After the apprentice was taken away by Ling Qi, Li Yuan said to Chen Yuancheng, "Master, I would like to ask for a few days' leave to take care of my master."
"Okay, go tell your manager that I agree."
The apprentice said gratefully, "Thank you, master."
Using a method she'd seen in a TV drama, Xiao Yunying managed to trick the culprit, and she was happy for Chen Yuancheng.
"It's already taken up quite a bit of time. I'll go prepare the dishes. It's best not to give the guests the dishes that Chef Li made, just in case."
"I know that the waiter has already informed the customers who ordered the food to change the dishes and to give each table two plates of dim sum and a pot of tea or wine as an apology."
Xiao Yunying strongly agreed with Chen Yuancheng's approach: not shirking responsibility when something goes wrong, trying to make amends as much as possible, maintaining a proper attitude, and promptly gaining the customer's understanding are the best solutions.
Unlike some companies or shops in her previous life, they refused to admit their mistakes, remained silent, and dragged things out until they could no longer hold out, at which point they would start to shirk responsibility and clear themselves of any wrongdoing.
Little did they know that this "unrepentant" image would only make them disliked, leading to the loss of a large number of customers, which would be a net loss.
"By the way, could you send someone to find an old man surnamed Zhang outside the city? His oxcart is easy to spot; there's a red ribbon tied to the ox's nose ring. Have him pass on a message to the children: let them come to my mother's house for lunch."
"good."
"Take me to the small kitchen later, I'll go see what ingredients we have."
Xiao Yunying took an apron from the table where Chef Li was preparing the dishes, put it on, called a kitchen helper, and went to the wooden shelf to see what dishes were available.
The middle-aged woman held a position similar to a team leader in Chef Li's kitchen area. The other kitchen helpers were led by her and had collectively pushed her out to take on this role.
"Auntie, besides the dishes stewing in the pot, what else did Chef Li originally plan to do?"
The middle-aged woman answered clearly, "We don't know what dishes are being made, the chef didn't tell us, but we have prepared all the ingredients he asked us to prepare."
In addition to the usual ingredients, they also prepared pigeons, black-boned chickens, shark fins, soaked sea cucumbers, mountain delicacies such as bamboo fungus and daylilies, wild game such as pheasants and rabbits, and a pair of bear paws sent by Mr. Wang, who ordered the banquet.
These ingredients have been sitting on the preparation table. Aside from us kitchen helpers, only Chef Li and Li Yuanlai have taken any; no one else has approached them.
Xiao Yunying gave the woman an appreciative look. She knew the woman was worried about the ingredients, and the woman's explanation was comprehensive, so she didn't need to ask any more questions.
There's just one problem: it has bear paw prints?!
She wouldn't dare do that.
Although it's nothing special in this world, belonging to the same category of wild game as pheasants and rabbits, the education she received in her previous life was deeply ingrained, and she couldn't bring herself to do it.
She explained to the middle-aged woman who was helping her with cooking what ingredients she needed and how she wanted them prepared.
"I need to cook in your employer's small kitchen. You prepare the ingredients and send them over. Once I've finished cooking, have someone come and serve it."
The woman helping in the kitchen responded and gathered the others to start chopping vegetables and meat.
Xiao Yunying went to the long table where the food was prepared and found the pair of bear paws. She hadn't noticed them before, but now that she saw them, she felt a little... something.
No, I can't get over that mental hurdle; I really can't do this.
Looking around, he found his basket in the corner, grabbed the straps, and went to Chen Yuancheng.
"There's something I need to tell you. I can't cook the bear paw that the host sent for the banquet. I'm afraid to. You should have another chef cook it."
Fear?
Chen Yuancheng didn't ask why: "If you can't do it, then don't do it. I'll have someone else do it, and you can make other dishes."
"Take me to the small kitchen."
Chen Yuancheng led her out the door and turned right; they arrived not far away.
Although it's called a small kitchen, it's no smaller than her kitchen; it's quite spacious and fully equipped with all the necessary cooking utensils and seasonings.
Perhaps because the kitchen was for Chen Yuancheng to cook for just one person, the large iron pot on the stove was about two sizes smaller than that of a typical household pot.
"Go and rest, I can manage on my own."
Chen Yuancheng knew this was meant to put him out of the way: "If you can't handle it all by yourself, you can ask others for help. Don't exhaust yourself."
"It's nothing, just cooking a few dishes, it's not tiring."
"I'm going out now."
The kitchen stove was somewhat like the one in her house, with two large iron pots on one side and a smaller stove on the other side, where a steamer and a clay pot were placed. Various other pots and pans were displayed on the wooden shelves against the wall.
Xiao Yunying saw Chen Yuancheng off, then added water to a large iron pot, stuffed firewood and kindling into the stove, and lit it with a lighter.
There was a knock at the door. Xiao Yunying turned around and asked, "You're ready so quickly?"
The middle-aged woman helping in the kitchen said, "We'll bring the prepared ingredients to the young lady first; the rest will have to wait a little while."
"Put it on the table. Go and ask the other chefs to bring over two large iron pots. The small kitchen doesn't have enough stove burners."
"yes."
After the kitchen helpers finished setting out the ingredients, they went out and quickly brought back two large iron pots.
Because Chen Yuancheng had instructed them to unconditionally cooperate with Xiao Yunying to prepare the feast, the kitchen helpers and chefs had no complaints and did their best to prepare everything she needed.
"Leave two people who can cook to help me, and the rest of you can go and prepare the ingredients."
The head kitchen helper called a younger woman to stay behind, and Xiao Yunying led them to the long table where food was being prepared, making them stand with their backs to the stove.
"You guys do some things for me here, don't look back, and call me when you're done."
The two kitchen helpers assumed that Xiao Yunying didn't want them to steal the cooking recipes, so they didn't say anything: "What do you want us to do, young lady?"
Xiao Yunying took the tofu, cut it twice herself, picked up a piece and used a spoon to scoop out the middle part: "Treat the tofu like this, and put the scooped-out tofu in another bowl."
I took the minced meat, which was supposedly first obtained from the chef who made noodles, scooped out a portion into a new porcelain basin, placed it on the stove, and seasoned it with the condiments on the table next to me.
She opened all the jars and found two kinds of powder she didn't recognize. She scooped out a little with a spoon and smelled it.
It didn't have a strange taste, but it had a faint fishy smell. She didn't recognize it and didn't dare to put it in her mouth to taste it.
Never mind, she can just use her own seasonings.
Place the lid on the table to make it look like it has been used, and with your back to the kitchen helper, add an appropriate amount of cooking wine, light soy sauce, pepper, and cornstarch to the minced meat.
Stir with chopsticks clockwise until the granules dissolve, then carry the porcelain bowl back to the long table where the ingredients are prepared: "I've added the seasonings. Stir the minced meat in one direction until it becomes firm, then stuff the minced meat into the tofu. Understand?"
"We understand."
After assigning them tasks, Xiao Yunying picked up the prepared black-boned chicken by its claws and examined it closely. It was the same black-boned chicken she had seen in her previous life.
Because she watched "Cooking Master Boy" when she was a child, she thought that no one in ancient times would dare to eat chicken of this color. She didn't expect that people here would accept it so much and even regard black-boned chicken as a precious ingredient.
You have good taste.
The black chicken soup was really delicious; she hadn't had it in a long time. She wondered where Huiweilou got it from and if she could buy two to take home.
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