"Now that there's an opportunity to learn, there's nothing wrong with calling him over to learn in advance."
After he finished speaking, he shouted directly to the crowd, "Whose second chef is Xie Jinglong? Call him over so we can watch and learn together."
Xia Tian deliberately said with embarrassment: "Um, Mr. Zhang, there's no need to go to such lengths. I'm just asking casually. Would it be inappropriate for you to do this? Will it cause other people to gossip?"
Mr. Zhang quickly waved his hand and said, "No, learning opportunities are rare. Everyone can understand."
While the two were chatting, a chef came over with Xie Jinglong.
Mr. Zhang patted Xie Jinglong on the shoulder and encouraged him, "Along, this learning opportunity is very rare. Brother Xia has always been thinking of you as a friend, so don't let him down!"
Xie Jinglong immediately understood that it must be Xia Tian who spoke up, so that he could get the opportunity to come and observe as an exception.
Although he is a star and does not rely on his cooking skills, he really likes cooking. Therefore, when he learned that he would have the opportunity to watch Xia Tian instruct the chefs in the restaurant to cook, he was very happy.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, and thank you for the store's training."
"Xia Tian, I won't say any more. This time, I owe you a favor. If you have anything to say in the future, just tell me directly."
After exchanging a few polite words with Mr. Zhang, Xie Jinglong looked at Xia Tian and expressed his sincere gratitude.
Xia Tian smiled and said, "Brother Long, you're welcome. I just noticed that you really enjoy cooking. I thought this kind of communication might be helpful to you, so I mentioned it to Mr. Zhang. If you want to thank someone, you should thank Mr. Zhang and Chef Liu!"
Xie Jinglong nodded, stepped aside and said nothing more.
"Stop for a moment. I need to explain something here. Although hand-pounding the chicken into a reddish puree will improve the taste, since you're a hotel, there's no need to hand-mash it every time."
"You can still use a stuffing machine, but there are a few things you need to pay attention to compared to making it by hand. First, when filtering, you need to replace the filter with this one. Second, before putting the meat into the stuffing machine, you need to use a knife to remove the tendons inside the meat to avoid affecting the taste."
Xia Tian interrupted Chef Liu's operation and reminded him.
"Okay, I'll remember that." Chef Liu nodded respectfully and agreed.
"The heat here needs to be changed. Change it from high to medium."
"Wait a minute, the seasoning you're using needs to be adjusted. Take these two out and try adding this one."
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Under Xia Tian's constant guidance, Chef Liu once again completed the production of chicken tofu.
He held the freshly made chicken tofu pudding and handed it to Xia Tian respectfully: "Brother Xia, come and try it!"
Xia Tian didn't say anything polite. He took the small bowl and picked up the spoon. He scooped a spoonful of soup to taste it first, and then scooped a spoonful of chicken tofu pudding and slowly put it into his mouth.
Everyone around looked at Xia Tian nervously, waiting to hear his opinion on the dish.
I want to know whether Chef Liu has made significant progress this time under his guidance?
After tasting it carefully, Xia Tian smiled and nodded, saying, "Hmm! Very good. It has at least 70% of the essence of this dish."
"Only seven points? Looks like you need more practice, Chef Liu!"
Mr. Zhang said this with a smile, then picked up another small bowl and started tasting it himself.
"Wow! This... this improvement is too obvious. Although there are still some subtle differences compared to what Brother Xia did, it is much better than before."
After listening to the two people's comments, Chef Liu suppressed his excitement and nervousness and tasted the dish he had just made.
After tasting the food, Chef Liu bowed deeply to Xia Tian.
"Brother Xia, no, Master Xia. Thank you so much this time. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would never be able to make such authentic chicken tofu pudding in my lifetime."
Seeing him like this, Xia Tian quickly put down the dishes in his hands and reached out to help him up.
"Chef Liu, what are you doing? We agreed to communicate with each other, and you suddenly give me this big gift. It's really embarrassing."
Chef Liu shook his head: "No, you can bear it. If you didn't want to, I would have wanted to take you as my master."
"Stop, stop, stop! Don't say that again. If you mention becoming my disciple again, I'll turn around and leave immediately."
Hearing him mention the matter of becoming a disciple again, Xia Tian quickly spoke out to stop him from thinking about it.
After seeing that several big guys had finished tasting, the other chefs gathered around and several of them shared a bowl and started to taste the chicken tofu pudding.
"Yeah! It's really different. The improvement is so obvious!"
"Congratulations, Chef Liu! From now on, this chicken tofu pudding will be the treasure of our restaurant."
"Master Xia is amazing. Just some guidance can lead to such significant improvement."
"Master Xia, my signature dish is soft-shelled turtle. But I've been feeling stuck in a bottleneck for the past few years. No matter how hard I try, I can't break through. Could you give me some pointers later?"
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After trying the new chicken tofu pudding, all the chefs around were full of praise.
There were also many chefs who, after seeing Xia Tian's amazing skills, quickly listed the dishes they were good at, hoping that Xia Tian could help them with some advice.
Xia Tian smiled and said, "Don't worry, there's still plenty of time. Let's take them one by one."
After he finished speaking, he saw Xie Jinglong standing on the outskirts of the crowd, looking longingly at everyone who had tasted the remaining chicken tofu pudding.
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