Steven didn't think twice and agreed: "I want it so much!"
Lin Yue took out a one-dollar coin from his pocket, flicked it into the air with his thumb, caught it, bounced it up again, and caught it again.
"Watch it."
Steven looked over as he was told.
"Empty your mind and stop thinking."
"..."
Steven kept his attitude straight and tried to relax.
"Okay...one, two, three..."
Lin Yue's voice became softer and softer, and the tail tone became longer and longer. Steven's eyelids began to tremble, and after a few breaths, there was no movement.
…
An hour later, Lin Yue pushed open the door of the restaurant, got into a second-hand Buick parked on the roadside, lit a cigarette, held it in his mouth, and drove away.
The TV series deliberately portrays Steven in a bad light, but he is actually a very hard-working man.
You must know that this city has been the bridgehead for the collision of Chinese and foreign civilizations since the Republic of China. Old-school Shanghainese can be said to have grown up eating Western food. Gray Whale Restaurant is known as one of the best Western restaurants in Shanghai. How could the chef hired be mediocre? If, as Lu Yuan said, the people in the kitchen were all apprentices who had never seen the world, the reputation of Gray Whale Restaurant would have been ruined long ago.
A Michelin-starred chef can speak French, English, and Chinese... a chef who can speak three languages, isn't this a talent?
Where is Lu Yuan?
He was nothing before going to the United States. After that, he relied on Peng Hai's care and worked in the kitchen for two years, and things turned around and he became the darling of food critics? From a jobber to a star chef in two years? When is Western food a math problem for primary school students? Just put in a little more effort and get good results? This world is not only filled with clans, academics, warlords, and chaebols, but also oil, electricity, tobacco, finance... Which industry does not have the phenomenon of "I am a hero and my son is a hero"? The culinary world is still the same. Without good teachers and a good platform, it would be difficult for a Chinese who has become a monk to become a three-star chef in a Michelin Western restaurant. Haha.
Only TV dramas dare to act like this.
Oh, by the way, the dish that Lu Yuan used to please the food critics was actually made with instant noodle seasoning. It was a proper internet article, but it was also very brainless. To give the simplest example, wine companies above a certain size such as Moutai and Wuliangye have their own sommeliers. Look at how well they protect their tongues - they can't eat spicy food, smoke, put on make-up, or use it. For perfume, you need to use distilled water to rinse your mouth, and you need to massage it in the morning and evening. Do you think liquor mixed with edible alcohol and essence can deceive such people?
By the same token, would a food critic not be able to taste the flavor of instant noodle seasoning?
In this regard, he can only say that watching the drama with your brain is making things difficult for yourself.
…
The next day, all the staff of the Reef Restaurant worked hard to prepare for the opening. The kitchen staff began to deal with the meat that needed to be marinated for a long time and the vegetables and sauces that would be used tomorrow. After all, they were all experienced hands, although they were busy. , but everything is in order, the only exception is Steven.
This is not to say that something went wrong with him at work, but that everyone found that the chef's Chinese proficiency has improved greatly, and his words are no longer so French, and sometimes he uses idioms. Liu Hong, Pang Xu and others feel that the chef's Chinese skills have improved a lot. He has everyone to thank for this.
In addition, Steven came up with a new recipe. Everyone suspected that he had already planned to change jobs, otherwise how could he keep it?
On the other side, with the cooperation of Lin Yue, Cai Mingjun took advantage of the opportunity to help the old lady who suddenly lost her memory return home to get to know Peng Jiahe, and confessed that he had followed Lu Yuan just to learn how to cook.
Peng Jiahe saw that he was serious and felt that he could play with her, so he told Lu Yuan about the matter. His answer was naturally rejected, but Cai Mingjun was not discouraged and said that he would impress the chef with his sincerity. Then he left.
Another day, Reef Restaurant opens.
Because it has been promoted online and offline in the first two days, and it is the weekend, the popularity is quite high, and many couples and little sisters come here to have dinner.
Dang Qian was so busy running around upstairs, downstairs, front hall, and back kitchen that she felt dizzy.
"Manager, manager, the chef, Old Liu, wants you to come over."
She had just come downstairs when she heard the message from the cashier at the front desk.
"knew."
After agreeing casually, Dang Qian turned around and entered the kitchen. It was very busy inside, the wok was sizzling, and the workers were sitting in the corner peeling potatoes. Steven walked between various positions, taking over the waiter's hand from time to time. The order comes and tells everyone what table number and dishes were ordered and whether there are any special requests.
Dang Qian didn't dare to disturb him and walked to Liu Hong: "What happened? You called me over in such a hurry."
Liu Hong put down the knife in his hand, took off his mask, glanced at her, and took a steak from the shelf next to him.
"check it out."
"What's wrong with this? Is it bad?" Dang Qian looked at it carefully and found that the steak was very fresh and there was no problem. She was not a newbie in the industry, so she still had good eyesight.
Liu Hong said: "It's not bad, it's great."
Dang Qian painted a lake for him: "What do you mean?"
"Manager, when the supplier brings the steak, you will be the one to receive it."
"yes."
"Then you must know the specifications of the steaks we purchase."
"It should be mayura black label."
"What about the steak grade corresponding to the black label?"
"m9."
"Then look at this." Liu Hong pointed at the marble pattern on it.
When he said this, Dang Qian discovered the problem. As a practitioner in the Western food industry, she had naturally done a lot of homework in purchasing ingredients. As for the sirloin steak in Liu Hong's hand, the quality reached the M10 standard.
"Maybe the sorter made a mistake."
Thinking about it, it’s wrong. Nowadays, it’s all production line packaging. Even if the sorter makes a mistake, what do the quality inspection staff do?
"Manager, this kind of over-standard steak is not just one or two pieces. There are two to three hundred slices in the cold storage."
"..."
This is strange. Occasionally, there are a few slices of steak that exceed the specifications. It can be said that it is due to the negligence of the staff. The amount of two to three hundred slices at this time is basically impossible to be a work error.
"How does the steak taste after it's done? Have you tried it?"
Liu Hong said: "The taste is very good. Steven also tried it and he said there is no problem with the quality."
Dang Qian thought for a moment and said, "Just wait, I'll ask the boss."
She left the kitchen and went up to the second floor. From the connecting corridor to a relatively large private room, she raised her arm and knocked on the door. After hearing a "come in", she opened the door and walked in.
There is a dining table for six people in the room. The boss is sitting at the head seat. On the left are two women. One is over 60 years old, with short permed hair and loose hair. The other is around 30 years old. She is wearing red clothes. She may have fair skin and good temperament. Because of this, he easily suppressed the two hints of palace lady color on his lips.
There is also a woman on the right side of the boss. She is dressed relatively low-key and looks like a lady, but there is a hint of bitterness between her eyebrows. The chair further to the right is empty, but there is a set of tableware on the table, as if no one has come yet.
Lin Yue said calmly: "Why did you come to see me?"
Dang Qian walked to his side and whispered what the chef had discovered.
Lin Yue smiled slightly and did not shy away from the three women. He nodded and said: "I know about this. There is no problem with the quality of the steak. As for the part that exceeds the specification, it can be limited to 100 servings per day as a benefit to the guests."
"OK."
Dang Qian agreed and left with a smile.
Although I don’t know the reason, it is obvious that the boss must have done something.
Originally, the restaurant purchased steaks at a lower price than other restaurants, and some of the products were over-the-top, so other restaurants...
Dang Qianxin said that the boss really didn’t want Gray Whale Restaurant to survive.
She left with mixed feelings, but the atmosphere in the box became weird, because no one expected that he, the restaurant owner, would actually do something like that.
"I thought you would find business friends to come over to support you, but I didn't expect that they are all young people who come here to try new things. Jiang Haokun, you don't think that with the consumption level of those people, they can support you to overwhelm the Gray Whale restaurant. Be ambitious.”
This is quite unpleasant to say, especially when the restaurant has just opened.
Xu Lan gave Jiang Lai a hard look, which was very warning.
When her son's restaurant opened, he sent her an invitation. Although her son and her husband were at odds with each other to the point of severing the relationship between father and son, she, as a mother, could never be so heartless as to deny it. After much thought, she decided to hide it from Jiang Zhihua. Stop by when the restaurant opens.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Lai found out about this and asked her to take her with him.
Of course she disagreed, because even a fool could see that Jiang came as a weasel and had no good intentions to pay New Year greetings to the chicken.
Until her daughter moved out of Jiang Zhihua and said that if she didn't agree, she would tell her father about it. In desperation, Xu Lan had no choice but to compromise. However, there were three stipulations on the way------it was strictly forbidden to cause trouble, not to cause trouble, and to eat more and less. explain.
But is this useful?
It turns out not.
