Ke Hong raised his eyebrows and took the gift from Dong Qingyue's hand: "Then thank you." ”

"Open it and see?" Dong Qingyue said with a smile, Ke Hong nodded, and then opened the gift box, which was a box of gold creation medicine, Ke Hong looked at it carefully, yes, it was indeed gold creation medicine.

"Why are you sending me this?" The corners of Ke Hong's mouth twitched, and he asked with a dry smile.

"It's not because you're stupid, you always hurt yourself, and you like to cause trouble outside." Dong Qingyue frowned and touched Ke Hong's head, "I'm afraid that you will be hurt, but you don't listen to me, so I have to prepare this for you." ”

"I don't always hurt myself, you say that I seem to be a thug outside." Ke Hong frowned.

Dong Qingyue said seriously: "This medicine is very effective, I heard that the results are immediate, I asked my former friend to bring it back, but it is not a roadside stall to buy goods." It's precious, more than 2,000 yuan per bottle, and not everyone can buy it. ”

"yes, got it, got it." Ke Hong sighed, and then said while touching Dong Qingyue's brain, "Although it's not a gift I particularly like, thank you for your kindness." ”

Hearing this, Dong Qingyue pouted unhappily: "Ah Hong, it's too much, people are very careful to pick out the gifts for you, and they actually tell people in person that they don't like it." ”

"Because, in fact, I want to ...... more" Ke Hong thought for a while, and then smiled: "I want to see the photos of Yueyue when she was a child, such as graduation photos of elementary school, junior high school and high school." ”

Dong Qingyue snorted and said, "Don't show you, I was like a country girl when I was a child." ”

"Why do you look down on country girls?" Ke Hong couldn't help but laugh.

"No, I just don't want Ah Hong to see it......" Dong Qingyue twisted her fingers and said, "I told you, I used to look very ordinary, so Huang Yi's stupid didn't look down on me at all." ”

"Hmph, I want to see it even more when you say that." Ke Hong smiled evilly and said, "Besides, what does it matter, no matter what she looked like when she was a child, isn't she such a big girl now?" ”

"But ......" Dong Qingyue hesitated, and then perfunctory, "Okay, let's talk about it when we find a chance." ”

Seeing that Ke Hong was still unwilling to give up, Dong Qingyue pushed Ke Hong and said, "Okay, okay, let's go and get ready, today will be very busy!" Go, go, go! ”

"Uh-huh, I'll drive Santa Claus away after taking the present, alas, the children now." Ke Hong sighed helplessly.

Dong Qingyue wrinkled her little nose at Ke Hong and stuck out her tongue, and then closed the office door. But when he came to the kitchen, Ke Hong realized that he was busy today, first of all, the warehouse had more than twice as many materials as usual, and the cupboards were full of turkey, apples, salmon, smoked ham and other materials needed for Christmas specials.

"Alright, let's get ready." Ke Hong rolled up his sleeves and said to himself, thinking of the long queue outside, Ke Hong felt a burst of pressure, and this was not even the peak of the noon meal, at eleven o'clock, the pressure officially came.

Although it is Christmas today, it is not a weekend, and it is not a statutory holiday, so there should not be many people, but at this time, the queue outside has already crowded across the street. The restaurant moved out all the stools that could be used, and there was not enough for the waiting customers to sit, and the waiters had to take time to go outside and bring some snacks to the waiting customers.

Of course, this snack is definitely not a simple fruit melon seed and popcorn food, but a very Christmas-like gingerbread man, which is enough to make people feel novel. Of course, the gingerbread man is also supervised by Ke Hong himself, and it is delicious, but there is not too much coincidence, just an ordinary gingerbread man.

"Ah Hong, can you speed up the cooking a little bit?" Soon, Dong Qingyue came to the kitchen to urge, and said with a wry smile on her face full of guilt: "I know that you are also under a lot of pressure here, but there are too many guests waiting outside, if the kitchen can speed up the progress a little more, I will be very grateful......"

"Don't rush! If you want to speed things up at the expense of reducing the quality of your food, how can you get three Michelin stars!? Ke Hong said angrily, Dong Qingyue was trained to be silent, and muttered aggrievedly: "I know, people just ask......"

"By the way, it's only 11:40, right? I haven't even arrived at the dining point......" Ke Hong frowned and complained.

To be honest, he is already speeding up the cooking at the fastest speed in the kitchen, roasting turkey, making zuò sauce, and frying salmon, so busy that he doesn't even have time to drink water, but the receptionist can bring back more than 20 tables of burdens every time he comes back, which is too much pressure on the kitchen, because it is basically necessary to ensure that the dishes on one table are served together.

And each chef is responsible for a process, which means that everyone has to prepare several tables of dishes at the same time, and there is no room for the slightest mistake in the busyness.

In the kitchen of Western food, everyone is responsible for one of the processes, and if one of the dishes goes wrong, if it can't be made up in time, then other dishes prepared by others at the same table as the dish will basically be abolished.

In such a busy situation, it is inevitable that something will go wrong, and Ke Hong, as the head chef, naturally has to make up for the mistakes of cooking.

It is precisely because of this that the process of serving food has not been slowed down, but there are still a large number of customers waiting outside the restaurant, and the long queue reaches an unusually frightening peak at half past twelve.

There are so many people waiting outside the restaurant that it can attract the attention of people several streets away. There are even many people who have come for the cute gingerbread man dim sum, and many of the remaining people, although they know that they will have to wait for a long time, have no intention of going to other restaurants, on the one hand, because of these cute high-end dim sum, and on the other hand, because of the rumors of Christmas specials.

Ke Hong knew that Ye Wanjun, Qin Shuyu, and Su Man should have all arrived at this time, and even Mr. Stephen had arrived, but he really didn't have time to go out and greet them. Although the book given to Qin Shuyu was only obtained by Mr. Stephen for the sake of face, Ke Hong can only thank him with this Christmas special meal now.

"Ah...... Not anymore. Ke Hong wiped his sweat and muttered, "It's almost two o'clock, and you can still have more than 20 lists at one time, Christmas is really terrible." What if it's the New Year? I don't want to launch a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner set again. ”

"That's not good, this is China, and the New Year is a more famous festival than Christmas!" At this time, Dong Qingyue suddenly strangled Ke Hong's neck from behind, and a naked strand locked him, "When the time comes, I will pull you over when I find your house!" ”

"Don't, the first day of the Lunar New Year is a legal holiday, I can go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to sue you." Ke Hong said with a wry smile, Dong Qingyue snorted: "Then I will bribe your parents and let them force you to work." ”

"Well, I think it works, and they'll be happy to see you." Ke Hong said with a dry smile.

"Hmph, I'm very good at pleasing the elders, you can't run anyway." Dong Qingyue said with a smug smile.

"So, what are you doing in the kitchen again?" Ke Hong frowned and flicked it on Dong Qingyue's forehead.

"People have come to comfort you, I know that you are very hard, and you have been busy from eleven o'clock to almost two o'clock and have no time to rest." Dong Qingyue frowned, touched the position that was bounced, and then said with a smile: "However, this is also the last batch of guests, after this batch is finished, there are only some loose orders left, everyone can take the opportunity to rest and eat something." ”

"Ah......" Hearing this, Ke Hong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "What about Wanjun?" ”

Dong Qingyue glared at Ke Hong and replied, "They have already finished eating, but I sent them desserts and asked them to sit in the restaurant a little longer, but I wasted several tables for you." ”

"How is this for me...... I didn't go to say hello to them for you, and you actually said that you wasted several tables for me, you girl is really. Ke Hong frowned, then turned on the oven and said, "Okay, the new Christmas cake is baked, you can tell the guests that there is a surprise in today's Christmas cake, and the winner can get a VIP membership card." ”

"Is it something like a fortune cookie?" Dong Xiang suddenly asked curiously.

"Pretty much the winning cake, which looks like a fruit cake on the surface, is actually a chocolate cake inside." Ke Hong smiled and said, "This is a surprise for those guests who are willing to eat a special meal and have been waiting until now." ”

"Okay." Dong Qingyue smiled, waved to the waiter outside, and sent someone to bring the cake out.

Today's work is really tiring for everyone, not only the chef, but also the waiters outside have a heavy workload, not only to find a place for the guests, but also to ask the guests who have found seats but have spare seats if they are willing to share the table, and to give snacks to the guests who are still waiting outside, it is really a heavy day.

It wasn't until half past two that the work came to an end for the time being, but there were still a lot of customers, and after about an hour and a half, the afternoon rush was coming.

Ke Hong came to the outside of the store, ready to meet these special guests.

"Ah Hong." As soon as he went out, Ke Hong saw Ye Wanjun, who was sitting at the table as cute as a little angel, waving her little paws at him, and next to her were Ye Junmo, Ye Junyan and her parents, as well as a foreign couple.

It wasn't the Andrew couple that Ke Hong had seen last time, but another couple. They were looking at Ke Hong with a smile, and Ye Wanjun's mother was also smiling, only Ye Wanjun's father, Ye Zhengyan, still had a stinky face.

"Wanjun." Ke Hong smiled at Ye Wanjun, and Ye Wanjun stood up to greet him: "After eating, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson insisted on meeting with the chef, and I told them that I was friends with the chef and asked them to wait a little longer." ”

"Really?" Ke Hong grinned, then turned to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, and said with a smile in English: "Hello two, I am the head chef of this restaurant, I hope my food can make the two of you who are far away feel the Christmas spirit of their hometown." ”

Mr. Wilson was a man who looked very strict and strict with his wolf running hair, but at this moment he showed a smile to Ke Hong, he shook Ke Hong's hand and smiled: "You are too modest, even in my hometown, I have never tasted such a great Christmas dinner, there are many small details that remind me of the Christmas dishes my mother made when I was a child." ”

"Ah, for that, I've used a bit of a more retro approach to the sauce, like using raspberries and gooseberries instead of the sugar or toppings that need to be used in certain places." Ke Hong explained with a smile.

"I see...... It's wonderful, I love your food so much. Mr. Wilson said with a smile.

"Excuse me, can you tell me what this turkey is?" Mrs. Wilson also asked with great interest, she was a slightly chubby but kind-looking woman, "This turkey is so well roasted, I have never been able to bake such tender chicken when I roast it at home." ”

"Oh, because turkeys are much bigger than regular chickens, and the meat is very thick, so if you have to roast them all, it will naturally become like this. The turkey itself has no fat, and it is difficult to get oil when roasted, which makes the turkey meat very dry. My trick is to add chicken skin to the stuffing of the turkey's belly and then apply chicken fat on the outside. Ke Hong explained.

"......I see," said Mrs. Wilson, suddenly, "that's why it's so tender and juicy!" I can't taste the smell! ”

"That's right, turkey meat itself is difficult to produce oil without fat, so replace it with other ingredients that are easy to produce oil, so chicken fat that does not overshadow the smell of turkey meat is the best choice." Ke Hong grinned.

"Oh, Chef Ke is really talented, it's great that Miss Ye can make such a friend as you." Mrs. Wilson happily shook Ke Hong's hand and smiled, "Well, Chef Ke, please give me your contact information, I still have a lot of things I want to ask you about cooking." ”

"Ah, I'm also please, please be sure to teach my wife more." Mrs. Wilson also smiled and said, "Such a delicious dish, even if you are not here in Huaxia, you want to eat it every day." ”

"Ah, no problem, but I hope to take the jet lag into account when I contact you." Ke Hong smiled bitterly, and then told Mr. and Mrs. Wilson his contact information. Ye Wanjun smiled at Ke Hong behind the Wilson and made an "OK" gesture.

"That's a huge help." After the Wilson couple sat down, Ye Mu suddenly patted Ke Hong's shoulder and smiled, "With your help, the business with the Wilson couple should be able to negotiate smoothly this time." ”

"But Uncle doesn't seem to be very pleased." Ke Hong raised his eyebrows and said strangely, Ye Mu hurriedly persuaded: "He is like that, you don't care about him." He is an old feudal man, and he thinks that cooking is a service-oriented profession with no interest, but his aunt knows that the status of the profession of chef abroad is very high. ”

"Ah......" Ke Hong replied a little hesitantly, in fact, he wasn't sure if Ye Zhengyan was holding a straight face to him all day because he was a chef here, it felt more like a ...... Physiologically hates his existence as if it were zài.

"Why?" Ke Hong said helplessly, he just couldn't understand why Ye Zhengyan hated him.

"Oh, okay, Ah Hong, leave my dad alone." Ye Wanjun pulled Ke Hong to the side at this time and smiled sweetly. Looking at Ye Wanjun's smile, Ke Hong suddenly felt again: Indeed, whatever those are doing, it would be good to have Ye Wanjun's smile.

"This Christmas special is really good, I like it so much." Ye Wanjun said with a smile.

"Ah, thank you, I'm so busy in the back, so I didn't come here until now." Ke Hong sighed helplessly.

"Well, I know you're going to be busy." Ye Wanjun said, "Then let's go first, after that, my dad has to talk to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson about business, see you tomorrow?" ”

"See you tomorrow, remember to go back and take some cold medicine, I was frozen for so long after the rain yesterday." Ke Hong instructed.

"Don't take medicine, and if you don't get sick, take any medicine." Ye Wanjun said arrogantly, then waved his hand to Ke Hong, and turned to leave. But Ye Wanjun had just left, Ye Junmo looked left and right, and found Ke Hong with a thief's heart, and praised the first sentence: "Today's Christmas special meal tastes really good." ”

"Ah, thank you." Ke Hong smiled, "Little Nizi, which one do you like the most?" ”

"I like the salmon the most, it's so well fried, I love the crunchy skin, but the flesh is so tender." Ye Junmo said with a smile, and then came back to his senses: "Damn, don't call me that, I feel like a little hairy child." ”

"Wanjun is Xiao Nizi, you are Wanjun's sister, isn't it Xiao Nizi?" Ke Hong asked with a smile.

Ye Jun Mo glanced at Ke Hong, then hugged his arms and asked, "I heard, you spent a good night with my sister last night?" Why can't you bear it, generally speaking, shouldn't men do it at this time? ”

"You're going to be hated by Wanjun then, right?" Ke Hong replied as a matter of course.

"Although it is, but ......" Ye Junmo said, his brows furrowed, "Okay, whatever you two are." ”

Saying that, Ye Junmo was about to leave, but before leaving, she turned her head and said, "My brother asked me to tell you a word, he asked you to come on, become our brother-in-law as soon as possible, and you don't have to make a special trip to the restaurant to eat in the future." ”

Ke Hong was stunned, then gave Ye Jun Mobi a thumbs up and smiled: "I will work hard, Merry Christmas." ”

Ye Jun Mo looked at Ke Hong with some sympathy and smiled, although Ke Hong didn't know what her expression meant. Then Ye Wanjun's family paid the bill and left, and the Wilson couple specially greeted Ke Hong before leaving.

Next, Ke Hong continued to search for acquaintances, and then found Qin Shuyu's family.

"Auntie, do you still have the habit of eating Western food?" Ke Hong quietly came behind Qin Shuyu, stretched out his hand and pressed on her slender shoulder, Qin Shuyu was startled at first, and smiled happily after finding out that it was Ke Hong: "Ah Hong!" ”

"I'm not used to it, but it's still delicious." Yu's mother smiled happily, "It's not bad to try it like this once in a while, but Yu's mother still likes the meals you cooked at Yu's mother's house yesterday." ”

"Really?" Ke Hong smiled slightly bitterly and waved his hand to Mo Zitong, "Zitong, what about you?" Are you used to eating? ”

"Oh, I'm a very receptive person, don't worry about me." Mo Zitong grinned heartily.

"yes, I guess so." Ke Hong smiled dryly and said, Mo Zitong immediately added: "Of course, the taste is also very good, probably the best taste of Western food I have ever tasted, you know that Japan will also celebrate Christmas." ”

"Then sit down again, I have a few guests to meet." Ke Hong waved his hand to the three of them, then touched Qin Shuyu's little brain and said, "Good girl, don't make trouble, take care of your mother." Also, Merry Christmas. ”

Next, Ke Hong found a colleague in the gym, and under Ke Hong's "persuasion", Xiang Shang finally agreed to order two tables for the employees in the bamboo forest to reward the employees who are never absent from work on weekdays and have excellent performance, including Su Man and Xiao Ke, of course.

"I hope today's Christmas special is to your liking." Ke Hong stretched out his hand and pressed it on Su Man's little brain melon and smiled.

"Of course it's appetizing, as always." Xiao Ke smiled as he ate Christmas cake.

"Ah Hong." Su Man pursed his lips at Ke Hong and smiled, "I like this smoked ham so much, I can't stop eating this sauce with this sauce brushed on the surface." ”

"Really? If you like it, it's fine. Ke Hong tugged at Su Man's pigtails and smiled, then glanced at everyone, "Eat more, so that you don't have to force yourself to eat those healthy foods at night." ”

Su Man smiled slightly bitterly: "Those things are not that bad......"

"yes, even if it's really unpalatable, don't say these things in front of the guests at night, it's about the performance of our bonuses." Xiao Ke also glanced at Ke Hong and said, "Don't forget, although you have a part-time job with a good income here, we poor women still have to rely on gym work to support our families." ”

"Yes, yes, I'll remember, see you that night, right?" Ke Hong smiled bitterly, "Merry Christmas." ”

Eventually, Mr. Stephen found the familiar figure, and Mr. Stephen, as he always did, sat in a secluded corner of the restaurant, enjoying his own lunch, wine, and music, so cosy and eclectic.

"Mr. Stephen," Hong sat down across from Mr. Stephen, "I hope my menu hasn't disappointed you." ”

"Nope." Mr. Stephen grinned, "It's still as good as ever, and I guess it's because you're in the same mood as you always are cooking, right?" ”

Ke Hong grinned, "That's right. ”

"Anyway," Mr. Stephen said, holding his glass and shaking the wine inside, "if I have to say that my biggest dissatisfaction with this recipe is that I can't taste it all at once." ”

As he spoke, Stephen winked and smiled slyly at Ke Hong, and then raised his glass to him: "Merry Christmas, celebrate...... We all know that this Christmas special is a big sale. ”

Ke Hong found himself standing in front of him a glass of wine that no one had touched, and knew that Mr. Stephen had prepared it for him in advance, so he raised his glass and clinked glasses with Mr. Stephen: "Merry Christmas, and thank you again for helping me get the first version of the Silence of the Lambs." (To be continued.) )