Chapter Twenty-Seven: Cool!
Chen Er now thinks back to what happened in the kitchen just now, and he doesn't feel anything.
However, at that time, Koike Toshitoku reacted and seemed to have a feeling of fear.
It's kind of weird.
Chefs work with food as their essence, and it is impossible for a chef to be afraid of cooking.
And, looking at Toshitoku Koike's reaction at that time, and then looking at the reactions of other people, it seems that this situation has been going on for a long time.
As for how to solve this problem, it is not difficult.
Cooking food is not a difficult task for Koike Toshitoku, because Koike is already an experienced chef and has been in the industry for many years.
Chen Er guessed that Koike Toshitoku would be afraid of cooking, and it should be that he suffered some special blow in the process, which caused him to have a shadow in his heart.
When he was in the kitchen, Koike had been repeatedly emphasizing that the food he made was unpalatable, and he was worried that the guests would be upset if they ate such unpalatable food.
So he didn't dare to make food for a long time, even if he was urged by Chen Er a few times, he could only barely make a little bit of it.
In the culinary world, there is a seemingly absurd but somewhat reasonable opinion.
When the chef is in a good mood, the food is naturally pure in flavor and good in taste. But once the chef has negative emotions, then the food he makes will taste bad and even bitter.
Chen Er himself has not tried this, because when he cooks, he is in a good mood.
But Koike Toshitoku twisted and pinched the food he made nervously, he had tasted it, and he really felt that the taste was not so good.
Chen Er believes that it is most likely that Koike's high level of tension prevents Koike from focusing on the food, which is why the food is not tasty.
So, what Chen Er said to him at that time had no other meaning.
Just to let Toshitoku Koike turn all his attention to food.
Koike Toshitoku is not lacking in cooking skills, and he has a good acuity for ingredients, but why is it that the things he made before are not delicious?
It's probably the psychological suggestion at work.
When a person repeatedly emphasizes in his heart that he is not good at something, he will subconsciously think that he really can't do it well.
I think I can't do it, so how can I get things done?
Therefore, Chen Er's first thought as a chef was to firmly believe that he would be able to do it.
Chen Er took his thoughts back and looked at the clock on the wall.
It's already early in the morning.
He stood up and said, "It's shameless to go to bed after twelve o'clock, and it's shameless to sleep after one o'clock." ”
Chen Er stretched, "Since we are shameless, we still have to fight to protect our lives......"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the crisp sound of a bell on the glass door of the restaurant.
This means that someone pushed the door in, so the bell hanging on the door was shaken.
Rina Koike covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Oops, I forgot to put up the rest sign again!" ”
As he spoke, he quickly turned around and looked at the door.
Then I saw a spirited old man walk in through the door, he was dressed in a very neat half-worn suit, and bowed lightly as soon as he entered.
"I'm sorry to bother me so late, but I'm so hungry......"
Chen Er didn't have time to dodge this time, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, he didn't know that this island man liked Mao so much and bowed at every turn. And at this moment, he finally knew why......
When they bow first, they appear to be sincere, so that the other party cannot refuse. It is equivalent to forcing the other party to accept this kind of apology, whether the other party wants it or not.
Just like at this moment, this old man bowed first, aren't you embarrassed to pick people off?
Chen Er shook his head lightly and said, "It seems that today I can neither ask for face nor death." ”
The old man in the suit chose a clean place to sit down, and Rina Koike handed him the menu.
"You order."
The old man smiled and pushed the menu away, "I don't want to eat the dishes on the menu." ”
As he spoke, he moved his gaze to Chen Er on the side.
Chen Er was stunned, and then glanced at the other party, "Then what do you want to eat?" ”
Maybe it was after dozing off, but at this moment Chen Er felt extremely awake and not sleepy at all.
The old man smiled kindly, "You can watch and do anything, I don't want to be taboo, as long as I can fill my stomach." ”
Chen Er found that when the old man spoke, his pronunciation was very standard and full of neutrality.
It's as if the sound of his voice doesn't come from his throat.
It came out of his lower abdomen, and the back of the chair he was leaning on was trembling slightly.
Chen Er suddenly remembered that when he was in college before, there was a younger brother majoring in broadcasting and hosting in the dormitory next door, and when he spoke, he could achieve this effect.
Could it be that this old man also learned to broadcast and host?
"Alright, I'll just do something for you."
Chen Er turned and went into the kitchen.
There weren't many ingredients left in the kitchen.
Chen Er swept around, only to find some hibiscus flowers in the basket.
The others are some lettuce, seaweed, rice, and flour and things like that.
So what should you do with these ingredients?
Chen Er thought about it carefully, and then had some idea in his heart.
He opened the cabinet of condiments, and after a lot of rummaging, he finally found what he needed - a jar of honey.
Chen Er opened the lid of the honey jar and sniffed the aroma.
The honey fragrance is not strong, it is very light and clear, but there is a faint taste of fermentation, it seems that this jar of honey has been put for some time.
Chen Er took out a frying pan, boiled the pan over low heat, then poured in honey and spread a thick layer of honey in the pan.
Fry slowly over low heat, and when the aroma of the honey becomes strong and there is a light smoke, put in all the washed hibiscus flowers.
Stir-fry with a spatula until the hibiscus flowers are crumbled and rotten and mixed with the honey, then scoop out of the pot and put it in a small bowl for later use.
The rest of the ingredients, vegetables, seaweed, rice, and flour, are the only staple foods that can be used, and only flour is used.
The rice has become cold and firm, and nothing can be done except fried rice.
But Chen Er didn't want to make fried rice, how could fried rice without eggs and meat be called fried rice?
So, Chen Er chose to use flour.
After the flour is kneaded into a dough with water, it can be made into pastries, or it can be baked into flatbreads with some ingredients, or made into noodles.
But those are troublesome to walk, and Chen Er is too lazy to do them.
So he chose the simplest food - gnocchi.
Chen Er happily boiled a pot of boiling water, then hugged the dough dough, first weighed it in his hand, and then said to himself, "Yes, this dough is still quite heavy, it should be enough for everyone to eat." ”
"A bowl of gnocchi hot soup in the middle of the night, refreshing!"