Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 662 Master Chen, something happened to me

"Master Chen, how are your preparations going?"

Xue Yan asked curiously after arriving.

Chen Nian looked up at the other party and smiled: "There is no problem with the progress. If it starts according to the original time, my side is completely OK."

"That's good, but I have a problem here. The pastry shop that I booked earlier just called to say that something happened to them. The master pastry chef went to the shop. Car accident."

Chen Nian was taken aback after hearing this: "So Boss Xue doesn't have pastries?"

"Yes, although it's okay to have no cakes at the banquet, I still want to do better. After all, the family has entrusted me with this matter, and it's my grandma's birthday. I don't want to make it too ugly. The main reason is that the process is complete, right, so I just want to ask Master Chen if you know any pastry chefs here, the price is not a problem, as long as the cooking is good and high-grade, Chinese and Western styles are also fine."

Chen Nian immediately thought of his cousin: "I happen to know one, my sister is a pastry maker, and she just opened a shop, how about I ask for you?"

Although my cousin also does this, Chen Nian dare not fully agree immediately.

After all, he didn't know that the pastry charm on his cousin's side didn't meet Xue Yan's requirements.

"Okay, then please ask Master Chen to ask for me."

Chen Nian nodded: "But Boss Xue will ask again, let's make two plans."

"no problem."

Then Chen Nian made a phone call directly.

It took a long time for Lu Xiao to pick up: "What's the matter, Chen Nian? I'm busy here, I didn't hear it just now, what's the matter?"

"Sister, I have a problem here. Didn't I come out to make a banquet for the boss today, but he can't supply pastries here, so I want to ask if you can do it here."

"What kind of pastries do they want?"

"I didn't ask about this, but it's better to be more advanced. After all, the boss is rich and more particular."

Lu Xiao was a little moved when she heard it, and she naturally knew that if she could open up a market in such a wealthy circle, it would also be of great benefit to her business.

Although she is following the people-friendly route, she can also make some high-end pastries.

And she has also studied this aspect before, but the cost is high, and it does not meet the needs of users in her hometown county.

"Why don't I try? I know how to make some advanced Western-style dim sum, and the list you gave me also has several Chinese-style dim sum that are more suitable for this occasion."

"Okay, why not give it a try, and make some Chinese and Western styles." Chen Nian nodded.

"But if you want to make pastries, Chen Nian, you have to find someone to help me, or the store will be overwhelmed." Lu Xiao said on the phone again.

"No problem, then I'll ask my mother to help you."

"Okay, I can make a batch at noon, and I will send it over to see if it works. If it works, I will make it in the afternoon. If it doesn't work, forget it."

After agreeing in this way, Chen Nian found Xue Yan again: "Boss Xue, I asked for you. My sister said that she can do it, but after all, this is a more important occasion for you, so she will do it first in the morning. A batch will come out, and it will be delivered at noon, you can have a look and taste it, if possible, she will start to make it in the afternoon, if not, how about the master on your side?"

"Okay, I also asked another master here, and I also asked him to send the finished samples over at noon, so that we can compare them at that time."

The pastry problem is temporarily resolved, and Chen Nian will continue to work in the kitchen.

At noon, they simply cooked and ate some with the existing ingredients, and then started to work again.

For this banquet, Chen Nian started preparations several days in advance.

Basically, there is a surplus of the ingredients that need to be used, but I am worried that something may go wrong in the middle.

But fortunately, everyone has been working together, so the cooperation can be regarded as a tacit understanding.

So far no problems.

The kitchen was very busy, and some of Xue Yan's relatives had already arrived outside.

"Master, do you think that the life of rich people is like this? Living in such a big house, you can eat whatever you want, and even have a dedicated team for cooking?" He Hai asked.

"Then you have to ask Zhaomei. I'm not a rich person either. To be honest, it's the first time I've come to this kind of place." Chen Nian looked at Qiao Zhaomei with a smile.

Qiao Zhaomei was dismantling crabs at this time. After hearing this, she raised her head and said, "I don't know. Although we have a house, our family is also in the village. We usually buy some seafood at the seafood market to make porridge, but some rich people Their life is indeed luxurious, and compared with theirs, our family can only be regarded as good, but we have basically never eaten king crabs like this and sea cucumbers that cost thousands of dollars a piece.”

"Good guy, listen to this! Basically you haven't eaten it! You must have eaten it, you are already better than us." Xie Yu said enviously.

"Oh, I can't say that. In fact, if this kind of thing is ordinary people, it's not unaffordable, but it's not necessary. Who can't afford a few thousand dollars?"

"That's true." He Hai nodded.

Li Ting is dismantling the chicken at the moment: "I see some bloggers on the Internet. They eat these every day. King crabs are completely eaten as pork, and they are even more diligent than us eating pork. If there is One day I can be like that too."

Qiao Zhaomei put down a crab leg that had been disassembled: "They are also for making videos, and they certainly don't eat like that usually."

"Don't worry, it will. After Honghong Restaurant becomes bigger and stronger, each of you will be a shareholder. Then you can eat whatever you want?"

"Can we still be shareholders?"

"Of course, but if there is such a day when Honghong Restaurant is established, the number of people will definitely increase, and it may even open branches. If you all have the ability to be independent, learn all these things from me, and when What are shareholders? It’s okay to be the boss at that time.”

"Hahahaha." Xie Yu seemed to have thought of the Honghong Hotel becoming bigger and stronger, "We will call it Honghong International Hotel at that time, but Master, I don't want to be a boss, you can let me be a boss." Executive chef is enough, I think I still have a long way to go before I want to be a teacher."

"Then you follow me to learn. Anyway, I will definitely teach you all the things I know. Maybe in a few years, it will not be me but you who will come out to pick up private jobs like now." Chen Nian said with a smile .

They were chatting while working, during which time some people from the Xue family came over to have a look, but although they saw that the team brought by Chen Nian was younger than the other, they didn't think there was anything wrong, as long as they made it If the food is delicious, there is no problem at all.

They often go to some high-end hotels. In fact, many of them have already taken the position of executive chef at Chen Nian's age.

Moreover, Xue Yan is already a relatively successful junior in the Xue family, so they did not question Xue Yan's vision, after all, they will have to rely on Xue Yan to do business in the future.

And without Wen Hongxia in the kitchen, at most they would need to do the cleaning or some assistants' work by themselves, but being busy didn't affect the overall progress.

In this way, around 12:40, Lu Xiao came.

I called ahead of time, and Chen Nian went to the door to pick it up.

"Sister, how did you come here?"

"I take a taxi, and an electric car can also come over, but it's not easy to store things in that way, and it's not suitable if there is a bump in the middle due to bumps."

Chen Nian nodded, and led Lu Xiao into the villa.

Then he found Xue Yan again.

"Boss Xue, my sister has brought some snacks, please see if it's okay."

After coming to the kitchen again, Lu Xiao had already laid out all the snacks she brought.

In order to avoid collisions in the middle, Lu Xiao deliberately used special wooden food boxes to place them in layers, and took a special car when he came.

In this way, the bumps in the car were not so severe, and she specially told the driver to drive slowly.

"The dim sum looks pretty good, much better than what the dim sum chef brought just now." Xue Yan's eyes lit up when he saw it.

Not long ago, the master he was looking for asked his apprentice to come over with a snack, and when he opened it, Xue Yan felt that it was not good.

Not only did the dim sum look ordinary, Xue Yan also felt that their attitude was bad.

I'm looking for your master, what's the matter with an apprentice?

It's not that I won't give you money.

Xue Yan's airs are not too big, so he doesn't like others to put on airs.

Therefore, directly deny it after the other party leaves.

At this time, Lu Xiao also took over the conversation, and began to introduce one by one: "Boss Xue, let's take a look first, and you can listen to my introduction while watching.

The name of this first pastry is Lily Cake, which mainly uses wax gourd sugar, white sugar, peanuts and three kinds of flour. They are all well-made, and the name is Lily Crisp, and it looks like Lily, with a relatively high appearance.

And this snack will use two kinds of puff pastry, so the taste level will be different. Although the filling inside is made of sugar, it is not too sweet. It is a kind of sweetness, whether it is appearance or In terms of taste, they are actually more suitable for older people, but if you are young people, there is no problem at all. The calories of this snack are not high, and if women don’t eat too much, they don’t have to worry about getting fat. "

Xue Yan nodded, then reached out to pick it up and have a look.

He found that it is really beautiful just by looking at the appearance: "Is this what it looks like when it is fried?"

"No, it's more like a budding flower bud when it's fried, but it will slowly bloom after being deep-fried. That's right."

"Understood." Then Xue Yan directly threw the piece of lily cake into his mouth.

Immediately, a sweet taste melted in the mouth, and the meringue on the outside shattered when touched.

Obviously, the heat is just right.

The color is neither burnt nor yellow, even after frying, but the white color does not look like it was fished out of the oil pan.

"It's delicious, not bad, this can be counted in."

Xue Yan took a sip and immediately settled down, and Lu Xiao's face was filled with joy.

But he asked again.

"Boss Xue, if your family has any taboos, you can also tell me, such as peanuts or not eating meat."

Xue Yan nodded, but was a little surprised when he heard the latter word: "Don't eat meat? Do you still use meat for dim sum?"

"That's not true." Lu Xiao continued to explain, "Because among the ancient cakes, no matter whether they were court or folk, many cakes were made with lard, because it was more fragrant, and if If you want to make dim sum crispy, lard is the best, but you can’t taste the taste of lard when you eat it, but I’m afraid that some people who are sensitive to this aspect may not be used to it.”

"That's it, no problem, I just don't tell them." Xue Yan frowned at first after hearing what he said just now. After all, lard is used to make dim sum. No matter how it sounds, this kind of combination feels like Dark cuisine, but when I thought that the piece of lily cake I ate just now did not have the taste of lard, and it felt quite fragrant, so I thought about it and let it go, the worst thing is that there is a strong taste in the back, so I just don’t choose it.

"The name of the second dessert is three-layer jade belt cake. The main material used to make the pastry is pure glutinous rice flour. It is divided into three layers, and the taste of each layer is different. This is a kind of pastry in the past. It tastes delicious. The taste is also light, but this one is steamed, so it will not be greasy at all. I also prepared some mint leaves in this one, and separated the green pigment through a separator, so it looks white, and when you eat it It doesn't feel particularly cold in the mouth, there is only a faint coolness, and the sweetness is a little weaker than the one just now."

Xue Yan nodded after hearing this, and put another piece of pastry into his mouth: "This one is also good, it tastes quite innovative, but it looks a bit ordinary, let's put this away first, and I'll take a look at the pastry in the back." , At that time, there is no need to prepare too many dim sums, the main dishes are the main dishes, I plan to choose three, and then serve one at the beginning of the banquet, and two more at the end."

Lu Xiao understood as soon as she heard this, and she will introduce the less important ones or those that she feels are inappropriate. If Xue Yan thinks it is okay after tasting it, she will introduce it in detail.

Later, Xue Yan chose another Yunsi cake from the crowd of pastries, and the last one chose a French-style dessert, which looked very exquisite.

"Okay, then I will trouble Master Lu to prepare [-] copies of each of these pastries, and then deliver them to me before six o'clock in the afternoon."

Lu Xiao immediately said that there was no problem.

"Then tell me how much it will cost in total. By the way, should I give the money to Master Chen directly or separately?"

Lu Xiao thought for a while: "You can give it to Chen Nian directly, and he will give it to me when the time comes, which will be more convenient."

"Okay, if that's the case, you might as well send the list to Master Chen, and then he will summarize it and send it to me."

In this way, the dim sum was settled.

Feng Honghong stayed with Lu Xiao to help out. After all, Lu Xiao wanted to make pastries, so Feng Honghong had to leave the weighing and selling outside.

So busy until the evening, Chen Nian couldn't hear the outside sound in the kitchen, mainly because the house is too big and the sound insulation is good.

The aging of the ingredients that are being made has been handed over to his apprentices. At what time, what ingredients should be used and what kind of heat, his apprentices are completely competent in these small directions.

Seeing that the banquet was about to start, Chen Nian went outside again and took a look around, basically everything that should be arranged here was pretty much the same, but Chen Nian still put forward some opinions.

Regarding this aspect, Chen Nian had already learned it when he was on the ship.

And when I went to shoot the program later, I chatted with Huo Fuyun about the current popular trends, as well as the differences between the aesthetics of modern people and the past.

So I also have some thoughts.

But when he was helping to decorate the outside, some relatives of Xue Yan who had just arrived couldn't help but see Chen Nian: "Is this our chef today? Are you here with your master?"

Chen Nian smiled: "No, I am the chef today, and I will be in charge of preparing the dinner for everyone."

The middle-aged woman's eyes showed surprise after hearing this, but it disappeared quickly: "You are young and promising, you must have some skills to be a chef at such a young age."

At this time, Xue Yan also came over: "Auntie, don't look at Master Chen as young. He has been on TV, and he just finished filming a variety show a while ago. If he doesn't have two brushes, how can he invite him? Master Chen But he is handsome, his culinary skills are high, and his level is no worse than those of those star-rated hotels, even I managed to ask a friend to invite this master over."

(End of this chapter)