Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 561 New Rules (Seeking Monthly Pass)
With the approval of her parents, Anna was naturally overjoyed, and now she finally had time to be alone with Jie Luo again.

And today's dishes were also what she told her parents after she came back yesterday.

It's just that Anna was very smart when she said that she was careful, and didn't say that she had tasted a total of four dishes made by this new chef.

After all, no matter how much I ate alone, it was impossible for me to eat four courses. Although Anna's family was middle-class in the United States, the family education was still very strict, so I didn't waste anything if I could.

So Anna just said that she only ordered a dish of squirrel mandarin fish and a bowl of rice. After all, this dish is also in accordance with Chinese eating habits, and it is eaten with rice.

Fortunately, Anna's acting skills are superb, and later she described the appearance of the squirrel mandarin fish in detail. The description was so lifelike, and when she talked about the taste of the dishes later, she could not help but feel immersive.

So in the end, Anna's parents' attention was all attracted by this place, and they didn't notice the unnaturalness of their daughter's previous speech at all.

He also didn't notice that his little padded jacket had become a red vest on someone else's body.

After breakfast, they were resting in the room again. At this time, the waiter came to collect the plates. After all, these plates and tableware should not be left in the guest's room for a long time. The smell of leftovers.

And this is absolutely not allowed on a luxury liner like Platinum Star.

But when the waiter came to collect the tableware again, Anna asked curiously: "Hello, I would like to ask when is the next time the ship will visit the kitchen?"

When the waiter heard this, the hand holding the plate subconsciously paused for half a second, then showed a professional smile and said, "It's three days later, do you want to sign up?"

"Yes, I want to sign up to take a look. I have never seen what the galley of such a large ship looks like." Anna nodded, full of expectation.

On the one hand, it is because she can finally play with Jie Luo on the boat in a legitimate way, and on the other hand, it is because she will be able to meet the chefs who cook such dishes as squirrel mandarin fish, Wensi tofu, rouge goose breast, and white robe shrimp. .

Such is the mind of teenagers and girls. Once they have a yearning for someone, they will want to see the real face impatiently.

"Okay, then I'll sign up for the three of you when I get back, so I don't have to make another trip." The waiter said with a slight bow and a smile.

The tone is very comfortable.

"No, I'm the only one this time. My father and mother won't go. I want to exercise my courage." Anna explained.

Behind him, Anna's mother had a kind smile on her face, but Anna's father had a somewhat helpless expression.

"Okay, then I will arrange it for you, and I will send the itinerary for that day later."

"Thank you for your hard work." Anna held her chest politely and bowed slightly.

But just as the waiter was leaving, suddenly a person passed by the door, and that person inadvertently glanced into the room.

"Alexander Garcia?"

The person outside the door suddenly exclaimed in confusion.

At this moment, Anna's father raised his head in doubt after hearing the voice, because it was exactly his name.

But when he looked up and saw the outside, his face suddenly turned bright.

Standing up with a smile, he walked towards the door.

"Isn't this Paul, my good friend, I didn't expect you to appear on this ship." Anna's father, Alexander, walked out the door and raised his hand to pat the other party's arm and said relaxedly.

The man he called Paul also had a smiling expression on his face, and he took a deep look at Alexander: "Mr. Garcia is in a good mood. This time he came to the East and negotiated a big deal. He is on board the ship." To celebrate?"

Anna's father shook his head: "No, no, we already booked the boat tickets here before we came here. We were too busy with work and didn't have time to spend with our family, so we decided to take this opportunity to accompany them."

Then Paul smiled: "That means that Mr. Garcia is sure to win this cooperation before he came. Unfortunately, I didn't expect such an opponent. Otherwise, I will definitely prepare well, and it won't be in vain. More than a year was wasted planning this collaboration."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know about it in advance this time. If there are good cooperation projects in the future, I will definitely give priority to Mr. Paul. To express my apology, I will help you pay for Mr. Paul's expenses on the ship." Anna's father still He said it calmly.

"Then there is no need. Although this cooperation has not been negotiated, if Mr. Garcia wants to help me with the money, it will embarrass me, so Mr. Garcia should spend time with his family. I won't bother."

After Paul finished speaking, he nodded, tidied his clothes, and headed to the other side of the corridor.

The waiter has already left with interest.

Ana's father, Alexander Garcia, smiled happily after returning to the house: "The man just now is my competitor. He came for the same purpose as me, and he has prepared for this cooperation for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be stolen from me."

Anna nodded half-understanding, and then asked curiously: "Father, are you friends with him? I think you two seem to have a good relationship."

But Alexander shook his head: "No, no, no... I have a very bad relationship with him. If this is a night in the United States, and there is no one around, I think he will definitely pull out his gun without hesitation. I pull the trigger."

Anna covered her mouth in surprise.

But Alexander said that this kind of thing is no big deal: "Businessmen are like this. They never show their weaknesses outside. After all, everyone has a hypocritical side, and businessmen are even worse."

Anna still didn't understand.

It's just that Anna's mother stepped forward at this moment: "Why are you telling the child these things?"

Alexander shook his head and didn't say much, but returned to the table and continued to pick up the magazine on the table, reading while saying: "In a while, our family will go to the deck to have a look, although we I have seen it, but I think the scenery outside may be different after the ship has gone so far, and it is too boring to stay in the room all the time.”

……

At the same time, Chen Nian on the other side has come to the kitchen to start preparing today’s ingredients. Since a waiter came over the night before when he was off work, he mentioned that there might be many people ordering aged dishes today, so Chen Nian New Years must be prepared in advance, that is, prepare more ingredients.

And he and the chefs under him are busy at the moment.

Simply, the chefs under him are much better than the two under Master Huang Suhuang, so Chen Nian basically only needs to watch them handle the ingredients a little bit.

There is no need to focus all your attention on this.

But not long after they started working, Maddie came in from the outside.

"Everyone stop, I have something to announce." Although the voice was not loud, everyone here knew the status of McGrady, so when the other party spoke, everyone basically stopped what they were doing.

Seeing this, Mai Di was very satisfied, and then continued: "Yesterday, Mr. Huo proposed a new rule, that is, starting from today, every fifteen days as a cycle, everyone must change all the dishes they made, that is to say The five dishes you cooked during these fifteen days must all be replaced after fifteen days.

Of course, the ship will also invite the guests on the ship to vote on the dishes in a cycle of [-] days. The top ten of the voting results can be kept without replacement.

On the one hand, this rule is to keep customers fresh during the [-]-day voyage, and on the other hand, it is also to urge everyone to make progress. Of course, you must also guarantee the quality of the dishes. After all, the Platinum Star is for Your guests are very precious. "

When everyone heard this, most of them showed bitterness on their faces, not because they couldn't change five dishes this time, but because they were thinking about the future.

After all, there were six fifteen days out of one hundred on this ship.

Calculated in this way, it means that they must have a reserve of [-] dishes.

It's not that the chefs on the ship can't cook [-] dishes, let alone [-] dishes on land, they can cook [-] dishes even with a bit of a bite.

But now on the boat, although there are many types of ingredients on the boat, it is definitely not good to sell regular dishes here. Why do you still eat the dishes that people can eat down there on your boat?
And people pay a lot of money to come to the boat, not to eat your mouthful of hot and sour potato shreds.

Even if it's mashed potatoes, you have to mix some cheese in it, put a layer of jam on top, and add some suitable fruit.

It has to taste good and look high class.

And the most important point is that these [-] dishes do not include dishes made by others, that is to say, if others have made caviar with thick-cut salmon sashimi, you can't do it again.

Unless that person's performance is particularly bad, so bad that he can't even pass the test.

In this way, thirty dishes are not easy.

Of course, some confident chefs don't care too much, because it's good for them.

If a dish is cooked for a hundred days in a row, twice a day at noon and night, it might be learned by some helpers with ulterior motives.

But if, like now, a full replacement is carried out every once in a while, there will be no such concerns.

Many of their specialty dishes can’t be learned by just looking at them, not to mention that they are well versed in the principle of teaching apprentices to starve the master to death. Sprinkle some kind of unique seasoning into it.

Or come here earlier, adjust the things you want to use in advance, and then dispose of the materials inside.

In short, some people are happy and some are worried. Of course, there is no need to worry about old age.

He now has more than thirty dishes!
Anyway, every time the ship docks, they will purchase ingredients. These chefs plan what ingredients they want to use and how much they need.

Most of the dishes in Huaiyang cuisine are actually quite high-end, and there is no lack of high-end dishes in Shandong cuisine. What's more, Chen Nian has a certain creative ability to create a new dish based on the ingredients available now. Come is no problem.

In addition, old age comes from a hundred years later. After a hundred years of development, the variety of dishes is far more than it is now.

"Master Chen is really amazing. I see that many chefs have troubled faces, but Master Chen still looks calm." Dylan from England said with admiration.

He could feel that among the chefs, Master Chen still valued himself more, and Master Chen himself was young, about the same age as them. Unlike those old chefs, Master Chen didn't seem to be very good at cooking. Fortify yourself, and you are not afraid that your skills will be learned by others.

This is the place where Dylan has the most sense of identity. Of course, the old knife skills are not something that anyone can learn casually.

Among these people, Chen Nian really valued Dylan more, on the one hand because this British guy is hardworking and willing to work, and on the other hand because he is quick at work and more sincere.

"Just do your job well. There is still a lot of work to be done today. Don't say a few words. Be careful next time I will serve a dish made of potatoes. I will let you peel two hundred catties of potatoes every day." Facing Dylan's The behavior of flattering is not very disgusting, but jokingly said in a relaxed tone.

"I was wrong, I was wrong, Master Chen, please forgive me, although I like potatoes very much, but if I have to peel two hundred catties of potatoes a day, I will vomit!" Dylan begged for mercy.

Compared with other groups, Chen Nian's working atmosphere is indeed a little more relaxed.

Sure enough, at noon, the dishes on the aging side suddenly increased, and this still excluded the previously ordered dishes.

But the frequency of placing orders like this also allowed Chen Nian to regain some of the feeling he had when he was working at the Honghong Hotel.

"That's it, come a little more. I still like to be so busy. Once I am free, I always feel that there is something missing in my body." Listening to the sound of pots and pans colliding, Chen Nian felt extremely happy.

He likes this kind of atmosphere the most, surrounded by fireworks, the smell of onion, ginger and garlic sautéing in the pot, the sound of kitchen knives touching the chopping board, and the crackling sound of the ingredients when they are put into the oil pot.

Just as people who like music and art will be intoxicated in the slow-paced music, as long as the sonata of the pots and pans is the art in the heart of the old.

"It's nice to be young, but it's a pity that I was wasting my youth when I was so young."

"Yeah, if I had the chance, I would definitely be like him."

The chef next to him saw the work that Chen Nian put in, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, so he knew that Chen Nian really liked this job.

(End of this chapter)