Food circle plug-in emperor

Chollima's business has been very prosperous.

When the turnover is stable, the boss is in a good mood.

If the boss doesn't look for trouble, the people below will work very smoothly.

On this day, Fu Yu was busy instructing the workers to prepare the dishes.

It was a rare occasion for Zhao Meng and Gu Yunwu to chat together.

The weather outside has been getting warmer and warmer these days, but the indoor heating stopped on March 3, making the house look particularly cold.

The air conditioner in the store only cools but does not heat. During this period, as long as the kitchen is not turned on, it has been extremely cold and humid.

Although Zhao Meng is just in his early forties, he followed his master around in the southeast and northwest in his early years. When he was young, he didn't know how to take care of himself. Now that he is getting older, he has developed various diseases.

He has severe varicose veins and arthritis. He is usually very afraid of cold, especially his heels, and even a little cold won't do it.

In order to make himself more comfortable, he bought a small electric heater. Normally, he would plug in the electric heater to roast legs in the kitchen before starting to prepare dishes.

Gu Yunwu is about the same age as Zhao Meng, but his family has been well off since he was a child, and he doesn't have many stubborn illnesses.

He wasn't afraid of the cold, so he didn't prepare an electric heater.

At this moment, I just went to look through the side dishes in the storage room. My hands were cold from the cold, so I came over to heat them up with Zhao Meng.

In the past, when Yao Shi was here, the two of them fought back and forth because they didn't like each other.

Now that Yao Shi is gone, the two of them have become more harmonious.

They are still bickering, but they are obviously not as picky as before. Maybe there is no immediate boss above them. The two of them are kings of the mountain. Usually, they do not interfere with each other. Occasionally, they need to cooperate to solve some problems, but they have invisibly eased each other. The atmosphere of the room.

Zhao Meng and Gu Yunwu are less than three years apart in age, but they can actually talk to each other very well.

Zhao Meng was taciturn when he was young, but now that he is older, he likes to talk about things that happened when he was young.

Gu Yunwu always liked to show off, so when the two of them got together, Zhao Meng recalled the past and talked about the time when he followed his master around.

Occasionally, when the conversation breaks out, I will unknowingly brag about the fact that I was in charge of the birthday banquet of the head of the village in Jiangpan Village. I cooked a total of 28 tables of flowing banquets for three days.

Gu Yunwu, on the other hand, likes to show off that after graduating from chef school, he traveled all over the country to taste delicious food. He also met a master chef who was very good at making soup. In order to drink soup, he rented a house near that shop and lived there. It took less than half a year.

Every time he talked about this matter, Zhao Meng always laughed at Gu Yunwu, saying that he must have followed the master's soup-making skills with bad intentions, otherwise how could he have learned this superb soup-making skill in the end.

Gu Yunwu would angrily scold Zhao Meng and defend himself every time.

The two of them have been working in the kitchen together since they were young, and they have been together for the longest time.

After Gu Yunwu arranged his own affairs, he brought a plate of dried tofu mixed by himself and came over to rub Zhao Meng's electric heater.

After sitting down, Gu Yunwu couldn't help complaining: "The date for the gas cutoff is too early. It's the coldest time now. Why can't we give him another half month of heating? Even if the heating bill goes up a little bit." !”

Zhao Meng heard Gu Yunwu's words and nodded in agreement.

What he fears most is that at this time, the room is cold and cold.

At this time of year, he doesn't feel well, but the customers who come to the restaurant to dine mainly order hot soup and hot dishes.

When cooking, your hands are wet all day long, and there is never a dry moment.

It seems that the season is here again, and the store has to place more orders for live fish and seafood.

Zhao Meng took a deep breath: "Don't get together and order some soup today, otherwise my joints will suffer again."

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard the ringing of the landline phone in the kitchen specially used to notify of emergencies.

Zhao Meng and Gu Yunwu looked at each other.

Sun Qingning happened to be close, so he quickly picked up the phone. After listening to what the other party said, he quickly turned to Zhao Menghui who was eating dried beans and reported: "Cook Zhao, there are customers in Box 104. The city leaders are entertaining the CEOs of investment companies. Let’s have dinner in our restaurant. Manager Gao asked us to hurry up and make preparations. He said it was cold weather and set up a table of hot soup and hot dishes to entertain the distinguished guests.”

After Zhao Meng heard this, he immediately frowned.

What a bad mouth you have!
Really what to say!
Cursing secretly in his mind, Zhao Meng pinched two pieces of dried bean curd and stuffed them into his mouth. He twirled his fingers and said to Gu Yunwu, "Come on, Lao Gu, we two have work to do again."

Yao Shi had always been responsible for cooking the dishes in Box 104. Sometimes when Yao Shi was away, Zhao Meng and Gu Yunwu would work together. Whoever was good at which dish would cook it.

Anyway, the commission for this table is limited. No matter how many dishes are cooked, the commission is 300 per table.

If two people work together, it's 150 per person, which will be reported directly to the finance department and included in the salary.

After Zhao Meng finished speaking, he straightened up, moved his arms and legs, and walked towards his kitchen counter.

Fu Yu also heard Sun Qingning's words. He had finished all his work here, so he also came over, ready to help at any time.

Since Gao Wenjing directly told the chef to prepare the table on his own, it means that the customer did not order specifically.

If that's the case, then it's fine.

Zhao Meng and Gu Yunwu have worked together for many years, and even if they don't get along, they have developed a tacit understanding in this area unknowingly.

The two of them put it together, asked the specific diners in Box 104, and directly decided on a banquet of ten dishes and one soup.

The staple dishes include the seafood porridge on the red table and the mackerel stuffed dumplings on the white table.

The dishes are all the specialty of the store, with various flavors including sweet, spicy, sour and salty, allowing customers to have a good taste.

Generally, a banquet is ordered with a table of dishes and a soup.

Chollima has a wide variety of soups, but the most famous one is naturally the seafood soup.

Although the store mainly cooks seafood, other local specialties are also available.

The dishes ordered by Zhao Meng and Gu Yunwu included spiced boneless chicken and braised pig's trotters in addition to the various seafood in the store.

Because of its special ingredients, Qianlima braised pig's trotters have excellent palatability and unique flavor, and are deeply loved by customers.

Therefore, this stewed dish is braised in a large pot directly from early in the morning every day, and customers can order it as they order.

Five-spice boneless chicken is Yao Shi's specialty, and he specifically taught it to Zhao Meng and Gu Yunwu.

However, comparing the two, Zhao Meng's cooking techniques are more skillful and his taste is more authentic.

The cooked five-spice boneless chicken has rotten meat and crispy bones, and the flavor penetrates into the bones. The bones and meat are separated with a gentle lift of the hand. It is fat but not greasy. The whole chicken lies on the plate, from the comb to the chicken feet, all preserved, and it is lifelike.

This dish is served as a whole chicken, and after the waiter waits for customers to watch it, he will tear it apart with his own hands for customers to taste.

What you want is this kind of meticulous and considerate service feeling.Zhao Meng and Gu Yunwu have been competing with each other for half their lives. They are not only bickering verbally, but also always trying to crush each other in terms of cooking skills.

Zhao Meng smacked his lips just after eating a plate of Gu Yunwu's spicy dried tofu. He had to show off his skills. At least he let the customer eat a whole table of dishes. He pointed at the five-spice boneless chicken and praised "This dish" "It's done authentically", that's what counts.

Zhao Meng thought to himself, and did not let the little worker move. He went to the library and personally picked out the largest one and the one with the most energy, took it out and slaughtered it.

Braised chicken is delicious when you kill live chickens, so there are always a few live chickens in the store.

When grilling chicken, be sure to remove the internal organs.

Zhao Meng carefully folded the chicken legs, curled his two paws and stuffed them into the belly of the chicken. One wing stretched out from the mouth, and the other wing was pinned to the back, making it look like a "duck floating on the water."

After the water is dried, spread the caramel on it, wait until the oil is hot, and fry it until it turns amber.

Then add various ingredients and put them into the pot to simmer.

Every step of cooking this dish is a special test of the chef's control. The chicken should be fried and simmered just right, otherwise it may be too oily or too dry.

The braised chicken cooked by Zhao Meng is golden in color, yellow in color, juicy and tender, and most delicious.

Zhao Meng was very proficient in cooking this dish. He skillfully prepared a plate of braised chicken, garnished it with vegetables, and asked the waiter to put it on the serving table: "Okay, let's call someone to serve it. "

The waiter took the plate, carefully placed it on the serving table, and rang the serving bell.

Fu Yu took the initiative to help take two dishes and cooked together.

After finishing a few dishes, Zhao Meng shook his hands in relief and carefully wiped the water with a rag. Then he rubbed his knuckles and sighed: "My hands hurt when I soak them in cold water! When will the weather get warm again?" Enough."

After hearing this, Fu Yu felt a little sorry for Zhao Meng, but there was nothing he could do.

These are occupational diseases that chefs commonly suffer from.

When preparing dishes, your hands are soaked in cold water for many years. If the time lasts for a long time, you will definitely get sick.

Fu Yu thought about giving Zhao Meng two medicated soups to treat rheumatism. Even if the effects were slower, he would at least avoid such suffering.

In the kitchen, three people started cooking at the same time, and the food was served very quickly.

Normally, it would take an hour and a half at the fastest to serve a table, but now it only took an hour for this table to be served.

I originally had some free time in the morning, but I was delayed by this order. Before I could even finish clearing the kitchen table, food orders started to arrive from the front room one after another.

This got busy, and everyone quickly immersed themselves in cooking, until a waiter came over to deliver a message, saying that 104 asked for more food, and asked the kitchen to make a stewed live fish in river water.

When the name of the dish was announced, Zhao Meng and Gu Yunwu were both stunned.

Live fish stewed in river water?
This dish is not even on the menu!

Gu Yunwu reacted quickly and hurriedly asked the waiter: "Who ordered this dish?"

The waiter said: "The leader sitting next to the main table ordered it. Sister Gao said that the boss is rushing back and requires us to unconditionally cooperate with the customer's request. Whatever the customer wants to eat, we will try our best to make it." "

This is Dong Juntian's usual behavior.

After all, the customers who can sit in Box 104 are all high-status people, and they can't even try to curry favor with them. They are completely untouchable and unoffensive.

Gu Yunwu was a little helpless, but he also knew that everyone would have to deal with this matter in this way.

He turned to look at Zhao Meng and asked, "Old Zhao, you should be good at stewing live fish in the river, right?"

After all, when Zhao Meng was young, he traveled extensively with his master and saw all kinds of new things.

We had talked before about the master and apprentice setting up a stove to cook fresh fish on the riverside.

Zhao Meng nodded, a little confused: "I know how to cook this dish, but the problem is that the live fish stewed in the river is the freshly caught live fish stewed directly in the original river water, and the taste is indeed delicious.

But the conditions here don’t allow it! "

Fu Yu had heard Zhao Meng talk about this before, and knew that this authentic river fish stew was made by directly filling the water of the Songhua River, filtering it, and directly using local materials to stew freshly caught live fish.

In fact, when I eat it in the store, I make it the same way, but I don’t know whether it’s because the river water is really special, or whether it’s just a psychological effect. When I taste it, I’m affected by the environment at that time.

After all, only live fish cooked on the riverside can give you the authentic taste.

If the environment is changed, the cooking method is obviously the same, but the taste of stewed live fish is different, not as fresh, and it doesn't have the same taste.

As soon as Gu Yunwu heard this, he knew that Zhao Meng had lost his temper, and hurriedly said: "As long as it can be made, it doesn't matter if it is authentic or not, this dish is not on the recipe anyway, just use it as you like. "

Zhao Meng has always been very persistent in this regard. If he feels that he can't do it well, he will definitely not do it, and he will not mess up things at all.

"If someone can order this dish, it means it's a good bite. If you make it later and it doesn't taste authentic, then you can't comment on it!"

Gu Yunwu was so angry that he couldn't help but argue: "You don't want to complain if you don't do it? The kitchen won't cook the food you ordered. Do you think it's because you have such a big opinion or because it's not cooked well and it doesn't taste good to you?" Do you have a big opinion?"

When Zhao Meng heard this, his face suddenly darkened: "You can do it if you can, but I won't accept this dish!"

Gu Yun was extremely martial, but he couldn't defeat Zhao Meng!

In the past, Yao Shi was here. When encountering this kind of situation, Yao Shi would handle it. Even if he was not there, Gu Yunwu would call him and Yao Shi would be able to persuade Zhao Meng to obey orders with just a few words on the phone.

Now that there is no king who controls the mountain, Zhao Meng, the coffin board, has really become the master who can't get in.

Gu Yunwu glared at Zhao Meng fiercely, feeling a little annoyed in his heart. He secretly blamed himself for being arrogant. He knew clearly that Zhao Meng was such a virtuous person, so he should have coaxed him to come in the first place.

Now it’s okay, I’ve pissed off someone, what should I do?
Gu Yunwu turned around and saw Fu Yu, and asked quickly: "Xiao Fu, can you cook this live fish stewed in the river water?"

There are currently only three people in the kitchen who can cook, and Zhao Meng refuses to take orders.

Gu Yunwu knows best what level he is at.

He has never cooked this live fish stewed in river water before, and there are many ways to stew fish. Who knows the difference in the operation of this dish?
After all, Zhao Meng had cooked before, so he would definitely be better than himself if he could do it with his eyes closed.

Fu Yu learned cooking from Zhao Meng, so he must have learned it through his own eyes and ears.

Even if he had never learned anything, how could Zhao Meng just watch and ignore him when he handed over the work to Fu Yu?

The abacus in Gu Yunwu's stomach was rattling!

Calling Fu Yu, he glanced at Zhao Meng's reaction from the corner of his eye.

Tiny!

I can’t cure your coffin board! (End of chapter)