Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Du Shaojie represented the "Yangcheng Cooking Association", and the first person to appear in Hongzhou was a senior top chef.

The first dish he demonstrated was "Xin Ya Four Treasures", one of the representative dishes of Gan cuisine.

While the chef was busy, he gave Du Shaojie an explanation, mainly highlighting the characteristics of Gan cuisine, which was what someone needed.

[Xin Ya Four Treasures] The main ingredients are water-soaked sea cucumber, water-soaked squid, water-soaked pork tendon, and cooked fat chicken breast, with crab meat, mushrooms, and ham as side ingredients, and cooking wine, chicken broth, lard, sesame oil, MSG, pepper, scallion and ginger juice, refined salt, and starch as seasonings.

This dish is golden in color and the soup is oily. The "four treasures" are hidden under the crab meat. The crab meat is extremely delicious and the four treasures are mellow in flavor.

Du Shaojie watched the cooking very carefully as the chef paid great attention to knife skills and seasoning. Some things that he had not understood before suddenly became clear to him.

He had tried to replicate this dish before, but the results were not satisfactory.

After seeing the complete operation today, he can definitely do a "perfect replica".

Later.

When it was Du Shaojie's turn, he prepared a dish of [Boiled Chicken] and [Steamed Abalone with Garlic, Pork and Vermicelli], which won applause from the whole audience.

Next, the restaurant's chef communicated with him and taught each other some cooking techniques of Gan cuisine and Cantonese cuisine. Both sides felt very rewarding.

"President Du, today's exchange activities were perfect. Take a break tomorrow and we will continue the day after tomorrow."

Pan Wen was also very satisfied, this was exactly the effect he wanted. He could add a highlight to the work summary at the end of the year, and that would show his work achievements.

Du Shaojie said a few polite words, then had lunch at the restaurant and returned home.

The exchange activities could not last a whole day. Even if he wanted to, others would not be able to accompany him. But this was also good, as he had time to digest and absorb the information.

After lunch, Du Shaojie locked himself in the room, entered the simulated scene and began to replicate the [New Ya Four Treasures].

The simulation scene is not restricted by time, materials, etc. He can practice as much as he wants. If he fails the first time, he can try a second time until he has thoroughly mastered the essence of the dish.

night.

Du Shaojie, Wang Yongli and Zou Xiaohe were having dinner at home. He cooked a few stir-fried Gan dishes, which tasted surprisingly good.

The next day, he had nothing to do, so he continued to practice in the simulated empty field. Wang Yongli and Zou Xiaohe went out to buy groceries early in the morning, and at noon, Du Shaojie made a dish of [Xin Ya Four Treasures] and felt that he had made great progress.

He continued with simulation practice in the afternoon and had dinner outside. He needed to taste as many dishes as possible so that he could truly master the cooking skills of Gan cuisine.

Any cuisine has a complete system, and he still has a lot to learn, otherwise it will be difficult to complete the task.

To make a dish that gets an overall evaluation of "Phoenix Marrow and Dragon Liver", you must rely on your own sincerity. The improvement obtained by spending money certainly does not count.

At night, Du Shaojie finally perfectly reproduced the "New Elegant Four Treasures" in the simulation scene. He estimated that making this dish in reality would at least be at the level of a "delicacies of delicacies".

The next day.

The exchange activities continue.

Du Shaojie enjoyed himself so much that he learned how to make Gan cuisine and tasted various delicacies, which deepened his understanding of Gan cuisine. There were a total of ten exchange activities, which benefited him a lot and he really wished they could continue.

But he also knew that this was impossible, so after the exchange activity, he invited Pan Wen and others to dinner.

"President Pan, thank you for your hospitality. If you go to Yangcheng in the future, please call me in advance and I will pick you up."

Du Shaojie thinks Pan Wen is very good and he will definitely repay this favor if he has the chance.

Thanks to the other party's arrangement, he was able to come into contact with chefs who have made great achievements in Gan cuisine, which also saved him a lot of detours in his learning process.

He liked the role of vice president more and more, which sometimes brought him great convenience.

"President Du, don't tell me, I will definitely go to Yangcheng."

Both the guests and the hosts enjoyed the meal very much. They exchanged contact numbers and addresses before leaving.

In the next few days, Du Shaojie did not leave Hongzhou immediately, but continued to learn and replicate more dishes. Thanks to a good start, he basically mastered the essence of Gan cuisine and was no longer at a loss as he was at the beginning.

It’s noon this day.

Du Shaojie took Wang Yongli and Zou Xiaohe for a stroll outside. As it was approaching lunch time, the three of them found a small restaurant nearby to fill their stomachs first.

There are six tables in the store. The decoration is simple, but it looks very clean.

"Boss Du, did we go to the wrong place? There's a job posting at the door of this store, but no one is there to greet customers. How about we go to another store?"

The three of them came in and sat down, and after waiting for a long time, they didn't see the boss or the waiter show up.

Wang Yongli observed carefully. There were only two tables of customers in total, including the six tables and theirs. Combined with the recruitment notice posted outside the door, he felt that this restaurant was unreliable.

Du Shaojie nodded, and just as he was about to get up, a woman came out from the kitchen, holding a tray in her hand, and delivered several dishes to the table of the other group of guests.

"I'm sorry, everyone. I'm the only one in the store right now. What would you like to eat? The chef in my store just resigned, so I can only cook a few of my signature dishes myself."

This woman is the owner of the shop. She is under 30 years old, tall and pretty. From what she said, she is the only one running the shop.

Du Shaojie looked up at the dishes ordered by the guests at another table. They were some stir-fried dishes. From the smell coming over, it seemed that the female boss's cooking skills were average.

It's just a little bit higher than home cooking.

"Boss, please just cook some food for us. We are hungry."

Du Shaojie winked at Wang Yongli and others, and then asked the boss to serve the dishes.

Wang Yongli and Zou Xiaohe understood Du Shaojie's hint and lowered their heads in silence, as if the desk was more beautiful than the female boss's face.

"OK, just a second."

The female boss responded with a smile and quickly ran to the kitchen.

After waiting for a long time, the other party finally brought three stir-fried dishes and a bowl of soup.

Du Shaojie took a bite and found that the taste was indeed not very good, but it was not so bad that it was hard to swallow.

"How are you guys eating?"

After Du Shaojie and the other three came, no new customers came into the store.

The guests at the table in front quickly finished their meal and left. The female boss sat there with a gloomy face. It was not until Du Shaojie called her to settle the bill that she forced a smile.

"I am full, but, Boss, your cooking skills are really average."

Du Shaojie told the truth, and the female boss blushed.

"Don't be offended! The chef and waiter in my store left without giving me any time to react. I also want to find a suitable chef quickly, but it will take some time, right?"

"It's okay, that's all I said. Besides, I'm a chef myself, and I've just been free lately. I wonder what the conditions are for your recruitment?"

The reason why Du Shaojie didn't leave just now was that he wanted to ask about this matter after dinner.

He can still stay here for about a month, but there is less than a month left before the mission deadline, so he must hurry up.

"Oh? Why didn't you tell me earlier that you're a chef? We can discuss the terms later. I need to try the food first."

The female boss's eyes lit up and she then introduced herself, saying that her surname was Zhang and her name was Zhang Xiaorong.

Du Shaojie also introduced himself, but he did not say that he was a cooking technician, but said that he was a second-level chef. Anyway, he had qualifications from third-level chef to cooking technician, so he would just show one to the other party later.

Of course, applicants for chef positions have to taste the dishes, so he immediately stood up and prepared to show off his skills in the kitchen.

At this time, two more customers came into the store.

The female boss went over and asked the other party to order the dishes, then smiled at Du Shaojie, meaning that he should try to get it done.

Du Shaojie took the order and went into the kitchen. The kitchen was quite clean, except that the ingredients were not complete, so he had to prepare some of them himself.

This was not a difficult matter for him. Zhang Xiaorong saw that he was making preparations calmly but very quickly, and he had finished all the preparations in no time.

Next, Du Shaojie started to heat up the wok and then stir-fried [Jinggang Smoked Bamboo Shoots] and [Pingxiang Stir-fried Pork]. The new guest ordered these two dishes, and they were ready in a short time.

Zhang Xiaorong scooped out a little bit of each into a small bowl, tasted it, and was very surprised.

These two dishes taste very good, highlighting the characteristics of Gan cuisine, with a rich aroma. You can definitely eat two more bowls of rice with them.

For her, it was a pleasant surprise! But she soon became worried again. This Master Du was obviously very skilled. Could her small shop keep him?
"Master Du, please wait for a moment. I will serve the guests first."

Zhang Xiaorong needs to slow down and think about what to say next.

So she took the opportunity of serving the food to calm herself down with great difficulty.

After a few minutes, she returned to the kitchen and started to discuss salary with Du Shaojie. This was the most crucial point. If there was no objection to this point, the deal would probably be done.

Du Shaojie listened quietly. The salary was the same to him and this was not his goal.

"Boss Zhang, I don't care how much the salary is, but I won't be working for you for long. I'll be gone in a month at most. Don't worry, just listen to me.

This month, you can hire a satisfactory chef, so you don't have to support yourself. If you agree, I can start today, if not, forget it. "

Of course he couldn't lie to others, and he had to make it clear in advance to avoid causing losses to others.

The smile on Zhang Xiaorong's face gradually disappeared, and then she said helplessly:
"I knew there's no such thing as a free lunch. With your cooking skills, you're already as good as the chefs at those big restaurants. Can I ask you one thing, what do you want?"

"You should have heard that I'm not a local. One of the important reasons why I came to Hongzhou was to learn Gan cuisine. Now that I have learned a lot, I will let the customers test my learning results."

Du Shaojie still spoke the truth, and this time Zhang Xiaorong said nothing.

After a moment of silence, she smiled and shook hands with Du Shaojie, welcoming him to become the temporary chef of the small shop. (End of this chapter)