Food Customizer

Liu Guochu's arrival really surprised Su Chen.

If I remember correctly, the last time Liu Guochu and Wang Zhijun came here, they were looking for trouble with emotions. Unfortunately, under the guidance of Shang Mingke, Su Chen used Cui Yu to divide several people to cleverly resolve it.

Then Wang Zhijun brought Zhang Maolin to the company to customize food. Su Chen also vaguely heard that in addition to customizing food, Wang Zhijun also wanted to challenge.

It has been several months, and Liu Guochu suddenly came and said that he must spend 100,000 to make a customized meal, and also said that he must add delicious food?

Su Chen silently glanced at the progress of his task.

Well. I was still worried about where to get so many state banquet chefs, and you all rushed to deliver yourself to the door. Is this the son of heaven?

Seeing Su Chen said nothing.

Liu Guochu slapped the table angrily, "Boss Su, do you look down on me?"

"No." Su Chen looked innocent.

"Then why don't you agree to my request? To be honest, I have already made an agreement with Zhang Maolin, Mr. Zhang, from Beijing. He will arrive in Jingzhou this afternoon, and we can have dinner tonight! I have decided to join this team today, just tell me if it is okay or not!"

Su Chen was suddenly shocked.

What does this have to do with Mr. Maolin? Are you here to challenge me too?

"That. President Liu." Su Chen said, "Since you are here in person, there is definitely no problem with customization."

In fact, Su Chen was thinking that a meal worth 100,000 yuan would be a waste if it was not made.

Now that the company has started to renovate five or six floors, it is a time when money is scarce.

"But this has nothing to do with Mr. Maolin, right?"

Liu Guochu is a stubborn person with the fiery and straightforwardness of a Hunanese. "That won't work! The old man Wang Zhijun invited Mr. Maolin to be a notary, so of course I have to invite him too! Boss Su, don't say so much, just tell me if it is okay or not?"

If there was no Zhang Maolin, Su Chen would have more freedom and diversity in choosing customized meals.

But with Zhang Maolin, this meal has a sense of challenge, and Hunan cuisine must be the main ingredient when making it.

"Of course. In fact, even if you don't join the queue for a customized meal, I welcome you to join!" Su Chen stretched out his hand and shook hands with Liu Guochu.

So far, Delicious has added another national chef!

As soon as the decoration is completed, the famous cuisines will immediately have: Sichuan cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, Hubei cuisine, and Shandong cuisine.

With the five major cuisines in hand, it would be hard not to be popular.

Liu Guochu just thought that Su Chen was being polite to him about what he just said.

Who doesn't know that if you want to join Delicious, you have to get a food customization first. Some people have spent 50,000 or 100,000 before, so it's not a loss to spend this money yourself!

And the old man Wang Zhijun joined so decisively, which also shows one thing from the side.

Cui Yufen and Lu Yongliang were promoted to the fourth-level members, which is definitely related to Delicious, otherwise Wang Zhijun, who is so obsessed with status, would not join so boldly.

At their age, money plays little role. Leaving a mark in the history of Chinese cuisine is the ultimate goal of these people.

"Since President Liu said so, shall I start preparing now? If we have dinner in the evening, the time is really a bit tight."

"No problem! But I have an unwelcome request."

"Let me tell you."

Liu Guochu narrowed his eyes, "I have always been very curious about how the food customization here works. I have seen many private chefs before, but most of them will go bankrupt for various reasons after operating for a period of time. It is difficult to get a ticket here, so..."

"Of course."

Su Chen spread his hands, "If you don't feel bored, you can."

There is really nothing mysterious about this thing.

Liu Guochu nodded, "Then let's start, just pretend I don't exist."

The two talked happily, but ignored Cai Sirong who was standing aside.

Oh, Miss Cai has a task recently.

That is to stay at Delicious every day. As long as Ling Shuyu or Su Chen has any ideas about the TV program, they must record them immediately!

Then give timely feedback to the TV station.

After listening to the conversation between the two, Ms. Cai immediately said to Su Chen, "Boss Su, can I shoot a video? It happens that when we broadcast the program, we need to use vlogs to introduce the guests. I think your daily work is quite suitable."

Yes. Su Chen nodded, "Of course."

Recently, Wang Jianguo has been very busy, and for this food program, all the staff of the TV station have been mobilized.

Su Chen has been to the station several times before, and those staff members are so enthusiastic that they simply regard Su Chen as their life-saving straw!

In addition, Secretary Zhang and Secretary Liao of the district have also asked about this matter many times, and they have expressed great enthusiasm. This matter cannot be ignored!

"Then let's get started."

Liu Guochu's task is very simple. He just needs to follow Su Chen's ass all the time to see how this delicious customization works.

And Cai Sirong quickly took out her equipment and began to record Su Chen's daily work.

The two followed Su Chen and first came to the office.

Su Chen took a blanket from the bedroom, lay down on the recliner, and covered himself with the blanket.

It was November, and although the heating had started, the house was too big and still a little chilly.

Immediately, Su Chen closed his eyes, and could even feel that his breathing began to become steady.

Cai Sirong and Liu Guochu looked at each other.

What's going on?

Didn't you just say that you have to eat in the evening, so time is a bit tight now, but you went straight back to the office to lie down on the chair and sleep?

Liu Guochu wanted to reach out and pat Su Chen several times, trying to ask him what he was doing.

Is it possible that sleeping is also part of cooking?

But he suppressed his curiosity.

Cai Sirong, on the other hand, simply placed her equipment on a shelf on the table facing Su Chen.

‘Although Boss Su is motionless, I think there must be a reason for him! ’

The two of them sat on the sofa and stared at each other, waiting for Su Chen to wake up from sleep.

However, they will never know that Su Chen is sleeping at this moment. He is just using a more comfortable posture and frantically flipping through the famous Chinese recipes in his mind!

Also flipping through at the same time was the book A General History of World Food.

Since everyone has invited Zhang Maolin, this meal must be taken seriously.

The number of people dining was not large, but after all, the customers paid a high price. It was not appropriate for the number of dishes to be too small. Moreover, there are so many people in the family and they all know each other. It is also inappropriate not to invite them over to taste.

Then eight dishes!

Hunan cuisine is now popular all over the country. There is no shortage of Hunan cuisine restaurants almost everywhere you go. Even in Guangdong Province, which mainly eats light and authentic food, there are also Hunan cuisine restaurants everywhere, and most of them are doing good business.

This is enough to show that Hunan cuisine, which is also a spicy-flavored cuisine, is more popular than Sichuan cuisine in today's society.

In the past, Su Chen's main focus was on Sichuan, Cantonese, and Shandong cuisine, and he had never done much in-depth research on Hunan cuisine. Now he was lying on the chair and calmed down to savor it, and then he realized that there are so many different aspects of Hunan cuisine.

There has been a proverb in China for a long time: If Huguang is cooked, the world will be satisfied.

Hunan Province is rich in resources that northerners cannot imagine. It is precisely because of such rich resources that Hunan people have created a variety of delicacies for thousands of years.

Among so many dishes, they are mainly divided into three factions.

The first is the dishes from the Xiangjiang River Basin, centered on Changsha, Hengyang, and Xiangtan. This is the main representative of Hunan cuisine, and it is also the dish that is commonly seen in Hunan restaurants.

The characteristic of this type of cuisine is that it is heavy in oil and rich in color, which is quite similar to Sichuan cuisine. The techniques used are mostly simmering, stewing, curing, steaming and stir-frying.

Then there are the dishes from the Dongting Lake area. These dishes are mainly cooked with river fresh food, poultry and livestock. Due to the different ingredients, the methods are mostly stewed, roasted, and waxed. The characteristics are thick thick oil, salty, spicy and soft.

The last faction is not particularly familiar to ordinary diners.

Xiangxi cuisine!

Speaking of Xiangxi, it’s not just about driving away corpses.

Xiangxi people are very good at cooking. They rely on the mountains to eat. They are especially good at making wild game, smoked bacon, and various cured meats. The taste is salty, sour and spicy, and they often use charcoal as fuel. The local flavor is extremely rich.

‘In this case, Xiangxi cuisine is definitely not among the choices. ’

The dog meat in Xiangxi is the best, but this thing is a special dish after all, so it would be better to be a little restrained.

In addition, the control is stricter now, and all kinds of delicacies and game are not allowed to be eaten casually. Otherwise, there will be no problem with Western Hunan cuisine. Isn't Northeastern cuisine delicious?

‘Then choose four each from Dongting Lake cuisine and Xiangjiang River Basin cuisine. ’

After deciding on the general direction of the dishes, it’s time to choose the specific menu list.

Su Chen did this step quickly now, after all, he already had a big direction.

"You must have a choice of meat and vegetables. When I come up with a spicy and sour braised mutton dish at the beginning of winter, I wonder how you will respond?"

This dish is not only seasonal, but also tests the chef's handling of raw ingredients. Su Chen had made mutton once before, but due to the special circumstances of the order at that time, he directly selected mutton from Inner Mongolia.

But this time because of the special price, Su Chen was going to come up with his own plug-in: the practice room vending machine!

The first dish was decided immediately, spicy and sour braised lamb!

Since you choose Xiangjiang cuisine, it is essential to 'simmer' the dishes. When it comes to simmering, of course, the longer the time, the better the taste.

Ever since.

"Is there anyone who doesn't like red braised goat's trotters?"

Aquatic dishes are nothing more than the preparation of various types of fish. Su Chen does not plan to make fish this time.

Fish is very important to the quality of the ingredients, and the skill of the technique can only be the icing on the cake, but it cannot be rejuvenated.

So

Instead of making fish, you can make fish skin!

The taste of fish skin is simply invincible, but most of the time it only appears in cold dishes. What if it is braised in soy sauce?

Braised fish skin is the third dish.

The rest include poultry, eggs, vegetables, beets, and a vegetarian dish. Su Chen quickly made up a list of eight dishes.

"Well"

Su Chen stretched greatly, rubbed his eyes and got up from the recliner.

Liu Guochu stood up instantly and said, "Boss Su, are you sleepy?"

Lao Liu asked more implicitly, but what he was thinking was, you just said you have to eat in the evening, we have to hurry up, but you ran into the office and took a nap?

Isn't this pure nonsense?

"I'm not sleepy. I'm just used to it. I squint for a while before cooking. This can ensure that my energy is absolutely concentrated."

This. Liu Guochu felt that his 40 years of experience in the industry had been greatly insulted.

Could it be that I am not as good at cooking as Boss Su because I didn't get a good night's sleep before cooking?

Before Liu Guochu could think more, he saw Su Chen had come to his desk, buried his head in paper and pen and started writing.

Liu Guochu and Cai Sirong hurried over, staring at the paper across the desk.

"Have you decided on the dishes?"

Su Chen hummed.

Liu Guochu squinted at the words, and the muscles at the corners of his eyes trembled involuntarily every time he read a line.

"Boss Su, you have studied Hunan cuisine deeply!"

Su Chen smiled, "Not really, just a few dishes I thought of at random, just don't let President Liu laugh at it."

Liu Guochu was speechless.

He thought that if this person could laugh at a joke, then our association would really be full of jokes.

Compared to the dishes that Liu Guochu studies every day, Su Chen's eight dishes can be said to be mediocre, but Liu Guochu's research direction is state banquets.

It's just that Hunan cuisine has not been served at state banquets in recent years.

On the other hand, Su Chen's dishes are of course not served at state banquets, but each dish is very interesting. All the dishes are put together, reflecting a common feature: extremely challenging the chef's skills.

'Boss Su, are you putting eye drops in my eyes! '

Liu Guochu didn't think more, only saw that after Su Chen wrote the list, he also noted the required ingredients behind each dish.

He immediately took a photo with his mobile phone and sent it out, and then he actually

"Not Boss Su, why are you sleeping again?"

Su Chen got into the blanket, "Otherwise? Are you cold? I have blankets in my room."

Cai Sirong: "Not cold."

Liu Guochu: I'm fucking.

Su Chen said with an expressionless face, turned sideways and continued to close his eyes.

This behavior really made Liu Guochu feel depressed.

I admit that the ingredients haven't come back yet, but don't we have seasonings in the kitchen? Shouldn't we make some advance preparations now?

Are you sleeping here?

Liu Guochu suppressed his pain.

He could only wait quietly for Su Chen to wake up. At the same time, he also wanted to know, if Boss Su did this, how would he prepare later?

Those dishes, let alone other things, at least the early preparations still need some thought, and most of the eight dishes are more about hand skills and heat, and some time-consuming dishes. If they are not arranged well, I am afraid that I will be in a mess for a long time.

But they don't know at all.

After closing his eyes, Su Chen appeared directly in the practice room.

"The braised fish skin is a bit interesting, let's try this dish first."

Su Chen directly summoned the main ingredients needed this time from the void, the water-soaked fish skin!

"This recipe is not quite right"

After studying the eight recipes, Su Chen found a big problem.

Most of the seasonings needed for the production of these Hunan dishes are not available, but need to be prepared in advance.

For example, red soup is a completely different soup from clear soup and milk soup. In addition to enhancing the flavor, it also has the function of coloring and enhancing the flavor. This is a soup that needs to be cooked in advance.

For example, the fish skin needed for this dish is not fresh fish skin torn directly from the fish, but water-soaked fish skin.

And it is fish skin with rotten meat.

It is very troublesome to handle this kind of fish skin. You must use a special pot, and you can't use the pot used for cooking before.

Special pots are used for things that are swollen and have a seafood flavor. This is the basic understanding of chefs who have been cooking water-soaked ingredients for a long time.

As for meat clear soup, there is nothing to say. Using the clear soup in Shandong cuisine directly will definitely have a better effect.

"It's troublesome enough."

Su Chen summoned all the ingredients that should be used and started to cook the "red soup".

The soul of this soup lies in the use of soy sauce and rock sugar.

The washed hen, duck, and pork elbow are boiled in boiling water once, and then put into a casserole with bamboo pads.

Put water, soy sauce and rock sugar in it, boil the water directly on high fire, then turn to low fire and simmer.

So the preparation of this soup is relatively simple and brainless. You only need to take out the ingredients after two hours and leave the remaining red soup.

For the fish skin, cut it into one foot square blocks, put it in cold water, and immediately remove it from the fire after boiling.

Then let it stand.

After two hours, take the soaked fish skin into clean water, wash it with a cloth, and then put the fish skin on the bottom of the pot with an iron grate.

After adding cold water and boiling, remove it from the fire and continue to stand.

Su Chen slowly processed various ingredients step by step and tried different methods of making various dishes.

After studying in the practice room for 16 hours, he returned to reality and slept for 2 hours.

So, in the eyes of Ms. Cai and Liu Guochu, Su Chen always kept a very calm breath while sleeping! ! !

The two looked at each other, and they didn't dare to disturb Su Chen, so they had to quietly turn their phones to silent mode, fiddling with their phones boredly, and occasionally checking if Su Chen had any movement.

Jingzhou TV Station.

Wang Jianguo sat in the office, and he was almost dumbfounded.

"You were rejected? Are you sure? Isn't the price of 3 million per episode the standard in the industry? Why did you still refuse?"

Xiao Zhang from the business department was also anxious, "Wang Tai, you don't know! At the beginning, those agents expressed their interest, but when they learned that we were just a TV station in a small city, they immediately rejected it. Even though our offer was already very high, they still refused. They said that their artists not only have to consider the issue of remuneration when choosing variety shows, but also the issue of influence. In their eyes, our show has no future, and they don't want to waste this time!"

Fuck!

Wang Jianguo's scalp tingled.

He had worked with celebrities before, and invited some celebrities to sing a song at a party. He was quite clear about the price in this regard.

Now, inviting some third-tier celebrities to shoot an episode of variety shows for three million, this price is definitely a high price in the industry.

As a result, we can't even invite third-tier celebrities?

"Wang Tai, if it doesn't work, can we lower our standards further?"

"How can we lower it?" Wang Jianguo stroked his hair, which was not much to begin with, and felt that several more strands had fallen out.

"The third-tier celebrities are already a helpless move. If we lower them further, the fan effect of those eighteen-tier celebrities will be very low, and they might even act like big shots with us."

Wang Jianguo covered his face with his hands and rubbed it hard, taking a deep breath, "What did President Ling say?"

Xiao Zhang said, "President Ling did give an idea, but I think it's even more unreliable."

"You say."

Xiao Zhang's expression was obviously a little dissatisfied, "President Ling directly recommended these people from their company to us. Wang Tai, their company only has He Shuting's account with the most fans, with more than 200,000. She is also the kind of blogger who only likes when she posts black silk, what is this called?"

Wang Jianguo also shook his head.

Indeed, this is a bit of a joke, "No more?"

"President Ling said that if the budget is really not enough to invite celebrities, she suggested revising the plan and sent me a copy of her revised plan."

Xiao Zhang forwarded the revised plan, and Wang Jianguo put on his reading glasses and started reading it on his mobile phone.

"State Banquet and Civilian Banquet?"

Wang Jianguo's heart trembled slightly when he saw the title.

As a veteran media person, this title is much better than their previous title. Just hearing the name makes people feel bright, and even eager to see what the specific content is!

"Who will be the final winner of the collision between the state banquet and the civil banquet?"

"Candidates, Lu Yongliang, Cui Yufen, Liu Guochu, Wang Zhijun, Jiang Wusheng?"

Hiss. Wang Jianguo read the first paragraph and slapped his forehead and said subconsciously, "This is the whole family background of Delicious!"

It should be said that if it is these people, it is really possible.

Maybe they don't have many fans, but in terms of publicity gimmicks, just the four words [State Banquet Chef] are enough to make the program famous!

It is obvious that these five people represent [State Banquet]!

And the candidates for the [Civilian Banquet] delegation are, "Su Chen? Boss Su actually represents the Civilian Banquet?"

Wang Jianguo still thought it was a bit funny, but he continued to read on.

"He Shuting? Isn't this the waiter who served the dishes that day?"

"Zhang Jiayi? Isn't this the driver of their company?"

"Fuck, what the hell is Zhang Li? Isn't this the girl who sprayed disinfectant on the children on the second floor?"

"No. Why does President Ling have to do it himself?"

"Is this a state banquet and a private banquet, or a love game of Boss Su?"

Xiao Zhang was speechless, otherwise he would have never considered this plan.

It's okay if they are all amateurs, but what does it mean that your private banquet team is directly one man and four women?

You four women can cook and you go on TV directly. Isn't this using our funds to make an international joke?

Wang Jianguo was speechless too, how could you do that?

But as he continued to look at the plan, the more he looked, the more serious and solemn his expression became.

I thought Ling Shuyu was joking, but this plan seemed to be

interesting!