Food: How come this boss knows everything?

Chapter 194 Boss Li's A-grade Shop

"Did you cut the meat for the twice-cooked pork?" Li Rui asked the young man.

"It's me." Xiao Han replied.

"You have good knife skills. Have you resigned from Taihe Building?"

"Ah."

"You've eaten noodles in my shop. Do you still remember it? Do you want to work in my shop?"

When Xiao Han heard Li Rui's invitation, he thought about it for a moment.

Before he could reply, his train of thought was interrupted by the short waiter.

Majengo pointed out the window.

"Is that electric bike yours? Someone is about to take it away."

"Fuck, wait a minute."

Xiao Han ran out in a hurry.

Xiao Ma slammed the glass heavily and shouted at the man who had bad intentions: "Hey! What are you doing?"

The people outside were obviously startled and quickly fled the scene.

The customers around also turned their heads towards this side.

Li Rui asked Xiao Ma to calm down.
Seeing that Ma Jinge had finished all his rice, he called the waiter from Taihelou.

"Please help us pack. Where is the checkout?"

the other side,
Xiao Han locked the electric bike again and saw two people checking out at the front desk. Sister Tao was standing there. He avoided the manager's gaze and did not enter the store.

Instead, he waited outside the door for Li Rui and the other person to come out.

After a while, the three of them stood together again.

Li Rui asked him, "Have you thought about it? By the way, what is your salary at Taihe Building?"

"Three thousand seven hundred and five, including food and lodging."

Xiao Han received the same treatment as the new apprentice who recently joined Taihe Building. In fact, because of his leave, he would get less than that apprentice. This was also the reason why he was unwilling to continue working at Taihe Building.

Li Rui nodded and said that he had become a professional in ordinary restaurants in Jianghai City.

Asked Xiao Ma:
"How much do you rent a house in Jianghai City for a month?"

Xiao Ma: "Two thousand. The apartment I live in is a little more expensive."

The luxurious life of the short waiter made Xiao Han's attention turn elsewhere.

Li Rui said to Xiao Han again:

"Then I'll give you 6,000 a month, including food but not accommodation, but I want you to see your cooking skills with my own eyes, how about that?"

With six thousand a month, Xiao Han could rent a cheaper house for himself and keep more money.

He agreed immediately.

Although I was curious about how much a waiter's salary was, I was too embarrassed to ask.

Li Rui handed the young man's coat to him.

Then he stretched out his right hand:
"Let me formally introduce myself. My name is Li Rui, the owner of the store in Fonda Plaza. This is Ma Jinge,"

Xiao Ma took the initiative to take over the conversation:
"I'm the waiter supervisor in the store. You can call me Sister Ma from now on."

"My name is Xiao Han." As the young man spoke, he glanced at Ma Jinge's head. He memorized the two people's titles and muttered in a low voice, "Boss Li, Xiao Ma."

Ma Jinge rolled up his sleeves calmly.

Li Rui quickly suppressed his anger: "Everyone should get along with each other in the future, run the shop well, and there will be dividends at the end of the year."

Then he said to Xiao Han:

"Come with me to the store now. Do you remember the way?"

"remember."

For a store of 120 square meters, at least two or three employees are needed.

Money should be spent.
Hiring employees can reduce your own burden and also make more delicious food for customers.

Of course, employees have to meet Li Rui's standards.

Xiao Ma is actually quite good as a waiter, but to help in the kitchen, he needs to have some professional qualities.

Several people returned to the shop in Fangda Plaza one after another.

Li Rui brought Xiao Han into the kitchen.

He briefly introduced the business situation of the store and then began to inspect the employees. He took out a white radish.

"Let's carve some lotus root slices and see."

Xiao Han didn't say anything, but just took the white radish. Although he was a little confused about the boss's task, he quickly got the hang of it and started operating it.

Li Rui and Xiao Ma watched from the side.

In Li Rui's eyes,
Xiao Han's knife skills were indeed good. After cutting the white radish into slices of even thickness, he made small holes of almost the same size on them.

And this kid knows how to live.

The white radish skin was peeled very thinly, and the radish scraps left over from carving holes were also collected and placed in a small bowl next to it.

Li Rui admired this young man very much.

"Xiao Han, you are hired. Come to work at four o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Okay, boss." Xiao Han forced a smile on his face. Is there nothing else to do today? "

Li Rui nodded.

He has already agreed to take a day off today.
But in fact, he was not idle at all. First, he went to the vegetable market to buy the ingredients needed for the next day, went to Xiaoqingshan to dry the cabbage for sauerkraut, and then visited a store to taste the craftsmanship of his peers.

He also brought back an employee along the way.

It can be said to be a very fulfilling day.

Breakfast will be open from tomorrow. There is nothing to do this afternoon.

The next step is Li Rui's own time.

"You can go back now and have a good rest. You have to start working early tomorrow morning."

"I will be in the store for the rest of the day, trying out the jar meat dish. If you are interested, you can come along."

Xiao Ma said he wanted to go back for a nap, and hoped that Li Rui would ask him to come over and try it after the food was ready.

Li Rui wanted to try it himself first to see if he could replicate this delicacy, so he didn't let Xiao Han stay.

Moreover, this employee had just come out of Taihe Building and had to find a place to live.

Thus, Li Rui and Xiao Dong were the only ones left in the store.

After Li Rui finished his lunch, he packed up the leftover food and took it home.

The sea cucumbers, pigeon eggs, abalone and ham in the jar of meat were all eaten.

There is only one third of the pork elbow and a few pieces of mushrooms left.

In color:
The broth of the meat in a jar has an attractive amber color.

Based on Li Rui's understanding of coloring ingredients,
Dark soy sauce and light soy sauce are indispensable for coloring, and sugar color must also be added.

The pork elbow is bright in color and intact in appearance. Even after being stewed, you can still taste a little bit of burnt skin.

Li Rui thinks that the reason for this situation is,
It is likely that the processing method is similar to that of braised whole chicken at that time - the elbow is brushed with maltose and then fried in a pan.

Aroma:
In addition to the aroma of several ingredients,
There is also a light aroma of wine and a very faint scent of osmanthus.

The former is easy to explain as white wine, but I don’t know where the sweet-scented osmanthus comes from.

Taste:
Abalone, sea cucumber and Jinhua ham are all relatively expensive ingredients, and together with shiitake mushrooms, they provide more umami flavor to this dish.

The soup used for stewing is thick and mellow, absorbing the flavors of these ingredients and is extremely fresh and rich.

In addition, although the freshness of the chicken rack, the fragrance of the large bones, and the gelatin of the pig skin are not reflected in the finished dish, based on Li Rui's current taste buds and experience in making broth, he feels that it is almost the same.

The elbows in the jar meat are boneless.
Li Rui felt that these bones were used to make soup.

Very similar to making your own stock.

Li Rui also tasted several spices such as star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, and angelica.

Of course, judging from the remaining seasonings when the jar meat was finally served, the addition of several spices was also very obvious.

After tasting the pork elbow carefully again with the faint fragrance of osmanthus, Li Rui finally got the answer.

"It's osmanthus honey, not maltose!"

That’s pretty much what it means.

Li Ruixing got into the car eagerly and went to the vegetable market.

The recipes provided by the system are delicious, but the food stolen from others is

More exciting.

(End of this chapter)