Time flies. As the saying goes, after Laba Festival, it is the New Year. In the blink of an eye, it is already the Little New Year.
On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, Feng Yifan got up very early as usual.
Because today is Little New Year, there are more things to do.
The most important thing is to worship the kitchen god.
Perhaps in modern times, for many families, worshiping the Kitchen God has become just a formality. Relatives and friends can get together for a meal when they have time, and if they don’t have time, they can just have a good meal at home and that’s fine.
But for Su Ji, this day could not be dealt with so easily.
Who is the Kitchen God
That is the god in charge of the stove.
If a traditional restaurant like Su Ji wants to stay in business, it depends on the skills of the chef. Therefore, Su Ji has continued the very formal worship of the kitchen god since its ancestors.
This day is not only about preparing various offerings, but also when Su Quansheng was alive, fellow disciples had to show off their skills on this day and they had to cook a dish, one as an offering to the Kitchen God, and the other to show their master what they had learned in the past year.
Later, Su Lanxin led people to break with her father, and Su Ji had not organized such activities for some years.
However, whether Su Quansheng was alive or Su Jinrong took over Su Ji later.
Even though Feng Yifan was not in the country during those years.
Su Ji still attaches great importance to the Little New Year and still purchases the freshest ingredients and prepares a table of food on the same day specifically for worshiping the Kitchen God.
Now that Feng Yifan is back, the ceremony will naturally be even more grand, and even the rules set by Su Quansheng before will have to be followed again.
Although Feng Yifan's disciples are not yet qualified to become masters, Su Jinrong is still here, so everyone can cook together and let Su Jinrong lead everyone in worshiping the Kitchen God.
Feng Yifan got up quietly, stepped out of bed quietly, and walked out of the room with his clothes.
Just as I closed the door, a small figure appeared behind me.
"Hehehe, Dad, Ruoruo is up too."
Seeing the little figure standing behind him, Feng Yifan's face was also full of smiles. He knew that his daughter had heard what her father and grandfather had discussed before, and she also knew that her father would get up early today to go shopping. The little girl didn't even wait for her father to come back to tell her a story last night, and went to bed early.
Obviously, it was just to get up early and go shopping with my father.
Feng Yifan knew his daughter's thoughts and said with a smile, "Okay, Dad knows, let's go wash our faces and brush our teeth."
Feng Ruoruo agreed immediately: "Okay, okay, hurry up."
So, the father and daughter went into the bathroom together and brushed their teeth in front of the sink.
The father washed his daughter's face carefully, and then washed his own face as well.
Feng Ruoruo would say after her father washed his face: "Dad, don't forget to put on perfume."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Okay, Dad won't forget it."
Then, Feng Ruoruo would apply some of her own perfume on her father.
"Hehehe, Dad can use Ruoruo's perfume. Grandma and Mom said that Ruoruo's perfume is especially good and is for children. It won't hurt the little face. Dad can apply some too."
Feng Yifan squatted down and asked his daughter to put her perfume on his face.
After the father and daughter applied the makeup for a while, they packed up their things, changed their clothes and prepared to go out.
Today Feng Yifan is not making breakfast at home. Instead, after returning from shopping, the whole family will go to Su Ji to have breakfast together. This was also agreed in advance.
Feng Yifan put his daughter's clothes on one by one.
Although Huaicheng is not in the north, it is actually colder in winter.
So when you go out, you need to wear three layers inside and three layers outside.
Because grandma and mom were both asleep and there was no one to comb Ruoruo's hair, Feng Yifan simply tied up his daughter's hair and then put on the woolen hat knitted by grandma and hid her hair inside the hat.
I put a hat on my daughter and covered her hair with it.
Feng Yifan felt a little embarrassed when he looked at his daughter.
"Ruoruo, are you uncomfortable like this?"
Feng Ruoruo shook her head and said, "No."
Feng Yifan added: "If Ruoruo feels uncomfortable, she must tell Dad, or Dad will try to tie her hair properly."
Feng Ruoruo quickly said, "No, Dad, let's go quickly, or we'll be late."
The daughter is very clear that her father is really not good at tying her hair.
And asking my father to braid my hair would definitely take a lot of time.
Because once before, the father was braiding his daughter's hair in the morning, and he almost missed the time to go shopping while trying hard to braid her hair.
So after that experience, Feng Ruoruo no longer let her father braid her hair.
Fortunately, it is winter now and it is quite cold outside. Feng Ruoruo wears the woolen hat knitted by her grandmother when she goes out, so it just covers her hair and covers her little face and ears.
So, the father and daughter changed their shoes together and went out.
After going downstairs, it was still dark outside.
Feng Ruoruo was very happy. She took her father's hand and ran out of the community obediently.
When we arrived at the intersection outside the community, the pickup truck was still parked on the side of the road waiting.
Feng Yifan led his daughter over and got into the car.
The three disciples are still in the car, and Shi Tao is also there every time.
After Feng Ruoruo got in the car, she greeted everyone warmly, sat obediently on her father's lap, and then asked the driver to start the car.
The group drove directly to the farmers' market.
When I arrived at the market, I went to Lao Zhang’s vegetable stall first as usual.
After giving the list to Lao Zhang, the next step was to buy some top-notch goods.
Feng Yifan personally took care of the food today and selected very fresh fish and shrimp, as well as various types of chickens, ducks and geese, and even bought some more special ingredients. It can be said that all of them were prepared for the table of dishes for the New Year's Eve worship.
By the time the shopping was done, the number of people at the farmers' market had actually increased.
Obviously, everyone came here to buy things in preparation for today's New Year's Eve.
When some people see Feng Yifan, they will take the initiative to greet him.
Chef Feng is indeed very famous in Huaicheng now.
After completing their purchases, Feng Yifan and his group quickly rushed back to the ancient street and carried the purchases to Su Ji's kitchen.
At the same time, other people in the kitchen also arrived one after another.
Even Quan Jie came all the way from Fujing Building.
Feng Yifan entered the kitchen and first called everyone together to tell them about the important event today.
"After breakfast, according to Su Ji's old rules, we all have to worship the Kitchen God together. Some offerings were prepared yesterday. After the worship, everyone has to start preparing for tonight. Remember, everyone has one dish."
At this time, Quan Jie couldn't help but ask: "Brother, can I cook a dish?"
Feng Yifan looked at Quan Jie and asked with a smile: "What's wrong? Are your hands itching?"
Quan Jie shook his head and said, "No, Senior Brother, I just thought that I am here today to represent my master, and I want to participate in the rules passed down by Su Ji."
Feng Yifan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then you should prepare a dish as well."
At this time, Feng Ruoruo suddenly asked: "Dad, are we closed at night?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said to his daughter, "It's not that we are closed, we will close earlier in the evening, and today is the Little New Year, so many people will go home for dinner."
Feng Ruoruo nodded and said, "Oh, Ruoruo knows."
After the instructions were completed, everyone started preparing breakfast.
Because the kindergarten is on holiday now, every morning, not only Feng Yifan's family comes back here to have breakfast, but now even Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei's families come here to eat.
In addition to the employees who come to Su Ji very early in the morning, it can be said that there are quite a few people who want to eat breakfast.
Fortunately, Su Ji has enough staff in the kitchen, so preparing breakfast for many people is not a problem.
When breakfast was almost ready, several families arrived one after another.
Feng Ruoruo was happily standing at the door, waiting for her family to come, and also waiting for Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei's families to come.
Seeing Ruoruo waiting at the door, Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei both felt a little bit resentful.
"Ruoruo, you went to buy groceries with Father Feng this morning, so why didn't you call me?"
"Yeah, Ruoruo, you and Father Feng never invite us every time you go."
Feng Ruoruo quickly explained to the two little sisters: "Because we have to get up very early, so we can't wake you up. Besides, my father and I hope Xixi and Feifei can be fine. Only if you sleep well, you will be energetic during the day."
Yang Xiaoxi asked: "Ruoruo, you got up so early, aren't you sleepy?"
Feng Ruoruo said: "I'm not sleepy. My father and I are used to it. Besides, don't we take a nap at noon?"
Chen Yaofei said: "Ruoruo you are amazing, you can get up so early."
Feng Ruoruo said with a smile: "It's okay, I will call you Xixi and Feifei from now on, and didn't you go with me and dad before?"
Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei also nodded and agreed: "Okay, we will go together again in the future."
Feng Ruoruo then formally invited everyone in: "Please come in, we are going to start breakfast."
Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei also walked in together.
The three families have all arrived, and Feng Yifan and his family have already prepared breakfast.
I have to say that Su Ji’s breakfast is really very rich.
I'm afraid you can't eat so much in ordinary places.
It seems that they have both dim sum and specially made three-piece buns, as well as very pretty little wontons. If you want to eat noodles, there are also noodles to eat, and even porridge to drink.
Even Lin Ruifeng made some pot stickers as a morning option for everyone.
Such a sumptuous breakfast really made everyone feel very satisfied.
After breakfast, Feng Yifan asked the people in the kitchen and the restaurant to get busy first. He took the children with him to post some festive stickers at the door, and then announced that the restaurant would close early today.
Of course, today is the Little New Year, and Su Ji not only has a special dinner, but also many relatives and friends are coming.
Just as Su Ji began to prepare for the New Year's Eve, a group of people were discussing a very crucial matter in a hotel conference room far away in Shanghai.
These people are from the International Gourmet Association.
What they discussed was this year's recommended restaurants and a list of unique food recommendations.
The key to the discussion was Feng Yifan’s Su Ji and Ruo restaurants.
In fact, there is actually nothing wrong with Su Ji being recommended.
But what these people are discussing is how Su Ji should be positioned
Mrs. Porter was also present.
According to Mrs. Porter's idea, both Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant should be recommended restaurants this year. In addition, Su Ji's noodles should also be included in the recommended food list as this year.
But this has never happened before. According to the rules, the restaurant should be recommended, and no individual dishes should be recommended.
And the key point is that staple food has never been recommended before.
Therefore, the so-called gourmets present felt that Su Ji should not be recommended in this way.
At the same time, everyone also believes that even if the overall quality of a restaurant is very high, especially the dishes are really amazing, but because the decoration and tableware are not up to standard, it should not be recommended.
When Mrs. Porter heard everyone say this, she directly relayed Feng Yifan's words.
And she said seriously: "I don't think Feng's words are arrogant, because he does have the ability. If we don't recommend it, it may cause our authority to be questioned. I hope everyone can consider it carefully."
Then, Mrs. Porter said, "As for noodles, I also stick to my point of view. Su Kee's noodles should be included in the list of recommended delicacies, because that bowl of noodles is indeed worthy of recommendation."
Mrs. Porter finally said: "In the end, I want to say that we want to recommend food to people all over the world, rather than just sticking to the so-called rules. All rules are not immutable. Since there are good food and restaurants, we have the obligation to let more people know about it and let more people enjoy it."
Mrs. Potter's last words really made everyone present fall into deep thought.
Next, everyone had some discussion.
Finally, after connecting with people at the headquarters, this global gourmet restaurant recommendation association finally determined the list of restaurant and food recommendations for the new year.
Without the knowledge of Feng Yifan and Fu Jinglou.
Among the recommended restaurants on the list are Su Ji, Ruo Restaurant and Fujinglou.
As for Su Ji’s noodles, they are also listed on the recommended food list.
Today, Su Ji and He Ruo restaurants have become quite famous because of Feng Yifan. I believe that after this list is announced, Su Ji and He Ruo restaurants may further become world-renowned restaurants.
Similarly, Fujinglou, where Sun Mingxing is in charge of the kitchen, will also become a recommended restaurant.
In this way, Sun Mingxing is one step closer to obtaining a star level.
In Su Ji, everyone is still busy. Although the business will close early in the evening, everyone still has to try their best to do everything well during the lunch and evening business hours.
But today, Feng Yifan did not do much in the kitchen, leaving most things to other people in the kitchen.
This can be considered as a test given to everyone by Chef Feng Yifan on the day of Little New Year.
Therefore, everyone in the kitchen is extremely serious.