There was nothing going on in the afternoon, so Fu Yu said hello to Zhao Meng and rushed to Shangshi Private Restaurant in advance.
There are two Liu family secret dishes in today's menu. Liu Yunong wanted Fu Yu to come over and observe and learn about the specific preparation and cooking methods.
Fu Yu came here early, and there were not many customers in the store at this time. Zhang Conglin was sorting out customers' reservations. When he saw Fu Yu coming, he smiled and nodded: "Chef Fu is here!"
"The boss is in the back kitchen. You can go directly there." Fu Yu nodded in greeting, went over to change clothes first, and then walked towards the back kitchen.
This is what kitchen work is like. You start working as soon as the restaurant opens. When you are busy, you spend the whole day standing in front of the kitchen counter.
As soon as Fu Yu entered the kitchen, Liu Yunong opened the lid of the pot. Wang Yulong and Liu Zhangpeng were approaching the kitchen table and looking at the finished dishes.
Seeing Fu Yu, Liu Yunong immediately smiled and said: "Xiao Fu, you're here just in time. Let's eat first. I'm very busy tonight." Fu Yu quickly smiled and said: "Okay, I didn't eat there on purpose. I want to come here and try something new!" Wang Yulong followed and said with a smile: "Xiao Fu, you will have to eat more in a while. Your master plans to show you his cooking skills today. I look at this posture and really want to You can teach me everything you have!" Liu Yunong also smiled when he heard this: "That's necessary, I'm training him as my successor now!" When Liu Zhangpeng behind him heard this, he suddenly felt sad in his heart.
The boss has never taken a fancy to me, and now the master doesn't care about me anymore. Their hearts have been taken away by this boy Fu Yu. Why am I so miserable?
The work meals at Shangshi Private Restaurant have always been dishes cooked in the restaurant that day. However, they generally focus on sauce-based, stewed, and boiled dishes. Those elaborate dishes are only served after the business is open every day. If there are leftover ingredients, everyone in the kitchen will share them and taste them.
Ever since he came to Shangshi Private Kitchen every day to learn how to cook, Fu Yu rarely had serious lunch at Qianlima.
In addition to the time being too close, the main reason is that the quality of the dishes is too different. Just like today's hand-grilled pork ribs, because the cooking time is too long, a large pot is cooked in advance at once. After it is cooked, it is simmered in the pot. When customers order, the ribs are directly served with dipping sauce.
Hand-caught pork ribs is a specialty of Shangshi Private Restaurant, and Fu Yu had tried it last year. The chef here uses the best ribs to cook the pork ribs. They are all uncut. The ribs are separated one by one during cooking. After the blood is removed, they are stewed directly.
The rib meat is extremely soft and tastes particularly good. But the most classic part of this dish is the secret sauce it goes with.
There are two kinds of seasonings used in it. If Liu Yunong hadn't told Fu Yu personally, he wouldn't be able to taste the specific ingredients if he didn't dip his hands into it.
It is obviously a very common condiment, but when paired together, it can create a very fragrant sauce.
The cooking wisdom from the ancients is really impressive sometimes! Fu Yu always eats very quickly. After eating two large pieces, he felt that he was not satisfied enough, so he grabbed two more pieces for himself... I don't know what happened recently. It may be due to the improvement in physical strength. Or maybe it's because as the old saying goes, there's still a lot to be done at twenty-five. Anyway, Fu Yu's appetite has been obviously good lately.
Fortunately, the kitchen always had a lot of food to prepare. Fu Yu finished eating four pieces of ribs in a row and felt that he could hold on for a while longer, so he grabbed another piece.
When Wang Yulong saw that Fu Yu could eat so well, he couldn't help but smile and sigh: "It's better to be young. It doesn't matter how much you eat. I could eat so much in one meal at that time." When Liu Zhangpeng heard this, he was suddenly stunned. A moment!
Glancing at Wang Yulong, I felt extremely complicated for a moment. Master... I just ate two pieces of ribs, and when I wanted to eat another one, you said I was a loser... and also said that after eating so much, I would smell the oil smoke when I was holding a spoon. Will it make you feel nauseous?
Why is there no problem at all when we get to Fu Yu? ...After dinner, the kitchen started to get busy.
Liu Yunong and Wang Yulong were in charge, while Liu Zhangpeng and Xiao Gong were the assistants, while Fu Yu watched from the sidelines. Liu Yunong checked the food preparation situation and turned to Fu Yu: "Xiao Fu, when cooking private dishes, you must first have a sufficient understanding of the ingredients and taste of the dishes."
"Because cooking, to put it bluntly, is about making clever use of the combination of ingredients and seasonings, and reasonably dividing the appearance and taste of the ingredients!"
"There are only two ultimate goals. The first is to avoid the shortcomings of the ingredients themselves through cutting and cooking, and the second is to maximize the seasoning and fully bring out the best flavor!"
"Actually, that's what private cooking is all about. If you say it's difficult, there are indeed many secret recipes and tricks. However, in fact, once you learn it, it's just a few special operations. You can't learn it with practice. Liu Yunong's words made Fu Yu couldn't help but nod and smile.
This is very reasonable, but in fact, just a few special operations are enough for some people to study for a lifetime.
After the cooking started, Fu Yu could see the difference. When Liu Yunong was cooking, he always concentrated on it. Apart from giving Fu Yu a few instructions on cooking matters, he would not say a word.
Wang Yulong, on the other hand, was leisurely and contented, chatting and amusing while cooking, which seemed particularly comfortable. In his hands, a difficult secret recipe is cooked, just like a simple stir-fry.
After Liu Yunong gave instructions, he started to cook. Wang Yulong continued to explain: "Come on, come on, take a look at my coral Icelandic shrimp. This is our store's best-selling dish. The river shrimp is just in season this season. It is fat and tender. , just right for this dish.”
"Look, when processing fresh shrimps like this... remove the heads, remove the threads and leave the tails, and blanch them in 30-degree water."
"...This is done. Now take it out and use gauze to absorb the water."
"Then mix the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salad oil, salt, and water to make a crispy lake... This step is very knowledgeable. This crispy lake needs to be adjusted to this level... ..." Even though Fu Yu knew how to adjust the lake, he still listened very carefully.
When Wang Yulong hung up the lake, he operated very carefully. While doing it, he guided Fu Yu: "Pour the shrimp meat into the crispy lake. You must control the thickness. Look at what I did, and then look at you. The master makes it. Everyone has different habits, and the texture and taste are also different."... After Wang Yulong finished the operation, Fu Yu turned to watch Liu Yunong cooking.
"The presentation of this dish is very important. The price positioning and taste of the dish are on the one hand, and the shape is also very important."
"Dip the fried shrimps in salad dressing and place them on the edge of the plate. Pay attention to the distance between the shrimps, as well as the direction and position of the shrimps. Then put the fresh strawberries on the shrimps and look at the cuts. Angle, strawberry leaves also need to be trimmed, so...Finally, put some incense around..." Liu Yunong explained in great detail!
Fu Yu watched Liu Yunong's operation intently, and based on Liu Yunong's explanation and operation, he followed the simulation in his mind and continued to explore.
Cooking does not have to be learned step by step. Fu Yu was in the Red Gum District and followed Zhao Meng to take orders. He usually mainly fried and cooked. He had not specially practiced stewing, but it did not mean that he could not cook this kind of dishes.
Cooking is sometimes a matter of knowing everything! After understanding the specific cooking process and operating methods, Fu Yu has been able to cook many dishes independently through his own understanding and insights. Even if it is a dish that has never been cooked before, he can cook it just like a cat and a tiger after seeing it once. .
Although it is possible that the operation of some details is not in place. Liu Yunong always talks about key details.
Fu Yu observed attentively and studied it carefully. After a dish was cooked, an electronic prompt suddenly sounded in Fu Yu's ears: [Ding!
Reward for the title of Rookie Chef: Congratulations on obtaining the personal skills of NPC celebrity chef Liu Yunong: creative presentation skills of secret dishes, skill points +1] Fu Yu was immediately overjoyed!
I came across another Liu Yunong's personal skill. Although it is just a beginner, it already looks very impressive. The plating and modeling techniques are one aspect, and creativity is also very important.
The skill of creative presentation of secret dishes that can be recognized by the system itself shows that this skill has passed the test of the system.
Moreover, in addition to this, 1 skill point was also awarded! What a great luck today. It was only half an hour after one dish was finished cooking. The people in the kitchen continued to cook other dishes without stopping.
There are two secret special dishes tonight, which are said to be cooking methods passed down from the ancestors of the Liu family, Mrs. Liu herself.
I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect or if the tableware used itself is of antique style. Anyway, the dishes cooked look exquisite and have an antique feel.
After cooking the two dishes, for Fu Yu, it was a learning of cooking techniques for new dishes, and also an understanding of detailed operations time and time again.
After finishing the final plate arrangement, Liu Yunong looked at Fu Yu and said seriously: "Xiao Fu, in fact, special secret dishes like today are not very representative."
"The so-called secret dishes are nothing more than cooking with slight improvements in seasoning and cooking techniques. They are basically derived from classic old-fashioned dishes."
"If you want to develop innovative dishes, you must first be proficient in the basic cooking of old-fashioned dishes, so you must pay attention to this in the future." Fu Yu nodded.
Tonight was a fruitful experience for Fu Yu, who learned a lot of cooking details. These are all the insights gained from Liu Yunong's many years of cooking experience.
Not only did it apply to Fu Yu, but Wang Yulong also took the opportunity to exchange a lot of operating methods with Liu Yunong, and both parties felt that they benefited greatly.
All orders from the kitchen have been completed. Shangshi Private Restaurant is different from ordinary restaurants. The number of orders received per day is limited and while supplies last.
However, because customers take a long time to dine, the kitchen usually starts cleaning up after half past nine, and can get off work around ten o'clock.
As usual, Fu Yu stayed in the kitchen to sort out the ingredients, and then took Liu Yunong's ride back to Qianlima after get off work.
Shangshi Private Kitchen Restaurant, like Chollima, has very strict requirements for ingredients. Generally, the ingredients purchased on the same day are used on the same day, and occasionally there are not many leftovers.
If there is any extra cooked food after cooking, everyone in the kitchen will always share it among themselves, or pack it up and take it home.
Today's hand-caught pork ribs take a long time to stew and are quite popular, so Liu Yunong specially purchased an extra batch.
When preparing the dishes before, they had already been cooked. Fu Yu and Liu Zhangpeng followed the instructions and packed the remaining hand-picked ribs into several portions.
Liu Yunong planned to distribute it as welfare to the staff in the store. After they finished packing, they carried it to the front hall together.
Just after explaining the welfare matters, a customer suddenly came to the door. A total of seven or eight people came! They were all young men, wearing thin sportswear on a cold day, with wet hair sticking to the ruler. They were tall and looked quite impressive.
A waiter came to greet me in the front hall and explained politely that the store was no longer accepting orders. Fu Yu and Liu Yunong looked at each other and prepared to go back to the kitchen.
The waiters handle matters in the front room, and the kitchen gets off work when it's time to get off work. Anyway, there are regulations in the store, and the number of orders received every day is limited.
As a result, before they could leave, someone else entered the store behind them. The leader was an old man, who looked to be in his early sixties, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, and a long stride.
Behind him were two young men who stood as straight as poplars. As soon as the old man appeared, Liu Yunong, who had already taken a step forward, only glanced at him and immediately made a 180-degree turn, with a bright smile on his face. He strode forward to meet him and greeted him proactively: "Yang Minister!" Yang Shunwei heard the sound and turned around. When he saw Liu Yunong, he was startled for a moment, and then smiled happily: "Oh, Boss Liu, so you opened this store?" Liu Yunong quickly smiled and said: "Yes, this It's my newly opened branch. I didn't expect you to come over. Hurry, please come inside!" Liu Yunong personally brought the group into the box. Without waiting for the other party to order, he said proactively: "I will arrange for the kitchen to cook now. You come today. What a coincidence, our store's secret specialties happen to be on the menu, so you can try them out." Yang Shunwei said with a smile, "That's great!" He pointed to the young man sitting on his left and introduced: "This is my youngest son, Yang Zhiyuan. He just retired from the army this year and was assigned to Bei'an. I just have time tonight, so I will bring these boys over for a meal." Yang Zhiyuan is a tall, long-legged young man with a simple and honest face. There is a slight resemblance to his father, Yang Shunwei, in his facial features.
Hearing this, Yang Zhiyuan said happily: "I also heard from my friends that the food in this restaurant is very delicious, so I wanted to come over and try it." When Liu Yunong heard that he was introduced, he quickly said politely: "Yes. Okay? Then bring over the menu. If you decide what you want to eat, I will arrange for the kitchen to cook it."
