Chapter 495: Ingredient Fair
Seeing that the flowers he carefully selected entered the trash can in a blink of an eye, Xiao Ping, who was surprised, hurriedly asked, "What are you doing here?"
"In the future, I don't want to send flowers, even if I send some vegetables, it's better than this. Ramsey said solemnly: "If you come to see me and give me flowers, others will think that I am gay!"
was completely defeated by Ramsey, Xiao Ping cried and laughed: "I said...... This flower was not given to you, it was meant to be given to Jessica. ”
At this moment, everyone, including the two front desks, felt a little embarrassed. Ramsey's serious face twitched slightly, and then waved his hand disappreciatively: "Anyway, Jessica is not here, you can buy another bouquet later." With so many flowers to go to the fair, you don't bother me, I'm annoyed!
"Let's go, let's go!" Zhilu said that the angry chef was on the verge of exploding, Xiao Ping hurriedly agreed, and he didn't care about the flower anymore.
Seeing that Xiao Ping and the boss had left, the two front deskers discussed curiously, who was this oriental man who spoke English very well, and why the boss who had always had a bad temper was so polite to him. And this man came to Jessica first, what is his relationship with this former Miss Texas?
Taking advantage of the opportunity that there was no one for the time being, the two receptionists were very involved in the discussion. It can be seen that gossip is human nature, especially for women, and it has nothing to do with conditions such as skin color, race, nationality, etc.
New York is not only the most important city in the United States, but also one of the economic and cultural centers of the world. Exhibitions are held almost every day in the city, and the number of exhibition halls is staggering.
Ramsey has always been a "don't do it, do it or do it best" person. The expo hosted by Hell's Kitchen has been held for many years, and the scale is getting bigger year by year. It has become a major event in the food industry. There are quite a few big manufacturers who come to the fair, and some small manufacturers are even proud to be invited.
At the fair, there will be judges who are recognized in the industry. The exhibits are divided into different categories for selection, and the winning exhibits will undoubtedly become the stars of the expo. Many small manufacturers, which were originally unknown, have developed rapidly in a short period of time and become internationally renowned brands because they have been well received at the expo.
As a well-known chef, Ramsey has a soft spot for the ingredients on display. There is a popular saying in the chef world that the ingredients determine the quality of the dishes, and it can be seen from this that Ramsey attaches so much importance to the exhibition of ingredients.
Ramsey took Xiao Pinglai's pavilion, located near Central Park, is where the ingredients are exhibited. At the moment, the official fair has not yet begun. It was here that the exhibitors first held a warm-up trade fair. On the way, Ramsey complained to Xiao Ping that the exhibitors were doing a lot of business at the fair, so he asked the fair to delay the judging process for a few days so that they could find more customers.
How could the grumpy Ramsey agree to such a request? He rushed over today to negotiate with the representatives of the exhibitors and nip these unrealistic ideas of the exhibitors in the bud.
Along the way, Xiao Ping listened to Ramsey's scolding, and kept counting down those exhibitors who were not greedy enough. Finally arrived at the exhibition hall, and he hurriedly left the car as if fleeing.
After getting off the bus, Xiao Ping found that the area of the exhibition hall was not small, and there were really many people coming in and out of the door. Many of the visitors are dressed casually. Many of them are still dragged by their families. These people are completely here to join in the rhythm of the fun, and from this point of view, there are really many idlers among the Americans.
Of course, there are also many professionals who come here just to do business. These people tend to be in suits and leather shoes. Carry a briefcase with you, and look like you are coming and going in a hurry.
The largest hall in the exhibition hall is the venue of the food fair. Many exhibitors set up their own booths. The display of various ingredients on the booth is somewhat similar to the domestic food fair. However, all items are not available for retail sale here. Only tours are permitted. A few booths did offer free tastings, but not many people tasted them.
Ramsey negotiated with the exhibitors' representatives. So Xiao Ping wandered around the exhibition hall alone. Xiao Ping was originally an ingredient supplier, and he can be regarded as a person in this circle. He walked and watched all the way, and although he was alone, he was not bored.
Xiao Ping soon discovered that there were a lot of merchants who came to the expo, these businessmen came from all over the world, and the ingredients on display were also all-inclusive, including almost all the most famous ingredients from all over the world.
Xiao Ping only walked around the exhibition hall for a short time, and saw a lot of rare ingredients that he had only heard of but had never seen before, such as French foie gras, Caspian caviar, Italian truffle, Kobe Wagyu beef, Arctic lobster, Australian abalone, Central Asian saffron and so on.
These are all world-renowned and prized ingredients, recognized as delicious by chefs and gourmets alike. Although Xiao Ping's "Xian Hu" brand ingredients have recently risen to prominence and are favored by famous chefs like Ramsay, they are far from being as famous as these ingredients in the world.
As Xiao Ping became bigger and bigger in this industry, he also became more aware of the thousands of ingredients in the world, each with its own characteristics and flavors. If you want to be a leader in this industry, you must be complacent and complacent. In particular, you can't be a frog at the bottom of the well, and you can only achieve great achievements with broad horizons.
So looking at these world-famous ingredients, Xiao Ping also felt that he was worth it this time. If he hadn't come to the exhibition, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to see so many world-level precious ingredients.
Xiao Ping secretly sighed that he had not come in vain, and continued to stroll around the venue. When moving to another exhibition area, Xiao Ping also unexpectedly found an old acquaintance - fortunately, Hideto Takahashi of the company was also standing behind a booth.
Hideto Takahashi was talking to a customer with a smile on his face in English with a strong Japanese accent, not noticing Xiao Ping approaching.
Seeing that Takahashi Hideren was talking about business with others, Xiao Ping naturally didn't come forward to disturb him. Instead, he stood silently in front of Koshita Co., Ltd.'s booth, intending to see what they were bringing to the expo.
However, Xiao Ping didn't look at it, but he immediately became angry. On the stand, there are several excellent vegetables that look like fakes at first glance, but if you look closely, you will see that they are real dishes. Xiao Ping is the most familiar with these vegetables, but this is clearly the jade vegetables grown from the seeds he provides! )