Du Shaojie represented the "Yangcheng Cooking Association", and the first appearance in Hongzhou was by a senior chef.
He first demonstrated the [Xin Ya Four Treasures], one of the representative dishes of Gan cuisine.
While the chef was busy, he explained to Du Shaojie, mainly highlighting the characteristics of Gan cuisine, which is also what someone needs.
[Xin Ya Four Treasures] uses water-soaked sea cucumber, water-soaked squid, water-soaked pig's trotter tendon, and cooked fat chicken breast as the main ingredients, crab meat, mushrooms, and ham as the ingredients, and cooking wine, chicken soup, lard, sesame oil, MSG, pepper, scallion and ginger juice, refined salt, and starch as seasonings.
This dish is golden in color, the soup is oily, and the "four treasures" are hidden under the crab meat. The crab meat is delicious and the four treasures are mellow.
In the production, knife skills and seasoning are emphasized. Du Shaojie watched it very carefully, and some of the original puzzled places suddenly became clear.
He had tried to replicate this dish before, but the effect was not ideal.
After seeing the complete operation today, he can definitely do a "perfect replication".
Later.
It was Du Shaojie's turn to perform. He prepared a [Boiled Chicken] and a [Steamed Abalone with Garlic and Vermicelli], which won the applause of the whole room.
Next, the chef of the restaurant exchanged ideas with him and taught each other some cooking techniques of Jiangxi and Cantonese cuisine. Both sides felt that they had gained a lot.
"President Du, today's exchange activity was perfect. Let's take a break tomorrow and continue the day after tomorrow."
Pan Wen was also very satisfied. This was the effect he wanted. At the end of the year, he could add a bold stroke to the work summary. Wouldn't his work achievements come?
Du Shaojie said a few polite words, had lunch at the restaurant, and then returned home.
The exchange activity could not last a whole day. Even if he wanted to, others had no time to accompany him. But this was also good. He had time to digest and absorb.
After lunch, Du Shaojie locked himself in the room and entered the simulation scene to start replicating this [Xin Ya Four Treasures].
The simulation scene was not limited by time, materials, etc. He could practice as much as he wanted. If he couldn't do it once, he would do it a second time until he thoroughly mastered the essence of the dish.
In the evening.
Du Shaojie, Wang Yongli and Zou Xiaohe were having dinner at home. He made a few stir-fried Gan dishes, which tasted very good.
The next day, he had nothing to do, so he continued to practice in the simulated empty field. Wang Yongli and Zou Xiaohe went out to buy vegetables early in the morning. At noon, Du Shaojie made a dish of [New Elegant Four Treasures] and felt that he had made great progress.
He continued to practice in the simulated afternoon and had dinner outside. He needed to taste as many dishes as possible so that he could truly master the cooking skills of Gan cuisine.
Any cuisine has a complete system. He still has a lot to learn, otherwise it would be difficult to complete the task.
To make a dish with a comprehensive evaluation of "Phoenix Marrow and Dragon Liver", you must do it with your own true work, and krypton gold upgrades certainly don't count.
At night, Du Shaojie finally perfectly reproduced this [New Elegant Four Treasures] in the simulated scene. He estimated that making this dish in reality would at least be at the level of "exquisite delicacies".
The next day.
The exchange activities continued.
Du Shaojie was so happy that he didn't want to leave. While learning how to make Gan cuisine, he tasted all kinds of delicious dishes, and his understanding of Gan cuisine deepened day by day. There were a total of ten exchange activities, which benefited him a lot. He really wanted to continue.
But he also knew that this was impossible. After the exchange activities, he invited Pan Wen and others to have a meal.
"President Pan, thank you for your hospitality. If you go to Yangcheng in the future, you must call me in advance and I will pick you up at that time."
Du Shaojie thought Pan Wen was very good and must repay this favor if he had the opportunity.
Thanks to the arrangement of the other party, he came here this time. He came into contact with chefs who have made great achievements in Gan cuisine, which also saved him a lot of detours in the learning process.
He likes the identity of vice president more and more, which sometimes brings him great convenience.
"President Du, you don't say, I will definitely go to Yangcheng."
The guests and hosts had a great time at this meal. They left each other's contact numbers and addresses before leaving.
In the next few days, Du Shaojie did not leave Hongzhou immediately, but continued to learn to replicate more dishes. Thanks to a good start, he basically mastered the essence of Gan cuisine and was no longer at a loss as he was at the beginning.
At noon that day.
Du Shaojie took Wang Yongli and Zou Xiaohe out for a walk. As lunch time approached, the three of them found a small restaurant nearby and planned to fill their stomachs first.
There were six tables in the restaurant, and the decoration was simple, but it looked very clean.
"Boss Du, did we go to the wrong place? There is a recruitment notice posted at the door of this restaurant, and no one greeted the guests. How about we go to another one?"
The three of them came in and sat down. After waiting for a long time, they didn't see the boss and the waiter show up.
Wang Yongli observed very carefully. There were only two tables of guests in total, including the six tables and their table. Combined with the recruitment notice posted outside the door, he felt that this restaurant was unreliable.
Du Shaojie nodded, and just as he was about to get up, a woman came out from the back kitchen. She was holding a tray in her hand, and then she delivered several dishes to the table of the other group of guests.
"I'm sorry, everyone. I'm the only one in the store right now, and I'm sorry to bother you. What would you like to eat? The chef in my store just resigned, and I can only cook a few of my signature dishes myself."
This woman is the owner of the store. She is less than 30 years old, tall and pretty.
From what she said, she was the only one running the store.
Du Shaojie looked up at the dishes ordered by another table of customers. They were a few stir-fried dishes. From the smell, it seemed that the cooking skills of the female boss were average.
It was just slightly better than home cooking.
"Boss, please just stir-fry a dish. We are hungry."
Du Shaojie winked at Wang Yongli and others, and then asked the boss to serve the dishes.
Wang Yongli and Zou Xiaohe understood Du Shaojie's hint, and they lowered their heads and kept silent, as if the tabletop was more beautiful than the female boss's face.
"Okay, please wait a moment."
The female boss smiled and responded, and hurried to the back kitchen.
After waiting for a long time, the other party brought three stir-fried dishes and a soup.
Du Shaojie took a bite, and the taste was indeed not very good, but it was not difficult to swallow.
"Hello, is the food good?"
After Du Shaojie and the other three came, there were no new customers in the store.
The guests at the table in front of them finished their meal quickly and left. The female boss sat there with a frown on her face. It was not until Du Shaojie called her to settle the bill that she forced a smile.
"I am full, but, boss, your cooking skills are really average."
Du Shaojie told the truth, and the female boss blushed.
"Don't be offended! The chefs and waiters in my store left without giving me time to react. I also want to find a suitable chef quickly, but it takes some time, right?"
"It's okay, I just said that. In addition, I am a chef myself, and I just happen to be free recently. I wonder what conditions you have for recruiting here?" The reason why
Du Shaojie didn't leave just now was that he wanted to ask about this after dinner.
He can stay here for about a month, but there is less than a month left before the deadline, so he must hurry up.
"Oh? Why didn't you say you are a chef earlier? We can talk about the conditions later. I have to try the dishes first."
The female boss's eyes lit up, and she then introduced herself, saying that her surname is Zhang, and her name is Zhang Xiaorong.
Du Shaojie also introduced himself, but he did not say that he was a cooking technician, but said that he was a second-level chef. Anyway, he had all the qualifications from third-level chef to cooking technician, so he would just take one and show it to the other party.
Of course, the chef applicant had to try the dishes, so he immediately stood up and prepared to go to the back kitchen to show his skills.
At this time, two more customers came to the store.
The female boss went over to ask the other party to order the dishes, and then smiled at Du Shaojie, meaning that he should try to do it.
Du Shaojie took the order and went into the back kitchen. The back kitchen was quite clean, but the ingredients were not complete, and he had to do some of them himself.
This matter was not difficult for him. Zhang Xiaorong saw that he was preparing calmly, but very quickly, and he finished the preparations in a short while.
Next, Du Shaojie started to heat the pan, and then started to stir-fry [Jinggang Smoked Bamboo Shoots] and [Pingxiang Stir-fried Pork]. The new guests ordered these two dishes, and they were ready in a short time.
Zhang Xiaorong used a small bowl to take a little of each and tasted it, and then felt very surprised.
The two dishes tasted very good, highlighting the characteristics of Gan cuisine, with a rich aroma, and they would definitely make her eat two more bowls of rice.
For her, it was a pleasant surprise! But she soon became worried again. This Master Du's skills were obviously very high. Could her small shop retain him?
"Master Du, wait for me for a moment, I'll serve the guests first."
Zhang Xiaorong needed to slow down and think about what to say later.
So she took the opportunity of serving the dishes and finally calmed herself down.
After a few minutes, she returned to the kitchen and began to discuss salary and benefits with Du Shaojie. This is the most critical point. If there is no objection to this point, it is estimated that the deal will be done.
Du Shaojie listened quietly. The salary was the same to him, and this was not his purpose.
"Boss Zhang, I don't care how much the salary is, but I won't be working here for long. I'll be gone in a month at most. Don't worry, just listen to me.
In this month, you can hire a satisfactory chef so that you don't have to support yourself. If you agree, I can start today. If you don't agree, forget it."
He certainly couldn't lie to others, and he had to make it clear in advance to avoid causing losses to others.
The smile on Zhang Xiaorong's face gradually disappeared, and then she said helplessly:
"I knew that there is no such thing as a free lunch. With your cooking skills, you have caught up with the chefs of those big restaurants. Can I ask you one thing, what do you want?"
"You should have heard that I'm not a local. One of the important reasons why I came to Hongzhou is to learn Gan cuisine. Now that I have learned something, let the customers test my learning results."
Du Shaojie still told the truth, and Zhang Xiaorong didn't say anything. After
a moment of silence, she smiled and shook hands with Du Shaojie, welcoming him to become the temporary chef of the small restaurant. (End of this chapter)
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