Chapter 198 The Chef Who Came to the Door
Yue Ning took Dahei for a morning run. It rained heavily in the mornings the past two days, and Dahei hadn't run for two days. Dahei was extremely excited, and Yue Ning chased it while holding the leash.
Along the way, she also greeted the neighbors, this uncle, that aunt, this grandpa, that grandma, everyone liked this girl.
"Ningning! Did you do well in the exam?"
"No!" Yue Ning held Dahei and chatted with several uncles and aunts on the roadside, "I just took the math test, and there are still many subjects to take! Grandpa said that I passed the exam, so I will treat everyone to candy."
"Okay, we'll wait."
Just as Yue Ning was about to say goodbye to everyone, a man rushed over. Da Hei noticed him before her and was about to pounce on him with his teeth bared. The man was so scared that he fell to the ground.
Yue Ning grabbed Dahei: "Dahei."
The person who fell was a young man. Yue Ning reached out and he grabbed Yue Ning's hand. Yue Ning pulled him up and asked, "Are you okay?"
This man was a little confused, so Yue Ning called out again, "Sir."
"Sorry! I don't understand Cantonese. Miss Yue can speak Mandarin, right?"
The man spoke in a soft Taiwanese accent. Yue Ning nodded repeatedly and said in Mandarin: "Yes. Are you okay?"
"No! It's so fierce!" the young man said, pointing at Dahei.
When Dahei saw the stranger pointing at him, he started making a "wooooooo" sound from his throat again, scaring the young man so much that he took two steps back.
Yue Ning touched its head and said, "It's okay, it's okay."
She went on to say, "My Dahei is very alert. You suddenly rushed over, which is quite dangerous. If he falls and needs medical treatment, notify me immediately."
"Ms. Yue, can I talk to you for a minute?" the young man asked.
Yue Ning stopped and asked: "Looking for me?"
"I'm a cook, and I want to..."
"Do you want to sign up? We are recruiting, and we need on-site exams and grading. If you come directly to me, I can only refer you to the human resources department." Yue Ning said to him.
The three lines of Baohua Building were very popular, and many people came for interviews. It was the first time that Yue Ning met someone like him who was looking for another opportunity. It was good to be able to find another way! But she couldn't open this door.
After saying that, she continued running, and the man caught up with her, causing Dahei to whine again.
He said from a distance: "My master insisted that I explain it to you in person. Please give me a chance."
His master? Yue Ning reached out to comfort Dahei and said to him, "Come here."
Wu Zhihai approached cautiously and dodged, and when he saw Dahei's eyes become clear, he approached Yue Ning with confidence: "Ms. Yue, you know the De Xiang Hotel in Taiwan, right?"
"I know." Yue Ning nodded.
"I'm Wu Zhihai, the chef of De Xiang Hotel, and I learned from Chen De Xiang's daughter Chen Jinying." The master told him to remember to be direct and speak clearly when talking to Yue Ning.
Yue Ning understood immediately: "Who is the actual head chef of Dexiang Hotel's kitchen?"
Wu Zhihai didn't expect the other party to say such a thing. He was ecstatic: "You know?"
"I've watched your show, and I noticed that the kitchen is directed by this female chef." Yue Ning looked at him carefully, "Have you been following that female chef?"
"Yes! I am her apprentice." Wu Zhihai said, "My master is the fifth daughter of Chef Chen Dexiang. Chef Chen wanted a son so much that he found a widow outside and had her as his daughter. As soon as she was born, she was thrown to the childless second wife to raise..."
The master went over these words with him, insisting that he tell Yue Ning very simply and clearly why she wanted to leave Dexiang Building and why she wanted to leave Taiwan.
Wu Zhihai's words brought Yue Ning's thoughts back to his previous life. This Chen Jinying was so similar to himself in his previous life.
Yue Ning's parents were the same in her previous life. They were very demanding of her and doted on her brother. Knowing that she had a chance to enter Peking University or Tsinghua University, her parents forced her to take the entrance exam to a university in the province and did not allow her to leave Yuecheng, saying that they were afraid that she would be kidnapped by a boy from another place. Didn't they just want her to stay in Yuecheng so that she could work in the family restaurant and work like a slave for that second-generation rich kid?
Yue Ning felt the same way and wanted to hug the sister and comfort her. However, as a boss, she couldn't be so sentimental. After listening to the person's story, she asked, "What if I don't dare to accept it?"
Wu Zhihai was a little disappointed: "Master asked me to go to Singapore with her. She said Singapore is strictly controlled and those people dare not mess around."
Yue Ning couldn't bear to see him so lonely: "Wait until 9:30, go to Ningyan, I will watch you try the dishes in person. I'll order the deep-fried double-crunchy ones."
Wu Zhihai asked happily: "Really?"
"Yes." Yue Ning smiled, "I have to go back. See you at 9:30."
"Um!"
After running halfway again today, Yue Ning brought Dahei home. As soon as they entered the door, Yue Baohua asked, "Why did you come back late today?"
Yue Ning hugged his grandfather's arm excitedly: "Grandpa, do you know who is coming to join us?"
"who?"
"The female chef of the De Xiang Hotel in Taiwan asked her apprentice to explore the way." Yue Ning said, "I'll go take a shower first, and I'll tell you slowly after I'm done."
Yue Ning took a shower, changed his clothes and came out. There was rice noodles on the table and Yue Baohua was feeding Dahei.
Yue Ning brought rice noodles to watch Dahei eat breakfast. Dahei eats both meat and vegetables, but not dog food. He goes to Qiaoyuan so often that he brings Xiaole with him and he doesn't eat dog food either. Today, his breakfast includes thick-cut steak, fried balan fish, a squab, a piece of pumpkin, and half an apple.
Yue Ning was eating rice noodles and telling his grandfather about what happened today. Dahei first picked the cooked balang fish to eat, then the raw steak, then the squab, and then the pumpkin. After eating, he raised his head to indicate that he had finished.
Yue Ning put down the bowl, came over and pulled its ears: "Eat the apple. You've been living a good life for so long that you don't even want to eat apples? Have you become picky about food?"
Under the "tyrannical power", Dahei had no choice but to open his mouth and eat the apple.
After listening to Yue Ning's words, Yue Baohua said, "I felt something was wrong that day. It turns out that the daughter cooks and the son is famous?"
Yue Ning: "That's right! He even threatened his gang friends. It's disgusting to let his daughter be a stepping stone for his son for the rest of his life."
She went to the table and got a bottle of milk, drank half of it herself and gave the other half to Dahei. When Dahei finished drinking, Yue Ning was taking a wet towel to wipe his mouth when he heard the doorbell and could not help but run to the door, wagging his tail.
Yue Ning opened the door and Qiao Junxian came in. Dahei jumped on him first. Qiao Junxian scratched its chin and Dahei rolled on the ground.
"Get up, we're leaving." Yue Ning took out the dog leash and tied it to the dog, and the two of them led the dog into the elevator together.
It was rush hour, and there were other neighbors in the elevator. Dahei was very friendly to the familiar neighbors, and he enjoyed it when the neighbors touched him.
Yue Ning put the dog in the back seat and got in the car. She turned around and looked at Dahei: "Dahei doesn't like apples very much today. When you give him food later, remember to watch him eat the apple."
Dahei was obviously not happy. Qiao Junxian turned around and scratched its chin with his hand: "Let's eat durian later, okay?"
Dahei's eyes lit up instantly and he woofed twice to show his agreement.
This big black cat has become spoiled.
The short distance was quickly reached. Yue Ning got off the car and was about to walk inside when he saw Wu Zhihai from that morning already sitting at the door.
She raised her wrist to check her watch: "It's only eight o'clock."
"Now that I'm sure it's done, I can explain it to my master." Wu Zhihai stood up.
Yue Ning smiled. Regardless of this person's ability, she liked his spirit of being loyal to the people who entrusted him with the task.
"Don't stand outside, come in and sit down."
Yue Ning brought him in, and in the corridor Wu Zhihai saw the chef introduction column and the shift schedule.
Seeing him stop, Yue Ning introduced the function of this schedule to him.
“Can every chef be remembered by diners?” He couldn’t believe it.
In Dexiang, how could customers know their names?
"Yes! Customers can order dishes from whichever chef they like. As long as the chef is willing to accept the order, making one more dish means more income."
Yue Ning found a reception room and poured him a glass of water: "Sit down for a while. I'll call you when the chef on duty comes."
Wu Zhihai stood up and bowed to express his gratitude: "Thank you."
Wu Zhihai was both excited and nervous. What made him excited was that he believed that one day he would be able to get on the chef list.
He was worried because, although deep-fried double crispy food was his specialty, regular customers couldn't tell whether it was made by him or the master. But what if he messed it up and people thought that they were incompetent? He comforted himself, it wouldn't happen! He had been doing this for so many years, how could something go wrong?
In his anxiety, he heard a knock on the door. A girl came in with a chef's uniform in her hand. She said in a somewhat stiff Mandarin: "Mr. Wu, put on the chef's uniform. I will take you to the kitchen."
It was the first time that Wu Zhihai put on the chef's uniform of another restaurant. He put on the chef's hat and walked out.
The girl took him to the kitchen, and he saw the chef was still talking to the kitchen staff, and Yue Ning was standing by.
Seeing him coming, Yue Ning said, "Didn't everyone say they wanted to see the power of Shandong cuisine's deep-fried double-crunchy dish? Now let's ask Chef Wu to demonstrate."
Isn't it a cooking test? How did it become a demonstration?
Ma Yaoxing was the chef on duty today. He grew up in the mainland and spoke Mandarin well. He said, "Chef Wu, the ingredients are ready."
"Thank you!" He walked to the chopping board politely.
Yue Ning stood by and explained: "The deep-fried double-crunchy dish is the pinnacle of Chinese cuisine."
There were three pig stomachs and several chicken gizzards in the basin. Wu Zhihai picked up a pig stomach and cut off only the head. He cut off the heads of all three pig stomachs. He sliced open the pig stomachs and tore off the oil film inside.
"Not even a bit of oil film can be left," Yue Ning added.
Wu Zhihai's knife cuts the tip of the belly into wheat-ear-shaped cuts. The technique of removing the fascia from the gizzard is even more sophisticated, only the inner core of the gizzard is taken, without any fascia, and the cuts are criss-cross-shaped.
"Chef Wu's knife skills are amazing!" said a cook.
"That is, there are mountains beyond mountains and there are heavens beyond heavens."
Wu Zhihai coated the pork stomach and chicken gizzards with batter and sealed the ingredients with oil, then he prepared a sauce.
Ma Yaoxing asked him to go to the stove. Wu Zhihai added a lot of oil to the pot. When the oil temperature came up, he quickly put in the chicken gizzards and then the pork belly. The two ingredients rolled twice in the pot and were immediately poured out.
Add lard to the pot, and sauté the scallions, ginger and garlic until fragrant. Wu Zhihai pours the two crispy dishes into the wok, shakes his wrist, and the iron pan and the wok collide with each other, making a crisp sound. He pours in the starch sauce, and the starch sauce wraps the two crispy dishes, which fly twice in the wok and are immediately taken out of the pot.
Wu Zhihai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Please."
Yue Ning picked up a piece of steaming tripe with chopsticks. The tripe was crispy and tender, with a hot wok aroma. She gave a thumbs up and said, "Great."
Others also tasted it and praised it highly.
Ma Yaoxing said, "Ningning, we need to ask Abang to come over and cook a plate of dry fried beef noodles to compete with Chef Wu to see who is the better cook."
"There are plenty of opportunities." Yue Ning smiled, "Everyone welcomes Shandong cuisine chef Wu Zhihai to join our Baohua Restaurant."
"Wow!" Ma Yaoxing exclaimed.
Yue Ning took the lead in applauding, and the kitchen broke out into warm applause.
Wu Zhihai has never been called "chef" in De Xiang Hotel. He said shyly: "Hello, colleagues."
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