Seeing Yao Shi coming, everyone in the kitchen greeted him one after another.
Yao Shi responded one by one, led the person directly to Fu Yu, and introduced with a smile: "This is Fu Yu."
As he spoke, without waiting for further introductions, the young man behind him stepped forward with a happy face and took the initiative to shake hands with Fu Yu: "So you are Chef Fu! Hello, I am the new chef at Sihai Banquet. , my name is Han Dongzhi."
It turned out to be the newly hired chef of Sihai Banquet.
Years ago, the reputation of Sihai Banquet was severely damaged due to the collusion between the kitchen and the purchaser to purchase zombie meat.
Even if it was repeatedly clarified that the kitchen staff and the purchaser were complicit in this matter, the zombie meat had already been discovered and stopped before it could reach the customers' tables.
However, this matter has evolved into countless versions through word of mouth.
Everyone feels that since this matter can be revealed, it means that this matter must have been brewing for a long time.
As for what happened because the chef in the store personally called the police and assisted the police in arresting him, this series of actions became deliberate hype.
The purpose is to deceive consumers. They all work in a back kitchen. Who can really be innocent?
Because of this incident, the Sihai Banquet was extremely nerve-wracking.
Fortunately, the incident happened during the New Year. Although it delayed the dining peak on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the off-season that followed just allowed the store to recharge its batteries and make some improvements.
The audacious chef in the back kitchen who was greedy for money, as well as the assistant cooks and waiters under him, as well as the purchaser, were all fired.
Subsequently, new people were hired to take over the positions.
Han Dongzhi is the newly hired chef this time. He is actually forty-two years old, but he is born with a fair, fat baby face and looks to be in his early thirties.
Han Dongzhi has very good cooking skills. He was the chef hired by the owner of Sihai Banquet through connections.
Chef Luo Rang also has a very good impression of him, not only because Han Dongzhi's cooking skills are really good, but the most important thing is that he has a smooth personality and is good at dancing. He is obviously a master chef in the back kitchen, but he always has a very humble and low-key attitude. .
For Sihai Banquet's back kitchen, in addition to hiring a new chef, they also hired two chefs and three workers. The buyer is also newly recruited and is now in the right period.
Luo Rang sits in the kitchen, training and guiding new employees while supervising the kitchen to cook and serve dishes.
He really couldn't leave and didn't want to miss this study group activity, so he specially sent Han Dongzhi to Qianlima to discuss the specific study time and content arrangements with Fu Yu.
This kind of thing can actually be communicated over the phone, but Luo Rang considered not attending in person, which seemed like he didn't pay enough attention to it, and it was also a good thing to let Han Dongzhi go see Fu Yu.
After all, if you want to beat newcomers, no matter how much you talk, seeing is not believing.
He himself was deeply shocked when he observed Fu Yu's on-site operations, let alone the new chef Han Dongzhi.
With the help of Fu Yu's hand, Luo Rang's abacus was very precise.
Fu Yu didn't expect so much. He heard that Han Dongzhi was a study group representative sent by Sihai Banquet, so after shaking hands with him, he smiled and nodded: "Chef Han, nice to meet you."
Yao Shi brought the people over and handed them over to Fu Yu to receive them, and then left in a hurry to do other things.
Fu Yu happened to have nothing to do, so he greeted Han Dongzhi to the dining room.
Everyone in the kitchen had finished eating long ago, and the cleaning staff cleaned the dining room.
Two people were sitting at the dining table, chatting animatedly.
Han Dongzhi said with a smile: "Fu Chu, when I was at Sihai Banquet, I often heard Luo Chu talk about you. I didn't expect that you could join the Provincial Food Association at such a young age, and this time you could also represent Chollima as a member of the study group. principal!"
"I came here this time just to discuss with you the specific time and content of the observation and study. Our Luo chef said that everything is up to your arrangement. As for cooking, as long as you are willing to show it on the spot, it will be enough to benefit other study groups. A lot, I’m really looking forward to this!”
After Fu Yu heard this, he immediately smiled awkwardly. He was really embarrassed to be praised so much in front of everyone in the back kitchen of his restaurant!
Moreover, what Han Dongzhi said was somewhat exaggerated.
But it sounds really comfortable and refreshing!
Fu Yu waved his hands repeatedly and said with a smile: "That's because your Chef Luo is deliberately flattering me. He is too exaggerated!"
Han Dongzhi shook his head and said seriously: "Really, this is not flattering you by Chef Luo. He really attaches great importance to the exchange activities of this study group. When he talks to us, he always emphasizes it again and again, When we come here, we must learn with humility and observe carefully."
"If you want to improve your cooking skills, in addition to doing more research and practice on your own, it is also a very good way to find chefs with excellent cooking skills to observe cooking. As for Hongyan cooking, you can either go to various stores You can learn something from the exchanges with chefs, and you can also ask Fu Yu from Chollima to observe and learn. These are chefs with real skills."
Fu Yu was really frightened when he heard this!
Luo Rangna is the chef of Sihai Banquet, and he is also a well-known chef in Bei'an. He is best at stewing sheep and scorpions, and he works with Qianli Ma's Yao Shi, Sanwei Ju Kang Guijie, and several other well-known restaurants. The chefs are considered to be some of the most authoritative figures in the Bei'an food scene.
However, Luo Rang's status in the circle is definitely not low. After all, Sihai Banquet has become a well-known specialty restaurant on par with century-old restaurants like Maxima in recent years through its store promotion.
Fu Yu heard that his name was vaguely compared to chefs like Luo Rang and Yao Shi. Does this mean that he was already somewhat famous in Bei'an's food circle?
However, in front of Zhao Meng and Yao Shi, you should be humble when you should.
"I haven't agreed with other study groups on the next observation and study period yet. How did you, Chef Luo, decide?"
Han Dongzhi smiled slightly: "We, Chef Luo, have said that the observation time of our two study groups can be arranged by you. The business of our store is not very good now, and we are not busy at work at ordinary times."
Fu Yu was stunned: "Oh? Haven't everything been taken care of?"
Han Dongzhi explained: "It has indeed been taken care of, but the store's customer base has still been affected. Many customers who originally came here because of it heard about this incident and directly changed their itineraries. Until now, this This matter has not subsided yet, it is spreading a lot, and there are all kinds of things."
After Fu Yu heard this, he was stunned for a moment.
The incident that happened before the Sihai Banquet was indeed quite a big deal. After all, food is the most important thing for the people, and food safety is related to the country.
This is what everyone is most concerned about and concerned about.
Although the entire incident was published in the news and on the Internet, the police issued an announcement explaining the incident and reasons.
But after all, there are always some people who have not seen the news in this regard, and it is all hearsay. Three people make a tiger, and the final story of the incident that is heard is not sure how it will be spread.
Fu Yu asked: "Isn't there any countermeasures in the store?"
Han Dongzhi smiled: "Staff training, purchaser adjustments, spring has just begun, and there are no special holidays. Chef Luo was anxious and thought of holding a wave of activities on March 15th, but was rejected by the boss. "
After Fu Yu heard this, he almost laughed.
If you want to increase your customer base and organize activities, if you choose a bad day, choose 315. This is because you are really not afraid that people will bring up the past and stir up the excitement.
If you really do this, it will not increase the customer base of the store. I am afraid that the off-season of the store will be extended indefinitely!
However, without a good name, there is really no way to implement this discount promotion to attract customers.
"However, the business in the store has obviously picked up recently. Chef Luo said that he would take advantage of the slow business to reorganize the management of the kitchen and train new employees. I just came to work in the kitchen and I just figured out the process. , this just happened to be an opportunity for learning and communication, so Chef Luo sent me here."
Han Dongzhi smiled: "Fu Chu, no one from the study group came together today, so I can't observe your cooking operations. When I come next time, I will have a good exchange of cooking skills with you."
"Our Chef Luo said that by observing your cooking operations, we can learn a lot of detailed skills. By the way, Chef Fu, can I exchange contact information with you?"
Fu Yu nodded: "Of course, I will contact you often in the future."
Han Dongzhi nodded: "That's for sure. When I get the chance, I'll be the host. I'll call Chef Luo and we'll have a meal together. When I was working at Sihai Banquet, Chef Luo took special care of me. He's a good person. I see. It's nice to be with you, and you're worth keeping company with."
Fu Yu also had a good impression of Han Dongzhi, and he also had the idea of making more friends in the circle to strive for an early promotion. He was very willing to make friends with Han Dongzhi.
The two agreed on the communication time and specific content arrangements of the study group, and Fu Yu personally sent Han Dongzhi out of the door of the Chollima Hotel.
After sending the people away, when Fu Yu returned to the kitchen, he saw Sun Qingning and Sun Wei joining hands to pour fish into the pool.
Seeing Fu Yu coming, Sun Wei immediately greeted him warmly: "Hey! Fu Chu, you came just in time, come and take a look!"
Fu Yu walked closer, raised his head and took a look, and immediately smiled: "Hey, where are the flower loaches here? They look quite fat."
Sun Wei immediately grinned and said happily: "Isn't the reservoir releasing water? All the fat loaches stored all winter have been fished out. Someone gave me two big buckets, and I quickly brought you a bucket. They are all alive. Very fat!"
Fu Yu nodded: "This head is really big!"
Sun Wei said with a smile: "Loach like this is delicious to eat. I went to the reservoir this morning and didn't get home at noon. I went directly to deliver a bucket of loach to my father-in-law's family, and then went straight to our store, thinking Let you try it too."
Sun Qingning was a very smart person. When he heard these words, he understood that Sun Wei had sent the loach here specially, hoping to eat in the kitchen!
So he asked: "Brother Sun, haven't you eaten yet?"
Sun Wei responded: "No, I don't have time!"
Sun Qingning immediately said: "Isn't there just a flower loach here? I'll cook a plate for you to eat?"
Sun Wei suddenly smiled brightly: "Okay, that would be great!"
Fu Yu watched the two people singing and preparing to make snacks, and he was also happy to try them.
Sun Wei is a long-time buyer in the store. He has worked for seven or eight years and is very familiar with various suppliers. Every time he purchases goods, he can get some free ingredients.
He is very good at being a good person. Anyway, he can’t eat all the ingredients at home, so he often brings them over and sends them to the kitchen.
The people in the kitchen accepted this favor, and he could still take a few bites to taste it.
Sun Qingning is now learning cooking from Zhao Meng, and can even cook some of the special dishes in the store independently.
Although the time is still short and there is no obvious improvement, the cooking method is a bit more proficient than before.
Chollima Restaurant itself has this braised loach dish, but there were not many customers ordering it, so when the menu was being renovated, this dish was removed from the drawing and was only reflected in text at the end.
Customers can't see the recipe when ordering, so even fewer people order the dish.
However, flower loach was a very common food at that time. Every year when water was released from the reservoir, or farmers caught it from ponds and field ridges and transported it to the city for sale, flower loach began to be on the market.
Because it is cheap and not difficult to cook, it is considered a relatively homely ingredient.
Although Sun Qingning had never learned how to cook this dish in Chollima, he was very skilled in the braised operation.
Now it's just a matter of replacing other fresh fish with loach, and it shouldn't be difficult to cook.
It just so happened that the workers were starting to prepare the dishes, so Sun Qingning asked someone to come over and help them deal with it.
The little worker was trying to save trouble by setting up a pot to boil water and scald the fish directly. Fu Yu saw this and quickly stopped him and warned: "If you want to eat the loach freshly, you have to process it one by one. If the whole pot is boiled like this, the taste will be worse." But it’s much worse.”
If someone else said this, the worker would definitely complain to some extent, and it would be very troublesome to deal with it one by one.
But the person who said this was Fu Yu. The worker nodded quickly and followed Sun Qingning to deal with the flower loaches one by one.
Everyone who is a chef knows that it is not easy to get cooking guidance from a chef. You must not only find ways to please the chef, but also have real talent in cooking.
Whether it is Zhao Meng or Gu Yunwu, they are usually busy cooking. Unless they want to train chefs, ordinary workers like ordinary workers have no chance to observe cooking closely.
It's not easy to even get a closer look, let alone get advice on cooking.
But Fu Yu is different. He has a really good personality and never hides his secrets. As long as someone asks, he will answer seriously.
Especially when cooking, a sentence that is mentioned occasionally is often an operating trick that takes a long time to learn by yourself.
For example, if Fu Yu hadn't told us how to deal with the loach now, who would have considered that the treatment required one by one to be killed and cleaned up?
(End of chapter)
