Chapter 104: Qu Cai
According to the agreement with Li Linda, Lin Ling came to the top restaurant in Tianwen City, Gordon's Kitchen, on time, and pushed open the door of the century-old store.
The restaurant, which was supposed to be a lunch break, was crowded with a large number of customers.
It's just that why is each of them immersed in writing?
Lin Ling had also worked in Gordon's kitchen in his previous life, and he didn't remember that ordering food here was the same as ordering food at a hot pot restaurant, and he had to write it by hand.
"Good afternoon."
Just when Lin Ling thought he was in the wrong place, a young waitress dressed in a strange maid costume came up to him and asked him, who was a little restrained, "Are you here to apply for the player chef?" β
"I have an appointment with Linda Li." Lin Ling didn't have a good impression of a place like the maid cafΓ© to play with feelings, and he didn't even have a good impression of hospitality in a maid's suit.
It's just the player chef, what's the new name? Shouldn't they all say welcome home, master?
"Everyone who comes here has an appointment with Miss Linda Lee." However, the hostess misunderstood what Lin Ling meant, she handed a form into Lin Ling's hand, pointed to the seat on the side and said, "Please go over there and fill out this form carefully, and I will take you to see Miss Li Linda." β
"Oh? See Li Linda still have to fill out the form? Lin Ling's face showed a hint of a nonchalant smile, he glanced at the table, and saw that it was divided into several columns: name, age, cooking experience, appetizer, main dish, soup, dessert and drink.
"I'm sorry, that's the rule for today." The waitress held out her hand with a false smile and led him to his position.
A waitress immediately stepped forward to pour him a glass of lemonade and served beside him: "I'm in charge of answering questions." β
"Answer?"
Lin Ling scratched his head, he guessed that Li Linda should have arranged a job for him where he could get close to the competition ring. As for this form, after all, it's a job, and you have to follow the formalities to create a file, right?
Lin Ling filled in the form truthfully, and hesitated slightly when filling in the menu column with those detailed classifications.
The waitress saw Lin Ling's hesitation, most of the applicants he saw today would hesitate when filling out the menu, but the recruitment was due before 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and it was almost half past one o'clock now.
The hostess decided to take the initiative to mention Lin Ling, lest Lin Ling make a fuss about the store because he missed the deadline and affect the reputation of Gordon's kitchen.
"This time, the venue will be arranged on Golden Beach, and according to the organizers, they hope that the player chef will create a variety of menus for the contestants, guests, staff and ShowGirls to meet the needs of different groups of people."
"Beach? What do you think of BBQ? Served with a sweet and sour barbecue sauce, grilled in front of the guests, and served with grilled vegetable slices for the garnish. Lin Ling said as he wrote down the grilled steak in the main dish column, even if it was a procedure, he had to fill it out carefully, so as not to attack Li Linda for favoritism, "There are also hamburgers, beef ground patties sprinkled with pepper, bacon, fresh pumpkin puree, lettuce mixed with vinaigrette, and a layer of cottage cheese, the bread is baked with bacon oil, and then served with a little rice crisps, crunchy, sprinkled with pepper and salt." β
Of course, the waitress who works in a top restaurant like Gordon's Kitchen knows what kind of wonderful taste Lin Ling said about the two seemingly simple and rough foods that will produce after being done to the extreme. He couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and complimented Lin Ling: "You seem to be very good at this. β
"I have some experience."
Lin Ling didn't tell the truth, nor did he tell lies, in his previous life, he worked in the kitchen of Gordon's kitchen for almost 4 years, and today is also a revisit. Although he used to be a fish killing chef, he also had to wear a chef's hat to cook when someone asked for leave. After the owner of the restaurant, Gordon Sr., retired, his son took over the kitchen and conducted a forced physical examination for each chef, but it was found that Lin Ling's body was suffering from a serious genetic disease, so he fired him.
For this restaurant, Lin Ling still has a little feeling.
"Beach parties are a social way imported from the West, and of course the dishes should be a little more Westernized, and not too delicate and noble, and the kind of food is not suitable for tasting in that noisy environment." Lin Ling raised his eyebrows a little proudly, and he added a main dish to the remarks, "Baked pasta with cheese sauce, served with fish rolls, the girls should like this light taste." β
"How are you going to make sauce?" A somewhat calm voice asked behind Lin Ling.
"Eggs, bacon, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese." Lin Ling replied that this was the standard Italian practice, which he had learned from the elder Gordon in his previous life.
"If I were you, I'd change the side dish to a bolognese sauce, and the fish rolls wouldn't be fresh in the sun for a whole day on the beach." Another young voice said with a slight sarcasm.
Lin Ling turned his head, he would not forget that it was this voice that expelled him from Gordon's kitchen.
The pioneer of Gordon's kitchen, the owner of the Lan Xun belt, Old Gordon, stood beside the hostess and looked at Lin Ling with a smile. His son Little Gordon glanced at Lin Ling's registration form with disdain, and continued to speak in a slightly sarcastic tone, saying, "Ten years of cooking experience? Isn't it just boiling instant noodles? β
"Very good opinion."
Lin Ling ignored little Gordon's provocation, in terms of craftsmanship, little Gordon was far superior to his father, but his poor personality led to the failure of the business.
With this kind of person who is destined to live on the streets, Lin Ling has nothing to say.
"Kid, what do you want to do with the appetizer?" Old Gordon asked amiably.
"Appetizers have to be appetizing, and in the summer, if I were the head chef, I would make the most common cold spinach salad, using the spinach salad method." After Lin Ling wrote the words Caesar salad in the appetizer, he turned his pen and wrote "vegetable cup." β
"Vegetable cups, carrot sticks, cucumber strips, and celery strips are marinated in kimchi water, cooled in ice water, and then put into an iced shot glass, with a layer of Thousand Island salad dressing underneath."
"Father, this can be included in the recipe." Little Gordon suggested to his father. This sudden move surprised Lin Ling, and he immediately realized that Little Gordon's current personality was far from being as bad as it was 5 years later, just a little arrogant and annoying, which probably had something to do with Old Gordon's still full of energy.
Gordon Jr.'s temper gradually deteriorated after Gordon Sr. suffered a car accident and underwent a major surgery to hurt his vitality.
"Child, go on." Old Gordon bowed slightly, several dishes proposed by Lin Ling were restaurant-level, and with the style of Gordon's restaurant, which was very good.
"You can't drink too greasy soup in the summer, so I'm going to make a two-flavor cold vegetable soup, with a mixture of green vegetables on the bottom, green bell peppers, green tomatoes, cucumbers and celery and other green leafy vegetables. The top layer is mixed with dry bread and olive oil, with onions, red peppers, a brownish color and, above all, mint. Lin Ling said his plan, in his previous life, after his illness worsened at the age of 25, he became unable to eat too greasy food, nor could he eat seafood and broth with high purines.
The cool, soft texture and rich flavor are unmatched by ordinary gazpacho.
"The top layer can't be made like, you know what I mean, right? Most chefs with no formal training think that cold vegetable soup is nothing more than putting the ingredients in a grinder and breaking them up, and they think that Western food is all about it, and the result is like a spoonful of baby poop. Little Gordon pointed his fingers. Lin Ling remembered that once this guy was interested in a certain dish, he would get rid of the chef who originally handled him and replace him.
This is a disaster for the chef in the kitchen, but Lin Ling's current status is a candidate, and the more interesting the boss is to him, the more hopeful he is of course to get the job.
"Well, I know, I'll hit it twice and season it at the end." Lin Ling said his plan.
"What about desserts? What are you going to do for dessert? Old Gordon glanced at Lin Ling unexpectedly, Lin Ling was the only one who didn't show disgust at Little Gordon's criticism today, and based on this alone, Old Gordon was ready to let him be the player's chef and be responsible for the preparation of meals for the offline challenge.
"Puffs, individual puffs, and ice cream, French vanilla ice cream topped with strawberries and blueberries are enough to satisfy most people's needs. There are also smoothies, red beans and mung bean smoothies, the beans are seasoned with maltose to make them sticky, and the ice cubes are made with sugar and decorated with crΓ¨me brΓ»lΓ©e. Lin Ling wrote the name of the dessert on the registration form, and he added another one in the remarks, "Mocha ice cream with a bitter taste, plus roasted coffee beans and dark chocolate crumbs, is designed for ShowGirl and the contestants to lift their spirits and improve their concentration." β
"You're very thoughtful." Old Gordon looked at Lin Ling's well-written menu with satisfaction, and his son Little Gordon directly put it in his pocket and tore up the only registration form he could see today and threw it into the trash. Compared with the recipes prescribed by Lin Ling, what is the difference between the recipes prescribed by the guys who came to apply for the player's chef in front of them and those Chinese dishes used to fool foreigners?
"I think the drinks are good with freshly squeezed juices, and there are cocktails, martinis, margaritas, all of them, and of course, burgers with coke, which a lot of people love to eat, although I think ginger soda is better." Lin Ling wrote a few casually, being in charge of the drink is actually the job of a bartender, as a chef, just to put forward some opinions and suggestions, the final decision is still in the hands of the bartender. He handed the registration form to the waitress who had been secretly watching him, and asked with a smile, "Can I go see Li Linda now?" β
The waitress stole another glance at old Gordon.
"Go and ask Miss Li to come out." Old Gordon took the registration form from the hostess's hand, looked at it carefully, and carefully folded the registration form in half, and put it in the pocket of his jacket.
"Mr. Gordon, why are you out again? It's not too early, but you still have a lot of players to sign up for ...... interview."
Li Linda, who was wearing an OL suit, walked out of the inner room in a hurry, she was slightly stunned when she saw little Gordon who was talking to Lin Ling cordially, she mistakenly thought that Lin Ling had caused some trouble, and hurriedly grabbed Lin Ling's arm, glared at him resentfully, protected him behind him, and said apologetically to little Gordon: "I'm sorry, he is a friend of mine, who came to interview for beach hostesses and lifeguards, I forgot to inform him that he came in through the back door"
"Hospitality? Lifeguard? Little Gordon glanced at Li Linda's chest with disdain, and then at the ordinary hostess and said, "Is the nutrient flow in the wrong place?" β
"Ahem." Old Gordon coughed dryly, glared at his son, and then smiled at Li Linda and said, "He came to be a hostess or a lifeguard, but he was a talent." β
Old Gordon said and asked Lin Ling, "Young man, how about you become a player chef?" β
"Huh?"
Li Linda turned her head in shock and looked at Lin Ling with a calm demeanor, the player chef? Old Gordon actually invited Lin Ling to be the player's chef? Personally invite this "Zero", who is qualified to stand on the stage and accept the worship of many players, to be the player's chef?
This is the real condescending talent!