Chapter 62: The Food Itself
The chef coughed lightly, turned his attention to him, turned his fat upside down, narrowed his eyes into a line, and said with a flattering expression: "This meal is indeed made by this young man, and I was thinking about asking him for some advice." ”
Shen He was very satisfied with the chef's words, looked at Qin Wuyang with a smug face, and said, "How about it, I'll just say that I did it!"
Qin Wuyang rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, you're the best, right?" I really don't know what to be proud of!"
Shen He glanced at the chef and saw that he was still standing next to him happily, touched him, and gave him a hint, meaning to let him stay cool. However, the chef obviously didn't expect Shen He to be the kind of person who would kill a donkey when he unloaded the grind, and thought that the look he gave him was encouraging him, and the smile on his face became even brighter.
"I said, what are you still doing stupidly? Shen He said.
The chef said, "Don't I have some dishes to ask you? Just tell me, I can worship you as a teacher!"
Shen He was taken aback by him, hurriedly waved his hand, and said, "Come on, how can I have the kung fu to teach you how to cook?" and there is no fate between us, I won't teach you." ”
The chef looked disappreciative, and said, "If you don't accept me, it's okay to give you some advice, right?"
Shen He touched his chin and said, "Deal!"
Qin Wuyang glanced at him angrily and said, "You're too easy to buy, right?"
Shen He said: "I haven't been able to eat enough in the past two days, since he has enough, why don't I agree? Besides, with my two hands, if he can learn three or five percent of the fire, he is afraid that he will not explode every day?"
Qin Wuyang recalled the pasta and dessert he ate, subconsciously swallowed his saliva, and said stiffly: "That's it, look at you!"
"Why are you still standing here, prepare fifty catties of fine beef, and I'll teach you how to make steak later!" Shen He glared at the chef and said angrily.
The chef was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, and said, "Don't worry, Master, I'll go and prepare!"
"Who is your master?" Lao Tzu tore your mouth if you screamed!" Shen He scolded impatiently as he rolled back to the back kitchen as he watched the chef ball.
Qin Wuyang coughed and said, "Pay attention to quality!"
Shen Helian said: "Okay, what Teacher Qin says is what it is, can't I do it?"
"When did you learn to cook? ”
Shen He said: "You can't eat enough so soon, aren't you afraid that I won't cook for you in the future?"
Qin Wuyang snorted and said, "Let's wait until you bring the prepared lunch over tomorrow! Also, I can still distinguish the dishes made at home from the dishes made in the restaurant." If you dare to fool me, don't think about having good fruit to eat!"
"Yes, you will be satisfied!"
Qin Wuyangqiong's nose was slightly upturned, and she said, "It's pretty much the same!" Okay, I still have something to do in my school, so I won't talk to you more." If you dare to release my pigeon tomorrow, hum ......"
Qin Wuyang's little white hands shook proudly in front of Shen He, and Shen He was dazzled for a while.
Seeing Qin Wuyang away, the chef came over from behind with a smiling face and said, "Master, the beef is ready for you, when will we start?"
Shen He touched his belly and said, "You can do it at any time." Let's go!"
The chef was ecstatic and hurried along.
There is not a lot of beef in the café, especially the business on the left bank is not very good, not to mention ten catties of beef at the end of the day, even five catties of beef can not be sold. So when Shen He asked for fifty catties of beef, the chef was stunned, and went directly to the back to let his most proud disciple go to the market and buy fifty catties of good raw beef.
The beef that the chef bought was of good quality and had not been watered or otherwise processed. Shen He is still very satisfied with this.
"As a Western chef, steak is one of the most common dishes. In the West, steak is their staple food. However, this is the East, and for us Chinese people, beef is a reserve of dry food, but also a snack for alcohol. People who eat steak have only two reasons: first, to satisfy hunger, and second, to show off. ”
Shen He paused for a moment and continued: "Those who are hungry eat everything delicious, and those who show off must be picky about what they eat. Because nothing could satisfy his needs, he would never see something better than what he was now. What should you do with this kind of diner?"
The chef scratched his head a little embarrassed and said, "This kind of person shouldn't come to eat in a small restaurant like ours, right?"
"If you hadn't had that in mind, they'd have come a long time ago. Shen He glared at him and said in his heart: No wonder your business is so bad!
The chef asked aggrievedly, "Then what do you say you should do?"
The answer is the food itself. Shen He said: "The characteristics of the food itself are completely released, impacting his taste buds and dominating his mind, and he still has the heart to find fault with what you give him food?"
Not only was the chef a little confused, but even the apprentices under him also looked at Shen He with a confused expression, wanting to hear his explanation.
Shen He chuckled lightly and said, "The people who come to eat, they don't have a deep understanding of how cooked the steak is, it's just that everyone is the same. The food of our Oriental people is characterized by a way of survival that is cooked thoroughly and drinks blood, which is too long ago for us. So someone tries it and orders a medium-rare or medium-rare one, but he can't eat it at all, and of course he doesn't think how good your craftsmanship is. Am I talking about that?"
Chef nodded, "That's true. ”
Shen He said: "A well-cooked steak is the most acceptable?"
"Seven points. ”
Shen He nodded and said, "That's right, medium-rare steak is not only acceptable to us, but also to Westerners." And when the steak is medium-rare, it is the best in terms of color and taste. Even for digestion and absorption, medium-rare is the most suitable. So why don't we make the steak medium-rare and sell it?"
One of the chef's apprentices asked, "What if the guest is not satisfied?" He prefers a medium-rare one, and we give him a seven-degree one, what if he takes the opportunity to make trouble?"
Shen He glanced at him and said, "Are you stupid?" He wants to be three-point-cooked, and if you give him a seven-point-ripe one, of course he wants to make trouble, and he needs to take the opportunity?"
The chef hurriedly reprimanded the disciple and said, "Have you brought your brains to listen to the lecture? If you don't have a brain, roll me aside! For diners who are medium-rare or above, we will prepare medium-rare for them; and if there is blood in the medium-rare steak, you will serve him medium-rare?" What a dog's brain!"
The chef has talked about this, and Shen He can't blame anything anymore, so he brings the topic back to beef. In his memory, there is still a systematic way to analyze and cook ingredients, and it is still easy to fool these chefs who are only studying in high school with the highest level of education.
The theory is almost there, for Shen He, who is half-full all day, hands-on operation is always a happy thing.
"Beef itself contains oil, and the iron pots, iron plates, cutting boards, and kitchen knives that we use every day ...... These things have a lot of smell, and when frying the steak, there is no need to add other condiments, which will only affect the taste of the meat itself. ”
Shen He held a knife in one hand, cut a piece of beef the size of a palm and a thickness of one centimeter, and directly put it on the iron plate to fry it.
From beginning to end, Shen He only smeared salt on the beef, and then did not add other condiments.
After the color of the steak turned from blood red to brown, Shen He picked out the steak, quickly cut it into eight pieces of meat of equal size, pinched a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, and then said, "You can taste it too." ”
The chef couldn't wait to grab a piece and put it in his mouth, this simple aroma of meat, the moment his taste buds bloomed, made the chef feel like all the foam he had been pursuing all these years, and then he fell into deep thought.
Other people have different feelings when they eat the meat in their mouths, but they all agree that this piece of meat is the best piece of meat they have ever eaten.
It has nothing to do with other delicacies, beef is beef, this is the taste that beef should have, and Shen He let them eat the purest beef - in the form of a steak.
The chef's reaction was completely in Shen He's eyes, but he didn't open his mouth to disturb him, nor did he let these disciples and apprentices under him disturb him. After these people had eaten the beef without exhausting it, Shen He instructed them to start frying the steak. Of course, every piece of finished product went into Shen He's stomach.
Seven people fry steak together for one person to eat, which is barely enough for Shen He.
Simple frying is an easy thing, but it is not a day's work to simply fry the steak to the level of Shen He. However, Shen He only needed to fill his stomach now, and as for the taste, it was not in his scope of consideration at all.
These apprentices were very attentive, they didn't care where the fried steak went, and when they realized that all the grilled steaks were gone, they were surprised to find that Shen He had eaten fifty catties of beef alone!
Of course, "eating" is the best explanation. Because they were always unwilling to admit it, Shen He took fifty catties of beef from them.
The chef understands it very thoroughly, his own cooking skills are good, and with Shen He's guidance, it is natural to know it.
"It's a little lacking. Shen He swallowed the steak made by the chef in one bite and commented vaguely.
"Still a little bit of the heat?" the chef reflected, continuing to adjust.
He just felt that he was in great shape, but if he really wanted to make a name for himself, he couldn't say why. This state didn't last long, he knew this very well, and after Shen He finished speaking, he was only stunned for a moment, and began to get busy again.
When Shen He finished eating the last piece of meat, he said with satisfaction: "Okay, that's the taste!"
The chef was stunned for a moment, then bowed respectfully to Shen He and said, "Thank you Master for your advice." ”
Shen He waved his hand and said, "Tomorrow morning, I'll buy a few sea bass, and I'll come to help Qin Wuyang make lunch at noon." When the time comes, I will teach you to cook a Chinese meal. ”
There is also a place to cook Chinese food in the back kitchen, and although the Left Bank is a café, it still sells a lot of dishes. Chinese food is naturally indispensable, otherwise how can there be local characteristics of China?
Since it was Shen He's order, how could the chef dare not agree?
Shen He is still very satisfied with this obedient fat chef. At least there will be a place to cook in the future, and I won't have to worry about not having enough to eat anymore.
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