Feng Yifan tasted the snacks handed to him by the two girls respectively, and he had to say that the snacks tasted really good.
"Well, these two Mont Blancs did a pretty good job."
Shi Tao was a little curious and asked, "Uncle Yifan, you said these two cakes are called Mont Blanc? Why are they called that?"
Feng Yifan explained with a smile: "Mont Blanc refers to a cake made with chestnut paste. There is a mountain called 'Mont Blanc' in the European Alps. The cake was originally made based on the shape of Mont Blanc. In autumn, Mont Blanc will turn brown because of the withered trees on the mountain.
Chestnuts are harvested in autumn, and chestnut paste is brown in color, so it is named after the shape of Mont Blanc."
Including Shi Jiahui, Yang Zhiyi and the three children, all listened very carefully.
Shi Tao praised: "Uncle Yifan, you really know a lot."
Feng Yifan waved his hand: "It's nothing. I've made desserts abroad, so it's natural for me to understand the origins of these desserts."
Feng Ruoruo raised the spoon again, asking her father to eat with her.
Feng Yifan said to his daughter, "Dad doesn't want to eat, you and Xixi can eat it."
The two little girls started eating by themselves.
Soon, four identical cakes were served.
Feng Yifan didn't eat it, but shared his with the two little girls.
The others tasted the cake.
After tasting it, Yang Zhiyi said, "Well, this taste is really special, with a light chestnut fragrance, paired with the cream and chocolate crispy skin, it is really delicious."
Feng Yifan asked Shi Jiahui: "Big sister, is this cake recipe left by Luo Yu?"
Shi Jiahui replied: "Yes, it was left by Luo Yu. I heard that Luo Yu also researched for a long time and made such a Mont Blanc. In her and Chen Xi's store, similar Mont Blanc is also the best-selling one."
Feng Yifan nodded: "It seems that Luo Yu is really quite good."
Shi Jiahui asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
Feng Yifan explained seriously: "Because, under normal circumstances, Mont Blanc does not have such a strong chestnut aroma, because after the chestnuts are made into chestnut paste, the aroma will evaporate a lot, so after being made into Mont Blanc, the chestnut aroma will be relatively light.
But the cake in the hotel restaurant has a very strong chestnut aroma and tastes even better. ”
Feng Ruoruo also said along with her father: "Yes, yes, Dad, this cake is really delicious."
Yang Xiaoxi continued, "Mm, it smells good, just like eating chestnuts."
Yang Zhiyi finished his meal and praised, "I didn't expect the dim sum in this restaurant to be so delicious. It looks like I can come here specifically for dim sum next time."
Shi Jiahui smiled and said, "When Luo Yu was here before, some people would come over specifically for snacks."
At this time Feng Yifan did not speak, he fell into deep thought.
But he didn't think for long before his daughter's little hand brought him back to his senses.
"Dad, we've finished eating. Xixi and I are sleepy. We need to go upstairs to take a nap."
Feng Yifan came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go upstairs."
Then the group prepared to leave the restaurant.
Upon learning that they were leaving, Chef Yu Quan came out from the kitchen to see Feng Yifan off.
At the entrance of the restaurant, Feng Yifan asked the little girls to go first with everyone else, and he stayed to chat with Yu Quan for a while.
"That last Mont Blanc, is that the recipe you bought?"
Yu Quan nodded and said, "Yes, Luo Yu was originally the restaurant's pastry chef, but later she chose to leave. When she left, the hotel manager consulted with the headquarters and bought several dessert recipes from her."
Feng Yifan asked again: "How much do you know about Luo Yu and Chen Xi?"
Yu Quan was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding why Feng Yifan cared so much about those two people
But after a slight hesitation, he still told Feng Yifan the truth.
"I know Luo Yu quite well. When she came to the hotel restaurant to be in charge of desserts, I was already the head chef. At first, she was a very ordinary girl, and she was not very lively. She didn't talk much with other colleagues, and she didn't hang out with others during breaks.
But she has a strong learning ability and hands-on ability. She always carefully follows the pastry chef to learn various things and is really obsessed with dessert making. "
According to Yu Quan, Luo Yu was not very outstanding in the hotel restaurant at first.
But Yu Quan still found that Luo Yu was a very studious person.
So when Luo Yu later challenged the pastry chef and surpassed him in one fell swoop, Yu Quan was not too surprised. He felt that it was all the result of Luo Yu's hard work.
Yu Quan was a little surprised when talking about Luo Yu's departure: "To be honest, I didn't expect Luo Yu to leave. I think the restaurant treated her well enough, and she can get more opportunities to show herself on a bigger stage in the restaurant."
Yu Quan was not wrong in saying this. After all, they were a multinational hotel chain, and the headquarters hotel was a true four-star hotel with a one-star restaurant as a guarantee.
So if Luo Yu stays in the restaurant, he should get the opportunity to go abroad next.
If she could be selected by the headquarters hotel to study there, it would definitely be a great improvement in Luo Yu's dessert making.
But Luo Yu finally chose to leave.
Feng Yifan could guess some of the reasons behind this.
Come to think of it, the reason may have something to do with Feng Yifan.
At the beginning, Feng Yifan had just gone abroad and failed the test of his aunt's catering group. He didn't want to return to China, so he looked for a job everywhere.
It just so happened that this international hotel chain restaurant was recruiting at that time, and Feng Yifan naturally chose to apply in order to make a living.
When he entered the hotel restaurant, no one was optimistic about Feng Yifan at first.
At that time, his foreign language level was not good, and because he had only been studying traditional Chinese cuisine, he didn't know much about Western cuisine. At the beginning, he could only do odd jobs in the kitchen.
However, in just a few months, Feng Yifan, with his unyielding spirit, learned a lot about Western cooking through self-study.
And a few months later, he stood out in an internal competition among restaurant kitchens.
Afterwards, the restaurant received a notice from the hotel that in order to complete the four-star rating, the hotel planned to replace the kitchen staff and hire the chef of a two-star restaurant as the head chef at a high salary.
However, out of pity, the hotel gave the hotel kitchen a chance. They needed to qualify for the star rating. If they could be nominated, the chefs in the kitchen could be retained.
The chef really wanted to seize the opportunity at that time, but unfortunately he could not bear the tremendous pressure and ultimately failed.
After the head chef voluntarily resigned, Feng Yifan took on the responsibilities of the head chef in order to avoid being unemployed.
Furthermore, during the nomination stage for the star rating, he successfully got the hotel restaurant nominated.
It took another half a year for Feng Yifan to successfully get the restaurant one star.
This incident can be said to be a miracle within the hotel.
After winning one star, Feng Yifan realized his own shortcomings, so he resolutely chose to leave the hotel restaurant and sold the one-star menu to the hotel at a high price.
The hotel suffered a loss at the time because they signed an ordinary employment contract with Feng Yifan.
Therefore, there was no way to force Feng Yifan to stay if he wanted to resign.
Therefore, the hotel had no choice but to reluctantly let Feng Yifan leave the hotel, and bought the menu cooking recipe that Feng Yifan had won one star for a high price.
Later, the hotel discussed this matter and revised the contract.
That contract is given by the hotel headquarters to all employees who go to the headquarters for training.
It can be said that it is a binding contract.
The hotel provides a variety of training, so that employees who are selected from all over the world and go to the hotel headquarters for training can receive very sophisticated and professional training to help them achieve higher levels of improvement.
But at the same time, after training, employees need to stay in the hotel for at least five years.
Feng Yifan guessed that it was probably because of this contract that Luo Yu refused to go to the headquarters for training.
Because she met Chen Xi at that time, the two of them should have already had the idea of being together, so two people in love naturally did not want to be separated, and they were still separated for five years.
Feng Yifan asked Yu Quan again: "Have you ever met Chen Xi? His dim sum is really good?"
Yu Quan hesitated for a moment, but still said, "I have met him. Chen Xi learned from the famous dim sum master Zhu Chengqiang. He is indeed very accomplished in Chinese dim sum. At that time, in that competition, he made a traditional Suzhou and Hangzhou dim sum, the Chestnut Cake, and he tied with Luo Yu."
Feng Yifan couldn't help laughing after hearing this.
According to Shi Jiahui, the dessert shop opened by Chen Xi and Luo Yu mainly sells chestnut desserts.
These two people, one makes Chinese chestnut cake and the other also makes Mont Blanc with chestnuts, they really feel like a perfect match.
Feng Yifan got a general understanding and said goodbye to Yu Quan.
Yu Quan couldn't help but ask some questions in the end.
Feng Yifan did give some advice and encouraged Yu Quan to try to go beyond his own menu.
Yu Quan was very satisfied with his communication with Feng Yifan.
After all, for every chef in the hotel restaurant, it is a very exciting thing to be able to meet in person the creator of the one-star set menu on their menu.
Yu Quan not only met people, but also asked a lot of questions, and felt that he was very lucky.
Feng Yifan took the elevator, went upstairs and returned to his room.
Unexpectedly, both girls were awake and waiting for Feng Yifan to come back.
"Dad, you're back."
"Father Feng is back."
Seeing that the two little girls were not taking a nap, Feng Yifan couldn't help but ask with a smile: "Why don't you two sleep? Didn't we agree that you should go upstairs to take a nap? When you wake up, we can have ice cream and go out to play."
Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi immediately exclaimed after hearing this: "Oh, I forgot."
Shi Jiahui smiled and said, "These two little girls are a little excited and don't look sleepy at all."
Yang Zhiyi said seriously: "They still have to sleep. They have become accustomed to taking a nap. If they don't take a nap, they will feel sleepy very early in the afternoon."
Feng Yifan also nodded: "Yes, I should get some sleep."
Shi Jiahui thought for a while and said, "How about this, Shi Tao and I will go back first, and you guys can coax the two little girls to sleep. We will come back when they wake up."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Don't bother. How about you go sit next door for a while, Senior Sister? I'll coax these two little girls to sleep. I have something to discuss with you."
Shi Jiahui looked at Yang Zhiyi and asked, "Will this disturb your writing?"
Yang Zhiyi waved his hand: "No, no, I have already written it on the high-speed train. Let's go, let's sit for a while and let the two little girls sleep."
Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi were very well-behaved this time and took the initiative to wave goodbye to Aunt Jiahui and her brother.
Wait until Yang Zhiyi, Shi Jiahui and Shi Tao leave.
Feng Yifan said to the two little girls, "Okay, you two should go to bed quickly."
Feng Ruoruo asked again: "Dad, can I sleep with Xixi? Can the two of us sleep in the same bed?"
Feng Yifan nodded: "Sure, if you two want to sleep together, just choose a bed."
After some selection, the two little girls finally chose the bed by the window. They took off their shoes and skirts together, put on their sleepy clothes, and then lay down obediently in the quilt.
After lying down, the two little girls naturally asked Feng Yifan to tell them stories.
Feng Yifan had no choice but to take out the stories he had saved in his mobile phone and read them to the little girls while looking at the phone. Of course, he still had to be emotional and imitate some of the plots.
Otherwise, if they just read it dryly, the two little girls would not be satisfied.
Finally, the girls were coaxed to sleep. Feng Yifan got up gently, pulled the curtains of the room a little, and then tiptoed out of the room.
When Shi Jiahui came to Yang Zhiyi's room next door, he was chatting with Yang Zhiyi.
Yang Zhiyi was very serious at this time. While asking Shi Jiahui about some of her experiences in learning cooking, he also made notes in a notebook.
It is obvious that Yang Zhiyi is making all kinds of preparations for his novel.
At this moment, Yang Zhiyi was completely different from the usual eccentric father.
He will take notes very carefully and ask many key and highly professional questions.
Shi Jiahui saw Feng Yifan coming and said with a smile: "You can ask Yifan how boring the cooking process is. He should know very well that learning to cook is not as wonderful as many young people think, nor is it as smooth and easy as those videos shot online."
Feng Yifan also said: "Yes, in fact, in many videos online, those people reproduced many classic state banquet dishes. You can't just look at what they shot in the video, because they are all edited. In the process of making the video, they may have experienced countless failures."
Shi Jiahui nodded: "Yes, it's just like when we first learned to cook. When we first started, many things seemed very difficult to do."
Feng Yifan raised his hands and said, "I have countless knife wounds and burns on my hands."
Yang Zhiyi and Shi Tao looked at Feng Yifan's rough hands, and both of them had an intuitive feeling.
At this point, the two laymen finally understood how arduous the training a top chef has to go through is.