Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 205

And sometimes, many problems can even be seen through the system's evaluation of the store.

If it can be directly rated as 4 stars, then everything will be fine.

Then he would only make one or two comments. After all, the four-star score is already quite good.

With this achievement, as long as the product can be stabilized and has its own characteristics, it is not too difficult to select Michelin or Black Pearl one star with a little effort.

If it is three stars, then he needs to put forward improvement suggestions for some relatively poor dishes, or even directly improve them.

After all, the opening is imminent, and Li Xiao is not willing to make major changes if there is no major change. Although Samsung is not high, it is already a mid-range grade, barely able to meet the requirements of most people.

If there is a two-star or one-star or even failure to check in successfully, then the problem is relatively big.

Li Xiao may even propose to the squad leader to make major changes to the menu, and if possible, he will even ask the squad leader to postpone the opening.

Because in Li Xiao's perception, if a restaurant can't even reach three stars, it's a very average level, and 2 stars may only have a few bright spots. .

And wanting to gain a firm foothold in the center of a third-tier city with a few bright spots is simply a dream.

This is especially true for mid-to-high-end restaurants like this.

To promote it purely with bells and whistles, the possibility of death is quite high.

He Beibei brought her boss and Li Xiao into the back kitchen. The environment in the back kitchen is quite good.

The design of [Neighborhood] is very unique. The double-layer back-shaped structure allows the kitchen to be located in the middle of the back-shaped opening.

The huge floor-to-ceiling windows fully display the environment in the back kitchen in front of all diners.

The range hood is ingeniously designed in various parts of the workbench and in the hidden compartment on the ground, so that there is no need to install an exhaust pipe on the top of the kitchen. Guests can also clearly see the work of the back kitchen.

All the chefs are dressed neatly and full of energy.

There is not a trace of water on the ground, and the workbench has been wiped clean without a trace of dirt.

The pre-processed ingredients were placed on the table, and Li Xiao's eyes fell on the ingredients. The ingredients were quite well selected, and the people who chose them seemed to have put a lot of effort into them.

After all, the quality of a food largely depends on the quality of the ingredients. If even the ingredients are inferior, even the god of food will not be able to cook a good meal.

This winter menu prepared by Chef He Beibei has a total of 10 dishes. There are not many dishes, which are less than the set menus in many stores, but the variety is quite rich.

【Steam fish in yellow sauce】

【White Sliced ​​Chicken】

【Chicken Mashed Potatoes】

【Black Truffle and Abalone Rice】

【Sea urchin with black vinegar and yuzu】

【Salt and Pepper Shrimp】

【Iceland Emerald Hibiscus】

【Mushroom clear soup】

【Steamed Stuffed Morel Mushrooms with Shrimp】

【Golden Tofu】

There are meat dishes, vegetarian dishes, and staple dishes.

There are very traditional Cantonese dishes, as well as obvious innovative dishes.

There are light dishes and strong dishes.

There are cold dishes and hot dishes.

Seeing this menu, Li Xiao was still looking forward to it.

And after he knew He Beibei's family environment, he also wanted to know how good a three-star senior chef trained by two five-star senior chefs could be.

After all, this and Beibei in front of him are not much older than him, so it is not easy to be able to get the three-star honor at such a young age.

Seeing someone coming in, several chefs who were busy in the back kitchen also stopped their work.

The chefs in the back kitchen were not as well-mannered as Beibei, and they looked at Li Xiao with more or less hostility.

Li Xiao even saw a person in the corner who was sharpening a sharp knife with a long arm while looking at him out of the corner of his eye, as if he wanted to use the knife if there was a disagreement.

Li Xiao babbled, good guy, are you going to give yourself a bad blow before this even starts? ?

He smiled wryly and shook his head. There was no other way. After all, most of the chef team was a whole. Whether it was chopping or cooking, they all ate with He Beibei's subordinates.

If I don't trust He Beibei, I don't trust these people under her, and it's only natural that the other party has resentment.

Without too many words, the food tasting started immediately. In fact, it is impossible to do normal food testing in the back kitchen.

Most of the tasting dishes will only be in the private room at most, and the conclusive comments will be made after the tasters have finished eating.

He Beibei had expressed strong dissatisfaction with Li Xiao's request. Even if the request came from the boss, He Beibei herself was still unwilling to accept it. After all, it was considered a serious provocation for a senior chef.

It was also the first time for He Beibei to encounter such a situation. If her father hadn't been inextricably linked with the other party's father's group, she might have offered to resign.

Fortunately, the squad leader was already there, and edited some clips of Li Xiao's live broadcast last night.

After He Beibei watched these clips of Li Xiao's live broadcast, she was silent for a while, and then finally reluctantly agreed.

When she saw Li Xiao and Samsung Senior Chef Xie Guoyong had a culinary competition and won with an overwhelming score, she was a little shaken in her heart.

Ask yourself, if you were yourself, whether you can win is a question, let alone win by an overwhelming gap.

On one side is Li Xiao, who has never been in contact with the series, and on the other side is the famous series created by the chef himself.

As a professional chef, she knows very well how terrifying the difficulty is to defeat the opponent in what they are best at.

Later, she also saw that after Li Xiao commented [Guyue aged brewed flower snails] in Jinsha Hall, Cai Rongsheng, the chef of Jinsha Hall, a level 6 senior chef, came forward to express his gratitude in person.

Xie Guoyong and He Beibei don’t know each other. After all, although three-star senior chefs are rare, they are not uncommon. Basically, the chefs of every high-end restaurant are above three-star chefs, and the other party is from Hangzhou. It’s normal for her not to know each other. of.

But she didn't dare not to know Cai Rongsheng who was behind. After all, there are not many 6-star chefs in Dahan.

As far as he knows, there are only 120 cities above the third tier in the Han Kingdom, and the number of 6-star senior chefs is just over 300.

That is to say, on average, every city above the third tier has less than three six-star chefs. Cai Rongsheng's Hangzhou cuisine is quite famous, and the Cai family behind him is even more famous.

But Li Xiao was able to point out the shortcomings of the dishes so brilliantly, and put forward solutions in an instant, and the six-star chef accepted it.

Li Xiao was able to comment on the shortcomings of some dishes in the Jinsha restaurant managed by a six-star chef, which was the main reason why He Beibei suppressed his dissatisfaction a little.

Otherwise, even if her boss asked, she might directly refuse.

Because she is very clear about the gap between a six-star chef and herself, a third-level chef, she is not a frog in a well.

As early as entering the industry, she has met some six-star senior chefs, and there are quite a few of them. After all, as five-star chefs, her parents are already rare masters in the industry, and the contacts she can get in touch with are relatively more. widely.

She has been eating her parents' dishes since she was a child, and she often cooks herself, so she understands very clearly.

Even if it is the same dish, cooked with the same ingredients and ingredients, the same technique, and the same utensils, the dishes prepared by a three-star chef are still far inferior to those made by a five-star chef.

Even for a 5-star chef, unreserved and careful teaching cannot bridge the gap between the two stars.

Three stars are three stars, and five stars are five stars.

If the gap can be filled so easily, then this star rating is indeed too useless.

Just like that, she also clearly understands how terrible it is for a six-star chef to humbly accept his advice.

She is not the only star chef in He Beibei's team. Besides her, there are two two-star chefs in the team.

Such a configuration of chefs is actually quite good, but it is indeed a bit reluctant for such a team to support a restaurant with a per capita unit price of 558 close to 600.

You must know that the [Guiyu Shanfang] at the beginning was a chef team composed of one 5-star, one 4-star, and 2 three-star senior chefs.

The unit price per customer is only about [-], and the service is only [-].

However, after all, it is a super cost-effective restaurant, and it is also the most amazing restaurant that Li Xiao has ever eaten.

Comparing the best with the ordinary is indeed a bit picky.

Calm down, calm down, calm down, Li Xiao quickly repeated in his heart.

Too much thinking and too much comparison will only make your own evaluation less objective.

Someone else's girlfriend, no matter how beautiful and good-looking she is, is still someone else's girlfriend.

Someone else's husband, no matter how successful his job is, he is still someone else's husband after all.

It is inappropriate to use the best as a comparison.

Due to the pre-processing of things, the ingredients are already in a semi-finished state, and some that cannot be processed in advance can be prepared after Li Xiao enters the back kitchen.

Since the amount needed to be prepared this time is not large, He Beibei decided early in the morning to control all the dishes by himself, so that the production effect will be the best, and the quality of the production will be uniform enough.

She also wanted to know how her current level was in the eyes of this so-called Li Xiao food anchor.

There are no seats in the back kitchen, but someone has already moved in a high table in advance and placed it on the other side of the workbench.

Li Xiao and the squad leader were about half a meter away from the workbench, neither would they be too far away to see clearly, nor would they be too close to affect the work of the chefs.

The squad leader nodded, indicating that it was time to start.

The originally quiet back kitchen immediately became busy, and everyone performed their duties and began to prepare materials at the several workbenches behind.

After the monitor nodded, the two cups of tea were placed in front of Li Xiao and the monitor's table by the waitress.

The teacup is a very ordinary white porcelain teacup. The amount of tea soup is very small, only seven to eighty percent full. Li Xiao put his nose close and smelled it lightly. It was licorice tea.

Licorice is a traditional Chinese medicine that has the functions of invigorating the spleen and replenishing qi, clearing heat and detoxifying, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, relieving spasm and relieving pain.

Li Xiao took a sip, the taste of licorice was very strong, and the strong aftertaste lingered on his tongue and mouth.

He nodded slightly, using Chinese herbal tea as the tea soup at the beginning, the idea was very bold and quite special, at least he had never seen Chinese herbal medicine used as tea soup.

It's really fresh, but I don't know if the tea will become herbal tea in summer.

This nonsensical idea suddenly appeared in his mind, which also made Li Xiao feel very interesting.

In a high-end restaurant, something with strong regional characteristics like herbal tea may also be a fresh selling point.

After drinking the tea, not long after, the first dish was finished while Li Xiao was chatting with the monitor.

【White Sliced ​​Chicken】

Three pieces of white-cut chicken with tender meat and yellow skin lie quietly in the center of a green plate, and two seasoning plates with different flavors are served together with the white-cut chicken, one is filled with soy sauce, the other is dressed in yellow-green Alternate minced ginger and shallots.

At the same time, the check-in of the system arrived as scheduled
[Ding dong, you have checked in successfully. The gourmet restaurant you checked in is: [Neighborhood New Cantonese Cuisine]]

[The menu is specially customized and supervised by two five-star senior chefs, He Chunsheng and Cromwell Anastasia, so that the quality of the products far exceeds expectations]

[In traditional Cantonese cuisine, a Western-style understanding is added]

[He Beibei makes traditional food more diversified by virtue of her own understanding of food]

[Chef: 3-star senior chef: He Beibei]

[Sous chef: 2-star senior chef: Song Peiyuan]

[Sous chef: 2-star senior chef: Zhao Yue]

"Ding dong, the system scores, [Neighborhood New Style Cantonese Cuisine] is rated as 3 stars."

"Ding Dong, you have received a 3-star gourmet store check-in reward"

[Ability: Fusion and Common]

[Ability Introduction: You have learned how to combine different cuisines]

[Money: 1000 yuan]

【Fame: 30】

[Fame introduction: 1 point of fame will allow 10 strangers to know you through different channels]

Hearing the system's score, Li Xiao was greatly relieved. With three stars as a base, the problem is not too big.

At least one can be sure that most of the dishes can be above the standard line, and some high-quality products will even appear, but some of the dishes must have flaws, which is inevitable, so you just need to find out these flaws.

At the same time, he also understood why this menu has the confidence to price it at 558 yuan. After all, it is jointly supervised by two senior 5-star chefs, and the name alone is worth 300 yuan.

This is the so-called winning at the starting line. After all, who is the same third-level chef, who is so lucky to have two senior chefs from different factions to guide her, and at the same time help her complete the customization of the menu?
Putting aside the wild thoughts in my heart, after all, as long as the parents' skills are brought into play, they are also skills and capital. Since they can help the squad leader's shop, Li Xiao won't say much. If the other party can invite a nine-star senior chef to sit in charge, then It's even better.

Li Xiao laughed lightly, feeling that she had gone crazy.

He turned his attention back to the white-cut chicken in front of him. The number of white-cut chicken was pitifully small, and there were only three pieces of chicken on each person's plate.

The chicken skin is crystal clear and light yellow in color. From the tight pores on the top, it can be seen that this piece of chicken skin must be very crisp.

Li Xiao picked up the chicken with chopsticks, and there was no trace of blood under the chicken, which proved that the other party had a good grasp of the heat.

If there is blood, it proves that the chicken on the outside is cooked, but the chicken on the inside is not cooked. Once left for a long time, the blood will slowly seep out.

I put the chicken under my nose and smelled it lightly. The smell of chicken is very strong, but the smell of blood is very light, so light that there is almost no smell of wine.

It seems that in the clear water used to soak the white-cut chicken, the other party put in quite good quality aged flower carvings.

Bite down gently with your teeth, and the chicken skin is more crispy than expected after the entrance.

The selected chicken should be a very good quality Qingyuan chicken, and this chicken should be in the stage of adulthood but not yet mature, so the meat is firm and quite tender.

The gravy hidden in the chicken is splashed when the teeth are bitten. The chicken juice is very sweet and chicken-flavored. The chicken itself is very cool. It has just been taken out of the ice, but the surface is very dry, and the problem of water leakage is handled very well.

After swallowing the chicken, Li Xiao nodded slightly. The product is quite good. The chicken has a chicken taste, and the heat is just right, so the inside will not be undercooked in pursuit of the tenderness of the chicken.

This mouthful of Li Xiao didn't dip in any sauce, in order to taste the original taste of the food. If there is a problem, this kind of tasting can easily find out the problem.

Dip the remaining half of the chicken in soy sauce and put it in your mouth again.
The soy sauce was obviously prepared, and the salty taste was very light, even slightly sweet. Li Xiao could even smell the chicken juice in the soy sauce.

Li Xiao looked at the soy sauce strangely, it was the first time he had tasted soy sauce with chicken sauce.

He dipped some soy sauce on his chopsticks and put them in his mouth.

In an instant, his eyes lit up. This soy sauce is a bit tricky.

The smell of chicken, the smell of shrimp skin, the smell of shallots.

Li Xiao lowered his head and thought for a few seconds before he understood the method of making this soy sauce. Saute the chicken bones, chicken, and shallots until fragrant, then add water to cook a broth full of umami.

Then add soy sauce, shrimp skins, and a little sugar to the broth. The soy sauce produced in this way will be slightly sweet, full of umami, and rich in chicken and green onion flavors. It is a perfect match for dipping this white-cut chicken.

Li Xiao was a little surprised that he didn't expect such an amazing start at the beginning.

The chopsticks picked up the second piece of chicken. This time he did not continue to dip it in soy sauce, but chose the other side of minced ginger and scallion.

Boiled chicken, if there is no minced ginger and scallion, then this plate of white chicken is soulless, and a good portion of minced ginger and scallion can even make Li Xiao eat a big bowl of rice.

The oil on the minced ginger and scallions is very clear, and you can tell at a glance that it is made of high-quality peanut oil. The minced ginger and scallions are finely ground, and the color is very beautiful.

The chicken covered with ginger and scallions is full of strong ginger and scallions.

But then he shook his head for a while, the taste was good, but the ratio of minced ginger and scallion was a little off, the ginger taste was too strong.

It may be that there is too much ginger, but it is also very likely that the other party did not filter the ginger juice when taking the ginger paste.

Li Xiao's chopsticks gently pushed aside the minced ginger and scallion juice. Sure enough, at the bottom of the saucer, behind the clear shallot oil was cloudy ginger juice.

A slight ginger flavor can remove the fishy smell and enhance the fragrance, but if the ginger flavor is too strong, it will easily become overwhelming.

Li Xiao didn't eat all three pieces of chicken, but kept one piece, and waved to He Beibei who was directing the waiter to serve the second course.

Since there were only two guests in the venue, and Beibei's attention was not only on the dishes but also on Li Xiao, the uninvited guest, so when Li Xiao put down her chopsticks and waved to her, her brows raised. stand up.

She was a little dissatisfied. Although the dish of boiled chicken is simple, it requires a lot of work.

She thinks that her white-cut chicken is quite good, and even her father has a good evaluation of it, but even the dishes that have passed her father's certification, there are problems in the eyes of Li Xiao, an uninvited guest?
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