gourmet food

Chapter 725 The huge cost of testing ingredients

"Aren't you pregnant? Then I just heard you say you were going to have a baby?"

Hu Yue looked at the two of them carefully and suspiciously, remembering that she had indeed heard correctly just now?Why are they still despised?
"You two get busy, I'm going to have breakfast!"

Naturally, Mu Qing would not explain anything about this kind of thing. She picked up the plate of kimchi and a bowl of clear soup left for herself on the kitchen table and went to find a seat.

"Are you really pregnant? Then I have to prepare red envelopes in advance?"

Hu Yue saw that her boss was unwilling to deal with people, so she had to ask Chu Yunfeng for confirmation. This was a good thing. The boss usually treated everyone so well, so he must give a big red envelope.

"Are you thinking too much? Have you had breakfast?"

Chu Yunfeng found that Hu Yue had been with Guo Kui for a long time and seemed to be led astray by him. Now he has become so gossipy.

Seeing that Chu Yunfeng didn't want to talk more about this topic, Hu Yue spread her hands indifferently and said, "After eating, let me see if the ingredients have been delivered."

"We just arrived a while ago. Everything is in the cupboard. Take a look at it yourself. If it's not enough or there's something missing, tell me and I'll ask them to send some more."

Chu Yunfeng gave Hu Yue an apron, pointed to the cupboard, and asked him to check the ingredients.

I originally planned to study the dishes with Hu Yue in the evening, but I found that I didn't have enough time at all, so I had to let him come to the store and discuss and learn from him while cooking.

In this way, nothing will be delayed, and you can discuss the dishes you want to improve with Hu Yue as soon as possible.

The most important thing is that studying these dishes requires making a lot of dishes, and it will definitely be impossible for two people to eat them all, so there is another greater benefit in a Yipin store.

That is, you can build momentum in advance and provide a benefit to the guests. The cooked dishes can be used as a benefit for them to taste. This way, you can gain popularity without having to eat hard.

"Prawn, sea bass, lamb chops, steak, cod, wagyu beef, oysters, lobster, squab, shark's fin, matsutake, abalone, ham, black truffle, flour.
Hmm~!Not bad. The ingredients are of a very high grade and of very good quality. Did you spend a lot of money? "

Hu Yue could detect the extraordinary quality of these ingredients with just a cursory glance, which showed that the amount of money Chu Yunfeng spent this time was far beyond his imagination.

It seems that I have to come up with some unique skills. In fact, when I was in Xingchen, I didn't cook many Western dishes. Most of them were relatively common ones, such as some time-consuming Kung Fu dishes, which I almost never cooked.

Because I still value Chinese cuisine more, this is how I can really practice my cooking skills, while I only learned Western cuisine from a Michelin chef when I was studying Western cuisine abroad.

It can be considered a coincidence. The family where I was staying at that time happened to be a Michelin chef. However, he was almost 80 years old and had stopped working as a chef in a restaurant.

It was also an accidental opportunity. He saw himself cooking and said that he was very talented in cooking, so he asked himself if he wanted to learn some Western dishes. He was very interested at the time, so he learned from him.

It wasn't until he showed off his cooking skills that I realized he was so good at cooking. After hearing what he said, I found out he was a French Michelin-starred chef, so I learned a lot from the old man when I had nothing to do.

In two years of study, he learned everything about the old man's cooking skills. The old man was surprised at his learning speed and was ready to recommend him to a Michelin restaurant. He would be able to become a chef in a year or two at most.

This shows that the old man values ​​his culinary talent. If he can become a Michelin chef, the salary will be very high, and he was very excited at the time.

But when I came to learn Western food, I wanted to combine Chinese and Western food, find another breakthrough from the culture of the two dishes, and pursue endless cooking skills.

So I rejected the old man's enthusiastic suggestion, and returned to China directly after graduation, and continued to learn Sichuan cuisine in depth under the guidance of Wu's mother. At that time, there were various situations in the hotel, and it was difficult to learn more from Wu's mother.

In order to take care of Kexin, Wu's mother usually spends very little time in the hotel, but she still works hard to persevere.

Later, I didn't expect that Chef Chu fell from the sky. As soon as he came to the hotel, he taught himself a good lesson. After watching the video, he made the four-gill bass soup that no one could make.

At that time, I almost scared myself to death. This guy is really a cruel person. I was unconvinced and completely lost my temper at that time.

I used to think that my cooking skills were invincible, and God was the boss, and I was the second child!

But after meeting Chef Chu, I realized that there was someone out there, and that my cooking skills were not on the same level as him.

At that time, I was quite suspicious that he was from an alien, otherwise how could he be so powerful?
Only now do I know that he has such a deep connection with Mu Qing. It was a genetic inheritance in the family. No wonder he is so powerful.

But what makes me admire him the most is not this, but the fact that he selflessly teaches himself and Guo Kui, and demonstrates the preparation of dishes to the chefs in the back kitchen. He really has no reservations at all.

It was only because of his absolute strength that he had the confidence to do so. I learned a lot from him, so when he said he wanted to launch a Chinese set menu, I was very excited.

This coincides with my own philosophy. It is important to combine Chinese and Western cuisine, but it is even more difficult to launch dishes with strong local characteristics on this basis.

So after a careful discussion, I decided to use my time during the day to slowly verify it while making it. I believe that I will be able to come up with many new dishes.

These thoughts passed through my mind in a flash. After closing the cupboard door, I heard Chu Yunfeng say: "No, the ingredients you asked for today cost more than 8 yuan, not counting the amount of food in my own store. Some ingredients.

Chicken, beef, and sea cucumber are all stocked in the store. With other spices and other spices, there are almost a hundred thousand, right? "

Chu Yunfeng felt it, but it still hurt a little after all. The most expensive of these ingredients were ginseng, abalone, oysters, lobster, shark's fin, matsutake mushrooms, Iberian ham, etc.

However, although ginseng and Iberian ham are the most expensive, they cannot be used up at once and can be used slowly.

The price of Iberian ham is not low. It costs more than 1 to buy a whole ham. Chu Yunfeng has eaten it once in an outside restaurant before and thought it tastes very special.

However, restaurants outside have not fully brought out its taste. I have many ideas about this ingredient, so I just need to experiment slowly.

"You're so generous. Today I'm going to let you see my chef's Western cooking skills. Follow and learn. If you don't understand, just ask. I promise to tell you everything I know. Do you want to start now?"

It's rare for Hu Yue to "show off" in front of Chu Yunfeng. Normally, he overshadows the Chinese food, but when it comes to Western food, she is definitely better than him at the moment.

But Hu Yue also knew in her heart that maybe after these two or three days passed, she must have looked up to him, and he was just a little monster.

"You go ahead and make soup. Don't you want to make soup? I haven't had breakfast yet. I'll take a look while I eat."

Chu Yunfeng made himself a portion of fried rice, and then poured a little red oil on the kimchi on the table, preparing to taste the kimchi first.

Hu Yue was noncommittal and began to take over Chu Yunfeng's position, taking out some pots and pans and preparing to start making them.

"Boss Chu, has the chef changed in the store? Is the food he makes delicious?"

The little beauty who was first in line asked cutely, feeling a little depressed.

I originally saw that I would be in line soon, but I didn't expect that Boss Chu would have breakfast and I would have to wait a while.

But who would have expected that Boss Chu would ask another chef to cook. Although he looks a bit handsome, he is still a little inferior to Boss Chu.

And I have never seen this person come to the store to cook. What if it doesn’t taste good?
"The food I cook is not as delicious as his, do you still want to eat it? If you don't eat it, you can get a refund!"

What the little beauty said was not very harmful, but it was extremely insulting. Hu Yue choked to the point where he was almost speechless. Even if the food he made was not as delicious as Chu Yunfeng's, it wouldn't be so unpalatable that he couldn't swallow it. ?
"Ha ha."

Chu Yunfeng laughed unkindly, and then seeing the worried expressions of the guests lining up behind him, he immediately explained: "His name is Hu Yue, and he is also a very powerful chef.

Today all the dishes in the store are made by me, and the dishes that are not in the store are made by him.

As a reminder, the store will also be giving out benefits today, and the dishes made by Chef Hu will be randomly tasted by everyone. "

After Chu Yunfeng finished speaking, he picked up the kimchi and tasted it, nodded with satisfaction, and then took a mouthful of fried rice comfortably.

Wow, this taste is simply amazing. The pickles are sour and sweet, and with the stimulation of a little red oil, the taste buds are completely released immediately. Paired with fried rice, it is a divine enjoyment.

Look at Mu Qing again, she is eating kimchi in small bites, her eyes are slightly closed, and she seems to be enjoying and experiencing the excellent taste of the kimchi.

"Ah~! Master Hu, I'm sorry, I haven't seen you come to the store before, please don't get me wrong."

Chu Yunfeng's words contained a lot of information, but the little beauty immediately got the most critical information, which was that Master Hu would make some delicacies that were not available in the store and distribute them randomly.

Just kidding, everyone who has eaten here knows how delicious the dishes in Boss Chu's restaurant are. Even if they eat every meal or every day, they will never get tired of it.

Since Master Hu can cook on Boss Chu's territory, his cooking skills must be recognized by him, which also shows that the food he makes must be very delicious.

And it’s a dish that’s not available in the store, so just thinking about it makes me look forward to it!

"Yeah~! It's okay. I will be in the store these days. The dishes are ready. Anyone who happens to queue up here can get a free taste.

Then just tell us your feelings after tasting it. There will be an announcement on the official website of Yipin in a while. This is a benefit given by Boss Chu to everyone. "

Seeing Chu Yunfeng "being cruel" to kimchi there, he was unwilling to say more about what had been discussed before, so he could only explain it to everyone himself.

"Really, Master Hu? Then can you tell us what kind of dishes you can cook?"

The little beauty hugged her face with both hands, turned her head with a cute expression, and asked Hu Yue.

"I know how to cook too many dishes. I can't finish talking about it until tomorrow morning. Everyone will know in a while."

Hu Yue will not tell the dishes in advance, as he needs to maintain a sense of mystery. Moreover, it is still in the experimental stage, and there will be no official names for the dishes.

Moreover, after Chu Yunfeng saw the dishes he cooked, he would definitely make a lot of changes. He was convinced of this. With his current cooking skills, it would be too easy to improve these Western dishes. But that's it.

"Master Hu, just tell me, we all want to know, so why don't you just tell me a couple of dishes first?

Is what you are making now a beef soup? "

When the little beauty saw that Hu Yue put beef bones and beef into the pot, she spared no effort to continue asking. People in the queue behind them all agreed. It seemed that everyone had the same idea.

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Hu Yue has remained silent, ignoring the little beauty no matter how cute she is, and concentrates on what she is doing.

Just when everyone was not recruiting, someone suddenly came into the store, and everyone immediately remembered something.

When I was watching the live broadcast before, I heard that Boss Chu was going to launch a Chinese set meal. Could it be that Master Hu was here to do experiments?
Now Boss Xiaomao is here. This was elected by everyone. She will help everyone understand the inside story of this set meal. It seems that the results will be available soon.

"Wow!"

Everyone cheered, not only the guests in line, but also the guests who were eating. Some even put down their chopsticks and ran over to join in the fun.

"When did your popularity become so high?"

The kimchi was too much to eat, so Chu Yunfeng finished it in three mouthfuls. Seeing how everyone supported Boss Xiaomao, he asked with some confusion.

"I don't want to either. It's not your package that's causing trouble. I was elected by everyone and came here with a mission. Just tell me a little bit and make it easier for me to do business. Give everyone a A satisfactory answer?"

Boss Xiao Mao had just arrived and walked in directly before the store opened. Of course he wanted to know the inside story as soon as possible.

"No problem. I didn't say I wouldn't tell you. Do you know Hu Yue? He can cook a lot of Western dishes, so the two of us plan to combine Chinese and Western dishes and study some new dishes.

Guo Kui will come over later, mainly studying Chinese pastry dishes.

Of course, these dishes will have a strong national cuisine style, and will also have many characteristics of Sichuan cuisine, and the dishes presented will be Michelin-style.

That is to say, a dish is very exquisite, the ingredients are carefully cooked, or the taste of the ingredients itself is directly reflected, but there are some innovations.

As I just said, after Master Hu makes it, you can taste it in advance. We will make some improvements and see you later, so stay tuned!
You all understand what I said, right? "

As soon as Chu Yunfeng said these words, the customers in the store immediately "exploded" and quickly sent messages to their friends to tell everyone about the shocking news.

Boss Xiao Mao was also very surprised. Boss Chu was planning to do something big, so he immediately sent out the breaking news he learned.
At this time, two young people set off from the airport in the capital and headed for Chengdu.

A plane from France landed at Shuangliu Airport. A middle-aged man with a curly beard on the plane put down the food magazine in his hand and got off the plane carrying a very classic suitcase.

Two royal inspection groups from Thailand also boarded the plane and flew towards China, but their first stop was not Chengdu.
(End of this chapter)