From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 252 Eat a handful of meat and go into the kitchen to see it

This way of serving food at Fengjiagang Restaurant is indeed very novel and has been liked and praised by many customers.

After seeing Master Xia today, he couldn't help but feel very good.

This way of serving meals is not only a good list of everything the guests ordered.

More importantly, a whole piece of meat is served in a small bowl, and the soup of the meat is also served. This unique form brings a visual shock to customers when it is served.

This may be a form that many restaurants and restaurants would not think of nowadays.

Master Xia looked at the handfuls of meat in the small bowl.

A very solid piece of meat.

The whole piece of meat is as thick as an adult's finger and a half.

A sprig of cattail was tied to the meat.

Master Xia looked at it and smiled: "This handful of meat is really solid. I remember that the handfuls of meat in other restaurants in Quancheng are just slices of meat. When it comes to the Feng Family Rice Shop, it almost turns into pieces of meat."

The customer at the next table answered immediately

"That's right, this is also where the Feng family prepares their rice. Their meat is very good."

"They are all big thick slices. One piece is as good as two from other restaurants."

“Even if it’s some pieces of meat that are pieced together, they’ll still have enough weight.”

Master Xia nodded, picked up the small bowl and smelled it first. What he smelled was the aroma of meat, and the flavor of the marinade in the stew was very light.

The key point is that Master Xia also smelled a refreshing fragrance.

The refreshing aroma adds a unique flavor to the meat.

Master Xia was not sure what the fragrance was for a while.

He simply brought the small bowl to his mouth and took a sip of the meat soup in the small bowl.

Before Master Xia could taste it, Xia Mingye had already spoken first.

"Sir, this meat is delicious. It has a strong meaty aroma. You don't get tired of it at all. After the salty taste, there is a slight sweetness in the mouth, and there is also a refreshing fragrance. I think it really makes this meat taste better. "

Master Xia said nothing and quietly tasted the soup in his mouth.

Finally made Master Xia understand what the fragrance is?

However, Master Xia did not say it in public.

Master Xia tasted other things in the broth.

Xia Mingye was already enjoying the food, and he kept praising it.

Master Xia finally filled a bowl of hand-made noodles, including some thin noodles, thick noodles and wide noodles.

Then pour the meat into the noodle bowl from the small bowl.

Carefully stir the noodles with the soup from the meat.

When Xia Mingye saw how his grandfather was eating, he immediately shouted excitedly: "Master, you still know how to eat."

Master Xia smiled bitterly and said: "Hurry up and eat your food, there is a lot of nonsense."

Xia Mingye naturally followed his grandfather's example and filled a bowl of hand-made noodles with noodles of three thicknesses. Then he poured a handful of meat into the noodle bowl, mixed it well and started eating.

Master Xia and Xia Mingye were a little surprised when they started to eat the noodles.

Thin, thick and wide noodles have three completely different textures when eaten in your mouth.

However, although there is a difference in taste, the texture of the hand-rolled noodles is not sticky at all when eaten in the mouth, and paired with the meat and broth, it is really delicious.

"Suck yo yo..."

Xia Mingye couldn't stop eating. It was the first time that hand-made noodles tasted so delicious.

Even Xia Mingye completely ignored his grandfather.

When Xia Mingye noticed that a portion of hand-made noodles had been eaten, and when he looked at his grandpa again, he realized that his grandpa had not finished his bowl of noodles.

"belch……"

First he burped, then Xia Mingye said with a smile: "Master, I ate them all."

Master Xia said: "It's okay, I just have to try it."

After the grandfather and grandson finished eating, Master Xia got up and went to pay.

Xia Mingye followed his grandfather and kept looking at the kitchen behind the rice shop while paying.

After grandpa finally paid, Xia Mingye saw her sister coming out to serve food again.

"sister."

When Xia Hui came out with the dishes, she heard someone calling her and saw that it was her younger brother and grandfather.

While Xia Hui was stunned, Wei Xiuling saw the clues and reached out to take the food from Xia Hui's hand to serve the customers.

When the food in Xia Hui's hand was taken away, she immediately woke up and said to Wei Xiuling, "I'm sorry, sister."

Wei Xiuling smiled: "Why are you so polite? Go and talk to your family."

Xia Hui then walked up to her grandfather and younger brother.

"Sir, you guys are so late, why are you still here?"

Master Xia once again looked at his granddaughter wearing a chef's uniform, smiled and said, "Your brother is hungry, so he brought me over with him to try the meat from Feng Family Restaurant."

Xia Mingye then said: "Sister, your meat is so delicious, and the food you serve is very interesting. The meat is served in a small bowl, and there is soup."

Xia Hui replied with a smile: "That was designed by my uncle to make it convenient for customers who like to eat meat with soup and rice."

Xia Mingye added: "There are also hand-made noodles, which are also delicious."

"Hand-made noodles are a skill brought by the new Master Lu, and they are indeed more popular than rice now."

At this time, Feng Zonggu and Master Yan came out to welcome him.

"Lao Xia, why are you coming here to visit us so late?"

"Is this Xia Hui's grandfather? I heard that he is also a powerful old chef and the successor of Confucius cuisine. I am really disrespectful."

When Master Xia saw Master Yan and Feng Zonggu coming out to greet them, he quickly said, "What a bother."

Master Yan smiled and said: "You're welcome, I knew you would come."

Feng Zonggu also smiled and said: "You're welcome. Xia Hui's grandfather is one of our own family members. We shouldn't charge you money tonight."

Master Xia quickly said: "No, no, we should still collect money. How can we not collect money when we open the door for business?"

Master Yan made the decision: "The money has to be collected."

Then Master Yan looked at Master Xia and asked, "Lao Xia, do you want to talk?"

Master Xia nodded.

Master Yan led Master Xia into the dressing room behind the dry rice shop.

Xia Hui also led his younger brother Xia Mingye in.

Then he asked his brother to take off his coat, put on an apron and follow him into the kitchen.

Xia Mingye was pulled into the kitchen by her sister, and suddenly she had a bitter look on her face.

"Sister, I am a guest."

Xia Hui grabbed her brother and said, "Don't talk nonsense."

In the end, Xia Mingye could only follow her sister into the kitchen.

There are only two old masters left in the locker room.

Master Yan spoke first: "You should support your granddaughter, right?" Master Xia nodded: "Support."

Master Yan suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, it seems you are still a little reluctant?"

Master Xia looked helpless: "Hui Hui is a girl after all. She should be the only girl in the kitchen behind your apprentice's restaurant, right?"

Master Yan asked: "Are you worried about being bullied?"

Before Master Xia could speak, Master Yan promised: "Don't worry, Zhengming will take care of Xia Hui and won't let anyone bully her."

Master Xia suddenly remembered the scene when his granddaughter ran out and hugged Feng Zhengming immediately after being shortlisted.

"Your little apprentice, and Hui Hui, the two of them, right?"

Master Yan was stunned for a moment when he was asked, and then he remembered the scene at the competition.

"Oh, old Xia, don't get me wrong. There is no such thing as a male-female relationship between them. Today, Xiaoxia is purely happy that she was shortlisted. And you also know at the scene that Xiaoxia was very nervous at the time. It was Zhengming who shouted to remind her that she succeeded. I was very happy to be shortlisted, so I hugged Zhengming.”

Master Xia stared at Master Yan without saying a word, but his eyes already showed a meaning: you think I will believe it.

Master Yan could only say: "It's true. Zhengming has a girlfriend now, and the relationship between the two is very good. Xiaoxia knows that Xiaoxia has more of an admiration for Zhengming, not the kind of love between men and women."

Master Xia thought for a while and didn't want to continue this topic, so he could only change the subject.

"Your little apprentice is doing well in the restaurant business."

When Master Yan saw the other party changing the topic, he also changed the topic along with him.

"Business is indeed OK."

Master Xia said: "Isn't this okay? I saw it tonight and the business is very good. The locals are praising it."

Master Yan's face showed unconcealable pride.

"Zheng Ming works very hard."

Master Xia nodded: "It can be seen that he is working hard. Why not take down the shops on both sides? Or find another place to open a larger one? The dry rice shop is too small."

Master Yan smiled: "Already preparing, waiting for an opportunity."

Master Xia immediately thought: "Your little apprentice wants to win the top prize among young chefs in the province."

Master Yan said: "You don't have to be the top pick, it's enough to be in the top three."

Master Xia could see that Master Yan had full confidence in his young apprentice.

"You are so confident, should I take my grandson back now? Give him some assault training? Let him at least be in the top three, otherwise wouldn't it be embarrassing in front of you, Lao Yan?"

Master Yan laughed: "Hahaha, Lao Xia, are you still so unsure of your grandson?"

Master Xia felt a little helpless when he heard this.

"To tell you the truth, Lao Yan, my grandson really doesn't reassure me that much."

Seeing that Master Xia's face didn't look like he was joking, Master Yan's smile faded.

"How to say?"

Master Xia briefly told Master Yan about his grandson Xia Mingye and some of his family's situation.

In short, the Xia family is indeed facing some problems now.

First, the younger generations of the Xia family were influenced by foreign catering culture and began to have the idea of ​​​​improving traditional methods.

Secondly, including Xia Mingye, none of Master Xia's grandchildren can really satisfy Master Xia yet.

"We still have the support of Hui Hui and Xiao Ye's father, but the external impact of new foreign catering is not small. Some people internally want to learn from others to improve, but Xiao Ye and the others currently have no one who can really support the table.

I'm not afraid that no one will pass on the Confucian cuisine inherited by our Xia family in the future, but I'm afraid that it will be passed down to the next few generations and end up being passed down in a different way. "

After hearing this, Master Yan could understand Master Xia's concerns.

The most fearful thing about craftsmanship is not that no one will pass it on. The most fearful thing is that someone will pass it on, but the result is that it will be lost.

If it is really passed down, then for the old masters, it would be better to stop passing on the craftsmanship.

Today, the Xia family is somewhat facing a critical juncture.

Once Master Xia is unable to suppress the desire of his descendants to improve, I am afraid that the Confucius cuisine produced in the future will no longer be what it once was.

He was really out of shape, and Master Xia felt that he was too shameless to meet the elders under Jiuquan.

Master Yan sighed and wanted to comfort Master Xia first.

"Lao Xia, don't be too pessimistic. You should have seen tonight that my little apprentice Feng Zhengming is making some changes to some traditional things. What do you think of his changes?"

Master Xia nodded and praised: "Although it is just a small change, I think it is very good."

Master Yan said: "Yes, so some changes may not be a bad thing. Just like your Xia family has always been unwilling to let their daughter learn cooking. When you see Xia Hui today, don't you think some changes should be made."

Master Xia thought for a moment and asked, "Are you trying to say that you can pass on your skills to Xia Hui?"

Master Yan smiled and nodded: "Times have changed. I think it can be passed on not only to Xia Hui, but also to other chefs, to chefs who are really willing to learn and are willing to study carefully, so that they can learn the traditional methods. be solid, and then use the creativity of their young people to make changes on the basis of tradition.”

At this point in the conversation, Master Xia finally understood what Master Yan was going to say to him.

Master Yan is actually persuading Master Xia that he should not continue to stick to all the traditional concepts of the past. Some concepts that are lagging behind the times can no longer be clung to. He should let go of some of them and absorb some better and younger concepts.

In this way, the craftsmanship that has been passed down by the Xia family can be better inherited and carried forward.

Master Xia understood Master Yan's intention and nodded after thinking for a while.

"You are right, Lao Yan. We cannot always stick to the old traditions. There are some things that are lagging behind the times. We should make changes. We must be able to adapt to the times so that we can better inherit and carry forward them."

Seeing that Master Xia had figured it out, Master Yan smiled and said, "Okay, just think about it."

Then Master Yan stood up and said, "Let's go see the children."

Master Xia stood up with a smile and walked to the kitchen with Master Yan.

While the two master chefs were chatting, Xia Mingye was taken to the kitchen by his sister. He felt a completely different atmosphere in the kitchen of Feng's restaurant than in the kitchen at home.

In the Xia family's kitchen, everything is always done in a strict manner. Every dish should be made in strict accordance with the process.

Moreover, Xia Mingye usually has dedicated people in the Xia family's kitchen to prepare different steps for each dish.

Therefore, Xia Mingye had never seen it before. From cutting to serving, a dish only takes one or two minutes.

The speed in the back kitchen of the dry rice shop really shocked Xia Mingye.

What made Xia Mingye feel even more incredible was this.

My sister can fit into it.

Xia Hui is also a part of the very fast preparation process, including the very fast cooking and stir-frying, and the final plating and serving. She can cooperate well with everyone.

After reading it, Xia Mingye suddenly realized that cooking was not limited to the meticulousness of his own chef.

Xia Mingye was shocked by the busy state of the kitchen.

Grandpa and Master Yan came to the kitchen.

After Master Xia looked at it, he smiled and said to his shocked grandson: "Did you realize that what you learned may not be qualified for the stove here?"

Xia Mingye looked at his grandfather, and he nodded heavily without any dissatisfaction.

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