Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 628 Open for business (seeking a monthly ticket)

Sure enough, when they went out to buy vegetables, Qin Xiaoqing saw that Master Huo wanted to buy something, and his face became uneasy.

Moreover, Huang Daan always seemed to have eye contact with Qin Xiaoqing, which made Chen Nian suddenly remember what Qin Xiaoqing called Huang Daan to say before they set off.

But right now no matter what Master Huo wants to buy, Huang Dayan will finally agree.

Chen Nian is naturally unwilling to stand by and watch, although Chen Nian faintly feels that this seems to be requested by the program group. After all, when they were having supper last night, Chen Nian heard Yang Xue tell some inside stories. I was not satisfied with some of their previous shots, so I may have to retake them later.

The implication is that the previous conflicts were not enough, and there was no explosive point.

However, Chen Nian, a newcomer in the entertainment circle, was not used to the way everyone behaved like this.

On the other hand, Huo Fuyun, although he is always the one being said, has always been calm, no matter what others say, I must buy these dishes anyway.

No matter how much you talk, you still have to obediently pay in the end.

So Chen Nian also planned to do something, he didn't go shopping with Huo Fuyun, but came to Qin Xiaoqing's side.

Master Huo was like a butler over there. After seeing a certain dish, he directly said that I want this, and Chen Nian began to explain to Qin Xiaoqing why he bought this dish and why he bought so much.

"Sister, when we open the restaurant, we will definitely have to prepare some extra reserves. In case some dishes are overturned, it may not be enough, but the guests really want to order, so it is always right to prepare more, and Huo In fact, the master didn’t buy too much. Look at the one he bought just now. Each dish will use about seven taels. It will look exquisite after the plate, and there will be almost no leftovers if two guests order three dishes." Chen Nian explained.

After the explanation, Qin Xiaoqing's complexion soon improved a lot.

"I just think we don't have much money now, and we must not spend more than that, or we won't be able to buy other things, and the store manager will pay you wages at night. Since I manage money, I must worry more about this aspect Things." Qin Xiaoqing also expressed his thoughts.

Chen Nian nodded again and again: "Sister, I can understand what you said, because I didn't have much money when I first opened the restaurant, so I have to plan carefully."

"Really? I didn't mean to make things difficult for Master Huo on purpose. After all, I'm also responsible for our restaurant." As a result, just after Qin Xiaoqing's expression eased, Master Huo bought a lot of things over there.

"Accountant Qin, remember to pay later."

Qin Xiaoqing almost froze again.

And after Chen Nian saw the ingredients that Master Huo had selected there, he immediately understood what Master Huo was going to do, and then began to tell Qin Xiaoqing patiently.

After finishing speaking, he said: "Sister, although we bought a lot of things this time, we can exchange things, just like yesterday. Anyway, didn't we bring a lot of things this time?"

"That's right, I was too busy thinking about money just now, why did I forget this?" Qin Xiaoqing suddenly slapped his head as if he had suddenly realized.

"Come, come, you can speak Italian. Many people on their side can't understand English. Tell them, I want to exchange things with them for ingredients."

"No problem! Look at mine!"

Chen Nian patted his chest and promised.

Soon, he came to the small street vendor. When Master Huo was shopping just now, Chen Nian probably left it behind. The expressions on the faces of the vendors here are basically sure that there are no people who discriminate against foreigners here.

After all, in such European and American countries, there are still many xenophobic people.

This is not aimed at anyone alone, mainly because in the past history, many wars broke out in European and American countries, so many immigrants came here, crowding out the living space of the locals.

Of course, not everyone is like this, most ordinary people still don’t do this, and it’s a tourist city, so the degree of tolerance will be better. After all, what they eat is this bowl of rice. If there are no tourists, their income will be decrease very much.

As long as there is no problem with the person, Chen Nian can communicate with the other party.

After coming here, Chen Nian talked about the weather first, because he said in Tonio's teaching that most people in his country don't have much pressure on life, so if you want to quickly get acquainted with a stranger When you wake up but don't know what to talk about, the weather is the best starting point.

Sure enough, when the other party saw Chen Nian chatting about this topic, they soon started talking enthusiastically, and they became acquainted with each other after talking like this.

After that, Chen Nian talked about the purpose of his visit, of course it was the same as yesterday. After talking, he proposed to carry out cultural exchanges and exchanges, and then wanted to exchange some domestic souvenirs for ingredients.

The others couldn't help sweating after hearing this. After all, this uncle still looks a little fierce, and it's even more difficult to speak when he's thinking.

After waiting like this for about two or three seconds, the vegetable seller suddenly spread his hands and said a word.

"What do you mean?" Everyone asked quickly.

"He agreed, and also said that he could help us to talk to other stall owners."

After hearing the good news, everyone couldn't help cheering.

Then today's grocery shopping turmoil finally subsided.

Moreover, Chen Nian glanced at the people in the program group who were following nearby, their faces also showed a look of satisfaction, obviously the desired effect had been achieved.

There are also conflicts, and it also highlights the old character design, which makes Qin Xiaoqing's character design stand up.

After all, they wanted to give Qin Xiaoqing the character of a strict housekeeper but not unreasonable.

After changing the ingredients, they headed towards the store. On the way, Qin Xiaoqing was in a good mood, so he offered to buy ice cream to eat in such a hot weather.

"Come on, Master Chen!" Huang Daan said directly,

Chen Nian immediately called Wang Shuaikai, who was carrying a small souvenir, to talk to the boss about the exchange.

After a couple of conversations, they suddenly discovered that the boss could speak English.

Seeing this, Chen Nian immediately handed over the task to Wang Shuaikai.

Wang Shuaikai had just learned how to communicate with the people here, so he was eager to try. In the end, they exchanged refrigerator magnets and small pendants for an ice cream each.

After returning to the store like this, everyone was obviously in a good mood, and Qin Xiaoqing even offered to make noodles with fried sauce for everyone.

So Qin Xiaoqing made it there, and Chen Nian and Master Huo worked together to help chop vegetables, cut meat and cook noodles.

"Master Chen, you eat a lot, I'll serve you more...and more fried sauce."

Then Chen Nian came outside with a plate full of noodles like a hill.

Seeing everyone was stunned.

"It's not fair! Why are ours an ordinary plate, but yours are piled up?" Yang Xue said.

Of course, everyone knew that this was a joke, so Huang Dayan also teased from the side: "Xiaoxue, if you don't have enough food, I can give you some of mine."

As a result, Yang Xue shrank immediately when she heard this: "Forget it, I can't eat that much, and you are the main force today, so I will be responsible for going shopping with you on the side, and you have to work hard, so I eat That's enough."

"No way, you and Miss Xiaoqing are the beauties in our topic." Wang Shuaikai also said with a smile.

But looking at it this way, Chen Nian suddenly felt that the relationship between these two people was pretty good, like siblings.

It made Chen Nian want to ask about it. At the concert, a fan yelled Wang Junkai in the audience, but another fan angrily accused him of being a four-character teammate, and threatened to let out the fan who recognized the wrong idol. The people on the stage introduced themselves and said hello everyone, my name is Wang Hua, whether this matter is true or false.

But in the end, I thought of the taboo name given to me by the staff before, but I still couldn't say it.

However, when eating, Chen Nian found that Qin Xiaoqing's noodles with fried sauce are quite good. Although there are some problems with the sauce, it is quite enough for home cooking.

Just like this, chatting about old age while elegantly finishing the mountain of noodles in front of him, Qin Xiaoqing felt relieved to see it.

After all, in terms of age, she was about 20 years older than Chen Nian. If it wasn't for politeness, Chen Nian could already be called Auntie.

So after seeing such a young man eat all the noodles he made, he was naturally in a good mood.

Then he looked at Huo Fuyun, Master Huo also ate the noodles in big gulps, and then wiped his mouth contentedly.

The two chefs recognized that Qin Xiaoqing couldn't help but feel a little proud, thinking, this is a skill I learned from my mother.

After eating like this, Chen Nian took the initiative to wash the dishes, and Wang Shuaikai wanted to come over to help.

"No, I'll come over here, or you can help clean the table or something." Chen Nian said.

"Okay, then I'll wipe the table." Finally, Wang Shuaikai took the rag and went out to tidy up the outside.

They had a short rest at noon, because Yang Xue suffered a slight injury earlier, so she had to go to the hospital for treatment.

Others are getting ready to sell pancakes in the afternoon.

The whole process was quite smooth, but Chen Nian went to take a look halfway through, and found that most of the patrons were from domestic tourists.

Ten euros for a pancake.

Let Chen Nian sigh.

The ten euros are almost 70 yuan.

Such a big pancake sells for 70 yuan, and I need at least five to be full.

"If I bring red beans to Italy again in the future, I will definitely not buy pancakes when I see them." Chen Nian thought to himself.

As a result, they sold the pancakes for [-] euros, which is good news.

After dinner in the evening, they all knew that the Chinese kitchen would officially open tomorrow.

So everyone went to bed after dinner one by one, and didn't stay up too late.

The night passed, and the next morning everyone was arranged to go out and buy some ingredients. After returning, it was almost eleven o'clock at noon.

They were still preparing dishes in the back kitchen, when suddenly Wang Shuaikai ran into the kitchen and said there was a guest.

Soon, Chen Nian entered a combat state.

Standing next to Master Huo.

As soon as Master Huo reached out his hand to age, he handed over the processed ingredients.

Stretching out his hand again, Chen Nian put the plate next to Master Huo, waiting for Master Huo to serve the dishes, at this time, Chen Nian arranged the dishes neatly and nicely with chopsticks.

Then use kitchen paper to wipe off the vegetable soup that was accidentally dripped on the edge of the white plate.

As people get bigger, they get busier.

It was almost full of customers until the outside.

Basically all the ingredients on the old side have been processed, and now they are doing some work.

As a result, I was too busy to turn my head to see that there were already a dozen of them on the order menu at the door.

And Wang Shuaikai, Yang Xue, and Huang Daan, who were in charge of ordering, were still urging the dishes to be served after they came back.

Some customers are in a hurry to catch the plane, and some customers have been waiting for a long time but no food is served.

"It can't be done, I'm too busy, Xiao Chen, go and help with the cooking." Chen Nian nodded immediately when he heard this.

They have prepared enough ingredients, and so far there is no need to worry about the lack of ingredients, but everyone only knows that besides the ingredients, the speed of serving food is a big problem.

There are more than 20 tables outside.

Although Qin Xiaoqing cooks all the noodles, if there are two people at a table, they will basically order three or four dishes.

If there are more people, more dishes will be ordered.

"Good guy, this is basically three or four times my usual workload." Master Huo complained from the side.

Chen Nian turned his head and looked at Master Huo's forehead, where beads of sweat had already formed.

Now they basically have two or three pots in their hands, and this is still not enough to serve the speed of ordering outside.

The result is that everyone needs to constantly appease the emotions of the guests.

"Xiao Chen, there should be quite a lot of people in your usual shop, right?" Master Huo sneaked a question while cooking.

"Indeed, because my place is relatively small, and there were not enough people at the beginning, so I was basically busy at that time, and sometimes I needed to prepare several dishes by myself, but some of them were like braised pork. Things like that are prepared in advance, and you only need to take care of them in the middle.”

Master Huo smiled: "Now I suddenly have a feeling of returning to my youth."

"Indeed, after having an apprentice, I may not be so busy. Master Huo, do you rarely cook except for receiving some big banquets or cooking for some important people?"

"Yeah." Huo Fuyun nodded, "Usually I basically leave things to my subordinates, because sometimes I am very busy and have to go to meetings everywhere, other hotels under our hotel brand I will also be responsible for managing them, so there will be more things.”

Chen Nian couldn't help admiring him.

Strictly speaking, Master Huo can also be regarded as a state banquet chef. Of course, compared with those traditional state banquet chefs, the dishes made by Master Huo are more similar to the combination of tradition and modernity, and they have the feeling of combining Chinese and Western.

Moreover, when Master Huo went out to be the banquet manager, he actually cooked more of that kind of buffet, just like the feeling of cooking for the reception on the Platinum Heart when he was old.

But no matter what, a person's memory is not the better the more he inherits the ancient things, and it is not so easy to keep pace with the times.

For example, they now offer a dish called coffee tenderloin, which is improved from the recipe of sweet and sour pork tenderloin, because people here prefer to drink coffee, so Master Huo specially asked Wang Shuaikai to go shopping in the morning , bought a big bag of coffee beans back.

I also tasted it just now. Although it feels a bit strange, if you put yourself into the eyes of a local, this dish is quite good.

Master Huo mainly cooks some Chinese and Western dishes.

And Chen Nian is in charge of cooking Sichuan cuisine.

In this way, they have been busy for a long time, before they finally sent the last table of guests away.

After the end, the two couldn't help wiping the sweat off their heads.

"It's finally done!"

(End of this chapter)