The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 435 Cooking Competition (continued)

Chef Hushi's "Dry Boom Little Broken Lamb" is really good, but his local dish is "Mutton Stir-fried Fresh Noodles". It is a mistake to repeat the two dishes in the selection of ingredients.

To tell you the truth, "dry and shredded lamb" is not as good as "mutton stir-fried fresh noodles".

The Beijing master's "Sour Soup Wooden Bullfrog" draws on the practice of "Sour Soup Fat Cow", and the creativity points in the choice of tableware and heating method.

The production process is to heat the small pebbles in an oven in advance, and then put them in a wooden barrel.The bullfrog meat is marinated and placed on a plate, the sour soup is adjusted, and the bottom dish is fried and placed on a plate.

When serving the meal, the wooden barrel with pebbles, bullfrog meat, bottom dish, and sour soup are served together, and the waiter operates on the spot.

First, the bottom vegetables are poured into the wooden barrel, and then the bullfrog meat is poured in. Because there are baked high-temperature pebbles in the wooden barrel, the bullfrog meat and the bottom vegetables sizzled after being poured in.Immediately after pouring in the adjusted sour soup, the wooden barrel boiled.

Then cover the wooden barrel lid and open it after a minute. The soup is delicious and the frog meat is tender.

This dish is very suitable for making Internet celebrity dishes and has an atmosphere.

Through these five dishes, we can see the skills of the master chef. Without years of cooking experience and comprehension of dishes, it is impossible to make it.

The five-course meal is not high-end, it can be described as ordinary.

All the ingredients are common, and the seasonings are also used at home, such as oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, which are not special.But it's amazing to cook such creative and flavorful dishes.

It is said that the masters are among the people, and so are the cooks.

No matter the size of the dishes, they are all imported at any time, and the expensive ones cannot be respected. If the common people can afford it, it is enough to give them a thumbs up.

After careful tasting and deliberation by the judges, in the end, Chef Changsha's "Dried Fish with Chopped Pepper and Double Flavors" won the first place in innovative dishes.

The final result of the hot dish competition is:

The chef in the provincial capital won the first place in the prescribed dishes;
Master Hushi won the first place in local dishes;
Chef Changsha won the first place in innovative dishes, and at the same time won the championship of hot dishes in this competition with the first place in the total score.

Next came the awards ceremony, where the judges issued certificates, medals, and prizes to the masters who won the first place in the single event and the overall champion. The masters who did not receive the certificates and medals each received a commemorative award as a sign of encouragement.

After awarding the awards, the president of the Catering Association sent congratulations to the award-winning masters on behalf of the judges.

"First of all, congratulations on the success of the first culinary competition of Aqiao Catering Management Company!"

applause--

"Congratulations to the masters who have achieved good results and the three champions. At the same time, I would like to thank all the masters who participated in the competition. Thank you for your hard work in the past two days. I have presented you with exquisite dishes. Thank you again."

applause--

Then the president said excitedly: "I have been very touched these two days. You have taught us a few old guys a lesson. To be honest, I didn't expect a small social restaurant to hold a cooking competition, and it was so serious, rigorous, and meticulous. , and was very successful.

I have been a judge for half my life, and have served in municipal, provincial, and national competitions. I have never had difficulties in scoring, but I have to admit that I have encountered difficulties in my family.

There is only one reason for the difficulty. Everyone has done well and set the standard.Only standardized management can produce standardized products, Ah Qiao is doing well! "

Wow, a round of applause.

"As cooks, we cook for the guests, regardless of the red or white cases. No matter how good the imperial banquet is, it starts with the folks; no matter how big the restaurant is, it thrives with the cooks. You have really achieved this.

Ordinary raw materials are carefully made, simple seasonings are cooked with heart, the original flavor is back to nature, the pursuit is the heat, the taste, the people's love and love, you are real cooks! "

The old president bowed, and everyone stood up and applauded.

Next came the celebration banquet. Old Tan sat together with seven professional judges, Qiao Gang, Liu Guoqing, Qiao Shan, Gu Yi, Wang Jie and others.

As Zhou Xiaomei reminded, the chairman and Lao Tan proposed that several restaurants jointly hold a culinary art competition. Lao Tan smiled and said that he no longer cares about it, so he can just talk to Zhou Xiaomei about it, and justifiably kicked the ball.

The president is a man with a lot of experience in the world, so he didn't say any more, and raised his glass to drink with Lao Tan.

Qiao Gang leaned next to Old Tan and said, "Brother, Ah Qiao's development is at the right time, and she should march south."

Old Tan said: "We won't expand for the time being, we'll be stable for two years first, it's not good to go too soon."

Qiao Gang was a little puzzled, thinking that Lao Tan had a financial problem, and said, "Speak up for the lack of money, brother."

"It's not about money, it's about being stable and practicing internal strength. Big brother, it's not a good thing to open too many stores. Once the management can't keep up and the staff is not well-matched, it's your own brand that will be smashed. It's not worth the loss." The old man Tan said.

Liu Guoqing on the side interjected, "Teacher Tan is rigorous in his work and thinks long-term."

Old Tan smiled.

Liu Guoqing went on to say: "To be honest, I have been a judge for two days and watched the competition for two days, which made me want to open a restaurant."

Everyone laughed.

There is no such thing as a cook who can't drink. Although the words are absolute, they are also true.The chairman and the six professional judges are all cooks. They have worked in restaurants all their lives. Although they are all in their fifties, they still drink as much as they did back then. Not at all slow.

Qiao Gang and Liu Guoqing passed the alcohol test in the shopping mall. Needless to say, they can drink a bottle of Wuliangye.

Gu Yi, Sister Wang, and Qiao Shan were the ones on the table who could drink less. In fact, the three of them also had a lot of alcohol. It mainly depends on who they are compared with.

Lao Tan was happy today, eating and chatting with everyone, the host and guest had a great time.

After they finished drinking and left, the waiter counted the empty wine bottles when he removed the table, there were eighteen in total, and he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

In this way, Lao Tan was not drunk. After returning to his residence, he took a break with Qin Haixiao, Yang Zhijun, Huaqing, Xiaogao, and Chen Chef from Beijing who sent him back. After dark, he called Zhou Xiaomei and the five regional managers to go out for barbecue. up.

When eating barbecue, Lao Tan didn't drink liquor, but beer.

Halfway through the drink, Yang Zhijun asked Lao Tan: "Third brother, will you come with us when we leave tomorrow?"

"Well, I will stay with you in Hohhot for a few days." Old Tan said.

"Then I'll call Mulan to book the plane ticket." Yang Zhijun said.

"Definitely."

Mulan took out her mobile phone and started booking tickets, while Huang Lijuan said, "Tan Dong, let's go back to Jining and stay for a few days."

"Go, definitely go." Lao Tan said: "I have no official position now, and I have plenty of time. I can visit everywhere, and I can just go home during the Chinese New Year."

Yang Zhijun said: "You still have a lot of things to do."

"As long as you don't cause trouble, I'll be fine." Old Tan said.

"Third brother, don't always talk about me, I'm not doing well now?"

Old Tan looked at him and said, "It's okay, it's much better than before, and it deserves praise."

Hua Qing interjected: "Master, you don't know, this kid is the most out-of-the-ordinary guy. He always poachs me. This year he poached at least nine dumpling workers from me."

Old Tan was taken aback, and asked Yang Zhijun, "Is there anything else?"

Yang Zhijun smiled wickedly and avoided answering.

"He couldn't recruit dumpling workers, so he talked all day about how good Hohhot is, the prairie is endless, the sky is high, the water is blue, and there are herds of cattle and sheep.

I also posted photos and made videos, specifically for the attractive barbecues such as lamb skewers, roast lamb legs, and grilled lamb chops. I said that only in Hohhot can I eat lamb skewers worn with pure lamb. There are no other places, and they are all duck meat. "

(End of this chapter)