Chapter 322: A Mix of Chinese and Western
Xia Qing's call came quickly, almost ten o'clock in the evening.
"You wait and buy what you're going to use...... I'll wait for you. ”
The tone was simple and rude, and he hung up the phone directly by naming the important questions and addresses, without too much greetings.
Chen Hu doesn't care about this. Again, if you are begging someone now, and you don't leave a good impression on the other party when you meet for the first time, don't complain that people don't have a good attitude towards you.
Immediately, Chen Hu went out, bought some useful things in the nearby fresh supermarket, and took a ride to the address given by Xia Qing.
The place was not far from Mango Terrace, and after a twenty-minute drive, Chen Hu saw a private restaurant.
That's right, to Chen Hu's surprise but reasonable, Xia Qing's address was a private restaurant. Because it is estimated that this is the only place suitable for testing the skills of another chef.
Of course, the premise is that the chef's foundation is strong enough, at least a special chef must start.
And is this possible? Apparently very likely. After all, it is a place like Xia Qing who has seen the world and has family connections, if it is too bad, I am sorry for her identity and the guests she had to entertain in the past, it is really an negligence that will lose tens of millions of hundreds of millions of guests, but I can't tolerate the other party not looking for a good place to serve.
Then Chen Hu straightened his mind, walked to the private restaurant with his things, and stopped when he was about to enter the door.
It's not that he doesn't have the guts, but that he needs to be notified. This is basic etiquette, and it is also convenient for the other party to send someone to pick him up.
Otherwise, how embarrassing would it be to be so stupid and wait for the hard progress?
Then Chen Hu took out his mobile phone, dialed Xia Qing's phone and said, "I'm here." ”
"I see, you wait. ”
It didn't take long for a cheongsam woman who was dressed appropriately and had the charm of a thin horse in Yangzhou to walk out and stand in front of Chen Hu.
"Is it Mr. Chen Hu?" the other party asked.
"Yes. ”
"Hello, I'm the waiter Xiao He. Our boss explained it and asked me to take it directly into the back kitchen and do what you have to do. The waiter Xiao He stated.
This is direct, without giving any chance for superfluous greetings.
"Got it, take me there. ”
"Okay, please come with me. ”
Then Xiao He took the lead and took Chen Hu, who was carrying things in his hand, to the back kitchen of the hotel.
The first thing that catches your eye is still the clean and tidy kitchen, where a group of staff in chef uniforms are busy.
"Master Liu. Xiao He shouted inside.
"Eh, here we are. It didn't take long for the chubby chef to walk up to the two of them.
In the chef's profession, except for a few, there are basically ten cooks and nine fat! The other one has a large skeleton and looks strong and shouldery.
"Something?" Master Liu asked casually while wiping his hands with a towel while looking at Xiao He and Chen Hu.
"Master Liu, this is the Mr. Chen Hu Chen that the boss has explained, you can take him to the stove. Xiao He introduced.
"Okay, I see. After a pause, he turned his head to look at Chen Hu and said, "Come with me." ”
Chen Hu didn't say much, and followed Master Liu into the back kitchen.
"Now, you can use this stove. Master Liu pointed to an idle stove and said.
"Okay. Chen Hu didn't choose pretentiously, and nodded happily in agreement. Then I asked Master Liu to borrow an apron and tie it to himself, pretended to be a model, took out his overflowing spirit knife from the items he brought, and disposed of the goods he bought in front of Master Liu and others.
Since the theme is Western, Chen Hu will not limit the dishes to the eight major cuisines. So in addition to the normal one or two Chinese dishes to prove his level, Chen Hu decided to make the rest of the dishes all Western food.
Therefore, according to the order of serving Western food, the first dish should be an appetizer.
Chen Hu didn't hesitate, and directly selected some cherry tomatoes and rosemary, and made it with olive leaves, sliced ham and shortbread.
The process is very simple, basically going out of the shortbread requires Chen Hu to make it a little time, and the rest is that the olive vegetables need to be cut off from the side water, and there is nothing to ignite.
Chen Hu handed it to Xiao He, who was waiting outside, and took the newly bought fresh mushrooms, butter, milk, bacon and seaweed again. Among them, mushroom slices, bacon cut into strips, and put the mushroom slices and milk into the grinder together to break and stir, the bacon is fried in oil for a short time, you can put butter and flour in the pot and fry until fragrant, add the beaten mushroom milk soup with condiments to boil, you can put seaweed and bacon out of the pot and send it to the table.
This is the pre-soup after the appetizer and is used to moisten the stomach.
Although Chen Hu feels that this is to better serve customers, so as not to make every customer who eats Western food become a big stomach.
After all, soup or something, it's too easy to fill people's stomachs.
In particular, this kind of milk soup is very easy to 'hair'.
Then there was the side dish, the main fish seafood, Chen Hu pondered for a while, went directly to Japanese cuisine, and made a sashimi. The fresh fish is stunned, the speed of the knife is removed from the phosphorus, and then the internal organs are disemboweled, and then the internal organs are cleaned with water, and then the knife is used to divide the fish to remove the bones and burrs, and finally the meat is sliced, and the shape of a whole fish is posed, and the dishes are served on ice.
It can be said that this dish is Chen Hu's most laborious and trouble-free dish, except for knife skills, it can be done by one person.
Then came the main dish, Chen Hu changed to Chinese cuisine, and directly served a famous dish of Hunan Province, stir-fried pork, the simplest and most difficult, the most test of the chef's skills and long-term control of the dish.
After that, there are nutritious vegetable dishes, and Chen Hu served a dish of dried braided beans.
Finally, for dessert, Chen Hu made an Italian tiramisu to enrich the style and country of the dish, and even if the whole dish is completed, he only needs to wait for Xia Qing and unknown chefs to taste it.
Anyway, he worked hard, and if he couldn't let the matter continue to talk, then he could only think of another way and make another plan.
"Well, if it doesn't work, just go to the online variety show, and the effect doesn't seem to be bad. ”
"Well, there is also a live broadcast, you can find a top field with numbness and cuteness. ”
Untied the apron, put away the knives and set up the kitchen table, Chen Hu, who left the back kitchen, pondered in his heart.
"Mr. Chen, Ms. Xia, please pass the New Year. At this time, Xiao He, the waiter who had been waiting at the door of the back kitchen, spoke.
"Well, lead the way. Chen Hu replied.
Then the two walked together and walked to a private room.
Xiao He stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a "enter", he pushed open the door and let Chen Hu in.
It was only at this time that Chen Hu could see today's battle clearly.
It's not big, just three people, two men and one woman. The female is Xia Qing, and the male Chen is very unknown, but there is one person, Chen Hu, who can basically be sure that the other party is a judge. After all, the smell of that cook is too much, and it can't be seen by people.