Food: How come this boss knows everything?

Chapter 197 A special guest came to the shop
In the afternoon, Li Rui took Xiao Han to buy groceries.

After two days of contact with Xiao Han, Li Rui discovered that this young man had rich experience in the catering industry.

Just bad luck.

Except for Taihelou, where he voluntarily resigned, the bosses of the previous wonton shop, small restaurant, and hot pot restaurant all ran away.

In other words, he ruined everything.

However, Xiao Han's knife skills are indeed good, and can be regarded as an ominous blade in the Jianghai catering industry.

Li Rui plans to focus on training him.

"Xiao Han, do you want to cook?"

Although Xiao Han mentioned this idea when he was arguing with Master Zhang at Taihe Building.

But at that time he was just more dissatisfied with his salary, and deep down, he lacked confidence in his cooking skills.

When there is really an opportunity, they become timid instead.

He replied calmly:

“I won’t cook easily until I have perfected my knife skills.”

"alright."

Li Rui nodded, feeling that this young man had very high demands on himself.

Then Li Rui took him to several familiar stalls in the vegetable market.

"Boss Jin, this is our store's new employee, Xiao Han. Please take care of me if you come to buy meat in the future."

Old Jin grinned and said:

"Brother Li, don't worry, we'll leave your contact information and we'll deliver the goods to your door in the future."

Next came You Dahai from the seafood stall.

"Brother You, buy some sea cucumbers and abalone."

The expensive sea cucumbers can be sold for thousands of yuan, while the cheap ones can cost dozens of yuan per kilogram.

It is not something that ordinary families can afford.

Because the main purpose of jar meat is to utilize the freshness of sea cucumbers, Li Rui chose the ready-to-eat kind that is artificially cultivated, which is easier to soak and more affordable.

Expensive ingredients have different identity labels.

As a symbol of identity, if people can afford it, it means they are in a higher social class.

So just like luxury goods, food is expensive.

The taste comes second.

How to use ordinary ingredients to cook delicious food is what a chef really needs to consider.

Back to the Fonda Plaza shop.

As soon as Ma Jinge saw Li Rui coming back, he reported what happened in the afternoon to his boss.

"Boss, both upstairs and downstairs are fully booked."

The shop hadn't opened yet and there wasn't even a menu for the evening.

The seats are all occupied.

Li Rui nodded, "Okay, let's get to work."

There is a professional meat-cutting chef who can help prepare the ingredients for the dishes in advance, which greatly improves work efficiency.

By the evening, customers began to arrive.

"Waiter, I have made a reservation for four people, table 9."

"Okay, let's see what to eat?"

The customer looked at the menu and said, "Yes, just this jar meat, give us one portion, and then the fried stew, braised eggplant, and mixed fish in one pot, and two cold dishes, smashed cucumber, and mixed stewed food."

The four people looked at the menu and continued to order food.

Ma Jinge reminded him in time: "The portions in our restaurant are quite large, the jar meat is enough for two people."

Xiao Ma knows the amount of meat in a jar very well.

The boss's not-so-successful jar of pork has been the employee meal for the past two days.

"Okay, let's leave it like this for now." The customer ordered and went upstairs to wait.

After Li Rui and Xiao Han in the kitchen took the menu, they started working in an orderly manner.

Braised food mix is ​​a dish of braised food cooked in one pot.

After weighing by kilogram, cut it, mix it together, sprinkle with coriander, mashed garlic, chili oil and sauce.

Today Li Rui prepared pig ears, pig intestines, and pork belly.

Xiao Han took out several braised dishes from the braising pot one by one.

He looked at the rosy-colored broth dripping slowly along the edge of the shiny surface of the braised meat.

He swallowed unconsciously. He had worked in many restaurants, and they all said that if the cooks didn't steal, the crops wouldn't be good.

Xiao Han has never done this before.

Today was the first time he wanted to sneak a bite of food made in the store.

The process of cutting meat is almost pathological, both torturous and enjoyable.

Xiao Han couldn't help but slow down.

The soft and elastic pig intestines will be the first to shrink their folds together as the carving knife falls.

After the intestinal wall is touched and pressed tightly together, and a little bit of the stew inside is squeezed out, it is cut into two pieces with a knife.

When you cut the pork belly, you can clearly feel the slight difference between fat, lean skin and the three layers of pork belly.

This mixed dish is so delicious.

Xiao Han felt extremely anxious.

I realized that working in a small shop is an important training for my character.

at the same time,

Two more people came outside the store.

They were a little different from other customers. They did not enter the store immediately, but looked around the store first.

The older man looked at the name of the shop and asked, "Is this the shop? They call him Boss Li on the Internet?"

The middle-aged man nodded, "This is it, Master."

Then he changed to a very disdainful tone:

"It's just a popular online store that's trying to gain popularity. It just has some fans praising it, but you actually have to make a reservation."

The implication is that if you are so eager to learn, why would you need to become an apprentice?
Zhang Guohua did not have as many emotions as his apprentice. Instead, he was really curious about the cooking skills of Boss Li.

That day, Tao Jingjing also told him that the person who came to visit the store was a very good cook.

Unexpectedly, he also learned his signature dish.

He took a look at the videos posted online and found that they were done quite well.

So he was more curious.

I really want to try the jar meat made by Li Rui.

"Let's go, we'll know after we try it in the store," said Zhang Guohua.

"Okay, master."

The two walked into the shop.

The waiter came over warmly.

Although the words used by restaurants to attract customers are basically the same, the words used by the waiters in small shops are exactly the same as those in Taihelou.

It made Zhang Guohua feel like he was back in his own restaurant.

"Girl, we have made a reservation. We want one serving of meat in a jar."

"Okay, please go upstairs."

The two people's brief stop attracted the attention of Xiao Han in the kitchen.

"Boss, people from Taihe Building are here." He said to Li Rui.

Li Rui had just fried one side of the stewed bun until it was crispy, and he flicked his arm and turned the bun over.

Wait until all the small pieces of stew fall back to where they should be.

Li Rui then asked, "Acquaintances? What did they order?"

Xiao Han: "The chef of Taihelou, Zhang Guohua, made all the dishes you ate that day. They ordered a portion of jar meat."

Li Rui smiled slightly.
I thought to myself that my colleagues value me very much.

Not long after, the jar meat was served to Zhang Guohua and his friend's table.

Zhang Guohua first looked at it carefully.

As the signature dish of Taihelou, this dish must be rich in ingredients.

The quantity of jar meat, abalone, sea cucumber and ham sold in this small shop is a little smaller, but it is also well worth the price of 128.

The elbow is bright red and the soup is rich and thick.

It smells really good too.

Zhang Guohua was very familiar with this dish. Without even trying it, he knew that the restaurant owner could make a good one.

He shook his head and sighed.

"When did such a person appear in Jianghai City?"

(End of this chapter)