Fortunately, Xue Yi said a few other things and was put back by Su Zi.

"Hey, Master, what did you say happened to the old hotel of the City God Temple?"

Xue Yi sighed and slowly spoke: "The business philosophy is not suitable, it has been changed!"

"In the earliest days, the old restaurant of Chenghuangmiao was a mom-and-pop shop, the owner was in charge of cooking the dishes, and the proprietress and son served the dishes and collected the accounts. ”

"Although the cooking is Shanghai home-cooked dishes such as shredded pork and soybean soup and soy sauce meat tofu, it is delicious, inexpensive and economical, and is very popular with ordinary citizens, and the market has a thriving source of customers soon after it opens. ”

Later, the business slowly expanded, and I did more business in Shanghai's local cuisine, but I always faced a problem, whether to focus on local cuisine or mix other dishes. ”

"When the old shopkeeper of the old restaurant was there, he could still insist on the main dishes, but when the new shopkeeper took over, it completely became a mixed dish, and some of the not very popular old dishes also disappeared completely, so that a large number of nostalgic diners lost their old taste. ”

Later, although the taste was okay, it was powerless to return to the sky, and could only be reduced to an ordinary featureless restaurant. ”

Xue Yi said this with the same sigh as he had just now.

"Master Yao has been in charge for a period of time in the past, but it is only a drop in the bucket, and there is no fundamental change. ”

"Then it became what it is now, and someone took over the redesign and renovation, retaining the original cuisine of Shanghai, and adding Huaiyang cuisine and other classic dishes. Accommodation has also been added, and I want to make it a restaurant with a full range of eight cuisines. ”

"It's a pity that it's only a second-rate restaurant until now. ”

Su Zifang felt a little sorry when he heard this, and it was not easy to be evaluated by a second-rate restaurant.

At least in the long time he has been studying with Xue Yi, he has only heard of this honor in the Old Hotel of the City God's Temple.

But I finally knew why Xue Yi was so disappointed in the Old Hotel of the City God Temple.

I guess I feel that I have failed Yao Dewei's hard work, right?

Su Zifang saw Yao Dewei in the story, such a good chef, willing to go to a restaurant to contribute, but it made him feel cold, and it seemed that he really shouldn't have it.

However, thinking of the situation in the old hotel of the City God's Temple, Su Zifang still sighed.

It seems that the problem that Xue Yi said has been encountered now, the development direction of each cuisine is not clear, and the chefs of each cuisine participate in the store, including Huaiyang cuisine chefs, Shandong cuisine chefs, Yunnan cuisine chefs, and Cantonese cuisine chefs, and there are no specialized cuisines, and there is no future development direction.

It seems that it is a second-rate restaurant that Xue Yi said, but it may be even worse, and it will be directly reduced to a third-rate restaurant......

Su Zifang didn't dare to think about it.

Silently changed the subject.

"Master, what's the difference between Master Yao's Eight Treasure Duck?"

When Xue Yi heard this question, a little smile appeared on his face.

As a chef, I always pay attention to gossip, and the first moment I know this dish, I should ask what is going on with Babao Duck!

However, it is not too late to ask, that is, after paying attention to the situation of the old hotel, it is still within the acceptable range of Xue Yi.

If Su Zifang didn't ask about this dish now, Xue Yi would have decided to teach casually!

Now, you can salvage it.

Su Zifang, who walked on the edge of being expelled from the school, had no awareness at all, and put on a posture of waiting to listen to the lecture, pondering the direction of the development of Shibu in his heart.

"It's not easy!" Xue Yi recalled the process of Yao Dewei making the Eight Treasure Duck with emotion.

Su Zifang thought about the situation of being speechless and said, "Yes, it's not easy!"

The smile on Xue Yi's face was even stronger.

did not arrogantly say that he must be able to, which shows that Su Zifang's understanding of his own strength is still very clear, since this is the case, Xue Yi does not intend to let him feel the cruelty of society anymore, but directly explains the essentials of production.

"Master Yao's Eight Treasure Duck, to be precise, should be called Eight Treasure Gourd Duck. ”

"This dish appeared in the Qianlong period, and the most important consideration at that time was knife work, requiring the whole duck to be deboned and filled with water without leakage. ”

"At that time, without the master's teaching of the big restaurant and the practice of a large number of ducks, it was impossible for ordinary chefs to master this technique, so it was extremely difficult to learn. ”

"Later, when the conditions were good, there were more chefs who could debone the whole duck, and the difficulty of this dish became seasoning. ”

"Eight Treasure Duck, as the name suggests, has eight ingredients. ”

"Glutinous rice, green beans, chestnuts, red dates, lotus seeds, corn, ham, bamboo shoots, this is the earliest stuffing for Babao duck, but later with the increase in the selection and variety of ingredients, it is no longer limited to eight kinds"

"For example, the Eight Treasure Duck made by Master Yao, although I only saw about ten kinds, but there were more than twenty kinds of materials actually used!"

Su Zifang couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the amount of this ingredient.

You must know that the most difficult thing when cooking is not to treat the taste of a single ingredient, but to deal with the flavor of the mixed ingredients to harmonize.

This is the same regardless of whether it is Chinese or Western food.

Yao Dewei can modulate and balance the flavors of more than 20 kinds of ingredients, and he is definitely a grandmaster-level specialty in seasoning!

Xue Yi continued.

"The normal way is to cut all the eight treasures into pea-sized cubes, blanch to remove the peculiar smell, mix and season, stuff them into the duck's belly, prick the mouth, shape, steam, and finally color and fry them. ”

However, Chef Yao has done one more process, and it is because of this that the Babao duck he made has become a classic that diners in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will never forget. ”

"What?"

Su Zifang pricked up his ears and listened carefully, he knew that at this point, it should be the key to say.

Xue Yi suddenly sold out, waved his hand and said, "I'll do it again, you see! ”

"If you can't see it, I tell you you can't understand it either. ”

Su Zifang: ......

It's 2020, do you still want to do this?

But after thinking about it, he still didn't dare to let him say it, so he responded obediently and watched Xue Yi take him to the cooking table to demonstrate.

The duck is made of three sets of ducks, and a fat four-pound hemp duck was picked from the backyard, and the knife fell in hand, bled and removed hair, processed cleanly, and sent to the back kitchen.

Xue Yi took the duck, and he didn't see any special skills, but it took less than three minutes to remove all the duck bones.

If you don't look at it, throw it in clean water and start washing.

This kind of speed at his fingertips made Su Zifang envious.

Although he can now skillfully make three sets of ducks, the whole duck can't be completed in ten minutes, and there will still be a failure rate of about five percent, which is completely impossible for Xue Yi to do so casually.

It can only be said that some people look like a technician, because the career system is a technician in the end, and some people look like a senior chef, but in fact, their strength can only be a senior chef.

Sighing, knowing if you can't catch up with this proficiency gap for a while, or obediently watch the practice.

In case you comprehend the essence of Yao's Eight Treasure Duck, it will be worth it!