Rebirth starts with small money

Chapter 472
Chen Li enjoyed the first meal after returning to China.

Although he stuffed a lot of cooked food into the system space before going abroad.

But for a Chinese person, it's okay to eat cooked food occasionally, but it's not the case if you eat it every day.

And~ as a southerner, it is hard to eat without rice.

Southerners don't eat rice~ Even if they eat a lot, they always feel that they are not full.

In fact, it's not that I eat less food~ but I always feel that it's not so interesting.

This phenomenon is amazing~ but it is not uncommon. Some friends who eat pasta all the year round will feel this way if they don’t have two steamed buns even if they eat rice.

Of course~ this is not to say that Chen Li cannot eat rice in Europe.

Although the eating habits of the people here are mainly wheat products, but in capitalist countries, as long as they have money~ let alone rice, even if Chen Lixiang eats authentic Sichuan cuisine, he can probably eat it.

It's just that compared with the price paid and just to satisfy his appetite, Chen Li feels that it's not worth it.

As for those Chinese restaurants here, Chen Li also tried it once, and then he was reluctant to go.

In fact, although Chen Li could not accept the taste improvement made by these foreign Chinese restaurants, he could understand it.

People come out to open a store to make money, and where to open a restaurant, it is natural to cater to the local taste.

Blindly pursue the original taste, first you have to adjust the goal of opening the restaurant.

Whether to make money or promote Chinese catering culture, there must be a choice between the two.

Although the latter seems to be more advanced, in reality, almost 100% of restaurant owners are for the former.

And to be honest~ Even if these people choose the former, they are actually talking about bringing China's catering culture to the world.

Blindly pursue the so-called authenticity ~ In fact, in Chen Li's opinion, it is not necessary.

Uh~ This is not to say that authenticity is not good!But some adjustments can be made according to the actual situation.

After all, if you really want to blindly pursue the so-called authenticity, then it is impossible for China to have so many things that have been handed down from the ancestors for thousands of years.

In fact, it is precisely because in the past thousands of years, people have been innovating and bringing various changes to the food culture, so there is such a bright food culture in China today.

Yes~ Although there are always people who advocate that Chinese cuisine is not as good as French cuisine, in Chen Li's view, this statement is pure nonsense.

Because if we really want to talk about this issue, we must first know one issue, that is, most people will choose local dishes.

Just like in the eyes of Chinese people, Chinese cuisine is absolutely unparalleled in the world.

No matter what Western court cuisine you like~ Bring it to Huaxia, and a fly restaurant on the side of the road can kill you in seconds.

Uh~ This is the idea that Chen Li had in his previous life.

Because at that time, he thought that Westerners were not very good at cooking, and he learned to study the presentation and some fancy things that could double the price of food every day.

The reason why he had such an idea was that Chen Li was originally a Chinese food that Chinese people grew up to eat, and what he drank was Chinese water.

Not to mention the problem of food culture itself, but a sense of national honor cannot make him admit that Western food is better than Chinese food.

In fact, as far as the food culture itself is concerned, Chen Li ate mostly Chinese food since he was a child, so he would naturally choose Chinese food.

But actually?Because Chen Li is from Sichuan Province, he actually has more contact with Sichuan cuisine.

If it is not so clear to compare Chinese cuisine and Western food, then if you choose one of the cuisines of so many provinces in China, Chen Li will undoubtedly choose Sichuan cuisine.

It’s still the same sentence~ because he ate the most Sichuan cuisine since he was a child, and he is most familiar with Sichuan cuisine.

The same dish, in fact, has its own way in different parts of China, but if you let Chen Li choose, there is a great possibility that he will choose the Sichuan style.

One side of the soil supports the other side, so Chinese people think that Chinese cuisine is unparalleled in the world, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.

But in the same way~ foreigners think that their country's cuisine is good~ even better than Chinese cuisine, but there is nothing wrong with it.

For the taste of Chinese people, they may feel that the food of other countries tastes very ordinary, but these foreigners also feel the same.

They are used to the food of their own country since they were young, and if they feel normal when they eat Chinese food, it is really normal.

On the Internet in the previous life, there was a phenomenon that some foreigners living in China commented on Chinese cuisine.

There are even many foreigners who have taken this opportunity to become Internet celebrity bloggers in China.

This is actually quite nonsense, because when a normal person is asked about the taste of food in a public place, he will almost never give a bad review directly, because this is the most basic courtesy of being a human being.

As for those so-called Internet celebrity bloggers, let alone, many so-called Internet celebrity bloggers are simply trying to please the Chinese people.

It's just a few beautiful words, he said that you are happy, and then your pocket becomes bulging.

Of course, there are also some people who really like Chinese food among these people.

For example, the British guy Chen Li knew in his previous life, that guy really liked Chinese food.

In particular, hot pot and preserved pork are his favourites, and he eats them even more frequently than Chen Li, a native of Sichuan Province.

And the most exaggerated thing is that that guy is more professional than Chen Li in eating hot pot afterwards, and the dipping sauce he made is even better than Chen Li's.

But such people are a minority after all.

Most people find it difficult to correct their eating habits.

Therefore, it is simply a false proposition to simply argue about who is better in Eastern and Western cuisines.

Different people ~ different eating habits ~ different hobbies ~ even different consumption levels will cause different opinions in the so-called evaluation.

This is why even the three-star restaurants selected by the world's most famous Michelin can't satisfy everyone's appetite.

Moreover, Chen Li didn't think it was fair for Michelin to select Huaxia Restaurant.

Anyway, for Chen Li, the best food is the taste of home.

Uh~ okay~ Although Ms. Wang's cooking skills are a bit poor, Chen Li can easily eat two big bowls of rice with the meals made by Ms. Wang.

Chen Li may not be interested in some dishes with impeccable taste, presentation and even price.

As for today's meal, it was actually cooked by Huang Biao.

That's right, that's right, it's Huang Biao and Huang Ergou, the former bum in Huilong County, the rogue and gangster.

Speaking of which, it seems that no one calls Huang Biao's nickname anymore.

Those employees of Ideal Fried Chicken, some of whom have been taught fried chicken skills by Huang Biao, naturally call Huang Biao the master.

Even for other employees who have not received the skills taught by Huang Biao, calling Huang Biao is also calling Huang Teacher or Huang Guidance.

Huang Biao has been working in the training center since he was transferred from the Foreign Studies University store, and his main job is to guide the skills training for new employees.

From a bum to a master ~ and then to Teacher Huang Huang's guidance, this can be called a huge twists and turns in Huang Biao's life.

If Chen Li hadn't appeared, and hadn't been guided by Chen Li, the current Huang Biao might have already entered the classroom.

This is not just talking about it~ Not long ago, Huilong County just launched a campaign to crack down on gangsters, and a lot of bumsters like Huang Biao were arrested.

If Huang Biao hadn't followed in Chen Li's footsteps before and was still fooling around in Huilong County, then his ending now is probably not very good.

But today's Huang Biao, at the age of less than twenty, has become a respected master and instructor, and more than half of the credit for this should be attributed to Chen Li.

Of course~ Huang Biao himself is quite up to date.

This guy was muddled before, it was because he was muddled at the time, and no one around him disciplined or cared about him.

After following Chen Li, Huang Biao felt like a normal person for the first time.

There is an old saying that goes, "The prodigal son turns his back on gold."

In fact, it's not that the punks want to hang around like that all the time, it's just that most of the time they don't know what choice to make is the right one.

With Chen Li's guidance, Huang Biao finally embarked on the right path, and then Huang Biao began to enjoy it a bit.

Yes ~ indeed enjoy it!
Many people actually find it difficult to understand how wonderful it is for Huang Ergou, who used to be hungry and full, to go to work and get a salary.

Huang Ergou was fascinated by the feeling that as long as he worked hard, he would be rewarded accordingly.

There is no need to worry about being bullied, because his immediate boss is his big brother.

There is no need to worry about someone's retaliation, because now he is not a bastard Huang Ergou, but Master Huang~Teacher Huang~Director Huang.

This kind of ordinary and busy life is exactly what Huang Biao, who used to spend his days fooling around with nothing to do, wanted the most.

In addition, Chen Li is a very good employee, so while Huang Biao is extremely satisfied with his current life, he also respects Chen Li more and more.

Today's meal was made by Huang Biao on his own initiative.

After learning that Chen Li was going back to China today, Huang Biao asked his master for leave immediately, and was going to come over to let his elder brother inspect the skills he had learned recently.

That's right~ As the master chef of ideal fried chicken, Huang Biao now also has a master chef, and he is also a famous chef.

And Huang Biao's chef is none other than Chef Gong, who is well-known in Yanjing's chef circle.

This chef, whom Zhou Xiaoli's father, Boss Zhou, affectionately called her husband wrong, was Lao Gong's chef. After being seduced by Chen Li with an ideal chicken, he finally agreed to accept an apprentice.

In fact, Chef Gong has apprentices, those who help in the kitchen of his private restaurant are all his apprentices.

In fact, the chef industry still needs to work hard.

Especially the kind of traditional apprenticeship, which is not as streamlined as those culinary schools today.

Of course~ It is [-] after all, and it is about to enter the new century, so except for some traditional industries, most of the others have undergone new changes.

In the past, when a chef apprenticed to a master, he had to give a certain explanation.

The most simple and straightforward point is that before apprentices become apprentices, they first stay at the master's house or restaurant for three months or even half a year.

At this time, the master doesn't know how to teach the apprentice any skills, and this period of time is regarded as an inspection period.

During this period of time, the apprentice needs to serve tea, pour water, wipe the table and set up benches, etc., and the master will accept this after the master feels that the apprentice is diligent, or that he pleases the master.

It is said that in the past, a formal apprenticeship required a wine for apprenticeship, which is the current apprentice banquet, and then a series of operations such as worshiping the tablet of the ancestor master and kowtow to the master.

After going through this series, the apprentice was accepted.

Then ~ almost three years or even a longer learning period, the master will teach the apprentice during this period, and selectively teach his own craft to the apprentice.

The reason why it is selective. It basically depends on whether the apprentice can win the favor of the master.

If the apprentice is more liked by the master, then the master will often choose to teach it carefully, and it is even possible to pass on his family or secret skills to the apprentice.

If the apprentice is not so pleasing, then the words "teach the apprentice, starve the master" is the best excuse.

Of course, these are the rules of apprenticeship in the past.

Up to now, in fact, everyone no longer cares about these rules so much.

Just like Huang Biao's apprenticeship, Chen Li tempted Chef Gong with an ideal chicken at a dinner party when the ideal chicken was hard to find.

In fact, at the beginning, the apprentice Chen Lixiang asked Chef Gong to accept was not Huang Biao.

This is not because Chen Li doesn't take care of Huang Biao, his little brother, but because Huang Biao himself is not very good at cooking.

In the past, Huang Biao was a bum. At that time, it could be said that he had eaten the last meal without squatting down. Naturally, it was impossible for him to practice any cooking skills.

In the beginning, the apprentice Chen Lixiang asked Chef Gong to accept was actually Chen Li's cousin Wang Qiang.

Uh~ It's the cousin who has an affair with the sister of the group sister restaurant in Huilong County.

After the matter between him and the group sister broke up and broke up, Wang Qiang was called to Yanjing by Chen Li, and stayed at the Nongjiale to take charge of the cooking.

The relationship between Chen Li and Wang Qiang in the previous life was actually not bad, so he actually still cares about this cousin.

In fact, Wang Qiang once worshiped a master in Huilong County, and he also learned a liver and waist stir-fry, which Wang Qiang cooked with some effort.

Although Wang Qiang's other dishes are relatively mediocre, at least he has learned how to cook, so he has a solid foundation.

In order to find a good future for his cousin, Chen Li wanted to beg Chef Gong to accept Wang Qiang.

But this cousin of Chen Li~ is actually quite honest.

Don't look at this guy who got together with the group sister at the group sister's restaurant before, but it was a collision of dry wood and fire.

The usual Wang Qiang was the kind who couldn't get a fart out of his eight poles.

To put it bluntly~ Wang Qiang's character is not very pleasing.

Although he can be regarded as down-to-earth and capable, but at Chef Gong's current level, he is just down-to-earth and willing to work. It is no longer possible for this old boy to have any idea of ​​accepting apprentices.

So ~ Wang Qiang was directly passed by Chef Gong during the inspection period.

But Chef Gong was really interesting, thinking about letting Chen Li choose another person to go there.

Reasonable~ Chefs at Chef Gong's level generally don't accept apprentices easily.

Apart from the fact that he really has ideas about ideal chicken, Chef Gong himself also values ​​Chen Li very much.

Chef Gong stretched out the ladder, and Chen Li had to follow it.

So after weighing it, Chen Li got Huang Biao over.

Now Huang Biao is not only down-to-earth and willing to work, but also very good at getting things done.

After all, he is a person who has been in the society at any rate, so he can easily read words and demeanor.

And Huang Biao did not waste the opportunity that Chen Li gave him. It took only three days for this guy to coax Chef Gong into calling Chen Li, and then he confirmed the relationship.

Chef Gong didn't take as much effort to recruit apprentices as traditional apprenticeships. It was Chen Li who asked Su Mei to buy some things for Huang Biao and send them over, and then Huang Biao was regarded as a teacher.

So in the end, Huang Biao became Chef Gong's apprentice and was still a closed apprentice.

(End of this chapter)