Feng Yifan's appearance made the hotel a little nervous.
Especially at the hotel chain headquarters, George, who has now been promoted to hotel president, was a little surprised by Feng Yifan's sudden visit.
The VIP card in Feng Yifan's hand was the one he got after he helped the hotel restaurant successfully win one star four years ago.
He submitted his resignation letter, and the then president asked George to personally deliver the VIP card to him.
Moreover, George also knew that the dishes on the menu of the hotel restaurant were all the ones the hotel purchased the right to use from Feng Yifan at a high price.
So compared to the revenue that Feng Yifan brings to the hotel restaurant, a comprehensive VIP card is nothing.
Feng Yifan and his friends were led into the restaurant by the general manager and the chef, which surprised the waiters in the restaurant.
They couldn't help but gather together and discuss in low voices.
Guess who Feng Yifan and his group are
Finally, the general manager and the chef arranged a quiet little compartment for Feng Yifan and his friends.
Originally, they wanted to arrange a private room for Feng Yifan and his friends, but as Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi were walking, they were attracted by a small stream running across the middle of the restaurant.
There were koi carps swimming in the stream, which the girls found very interesting.
Because there is a feeling as if you are standing on the water.
This is a special design for hotel restaurant.
There is a flowing pool below, and the restaurant is built on the pool, so when you eat in the hall, you can enjoy the sight of some koi swimming under your feet.
Seeing that the two girls liked it, Feng Yifan smiled and said to the general manager, "We won't go to the private room. Find us a spacious and quiet place."
The general manager and the chef made arrangements, and Feng Yifan and his friends sat in a quiet compartment.
The two little girls can also see the swimming koi.
After sitting down, Feng Yifan smiled and said to the chef, "Let's not have the set menu. Let's have some more substantial dishes. The children are hungry."
The chef was stunned at first, but at the same time he felt relieved instantly.
The chef was actually worried that Feng Yifan would sit down and directly order the set meal he had left for the hotel restaurant.
Making a set meal for the original owner who created the set meal is a situation that the chef is really unwilling to face.
The chef quickly replied: "Do you need Chinese food? Or Western food? Do you need some snacks for the children?"
Feng Yifan thought for a moment and said, "Well, it's all right. Our taste may be lighter, and the children's snacks should be put last. If it's too early in the morning, it will affect the children's eating."
The chef nodded in agreement: "Okay, then please wait a moment, I will go to the kitchen to prepare it now."
Then the chef left first, while the general manager of the hotel stayed for a while.
After hesitating for a moment, the general manager took out two cards.
"Mr. Feng, this is a gift from our hotel. Although it can't be used to get a full discount like your VIP card, it can be used at a 40% discount in China and 20% discount abroad."
Feng Yifan did not delay: "Well, okay, thank you, put it here."
After putting it down, the general manager said respectfully, "Then I won't disturb you from having a meal, Mr. Feng. If you need anything, you can always let me know."
The general manager also left a business card and then left the restaurant first.
Of course, before leaving the restaurant, he also gave some instructions to the restaurant manager and waiter.
After the general manager left, Shi Jiahui spoke first, "Okay, our chef Feng is really impressive wherever he goes. He doesn't even need to ask for anything and someone will arrange everything for him."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "It's just a coincidence. I didn't expect that you would arrange this hotel for me, Senior Sister?"
Shi Jiahui laughed: "I don't know either, and this hotel is the closest to my home."
Feng Yifan said, "It's the one closest to your house, Senior Sister, and the most expensive, right?"
Shi Jiahui pretended to be angry and said, "What are you talking about? Do you think I can't afford you, Senior Sister?"
Feng Yifan quickly said, "No, no, I just think that you are too polite, Senior Sister."
Then, Feng Yifan handed the discount cards to Yang Zhiyi and Shi Tao respectively.
"Although I can't give you a full refund, I can give you a discount. You can use it first. If you really need anything, I can talk to George and he will replace it for you."
Shi Jiahui still organized her son to take it: "Shi Tao still doesn't want it."
Feng Yifan said to the senior sister seriously: "It's okay, it's just a discount card, senior sister, I believe that my nephew will control himself. After all, he still needs to spend money."
Shi Tao took it and said, "Mom, don't worry, I won't spend it carelessly. I don't have that much money."
In the end, Shi Jiahui had no choice but to allow her son to accept it.
As for Yang Zhiyi, he felt a little embarrassed after accepting it: "Chef Feng, I'm really sorry. You paid for me to come here this time, and now I'm taking your things."
Feng Yifan waved his hand: "Don't give me that, we are friends, just accept it, if you don't need it in the future, you can give it to Xixi's mother to use when she goes out."
Yang Zhiyi thought it made sense: "Yes, you can give it to Xixi's mother. If she wants to do her own show in the future, she may need to travel all over the country. Using this discount card can save her a lot of money."
Feng Yifan added: "And the hotel has a pick-up service. If you need it when you go to an unfamiliar city, you can just call them to pick you up."
Yang Zhiyi smiled and said, "Then I won't be polite."
The lunch arranged by the hotel restaurant is a combination of Chinese and Western cuisine.
There are classic steaks in Western cuisine, as well as some Chinese dishes.
Feng Yifan didn't comment too much and invited everyone to eat together.
After eating, Shi Jiahui gave a good review: "Well, it seems that the restaurant chef is quite skilled. The steak is very well made, and the side dishes are also well matched. The sweet and sour spare ribs are also quite interesting. My two little babies should like it."
Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi really like to eat it too. Children always like sweet taste.
Yang Zhiyi tasted a piece and also thought it was very good.
"Yes, it's good. Although it's not as good as the one that Chef Feng taught me before, it tastes pretty good, especially the sweet and sour sauce. It's just right, with a little sour taste. It's really great."
Feng Yifan smiled but didn't say anything.
Feng Ruoruo suddenly said, "Uncle Yang, these spareribs are not good because they have ketchup in them. If dad made them, he wouldn't put ketchup in them."
Upon hearing this, Yang Zhiyi suddenly remembered that Feng Yifan did not put ketchup in the dish when he made it before.
Feng Yifan saw his daughter speak up, so he also spoke up, "It's okay to add ketchup, to add some flavor. It's not that you absolutely can't add it. The chef's dish here is well seasoned, and it's not ketchup, it's tomato sauce."
In the hotel restaurant's kitchen, the head chef and cooks gathered together, waiting for the waiter to give feedback on Feng Yifan's evaluation.
The chefs are full of respect for Feng Yifan, the former head chef of the hotel's headquarters restaurant.
After all, the one-star set menu that is now retained in hotel restaurants was designed by Feng Yifan and was bought out by the hotel at a high price. It has become a menu set that is retained by restaurants in hotel chains around the world.
I don’t know how many times the chefs and cooks in the kitchen have made the dishes in that set meal.
How could the chefs not be excited now that they had seen in person the person who left that menu
Soon, the waiter in charge of serving in the front ran to the kitchen.
"I tasted it. Mr. Feng said it was acceptable. His daughter said that you used ketchup on the ribs. Mr. Feng doesn't use ketchup when cooking. But Mr. Feng said that ketchup is OK. Mr. Feng also said that you used tomato sauce."
After listening to the report, the chef was also a little surprised.
He didn't expect that Feng Yifan could actually taste that he used tomato sauce.
Traditional sweet and sour spare ribs do not use ketchup or tomato sauce. Instead, sugar and vinegar are used to make a sweet and sour sauce, which is then poured over the cooked spare ribs.
But making sweet and sour sauce is a craft that requires a lot of effort.
Because the sweet and sour sauce first needs to be fried with sugar color, this step alone is enough to discourage many chefs.
Later, you need to fry the vinegar, especially the ratio of vinegar, sugar and salt, which is also the key to the sweet and sour sauce. Another important point is that you can't fry it too much. If the vinegar flavor evaporates, the flavor will be lost. So it really tests your skills.
Nowadays, with the advent of ketchup and tomato sauce, most restaurants usually use ketchup and tomato sauce to save time, as the sweet and sour taste is easier to control.
But in this way, the flavor of vinegar is indeed missing.
In order to cope with Feng Yifan's sudden arrival today, the chef in the hotel restaurant's kitchen even prepared this dish himself.
The chef used his own method, which was to fry the tomato sauce first and add some vinegar at the end to give the dish a vinegar flavor.
The chef didn't expect that Feng Yifan would still figure it out, and what he didn't expect was that a little girl would also figure it out.
The waiter continued talking and also mentioned some of Feng Yifan's subsequent words.
The following words directly point out the chef's method of cooking the sweet and sour pork ribs.
First, the tomato sauce is fried and some vinegar is added to add some vinegar flavor.
The chef was very convinced. The fact that Feng Yifan could narrate the entire process orally was enough to prove his ability.
As expected, he is the chef who has managed to keep the restaurant using his menu even after being away for four years.
After listening to the story, the chef straightened his clothes, held the last dessert in his hand, slowly walked out of the kitchen and came to the restaurant, and personally delivered the dessert to Feng Yifan and the others.
Putting down the dessert, the chef said to Feng Yifan, "Chef Feng, we, the chefs of the hotel restaurant, have always been a little bit dissatisfied with you, and we don't understand why we must make the menu you left. Today you made me realize my own abilities."
The chef paused and said seriously, "I must admit that without your menu, we would not be able to create a menu that can win one star."
After listening to the restaurant chef's words, Feng Yifan smiled and said, "It's nothing, actually. I think you shouldn't keep cooking my menu. You can use your own abilities to try to make something new. Sometimes if you don't try, you'll never know if you can succeed."
The chef was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect Feng Yifan to say such a thing.
Then he saw Feng Yifan stand up and said seriously: "As a chef, you should not be proud of how close you make other people's dishes to the original, but you should be proud of being able to make dishes that surpass the original, so you should try hard."
The chef looked at Feng Yifan, nodded and said, "Yes, I know. Thank you, Chef Feng. My name is Yu Quan. I hope I can ask you for advice again if I have the chance in the future."
Feng Yifan did not refuse: "Well, okay."
After Deng Quan left, Shi Jiahui smiled and said, "This chef is quite ambitious and wants to make a breakthrough."
At this point, Shi Jiahui pointed at the steak and said, "This steak is actually well seasoned."
Feng Yifan also said: "Yes, he seasons the steak sauce and the sweet and sour sauce of the sweet and sour spareribs himself. It is quite unique, but it lacks a little bit of heat."
Shi Jiahui suddenly said: "If I were to make this sweet and sour spareribs and I was not sure about the sweet and sour sauce and had to use tomato sauce, I would just add vinegar and stir-fry first, and then add sugar to season it."
After listening to what the senior sister said, Feng Yifan gave her a thumbs up and said, "The senior sister is really amazing."
Shi Jiahui glared at Feng Yifan and said, "Go away, go away. I always feel a little uncomfortable when you praise me."
Feng Yifan laughed: "Hahaha, then Senior Sister, you need to adapt more in the future, otherwise how can you be the sous chef under me?"
Shi Jiahui also laughed after hearing this: "Hahaha, I'll try my best to adapt."
At the same time, the two little girls who had eaten their fill, accompanied by their older brother Shi Tao, were already watching the fish in the middle of the restaurant. Shi Tao also took photos of them with his mobile phone, and then sent them all to the girls' mothers directly through Feng Yifan's mobile phone as Feng Yifan requested.
Su Ruoxi, who had dinner and was resting at home, was looking at photos of her daughter on her mobile phone.
Also show it to the child's grandparents.
Seeing the little girls having fun playing outside, the family members are also happy and cheerful.
Of course, Su Ruoxi played with her mobile phone for a while, but was asked by her mother-in-law to hand over the phone and go back to her room to take a nap.
Li Feier, who was having lunch at the company, kept guarding her phone, waiting for photos of the girls.
Occasionally, when she saw the girls playing, she couldn't help laughing at work.
Many colleagues at work felt strange, but no one bothered to disturb Li Feier's happiness.
Feng Yifan chatted with the senior sister for a while, and called the two girls who were playing outside back: "Ruoruo, Xixi, come back quickly and have some snacks. Eat them. We are leaving now. You two should go upstairs for a nap."
After hearing this, the two little girls ran back quickly.
Before the little girls were ready to eat, Shi Jiahui looked at the snacks carefully and said, "Hey, these snacks in the restaurant should be left by Luo Yu."
Feng Yifan immediately became interested: "Really? Then I'll try what others have made first."
Hearing this, Feng Ruoruo immediately scooped up a piece with a small spoon and handed it to her father's mouth: "Dad, Ruoruo's is for you to eat."
Yang Xiaoxi also scooped up a piece and handed it over: "Dad Feng, Xixi will give you some too."
This scene made Yang Zhiyi, who was sitting next to him, very embarrassed.