Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chen Nian never thought that he would go to sea one day.

However, although it is not like the previous dream spaces, it has a clear development direction since it first came up to learn from a teacher and started to learn how to cook.

But now it is still within the acceptable range of old age.

Anyway, just keep going up.

At least that Mr. Huo has a good opinion of himself.

Moreover, Mr. Huo is probably the candidate for the master. After all, Fotiaoqiang is originally a dish from Fujian, and Mr. Huo is also from there. Even his assistant Mai Di speaks with an authentic Fujian accent.

And even if there are other people who can cook this kind of high-end dishes on this boat, there are not many people.

After all, such a chef is considered a treasure in a restaurant outside, so why suffer on the boat?
After eating, he went back to bed and lay down for a while, Chen Nian still had to feel that living in a single room is indeed more comfortable than a dormitory.

Whatever you want to do, you don't have to worry about being watched by others.

It didn't take long, as footsteps started to ring outside, I knew I was going to work.

So he quickly put on his own clothes, went to the corridor, locked the door, and headed towards the kitchen.

It wasn't too late for Chen Nian to go. When he arrived, there were not many chefs here, but the assistant chefs were basically already in place.

After all, the status of helping in the kitchen can only be regarded as the younger brother, and it has always been the only reason for the younger brother to wait for the chef. How can there be a situation where the chef comes early and waits for the younger brother to arrive?

Especially in this day and age.

That's really love to work, not to roll.

You don't want to do it, there are many people who want to do it, and the wages on this kind of ship are much higher than other places.

I wanted to say hello to Huang Su.

But soon, four people with different skin colors came together with smiles.

It's just that none of them belong to the same country as themselves.

Seeing these people, Chen Nian sighed. He didn't know how good these people were. Although they were all in the same kitchen, everyone bowed their heads and didn't look up to see them, but they themselves followed different chefs, and they usually didn't communicate much.

Now they are so polite, with smiles on their faces, it's all because of their new identities.

It's not easy to get away from being surrounded by these people, so I had to let them introduce themselves.

The first person to speak was a white man from the United States, named Tom, but he didn't look as tall as Tonio, but as thin and small as Captain America who hadn't been injected with serum.

The second person who spoke was a Japanese man with a mustache. His name was Makoto Kudo. Although his surname was the same as that of a Shinigami elementary school student, his appearance was far worse than that elementary school student before he became smaller.

The third speaker was a Southeast Asian named Dahn from the Philippines.

Chen Nian was a little curious why there were so many Southeast Asians on board?

And the fourth person who introduced himself was also a white man named Dylan. It is worth mentioning that this person is from China.

Now that Hong Kong is still a colony of China, Chen Nian thinks about it and feels that this is reasonable, but it must be no background for an Englishman to come to this ship as a laborer.

"Well, in a few decades, Hong Kong will eventually return to the embrace of the motherland." Chen Nian sighed, but unfortunately he might not be able to see such a day in this dream.

"What are you good at?"

Chen Nian soon asked them new questions. After all, he had to know what each person was good at in order to let them work more efficiently.

Finally, after some inquiries, Tom from the United States is good at handling meat. Chen Nian took a piece of meat and asked him to process it, and found that the other party’s basic skills are not bad. It should be no problem for him to do rough processing of mutton and rouge goose breast.

Kudo from Japan and Dylan from the UK are better at handling seafood.

So Chen Nian asked the two to do the rough processing of fish and the processing of shrimp. As for the remaining Filipino, Chen Nian asked him to be in charge of vegetables.

Everyone has no objection to this work arrangement.

After all, the work they did before this was the same. At most, the new chef was responsible for different dishes, but what they had to do was only rough processing.

For these similar ingredients, you only need to understand a little bit.

Then they went to the warehouse to carry the ingredients they needed.

Chen Nian also has a general understanding of the food delivery situation in the kitchen. How many customers are there at noon and how many guests are there at night?

After taking the right amount of ingredients, Chen Nian came back and began to guide them to process them.

The first thing is to clean, old people don't care what their habits are before, but when it comes to themselves, they must first follow their own rules. Every ingredient must be cleaned cleanly. As long as there are any flaws on the ingredients, it is unqualified.

Otherwise, if you serve it to the guests, if the guests don't say anything else, just point to that little flaw, even if it is harmless and does not affect the food, but the consequences will be very serious.

The service industry must be perfect.

Then comes the vegetable chopping.

There are also requirements for what kind of knife method to use for each ingredient, what size and shape to cut and aging.

It is necessary to ensure that the ingredients are beautiful and comfortable to look at, and it is also necessary to ensure that the ingredients are not overheated or underheated when cooking.

But fortunately, since they have been on the ship for a long time, there is no problem with the requirements of the old age as long as they are serious about doing it.

Mutton is used in fresh fish and sheep, but the mutton only needs to be deodorized in advance, so cutting into pieces, cleaning and soaking in blood water can also be handed over to them.

Of course, the work of cooking in the pot still needs to be directed by the old age. After all, these apprentices don’t understand this dish. If they are completely delegated, in case they don’t know the heat and time when they are blanching. , then this dish will be ruined.

"It would be great if I could bring those few apprentices of mine here. They have been taught by me to be submissive now. Come to anyone, arrange some work, and they can do it easily. It really isn't my own people who are not easy to use. "Chen Nian said with a sigh.

Now I can only feel more tired.

Soon they started busy in the afternoon, and it will be time for dinner soon, and now the guests appear in the restaurant to order some afternoon tea, and the food in this area is also in charge of the chef who is in charge of snacks and drinks .

The five dishes that Chen Nian is in charge of are squirrel mandarin fish, rouge goose breast, fresh fish and sheep, white robe shrimp and Wensi tofu.

At first, these chefs didn't feel how powerful the old man was. Although they also saw the squirrel mandarin fish made by the old man, they thought to themselves, if they served it themselves, they would probably be able to cut the fish like that.

After all, I have been playing with knives in the kitchen for so long, and it is still possible to cut fresh fish into strips. Although it may not be as neat and beautiful as the old ones, it can at least achieve eight points.

But just as they were preparing the dishes, they were dumbfounded when they suddenly saw Chen Nian take out a piece of tender tofu and put it on the chopping board, and then picked up a thin and sharp kitchen knife and started to do it.

"What is this doing?"

Now with their level and little understanding of Chinese food, it is difficult to understand what Chen Nian is doing now.

In their view, aging is completely cutting the tofu into a paste.

"If you want to smash the tofu completely, why is it so troublesome? Can't you just chop it with two knives? And there is also a machine on board for breaking food."

This is their inner thoughts.

But just as they watched Chen Nian pick up the mass of mushy tofu with a kitchen knife and put it into the pot.

Dylan, who was the closest, subconsciously glanced inside, and was surprised to find that the tofu inside had scattered one by one!
"Oh my god! This is unbelievable! Just now you cut them into such thin wires? So thin! I must be dazzled, you used magic, right?"

Chen Nian looked at the british guy who was making a fuss and had never seen the world, thinking that we Chinese would not be so surprised when we saw this. At most, we would praise the knife skills, but we would not say anything like magic. Come.

"It's a kind of Chinese cuisine. It's a very basic skill, so there's nothing surprising." Chen Nian said calmly.

But Dylan's voice still attracted the other three people. After hearing the voice, they couldn't help running over to look at it. They couldn't help but exclaimed after seeing the domestic tofu.

It's just that Chen Nian's admiration for the canteen when he saw the Japanese didn't seem to come from his heart.

I couldn't help curling my lips in my heart, thinking that the other party was probably thinking about my own country, and the chef could do this.

Really hypocritical.

But honestly, the food in this country is really nothing to brag about.

The so-called ingenuity is actually the same.

The voice here quickly attracted other people, and the chefs were not particularly busy at this stage, so some chefs came over curiously to take a look, but they couldn't help being amazed when they saw the shredded tofu in the pot.

As people in the industry, they naturally know that it is not easy to cut tofu like this.

"Chen, I always thought you were just an apprentice, but I didn't expect you to be a master."

"No, no, in fact, I'm not at the top level in our country." Chen Nian waved his hand, he really doesn't dare to call himself a master now, at most he is an excellent young chef.

However, the blue-collar chef who asked the question just now looked at Chen Nian, and then took a playful look at Huang Su in the distance. He happened to find that Huang Su's face was not very good-looking at the moment, so he couldn't help feeling even more interesting.

"Indeed, your cooking is still very good. Our chief chef, Mr. Huo, is from the same country as you. His cooking skills are not as good as those of us and the red-collar chefs above him. Even our boss is very good at cooking. Admire." The man continued to praise the old age.

In fact, there is not much competition between everyone here. Although they come from different countries, the boss is the same, and there is no conflict in their usual work. Everyone is responsible for different dishes. Every day is their own Be your own, so there is no need to create any conflicts with others.

Of course, if there are factors of jealousy and psychological imbalance, it will be different.

Such as the current flavin.

Huang Su's face was really ugly, because just before today, Chen Nian was still his assistant cook, wearing a gray collar and letting him order him around, but after one night plus one morning, Chen Nian was already on an equal footing with him.

Not to mention being in the limelight on the first day of being blue-collared.

And the most important point is that after the other party arrived today, he didn't even say hello to him. Instead, he began to train his subordinates to help him as soon as he arrived, showing his prestige, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

"Hmph, when did a brat deserve to be compared with Mr. Huo, what are you talking about cooking?"

If Chen Nian knew that Huang Su thought so in his heart, he would definitely cry out for his innocence. After all, he really wanted to wait to say hello to Master Huang on the way here. After all, he was also the person he followed on the boat at this time.

He is not a respectful person who doesn't understand.

The main reason is that the four kitchen assistants gathered around to ask about their health when they first arrived, so that Chen Nian didn't have time to spare.

After that, it took most of the time to go to the kitchen to bring the ingredients and teach them how to deal with them.

In a blink of an eye, he was going to be busy again, so Chen Nian didn't take care of it all the time.

"Master Chen, that Master Huang seems to be looking at you."

While cooking, Dylan suddenly said calmly.

Hearing this, Chen Nian also raised his head and glanced over there, and sure enough, he saw Huang Su looking at him from a distance. When Chen Nian just smiled and was about to nod his head, he found that the other party turned his head back quickly.

"The mind is quite small." Chen Nian couldn't help but find it funny.

But work is ahead, and Chen Nian has no choice but to continue to devote himself to work.

Soon, as the smell gradually began to waft from all around the kitchen, a staff member who was in charge of ordering food also handed in a note that the waiter had ordered from the customer.

At the same time, waiters began to come in and bring the dishes out to the table.

……

"What kind of food should I have today? I'm tired of western food, so let's look at the food in other places."

In the corner of the restaurant, Jie Luo was sitting on a dining chair, holding the menu handed over by the waiter in his hand, looking at the dishes on it with great interest, "Today I have to order some different dishes from the past, and give Anna a surprise .”

When he opened the first two pages, he suddenly saw a dish that he hadn't seen a few days ago: "What is this? Goose? Why did this dish appear in the appetizer?"

With a professional smile, the waiter glanced at the menu first, and then explained patiently: "Hello, sir, this dish is newly added by us. Since one of our chefs is not feeling well these days, we changed it to another dish. When a chef comes, in order to ensure the quality of the dishes, we also need to change the menu according to the dishes that the chef is good at.”

Then the waiter roughly explained the name and taste of the dish, and Jie Luo's eyes lit up when he heard the explanation.

"Then order this dish first." After finishing speaking, he continued to flip through the menu, "Can you introduce me to this chef's other dishes?"

"I am willing to help you." The waiter nodded with a smile on his face, and finally started to introduce other dishes to Jie Luo.

In the end, Jie Luo ordered a total of three dishes and one soup, that is to say, he ordered all the dishes Chen Nian was good at except fish and sheep.

After ordering the dishes, he began to sit in his seat and look around while waiting.

Not long after, a young woman in a foreign dress appeared in the restaurant.

Just looking at it like that, it seems to be looking for, but also seems to be avoiding something.