The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 125 Luoxi Night Market, Fisherman’s Wharf (3K)

Meng Yulu is the chef of this generation of Guangzhou Yangquan Restaurant, but she was promoted from a substitute to a regular employee only three years ago.

Of course, the bottom line was that in the international competition a few years ago with "Legendary Kitchen Utensils" at stake, the team consisting of top-level players such as Meng Yulu and Chi Xiaobai won the championship and successfully brought back a piece of legendary kitchen utensils that had been lost in a foreign country.

It was because Meng Yulu defeated the strong enemy in the crucial round and won the victory that she accumulated enough fame through this battle and was unanimously recognized by the official and private levels. It was natural for her to take the long-vacant position of "chef".

"Are you talking about the news that Boss Xia is coming to Yangcheng?"

On the phone, Meng Yulu didn't intend to play dumb with Kang Jiacong. She yawned and said in a lazy tone:

"Let me tell you the truth."

"It was me who facilitated the invitation of Boss Xia, this great Buddha, to Guangdong."

"Without the first half of the unique food carving technique I provided, I'm afraid the Cultural and Tourism Bureau will not be able to find the ancient recipes or ancient unique skills that Boss Xia is very interested in."

"Then, if you are slow for a moment, you will be slow for every step, and you will be kidnapped by people from other provinces and cities!"

Hear the words.

Kang Jiacong's pupils trembled.

It took him a long while to catch his breath and he opened his mouth to say something on the phone.

But after he concentrated again, he noticed that the phone had been hung up long ago, with a series of busy tones.

So, Kang Jiacong looked confused:

"Boss Xia was invited here by the city and the province, together with Sister Meng?"

Oh.

That's fine.

The little thought I just had.

Sorry, I shouldn't have done that! I can't afford to offend you!
His expression changed, and he completely gave up the idea of ​​suppressing her. Instead, Kang Jiacong's eyes gradually became clearer, and he pulled at the sparse hair on his head:

"Old Gao was able to visit the thatched cottage three times and invite this great Buddha."

"Then if I show my sincerity, I may be able to invite Boss Xia to be a contestant on the show 'Who is the Leader of Yangquan Restaurant'?"

Kang Jiacong changed his mindset and began to actively contact his acquaintances in the Culture and Tourism Bureau.

After all, he was a new gold medal director with a lot of connections. Kang Jiacong quickly obtained the night market stall location agreed upon by the Yangcheng government:
Panyu District, Luoxi Night Market/Fisherman’s Wharf.

It’s actually this place?

It seems that the main feature is the spaciousness of the place.

Kang Jiacong was not surprised by the decision made by the official group. Stability is the most important thing. If one wants to choose an old night market street with a long history or other cultural feelings, there are plenty of them in the old city of Guangzhou.

But the bad thing about old streets and alleys is that they are narrow and cannot accommodate many tourists.

For example, as an old Guangzhou resident, Kang Jiacong often likes to go to Chen Clan Academy Night Market to eat, which is full of narrow old alleys and streets.

Also, most night markets are set up along the streets.

And if a famous chef of Boss Xia's caliber opens a stall, tens of thousands of people will come, and the diners who come here to eat will definitely clog the main road and affect traffic.

Therefore, the old streets and night markets along the streets are not considered.

The only place left to best experience the culture and signature of Guangzhou night markets is the night markets or docks along the Pearl River.

Luoxi Night Market itself is quite well-known.

In addition, the adjacent Fisherman’s Wharf has also developed into a food street along the river.

If you open a stall by the river with official control and order, it can better reflect the vitality and prosperity of Guangzhou, the thousand-year-old commercial capital, than in the small streets and alleys.

Kang Jiacong looked at the time.

At this time, it was about 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

He felt the urgency and smell of gunpowder before a big war.

At six o'clock, Boss Xia will open his stall on the riverside on time.

Moreover, he is definitely not the only one who has the information channel. There are many uncles on the Internet. Kang Jiacong plans to pick up his family and make an appointment with close friends to set off early and find a coffee shop or food stall by the river to wait.

……

"Boss Xia, Guangzhou Tourism has delivered the food!"

Lu Jiaxin informed Xia An that the ingredients had been delivered.

Xia An opened the smart lock and asked someone to deliver the ingredients to the kitchen.

There are mainly three types of silver-level fantasy ingredients:
Sago pearls, sago shellfish, golden salmon roe.

"Would you like me to help?" Lu Jiaxin rolled up her sleeves eagerly, full of energy.

"Goodbye." Xia An glanced at her without giving her any face, "If your brother comes, I can let him help with the work."

Lu Jiaxin gritted her teeth and said angrily: "You are clearly looking down on my poor cooking skills?"

"I'm afraid of damaging the sign." Xia An has already started to get busy.

Fortunately, the three fantasy ingredients used are all very easy to handle, and Xia An can handle it all by himself.

Open the shells, take out the sago pearls, and pick out the thick shell meat.

Grind the sago pearls into powder separately and mix them into the dough later to create a "fluorescent" eye-catching effect.

Use the shellfish meat to make soup.

As for the golden salmon roe, just sprinkle some of it on the bowl of noodles before handing it to the diners, as the final finishing touch.

Therefore, Xia An's main energy in the few hours before setting up the stall was almost entirely spent on making squid ink dough.

……

High-end residential area.

A large flat with river view.

In front of the large floor-to-ceiling glass window with a river view, a classical and gentle woman was awakened by the alarm clock. She stood up from the sofa, opened the curtains, and stretched her waist very lazily towards the river surface where a hint of sunset was already visible.

"Is it this late already?" the woman muttered. "A nap lasts for several hours. I've become more and more lazy and sleepy lately."

Meng Yulu turned on her phone, and many missed calls and unchecked messages came out. She frowned, and cleared all the messages without even looking at them, and then her face turned from gloomy to bright:
"As long as the Tourism and Culture Bureau takes care of it, I'd rather go explore the shops and the night market myself."

It was already a little after five in the afternoon. Meng Yulu hurriedly washed, changed her clothes, and dressed to conceal her face before she hurried out.

……

And in the online taxi heading to the city center from Baiyun Airport.

Wu Zhu and Xiang Shilin were sitting in the back row.

Jing Nina was in the passenger seat, urging the driver to go faster from time to time.

The driver rolled his eyes slightly:

"That's it, pretty girl. What happened today? I've already attracted several groups of out-of-town tourists like you guys."

Xiang Shilin said: "We rushed to Fisherman's Wharf to try Boss Xia's latest fantasy dishes on site!"

"what?"

The driver was surprised: "Is it the recently famous boss Xia?"

Wu Zhu complained: "What else do you think?"

The driver suddenly fell silent, as if he realized that since he hadn't been in the group chat today, he hadn't grasped the explosive news in Guangzhou.

He immediately opened the Didi car owner chat group on another mobile phone on the navigation bracket and played the voice group message.

Listen to the major events that car owners in the group are discussing one after another.

"Tsk, it seems like many car owners are quitting their jobs today?"

Wu Zhu and Xiang Shilin were bored anyway, so they listened to the idle chatter of these car owners with great interest.

"Of course not. If you are lucky enough to get a meal of affordable fantasy dishes, it can be equivalent to the income from working for a month or two." Wu Zhu said.

Xiang Shilin said curiously: "I have seen many netizens discussing that scalpers seem to be gradually appearing. These people line up and then sell the dishes at high prices."

Kyonina chuckled:
“Scalpers are a group that can never be eradicated.”

Wu Zhu pondered:
"I do have an idea. I plan to mention it to Boss Xia. Isn't he now cooperating with the local Culture and Tourism Bureau? That way he will have more official resources."

"In this way, the government can help build a designated open-air dining area, and diners who receive affordable dream dishes must dine in this dining area, so that transfers and scalping transactions can be eliminated."

……

Half past five in the evening.

A brand new large dining truck was driven by official personnel and parked in front of the hotel.

The hotel helped transport the many pots of delicious soup base and the batches of black dough, which were well protected by plastic wrap, on carts.

On the dining car, all other utensils are available. Except for the alloy pastry stick, Xia An does not need to bring any kitchen utensils.

“Are disposable lunch boxes and chopsticks enough?”

Xia An still checked it personally and asked about the two team members that Lu Jiaxin had arranged to get on the car as temporary kitchen helpers.

"Boss Xia, the kraft paper bowls here are all 1000ml with lids, and there are 300 sets in a bundle. There are 10 bundles in total!" One of the team members reported after counting.

Xia An nodded and looked at the other boy.

The guy said: "I have checked the kitchen counter and gas, the stove is fine, and there is enough gas to last tonight!"

"Then let's set off."

Xiaan calls the driver.

Lu Jiaxin and the head of the camera crew Su Yan were also squeezed into the dining car of this large bus.

"Boss Xia, yes, this is the position. Don't move. You don't need to pose. You look very impressive and cool like this!"

Click.

Su Yan's face flushed red as she excitedly took a lot of pictures, including video footage of the group going out.

In the work group of the team’s camera crew.

These materials were quickly edited and integrated by the workers into an exquisite short video with BGM.

Lu Jiaxin smiled and logged into the Douyin official account to post this new video:

《Hello, Guangzhou, the thousand-year-old commercial capital. Let’s meet at Fisherman’s Wharf! 》

Who would have known that the comment section under this new video would be instantly drowned out by voices like “Where is Boss Xia?”, “We’re already waiting at Fisherman’s Wharf”, “Boss Xia, I’ve been waiting for you so hard”.

"It's over——"

After browsing the comment section several times, Lu Jiaxin was dumbfounded and murmured: "This time there is an army of diners waiting in full force!"

Xia An glanced over:
"Isn't that abnormal? Guangzhou has issued a notice. Local diners or diners from nearby cities in the Pearl River Delta, and even diners from Hong Kong and Macau, have half a day to get here."

Having said that, Xia An looked at the information on the panel with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

because!

The business target was refreshed on time at 8 o'clock this morning.

Sudden update!
[The new day's loss-making chef mode business goal has been triggered. 】

[Goal ①: Set up a stall to sell improved ancient dishes (fantasy version of big galaxy noodles), and the operating loss on the day exceeded 1,000 yuan. ]

【Goal ②: Serving more than 100 diners. 】

Compared with the previous mediocre business goals, the difference is that this time a third goal was temporarily added.

【Goal ③: Serve diners with fantasy glowing dishes, no less than one serving per person. 】

However, noticing that the reward for completing goal ③ was 1 attribute point, Xia An immediately stopped the urge to complain, lowered his head and supported his chin, thinking seriously about the possibility of achieving this goal.

"I prepared a lot of soup bases and dough today. I have to make at least a thousand bowls of noodles by myself. It shouldn't be difficult to shine just once, right?"

Xia An was reviewing the afternoon's food preparation process to find any flaws.

The driver suddenly said:

"Boss Xia, we have entered the night market street section."

　I got home late, I will make up the second update later before going to bed!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)