Stop pretending, I am the God of Cooking and I am showing off my cards! - Chapter 759

c759 What a delicious chicken shaved tofu! New roast duck, thanks

“Consume a perfect cooking learning card to get a perfect Northeastern dish—Chicken Shaved Tofu.”

The system’s prompt sounded, and the last cooking learning card in the inventory disappeared.

Originally, Lin Xu was supposed to use this card to learn a difficult dish, but the master finally made it once, so it was unreasonable not to learn it.

And this should be the most glorious moment after the creation of chicken shaved tofu. The former chief chef of Diaoyutai and the current general chairman of the Chinese Cuisine Association personally did it. It is worth learning from.

Lin Xu smelled the tofu. It had a rich aroma and he knew it was delicious without even tasting it.

He Jiashun said:

“To make this kind of dish, you have to use oil extracted from Northeastern soybeans, which is more yellow and brighter in color and more fragrant.”

Different cuisines use different oils.

For example, Sichuan and Anhui cuisine emphasizes rapeseed oil, Shandong and Cantonese cuisine emphasizes peanut oil, Huaiyang cuisine prefers lard, high-end Hunan cuisine cannot do without camellia oil, and Northeastern cuisine uses soybean oil.

In many areas of the Northeast, crops are grown once a year, with spring plowing and autumn harvesting. The crops have a longer growth period, fuller grains, and naturally higher quality.

In addition to soybeans, the quality of Northeast corn, rice and other crops is also among the best in the country.

For example, Wuchang Rice in the Northeast has even become the target of competition among rice dealers across the country. The excitement is comparable to that of Yangcheng Lake in the hairy crab circle.

It was now time for dinner. There were so many people today, so we simply arranged to go to the banquet hall upstairs.

Soon, dishes such as stir-fried sesame tofu, shaved chicken tofu, and tonight’s staff meal – braised pork with cabbage, braised cauliflower with shrimp paste, etc. were served one by one.

Lin Xu even cooked two roast ducks himself, which impressed He Jiashun and Cai Heping.

“I really didn’t expect Xiaoxu to be able to make roast duck to this extent. It’s perfect, so perfect.”

“I originally thought that the roast duck market in the capital has been finalized. Some are deceiving tourists, some are taking high-end routes, and some are sinking to the common people. They are all in peace… Now that Lin Ji is a catfish, the roast duck market is probably going to rise again. Waves.”

“It’s good when there are waves. The catering industry is most afraid of calm. The more waves there are, the more the practitioners will feel a sense of crisis.”

“…”

While everyone was praising her, Shen Jiayue was eating the chicken shaved tofu made by Uncle Gao with a spoon.

The tofu is finely minced and fried golden on the surface. It feels like scrambled eggs in your mouth, and there are soft and tender tofu cubes inside. It is very enjoyable to eat it in one bite.

“Wow, this tofu is delicious!”

Chen Yan took a little bit of it with a spoon and put it into her mouth, her face full of surprise:

“It’s so delicious. What kind of dish is this?”

Lin Xu rolled a piece of duck meat into duck cake and put it in his mouth:

“This is chicken shaved tofu made by master. It is a Northeastern dish.”

Chicken planer?

This name is very down to earth.

But looking at this finely chopped tofu, and then thinking about the free-range chickens raised in Yinzhou’s hometown, when looking for bugs, the yard will indeed be filled with finely divided soil clods.

From this point of view, it’s quite realistic.

It’s just that the name is too down-to-earth, which makes it feel like it’s not classy.

Geng Lishan said:

“The characteristics of naming in the Northeast are like this, down-to-earth and to the point. If this dish is in the Huaiyang cuisine system, it will definitely have a very high-end and elegant name, such as golden tofu and broken gold tofu, but the Northeast has returned to its original nature to look at the mountains. It is a mountain, and the water is the stage of water.”

These words reminded Lin Xu of the Datuudingzi Mountain, the highest peak in HLJ. Last time he watched a documentary about the highest peaks in each province. Apart from the highest peak in XZ, what impressed him most was the Datuudingzi Mountain. The name is not only down to earth. , and very expressive, much better than those arty mountain names in other places.

A plate of chicken and tofu, even though the portion is relatively large, was eaten quickly.

Shen Jiayue said with unfinished content:

“I don’t feel like I’m satisfied with it, Xu Bao, is this dish suitable for me to cook?”

This girl is no longer satisfied with eating food cooked by Lin Xu, but wants to cook it herself.

But some dishes were too difficult for her to cook, so she asked in advance to avoid making a joke.

Lin Xu said:

“It’s difficult to reach Master’s level, but if you want to be delicious, it’s quite simple.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Jiayue immediately became energetic.

Haha, Chef Shen will be online soon, so stay tuned, kitchen novices…

Chen Yan also wanted to learn, but thought about the harmful effects of oil smoke on the fetus, so she held back.

Downstairs, Wei Qian and the others were also having dinner. In the past, he never tasted Mad Tofu, but now he couldn’t stop eating it.

Put a spoonful of sesame tofu into your mouth and take a bite of the steamed bun. It feels really comfortable.

If you can add some dried chili segments when rolling it, or eat the mutton fat particles inside, the taste will be more satisfying than eating meat.

Zhuang Yizhou took a bite of sesame tofu and said:

“I’m on vacation tomorrow. I have to go to my mother-in-law’s house to show off and let them taste the real fried sesame tofu. The day after tomorrow, I will go to Ginkgo Garden to replace Zhu Yong. Then we will see who has the highest turnover while in office.”

Ma Zhiqiang took a bite of the cabbage stewed pork in the bowl:

“Is there any need to compare? It must be yours. Mr. Chen is going to hold a wedding in the Ginkgo Garden soon, and the cost of the wedding banquet alone will exceed two weeks’ turnover…”

Wei Gan said:

“The wedding is free of charge. The wedding gift prepared by the boss and his wife for Mr. Chen is the wedding, so there will be no turnover on that day.”

Even so, Wei Qian was still optimistic that Zhuang Yizhou would win. After all, the May Day holiday was coming soon, and there would definitely be a lot of people going there to play.

As long as there are many tourists, there will be no worries about turnover.

After some analysis, Wei Qian looked at Zhuang Yizhou and asked:

“You three are so competitive, what’s the point?”

Zhuang Yizhou took a mouthful of rice:

“The loser is not allowed to take the subway to and from get off work for a month…”

“Damn, you guys are so boring.”

Wei Qian thought he was gambling for money, but he didn’t expect that he would just ride to and from get off work for a month. How simple is this? I’ve been riding for half a year, okay?

After dinner, everyone started to work.

The dinner in the banquet hall upstairs also came to an end.

The old people left after eating and drinking. Chen Yuanyuan went downstairs to see off Cai Heping and others. When she returned upstairs, she found that Chen Yan, Zeng Xiaoqi and Dou Wenjing were studying the jewelry box.

“Isn’t this too exquisite? It is indeed a gift from the emperor.”

“I’m going to write a novel online later. It’s called “Accidentally Cursed My Best Friend into a Rich Woman.” The number of hits will definitely be super high.”

“It’s a pity that Yuanyuan didn’t sell it, otherwise she would be worth at least eight figures now, and she could buy a house in the capital as soon as she pays enough social security.”

To buy a house in Beijing, one must have a household registration or have paid social security for five years. Chen Yuanyuan has been here for less than a year. In theory, no matter how rich she is, she cannot buy a house.

When Lin Xu bought a house last year, he only put it under the company’s name.

Chen Yuanyuan came over, carefully put away the jewelry box, turned to look at Cai Sen and asked:

“Why do you give me such a valuable thing? Are you afraid that I will break up with you?”

Cai Sen smiled:

“Perhaps my grandfather thought it was unlucky to use cultural relics from the palace as a greeting gift, so he took out the treasure at the bottom of the box…”

He had never thought about breaking up, and he felt that Chen Yuanyuan was not such a person.

After all, this is a friendship that is almost impossible to win over, and the average relationship between men and women is far from that strong.

In the next few days, everything was normal in the store.

After breakfast on Saturday, Lin Xu came to the store and went to the drying room to take a look. More than a hundred ducks were hung neatly inside, and the white skin looked delicious.

Today is the official launch day of Linji Roast Duck. The duck blanks were completely prepared yesterday just in case there were not enough ducks sold today.

More than a hundred is not the expected sales volume for the day, but the maximum amount that can be baked today.

If it exceeds this value, either the customer has waited too long, or the roast duck is not cooked properly. In short, this is the roasting limit of the roast duck oven.

This also reminded Lin Xu that when the new store is renovated, the roast duck oven must be built larger, so as not to increase the number of roast ducks and affect the store’s turnover.

“Are you all ready?”

Lin Xu looked at Ning Xiaoli and asked.

“It’s ready, and the quantity of fruit trees is enough. We will definitely satisfy all customers at noon today.”

There are more than a dozen people in the roast duck department, all wearing brand new chef uniforms today, and they are busy with the work at hand, striving for a good start.

After a week of warm-up, the chefs in the roast duck department are a little impatient, and the customers are counting the days on their fingers, feeling that this week has passed extremely long.

Finally, the day came for the new release.

In fact, customers have been ordering roast duck since the day before yesterday.

However, the roast duck is new and reservations are not allowed in the store. You can only order a la carte in the store.

This is not because Lin Ji is arrogant, but because a dish like roast duck must be eaten while it is hot and sliced ​​within three minutes of taking it out of the oven, otherwise the quality of the duck will be greatly compromised.

If someone makes a reservation for roast duck at twelve o’clock, and the store has made preparations in advance, but the customer arrives late at twelve o’clock, then the roast duck will not be eaten.

If you are not prepared, the customer will complain and give you half an hour, but the result is still not done well. This service level is too bad, right?

Therefore, the best way is not to make a reservation, order when you come, and serve it as soon as it is baked, so that no one is delayed.

“Junior brother, do you need my help?”

Xie Baomin came to the store early and was ready to help Lin Xu.

The new roast duck is so sensational. Today is Saturday again and many people are not at work. It is estimated that there will be a lot of people coming to eat roast duck, so Lao Xie came over early and helped if there was anything he needed help with.

Lin Xu was not polite to him either:

“Senior brother, please be in charge of the roast duck stove.”

“Okay, no problem. What time are you going to start baking today?”

Lin Xu thought for a while:

“At half past ten, the first batch of customers will arrive at eleven o’clock. If we start at half past ten, we will bake for forty minutes and we will almost catch up with the first batch of customers.”

The earlier you start, the more ducks can be roasted, and the shorter the waiting time for the first batch of customers is. After they leave after eating and drinking, they will not delay the dining of subsequent customers.

In this way, the turnover rate will naturally increase.

Outside the store, several workers from an advertising company were busy fixing red banners hanging from the roof, with large golden letters written all over them:

“Warmly congratulate Mr. Gao Peisheng, master of state banquets, for being the special consultant of Lam Kee Food!”

“Warmly congratulate Mr. Guo Jichang, the master of state banquets, for being the special consultant of Lam Kee Food!”

“Warmly congratulate Mr. Qiu Yaozu, the master of state banquets, for being the special consultant of Linji Food!”

“…”

There are more than 20 banners in total, including all the directors of the Chinese Cuisine Association. These people are also guests of this state banquet documentary.

The consultants were all fake, and Uncle Gao didn’t expect them to teach his apprentice any cooking skills. However, after serving roast duck, he officially became enemies with the Beijing roast duck circle, so he got a bunch of amulets for Lin Xu in advance.

This is actually very necessary, because there are indeed several old roast duck stores that have invited store explorers and UP hosts to visit the stores and try out the food. When the time comes, there is no need to say it tastes bad, just say that Lin Jihui will do marketing and publicity.

Today, when conspiracy theories are prevalent, as long as a company is associated with the words “marketing”, it is equivalent to poor quality and high price. Even if the company refutes the rumors, many netizens will still be misled.

However, after these banners were hung up, those roast duck restaurants immediately stopped.

These consultants are all the biggest names in the industry, and by announcing them now, they have made it clear that they will protect Lin Ji. Anyone who wants to cause trouble must first think carefully.

This is not only the association, but also their disciples and grandchildren. It is not easy for these people to mobilize and isolate a certain roast duck restaurant.

Before the banners were hung, colleagues in the industry were busy trying to throw dirty water on the business, but not long after the banners were hung, every shop sent flower baskets, making the event even more lively than when it opened.

“Thank you, Master!”

Lin Xu held a cup of freshly brewed tea and handed it to Uncle Gao with both hands.

He was actually prepared to be picked on today, but he didn’t expect that the troublemakers didn’t arrive. Instead, there were many flower baskets. The people who came to deliver the flower baskets were also very polite. Those who didn’t know better thought they were long-lost relatives.

Uncle Gao smiled:

“This is all a trivial matter. In the catering industry in the capital, there are many century-old stores, some even three hundred years old. Why these stores can survive to this day is because they focus on quality with one hand and suppress their peers with the other…”

Having said this, he took a sip of tea and continued:

“Your personality is incapable of suppressing your peers, so I will help you block others’ suppression. In a year or two, when Lin Ji has established a firm foothold, they will pull you to suppress others.”

If you can’t beat someone, just join. This is a very common method in the catering industry.

Lin Xu smiled and said:

“It’s true that wherever there are people, there is a world. I thought I could do business well by relying on quality, but I didn’t expect there were so many things going on behind the scenes.”

Uncle Gao put down his teacup:

“Quality is only one aspect, but it is not everything that a catering company can stand on. To be honest, if you don’t become famous online, there will be many dirty tricks among your peers.”

Lin Xu is quite familiar with these things. There are always rumors on the Internet that he is an internet celebrity chef and Lin Ji is an internet celebrity restaurant.

In a world where Internet celebrity is increasingly becoming a derogatory term, this statement is naturally not a good word.

Fortunately, Lin Ji has more and more loyal fans and his business has been booming. He did not give his peers a chance to take action, which is why the current situation has emerged.

At noon, Lin Xu held a grand consultant recruitment ceremony in the banquet hall, awarding letters of appointment to more than 20 state banquet masters on behalf of the store.

Shen Guofu looked at this scene with a look of relief:

“I was originally worried that Mu Xiu would be destroyed by Lin Feng, but I didn’t expect Chef Gao to have such a means of breaking the situation. It’s amazing. If I had someone to protect me like this when I started my business, I would be worth more than zero now.”

Han Shuzhen rolled her eyes at him:

“Don’t be dissatisfied. The more money you make, the greater the risk. We ordinary people can just live a normal life. It’s useless to make so much money.”

In the hospital over the years, she has met too many businessmen. For orders and business, she drank until her stomach perforated, drank until she fainted, and drank until she became incontinent…

Whenever I see this kind of person, I can’t help but think of the days when Lao Shen was running business and was often so drunk that he couldn’t find his way around.

Fortunately, after his career was established, the number of social events became less and less, and Lao Shen finally no longer had to hang around the wine table.

Shen Jiayue on the side whispered:

“Mom and Dad, let’s go to grandma’s house this afternoon. I’m going to show you my skills and make a Northeastern dish you’ve never tasted before – shaved chicken and tofu!”

Old Shen smiled:

“I have never eaten anything else, but I’ve eaten chicken shaved tofu a lot in the past… Do you really know how to cook it, my dear? You won’t ask Xiaoxu to cook everything again, and you just put it on the plate and cook it, right?”

“Dad, don’t peek through the crack in the door. I’ve made it several times in the past few days. It’s super simple and super delicious. Xu Bao also taught me to add salted duck egg yolk to it. Wow, the taste is really bad. explain.”

Salted duck egg yolk?

Although Shen Guofu was determined to gain muscle and lose fat recently, his curiosity was immediately aroused when he heard this:

“My daughter is amazing. Let’s try your cooking this afternoon. If it tastes good, I’ll go back to your grandma’s house and make it too, so they won’t keep saying you don’t know how to cook.”

“Ha, cousin Wenqing is ready to become my teacher now. She is very envious of my cooking skills.”

While the family was chatting and laughing, the ceremony for issuing letters of appointment had also ended.

Zeng Xiaoqi, who acted as the host, said to Lin Xu:

“Boss Lin, there are suddenly so many consultants in the store. How do you feel now?”

Lin Xu took the microphone and said:

“I feel that the pressure and burden have suddenly increased a lot. Seniors can serve as Lin Ji’s consultants. This is both an opportunity and a challenge for us. This indicates that we must pay more attention to details in cooking in the future and cannot give to seniors Even if you want to put a smear on your face, you must also serve as a benchmark and strive to make the catering industry in Beijing more prosperous!”

Lin Xu was naturally not afraid of the situation.

But this is also his sincerity. He must work hard to cook and manage, and not to embarrass the master.

As soon as he finished speaking, the system prompt sounded in Lin Xu’s mind:

“The host also invites more than twenty state banquet masters to serve as special consultants for Linji Food. They complete the hidden task [Store Consultant] and win a lottery for perfect urban local dishes. Do you want to do the lottery immediately?”

What? Is there a reward for this too?

Dundun was not around at this moment, so Lin Xu did not draw the lottery immediately, but walked down the small stage in the banquet hall, preparing to eat with everyone.

The meal was very sumptuous, with one roast duck per table, and everyone had a great time.

After lunch, Lin Xu brought some skinless roast duck downstairs and placed it in front of Dundun.

While the little guy was eating, he stroked the kitten’s head and started drawing.

Soon, the system prompt sounded in my mind:

“Congratulations to the host for successfully extracting the perfect urban local dish – Fuzhou!”

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