Leftover Girl's Neverland

Chapter 15

Li Sihai accompanied Chef Zhao to the kitchen. It was past eleven o'clock, and there were customers coming to the restaurant one after another, and the kitchen was busy.Chef Zhao looked at the side dishes on the table, and took out the dishes that Li Sihai had bought from the bag. He snorted and looked at them carefully.

"Xiao Li, you bought a good number of tomatoes. It's rare to see such a good ripe persimmon now."

"The boss said that it was grown at home, and no pesticides or chemical fertilizers were used. I tasted it and the taste is very pure."

"This is very good. People think that the chef's cooking skills are the key to delicious meals. In fact, this is a misunderstanding. Seven parts of ingredients and three parts of work. If the materials are not good, even the best cooking skills can't be brought out. Many generations The famous dishes that have been handed down are gone now, not because there are no passers-by, but because the ingredients are not good enough to make that kind of taste..."

While talking, Chef Zhao walked out of the kitchen with Li Dahai and his son.When we came to an empty private room, Chef Zhao sat down and said, "I took a general look, and the biggest problem with your restaurant is that it doesn't have its own characteristics. If you look at your menu, there are all kinds of cuisines, but They are all unauthentic. Ordinary customers are okay for eating, but such customers will never become your regular customers. Because of your food, he can eat it in other places. He doesn’t come here because of the good food , but because of convenience, if it is inconvenient one day, you will lose even these customers.”

Chef Zhao's words touched Li Sihai's hidden worries, and he asked anxiously: "Master Zhao, what do you think I should do here? You see, it's already dinner time, and there are only a few tables sitting here. If this continues , my restaurant has to be closed!"

"That's right, brother Zhao, you are an expert, give the child some advice."

Chef Zhao looked at the eager father and son in front of him, and said slowly: "First, cook according to the current style. Your cook is not good. I just watched him for a while, and he is just a god-like cook. Not like. Second, for other cuisines, I cook Shandong cuisine, and I can’t find other cooks, but chefs who specialize in Shandong cuisine can still recommend a few for you. If you can’t do these two points, you might as well Don’t be a restaurant anymore, just change to fast food, the profit will be thinner, but the maintenance is still possible.”

"This one……"

Li Sihai considered Chef Zhao's words, thinking about his plans.

"Boss, the people from Huaixiang Garden in the east are here again. After ordering a few dishes, they only ate two mouthfuls. They just sat there and yelled that our food is not authentic, it's worse than big pot rice, and they are clamoring for a refund!"

The waiter hurried into the single room and asked Li Sihai for help.

"Damn, these bastards have only been clean for two days, why are they here again?" Li Sihai said and was about to get up.

"Xiao Hai, what's going on?"

"Dad, you sit with Master Zhao first, I'll go out and have a look!"

Li Sihai did not explain, and followed the waiter to the lobby.Two young boys, in their twenties, were sitting there tapping their plates with their chopsticks, shouting, "What kind of food is this? It's like pig food. Where's your boss? Call your boss, I want to complain and get my money back!"

The surrounding guests stopped eating and paid attention to the development of the situation.

"Dude, I'm the boss here, let's talk about what's going on!"

Li Sihai came to the table and said with a smile.

Trouble A squinted and picked his teeth with a toothpick: "You are the boss, I said, how can your food be so unpalatable? I thought that if you throw the food directly into the pot and boil it, the taste will be better than this." what!"

"That's right, what's all this? The eggplant is not ripe, the peeling is tasteless, and the fish-flavored shredded pork is full of potatoes. Where's the shredded pork?"

Another troublemaker B picked up the vegetables with chopsticks, and the soup splashed all over the table.

Li Sihai suppressed his anger, and forced a smile on his face: "It's easy to say, since you don't like our food, I'll give you a refund, how about it?"

"It's enough to just refund the money. I've been waiting here for an hour for this junk?"

"Then look..."

"Compensate for our losses!" The purpose of the two people was very clear, to find fault!

"In your opinion, how should we compensate?"

The voice of the old man of the Li family came from behind. Just now he saw his son go out with an angry face. He was worried that something happened, so he called a waiter and asked what happened.

It turned out that there were two restaurants on this street, one was Li's Sihai Restaurant, and the other was Huaixiang Garden to the east of them.In the past, the level of the two restaurants was similar, and they could coexist peacefully.But since last year, Huaixiangyuan has recruited a good chef from a big restaurant. This chef also cooks Shandong cuisine. Several special dishes are very popular and have become Huaixiangyuan's signature dishes.Since then, the business of their store has boomed. After a long time, the space is not enough, so the boss considers expanding the scale.But after looking at several positions, they were not ideal, so the idea came to Li Sihai.Because the two are very close to each other, there is a store in the middle. If you take Sihai Restaurant over, there are complete tables, chairs and tableware inside, and it can be used with simple decoration.When the time comes, guests can be attracted by walking a few steps.

So, just after the Spring Festival, the boss of Huaixiangyuan talked to Li Sihai.However, although the business of the restaurant is not very good, and the family's life depends on it, how can it be transferred.In the beginning, they talked about conditions politely, but after seeing Li Sihai's tough attitude, they began to find people to make trouble every now and then.

Today is not the first time, and if the hotel is not transferred to him, it probably won't be the last time.

"Hey, the little boss can't do it, change to the old one!"

Trouble A saw two old men coming, and said in a strange way.They are all punks from around here, not from Huaixiangyuan.If it is the new chef of Huaixiangyuan, they will recognize this fat old man with a red face, and he is a well-known Lu cuisine master in their spring city.

"How to compensate? I'm here to eat, we're not here to make trouble," Trouble B smiled wickedly: "Well, you guys make something again, as long as we are satisfied with the food, today's affairs will be over."

"Oh, what does this little brother want to eat?" Chef Zhao didn't want to interfere in such a matter at first, but he thought that he was invited by someone to help, and he couldn't just stay on the sidelines when there was trouble in the store drink tea.

"Seeing that you can't make any high-end things in this crappy place, so let's do it, just make something to eat. We only have one request, which is something we haven't eaten. As long as we are satisfied, we will also use your money for the previous ones. We pay for what we eat!"

The people watching the excitement around them thought it was nothing at first, but after thinking about it, these two people are good enough, they are very generous in their words and deeds, but their demands are tricky.Now the dishes in restaurants are all the same, unless it is a special big restaurant, but everyone who comes here knows that the Four Seas Restaurant is just an ordinary small restaurant. If they can make unique things, the business will not be so bleak .

"Okay, it seems that the two little brothers are really here to eat, wait a moment, we will serve you again, and keep the ones you haven't eaten!"

Chef Zhao agreed with confidence. He is really not good at anything else, but when it comes to cooking, he dare not say anything else, but in the one-acre land of Quancheng, there is really no rival for him.

Hearing this, everyone in the restaurant was very curious. Seeing what the old man meant, did he really have a unique skill? !

In the corner of the lobby, an old and a young person were sitting. They ordered a cold dish and a hot dish, and were chatting. When they heard Chef Zhao's words, they took a look.Seeing that it was Chef Zhao, the elderly man's eyes flashed with wonder.I didn't expect to see him in this small restaurant, hehe, it seems that there will be a good show today.

Li Sihai was also very curious. Although he had heard of Chef Zhao, the dishes he cooked couldn't be said to be untouched.Although he was puzzled, he followed him to the kitchen, leaving the waiter to appease the guests around him.

Chef Zhao came to the kitchen, saw a piece of kneaded noodles on the table, washed his hands, rolled up his sleeves, and ordered: "Go and fry six eggs, only put salt, and fry the eggs until they are half-cooked. You Wash the tomatoes and cut them into small cubes."

The chef and the apprentice looked at the boss, and seeing the boss signaled to follow suit, they began to listen to Chef Zhao's orders.

Chef Zhao pressed the dough, shook his head, and started kneading.

"Master Zhao, shall we make steamed buns?" Li Sihai's restaurant also sells steamed buns, and the noodles are awake today, but they haven't bothered to steam them.

"Mmm." Chef Zhao didn't say much, this dough was not kneaded well, so now he can only make do with it.He kneaded repeatedly, the eggs were scrambled on the stove, and when the scramble was finished, his noodles were also kneaded.

Knead the dough into a round strip, then hold it with one hand to show the head, and pull it quickly with the other hand.In a moment, two rows of dumplings of the same size were neatly placed on the desk. The dumplings were very small, only a little bigger than the usual dumpling dumplings.

The tomatoes and eggs over there were all ready and put on the plate. Everyone in the kitchen watched the old man busy.Chef Zhao neatly stacked the prepared ingredients on the chopping board, sprinkled them with flour, and then began to adjust the stuffing.Watch him put the scrambled eggs in a stainless steel basin, sprinkle with salt, monosodium glutamate and some seasonings, stir for about a minute or two, then put in the chopped tomatoes, mix well and set aside.He turned around and began to roll the skins. In a blink of an eye, he had already rolled all the skins. Each skin was thin and almost the same size.

After the chef of the restaurant scrambled the eggs, he watched Chef Zhao busy with his work with cold eyes.At first, when he heard that the boss had hired a chef, he thought it was a great chef, but he didn't expect to be wrapped in tomato buns.It's not that he doesn't believe in the old man's craftsmanship. Everyone knows that this tomato is different from other vegetables. It has more juice, and the juice will come out after adding salt.Even if it barely breaks, the tomato will still get water after steaming, and he rolled the skin so thin, the bun will break, and it won't come out of the pot at all.

After a while, the buns the size of a baby's fist had been wrapped and placed on the prepared cage drawer, and the water in the steamer was boiled, so the cage drawer was put into the pot and the lid was covered.

After waiting for about 15 minutes, steam began to emerge from the gap in the lid of the pot, and a faint tomato fragrance wafted out.

"Boss is okay, the people outside are knocking on the plates." The waiter whispered the situation outside in the boss's ear.

"It's almost ready, go and explain to the people outside, and the meal will be served in a while."

The waiter agreed to go out, and Li Sihai was also a little worried. He had never eaten this tomato steamed stuffed bun, but seeing the skin is so thin, can it hold the stuffing?
Chef Zhao looked at the time, lifted the lid of the pot, the heat dissipated, and a basket of crystal steamed buns with reddish white appeared in front of everyone.The skin of the buns is almost transparent, and you can clearly see the bright tomatoes and golden eggs.

He took down the cage drawer, patted some cold water on his hands, took out the buns and placed them on the plate, put eight of them and handed them to Li Sihai, "Take it and see if he has eaten it." His tone was very affirmative, Although this crystal steamed bun uses ordinary materials, it may not be possible to make it all together.

"Okay!"

Li Sihai took the plate, and Master Zhao knew it was done when he took out the buns intact.

I have never eaten this tomato steamed bun. I heard it from a friend. It is a restaurant's signature.I just wrote it imaginatively, let's just look at the plot.

(End of this chapter)