Chapter 11: Food Competition
A fair game to choose the head chef, and the head chef, is five times higher than the highest salary now!
With Li Chuanshui's encouragement, the atmosphere, temperament, fighting spirit, and ambition of the cooks present were all driven.
After all, whoever can become a chef will have five times more salary than the chef in the past, and the rhythm of successful people will change in seconds, and the competition will be fair, not based on connections, and this situation is something that everyone wants to try.
Of course, even if you don't have the fighting spirit and don't want to try it, you definitely want to try it when you want to come.
Because after all, Li Chuanshui showed everyone an extremely cruel picture, people go to high places, and water flows to low places, even if they don't want to be chefs, those cooks are definitely not willing to go against the grain, and be the kind of "broiler" who is cut half of his salary.
In this way, Li Chuanshui used sharp as a knife to break the "corruption balance" of Fenghua Hotel.
In a seemingly crude and simple way, he began the journey of choosing a chef for Fenghua Hotel.
Li Chuanshui said a word, which attracted a warm atmosphere from everyone, and several guys who were quite confident in their cooking skills immediately nodded and said: "Mr. Li, let's talk quickly, how to choose a method?!" ”
When asked, Li Chuanshui used the methods and knowledge of Xiao Jiu'er to test the cook's mind, and after thinking about it carefully, he told everyone: "I'm in a hurry, so who can be the chef is only decided by one dish!" ”
While speaking, Li Chuanshui looked at the facilities around the kitchen, and his eyes fell on a pile of casseroles next to the stove.
Staring at those flat-mouthed casseroles, Li Chuanshui flashed and said, "Let's ...... How about making claypot rice to decide the winner?! ”
"Claypot rice?!" Hearing this, all the chefs whispered, some were stunned, and some were delighted.
"Claypot rice!" Li Chuanshui explained: "For a while, if you are interested in running for the chef election, you will first sign up with Miss Zhao Qianqian, and when everyone makes a dish, I will decide on the tasting, and as for the final tasting result...... I'll let you know as soon as possible. ”
Li Chuanshui's simple and clear explanation surprised the cooks, and at this moment, Li Chuanshui looked at the cooks who had not yet reacted and said, "Everyone! Don't be idle, let's get started! The job with a monthly salary of 50,000 yuan and biannual leave is just around the corner, everyone must strive for it! ”
After Li Chuan finished speaking, he turned around and dragged Qin Jiaoyun out of the back kitchen, and the rest of the cooks enthusiastically ran to Zhao Qianqian to sign up.
As soon as she came out of the back kitchen, Qin Jiaoyun asked Li Chuanshui with expectation and confusion: "I said, what kind of medicine did you buy in this gourd?" ”
"Pick a few good cooks!" Li Chuanshui replied truthfully.
"Choose a chef ......" Qin Jiaoyun said helplessly: "Ma Yifan has relied on casinos to support his family in recent years, and the chef doesn't pay attention to this part, if there is really a good cook, I won't go to the trouble of looking for you to improve the dishes." ”
Listening to Qin's helplessness, Li Chuanshui said: "I know what you said, so I don't expect the chefs here to make any good meals at all!" ”
"That'...... You still choose. Qin Jiaoyun said in confusion.
When asked, Li Chuanshui was not answering directly, but changed the question and asked Qin Jiaoyun: "Jiaoyun, do you know what kind of dish this claypot rice is?" ”
"Cantonese cuisine!" Qin Jiaoyun replied without thinking: "A very ordinary flat snack in Guangdong, with rice on the bottom and vegetables on the top, steamed in a casserole, and rice with soy sauce, a bit like ...... Donburi rice. ”
"Yes!" Li Chuanshui nodded, and then said: "But this kind of thing is a bit like a rice bowl, which actually tests the basic skills of a cook......
While speaking, Li Chuanshui told Qin Jiaoyun in detail that this kind of thing is claypot rice, like rice bowls, which originated from the "Chun Boil" of the Zhou Dynasty, and it is one of the most tests of the basic skills of fire in Lingnan cuisine.
First, it is simple to use materials, but the selection of materials is exquisite, although it is only rice heating dishes, but from rice to dishes, it all tests the ability of the chef to select the ingredients for the side dishes, and even patrol the casserole.
A pot of serious claypot rice comes out, the rice must be made of silk miao rice, the pot must be a flat-mouth casserole, the vegetables added to the rice must also be neither old nor tender, the meat slices cut on the claypot must be flat and dense, and the casserole must be well maintained with oil.
When making claypot rice, you should first take water to soak the raw rice and wash it, and then take the cooking oil to marinate the rice, and prepare the meat at the same time, and then put the rice into the casserole to cook it violently, when the rice in the casserole is six or seven minutes cooked, open the lid, first put the meat into the casserole and cook, and then wait until the rice is eight or nine minutes cooked, put the vegetables in, cook, and finally collect the soup and serve it, but also add a kind of soy sauce cooking wine that the chef himself configures to accompany the meal.
After talking about the basic production method, Li Chuanshui concluded: "Claypot rice is one pot and one taste, the rice is strong, the aftertaste is endless, the main ingredients are simple, the ingredients are diverse, the condiments are single but eclectic, and there is no one in ten thousand who can really do it well." ”
From knife work, to heat, from washing, to ingredients, it can be said that every step is a special test of the chef's skills and basic skills.
Moreover, the casserole is very difficult to deal with, he has good heat preservation and slow heat transfer, and in addition to the time of filling, he can't open the lid to see it, so many times he relies on experience to explore, and if he has no experience, he can only rely on intuition.
After saying so much, Li Chuanshui finally said to Qin Jiaoyun: "Now you know how big a doorway this dish is, right?" I'm testing him as your cook, which is a kind of screening in itself. ”
After listening to Li Chuanshui's incisive and meticulous analysis, Qin Jiaoyun nodded with an eye-opening eye, and then said to Li Chuanshui with a hint of helplessness: "According to your standard to make claypot rice, it is very good to choose a chef for rice, but I am afraid of ......."
Qin Jiaoyun shook her head self-deprecatingly and said, "I'm afraid that there is no talent in my hotel that you want." ”
"No, it's okay!" Li Chuanshui smiled, and then said in an astonishing voice: "We can 'spell' one out." ”
"Fight!" Qin Jiaoyun was stunned, and immediately asked, "Talents can also be pieced together?!" ”
Asked, Li Chuanshui nodded and said, "Of course you can!" ”
While speaking, Li Chuanshui told Qin Jiaoyun again: "Although you cooks don't have any great skills, but there are many people, everyone always has a skill, some people are good at controlling fire, some people are good at knife work, some people are good at experience, and some people are good at selecting materials." The purpose of my experiments with claypot rice is actually to bring out the best in those people and then train them. ”
After listening to Li Chuanshui tell the purpose in his heart, Qin Jiaoyun suddenly said: "I see, you let them expose their strengths, and then organize and appoint them!" ”
"Right!" Li Chuanshui smiled: "In this way, your chef team will increase its efficiency exponentially, and the dishes you make will make a qualitative leap." ”
"Got it!" Qin Jiaoyun sighed: "Without Ma Yifan's nonsense, I am rebuilding an incomparably good team of chefs, and the performance of this restaurant ...... I'm afraid I'm going to roll up. ”
Listening to Qin Jiaoyun's optimistic estimate, Li Chuanshui shook his head slightly and said: "It's still not that simple, if you want to really hit the name of Fenghua Hotel...... You also need an incident point that detonates public opinion. ”