"But after the phone was dialed, I suddenly didn't know how to speak, I didn't know what I thought at the time, I just called you intuitively, but as soon as I heard your voice, I felt that I was just a partner with you, and you were still my boss, even if it was a further step, it was just an ordinary friend, so after hesitating for a while, I didn't say it at first, just when you asked if it was a matter of work, I went along with it...... But as I spoke, I suddenly felt very lonely, as if I couldn't have anyone to talk to when I was at my worst, so I said that to you at the end. ”

Jester and Claudia just sat here and talked, mainly Claudia was talking, Jester was listening, he was just being treated as a confiding object by the other party, listening to her tell some interesting things about her, her past with her father, in fact, Claudia said most of what she said in the Los Angeles restaurant at the beginning was the truth.

She didn't have a mother since she was a child, so she knew independence from a very young age, she was also very smart and hardworking, she wanted to be the best in whatever she did, you know, if a person is the same and two good, then many people will like to be friends with you, but if she is good at everything, then no one likes to be friends with her.

Claudia is that kind of person.

Seeing that it was not too early, and Jester was also a little hungry, she asked Claudia what she liked to eat, but Claudia only smiled when she heard Jester's question, as if she had temporarily freed herself from her previous sadness, and she said confidently: "Go to my house and try my cooking." Jester was surprised to hear Claudia say this, he couldn't believe that the other party was still proficient in cooking, but when he thought of her two-Michelin-starred restaurant, he was relieved, and the person who could open such a good restaurant was either good at cooking or good at food.

Claudia's residence is just a small apartment in London, the style of decoration is very simple, monotonous and cold black and white symbolizing authority, although it is very consistent with her identity, but it does not match her gender, if it is not for the other party to bring herself here, I am afraid Jester will not believe that this is a house for a girl who is not married.

Although Claudia is British, her cooking does not bear any resemblance to British cuisine, and in her kitchen, he not only saw some kitchenware for making zuò Western food, but also saw a Chinese wok, a pilot casserole, which surprised Jester greatly, knowing that it was the first time he had seen a foreigner who could cook Chinese food.

Seeing Jester's puzzled eyes, Claudia smiled and said simply: "I like food very much, I prefer the food I make, and Chinese food is also included, so I learned from a Chinese chef before, and I didn't do it very well, so I can only say that I learned a little bit of skin." ”

After hearing this, Jester nodded, it is basically impossible to learn Chinese food well without the master's one-on-one words and deeds and a lot of time contact, he saw Claudia Since there are so many Chinese kitchen utensils here, he also has some itching, you know, his family is a culinary heirloom, although his own cooking skills are not outstanding, but it is no problem to go to an ordinary restaurant to be a chef, but what makes Jester hesitate is that he wants to make Chinese food, but Claudia has some necessary Chinese condiments here?

Unexpectedly, when Claudia heard that Jester was also going to cook, she immediately opened a cabinet in the kitchen, which was divided into various accessories for Chinese food, and she also said that even if it is an ingredient that is extremely common in Chinese food, but rare in the UK, she also knows where to sell it, let alone others.

However, after thinking about it again, it may also be to show his cooking skills, he chose a dish that is very famous, but also very difficult to cook, the whole set of procedures of this dish has a total of more than 20 processes, which can be said to be the most test of cooking skills in Sichuan cuisine, the pinnacle of Sichuan cuisine skills, and it is rare to be able to get on the table and get a dish at the state banquet.

There is also an allusion to this dish, as we all know, Sichuan cuisine is one of the most suitable dishes for home cooking because of its simple preparation and ordinary materials, but such a cuisine has also brought a disadvantage to its development, because these advantages that can make Sichuan cuisine spread, when Sichuan cuisine wants to develop towards high-end cuisine, it has encountered a bottleneck, because it is too popular, so the force is not high enough.

When a person's status reaches a certain level, for this kind of person, whether a dish is delicious or not is not the most important, because whether it is the statement of the eight major cuisines or the four major cuisines, in the hands of top cooks, they can conquer everyone's taste buds.

Therefore, the lack of forced Sichuan cuisine naturally makes it difficult to gain a foothold in a place like Beijing.

Of course, this allusion to Jester is also seen from a book with anecdotes about the origin of famous dishes, and as for whether it is true or not, it can only be a matter of opinion.

Jester started making his own zuò under Claudia's curious gaze, and Jester saw Claudia's curious gaze, so he smiled and told the other party an anecdote about the dish he was going to cook.

And Claudia was also very interested in this kind of story, so she listened very carefully.

So, Jester is also telling the story carefully.

At that time, there was no doubt that the capital was the world of Lu cuisine, the sect of northern cuisine, and the Tan family cuisine, the representative of Lu cuisine, was even more famous in the world.

In the imperial dining room at that time, Lu cuisine and Huaiyang cuisine were the most powerful, although there were other cuisines, but they could not compete with these two cuisines at all, not to mention Huang Jinglin, the representative of Sichuan cuisine who could only enter the middle and lower class restaurants at that time, it was in this situation that Huang Jinglin was subjected to a lot of difficulties, and this famous dish, which is known as the world's best, was also born under this circumstance.

You know, Cixi is a vegetarian, so she often asks the imperial chefs in these imperial dining rooms to make vegetarian food, which is not difficult for these exquisite chefs, but suddenly one day, the old witch Cixi has a whim, she wants to eat a vegetarian dish without any meat, to put it simply, not to mention the meat, fish, chicken, duck, even oil can not be added.

This time it is difficult to get these superb chefs, under these conditions, they are not unable to do it, and they can even make it quite delicious, but the problem is, this is to make imperial food, not just delicious, usually Cixi is used to eating all kinds of dishes they racked their brains to come up with, delicacies and deliciousness, this kind of dish that can only be regarded as delicious, how can it be favored by the old witch?

It's just that if you don't get her favor, if you offend this old witch because of it, it will be a big crime.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Huang Jinglin, a newcomer who had just entered the imperial dining room, was also worried, to be honest, he originally came with great revenge, he wanted to make a name for himself in Beijing, but after he came, he found that this place is not just a matter of cooking, because the chef who can gain a foothold in Beijing, which one does not have his own unique skills?

And in the imperial dining room, he was also squeezed out a lot, and his life was not going well, so he just came here, so he simply gave birth to the idea of resigning and going home.

Not long after he submitted his application for resignation, the task was down, and along with this task came the reply to his resignation application, and the head of the imperial dining room agreed to his resignation, but asked him to participate in the cooking of this vegetarian dish without any meat - after all, this suffering could not let anyone escape.

Unable to do so, Huang Jinglin could only agree.

But after he saw the conditions given by the old witch of Cixi, he also scolded and didn't let him use anything, how could he let him cook? Salt cabbage? Isn't that?

The days passed, and as time went by, the three days required by the old witch of Cixi were getting closer and closer, and all the chefs in the imperial dining room did not come up with any good way to cook this real vegetarian dish in the eyes of the old witch of Cixi, of course, it is also possible that someone thought of it and quietly hid it, not wanting to expose it in front of others.

Finally, on the third day, that is, the day that the old witch Cixi requested, all the imperial chefs walked into their own stoves with different expressions.

Among them, there is Huang Jinglin, who is completely different from others and has a calm and calm face. R1152