Fu Yu was sincerely relieved to learn that customers were very satisfied with the Guobao water gluten.
Zhao Meng also asked specifically: "How is it? Is there any problem?"
Fu Yu said with a smile: "The customer is very satisfied."
Zhao Meng nodded and praised: "Well done! You have quite an idea. Most people would never think of using water gluten instead of pork tenderloin."
Zhao Meng's words can be regarded as expressing the thoughts of others.
Let alone using water gluten as a substitute, others would never even think of this.
Because I seldom eat it, I am not very familiar with it.
I don’t know how Fu Yu knows so much about all the ingredients.
Sun Mingze's face was even more excited!
On the second day of my internship, I watched the handling of an emergency incident again!
Although I was confused from beginning to end, I felt like I had no clue.
but
Watching Chef Fu make a quick and accurate decision in such a sudden situation, replace the pork tenderloin with water gluten, and successfully cook the pork tenderloin, perfectly satisfying the customer's request.
This is so difficult!
It’s so awesome!
To be honest, Sun Mingze was really convinced by Du Yu at this moment!
Convinced!
Half an hour later.
In the private room, the mother and daughter finished their meal.
The middle-aged woman called to the waiter: "Pay the bill!"
The waiter hurriedly walked in, took out the order skillfully, tore it off and handed it over.
The middle-aged woman took the order and stood up to help the old man put on his coat.
The old lady felt a little distressed when she looked at the table full of leftovers. She couldn't help but said, "There are still so many dishes that haven't been finished yet. How about packing them away?"
The middle-aged woman frowned: "Don't ask for it. It's okay to eat this dish while it's hot, but it's completely cold after carrying it all the way back."
The old lady was unhappy: "You can't throw it away, right? There are so many. Besides, the potted pork tastes good when it's cold."
The middle-aged woman had no choice but to say: "Waiter, please bring some packing boxes."
The waiter agreed and came over to help pack the food.
There was a table of dishes, but I didn’t eat much in total. There were two bags in the packaging box.
The old lady hurriedly reached out and picked it up: "I'll get a bag."
The middle-aged woman moved faster, holding the two bags together with one hand and helping the old man with the other.
The old lady grabbed it for a while but didn't take it, and said quickly: "I will help you get a bag, and you are holding it like this."
The middle-aged woman did not let go and helped the old man out of the box: "Be obedient and don't grab him. If you grab someone else, walk carefully and watch your step. Don't trip."
The mother and daughter walked out of the box, and the waiter hurriedly led the way.
As soon as the group of people reached the stairs, the middle-aged woman suddenly stopped and looked at the food waiter walking towards her.
Xiao Lin came over with the dishes. When he saw a customer, he took a step aside.
I didn't want the customers but I stood still.
The middle-aged woman took the initiative and said, "Thank you just now for helping me pass the message to the kitchen. Thank you for your hard work."
Xiao Lin looked up in surprise, and then he recognized that it was the mother and daughter who were dining just now, so he quickly smiled and said, "You're welcome."
The old lady also said: "No, I should thank you. The chef in your store is really good at cooking. The new pot pork that was served later was very soft when you eat it."
Xiao Lin smiled and said: "Your table is served by the chef in our store. He helped replace the ingredients. It is not pork, so it tastes softer."
After hearing this, the old lady nodded.
When the middle-aged woman heard this, she couldn't help but ask more: "Chef Fu? Is this Chef Fu the chef in your store?"
Xiao Lin nodded: "Yes, Chef Fu's cooking skills are very good. Many regular customers will specially order from him when they come to the store."
"Fu Chu." The middle-aged woman muttered silently and said with a smile: "Okay, next time we come over for dinner, we will order Fu Chu to cook."
After a brief exchange of greetings, the middle-aged woman helped the old man go downstairs.
The old lady is getting older and her walking is not stable, and her steps are slower than ordinary people.
The middle-aged woman didn't dislike it at all at this time. She supported her carefully and kept saying: "Mom, hold on to the handle. Don't be in a hurry. Walk slowly."
The old lady responded and followed slowly downstairs.
The middle-aged woman said as she walked: "I just ate so much fried food, how about going to the supermarket for a while? Buy some winter melon, and I will make you some winter melon soup to drink at night. Eat something light to nourish your stomach."
The old man responded, thought of something, and said, "If you don't want to eat winter melon, why don't you buy some beef? Beef is nutritious and you still like to eat it."
The middle-aged woman immediately said: "Forget it about beef. It's not good for older people to eat too much."
The old man was unhappy: "Don't you love to eat? You liked to eat beef the most when you were a child. You can eat a big plate of the cumin-fried beef I made every time. My grandson will follow you and like to eat it too. You can ask later Ask him if he will come back tonight and buy some, you both will like it."
The middle-aged woman did not refuse this time, but couldn't help but said: "That's okay, I'll stew it until it's a bit rotten, so you can chew it better."
The mother and daughter talked all the way downstairs.
Xiao Lin couldn't help but look back at the two people walking hand in hand.
Somehow, I suddenly thought of my mother.
Her mother is like this too, always thinking about what she likes to eat and what she likes, but never mentions her own preferences.
All mothers are like this, thinking about their children wholeheartedly.
Children with filial piety also care about the elderly.
Just like the saying, you raised me when I was young, and I will raise you when you are old.
Xiao Lin turned her head and carried the tray to the box, but she was thinking about buying some gifts for her parents to take back when she returned home during the Chinese New Year.
Ever since Sun Mingze witnessed Fu Yu's superb adaptability, his admiration and admiration for Fu Yu immediately began to overflow in his heart!
If Fu Yu hadn't thought of using water gluten instead of pork tenderloin to cook pot pork, and they had replaced it with fish or shrimp according to their previous idea, neither the taste nor the presentation effect would have been so perfect.
But Fu Yu could think of the replacement ingredients immediately and start cooking directly, which made Sun Mingze admire from the bottom of his heart!
Although he had only been here for two days, Sun Mingze had always been familiar with Fu Yu, and he had already spoken to Fu Yu, so he boldly walked over and asked seriously: "Fu Chef, how did you come up with the idea of using water gluten instead of pork tenderloin? For this dish? I actually thought about using fish or tofu instead at first, but now that I think about it, it’s really not as good as water gluten.”
Fu Yu looked at Sun Mingze. The little fat man's eyes were full of curiosity and he couldn't help but said: "When cooking, the most critical step in choosing and replacing ingredients is 'similar in shape and similar in taste'."
"Actually, if you want the pork to taste softer, you can also choose to use meat tenderizer powder. However, Guobao Pork is not like other dishes. After using meat tenderizer powder, the taste of the fibrous tissue is very different. In contrast, cooking with water gluten Finally, it tastes more like pork.”
“As for water gluten, it’s because I know something about vegetarian cooking.”
"Like our usual red-pan cooking, we can't just limit ourselves to the various commonly used ingredients. We also need to have some understanding of other aspects."
"The more you understand, the easier it will be to deal with various emergencies. Just like today, I can think of using water gluten because I know that it can be used instead of pork when cooking vegetarian meals. way of doing."
At this time, Sun Mingze couldn't help but ask: "Then Fu Chu, why did you think of learning vegetarian cooking?"
Fu Yu's words made sense, and he also introduced his cooking experience.
First, choose appropriate replacement ingredients based on the taste characteristics of the dish.
Then use your own experience to determine the most appropriate choice and cook decisively.
Fu Yu's simple cooking operation of replacing ingredients made Sun Mingze suddenly realize that if he wanted to improve his cooking skills, he also needed to enrich his relevant knowledge.
Only when you understand more can you form a logical thinking framework when encountering problems.
Fu Yu smiled: "It's not just vegetarian food. In fact, cooking involves a very wide range. When your knowledge accumulation reaches a certain level, you will have a cooking mindset when cooking."
Sun Mingze was stunned.
As a chef, do you still need to develop a cooking mindset?
Just like solving a problem, you need to derive it through formulas.
Sun Mingze suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment, as if he had walked through a fog and saw a corner of the mountain road ahead.
However, Sun Mingze was still very curious about the question he just asked.
"Fu Chu, why did you think of learning how to cook vegetarian food in the first place?"
"You also graduated from our school, right? Our school does not have this major, and there are no related recipes here in Qianlima?
Fu Yu smiled dryly and repeated the old lie: "My mother likes to eat vegetarian food and often cooks it at home, so I know something about it."
So that's it.
Sun Mingze was stunned, but then he asked: "Fu Chu, how did you immediately judge that you couldn't replace it with ingredients such as fish and tofu? Have you tried it before?"
Fu Yu shook his head: "That's not true, but after thinking about it, I feel that the cooking effect of these ingredients may not be ideal."
Sun Mingze's eyes suddenly lit up: "Fu Chu, how do you judge? Do you have a secret?"
Looking at Sun Mingze, Fu Yu smiled: "Of course there is a secret."
When Sun Mingze heard this, he quickly pricked up his ears and looked like he was listening carefully.
This is all "dry stuff"!
Real experience imparted!
Fu Yu saw this and was happy to share.
What's the saying?
Passing on and sharing knowledge can help others, make friends, get praise from others, increase various opportunities, get some "good things", and improve one's own level and ability.
Therefore, the knowledge is not your own, you are just the user and disseminator of knowledge.
“Actually, the more you cook, the deeper your understanding of various ingredients will be.”
"Did you notice that when I chose to replace the ingredients, I first rejected the most likely ingredients that came to mind, such as fish and tofu."
Sun Mingze nodded: "Yes, I found it, but the taste of fish and tofu won't be much different after cooking, right?"
Fu Yu said to Zhang Jinyu at this time: "Jinyu, the pot of water gluten I cooked just now, how do you feel about it?"
Zhang Jinyu hurriedly said: "It's delicious! You can't taste the water gluten used at all. It tastes very similar to pork, but it is obviously softer when chewed. However, although it is soft, you can taste the texture of the fiber. Feel."
“If I hadn’t known that the ingredients had actually been replaced, I wouldn’t have been able to taste it at all.”
Fu Yu nodded and said to Sun Mingze: "Actually, many of the meat and vegetables in cooking can be replaced by ingredients. Even sometimes, when the ingredients are not available, you can use ingredients with similar taste or shape. Prepare a similar taste and cook the dishes.”
"Replacing pork with water gluten is a very typical example."
Upon hearing this, Sun Mingze nodded quickly and became more serious.
"If you want to perfectly choose replaceable ingredients, you must first consider the taste and shape. These two points are first based on the cooking method of the dish itself and the original taste."
"We all know that Guobao Pork is a dish that is almost universally known to every household. Whether they go to restaurants often or not, customers are very familiar with the style and taste of this dish."
Fu Yu's famous saying may seem exaggerated, but it is true. Guobaorou is a must-order dish for almost every table when dining in the restaurant.
Fu Yu continued: "The characteristics of this dish are so obvious. The color is golden, the meat slices are moderately thick, the acetic acid hits your nose after entering the mouth, the batter tastes crispy, and the pork tenderloin wrapped inside is very thin and chewy. It perfectly balances the strong taste impact of sweet and sour batter.”
"So, if you want to make a substitution, you must first ensure that the ingredients need to be softer than pork after frying, but not chewy at all. This kind of fiber taste cannot be achieved by ingredients such as fish and tofu. The effect is achieved.”
"Moreover, both fish and tofu have their own special taste. People's taste buds will become particularly keen after being stimulated by the strong sweet and sour taste, so it is easy to detect the taste of fish or tofu after chewing carefully. The taste, it makes customers feel disconnected.”
“Because I knew that what I was eating was not pork, I subconsciously felt that the Guobao Pork was not authentic. Because the ingredients had been replaced, it would affect the experience of the meal when I tasted it.”
"Water gluten does not have this concern, because it has only a light aroma of flour, which can be well integrated with the taste of batter. When customers taste it, there will be no obvious difference in texture or taste. Even though I knew the ingredients had been replaced, I subconsciously ignored it because I couldn’t guess what ingredients were used.”
These are the experiences that Fu Yu has slowly summed up after cooking by himself, and they can be learned and applied, so when Fu Yu said it, he described it very accurately.
If he hadn't been very sure about this matter, he would have been very conservative and not so detailed.
(End of chapter)
