With the selection of Chinese cuisine recipes and related cooking competitions, the discussion about Chinese cuisine in China is becoming more and more heated, and is gradually becoming the focus of people's after-dinner conversations.
Especially in some large and small restaurants, at every meal time, there is always a large number of diners who use the Chinese cuisine menu as a topic of conversation and talk about it.
At this moment, it seemed that everyone had become a top chef.
In Huaicheng, the most popular event is naturally the cooking competition at Fujinglou.
With the follow-up reports from the TV stations and the unraveling analysis of "Fei Chang Jian", men, women, young and old in Huaicheng all focused their attention on the Fujinglou cooking competition.
Even diners who come to Su Ji for dinner will talk about the competition at Fujinglou.
When seeing Feng Yifan serving the dishes, there are always diners who can't help but ask a question.
"Boss, your cooking skills are so good, why don't you participate in the Fujinglou cooking competition?"
"That's right, boss, if you go, you will definitely get first place."
"I heard that the top three in the cooking competition can represent Huaicheng as chefs to participate in the provincial chef selection and serve as the chefs for the dishes that will appear on our provincial Chinese cookbook."
"Wow, is it that amazing? Then you really should go, boss."
"Yes, yes. I also think that the boss should go. It will be very easy for you to get first place. Then you can participate in the provincial selection and become a Chinese cuisine chef. That would be awesome."
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Faced with the diners' concerned inquiries, Feng Yifan just smiled.
"If I go, won't everyone be able to enjoy Su Ji's delicious food? And with my level of skills, I'm only good enough to run Su Ji, but if I go to work as a chef at a Chinese restaurant, how can I compare to those state-class chefs? So I won't show off my skills in front of an expert."
Feng Yifan is always very modest and says that his ability does not allow him to do so, so he won't show off his skills in front of experts.
Whenever hearing this, many diners always sigh with regret.
“What a pity.”
"Yes, I think you have the strength, boss."
"I heard that many non-professional chefs can attend. It's a shame if you don't go, boss."
"That's right, Boss, you really should give it a try. I think you can compete with a master of state banquet level. Anyway, I think the dishes you cook are very delicious."
Feng Yifan responded with a smile: "Thank you for your praise. If you think it's delicious, please come to Su Ji more often in the future."
Naturally, the diners all agreed and promised to come to Su Ji to eat often.
"Su Ji is such a delicious restaurant, of course we have to come here often."
"Yes, especially since Su Ji's food is not only delicious but also affordable. If you don't eat here often, it would be a real loss for you."
"It's a pity that the boss doesn't make breakfast, otherwise I would like to eat three meals a day at Su Ji."
"Hahaha, you come here for three meals a day, will your wallet allow it?"
"Why can't we allow it? Su Ji's three meals a day isn't expensive."
"Boss, you should raise the price appropriately. Don't make a loss just to take care of us diners."
Su Ruoxi heard this and said with a smile: "As long as everyone is satisfied and happy with the meal, we will be very happy. As for making money, it will take time. As long as we don't lose money, it's fine."
After hearing Su Ruoxi's words, the diners said that they still hoped Su Ji could make money.
"Madam boss, what you said is wrong. We all hope that Su Ji can make money."
"Yes, only when Su Ji makes money, the boss and his wife will continue to run the business, and we can enjoy Su Ji's delicious food."
"That's right, so boss and boss lady, please make more money."
I don't know who said this, but the whole restaurant burst into laughter instantly.
Feng Yifan and Su Ruoxi also laughed. The couple looked at each other and felt that Su Ji was really lucky to have such a group of diners supporting it.
In fact, what Su Ji diners didn’t know was that Li Fei’er and her team had already asked Feng Yifan to record two episodes of the show.
In the program, Feng Yifan was not a contestant of the Fujinglou cooking competition, but a guest commentator. In the two episodes, Feng Yifan also showed off his cooking skills. Under the camera, he personally cooked two designated dishes of the Fujinglou competition using a very standardized process.
How can the guest commentator come out and bully the contestants
After chatting with the diners for a few more words, Feng Yifan turned around and went back to the kitchen.
Now in Su Ji's kitchen, Feng Yifan has handed over a lot of work to his apprentice Lin Ruifeng, so he has become somewhat relaxed.
Entering the kitchen, Lin Ruifeng was busy in full swing.
Cook the noodles in a big pot and prepare the various toppings and ingredients. Also, place the bowls and plates in place to make it convenient for serving the cooked noodles and for the chef to pour the cooked toppings on them.
The process doesn't look complicated, but when you actually do it, it actually requires a lot of patience and is very hard work.
Feng Yifan was very satisfied with his apprentice's performance, but he did not praise him because he did not have time to do so.
There were still diners waiting in the restaurant in front, so he walked quickly to the stove, reached out and grabbed the pot and iron spoon, poured the various ingredients prepared by his apprentice into the pot, quickly began to stir-fry, and added water to stew.
Feng Yifan, who is quick and agile, always prepares the toppings and puts them on the noodles soon after his apprentice has cooked them and put them into the bowl.
This ensures that the toppings are fresh enough and also ensures that the noodles in the bowl do not get cold.
After a bowl of noodles was ready, Lin Ruifeng immediately took the noodles to the restaurant in front.
When Lin Ruifeng came back to continue cooking noodles after delivering the meal, Feng Yifan went to deliver the next bowl.
The master and the apprentice take turns like two machines running at full capacity, ensuring that every customer at Su Ji's lunch can have a steaming bowl of noodles or a plate of fried rice in time.
After resolving his aunt's problem, Su Ji entered into this ordinary life.
This state of affairs is very comfortable for both the Su Ji family and Lin Ruifeng and Zhao Daxia, the only two employees of Su Ji today. Everyone lives a very comfortable life.
Of course, in this situation, the happiest person is naturally little Feng Ruoruo.
The little girl feels that the happiest thing is that she can eat the delicious snacks made by her father every day, and her father also makes so many delicious foods for her.
However, such happy and comfortable days may soon be temporarily lost.
Because the reconstruction plan for the old street has been determined and submitted to relevant departments for demonstration and approval.
It was finally confirmed that starting from June 20, the entire section of the old street will be closed for reconstruction, and the overall reconstruction time will be 2 months.
The Huaicheng government also made public the overall reconstruction plan and time.
Judging from the public announcement, the final reconstruction plan can be said to be beneficial to the preservation of the old street’s historical sites, as well as the subsequent tourism development of the entire old street and surrounding areas.
In particular, the plan completely preserves the original buildings of the ancient street, which is a plan that has won praise from all parties.
So after it was made public, it received unanimous praise.
Moreover, many local people in Huaicheng said that they are looking forward to the renovated ancient street and can’t wait to walk on the renovated ancient street and feel its ancient charm.
Of course, in the public announcement, the government also provided a certain degree of subsidies to the businesses on the old street.
For example, some businesses that want to relocate will be arranged to move to a new location in a specially planned area.
For time-honored brands like Su Ji that are willing to stay in the old street, the government gives certain compensation, which is regarded as a subsidy for the cost of Su Ji's reconstruction for two months.
It can be said that anyone with a discerning eye can see that this subsidy policy is specifically launched for Su Ji.
The purpose is to allow Su Ji to remain on the ancient street and become a storefront to attract tourists after the ancient street is rebuilt in the future.
For this purpose, the relevant departments specially invited Su Jinrong and Feng Yifan, the father-in-law and son-in-law, to discuss the matter.
Feng Yifan had no intention of taking advantage, so he told the people in the relevant departments about Su Ji's plan truthfully and told them that Su Ji would not move out of the ancient street.
Upon learning that Su Ji would not move away, the relevant departments were naturally very happy and promised to increase publicity for Su Ji in the future.
In Feng Yifan's heart, he is actually looking forward to what the old street will look like after the renovation.
Because in his memory, in another life, the old street was not rebuilt as it is today, but was built into a modern food street by Su Lanxin's company.
After the reconstruction was completed, it was once very prosperous, but the bustle did not last long.
As the city develops faster, more and more similar food streets are emerging.
After the reconstruction, the old street lost its original characteristics and was gradually forgotten by people because it was located in the old city. Eventually, the food street ended up in desolation.
Nowadays, a lot of things have changed.
Su Lanxin chose to stay in the school in the small town and take care of the children in the town with her former best friend.
Su Lanxin's company has begun to be taken over by Mei Ru and Su Liancheng.
Speaking of Su Liancheng and Mei Ru, Feng Yifan had never imagined that the two had been maintaining an underground relationship for many years.
When the two announced their relationship, the person who was hurt the most was Tan Xueli.
First, she was abandoned by her most trusted and promising master, and then she learned that Su Liancheng, whom she had admired for a long time, had been maintaining a secret relationship with Mei Ru for many years.
According to Chen Wei, who came to Su Ji to say goodbye before leaving, after knowing about the affair between Su Liancheng and Mei Ru, Tan Xueli approached the two people with a kitchen knife, and the situation looked like a fight to the death.
Whenever Feng Yifan thinks back to when Chen Wei talked about that incident, a scene would unconsciously emerge in his mind.
In the end, it was Chen Wei who stepped forward to stop Tan Xueli, and Chen Wei promised to continue teaching Tan Xueli in the future.
Mei Ru also took the initiative to apologize to Tan Xueli, and the two chatted privately for a long time. No one else knew the specific content.
According to Chen Wei, after Tan Xueli and Mei Ru finished talking, it seemed that Mei Ru agreed to something Tan Xueli requested, so Tan Xueli did not continue to pester Su Liancheng.
It was the day before yesterday that Tan Xueli left Huaicheng with Chen Wei.
Although things seemed to be going well, Feng Yifan always felt that perhaps there would be another big drama between Su Liancheng, Mei Ru and Tan Xueli in the future.
At this point, whether it was Su Lanxin's side, Su Ji's side, or even the reconstruction of the old street, everything had become completely different.
While Feng Yifan is full of expectations for the future, he is also somewhat nervous about the unknown.
So these days, Feng Yifan has been more serious about his work in the kitchen.
Whether he is teaching Lin Ruifeng or cooking by himself, he is no longer as casual as before. He takes every process very seriously and starts to try to make some new dishes.
Feng Yifan feels that since the future has become unknown, he needs to work harder.
On the one hand, it was to restore Su Ji's reputation. More importantly, it was to allow his wife and daughter to live a carefree life.
Even when Li Feier asked him to film the cooking standards for the Fujinglou competition, Feng Yifan took it extremely seriously.
It's not as free and easy as when Meng Shitong and others were taking the photos before.
There is no excessive showmanship, just conscientiously and meticulously completing each step.
After the photoshoot, Li Feier couldn't help but sigh: "Chef Feng, you did it so meticulously. It feels like a work of art. If we follow your standards, I'm afraid most of the people who were auditioned at Fujinglou will be screened out."
Feng Yifan smiled and responded: "If this dish is eaten at home, it doesn't need to be so delicate, but if it is to be served Chinese cuisine, it cannot be less delicate."
Feng Yifan became very serious and meticulous about his work in the kitchen.
But he still loves his daughter. Every day when his daughter comes back from kindergarten, he will still listen to her talk about interesting things in kindergarten.
Listening to his daughter's nagging in his ear always makes Feng Yifan smile knowingly and feels that his life now is very real.
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A bowl of hot noodles came out of the pot. Lin Ruifeng picked it out of the pot with long bamboo chopsticks, lifted it high and scooped it with a bowl underneath, then folded the noodles and put them into the bowl.
The noodles just happen to be rolled up in the bowl, with each strand clearly separated like a woman's bun.
Lin Ruifeng scooped a spoonful of soup into the bowl and handed it to the master.
Feng Yifan took the bowl of noodles, scooped out the topping prepared in the pot, and carefully poured it into the bowl along the edge of the bowl, making sure not to affect the shape of the noodles in the bowl. The topping would be clearly separated from the noodles on one side.
Finally, sprinkle with a thin layer of chopped green onions and drizzle with a few drops of Feng Yifan’s secret sesame oil.
A bowl of noodles is ready.
Feng Yifan placed it on the tray on the cooking table behind him.
Lin Ruifeng put the next bowl of noodles into the pot, then turned around, picked up the tray, quickly rushed out of the kitchen, and served the noodles to the diners in front.
During this series of processes, the master and apprentice cooperated very well, and their movements were smooth throughout without any pause.
After two months, Feng Yifan saw the progress of his disciple Lin Ruifeng and became more and more satisfied with him. He felt that it was a right decision to accept him as a disciple.
When the time came, some diners in Su Ji Restaurant took out their mobile phones and prepared to watch today's "Fei Chang Zheng". It has become a habit for many diners to come to Su Ji for lunch every day and watch the special program "Fei Chang Zheng" about the Fujinglou cooking competition.
As soon as today's show started, someone in the restaurant immediately exclaimed, "Wow, it's Chef Feng."