In some areas, the Minor New Year is celebrated on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, in some areas it is celebrated on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. Of course, there are also areas that celebrate it on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, and some areas also celebrate the Minor New Year on the day before New Year's Eve.
Therefore, in the next few days, Su Ji welcomed a lot of diners every day, most of whom came with their families to eat.
The Four Seasons private room on the second floor of Su Ji is booked out early every day.
Then every evening, a large family would come and have dinner in the private room on the second floor of Su Ji.
Time passes quickly in such a busy schedule. In the blink of an eye, it is already the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month. It can be said that the Spring Festival is really just around the corner.
This morning, Quan Jie arrived at Su Ji a little later than usual.
Because in the morning, Fujinglou welcomed a group of guests who came all the way from Shanghai to present Fujinglou with the Global Recommended Restaurant Medal.
Quan Jie stayed in Fujing Building for a while, and accompanied his master Sun Mingxing with his senior brothers, and accepted the medal given by the other party.
With this medal, Fujinglou has truly stepped out of Huaicheng and directly gone abroad.
In the next year, Fujinglou will be on the global restaurant recommendation list.
Sun Mingxing took the medal from the visitor with trembling hands. He was really excited at this moment. After working as a chef for so many years, he finally received such top recognition.
And this is the stepping stone to getting star rating next.
Because according to the rules, only if it is included in the global restaurant recommendation list will it have the opportunity to be rated stars in the next year.
Sun Mingxing stared at the medal in his hand carefully, hesitated for a while, and then said with a trembling voice: "Thank you, thank you very much."
The person who delivered the list smiled and said, "Congratulations, Chef Sun. In the next year, I hope your restaurant can work hard to pass the star review and keep this honor. We are looking forward to it."
Sun Mingxing also said very seriously: "Please rest assured that all our colleagues in Fujing Building will continue to work hard."
Quan Jie and his fellow brothers stood behind the master, and everyone was very excited at this moment.
Everyone, including Zhang Fenglin, felt very excited.
As the former head chef of Fujinglou, Zhang Fenglin never imagined that one day Fujinglou would receive such an honor and be included in the recommended list of the world's best restaurants.
Sun Mingxing turned around at this time, looked at Zhang Fenglin and said, "Fenglin, come here."
Zhang Fenglin walked forward somewhat confused.
Then he saw Sun Mingxing handing him the medal.
Zhang Fenglin was so surprised that he didn't know what to do for a moment.
But Sun Mingxing said: "Take it. You have contributed to this as well. You are qualified to take it."
Zhang Fenglin hesitated for a moment, but finally reached out and took it from Sun Mingxing. At this moment, his hands were also shaking.
Sun Mingxing said happily: "Okay, we have to keep working hard, do you know?"
Suddenly, everyone present, including Quan Jie, shouted in unison: "Yes, chef."
After the presenter left, the Fujing Building suddenly erupted in cheers, and then everyone came forward, wanting to take a look at the medal that they had won through their joint efforts.
The world's recommended restaurant of the year.
This is truly a great honor.
Quan Jie was so excited that he suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, I forgot to ask, are Su Ji and Ruo restaurants also on the recommended list?"
After hearing what Quan Jie said, Zhang Fenglin said, "Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant will definitely be fine."
Sun Mingxing also said: "Indeed, our Fujinglou can be included in the recommended list, and Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant should also be able to do so."
Quan Jie then glanced at the time and quickly said, "It's over. I'm going to be late."
Seeing Quan Jie's look, the eldest senior brother couldn't help but say, "Quan Jie, have you already betrayed your master? We have won such an honor today, do you still want to go to Su Ji?"
Quan Jie was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer his senior brother.
Sun Mingxing smiled and said, "Hahaha, well, let him go. It's not bad for him to hone his skills at Su Ji. If you have a chance in the future, you can also go to Su Ji and give it a try."
After these words were spoken, naturally a group of disciples wanted to try Su Ji.
Seeing this, Quan Jie smiled and said, "Brothers, don't worry. This kind of thing is not that easy. If you want to join Su Ji's kitchen, you must be approved by Brother Feng."
This sentence made the senior brothers dare not raise any objection.
After all, everyone is very clear about Feng Yifan's strength.
Sun Mingxing did not give Quan Jie another chance to speak, but said, "Why don't you hurry up and get out? If you don't go, I'm afraid your Senior Brother Feng will kick you out."
Quan Jie also hurried out and even hailed a taxi at the entrance of Fujing Building.
This is also because I want to witness with my own eyes the process of Su Ji and Ruo restaurants winning the recommended restaurant medal.
However, when Quan Jie rushed to the ancient street and ran all the way to Su Ji, he found that Su Ji was no different from usual, and he did not see anything different about everyone.
When Su Liancheng saw Quan Jie coming in, he even got angry at him.
"Quan Jie, do you know what time it is? What's wrong with you? Why are you late?"
Quan Jie finally came to his senses after hearing what Su Liancheng said.
Then he also looked around the restaurant and asked, "Hasn't anyone been here?"
Su Liancheng asked curiously, "Who has been here? It's not even business hours yet, how could anyone have been here?"
Quan Jie couldn't help but say, "This morning, Fujinglou won the medal for the world's recommended restaurant. Someone sent it to us. I thought, I thought..."
At this point, Quan Jie felt a little embarrassed to say it out loud.
It was Feng Yifan who stood in the kitchen and said with a smile: "You think that Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant should also have someone to deliver, right?"
Quan Jie nodded immediately.
Feng Yifan continued, "I'm really sorry to disappoint you. No one came to send those to us. Perhaps Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant will not be on the recommended list."
Quan Jie immediately said, "No, Su Ji and Ruo restaurants are so great, there is no way they wouldn't be on the list."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "You are actually a little wrong. First of all, the recommendation list is to recommend restaurants for everyone to try. So first of all, the city where the restaurant is located must have convenient transportation, and secondly, the restaurant's location must be good enough.
More importantly, cities like Huaicheng, because they are not international metropolises, usually do not recommend many restaurants. ”
After hearing what Feng Yifan said, everyone in Quanjie and Suji was stunned.
After a long while, Quan Jie came back to his senses and asked, "Is it because of the existence of Fujinglou? So Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant can't be recommended?"
After hearing this sentence, everyone's expressions became a little complicated.
If that is really the case, we don’t know how to deal with it.
Feng Yifan smiled more casually and said, "Hahaha, it's not important. Those are not important to us. What we need at Su Ji should be something else."
Almost as soon as Feng Yifan finished speaking, someone suddenly stepped into Su Ji and echoed him in a loud voice.
"That's right, what Su Ji needs is another kind of recognition."
Hearing the voice, everyone looked over and saw Zhuang Daozhong leading people in.
There were several elderly people who came with Zhuang Daozhong, including Shi Jinbin.
Zhuang Zhebin hurried out and exclaimed, "Grandpa, why are you here? Grandpa Shi is here too, as well as Grandpa Fang and Grandpa Zhao."
Zhuang Daozhong said seriously: "Because we came here today to give Su Ji a signboard."
As he spoke, Zhuang Daozhong asked a few young men to bring in a copper plate.
The sign was still covered with red cloth.
When Feng Yifan saw this situation, he quickly asked everyone in the kitchen to come out.
Su Jinrong also stood up. Under the leadership of Feng Yifan and Su Jinrong, everyone lined up in Su Ji.
Zhuang Daozhong unveiled the red cloth for the sign and said, "This is the first sign issued for our Chinese cuisine menu, the Chinese cuisine menu, the "Three Heads Banquet" cooking restaurant."
This sign is different from others because it has the national emblem on it.
This shows that this sign has been recognized by the state.
In addition to the signboard, Shi Jinbin also presented a very formal certificate to Su Jinrong and Feng Yifan.
Shi Jinbin said, "Yifan, you must cherish it. Su Ji is the first restaurant on the Chinese cuisine menu to win an award. I believe this is what you and your father-in-law have been hoping to see after insisting on it for so long."
Su Jinrong was still very excited. He stretched out his hand and took the certificate handed to him by Shi Jinbin with trembling hands.
The certificate also has the national emblem and the logo of the catering association.
After opening it, you can see that it says: "Three Heads Banquet" cooking restaurant Su Ji.
This is real recognition, and it's truly national recognition.
Compared to the global restaurant recommendation list, this certificate obviously means more to Su Jinrong, as it is what he most wants to obtain in order to catch up with his father's footsteps.
Su Jinrong's eyes were filled with tears and he could hardly control his tears.
Shi Jinbin was also very excited. Although he came here to present the award, he was also very excited.
Seeing Su Jinrong in tears, Shi Jinbin also shed tears and said, "Jinrong, you guys really succeeded. We finally caught up with Master. Now we have the face to see Master even in the afterlife."
Feng Yifan comforted him: "Uncle Master, Dad, don't get excited. This is just the beginning. We will have to work harder. I will try my best to make Su Ji surpass the time when Grandpa was alive."
After hearing Feng Yifan's words, Su Jinrong and Shi Jinbin looked at him in surprise.
At the same time, Zhuang Daozhong and several elderly people who came with him were also a little shocked.
However, Zhuang Daozhong then said with a smile: "Hahaha, Yifan is indeed ambitious. Moreover, Yifan is still young. He has already achieved such glory at the age of more than 30. His future is indeed immeasurable. It is indeed possible that he will surpass my Senior Brother Su one day in the future."
The others who came with them were all former state banquet chefs, and now they are either in the Catering Association or the Culinary Association.
They all knew Su Ji and had met Su Quansheng before.
So now when they heard Zhuang Daozhong say this, the old guys all smiled and expressed their anticipation.
"I'm looking forward to it. It's really not easy for Su Ji to come back into everyone's sight."
"Yes, Feng Yifan, you must work hard."
"Yes, yes, don't let us all down."
"We all look forward to you surpassing Master Su in the future."
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Quan Jie was standing in the team at the back. When he saw this scene, he suddenly felt that compared with the scene at Su Ji, the scene at Fujing Building in the morning was nothing.
Not counting Zhuang Daozhong, there are five state banquet masters present.
If we include someone like Zhuang Daozhong, he can be considered a master.
It can be said that at this moment, Su Ji is absolutely very prestigious, and is an absolute top brand both at home and abroad.
Just at this time, three little girls, Feng Ruoruo, Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei, who had gone out to play with their grandparents, came back.
Originally the three little girls were happy and rushed into the door hand in hand, wanting to give Father Feng a surprise.
But when the little girls rushed in and saw everyone standing in front of the door, including Great-grandfather, Grandpa Shi and others, the three little girls were a little confused.
Feng Ruoruo asked curiously: "Dad, what's going on?"
Yang Xiaoxi asked: "Will great-grandfather come over to celebrate the New Year with us?"
Chen Yaofei said: "That should be the case. There are still many people here."
Everyone was a little excited at first, and Su Jinrong and Shi Jinbin were even in tears, but when they heard the words of the three little girls, they all laughed.
Zhuang Daozhong turned around and called the three little girls to come over.
"Come on, Ruoruo, Xixi, Feifei, come and take a look. Today, your great-grandfather has come specially to present this medal to your grandpa and dad. From now on, your family's restaurant will become one of the top restaurants in the country."
Shi Jinbin said at the side: "From now on, Grandpa Ruoruo's restaurant will be the designated restaurant for the Three Heads Feast."
After hearing this, the three little girls actually didn’t quite understand what it meant.
Feng Ruoruo thought for a long time and said, "Grandpa Great, Grandpa Shi, only my father knows how to make the Three-Head Banquet."
Yang Xiaoxi followed up, "That's right, only Father Feng would do that."
Chen Yaofei said: "So, other people won't do it."
Zhuang Daozhong laughed immediately: "Hahaha, that's right, that's right, you three talked a lot, and only your father Feng knows how to make the Three-Head Banquet, so naturally we can only come here to eat."
Su Jinrong took the three little girls and gave another explanation.
"Ruoruo, come and take a look. This certificate has the national emblem on it, so this certificate is awarded to Ruoruo's father by the country. From now on, Ruoruo's father will be the most powerful."
The three little girls obviously understood what was said and immediately clapped and cheered.
"That's great, Dad is the best."
"Great! Father Feng is the best."
"Dad Feng is the best, the greatest."
The cheers of the little girls once again filled the entire restaurant with joy, and everyone was excited to be able to obtain such a certification.
Just at this moment, Mrs. Porter and her group arrived at Su Ji's door.