Food: How come this boss knows everything?

Chapter 136 This Cook Is Something Extraordinary

After tasting the three seafood dishes made by Li Rui, Wang Ying heated up two steamed buns from the kitchen.

Show off in front of the cook.

She never forgets to say two sentences while eating:
“It’s been a long time since I’ve had such delicious fried three.”

"Come on, eat some too."

Li Rui did not accept Wang Ying's invitation.

The main reason was that he felt that if he sat at the table, he might not be able to insert the chopsticks.

"It's okay. I've already eaten this morning. Please eat slowly, big sister."

While eating, Wang Ying expressed her great recognition of Li Rui's cooking skills:

"Good work, young man. I'll buy you some groceries after I finish eating."

Li Rui looked around the store and saw that there were no other employees there. He didn't expect that this lady would be so confident in leaving him alone in the store.

But he also has a small problem:

"Big sister, doesn't our little restaurant have anyone helping in the kitchen?"

"As for me," Wang Ying patted her chest, "business in our store is average, I can usually handle it myself."

Li Rui looked at the older sister, who didn't seem to care about the lack of business in her store. She must have been encouraged by the demolition.

He continued to ask:
"How many tables of customers are there in the store on a regular basis?"

Wang Ying: "It was only during lunch break when someone came over to eat a bowl of noodles. If my dad hadn't insisted on me coming, I would have quit long ago."

"But don't worry, your salary will be calculated based on commission."

Li Rui nodded.

The salary is easy to talk about.

Both the chef and the boss are wealthy.

But now it seems that the customer base of the small shop itself is not enough to meet the needs of the task.

He plans to test the waters today.

"Sister Wang, let's give it a try at noon today."

Then Li Rui came to the counter,
He took out the menu and used the eraser on the counter to erase the slashes on several dishes whose preparations he had already mastered, and added a few of his signature side dishes.

"Sister, just prepare the ingredients needed for these dishes today."

Wang Ying took the menu and glanced at it:
“Soft fried dragon bones, three kinds of seafood, roasted eggplant, twice-cooked pork, cold dishes.”

Li Rui added: "Do I need to write down the specific dishes?"

Wang Ying waved her hand happily:
"I have no problem with this little thing. Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen a pig run."

Li Rui: "Sister, if you go to Xingfuli Vegetable Market, you can look for Lao Jin who sells meat and You Dahai who sells seafood. Mentioning my name should help."

"Okay, it's not far away."

"Young man, just take care of the store."

The eldest sister was very excited. After taking the car keys, she went to buy groceries.

Li Rui returned to the kitchen and placed the kitchen utensils and seasonings in convenient locations.

Suddenly I felt that if I were not a boss, I would have a lot less things to worry about.

Not long after, Wang Ying came back from buying groceries.

Li Rui then brought the meat, vegetables and seafood to the kitchen.

Wang Ying: "Xiao Li, you know what, the people in the vegetable market are quite respectful to you."

Li Rui smiled and said, "They are all acquaintances. I feel more at ease using the things they sell at their stalls."

The two were busy in the kitchen.

The first table of customers arrived.

Several of them were colleagues who had just finished working outside and were a little late for lunch when they got back to the office, so Lu Xiong, who was in charge, prepared to treat everyone to a simple meal.

"Madam boss, give me three bowls of noodles with gravy."

The other two were obviously not very hungry:

"Why don't we wait a little longer, Brother Lu? Isn't 11 o'clock too early for lunch?"

Lu Xiong, who took the lead, joked:
"Hey, I'll treat you to a meal when you're not hungry anymore."

But today Wang Ying took out the menu.

Putting it on the table, she recommended:
"We have some stir-fried dishes today, would you like to try some?"

Lu Xiong had been here several times before, but he always ate noodles. He didn't expect that the restaurant also had stir-fried dishes.

But today, he was very generous and said:

"Then let's order two dishes." Several dishes on the menu that had never been seen before had just been "unsealed".

Lu Xiong showed it to his two colleagues.

"what do you want to eat?"

The other two were a little curious about the soft fried dragon bones.

"Sister, how is this dish made?"

Wang Ying explained: "The dragon bones are mantis shrimps. I just bought them today. They are very fresh."

Lu Xiong was impatient. “It’s too troublesome to peel the skin of a mantis shrimp.”

Wang Ying added: "It's not a big deal, they are all prepared in advance, just fry them and eat them directly."

The three of them immediately became interested: "Then let's have one portion to try, and then have three kinds of seafood and grilled eggplant. We'll talk about the main course later."

After Wang Ying took note of it, she returned to the kitchen.

He told the chef in the restaurant the dishes the three of them ordered.

Li Rui nodded. "Sister, please help me pick out the mantis shrimp meat. I'll cook some other dishes first."

"We were a little hasty in our preparation today. If the mantis shrimp had been frozen for a little longer, it would have been easier to peel."

Wang Ying had just made a big promise to her employees, so she naturally couldn't back down.

Roll up your sleeves and get to work.

First, remove the head of the mantis shrimp, then cut off the sides and the tip of the tail. Then, just like peeling cooked mantis shrimp, slowly open the back cover and take out the whole shrimp meat.

When eating mantis shrimp, peeling the skin is a hassle for everyone.

If the customer doesn't peel the skin, the cook will have to spend more time.

In the Little House Restaurant,

The young cook troubled the boss lady.

The first two dishes had been cooked and served to the table by Li Rui, while Wang Ying had also peeled the mantis shrimp.

"Sister, you work very efficiently." Li Rui praised.

Wang Ying worked for nearly twenty minutes and picked out dozens of mantis shrimps. She felt a little sore in her waist just now, but when she heard the chef's praise,

Keep your back straight:
"Of course, this is all family knowledge."

"Okay, keep it up. Five more tables of guests have ordered this dish."

"Ah? Another one coming? Five?"

Wang Ying found it unbelievable.

She has been immersed in the work of peeling mantis shrimps. Although her technique is becoming more and more skilled, she has no idea what is going on in the store.

Now walk out of the kitchen,
Only then did I notice that the small restaurant was already full of customers.

You know, my father's shop hasn't seen so many customers in the store at the same time for a long time since he stopped being the chef.

Wang Ying looked at the bustling little restaurant.

It was as if I had returned to the days when my father was in good health and business was booming.

I felt inexplicably touched.

At this time, the people were strangers to Wang Ying.
They were having a great time chatting with each other:

"Is this the one? Are you here to see Boss Li as well?"

"Look, this is him in the photo."

"Yes! It's right here."

"The information is accurate. I just saw Boss Li coming out of the kitchen."

"I'm really lucky today. If I had received the news a few days later, I would have had to wait in line again. I wouldn't have been able to post it on WeChat Moments this time."

In the words of customers,
Wang Ying caught a glimpse of something unusual.

The people in the store seemed to be customers brought here by Boss Li?
She walked quickly back to the kitchen.

I asked the cook:
"Little brother, who are you exactly? I heard the customers outside chatting and they all called you Boss Li?"

Li Rui was applying a layer of dry powder on the mantis shrimp meat.
“Maybe some old customers wanted to come and try it.”

He has been in a hurry to prepare today and has not updated his status on the video account yet.

I didn't expect that someone had come to my door.

Li Rui shook off the excess flour,
He continued to instruct:
"Don't stop, big sister. Keep wrapping the shrimps. The customers must be getting impatient."

"okay."

(End of this chapter)