Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Hearing this, Chen Nian smiled: "Okay, you can make the squirrel mandarin fish tonight, and I'll see if you have practiced well during this time."

Afterwards, they exchanged pleasantries like this, and Jie Luo went down and told the driver the ingredients he wanted for the old age, and asked the other party to buy them.

In the evening, Chen Nian cooks, and Anajelo cooks a table of dishes. Of course, although it is said to be a second hand, most of the work is still done by Chen Nian.

When eating at night, Chen Nian called the driver up to eat together. After all, everyone is right in front of him, so they can't eat on top, let the driver stay down there alone.

Perhaps when he was in Anna's family, Anna was his boss, so naturally he couldn't eat together, but when he came here, he didn't think who was more noble and who was of low status.

During the meal, Chen Nian did not mention the shooting case at the pier, because he knew that it must be the killer arranged by Anna's family, and it might be the killer that Anna hired herself to avenge his father.

They are friends now, so what can they do?It is better to keep the relationship between everyone pure.

Soon after they were full of wine and food, everyone cleaned up the house and the kitchen together.

After that, Jie Luo and Anna returned home in the car.

There is only one old one left in the house.

Chen Nian just sat alone.

"Don't say it, it's really boring." After coming to this world, Chen Nian has always lived in the dormitory on the ship. Although he is the only one in the room, he can often hear other people walking back and forth outside the door the sound of.

Even if you are bored, you can also visit other chefs and sit for a while.

He came to such a strange place suddenly, he was the only one in the house, and more importantly, this house was not his home, so Chen Nian always felt a little uncomfortable.

In addition, the light in this room is not too bright, so staying in the room for aging always feels a bit gloomy.

"I don't even have a newspaper to read." Chen Nian looked around the room, but he couldn't find anything that could be used as entertainment.

Even if you want to make a la carte, there are no ingredients at home, so you can only wait until tomorrow to buy them.

"It's really impossible, let's go out and stay in a hotel at night from tomorrow, at least we can still be popular." Chen Nian thought in his mind, "Then come back to live in the daytime, and wait for my master to come back."

It's just that Chen Nian is too lazy to run away tonight, and it's not safe to go out at night in this country. Although he has martial arts skills, he can deal with three or five ordinary people alone.

But I can't stand that people have guns.

In a place where there are more guns than the country's population, Chen Nian dare not gamble with his own life.

Even if this is only in the dream space.

However, due to Chen Nian's good sleeping habits for a long time, Chen Nian fell asleep not long after lying down.

And he also officially started his three-month temporary residence in the United States.

But on the second day, Chen Nian took a small amount of cash and went to a nearby hotel to stay, and came back during the day.

Strolling around here, Chen Nian found that the market selling vegetables here is far less diverse than domestic ones.

Especially the pork here, I can't get used to it at all. Fortunately, Huo Yang came back on the fourth day.

After returning, Chen Nian's life has improved a bit.

And after Huo Yang came back, Chen Nian finally began to get his wish, and began to formally learn from the other party.

It's just that most of the time it is Huo Yang who is telling Chen Nian how to cook some Fujian cuisine. After all, Chen Nian has a good understanding of other cuisines besides Fujian cuisine, so there is nothing to talk about.

At most, it is limited to some ingredients. I haven’t done it before aging, but I understand how to do it.

However, two chefs live together, and the frequency of cooking at home is far less than the frequency of eating out.

Chen Nian attributes it to the characteristics of a chef. He cooks in the kitchen all day, but rarely cooks when he gets home.

But it doesn't hurt to age either.

After all, Mr. Huo's arrangement is very clear. During the time in the United States, he plans to take Chen Nian to learn about various Western food.

After boarding the ship, Chen Nian will be arranged by his side.

In the second month, Mr. Huo proposed to take the vintage to other places in the United States to visit exhibitions and participate in some high-end auctions.

Go to some high-end restaurants to see how those high-end western food chefs handle ingredients and how to arrange them.

Chen Nian also learned a lot.

Some people eat just to eat, but for a chef like Chen Nian, cooking has become his profession, so whenever he eats a new food, Chen Nian will subconsciously dissect it .

Even if you don't do it yourself, you will compare these methods with Chinese food in your brain to see if they can be integrated.

However, in such a comparison, Chen Nian also found that no matter which country he is in, there is not much difference in cooking techniques. It is nothing more than that due to the national conditions, everyone's tastes are not the same.

But sometimes Huo Yang also has his own things to do, and he would take Chen Nian with him to see the world and learn if it is convenient for him.

When it is inconvenient to bring Chen Nian there, Chen Nian will also go to Chinatown to sit down with the two Mr. Qiao, have something to eat and chat.

Although Chen Nian has never revealed his relationship with the other party, Mr. Qiao is also very happy to have such a Chinese boy who loves cooking come here often.

I will also take the initiative to talk to Chen Nian about some Cantonese cooking techniques. Although most of these techniques are known to Chen Nian, Chen Nian is also warm in his heart to hear Master's teachings again.

The days passed day by day, and the time for Star Platinum to set sail again was getting closer, and Chen Nian was getting ready again.

When it was a few days before the Platinum Star was ready to sail, they tidied up the house again, locked the door and drove towards the pier.

Just before leaving, Chen Nian went to Chinatown to say goodbye to Mr. Qiao.

"When I come to the United States in the future, I can come and sit often."

"no problem."

Chen Nian agreed with a smile.

……

After returning to the ship, Chen Nian tidied up his room first, and then bought some daily necessities. After all, when the ship continues to sail, the place where it docks may not be able to buy what he wants, so it is best to buy it once. All ready.

In a few days, people returned to the ship one after another, and everyone greeted them warmly when they met.

But Chen Nian found that there were still people who didn't come back this time.

Maybe it's because I've made enough money, or maybe it's because I'm tired of life at sea.

"Actually, working on a ship is like this." Huang Su and Chen Nian said, "Working for foreign bosses is also based on luck, and sometimes you can earn a lot of money, so after working for a few years, you don't want to go home and retire. The money goes back to open a small restaurant, and the remaining savings are enough to live the rest of my life.

But if you are unlucky and run into a black-hearted boss, it will be hard to say, so we are still very lucky. "

Chen Nian nodded, agreeing very much with what Huang Su said, everyone has their own reasons for getting on the boat.

"Master Huang, what are your plans for the future?"

"I..." Huang Su smiled, now there is no gap between him and Chen Nian, "I plan to go back to my hometown after two more years of running away, to help my son take care of the children, and do some small business by myself. "

As he spoke, he looked at Chen Nian again: "Then what are your plans?"

"I don't know either. Maybe I will stay on this ship forever. I will probably consider going to other places when the ship stops sailing one day."

"It's good, young people are more adventurous, but I heard that you still have a fiancée, if possible, you can bring her on board. Anyway, your monthly salary is more than enough to support her, or you can earn some money like me. Just go back and run a small restaurant by yourself, and the couple will live a good life."

Chen Nian smiled, and inadvertently changed the topic to other places: "Master Huang, we have been away for more than half a year. Last time you went back to build a few more rooms for your house. Do you want to go back this time? Are you planning to marry your son?"

Speaking of this topic, Huang Su also showed a smile on his face: "Yeah, he is not young anymore, but he is a little honest, so I have to ask him for a wife if I go back this time, and I will leave later , I can rest assured.

When I go back again, I guess the child will be there too. "

"Very good." Chen Nian said as he took out a crystal clear jade token from his clothes: "Master Huang, I may not be able to attend your son's wedding ceremony when the time comes, this is my little thought, in the You helped me a lot and taught me a lot during the time on the boat, and I have nothing to show for it, so this will be my little gift to your grandson."

Huang Su looked at the jade card in Chen Nian's hand, no matter in terms of luster or color, it didn't look like something vulgar.

"No, no, it's too expensive. You can keep the money and use it yourself. You can ask for a daughter-in-law in the future, and you can give this jade token to someone else."

But Chen Nian still had the same idea as before, since the gift was taken out, how could there be any reason to take it back?
Besides, the jade badge only cost seven or eight thousand dollars. Although it is already considered to be very valuable in this era, it is useless if it cannot be brought to reality.

It's better to take it out as a favor.

After all, we will still be in touch in the future.

In the end, Chen Nian stuffed the jade card into Huang Su's hand: "Master Huang, don't be polite to me. I didn't engrave anything on this jade card. You can go back and find someone to carve a Guanyin or a Buddha statue." Or engrave some Pixiu or something."

"Look at you, that's too polite. Last time I gave you such an expensive wine, and this time I gave you such a precious jade..."

"It's okay, jade is valuable, but what you taught me, Master Huang, is priceless. If you don't accept this, I won't dare to ask you about cooking again in the future." .”

There was no way, Huang Su couldn't bear the old enthusiasm, and finally accepted the jade plaque with gratitude.

"Okay, Master Huang, the ship will set sail tomorrow, and I have to go back to rest first, and you should go to bed early."

"Okay, if you need my help in the future, just come to me."

Chen Nian smiled and waved his hands before leaving and returning to his room.

Lying on the bed, Chen Nian thought about Master Huang's current attitude and his previous attitude towards himself: "Sure enough, the money ability is still easy to use, but it is Master Huang's sharp mouth and tofu heart. Although he is a little narrow-minded, his heart is still kind, maybe Someone else would wish I could give him things all day long."

……

In the early morning of the next day, the Platinum Star opened its doors to welcome a new batch of guests aboard, and the chefs and service staff of Chen Nian were also gathered together for this time's personnel arrangement.

This time, some people did not come up after disembarking, but Huo Yang had already prepared countermeasures for this.

After all, this has been the case with every docking in the past, so every time before the ship starts sailing again, they will recruit some new cooks to deal with the loss of personnel.

A total of eight blue-collar chefs left, and 16 assistant chefs left.

However, the number of people they recruited basically exceeded this number.

Tonio was transferred to the blue-collar chef's kitchen as a cook because of his academic achievements, but Chen Nian was transferred out of the blue-collar kitchen.

And the four chefs who followed Chen Nian before were also left to Tonio by Chen Nian.

It's just that to everyone's surprise, after Chen Nian left the blue-collar kitchen, he was not promoted and transferred to the kitchen on the third floor.

Instead, Huo Yang directly stayed by his side as a cook.

In this way until the afternoon, the customers who bought tickets also boarded the boat.

With the sound of the whistle, the Platinum Star once again started a new round of voyage.

This time the target is Hong Kong.

At the same time, in Huo Yang's kitchen.

There are only two people here at the moment.

"Chen Nian, I know that you have learned a lot of Hokkien cuisine from Huang Su, in fact, according to your understanding, it is only a matter of time before you cook other dishes.

So in the next three months, I only plan to teach you three dishes, whether you can learn it depends entirely on yourself. "

Chen Nian nodded heavily.

"Good master." Now he is completely commensurate with Huo Yang as master.

Although the master said that he would only teach me three dishes, but now that I am the master's assistant cook, I help the master every day, and I don't need to think about it. I know that I will definitely be exposed to many things that I couldn't touch before.

So that's part of the learning too.

And Chen Nian knew that there must be a Buddha jumping over the wall among those three dishes.

Moreover, it is not so easy to make the dish of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall alone. On the one hand, because of the scarcity of ingredients, Master will definitely not ask himself to cook with the most expensive ingredients as soon as he comes up. Alternative ingredients.

Another reason is that the cooking time of this dish will be very long.