Is the tea cool when people leave?
It was obvious that he was being targeted.
Feng Yufang was still smiling, but his smile looked a little fake.
"Mr. Jiang, I didn't lie to you. I'm really busy at work these days."
"Okay." Lin Yue said: "You are busy with work and I am as insincere as a rich man who is short of money recently."
Feng Yufang thought to himself that you have adapted so quickly to the class jump. A few days ago, you were the second generation of super rich people, but today you can speak from the perspective of a poor person? Awesome, awesome, admire, admire.
Lin Yue took out a document from his bag and handed it over.
Feng Yufang took it and took a look and found that it was a person's resume.
"Lu Yuan?"
"He will be here in the next two days. I will try to find a way to accept him and arrange for him to be the chef in the back kitchen."
"Mr. Jiang, this...is against the rules."
Feng Yufang looked embarrassed: "Mr. Jiang, the current chef Steven was hired from a Michelin restaurant in France a few years ago, and he has already signed a two-year contract. If we replace him... we will have to lose a lot of money. .”
Lin Yue didn't care about his difficulties. He picked up the cup and took a sip of tea. He looked at the red maple leaves in the courtyard and said, "Can't do it?"
Feng Yufang paused and shook his head with a flattering smile: "I can't do it."
"Okay, then don't do it."
Perhaps angered by his words, Feng Yufang said, "Mr. Jiang, I'm afraid this matter...is not your business, right?"
The words were very polite, but Feng Yufang knew what they meant, and so did Lin Yue. He just said that calling you "Mr. Jiang" was because I was flattering you. In fact, you are nothing now. What kind of face do you have? Pointing here, chirping, chirping, who do you think you are?
"It's true that this matter is not my responsibility, but someone does." Lin Yue looked at him with a smile: "Feng Yufang, you have been a restaurant manager in these years, from the drinks to the ingredients, you have not tampered with any link, just say that you use low prices. If the wine is purchased as high-end wine, there will always be a difference of hundreds of thousands a year. Where did the money go?"
Feng Yufang was unsettled, and the smile on his face disappeared.
Lin Yue said: "There are some things. Just because I don't speak doesn't mean I don't know. Yes, I am not the president of the group now and can't control you anymore. But I always have my mother's mobile phone number and WeChat number. As long as I keep track of the restaurant's situation, If she mentions it, do you think the chairman will let you poach the Jiang family just to get angry with me?"
"this……"
Feng Yufang began to sweat on his forehead.
Lin Yue patted the resume on the table, stood up and walked outside: "You figure it out. Call me when you figure it out."
The tea is not cold yet, but steam is coming out.
Feng Yufang's heart felt cold, and winter came earlier than the weather.
He didn't come back to his senses until he could no longer hear the footsteps coming down the stairs. He licked his lips and sat down on the chair opposite. He picked up the resume on the table and looked at it carefully.
Lu Yuan?
Michelin three-star chef?
This person is... Jiang Haokun's friend?
…
Three days later, Lu Yuan, who was squatting in the corner of the kitchen peeling potatoes, was called to talk by the manager. The other person gave him a business card and said it was one of the best Western restaurants in Shanghai. He asked him to go there and try it, even if he could only become a Being a second chef is better than working as a busboy in a little-known restaurant, right?
Lu Yuan accepted his advice and used half of his salary this month to buy ingredients to practice his signature dish - Steak Wellington. After all, he had not cooked a spoon for two or three years, so it was inevitable that his hands would be raw.
As a cook without a sense of taste, how can he return to his previous level? To take a step back, at least I need to be able to make a decent steak Wellington.
He couldn't taste the food himself, so he could only eat Peng Jiahe's young man.
The little sister was also active and worked very hard to help him "test the poison". Yes, for her, it was "testing the poison", but in the end she persisted. It was the slogans that supported her that left Lu Yuan speechless.
He refuses to peel potatoes and strives to be a chef. If he has money, he will kill Jiang Haokun.
Can this also be connected with Jiang Haokun? How deep the knot must be. Lu Yuan thought she was crazy, really crazy.
But that's okay, at least she has something to do and doesn't have to deal with the keyboard warrior's abuse.
In this way, after two days of non-stop practice, Chef Lu, who was always good at practice, used the money he originally planned to pay for the old lady’s care fee to buy a decent suit, sunglasses, and red pants, and he arrived looking like a human. On Torch Terrace Road, the door of Gray Whale Restaurant was opened.
The receptionist in a suit and vest took him to a dining table and pulled out a chair for him. After knowing that he was the only guest, she took away the two sets of tableware on the table and then took the menu and notes. Ben's waiter continued serving and asked him what he wanted to eat.
Lu Yuan did not ask for desserts or appetizers, but directly ordered a bottle of 2003 red wine and a steak Wellington.
The red wine is nothing, just a bit more expensive. If the customer insists on it, then it’s fine. Wellington steak... not many people usually order it, firstly because it is expensive, and secondly because it is difficult and time-consuming to prepare. The chef is not willing to bother, and the guests are not willing to wait too long, which may cause trouble when the food is served. When you taste it with a knife and fork, it's not as delicious as an ordinary steak.
Why do you say that? Steak Wellington is known as the most elegant British dish. The perfect Wellington steak is medium-rare filet inside and covered with a layer of puff pastry. It requires three steps: frying the steak, wrapping it in puff pastry, and putting it in the oven. Of course, There are also small items such as refrigeration and adding ingredients in the middle. It will be good to eat it in your mouth after an hour. Moreover, this is a dish that tests the chef's skills. Not to mention the preparation of the sauce. In terms of cooking, once the heat is If you don't master it well, the gravy of the steak will wet the pastry, which will lose the crispy texture and it will be considered a failure. The key to the problem is that because there is a layer of pastry on the outside, it is impossible to judge how cooked the steak is with the naked eye. The quality of the ingredients such as puff pastry, steak and mushroom sauce will also affect the heating. Even if it is cooked by some famous chefs, it will turn into a soulless mediocre dish if they are not careful.
That’s why I say this is a dish that tests the chef’s skills. If a chef without many years of experience takes the order, he or she will be dismissed by customers with picky taste buds.
Lu Yuan asked for a bottle of 2003 Bordeaux red wine, and said that the time for sobering up was enough for the chef to be busy. It looked like he was enjoying himself and knew the guests well. The waiter did not dare to neglect, so he made a special trip to the kitchen. Explain the customer's requirements.
An hour later, the food was ready.
He said that the steak was cold and he was treating people like dogs, so the waiter had to apologize and take away the food.
Another hour later, the food was ready.
He said the puff pastry was burnt and inedible. The waiter apologized again and left with the plate.
In the third hour, the food was ready, this time cooked by the chef.
However, he still didn't eat. He gestured with his fork and knife, saying that the steak was overcooked, too dry and old, like beef tendon. He also mocked the fact that the Gray Whale restaurant is located in a busy area, but the chef is mediocre and the cooking is average. It tastes too bad.
This time he not only had to return the food, but also the bottle of red wine, which had already tasted bad after being awake for more than two hours.
The waiter was not a fool. He realized that this boy was just here to stir up trouble, so he told the manager. Feng Yufang came over and took a look, oh, isn't this the person on the resume Jiang Haokun gave him?
He cooperated very well and went to the kitchen to invite Steven out.
"We've made this Steak Wellington three times. Are you sure you've tried it, sir?"
Steven asked in English.
Lu Yuan refused Feng Yufang's translation and asked: "Are you sure you can cook this Beef Wellington?"
Steven said in his non-standard Chinese: "You are insulting me."
Lu Yuan looked like a villain: "You said I insulted you? Come on, taste it, taste the food you cooked. Oh, I'm sorry, I spoke too loudly. Pay attention next time. Pay attention next time."
"..." Steven's Chinese reserve is not enough to cope with the current situation. Maybe the steak Wellington he cooked was not perfect, but the other party's description of "can't cook" is too much.
Lu Yuan glanced around: "I'll keep my voice down this time. Where's the Beef Wellington? I can teach you how to cook it, but you have to take me to your kitchen to see it."
Steven was about to say "Follow me."
At this time, there was a burst of applause from the dining table in the corner of the restaurant, facing away from Lu Yuan.
"This gentleman waited for three hours to try this Beef Wellington. He has good perseverance, but I think it's more about pretending to be sexy than eating, right?"
The moment the voice sounded, Lu Yuan's expression changed. He looked towards the corner of the restaurant and sure enough, the person speaking was none other than his nemesis Jiang Haokun.
As a cook with no sense of taste, he waited nervously for the past three hours and did not observe the surroundings carefully, not to mention that Jiang Haokun still had his back turned to him.
"Why are you here?"
The restaurant faces north and south, and the door is open for business. Why can't I be here?
Lin Yue looked at him with a smile: "Lu Yuan, since you know so much about Beef Wellington, can you tell everyone its origin?"
