Chinese chef

41 food consultant

Everyone in the back kitchen of the Zhonghua Building stared at the car behind Shi Nancheng for a long time at the gate, but they didn't see a third person getting out of the car.

I only saw Shi Nancheng and another handsome young man walking towards them side by side.

"Everyone, this is the gourmet consultant of our Zhonghua Building—Mu Feng!" Shi Nancheng introduced Mu Fengdao to the back kitchen with a smile.

The sous chef Gao Kai couldn't help but frowned looking at Mu Feng. Is Shi always joking?Such a young food consultant?

Although he is the sous chef, there has never been a head chef in the back kitchen of Zhonghua Building, so he is actually the number one in the back kitchen of Zhonghua Building.

It turned out that when Shi Nancheng hired him, he had already agreed with him in advance that the position of head chef in Zhonghua Building was reserved for top chefs.

He knew that his strength was limited, but he accepted it readily, thinking that if he could work under top chefs in the future, he would also be able to learn real kung fu.

However, because Zhonghua Building has not been able to recruit top chefs for a long time, he unconsciously had an idea about the position of the chef.

After all, whoever wants to be number two wants to be number one.

However, Shi Nancheng told him last night that Zhonghua Building hired a food consultant.

When Gao Kai first heard the news, he was in a daze.He thought Shi Nancheng had found the chef.

But after inquiring, I found out that the food consultant was here to teach them how to cook, not to be the chef.

Gao Kai was amused when he heard it.

Unexpectedly, there is such a good thing, his position as the leader remains unchanged, and he can learn skills from top chefs. This chef who serves as a food consultant is really 'special'!

As for why this top chef doesn't want to be a chef, but is willing to teach them how to cook, he is not interested at all in this regard.

He is not even interested in how much annual salary Shi Nancheng used to hire this food consultant.

Anyway, for him, keeping his top position and improving his cooking skills are the only two things that are most important!

But all of this is based on the fact that the new food consultant is a top chef!

However, when he saw Mu Feng, he was stunned.

He almost wondered if Shi Nancheng's head was pinched by the door yesterday, so that his head was abnormal, so he randomly hired someone to be a food consultant.

However, after a while, he calmed down.

Originally, although he was also looking forward to learning some top cooking skills under the hands of this new food consultant.But at the same time, he also had a trace of worry in his heart. He didn't know what kind of temperament this gourmet consultant had. If a new official came to take up the position suddenly, how would he deal with it.

Or, this gourmet consultant is called a consultant, but he is actually advancing by retreat. His purpose is to enter the back kitchen of Zhonghua Building as a consultant, and then simmer slowly, step by step to take over the power of the back kitchen.

This possibility is not completely absent, because it has always been a common phenomenon in the back kitchen to fight openly and secretly between chefs.

Especially when the chef is an airborne soldier, the phenomenon of open and secret fighting is even more serious.

That's why Shi Nancheng vaccinated them one by one when he first recruited chefs.

The chefs in the back kitchen have been told time and time again that the position of the main chef in China must be a top chef.

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Before Gao Kai knew who the gourmet consultant was, he was both looking forward to and worried.

However, the moment he knew that Mu Feng was a gourmet consultant, after a moment of surprise and bewilderment, he felt a little bit of relief in his heart.

At least for now, it seems that there is nothing to worry about in his top position.

How capable is such a young food consultant?

At such a young age, his cooking skills are definitely not very good. Presumably this food consultant should be the kind of gourmet who knows how to eat.

Gao Kai felt relieved all of a sudden.

Even if he knows how to eat but doesn't know how to cook, he can only be a 'consultant' and can never threaten his position.

"Welcome, welcome. I am Gao Kai, the sous chef of Zhonghua Building. Welcome Consultant Mu to Zhonghua Building." Gao Kai smiled and stretched out his right hand to Mu Feng.

"Hello." Mu Feng smiled and shook hands with him.

Other staff in the back kitchen greeted Mu Feng one after another.

They are all men. After seeing Mu Feng, they didn't do anything special except they were surprised at Mu Feng's youth.

And those waiters are different.

A considerable part of the waiters are girls, ranging in age from their early twenties to their thirties.

Except for a few older girls who were relatively calm, the younger ones were all whispering.

Even though they worked under Shi Nancheng's subordinates, they already had a certain degree of immunity to good looks, but when they saw Mu Feng, they still couldn't help being moved.

"very handsome!"

"Unexpectedly, there is a boy who is more beautiful than Mr. Shi."

"Do I think Mr. Shi is more handsome?"

"I wonder if he has a girlfriend?"

"Why, even if you don't have a girlfriend, it's not your turn, okay?"

"I said, all of you are too vulgar. Such a good-looking boy, why do you want to find a girlfriend? Look, isn't he a good match for Shi Zong?"

"You rotten girl, have you read too many novels?"

"Why, don't you think the picture of them standing together looks good?"

"It's pretty good-looking, but I like Mr. Shi."

"You think too much! Mr. Shi is not suitable for you, he and Consultant Mu look so good!"

"You, you are messing up the mandarin ducks, be careful not to be overheard by Mr. Shi."

"I heard it when I heard it. It's not true. Can't you let others imagine it?"

"Although I don't agree with your statement, the picture of the two of them standing together is really pleasing to the eye. Their legs are so long! Their faces are so beautiful!"

"Yeah yeah......"

......

The waiters chatted endlessly.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of them, and at the same time, a cold sentence came.

"What are you guys talking about? Aren't you clearing the tables and chairs and cleaning?" The foreman who spoke was a woman in her 30s, wearing black low-heeled shoes and light makeup on her face, looking very capable.

When the girls looked up and saw the foreman's dark face, they shrank their necks like quails.

He quietly searched for Shi Nancheng and Mu Feng with his eyes, only to find that they had already gone to the back kitchen.

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Gao Kai led the way, Shi Nancheng and Mu Feng followed behind, and Yang Bin led the other kitchen staff to follow closely behind.

Zhonghua Building is worthy of being a once glorious restaurant, with carved beams and painted buildings everywhere, just like an ancient palace.Although it is not as good as before, both the decoration and the land occupation reveal its glorious history.

If it weren't for the large number of modern facilities inside, such as air conditioners and TVs, Mu Feng really thought he had traveled through time.

Following Gao Kai, turning left and right, after walking for a while, Mu Feng finally came to the back kitchen of Zhonghua Building.

I saw that the back kitchen of the Zhonghua Building was very spacious, and there were a lot of stoves. Judging from the number of stoves alone, it was enough to see the glory of the Zhonghua Building.

However, judging from the traces of use, there are only about twenty stoves that are really commonly used.

When Mu Feng and the others walked into the back kitchen, there were already many staff members preparing the ingredients for noon.

One chef is equipped with one stove, plus seven other staff members in different positions such as chopping board, lotus, and water table.

There are more than 100 and nearly [-] people in the back kitchen of the Zhonghua Building.

However, with so many people staying in the kitchen, it didn't feel crowded at all.

On the contrary, there is still a lot of space in the back kitchen that is vacant.

Those who were qualified to meet Mu Feng at the gate were all chefs who could work on the stove in the back kitchen, and the rest of the staff were still working in the back kitchen.

At this time, they saw Gao Kai leading Shi Nancheng in, and there was a strange young man beside Shi Nancheng.

Everyone was a little puzzled.

"Hey, Boss Shi personally accompanied him, where did this person come from?"

"So young, he doesn't look like the leader of any department!"

"Didn't Chef Gao just say that he was going outside to meet the food consultant? This should be it."

"Food consultant, are you kidding me? Have you ever seen such a young consultant?"

"That is, although I don't know what this food consultant does. But I understand the title of consultant, which means an expert. I can say with certainty that anyone who is qualified to be a consultant in our Zhonghua Building must be a consultant." He is an expert in the gourmet industry, how can he be such a young person!"

"Then I know, this should be the apprentice of the gourmet consultant, yes, that's right, it must be so!"

"No, does the apprentice need Mr. Shi to accompany him in person? How big is the master? This can't be the apprentice."

......

The staff in the back kitchen talked in low voices.

"Consultant Mu, this is the back kitchen of our Zhonghua Building." Gao Kai said with a smile.

Mu Feng pursed his lips and nodded with a smile.

Gao Kai turned around and introduced to all the back kitchen staff: "Everyone, this is the new food consultant of our Zhonghua Building, Mu Feng, Mu consultant, please applaud and welcome!"

Everyone in the back kitchen was taken aback for a moment, and then there was a burst of warm applause.

"Hey, you really are a food consultant!"

"It's strange, so young, how is it possible? Is it a baby face, so it looks young? In fact, it is more than 20 years old?"

"No matter how baby-faced he looks, he's probably in his 30s or 40s at most! He became an expert at 40? Is that an exaggeration? Lao Gao seems to be almost [-], right?"

"It makes sense. Look at those famous chefs, which one is not 60 or [-] years old?"

"It seems that this food consultant must have a very powerful trump card, food consultant... I know, this food consultant doesn't have to be able to cook! It's enough to know how to eat!"

"That's right! I'm a food consultant, not a chef. You don't need to know how to cook, you just need to know how to eat. Cooking takes time to accumulate experience, but if you are a 'golden tongue', you just need to be talented."

"Isn't President Ke Shi the 'Golden Tongue'? Is it necessary to hire another one?"

"This... seems to make a little sense..."

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Everyone in the back kitchen was talking about it, Gao Kai didn't stop him, but turned to Mu Feng and said, "Consultant Mu, please rest next to us for a while, we are about to start cooking, see what you want to eat, we will make it right away , after you are done, please give us some pointers."

"Then let's make Huadiao Braised Pork!" Mu Feng said with a smile.

Gao Kai nodded, and then continued to wait, but after waiting for a while, seeing that Mu Feng didn't mention other dishes, he was a little puzzled: "Just one dish."

"Yes, let's cook this dish first, take your time." Mu Feng said with a smile.

"Okay!" Gao Kai nodded.

"Let's all cook together! Cook this dish together." Mu Feng said to the other chefs.

He needs to understand the real strength of these chefs, although he has already heard a rough explanation from Shi Nancheng on the way here.

However, cooking skills still have to be seen in person to be sure.

"We all cook this dish?" All the chefs were stunned and looked at Shi Nancheng.

Shi Nancheng nodded, signaling them to listen to Mu Feng.

Since Mr. Shi said so, of course they obeyed the order.

Although Gao Kai was a little puzzled, he didn't raise any doubts. No matter how much Mu Feng tossed about, as long as it didn't affect his position.

Today, as a new food consultant, I naturally want to give enough face, talk less and do more, anyway, the kitchen still relies on cooking skills to speak.

The chefs were cooking, while Mu Feng watched carefully behind them.

This [Hua Diao Braised Meat] does not take too much time. After about 10 minutes, all the chefs are ready.

Mu Feng tried dishes one by one, rinsing his mouth every time he tried a dish, in order to get the most accurate knowledge of their culinary skills.

When Mu Feng tried the dishes, there was no comment, and the chefs were all puzzled.

Can't try it out or what's going on?

Is it possible that this new food consultant is just a show, but he doesn't understand at all?

But, it's impossible!It is impossible for Mr. Shi to invite someone who doesn't know anything to be the food consultant.

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Seeing Mu Feng earnestly testing the dishes, the chefs tended to think that Mu Feng had real skills, but this made people even more confused.

Why, is it possible that I don't even need to comment on the dishes I cook?

Is my cooking really that bad?impossible!

Gao Kai watched Mu Feng try other chefs' dishes without saying a word, he nodded secretly, he really has some skills!

Gao Kai knows the skills of other chefs like the back of his hand. If he were to comment, although he would not be as disdainful as Mu Feng, he would not be bothered to say much, at most he would just comment.

There is no way, the cooking skills of other chefs are far behind his.

It's like asking a good student to comment on the homework of a bad student. Is it interesting?

Not interesting.

Gao Kai prides himself on being a top student in Zhonghua Building, and he is very confident in his cooking skills, so he quite agrees with Mu Feng's disdain to comment on other chefs' dishes.

is a character!

Gao Kai secretly nodded in praise.

His dishes were put last, and when Mu Feng came to him, he immediately lifted the heat-resisting lid on the dishes, and looked at Mu Feng confidently.

Mu Feng smiled and nodded to him, then picked up a chopstick and put it in his mouth.

Then, after chewing for a while, swallowed it into the stomach.

Gao Kai looked at him quietly, waiting...

how?Don't you comment?

Gao Kai waited for a long time, but when he saw that Mu Feng hadn't moved, he was a little dazed.

Does this mean it tastes good?

Although Gao Kai is very confident in his cooking skills, he also feels that it is very normal for Mu Feng to say something delicious.

However, looking at Mu Feng's serious face when he was trying the dishes just now, it doesn't look like he thought it was delicious.

Hey, you are just a showman, but I thought you were a character with real skills just now.

It turns out that you don't know how to try dishes at all!

My food is so delicious, you didn't react at all?

What kind of food consultant is this that Mr. Shi invited?

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It took about 10 minutes for Mu Feng to try all the dishes, and he already had a general understanding of the skills of all the chefs in the back kitchen of Zhonghua Building.

Among all the chefs, Gao Kai's skill has surpassed the advanced level, and he has taken a big step towards the state of super class.

There are four other chefs whose skill in cooking this stew has reached the level of senior chefs.

As for the other chefs, most of their culinary skills are above the intermediate level, and there is still a distance from the advanced level. There are only a few of them, and they are only one step away from the advanced level.

Now that he knew the level of the chefs, Mu Feng knew how to guide them later.

Mu Feng decided to make a [Hua Diao Braised Meat] first, and let them see where the gaps are, so that it will be convenient for the next teaching.

"I've tried all of your dishes, and I know your culinary skills. Next, I'll make this [Hua Diao Braised Pork], and you can try it after it's done," Mu Feng said.

What do you mean?

Does this mean that our cooking skills are not enough?

The chefs were a little confused and a little angry.

"Consultant Mu, may I trouble you to tell me how my dishes are?" said the tall, thin chef. His name was Jin Mingwu, and he was one of the four chefs whose cooking skills had reached an advanced level.

Although he was a little annoyed, he still tried to be polite to Mu Feng.

After all, Mr. Shi personally invited him here, so you have to give Mr. Shi some face, right?

"There's mine too. Consultant Mu, please comment on this stewed meat dish I made." The one who spoke was a fat chef named Hou Yongjie, who was also one of the four senior chefs.

Gao Kai was also very upset in his heart, but he was an old fritter, and when he saw other people coming forward, he simply didn't speak, and just watched quietly, wanting to see how Mu Feng would respond.

The senior chef still had the confidence to argue with Mu Feng, but as for the mid-level chefs, they all kept silent because they knew their own strength.

"For your stewed meat, when you first fried it, you didn't put in enough oil, which caused the pork belly to lose too much fat, and the meat was a bit burnt." Mu Feng told Jin Mingwu.

Then, he turned his head and looked at Hou Yongjie: "Your ingredients are not in the right proportion, and the taste is not good enough."

After Jin Mingwu and Hou Yongjiu listened, they immediately picked up their chopsticks, put a piece of their own stewed meat into their mouths, and started eating.

Where is the firewood?

What's wrong with the ingredients?

The two were unhappy, looked up at Mu Feng, and wanted to continue to argue.

"Don't get excited, wait until I finish this [Hua Diao Braised Pork], you can try it, and then we can talk about it if we have something to say. Okay?" Mu Feng said with a smile.

Jin Mingwu and Hou Yongjie looked at each other and the surroundings, and found that the other staff in the back kitchen had put down their work and were looking at them one by one.

Coughing twice, Jin Mingwu took a deep breath: "Okay, then please Mu Consultant show your hands, let us guys open our eyes."

Mu Feng nodded and stood in front of the chopping board.

At this time, the clever kitchen staff helped Mu Feng prepare the ingredients and put them on the chopping board in an orderly manner.

Mu Feng picked up the knife, weighed it twice, um, it was a good knife.Although it was not as good as the kitchen knife that Shi Nancheng gave Mu Feng, it was still a good knife.

This knife is the standard equipment for the back kitchen of Zhonghua Building. From this knife, it can be seen how much Shi Nancheng values ​​the back kitchen.

Mu Feng first cut the washed green onion and sliced ​​the ginger, and put them aside for later use.

Then, I took a large piece of pork belly and started cutting into small pieces.

After a while, he cuts very steadily, not very fast.

Gao Kai looked at Mu Feng's saber technique and nodded.

Actually, there are three to five years of skill, so it's not really a show.

After Mu Feng cut the pork belly, blanch the pork belly with hot water, then drain it, then put it in the oil pan, and fry the pork belly slightly with the skin facing down.

Then, seasoning and water are added. The overall cooking process is very similar to braised chicken nuggets, except that there is an extra ingredient, which is Huadiao wine.

After the pork belly was cooked and the soup became thicker, Mu Feng added brown sugar into it, and then collected the juice.

There is nothing unusual about the whole cooking process, it looks exactly like any other chef's cooking.

At first, the chefs were still doubtful, could it be that Consultant Mu could really make something unique [Hua Diao Braised Meat].

But at the end, everyone's expressions changed slightly, it was a kind of disappointment mixed with a bit of speechless expression.

After the soup was collected, Mu Feng put the [Hua Diao Braised Meat] in the pot on a plate, and put it on the chopping board in front of the chefs.

"Come on, everyone, come and have a try." Mu Feng said with a smile.

that's it?

Are you kidding us?

You were so confident in what you said just now, I thought how powerful you were, but that's how it turned out?

Jin Mingwu and Hou Yongjie looked at the plate of [Hua Diao Braised Meat] in front of them very speechlessly.

Both of them were very angry. You must know that what the chef is most upset about is that his own dishes are said to be unpalatable by others.

Just now, what Mu Feng said was that their culinary skills were not good enough. Although they felt dissatisfied, they still felt that there was someone out there, and it was impossible for this young-looking consultant to really make amazing delicacies.

But now, they suddenly have a feeling of being a dog. There is a joke on the Internet that says, I have all my pants off, so you just show me this?

That's right, that's how they feel now.

The cooking process is the same as theirs, so I won’t talk about it. After all, it’s stewed meat, and the method is similar.

But, the toppings?

The ingredients didn't seem to be anything special!

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Jin Mingwu and Hou Yongjie were very speechless in their hearts, and Gao Kai also felt weird in his heart. At first, when he saw Mu Feng wanted to cook, to be honest, he felt inexplicably thumped in his heart.

Could it be that his culinary skills are really that high?

However, after he watched Mu Feng's entire cooking process, he was a little at a loss.

It seems that this [Hua Diao Braised Meat] is indeed no different from what they cook.

However, this Mu Feng is a gourmet consultant personally invited by Mr. Shi!

If he didn't have two brushes, how could he dare to cook the same dish himself?

This is illogical!

He had a very strange feeling in his heart, his eyes told him that the dishes made by Mu Feng were nothing special.However, his intuition told him that Mu Feng's dish was unusual!

No matter what other people think, Gao Kai thinks he has to give it a try, otherwise it's really itchy!

He picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of pork belly, put it in his mouth, and chewed...

After three seconds.

really!

This taste! ⊙⊙!

Fat but not greasy, moderately sweet and sour, full-bodied wine...

How could the same dish have such an unusual taste? !

He suddenly looked up at Mu Feng.

Mu Feng was looking at him with a smile.

In a trance, he vaguely saw light on Mu Feng...