Chapter 17: Daigo Empowerment
Celebrity chef Zhang Longcha's sincere statement not only shocked Li Chuanshui, but also made all his apprentices depressed.
Those people stood in place, seemingly completely confused, and each of them had confusion written on their faces.
They may feel that the old man is not only angry at a diner who eats a big meal for nothing and does not pay for it, but also bows his hand, which is a bit too much of a reaction.
After the old man hugged his fists, he raised his head again, looked at Li Chuanshui with admiration, and said: "Young man, I naturally won't ask for the money you eat, if you have time, can you sit down and talk to me in detail?"
When asked, Li Chuanshui hesitated slightly, and then nodded.
Seeing that Li Chuanshui nodded, the old man hurriedly asked the apprentice to prepare tea and a bench, and then the old man and the young sat together and started a long talk.
After exchanging names, the old man came up and asked, "This little brother doesn't know that you are from the Five Organs Temple, which hall is from?"
"This ......" Li Chuanshui hesitated slightly, and then replied helplessly: "I can only tell you that my ancestor is Rui Mujun."
"Ruimujun by the Fuchun River?!" Zhang Longcha was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then nodded again and again: "Brother, no wonder he is so familiar with Lu cuisine, I took it, and I was convinced!"
After saying this compliment, Zhang Longcha asked Li Dao curiously: "Little brother!" There's something I want to ask you, I hope you don't get angry. ”
Listening to Zhang Longcha's questioning, Li Chuanshui immediately nodded and said, "You say, the one who speaks is unscrupulous."
"Good!" Zhang Longcha nodded, and then asked again: "Little brother, you are from the gate faction, and you have such outstanding cooking skills and knowledge, why don't you go to be a cook, and you have to rely on this hand to touch porcelain and eat white food?"
Hearing Zhang's questioning, Li Chuanshui smiled bitterly in his heart.
Why didn't he want to live a decent life? But the little worm spirit in the body doesn't allow it! Cooking is an industry that requires a lot of labor and time, because it is common to be unable to eat when cooking, Li Chuanshui doesn't want to eat half-finished products because of hunger and make a fool of himself.
In this regard, Li had no choice but to smile and said: "This is because ...... I'm used to being lazy, so I decided to be a foodie! To eat all the delicious food in the world, to be a great gourmand like Su Dongpo and Yuan Mei. ”
Li Chuanshui's answer really made Old Man Zhang quite stunned and speechless.
You know, Yuan Mei is more than 200 years ago, the world's most prestigious gourmet, his learning and wealth of five cars, family wealth, elegant and elegant, known as eating up and down for 5,000 years, there is also a world-famous book "Suiyuan Food List" circulated in the world, the cooking and food recorded on it have been regarded as a golden rule by countless foodies and cooks.
Now, a boy in his twenties, poor and white, dares to argue with him, if Master Yuan knows about it, I don't know if he will jump out of the coffin board angrily.
Zhang Longcha looked at Li Chuanshui with a complicated expression, like looking at a monster.
Maybe he's seen lazy and lazy playthings, but like Lee, who takes laziness as his goal...... He must have seen him for the first time in his life.
After smiling embarrassedly, Old Man Zhang said to Li Chuanshui again: "Little brother wants to be a gourmet...... Fabulous! It's just that the old man has a few words of persuasion, and I hope you will listen to it. ”
Li Chuanshui is not the kind of person who does not listen to persuasion, so in the face of the old man's sincerity, he naturally nodded and said, "You say, I will listen to you!"
After being silent for a while, Zhang Longcha told Li that it was okay for him to be a foodie, but it was a pity that his skills were not very useful.
You know, a true gourmand can be in harmony with the chef, the chef can improve the dishes with the help of the gourmet's feedback, and the gourmets can also improve their taste through the chef's dishes.
After saying this, Old Man Zhang said earnestly: "Young man! If you don't show your identity and eat it, you will inevitably be suspected of brushing your skin! So I advise you to be a gourmet, then be generous, come up and show your identity, point out the good and bad of other people's dishes, make a rating, and be an upright foodie! ”
Speaking of this, the old man raised his head a little excitedly, looked at the apprentices who were busy cooking in front of him, and continued: "We cooks, in our hearts, want to improve our skills, but without good feedback from diners, it is also very boring, do you think that we will be happy to let a group of dignitaries who don't know how to eat and drink every day?!"
The old man's few serious words, like a bright lamp, instantly illuminated Li Chuanshui's heart.
Yes, why did he sneak around to find his next home when he was a foodie? And he eats the cook's food to help these people!
As the old man said, he can go further and do more on the road of foodies, instead of staring at a few cooks every day to "fight fakes".
After thinking about it from a distance, Li Chuanshui felt that he had a great responsibility, why did foreign countries have professional food judging institutions like "Michelin Sunflower Classics", but not in China? Why has China's 5,000-year-old catering culture never been systematically summarized and scored? Why does a chef like Zhang Longcha have to bury his real body for 30 years and live such a hard life?
Thanks to the old man's words, the moment he thought of those questions, Li Chuanshui's thinking expanded rapidly again.
At that moment, he completely and truly found the direction of his life's struggle in his heart!
He wants to establish the most authoritative catering evaluation agency in China with his own strength, score the food across the country, so that the food is not buried, the celebrity chef does not have regrets, and the foodie is not deceived!
In short, he wants to be a real god of foodies!
In the excitement, Li Chuanshui excitedly shook the old man's hand, and then said with a smile: "Old man! You're so right! Thanks for the reminder! You have given me the direction and motivation for my future life! ”
In response to Li's words, Zhang Longcha also said with a smile on his face: "Where, where!" I, Zhang Longcha, have been cooking for 30 years, and now I have only met my confidant, and I hate to see each other too late! ”
Listening to the old man's words, Li Chuanshui could see that this old man was a "celebrity chef" who really enjoyed cooking, and he sincerely hoped to get his acquaintance and recognition, rather than praise and attachment full of copper smell......
Later, Li Chuanshui and the old man drank tea and chatted a lot, and in the end, the old man personally sent Li out of the hotel, and said that his restaurant welcomed Li to come to the evaluation at any time, and he looked forward to a gourmand like Li to give some valuable advice.
With a surging mood, Li Chuanshui took a taxi back to his residence.
This time, Li Chuanshui did not "blackmail money", but he got three things that were better than money from Old Master Zhang.
A right direction for future efforts, a year-old friend and a secret recipe for Beijing-style grilled sea cucumber.
These three things can make Li Chuanshui last for life, and they are far better treasures than thousands or tens of thousands of dollars.
Because of the unexpected gain, Li Chuanshui kept smiling, and as soon as he got into the taxi, Xiao Jiu'er in his mind couldn't wait to ask: "You kid has eaten another meal of white food, but this time it's really thrilling!"
Listening to Xiao Jiu'er's words, Li Chuanshui said: "I have a spectrum in my heart, as early as when I read the old man's leaflet, I knew that he was a Beijing cuisine, not a Lu cuisine cook, but even so, there is one thing I still can't figure out......