gourmet chef

Chapter 241
This pastry is really good. It is sour and sweet, sour and not greasy. It is very appetizing.

With just one bite, Bai Xiaobai knew that the main ingredients used in this pastry were hawthorn and jujube, and judging from the taste, the ingredients were very elegant.

Looking at the packaging, it turned out to be Qishunzhai Hawthorn Sour Date Cake, which was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Qishunzhai Hawthorn Sour Jujube Cake and Xinyuanzhai's Osmanthus Sour Plum Soup are special delicacies of the old imperial capital with a history of more than 100 years.

Two years ago, Qishunzhai Hawthorn Sour Jujube Cake, a century-old brand, entered the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which caused quite a stir and even made news headlines.

It is indeed worthy of the reputation of this brand, and the taste really lives up to its reputation.

After Bai Xiaobai finished eating one, he took another piece of hawthorn and jujube cake, went into the bathroom, and ate it while taking a shower.

When he came out after washing, Gao Chao had already fallen asleep on the floor under the air conditioner, probably due to the exhaustion of the journey, he slept very deeply.

Bai Xiaobai didn't bother him either, and went to bed on tiptoe. First, he opened the Qidian client and watched the new update of 'One Bullet'.

After reading, Bai Xiaobai waved his hand proudly and rewarded 10000 starting coins, and then went to bed early.

In the early morning of the next day, Bai Xiaobai went to business as usual, Gao Chao went out early in the morning because of something, and he didn't know what to do.

After work, it was time for breakfast in the morning, and Bai Xiaobai was free, so he called Guo Zhaohui.

Originally, he planned to go to Haochuang Hotel as his motorcycle.

And Guo Zhaohui said on the phone that he had replaced the motorcycle with a taxi.

This is not unexpected.

Bai Xiaobai remembers the previous food exchange competition.Guo Zhaohui said that he planned to open a taxi to pick up passengers after two years of driver's license, but he didn't expect him to change it so soon.

It was 09:30 in the morning when Guo Zhaohui drove the taxi to the entrance of Xiaobai Restaurant.

Bai Xiaobai got into his car.

Guo Zhaohui greeted warmly and said, "Boss Bai, your business has been very good recently. I see people queuing up in your store every day."

Guo Zhaohui often drove past Chaotianmen, and it was obvious to all that this restaurant was full of ostentation when it was time for meals, so the business was naturally very hot.

Bai Xiaobai smiled and said, "It's okay, just be busy during meal times, and it's more free at other times."

Guo Zhaohui started the taxi and asked with a smile, "Boss Bai, where are you going today?"

Bai Xiaobai said directly, "Go to Haochuang Hotel."

"Okay. Boss Bai, fasten your seat belt." Guo Zhaohui reminded him gently.

Along the way, Guo Zhaohui concentrated on driving and seldom distracted from private chats with Bai Xiaobai.

Arriving at Haochuang Hotel, Bai Xiaobai paid for the taxi.

Guo Zhaohui told Bai Xiaobai that he will be driving a car near Haochuang Hotel in a while, and he can contact him at any time if necessary.

Saying goodbye to Guo Zhaohui, Bai Xiaobai tidied up his clothes and walked straight into Haochuang Hotel.

As soon as he entered the hotel, he happened to bump into Mr. Chen.

"Boss Bai is here, hurry up, go to the kitchen, and I'll introduce you." Mr. Chen warmly greeted Bai Xiaobai to the kitchen of Haochuang Hotel.

Bai Xiaobai followed Mr. Chen to the hotel kitchen.

Haochuang's large kitchen covers a fairly wide area, the stove is laid out in a line, and the range hood above the stove has been wiped without any grease.

The floor is also bright and reflective, no worse than Xiaobai Restaurant.

In the kitchen, there are all kinds of cooking equipment, all kinds of ingredients, all kinds of food racks, and all kinds of plates and bowls. It is indeed a five-star hotel, and the kitchen is so magnificent!

There are already more than a dozen chefs standing by the stove with their hands behind their backs, all of them are dressed in white chef uniforms, with their heads held high and their chests held high, full of energy.

Mr. Chen cleared his throat, and introduced to all the chefs, "Let me introduce, this young man is called Bai Xiaobai, and he is a foreign player I specially invited for this competition."

After Mr. Chen briefly introduced Bai Xiaobai, he introduced the other two contestants in the hotel to Bai Xiaobai.

Bai Xiaobai already knew Yang Huaizhong and Luo Yuan who participated with him this time in advance from the information and photos given by Mr. Peng.

The real Yang Huaizhong is even more haggard and older than he looks in the photos. He is over 50 years old, and his temple hair is gray after all, but he looks energetic, his eyes are bright, his body should be good, and his face is relatively kind.

As for Luo Yuan next to Yang Huaizhong, it looks almost the same as in the photo, except that there is a slightly arrogant attitude on his face, looking very hanging.

After Mr. Chen's introduction, Yang Huaizhong smiled and extended his hand to Bai Xiaobai, "It's our first meeting and we have a pleasant cooperation."

When they met for the first time, Bai Xiaobai was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to say, so he followed Yang Huaizhong's words, shook hands and said, "It's a pleasant cooperation."

Luo Yuan also extended his hand to Bai Xiaobai symbolically, and said in a nonchalant manner, "My name is Luo Yuan, please give me your advice."

Bai Xiaobai also shook hands and said, "Please give me more advice!"

After getting to know each other, Mr. Chen said, "Old Yang, you can discuss with Master Xiaobai, and let him taste the new products you make."

"Mr. Chen, I understand." Yang Huaizhong finished with a smile, then turned to ask Bai Xiaobai, "Master Xiaobai is a professional chef, right? Which culinary school did you graduate from?"

"I didn't go to culinary school, I learned cooking from my dad when I was young."

Yang Huaizhong continued to smile and said, "That is, from elementary school to adulthood, cooking skills must be very good. I don't know what Master Xiaobai plans to do in this cooking competition? Or, show us a few hands."

Bai Xiaobai said bluntly, "I haven't fully decided on the dishes for the competition, and I'm still in the process of finalizing them, so I can't make them."

In fact, Bai Xiaobai was completely invited to come to the hotel kitchen to have a look, mainly to say hello to the other two people who were his partner. He is really not sure about the rest of the competition dishes and so on.

Looking at the young man in front of him who is estimated to be less than 20 years old, he refused to cook, Luo Yuan was also unceremonious, with a slight contempt in his tone, "Master Xiaobai, if you don't cook, you can always show off your knife skills." Come on, give us palm eyes too."

It's all said and done, there is no way out.

Bai Xiaobai knew that if he didn't show his hands, not only would his face be dull, but Mr. Chen probably wouldn't be able to.

Think of it as a pre-match warm-up.

Bai Xiaobai looked at the dazzling array of ingredients in the kitchen, and asked, "Mr. Chen, can I use the ingredients here?"

After all, it's not his own store, so Bai Xiaobai must ask Mr. Chen's permission before doing anything.

Mr. Chen said calmly, "Boss Bai, look, you can use the ingredients in the kitchen as you like."

"Okay." After Bai Xiaobai finished speaking, he began to choose the ingredients.

He first chose two ingredients, one was cucumber and the other was white tofu.

"Is he going to challenge the coir raincoat cucumber and Wensi tofu in the knife work?" Some chefs have already seen the way.

"The coir raincoat cucumber is alright, but this Wensi tofu doesn't have some real skills so why don't you try to cut it well?" A chef frowned.

"This kid, he pretends to be a bit big. It's rare to challenge the knife skills when he first comes. If he can't cut well after a while, then some people will watch it." A chef secretly gloated.

The main reason is that Bai Xiaobai is really too young. His actual age is 22, and he looks only 20 to [-] years old. It is indeed hard to convince people in terms of age.

Faced with doubts, Bai Xiaobai didn't say much, and looked serious.

It is said that a serious man is very handsome.

This is what Bai Xiaobai looks like now.

In order to convince all the chefs at the scene, he really wanted to pretend to be aggressive today, but the one he pretended to be was not just average size, but very big.

Bai Xiaobai looked calm, and asked Yang Huaizhong beside him, "Master Yang, do you have an eye mask?"

Yang Huaizhong said, "Yes, do you want to use it to blindfold?"

"Correct."

Bai Xiaobai simply said the word 'yes', and immediately caused a commotion among all the chefs.

Even Mr. Chen was there, but there was still a chef who couldn't hold back and said in a low voice, "This kid is a little crazy. If you say coir-cloth cucumbers are still possible, at his age, it's probably enough to cut Wensi tofu with his eyes open, but he's still blind." Eyes cut?"

"Young man, he is full of vigor. He doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth. He cuts Wensi tofu. After a while, it melts in the water. There must be different lengths and cuts."

Bai Xiaobai took the black eyepatch and was already blindfolded. He picked up a kitchen knife and dipped a little water on both sides of the blade.

Then start to slice the tofu into even small slices. Each slice of tofu is extremely thin. Through the thin slices of tofu, you can even see the halo of the moon.

After cutting the slices, Bai Xiaobai put his index finger and middle finger together, gently pressed on the tofu slices, and began to shred.

Bai Xiaobai never fights uncertain battles.

He has a good talent, and he is willing to work hard the day after tomorrow, so he has practiced solid basic skills since he was a child.So there is a wave of capital, and there is capital pretentiousness.

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Even blindfolded cut Wensi tofu can be cut with ease.

All the chefs, including Luo Yuan and Yang Huaizhong were completely shocked on the spot.

Whether the ingredients are cut well or not is related to whether the over-fire frying can be even, and it is an important factor that directly affects the taste.Therefore, the first item in the evaluation of chefs recruited by Haochuang Hotel is knife skills.

After a difficult selection, the chef who can stand out from the crowd, who has a place in the big kitchen of Haochuang Hotel, is not bad at knife skills, but Bai Xiaobai's current performance, in their opinion, is really too against the sky, and it is difficult to look at it with common sense. up.

The knife work of this Wensi tofu is not as simple as it is at home, it is simply a magic knife work!
Even Mr. Chen looked confused. Although he had eaten the special lotus leaf lean meat porridge from Bai Xiaobai's cuisine, it was the first time for him to see a knife demonstration up close.

The cutting was really good and fast, and even the eyes couldn't keep up with the speed of the knife. I could only see Bai Xiaobai's hands shaking. The whole process was smooth and smooth. In just a few breaths, Wensi Tofu was done.

The time for testing has come.

Bai Xiaobai took off the blindfold, carefully put the tofu shreds into a bowl of clear water, and gently spread them apart.

The scattered tofu shreds are as thin as a cow's hair, rippling in the water like a goddess scattering flowers, which is particularly pleasing to the eye.

Luo Yuan couldn't help but use a pair of chopsticks to push aside the tofu shreds in the water, provoking them one by one.

These tofu shreds are of the same thickness, none of them are cut too big, no matter how picky Luo Yuan is, he can't find any faults.

Yang Huaizhong took a closer look at the shredded tofu in the clear water bowl, and said with a surprised expression, "It's actually a goddess scattering flowers."

(End of this chapter)