Feng Yifan returned home with his father-in-law, holding the carefully cooked porridge.
After entering the room, Feng Yifan first helped his father-in-law go back to his room to sleep, then he did a routine check of various places in the house, and then took the bowls, chopsticks, spoons and porridge back to the room.
When I entered the room, the bedside lamp was still on, and my wife was lying on her side under the lamp but not asleep.
Feng Yifan walked to the bed and sat down, shaking the thermos in his hand and said, "Would you like to eat something? This is the porridge I prepared specially for you."
Su Ruoxi asked curiously: "Why are you here so late? Aren't you here just to make porridge for me?"
Feng Yifan smiled and replied, "Yes, of course I treated everyone to a midnight snack. I thought you might not have slept yet, so I made something for you to bring back."
Su Ruoxi sat up on the bed and asked again: "What kind of porridge did you make for me?"
Feng Yifan continued to answer: "It's mixed porridge."
Su Ruoxi immediately became curious again after hearing this: "Mixed porridge?"
Feng Yifan nodded, then put down the thermos, opened the lid, and carefully introduced it to his wife.
"For the mixed porridge, I used beef, fish, and vegetables such as carrots and celery, and then simmered it in chicken broth. Finally, I added a little milk to it. It's a combination of Chinese and Western cuisine, but I guarantee it will taste great."
After hearing what her husband said, Su Ruoxi became even more curious: "Put so many things in it? Is it still porridge?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Of course it's still porridge, and those ingredients are not put in and cooked at the same time."
In fact, Feng Yifan’s assorted porridge has to be cooked separately, and then all the ingredients are mixed into the porridge at the end.
For example, beef and fish need to be cooked first and then lightly seasoned.
Vegetables also need some cooking.
Even the porridge has to be cooked separately first, then chicken soup is added to blend the various ingredients, and finally some milk is added after most of the chicken soup is gone.
In this way, the final porridge not only contains various meats and vegetables, but also has a light milky flavor.
Feng Yifan served his wife a bowl of soup, blew it carefully, and was about to feed it to his wife.
Su Ruoxi did not refuse. She sat on the bed and opened her mouth to let her husband feed her.
The moment she took a bite, Su Ruoxi immediately felt that this bowl of porridge was special.
The first thing you taste is the milky flavor, but it’s not too strong and goes very well with the whole porridge.
Then you can taste the porridge, which is lightly salty and fresh, with a hint of sweetness, but it is not so obvious.
The various meats and vegetables in the porridge have actually been cooked very soft.
Paired with very soft rice, you almost don’t need to chew it. Just take a sip with your tongue, and the food in your mouth will instantly melt on your tongue, and you can swallow it directly along with the soup.
After taking a bite, Su Ruoxi felt very comfortable.
"It's delicious. How did you come up with this?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "As long as you like it, I've researched this specifically for you. This way, you can get the nutrients of various vegetables and meats from the porridge, and it will be very easy to digest. It's just right as a midnight snack."
Su Ruoxi quickly finished the bowl of porridge.
In fact, Su Ruoxi's appetite has not been very good during this period.
For example, when she had dinner at night, Su Ruoxi didn't eat much.
So Feng Yifan specially researched this porridge, with the aim of getting his wife to eat more and ensuring that she gets the nutritional needs she needs now.
Su Ruoxi naturally understood her husband's intentions.
And when she was eating, she also felt that her husband cooked the porridge specially so that she could eat it, so that there was almost no smell of oil in the porridge, and there was no fishy smell of meat or fish at all.
Because it was processed very well, Su Ruoxi felt very comfortable eating it.
Seeing his wife finish one bowl, Feng Yifan asked, "How is it? Do you want another bowl?"
Su Ruoxi smiled and said, "It's delicious, but I don't want it anymore. If I eat more, I'll get fat. It's almost time to go to bed, and you insist on giving me such a delicious bowl of porridge."
Feng Yifan said: "How can I sleep well if I don't eat enough?"
Su Ruoxi said: "If I eat and sleep, then I will become a pig, right?"
Feng Yifan said, "How could that be? You are my beloved baby, how could you be a pig? Are you really not going to eat you anymore?"
Su Ruoxi shook her head: "I really don't want to eat. You should clean up quickly, take a shower and go to bed."
Feng Yifan had no choice but to cover the thermos bucket again and prepare to go out to clean up with the bucket and the dishes.
Seeing this, Su Ruoxi asked, "Don't you want to eat?"
Feng Yifan smiled and replied, "I just came back from a midnight snack, so I won't eat it."
Su Ruoxi added: "Isn't that a waste? If you keep it covered overnight, it won't taste good tomorrow. Why don't you try harder?"
After hearing what his wife said, Feng Yifan thought about it and felt that it did make sense.
If the remaining porridge in the bucket is not eaten and left overnight, it may not taste good tomorrow and may be wasted.
In the end, Feng Yifan could only eat the remaining porridge in the thermos bucket.
After finishing the meal, Feng Yifan, who felt a little full, sighed: "Fortunately, I didn't cook too much."
Su Ruoxi looked at him and said with a smile: "Why are you pretending? You are so strong, but you feel full after eating such a small amount of porridge?"
Feng Yifan said helplessly: "I've already said it, I came back from having a midnight snack, and I had risotto for supper, so do you think this little bit of porridge is not enough?"
Su Ruoxi gently touched her husband and said, "Well, you've worked hard."
Feng Yifan stood up, stretched himself a little and said, "Okay, you go to sleep first, I'll go clean up."
Su Ruoxi nodded and lay down on the bed again.
Feng Yifan cleaned the thermos, bowls and spoons, checked the things in the kitchen, and then went back to the room to take a shower.
After everything was ready, he carefully went to bed.
Su Ruoxi immediately crawled into her husband's arms.
After such a long time, she has become accustomed to sleeping in her husband's arms, which makes her feel very safe and she can sleep very soundly.
Feng Yifan hugged his wife, kissed the ends of her hair, and whispered, "Go to sleep, good night."
The couple fell asleep in each other's arms.
The next day, it was already the 29th. Today, in addition to running the business, Feng Yifan and his kitchen team had another very important thing to do, which was to go to the TV station's reception kitchen to make some preparations for the dinner after tomorrow's cultural performance.
Since they have agreed to go there for the dinner, Feng Yifan and the others will naturally prepare it well.
Although the Three-Head Banquet was a special show that Su Ji was going to present on New Year's Day, Feng Yifan also provided a very exquisite menu for the dinner after the cultural performance.
Basically, they are all very exquisite dishes, and most of them are famous dishes from Jiangsu Province, so they can be considered presentable.
After completing all the purchases at Su Ji in the morning, Feng Yifan led his three apprentices to the kitchen of the banquet to check and make sure that the ingredients for the banquet had been prepared. Otherwise, it would be very troublesome to cook tomorrow if there were no ingredients.
Before leaving, Feng Ruoruo naturally pulled Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei over.
"Dad, are you going out? Take us with you."
"Dad Feng, I want to go too."
"Fei Fei wants to go too. Father Feng, please take us with you."
The three little girls acted coquettishly and clamored to Feng Yifan that they wanted to go. Feng Yifan was a little soft-hearted and wanted to take the children to take a look.
But then I thought, it might be busy there, and I might not be able to take care of three little girls.
If we ask the parents to go along and look after the children, it would seem like there would be too many people going together.
With so many people in the kitchen at that time, it really doesn’t seem like a good idea.
So Feng Yifan could only persuade the three little girls seriously.
"Dad has to go do something very important, so it's not convenient for him to take you three with him. You stay at home with grandpa and grandma, okay?"
Feng Ruoruo immediately said, "Dad, I know, you are going to dance and cook for us."
Chen Yaofei corrected him: "He didn't make it for us. Father Feng made it for everyone in the performance. We will eat it together when the performance is successful."
Feng Ruoruo was corrected and quickly nodded and said, "Yes, I'm going to cook."
Chen Yaofei thought about it and nodded, "That's right."
Yang Xiaoxi said, "Father Feng, let's go together. The three of us promise to be good and not disturb Father Feng. Please take us with you."
The three little girls immediately came forward and started to act coquettishly around Father Feng.
Feng Yifan could only continue to say, "But I'm not going there to cook today. Cooking will have to wait until after you go to the performance. Today I'm just going to take Uncle Xiaolin, Uncle Xiaoma, and Uncle Xiaoning over to take a look, count the things over there, and prepare for cooking."
When the three little girls heard this, they immediately understood.
"Hey, Dad, you're not going to cook, you're going to take a look?"
"Dad Feng, don't you have to cook today?"
"Dad Feng, are you going to take a look and come back soon?"
Feng Yifan answered the three little girls' questions seriously again: "Yes, I'm just going to take a look and count the number of things over there, and then Uncle Xiaolin and I will be back. We will still cook at Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant today, and we will rest tomorrow."
This time, the three little girls understood.
Knowing that Mr. Feng would be back after his trip, the little girls behaved well and stopped clamoring to go together. The three little girls even saw Mr. Feng off together and did not forget to give instructions to Uncle Xiaolin, Uncle Xiaoma and Uncle Xiaoning.
"Uncle Xiaolin, you have to listen to your father."
"Uncle Xiao Ma, you guys need to help Father Feng more."
"Uncle Xiaoning, you guys need to work harder."
The three little girls' words made Lin Ruifeng, Ma Xiaolong and Ning Cheng nod their heads to show that they understood.
Afterwards, Feng Yifan said goodbye to the three little girls and led his three apprentices to the dinner venue, which was also the reception desk of the TV station.
When they got there, there were special people waiting for them.
When he saw Feng Yifan, the other party was also very excited.
"Chef Feng, I finally see the real person."
Feng Yifan smiled and shook hands with the other party and said, "Seeing the real person, I found that I am also an ordinary person, just like everyone else, with a pair of eyes, a nose, a mouth, and two hands."
Having said that, the other person was immediately amused.
"Hahaha, Chef Feng is really humorous."
Afterwards, the person in charge of waiting led Feng Yifan and his three apprentices into the kitchen.
Feng Yifan chatted with the other party as he walked, as if he didn't take it seriously at all and just came over to take a look.
But Lin Ruifeng, Ma Xiaolong and Ning Cheng carefully observed their surroundings and wrote down some of the problems they saw.
"Chef Feng, we usually arrange New Year's Day banquets every year. We also host many reception banquets for TV stations. We have received a lot of praise. The leaders of the TV station and the city are all satisfied."
Listening to the other party's words, Feng Yifan naturally understood that the other party was showing off his past abilities to him.
This is to tell Feng Yifan and others that the restaurant here is powerful and recognized.
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "I'm sorry, maybe you don't know me very well. I usually don't easily accept invitations from others to cook outside. But if I accept the invitation, it means that the other party has also agreed to my conditions, and everything must be done according to my rules."
These words instantly left the other party speechless.
Feng Yifan continued, "My rules are very simple. Whether it's in the kitchen or at the banquet, everything must be done according to my requirements. I hope you can cooperate."
Next, watching the show in the TV station restaurant was naturally not very pleasant.
In Feng Yifan's opinion, he was not satisfied with many aspects and he also demanded that the restaurant must be replaced and adjusted.
Of course, these are not big deals, but when Feng Yifan saw the various ingredients prepared, he finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"I'm sorry, but I really want to ask you, are you really planning to use these ingredients to prepare the banquet after the cultural performance on New Year's Day?"
The restaurant manager was a little impatient at this time because he felt that Feng Yifan was too picky.
Moreover, he felt that Feng Yifan didn't respect him at all. After all, he was the manager of the TV station's reception restaurant, but he was being ordered around by Feng Yifan.
This really made him feel very embarrassed.
So now, the person in charge finally couldn't help but say: "Chef Feng, I know you are a top chef, but this is the condition here. If you think the ingredients are not up to standard, then we may not have a better solution now."
Facing the other party's uncooperative attitude, Feng Yifan said calmly: "If you have this attitude, then I think I can only notify the city. By then, I'm afraid that you and the people in the TV station who support you in managing things here will suffer. Do you really want that?"
After hearing these words, the person in charge had no choice but to admit defeat and said that he would prepare the ingredients immediately.
Feng Yifan and his three apprentices were waiting here, waiting for all the fresh ingredients to be delivered, and then counting them all and putting them into storage.
Feng Yifan also said: "I still say the same thing. I hope that tomorrow we will have the same things. If there is any discrepancy, I am afraid you will still be held accountable."
The other party was more well-behaved this time, repeatedly assuring that absolutely nothing would go wrong.