From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 219 Let the apprentice work on the stove

After returning to the Feng Family Restaurant after purchasing, two fully loaded tricycles were parked in the back alley.

Together, we moved the things we bought from the car into the kitchen.

Among them, Xia Hui, like everyone else, moved things in one package at a time, and she was really not at a disadvantage in the slightest.

Yang Bin saw this and came to Feng Zhengming's side and said, "Master has really found two good apprentices for you."

Feng Zhengming is also quite satisfied with the performance of Xia Hui and Sun Hai.

It's not that easy to find people who are willing to work hard and truly love the kitchen.

Nowadays, most of the young people who are studying cooking are aiming for the high salary of chefs.

After all, after graduating from a vocational school, if you are lucky enough to be able to work as a chef in a large restaurant, even if you get an apprenticeship salary, it will be at least three to five hundred a month.

If you perform well, you can be favored by some restaurant chefs.

With a little guidance and some skills, if you officially stay in the back kitchen of a big restaurant, your salary can easily exceed a thousand.

This kind of salary level is really not comparable to many industries.

Even if I was unlucky and didn't get into the back kitchen of a big restaurant.

With the skills learned in vocational schools, it is relatively easy to find a job on your own.

It can be said that all kinds of restaurants and restaurants in large and small cities provide good treatment to the chefs in the kitchen.

Therefore, most people who go to vocational schools to learn cooking are aiming to be able to work as a chef in a big restaurant and earn a high salary.

But when they really start learning to cook, many people will find that learning to cook is a very difficult thing.

Just practicing many basic skills every day is a very boring process.

And after you have survived the basic skills training, successfully graduated from vocational school, and found some connections to join the kitchen of a large restaurant, you will find that the real suffering has officially begun.

Starting from doing various chores, it was a very difficult process to get a chance to work in the kitchen of a large restaurant.

Just like Xia Hui and Sun Hai now, when they came to Feng Zhengming, they still had to start with chores.

What if there is no love to support this?

I'm afraid I won't be able to stand it after one day's work.

Feng Zhengming said to the third senior brother: "Xia Hui and Sun Hai have integrated into us. We should be able to prepare a new store next year. By then, we will open a big store with meatballs, pig trotters and Sixi meatballs, and also add some soy sauce." things, and then we must maintain the characteristics of our freshly made stir-fried dishes.”

Yang Bin said with a smile: "That's right, with a base of meat, pig's trotters and Sixi meatballs, plus some soy sauce, and with the techniques we learned from our master, we will definitely become the only one in Quancheng." …”

Speaking of this, Yang Bin couldn't think of the name for a while. He struggled for a while and couldn't decide what to call it?

It was Feng Zhengming who reminded us with a smile: "The first fast food restaurant in Quancheng, our Chinese food restaurant."

Yang Bin nodded quickly: "Yes, that's it, a Chinese fast food restaurant with our own characteristics."

The purchased items were moved into the back kitchen, and Feng Zhengming and Yang Bin locked two tricycles in the back alley.

Walking into the kitchen, everyone started their busy day again.

Feng Zhengming needs to take out all the pork, pig's trotters, and fried Sixi meatballs that were stewed last night.

This part will be sold at noon.

You need to scoop out part of the stewed soup, stew the tofu, dried tofu and gluten, and then put the meat and pig's trotters made last night into the stewed soup.

As for the remaining stew in the big pot, you need to add water to it and add ingredients according to the proportion. It should be used to stew half of the ingredients bought in the morning.

These are stewed in the morning and sold in rice shops at night.

Then stew the remaining half in the evening and sell it at noon the next day.

This creates a complete cycle.

This ensures the freshness of the meat and trotters.

Of course, in order to ensure this cycle, Feng Zhengming actually keeps part of the meat he purchases every day and freezes it for emergencies.

And in order to ensure that the frozen meat does not affect the taste too much, it will be replaced every day after purchasing.

Replace the portion of meat that was reserved for freezing the day before with new meat purchased that day.

These processes and experiences were all learned by Feng Zhengming under the guidance of Grandpa Feng.

Xia Hui, Sun Hai and Chen Anbang worked together to clean and scrape the blackened pig trotters and meat skin they bought.

Xia Hui and Sun Hai also learned about this in vocational schools.

It's just that Xia Hui and Sun Hai really didn't have to clean up so much at once in the vocational school.

Sun Hai, who didn't talk much, couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect there were so many."

Xia Hui nodded: "The things learned in vocational schools are indeed different in reality."

Chen Anbang said on the side: "I was surprised when I saw it for the first time. Later, Master Feng explained to me that blackening in this way can completely remove all the remaining hair and odor on the skin, and it will be very clean after cleaning. , I also understand why the skin of the pig’s trotters and meat after I bought them are black.”

Sun Hai nodded and said, "It would be more troublesome to buy so many and burn them yourself."

Xia Hui secretly smiled and said in a low voice: "You haven't seen that my uncle went to the meat factory and has a very good relationship with them? It should be just to ask others to help him cook it."

Sun Hai looked at Xia Hui and said, "Didn't some teachers in the school also say that if you want to be a good chef in a big restaurant, you must have a good relationship with your suppliers."

Xia Hui actually understands this better.

After all, her family also runs a large restaurant.

Chen Anbang couldn't help but say: "It seems that even running small businesses such as dry rice shops and food stalls is not easy."

Xia Hui and Sun Hai also agreed with this point.

Wait for Chen Anbang, Xia Hui and Sun Hai to scrape and clean the black spots on the pig's trotters and pork skin.

Shen Rongsen and Duan Sufen also came one after another.

As soon as Shen Rongsen entered the kitchen and saw Chen Anbang, Xia Hui and Sun Hai all working, he felt a little embarrassed.

"Why are you three here so early?"

Chen Anbang smiled and joked with Shen Rongsen: "Old Shen Qian is late, be careful of getting fired."

Shen Rongsen became a little nervous when he heard this: "No way? I, I didn't know you all came so early? If I had known, I wouldn't have gone back last night."

Sun Hai said more honestly: "Brother Shen, it doesn't matter. We are apprentices to begin with. We should come earlier and work more."

Sun Hai's words made Shen Rongsen even more embarrassed.

When working next, Shen Rongsen also rushed to work.

One morning, everyone was busy together in the small rice shop, preparing various things well.

When it was about to open at noon, Feng Zonggu and Wei Xiuling came to the shop together.

After Wei Xiuling arrived, she quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm late today. Grandpa took us this morning to find a kindergarten for Lan Lan. It was really hard for Grandpa to help."

Feng Zong smiled and waved his hand: "You're welcome, find a suitable kindergarten for Xiao Lanlan, and you can come and work with peace of mind."

Feng Zhengming didn't expect that his grandfather would go find Wei Xiuling in the morning and then take her and her daughter to the kindergarten.

Finally, my grandfather found a kindergarten with fairly good conditions through the introduction of his third aunt.

Feng Zhengming felt more and more grateful to his grandfather.

In order for his restaurant to run well, his grandfather would even help with the family matters of the employees in the restaurant.

Of course, this is also because Wei Xiuling is raising her daughter alone, which is not easy.

After everyone arrived, Fengjiagang Restaurant started its business at noon.

It hasn't opened yet, but there are already people waiting at the door. After this period of time, many people have become accustomed to going to Feng's restaurant at noon to deal with it.

Because you can eat well at Fengjiagang Restaurant, and the key items are not expensive.

The cheapest way to eat it is a handful of meat for 5 cents each, paired with a 5 cents portion of rice, and you can be full for just one dollar.

If you want to be a little kinder to yourself, you can get a set of tofu, dried tofu, gluten and green peppers in a broth pot, and it only costs 2 yuan with a serving of rice.

What's even better is to have half a pig's trotter, or order a stir-fry.

The most luxurious thing in the dry rice shop is to order three items in one order.

For 10 yuan a portion, you will receive a portion of rice.

It can be said that everyone is willing to come to Fengjiagang Restaurant to eat, first of all because it is really affordable.

Secondly, of course, it’s because the food at Feng’s Restaurant is really good.

As soon as the door opened, the first wave of customers poured in.

Then there was a queue immediately in front of the window.

Shen Rongsen and Chen Anbang selected meatballs, pig trotters and Sixi meatballs according to everyone's requirements.

In the back kitchen, Feng Zhengming and Yang Bin were busy with Sun Hai and Xia Hui.

Sun Hai and Xia Hui were very well-behaved and carefully matched each other as required.

Then he watched Feng Zhengming and Yang Bin cooking separately.

Sun Hai and Xia Hui soon discovered that Feng Zhengming had strict requirements on serving dishes.

Even if Yang Bin is his third senior brother, if Feng Zhengming feels that there is a problem with the firing, he will point it out directly and may even ask the third senior brother to re-fire.

Sun Hai and Xia Hui were really surprised when they saw this.

They knew the relationship between Yang Bin and Feng Zhengming very well.

If this were in the back kitchen of an ordinary large restaurant, Feng Zhengming would definitely have to follow his senior brother's arrangements.

Even if the junior brother is the head chef, he will still save some face for the senior brother.

However, Feng Zhengming, who worked as a cook in the restaurant, would not reprimand the third senior brother, but he pointed out the problem gently, and his attitude was still unquestionable.

Of course, the minor problems Feng Zhengming pointed out are indeed real problems.

It's just that for some minor problems, Sun Hai and Xia Hui may not pay attention to them, and customers may not be able to see the problems.

Feng Zhengming would still point them out, and some would ask the third senior brother to re-fire a portion.

Yang Bin would not argue and would do as Feng Zhengming asked.

Sun Hai and Xia Hui looked on and felt for the first time Feng Zhengming's strict quality requirements for each dish.

At the same time, Sun Hai and Xia Hui seemed to suddenly understand why Master Yan asked them to come.

The chef of the Feng family's restaurant seems to be just the chef of a small restaurant.

But Feng Zhengming's seriousness and persistence, as well as his strict requirements for the dishes, were really able to correct Sun Hai and Xia Hui's minor problems.

Yang Bin couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief as he prepared the dishes and sent them out.

Then he looked at Sun Hai and Xia Hui and asked, "How are you? Do you feel tired being around your Uncle Feng?"

Sun Hai and Xia Hui looked at each other. They didn't know how to respond to this sentence?

Yang Bin quickly asked and answered himself: "I can tell you that when we followed Master in Yanxi Tower, we were even more tired than now. If we did something wrong, Master would scold us."

After saying this, Yang Bin looked at Feng Zhengming and smiled and said, "Don't think you, Master Feng, can criticize me here now. He was punished by his master at that time."

Yang Bin then packed his things and sighed: "I still envy your Uncle Feng. He has been mentioned by Master the most, but you see, now he can give me guidance."

Sun Hai and Xia Hui were amused by Yang Bin's self-deprecation.

Feng Zhengming also wiped the pot and spoon, turned to look at the third senior brother and laughed.

"Third brother, Master has said that you must pay attention to details and make them a habit, so that you can reduce mistakes and ensure the quality of the dishes."

Yang Bin winked at Sun Hai and Xia Hui.

"Do you feel that your Uncle Feng is like a master at this time?"

Sun Hai and Xia Hui listened and observed carefully, and couldn't help but feel that they looked a bit similar.

But Sun Hai and Xia Hui also understood that Feng Zhengming was strict with others only because he could do the small details absolutely well.

So Yang Bin will make a few jokes, but he will still accept it humbly when he is corrected.

After the busiest time at noon has passed.

Feng Zhengming left Sun Hai and Xia Hui a chance.

"Come on, there's one stir-fried cabbage dish left here. Which one of you will try it?"

This question made Sun Hai and Xia Hui a little confused.

Neither of them expected that they would have the opportunity to cook on the stove the second day after coming here.

After witnessing the skills of Feng Zhengming and Yang Bin, Sun Hai and Xia Hui were ready to work in the kitchen as chores for at least a month or two.

Now that the opportunity to go to the stove is right in front of them, both of them are somewhat afraid to take it.

Seeing that both of them were afraid to go to the stove.

Yang Bin said: "What's wrong? Seeing that even I was told that I don't dare to go to the stove?"

When Yang Bin said this, Sun Hai and Xia Hui instantly realized that this was an opportunity.

The two said in unison: "I'll do it."

Seeing that the two of them suddenly wanted to grab this opportunity to get on the stove together.

Feng Zhengming and Yang Bin looked at each other and smiled.

Then Feng Zhengming said: "I'll give you ten seconds to decide, who will come?"

This time Sun Hai was the first to say, "Let Xia Hui try it first. I'll wait for the next opportunity."

When Sun Hai said this, Feng Zhengming gave up the stove in front of him: "Come on, Xiaoxia, stir-fry the cabbage. It's not difficult. You go first."

Xia Hui looked at the stove. She thanked Sun Hai first and walked forward quickly.

The cabbage was ready. Xia Hui chose onion and ginger slices and a dried chili pepper. She also pinched a pinch of Sichuan peppercorns.

After mixing the sauce in the bowl, Xia Hui first cools the oil and adds the peppercorns, and as the oil temperature rises, fry the peppercorns until they become fragrant.

Then remove all the burnt fried peppercorns.

Use the remaining oil to stir-fry the onions, ginger and dried chilies first, then add the cabbage and stir-fry over high heat.

Stir-fry the cabbage a little, pour the prepared bowl of juice into the pot, and continue to stir-fry quickly over high heat.

Almost as soon as the cabbage starts to come out of the water, quickly turn off the heat and put the cabbage in the pot on a plate.

After frying the dish, Xia Hui looked at Feng Zhengming and Yang Bin nervously.

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "After frying it, let's serve it to others."

"Oh." In response, Xia Hui hurriedly carried the dishes out to serve the waiting guests first.

(End of this chapter)