The news was indeed a bit unexpected.

Shang Huaiyan was slightly stunned, and asked rhetorically, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Song was concise and to the point, and told Shang Huaiyan the news he had heard: "The chef of Huaiyang cuisine has not yet arrived. ”

Shang Huaiyan groaned for a while, not too anxious in his heart, anyway, the personnel in the kitchen, whether Chinese or foreign, were not in charge of him, and he had nothing to be anxious about: "Oh-he's not coming or what?" ”

Xiao Song said: "It's not clear yet, but after contacting the other party several times, the phone was all connected, that is, there was a traffic jam on the road, and it would arrive immediately." ”

Shang Huaiyan knew it when he heard it.

He secretly sighed, thinking that more than ten years ago, this method was generally used by foreign guests, and now that the reform and opening up society is taking off, it is time for his own people to use those two, but it is a pity that foreign guests use it, and it can be said that the two countries are at war; If you use it yourself, won't it become an endless fight?

He said: "It's not a big deal, don't worry about this, you can take care of the things I just explained to you, just bring these guests into the designated seats one by one." ”

As he spoke, there was a sudden commotion in the position directly above the splendid banquet hall, where the most distinguished foreign guests of the exhibition were seated.

Shang Huaiyan had already seen this scene in a blink of an eye. The kitchen is not his responsibility, and he is not in the mood to help others solve problems, but the reception has something to do with him, and he gave Xiao Song a "go ask" look.

There was no need for more extra instructions, Xiao Song understood and turned to leave.

Shang Huaiyan sat next to Yi Baitang.

There is usually a waiting time of half an hour to an hour from the entrance to the start of the feast, and with what is happening in the kitchen, the feast will not be held so quickly anyway. In addition, this is a spare table in the corner, and now there is no third person except Yi Baitang and himself, Shang Huaiyan simply sat down generously, peeled peanuts and chatted with Yi Baitang, and then pushed the peeled peanuts on the plate to Yi Baitang's table:

"Taste?"

Yi Baitang picked up one and tasted it.

The taste is not bad.

He clicked and bit down, and as soon as he reached for it, he took the gold-sprinkled menu on the round table in his hand.

When I opened the menu with one hand, I saw that the cold dishes on the menu were different from Chinese and Western, and wrote:

Hot and sour jellyfish skin.

Magnolia parma ham salad.

At this time, Xiao Song, who had listened to the news in the past, came back quickly, rushed to Shang Huaiyan, and said quickly:

"I heard the news, the problem over there is-"

"Not happy with the menu?" Yi Baitang answered.

Xiao Song and Shang Huaiyan turned their heads together and looked at Yi Baitang.

Yi Baitang raised his eyebrows: "What?" Again, he reassured, "It's a matter of the menu." ”

Shang Huaiyan turned his gaze to Xiao Song.

Xiao Song nodded in affirmation.

So the two turned their eyes to Yi Baitang again.

Shang Huaiyan asked curiously, "How do you know?" ”

That's right! How do you know! Xiao Song couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, and looked at Yi Baitang with a blank eye, hoping to get an answer.

Yi Baitang nodded the menu with his chin: "Look at the menu, one Chinese plate, one French plate; Then a Chinese plate, a French plate. Remember what I said to the man who walked in the middle when you came in? ”

"It's Mr. Patch." Shang Huaiyan slightly corrected Yi Baitang's personal accuracy, and then he recalled for a moment and suddenly realized, "Mr. Patch said that he had eaten Huaiyang cuisine when he came in!" What he hopes for is to eat new dishes that combine Huaiyang cuisine with French cuisine. ”

I'll go, awesome! Xiao Song, who was listening silently on the side, also looked sideways. Everyone came in together just now, and everyone heard those words, but until the VIPs were dissatisfied, only Yi Baitang noticed this detail and pointed out the mistakes in the banquet arrangement.

"What now?" Xiao Song couldn't help but ask.

Yi Baitang said "um", and after a while, he said lazily: "Wouldn't it be good to let the kitchen redraft the menu, this kind of menu is a waste of my time, and my appetite has become smaller after a few more glances, and it just so happens that I also want to try other people's ideas on the combination of French cuisine and Huaiyang cuisine." ”

Shang Huaiyan: "......"

Xiao Song: "......"

Shang Huaiyan and Xiao Song thought together: I said why he suddenly took the initiative a lot, and his feelings were because he was about to try new cuisine.

Forget it, you can taste it if you want, it's not a big thing that can't be done.

Thinking about Bai Tang's father, he is also the kind of person who doesn't care about raising children, he was even worse than him when he was young, but he didn't show it at all when he was ordinary-

Shang Huaiyan glanced at Yi Baitang distressed and doting, and turned to Xiao Song and said, "Since it is a request from the guests, let's convey it directly to the kitchen." ”

Xiao Song has no opinion.

But he added: "The kitchen is also a mess now, and I don't know what the situation will be later." ”

Shang Huaiyan smiled faintly: "Don't worry, you can't make a mistake." I'll go and communicate with Mr. Lin. ”

While speaking, he whispered to Yi Baitang, "I'll leave for a while", stood up, and went to Mr. Lin, who was in charge of kitchen affairs.

Judging from the route that Yi Baitang and Shang Huaiyan have just taken, there seem to be countless corridors and roads between the kitchen and the exhibition hall and the banquet hall.

But if someone takes out the floor plan of the decoration layout and puts it in front of him, he can easily find that the distance from the kitchen to the banquet hall is actually not far away, and for the sake of the dining preferences of the VIPs this time, in order to ensure that the food is in the most perfect state since it comes out of the pot, the kitchen is actually located behind a short corridor of less than ten meters behind the banquet hall.

Now ten meters after the corridor, the huge kitchen is full of people, one side is the Chinese chef and other personnel, the other side is the French chef and other personnel, the two sides of the people each occupy a direction, in the middle of the wide passage can drive, in the passage only stands a suit and leather shoes, like a middle-aged man in the Chuhan River boundary.

Now this reef-like middle-aged man in the storm is questioning the Chinese personnel like a storm:

"Why hasn't Hu Guangqing arrived yet?! When is this, the VIP is already waiting in the position, doesn't he come because he wants to wait for everyone to drink the northwest wind? ”

He turned to his assistant again:

"What about the other masters? If you're free now, ask them to come and save the day! ”

The assistant was embarrassed and said: "Mr. Lin, I have already called several masters just now, and they all said that the time is too daring and too late; There is no run-in, and it is not done well. ”

Mr. Lin is really angry and has a liver ache!

He never thought that Hu Guangqing, the Huaiyang master he had invited, would drop such a chain at such a critical moment, which was simply putting himself in a hole to death!

What if something happens later-!

"That, Mr. Lin, don't be too anxious." There was a sudden cough next to him, and in the quiet kitchen, a chef was finally willing to speak.

I saw that although this chef was young, he was standing in front of the Chinese people, he was the disciple of Huaiyang Master Hu Guangqing, and he was also the person who stood at the kitchen door a few minutes ago to stop Yi Baitang and Shang Huaiyan.

He calmly said to Mr. Lin: "Mr. Lin, my Xiaohu can pack tickets, although there were some accidents on the way, but Master will definitely be able to catch up with this banquet." Now instead of worrying about my master, let's worry about the chef on the French side of the restaurant......"

He nodded at the people opposite him with his chin, and seeing that Mr. Lin's attention had been attracted, he continued:

"The chef left the kitchen angrily just now, if the master came and the other party disappeared, then this banquet really couldn't be held. I see that Mr. Lin continues to preside over here, so I will go outside with your assistant to find Mr. Paul and bring people back. ”

If this banquet really can't be held, in the final analysis, it's because of Hu Guangqing!

Mr. Lin glanced at the second chef named Hu Jianming gloomily, and secretly thought that there is no way now, other chefs can't catch up, or they can only rely on Hu Guangqing, when this matter is over, hum, I will definitely reveal the news that you don't follow the rules and play big names casually!

He finally suppressed the yin fire in his heart for the time being, and said lukewarmly:

"Alright, let's go find Mr. Paul first!"

He paused for two seconds, then suddenly asked again:

"Does anyone know where Mr. Paul is now?"

Anyone really knows about this.

The exhibition hall is so big, and there are cameras installed everywhere in it, and after the chef left the kitchen in anger because the other chef was delayed, he still adhered to the spirit of the contract and did not leave directly.

Since you can't just leave, you can only wander around the exhibition hall.

Depressed, Paul simply ran directly to the exhibition hall of his finished product, ready to see how the food he made was placed by the people here, but as soon as he entered the hall, he saw that on the table in the middle, his rose strawberry cup was placed into a real rose!

He was stunned for a moment, looked at the pattern on the table, and called:

"Didn't a beautiful man come over just now?"

"He has very white skin, about 1.86 meters tall, and he feels very cold, as long as you see him, you know it's him!"

"Go find him!"

He spoke to the French translator who was following him: "He's also a chef, don't worry about the person who didn't come, find him, I'll work with him!" ”

The French translator was stunned.

At this time, Mr. Lin's assistant and Hu Jianming entered the exhibition hall together, and Mr. Lin's assistant caught up a few steps and complained to the translator: "What time is this, one of the chefs hasn't come yet, and the other is about to run away, so hurry up and let Mr. Paul go back to the kitchen." ”

"You've come just in time." When the interpreter saw that the Lord was coming, he did not delay and repeated what Paul had just said.

This was completely unexpected.

The assistant was stunned for a moment, but he was a little moved, thinking that if the chef of the three-star Michelin restaurant was willing to cooperate, it would not be too bad no matter what.

"Wait," Hu Jianming next to him heard this, and immediately remembered the person he had seen in front of the kitchen before, he was in a hurry, his hand secretly pressed a button in his pocket, and said sharply, "My master is coming soon, you plan to find someone who doesn't know where to take his place?" Then if something goes wrong, don't blame my master! ”

Assistant: "This—"

Paul frowned and asked himself the translator, "What is he talking about?" Then, without waiting for the translator to answer, he directly handed his hand, "Enough, no matter what he is talking about, you go to the person I said to come over, if there are any problems, I will bear it!" ”

The translator faithfully translated Paul's words again.

The assistant was really moved, and he said, "Since that's ......."

Before the words fell, a commotion came from the front, and a group of people hugged a middle-aged man who walked from the front, this middle-aged man was wide and fat, with a smile on his face, and whispered to the people around him while walking, it was Hu Guangqing who everyone couldn't wait for a long time!