Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Chapter 164 The Fourth Generation Formula

Du Shaojie seemed to be thinking about something. It seemed that Su Dapeng and Huang Tingting were getting closer and closer?

He then returned home and told Wang Yuxiu that he was going to buy Sun Bo's yard.

Wang Yuxiu actually looked down on Sun Bo's yard. It was so old and shabby that it would have to be renovated if people wanted to live there. The only advantage was that the yard was big and spacious.

However, she will not play devil's advocate.

"Just buy it if you like it, and then clean it up when the weather gets warmer."

Du Shaojie smiled and nodded, went into the house and chatted with Xiaoya for a while before washing up and going to bed.

The next day.

As agreed, he and Uncle Sun went to the street office to complete the registration and filing procedures.

Then he took the street certificate and went to other departments to handle related matters, which was really troublesome. After completing all the formalities, Sun Bo took the 800 yuan from the house sale and took the train to his son.

Du Shaojie threw away all the useless things left inside and outside the house, leaving only a few chairs and a small square table.

It is inconvenient to carry out construction in winter, so the courtyard wall has not been opened. He plans to wait until the weather gets warmer.

A few days passed quickly.

The accounts for the first month of Du Shaojie's contracting of the snack bar are out. This month, the snack bar achieved a profit of 1.76 yuan, which is in line with expectations.

He immediately paid out the bonuses, and the employees received at least 15 yuan, finally enjoying the same treatment as regular employees. If the profit reaches 2 yuan next month, everyone's bonus will increase by 20%.

There is nothing we can do about wages. No one dares to touch this area now.

"Master Dong, the braised pork must be tender and tender, with a stronger flavor and good color. I'll make it at noon, you can watch from the side, and feel free to ask any questions you have."

Near noon, Du Shaojie changed into chef's uniform.

Previously, Dong Jun was the chef for the Braised Pork, but the response from customers was average and it was not as popular as his Big Plate Chicken.

Du Shaojie corrected Dong Jun several times, and Dong Jun made obvious progress.

He happened to be free today, and he thought he should demonstrate it to the other party again. This is his style of doing things: either don't do it, or if you do it, you must do it to the best of your ability.

Dong Jun had nothing to be embarrassed about. Du Shaojie's cooking skills were much better than his. It was his blessing that others were willing to teach him by example.

"Manager Du, I understand now, and I finally know where I am lacking. How about I make the next batch? Can you help me check it?"

After Du Shaojie made a pot of braised pork, Dong Jun couldn't help but feel itchy.

His cooking skills were still good, and through comparison, he quickly realized his shortcomings. So he wanted to give it a try to see if the braised pork he made could be improved.

"Okay, come on."

Du Shaojie gave up his workstation and watched Dong Jun's every step.

Not bad, the other party basically made no mistakes and followed suit, and this pot of braised pork was impeccable.

Du Shaojie nodded in satisfaction, then patted Dong Jun on the shoulder and said, "Isn't this good? Follow this standard in the future, and I guess customers won't find fault with it."

Next, he went to Huang Tingting's team.

"Manager Du, we are making the [Spicy Chicken] this afternoon. Can you give us a demonstration?"

Huang Tingting smiled and invited Du Shaojie to take action. She had seen him instructing Dong Jun before.

"it is good!"

Du Shaojie didn't waste any time and just made a pot from scratch.

The spicy and peppery chicken doesn’t take long to cook. Once it’s done, just set it aside to cool naturally.

When it was time to go to work in the afternoon, the [Pepper and Spicy Chicken] went on sale. Huang Tingting tore the chicken herself and found that the [Pepper and Spicy Chicken] made by Du Shaojie was cooked to perfection, with the right amount of softness and hardness, and a fragrant aroma.

She has learned some new tricks that are worth pondering.

"elder brother"

At noon, Xiaomei came back to eat and went straight to the snack bar.

Anyway, the snack bar has been contracted by Du Shaojie, so when he doesn't want to go home to cook, he can eat here. He doesn't need to pay cash, just record it directly and deduct it from his contract income later.

"Xiaoya, what do you want to eat today?"

"I want to eat [Spicy Chicken]."

"Okay, wait outside, I'll go get some food."

Du Shaojie immediately had someone tear half a chicken, took out two steamed buns and two bowls of chicken soup.

The brother and sister sat down to eat lunch. Xiaoya took only one bite and her eyes lit up: "Brother, today's [Spicy Chicken] is delicious. Is it your cooking?"

"You are such a foodie! That's right, I personally cooked some [Spicy Chicken] today. I'm impressed that even you can tell the difference."

Du Shaojie couldn't help but sigh that among his family members, including Wang Yuxiu and Xiaomei, only Xiaoya had the talent to be a chef.

However, his sister is a top student and is destined to go to college in the future, so her talent can only be wasted.

After lunch, Xiaoya went home to take a nap. She was going to take the high school entrance exam this year and had a lot of study to do. She needed to take a nap at noon so that she would have enough energy for the afternoon classes.

Before leaving get off work in the afternoon.

Dong Yunxian ran over to find him again, and bowed to him repeatedly as soon as they met.

"Master Du, Manager Du, please help me. We have 10 tables for a banquet tonight. The guests are not ordinary. We need you, me and Master Zhong to help together."

He came to ask for help and wanted Sister Du to help prepare three tables of banquets.

This kind of banquet is different from a wedding banquet. One person cannot handle 10 tables, after all, the business is still open at night.

"Okay, you go ahead, I'll be there soon." Du Shaojie did not refuse. Although he was already a "ten thousand yuan household", he never gave up his craft. In addition, he had a good relationship with Dong Yunxian and Zhong Fuxiang, so he had to give them some face.

After about ten minutes, he appeared in the kitchen of the Chinese restaurant.

"Manager Du, this is the menu for tonight's banquet. Take a look first."

Dong Yunxian then handed the menu to Du Shaojie, who read it carefully.

Most of the dishes on the menu are common ones, except for one dish called "Longjing Shrimp", which is not very common. I don't know why it appears on the list.

"Master Dong, I remember that Chinese restaurants don't have this dish, right?"

"This is the guest's request. When they made the reservation, they specifically asked us to add this dish. Don't worry about the ingredients. We have already prepared them. Are you sure you can make them well?"

Dong Yunxian and Zhong Fuxiang are not very good at this dish, but they can cook it and they don't fail miserably.

At this moment, he looked at Du Shaojie with anticipation, hoping that the other party could give him a surprise.

Du Shaojie has a long history of "grudges" with this dish. He once suffered a loss from it during a simulation competition. However, he later conducted a lot of simulation training and also did it in real life, and was confident that he could achieve a comprehensive evaluation level of "up and down".

"No problem. I'm pretty good at making this dish."

The taste of [Longjing Shrimp] is relatively light. It seems simple to perfectly blend the fragrance of tea and the freshness of shrimp, but it is not easy to do.

Du Shaojie did not hide anything and immediately stated that he could do it.

Dong Yunxian was very happy, and even Zhong Fuxiang, who was standing silently aside, smiled.

In the evening, Du Shaojie ordered all the [Longjing Shrimp] by himself. He made 10 servings in total, and each one was of very high standard.

"Xiao Du, you are very talented. Your skills are no worse than mine and Lao Dong's, and even better. Why did you contract a snack bar? Wouldn't it be better to just be a chef?"

Zhong Fuxiang rarely said one more thing. It seemed like he was complaining, but in fact he hoped that Du Shaojie would not waste his talent.

Du Shaojie didn't know how to answer this, so he smiled helplessly and continued to work.

The banquet was a great success and received unanimous praise from the guests. In particular, the quality of the dish "Longjing Shrimp" was beyond their expectations and was an unexpected surprise.

After Du Shaojie finished his work, he left the Chinese restaurant.

at night.

He took stock of his gains in recent times.

【Bound chef: Du Shaojie】

【Level: First-class chef】

[Current works: Spicy Chicken, Braised Pork, Others (×25)]

【Overall evaluation: up, down】

[Bonus: Simulated Chef Skills Competition Duration (1700 hours)]

[Rewards: Exchange points (170 points), simulation training time (1700 hours)]

[Special Reward: None]

[Exchange points: 2637 points\2666 points]

【Duration: 6140 hours\44176 hours】

During this period, two dishes received an overall rating of "good", namely [Pepper and Spicy Chicken] and [Braised Pork].

The [Longjing Shrimp] prepared at the banquet today received an overall evaluation of “good or bad”.

So far, Du Shaojie has a total of 9 dishes that have received an overall rating of "good":

[Dezhou Braised Chicken], [Big Plate Chicken], [Dry-fried Fish], [Stir-fried Kidney], [Sweet and Sour Pork Tenderloin], [Dongpo Elbow], [Beef Stew], [Pepper and Spicy Chicken], and [Braised Pork].

We are only one dish away from achieving a new success with an overall rating of “excellent”, and victory is in sight.

Du Shaojie was very happy. He struck while the iron was hot and went straight into the simulation scene to practice "Longjing Shrimp" for 30 hours.

【Duration: 6110 hours\44176 hours】

Then he returned to reality. There were still 6110 hours left, which was still plenty of time.

The next day.

Du Shaojie came to the snack bar early in the morning and re-fried a small amount of spices.

Since he updated the spice formula of [Spicy Chicken] again, the formula has evolved to the fourth generation, and he wants to try the effect in reality.

After frying the spices, he cooked a separate pot of chicken.

When it was time for breakfast, he tore two chickens and asked Dong Jun, Huang Tingting and Xiao Jianjun to come over and try them.

"Manager Du, the taste has changed a lot! It's delicious. Really delicious."

After they tasted it, they were all surprised.

I originally thought that the "Pepper and Spicy Chicken" sold in snack bars was the ceiling for this type of dish.

According to customers, apart from [Du's Pepper and Spicy Chicken] which can be compared with [Pepper and Spicy Chicken] in snack bars, there is no other similar delicacy in the entire city.

They didn't expect that Du Shaojie could make improvements on this basis. They felt that they could never catch up with such a level of skill.

"This formula is not mature yet. I'll think about it."

Du Shaojie was not complacent. He planned to come up with the third-generation formula after a while. The third-generation formula had been verified countless times in simulation scenarios and was very mature.

The fourth-generation formula has just been formed and needs further refinement.

(End of this chapter)