From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 238: Uncomfortable being praised by master (three updates, please subscribe)

The guests at the first table were full of praise for Feng Zhengming’s milk soup and five delicacies, especially now that the weather is cold.

A group of people walked out of the train station, and there was already a cold wind blowing in the square of the train station.

Now, if I take a warm sip of milk soup and eat a few mouthfuls of the soup, my whole body will feel warm in an instant.

"Boss, your soup is really delicious."

"Yes, this soup tastes really warm."

"You put pepper in this soup, right? It's so comforting to drink a bowl on this cold day."

"Boss, what kind of soup is this? Although it tastes light, it has a unique flavor."

Feng Zhengming heard the compliments from several people and responded with a smile: "The soup is the more classic milk soup of our Shandong cuisine. It is stewed with pork bones and old chicken."

Then someone ate the cabbage roll and said, "This cabbage roll is also delicious. It is stuffed with meat and rolled up with Chinese cabbage leaves. It has the aroma of meat and the sweetness of Chinese cabbage. It's delicious."

The people next to me ate the egg dumplings and praised them for how delicious they were.

Seeing that the guests liked it, Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "It's good if you like it. You are welcome to come back to eat when you are free. Find me at the food stall at the train station, or go to our dry rice shop, Feng's dry rice shop. Please remember You can find out the name just by asking.”

Upon hearing the name Feng Jia Gan Restaurant, a tourist immediately exclaimed: "Oh, is this food stall run by Feng Jia Gan Restaurant?"

Luo Qing introduced with a smile: "Our boss is the boss of Feng Family Restaurant."

The guests at this table suddenly looked at Feng Zhengming with admiration.

"We heard before we came here that you must eat a handful of meat when you go to Quancheng, and you must go to the Feng Family Restaurant to eat it."

"Yes, I heard people say that too."

"He's a cousin of mine. Last time he went to Quancheng on a business trip, he went to your Feng Family Restaurant and ate a handful of your meat and your pig's trotters. He really missed it when he went back."

"Speaking of which, we need to try this handful of meat and pig's trotters quickly."

Several people tasted the meat and pig's trotters together, and immediately gave Feng Zhengming a thumbs up, saying that they tasted really delicious.

Feng Zhengming was praised by the guests, so naturally he looked at the master with a little pride.

Master Yan smiled and said nothing, but his eyes shone with pride for his young apprentice.

While the guests at the first table were eating, Chen Anbang brought in the guests at the second table.

Slowly, Feng Zhengming's food stall began to become crowded.

Master Yan stood outside and took a look, and found that among the several food stalls here, the ones with the best business were really owned by his young apprentice.

The business of several other food stalls was obviously very deserted.

Especially the ones next to Feng Zhengming had no customers at all.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Master Yan understood that the young apprentice working at the food stall here would indeed have a big impact on the other restaurants. His craftsmanship was too attractive.

Several more tables of customers arrived one after another, and Feng Zhengming, Xia Hui and Chen Anbang were all busy.

Luo Qing also helped greet customers at the food stalls and wrote orders for customers at each table.

Master Yan took the opportunity to observe the apprentice cooking.

From time to time the master would add a few words.

It's not that the young apprentice did something wrong, but that Master Yan felt a little slow, or couldn't help but want to remind the apprentice what should be done next?

Just like Feng Zhengming was frying osmanthus meat, Master Yan couldn't help but chatter a few words next to him.

"Stir the meat thoroughly, yes, right, let's fry the sauce first, the sauce must be stir-fried thoroughly, the aroma will come out, add vinegar, yes, that's it, put it in the pan and stir-fry, pour in the juice from the bowl."

Feng Zhengming listened to his master while cooking with ease.

But being noticed by Xia Hui and Chen Anbang, I really felt a lot of pressure for Feng Zhengming.

Especially when Xia Hui saw Master Yan not only watching but also saying a few words, she really worried about Feng Zhengming.

I was afraid that if Feng Zhengming made an operational error, he would be criticized on the spot by Master Yan.

Xia Hui slowly realized that her worries seemed unnecessary.

Feng Zhengming really didn't seem to care about his master standing next to him. He always followed his own pace.

Even if some of the dishes are different from what the master said, Feng Zhengming can still make the dishes according to his own ideas, and the master can't find the problem.

It seems that a customer ordered a dish of fried chicken with sauce.

Because there were a lot of guests, Xia Hui was already a little busy, so she didn't prepare a bowl of juice for Feng Zhengming in advance.

As a result, Feng Zhengming could only stir-fry the diced chicken, then quickly add some juice to the frying spoon.

Seeing this scene, Master Yan naturally gave him a lesson.

"What's going on? You're too busy. Won't you check it yourself? You didn't prepare the bowl of juice in advance, so you just put it in the pot and started frying the chicken. There are no rules at all."

Listening to the master's scolding, although Feng Zhengming remained silent, he still did not stop.

Quickly pour the juice from the spoon directly into the pot. After stir-frying over high heat, turn off the heat and put the pot on the plate.

This plate of fried chicken with sauce was still successfully completed by Feng Zhengming.

Pass it to Luo Qing and ask her to serve the guests.

Feng Zhengming looked at his master and grinned: "Master, you are right. It is the apprentice who did not prepare the dish well and did not follow the rules. But isn't it too late for us? Master, don't worry, I will humbly accept the master's correction." , promise not to do it again.”

If this was the back kitchen of Yanxi House, Chef Yan would definitely not let Feng Zhengming serve the plate of fried chicken with sauce just now to the guests.

It’s not that Feng Zhengming didn’t do well, Feng Zhengming’s final dish was definitely no problem.

But he didn't follow the rules, which Master Yan would never allow in the back kitchen of Yanxi House.

But now it’s in a street food stall.

Master Yan saw with his own eyes that there were so many customers that the apprentice was really overwhelmed.

So naturally, Chef Yan did not stop this plate of fried chicken with sauce from being served.

It's just that rules are rules, and Master Yan still has to say a few words sternly.

"It's okay to cook, but you don't have to take chances every time. You have to cook in a disciplined manner, otherwise you will form bad habits and you will always do this when cooking in the future. Once or twice may be a problem. It’s not big, but if you make a mistake once, it will be difficult for you to recover.”

Feng Zhengming accepted Master's criticism seriously.

"Master, you are right. Don't worry, I will definitely pay attention to it in the future."

He gave Feng Zhengming a few words and promised to pay attention when cooking later.

But Master Yan was still not at ease, so for the stir-fried dishes and some dishes that required bowls of juice, Master Yan simply helped his apprentice prepare them.

Even if you need to cook vinegar in advance, or add cooking wine to the pot, or add soy sauce, you need to fly sweet noodle sauce.

Master Yan would be at hand to help Feng Zhengming cook these into the pot for him.

Sometimes Feng Zhengming will be given some of the main ingredients and auxiliary ingredients he needs.

Then there was a scene of Feng Zhengming cooking on the stove, while Master Yan was adding seasonings to him.

When Xia Hui saw this scene, she couldn't help but feel a little envious. Luo Qing saw Xia Hui staring at Feng Zhengming and Master Yan, their master and apprentice.

She leaned close to Xia Hui and asked in a low voice: "What are you looking at? Did you not expect that your uncle, such a great chef, still needs a master to help him with the seasoning?"

Xia Hui shook his head and said, "No, I envy Uncle Master."

"Envy?" Luo Qing was a little surprised.

Xia Hui continued: "Yes, I'm enviable. Grandpa Yan helps his uncle like this, which shows that Master Yan really loves his uncle. It also shows that his uncle's craftsmanship makes Grandpa Yan satisfied. Otherwise, Grandpa Yan wouldn't be around to help him." Add the seasoning.”

With the help of his master, Feng Zhengming's cooking efficiency has improved significantly.

The master's help made him feel very at ease. He didn't need to think too much about it, he just had to fry one dish after another.

Coupled with Xia Hui's help in cutting and matching, it looks like an assembly line.

After Xia Hui joined in, Luo Qing couldn't help but admire in her heart after watching it for a while: It's amazing.

The assembly line run by Feng Zhengming, Master, and Xia Hui can easily handle the ordering of food stall customers from table to table.

Plus Luo Qing and Chen Anbang serve food and clean the table.

The food stall business was even better than usual tonight, and the speed of serving food and turning tables was significantly faster.

After a lot of busy work, another batch of customers were sent away.

It was past nine o'clock in the evening.

Feng Zhengming helped his master sit down first, and also asked Luo Qing, Xia Hui and Chen Anbang to sit down and rest.

"Thank you everyone, sit down and rest for a while, we will prepare to close the stall and go back."

Xia Hui and Chen Anbang were still a little bit unsatisfied after hearing this.

"Going back so early?"

"Yes, Master Feng, we can actually wait a little longer."

Feng Zhengming looked at Master, and then said with a smile: "With Master here today, our efficiency has improved a lot, and we have obviously turned over more tables. So although it is not half past nine, the items are sold about the same, so I go back early. "

When Master Yan heard what Feng Zhengming said, he asked with a straight face: "What? Do you think the master is old? Are you afraid that the master can't do it anymore?"

Feng Zhengming quickly reassured his master: "No, master, you must be getting stronger as time goes by, but this is the first time for us young people to keep going like this, so let everyone go back and rest early."

After a slight pause, Feng Zhengming leaned closer to the master and whispered: "Besides, if we close early, we can also get some business from other food stalls. Didn't you always teach us before that you can't do too much in everything? You have to leave some room."

When Master Yan heard this, his expression softened and he nodded.

"Then go back early. You still have to be busy at the food stall when you get back."

Master Yan also understood that if Feng Zhengming did not leave, the business of the other food stalls at the train station would definitely not be good.

After all, Feng Zhengming still has business at the Feng Family Restaurant, and some of the food stall business at the train station must be given up to other food stalls.

Master Yan thought for a moment and then whispered to Feng Zhengming: "After the young chef cooking exchange competition, according to what your uncle Chen said, see if you can bring over several shops next to the dry rice shop to expand the area of ​​the dry rice shop. In the future, you Just concentrate on running the dry rice shop, and there is no need to come to the train station."

Feng Zhengming nodded in agreement: "Listen to Master."

Seeing that the young apprentice agreed so simply.

Master Yan stared at him.

Then Master Yan smiled and said, "You brat, you have already made your plans, right?"

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "I dare not hide it from Master. I originally came to the train station to work at the food stall, not because I wanted to grab the food stall business here, but mainly to promote the Feng Family Restaurant. Now the Feng Family Restaurant has a lot of meat." You already have a reputation, so naturally you should run the dry rice shop well."

After hearing what his young apprentice said, Master Yan thought carefully about it for a while.

He suddenly discovered that his little apprentice was really working hard.

After the closure of Yanxi Tower, the young apprentice followed his senior brother to work in the factory cafeteria.

But he didn't think about staying in the cafeteria and relying on his senior brother.

Instead, he soon started selling lunch boxes at train stations.

From selling box lunches, to selling handfuls of meat, and then to opening my own dry rice shop.

Although there was help from his master, grandfather, and other people, it was all Feng Zhengming who worked hard step by step.

In comparison, Master Yan's other apprentices were all recommended by him to some restaurants and restaurants.

Even when his eldest apprentice Li Huidong contracted the factory canteen, Master Yan was helping him behind the scenes.

After putting the disciples together and comparing them.

Master Yan found that he really took very little care of his young apprentice.

He didn't help Feng Zhengming find a restaurant or restaurant to work in.

But after he had already established himself in selling box lunches at the train station, he was given a recipe for a handful of pork so that he could make a handful of pork and crush his competitors.

But being able to sell meat to Quancheng is well-known, and even people from other places who come to Quancheng know about it.

All this is Feng Zhengming’s own efforts.

When Master Yan thought about this, he felt that he had underestimated the ability of the young apprentice in front of him.

"Zhengming, Master underestimated your ability before, but now it seems that you are really capable. Not only are you good at craftsmanship, but you are also very smart in business."

Feng Zhengming was a little surprised to be praised by his master suddenly.

He stared at the master and looked at each other for a while.

Feng Zhengming asked cautiously: "Is there anything I didn't do well? Master, do you think it's inappropriate? If Master you are angry, you can just scold me."

For Feng Zhengming, he was used to his master scolding him at every turn.

Every time he was scolded by his master, Feng Zhengming could accept it with a playful smile.

But the master's praise of himself made him feel a little nervous.

Master Yan looked at the uneasy expression on Feng Zhengming's face and was a bit dumbfounded: "You brat, I didn't scold you, and you're still not happy? I praised you, and you're still not happy?"

When Feng Zhengming heard his master calling him a "brat," he relaxed instantly and continued to smile playfully with his master.

"No, I just feel that Master, you don't praise me often. Otherwise, Master, you will praise me more often in the future, so that I can get used to it."

After hearing Feng Zhengming's words, Luo Qing, Xia Hui and Chen Anbang, who had been silent next to them, finally couldn't hold back any longer, and the three of them laughed out loud almost at the same time.

When Master Yan heard the laughter of the three people, he immediately turned to Feng Zhengming with a straight face and said, "Have you rested? Pack your things and go back."

Feng Zhengming stood up with a smile and asked Chen Anbang to clean up the tables, chairs and the food stall shed with him.

The tables, chairs and sheds were all put away, and Feng Zhengming did not forget to clean up and throw all the rubbish into the garbage truck before inviting everyone to leave the train station together.

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