What is your original intention?

After many years, Jiang Menglin once again remembered this problem.

In fact, when he first apprenticed with Old Man Zhao, he didn't have any original intention at all.

At that time, the idea was to learn some skills and have a career that would allow me to support my family.

But slowly, as he became Lao Zhao's official apprentice, Lao Zhao began to instill in them some concepts, many words, and he is still impressed.

"As a chef, you first have to practice your cooking skills, and only when the delicious food you make is recognized by the diners, you really have the ability to survive. ”

"Chef is a profession that relies on ability to eat, don't think so much about crooked things, just do your dishes well. ”

"A good chef, in addition to cooking well, must also learn to innovate, so that he can stand at a higher starting point. ”

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Along the way, Jiang Menglin has received quite a lot of teachings.

With the growth of his cooking skills and the solution of survival problems, he also slowly formed his original intention, that is, to be an excellent chef.

For this original intention, he walked very hard, but also walked very hard.

The reason why it is hard is that he has enough learning ability, but not enough innovation ability.

There is no way, his education level is limited, his knowledge reserve is limited, he can only learn and accumulate little by little through his own efforts, in order to meet Lao Zhao's requirements, in order to achieve the goal of becoming a good chef.

But I don't know when he began to care about the change of position, wanting a higher status, a higher income, and a higher reputation......

Have I forgotten my original intention?

Ivan's words just now can be regarded as stimulating Jiang Menglin's fighting spirit.

Yes, as long as you work hard, what can you do with the conspiracy and tricks that you lost to Liu Yiwei?

At least you didn't lose to the cooking itself!

"Let's go, go to my office, and let's do some research. ”

For Ivan, an apprentice, Jiang Menglin really appreciated it more and more.

He discovers that Ivan not only has the attitude of hard work he used to work in, but also has the heart of a good chef. Most importantly, his potential for culinary innovation seems limitless.

"Cooking ethics, cooking skills, feelings, and mood are the necessary qualities of an excellent chef. ”

Jiang Menglin remembered what Lao Zhao had said to him again.

In his opinion, Ivan already has everything except for his culinary skills, and his ability to innovate is even better than that.

This apprentice will definitely be an excellent good chef in the future!

Because of appreciation and recognition, Jiang Menglin ignored Ivan's age and experience, and began to sincerely regard him as his good helper and began to rely on him.

"Let's start by discussing the composition of the overall menu of this competition. ”

Jiang Menglin once again brought up the old words.

In his opinion, most of the chefs in the entire Cantonese cuisine kitchen are porters of food, and there are few real innovators.

He also decided to accept this difficult challenge.

Of course, acceptance does not mean blindness, and overall planning is still necessary.

"Ivan, if you were to arrange it, what kind of dishes do you think would be more appropriate for this competition?"

This presented Ivan with another problem, and he had to spend some time using his brain.

After thinking about it, Ivan spoke.

"Since our hotel is a new classic and innovation of Cantonese cuisine, it is better to make a fuss about the innovation of classic dishes first, and then consider other things. ”

Jiang Menglin's eyes immediately lit up.

Innovation, the most afraid is that there is no feasible idea.

With an idea, you can go down step by step.

"In the classic dishes of Cantonese cuisine, abalone, ginseng, wings, belly, chicken, goose, fish, meat, these are the most commonly used main ingredients, so let's talk about it, how to innovate?"

Jiang Menglin gave Ivan another problem.

Indeed, as he said, among all the dishes, Cantonese cuisine takes the strengths of a hundred schools, uses a wide range of materials, selects rare materials, and has exquisite ingredients, which belongs to the dishes with the widest range of ingredients, and even birds, beasts, fish and insects are all indispensable to dish, but the most commonly used ones are those that Jiang Menglin said.

For example, the top ten famous dishes of Cantonese cuisine, Ayi abalone, Guangzhou Wenchang chicken, roast suckling pig in the open oven, New Dragon Emperor Night Banquet, Peninsula Royal Official Swallow, steamed East Star Grouper, roast goose in the hanging oven, braised sea tiger wings with raw crab meat, Yannanfei Chatian duck, Chaozhou lo-mei, most of them are the main ingredients mentioned by Jiang Menglin.

may feel that his scope is too wide, Jiang Menglin added: "In this way, let's take abalone and chicken as an example, how do you say to get it?"

Even so, it was still embarrassing for Ivan.

If you use abalone and chicken as the main ingredients, what new dishes can you come up with?

Even micro-innovations still make Ivan feel embarrassed.

"Master, I need a little time to check the information. ”

"How long will it take?"

"If it goes well, you'll have a rough idea in one day. ”

This answer startled Jiang Menglin.

For him, innovation has always been a bottleneck that has prevented him from growing and improving, and he has struggled to overcome this hurdle.

But now Ivan's fluttering sentence has an idea for a day, which really shocked him.

Alas, it seems that even if you are a chef, you still have to have a bit of culture.

He began to envy Ivan a little bit of how young and cultured he was.

At the same time, he was also glad that he had decided to accept Ivan at that time.

"That's it, I'll give you a holiday now, you go back to check the information, and if you have an idea, you can call me directly." ”

Jiang Menglin simply gave Ivan a holiday.

He made this decision after careful consideration.

If Ivan is left in the hotel, all he can do is play the role of his assistant, which doesn't mean much.

And at this critical time, the important thing is the upcoming competition, since Ivan has presented a difficult challenge, let him try it first.

If he can come up with new and innovative ideas for abalone and chicken tomorrow, it will definitely be a great thing for this competition, and Ivan's difficult challenge ideas can continue to go on.

Time is not waiting for anyone.

Ivan was stunned for a moment.

He was suddenly a little stressed.

The reason why he proposed that difficult challenge was that he hoped that Jiang Menglin would take the lead, and then he would assist on the side, who knew that in the end, Jiang Menglin would put all the burden on him.

But the question is, can he bear the burden?

Ivan thought about it and decided to accept the task.

No, you have to try. Moreover, for him now, he just lacks a goal to move forward, and taking this as a challenge is also a great thing for his culinary progress.

"Okay, Master, I'll go back first, and wait for my good news. ”

Ivan accepted the challenge.