Food starts with noodles

Because Yuan Desheng obviously had his own plans, so he didn't need to use his own tricks.

And as an adult, you can't meddle in other people's housework at will, after all, it's hard to judge a clean official, let alone a fledgling kid.

Xu Zhuo listened to Yuan Desheng's rambling without saying a word, and when he was about to say something, Xu Zhuo interrupted: "Grandpa Yuan, there is something I haven't told you yet, Yuan Kang plans to work in the Sifang Restaurant A manager, I don’t know if your old man agrees.”

You can't take the initiative to propose Yuan Kang as your successor, but you can talk about other things.

For example, about Yuan Kang going to be the manager of Sifang Restaurant, you can mention it to Yuan Desheng to see his attitude.

If he is released, it means that Yuan Desheng's successor is not Yuan Kang.

If you don't let him go, then congratulate Yuan Kang in advance.

As a result, Yuan Desheng was stunned for a while, looked at Xu Zhuo and said, "With his personality, you are not afraid that he will bring Sifang Restaurant down for you?"

Xu Zhuo: ...

You are really Yuan Kang's grandfather.

Just now he looked guilty, but now he looks down on his grandson again.

Sure enough, prejudice cannot be reversed in a short while.

Xu Zhuo smiled and said, "He has nothing to do here, just play there for a while."

Yuan Desheng didn't say yes or no, saying that Yuan Kang could go wherever he wanted, and he, as a grandfather, would not bother.

After eating and drinking enough, Xu Zhuo and Yu Keke packed up their equipment and prepared to say goodbye and leave.

"Xiao Zhuo, when are you going back to the Central Plains? You have helped me so much, I have to give you a present."

At this moment, Yuan Desheng's expression was much more relaxed, probably because those troublesome things have been suppressed in his heart all the time, and there is no place to talk about them.

Now that everything has been confided, the whole person suddenly becomes relaxed.

Yuan Desheng sent the two of them downstairs. When Xu Zhuo was about to find a taxi at the entrance of the community, Yuan Desheng suddenly said to Xu Zhuo, "Xiao Zhuo, I've made up my mind. There is no need to worry about the successor. My body is still strong, and I won’t have any problems working for a few more years.”

After talking about the depressing things in my heart, the motivation to struggle will naturally arise again.

Xu Zhuo naturally supported Yuan Desheng's idea: "Your body seems to be much stronger than my grandfather's. You can just take the helm for another two years. After all, Xiangmanlou is now on the cusp of the limelight, so it needs to develop steadily."

After bidding farewell to Yuan Desheng, Xu Zhuo had a strange expression.

Because just after Yuan Desheng said that he would not find a successor, he actually received a notification from the system, indicating that the task of the successor had been completed.

And the task reward is...

Hunan's most famous delicacy - salted salted duck, and it is also a D-level signature dish.

Originally Xu Zhuo felt that this task was too difficult and wanted to give up.

In the end, the task was completed just by listening to Yuan Desheng's complaints.

Probably this is the reason for his good character.

After arriving in Changsha, I triggered tasks one after another, and successively mastered the recipes of fried pork, fried blood duck, fish head with chopped pepper, three-layer chicken, chopped pepper, and salted duck in sauce.

If it wasn't for the fact that the hotel didn't have cooking equipment, Xu Zhuo wanted to cook all the dishes he had mastered right now.

But there are also regrets. For example, Xu Zhuo didn't learn Mao's braised pork that he wanted so much. In addition, he didn't learn any of the high-end dishes of Hunan cuisine.

I hope to have the opportunity to learn it again in the future.

Now that I've been out for half a month, it's time to pack up and go back.

Contacting Yuan Kang, who was stunned by the sudden addition of 100 million in his account, Xu Zhuo agreed with him to leave Changsha tomorrow, drive back to the Central Plains, and show the dishes he learned this time one by one as soon as possible. force.

But as soon as Xu Zhuo talked about driving back with Yuan Kang, Yuan Kang's old problem broke out.

"Xu Zhuo, let's agree first, I can let you use it for nothing, but the car is not good, you have to pay for the gas at least."

Xu Zhuo:?

Yu Keke:!

Chapter 999 Hunan Sauce Salted Duck

Waking up in the morning, Xu Zhuo and Yu Keke ate a free breakfast in the restaurant of the hotel, then went back to the room and began to pack their luggage.

Clothes, utensils, equipment... There are a lot of things, plus some souvenirs for the family. Fortunately, there is Yuan Kang's big G, otherwise so many things have to be checked back.

Yuan Kang arrived at the entrance of the hotel at ten o'clock, and when he came, he also brought a gift from Yuan Desheng to Xu Zhuo and Yu Keke.

What Yuan Desheng gave Xu Zhuo was a jade safety buckle decoration with the words "Heaven rewards diligence". Looking at the quality of the jade, it is estimated that it will cost at least tens of thousands.

This should be to encourage Xu Zhuo to work harder in cooking and not to slack off.

After all, none of them have reached the level of fusion and innovation of the eight major cuisines. I hope Xu Zhuo can reach that point.

This ornament has a profound meaning, Xu Zhuo liked it very much, and decided to put it in front of his computer desk after returning home, to encourage himself to play more games...

Cough, just kidding, he naturally understands Yuan Desheng's good intentions.

But Xu Zhuo can't decide this matter, everything depends on the task given by the system.

As for Yu Coco's gift, it was relatively simple and rude.

Yuan Desheng didn't know what this girl liked, so he directly bought a bracelet studded with broken diamonds for this girl, and the price seemed to be worth six figures.

Rich people give gifts, it is so simple and unpretentious.

Yuan Kang helped Xu Zhuo load his luggage into the car, and then went to the supermarket next door to buy water, snacks, fruits and other food.

When he was about to buy instant noodles, Xu Zhuo stopped him: "I'll treat you to dinner on the way, don't eat instant noodles."

Yuan Kang reluctantly put down the instant noodles in his hand: "There is nothing to eat in the high-speed service area, and the quality is not good. It is better to eat instant noodles, which saves time, effort and worry."

Xu Zhuo had never eaten at the high-speed service area, and he planned to take the opportunity to experience it, so he didn't care much about Yuan Kang's words.

It's only about [-] kilometers, and there is no urgent matter. I can reach the provincial capital today, so why rush it?

After paying the bill, the three got into the car, followed the navigation all the way north, and went straight to the provincial capital of the Central Plains.

As for the choice of expressway, Xu Zhuo wanted to take the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway, because it was a major road, and it was relatively smooth to go to the provincial capital without changing the expressway.

But Yuan Kang studied the map for a long time, and found another expressway to go to Yueyang and Suizhou, which can save about [-] kilometers relatively speaking.

After all, he was the owner of the car, so Xu Zhuo listened to Yuan Kang's opinion, and it was true that he lost about [-] kilometers in running, but it was several hours longer than traveling in Beijing, Hong Kong and Macau.

The reason is that there are many lanes in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Macau, and the fast and slow lanes are clearly defined, and cars and trucks can go their own way.

But the expressway that Yuan Kang was looking for had few lanes, big and small cars crowded together, and he couldn't overtake even if he wanted to.

There are also some car drivers who are probably novices, pressing the overtaking lane at a speed of [-] mph, no matter how much you honk, they will not accelerate.

During the 800-kilometer journey, Xu Zhuo and Yuan Kang, who drove alternately, didn't feel the speedy acceleration of the big G.

What a waste of such a nice car.

It was almost ten o'clock in the evening when we arrived in the provincial capital.

Xu Zhuo drove the car directly to the entrance of Sifang Restaurant.

As soon as the car parked, the security guard from Sifang Restaurant trotted over: "Sir, we are off work now... Hey, boss, are you back? The restaurant is having supper, would you like some?"

Xu Zhuo nodded: "I must have some. I've had enough of the unpalatable food in the service area along the way, and I'm just waiting to have something appetizing when I get home."

He woke up Yu Keke who was sleeping on the back seat, and the three came to Sifang Restaurant.

Yuan Kang came here for the first time and was very curious about everything here.

But when he came to the restaurant, he saw some employees sitting in the restaurant eating supper, he tugged at Xu Zhuo's sleeves, and said in a low voice, "Damn, you are generous enough, Xiangmanlou won't let the employees do this." Eat, you can’t take care of the food, and let them have supper, aren’t you afraid that you will be poor?”

Xu Zhuo smiled: "Everyone can only work when they are full, let's go, let's eat some too."

When Jianguo saw Xu Zhuo coming, he went to the back kitchen to cook a few bowls of stewed noodles without saying a word, and cut some sweet-skinned duck and other braised meat, making Yuan Kang keep saying that enough is enough.

He, who is used to frugality, really doesn't adapt to such extravagant and wasteful behavior.

While eating the delicious food, he was thinking about how to tell Xu Zhuo that he should save as much as possible. After all, opening a door for business is not charity, and there must be a bottom line.

After eating and drinking enough, Xu Zhuo took out the car keys of his car from the front desk, moved the luggage from the big G to his car, and drove back with Yu Keke.

As for Yuan Kang, Jianguo and others are naturally responsible for the settlement.

It just happened to let the people in the management familiarize themselves with each other.

According to Xu Zhuo's setup for the management, the current Yuan Kang is on the same level as people like Jianguo Huang Tingting.

However, according to the system's rewards for recruiting troops, Xu Zhuo reckoned that Yuan Kang should be at the same level as Zheng Jia, Guan Junjie, and Tang Xiaoying.

Reminiscent of Yuan Kang's characteristics and abilities, Xu Zhuo felt that turning back would allow him to take charge of personnel and sales.

As for Tang Xiaoying, who was originally in charge of personnel affairs, it was enough for her to control the logistics. In this way, Yuan Kang and Yuan Kang could restrain each other in terms of finances, and in terms of logistics, they could also control the back kitchen and front desk.

Xu Zhuo's delegation of power to Tang Xiaoying was naturally not for the purpose of tripping Yuan Kang up, nor was it because he did not trust Yuan Kang.

Instead, he was worried that Yuan Kang would mess around in the store and cause everyone to complain. At this time, Tang Xiaoying could come forward to communicate with Yuan Kang.

It's a little bit of balance.

However, Xu Zhuo hadn't used the balance method in management, but the back kitchen was out of balance first.

"These ducks I bought are for Xu Zhuo to make salted duck in sauce, Jianguo, what's the matter with chopping them all up?"

"Xu Zhuo said he wanted to teach me how to make fried blood duck. How can I use it without chopping it into pieces?"

One morning two days later, before breakfast was ready, Cao Kun and Jianguo quarreled in the back kitchen.

Of course, the two didn't really quarrel, but they both wanted Xu Zhuo to do what he could learn first, so that his department could feel proud.

As the head chef, Jianguo is actually in charge of stewed noodles, but recently Guo Xingwang is not around, and Guan Junjie has to take care of the overall situation, so Jianguo will take care of everything on the cooking side.

For example, today, Jianguo bought several ducks early in the morning, and he wanted to bring the people from the stir-fry side to make stir-fried blood ducks with Xu Zhuo, while Cao Kun got the letter yesterday and wanted to make salted duck in sauce today.

Even in order to make sauced salted duck, the back chef bought a bigger oven.

In the end, in order to seize the opportunity, Jianguo actually chopped all the ducks into duck pieces, leaving Cao Kun at a loss for what to say.

The two asked Guan Junjie to comment, what can Guan Junjie do?

One was his junior brother, and the other was the boss's brother. Both sides were hard-nosed, and he couldn't say anything, so he sent them to find Xu Zhuo.

When Xu Zhuo came to the store and heard about it, he unceremoniously pissed off the two of them.

"It's worth arguing about something big? Just buy a few more ducks. Besides, even if you make salted duck, it will take the day after tomorrow to make it well. Is it necessary to fight like this?"

Hearing that salted salted duck could not be cooked today, old Jianguo blushed, and drove over to buy [-] ducks without saying a word.

Probably to express his apology, he also graciously helped Cao Kun slaughter the duck.

Cao Kun didn't take advantage of him either, and asked Jianguo to take away all the duck blood that had been put into the basin.

After Xu Zhuo had breakfast, he went to the stewed food department to prepare salted duck with Hunan sauce.

But before doing it, first put the duck on the chopping board and flatten it until the whole duck becomes a board.

This is the origin of the word "ban" in sauced salted duck.

There is a prerequisite for making salted salted duck, that is, when slaughtering and extracting internal organs, a knife should be cut from the back of the duck, so that the thick duck breast can form a complete piece, which is convenient for pressing.

That is to say, only open-backed duck can be made into sauced salted duck.

Before pressing, the duck must be washed twice to remove the blood as much as possible.

In addition, if the back of the duck is not completely opened, it must be cut again with a knife.

After everything is done, chop off the duck's feet, spread the back of the duck and press it on the chopping board. The neck of the duck naturally bends down along the body, and then press it on a wooden board with heavy objects on it.

This will flatten the duck's ribs and breast herringbone so that the meat forms an oval disk.

The pressed duck is not only good-looking, but also easier to marinate.

Moreover, after being pressed in this way, it will save more space in the subsequent baking and improve the efficiency of the oven.

But the more important point is that the meat quality of the duck meat can be made firmer and the taste more robust through pressing. At the same time, this pressing can also destroy the fat tissue in the duck meat, making it easier to remove the fat in the duck meat during the production process. of oozing.

The delicious salted duck has the characteristics of mellow and delicious, full of color and aroma, low-fat and not greasy, endless aftertaste, and convenient to eat. The low-fat and not greasy here is because the duck oil oozes out during the production process. .

After placing the ducks one by one on the chopping board, Xu Zhuo began to prepare the sauce for marinating the salted duck.

He brought a larger pot, put sliced ​​ginger, scallion, Chinese prickly ash, star anise, dried red pepper, salt, white wine, and rock sugar into it one by one, and then poured half of the pot into it to cool it down.