From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

When leaving Yanxi Building, neither Master Yan nor Feng Zhengming's senior brothers would have thought that Feng Zhengming would become a pivotal figure in the Quancheng kitchen industry in just over a year.

When the senior brothers accompanied Master to say their final farewell to Yanxi Tower.

The brothers and sisters also have their own ideals and ambitions in their hearts.

Everyone is thinking that one day they will be famous in Quancheng again, and the craftsmanship passed down to them by Master Yan in Yanxi Tower will continue to be carried forward.

Now, this matter has been partly completed by Feng Zhengming.

In just over a year, he has successfully run two famous restaurants in Quancheng.

Although both Fengjiagan Restaurant and Huiquan Building were old signs known to many people in Quancheng.

But everyone knows that without Feng Zhengming’s craftsmanship and his business strategy.

It is difficult for Fengjiagan Restaurant to achieve its current fame.

Huiquan Tower may also follow the footsteps of Yanxi Tower and become a lost time-honored brand in Quancheng.

Many people who don't understand may think that Feng Zhengming was able to accomplish these things in just over a year. Is there some unknown power behind him?

The master and senior brothers who knew about Feng Zhengming's growth still knew it very well.

The achievements he has achieved now are the result of his many years of silent work in the kitchen, and also following his master, through exchanges and learning in various cooking skills.

What Feng Zhengming achieved is the result of his accumulated experience.

Accompanied by a burst of firecrackers.

It's quite lively in front of Huiquan Tower.

Many people came to watch.

Today, Huiquan Building welcomed provincial and municipal leaders, as well as overseas Chinese who returned from abroad.

There are also some well-known chefs in Quancheng Kitchen.

Masters such as Master Cui and Master Yan were all present.

There are also people from provincial and municipal culinary associations.

Feng Zhengming's relatives and friends also came to congratulate him.

Witnessed by everyone, Mr. Situ, the provincial and municipal leaders and overseas Chinese representative, and Feng Zhengming unveiled the Huiquan Building together.

Onlookers also saw that after the red cloth was lifted, a brass-colored sign was revealed.

Quancheng Overseas Chinese Shandong Cuisine Tasting and Exchange Base.

Such a sign is hung at the entrance of Huiquan Building.

Let people see the weight of this brand at a glance.

The onlookers at the scene also burst into applause.

Afterwards, provincial leaders and overseas Chinese representative Mr. Situ delivered speeches at the scene respectively.

After they all finished speaking, Feng Zhengming was also invited to speak.

And reporters from on-site newspapers and TV stations also continued to record.

Facing so many people present, Feng Zhengming smiled at first: "I'm really a little embarrassed."

These words made the crowd burst into laughter.

Then someone in the crowd shouted: "Chef Feng, don't be embarrassed, just say it."

"Yes, speak up, we want to hear it."

Seeing that everyone encouraged him to speak boldly, Feng Zhengming took a deep breath and started to speak.

“First of all, I would like to thank all the leaders and the overseas Chinese for their recognition of our Huiquan Building.

Secondly, I would like to thank everyone for their trust in Huiquanlou’s craftsmanship and for their recognition of me, a very young chef. "

After thanking him, Feng Zhengming began to talk about his own experience more than a year ago.

"Perhaps many people who know me know that more than a year ago, Yanxilou, where I learned cooking, closed down. That moment was full of bitterness and helplessness for Master, me and my senior brothers.

We all know that many people will attribute the closure of Yanxi House to our poor cooking skills.

So when I came out of Yanxi Tower, I always had a belief in my heart that I wanted to prove myself.

Let everyone know that the closure of Yanxi Tower was not because of our poor craftsmanship. "

Feng Zhengming may have been holding these words in his heart, but today he finally found an opportunity to say them out.

"I worked as a cook in the brewery cafeteria with my senior brother, then went to the train station to sell box lunches, and then sold handfuls of meat. At that time, I just wanted to see if my craftsmanship could be recognized by everyone?"

Feng Zhengming smiled when he said this, "Facts have proved that everyone still recognizes my craftsmanship."

After introducing his previous experiences, Feng Zhengming turned to his senior brothers and master.

“Before I took over Huiquan Building, this place faced the same difficulties as Yanxi Building, but there were some differences.

Huiquan Tower is unable to support the restaurant's business because it has no kitchen staff.

So I chose to take over Huiquan House and invited my young partners to join me in supporting the kitchen of Huiquan House. "

Speaking of this, Feng Zhengming looked at the senior brothers present today, including the sixth senior brother.

"I really want to thank my senior brother, as well as my third and sixth senior brothers. It is their help that allows me to take over and operate Huiquan Building with confidence and boldness.

Without their help, I might not have been able to change everyone’s impression of Huiquan Tower so quickly.

My sixth senior brother Zhang Minghai provided me with seafood in Laicheng. He is also the chef of the big restaurant there. If you go to Laicheng, you can support him.

My third senior brother Yang Bin is now the chef in the back kitchen of Fengjiagang Restaurant. His cooking skills may be better than mine. I believe everyone who has been to Fengjiagang Restaurant should know this.

My elder brother Li Huidong is still the chef of the brewery canteen. I believe many people have heard that the food in the brewery canteen is delicious, especially their steamed buns are very good, right? "

The scene immediately erupted with a response: "Yes."

After receiving a response, Feng Zhengming looked at his master: "And my master, although he is old, he still insists on the inheritance and development of Shandong cuisine. Everyone must have heard of Yan's Restaurant?
It is a restaurant opened by Master’s eldest brother, and it is also an inheritance of authentic Master’s craftsmanship. If you have the opportunity, you can also go to Yan’s Restaurant to try it. "

With these words, Feng Zhengming carefully introduced the places where the brothers and master were.

There is a way to take advantage of this opportunity and use the reports from newspapers and TV stations that came today to publicize Master's Yan's Restaurant and the good craftsmanship of several senior brothers.

This also made Master Yan and fellow seniors Feng Zhengming present unable to help but laugh.

Feng Zhengming finished introducing his master and senior brothers.

The topic returned to Huiquan Tower.

“This time Huiquanlou has won the trust of the province and the overseas Chinese, making us a point for exchanges of Shandong cuisine between Quancheng and the overseas Chinese. Naturally, the credit is not mine alone, but also the contribution of every chef in our kitchen.

They are all young chefs like me, and we all know that we still have shortcomings in cooking.

But we young people are hardworking. We will hone our traditional skills and use the energy of our young people to innovate more delicious dishes based on traditional classic dishes for everyone to taste. "

Finally, Feng Zhengming expressed his gratitude to everyone.

“Getting such a certification is an incentive for our Huiquan Building, and it also puts a lot of pressure on our Huiquan Building.

However, I believe that our young chefs at Huiquanlou will withstand the pressure and continue to make our dishes good. Everyone is welcome to taste and make corrections. "

After saying these words, Feng Zhengming's speech still aroused applause from the audience.

Master Yan looked at his young apprentice, his eyes full of admiration for him. Several senior brothers were also happy for their younger brother.

The grandpa, second aunt, and third uncle present were naturally even happier.

As Feng Zhengming's relatives, they really felt happy when they saw his achievements.

Several members of the Culinary Association who were present today looked at Feng Zhengming with somewhat complicated eyes.

Originally, the Culinary Association was indeed optimistic about Feng Zhengming, and also thought about giving Feng Zhengming some support.

But now it seems that the Culinary Association has been completely thrown away by Feng Zhengming.

He could directly bypass the Culinary Association and fight for such an opportunity on his own.

This made several members of the Culinary Association feel that this was completely out of their control.

And including Li Zhifeng, the middle-level members of the Culinary Association.

They felt that it would be difficult to control Feng Zhengming in the future.

For someone who is out of their control and whose craftsmanship is so great, there is support from the province and even overseas Chinese behind him.

Several members of the culinary association feel that their status in the culinary world of Quancheng and even the province will be challenged.

Although they were dissatisfied with this, after thinking about it, they found that there was really nothing they could do about Feng Zhengming.

Originally, the Culinary Association could still use the name of the time-honored brand, or the rating of the chefs at Huiquan Building, and be able to exercise some control over Feng Zhengming and the others.

Not long after, the province even selected for the national cooking skills exchange competition.

As judges, the Culinary Association can also make some adjustments to Feng Zhengming.

But now the Culinary Association no longer has that opportunity.

Feng Zhengming has such a great reputation. If he is deliberately manipulated during the selection process, he may really be held accountable by the provincial leaders.

Now let’s look at Feng Zhengming’s ability.

It seems that in the provincial selection, he will really get the representative spot without any suspense.

I thought of a young chef in his twenties who wanted to become a representative chef of Shandong cuisine and participate in the national cooking skills exchange competition.

This makes some people in the culinary association feel that they are incompetent.

Of course, there were also some middle-aged chefs who had similar ideas and were unable to attend after hearing the news.

However, those private dissatisfied voices no longer pose any threat to Feng Zhengming and Huiquan Tower.

Originally, Feng Zhengming's use of hosting wedding banquets had greatly increased the reputation of Huiquan House in Quancheng.

Now after this unveiling event, the reputation of Huiquan Building will only become greater.

Perhaps the ones who regret the most now are the vocational school students who were originally able to come to Huiquan Building for internship, but ended up not coming to report.

After the unveiling ceremony in front of the door, Feng Zhengming also greeted the leaders, overseas Chinese, relatives and friends present today to come in.

Today at noon, Huiquan House will naturally have a big banquet to express its gratitude and to take the opportunity to once again prove to everyone that Huiquan House has obtained such a brand to exchange Shandong cuisine with overseas Chinese based on its strength.

Entering the largest private room in Huiquan Building, the provincial and municipal leaders were somewhat surprised.

The name of the largest private room is Quancheng.

The various layouts in the private rooms are also very characteristic of Quancheng.

Especially the few photos hanging on the wall are very famous attractions in Quancheng.

The photos taken are very detailed.

I took a photo of the famous scenic spots in Quancheng that many people may not have the chance to see.

Standing in the private room, everyone sighed that this arrangement was so thoughtful.

"I really didn't expect that Xiao Feng was so thoughtful in the layout of the private room. The scene of the spring under the sunset is so beautiful. I didn't expect that the spring in Quan City would have such a scene."

"Judging from the decoration in the private room, it is not difficult to see that Xiao Feng is a very artistic person."

"Hahaha, this fits his cooking style very well."

Mr. Situ looked carefully at the photos on the wall. The scenery in these photos brought him too many memories.

Many of them are scenes from his various memories of the old city in his hometown.

Over the years he has been living overseas, and it can be said that he always recalls the scenery in his hometown.

In the past few days since he came back, the old man has also visited many places in his memory and seen a lot of scenery in Quancheng.

But seeing these photos in the private room today still moved the old man deeply.

A lot of the scenery is really completely different from what you see on site.

Mr. Situ took a look and asked Feng Zonggu next to him: "Were these photos taken by Zhengming?"

Feng Zonggu shook his head and explained: "He didn't take the photos. He hired a professional photographer to take them. He selected these photos from a large number of photos, which are considered to be the photos that best represent the scenery of Quancheng."

"It's very representative." Mr. Situ affirmed, "No wonder he cooks so beautifully."

Feng Zonggu nodded: "His artistry is indeed very strong."

Shortly after everyone was seated, Feng Zhengming served the cold dishes prepared in the kitchen.

After a few regular cold dishes, Feng Zhengming also directly served everyone an incredible work of art.

This dish is a dish derived from Yipin Tofu.

Feng Zhengming made improvements in styling.

A lot of summer elements have been added, making this dish suddenly more advanced.

The moment it was served, almost every guest at the table couldn't help but exclaim.

Mr. Situ was also a little surprised when he saw this dish.

After being surprised, the old gentleman smiled and said, "This Zhengming always gives us some little surprises."

After Mr. Situ said these words, everyone else in the private room suddenly woke up from their surprise.

Yipin Tofu is a Confucian dish.

It is also a branch of Shandong cuisine.

But Feng Zhengming can make another look based on traditional classic dishes.

Especially the service staff who served the dishes relayed Feng Zhengming's design ideas.

"The chef said that this summer first-class tofu dish was a summer recipe he designed. His design idea is to use different ingredients and decorations throughout the year to give the first-class tofu the characteristics of the four seasons."

After listening to the service staff’s explanation, Mr. Situ nodded in agreement: “It’s a very good design idea.”

Then the old man continued to say to several leaders present: "This design makes our traditional classic Shandong cuisine more international. Zhengming is really attentive."

The leaders also nodded, and they also recognized Feng Zhengming's design ideas.

Don't lose the traditional approach, but add more modern elements.

This should be the so-called "keeping integrity and innovation". (End of chapter)