From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Until the time came to actually serve the food to Feng Zhengming and the others.

It was the first time that everyone in the branch's kitchen witnessed Feng Zhengming's strictness.

Especially Zhang Minghai’s two apprentices who came to the branch’s kitchen.

The two of them were ordered several dishes, and basically none of them passed Feng Zhengming's test.

Feng Zhengming felt helpless and could only go to the kitchen to take a look himself.

In the kitchen, Lu Zhengyu and Peng Yan were a little panicked.

The two of them really didn't expect that their performance today would be beaten back by Feng Zhengming.

Seeing Feng Zhengming walk into the kitchen, Zhang Minghai first comforted his two apprentices.

"Don't be nervous, both of you. Listen carefully to your Junior Master's advice. First, you need to figure out where you went wrong. Once you know where you went wrong, it will be easier to correct it."

The two disciples immediately nodded to show that they understood.

Feng Zhengming came to the kitchen and did not continue to blame Lu Zhengyu and Peng Yan immediately.

He first walked around the kitchen and checked it carefully.

Finally, he found some problems in the kitchen.

"Sixth brother, take a look at these."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Minghai walked over to Feng Zhengming and took a look at what Feng Zhengming took out.

"Oh, didn't I have someone throw all these away?"

Then an apprentice from the kitchen came over and said in horror: "Master Zhang, Master Zhang, I, I forgot."

The reason was found at once.

A batch of ingredients that should have been thrown away in the kitchen were not thrown away in time and were still used.

Feng Zhengming looked helpless: "It's a good thing I came to check, otherwise what would we do if customers ate these after we opened?"

Zhang Minghai turned his head and glared at the apprentice, preparing to scold him.

But he hasn't spoken yet.

Feng Zhengming had already taken the lead: "Okay, you should have received half a month's training in the kitchen, and also prepared for half a month. Go to the accountant to collect one month's salary, and you don't need to come here anymore."

The apprentice was stunned when he heard this, and Zhang Minghai looked at Feng Zhengming in surprise.

However, Zhang Minghai quickly understood his junior fellow apprentice's intention.

Then he looked at the apprentice again, and Zhang Minghai nodded: "Go ahead, get your salary and go."

This time the apprentice finally couldn't hold it in anymore and began to beg in tears.

"No, boss, chef, please don't fire me. I won't dare to do it again."

Feng Zhengming was unusually calm: "Don't beg us here pitifully. The moment you didn't pay attention to the chef's words, you made a big mistake. This kind of mistake is not allowed in the kitchen."

The apprentice still wanted to continue begging.

But Feng Zhengming showed no mercy at all.

“I tell you, if I keep you here today, not only will you not learn this lesson, but neither will the others in the kitchen.

What is the kitchen? It is a place where food is cooked for others to eat. Every dish produced by the kitchen is to be eaten and served to guests.

There may be a lot of customers coming to eat the food in our store.

Once a problem occurs, it’s not just one person who is in trouble, it could be a group of people who are in trouble.”

Having said that, Feng Zhengming paused for a moment and glanced at everyone in the kitchen.

“The things you have today are just to make the dishes you cook taste wrong, but if they are rotten ingredients and you use them and cause dozens or even hundreds of people to get food poisoning, who among you will be able to take responsibility for this?

When the time comes, not only will I, as the boss, be the first to bear all the consequences and responsibilities, but each of you will not be able to escape either.

Are you planning to go to jail with me in the future?"

Feng Zhengming's words were quite serious.

Everyone in the kitchen was shocked at once.

Even Zhang Minghai was frightened by Feng Zhengming's words.

The apprentice who wanted to continue begging was frightened and dared not say a word.

In the end, the apprentice did not continue to plead to stay.

He only took half a month's salary and left on his own initiative.

It can be seen that the apprentice may have indeed made a mistake that led to the problem.

After listening to Feng Zhengming's words, he realized his own problem, so he felt really guilty and was embarrassed to leave with a full month's salary.

Feng Zhengming continued in the kitchen, emphasizing again to everyone the need to ensure cleanliness, hygiene and safety.

After the apprentice was fired, everyone in the kitchen started to work seriously.

Feng Zhengming even reminded Lu Zhengyu and Peng Yan.

“You two are now your master’s assistants, and this branch may be handed over to you two in the future, so you must learn to pay attention to this aspect and take your responsibilities seriously.

You should know that if something goes wrong in the kitchen of this restaurant, you two will be held responsible. Don’t regret it after something really happens.”

Feng Zhengming walked out of the kitchen again and gathered everyone in the store together to emphasize the issue seriously.

"Everyone must pay attention to two things, hygiene and safety. These two things must be guaranteed. Today, an apprentice was fired from the kitchen. I hope he is the last one and no one else will be fired because of these things.

So each of you must take responsibility, because if something goes wrong, none of you can escape responsibility."

Finally, Feng Zhengming also emphasized: "You can supervise all the purchases in the store. If you find any problems with the purchases, you can report it directly to me or my sixth brother.

If you report it and it is verified, we will reward the reporter.”

Feng Zhengming's move is also meant to allow everyone to supervise each other.

The apprentice made a mistake today, causing the dish to taste wrong.

It really sounded a wake-up call for Feng Zhengming.

In the past, all his stores were in Quancheng.

Whether it is purchasing or any other aspects of the store, he can go to the site to check it at the first time.

However, the branch in Yancheng, and in the future branches in other places, may be far apart from each other.

It is impossible for Feng Zhengming to go to the site for inspection every day.

Once a problem occurs, it is impossible for him to be there to deal with it immediately.

So Feng Zhengming realized that there was indeed such a risk in opening branches in other places in Quancheng.

Then you must find someone you can trust and let them report the situation to you as soon as possible.

Only by getting the first-hand information of each branch at the first time.

Only Feng Zhengming can ensure that every branch meets the requirements.

The most important thing is to ensure that there are as few accidents as possible in the branch.

How can we ensure that there are as few accidents as possible in branches?

Feng Zhengming felt that in addition to arranging the most trustworthy people to manage the branches.

More importantly, we need to emphasize hygiene and safety to all branch staff so that they can subtly understand that hygiene and safety are closely related to them.

In this regard, one thing is to give them lessons and let them know the importance of hygiene and safety.

We also need to let them know that if problems arise, they will be held accountable under the law, and they will also be guilty if they are negligent, involved, or fail to report the problem.

Feng Zhengming believes what happened today in the first branch in Yancheng.

This should make everyone in the Yancheng branch alert.

No sermon can be as vivid in people's memory as an actual event like this.

Now, an apprentice did not discard the ingredients that should be discarded as required, resulting in the kitchen continuing to use the ingredients that should be discarded, and the dishes cooked out no longer taste right.

He was fired straight away.

This undoubtedly sounded a wake-up call to everyone in the Yancheng branch.

Let everyone realize the importance of cleanliness, hygiene and food safety.

Feng Zhengming then asked the kitchen to prepare the ordered dishes again.

This time Zhang Minghai did not intervene at all.

He asked his two apprentices, Lü Zhengyu and Peng Yan, to cook it themselves. There were four dishes in total, two homely stir-fries, vinegar-fried wood beard and flavored eggplant.

One of the dishes is one of the most famous ones in Yancheng, sea intestine rice.

Another dish is Yancheng's stir-fried seafood.

This dish is actually not considered a very traditional seafood dish in Yancheng.

This dish was prepared by our sixth senior brother Zhang Minghai after he returned from learning skills in Quancheng.

Since my hometown, Yancheng, is near the sea, there is plenty of small seafood, so I used the cooking techniques I learned from Master Yan to create a dish of my own.

In Donglai Restaurant, this dish is a must-order dish for almost every table of guests.

This time Feng Zhengming came to Yancheng to open a branch, and said that it should have some of the characteristics of Yancheng.

Zhang Minghai was not at all secretive and asked his two apprentices to bring this stir-fried seafood dish to his branch restaurant.

The reason why it is called small seafood is that it includes various shellfish and some squids.

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Then mixed together they can all be considered small seafood.

In Donglai Restaurant, when Zhang Minghai cooks this dish, he also adds small abalone and some small sea cucumbers.

All the ingredients are processed separately and then fried and set aside.

The cooking process is very quick, and therefore it is a test of the chef's skills with the spoon and fire.

During the whole cooking process, after the scallions and ginger are sautéed, immediately add all kinds of small seafood into the pan and then stir-fry quickly.

The reason why it is called stir-frying is that the prepared sauce needs to be added into the pot before serving.

After adding the sauce in the bowl, stir-fry quickly, then cover the pot and simmer for a while.

Then you can serve it on a plate.

The process is quite quick, trying to preserve the freshness and sweetness of the seafood as much as possible.

Add in the sauce and it's a perfect dish to go with wine.

When Feng Zhengming saw this dish being served, he smiled and invited the two grandfathers to try it together.

"Grandpa, Grandpa Situ, this dish was created by my sixth senior brother. You must try it. It tastes amazing."

After hearing this, the two grandfathers smiled and picked up their chopsticks to taste the dish.

After eating it, the two grandfathers were immediately delighted.

The whole dish was quite delicious.

The various shellfish, the squid, and some of the big-name shrimp tails were all very tasty.

It can be said that it retains the freshness of the seafood and is easy to absorb the flavor of the sauce.

It can be said that it tastes quite delicious.

The two grandfathers even seemed unable to stop eating.

After eating for a while, Grandpa Situ couldn't help but sigh.

"It's really an advantage to be near the sea. This kind of seafood is delicious no matter how you cook it."

Grandpa Feng agreed: "Yes, this small seafood is delicious and fresh."

Feng Zhengming then served a bowl of sea cucumber rice to the two grandfathers and Luo Qing respectively.

"Sea sausage with rice, this is also a must-eat when you come to Yancheng."

Naturally, the two grandfathers were full of praise for this bowl of rice.

The lunch at the inspection branch was very satisfying to everyone.

Feng Zhengming came downstairs and smiled as he told everyone to start eating.

"Everyone, please have your meal. You have worked hard this morning. I am very satisfied with your performance. I hope you can do the same after the official opening and run our branch well."

Naturally, everyone was very happy to receive praise from Feng Zhengming, the top scholar.

The key is that Feng Zhengming has recognized everyone's efforts.

This makes everyone in the store feel that all their efforts during this period are worth it.

What's more, the salary offered by Feng Zhengming's Yancheng branch is also higher than that of other restaurants.

Just for the salary, everyone in the branch is willing to work harder.

For lunch, everyone in the store ate the legendary Fengjia Dry Rice Shop's most classic dish, Braised Pork with Rice.

Although the restaurant was not officially open today, Feng Zhengming still asked his sixth senior brother to prepare some pork stew.

The main purpose is to allow everyone in the store to taste it in advance.

You can't work in a store for a while and still not know what the Fengjia Ganfanpu pork tastes like.

When the big pot of braised pork was brought out, everyone could smell the fragrance as soon as the lid was opened.

"It smells so good. This, this smells so good."

“It smells really good.”

"This is the first time I know that pork belly is so delicious?"

"Oh my god, this meaty smell, I, I'm drooling, I can't stop drooling."

"I can't even swallow my saliva, it smells so good."

This can be said to be the first time that almost everyone in the Yancheng branch has truly seen the Fengjia Dry Rice Shop’s braised pork.

In the past, everyone has heard of the fame of Fengjia Ganfanpu’s Braised Pork.

There are also some small carts selling braised pork on the streets of Yancheng.

But none of them were as delicious as Feng Zhengming's pot.

Take out large slices of pork from the pot.

See each big, bright red piece of meat trembling.

Some people couldn't help drooling.

The other party quickly found a tissue to wipe the saliva.

Seeing this, Feng Zhengming smiled and urged his sixth senior brother: "Hurry up, give him one portion first, otherwise he won't be able to stop drooling."

It instantly made everyone laugh.

The one who was drooling was also embarrassed.

Sorry, sorry.

Take out the pork belly and put it in a bowl of rice.

Before Zhang Minghai handed it to him, the other party couldn't wait to take it.

This scene made everyone laugh again.

Next, everyone was given one or two pieces of pork belly.

If someone wants to eat it, they can also scoop another piece from the pot.

Everyone really started eating.

You will be instantly fascinated by the braised pork in Fengjia Ganfanpu.

Take a bite of the pork, and the aroma of the meat will spread between your lips and teeth.

It stimulates the crazy secretion of saliva, making people just want to eat it quickly with big mouthfuls.

The result is that even a pot of rice cooked in advance is not enough to eat.

A large pot of rice was temporarily added so that everyone could have enough to eat.

As for the pot of braised pork?

Not to mention the meat, there wasn't even a drop of soup left.

The meal satisfied everyone in the branch.

After the meal, the head waiter in the branch couldn't help but sigh.

"I'm so lucky that Feng Zhuangyuan's first branch outside of Quancheng is in our Yancheng. Otherwise, we would have to wait a long time to eat such delicious braised pork."

This statement immediately won the unanimous approval of everyone present. (End of this chapter)