Zhao Meng was watching Fu Yu cooking when his cell phone suddenly rang.
Yao Shi was having dinner at the same table with his master's old friend Xu Ning's family.
Xu Ning is also an old chef, but although he and Yao Shi's chef are old friends, they cook completely different cuisines.
Xu Ning is a well-known soup cook in the circle. He once worked at the National Banquet Hall. Later, he got old and returned to his hometown after retirement.
Today is Xu Ning's birthday. Yao Shi used to come with his master to celebrate Xu Ning every day. Since his master passed away, Yao Shi has started visiting alone.
This happens every year.
Xu Ning's family is in very good condition and lives in a single-family villa. However, the old man is indifferent by nature, so the location is very remote, at the foot of Sifeng Mountain.
The environment is close to mountains and rivers, but far away from the city center.
If it was normal, if he encountered a situation like today, Yao Shi would definitely rush back to the hotel and serve the guests himself.
But it just happened to be today!
Not to mention they were far away, and it was Xu Ning's birthday. He came to celebrate his birthday, how could he leave as soon as he sat down?
There was really no choice but to leave the matter to Zhao Meng.
But since I didn't handle it myself, I felt a little uneasy, so I couldn't help but make a phone call to inquire about the situation.
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"Old Zhao, how's it going?"
Zhao Meng said truthfully: "Fu Yu just came back, so I gave this order to him. The low-temperature tuna has been processed and served to the table. There is no feedback from the customer. Now I am instructing Fu Yu to make chrysanthemum fish sashimi."
When Yao Shi heard this, he was immediately surprised and said: "Chrysanthemum fish? Why did you order this dish?"
Zhao Meng said quickly: "The customer ordered it himself, and also ordered a few special dishes. The crucian carp I asked Fu Yu to choose for the chrysanthemum fish sashimi has been bled now."
As he said that, Zhao Meng did not forget to help Fu Yumei and said: "This kid learned to make Shunde Yusheng from you before, and now he is very skillful in making it. I think he is no worse than you!"
Although Fu Yu hadn't cooked many Yusheng dishes, Yao Shi personally watched from the side when he was cooking, and he did a very good job.
Especially when it comes to the skill of slicing fish, even Yao Shi himself has to agree with Zhao Meng. He is indeed no worse than him.
So when he heard that Zhao Meng said that he had taught Fu Yu cooking with the list, he was not too anxious.
Zhao Meng continued: "Now that the fish meat has been processed, let him fillet the fish after the water dries. I have seen you do the plating and shaping operation before, and I can guide him. The rhombus diagram will be used at that time. The starry sky disk... When he is finished, I will take a photo for you to see!"
The most difficult part of cooking chrysanthemum fish is filling the fish and placing it on the plate.
Fu Yu's knife skills are definitely good, and with Zhao Meng guiding him in the plate arrangement, he's not far behind.
However, there are some details, such as the ginger shreds in the side dishes must be extremely thin, the fish must be in the same direction when presented on the plate, and it must be placed in the refrigerator for a few minutes to make the taste smoother and sweeter.
These seemingly simple operations, if any step is wrong, the final presentation effect will definitely be affected.
Thinking of this, Yao Shi quickly told Zhao Meng: "Old Zhao, when you guide Fu Yu, you must pay attention..."
Zhao Meng had to cheer up when he heard Yao Shi being so solemn.
One of them talked and the other listened. They chatted on the phone for a long time.
By the time Zhao Meng hung up the phone, Fu Yu had already started to pack and prepare the dishes.
He has always been very precise in allocating his time.
While waiting for the fish to dry, he washed the cutting board and wiped it dry.
The prepared shredded ginger did not meet his requirements, so he cut another very fine shredded ginger himself, flattened the green onion and cut it into thin strips.
Watching Fu Yu cut is a very pleasing thing. Fu Yu's knife speed is very fast and his movements are smooth. When people watch, you will unconsciously want to hold your breath and just follow his movements. And sliding up and down...
Zhao Mengzheng was watching Fu Yu cutting the scallions with admiration. Suddenly, Fu Yu's movements stopped suddenly, just like a beautiful piece of music.
The person who is listening suddenly feels like he is neither up nor down.
Zhao Meng's heart skipped a beat, and just as he was about to ask a question, he saw Fu Yu move again.
I guess it was a skater just now.
This is a situation that is often encountered when cutting, and Zhao Meng quickly felt relieved.
Because he was standing to the side, Zhao Meng's attention was entirely on Fu Yu's hands, and he was not aware of his surprised expression just now.
Just two seconds ago, an electronic prompt sounded suddenly in Fu Yu's ears without any warning:
【Ding! The task of NPC chef Yao Shi is to complete the cooking of chrysanthemum fish and win the praise of customers. Mission completion reward: You can obtain one of Yao Shi's personal skills (the higher the customer's approval, the higher the personal skill level you obtain]
The mission came so suddenly that Fu Yu couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and then quickly suppressed it.
He tried his best to accept the task calmly, and then continued cooking.
Fu Yu cut coriander, perilla leaves, Houttuynia cordata, lemongrass, etc. into fine pieces.
Peanut told Zhang Jinyu to fry it in the oil pan.
He mixed rice vinegar and minced garlic to make garlic vinegar. Taking into account the different spicy levels of customers, he also added a plate of raw padi padi.
When customers eat, just serve according to taste.
Fu Yu took care of all the preparations, and the fish meat was almost dry.
He was preparing to cut the fish. Zhao Meng followed Yao Shi's instructions and muttered next to him: "When cutting fish, the chopping board must be wiped clean of water. Place the fish skin side down on the chopping board, and cut at an angle with the knife. Cut the fish into large, very thin slices. The meat in the belly of the fish is thin and cannot be sliced, so cut it into long, thin strips."
Chrysanthemum fish lettuce is different from ordinary Shunde fish lettuce. Shredded fish maw is also a unique and delicious fish lettuce.
"Be careful when cutting. When Shunde fish is cut, the fish meat is connected into two pieces. When opened, it looks like an ice butterfly spreading its wings. When chrysanthemum fish is cut, it is a separate thin slice."
“Every slice must be the same size.”
Fu Yu nodded, and his movements when cutting the knife were very neat.
Place the taller fish meat on the outside and the thinner meat on the inside, and then start slicing.
Discard the first cut of fish fillet.
Zhao Meng promptly reminded: "Next, start slicing the fish along the cut position. When cutting, lift the blade as high as possible, and use a straight blade to cut each piece of fish neatly."
Fu Yu did as he was told and quickly cut the whole fish into four rows of thin fillets.
The characteristics of chrysanthemum yusheng are not only that the fish fillets are "like ice and snow in color and as thin as cicada wings", but also the plate on which the yusheng is served is very particular.
Yao Shi usually uses round lacquer plates with progressive narrow rhombus-shaped starry sky disks. The plates themselves are very distinctive.
Put ice cubes in the plate and flatten it, then put a layer of plastic wrap on top, and then place the fish fillets evenly on top to form a chrysanthemum shape.
Therefore, if you want the presentation effect to be good, the fish must be sliced extremely thin and the shape must be very careful.
Zhao Meng is not good at cutting fillets, but he is quite good at shaping them.
He picked up a piece of fish and showed it to Fu Yu: "Look, fold it in half at one third...right, then pinch...pinch hard and push up. Push up with both hands at the same time...that's it."
Zhao Meng placed the crushed fish meat on the outside of the plate and continued: "Look, this is just a flower petal, doesn't it look like it?"
"The second piece is the same way...Fold it in half in the same direction, push it again, and roll out a nest shape...When it's done, put it on the starry sky plate, remember, Every time a piece is placed, the starry sky disk will rotate so that it has a three-dimensional effect and forms a circle."
Zhao Meng made two pieces by himself and taught Fu Yu how to operate the rest.
In just a short time, Zhao Meng had already accumulated several order orders.
While Zhao Meng was leaving, Fu Yu quickly looked through the mission requirements he had just obtained.
The mission rewards this time are a little different!
The higher the customer's approval, the higher the personal skill level you get!
If you want to obtain Yao Shi's advanced personal skills, you have to make customers praise the chrysanthemum fish sheng you cook.
That's Yao Shi's personal skill!
Any item is extremely precious!
Fu Yu thought about the tasks he usually performed, but it was not easy to acquire an advanced skill.
Now that such a good opportunity has come, I have to seize it no matter what.
My knife skills are now advanced.
When he was filleting the fish, he had no worries about what he was doing.
Just in terms of the presentation...
Fu Yu checked his personal attributes:
[Name: Fu Yu]
[Occupation: Chef]
[Level: lv12: 62/1000 (chef)]
[Dudu: Intermediate: 5/500]
Dahe is only at an intermediate level, so the presentation effect will definitely be a little worse.
If you want to upgrade to a high level, Fu Yu took a look and you need 2 skill points.
And if you want to increase your level of playing Dutch, you need to increase your personal level to lv14 first.
When the previous level was junior apprentice, only 1 skill point was needed for each level.
But now that you have become an intermediate chef, if you want to advance to another level, you need 2 skill points.
Inside and out, if he wants to upgrade his personal skills in Dahe to a high level, he needs to spend 6 skill points.
This is 6 skill points!
It really hurts to think about it.
However, as long as the lotus-making skills are improved to an advanced level, this chrysanthemum fish raw dish will definitely be appreciated by customers.
If the task is successfully completed, Yao Shi's advanced personal skills will be obtained.
It is equivalent to taking out 6 skill points in exchange for two high-level personal skills, and improving the personal level by two levels.
After taking a look at it like this, it seems that it is barely acceptable.
After much deliberation, Fu Yu finally gritted his teeth and spent 6 skill points to directly upgrade [Drawing Lotus] to a high level.
No matter what, we still have to try our best to ensure that everything is as foolproof as possible!
Moreover, skill points will be given as gifts after the personal level is improved. His two consecutive level upgrades are equivalent to getting back two skill points.
Thinking of this, I immediately felt more and more comfortable.
Sure enough, after spending the skill points, the next second, an electronic prompt sounded in Fu Yu's ears:
【Ding! Four skill points have been used, and your level has been upgraded to lv14]
Fu Yu was stunned! ?
No, wait a minute!
Why is this different from the upgrade content when you reach full experience in a normal mission?
Not only is the content different, but there are no gifted skill points at all.
Oh, if you dare to spend skill points to upgrade, there are no other rewards.
After understanding this, Fu Yu was a little disappointed, but at least he had Yao Shi's advanced personal skills to make up for it, so he didn't feel so uncomfortable.
With the advanced Dutch-beating skills at hand, Fu Yu couldn't help but become more and more comfortable in operating it.
The operation of shaping fish fillets sounds complicated, but in practice, as long as you figure out the first piece, the second piece will be easy.
Fu Yu quickly completed the shape of a circle of petals on the outside.
Zhao Meng stretched his head to take a look and said with satisfaction: "Okay, not bad, the inner circle is still the same."
"The most wonderful thing about the shape of this plate is that after placing the two circles of fish fillets, it just takes up all the wide grooves of the starry sky plate, leaving only the densest starry sky pattern in the middle."
The effect of this plating is exactly what Yao Shi improved after countless failures when he was cooking.
From the beginning of slicing the fish to the final shape, every step of the operation is carefully designed to ensure that the expected plating effect can be achieved in the end.
"As for the third round, the method is still the same. The last fourth round is the key. When placing it, the fish meat should be stacked. Like this, you see..."
"The core of the flower is sprinkled with gold foil, which instantly elevates the quality."
The well-shaped chrysanthemum yusheng, at first glance, each fish fillet is crystal clear, looking like a blooming white chrysanthemum, which is pleasing to the eye.
This dish is not common in kitchens. Yao Shi usually takes it away directly from the waiter after cooking it.
Not many workers had seen this dish, so when Fu Yu finished the final styling and ordered Zhang Jinyu to send the fish to be frozen, Zhang Jinyu was shocked when he looked at the plate of chrysanthemum fish. !
"Oh my god! This dish is so beautiful!"
Zhang Jinyu shouted out loudly, causing Sun Mingze next to him to turn his head and look over.
"So this is Chrysanthemum Yusheng? It looks like a work of art. How fast is this!"
They were full of praise, and even Sun Qingning heard the noise.
He had originally been thinking about seeing this unique skill of Chef Yao, but now that he heard that Fu Yu had finished cooking, he hurried over to see it.
"Yo! The presentation is quite impressive!"
Sun Qingning got closer and took a closer look, feeling filled with emotion.
It is said that "if it is thin, the fish bones will be hidden; if it is thick, the fish bones will appear."
A chef can cut fish fillets as thin as cicada wings, crystal clear, and extremely beautiful, which shows his excellent knife skills.
Fu Yu's knife skills are really superb now!
The whole arrangement of this dish looks like blooming white chrysanthemums from a distance, and like skin as white as snow when viewed up close, and even more like a fairy descending from the Nine Heavens to the mortal world.
This Yu Sheng is made to perfection!
After a moment of exclamation, Sun Qingning gave Fu Yu a thumbs up: "Fu Chu, really, I will obey you in the whole world, even if you don't even have to hold me up!"
Fu Yu: "...You'd better support me, I don't want to have a colleague who wets his pants."
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