I work as a chef in the university cafeteria

Chapter 220 Enjoying delicious food is a happy thing

After sending Liu Xining and the others away, Jiang Yu checked the time, and it was almost time to go to work.

He remembered what Lu Shuwu said last night that Xiong Tingsheng came to look for him, so he didn't rush back to the cafeteria, took out his cell phone from his pocket, and dialed a number.

The phone rang twice before being picked up:
"Hi, hello! Is it Jiang Yu?"

"Mr. Xiong, good morning, it's me!"

Jiang Yu responded with a smile, and continued,

"I heard from Xiao Wu that you came to see me yesterday? You can just call me if you need anything. Why do you need to go there yourself?"

"It's not a big deal. I was going to eat in the cafeteria, so I'm on my way." Hearing Jiang Yu's words, Xiong Tiansheng felt warm in his heart, which made him feel respected. He said with a smile,
"Yesterday, I told Xiao Wu about something, did he tell you everything?"

"Well, let's briefly talk about it. It is said that there will be a foreign college visiting group in two days, about 30 people, will come to our school for a visit and exchange, and the school is tentatively scheduled to be received by our No. [-] cafeteria."

Jiang Yu thought about it for a while, repeated it briefly, and then said,
"However, I'm not very clear about the specific situation, so I made a phone call to ask Mr. Xiong. After I understand the situation, I can confirm whether the Seventh Canteen has the capacity to receive it."

"Well, this foreign university delegation is composed of the University of Bristol and Loveboro University in England. There are not more than 30 people, but the exact number is 25 people. One of them is the team leader, and there are two teachers from each of the two universities. , ten students."

Xiong Tiansheng explained it in detail, he said,

"This delegation only stayed in our school for two days.

The meaning of the school is that we are guests from afar, we have to show the hospitality of the Chinese people, and at the same time show the splendid and excellent culture of our country to foreign friends, so we plan to let the Seven Canteens be in charge of their visit diet.

Of course, Xiao Jiang, you don't have to worry, the school will bear all the expenses of the visiting group. "

"I'm not worried about that."

Jiang Yu smiled and asked, "I just want to ask, are these 25 people arranged to eat in dining room No. [-], or in the student cafeteria on the first floor?"

"I also asked Vice President He this question."

Xiong Zhisheng paused, he said with some hesitation,
"What he means is that it's better to arrange it in dining room No. [-]. There are too many students dining on the first floor, and it's really ugly to squeeze around. Moreover, although our school also has international students, there are not many of them after all.

But when 25 foreigners came to eat in the cafeteria at once, I was worried that there would be some jokes. If that was the case, the image of the school would be fine, and I was afraid that it would affect the image of our Great China. "

"Okay, I see."

Jiang Yu thought about it carefully, and he almost knew it. He didn't care where the visiting group came from, and it was unlikely that he would make a special recipe for such a group of foreigners.

It would be best if they wanted to order food, and he would just do it; if they didn't order food, it would be up to him to do what those people ate.

Now dining room No. 25 only opens four private rooms every day, plus these [-] people, there are only six private rooms. According to the current staffing configuration of the kitchen, it can fully handle it.

Of course, the most important thing is that, no matter what, the Seventh Canteen is also the canteen of Jiang University. Although he is running it, he can't really refute the face of the school leaders. up?

So, he said to Xiong Zhisheng, "Mr. Xiong, I'll take over this matter. Just as you said, dining room No. [-] will serve you."

Seeing that Jiang Yu agreed to the matter, Xiong Tiansheng was relieved immediately, and he said with a smile,

"Okay, if there is any news here, I will let you know in time."

"Ok."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yu let out a sigh of relief, turned around and went back to the kitchen.

……

In Taoyuan Hall.

"Chenchen, you're already awake? Then go and wash up. After washing up, come back and eat something."

Liu Xining was carrying the soup dumplings and preserved egg and lean meat porridge packed from No. [-] Canteen. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Pan Jingchen sitting on the edge of the bed in pajamas with disheveled hair, staring out the window in a daze.

Outside the window was a well-tended little garden, full of deciduous shrubs that had sprouted green shoots.

After a few spring rains, the grass that had been silent for a whole winter began to grow wildly, and some unknown wild flowers of red, yellow, purple, and various colors also bloomed wantonly under the sunshine, everything was full of vigor and vitality , full of spring.

After hearing Liu Xining's words, Pan Jingchen turned her head and asked expectantly, "Is it still stewed noodles with tomatoes?"

After speaking, she subconsciously licked her lips.

Obviously, yesterday's stewed oatmeal fish with tomatoes was so appetizing to her that she was still savoring it after a night.

"I won't tell you first, you go to wash up quickly."

Liu Xining's big eyes were bent into crescents, and he said slyly, "When you come back from washing, you will definitely be surprised."

"Oh."

The light in Pan Jingchen's eyes dimmed. She liked the stewed oatmeal fish with tomatoes last night, because she tasted like grandma's cooking.

After her mother passed away, her father didn't care about her life at all except gambling with others. It was grandma who took her to study for her, and made her her favorite dish, stewed noodles with tomatoes and fish.

It's a pity that before she had time to make money and be filial to her grandma, her grandma fell ill and passed away. From then on, she never tasted her grandma's stewed noodles with tomatoes and fish.

After washing up, Pan Jingchen returned to the room, drew the curtains and curled up with the quilt in her arms.

Seeing this, Liu Xining felt a "thump" in her heart. Could it be that what I said wrongly before made her feel unhappy?

She hurried over and asked in a low voice, "Chenchen, what's wrong with you?"

"I miss my grandma a little bit. Grandma loves me so much, but I haven't had time to honor her properly. I'm really useless."

Pan Jingchen buried her face in the quilt, her thin shoulders trembled, it was obvious that she was crying silently again.

Liu Xining sighed secretly, patients with depression are like this, psychologically fragile and extremely sensitive.

A casual word, an inconspicuous little thing can remind them of sad things, so that their emotions collapse.

She had neglected it before. To Pan Jingchen, stewed oatmeal and fish with tomatoes is not just a delicious pasta, but also her longing for her grandma. What she said probably made her realize that the breakfast she brought It wasn't this one, so let her down.

"Chenchen, grandma only hopes that you can live happily, but she doesn't want to see you crying in your room."

Liu Xining took advantage of the opportunity and sat down beside the bed, stretched out his hand to hold Pan Jingchen into his arms, and said softly,
"If grandma sees you like this, how sad would it be? You don't want grandma to worry about you, do you?
If you still want to eat noodles and fish stewed with tomatoes, I'll bring them to you at noon, but you can't be hungry in the morning.

Or, you can taste the food I brought you first, if you don't think it tastes good, we won't eat it, okay? "

Pan Jingchen didn't speak, but Liu Xining got up and took the lunch box from one side, and slowly opened it.

The lunch box has two layers, the top is filled with soup dumplings, and the bottom is filled with preserved egg and lean meat porridge.

Just as Liu Xining opened the lid of the lunch box, a strong aroma of preserved eggs and green onions came to the nostrils, and Pan Jingchen who was sitting by the side couldn't help but look over.

Liu Xining obviously also noticed her reaction, brought the lunch box in front of her, with a warm smile on his face, and said softly:

"Look, Chenchen, this is a soup dumpling filled with chicken juice, when the two of us went shopping, didn't you order this every time?

And this porridge with preserved egg and lean meat, I always say that the preserved egg smells stinky, but you always refute me, saying that it is very fragrant and smells good.

I brought you both of these foods, whether they are good or not, how about we try some of them?If you taste it and think it’s really not to your liking, then let’s not eat it, and I’ll bring you braised oatmeal fish with tomatoes later, okay? "

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to hold the lunch box, put the soup dumplings and preserved egg and lean pork porridge in front of Pan Jingchen, and looked at her expectantly.

The rising steam of food, with its appetizing aroma, continuously penetrated into Pan Jingchen's nasal cavity, stimulating her nerves, tempting her taste buds, and she couldn't help swallowing.

Pan Jingchen slightly raised her head, looked carefully at Liu Xining who was sitting opposite, then looked down at the crystal clear soup dumplings and the fragrant preserved egg and lean meat porridge, and finally couldn't help but slowly raised her hand.

She picked up the chopsticks, picked up a soup dumpling, placed it near her mouth, carefully bit open an opening, and then sucked it lightly, the rich and delicious soup flowed into her mouth in an instant, making her stare. Big eyes.

Everything was as expected by Liu Xining. After Pan Jingchen took a bite of the soup dumpling, she couldn't put it down anymore...

Looking at Pan Jingchen, who buried her head in sips of soup dumplings, and drank a spoonful of preserved egg and lean meat porridge from time to time, Liu Xining couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. While she was happy, she couldn't help being a little surprised:
The food made by Jiang Yu is not only delicious, but also has a magical power that others can't explain clearly!
At this moment, she was even more rejoicing. Fortunately, she accepted the school's invitation to perform at the school. Otherwise, how would she know Jiang Yu, a magical junior?
From Pan Jingchen's point of view, she should have fully accepted the food made by Jiang Yu. The next step is to make her more interested in food and things around her, so as to slowly get out of the "dilemma" of depression. It's just a matter of a day or two.

However, now Liu Xining has full confidence that as long as Jiang Yu is still here, Pan Jingchen will sooner or later get rid of the troubles of depression and regain the former demeanor of flying freely on the stage.

……

Jiang Yu naturally knew about Pan Jingchen's changes, because every time Liu Xining and Xie Siqi came over, they would tell him about Pan Jingchen's changes little by little.

This surprised Jiang Yu himself.

Just like Wu Wenle, the son of Liu Shurong, a wealthy businessman in Qiantang before, he became skinny due to anorexia. He was not interested in other people's food at all, but he could eat the food made by Jiang Yu.

Even the bacon and biscuits made by Jiang Yu are more attractive to him than the delicacies made by other chefs.

Originally, Jiang Yu thought that this kind of incident was just an exception, but Pan Jingchen, who suffered from depression, appeared again. Her changes were almost the same as Wu Wenle's.

One person may be accidental, but if two people are like this, then maybe.

Jiang Yu is also thinking, is it because he has a gourmet system, and the gourmet recipes it provides actually have this kind of "healing" function?

Because enjoying food is a joyful thing.

Of course, all of this is just Jiang Yu's own guess, and the food system in his mind is not intelligent, unlike other protagonists in the plane, the built-in system can also talk, which is enviable even thinking about it.

Therefore, he pondered over and over again, and he couldn't figure out whether it was a coincidence or whether the meals he cooked could really cure diseases.

However, Jiang Yu didn't have time to worry about this matter, because the visiting group from the university from which the sun never sets was going to visit the school today.

Just after the lunch time, Xiong Tiansheng came to the Seventh Canteen to find Jiang Yu, and explained the general arrangement of the university visiting group:
"The visiting group arrived at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The school will hold a welcome meeting first, and then take them on a tour of the school. Dinner is scheduled to officially start at [-] o'clock in the evening.

Because the first meal is considered a banquet, the school's three leaders, including vice principal He, accompanied them. "

Jiang Yu did some calculations in his mind, the visiting group plus the three school leaders who accompanied the meal, that is, 28 people, just enough to fit in two boxes.

Moreover, the dinner is arranged at seven o'clock. At this time, the four tables of guests who have reserved boxes in advance have basically finished their dishes. With this time difference, it is not particularly nervous to have two tables of reception banquets .

He nodded, glanced at Xiong Tingsheng, and asked, "Since it's a banquet, does the school have any requirements? For example, what kind of dishes do you need, what kind of drinks do you need?"

"Most of the members of the visiting group are students, so let's forget about drinking?"

Xiong Tiansheng frowned slightly, thought for a while and said,
"Xiao Jiang, didn't you make your own drinks? Just let those students drink the drinks.

As for the banquet dishes, the school leaders did not give any special explanation, but I personally think that those foreigners should not eat spicy food very much, right? "

"Okay, then I probably understand."

Jiang Yu smiled at Xiong Tiansheng, and continued,
"By the way, Mr. Xiong, I recently made some fruit wine by myself, including kiwi fruit wine, strawberry fruit wine, and mulberry fruit wine.

The alcohol content of these fruit wines is not high, Mr. Xiong, would you like to try it? "

The last time Jiang Yu, Hu Zhihai, Jia Dequan and others went for a spring outing at the foot of Meiling, they met someone selling wild kiwi fruit on the way back. Kiwi is much better.

Of course, this kind of small wild kiwi fruit tastes not as sweet as artificially grown ones, but it is a good material for making fruit wine. Many people even go to the countryside to collect this wild kiwi fruit for wine.

Therefore, Jiang Yu, who was interested, also bought some kiwi fruit and prepared to make homemade fruit wine. There is a recipe for making kiwi fruit wine in the gourmet system. The taste is naturally unmatched by others.

Now that he had already made kiwi fruit wine, Jiang Yu simply asked Hu Zhihai to contact farmers in the suburbs, bought a batch of strawberries and mulberries, and made three kinds of fruit wine in one go.

By now, this batch of fruit wine has basically been fermented.

"You made fruit wine yourself?"

Xiong Tiansheng's eyes lit up, and he smacked his lips subconsciously, but he quickly reacted, shook his head again and again, and said with some regret,
"I'm still at work, how can I drink alcohol? Not even fruit wine. If the boss smells the alcohol on my body after a while, then I will be miserable."

Jiang Yu couldn't help laughing, and said:
"That's fine. Teacher Xiong will be going back later. I'll pack two bottles for you. You can take them home and drink slowly."

Xiong Tiansheng was very happy, and said again and again: "Then I will not be polite, thank you Xiaojiang."

After talking about the visiting group, Xiong Tiansheng chatted with Jiang Yu for a few more gossips, and left happily with Jiang Yu's homemade fruit wine.

Jiang Yu went back upstairs again, and had to prepare two more tables for the reception in the evening. Some preparations had to be done a little earlier, so as not to be in a hurry and screw things up, which would be embarrassing.

In the busy schedule, time passed quickly, and it was night in a blink of an eye.

At this moment, the dining hall on the first floor of the No. [-] Canteen has gradually become quiet. There are only a few students sitting scattered in the corner of the dining area, eating quietly.

Vice-principal He, together with two school leaders, accompanied a tall foreigner wearing gold-rimmed glasses as they walked towards the No. [-] canteen, laughing and chatting.

Behind them, there were about [-] younger foreigners who followed sparsely. These people walked and whispered to each other, and they didn't know what they were talking about.

"Professor Hans, this way please!"

Vice-principal He led the crowd around a corner and walked towards the gate of No. [-] Canteen. With a smile on his face, he introduced,

"This is a student canteen in our school. Does Professor Hans know? This canteen was actually created by the students of our school. In less than half a year, it has already become famous.

His understanding of Chinese cuisine is beyond the reach of many great chefs. Later, Professor Hans must taste it! "

"Oh, really?"

Professor Hans looked surprised. As far as he knew, many Huaxia students had always regarded reading as the most important way out of life.

It's hard to imagine that a college student will run a cafeteria in school, that's all, he not only runs a cafeteria, but also becomes a chef himself, and even makes many chefs far behind!

That's hard to come by.

Cooking is not just a skill, but an art.

It is one thing to make dishes that taste good, but it also requires the chef to know a little bit of art, to be able to put the cooked dishes into attractive dishes, and to use some simple ingredients or leftovers to piece together beautiful pictures. pattern.

This is not a level that can be achieved in a day or two. Whether it is a Chinese chef or a Western chef, it takes a lot of time to practice to achieve it.

Therefore, Professor Hans suddenly became interested in the "student of the school" that Vice President He mentioned.

He nodded slightly and said with a smile,

"Chinese food is famous all over the world, and it is a part of China's splendid culture. In fact, I am not only obsessed with ancient Chinese culture, but also Chinese food. Hearing what you said, I can't wait to try it!"

"Hahaha! Don't worry, Professor Hans, you will be able to feel the unique charm of Chinese cuisine in a while!"

Vice President He couldn't help laughing, he said,
"I believe that as long as you taste it once, you will never forget the wonderful taste of Huaxia cuisine!"

Professor Hans also had a smile on his face, and said, "Oh, I'm really looking forward to it!"

Internationally, the three recognized food kingdoms are China, France and Ottomans, but the sun never sets is a well-known "food desert".

The reason why it is called "Gourmet Desert" is because the sun never sets not only lacks ingredients, but also the cooking method is extremely simple.

In terms of ingredients, the vegetables are basically potatoes and peas, while the meat is mainly beef. The best staple food is bread with jam.

In terms of cooking methods, there are basically only three kinds of cold salad, boiled and grilled, which are completely incomparable with the frying and frying in Chinese restaurants.

The simple cooking method, coupled with the lack of ingredients, makes the taste of the dishes not much better. Many tourists who have been to the sunset never set have only one sentence after returning, that is, the dishes that never set under the sun are really unpalatable .

There is a joke on the Internet that says this:
Chinese cuisine and French cuisine rank first in the world, cuisines from all other countries rank second in the world, and dishes from all over the world rank third in the world.

This joke shows how people feel about the local cuisine that never sets in the sun.

Of course, the food that the sun never sets is not delicious, but it does not mean that people who never set the sun do not like to eat delicious food. For example, the professor Hans in front of him, after hearing the introduction of Vice President He, his two blue eyes It's about to glow green.

A group of people entered the gate of the No. [-] canteen and went up the stairs to the second floor. Vice President He led Professor Hans and several other teachers into one of the big boxes, and those students into the other big box.

Not long after sitting down, Jiang Yu, who had already received the news, arranged for someone to serve the food.

Since it was a banquet, cold dishes were served first, and several waiters acted together to put exquisitely arranged and brightly colored cold dishes on the table. Professor Hans and the other teachers of the visiting group were watching one after another. They were all dumbfounded.

This, this, these are the dishes to eat?Are you sure it's not art?

It's not that they haven't eaten Huaxia cuisine, and there are Huaxia restaurants in Sunset, but why do they suddenly feel that what they eat in the Huaxia restaurant on the side of Sunset is fake Chinese cuisine?
This presentation is too delicate, right? !
(End of this chapter)