Most restaurants will have their own secret dipping sauces. When customers dine in the restaurant, they will find the dipping sauces prepared by the chef to be particularly delicious.
In fact, the preparation methods of these secret dipping sauces are not as mysterious as imagined. It is just a matter of making a few common seasonings more accurately.
Dipping sauce has always played a small role in all major cuisines. It only costs a few yuan, but it plays a very important role. It will add a lot of color to the dishes. It is a basic skill of the chef.
Not to mention the private kitchen chefs, the flavors prepared by them are unique and some are difficult to taste outside.
Now that Fu Yu has advanced skills in preparing sauces for private cooking, he can easily prepare secret sauces.
Fu Yu suddenly became happy with the addition of a great weapon.
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By the time the customers finished their meals and officially returned to Chollima after get off work, it was already late at night.
After a simple wash, Fu Yu took a quick rest. As a result, he fell into a drowsy state. It felt like it was time to get up and go to work before he fell asleep.
After punching in, Fu Yu was walking towards the kitchen when Liu Yuqing blocked his way!
"give it to me!"
Fu Yu was stunned, what are you giving?
No, you said half of this... just to make me guess?
However, seeing Liu Yuqing's expectant look, Fu Yu didn't dare to say the words that came to his lips.
He thought quickly about what he had promised Liu Yuqing.
food? use?
"Are you not prepared?" Liu Yuqing blinked and asked in disbelief.
Fu Yu's heart skipped a beat. Seeing that the smile on Liu Yuqing's face began to fade, he hurriedly beat his brain cells with all his strength.
what to prepare?
A gift?
Why give gifts?
Are you going to celebrate a festival?
Years from now, February...Valentine's Day, damn!
It's terrible!
Fu Yu suddenly came to his senses: "Yeah! I thought about it for a moment. It's better to give money than to give anything. Come on, I'll give you my mobile phone. You can swipe it as you like!"
When Liu Yuqing heard this, she was obviously a little surprised: "Are you serious?"
Fu Yu looked at Liu Yuqing and smiled awkwardly: "I am inexperienced. I was just thinking about going to the kitchen to say hello, so I went over to find you, ask you what you think, and see what you like."
When Liu Yuqing heard this, her eyes narrowed: "Really or not? You didn't forget about today's festival, did you?"
Fu Yu swallowed his saliva: "How could it be possible? I have been thinking about such a big festival since years ago."
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While making nonsense, Fu Yu learned from the pain, summed up his experience, and reflected on his shortcomings. He decided that as long as he could successfully pass today, he would immediately memorize all the festivals of the year.
Liu Yuqing couldn't help complaining: "This is the first Valentine's Day since we fell in love. Are you planning to transfer money to me?"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Fu Yu quickly changed his mind: "That's definitely not the case. I originally thought that all today's activities would be subject to your arrangements. In this case, how about letting me take care of the arrangements? I've never been in love before. Celebrating Valentine’s Day, if I make preparations, don’t you think it’s objectionable?”
The haze on Liu Yuqing's face suddenly cleared, and she said with a smile: "This is also my first time to celebrate Valentine's Day. No matter how you arrange it, I like it!"
Seeing that he was coaxed, Fu Yu felt relieved and talked sweetly before reluctantly watching Liu Yuqing leave.
Fu Yu was a little absent-minded throughout the morning. Taking advantage of the worker's free time preparing food, he went online to search for relevant information on how to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Flowers must be given, and gifts must be bought.
We have dates in the evening, eating together, shopping, and watching movies.
For those who are more romantic, they will go to the amusement park.
But the weather is still cold now, so forget about the playground.
Other projects are indispensable.
In the past, Fu Yu watched other people celebrate Valentine's Day and occasionally thought about it. Now that it's finally his turn, he must celebrate it well.
As for flowers, they must be roses.
But what should I give as a gift?
"Necklace? Bag? Perfume..."
While Fu Yu was racking his brains to think, the ordering clerk came over to hand over the order!
Seeing Fu Yu, the order clerk hurriedly said: "Fu Chef, there are special notes for regular customers when ordering."
Hearing this, Fu Yu reached out to take the order form and glanced at the content on it.
The six dishes and one soup are all the signature dishes of the restaurant, but the note specifically states that since today is Valentine's Day, I couldn't get a reservation at other restaurants, so I hope the chef can help with some tricks on the plate. Cater to the holiday spirit.
"What special remarks? Let me see!"
Sun Qingning had just finished checking the preparation of the seasonings and asked curiously.
Fu Yu was pulled by his arm and showed the order form.
Sun Qingning was stunned for a moment after reading it, and said in surprise: "No, what does this guy think? Instead of going to a Western restaurant on Valentine's Day, go to our old restaurant for an atmosphere date?"
When the waiter heard this, he couldn't help complaining: "That's right, since you want to go on a date, you didn't book a hotel in advance, and now you can't find a place, so you start to mess around again! 80% of people like this don't care about Valentine's Day. He’s a scumbag!”
Fu Yu was concentrating on what to do at this table when he was suddenly shot in the back!
It's so shocking, I almost became a scumbag.
Sun Qingning let go of his hand and asked curiously: "Fu Chef, what are we going to do with this banquet?"
Look at these dishes. They are all big fish and meat. None of these dishes can compare with Xiao Qingxing.
If you want to create a plating style, you can only use your brains on the withered vegetables as accessories.
Fu Yu frowned slightly when he heard this. If the customer didn't specify the dishes, he would have more room to play.
After all, I have a special family dinner recipe in hand, and there are many customized packages for Valentine's Day.
But now that the customer has ordered, he can only use his brain on these few dishes. If he orders some vegetarian dishes, such as stir-fried shrimps with yam and braised seafood with double bamboo shoots, such dishes are brightly colored and require a different knife when cooking. , it’s also easy to handle with some styling.
The six dishes and one soup are really worrying at the moment. What I ordered are indeed the special dishes of the store. They taste good and the prices are not cheap.
But they are all fried and stewed dishes. The cooking results are sticky and the soup is rich. How do you plan and arrange the dishes?
Fu Yu went through each dish in his mind and felt that none of them looked particularly good.
In any case, the customer has now placed an order, and he can only do his best.
Fu Yu simply said: "Let the waiters prepare the dishes first. The specific shape of the dishes will be decided after cooking."
When Sun Qingning heard this, he nodded quickly: "Yes, the customers have placed their orders anyway, we still have to hurry up and serve the food first."
Knowing that Zhang Jinyu had gone to the baking area and had not returned yet, Sun Qingning hurriedly helped Zhang Luo prepare the dishes.
While preparing the dishes, Fu Yu quickly looked through the special family banquet menu, regarding the wedding banquet table setting and the presentation of various dishes.
Not to mention, looking through it like this really gave him some inspiration.
At this time, Zhang Jinyu came back from the baking area. Hearing that the red gum side had taken the order, he hurried over to replace Sun Qingning.
Sun Qingning has now started to cook independently. When the kitchen takes orders, he has to cook with him.
Food preparation tasks like this are usually the responsibility of laborers.
Sun Qingning was not polite to Zhang Jinyu. After handing over the food preparation, he returned to the kitchen and continued busy with his own affairs.
Zhang Jinyu brought over the dishes prepared by the workers, and first reported to Fu Yu the preparation situation in the baking area, and then asked: "Another order from an old customer?"
Fu Yu said: "Yes, six dishes and one soup, but I want the chef to help me arrange the dishes to suit the festive atmosphere."
Zhang Jinyu has been single for many years and has no concept of celebrating Valentine's Day at all. She asked curiously: "What kind of holiday atmosphere do you cater to? Hasn't this year already passed?"
Sun Qingning, who was placing spice jars next to him, couldn't help but interrupt: "Today is Valentine's Day, don't you know?"
After saying that, he couldn't help but sigh: "Don't talk about you, in fact, I almost forgot! It's not your fault that I don't think about it. You said that we get up early every day and work late at night, and we don't even have a chance to take a look at the Valentine's Day promotion outside. , If my girlfriend hadn’t been talking about it to me every day, I wouldn’t have even thought about it.”
These words simply spoke out Fu Yu's heart.
They live in the dormitory every day, working and living at the same time. Apart from working, they just work every day. They really have no time to think about other things.
Zhang Jinyu suddenly looked miserable: "You are so full that you don't know how hungry you are! If I had a girlfriend, I would definitely remember to celebrate the festival!"
He complained, then turned around and asked, "But, Chef Fu, how can we change the shape of this plate? To suit the festive atmosphere? None of these dishes can be styled. Isn't this nonsense!"
Fu Yu actually originally planned to ask Li Shuli to help carve roses and other vegetables and fruits for decoration.
However, after referring to the plating shapes on the special family banquet recipes, he came up with other creative ideas.
There are many dishes on the menu, and the preparation and cutting of the ingredients are very cleverly designed, which gave Fu Yu a lot of inspiration.
Zhang Jinyu looked at the ingredients in front of him and couldn't help but mutter: "This is abalone and pork belly, mixed and stewed together, a big pot of sticky lake, how to shape it, put a rose on the side of the plate?" "
"At first glance, it looks like a flower stuck in cow dung."
Hearing this sentence, Fu Yu burst into laughter. Don't tell me, if you really do this, wouldn't it be like this visual effect?
"Are the ingredients ready? You're not allowed to cut them, right?" Fu Yu checked the preparation of the dishes.
In order to arrange the dishes, he simply asked the workers to clean all the ingredients, and he did the rest by himself.
Fu Yuxian cooked the restaurant's special dish, Qianzhang Fresh Abalone and Braised Pork Belly.
Although the name of this dish is complicated, it is not convoluted at all, and the ingredients are basically included.
The method is not complicated, and is almost the same as traditional roasted pork belly. It just requires more time and patience when preparing the ingredients.
If it is normal cooking, tie Qianzhang into knots, cook the abalone whole, cut the pork belly into pieces, and cook it directly.
But Fu Yu was thinking that he might be able to use his brain on these ingredients and change the cutting shape.
Thousands of knots are basically impossible to change, but abalone can be withered into a flower, and pork belly has always been cut into pieces. Other than that, what other shape can it be changed into?
This made Fu Yu frown slightly without realizing it!
Zhang Jinyu was nearby at this time, watching Fu Yu staring at the ingredients, and did not dare to say a word, for fear of disturbing Fu Yu's thinking.
However, seeing Fu Yu's delay in making any move, Zhang Jinyu couldn't help but whisper: "Chef Fu... how about we finish cooking and just use abalone to make a heart shape on top?"
Fu Yu was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "This is too simple and crude!"
"There are only five abalones in this dish, which is not enough to display the heart. Moreover, the abalones are not cut into flowers, so they are not easy to taste when cooked, and the taste will be affected."
"I thought it would be best to make a beautiful shape without affecting the cooking."
Hearing Fu Yu's words, Zhang Jinyu suddenly looked distressed.
With these three ingredients in front of you, you have to create a romantic look. Isn’t this a difficult task?
Anyway, he racked his brains and thought that if it didn't work, he might as well try another heart-shaped plate to make up for it.
How should we design the presentation?
Fu Yu also kept thinking about what should be done. It would definitely not be justified to directly use ingredients to display love. It would be too perfunctory.
If it's a withered flower...how should I cut it?
Thinking of this, Fu Yu turned his head and saw Sun Qingning taking out his mobile phone to check the message. There was a hollow star pendant hanging on the mobile phone case he was holding. It was very delicate and special...
Fu Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had caught some clue.
yes!
Can you sculpt ingredients into creative patterns and then cook them?
The most suitable pictures for Valentine's Day are definitely love hearts, roses...
Abalone withered with love, what to do with the leftover scraps?
This thing is priced on a per-cent basis, and pork belly, can it wither into a rose?
At this time, Fu Yu suddenly thought of the plating shape he had just seen!
His eyes suddenly lit up and he said to Zhang Jinyu: "Jinyu, you go ahead and prepare the dishes. I'll go get something."
After Fu Yu finished speaking, he turned around and ran towards the door.
The withering area where Li Shuli is located is located next to the white gum area. At this time, although customers' orders have not yet begun to be sent to the kitchen in large quantities, Li Shuli has been working for half a day.
He had carved them in advance, and they were the vegetable, fruit and flower accessories that are most commonly paired with some of the store's best-selling specialties.
After this is done, the workers will come and pick it up regularly.
After cooking the red gum, you can just use the withered flowers to serve on the plate, which is very convenient.
Fu Yu saw that Li Shuli was busy. When he went in, he deliberately said hello first, so as not to disturb the other person's work.
Li Shuli looked up when he heard the sound, saw Fu Yu running over, and immediately smiled: "Fu Chu, why do you come to my side when you have time?"
Fu Yu hurriedly said: "Chef Li, do you have any love-shaped knives here? They are the kind that pop out when pressed. Lend me a set."
Li Shuli nodded: "Yes, but why do you want this?"
As he said that, he found a complete set of heart-shaped molds and handed them over: "Take them all, I just don't need them now."
