First, a slightly younger middle-aged man wearing glasses enthusiastically led the middle-aged man with a Chinese character face next to him to the back kitchen.

"Feng Ju, we have a total of six teams participating in the campaign this time."

The middle-aged man wearing glasses introduced the situation to the man with the national character face he called Feng Ju: "The six teams participating in the election this time are all very strong.

There are local celebrity chefs in Hunan Province, as well as chefs who have participated in overseas competitions and won international honors.

There is also a team of chefs who spread Chinese food culture in Chinese food companies abroad.

So this time, we are the best of the best, and we want to use the most powerful team to provide good services for our customers. ”

Feng Ju listened to his narration and nodded with satisfaction: "This year's exhibition is the largest and largest number of participating countries in the past.

Not only our municipal official units attach great importance to it, but also the provincial officials and even the Ministry of Commerce.

The catering industry is the largest pillar industry in the tertiary industry and the ballast stone of the internal circular economy.

The domestic market is now the world's most potential emerging consumer market, and many foreign companies want to enter, and this exhibition is an opportunity.

We do a good job in service, not only to let foreign companies better in, but also to let our enterprises better go out.

So, Director Jiang, you have to take good checks, but you must not go wrong! ”

"Yes, I'll be cautious."

The middle-aged man with glasses nodded again and again, and accompanied him to the back kitchen counter.

Behind the desk, the cooks are preparing the ingredients, busy and orderly.

Feng Ju's gaze swept around, and finally landed on Liu Wei, who was engrossed, as if all his attention was being spent on washing rice.

"Who is this?"

Feng Ju raised his hand and pointed at him.

Seeing this, Director Jiang hurriedly stepped forward to introduce: "This is Liu Wei, the chef of one of the teams of our campaign team.

He has a say in high-end dining, and he has opened two high-end restaurants in the magic capital and the capital, both of which are rated with one Michelin star. ”

"Hmm."

Feng Ju nodded, then walked in front of Liu Wei, and asked with a smile: "Master, what are you going to cook today?" ”

When Liu Wei heard him ask, he stopped washing rice in his hand and said indifferently: "Vegetables are just a form, stir-frying can fill your stomach, and stewing can also be indiscriminate."

But I believe that having a full stomach is definitely not the purpose of this exhibition dinner.

This time, foreign guests from dozens of countries and regions will come to attend the dinner, which is an excellent opportunity to show China's catering culture.

Therefore, I intend to take this opportunity to present to foreign guests a new cultural image based on tradition, keeping up with the pace of the times, and innovating and changing......"

He was smiling and talking, even a little excited, and his cheeks were slightly red with excitement.

However, listening to his generous statement, Feng Ju's smile faded a lot.

This kind of empty talk cliché with no nutrition and almost zero information, the official doesn't know how many times he has to listen to it all year round, and his ears can grind out cocoons.

Seeing that he was talking endlessly, he looked a little uncontrollable for a while, and Director Jiang on the side hurriedly stopped him: "Master Liu, what are you going to cook?" ”

"Oh, that's right."

Liu Wei couldn't finish his mouth, and then explained: "My plan for the whole banquet is to eat with culture and experience, and each dish is an independent cultural story, and it is a wonderful experience of unique taste and thought..."

Frowning slightly, listening to his cloudy explanation, Feng Ju finally understood what he was going to do.

To put it bluntly, he just wants to learn the model of neon cooking, through on-site processing, while telling diners historical stories, while making different ingredients into a sushi-like meal.

For example, stir-fried pork with chili peppers, fish head with chopped peppers and noodles and so on.

Feng Ju frowned when he heard this, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Is this how high-end restaurants play now?

Wouldn't it be a bit nondescript?

However, he didn't ask, but just encouraged Liu Wei: "Come on, I hope you can make more contributions to the spread of Chinese culture." ”

After finishing speaking, he crossed over Liu Wei and walked towards the rear.

In front of the stove, Huang Qigang was also processing ingredients.

Seeing that he was carrying a chicken and dipping it into the boiling soup bucket, after soaking it a few times, the skin of the whole chicken tightened, Feng Ju asked curiously, "What are you going to do?" ”

When Huang Qigang heard this, he turned around and explained seriously: "I am making innovative dishes, and I think that many elements in Hunan cuisine can be mixed and matched with other cuisines to a certain extent, and they can be integrated to release different charms."

I plan to make this chicken with the Cantonese-style white chop chicken method, but in terms of dipping sauce, I will combine the flavor of Hunan style chopped pepper on the basis of ginger paste, and the taste will have a different feeling. ”

Feng Ju listened quietly and nodded silently.

After Huang Qigang finished speaking, he couldn't help asking: "Then is this dish Cantonese cuisine or Hunan cuisine?" ”

"It's kind of Chinese food."

Huang Qigang tried to explain: "This is a dish that combines the advantages of two cuisines, innovative design, it can't simply be attributed to which cuisine, what I hope is that everyone can taste it in one bite, oh, it's Chinese food." ”

Feng Ju was silent.

Looking at a piece of beef on the board, he asked, "What are you going to do with this piece of beef?" Stir-fried yellow beef? ”

"No, I have a special design for this dish."

Huang Qigang was interested, and introduced with a smile: "This piece is the yellow beef of Xiangxi, and I chose the hanging dragon part, which is the most suitable for raw scalding."

So I'm going to make it in the way of Chaoshan white porridge hot pot, slice and marinate, and put it in boiling rice soup to cook and eat. ”

“……”

Feng Ju was even more silent.

After a while, he nodded and praised: "Very thoughtful, come on." ”

"Thank you, leader."

Huang Qigang thanked him and smiled shyly.

Feng Ju silently moved forward, and saw Xia Zhuo in front of the stove.

"Master Xia!"

Seeing Xia Zhuo, he seemed to be relieved, and immediately smiled: "Oops! When I saw you, I was reassured. ”

Xia Zhuo knew him, and said with a smile when he heard this: "This is an event to promote the long face of our Hunan Province, I must participate!" ”

"Good! Good! ”

Feng Ju said hello twice, and then saw Fang Dongxiu on the stove next door.

For this Hunan chef who won the national championship of "King Chef", he is obviously also very familiar, and his smile is even bigger.

Director Jiang introduced on the side: "This is Master Fang, our chef champion, and this is Dong Haiqiang, the head chef of the first authentic Hunan cuisine hotel in China..."

Dong Haiqiang Feng didn't know him, but when he heard this resume, he was still a lot more relieved.

Director Jiang continued to introduce: "This is Master Li, he is the chef of our Hunan Province food variety show "Chinese Restaurant". ”

Listening to his introduction, Feng Ju's heart lifted up again as soon as he put it down.

Chong Li Yi smiled and nodded, and he withdrew his gaze.

Xiao Jiang has no hair on his mouth and is not good at work, and these chefs he is looking for are younger than the other, but they look more unreliable than the other.

Fortunately, there are still a few veterans, otherwise this dinner would have been suspended.

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