I work as a chef in the university cafeteria

Chapter 235 When food meets art, it’s not just the taste buds that amaze you
After lunch at noon the next day, when everyone else was resting, Jiang Yu and Jia Dequan closed the door and hid in the side dish room.

"Do you want to learn which culinary 'unique skill'?"

Entering the side dish room, Jia Dequan took a kitchen knife from the knife holder, weighed it in his hand, looked up at Jiang Yu again, and said with a smile,

"You don't have to think too much. You're not the only one participating in the cooking show. There are several chefs. Normally, it's enough for one person to perform one show. So, if you have learned a 'unique skill', totally enough.

For a performance-like program like this, it’s right to come as much as you want, otherwise, why do you think those chefs practice those who ride a unicycle to slice noodles and walk on stilts to ramen?It's nothing more than eye-catching!
Of course, that kind of thing is flashy, let's not play that way! "

Jiang Yu asked, "Well, which one do you think is more suitable for me to learn?"

"If you really don't know what to learn, then you might as well learn how to cut carrots and fishnets."

Jia Dequan thought for a while and made a decision for Jiang Yu. He smiled "hehe" and said,

"In fact, this is not a 'unique skill'. As long as you master the skills, ordinary people can cut it, but if you don't know the skills, no matter how good the knife is, you can't cut it.

But as I have said before, the culinary art show is to attract attention. It is the first time that people who don’t know how to cut radishes into fishing nets will be so shocked that their eyes will pop out! "

"Then learn this."

Jiang Yu nodded without thinking, and said with a smile,

"Actually, I'm also quite curious about how to cut a radish so that it can be cut into holes like fishing nets."

"Then you'll have to keep your eyes open for a while."

Jia Dequan didn't say anything, he laughed, turned around and took out a carrot from the freezer, washed it, cut off the head and tail with a knife, leaving the middle part, then raised his head and smiled at Jiang Yu , reminded,
"I'm starting!"

As soon as Jia Dequan started to move the knife, Jiang Yu's eyes were fixed on him, carefully observing every movement and every detail of his cutting carrots. At the same time, Jiang Yu was also silently calculating in his heart.

If a carrot is divided into four sides, the side that faces up is side A, the side that faces down is side C, and the left and right sides are side B and side D respectively, then looking at Judd Quan from this division looks a bit chaotic Carrot cutting method, it is almost clear at a glance.

He cut a thin knife on side A first, and this knife is also particular, that is, it should not exceed the center of the carrot. After this cut, he turned the carrot 180 degrees, and then cut the same thin knife on side C. Cannot exceed the center of the circle.

Then turn it 90 degrees, make a cut on the B side, then turn it 180 degrees, and make a cut on the D side.

The whole carrot is cut in the order of ACBD in this way, and the thickness of each cut must be consistent, and the degree of each cut should not exceed the center of the carrot circle.

After all, Jia Dequan is a top culinary master in the country, and his knife skills are naturally superb. It doesn't take long for a short carrot in his hands.

He kept spinning the carrot with one hand, and kept lowering the knife with the other hand. The movement was so fast that Jiang Yu was dazzled. In just a dozen breaths, he cut a whole carrot into pieces. alright.

"Did you see clearly?"

After completing the movement of the knife, Jia Dequan raised his head and glanced at Jiang Yu with a smile.

In his hand, the carrot looked intact at first glance, but in fact it had already been cut "all over the body". It looked a bit like a cucumber in a coir raincoat, but in fact, the two were cut in different ways .

Hearing Jia Dequan's question, Jiang Yu recalled his actions for a while in his mind, nodded slightly, and said with a little hesitation:

"Well, almost."

"Oh? Did you really see clearly?"

Jia Dequan looked a little surprised, and then raised his eyes to glance at Jiang Yu, then said with a smile,

"That's good, then, I will continue to operate."

As he said that, he picked up the carrot that had been sliced ​​again, placed it flat on the cutting board, and slowly turned it around, while using a flat knife to slice off a thin layer of carrot.

This cutting method is a bit like peeling an apple, slowly and carefully, ensuring that it will not be cut in the middle, until the carrot is sliced ​​to the heart of the carrot, and this is considered complete.

After slicing a whole carrot, Judd Quan reached out and scooped some salt from the side, sprinkled it on the spread carrot slices, then rolled up the carrot slices as they were, and held them lightly in his hands to let the salt penetrate into the carrots inside.

While operating, Jia Dequan asked Jiang Yu with a smile, "Do you know what the purpose of doing this is?"

"Let the carrots soften."

Jiang Yu knew that Jia Dequan was asking about the purpose of salting. The salt would cause the radishes to lose water, and the dehydrated radishes would naturally become soft.

"Well, after the carrots become soft, it's time to witness a miracle!"

Jia Dequan smiled at Jiang Yu, put the carrot that had begun to ooze out on the cutting board, and slowly spread it out along the place where it was rolled up before.

After the carrot was completely spread out, Jia Dequan stretched out his hands, gently pinched the two sides of the carrot slice, and pulled it slightly, a bright red carrot "fishing net" with a clear grid was instantly presented in front of Jiang Yu.

"That's how the 'fishing net' was cut out!"

Jiang Yu looked at the "fishing net" of carrots spread out in front of him, and his eyes couldn't help but light up.

The lines of this "fishing net" are of the same thickness and straightly intersect each other. The grid of the "fishing net" is in the shape of a diamond, uniform and fine, and looks just like a real fishing net.

The effect of this cooking "unique skill" is indeed quite shocking, but it is not complicated to do. As Judd Quan said before, as long as you master the cutting method, even ordinary people can easily cut out " Fishing nets" come.

Of course, the process of using carrots with blades is still a bit dangerous. If a person is not skilled in knife skills, once the strength is not mastered, they may cut their hands.

"Do you want to try?"

Jia Dequan looked at Jiang Yu with a surprised look, and couldn't help laughing. He put the kitchen knife on the cutting board, wiped his hands with a towel, and said with a smile,

"You said before that you have seen how I cut it, so let me see if you can cut out the 'fishing net'."

Jiang Yu thought for a while, but didn't refuse. He nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll try it first."

As he spoke, he picked up a carrot from the fresh-keeping cabinet, washed it, and picked up a kitchen knife to cut it.

As early as the beginning, Jiang Yu had already seen clearly the order in which Jia Dequan cut the carrots, so he didn't find it difficult to do this step. In fact, it was in the order of "ACBD" as he had marked before. , followed by the knife can be.

Of course, because it was the first time that the knife was cutting while rolling the ingredients, and the depth of the knife had to be grasped to keep it as consistent as possible, Jiang Yu was naturally not as fast as Jia Dequan when cutting carrots.

But even so, it took less than 1 minute to cut a whole carrot.

This made Jia Dequan, who had been standing on the sidelines observing, couldn't help showing surprise on his face, even his gray brows trembled a few times inadvertently, probably he was also a little surprised, he didn't expect Jiang Yu to cut so fast.

The more this happened, the more curious he became. Jiang Yu cut so fast, did he really see his previous cutting skills clearly, or did he think that what he cut was just an ordinary hob method?
While Jia Dequan was thinking about this, Jiang Yu, who was standing in front of the cutting board, had already started the next process - sliced ​​carrots.

With the previous experience of making Lizhuang white meat, Jiang Yu has already mastered the flat knife method. Compared with the soft and slightly greasy pork, it is much more difficult to slice the crispy and tender carrots into long slices. up.

Although carrots are easier to cut into the knife, they are not as tough as pork. If you are not careful, it is easy to be broken, so you need to be very careful at this step. Once the pieces are broken, all previous efforts will be wasted.

When Jiang Yu was slicing carrots, his movements were much slower. He slowly rolled the carrots on the cutting board with one hand, and slowly advanced the kitchen knife with the other hand. After a while, he finally sliced ​​the whole carrot. over.

Immediately afterwards, following what Jia Dequan had done before, he sprinkled some salt on the carrot slices, rolled them back up and pinched them lightly for a few times, and when the carrots softened a little, Jiang Yu spread out the carrots again and stretched out his hands to pinch them Gently pull on both sides——

An orange-red "fishing net" with fine mesh is presented in front of you.

"not bad."

Although Jia Dequan had already had a premonition before, and although Jiang Yu had only watched his demonstration of cutting the "fishing net" once, maybe he could really replicate it.

But when he really saw Jiang Yu cut out the carrot "fishing net", Jia Dequan couldn't help being a little surprised, and even the corners of his eyes began to twitch.

This kid is really not a person!

He had cut so fast before, and the sequence of cutting carrots was complicated, so he could see through the mystery of it, and learned it well!
If another person came here, if he didn't explain how to cut the knife, he might not be able to cut such a neat "fishing net" if he blunt the kitchen knife.

No wonder this kid cooks so delicious food at such a young age, what a monster!

Resisting the urge to complain in his heart, Jia Dequan stretched out his hand and pulled the carrot "fishing net" that Jiang Yu cut, looked carefully, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he pretended to be serious and said,

"Xiao Jiang, although your 'fishing net' has been cut well, you still haven't mastered the depth of the knife. Look, the thickness of the 'fishing net' you cut out is different.

However, you can cut it like this for the first time, which is already very good, and it is only a little worse than mine back then.

It's okay, don't be discouraged, just practice more. "

"Oh, ok, I will practice a couple of times when I have free time."

It's not been a day or two since I've been in contact with the little old man Jia Dequan. How could Jiang Yu not know what he's thinking? This little old man just saw that he cut out the "fishing net" for the first time. He felt that he had lost face.

He didn't care either, he smiled at Jia Dequan and said,

"Old Jia, thank you this time, thank you for being here, otherwise I don't know where to find this 'unique skill' in cooking."

"No need to thank you, next time you are free, just cook a few more good dishes for me to try."

As Jia Dequan said this, he remembered the Lizhuang white meat and steamed lion head that he ate yesterday. The taste is really unforgettable.

If there is a chance, let Jiang Yu do it again.

Just thinking about this, he suddenly remembered something, and said to Jiang Yu,

"By the way, Xiao Jiang, all these 'fishing nets' are not just for showing off skills. You can't learn it and just think about using it to bluff people."

"what?"

"I researched all these 'fishing nets' at the beginning, not to show off my skills, but to use them for display."

Jia Dequan looked up at Jiang Yu, and said seriously,

"Imagine for yourself, a steamed sea bass, if you put a carrot 'fishing net' on it, does the orange color make this relatively simple and elegant dish more colorful?

Moreover, the combination of fishing nets with fish-based dishes can always give people a sense of wit and wit as long as the dishes are well placed. "

"Really...why didn't I think of it before?"

When Jiang Yu heard it, it was as if a window had been opened in his mind, and he felt a lot more transparent in an instant.

"There are many things you didn't expect. After all, how long have you been in the industry, and how long have I been in the industry?"

Jia Dequan looked smug, and he said with a smile,
"Moreover, carrots are not the only ones that can cut 'fishing nets'. White radishes and cucumbers can be cut, and they can also be used to arrange dishes according to the needs of the dishes.

You have to remember that when food meets art, it’s not just the taste buds that surprise you! "

……

On the first floor of Seventh Canteen, in the dining area.

Zhu Youfeng just bought breakfast, put it on a tray, and came to a corner. After sitting down, he couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief:

"Every time a new breakfast product is released in the cafeteria, everyone fights like a war. Now it's really not easy to have a meal in the No. [-] cafeteria!"

On his tray, in addition to a cage of soup dumplings, two duck wings and a bowl of preserved egg and lean pork porridge, there is also a pie that is about the size of a big meat bun and is fried golden on both sides.

"That's not true. Although Senior Brother Jiang puts the focus of his work on the second floor, he will occasionally come down to cook us some new delicacies."

Luo Xiaoyu, who was sitting opposite him, said while eating breakfast,
"I heard that Brother Jiang personally taught the chefs in the cafeteria to make these beef glutinous rice cakes. Can the taste be bad? Of course everyone will desperately rush to try it."

"Who knows if the news that came out is true or not?"

Zhu Youfeng shook his head, picked up the chopsticks to pick up the heavy beef glutinous rice cake in front of him, looked around, and said with a smile,

"However, in any case, although the other chefs in Seventh Canteen are not as good as Senior Brother Jiang, they are much higher than the chefs in other canteens. Even if Senior Brother Jiang didn't make this beef glutinous rice cake, the taste is not that bad."

As he spoke, he brought the glutinous rice cake to his mouth, opened his mouth and took a big bite.

Seeing that Zhu Youfeng had already started eating, Luo Xiaoyu couldn't help asking: "How is it? How does it taste?"

Luo Xiaoyu had some gastrointestinal discomfort in the past two days. The doctor reminded him that he could only eat foods that are easy to digest. Because of this, he resisted the urge to buy beef glutinous rice cakes for breakfast.

Although he couldn't eat it himself, he still wanted to know how the glutinous rice cake tasted.
"Well, this glutinous rice cake is so delicious!"

Zhu Youfeng squinted his eyes, and after a while, he seemed to have just come back to his senses. With a satisfied expression on his face, he sighed,

"The outer skin of this glutinous rice cake is browned and crispy, and the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes; the inner filling is soft and chewy, with a hint of spicy taste. The key is that there is coriander in the filling. The meat is mixed with the fragrance of coriander. Really So beautiful!"

After finishing speaking, he took another big bite of the glutinous rice cake, and chewed it happily.

"..."

Listening to Zhu Youfeng's fragrant description, and looking at his eating appearance, Luo Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, and his saliva almost flowed from the corner of his mouth.

He quickly took a breath, raised his hand to wipe the corners of his mouth, and secretly warned himself not to eat glutinous rice, while he quickly picked up a soup dumpling to calm his shock.

Fortunately, there are still Jiang's soup dumpling, otherwise, he would have to cry.

After eating for a while, Luo Xiaoyu raised his head again, and said in a muffled voice:

"Old Zhu, today is Monday, and the reservations for boxes in dining room No. [-] are about to start again. You mustn't forget it then!"

"Don't worry, I've thoroughly researched the restaurant reservation app for a while, and I've already registered."

Zhu Youfeng had already finished eating the beef and glutinous rice cakes, and at the moment, he was pouring soup dumplings one by one, and another mouthful of preserved egg and lean meat porridge. His mouth was full. After he swallowed the food in his mouth, he said,
"However, the official start time of this reservation is eight o'clock, and I have to go to class at eight o'clock, so whether I can get a box here really depends on luck."

"Tch, even if you don't go to class and stay in the dormitory to rest, you may not be able to snatch it!"

Luo Xiaoyu raised his head and glanced at Zhu Youfeng, curled his lips and said,

"So many people are waiting, do you think we are the only ones who want to book a box?"

"It's true. Anyway, let's do our best and obey the destiny."

Zhu Youfeng also laughed, shook his head and sighed, and said,
"Okay, let's eat quickly. After we finish eating, we have to go to the classroom!"

After speaking, he lowered his head again and began to eat violently.

Luo Xiaoyu didn't speak, and still ate slowly.

He and Zhu Youfeng are not in the same class, and there is no class in the first period, Zhu Youfeng can be anxious, why is he anxious?
After hastily eating breakfast, Zhu Youfeng ran to class with his books in his arms.

Luo Xiaoyu picked up his schoolbag and went to the lakeside behind the library to find a clean place to sit down. He took out his mobile phone and looked at the comments of netizens on the Douyin account of "Jiang Daqi Canteen", waiting for eight o'clock. 's arrival

The latest update of "Jiang Daqi Canteen" was released last night.

There is nothing new in this update, but just to remind all netizens that at [-]:[-] am today (Monday), the "Jiang Daqi Canteen" restaurant reservation app will officially open the reservation function. I hope you don't miss the time.

Although it was just a reminder, the enthusiasm of netizens was still extremely high, and they left messages in the comment area.

"After waiting for so long, it's finally Monday again, hahaha, I'm sure I can make a reservation this time!"

"It's good to use the APP to make a reservation. With my hand speed that I have practiced for nearly 30 years, I will definitely be able to grab the box this time!"

"Oh! It's so difficult to try the food in dining room No. [-]. I've made an appointment several times, but I didn't make an appointment once. It's so sad!"

"Don't be sad upstairs, after all, you won't be able to make an appointment this time either..."

"..."

Looking at these comments, Luo Xiaoyu laughed out loud from time to time, these netizens are really funny.

Of course, it can also be seen from these comments that many people really want to taste the food in Restaurant No. Just a handful of people.

Thinking of this, Luo Xiaoyu is also very fortunate. Fortunately, he chose Jiangzhou University. If it wasn't for this, how could he have the opportunity to taste the meals made by Senior Brother Jiang?

Not only myself, but every teacher and student in this school will probably feel lucky, right?
In order to keep this luck going, many students in this school have worked harder to fill the campus with a learning atmosphere of being motivated and striving to be the first.

Even Luo Xiaoyu, who is only a sophomore this year, has already prepared all kinds of materials for the postgraduate entrance examination, and started to study foreign languages ​​and other compulsory subjects in advance. Graduate students of this school.

As for the purpose of the postgraduate entrance examination, besides being able to stay in school and eat the meals cooked by Senior Brother Shangjiang, the most important thing is to be a better self.

Only a better self can be worthy of a better future; only a better future can lead to a better life.

Luo Xiaoyu was thinking about this, when the mobile phone in his hand suddenly sounded "Dididi". He suddenly came back to his senses, only to realize that it was the mobile phone alarm clock.

The time has arrived at 7:55, and in 5 minutes, the reservations for boxes in dining room No. [-] will officially start!

After turning off the alarm clock, he hurriedly quit the Douyin app, and quickly opened the "Jiang Daqi Canteen" restaurant reservation app.

I don't know if there are too many people online at this moment, Luo Xiaoyu always feels that after opening this app, it is not as smooth as before, and it always has a pause.

He felt a "thump" in his heart, and secretly said "Oops", if it's really because of the slow response time of the APP that he can't get a box, it would be too fucked up.

Time passed very slowly, just 5 minutes, but it seemed as long as a month.

After a while, seeing that there were only 8 seconds left before 15 o'clock, Luo Xiaoyu started to refresh the room reservation page without saying a word. As soon as the page was refreshed, his eyes lit up, and he saw the reservation button in the middle of the page light up !

Without even thinking about it, Luo Xiaoyu stretched out his fingers and pressed the appointment button fiercely——

"My dear, I'm really sorry! The box has been fully booked, please work harder next time!"

(End of this chapter)