wood, bring me here

At the same time, on the other side, Li Jie was busy with the reception, and accompanied the city leaders and friends of the boss into the big box for dinner.

After finishing the process of visiting and listening to reports in the morning, the leaders were very satisfied with Regent's achievements in City D in the past three years.

Standing in the private room, Li Jie watched several leaders talking happily with his boss, half of the burden in his heart was lightened, but his thoughts flew outside again.

I've been full all morning, and I don't know what's going on with Qin Shaoyang. I hope his sauced duck is fine. If he gets the praise from the leaders today, the head chef and Guo Wei should restrain themselves a bit.

While bowing his head in thought, someone called out to Li Jie: "Xiao Li, come have dinner with us later."

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Li Jie was stunned for a moment, seeing Deputy Mayor Li who was in charge of tourism and catering looking at him with a smile, he quickly waved his hands and said, "Mayor Li, this is not acceptable, I am just accompanying, how can I have dinner with you?"

"Don't be nervous, you've been busy all morning and it's hard enough. You stay and eat with us, and introduce these dishes by the way, and let us all know about them."

Hearing what Mayor Li said, Li Jie was dumbfounded.

I am just an escort, how can I really eat with these leaders.Besides, I am not very familiar with these dishes, what if I make a mistake?

Li Jie said embarrassedly: "Mayor Li, I'm really not good at dishes, why don't I ask the head chef to come over?"

"It's okay, you can talk about it casually, you don't need to be very professional," Mayor Li said to the few present: "What do you think of my suggestion?"

"Mayor Li's suggestion is of course the best."

Everyone nodded frequently and agreed.

Now, it's Li Jie's turn to have nothing to do.

He looked at the boss, wanting to ask for help, but unexpectedly, the boss nodded slightly at him, with a pair of deep eyes and a smile.

Mayor Li saw Li Jie's nervousness, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Okay, Xiao Li, don't be nervous, anyway, we all don't understand well, even if you say something wrong, we don't know."

Although Mayor Li said half-jokingly, Li Jie was still a little uneasy.

Glancing at his boss, seeing that the other party nodded to him, he could only reluctantly agree.

The waiter came up with cold dishes, and a group of people poured wine and began to chat while eating.

Sitting at the dining table, Li Jie introduced several dishes one by one.

Although he is not very familiar with the dishes, he has worked in Lijing for more than three years, so he still has some understanding.

Everyone ate the dishes, listened to Li Jie's introduction, and praised while eating.

After roughly introducing a few cold dishes, Li Jie glanced at the boss, seeing that the corner of his mouth was always smiling, he was slightly relieved.

Mayor Li took Zuiyu with his chopsticks, chewed and said, "Xiao Li, don't just introduce yourself, let's eat together."

"Ok."

Li Jie nodded and followed suit, took his order and ate in silence.

A table of people chatted while eating, nothing more than business matters, Li Jie just listened and couldn't interrupt.

At this time, the waiter came up with several hot dishes, which were bright in color and rich in fragrance.

Li Jie just hurriedly put down his chopsticks, got up and put the plates away with the waiter, and then slowly introduced: "Everyone, these are all authentic Huaiyang dishes, and they are also our Regent's signature dishes. Crystal meat, Boiled dried silk, long fish in a soft pocket, Xishi with pearls, fried rapeseed with shiitake mushrooms."

Sitting looking at some delicacies, listening carefully.

"Huaiyang cuisine pays attention to knife skills, and we use the freshest and best ingredients. Exquisite knife skills coupled with the best ingredients can make our dishes fresh, peaceful, rich and mellow."

Hearing what Li Jie said clearly and logically, several leaders kept nodding and picked up their chopsticks to taste.

Mayor Li was eating the dishes with a smile on his face: "These dishes are really delicious, the meat is delicious, and the knife skills are also very good. You can tell at a glance that they are made by chefs with many years of cooking experience."

"This fish is delicious, and the meat is also very good. It is indeed Lijing's signature dish."

"This rapeseed is also very tender, and unlike other hotels that put a lot of oil, it is light and refreshing when paired with shiitake mushrooms."

Everyone talked to each other, tasted delicious food and drank wine, and the atmosphere in the box became more active.

"Recently after Huamei merged Tianhua, it will have a big impact on you Lijing."

"Huami and you are deadly enemies, have you guys thought about any countermeasures?"

"At the last seminar, Tianhua's general manager even mentioned to me what activities he was going to hold in the near future. Don't lag behind."

Everyone said something to each other, probably because Lijing has a good reputation in City D for a long time, and the words of the leaders obviously have a tendency to favor Lijing.

The boss put down his wine glass and said with a calm smile: "With the care of all the leaders, our Lijing will not lag behind Tianhua."

Mayor Li's secretary interjected: "Our Mayor Li has always praised you Lijing very much. Recently, the city is planning a culinary competition. Chefs from various hotels in City D will be invited to participate. You Lijing will also have to participate in the competition. Send someone to attend."

The boss readily agreed: "Of course, the gold award was taken away by Tianhua last time. This time, we must take it back."

Li Jie lowered his head to eat the cold jellyfish with his chopsticks in his hands, and began to think about it again and again.

Such an opportunity is really rare. If he can let that piece of wood go and win the competition, then his status in Lijing will definitely be improved.At least, his back will be straighter and his position will be more stable. Maybe he will be given the position of sous chef, which has been vacant for a long time.

After eating for a while, the door of the box opened again, and the braised pork and crystal shrimp were brought up by the waiter.

Local dishes are very popular in D City, but there are many restaurants that do not have authentic tastes, so it is not easy to eat authentic local dishes.

Li Jie frowned slightly when he didn't see the sauced duck coming, but didn't speak.

The leaders showed great interest in the dishes, but it was Mayor Li who spoke first: "Xiao Li, why didn't you introduce it?"

Li Jie pursed his lips, and said lightly: "These three dishes are specially prepared by our hotel for a few of you."

A leader asked strangely: "There are only two paths here, where is the third path?"

Li Jie interjected: "The third dish is duck in sauce, it will be delivered right away, let's eat first."

The other rubbed his chin with great interest: "It seems that the sauced duck will be the main event, let's wait."

As soon as the words fell, someone came in with a sauced duck.

Bursts of rich and fragrant sauce mixed with the aroma of the duck came out, and the fragrant smell spread throughout the box.

The fat and lean duck was cut into pieces, poured with dark sauce, and placed neatly on a gold-rimmed plate, which made people's index fingers move.

Looking at this delicious food that came late, everyone's eyes lit up because of the intriguing aroma, Li Jie smiled and said: "The dishes are all served, leaders, please take it slowly."

Nodding in satisfaction, the chopsticks fell on the three dishes like raindrops. A leader in charge of catering took a piece of duck meat and put it in his mouth. After taking a bite, he immediately put down the chopsticks and said, "This sauced duck tastes too good. Great, the duck meat is fat but not greasy, especially the seasoning, it seems to be different from the ones I have eaten before."

When Mayor Li heard about it, he immediately tasted a piece, and his eyes were full of approval: "The taste is really different. Let's not talk about the duck, let's talk about the sauce, which is moderately salty and sweet. It not only covers up the smell of the duck, It also has a faint fragrance.”

Everyone also turned their attention to the duck. They ate and praised it, as if they were tasting the best food in the world, and completely left the braised pork and crystal shrimp aside.

Seeing the reactions of the people at the table, Li Jie smiled, with the corners of his eyes slightly raised inadvertently.

This piece of wood finally earned back his face.

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