Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Originally, in the morning, I still felt that although I was a little tired here, the work was still handy, but once I rested, Chen Nian began to get seasick.

Then when I was working in the afternoon, I managed to slow down, and after a busy night, I became like this again.

"When will it be a head?" Chen Nian lay on the bed bitterly.

Now the smell of the sea breeze can no longer cause any harm to the old age, mainly because of the turbulence... Although such a large ship must have better sides, no matter how big the ship is compared with the vast ocean, it is still not enough.

In addition, the current time is 1912, no matter how developed the shipbuilding industry is.

But speaking of 1912, Chen Nian remembers that this seems to be the year when the Titanic accident happened.

Because when Chen Nian was with Mr. Qiao in San Francisco, it seemed to be such a time period.

But why didn't I hear about it now?

Chen Nian searched his memory and confirmed that he didn't know that there was such a ship named Titanic in this world.

And some other memories seem to be a bit off.

"Forget it, it's a dream after all, and we can't ask for it to be exactly the same as reality." Chen Nian thought so.

But now that he is on the ship, it means that he basically has no freedom. This trip to sea will take a total of 100 days, and he will stop at the port to replenish supplies at intervals.

Probably this is the time when I can get off the ship and buy some things for myself, but I will have to come back soon to carry the goods. After all, there are thousands of people on board, and the amount of food consumed every day is huge.

It may take a day to move all kinds of ingredients online.

In this way, Chen Nian gradually fell into a dream while thinking.

When Chen Nian woke up early the next morning and opened his eyes, he saw that the Filipino and another Indian had already got up and started getting dressed, but they still didn't call him and Tonio.

"I want to sneak away again." Chen Nian couldn't help feeling amused.

These two people have been on the ship for several years, but in the end they still got mixed up like this, and they are still so petty. This kind of person is a typical person who is afraid of others competing with him when he can't do it himself.

So he turned over and woke up Tonio who was still asleep, and then began to get dressed.

That is to say, there is a certain bonus in the dream, and the fatigue and discomfort of the previous day will basically disappear after waking up the next day.

"How do you feel now? If not, I'll ask for leave for you and Master Huang." Tonio looked at Chen Nian and asked.

The reason why they are close to Chen Nian is because Tonio felt that the two of them came on board in the same batch, and they happened to be assigned to the same room and under the same master, so they should hug each other to keep warm.

"It feels great. I think I have begun to adapt to the life on this boat." Chen Nian nodded, completely without the embarrassment that he was about to spit out the bile yesterday.

On their way from the room to the kitchen, they passed the stairs and looked at the still dark night outside the window, only the sparkling sea water constantly rippling under the moonlight, surging tirelessly.

After reaching the kitchen, Master Huang was already waiting there.

"Hurry up, come here so late, do you still want to do it?" It can be seen that Master Huang's temper is indeed not very good, and Tonio has a deep understanding of this. He was scolded quite a bit yesterday.

That is to say, Chen Nian's basic skills are so good that there are no mistakes, otherwise Chen Nian would be scolded.

As for the Indians and Filipinos over there, because they have been working on the ship for a long time, even if they are not talented, they have become skilled workers after working like this every day, but the two of them have no interest. I like to be lazy.

In the past, Master Huang would often talk about them, but later, these two people were more fearless than a dead pig, so Master Huang gave up.

"Today I'm going to make some Cantonese-style breakfast." Master Huang said, and then he looked at the two old fried dough sticks, "You two go and give me the ribs, chicken feet, money belly and beef over there Handle it well, as before."

Then he looked at Tonio again: "You handle the fish, pick out all the bones, don't cut the fish too small, and don't rot the fish when you get it, or the money will be deducted from your salary."

"Master Huang, I won't let you down." Tonio nodded and went to the side to get busy.

In the end, only Chen Nian was left: "Master Huang, what should I do?"

"You help me, I will make porridge later, make shrimp dumplings, make siu mai, and make ribs, chicken feet, do whatever I ask you to do."

Chen Nian understood it, and immediately began to get busy with Master Huang.

Although I didn't arrange a specific job, it's more tiring to work like this.

But fortunately, Chen Nian has rich experience, and what Master Huang wants to do, Chen Nian can do it himself, so sometimes, before Master Huang can speak, Chen Nian will prepare the things that Master Huang wants in advance and put them aside .

For example, after the pork ribs are cut, Master Huang will use them to make black pepper flavor. He has prepared the black pepper, oyster sauce, soy sauce and other seasonings for marinated ribs early in the aging process.

Although he can also cook, but after all, Master Huang is the chef here, so Chen Nian did not overstep.

But even so, Master Huang felt that his work was much easier.

And Master Huang doesn't know why, he always feels that Chen Nian seems to be hiding something, it shouldn't be shown to this extent, but now everyone is on the Platinum Star cruise ship, Master Huang can't care about those, At most, he was just taking care of Chen Nian, other than that, he couldn't provide Chen Nian with any other help.

After all, even he himself is just a blue-collar chef.

And among the blue-collar chefs, he is not the best.

When Chen Nian finished his work and went to help Master Huang make shrimp dumplings, he inadvertently saw those two people, one from Southeast Asia and the other from South Asian countries, looking at him gloatingly.

Apparently it felt like I had done so much work when I first came here.

Moreover, Chen Nian could clearly feel that these two people were actually hostile towards him and Tonio.

"Don't worry, I have no competition with you, because I will soon leave my current status and go to a higher place." Chen Nian swore in his heart.

My goal is to learn how to jump over the wall, so I must at least become a chef on the third floor, but now the old age is just a guess, maybe even the chefs on the third floor can only be mastered by senior chefs. do this.

It wasn't until after the busy morning that they were able to take a break and have some breakfast by the way.

Their breakfast is not bad, basically they come back to share the food that is not sold out in the morning.

This seems to be an unwritten rule on the ship, so the chefs here usually make a little more when cooking, so that they can stay and eat by themselves.

If there is not enough food in the kitchen, it will be distributed to the waiters outside. If it is not possible, there is an engine department below, and the appetite of those people is bigger than one.

Moreover, the chefs who cook for the engine department are naturally not as good as the chefs who cook for the guests.

So every time the engine department can eat the food brought from the kitchen one by one, it is very happy, of course it is the kind of one who laughs and eats while scolding.

After all, to be honest, the work they do is much dirtier than the kitchen, but the food is far inferior to the group of fat-headed chefs above.

Although this is not pleasant to say, it is true in the eyes of most people in the engine department.

After breakfast, Chen Nian was just about to find a place to take a rest, when Tonio came again.

"Hey, Chen, do you want to take a look on the deck?"

Chen Nian glanced at Tonio, who was full of anticipation, thinking that he had never been on a boat except this time in a dream.

Let alone go to the deck to see it.

Before that, I looked at the sea by myself when I went out for a walk in San Francisco, but it was the first time that I was really floating on the sea.

And before that, I only saw the sea outside through the windows in the room and corridor.

"Okay." Chen Nian nodded.

Then Tonio took Chen Nian with ease and headed towards the deck.

Since this is a luxury cruise ship, the upper part of the deck is the accommodation area for guests and some senior executives on board. Of course, entertainment areas such as casino dance halls are also above.

Therefore, the ship does not restrict the crew to go to the deck to see the scenery.

However, the people on the ship generally don’t go to the deck to watch it. After all, most of them have been on the ship for many years, and many people who are of a certain age mostly ran with the ship before boarding the ship. So they are no strangers to the scenery on the sea. To them, there is no big difference between this sea and the farmland at the head of the village.

That is to say, newcomers like Chen Nian and Tonio will feel novelty.

Soon they came to the deck, and Tonio looked around excitedly like a child, and then pointed to the magnificent building above: "One day I will live on it."

Chen Nian also has some excitement, after all, it is inevitable to feel uncontrollable joy when experiencing the first attempt in life.

The endless sea seems to meet the horizon, and their ship is sailing on the blue waves at the moment.

There was an unstoppable roar, which was the sound of coal being burned by the boiler below the ship, and a long whistle sounded from time to time, making Chen Nian feel like he was in a movie at this moment.

If Hongdou was here at this moment, Chen Nian would definitely bring Hongdou to the bow of the boat to perform the scene of rose and Jack.

But the happy time is always short-lived. After staying on deck for a while, they have to go back to work again.

In the next few days, Chen Nian gradually fully adapted to the life here, he was busy every day like marching and fighting.

After Chen Nian fully adapted to the environment here, he didn't have any symptoms of discomfort anymore, but the sea, which was so novel to him a few days ago, didn't have much attraction at the moment.

That is, occasionally the ship will organize some tourists who are interested in the kitchen to come and visit. When the tourists visit the kitchen and observe all the chefs here, Chen Nian from another world is also observing them.

It's hard to tell who the tourists are.

And as the working hours here are getting longer and longer, Master Huang is also paying more and more attention to aging, but it's just important, Master Huang doesn't teach aging.

Chen Nian also felt this. Master Huang valued himself as the kind of subordinate who regarded himself as a capable subordinate. The positions on this ship were all carrots and pits. Take the place of Master Huang.

The so-called teaching disciples starved to death of masters may not be obvious in the era of information explosion in later generations, but this matter is a lesson learned by countless seniors in the same industry.

And another reason is that even if Chen Nian didn't replace his position, but occupied someone else's trap, he would lose a capable subordinate.

Only those who have experienced it will know how important a good assistant is to a chef.

That night, Chen Nian and the others were just like the previous few days, finishing get off work and getting ready to leave work.

But at this moment, there were a few people wearing red scarves. It seemed that chefs from Europe and the United States walked in, and behind these chefs from the third-floor kitchen was a chef wearing a golden scarf. .

And after they came in, there were a few strong men behind them.

"Mr. Huo..."

All the blue-scarf chefs retreated to the sides consciously after seeing each other.

Chen Nian and the help cooks also lined up on both sides, but they didn't know what happened.

"It seems that I'm still negligent in managing your place." Soon Mr. Huo spoke, his eyes swept over the faces of all the people present, and said lightly.

After Chen Nian saw the other party, he did not expect that the chef on board was actually a compatriot. It was not that he looked down on compatriots, but mainly because the owner of the ship was an Englishman, and although there were many Chinese tourists on board. , but still more foreigners of all kinds.

After Mr. Huo's voice fell, no one dared to say anything next to him, but they didn't dare to speak out, because they also felt that Mr. Huo seemed to be a bit unkind today.

"Someone told me today that among you blue-collar chefs, you dare to guard yourself and steal, and it seems that you have already agreed to make a deal after arriving at the next port?"

As Mr. Huo spoke, the chef next to him translated into English.

As soon as Chen Nian heard this, he knew that someone would be unlucky today, and the manager hated it the most.

"how?"

"No one has stepped forward yet?" Mr. Huo's eyes were a little sharp, but after looking around at everyone present, he finally fixed his eyes on a person whose complexion should be Southeast Asian.

The man panicked immediately, and immediately said in a broken Chinese, "Mr. Huo... I didn't..."

"It's up to you whether it's up to you. Take it away and put it in the bottom of the boat. Then someone will come to you." Mr. Huo gently raised his right hand, and the strong men standing behind immediately rushed forward , Detained the chef from Southeast Asia and took him away.

"Originally, I knew about this matter in the afternoon, but in order not to delay my work at night, I only said it at this time, remember, everyone on this boat is serving others and is here to make a living, Platinum Star It’s not that I won’t pay you, and you can get off the ship at any time if you think it’s too small, but if you make these small tricks again, you can weigh your own weight.”

Everyone lowered their heads and dared not say a word.

But soon, Mr. Huo's words made them raise their heads again.

"Now there is still a need for a chef here. You gray-collar cooks, who can cook, especially those who can handle fish, can stand up."