"We've just arrived, old man, and thank you for your hospitality. This is Fang Peinan, he is my boyfriend, and he came with me this time. ”

Shui Yao said as he was led by the old man to a tea room. Although the space here is not large, it is elegantly decorated and the environment is quiet, and there is no disturbance from idle people, which is much more comfortable than sitting in the lobby just now.

"Two of you taste it, this is the best rock tea I got in Fujian, the taste is mellow, it is specially picked from the old tree on the top of the mountain for the second to dry and fry, and it just arrived the day before yesterday. It's also an old man, I apologize to you, because I usually don't think enough about managing this part of the hotel, but I didn't expect to recruit such a waiter, I didn't think about it well. ”​

For the farce just now, Shui Yao and Fang Peinan are unwilling to worry too much, if one of them dies to the end, he will inevitably lose his identity, and besides, the old man is so sincere in hospitality, and the matter just now will not be mentioned.

"Thank you for the good tea. Old man, you don't have to blame yourself too much. In fact, in my opinion, the decoration, layout, and environment here are not bad, but if the craftsmanship can be further improved, it will be really icing on the cake. If conditions permit, I wonder if you can visit my kitchen? ”​

As soon as the old man heard this, he came to his senses, and his good impression of the little girl increased a little more, after all, as soon as people came over, they saved the extra politeness and went straight to the point, so bold and simple than she had seen so many shrewd businessmen who were full of hearts and eyes in the business field before, and they were much stronger than the shrewd businessmen who were full of twists and turns.

There are two purposes for Shui Yao to enter the back kitchen: first, cooperation is sincere, the back kitchen is the most important existence for a restaurant, and each old store that can be ranked has its own exclusive secret recipe, which is a secret magic weapon. If the old man sincerely cooperates with him, he will naturally not fortify too much, for fear that they will steal the cooking skills after they go in.

The second point is to test the basic professional ethics of a catering person. There is an old saying among foodies before: when you go out to eat, you have to close your eyes, out of sight is clean, after all, many things are bright on the surface and dirty on the inside, if you see that the sanitary conditions in the whole process of cooking are not up to standard, even if the taste of the dish is good, no one is willing to stuff things into the mouth.

The old man's restaurant occupies a whole floor of the position, in order to facilitate the chef cao, at that time he waved his hand, specially opened up a whole hundreds of square meters of space, opened up a few rooms, and arranged the kitchen spacious and bright, whether it is cooking equipment or basic kitchen utensils are high-end routes, it is no exaggeration to say that it is a bloody investment.

"To tell you the truth, the current head chef is a master chef who was selected by us from more than 500 applicants through selection, and he has always been the leader of a time-honored restaurant before, and I heard that he has also made court dishes for it! The person with great ability has a very arrogant temper, and his apprentices are not counted, so if he says something unpleasant later, you must not be angry. ”

Listening to the old man's introduction, Shui Yao was a little speechless, according to such a model of one in a hundred, this chef's craftsmanship is at least far ahead if it is not at the level of a great grandmaster. But as far as the dishes just served are concerned, the disappointment in Shui Yao's heart is not a star: except for the taste of peach blossoms, the other few no longer have any advantages that can be handled. Could it be that the level of domestic chefs has reached the stage of not entering the stream, or is there something wrong with your tongue?

Thinking of this, Shui Yao secretly shook his head: I remember that she was swept away because of the strife within the family, and in desperation, she met a time-honored chef to teach her cooking skills, so she was able to rise quickly and start a career in the future. Think about the craftsmanship of the enlightenment master, even a simple plate of fried shredded potatoes can make people remember it for a long time, not to mention the few dishes of medium difficulty that you just ordered, which can be called home-cooked, which one is not handy? If it weren't for the fact that I really had such a strange experience, maybe I really believed what the old man said.

Turning his head to look, sure enough, Fang Peinan raised his eyebrows slightly, and the expression on his face was also indescribable, heh, wait a while, whether it is a real master or a fake master, just pull it out and walk it!

"How many times have I told you, your tenderloin here is too thin, wait a while to make sure the paste will be done...... And you, the hen is chopped or not, what's the use of you! ”

Before he reached the door of the back kitchen, the so-called rude shouting of the master came from the old man's mouth, and almost penetrated the door panel. Seeing the old man smiling apologetically on the side, the two young men glanced at each other in unison: Heh, this formation is the same as the Jade Emperor, it's really bullish!

"Squeak", seeing that the old man brought people in, the rest of the cooks stopped their movements, bent down ninety degrees and bowed to say hello, but the one standing at the front of the hall seemed to have nothing to do with him, holding a kitchen knife in his hand and fiddling with a pile of fruit on the board.

Shui Yao looked at it fixedly: Yo, it's really a narrow road. Who should she be, it turned out to be empty, along the way to sit in the second chair of the Culinary Federation by the fork of the Li Datou, this guy was originally because of the benefits of Shui Yao to the family, but he did not stumble on himself in the competition, but fortunately, in the end, the matter was revealed, Li Datou was defeated at a critical moment, and he had the opportunity to create a food empire with great influence in the future.

Now this guy's face is much younger than the back, and the chrysanthemums on his face when he laughs have been smoothed out by the years, but the obscene and disgusting appearance is still the old formula and old taste, the right home is the right home, you can meet it anywhere, even if this old rascal turns into gray water, he can pick him out of the pile of black foam and put it together.

Li Datou didn't speak, and Shui Yao and they weren't in a hurry to say anything, but stood aside and watched silently: This guy really has some ability to do the second transaction, I saw a persimmon flipping up and down under his knife, and it was carved into the shape of a lotus flower in less than two minutes, lifelike and cute.

But when you look at it next, it's full of problems. Although there is no problem with the fruit, as soon as Li Datou finished peeling the fruit, he picked up a large piece of boiled pork belly, and cut it on the same case board without even changing the place, such an action made Shui Yao frown.

"From which corner did you two come from, and you two dare to steal the art here so blatantly? I said, old man, are you so indulgent to the people who work under you? Besides, I need such a wild girl who doesn't know anything to come and point fingers? ”​

The good people in this world have always been the same, but the bad people are all bad in their own way. Just like this Li Datou, Shui Yao is very suspicious that his eyes have grown to the back of his head, and he will never be able to tell who is the boss and who is the employee, to put it mildly, if it weren't for the old man's good cultivation, he really wanted to run this hotel well, just by his ignorance of humility, in her Shui Yao's company, it was enough to make this guy roll a thousand times.

"Master Li, don't say that, this girl's surname is Shui, and she is a guest I invited, but you must not slack off."

Li Datou was a little annoyed when he heard this, this old man is becoming more and more ignorant now, and with his consent, he brought the idle people into the back kitchen, and before he could open his mouth, Shui Yao asked directly.

"Are you making Li Zhuang white meat? A piece of square pork belly needs to be cut horizontally enough to be considered qualified if it is full of 100 slices, and each slice is thin enough to transmit light. But what do you mean by making this plate, can you still eat it when it's all thick to the sole? Also, this peanut oil has been used for several days, and the color is black, why do you still use it to fry things? On top of that, you take the knife and chopping board that have cut the fruit and handle the pork, if the customer eats a health problem, can you afford to take this responsibility? ”​

As soon as Shui Yao came up, he pointed out Li Datou's three fatal injuries, looking at the few slices of pork belly he cut, not to mention Shui Yao, even the old man and Fang Peinan, two people who didn't know enough about cooking, couldn't stand it in their hearts: no wonder their hotel has been open for two months, and the market has not yet opened, and the people eating in the store are not even as many as the people at the street food stalls.

"At your level, the apprentices who go out and find any shop are doing better than you. How did you end up in this restaurant as head chef? ”

Li Datou hates people pointing fingers at his craftsmanship the most in his life, especially the yellow-haired girl in front of him, and there are also people who come to kick the gym, but all of them are full of frustration and shake their heads and leave after seeing their fruit carvings. Besides, this old man is also strange today, he didn't say a word for himself, could it be that he has been brainwashed by a small ~ cheap ~ person in just a short period of time?

"What kind of thing do you dare to talk about here, look at your rustic body, your feelings have just been picked out of the yellow earth, right? Today, Lao Tzu is in a good mood and doesn't want to worry about you, if you dare to talk nonsense again, don't look long, I will immediately let the apprentice tear up your ......"

Before Li Datou finished speaking, he felt a chill coming up from the soles of his feet, and when he looked up, it turned out to be this little ~ cheap ~ weak scholar next to him, at this time this little ~ white ~ face was full of anger, his eyebrows were wrinkled, his face was gloomy and terrible, and he had scolded countless times for a smooth and bad foul language, but he didn't know what was going on, and he was stuck in his throat and couldn't get out.

"Keep your mouth clean, dare to shout again, be careful that I cut off your hand!"

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