After his wife pushed her father-in-law away, Feng Yifan sped up and quickly squeezed all the sugar paste onto the corn starch to make small flat round balls.
Then put a layer of tin foil on it and put it in the refrigerator in the back kitchen to cool down and set.
After finishing all this, he quickly cleaned up the kitchen counter and did not leave the kitchen, but continued to be busy in the kitchen.
Kill all the fresh chickens, fish, etc. that you bought, clean them, and prepare the soup in advance.
In addition, noodles and rice for lunch must also be prepared.
Rice is simpler, just steam the rice until it is a slightly harder. Although it may not be as good as overnight rice, such rice is fresh and also suitable for fried rice.
As for noodles, they are a major feature of Su Ji Bistro and are said to be the originator of instant noodles.
The name of the noodles is "Chicken Sauce Yi Fu Noodles".
It is actually a kind of hand-rolled noodles, but the way of making it is different, especially the noodle making process, which is very similar to the making of instant noodles.
The first step is to use the sifted flour, add eggs and the first-cooked chicken soup to knead the dough.
The ratio of eggs and chicken soup can be said to be Su Ji’s exclusive secret recipe.
After the kneaded dough is rolled into dough sheets, use a knife to cut it into noodles of uniform thickness and length.
This is also a test of the chef's knife skills, which is also something that Su Ji chefs must practice.
The cut noodles are first boiled in boiling water, but not fully cooked, just half cooked.
Take out the half-cooked noodles, drain them and put them into the oil pan to fry them until they are shaped.
Finally, the noodles are made into pieces, which are very similar to instant noodles.
When eating, these crispy fried cakes are put into chicken soup and cooked, and then some side dishes and shredded chicken are added to garnish the dish.
Su Jinrong, who had originally left the kitchen, smelled the aroma of chicken soup coming from the kitchen. He probably guessed what his son-in-law was going to do, and asked his daughter to push him back.
Sure enough, as soon as I entered the door, I saw Feng Yifan kneading dough.
Seeing this, Su Ruoxi immediately asked, "Where is the candy you made for your daughter?"
Feng Yifan pointed at the refrigerator and said, "It's all ready. It's in the refrigerator to cool and set. Once I get the noodles ready, it should be ready. You can send it to your daughter."
After Su Ruoxi heard this, she hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but run to the refrigerator to open it and take a look. When she opened the refrigerator, she saw several large trays covered with tin foil.
Feng Yifan also immediately explained: "Covering with tin foil is to prevent it from being too dry in the refrigerator."
Su Ruoxi closed the refrigerator and saw her husband was still busy, so she said, "I won't deliver it to my daughter. When you are done, you can deliver it yourself."
Feng Yifan raised his hands and said, "Look, I'm busy. Just go and send it off."
Seeing that her husband didn't understand why she asked him to send her off, Su Ruoxi said directly, "If I ask you to send her off, then go ahead. Now that you're back, you should get to know Ruoruo's kindergarten teacher, right?"
Feng Yifan understood immediately when he heard this. His wife said that she wanted him to meet the teacher, but in fact she wanted him to show up in his daughter's kindergarten. Especially with such a great candy, he had to show it off in front of his daughter so as to get closer to her.
Understanding his wife's intention, Feng Yifan quickly said, "Oh, OK, I'll go and take it there later."
After responding to his wife, Feng Yifan secretly cursed himself in his heart.
I told you to spend more time with your daughter, but when I started doing that, I forgot everything.
Su Jinrong opened his crooked mouth with great effort and said, "When kneading the dough, you have to pay attention to the proportions."
Feng Yifan said to his father-in-law seriously: "Okay, Dad, I remember everything. Don't worry, I guarantee it will still be the old taste of Su Ji."
Then, the father and daughter of the Su family stood together and watched Feng Yifan busy.
As Su Jinrong watched, he couldn't help but nodded, approving of everything his son-in-law did. It was exactly the same as what he had taught him before, and every step was very standard.
After watching for a while, Su Ruoxi was a little surprised. She didn't expect that her husband, who had been away for five years, was still so skilled.
Thinking of this, Su Ruoxi couldn't help but feel a little curious about Feng Yifan's experience during the past five years.
"You said you would come back in a year, but you were away for five years. You went to so many places during these five years. Did you become a top chef as you said you would?"
Although the wife spoke casually, there was still a hint of concern in her words.
Perhaps because she felt that asking this question showed that she cared about him, Su Ruoxi added, "Don't get me wrong, I'm asking this on behalf of my dad to see if you've brought bad reputation upon our Su's."
Feng Yifan raised his head, looked at his wife, then looked at his father-in-law in the wheelchair. After hesitating for a moment, he bowed to his father-in-law first.
"Dad, I'm sorry. I was supposed to go on an exchange program for a year and then come back to Su Kee, but something unexpected happened. I was fired from the restaurant where I went on an exchange program a week after I went abroad..."
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Almost at the same time when Feng Yifan talked about his five years of experience abroad, Su Lanxin got a report about Feng Yifan in the hotel where she was staying.
After reading the report about Feng Yifan's experiences abroad in the past five years, Su Lanxin's face gradually showed disdain.
"Humph, I thought he was returning from a training course at a top restaurant, but it turns out he went to a company-owned restaurant and was fired after only a week because he didn't meet the standards. No wonder I couldn't find his information before."
After looking through a series of information about Feng Yifan, Su Lanxin completely ignored Feng Yifan's experience of working in different small restaurants abroad for five years.
However, the information about Feng Yifan's parents attached to the report still attracted Su Lanxin's special attention.
…
In the kitchen of Su Ji Restaurant, after listening to Feng Yifan’s account of his experiences over the past five years.
There was a hint of pity in Su Ruoxi's eyes as she looked at her husband.
She finally understood why her husband did not come back as agreed, but was away for five years. In those five years, he only called her a few times, but he would send her postcards on her daughter's birthday or some holidays.
All this was because her husband’s journey to communicate and promote Chinese cuisine abroad failed from the very beginning, and he was actually fired from the chain restaurant under his aunt Su Lanxin Catering Group.
Feng Yifan was worried that returning home in disgrace would disappoint his father-in-law's initial expectations of him, so he chose to continue staying abroad, doing odd jobs to make a living while trying to find ways to work, observe and learn in some high-end restaurants.
These experiences are the same as Feng Yifan's past and present lives, and can be said to be an equally miserable period in his life.
But Feng Yifan had never thought that after five years of hard work, he would finally make a fortune. When he returned to China with the money he earned, intending to bring back some of the top foreign restaurant concepts to change Su Ji, he saw such a tragedy.
Feng Yifan looked at his father-in-law and wife, and thought back to the tragedy that he had caused in his previous life when he came back late. He became more determined to protect his wife and daughter in this life and to support Su Ji for his father-in-law.
Su Ruoxi knew that her husband had suffered a lot, and understood why he chose not to come back, but she was still very rude in her words.
"Huh, you failed so badly abroad that you want to come back, right?"
Hearing his wife's words, which were obviously a little coquettish, Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Yes, the outside world is very helpless, so I decided to come back to take care of you and Ruoruo, as well as Dad and Dad's Su Ji."
Hearing this, Su Ruoxi felt a little surprised and sweet in her heart, but she still responded with a straight face: "Humph, you are so smooth-talking."
Then Su Ruoxi reminded her husband: "Hurry up and prepare the noodles and give candy to our daughter. If you are late, our daughter will definitely be accused of lying by the kindergarten kids."
Feng Yifan quickly quickened his movements and promised, "Okay, I'll get it done right away."