Chapter 39: What is Cooking?

The next day, Tang Hua came to the small restaurant very early.

"Do you know what cooking skills are?" Zhang Lao stood in front of Tang Hua and asked Tang Hua with a serious face.

To be honest, before getting Wang Xiaoyu's cooking skills, Tang Hua's cooking was just to fill his stomach, but now that he was asked by Zhang Lao, Tang Hua was a little confused.

"Please also ask Elder Zhang to solve his doubts!" Tang Hua said respectfully to Elder Zhang.

The master is the teacher, Zhang Lao is not only good at cooking, but he is also extremely experienced, so Tang Hua also regards Zhang Lao as his master.

Although he has already obtained Wang Xiaoyu's cooking skills, he still has a lot to learn.

"Okay, since you asked, then I'll tell you about it!" Seeing Tang Hua's performance, Zhang Lao was very satisfied and nodded.

Then, he spoke again: "Cooking, what is cooking? Cooking is the art of the kitchen, the art of cooking, the art of cooking, the art of eating, the art of enjoying life."

Kitchen is the kitchen in the narrow sense that we usually talk about, but it can be extended to many things beyond the kitchen, such as family, food culture, every piece of kitchen equipment in the kitchen, from pots, bowls, scoops, pots to the whole cabinet, every seasoning oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, chili, pepper, etc., every thing here is a work of art.

Why do people who cook nowadays want to cook? It's because they're hungry, they want to eat, they want to survive, but very few people think that cooking is actually a very happy thing, and it's also creating food like a work of art.

And the kitchen to cooking is a qualitative change, I hope you can understand this, we cook not only for eating, but also to enjoy the fun of creating artworks, enjoy life, taste life, every piece of kitchenware and condiments in the kitchen is regarded as a work of art, then our life will be more flavorful, and all corners of our life will be full of artistic elements. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Lao looked at Tang Hua thoughtfully and asked, "Do you understand all this?"

Hearing Zhang Lao's words, Tang Hua nodded and said: "To put it simply, cooking is not only the embodiment of taste, but also the embodiment of appearance.

Hearing Tang Hua's answer, Zhang Lao glanced at Tang Hua appreciatively.

"That's right, that's what I'm talking about!" Zhang Lao nodded and said.

"The art of cooking is essential to the kitchen and the soul of cooking. Nowadays, our food culture is becoming more and more abundant, not only to eat, but also to be beautiful. Naturally, if you look good, you will want to eat it. And now the cooking has also developed here, the beautiful appearance of the food, let people see the appetite greatly increased, saliva is dripping into the dish, but also improve the grade, the chef's craftsmanship and the beauty of kitchen art, and your current cooking skills in the taste of this is not many people can surpass you, but in the care and type, you have to work harder, only then, your cooking skills can reach the peak. Zhang Lao smiled and said a lot to Tang Hua again.

Tang Hua knew that what Zhang Lao said was very correct, and it was also where his shortcomings were, if these were completed, Tang Hua believed that his cooking skills would definitely be able to easily defeat others.

"I understand, but how should I learn this meaning and type?" After pondering for a while, Tang Hua asked Zhang Lao a question.

Hearing Tanghua's question, Zhang Lao shook his head with a smile, and said: "This depends on yourself, look at other people's works, and the accumulation of experience, only when you reach a certain level, you will naturally be able to reflect the meaning and type you experience in your own food, of course, the premise is that you have to work hard yourself, even if you have rich experience, it will be useless!"

After listening to Zhang Lao's teaching, Tang Hua nodded and said, "I understand!"

Hearing Tang Hua's answer, Zhang Lao nodded, these are not in a hurry, today is just to point you out a direction, what is the future, you have to rely on yourself.

"I understand!: Tang Hua replied to Zhang Lao with a smile.

Seeing Tang Hua like this, Zhang Lao knew that Tang Hua really understood the way forward, so he nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's it, but let's not talk about these things first, you have to get the championship of this cooking competition back first!"

Hearing Zhang Lao's words, Tang Hua smiled and said, "No problem, champion, I'm determined to win!"

"Okay, young people just have to have this ambition!" Zhang Lao laughed when he heard Tang Hua's words of confidence, and praised Tang Hua for his ambition.

"Tang Hua, everything is ready for you, kitchen, it's yours today!" At this time, Shi Lin came out of the kitchen, walked over, and said with a smile to Tang Hua.

"Okay, I'm sorry to trouble Brother Lin!" Hearing Shi Lin's words, Tang Hua was overjoyed and said.

"Don't bother, how can I say that our restaurant also participated in this cooking competition, and you are still participating in the name of our restaurant, if you can get good results, it will also be good for us!" Shi Lin was not polite, patted Tang Hua on the back fiercely, and then said.

As for this competition in the name of a restaurant, yesterday afternoon, Zhang Lao had already told Tang Hua.

For this, Tang Hua has no opinion, not to mention that Zhang Lao and Sister Zhang take care of themselves, just say that for the championship bonus of 500,000 yuan, Tang Hua also has to get this quota.

"Then I'll go in and have a look!" Tang Hua said to Shi Lin and Zhang Lao, then turned around and went to the kitchen, as for Zhang Lao, of course, he also followed.

The day was spent in a busy way.

During this day, Tang Hua spent all the time in the kitchen, and lunch. Dinner, of course, is Tanghua's experimental dishes, although there may be failures, but anyway, where is Tanghua's craftsmanship, even if it fails, the taste will not be bad, so it is not a disadvantage to everyone's stomach.

And Zhang Lao basically stayed in the kitchen this day, and from time to time he found out some problems for Tanghua, which were the finishing touches, so that Tanghua's cooking skills have made great progress, and even Shi Lin, who has been observing on the side, feels that his skills have grown greatly, and what he didn't expect in many places before was inspired by Tanghua's actions.