Chapter 159: Listening to Uncle Shi Say About the State Banquet (Plus Change)

Listening to Feng Yifan seriously talk about his experience in the kitchen of Su Lanxin's restaurant abroad, not only made Zhuang Daozhong and Zhuang Zhebin a little surprised, but also made Su Jinrong frown.

After Feng Yifan narrated, he smiled indifferently and said to Zhuang Daozhong: "Uncle Shi, I won't comment on my aunt's restaurant practices, but I think if she gets the old plaque of Su Ji, I'm afraid she will also use her business method to operate."

If that's the case, Uncle Shi, do you think that Su Ji under that operation is still Su Ji?"

Feng Yifan's question made Zhuang Daozhong fall into contemplation, and also made Zhuang Zhebin, who had always been biased towards Su Lanxin, also fall into contemplation.

In Zhuang Zhebin's mind, he recalled the Yifu noodles he ate in Su Ji today, the taste of different crystal meat, and the dry fried meatballs with filling.

If it is placed in the restaurant of Su Lanxin Catering Group, none of these will appear, right?

Because these don't meet the standards of the restaurant.

But these don't meet the standards of standardized restaurants, and are completely whimsical and wonderful combinations by cooking chefs with experience, aren't they delicious?

No, they are very tasty.

Let diners taste a different taste, a traditional flavor, but at the same time break through the traditional flavor.

Zhuang Zhebin pondered, and suddenly understood why Su Ji was unwilling to cooperate with Su Lanxin. Because in the inheritance of Su Kee, in addition to the persistence of tradition, there is also an innovation and change of tradition.

This is irreconcilably opposed to Su Lanxin's concept.

Zhuang Daozhong sighed and said, "It seems that Lan Xin's girl's concept is fundamentally different from ours. ”

Su Jinrong spoke at this time: "Su Ji, it's a private kitchen restaurant, you can't do that." ”

Zhuang Daozhong also nodded approvingly: "Yes, Su Ji really can't be so large-scale, Su Ji should retain its unique flavor, if it is built like that chain restaurant, it will lose the flavor that Su Ji should have." ”

At this moment, the old man Zhuang Daozhong finally made up his mind: "Jinrong, you don't have to worry, I will tell Lan Xin about this, and this old plaque was won by you back then, then he belongs to you, and I also believe that you and your son-in-law will carry it again." ”

Feng Yifan immediately got up and saluted the old man Zhuang Daozhong very respectfully: "Thank you Uncle Shi for your success, Feng Yifan will definitely stick to Su Ji." ”

Zhuang Daozhong smiled and said, "Okay, Yifan, your strength makes me feel as if I have seen my brother Su." ”

Recalling the scene of that year, Zhuang Daozhong was also quite emotional, and his eyes were also full of yearning.

Lu Cuiling couldn't help but say at this time: "Uncle Shi, can you tell the juniors about some of the experiences you had with Su Ji, the person in charge, at the state banquet?"

Zhuang Daozhong heard Lu Cuiling ask this, and when he saw Feng Yifan, Su Ruoxi, and especially his great-grandson Zhuang Zhebin, he smiled and agreed: "Okay, then I'll talk about it." ”

The state banquet that Mr. Su participated in was also a very well-known state banquet, and the guests attending the state banquet at that time were all dignitaries from various countries.

At that time, the selection of chefs was also nationwide.

The open selection from among the elites of the national culinary industry is almost equivalent to the point of being the best one.

According to the needs of the state banquet specifications, it is divided into four groups: "Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, and Huai".

At that time, Mr. Su was the leader of the Huai group, and he was responsible for the customization of the menu, the supervision and production of dishes, and even the selection of all ingredients, especially all kinds of seasoning.

Zhuang Daozhong mentioned that paragraph, and the whole person was also full of spirits.

"At that time, I was probably Yifan's age, I was really lucky, I was favored by Brother Su, so I became Brother Su's assistant, but ah, it's not so much an assistant as an apprentice. ”

Speaking of this, Zhuang Daozhong was also full of smiles.

"You may not know that at that time, every chef who could go in to participate in the state banquet was one of the best, and they were already considered to be the top in the culinary industry, so they were all a little arrogant. ”

As Zhuang Daozhong said, it was not easy to be the leader of the coordination team of each group at that time, because he was leading a group of top people, so he needed to have the ability to overwhelm the others.

Zhuang Daozhong was a little embarrassed and said: "I was also very proud to go in, and I was asked to be an assistant at the beginning, then I must have been a little unconvinced, but when I really fought with Brother Su, I realized that my gap was very big." ”

Although Zhuang Daozhong was only in his thirties at that time, he did go through rounds of selection before he could enter the state banquet team.

But Zhuang Daozhong, who thought he was very strong, could only be ashamed of himself after seeing the person in charge of Su Ji and had to be convinced.

"Back then, Yifan, Ruoxi, your grandfather, whether it was knife work or fire work, it was really top-notch, and the most important thing was in seasoning, your grandfather had a special skill, and the fruit was added to the dish to increase the layering of the dish. ”

Speaking of this, Zhuang Daozhong smiled and asked, "Have you ever thought that scallion oil is finally added to pineapple to be fried?"

Zhuang Zhebin couldn't help but exclaim: "Is Grandpa mistaken? Why do you still put pineapple in fried scallion oil?"

Zhuang Daozhong said with a smile: "This is your grandfather Su's unique skill, the scallion oil is finally fried with pineapple, and the fruit fragrance is integrated into the scallion oil, so that the scallion oil instantly becomes more layered." ”

Zhuang Zhebin could only shake his head helplessly and said that it was really difficult for him to think about it.

Feng Yifan was also a little surprised: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I originally thought that only foreign countries would integrate fruits into dishes, but I didn't expect that grandpa would have started doing this a long time ago." ”

Zhuang Daozhong nodded: "Yes, so at that time, the top people in the culinary industry of Tiannanhaibei had to obey your grandfather." ”

At this moment, in front of Feng Yifan's eyes, it seemed that in the kitchen at the back of the state banquet, Old Man Su led a group of top chefs to show their cooking skills to the extreme.

I have to say that at this moment, Feng Yifan's heart was really full of admiration.

With Zhuang Daozhong's narration, the scene of the state banquet, which originally only existed in everyone's imagination, suddenly became vivid.

After Zhuang Daozhong finished chatting about the state banquet, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "Today's chefs, I always think that my dishes are not doing well, is the master hiding something? Or wants to peek into other people's family heirloom dishes and the like."

But in fact, how can there be so many secrets in cooking, and how can there be so many secret recipes?

The so-called masters are just working harder and more hard than others, and treating cooking as an art, not just cooking. ”

Listening to Zhuang Daozhong's words, Feng Yifan kept nodding his head, feeling that Old Man Zhuang was right.

Zhuang Zhebin thought for a while and asked, "Grandpa, when you say this, you mean that there is actually no ancestral menu at all?"

Zhuang Daozhong said with a smile: "Isn't the so-called ancestral menu also the result of the research of the ancestors from generation to generation? What's more, the various so-called ancestral menus actually have no secrets, and most of them are just records of the experience of the ancestors. ”

Feng Yifan heard this and said: "I understand what Uncle Shi means, a good dish does not necessarily depend on any ancestral secret recipe, but more on the study of each chef." ”

Zhuang Daozhong nodded: "Yes, it's like a sail for you, all kinds of toppings of Yifu noodles, and that stream of dried fried meatballs, aren't they all your own research? As a cook, you must have this spirit of study to be able to continue to make good dishes." ”

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