Chapter 215: The Gap (Part II)
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"What are you going to do? I heard you right!" Alfie laughed angrily.
"As you can hear, since each of you can't accept and can't live up to too high a standard, then we're the only ones who are here!" said Foster as he began to get started, proving that what he had just said was definitely not a joke.
"Are you stupid or crazy! You only came with five people, even if you make the simplest mixed banquet, two divided dishes for 200 people, and evenly distribute it to everyone, there are about seventy or eighty dishes, as well as auxiliary dishes such as barbecue and kanpan, even if you add the delay in the time of eating, you can't catch up at all, and you say that you need to complete high-quality cutting and cooking, and think about being able to complete the meal smoothly, you are simply deliberately looking for death......
Although despicable, Alfie's cooking skills are definitely not in vain, just a blink of an eye can analyze the banquet service process and design changes, and this is also the reason why he is sure that Foster does not dare to argue with him, but as he speaks, he gradually stops his mouth.
"I've never said that you have to use the usual banquet style to serve your meals! Historically, the quality control of dishes at multi-person banquets has been a big problem, too few chefs involved in cooking will prolong the time it takes to serve food, and the restriction of having to serve food at the same time will lead to a decrease in the taste of the ingredients and dishes that are made first, even if you make a good overall arrangement, it will only reduce the degree of taste decline. However, if the number of cooking chefs is increased to ensure the efficiency of the dishes, the consistency of the taste of the dishes will be affected by the differences in the operation of different people, and the spiritual ...... of the cooks will be basically closed."
Foster explained the work in hand but was not slow at all, which is why Alfie, who had been waiting for an opportunity to taunt before, suddenly stopped talking, he continued to ridicule Foster is not just for the sake of a momentary speed, you must know that once you are disturbed, even a grandmaster-level master will lose his level, he is bent on wanting Foster to fail and doing his best to add to the chaos.
But after watching Foster's operation, he suddenly found that his mind was in vain, the movements in his hands were orderly, so fast that even his eyesight as a master craftsman was almost unable to keep up, and the quality was the last way he had to refute and complain, because under Foster's knife shadow, all kinds of ingredients were cut into ingredients of different shapes, placed and piled up like the fur and scales on the animal's body, dense and even, with his superior eyesight, there was almost no trace of error in the degree of his superb knife work, and at the same time he had the mind to talk to himself, obviously the skill displayed in his hands was not the limit, and it could be distracted for two purposes。
And the most shocking thing is that Foster alone is so good to say, the other four people who are obviously apprentices and ordinary cooks are also the same, and the products under his command are naturally of the same standard. Anything is afraid of comparison, according to this situation, it is no wonder that people just looked down on their preparation work, at this time, whether it was Alfie or the palace chefs who had just talked strangely, they all felt a little fever on their faces, and they just swore that what others could not do was realized in front of them in a blink of an eye, and more importantly, the other party did not show the slightest emotional fluctuation because of this, as if these were just the most ordinary little things, and it was not worth making a fuss about at all. Are these people who came out of that slum restaurant called 'Happy Life' all monsters?
“...... That's why it's an unwritten rule that the number of top-notch food connoisseurs must not exceed a certain number, otherwise it will create restrictions on the chef in charge of cooking, and the food served at large banquets will be labeled as not particularly delicious. However, this situation is not irreversible! There are three main factors that affect the deliciousness of the food: the quality of the ingredients themselves, proper preparation and preparation, and the chef's superb cooking skills.
Under the premise that the quality of the ingredients cannot be changed, we can only start with the other two conditions, so I say that in the process of cutting and matching, it is impossible to overstate the strict requirements, if you can't do your best in every link, even if you don't have to complete the cooking, you can expect that the dishes will end up being garbage that is difficult to swallow!
As for cooking techniques, knowing the restrictions of multi-person banquets and still insisting on going their own way, perfect cutting and conditioning will be wasted, so it is necessary to change the way of thinking to cook multiple portions of food at the same time while retaining the excellent taste of individual cooking to the greatest extent, to coordinate the time to separate the final moment of the dish, and to change the use of fire in cooking techniques to eliminate the original techniques of changing the properties of the ingredients to bring out the flavors...... These have been successful cases in the industry, why do they become obstinate in your eyes!"
Foster stopped what he was doing and turned around, it seemed that the preparation had come to an end, and it had taken less than half an hour, and he couldn't help but marvel at his speed as he looked at the pots and barrels full of ingredients and side dishes piled up next to him.
"In the end, the daily work of a small restaurant must be very heavy! It allows you to practice the cutting and matching work perfectly, and it is not without any benefit. But if you spend all your time on this kind of low-level useless work, how can you improve your skills again? But yes, if you can't advance an inch after more than ten years, I will give up if I change it! People must abide by their duties and not always think about unattainable extravagant expectations, and you have indeed done a good job in this regard. ”
Foster is too imposing now, Alfie doesn't want to be treated as an elementary school apprentice, but his mentality is unbalanced and he spits out sarcastic words at will, but he doesn't notice that two of the chefs behind him who were originally in charge of cutting and matching have very ugly expressions on their faces when they listen to his words.
"It seems that you have really forgotten the teacher's teaching, that a chef can only maintain a higher level if he keeps repeating and consolidating the basic skills, and that cutting is a low-level job?
Cultivation is like sailing against the current, you will be washed back to the original point, or even go back to a farther place, I am afraid that years of good life have already ruined your will, and it is really sad that you should look like you should cut out such an insult to the chef's work before!
As a former senior brother, I would like to give you one last piece of advice, hurry up and pick up the mentality and hard work when you were studying art, otherwise you will fall into the dark and boundless abyss of depravity just like me once was, and you will end up with nothing in your life! Whether you listen or not is your freedom, and I will do all I have to say.
...... I don't know if the previous preparations have been completed, and there is not much time left for cooking, but I really don't want to be distracted by the cooking in order to ensure the deliciousness of the dishes!"
Foster calmly replied to Alfie's sarcasm and left him alone, as Manager Lloyd entered the kitchen again.
(End of chapter)
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