Chapter 62: Back to the Millennium to Torture Phoenix Man 5: No Porridge
Shen Qian smiled calmly: "Mom, Shifeng and I are fine. Isn't it Dad's matter that is more urgent? Fortunately, we came for a physical examination this time. If we delay, who knows what big problems may arise."
Chen Qian casually turned the topic back to his father. Fang Lan really didn't ask any more questions and sighed for a long time.
Shen Qian did not intend to tell her parents Chen Shifeng's true identity directly. On the one hand, she was worried that her father's body could not bear it. On the other hand, the company was now controlled by Chen Shifeng's two brothers. She had to take back control of the company before discussing the next step.
During this period, it would be better not to let her parents know her plans in advance.
She had studied the personalities of her original body's parents before. Both of them were of relatively traditional thinking, especially her mother Fang Lan, who believed in following the man wherever he married. Although she disapproved of her original body marrying Chen Shifeng, she never mentioned getting them divorced. In her heart, men were women's heaven. If she knew that she was planning to divorce and take back the management rights of Shen's restaurant, Fang Lan would probably be the first to jump out and object.
This can't be rushed, we have to take it slow.
The most important thing now is my father's health. As long as my father is still alive, the actual control and ownership of the Shen's Restaurant will never fall completely into Chen Shifeng's hands. This is the most crucial thing.
So for the next period of time, Shen Qian began to go back to her mother's house every day to "monitor" her father.
Shen Qian would personally drive her daughter to and from school every morning and evening. She would spend half of the rest of her time at her mother's house, personally supervising Shen Shiguo's blood pressure measurement twice a day, morning and evening, and instructing Lao Zhang to prepare low-salt and low-fat foods. Even Shen Shiguo's snack cabinet was emptied by Shen Qian, leaving only some sugar-free whole-grain biscuits.
In addition, Shen Qian also forced Shen Shiguo to go out for a walk.
The residential area where the Shen family villa is located is adjacent to the river and has a very nice walking trail. Shen Shiguo was reluctant at first, but with his daughter accompanying and supervising him, he gradually no longer felt that taking a walk was an unbearable thing.
In the beginning he could only take two steps at the door, but later he was able to walk farther and farther. After walking, he would take pictures and show them off when he met old friends for tea. It was quite entertaining.
Shen Qian spent the other half of her time in cooking training classes. She specifically chose a refresher class, a short-term training class that is usually attended by experienced chefs who need further training.
The fees here are not cheap, but they are worth the money. Chen Qian originally came to take classes just to gild his skills in order to smoothly advance his subsequent plans. He did not expect that the chefs teaching in the training class were almost all retired chefs from various old-fashioned Cantonese restaurants. They have rich experience, superb skills, and have experienced all kinds of storms.
The most important thing is that they are all very patient and their requirements are extremely strict.
From the details of material selection to plating, the students are not only taught, but also allowed to practice while practicing, and are taught step by step if adjustments are needed.
The professor doesn’t have many dishes, but every dish is repeatedly polished from the heat to the knife skills and seasoning.
Shen Qian already had a foundation in cooking, and after only two classes, her excellent knife skills won the applause of the whole class. She could quickly slice sashimi as thin as a cicada's wing and cut even prawn balls with precise techniques.
However, she did not become complacent because she already had a foundation. Although she was good at cooking, she had never been exposed to Cantonese cuisine. During this period of time, she took the opportunity of taking classes to lay a good foundation in Cantonese cuisine.
Shen Shiguo soon discovered that his daughter did not stay at his home except when she went back to her parents' home.
Because he once accidentally asked about Chen Shifeng, he mentioned it with some complaints: "Chen Qian, I don't know what you are busy with recently, leaving early and returning late all day long."
Shen Shiguo thought his daughter was just playing around and was playing mahjong with her friends outside, so he covered it up for her.
However, he still kept an eye on it and asked Lao Zhang to find out what Shen Qian usually did.
Old Zhang was the Shen family's old steward, so he naturally had his own connections and soon found out.
"Master, don't worry. The young lady has signed up for a Cantonese cuisine chef training class and is busy attending the class."
Shen Shiguo found this strange: "Chef training class? Why would she learn this?"
"I don't know about that, but from the information I found, the lady goes there every day and is currently fully present."
Shen Shiguo didn't think about anything else. He thought that Shen Qian now had servants at home, and she didn't have to go out to cook or buy groceries herself. Could it be that her mother-in-law was making things difficult for her?
He also knew that this old lady from the countryside had a bad temper. However, although Shen Shiguo looked down on this old lady, he did not interfere in their family life. After all, this was his daughter's own choice.
"Forget it, if she wants to learn, then go ahead and learn, but..." Shen Shiguo sighed and shook his head, "Why go out and learn Cantonese cuisine? The chefs at our Shen's Restaurant are all top chefs. If she asks me, how can I not teach her?"
Shen Shiguo made his fortune by relying on his Cantonese cooking skills and family secret recipes. Now his daughter has gone out to learn cooking, which is really too far away.
However, Shen Shiguo only sighed like this and stopped caring about his daughter. As long as she stopped fooling around outside, she could do anything.
So Shen Shiguo continued to live a life of taking walks every day to maintain his health.
Shen Qian soon found out what Lao Zhang had inquired about at the cooking school. She had originally wanted to let her father know about this, and his speed was about what she had expected.
After learning that his father knew about it, Shen Qian began to prepare the ingredients to give him a surprise.
She did not choose a hard dish, but carefully selected a dish of fish porridge.
The reason for choosing porridge is that for people in Yuecheng, a bowl of porridge means a lot.
“I would rather eat without vegetables than without porridge”, which is how people in Guangdong love porridge. Whether it is breakfast or supper, porridge is everywhere in Cantonese cuisine.
Moreover, ordinary people only know that Shen's Restaurant started out as a family restaurant that initially sold roast meats. Few people know that Shen Shiguo lived in poverty in his early years and ran a porridge stall before renting a store to officially open a restaurant.
A bowl of steaming hot porridge is the real beginning of the Shen family restaurant.
Shen Qian wanted to talk to her father about this important matter, so she naturally had to make something that would really please him, so she carefully selected the porridge.
Fish paste porridge may seem simple, but it actually requires a lot of skill. The smoothness of the porridge base, the fineness of the fish paste, and the precision of the seasoning are all closely linked. Any slight flaw will affect the final taste.
In order to ensure the best taste, Chen Qian uses fresh grouper. This kind of fish has tender meat, is extremely sweet, has a high protein content, is rich in nutrients, and has few bones, making it very suitable for making fish paste.
Shen Qian specially asked the owner of the seafood stall to reserve fresh live fish for her a day in advance. The next day, after sending her daughter to school, she hurried to get it and took it home to process it.
"Miss, you want to cook? Or should I do it?"
Seeing Shen Qian cooking, Wang Sao, the Shen family's cook, felt a little awkward and wanted to come up to help, but Shen Qian quickly stopped her: "No, no, let me do it myself. I want to cook for my dad myself."
Fang Lan heard the noise and came to watch the fun: "Wow, this is really strange, Qianqian is cooking by herself."
Shen Qian just smiled and didn't say anything. She had to concentrate on what she was going to do next.
The broth made from chicken bones and scallops was already prepared by Chen Qian. At this moment, Chen Qian carefully peeled and deboned the grouper, and then gently ran a sharp knife along the bones. His movements were so skillful that it seemed as if he had calculated the angles precisely. Then, Chen Qian sliced out complete pieces of fish, without even a bone or fish bone left. Fang Lan was dumbfounded by the sight.
When did my daughter become so good at cooking?
Fang Lan stood at the kitchen door in a daze for a long time before he finally reacted. He hurried upstairs and asked Shen Shiguo to come down and take a look.
When Shen Shiguo arrived, Shen Qian had already processed the fish and soaked it in ice water, and then started to process the rice.
Today she used a mixture of fragrant rice and pearl rice in a ratio of 7:3. The porridge cooked in this way had both the natural rice aroma and the viscosity of porridge.
She soaked the rice and turned around to see her father wandering into the kitchen curiously.
Shen Shiguo looked at the fish that Shen Qian had prepared, and then lifted the lid of the pot to see the broth she was cooking, his expression full of mystery.
"Fish porridge?" Shen Shiguo asked with his hands behind his back.
"Um."
Shen Shiguo did not comment, but when Shen Qian took the fish fillets out of the ice water, drained the water, and scraped the fish meat into extremely fine fish paste, the expression on Shen Shiguo's face finally showed a hint of shock.
Shen Qian’s knife skills are quite amazing!
At this moment, Chen Qian did not deliberately hide her incompetence. If she wanted to get what she wanted, she had to use her strength to get it.
She knew her father's character. Even though she was his biological daughter, it would be impossible for her to gain his approval without some real ability.
She noticed Shen Shiguo's expression from the corner of her eye, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly. It seemed that she had succeeded.
Shen Shiguo looked for a while and then walked out of the kitchen with an extremely serious expression.
He actually underestimated his own daughter. He originally thought that his daughter only signed up for a chef training class because of the pressure from her in-laws, or because she just wanted to have fun. He didn't expect that Shen Qian was serious about it. Judging from the little skill she just showed, it must have taken a lot of hard practice to reach such a proficiency.
It seems that Shen Qian is serious.
Shen Shiguo suddenly became full of anticipation for the fish porridge that was about to be served.
He was feeling happy, but his good mood was interrupted by a sudden phone call.
Someone under him reported that General Manager Chen had spent a huge amount of money to purchase a large industrial oven.
Shen Shiguo held his phone, confused: "Why did he buy the oven?"
The person in charge said carefully on the phone: "Mr. Chen said that this can increase the speed of serving the food. The speed and standard of our roast pork serving are too dependent on the feel of the master chef. This can improve standardization and reduce manual errors."
"Bullshit!" Shen Shiguo slammed the table in anger and shouted, "The Shen Family Restaurant's roast pork has been passed down for hundreds of years. How can it be made using this industrial assembly line method?"
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