From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Feng Zhengming went upstairs and called Ding Yuan, Gao Yongfu and Hou Dong who were traveling with him.

Naturally, Uncle San and Luo Qing were also invited to join us.

When everyone saw Gao Fengyi, they all greeted each other politely.

Gao Fengyi saw Feng Jiandong and Luo Qing and welcomed them with a smile.

"I heard that your company has been contacting some foreign trade matters in Island City recently. As a local of Island City, I welcome your arrival."

Feng Jiandong smiled and responded: "Thank you for the welcome, President Gao. Our company is just here to help Shouguang."

Feng Zhengming suddenly spoke up at this time: "Senior Brother Gao, if I want to open a branch of the dry rice shop in Daocheng, I wonder if Senior Brother Gao will support it?"

Gao Fengyi was stunned when he heard this: "You want to open a dry rice shop in Daocheng?"

"Yes." Feng Zhengming explained with a smile, "When I went to Yancheng this time, I told my sixth senior brother that I was going to open a dry rice shop in Yancheng, the first branch outside of Quancheng."

Gao Fengyi immediately welcomed him: "Okay, it would be great if you could sell your braised pork in the island city."

Then Feng Zhengming told Gao Fengyi again about the idea he had come up with in Yancheng of opening dry rice shops in other areas.

This time, Gao Fengyi also brought Feng Jiandong and Luo Qing next to him.

They were really surprised by Feng Zhengming's idea.

Gao Fengyi came to his senses and immediately clapped his hands and cheered.

"Okay, really good. Zhengming, this is a great idea of ​​yours. You can adapt to local conditions. On the one hand, you can sell your signature product, braised pork, to all parts of Qi and Lu. On the other hand, you can also add the special snacks from all parts of Qi and Lu to your shop.

Your idea is great. How about this: you come to Daocheng and I will help you apply for some preferential treatment in Daocheng. Our Daocheng Culinary Association will definitely support you. "

Feng Zhengming heard this and waved his hands with a smile: "Brother Gao, don't get excited. I promised Brother Six that the first store outside Quancheng must be opened in Yancheng."

Gao Fengyi saw that Feng Zhengming was quite determined, so he naturally smiled and expressed that it was a pity.

"Then I can only wish Junior Brother Feng a smooth opening of his store in Yancheng and a prosperous business. I hope he will open a second branch in our island city as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Feng Zhengming and others couldn't help but laugh.

Led by Gao Fengyi, Feng Zhengming and his team came to a seafood market in the island city.

The market is full of very fresh seafood.

The whole market is filled with the smell of sea water.

Gao Fengyi introduced it to Feng Zhengming and others.

"This is definitely not the largest seafood market in our island city, but the seafood here is absolutely fresh and the variety is very complete. Most importantly, there is a store inside the market, so you can buy it here and have it processed directly inside."

Feng Zhengming and his companions entered the market and walked past each store, where they saw a variety of very fresh seafood.

Most of the shop owners know Gao Fengyi and will take the initiative to greet him.

Gao Fengyi always greeted the store owners with a smile and chatted about some homely things, as if they were old friends.

After some screening, Feng Zhengming and his team finally selected a lot of seafood.

Among them are several species of marine fish, and also a variety of shellfish.

There are also various crabs and shrimps.

I have to admit that Gao Fengyi was right. This small market may not be very big, but the variety of seafood in the market is particularly complete.

Even in the market, there are fresh sea cucumbers, sea intestines and abalone.

Feng Zhengming and his friends also selected some.

After buying the seafood, I walked into the market carrying the seafood.

Gao Fengyi found a store randomly.

After entering, hand the seafood to the owner of the restaurant.

Gao Fengyi specifically reminded him: "Don't change the food for me. Also, blanch the food that needs to be blanched, and don't cook it too heavily. Don't try to fool us."

The boss smiled and responded: "How can we fool you when you are here, Chef Gao?"

Gao Fengyi introduced Feng Zhengming with a smile: "Today our national champion of Shandong cuisine is here, you must perform well and not let the champion have any problems with the food."

When the boss heard this, he looked at the people who came in with Gao Fengyi.

Soon, the boss recognized Feng Zhengming in the crowd.

"Oh, he really is our top scorer."

Feng Zhengming was helpless when Gao Fengyi introduced himself so directly.

I could only smile and shake hands with the boss: "Boss, don't be nervous. I'm not the top scholar today. I just come here to eat seafood."

When the boss saw Feng Zhengming take the initiative to extend his hand to him, he felt a little embarrassed.

He wiped his palms carefully on his apron before extending his hand to shake hands with Feng Zhengming.

"You have brought honor to our Shandong cuisine. I will definitely treat you well tonight. Don't worry, we don't have anything else here but a lot of seafood, and they are all guaranteed to be fresh. You can eat as much as you want tonight, Mr.

Feng Zhengming smiled and responded: "Okay, then let's see your cooking skills today, boss."

Afterwards, the boss carried the various seafood purchased by Feng Zhengming and his friends and went into the kitchen to get busy.

Feng Zhengming and his friends casually found a table and sat down.

After sitting down, Feng Zhengming immediately praised Gao Fengyi for the great market here.

"This small market that Senior Brother Gao brought us to is really great. Your coastal city is still the best. We were in Yancheng and Weicheng before and they also had all kinds of fresh seafood. Quancheng really can't compare in this regard."

Gao Fengyi smiled and said, "This is the advantage of a coastal city. Island cities also have another advantage. Island cities have large ports and can import a lot of seafood."

Feng Zhengming laughed when he heard this: "Imported seafood is okay now, but in a few years, when domestic breeding technology is better, imported seafood will be replaced by domestic ones."

Gao Fengyi listened to this, thought about it and nodded: "That's true. I also think that in the future, when our domestic aquaculture technology matures, we can import a lot of imported seafood for offshore aquaculture. By then, the price of many seafood can be brought down."

Feng Jiandong spoke up at this time: "Hahaha, in fact, many imported seafood are not expensive in the place of production. It's mainly because they are deliberately priced higher by restaurants and hotels after they enter the market."

Gao Fengyi nodded: "That's true. A lot of seafood is not expensive when it is imported, but when it enters slightly higher-end restaurants, a lot of prices will be added."

Feng Jiandong patted Feng Zhengming on the shoulder and said, "So Zhengming, come to the island city and open a restaurant. I will help you find suitable foreign suppliers. You can sell seafood. The quality is good and the price is right. I guarantee that the business will be very good."

Gao Fengyi echoed, "Hahaha, Boss Feng is right. Zhengming, come over and open a restaurant soon, and then I'll go work for you."

Hearing that Gao Fengyi was going to work for Feng Zhengming's restaurant, everyone present laughed again.

"Brother Gao, this is wrong. You can't keep making fun of me like this. You are superior to me in terms of seniority, qualifications, and cooking skills. How can you work for me?"

Gao Fengyi smiled and explained: "Zhengming, you don't have to be modest. You really deserve the title of No. 1. Although I didn't participate in the national cooking competition, I still watched the live broadcast on TV. Your performance is really indisputable.

And after talking to you for so long today, I found that you are a person with great business acumen. There must be many chefs who are good at cooking in the country.

But there aren't many people like you who can cook well and have business acumen."

Feng Zhengming laughed again.

"Brother Gao, what you said makes me feel like an omnipotent person."

Without waiting for Gao Fengyi to speak, Feng Zhengming said seriously: "Senior Brother Gao, you really flatter me. I am still just an ordinary chef. I just want to cook better and let more people taste my good cooking skills.

Of course, I also want to give more chefs a decent job so that everyone can cook Shandong cuisine well and promote our cuisine.”

After listening to Feng Zhengming's words, Gao Fengyi nodded: "That's why you can cook well and do business well."

As they were talking, the restaurant served Feng Zhengming and his friends' seafood one after another.

Among them, all kinds of shellfish were served in a blanched way and then drizzled with some simple soy sauce.

But because the shellfish is fresh enough, it is still delicious even if it is simply blanched.

Some of the prawns that Feng Zhengming and his friends bought were grilled.

The grilled prawns are firm and juicy, and taste delicious.

There is also a portion of prawns that have their backs cut open and are steamed with some vermicelli and mashed garlic.

Oysters and abalone are also steamed in the same way with mashed garlic.

After the food was served, Feng Zhengming gave the store some suggestions.

"Boss, your garlic paste is not good. I'll tell you later. You should chop the garlic into fine pieces in advance, then wash it several times with clean water, then dry some of the water from the garlic and fry the rest in the pan.

Be sure to fry the garlic until it turns golden brown. After taking it out, spread it out on a plate to avoid letting the garlic paste pile up.

Wait until the garlic has cooled down, then put a little lard and sesame oil in the pot, pour the soy sauce into the pot and bring it to a boil, and you can add a little rock sugar as appropriate.

Then mix the fried golden garlic and the unfried garlic together, pour in the cooked soy sauce, mix together, add some salt and MSG, and finally heat up the sesame oil, pour it in and mix well. "

After listening to Feng Zhengming's teaching, the boss was a little surprised.

Seeing the boss's surprised face, Feng Zhengming smiled and asked the boss to try it.

The boss went into the kitchen and quickly tried it according to what Feng Zhengming said.

When the fried and unfried garlic are mixed together and then added with the sauce, the taste is suddenly different.

The boss quickly came out to express his gratitude to Feng Zhengming: "Thank you so much, Mr. Zhuangyuan, the method you taught is really good."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said you're welcome.

"You're welcome, boss. I guarantee that your business will be better in the future with this recipe."

The owner of the small restaurant naturally smiled and nodded repeatedly in agreement.

After the boss left, Gao Fengyi asked, "Zhengming, your recipe is for golden and silver garlic paste, right?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, it is the golden and silver garlic paste. The method is very simple, but often people will overlook some small details, which makes the final taste much worse."

Later, the boss served Feng Zhengming and his friends steamed abalone, using the golden and silver garlic paste that Feng Zhengming taught him, which was indeed more fragrant.

This made the boss afraid to continue processing the few fish that Feng Zhengming and his friends bought.

Especially the big yellow croaker, the boss didn't dare to do it easily.

Because yellow croaker is not common in the island city.

Feng Zhengming and his friends were very lucky to be able to buy one.

Originally, the seafood store owner was not going to sell it easily.

It was out of Gao Fengyi's consideration that the boss sold the big yellow croaker to Feng Zhengming and his friends.

This time, the owner of the small restaurant took the initiative to ask Feng Zhengming how to cook yellow croaker.

Feng Zhengming deliberately kept it a secret this time and looked at Gao Fengyi: "Senior Brother Gao, what would you do?"

Gao Fengyi smiled and replied: "Here we usually steam more, and there is also the method of braising, but it is not very common."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Steaming is indeed the most suitable method to preserve the freshness of the yellow croaker to the greatest extent."

Gao Fengyi could see that Feng Zhengming must have his own way of doing things.

So he asked directly: "It seems that you should have your own way of making it. Can you let us all try it today?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "There are many ways to cook it, but today's conditions don't allow for many methods, so I think we should try a simpler method, stir-frying green onions."

"The scallions are cooked well." Feng Jiandong clapped his hands and cheered, "We in Qilu are good at cooking scallions."

After listening to this, the boss still stood there, and didn't seem to have any intention of leaving.

Gao Fengyi saw this and reminded Feng Zhengming with a smile.

"Feng Zhuangyuan, the boss is still waiting for you to do it. Maybe the boss will pay you for this scallion-fried yellow croaker. The boss obviously doesn't dare to do it."

When the boss heard Gao Fengyi's words, he nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes, Chef Zhuangyuan, please teach me. I can pay you for this dish."

Feng Zhengming was so amused that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He had to cook his own food when he ate in a restaurant.

However, he also knew that restaurant owners were indeed somewhat hesitant to try it easily.

Gao Fengyi also made it clear that he wanted to try Feng Zhengming's braised yellow croaker with green onions.

Feng Zhengming nodded and agreed: "Okay, Boss, do you have all the onions, ginger, garlic, etc. in your kitchen?"

When the boss heard this, he knew that Feng Zhengming really wanted to do it himself, and quickly said, "We have everything. Thank you very much, Chef Zhuangyuan."

Feng Zhengming smiled and waved his hand: "You're welcome, this dish is done. Let Senior Brother Gao check my work and see if my cooking skills have deteriorated in recent times."

Gao Fengyi corrected him immediately: "Don't say that. I don't dare to check your homework."

Then, Feng Jiandong, Luo Qing and Ding Yuan looked at them in surprise.

Feng Zhengming and Gao Fengyi actually followed the restaurant owner to the restaurant's kitchen.

The remaining few people looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
Luo Qing quickly came to her senses and couldn't help but smile: "When you go out to eat with the chef, you really have to prevent the chef from cooking himself."

This made everyone laugh.

Feng Jiandong reminded Luo Qing: "Xiao Luo, you have to take good care of this in the future. Don't let our Feng Zhuangyuan just run to the back kitchen of other people's restaurants to cook."

Luo Qing felt a little embarrassed and could only evade in a low voice: "How can I care about the number one scholar?" (End of this chapter)