The kitchen of Fujinglou has started to get busy. After all, during the New Year's Day holiday, too many guests came to Fujinglou today, so everyone in the kitchen is busy.
As the head chef, Sun Mingxing keeps an eye on every stove in the kitchen.
"Be careful to control the fire and don't overcook it.
Be careful when flipping the spoon and don't push the tofu too hard. It will be bad if the tofu is broken.
Hurry up, hurry up, speed up the dishes over there, don't waste time over there."
It can be said that Sun Mingxing really keeps an eye on everyone, paying attention to every dish on every stove to ensure the quality of every dish.
And orders are still being sent in continuously.
As more and more guests came, the kitchen of Fujinglou became very busy.
At this time, Quan Jie ran to his master and asked, "Master, this is the order from Senior Brother Feng upstairs. There is no special order for children on it, but today Ruoruo, Xixi and Feifei are here. Should we make some adjustments to the taste?"
Sun Mingxing also reached out to take the list and took a look at the dishes on it.
Then he nodded and said, "Well, since there are children, the taste should be a little lighter, not too strong. Also, pay attention to the order of serving the dishes, and adjust the dishes suitable for children to be served first."
After giving the instructions, Sun Mingxing personally went to prepare and start cooking.
However, at the same time, another order was delivered from the elderly people in the tour group upstairs.
"Master, this is the list of the elderly tour group upstairs. Should we also adjust the taste?"
Sun Mingxing took another look and said, "For the elderly, the taste should be lighter and don't put too much oil."
At this point, Sun Mingxing called his eldest disciple over and asked him to take over the task of cooking for Feng Yifan and his friends at the tables upstairs.
As for Sun Mingxing, he personally cooked the orders for the tables of elderly tour group members upstairs.
An apprentice in the kitchen was a little puzzled when he saw his master arrange it this way.
But the other disciples were not as brave as Quanjie who dared to ask the master directly anything, so they could only ask Quanjie quietly.
"Xiao Jie, why did Master give Brother Feng's tables to Senior Brother and cook for the elderly from the tour group himself?"
When Quan Jie heard the other brothers asking this, he immediately whispered, "Don't you understand? The reason why Master personally cooked for the elderly in the tour group is because it is more difficult to master the taste of elderly food, and the elderly have weaker physical functions, so they need to be more delicate whether they are cooking or frying."
One of the brothers still didn't quite understand: "But, it seems like Senior Brother and we can do all of this, right? All we need to do is ask the Master to tell us."
Another senior brother whispered, "Besides, if Master doesn't personally cook for Senior Brother Feng's tables, isn't he afraid that Senior Brother Feng will find an excuse to criticize him?"
Quan Jie glared at the senior brother who said this and said, "What are you thinking? Do you think Senior Brother Feng is that kind of stingy person? Let me tell you, Senior Brother Feng doesn't care about those things. All Senior Brother Feng cares about is whether our overall service is up to par."
Several senior brothers were still confused, and one of them asked, "What does it mean to keep up with the service?"
Quan Jie pointed to the eldest senior brother and said, "When cooking, did you consider that Senior Brother Feng brought his child here?"
When several brothers heard this, they were stunned for a moment, as if thinking about something, and then they quickly understood.
Then a senior brother asked: "Little Junior Brother, when we prepare food in the future, do we have to consider the children?"
Quan Jie nodded and said, "Of course, it depends on whether there are elderly people or children at the time of ordering. Most importantly, we must also consider the different tastes of the guests. The waiters at Fujinglou will also need some training in the future."
The group of fellow disciples were all stunned when they heard this. They didn't expect it to be so troublesome.
But Quan Jie said seriously, "Let me tell you, in Brother Feng's two restaurants, they all take orders this way. When taking orders, they will ask the guests about their taste preferences. If there are elderly people or children, they will also take special care of them."
After hearing this, the fellow disciples of Fujing Tower seemed to understand a little bit.
Quan Jie said seriously: "If our Fujing Building wants to get a star rating, we must be able to do these things."
When they heard that it was about the restaurant getting a star, the fellow apprentices were all in awe and each of them became very serious.
At this time, the eldest senior brother shouted, "Quan Jie, come over and serve the food quickly, stop talking nonsense over there."
When Quan Jie heard the shout, he quickly ran to the side of his eldest senior brother.
As the eldest senior brother served the cooked dishes, he said to Quan Jie, "You have become more capable now, right? You can go to Su Ji to learn cooking from Senior Brother Feng. You think you are already good enough to ignore the senior brothers here, right?"
Quan Jie was stunned when he heard this, and then quickly said, "No, Senior Brother, I definitely don't have that kind of thought."
The eldest brother continued, "Quanjie, I'm telling you, don't forget who your master is. Don't think that just because you entered Su Ji and can learn cooking from Feng Yifan, you are superior to the other brothers."
At this point, the eldest brother pointed at the dish in his hand and said, "Do you think you can make this dish?"
Quan Jie took a look at the dish on the plate. It was a very simple and plain-looking "Stir-fried Lotus Pond".
But the more lightly stir-fried the dish is, the more it tests the chef's skills.
The dish of stir-fried lotus pond in front of you has a bright color and shiny starch. The most important thing is that although every piece of vegetable is covered with starch sauce, it actually does not feel that the sauce is thick at all.
And when you eat it at the end, you can't taste the thick sauce.
Being able to make the dish look like it has starch sauce but not make your mouth smother when you eat it shows the real skill of a chef.
Quan Jie looked at his senior brother and immediately said humbly, "Senior brother, I, I can't do what you did."
The eldest brother said, "Since you can't do it, stop playing those nonsense and study hard. Why did the master ask you to go to Su Ji? Did he ask you to play? He asked you to study hard. You have time to play for the brothers here. Why don't you help out in the kitchen?"
Quan Jie immediately agreed: "Yes, Senior Brother, I will serve the food right away."
Then, Quan Jie carefully took the dish from the eldest brother, adjusted the plating, then quickly rushed out with the dish and ran upstairs to serve it.
Seeing Quan Jie running up to serve the food, a group of people started laughing and joking with him.
Ma Xiaolong smiled and asked, "Master, this is not right. How can you only bring up one dish? We ordered the dishes together, and there are three tables of guests. Shouldn't you serve all three tables together? Master, this is really unqualified."
At the same time, the waiters at Su Ji and Ruo restaurants also immediately followed suit.
"Chef Quan, why don't we help you serve the food? You're being very unprofessional. Even our Chef Ma has complained about it."
Quan Jie knew that Ma Xiaolong was deliberately starting the fun and was leading everyone to make fun of him.
He said calmly, "Serving them one by one means that our dishes are all freshly made. This one, of course, will be served to the elderly first. The rest of you can wait a while."
Ma Xiaolong added: "So, Junior Master, you are really too unprofessional. If you serve food like this, you will be scolded every day when you go to Su Ji. If you don't believe me, ask everyone."
The waiters naturally followed suit and shouted, "Yes."
Quan Jie put the dish down, and then said seriously: "Okay, wait, I will definitely serve the next dish well."
When Quan Jie was about to turn around and leave, Feng Ruoruo suddenly stopped him and said, "Uncle Xiao Quan, don't leave. You served the dishes without telling us the names of the dishes. This is not a good thing to do."
Quan Jie was about to leave, but he had to stop when he heard Feng Ruoruo's words.
When Ma Xiaolong and others heard Feng Ruoruo's words, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Quan Jie turned around and looked at Ma Xiaolong and the others and laughed.
Although Feng Yifan didn't smile, the look in his eyes as he sat there looking at Quan Jie seemed to be half smiling.
So Quan Jie also realized that he did not do a good job in serving the dish this time.
Then, Quan Jie picked up the dishes again very seriously, placed them carefully, and announced the name of the dish: "Stir-fried lotus pond. Please enjoy your meal."
After hearing Uncle Xiaoquan announce the names of the dishes, Feng Ruoruo smiled and gave Uncle Xiaoquan a thumbs up.
"Uncle Xiaoquan is awesome."
Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei also gave a thumbs up and praised: "Great."
Quan Jie felt a little embarrassed to be praised by three little girls at once. He scratched the back of his head with his hands behind his back, not knowing what to say for a moment.
It was Feng Yifan who reminded with a smile: "Why don't you hurry down? The rest of the dishes haven't been served yet."
After being reminded of this, Quan Jie quickly turned around and went downstairs.
Seeing Quan Jie's expression, everyone smiled happily.
The elderly people in the tour group couldn't help but feel curious when they saw Feng Yifan and his friends joking with the people serving the dishes.
It was the old lady who asked directly: "Chef Feng, you guys are really very familiar with the people at Fujinglou? You actually joked with the people who served the dishes at Fujinglou like this."
The old lady next to him said, "Yes, I saw that the person serving the food was wearing a chef's uniform. He should be the chef here, right?"
Then an old man exclaimed: "Chef Feng is really amazing to be able to have the chef personally serve the dishes."
Feng Ruoruo said with a smile: "The one serving the dishes is Uncle Xiaoquan. He wants to learn cooking from my dad, so he will soon go to my grandfather's restaurant to be a waiter."
Hearing what the little girl said, the group of old people were a little surprised.
A chef working in the kitchen of Fujing Building can only be a waiter
Seeing that the old people were a little surprised, Feng Yifan smiled and explained: "This is the rule of our Su Ji He Ruo Restaurant. If you want to learn cooking here, you must first start as a waiter. You must serve dishes for three months. After three months, if you perform well, you can enter the kitchen."
After listening to Feng Yifan's explanation, the old people nodded in praise.
"That's a good idea."
"Yes, you can examine his character first."
"Well, it can also sharpen my mind."
"The key is that as a waiter, you can get in touch with customers and get to know their tastes better, which will also help you become a chef in the future."
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The elderly people in the tour group all understood it, and the elderly people from the three families on Feng Yifan's side also said that this was indeed a good idea.
Su Jinrong said: "In fact, my father did the same thing at the beginning, but now many restaurants don't do that, and many young people who learn to cook nowadays can't bear the hardship."
Feng Jiandong added: "Nowadays, there are indeed not many young people who are willing to endure hardships, but the people Yifan recruits are still able to endure hardships."
Having said that, everyone looked at the young people at the other two tables.
The waiters at that table all expressed that they would definitely do their job well.
Of course, everyone knows that even if they are allowed to enter the kitchen later, most people may not be able to learn good cooking skills.
After all, it takes a long time to really learn cooking skills.
It was like Ning Cheng had been learning from Feng Yifan for half a year, but in reality he was basically not allowed to cook, and he would soon have to start working as a waiter.
It can be said that learning cooking well is really a test of patience.
The next time Quan Jie came to serve the dishes, he also learned from his previous lesson.
The dishes for several tables were brought up on trays at a time, and then placed on each table one by one, with the names of the dishes announced to each table.
Feng Yifan saw Quan Jie busying himself and said with a smile: "Are you not going to let the waiter come and insist that you come and serve the dishes yourself? Don't you know that in a restaurant like Fujinglou, it is a taboo for a waiter to serve several tables of guests at the same time?"
Quan Jie was stunned again after hearing this.
Catherine said at this time: "Waiters in star restaurants are not allowed to serve two tables of guests at the same time."
Quan Jie said with a sad face: "No way? Being a waiter also has so many rules?"
Feng Yifan said: "So I said, you don't even know how to be a waiter. It seems that you need to go to Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant for some proper training."
Su Liancheng said at this time: "Remember to go early tomorrow, I will tell you the details."
Quan Jie could only nod and agree: "Okay."
While Feng Yifan was constantly entertaining Quan Jie, the dishes for the four tables of elderly people in the tour group had almost been served.
The old people looked at the table full of dishes and excitedly took out their mobile phones to take pictures.
Some elderly people even took photos with the dishes on the table.
After taking the photos and before eating, the old lady said to Feng Yifan, "Chef Feng, this banquet at Fujinglou is really beautiful."
Feng Yifan nodded and said, "Yes, every dish is a test of skill. I think my uncle didn't disappoint you, right?"
The old people immediately said in unison: "No, I am very satisfied with this."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "As long as you are satisfied, come and try the food. It has been a little cold since we took so long to take pictures. If we keep it for a while longer, some of the dishes will not taste good."
The old people smiled and said, "Okay, then we'll eat first."