From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

The next morning, Feng Zhengming and his friends followed the two masters, Su and Sun, downstairs to the hotel restaurant to have breakfast.

In the hotel breakfast hall, Feng Zhengming and his team met many chef teams from all over the country.

The chef team from Gangcheng is still late.

However, when the Hong Kong City chef team entered, they still attracted considerable attention.

Many chef teams from other places took the initiative to come forward and greet the Hongcheng chef team.

This also reflects that everyone welcomes fellow Hong Kong compatriots to participate in this national competition.

Especially the Hong Kong city is about to face return.

At this time, the Hong Kong City Chefs Group taking the initiative to participate in the national competition is really a very good signal.

The Hong Kong chef team was very polite in response to the enthusiasm of chef teams from other places.

Amidst this polite exchange, the Hong Kong City chefs team soon saw Feng Zhengming and his team.

Next, in full view of everyone, the Hong Kong City chef team took the initiative to come to Feng Zhengming and his group.

Li Guansheng, leader of the Hong Kong City Chef Team, greeted the two chefs, Su and Sun, with a smile.

"Hello, it is our honor to meet two Shandong cuisine masters here."

Li Guansheng's proactive greeting surprised both Masters Su and Sun.

The chefs from other places present were naturally a little surprised.

Perhaps the only people who did not feel that surprised were Feng Zhengming and Li Zhifeng and Lin Bosheng who shared the room with him.

When Feng Zhengming saw the other party coming over, he had already roughly figured out that the other party was taking the initiative to show goodwill.

Li Zhifeng and Lin Bosheng heard about Feng Zhengming's encounter with the Hong Kong City chef group in the elevator last night.

Now that I see the Hong Kong City chefs team taking the initiative to show goodwill, it doesn’t seem so strange.

Master Su came back to his senses and responded with a smile.

"Hello, we are very happy to see chefs from Hong Kong in this national competition. This is also a signal of the reunification of our motherland."

When Master Sun heard what Master Su said, he quickly came to his senses.

He also took the initiative to shake hands with Li Guansheng: "Mr. Li is so polite. I didn't expect you to lead a team here this time. Your craftsmanship is really admirable."

Master Sun had met Li Guansheng before, about ten years ago, when Master Sun was in his prime and traveled with a group south to Hong Kong City to exchange culinary skills.

During the exchange, Master Sun met Li Guansheng and tasted the abalone cooked by Li Guansheng himself.

I also asked Li Guansheng about some methods of making abalone sauce and exchanged some cooking skills with him.

Li Guansheng shook hands with Master Sun and said, "It's been about ten years since we last met. Master Sun, you are in good health."

Master Sun smiled and responded: "I'm old."

Hearing this, Li Guansheng also smiled and nodded: "Yes, we are all old, and it is up to the young people to take over next."

Then Li Guansheng called Jiang Chengzhe over and said, "Azhe, these two are Master Su and Master Sun, two masters of Shandong cuisine. Come and meet them."

Jiang Chengzhe naturally greeted them respectfully: "Hello, Master Su, Hello, Master Sun."

When they saw Jiang Chengzhe, they took the initiative to greet him. The two masters, Su and Sun, were also very polite.

Then they asked the participating Shandong cuisine chefs to come forward, pay their respects to Li Guansheng, and get to know the Hong Kong chefs.

Feng Zhengming stepped forward. He was already acquainted with the chef from Gangcheng.

Li Guansheng smiled when he saw him and said, "We are already acquainted with each other, Chef Feng. I look forward to communicating with him more."

Feng Zhengming responded with a smile: "I am also looking forward to learning from you all."

After meeting with the Shandong cuisine chef team, the Hong Kong and City chef team then met with the Cantonese cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, and Shanghai cuisine chef teams respectively, before getting to know the chef teams from other regions.

When facing the Liao cuisine chef team, the Hongcheng chef team also showed respect.

After all, among the Liao cuisine chefs, there was once a chef who won the first top prize.

In addition, the Beijing cuisine chef team also received enough respect from the Hong Kong chef team.

As for Beijing cuisine, the chefs here are actually good at different cuisines from all over the country.

For example, among the Beijing cuisine chef team, there are chefs who are good at Shandong cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, as well as chefs from other regions.

Therefore, the Beijing cuisine chef team is also the team with the largest number of chefs this time.

After everyone met each other, they had breakfast together.

After breakfast, the president of the Chinese Cuisine Association appeared.

Officially announced to everyone some of the itinerary arrangements for the next few days.

"This morning, we will arrange for all the chefs to visit the Oriental Pearl Tower. In the afternoon, we will invite the chefs from all over the country to hold a closed-door meeting to discuss the arrangements for the next exchange and competition.

So in the afternoon, all participating young and middle-aged chefs can move freely, but please report in advance before leaving to prevent any unexpected situations. "

After announcing today's arrangements, the president said with a smile: "I hope this year's National Cooking Skills Exchange Competition can become a very exciting exchange competition, so that we can all work together for the development of Chinese cuisine."

This statement was also recognized by all the chefs present.

Even the chefs from Hong Kong who were invited this time agreed that everyone should contribute to the development of Chinese cuisine.

After all, Hong Kong is a city that is more closely connected with the international community.

Chefs in Hong Kong also have easier access to many foreign delicacies.

Even many young chefs in Hong Kong choose to go to some foreign food capitals to learn Western cuisine.

But if we really go global, everyone will find that Chinese cuisine is the foundation.

We can learn and draw lessons from foreign things, but we cannot copy them directly.

If we completely lose our own food culture and core.

Then, in the global food community, it will inevitably be inferior to others.

This time, chefs from Hong Kong City came to participate in the National Cooking Skills Exchange Competition.

It is with this in mind that I can communicate more with chefs from all over the country.

We can work together to come up with a plan that is more suitable for the development and promotion of Chinese cuisine.

After the chefs finished their breakfast, they went upstairs to their rooms to change their clothes.

Then go downstairs and meet in the hotel lobby.

Afterwards, we took the arranged bus and headed directly from the hotel to the Oriental Pearl Tower.

The bus arrived at the foot of the Oriental Pearl Tower.

Looking up at this building, it is now the tallest building in the country.

Many people exclaimed in praise.

Even the chefs from Hong Kong were amazed by the unique architectural style of the tower.

Feng Zhengming looked up at the tower, which he was actually quite familiar with.

After all, the place where he worked in his previous life was not far from here. He could even always see this towering tower through the office window.

Now standing under the tower again, Feng Zhengming observes it in a different capacity and with a different mood.

Looking at it now, the Oriental Pearl Tower is truly avant-garde from design to construction.

Just like the Shanghai of this era.

A pearl in the cock's chest.

An open city that is attracting outstanding people from all over the country.

It also shows the most brilliant side of China to the world. When Feng Zhengming looked up at this pearl.

A figure came up to him.

"Chef Feng, do you think such a tower would give you some inspiration?"

Feng Zhengming turned his head to look at Jiang Chengzhe, who suddenly came to his side and asked him this question.

"So, Chef Jiang, you have gained inspiration?"

Jiang Chengzhe nodded: "The design of this tower is very special and unique. It really gave me some inspiration. I think I can design a dish for it."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "This tower stands at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Does Chef Jiang know our myths and legends?"

Jiang Chengzhe was a little curious: "What myth or legend?"

Feng Zhengming went on to say: “There is a saying from the ancients: Once you enter the sea, you can turn into a dragon.

This is the mouth of the Yangtze River. According to myths and legends, this should be the place where the dragon leaped through the Dragon Gate and turned into a dragon. "

After Jiang Chengzhe heard what Feng Zhengming said, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be some interest here.

Feng Zhengming continued: "So standing here, I got the inspiration that maybe I can make a dish called Yuelongmen to express the scenery here, and it can also be a way for us to better showcase our culture to the world."

After listening to Feng Zhengming's words, Jiang Chengzhe felt that his mind and vision were not as broad as his.

It seems that in Feng Zhengming's heart, some of his ideas are always at the national level.

The dishes he wants to cook are to represent the country and showcase Chinese cuisine and culture to the world.

This is probably something Jiang Chengzhe would not consider.

He just wants to keep honing his cooking skills so that he can make delicious food that many people will find delicious.

Jiang Chengzhe is not opposed to learning Western cuisine, and even some of his dish designs use more Western cooking methods.

So this time I followed the master and the Hong Kong City chef team.

Jiang Chengzhe was not very concerned about such a national cooking skills exchange competition.

Because in his heart, he feels that many cooking skills in the country are too backward.

Even now, Jiang Chengzhe still has in his mind the desire to use his skills to prove to domestic chefs that their cooking skills are lagging behind the times.

However, the communication with Feng Zhengming made Jiang Chengzhe begin to have some doubts about his own ideas.

He also watched Feng Zhengming's cooking videos in competitions.

I know that Feng Zhengming’s craftsmanship is indeed amazing.

Especially his creative idea of ​​playing with a pearl, which made Jiang Chengzhe really curious?
Wonder what a dish put together like that would taste like?
Now talking with Feng Zhengming, Jiang Chengzhe felt that his mind and vision seemed to be inferior to his.

This feeling made Jiang Chengzhe very uncomfortable.

So he secretly made up his mind that he must demonstrate his abilities well in the competition.

Feng Zhengming had no idea what Jiang Chengzhe was thinking.

What he thought about when he talked to Jiang Chengzhe was.

Now I am standing in Shanghai again, standing under the Oriental Pearl Tower, looking at the Yangtze River estuary in the distance.

Could this be another opportunity for me?
You can transform into a dragon with one leap here.

Truly become the coveted Chinese celebrity chef.

Of course, becoming a famous Chinese chef is not the end of Feng Zhengming’s dream in this life.

Maybe that was just the beginning of his dream.

Feng Zhengming hopes to use his skills and influence to establish a set of restaurant rating standards for Chinese cuisine.

Let everyone better understand the beauty of food.

Can also restrain all chefs.

Let every chef’s skills be respected, and let chefs have a sense of awe for their skills.

Be able to keep working hard and hone your skills.

This will give more people more opportunities to taste Chinese cuisine.

Perhaps this road is destined to be difficult.

Maybe this road is full of thorns.

Perhaps this path may bring Feng Zhengming criticism.

But there must always be persistence, and working hard for this persistence will make anyone more motivated.

After visiting the outside, Feng Zhengming and his team entered the tower under the guidance of professional staff.

We visited the first floor again and listened to some related design explanations.

After that, you can choose to take the elevator upstairs or go upstairs by stairs.

Feng Zhengming and Jiang Chengzhe both chose to climb the stairs.

This made the old masters all say that young people are still more energetic.

In fact, Feng Zhengming had never climbed stairs before, so he wanted to try it this time.

Jiang Chengzhe saw that Feng Zhengming chose to climb the stairs, so he was not willing to be outdone and wanted to follow Feng Zhengming.

As he climbed up level by level, Jiang Chengzhe gradually began to be out of breath.

Feng Zhengming still felt relatively relaxed and his breathing was fairly even.

The two people continued to move forward, gradually creating some distance between them.

Jiang Chengzhe never thought that Feng Zhengming could climb faster and faster.

In fact, he misunderstood. It was not Feng Zhengming who was climbing faster and faster, but he himself was getting slower and slower.

It took Feng Zhengming more than an hour and a half to finally climb up the Oriental Pearl Tower.

At this time, standing in front of the observation platform on the tower, looking out at the Bund on the opposite bank and the international building complex.

It really feels like looking down on everything.

Looking towards the Yangtze River estuary in the distance, Feng Zhengming felt his heart surging.

He really got more inspiration.

Many new dish designs came to my mind.

He now wished he could rush back to the kitchen and make some of his designs.

Feng Zhengming watched for a while with surging emotions before Jiang Chengzhe finally climbed up panting.

"I, I am really impressed by you. You can actually climb all the way up like this? Don't you even need to rest?"

Feng Zhengming looked at Jiang Chengzhe and said with a smile: "You see, you lack exercise. You should exercise more in the future."

Jiang Chengzhe gasped for breath and wanted to argue, but he couldn't say anything.

At this time, the other chefs who had already come up and visited for a while and were waiting for Feng Zhengming and his team also came over to look at the two people.

The old masters also praised the two people for climbing all the way up the stairs.

I think this is what young people should do, and I hope that they can improve their cooking skills like climbing stairs, taking one step at a time.

After visiting the Oriental Pearl Tower, Feng Zhengming and his group returned to the hotel.

First we had lunch, then went to our rooms to take a nap. (End of this chapter)