From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

On the eve of the opening of the Yancheng branch, Feng Zhengming first had to personally review all the staff of the branch.

According to Feng Zhengming's prior arrangement, the head chef of this restaurant in Yancheng, the first branch outside Quancheng, will be temporarily taken over by the sixth senior brother.

Of course, Feng Zhengming didn't want his sixth senior brother to continue helping as the chef of the branch restaurant.

After all, with Sixth Brother's skills, it would be a bit of a waste of his talent to just manage a branch like this.

So Feng Zhengming arranged for two young chefs from Yancheng who participated in the provincial youth chef competition last year to be in charge of the branch.

The reason why two people were chosen at once was to allow them to have a little internal competition with each other.

At that time, Feng Zhengming will finally confirm a head chef based on the performance of the two people.

The two young chefs from Yancheng selected by Feng Zhengming were actually the two apprentices of the Sixth Senior Brother.

They are the two disciples that Sixth Senior Brother trusts and has high hopes for.

One is called Lu Zhengyu and the other is called Peng Yan.

Feng Zhengming did witness their cooking skills at last year's provincial youth chef cooking competition.

Although the two did not make it into the top 20 in the Young Chef Competition.

But in Feng Zhengming's opinion, the two people had been in the kitchen with Sixth Senior Brother for a long time.

Their basic skills are quite solid, but they still lack the experience of cooking independently.

And in the Donglai Restaurant where the sixth senior brother is.

In addition to the other apprentices who are learning cooking with Zhang Minghai.

There are also two of Zhang Minghai's deputies here.

Therefore, Lu Zhengyu and Peng Yan actually have very few opportunities to be the chef.

Feng Zhengming personally talked to two people at the Young Chef Cooking Competition.

To be honest with them, their cooking skills still lack a lot of practical experience.

And invited them both to enter the Ganfanpu branch in Yancheng.

At that time, Feng Zhengming made it very clear to the two of them.

"When you enter the kitchen of my branch, you will have more opportunities to cook, which will be of great benefit to improving your cooking skills.

In the future, your master will not be able to always be the chef in the branch store. Wait until your master has taught you for a while.

If the two of you can adapt and support the Yancheng branch's kitchen, then you will become the branch's head chef."

Becoming a "head chef" is very tempting for young chefs.

Lu Zhengyu and Peng Yan accepted Feng Zhengming's invitation without any hesitation.

In fact, Sixth Senior Brother Zhang Minghai originally wanted to send two apprentices who had accompanied him to Quancheng many times a long time ago to the Yancheng branch.

As it turned out, the two disciples obviously didn't want to go and probably wanted to stay with Zhang Minghai.

I feel that I can learn more and get better promotion opportunities working in the kitchen of a large restaurant.

Apparently, they looked down on being the head chef for a branch of Feng Zhengming's restaurant.

They hope to be the chef in the kitchen of Donglai Restaurant one day.

Feng Zhengming later talked about this with his sixth senior brother.

"Everyone has their own aspirations. We shouldn't force others to make choices. After all, a forced melon is not sweet. If they don't want to go to a branch store, they won't work well even if we force them to go."

Zhang Minghai quickly understood what his junior brother said.

It was finally decided that Lu Zhengyu and Peng Yan would go to the Yancheng branch.

The two of them also wanted to go there.

It can be said that this matter was a perfect match.

Of course, in addition to Lu Zhengyu and Peng Yan, there are some other staff in the kitchen, most of whom were recruited from Yancheng with the help of Sixth Senior Brother.

The service staff at the front were also recruited locally from Yancheng.

During the renovation period, Sixth Brother also helped them through some adjustments.

Now Feng Zhengming has come with his two grandfathers.

Zhang Minghai naturally wanted to practice with his junior fellow apprentice.

When Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing brought the two grandfathers to Xindian and entered the Yancheng branch.

Feng Zhengming first reminded: "Sixth brother, don't be nervous today. The judges today are my grandfather and Grandpa Situ. You must perform well."

Grandpa Feng immediately comforted him: "Don't listen to your junior brother, this kid is bad, we are here to accompany him to see, you should do what you should do, ignore him."

Grandpa Situ also laughed and said, "Yes, we can't just listen to this kid. Feng Zhengming was a bad guy when he was the boss."

The two grandfathers' words made Zhang Minghai and everyone in the branch laugh.

The atmosphere suddenly became relaxed.

Feng Zhengming first carefully checked everyone's attire.

In order to make the branch distinctive, Feng Zhengming designed clothing for the Yancheng branch with certain Yancheng elements.

Especially the waiters’ uniforms, because they face the customers.

So not only are the clothes unified, even the patterns are unified.

And some waves and some scenery of the Yancheng seaside were added.

This design, which is very characteristic of Yancheng, is beautiful to almost everyone who sees it.

So after the two grandfathers saw it, they immediately praised it.

"Yes, the service staff's clothes alone make people feel comfortable. They are really beautiful and give people a very comfortable feeling."

Grandpa Situ immediately agreed: "Yes, and the waiter's clothes look loose, which is convenient for the waiter to work."

Then in the branch’s kitchen, the chefs’ uniforms are the same as those in Quancheng.

However, the chefs at the Yancheng branch have the word "Yan" (Yan) embroidered on their clothes.

Of course, the clothes of apprentices and kitchen helpers are different from those of chefs.

One glance can distinguish the two.

First, I checked everyone's attire.

Then Feng Zhengming carefully inspected the various facilities in the store.

In particular, the toilets in the store were inspected.

Feng Zhengming had given prior notice on this matter.

The toilet should be kept as clean as possible and the door should not be opened.

Toilets must also be kept ventilated, but toilet smells must not be allowed to enter the store.

During the previous renovation, the people of Liujia Village also made special designs in this regard.

Ensure that the toilet is not facing the store.

If ventilation is good, the smell will not be carried into the store.

In this regard, Feng Zhengming has suffered losses from old shops.

So when he opens a new store later, he will pay attention to this point.

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing also took the two grandfathers upstairs to take a look.

The floor-to-ceiling windows on the upper floor really make you feel very high-end as soon as you get upstairs.

The wall facing the old street outside the branch is completely replaced by glass.

This design gives people the feeling of eating on a terrace.

Of course, the main point of this design is that if you look out from the second floor, you can actually vaguely see some of the sea.

Therefore, the design of the floor-to-ceiling windows allows customers to better appreciate the beautiful scenery in the distance. If customers don’t like it, they can also draw the curtains to block it.

After seeing this, Grandpa Situ couldn't help but sigh: "Zhengming, you made this shop look more like an observation deck than a restaurant."

Hearing what Grandpa Situ said, Feng Zhengming laughed.

“It is indeed an observation deck. Although this is a branch of Ganfanpu, I hope it will have more characteristics of Yancheng.”

Then Feng Zhengming introduced his ideas for designing the store to the two grandfathers.

“I designed it this way not to prevent ordinary people from coming in to eat, but I think even ordinary people should be entitled to enjoy the privilege of eating in such a good environment.

This is like some fast food restaurants overseas. Even if they are just fast food restaurants, they are actually very well decorated.

So, why do people only think of fast food restaurants like Ganfanpu in our country as ordinary, closed, and with yellow walls or even peeling walls? "

Feng Zhengming's words made sense to the two grandfathers, Luo Qing, and the sixth senior brother who had followed.

“Chinese cuisine emphasizes the fineness of the food, and similarly, our cuisine should also have a corresponding restaurant environment for everyone to enjoy.

Even if it is a dry restaurant, it should provide everyone with a clean and tidy environment where they can even enjoy the scenery.”

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Feng Zhengming's words made Grandpa Situ look at him with admiration.

Grandpa Situ felt that there should be no one else in the country who had the same idea as Feng Zhengming.

Mr. Situ has a clear mind due to his many years of overseas experience.

Those seemingly high-end restaurants overseas may not actually serve delicious food in many cases.

But they will spend more time and energy to try to make the restaurant look good.

When entering a restaurant, many customers will be attracted by the layout of the restaurant first, and may ignore some issues with the taste of the dishes.

That practice may seem very low-level, but in fact many people fall for it.

Nowadays, many things from overseas are beginning to flow into the country.

In Mr. Situ’s opinion, it won’t be long before that kind of thing will become popular in the country.

Let many people in the country chase after it and divide themselves into different classes.

Mr. Situ thinks Feng Zhengming’s approach now is quite direct.

He is one step ahead of other countries in decorating a fine restaurant.

Let the public be the first to see such exquisite decoration.

And Feng Zhengming’s approach is to allow everyone to freely enjoy delicious food in the exquisitely decorated restaurant.

For now, this is just a branch of the dry rice shop in Yancheng.

But what if Feng Zhengming opened branches all over the province.

Let all branches across the province have such exquisite decoration.

If everyone prepares uniform clothing just like in Yancheng.

Then in the future, maybe everyone will get used to this kind of exquisite decoration.

I feel that even a fast food restaurant like a dry rice shop can actually be decorated exquisitely.

Customers who come to the store just to fill their stomachs can also enjoy a more refined and clean dining environment.

When all this becomes something that everyone takes for granted.

Grandpa Situ felt that this was what Feng Zhengming really wanted to do.

By then, those so-called high-end restaurants overseas will enter the country.

It won't shock many people.

I am afraid that even if they want to rely on exquisite decoration to bring high premium to the restaurant, it will become a road they cannot take.

Mr. Situ seemed to be able to hear some people questioning those high-end overseas restaurants with contempt.

"What's the point of your environment? The decoration of the dry rice shop opened by our top scholar is just as exquisite as yours, and the dishes they make are even more delicious. Why do you charge such a high price?"

Thinking of this, Mr. Situ couldn't help but smile.

Feng Zonghe was a little surprised to see Brother Situ suddenly laugh.

"Brother Situ, what funny thing did you think of that made you laugh?"

Mr. Situ came back to his senses, looked at Feng Zonghe, and then at Feng Zhengming.

"Hahaha, Zhengming's idea is very good, so I can't help but want to laugh."

Feng Zonghe asked curiously, "What's so good about Zhengming's idea? Why does it make you so happy, Brother Situ?"

Mr. Situ simply expressed his thoughts.

After hearing this, everyone showed surprise on their faces.

Only Feng Zhengming had a smile on his face.

Because what Grandpa Situ guessed was consistent with his thoughts.

The reason why Feng Zhengming made the interior decoration so exquisite starting from the Yancheng branch.

He just wants to start with his own store and set a relative standard.

Let restaurants and hotels across Qi and Lu follow suit.

This is also a preparation for him to launch a set of restaurant and hotel rating standards later.

After all, if you can't do it well yourself, how can you expect others to obey the standards you set?
Then we need to let everyone feel it subtly.

It seems that there is nothing wrong with restaurants and hotels having more exquisite decoration.

In this way, everyone will focus more on the quality of the dishes.

If everyone’s decoration is exquisite and the dining environment is the same.

Why should I choose you if your cooking is not tasty?

This is also a way of forcing everyone to cook better.

After digesting it for a while, everyone gradually understood what Mr. Situ said.

Zhang Minghai couldn't help but exclaimed: "Zhengming, I didn't expect you to think so far ahead?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and replied: "I haven't thought that far, I just hope that every diners, even if they are in a hurry, will take a quick glance when they push the door and enter our restaurant.

They will think the decoration of our store is very nice and feel comfortable eating in such a place.

I think this is enough, anyone should have a comfortable environment to eat.”

Feng Zhengming's words made everyone nod their heads again.

Everyone should have a comfortable environment to eat.

Perhaps this would be a luxury in the eyes of some people.

But Feng Zhengming used his own restaurant to provide everyone with such an environment.

Although it is not particularly beautiful, at least the environment of the Yancheng branch is clean, sanitary and comfortable enough.

This is enough, and every customer should feel this care.

Feng Zhengming looked at everyone and said, "Okay, today my grandfather, my fiancée and I are your first customers. You can rehearse your business hours carefully."

Everyone looked at each other in confusion at first, and then, under the leadership of the foreman, the waiters took action first.

Then the sixth senior brother Zhang Minghai also led everyone in the kitchen back to the kitchen.

Feng Zhengming asked the two grandfathers to sit down first, and he went downstairs himself to the counter on the first floor to place an order.

This is the same as the old shop.

When seeing Feng Zhengming walk to the counter, the person in charge of taking orders immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Welcome." (End of this chapter)