Food starts with noodles

Zhao Jinma is the current president of the Culinary Association. Today, he was invited by the owner of this hotel to inspect the kitchen. This is a necessary step for applying to join the Catering Association.

Zhao Jinma originally planned to invite Xu Jimin to come with him. It seems that the association attaches great importance to this hotel, and at the same time, it also shows the strength of the restaurant association.

In the end, the old man was waiting for Xu Zhuo to pick him up to Linping City, so he ignored it at all.

For the old man, in the entire provincial capital, no one can surpass him in terms of cooking. His only shortcoming is that Xu Zhuo, his grandson, is a bit disappointing, so he never liked to participate in any exchange meetings before.

Now Xu Zhuo suddenly became competitive, and the old man became enthusiastic about cooking exchanges again.

Xu Zhuo has become his tool to pretend to be coercive now, but Xu Zhuo is not here today, so there is no chance to pretend to be coercive, and even if he is forced to pretend to be coercive, it is somewhat dull.

Seeing Xu Zhuo's intimate appearance with Yu Keke, and thinking about his grandson, Zhao Jinma couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

He really lost out to Xu Jimin completely. His craftsmanship is not as good as his, his restaurant management is not as good as his, and even his grandson is not as good as his.

FAIL!

In addition to being frustrated, old man Zhao was also a little excited.

Before, Xu Jimin guarded him like a thief, never giving him the chance to contact Xu Zhuo, and it was impossible to talk about apprenticeship.

Now that Xu Jimin is not here, he must seize the opportunity, even if Xu Zhuo doesn't immediately agree, he still has to establish a good relationship with him.

He has inspected many young people these days, but Xu Zhuo is the only one who satisfies him.

Others are either not talented enough, or not hard enough, or have impure motives, young people who want to learn cooking in a down-to-earth manner, after all the calculations, Xu Zhuo meets his requirements.

And Xu Zhuo's talent is really good, it's obvious, he just went to Sichuan for a summer vacation, and the boiled dishes he cooks are actually pretty good.

As for stewed noodles, let alone, the reason why Zhao Jinma is so keen on teaching Xu Zhuo to cook is because the stewed noodles made by Xu Zhuo are really beautiful. Xu Zhuo had a feeling of hating seeing each other late, and he even felt that Xu Zhuo was his own grandson.

Knowing how to make braised noodles, super talented, and willing to work hard, isn't this the young version of me.

Zhao Jinma even saw himself in Xu Zhuo, so he became more enthusiastic about teaching Xu Zhuo's skills.

He walked to Xu Zhuo's side, glanced at Xu Zhuo's refreshments, and asked curiously, "Do you like rice rolls?"

Xu Zhuo smiled: "I want to learn how to make rice rolls recently, so I ordered a few more and wanted to observe more, but the rice rolls in this store are all Xiguan rice rolls, and there is no Chaoshan rice rolls I want, so some disappointment."

Zhao Jinma wanted to have a relationship with Xu Zhuo, so he naturally followed Xu Zhuo's words: "Why are you suddenly interested in rice rolls? Are you going to make rice rolls in the future?"

Xu Zhuo shook his head: "Of course not, but if you want to learn how to cook well, you have to try a variety of flavors and experience the eating habits of different places, so that you can make food that satisfies customers more."

What he said made Zhao Jinma even more satisfied. Didn't this mean that he wanted to take the director of Baijia.

Just now Zhao Jinma wanted to persuade Xu Zhuo not to delve into these unorthodox ways, but he didn't expect Xu Zhuo to have such an ambition, and maybe he would learn cooking from him in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jinma was overjoyed, and turned his face to a middle-aged man beside him and asked, "Go and ask if there are any Chaoshan people who make rice rolls in the back kitchen? Can they make Chaoshan rice rolls? If so, teach this child, the best Let him go to the back kitchen to learn."

The middle-aged man is the general manager of this hotel, and he is a little embarrassed by Zhao Jinma's request.

After all, it is also a five-star hotel. A person who doesn't know why is going to go to the back kitchen to have a look. Isn't this a joke? Where is the face of the five-star hotel?

He didn't have much interest in this so-called catering association, he thought it was just a boring organization.

People in Xu's restaurant don't care about this association, and they always look like they don't care about everything. If you are a dignified five-star hotel, you have to have your own temper.

Thinking of this, he leaned into Zhao Jinma's ear and whispered, "Master Zhao, is this a relative of your family? I'll give him a free order later. As for the back kitchen, why don't you just forget it... "

As a businessman, his words were quite tactful, but Zhao Jinma could hear the meaning in his words.

He leaned into the middle-aged man's ear and whispered: "This young man is Xu Jimin's grandson. Don't you envy Xu Jimin for his aloofness? When Xu Jimin comes to you later, you will know what kind of temper he is. .”

Even though the Catering Association and the Chamber of Commerce are harmonious now, there is a lot of competition in private.

If this hotel dares to offend the old man, Zhao Jinma believes that with Xu Jimin's temper and connections, he will definitely give this hotel a new start.

Although the five-star hotel brand is quite bluffing, when the commercial competition in the provincial capital was serious, those private restaurants teamed up to bring down several five-star hotels.

There are many methods in this. Today's entrepreneurs have never experienced how fierce and bottomless the competition was when they grew up in the past.

And Xu Jimin is even more outstanding in this regard.

Being able to single-handedly create a foundation in the provincial capital, and to keep the brand value at No. 1 in private kitchens, is definitely not just as simple as cooking delicious food.

The middle-aged man is not stupid. He has worked hard in the provincial capital for many years, so he knows Xu Jimin's name very well.

That irascible old man who is notoriously protective, even now is a legend in the provincial capital, he doesn't have the guts to go head-to-head with a local snake in the provincial capital.

"Oh, I'm so disrespectful and disrespectful, I didn't know that this little brother is actually Wen Hai's son."

The middle-aged man took out a gold card from his pocket and handed it to Xu Zhuo: "If you like the morning tea here, come and eat more. Your father and I are good friends. Keep this gold card. In the future, you will be here for consumption. Twenty percent off."

After finishing speaking, he said to the waiter next to him, "Today's order is waived, I paid for it."

He was so enthusiastic all of a sudden, it made Xu Zhuo completely confused: "What do you mean? I just want to find someone who can make Chaoshan rice rolls to learn how to make rice rolls. What are you going to do for me?"

Although Xu Zhuo is not good at dealing with interpersonal relationships, he also knows the truth of eating people with short mouths and short hands.

He really didn't want this useless gold card, because this person definitely wanted to get benefits from himself or Xu's restaurant.

The middle-aged man smiled and prevaricated, and asked the waiter to take Xu Zhuo to the back kitchen, and he continued to walk around the hotel with Zhao Jinma.

Xu Zhuo went in without knowing it, but Zhao Jinma asked him to keep it, so he gave the card to Yu Keke, and then, led by the waiter, walked into the back kitchen of this Cantonese restaurant.

Chapter 304 Cantonese Cuisine Master Xie Hailong

When Xu Zhuo came to the back kitchen, there was a 45-year-old chef waiting for him at the door.

It is estimated that the middle-aged man had already called here just now, and he saw Xu Zhuo with a smile on his face: "Want to learn Chaoshan Rice Noodles, right? I happen to be from Chaoshan, let's go, I will demonstrate it to you."

The waiter introduced to Xu Zhuo in a low voice: "This is Xie Hailong, the chef of our restaurant. Our boss hired him with a lot of money. He is the apprentice of Zheng Guangyao, a master of Cantonese cuisine."

Zheng Guangyao?

Isn’t this the Cantonese cuisine chef who is as famous as the old man and Yu Peiyong? He is also a state banquet chef. In the mid-80s, he founded Zhengyuelou Restaurant in Yangcheng, and now it is faintly becoming the number one traditional Cantonese cuisine in Yangcheng.

And Zheng Guangyao is known as the No. 1 Cantonese cuisine development. His apprentices are all over the major restaurants in Lingnan, and even became the signature of major Cantonese restaurants.

As long as there are Zheng Guangyao's apprentices in charge, the food will not be unpalatable. This is almost the consensus of the old Yangcheng people.

When Xu Zhuo went to Yangcheng, he also went to Zheng Yuelou for dinner, but because he didn't make an appointment in advance, he didn't taste the craftsmanship passed down by Zheng Guangyao's disciples.

I really didn't expect to meet Zheng Guangyao's apprentice in the Central Plains.

And I also had the opportunity to learn how to make Chaoshan rice rolls with him, which is really a surprise.

The two chatted for a while, but they didn't expect Xie Hailong to know Xu Wenhai.

When he led Xu Zhuo into the kitchen, he recalled the last time he met Xu Wenhai in Yangcheng.

"When your father and your mother went to visit my master in Yangcheng, it happened that we were celebrating the old man's birthday, so we met. This time I came to the Central Plains, and I also wanted to reunite with your father. After all, this is his territory. .”

He admired Xu's Restaurant's reputation in the provincial capital, but Xu Zhuo knew that he was just speaking out of modesty, and Zheng Guangyao's achievements were much brighter than his old man's.

Entering the back kitchen, Xu Zhuo found that the kitchen was really big, even more spacious than the back kitchen of Xu's restaurant. A group of apprentices were busy making various refreshments.

Xie Hailong brought Xu Zhuo to a corner, this is the place where rice rolls are made, all kinds of Xiguan rice rolls are made here.

"The characteristic of Chaoshan rice rolls is that the ingredients are rich and flavorful. Today we have prepared enough ingredients, so let's start now."

After speaking, he brought over the prepared rice milk.

The so-called rice rolls are actually rice milk mixed with various ingredients and steamed over water, and then topped with a secret sauce, it can be eaten in large chunks.

Because the steamed rice milk is tender and refreshing, like pig intestines, it is named intestine powder.

Xie Hailong's hands are very dexterous. He first took water in the pot and boiled it on high heat. Then he took a small bowl and cracked an egg in it, and put shrimps, oysters, minced pork, minced shiitake mushrooms, diced sausage, etc. in it. Mix all the ingredients together and set aside.

Then he took out two one-foot-square iron plates that looked like drawers, with handles beside them.

Xie Hailong cleaned the two plates first, then wiped them dry, brushed a layer of oil inside, scooped a spoonful of rice milk into it, turned the iron plate to spread the rice milk evenly on the bottom of the plate, and then put Pour the ingredients in the bowl just now, put the tin plate in the pot and start steaming.

Another tin plate was made in the same way, poured with rice milk and sprinkled with ingredients wrapped in egg liquid.

After this was done, Xie Hailong lifted the lid of the pot, looked at the steaming situation of the plate in the pot, squeezed two lettuces and a small handful of bean sprouts from the vegetable basket next to it and threw them in.

Cover the pot again, and after about half a minute, he opened the pot again, not afraid of being hot, and took out the tin plate floating in the pot.

Throw in another tin plate, cover the pot and continue steaming.

After finishing all this work, Xie Hailong took a scraper in one hand and gently cut in along one corner of the plate, scraped up the almost transparent rice rolls at the bottom of the plate, like a bundle, wrapping the rice rolls and ingredients.

Then he used a scraper to scoop out the rice dumpling from the tin plate, and put it in an empty plate beside him. He used a spoon to pour a spoonful of sauce on it, and handed the plate to Xu Zhuo.

"Try our authentic Chaoshan rice rolls and see how it tastes."

Xu Zhuo was not polite, and took it from his hand.

However, Boss Xu didn't try it, but was thinking about the notification sound just sent by the system.

"The host successfully stimulated the skills of [Concentrate on learning], and obtained the entry-level cooking professional skill - making Chaoshan sausage rolls (Shantou taste), congratulations to the host."

Xu Zhuo really forgot to concentrate on learning. Looking at the time, the skill that he devoted himself to learning the day before yesterday had been cooled down, but he didn't think of this.

But fortunately, he didn't learn how to slice noodles, otherwise he wouldn't be able to learn the skill of rice rolls.

Xu Zhuo is very happy now, not only because he has learned skills by accident, but more importantly, with Xie Hailong around, if he wants to learn Cantonese cuisine in the future, he no longer has to think about it by himself.

Holding the Chaoshan Rice Noodles in his hand, he looked at Xie Hailong and said, "Thank you Uncle Xie, I have figured it out, if I have any questions later, I will come to you directly."

Xie Hailong was a little surprised: "You can read it once? Come on, make a copy and let me see."

Xu Zhuo put down the plate in his hand, took over the work from Xie Hailong, and really made a Chaoshan sausage roll, Xie Hailong was dumbfounded by his talent for learning.

"Your parents have always said that you don't like to cook, and you don't have any talent. This... I foolishly took it seriously. I didn't expect them to be pretending."

"It's unbelievable that you can make rice rolls just once. If this talent is not good enough, there are not many people in the whole country who can do it."

Xu Zhuo added Xie Hailong's WeChat, made two more rice rolls and brought them out.

He walked up to Yu Keke and put the plate in front of the little girl: "I made this, try it and see if it suits your taste."

The little girl stared at Xu Zhuo with wide eyes: "You did it? You only went in for a few minutes? Will it be done?"

But seeing Xu Zhuo's determination, the little girl believed it.

The more powerful her man is, the more face she will have. With such a high talent, she will bring it home and kill her father's arrogance.

Xu Zhuo was so happy right now, he was not in the mood to taste the taste of rice rolls, he just wanted to go back and make it for everyone to taste.

After he and Yu Keke finished eating, he went to say goodbye to Xie Hailong. Unexpectedly, Xie Hailong had washed the two square iron plates he had just used and put them in a bag.

"Xu Zhuo, I guess it's hard to buy these things here, so I'll give you this set of tools. Whenever you want to learn Cantonese cuisine, just come to me."

Well, there is another person who wants to teach him how to cook.

Boss Xu sighed slightly, we also want to keep a low profile, but our strength does not allow it!

Chapter 305

After driving away from the hotel, Xu Zhuo went straight to Xu's restaurant.

It's past eleven o'clock, which is almost exactly lunch time.

Boss Xu was not full at all because he was too excited about the morning tea just now. He planned to have a good meal when he arrived at Xu's Restaurant later.

Today I brought Yu Keke with me. The old lady is waiting at the restaurant to give the little girl a meeting gift. A big meal is absolutely indispensable.

Xu Zhuo has been eating home-cooked food for the past two months since Xu Zhuo ate a real big meal when he visited his godfather last time.

I don't know what the old man will do today, but he will definitely do it anyway.

After all, the future granddaughter-in-law is here, so how can she make do with it.

And the old man has always wanted to overpower Peiyong, cook more delicious food for Yu Keke, and let this girl be the judge later, maybe he can really surpass Yu Peiyong.

Well, even if you use the spiritual victory method to surpass, it is still considered a victory.

When they came to Xu's Restaurant, the security guard at the gate specially reserved a parking space for Xu Zhuo.

Looking at this restaurant, Yu Keke was very surprised and said: "Wow, what a grand restaurant, but it fits your grandfather's character."

The old man has always been very aggressive in his work, and he will definitely not be low-key in the decoration of the restaurant.