Chapter 86 Return to the Millennium to Abuse Phoenix Man 29 True Glory

Previously, the shareholders of Shen Group were most afraid that if they handed over Shen's Restaurant to Shen Qian for management, she would transform Shen's Restaurant into a modern restaurant chain as she had done before.

Shen Shiguo also had such concerns, but after several in-depth conversations, Shen Shiguo realized that his daughter's persistence in the traditional Cantonese cuisine was no less than that of them, the old-fashioned people, so he felt relieved.

As a long-established local Cantonese restaurant in Yuecheng, Shen's Restaurant has accumulated a good reputation and many diners, which of course also means that reform is more difficult.

After Shen Qian had been working at Shen's Restaurant for a while, he discovered that during holidays, due to banquets, weddings and other reasons, Shen's Restaurant was always packed with guests and it was difficult to get a seat, but the business on weekdays was not very good, especially with fewer young diners.

Of course, Shen Qian knew that the best way for Shen's Restaurant was to wait and wait for the times to move forward. In another ten or twenty years, old Cantonese restaurants like Shen's Restaurant that adhere to tradition will usher in a second period of rapid development.

Simply sticking to the old ways and clinging to the old is not Shen Qian's style.

After she took over, she did not rush to replace people or change the style. Instead, she locked herself in the kitchen at home and devoted herself to studying the Cantonese cuisine recipes passed down from the Shen family's ancestors.

This cookbook was in tatters due to its age. Shen Shiguo had only selected a few classic dishes from it and added his own understanding, which laid the foundation for Shen's Restaurant.

The first dish that Chen Qian wanted to replicate was stewed dragon bones with ham and fish maw.

Fish maw stewed with pork ribs is a classic Cantonese health-preserving soup. It usually uses pork ribs and soaked fish maw. It has a warm and delicious taste and a light flavor.

Chen Qian saw the incomplete recipe of "Dragon Marrow Stewed with Three Treasures" in the recipe book, and copied the dish "Dragon Bone Stewed with Ham and Fish Maw" from the incomplete recipe book.

She uses the dragon bones of high-quality black pigs from Nanling. The soup made from these dragon bones is milky white and rich, refreshing and non-greasy, and has more gelatin and bone aroma.

Although the original recipe is lost, the method of processing fish maw passed down by the Shen family has not been lost.

The Shen family has a total of seven steps in processing fish maw: soaking in clean water, rinsing with rice wine, stewing with dried tangerine peel, rubbing with coarse salt, boiling with ginger water, quick freezing with ice water, and refrigerating.

Although the procedure is cumbersome, after completing all the processes, the fish maw is left with only the pure fragrance of fish maw and no fishy smell at all.

The last and most crucial thing is the finishing touch: Xuanwei ham.

The ham is cut into pieces and fried until fragrant, but not too oily. The aroma of the ham becomes the highlight of this soup and serves to finish the dish and enhance the flavor.

Shen Qian had long discovered that his daughter Chen Zhizhi had a very sensitive sense of taste, which was probably a talent passed down from the Shen family.

She asked her daughter to act as a food taster in her spare time. For example, for this dish of stewed dragon bones with ham and fish maw, Shen Qian made several versions and asked her daughter to taste and rate each version.

"Mom, I think this version with Xuanwei ham deserves a perfect score. It's so good! Would you consider adding this dish to "Yueweidao"?"

Now Chen Zhizhi is a loyal fan of "Yueweidao". She often uses her own pocket money to invite her grandparents to have dinner at "Yueweidao".

Shen Shiguo and Fang Lan were also very happy and always attended appointments happily.

However, Shen Qian rejected her daughter's suggestion: "This dish is quite complicated to prepare and the ingredients are quite expensive. It's not suitable for the "Cantonese Flavor" positioning. It would be perfect in Shen's Restaurant."

"Ah... what a shame, I quite like this dish."

Shen Qian smiled and said, "The two stores have different positioning. If we put it in the "Cantonese Flavor", it would be best to make a popular version of fish maw and pork ribs soup."

Chen Zhizhi seemed to understand a little, and discussed a lot of knowledge about store management with her mother.

Shen Qian treats her daughter very seriously and attaches great importance to her suggestions. Chen Zhizhi gradually tastes the sweetness and expresses herself more boldly in front of Shen Qian and is willing to share everything with her mother.

"Mom, I've been having some trouble at school lately..." Chen Zhizhi said with some distress.

Shen Qian stopped what he was doing and looked at his daughter: "Hmm?"

"There were two senior girls who were giving me trouble at school."

Shen Qian's heart skipped a beat. She originally thought that all the tasks in the system had been completed, and her daughter had avoided the fate of cannon fodder in the original book, and should not encounter bullying in school.

That’s not right… In the original book, Chen Zhizhi encountered bullying in high school, and now she is still in the second grade of junior high school. Could it be that the timeline has been advanced?

However, Shen Qian still controlled the expression on his face and asked, "Then how did you deal with it?"

"I told the teacher, and our homeroom teacher took it very seriously. We contacted the other homeroom teacher, who also spoke to the two girls. The matter has been resolved."

Shen Qian finally let go of her worries. She couldn't help but hug her daughter and said, "You did a great job. But next time you encounter something like this, you can let your mother handle it."

Chen Zhizhi nodded: "I know, I just want to see if I can handle it myself. I have already thought about it. If this matter is difficult to handle, I will tell you and let you come forward."

"You managed it yourself, didn't you?"

"Yes, but I still have to tell you. If you know about this from others, I'm afraid you will worry."

Shen Qian was very pleased. Zhizhi's personality was completely different from when she first came to this world.

She is confident and calm, and dares to deal with problems herself instead of enduring them. She now dares to express her own opinions and does not mind even if they are not adopted.

Her daughter was finally able to become the protagonist of her own life.

After successfully recreating the old dishes in the Shen family recipe book, Shen Qian officially launched the "Tribute to Tradition" series at Shen's Restaurant.

Every month, a classic dish that is a reproduction of tradition is launched and is only served for dinner on two days every weekend. Each table is limited to one order, the quantity is limited, and it is on a first-come, first-served basis. The price is not cheap.

However, this launch immediately caused a lot of discussion in Guangdong City.

Many people were very curious after hearing the news, especially the gourmets, who rushed over after hearing the news but were stopped outside.

"Sorry, this month's tribute to classics series is not available yet. It will start next Saturday."

"You can't make a reservation today. We open reservations every Monday for that weekend."

"Only one serving per table, no matter how much you pay, you can't order more."

There were some diners who were originally waiting and watching, but hesitation will lead to failure. On Monday of the first week after the launch of "Tribute to Classics", all the seats for the weekend were booked.

Many diners who were disappointed had no choice but to order other dishes to satisfy their cravings.

Chen Qian immediately began to research new dishes for the next month. She soon announced that the next month's "Tribute to Classics" series of dishes would be baked bird's nest and crab roe.

To this end, she traveled around to find suitable ingredients, and even signed an exclusive supply contract with Zhoushan Fishing Port to ensure that she could obtain the best quality female crab roe every week.

In order to achieve the ultimate taste, she led the chefs to try it dozens of times in a row, calculating the cooking time of the crab roe, the softness and hardness of the bird's nest, the proportion of oil, and even the size and heat preservation of the dish.

Yuecheng TV originally wanted to interview Shen Qian, and it just so happened that Shen's Restaurant had withdrawn from the "Tribute to Classics" series, so Shen Qian suggested: "A simple interview is not very interesting. Why don't you film the entire reproduction process and make it into a documentary. This way, it will be more interesting to broadcast in episodes."

Nowadays, there are very few food documentaries, especially documentaries about recreating old dishes. The TV station quickly held a meeting and approved this proposal, and sent a special crew to follow Shen Qian's entire process of recreating the old dishes.

From studying recipes, to selecting ingredients, to studying the entire dish process, various discussions and adjustments were made with the veteran chefs of Shen’s Restaurant.

After seeing this, the diners became even more crazy and made countless calls to the TV station. Everyone asked Shen's Restaurant not to only launch the "Tribute to Classics" series on weekends, but to open it on weekdays as well.

Taking into account the requests of diners, Shen Qian decided to add Friday to the open days. Although the supply still cannot meet the demand, it at least helped the TV station out of trouble.

With the "Tribute to Classics" series, Shen's Restaurant has become even more irreplaceable in the hearts of Yuecheng people, and the old restaurant has finally ushered in a new spring.

"Yueweidao" and Shen's Restaurant work together. Some diners of "Yueweidao" will also choose to patronize Shen's Restaurant on important occasions.

Shen Qian truly used his own strength to revive the Shen Family Restaurant, which was originally facing the crisis of bankruptcy.

As for the Chen family, since the Chen brothers blindly took out loans to open fast food restaurants without conducting any market research, the Chen family was unable to repay the loans after the restaurant went bankrupt. The entire Chen family could only work hard in Yuecheng to repay the loans.

Fu Xiangrong is still a tough person. She has been dreaming of getting rich overnight, but she has been defeated time and time again. She can only watch Shen Qian's business grow bigger and bigger, while her own life becomes more and more difficult.

Even her daughter Chen Xiaojuan was implicated by her and completely lost the glory she had in her previous life.

Chen Xiaojuan, who had been spoiled since childhood, came to Yuecheng to study and found that she was just a frog in the well. However, influenced by her mother, she was arrogant and always felt that she should be a rich lady. She suffered a lot in her life afterwards.

Shen Qian stayed in this world for another five years, putting the Shen family's business on the right track. Her daughter no longer needed her to worry about anything, so she chose to leave this world.