I work as a chef in the university cafeteria

Chapter 258 He can't bear to forget this feeling!

Dining room number seven, in the kitchen.

Today was a weekend day again, but Jiang Yu was not idle. He and Jia Dequan hid in the kitchen, each occupying a stove, and frying vegetables separately.

The cooking skills of the two people are not ordinary, and the cooking speed is also very fast. In less than a while, they each prepared three dishes, and the whole kitchen was filled with the tempting aroma of the food.

Standing outside the kitchen door, Yan Tongtong couldn't help sniffling, looking at the dishes on the operating table, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

She was temporarily "captured" by Jiang Yu to help, and she couldn't understand why Jia Dequan and Jiang Yu, the young and old, hid upstairs to cook.

If they wanted to eat something delicious, why did the two of them cook three dishes that were exactly the same?

Could it be that this is a cooking competition?

Well, it must be like this, otherwise, there is no need to stir-fry the same dish at all!

When Yan Tongtong was thinking about this, she suddenly saw Jiang Yu turn his head to look at her, and asked:
"Xiaoyan, is sister Chen here?"

Yan Tongtong came back to her senses all of a sudden, nodded quickly and said:

"Oh, Sister Chen has already arrived. There are two people in total. I took them to the private room of the 'Chun' brand."

"Okay, let's serve the food. You can help Lao Jia."

Jiang Yu gave her some instructions, then turned his head and smiled at Jia Dequan, and asked,

"Old Jia, what do you think will happen?"

"It's still guesswork? I know the dishes I cook, but they don't have the magical effect you said."

Jia Dequan shook his head as if he knew the result a long time ago and said,

"Look at it, she will only taste the dishes I made, at most, and she won't have any more."

"It hasn't even started yet, how do you know?"

Jiang Yu put all the prepared dishes on the delivery car, stretched out his hand to grab Jia Dequan, and said with a smile,

"Most people can't eat the dishes made by the master chef. Look, Xiaoyan's saliva is almost drooling!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Tongtong's face turned red "shua", she lowered her head and pushed the food delivery car, and hurried forward.

"You boy!"

When Jia Dequan saw this scene, he couldn't help but burst out laughing. He raised his hand and nodded Jiang Yu, shook his head and sighed,
"You can't speak so much, be careful of being a bachelor for the rest of your life!
You have to learn from my old man. Girls need face very much. How can you say that in front of outsiders? "

Jiang Yu raised his hand and touched his nose, and said with some embarrassment:

"Uh, I just said it casually, just as a joke..."

Jia Dequan shook his head vigorously, this kid is hopeless, let him be a bachelor!
After a while, Jiang Yu and Jia Dequan arrived at the "Chun" private box. At this time, Yan Tongtong had already pushed the food delivery car in.

In the box, apart from Pan Jingchen, there is also a girl who is her life assistant Liu Qian.

Jiang Yu stepped forward and helped Yan Tongtong arrange all six dishes on the table. The three dishes made by Jia Dequan and his dishes were all messed up.

Except for themselves, now even Yan Tongtong can't tell who cooked which dish, let alone Pan Jingchen who stayed in the box waiting to eat from the beginning to the end.

After all six dishes were put on the table, Jiang Yu smiled and said to Pan Jingchen:

"Sister Chen, I have already told you before, today I mainly want to try, besides my cooking, can you eat other chef's dishes.

One is to take a look, how is your recovery going?

Another one, I also want to verify that you were willing to eat the food I cooked before, whether it was because the food tasted good, or because of other reasons.

This is very important to me, so thank you Sister Chen in advance! "

Pan Jingchen listened calmly to Jiang Yu's words, then pursed her lips into a smile, and said lightly:
"Thank you? You helped me so much before, and I didn't thank you at all. What's more, you are also helping me.

Tell me, what do you want me to do? "

Jiang Yu said: "It's actually very simple. There are three dishes here, and each of them has two servings. You can taste them as you like. The main thing is to see which three dishes you like the most."

There are three dishes on the table, one is farm fried pork, one is sweet and sour carp, and the last one is black fungus with vinegar pepper.

These three dishes are found in many cuisines, and they are also home-cooked dishes in the homes of the people in Sanjin.

"That's fine."

Pan Jingchen picked up the chopsticks, looked up at Jiang Yu and the others who had been looking at him, and said with a smile,

"Sit down, too. Don't you want to eat together later? You all stand there and watch me eat. I'm under a lot of pressure."

"Okay, then everyone sit down."

Jiang Yu smiled, turned around to greet Jia Dequan and Yan Tongtong, and each found a seat and sat down.

After everyone was seated, Pan Jingchen glanced at the six dishes on the table, then stretched out her chopsticks, picked up the sweet and sour carp closest to her, put it in her mouth and tasted it slowly .

Jiang Yu could see clearly that as soon as the fish entered her mouth, Pan Jingchen couldn't help but frown slightly, but soon relaxed again.

After eating the fish in her mouth, she didn't speak, and reached out to pick up another chopsticks of sweet and sour carp from another plate.

This time, Pan Jingchen put the fish into her mouth, chewed it carefully a few times, her eyes lit up, and before she could swallow the food in her mouth, she couldn't help but reached out and grabbed the fish with chopsticks.

She raised her head to look at Jiang Yu and the others, and said:

"These two plates of sweet and sour fish taste delicious, but I don't know why, I just want to eat the latter plate."

She frowned and thought for a moment, then added,
"How should I put it, you have never suffered from depression, and you may not be able to understand that feeling. In fact, people who suffer from depression are surrounded by sadness and despair every day, and feel very helpless.

When I tasted the taste of this plate of sweet and sour carp, it was as if a gap had been opened in the cage surrounding me, giving me the hope of escaping.

But the plate of sweet and sour carp in front is sweet and sour, and the taste is very delicious, but this is the stimulation of the taste buds, and I still have a little bit of resistance in my heart.

Well, that's about it, do you understand? "

After listening to Pan Jingchen's words, Jia Dequan and Jiang Yu couldn't help but looked at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

Jia Dequan couldn't help but shook his head, with some disbelief on his face, he said:
"Miss Pan has described it very clearly. You can't eat the food made by others, but you can eat the food made by Xiaojiang. This is already a good explanation.

This is not a question of whether the food is good or not, but what Xiao Jiang made, which is not the same thing as what others make. "

"It's all the same ingredients, the same seasoning, but it's just made by another person. How can it become something different?"

Jiang Yu raised one hand and scratched his head. Although he had already guessed, but the fact was in front of him, he couldn't believe it.

"I think that sister Chen's situation may be an isolated case. Or, let's find a few more people to try?"

"It doesn't matter how many people you invite."

Jia Dequan glanced at Jiang Yu sideways, curled his lips and said,

"You've been running the store for so long, don't you think you have counted it?
Not to mention anything else, just say that the soup dumpling you made actually made the precious grandson of the old Lu family run away from home and come to work for you. Do you think this is normal? "

As he spoke, he shook his head again and muttered,
"I still have self-knowledge. No matter how delicious the food I cook, others will only praise it after eating it, but they will never think of coming to work for me."

Jiang Yu: "..."

Brother Xiao Wu is greedy for the delicious soup dumplings, he wants to be able to eat them anytime, so he comes to my shop to do business, isn't it normal?

It's not just Brother Xiaowu, isn't your old Jia the same?
I don't think there's anything wrong with it!

Of course, he absolutely dare not say these words, otherwise, Lao Jia would definitely become furious and jump up and beat himself on the head!

"Okay, Junior Brother Xiao Jiang, hurry up and eat, if you don't eat any more, the fish won't taste good if it's cold."

At this moment, Pan Jingchen greeted,
"Grandpa, Xiaoyan, you guys eat together too!"

"Well, eat together, eat together!"

Jiang Yu nodded, and didn't think too much about these things. He picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of farmhouse fried pork made by Jia Dequan into his mouth and started to eat.

After chewing a few times, his eyes lit up. The meat is tender, juicy, spicy and refreshing. After taking a bite, his taste buds will explode. It is definitely an "artifact for eating"!

Lao Jia is indeed a top chef with the title of culinary master. The dishes he cooks are delicious!
Like Jiang Yu, Jia Dequan didn't eat his own cooking. He picked up his chopsticks and picked up a piece of Jiang Yu's sweet and sour carp, and put it in his mouth to savor it.

To make this sweet and sour carp, it is generally necessary to marinate the carp first, then baste and deep-fry the puff pastry, and finally boil the sweet and sour sauce and pour it on.

In this dish, the skin of the carp is crispy, and the meat is tender and tasty. Added with the sweet and sour sauce, it is not only appetizing, but also goes well with rice.

Jiang Yu's dishes, Jia Dequan has never tasted bad, this sweet and sour carp is the same, the sweet and sour taste, coupled with the tender and delicious fish, reminds him of his wife .

Even though decades have passed, he still remembers very clearly that his wife was also very beautiful when she was young, just like Yan Tongtong, youthful, beautiful, lively and lovely.

She likes to eat the candied haws that she secretly brought her.

The hawthorn balls, which are wrapped in crystal clear sugar, are strung on long bamboo sticks one by one. They are red, shiny and shining with an attractive luster.

She was always reluctant to part with such a bunch of candied haws, and had to share it with each other, so she took a bite, and Lao Jia also took a bite, and then the two looked at each other and giggled.

This bite of candied haws is sour in sweetness, and sweet in sourness. It is very similar to the days when I was young, and also very similar to the love between him and her.

It's a pity that she had agreed to grow old together, and she left him before his hair turned gray.

Thinking about it, Jia Dequan's eyes full of vicissitudes suddenly became blurred, like a layer of fog.

He woke up suddenly, quickly took out a tissue to wipe his eyes, and began to eat sweet and sour carp with chopsticks one chopstick after another.

He couldn't bear to forget this taste!

Jiang Yu, who was sitting on the side, saw this scene clearly, and he couldn't help but be surprised. Why is this old Jia crying while eating?

Seeing the expression on his face, he didn't know what he was thinking of.

He originally wanted to ask, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

People are crying, it must not be a happy thing, so why should I mention other people's sad things?

Shaking his head, Jiang Yu didn't take care of Lao Jia's affairs any more, and continued to bury his head and eat silently.

Not to mention, the dishes made by the culinary master are indeed delicious, and Jiang Yu can't stop eating.

As for Yan Tongtong and Pan Jingchen's assistant, Liu Qian, it was much simpler, they didn't care who made these dishes, anyway, every dish on this table was infinitely more delicious than what they had eaten before.

Then why bother who did it?Just close your eyes and eat whatever you want!

Anyway, every bite of the dish is extremely delicious and a carnival for the taste buds!

Everyone had a great time eating this meal. Five people ate six dishes, all of which were clean, leaving only a mess on the table.

After sending Pan Jingchen and her life assistant Liu Qian away, Jia Dequan turned to look at Jiang Yu, and said with emotion:
"Xiao Jiang, I finally understand why I like eating your food so much."

Jiang Yu turned his head and asked curiously, "Why?"

"The food you cook seems to be able to release different emotional values ​​according to different people's life experiences. It is like a master key that can open locks of different specifications."

Jia Dequan thought for a while, and expressed his understanding as clearly as possible. He glanced at Jiang Yu who looked confused, shook his head and said,
"Then let me put it another way, do you know what was going through my mind when I tasted your sweet and sour carp?"

Jiang Yu asked subconsciously: "What are you thinking?"

He only saw Jia Dequan wiping his tears. As for what he was thinking, how could Jiang Yu know?
He is not a roundworm in Lao Jia's stomach.

"The most unique taste of sweet and sour carp is sweet and sour, and the candied haws that my wife liked to eat when he was young is also sweet and sour."

Jia Dequan's eyes were full of nostalgia, he described to Jiang Yu the memories he had been evoked by the dish of sweet and sour carp before, sighed again, and said to Jiang Yu,

"These memories are the most missed and sweetest moments in my life.

I take a bite of sweet and sour carp, and it plays like a slideshow in my mind, and another bite, and it plays again...

How can I be willing to let it stop? "

"..."

Hearing what Jia Dequan said, Jiang Yu was shocked. He really didn't expect that the dishes he made had such "efficacy"!
Is this the special effect of the recipes provided by the gourmet system?

However, what Lao Jia said was completely different from what Pan Jingchen said before!

Before he could ask a question, Jia Dequan seemed to know his thoughts in advance, and said again:
"Miss Pan's situation was different before, she ate the dishes you cooked, as if she saw hope in a helpless situation.

This is why I say that the dishes you cook seem to be able to release the corresponding emotional value according to different situations of different people.

Can you understand now? "

"Uh, I almost understand."

Jiang Yu thought for a while and said,

"You mean to say that you miss the days when you were young with your wife, so it amplifies your emotions.

As for Sister Chen, she felt surrounded by negative emotions such as sadness and despair. In fact, she wanted to escape from this predicament. Therefore, for Sister Chen's situation, it gave her hope.

Is that what you mean? "

"That's right, that's what it means."

Jia Dequan turned his head to look at Jiang Yu with surprise, and then said approvingly,

"Don't tell me, your expression is much more appropriate than mine, and it's also easier to understand. You really deserve to be a graduate student soon."

"By the way, Lao Jia, have you seen this situation before?"

At this moment, Jiang Yu was full of doubts, and he didn't care about Jia Dequan's teasing, so he turned his head and asked,
"It's just a dish that is so delicious that it can arouse other people's emotions. Have you ever seen such a thing?"

"I've seen it."

Jia Dequan nodded and said with a smile,

"I ate it just now, isn't this the dish you cooked?"

Jiang Yu: "..."

"Before you, I really haven't seen any chef's dishes that can have this effect."

Seeing Jiang Yu's speechless expression, Jia Dequan laughed loudly, and then said,
"However, I have heard of it."

Jiang Yu, who was a little disappointed at first, was overjoyed when he heard it, and asked quickly:
"Tell me, tell me, what's going on?"

"The two of us are standing at the gate of this cafeteria talking, isn't that too outrageous?"

The little old man Jia Dequan was playing tricks at this time. He glanced at Jiang Yu and said with a smile,

"Besides, the story is so long, I'm getting thirsty while talking!"

Jiang Yu: "..."

This little old man is actually putting on airs at this time...

But right now he is eager to learn more about this aspect, and also wants to know who else cooks dishes that have similar miraculous effects besides him?

Will that person have a gourmet system like him?
Thinking of this, Jiang Yu was as fussy as Jia Dequan, turned around and walked to the box on the first floor, saying as he walked,
"Let's go, Lao Jia, I'll make you some tea, let's sit down in the box and talk slowly!"

"That's what I said earlier, isn't it enough?"

Jia Dequan chuckled, turned around, and walked towards the box with his hands behind his back.

Because he had something on his mind, Jiang Yu's movements seemed to be very fast. After a while, he made tea and brought it to the coffee table in front of Jia Dequan. By the way, he also made a cup for himself.

After both of them sat down on the sofa, Jiang Yu said:
"Can you talk now?"

"Hehe, I'm not the only one who has heard of this, most people should know about it, right?"

Jia Dequan picked up the teacup and blew on the tea leaves floating on it, took a sip carefully, smacked his lips, and then said with a smile,

"For example, when a person was young, he could often eat rice from a wood-fired stove. After many years, he suddenly tasted the taste of rice from a wood-fired stove. It is not normal for him to recall his childhood. ?"

After a pause, he continued,

"Just like what you told me before, why does Ms. Pan like to eat noodles with tomatoes and fish?

Because the tomato noodles and fish you made are not only delicious, but also because when she was young, her grandmother often made this noodle dish for her.

I haven't eaten it for so many years, and suddenly I ate this pasta you made. It would be really strange if it didn't remind her of her grandmother. "

After being reminded by Jia Dequan, Jiang Yu suddenly came to his senses. He had indeed heard of this kind of thing, and he had heard it more than once.

The last time he read the news, he saw a news that a person bought a roasted sweet potato at a roadside stall, and burst into tears after eating it.

The reporter came forward to ask and found out that when this person was a child, the school was far away from home, and every time he returned home after school in winter, his hands were cold and his whole body trembled.

At this time, his mother would dig out a baked sweet potato from the firepit. The sweet potato not only warmed his hands but also warmed his stomach. up.

Later, he left home to work, and every time he saw baked sweet potatoes, he would buy one to try, but he didn’t think it was as delicious as his mother’s baked sweet potatoes.

The reason why he was crying just now was because he seemed to have tasted the taste that he had eaten when he was a child.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yu couldn't help asking:
"Old Jia, according to your point of view, any dish cooked by anyone may arouse the emotions of the diners, and it does not depend on whether the dish is delicious or not?"

"Theoretically, it is."

Judd Quan took another sip of water, nodded and said,
"However, the dishes you cook seem to be different from other people's. The possibility that other people's dishes can arouse emotions is extremely low, unless they are eaten by certain diners.

Just like the firewood stove rice crust I mentioned earlier, probably only those who have eaten this dish when they were young, and who have a deep impression on people or things related to this dish, and never forget it, are likely to be hooked. Emotional.

As for the others, this wood-fired rice cooker is just an ordinary farm dish, and it won't have any effect.

But the dishes you cook, like the sweet and sour carp you got before, not only have an effect on Miss Pan, but also bring back my memories, which is not easy. "

After a pause, he continued,

"I don't know if it's because the dishes you cook are so delicious. Anyway, the dishes I cook don't have this effect."

"Forget it, let's not worry about it. After all, the dishes I make are more effective in arousing emotions."

After thinking for a while, Jiang Yu suddenly shook his head and laughed, with a look of expectation on his face, he said,
"I think, let's find a few more anorexic patients to try and see if they can't resist my cooking?

This matter is the most meaningful. "

(End of this chapter)