The boss cooks, and the bankrupt company opens a state banquet restaurant

Chapter 240: The only way you prepare for cooking is to sleep?
Liu Guochu's arrival really surprised Su Chen.

If you remember correctly, the last time Liu Guochu and Wang Zhijun came here, they were looking for trouble with their emotions. Unfortunately, under the guidance of Shang Mingke, Su Chen cleverly resolved it with Cui Yu and several people.

Later, Wang Zhijun brought Zhang Maolin to the company to customize food. That time, Su Chen vaguely heard that in addition to customizing food, Wang Zhijun also wanted to challenge.

It had been several months, and Liu Guochu suddenly came and said that he had to spend 100,000 yuan to make a customized meal, and also said that it must include delicious food?
Su Chen silently looked at the progress of his task.

Hmm. I was worried about where to find so many chefs for state banquets. You all rushed to deliver them to your door. Could this be the chosen one?
Su Chen didn't say a word.

Liu Guochu slammed the table angrily, "Boss Su, do you look down on me?"

"No." Su Chen was a little innocent.

"Then why don't you agree to me? To be honest, I have already agreed with Zhang Maolin, Mr. Zhang in the capital, that he will arrive in Jingzhou this afternoon, and we can have dinner in the evening! I have decided to join the team today, so you can Say yes or no!”

Su Chen was suddenly shocked.

What does this have to do with Mr. Maolin? Are you here to challenge me too?
"Um, President Liu." Su Chen said, "Since you are here in person, customization will definitely be no problem."

In fact, Su Chen was thinking that a meal costing RMB 100,000 would be nothing if not cooked.

Now the five or six floors of the company are starting to be renovated, which is when they are short of money.

"But this has nothing to do with Mr. Maolin, right?"

Liu Guochu was a straight-minded man with the fierceness and straightforwardness of a Hunanese, "That won't work! That old guy Wang Zhijun invited Mr. Maolin to be a notary, so of course I have to do it too! Boss Su, please don't say so much, just Are you saying it’s okay or not?”

Without Zhang Maolin, Su Chen would have more freedom and variety in the choice of customized meals.

But with Zhang Maolin, this meal has a challenging flavor, and it must be based on Hunan cuisine when making it.

"Of course. In fact, even if you don't jump in line to get customized meals, I very much welcome you to join!" Su Chen stretched out his hand and shook Liu Guochu's hand heavily.

So far, Delicious has added another national chef!
As soon as the decoration is completed, famous cuisines will be available: Sichuan cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, Hubei cuisine, and Shandong cuisine.

With the five major cuisines in hand, it’s hard to think whether they will be popular or not.

Regarding what Su Chen just said, Liu Guochu only thought that they were being polite to him.

Who doesn’t know yet? If you want to add delicious food, you must first get a customized food. Someone has spent 50,000 yuan before, and you won’t lose money by spending this money!

Moreover, the old guy Wang Zhijun joined so decisively, which also illustrates one thing from the side.

The promotion of Cui Yufen and Lu Yongliang to fourth-level members must have something to do with the delicious food. Otherwise, Wang Zhijun, who is so obsessed with status, would not be so bold in joining.

At their age, the role of money is almost very small. Being able to leave a strong mark in the history of Chinese cuisine is the ultimate goal pursued by these people.

"Since President Liu said so, should I start preparations now? If we want to have dinner in the evening, time is really tight."

"It doesn't matter! But I have a merciless request."

"Let's talk."

Liu Guochu squinted his eyes, "I have always been particularly curious about how your food customization works here. I have seen many private chefs before, but most of them will close down due to various reasons after operating for a period of time, but it is hard to find one here. Tickets, so.”

"of course can."

Su Chen spread his hands and said, "As long as you don't feel bored."

There's really nothing mysterious about this thing.

Liu Guochu nodded, "Let's get started. Just pretend that I don't exist."

The two chatted happily, but they ignored Cai Sirong who was staying aside.

Oh, Miss Cai has a mission recently.

Even if they are stationed at Meili every day, as long as Ling Shuyu or Su Chen has any ideas about TV programs, they must be recorded immediately!

Then timely feedback is returned to the TV station.

After listening to the conversation between the two, Miss Cai immediately said to Su Chen, "Boss Su, can I make a video? It just so happens that when the show is broadcast, we need to use vlog when introducing the guests. I feel that your It’s suitable for daily work.”

Well. Su Chen nodded, "Of course."

Wang Jianguo has been very busy recently, and all the TV station staff have been mobilized for this food program.

Su Chen had been to Taili several times before. Not to mention how enthusiastic the staff were, they almost regarded Su Chen as their life-saving straw!

Moreover, Secretary Zhang and Secretary Liao from the district have also asked about this matter many times, and they all expressed great enthusiasm. It is impossible not to take this matter seriously!

"Then let's get started."

Liu Guochu's task is very simple. He just needs to follow Su Chen at all times to see how this delicious customization works.

Cai Sirong also quickly took out his equipment and began to record Su Chen's daily work.

The two followed Su Chen and first came to the office.

Su Chen took a blanket from the bedroom, lay down on the recliner, and then covered himself with the blanket.

It's November, and although the heating has started, the room is too big and it's still a bit cool.

Immediately, Su Chen closed his eyes, and could even feel that his breathing began to become steady.

Cai Sirong and Liu Guochu looked at each other.

What's the situation?
Didn't you just say that you have to eat in the evening, so time is a bit tight now, but you went straight back to the office to lie down on the chair and sleep?

Liu Guochu wanted to reach out and pat Su Chen several times, trying to ask him what he was doing.
Is it possible that sleeping is also part of cooking?

But he suppressed his curiosity.

Cai Sirong, on the other hand, simply placed her equipment on a shelf on the table facing Su Chen.

'Although Boss Su is motionless, I think there must be a reason for him! '

The two of them sat on the sofa and stared at each other, waiting for Su Chen to wake up from sleep.

However, they will never know that Su Chen is sleeping at this moment. He is just using a more comfortable posture and frantically flipping through the famous Chinese recipes in his mind!
Also flipping through at the same time was the book A General History of World Food.

Since everyone has invited Zhang Maolin, this meal must be taken seriously.

The number of people dining was not large, but after all, the customers paid a high price. It was not appropriate for the number of dishes to be too small. Moreover, there are so many people in the family and they all know each other. It is also inappropriate not to invite them over to taste.

Then eight dishes!

Hunan cuisine is now popular all over the country. There is no shortage of Hunan cuisine restaurants almost everywhere you go. Even in Guangdong Province, which mainly eats light and authentic food, there are also Hunan cuisine restaurants everywhere, and most of them are doing good business.

This is enough to show that Hunan cuisine, which is also a spicy-flavored cuisine, is more popular than Sichuan cuisine in today's society.

In the past, Su Chen's main focus was on Sichuan, Cantonese, and Shandong cuisine, and he had never done much in-depth research on Hunan cuisine. Now he was lying on the chair and calmed down to savor it, and then he realized that there are so many different aspects of Hunan cuisine.

There has been a proverb in China for a long time: If Huguang is cooked, the world will be satisfied.

The resources of Hunan Province are unimaginably rich by northerners. It is precisely because of such rich resources that Hunan people have created a variety of delicacies for thousands of years.

Among so many dishes, they are mainly divided into three factions.

The first is the dishes from the Xiangjiang River Basin, centered on Changsha, Hengyang, and Xiangtan. This is the main representative of Hunan cuisine, and it is also the dish that is commonly seen in Hunan restaurants.

The characteristic of this type of cuisine is that it is heavy in oil and rich in color, which is quite similar to Sichuan cuisine. The techniques used are mostly simmering, stewing, curing, steaming and stir-frying.

Then there are the dishes from the Dongting Lake area. These dishes are mainly cooked with river fresh food, poultry and livestock. Due to the different ingredients, the methods are mostly stewed, roasted, and waxed. The characteristics are thick thick oil, salty, spicy and soft.

The last faction is not particularly familiar to ordinary diners.

Xiangxi cuisine!
Speaking of Xiangxi, it’s not just about driving away corpses.

Xiangxi people are very good at cooking. They rely on the mountains to eat. They are especially good at making wild game, smoked bacon, and various cured meats. The taste is salty, sour and spicy, and they often use charcoal as fuel. The local flavor is extremely rich.

'In this case, Xiangxi cuisine is definitely not among the choices. '

The dog meat in Xiangxi is the best, but this thing is a special dish after all, so it would be better to be a little restrained.

In addition, the control is stricter now, and all kinds of delicacies and game are not allowed to be eaten casually. Otherwise, there will be no problem with Western Hunan cuisine. Isn't Northeastern cuisine delicious?
'Then choose four from Dongting Lake cuisine and Xiangjiang River Basin cuisine. '

After deciding on the general direction of the dishes, it’s time to choose the specific menu list.

Su Chen did this step very quickly now, after all, he already had a big direction.

"You must have a choice of meat and vegetables. When I come up with a spicy and sour braised mutton dish at the beginning of winter, I wonder how you will respond?"

This dish is not only seasonal, but also tests the chef's handling of raw ingredients. Su Chen had made mutton once before, but due to the special circumstances of the order at that time, he directly chose mutton from Inner Mongolia.

But this time because of the special price, Su Chen was going to come up with his own plug-in: the practice room vending machine!
The first dish was decided immediately, spicy and sour braised lamb!
Since you choose Xiangjiang cuisine, it is essential to 'simmer' the dishes. When it comes to simmering, of course, the longer the time, the better the taste.

Ever since.
"Is there anyone who doesn't like the red braised goat's trotters?"

Aquatic dishes are nothing more than the preparation of various types of fish. Su Chen does not plan to make fish this time.

Fish is very important to the quality of the ingredients. The skill of the technique can only be the icing on the cake, but it cannot be rejuvenated.

Then
Instead of making fish, you can make fish skin!

The taste of fish skin is simply invincible, but most of the time it only appears in cold dishes. What if it is braised?

Braised fish skin is the third dish.

The rest include poultry, eggs, vegetables, beets, and a vegetarian dish. Su Chen quickly made up a list of eight dishes.

"Well"

Su Chen stretched greatly, rubbed his eyes and got up from the recliner.

Liu Guochu stood up instantly and said, "Boss Su, are you sleepy?"

Lao Liu's question was rather reserved, but what he was thinking was, you just said you have to eat in the evening, we have to hurry up, but you ended up running into the office and taking a nap?
Isn't this pure nonsense?

"I'm not sleepy. I'm just used to it. I squint for a while before cooking. This can ensure that my energy is absolutely concentrated." Liu Guochu felt that his forty years of experience in the industry had been greatly insulted.

Could it be that the reason I'm not as good at cooking as Boss Su is because I didn't get a good sleep before cooking?
Before Liu Guochu could think more, Su Chen had already arrived at his desk, immersed in writing with a pen and paper.

Liu Guochu and Cai Sirong hurried over and looked hard at the piece of paper across the desk.

"Have the dishes been ordered?"

Su Chen hummed.

Liu Guochu squinted his eyes to read the words, and the muscles in the corners of his eyes trembled involuntarily every time he read a line.

"Boss Su, you have studied Hunan cuisine in depth!"

Su Chen smiled, "No, just think of a few dishes and don't make President Liu laugh."

Liu Guochu was speechless.

I thought that if everyone could see this as a joke, then everything in our association would really be a joke.

Compared with the dishes that Liu Guochu studies every day, Su Chen's eight dishes can be said to be ordinary, but the direction of Liu Guochu's research is the state banquet.

It’s just that in recent years, Hunan cuisine has not been featured in state banquets.

On the other hand, Su Chen's dishes are certainly not suitable for state banquets, but the selection of each dish is very interesting. All the dishes put together reflect a common feature: it extremely tests the chef's skill.

'Boss Su is giving me eye drops! '

Liu Guochu didn't think more. He only saw that after Su Chen wrote the list, he also noted the required ingredients behind each dish.

Immediately I took a photo with my mobile phone and sent it, and then unexpectedly
"It's not Boss Su, why are you sleeping again?"

Su Chen got into the blanket, "What else? Are you cold? I still have blankets in the room."

Cai Sirong: "It's not cold."

Liu Guochu: What the hell?
Su Chen said oh expressionlessly, turned sideways and continued to close his eyes.

This behavior really made Liu Guochu feel depressed.

I admit that the ingredients haven’t come back yet, but don’t we have condiments in the kitchen? Shouldn’t we make some preparations in advance?
Are you sleeping here?

Liu Guochu suppressed the pain in his balls.

He could only wait quietly for Su Chen to wake up. At the same time, he also wanted to know if Boss Su did this, how would he prepare for it later?

Not to mention those other dishes, at least the preliminary preparation still requires some thought, and most of the eight dishes require skill and heat, and there are also some time-consuming dishes. If not arranged well, I am afraid I will be in a hurry for a long time. .

But they have no idea.

After closing his eyes, Su Chen appeared directly in the practice room.

"The braised fish skin dish is a bit interesting. Let's try this dish first."

Su Chen directly summoned the main ingredient needed this time from the void, water-haired fish skin!
“This recipe isn’t quite right.”

After studying eight recipes, Su Chen discovered a big problem.

Most of the condiments required for the production of these Hunan dishes are not existing, but need to be prepared in advance.

For example, red soup is a completely different soup from clear milk soup. In addition to adding freshness, it also has the function of coloring and flavoring. This is a soup that needs to be cooked in advance.

Another example is that the fish skin required for this dish is not fresh fish skin torn directly from the fish, but water-cured fish skin.

And it's fish skin with carrion.

There is a very troublesome thing about handling this kind of fish skin. You must use a special pot, not the pot you have used for cooking before.

There is a special pot for cooking seafood-flavored food. This is the basic understanding of a chef who has been a long-time cook with watery ingredients.

As for the meat clear soup, there is nothing much to say. Using the clear soup from Shandong cuisine will definitely have a better effect.

"There's enough trouble."

Su Chen summoned all the necessary ingredients and took the lead in making the 'red soup'.

The soul of this soup lies in the use of soy sauce and rock sugar.

Boil the washed hens, ducks, and pork knuckles in boiling water, and then put them in a casserole lined with bamboo.

Put the water, soy sauce, and rock sugar into it and bring the water inside to a boil directly over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer slowly.

Therefore, making this soup is relatively simple and mindless. You only need to take out the ingredients after two hours and leave the remaining red soup.

For water-fried fish skin, cut it into one-foot-square pieces, put it in cold water and put it in a pot. Once it boils, remove it from the heat immediately.

Then it started to rest.

After a full two hours, fish the soaked fish skin into clean water, wash it with a cloth, then put the fish skin on the bottom of the pot with an iron grate.

Add cold water to boil, then remove from heat and continue to stand.

Su Chen slowly processed various ingredients step by step and tried different preparation methods of various dishes.

After every 16 hours of studying in the practice room, I return to reality and sleep for 2 hours.

Therefore, in the eyes of Miss Cai and Liu Guochu, Su Chen kept sleeping with an extremely calm breath! ! !

The two of them looked at each other, and neither dared to disturb Su Chen, so they had to mute their cell phones silently. While fiddling with their phones in boredom, they checked from time to time to see if Su Chen made any movement.

Jingzhou TV station.

Wang Jianguo was sitting in the office, and everyone was going crazy.

"They have all been rejected? Are you sure? Isn't the price of three million an episode the standard in the industry? Why are you still rejecting it?"

Xiao Zhang from the business department was also anxious, "Wangtai, you don't know! At first, all the agents expressed interest, but after learning that we were just a TV station in a small city, they immediately rejected it, even though our offer was already very high. Even if they are high, they still can't do it. They say that when choosing a variety show, their artists must not only consider the issue of remuneration, but also the issue of influence. Our program has no future in the eyes of others, and they don't want to waste this time! "

Gan!
Wang Jianguo's scalp was numb.

He has collaborated with celebrities before, organizing a party or the like and inviting some celebrities to sing songs. He is quite clear about the prices in this regard.

Nowadays, some third-tier stars are invited to film an episode of variety shows for three million. This price is definitely considered high in the industry.

As a result, even the third-tier little stars couldn’t be invited?

"Wangtai, if it doesn't work, will our standards be lowered even further?"

"How can we lower it?" Wang Jianguo combed back his few hair, feeling that several more hair had fallen out.

"Third-tier starlets are already helpless. If we lower it any further, the fan effect of those 18th-tier starlets will be very low, and they might even try to be big names with us."

Wang Jianguo covered his face with his hands and rubbed it hard, taking a deep breath, "What did Mr. Ling say?"

Xiao Zhang said, "Mr. Ling did give me an idea, but I feel it's even more unreliable."

"You said."

Xiao Zhang's expression was obviously dissatisfied, "Mr. Ling directly recommended these people from their company to us. Wang Tai, their company only has He Shuting's account with the most followers, with more than 200,000. Still like that What do you call a blogger who only gets likes when she has black hair?"

Wang Jianguo also shook his head.

Indeed, this is a bit of a joke, "No more?"

"Mr. Ling said that if the budget is not enough to hire celebrities, she suggested modifying the plan and sent me a copy of her modified plan."

Xiao Zhang forwarded the revised plan, and Wang Jianguo put on his reading glasses and started reading on his mobile phone.

"State banquet or private banquet?"

Just seeing the title, Wang Jianguo's heart immediately trembled.

As a veteran media person for many years, this title is much better than their previous planned title. Just hearing the name makes people's eyes light up, and they even feel a little eager to see what the specific content is!
"In the collision between a state banquet and a private banquet, who will be the final winner?"

"The candidates: Lu Yongliang, Cui Yufen, Liu Guochu, Wang Zhijun, Jiang Wusheng?"

Hiss. After Wang Jianguo read the first paragraph, he slapped his forehead and said subconsciously, "This is taking away all the family foundation of Taishuilai!"

It should be said or not, if it is these people, then it is really okay.

Maybe they don't have many fans, but as far as publicity stunts go, just four words [State Banquet Chef] are enough to make the show famous!
Obviously, these five people represent the [State Banquet]!
As for the candidates for the [Minyan] delegation, "Su Chen? Boss Su actually represents Minyan?"

Wang Jianguo still thought it was a bit funny, but he continued to look back.

"He Shuting? Isn't this the waiter who served the dishes that day?"

"Zhang Jiayi? Isn't this the driver of their company?"

"Holy shit, who the hell is Zhang Li? Isn't this the girl on the second floor who sprays disinfectant on children?"

"No. Why did Mr. Ling go into battle in person?"

"Is this a state banquet and a private banquet, or is it Boss Su's love game?"

Xiao Zhang was also speechless, or else he had never considered this plan at all.

It doesn’t matter that they are all amateurs. What does it mean that your Minyan team is just one man and four women?
If you four women can cook, just go on TV. Isn’t this using our funds to make an international joke?

Wang Jianguo was also speechless. How could anyone do such a thing?

But when he continued to look at the plan, the more he looked at it, the more serious and serious the expression on his face became.

I thought Ling Shuyu was joking, but it turned out that this plan looked like
It’s interesting!

(End of this chapter)