng Zhengming looked at everyone's tired faces, smiled helplessly and said: "I know everyone is working hard, but we can't rest now. We have to clean up, and when the cleaning is finished, everyone can rest again."

After hearing this, everyone agreed despite being tired.

The next cleaning work took more than an hour together.

Until about four o'clock in the afternoon, everyone in Huiquan Building took a rest.

Feng Zhengming, Luo Qing, He Yunqing and senior brother Li Huidong sat down to calculate the accounts and chat about the wedding banquet.

Li Huidong spoke first: "Today in the kitchen, I really feel like I'm back at Yanxi Tower."

Feng Zhengming laughed: "Hahaha, senior brother, why don't you come over to my place and do it with me?"

Hearing this, Li Huidong asked with a smile: "Am I coming to your place? Do you want me to be the chef?"

"Okay." Feng Zhengming agreed almost immediately.

Seeing that Feng Zhengming's words didn't sound like a joke, Li Huidong quickly said: "I'm joking with you. I'm doing a good job in the cafeteria, so I can't come to your place."

Feng Zhengming was somewhat disappointed by his elder brother's words.

Today in the kitchen, I saw the skills displayed by the senior brother.

He knew very well that his senior brother's craftsmanship had never fallen behind.

It's just that for the time being, the senior brother doesn't have a better chance to display himself.

The nine-turn large intestine and braised prawns served at today's noon wedding banquet only required the senior brother to use up to 60% of his strength.

If the senior brother is truly allowed to exert his full strength.

You should use a small pot and cook it one plate at a time.

Only in this way can the true level of Senior Brother be fully demonstrated.

Therefore, Feng Zhengming hoped in his heart that the senior brother could come to Huiquan Tower, and he was willing to let the senior brother be the chef.

On the one hand, the senior brother has the ability and prestige to intimidate the chef of Huiquan Tower.

More importantly, Senior Brother can prevent Huiquanlou's craftsmanship from being degraded.

Feng Zhengming even felt that with his senior brother in the back kitchen of Huiquan Building, he should be able to develop new stores with confidence, and maybe start trying to go south.

Li Huidong saw the disappointment on his junior brother's face.

He reached out and gently patted his junior brother on the shoulder.

At this moment, the two brothers felt like it was many years ago when Feng Zhengming had not yet become a master in the back kitchen of Yanxi House, so he could only watch silently beside the brothers and secretly learn and memorize.

At that time, senior brother also faced Feng Zhengming face to face.

The senior brother encouraged Feng Zhengming and told him not to stop working hard just because he could not become a disciple.

He must work harder than others and practice every basic skill well.

As long as you work harder than others, your basic skills will be better than others.

He will be accepted as a disciple by his master when the time is right.

Because of his eldest brother's constant encouragement and his eldest brother's secret advice to him.

Feng Zhengming finally got through the most difficult basic stage and successfully attracted the attention of his master with his diligence.

Now Feng Zhengming has achieved success.

It can be said that he is the most famous disciple in Quan City among his brothers, and he is the disciple who best promotes what his master taught him.

Li Huidong said: "Zhengming, you are very capable. Master said at the beginning that among our brothers, you are the one with the highest limit. At best, we can only be regarded as disciples who are loyal.

Only if you can further develop your skills, you can develop new things and integrate them into traditional Shandong cuisine.

If Shandong cuisine wants to become better in the future and not be lost in the competition, it must rely on chefs like you. "

After hearing these words, Feng Zhengming quickly said: "Brother, I just hope that I can do everything well. I am not as powerful as you said."

Li Huidong smiled and said, "No, you are very powerful now. If you don't believe me, just ask the people around you."

As he spoke, Li Huidong looked at He Yunqing and Luo Qing who were settling accounts next to them.

Both of them nodded and said that Feng Zhengming was very powerful.

He Yunqing said: "Our wedding banquet was so successful this time because it was all well designed by the chef."

Luo Qing also said: "Yes, the design is great. I think that after the wedding banquet is over, the real fame of Huiquan Building will begin. Soon the reputation of Huiquan Building will be spread."

"That's right." He Yunqing was a little excited, "Those people who came today will definitely spread the word."

Li Huidong looked at Feng Zhengming and said, "Look, everyone can see clearly that you will make Huiquan Tower famous."

Before Feng Zhengming could speak, Li Huidong continued: "You know, Huiquan House was about to close down at the beginning of the year, and now Huiquan House is about to become a truly famous restaurant.

Do you still dare to say that you are not great? It's already amazing that you can do this. "

Feng Zhengming thought for a while and finally said directly: "Brother, since I'm so powerful, why can't you come and work with me?"

This time Feng Zhengming was very direct and told his senior brother what was in his heart without any mincing words.

"Senior brother, third brother is now helping me run the dry rice shop. The business there is also very good. I can really support myself here in Huiquan Building.

But now Huiquan Building is completely inseparable from me. My idea is that if you, senior brother, can be the chef, you can help me be in charge of the back kitchen of Huiquan Building.

I can then free up my hands to do other things. "

Li Huidong was a little curious and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Go south." Feng Zhengming looked serious. "I want to go south to Shanghai. I want to open a dry rice shop and restaurant in Shanghai to promote our Shandong cuisine."

These words surprised both Li Huidong and He Yunqing.

Then Li Huidong said with a smile: "Did you do a good job at this wedding banquet, with your tail raised to the sky? Why do you go south to Shanghai to open a restaurant now?"

Not letting Feng Zhengming speak, Li Huidong held his shoulder and said: "Run Huiquan Building well. The National Cooking Skills Exchange Competition is coming soon. You should be prepared for that." (End of Chapter)