Chapter 215: Cooking Competition
The spicy tofu Qin Yu casually set the price, forty-five yuan a piece, and it was also coaxed within ten seconds.
In a medium-grade restaurant, forty-five yuan for a dish is not expensive, and it is even considered cheap, not to mention that it is a rare delicacy in the world.
"Since there are only two boxes of tofu in total, I can only say sorry to the customers who didn't buy the spicy tofu." Qin Yu said with a smile: "But it doesn't matter, the next dishes will definitely surprise everyone."
The third dish made by Qin Yu is fried shredded pork with mushrooms, a very homely dish, after the first two dishes are done, the restaurant is already full, including the private room, there is no need to deliberately make dishes with heavy tastes.
When cutting shredded meat, Qin Yu showed off his knife skills in front of everyone, with the cooking skills of the god of food and the shopkeeper of Liu, he cut shredded meat and shredded potatoes almost the same, and each shredded meat was cut out more evenly than the meat strips processed by the meat grinder.
"Wow, how did you do that?!"
"Beef fork, meat that has not been frozen can be cut to this extent, and it is not okay if you don't accept it!"
"It seems incomprehensible to you, and in the eyes of me, the chef, it is also confused!" A chef present exclaimed: "This kind of soft meat is full of toughness, no matter how sharp the knife is, it can't cut so fast, and the little brother's unique skill may be on the Guinness Book of Records!"
Qin Yu's mouth flashed with a hint of arc, what he wanted was this effect, only if it was shocking enough to attract enough eyeballs, and if the gimmick was done enough, the matter would be more than half successful.
Pour the soluble starch into the pot to thicken, sprinkle in the seasoning, and a crystal tender stir-fried shredded pork with shiitake mushrooms is complete.
This time, there was no need for him to shout, as soon as the dishes came out of the pot, there were guests to buy them, fifty yuan a piece, and Qin Keke helped collect the money on the side.
After selling the shredded pork with shiitake mushrooms, Qin Yu did not immediately start making the next dish, but posted a recruitment notice at the restaurant, and claimed that as long as he was hired as a chef by the restaurant, he could teach the recipe of one dish every month.
Only those who have been chefs know how difficult it is to really learn a dish, and it is not easy to learn the essence of a dish in a month.
As soon as the notice was put out, in less than half an hour, a chef came to apply, and Qin Weiyang temporarily opened a recruitment point to screen the applicants.
Seeing this, Sun Jian of the restaurant who was at home suddenly became anxious, if he let the hometown restaurant recruit a chef again, all the previous efforts would be in vain.
"Boss, why don't you go over and spend some money to dig that young man over, with this golden signboard, our restaurant will be a hundred times more popular than your hometown!" The restaurant manager whispered advice from behind him.
Wang Fang, who was standing not far away, also heard these words, and couldn't help frowning slightly, he was now the pillar of home, and he basically had the final say in the back kitchen, but if Qin Yu was dug up, everything would be difficult to say.
"Master, that kid thinks that he can show off his power everywhere with two brushes, you go over and kill his sharpness, let him know how high the sky is and how thick it is!" Bai Qiang proposed.
"That's right!" Sun Jian patted his thigh and said excitedly: "Chef Wang, with your cooking skills, you will definitely not lose to the other party, let's learn from each other, and also do on-site cooking!"
Wang Fang's face was a little grim, and he nodded in response: "That's okay, I don't believe that my more than 20 years of chef experience will be no better than a hairy boy!"
Seeing his high-spirited and murderous appearance, Sun Jian applauded and immediately asked people to move the kitchenware ingredients to the door.
Seeing the other party's actions, Qin Keke secretly scolded shamelessly, and hurriedly rushed into the temporary recruitment room to call his father out.
"This is the rhythm of cooking skills to compete with us, Xiao Qin, are you confident?"
Qin Weiyang knew Wang Fang's cooking level, and couldn't help but sweat for Qin Yu, after all, the age difference between the two was there, it is likely that Qin Yu was not born yet, Wang Fang had already been a chef, and decades of work experience should not be underestimated.
"Don't worry, uncle." Qin Yu glanced at the other side with contempt, and said disdainfully: "Think that after a few more years of working as a chef, you can win me?" Daydreaming! ”
Although he has not been in contact with Wang Fang, he has had a relationship with his apprentice Bai Qiang, and the apprentice is at that level, no matter how powerful the master is, he can't be much better.
If Wang Fang's cooking skills were really exquisite, he would not have been working in a medium-sized restaurant, and would have jumped to work in a high-end restaurant and hotel.
After all the kitchen utensils and ingredients were ready, Wang Fang began to make his specialty dish boiled live fish, he is good at more than this kind of dish, the reason why he chose this is because considering that Qin Yu had previously shown high knife skills, he had to find a way to press the other party, so he decided to make boiled live fish, and he could also show his skills when cutting fish fillets.
There are no three, two, three, how dare you go to Liangshan, Wang Fang dares to compete with Qin Yu in knife work, and naturally has a certain confidence.
Caught a five-pound big grass carp, fell heavily on the ground, smashed the fish to pieces, Wang Fang slaughtered the fish with his hands, the action was clean and neat, and the scales on the grass carp were processed in less than a minute.
Flushed with water, Wang Fang grabbed the usual special slicing knife to cut the fish into thin slices, in order to show off, he also deliberately picked up the fish slices with the tip of the knife, and displayed them in front of the onlookers, although it is not as thin as a cicada's wings, but it is also translucent, and the thickness of each piece is balanced, which shows that its knife work is still very hot.
Glancing at Qin Yu defiantly, but now that the other party was also looking at him with disdainful eyes, Wang Fang was angry and took a deep breath.
Cutting fish fillets is a delicate job, and it is difficult to show his skills perfectly, so he calms himself down, adjusts his condition to the best, and devotes himself to his work.
The onlookers were not stupid, knowing that these were two restaurant chefs fighting for cooking skills, and more and more people stopped to watch the excitement, and some nearby residents also poked their heads out of the windows to watch the game.
"Qin Yu, Wang Fang should be preparing to make boiled live fish, this is his specialty, all the guests who have eaten it are full of praise, I have also eaten it a few times, it is indeed delicious." Qin Weiyang looked quite worried.
"It turned out that he had come up with a unique skill, since he was full of confidence in his boiled live fish, then I would use his best dish to completely defeat him and destroy his superiority in one fell swoop!" Qin Yu's eyes flashed with a sharp edge and said.
Affected by Qin Yu's emotions, Qin Weiyang's confidence suddenly skyrocketed, he shouted hello, and happily took the net to the tank to catch fish.
He also caught a five-pound grass carp, the same weight and the same kind of fish, and he knew who was good and who was inferior to the dishes he made in a while.
The previous steps were not much different from Wang Fang, when it came time to cut the fish fillet, he did not change the knife, he still used the kitchen knife in his hand, but the degree was obviously a few points faster than Wang Fang, and the technique was more crisp.
"Tsk, I'm also a chef, I'm ashamed of this knife technique!"
"Hey, I've been working in the kitchen for nearly thirty years, and my knife skills are not bad, compared to this little brother, it's the difference between a child and an adult!"
"People are more popular than people, and some things depend on talent, and you can't ask for them."
The chefs who came to apply for the job in their hometown were all sighing, Qin Yu's knife work can be said to have reached the peak level, even if it is a chef in a five-star hotel, he may not be able to have this level, although Wang Fang on the opposite side is also very good, but there is still a big gap compared with it.
Seeing that Qin Yu was also preparing to make boiled live fish, and defeated himself in knife work, Wang Fang's face was extremely embarrassed.
Among the many cooking skills, he is most satisfied with his knife work, when he followed the master to learn to cook, in a group of brothers, his knife work is also second to none, but he did not expect to encounter Waterloo at the beginning of today, which made his heart sink to the bottom instantly.
After cutting the fish fillet, Qin Yu hugged his fist at Wang Fang and asked in a loud voice, "Master Wang, I don't know how many knives you cut just now?" ”
His face froze, and Wang Fang coldly reported a number of two hundred and fifty-three.
"I'm sorry, my fish and you should weigh about the same, but I cut three hundred and seven cuts." Qin Yu grinned brightly.
When he was weighed just now, he paid close attention to it, his fish was 2.55 kilograms, and although Wang Fang's one had not been weighed before, it was estimated that it would not be less than five catties, and maybe it would be heavier.
As Qin Yu thought, Wang Fang's fish weighed 2.56 kilograms, which was slightly heavier than his.
Knowing that the other party had cut more than fifty pieces more than himself, Wang Fang's face darkened in an instant, he had never lost so badly in knife skills for decades.
But he had to accept this fact, hundreds of pairs of eyes on the field stared, losing is losing, and he can't deny it if he wants to.