The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 199 I am really impressed by your Huangji customers

The good thing about having a new roommate in the house is that the fruit is eaten much faster.

There was no way. Gong Liang gave too much. The cleaning lady changed the fruits so frequently that Qin Huai felt stressed every time he saw the fruits in the fruit plate when he came home.

He was afraid that if he ate any slower, the cleaning lady's fruit shop would open.

On the first day Ouyang moved in, Qin Huai decided to take Ouyang to Huang's to see the world.

Have a real special meal.

Actually, it’s Huang Ji’s breakfast, Qinhuai’s longevity noodles and Zheng Siyuan’s wontons.

After all, Ouyang was not an employee of Huang's, so it was against the rules for him to enter the kitchen. Qin Huai asked Ouyang to stay at home first or walk around the area to see if there was anything he needed to buy. When the longevity noodles were almost out of the pot, he would send a message to Ouyang to ask him to come over.

Squatting at the kitchen door to eat.

This is Huang Ji’s hidden way of eating. The last person who squatted at the kitchen door to eat was Gong Liang.

Speaking of Gong Liang, Qin Huai browsed his Moments for a while before entering Huangji.

Gong Liang was enjoying his meal at Fenyuan and didn't want to leave.

He would post photos every day at mealtime. The photos were probably taken by his daughter. The dishes were photographed very beautifully, making Qin Huai so greedy that he wanted to spend a huge amount of money to make a reservation at Fenyuan and go to Beijing to taste the cooking skills of this legendary current No. 1 Chinese chef.

In Huang’s kitchen, Zheng Siyuan has already started making wontons.

Every day was like this, Zheng Siyuan came early and left early, making dim sum all the time. During work, Zheng Siyuan rarely talked with his colleagues in Huangji's kitchen, and the person he communicated with the most was Qin Huai.

Today, Zheng Siyuan rarely took the initiative to speak.

"You are going to be famous." Zheng Siyuan said.

"Ah?" Qin Huai paused while pouring the flour, almost getting himself covered in flour. "I feel like... I'm not an unknown newbie, right?"

To be honest, Qin Huai felt that he had become much more famous after coming to Gusu.

Although he has not yet participated in any academic exchanges in the industry, Qin Huai feels that he is at least well-known in the industry, if not famous.

If you ask around in Gusu, you will find that everyone knows Master Qin from Huang’s.

As for the academic exchange meeting...Huang Anyao suggested that Qin Huai should not attend.

It was very boring. Apart from the exchange meeting hosted by Zhiweiju, the rest of the dishes were not tasty either. Huang Shengli never participated and he was always sent to make up the numbers. He could neither understand what was being said nor eat well. It was simply a chore.

In Huang Anyao's words, Zheng Da is the only one who likes to go to this kind of academic exchange meeting. Because not all the people who go to the exchange meeting are chefs, there are also people like him who just make up the numbers and some restaurant owners.

Zheng Da is in the dim sum business, and he goes to academic conferences basically to promote and distribute his products.

"That's not what I'm talking about." Zheng Siyuan stopped making wontons, washed his hands, took out his cell phone from his pocket, opened Xu Cheng's Weibo and showed it to Qin Huai.

Qin Huai took a quick look and found that Zheng Siyuan had been following Xu Cheng's Weibo for 611 days.

By the way, Xu Cheng’s Weibo account has been open for 611 days.

Xu Cheng posted a Weibo at 3:21 last night. The content was very long and full of nonsense. The general meaning was that he ate too much snacks during the day and couldn't sleep at night. He also had to write a food review, so he wrote it in one go until 3 o'clock. He felt that he was really dedicated to his work and would definitely not delay the manuscript for the first issue of the year next year.

Overall, this is a self-congratulatory tweet.

But it is worth noting that Xu Cheng attached several pictures to this Weibo post, which showed dim sum made by Qinhuai. The plate on which the dim sum was served was a special plate specially made by Huangji, with the Huangji logo on it, which was very large, so large that it was difficult to ignore.

It is hard not to suspect that Xu Cheng deliberately posted a Weibo to advertise Huang Ji.

The comment section of this Weibo post is also very interesting. It is full of Qinhuai fans, including enthusiastic people from Suzhou area who ride their bicycles to grab steamed buns at noon every day, strongly recommending it.

[Mr. Xu really has good taste. Master Qin has only been at Huang Ji for more than a month and you discovered him!
——A loyal believer of fermented glutinous rice steamed buns]

[Will it be more difficult for me to buy snacks in the future? No, please [cry loudly] [cry loudly] [cry loudly]

——The damn boss deducted 50 yuan from me for being late for one minute]
[Huang Ji has a new white pastry chef. Doesn’t Huang Ji have white pastry?
——Which company has the best mining technology?

Qin Huai also saw the comments posted by Zheng Siyuan himself.

[Chef Qin’s dim sum is delicious and worth recommending.

——Zheng (Lian Da Fanshao version)]
Qin Huai really wanted to persuade Zheng Siyuan to stop practicing. We are white-casserole chefs and there is no need to stick to the red-casserole tree.

But Zheng Siyuan gave himself a good review using his real name...

Go ahead and practice, my good brother. I’ll cook two bowls of longevity noodles for you today!
Qin Huai returned the phone to Zheng Siyuan: "I didn't expect Mr. Xu to post a special Weibo for advertising."

Zheng Siyuan took a deep look at Qin Huai and knew that Qin Huai had not yet realized what Xu Cheng's Weibo post meant.

Qin Huai:?
"Do you still remember what happened when you first came to Huang's two days ago?" Zheng Siyuan asked.

Qin Huai said that of course he remembered. At that time, the old customers of Huang's thought that Zheng Da was captured by Huang Shengli to work for him, and they bought snacks as if they were starving, for fear that they would have no next meal after finishing this one.

At that time, Qin Huai had just come to Huang Ji and was not used to such a high-intensity work, nor was he as good at assigning work to helpers as he is now. The dim sum maker almost made Qin Huai die of exhaustion at Huang Ji.

"I was inexperienced at that time. Now, even if the purchase volume increases by 30%, I can keep up." Qin Huai knew what Zheng Siyuan wanted to say and said confidently.

He is not the Qin Huai from before. He is the Qin Huai who trained in Huangji for a month and then returned to Yunzhong Canteen for an additional 4 days of training.

Now, even if he goes back to his hometown in Qiu County to steam buns for the New Year, it will be worth it!

"Before Huang Ji was featured on Taste, it didn't have a set business hours." Zheng Siyuan suddenly began to tell a story. "At that time, my uncle relied on his youth and good health. He felt that it was not easy for customers to come from far away. He was willing to eat at Huang Ji to give Huang Ji face, and he would receive them no matter how late it was."

“Then Huang Ji was featured in Taste.”

"Master persisted for a week, but he couldn't hold on any longer, so he changed his business hours. That's how he didn't end up in the hospital due to overwork."

"During that week, Huang Ji had customers queuing outside at 5 or 6 o'clock every day waiting for the restaurant to open. There were still customers queuing outside until 2 or 3 in the morning. Even if the kitchen was out of vegetables and only had two bundles of greens left, customers were willing to eat a plate of greens before leaving."

“This is Xu Cheng’s influence.”

"In an era when communications were not well developed and print media was king, Xu Cheng's influence was beyond your imagination."

"All it takes is a food review or a few compliments, and his fans will travel thousands of miles, even if it means flying across the ocean, just to eat a dish that Xu Cheng has praised."

Qin Huai was somewhat surprised when he heard Zheng Siyuan say this.

How to say it, he knew Xu Cheng was awesome, but he didn't expect Xu Cheng to be so awesome.

The same words have different effects when spoken by Huang Anyao, Dong Shi, and Zheng Siyuan.

Huang Anyao is the fan filter, Dong Shi is the gossip leader, and Zheng Siyuan is the gold content certification.

"Then didn't you lose out by not letting Xu Cheng taste your cooking yesterday?" Qin Huai said.

Qin Huai felt that Zheng Siyuan's overall skills were still better than his.

Zheng Siyuan is a professional, well-balanced, hexagonal warrior.

Qin Huai has been making rapid progress during this period, and Zheng Siyuan has also improved. If we don't mention anything else, just looking at the crepe wontons and bubble wontons, the progress is very obvious.

If Zheng Siyuan could stop worrying about flipping the wok and use the time he spent in the afternoon practicing flipping the wok to practice cooking white meat, his progress would probably be more obvious.

"Xu Cheng had tasted my cooking two years ago." Zheng Siyuan said.

"Have you been on 'Taste'? Which episode? I have to buy it to keep it!" Qin Huai's eyes lit up.

Zheng Siyuan shook his head: "No, I didn't. At that time, I just wanted to sell snacks at the entrance of the community. I didn't want to be famous or to be on "Taste", so I declined Xu Cheng's interview."

"What about you now?"

"I don't want to either. My uncle's back has healed and he will probably be back to work in half a month. Huang's cannot be without a dim sum chef during the Chinese New Year. I plan to help out until the Lantern Festival is over, and then go back to the pastry shop to continue selling pastries."

"I feel my skills are not good enough." Zheng Siyuan said, "Maybe one day when I feel my skills are good enough, and a decent-sized restaurant offers me a chance to be a chef, I will leave the pastry shop and work somewhere else."

Qin Huai kneaded the dough while smacking his lips: "This must be difficult. I heard Huang Anyao say before that the only well-known restaurant in China that specializes in white case dishes is Zhiweiju. I studied the rankings of famous chefs yesterday. The master chef of Zhiweiju ranked 41st, and the lowest ranked chef ranked 97th. If you want to be a master chef at Zhiweiju, you have to rank 40th on the list of famous chefs."

As we all know, Zheng Da was ranked 53rd on the only celebrity chef list, and then he refused to rank because the ranking was too low.

Zheng Da's craftsmanship is definitely better than Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan.

Zheng Dadu can only rank 53rd, Zheng Siyuan wants to rush to 40th...

If he also has a system that allows him to cheat or something, maybe it is possible.

"This is just a plan for the future," Zheng Siyuan said, continuing to make wontons.

After a while, Zheng Siyuan finally realized that they were originally talking about Qin Huai. How did they end up talking about him?
"After seeing Xu Cheng's Weibo this morning, my dad called a few chefs he knew at Zhiweiju and asked them to borrow a few helpers from Zhiweiju for you." Zheng Siyuan brought the subject back to the point.

"Helper?" Qin Huai was surprised, "Zhiweiju can still borrow helpers?"

Does Zhiweiju have such a comprehensive range of services?
This is a cradle for white-collar students.

"Special times call for special measures." Zheng Siyuan said calmly, "My dad is afraid of you... He's exhausted these past few days."

"And we can't say it's borrowing help, to be more precise it's a learning exchange."

I feel a little tired these days, but I will be very tired after "The Taste" is released.

Huang Ji’s dim sum is unlimited, and Zheng Da is afraid that Huang Ji will overwork his future beloved apprentice.

Qin Huai continued to knead the noodles while sighing in his heart that he had really seen something new.

At 8:40, everyone at Huang's and Ouyang, who was squatting at the kitchen door, started eating longevity noodles.

Ouyang, who had never eaten longevity noodles cooked with this level of broth, wanted to lick the bowl. After drinking a large bowl of noodle soup, he licked his face and had another half bowl, then went out to investigate.

The specific way of investigation is to go shopping in the pedestrian street and buy hand-made lemon tea.

After breakfast, Qin Huai started his official work.

Today's menu is premium three-piece buns, fermented glutinous rice steamed buns and mung bean cakes.

When making mung bean cake yesterday, Qin Huai felt that he hadn't made it for a while, and his hands were not as good as before. He needed more practice, so he added this dessert to the recipe.

You don't have to make too much. Most people who come to Huang Ji to buy dim sum come for the fermented glutinous rice steamed buns. The Sanding Buns were a big success yesterday, so I guess quite a few people bought them.

Mung bean cake is just a side dish at most.

Huang Ji’s mung bean cake is so expensive. Although the mung bean cake made by Qinhuai tastes better than those sold outside, in terms of cost-effectiveness, it is definitely better than the ones made in ordinary pastry shops.

Master Qin, who was going to work as usual, had no idea what was about to happen.

At 10 o'clock, Huang Ji's waiters had not yet fully arrived at their posts.

The waiters at Huang Ji start work at 10:40. The supervisor and those who have extra tasks for the next day will come early. Sometimes those who live nearby will also come early on their way.

The foreman came late today, only arriving at 10 o'clock.

It’s a bit embarrassing to tell you the reason why I came late - I was too excited and didn’t sleep last night, so I got up late.

Huang Ji's foreman has been working at Huang Ji since the company opened, and is one of the employees with the deepest feelings for Huang Ji. The foreman has seen the declining business of Huang Ji in the past two years and is very anxious, but there is nothing he can do.

She is not a chef and does not know how to cook, otherwise she would really like to rush into the kitchen and cook two dishes for the guests.

It’s different now, the real turning point has come!
Xu Cheng is here!

As long as Huang Ji can appear on "Zhiwei" one more time, it will definitely be the No. 1 in Suzhou. No matter how bad Huang Anyao's management level is, Huang Ji will be able to grow bigger and stronger and create greater glory under the leadership of Huang Shengli.

The foreman was particularly energetic when he pedaled his bike today.

Then she stood at the door of Huang's in shock.

It was 10 o'clock in the morning, the waiters had not yet started work and Huang's had not yet opened for business, but there was already a line at the door.

Still a long queue.

It was estimated that there were at least forty or fifty people.

Foreman Cao almost gasped.

She hadn't seen this scene for many years.

The last time I saw this scene, Huang Shengli's waist was still fine and there was no problem at all.

Foreman Cao rushed into Huang's, changed his clothes, and walked quickly into the kitchen, where he found Huang Shengli, Huang Anyao and Zheng Da were all there.

Huang Shengli rarely changed into his work clothes, but he was not working, nor did he sit at a small table in the kitchen to drink tea. Instead, he stood in the center and directed everyone.

"Okay, Xiaojiu, don't cut the remaining vegetables. You and Qin Huai are familiar with each other. Go take over Lao Liu's shift and keep an eye on the stuffing in the pot."

"Sixth Brother, please pay attention to the management of other people."

"Siyuan, please help keep an eye on your dad and don't let him slack off. What are you looking at me for? I'm talking about you!"

"I didn't ask you to help. You called me early in the morning and said there would be a lot of customers today and you didn't want Xiao Qin to get tired. You volunteered to come. I don't know your character yet. There's nothing wrong with your waist. What's wrong with working a little longer? My waist isn't fully healed yet. If it were, I would go over and help Xiao Qin knead the dough."

"An Yao, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you really have forgotten all the basic skills you learned when you were a child. Forget it, there's no point in you staying here, go over there and wash the vegetables."

Huang Anyao: QAQ
Huang Shengli turned around and saw the foreman.

"Xiao Cao, I'm here." Huang Shengli said with a smile, "Have you seen the customers queuing outside the door?"

Foreman Cao nodded heavily.

"After Xu Cheng posted this on Weibo, our Huang Ji's business will be booming again. You have to work harder during this period and keep an eye on the lobby and the customers queuing to buy dim sum. There are so many customers queuing outside, so we will start selling dim sum earlier today, at 11 o'clock. Do you have any questions?"

"No problem!" Foreman Cao said firmly, "Don't worry, Master Huang, our service staff will definitely not hold the restaurant back!"
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At 12 noon, Xu Cheng, who was stuck in traffic yesterday, learned his lesson today. With his experience, he did not ride a bicycle, but came to the nearby area with his assistant in advance and walked slowly to Huang Ji.

Xu Cheng originally didn't want to come to Huang's for dinner today.

But yesterday's manuscript was written so well and smoothly that he became hungry while writing late at night.

Xu Cheng is craving for snacks.

In order to prevent overeating like yesterday, when he ate a lot for lunch and afternoon tea, and felt hungry again in the middle of the night after not eating at night, Xu Cheng decided to eat only one three-cooked bun, one fermented rice steamed bun, and a bowl of tangerine peel tea at noon today, and never eat more.

He deliberately didn't say hello in advance.

If you come without saying hello, you won’t get any special treatment.

You won’t overeat.

Xu Cheng felt that his plan was very good.

Until he reached the intersection 200 meters away from Huang Ji.

What did he see?
A queue that seemed endless.

Xu Cheng was confused.

He even saw a few people at the end of the line eating while queuing, and what they were eating were the fermented glutinous rice steamed buns and three-diced dumplings that he wanted to eat today.

The assistant was about to step forward to ask what was going on, but Xu Cheng stopped the assistant and stepped forward himself.

"Hello, is this row..."

"Yes, yes, this is the line for Huang Ji dim sum!" the old man at the end of the line said enthusiastically, "Young man, don't look at the leader, the line is moving very fast, at most forty... an hour, you can get a line, remember to buy more when you get in line, but don't buy too much, or you'll get beaten."

Xu Cheng:?
"Uncle, you've bought them all, haven't you?" asked the assistant.

"Oh, don't say that. I didn't have experience the first time I lined up, so I bought too little. Right after I finished buying, I heard someone next to me say that a food critic named Xu recommended Huang Ji on Weibo. He said that there must be a lot of people coming to grab dim sum these days, and today there are the least people from other places who can't make it in time."

"I was so scared that I quickly queued up again to buy more to store at home. Don't say I didn't warn you, it's best to buy 10 of these fermented glutinous rice steamed buns, otherwise there won't be enough!"

Xu Cheng: …

Are your Huang Ji’s customers so crazy when it comes to buying things?
Xu Cheng had heard that there was no limit on the dishes ordered at Huang's. Only the banquet dishes were limited, and the rest of the dishes could be ordered as long as they were on the menu. There was no so-called hidden menu, nor was there a VIP menu.

but……

Isn’t this a bit too outrageous?
Five minutes later, Xu Cheng, who had bought three-diced buns, fermented glutinous rice steamed buns and tangerine peel tea through a phone call, ate the buns while strolling outside with his assistant.

Xu Cheng never dreamed that one day when he wanted to eat steamed buns and steamed buns, he would have to call someone to cook for him.

As for why we don’t eat inside…

Because Xu Cheng didn't book a private room today, he thought he could just buy it and take it away, and there was no room inside.

As for why I lingered in front of Huang Ji’s store instead of leaving directly, it was because a new batch of mung bean cakes was not ready yet.

Xu Cheng: Now that you're here, have some mung bean cake before you leave.

(End of this chapter)