"You probably don't know this, but Perovence is a three-star restaurant that has become famous in recent years. They have a great reputation abroad, especially some of their dishes, which really show the talent of the chef. Every dish can be called a work of art."
Listening to Quan Chengping's eloquent introduction, Feng Yifan's expression was rather indifferent.
However, Yang Zhiyi, Shi Jiahui and Shi Tao had complicated expressions.
Shi Jiahui and Yang Zhiyi had met Catherine, Hans and Tom before, so naturally they learned from them some of Feng Yifan's previous experiences at the Perovence restaurant.
Perovence was actually a well-known restaurant, and its former chefs had served as chefs for Western royal families. Unfortunately, it declined for some reasons and even nearly lost its one star.
At the critical moment, Feng Yifan showed up and signed an agreement with the boss of Perovence.
In the agreement, Feng Yifan agreed to help the restaurant revive.
But first the restaurant owner has to pay him a high hiring fee, and then the restaurant has to pay the menu usage fee every year.
Of course, when the restaurant owner agreed to these conditions, he also added to the agreement that Feng Yifan was not allowed to announce to the public that he was the chef of Perovence.
Feng Yifan agreed to this request very directly.
Not to mention Catherine, Hans and Tom, even Yang Zhiyi and Shi Jiahui couldn't understand it when they found out.
But Feng Yifan did sign the agreement.
It took a year for Perovence to regain three stars. Then he led the team that won three stars at that time to cook for a state banquet of a Western royal family.
After that state banquet, Perovence Restaurant officially returned to the top of the Western catering industry.
Although Feng Yifan did not publicly reveal his identity as the chef, he certainly received an award from a royal family.
Later, although the restaurant owner tried hard to retain him and even promised to make his identity as the chef public, Feng Yifan was still very determined and chose to leave. He went straight back to his country.
So, after I got to know the Perovence restaurant very well through Feng Yifan.
After hearing Quan Chengping's words and his almost fanatical admiration for the dishes at Perovence Restaurant, Yang Zhiyi and Shi Jiahui couldn't help but laugh.
Lu Xigu also felt that Quan Chengping was a bit too enthusiastic and couldn't help but remind him: "Alright, alright, Lao Quan, please don't say this in front of the juniors, okay? You like those Western delicacies and like to explore those food arts, but it doesn't mean that these juniors like them too."
Quan Chengping was very surprised and asked back: "How can someone not like delicious food?"
At this point, Quan Chengping pointed to the guests on the yacht behind him and said, "Old Lu, look at the people here today. How passionate are they about food? You know, food is a work of art on the tip of the tongue. I think no one will dislike it."
Feng Yifan also realized at this time that his great uncle was a food lover.
No, it should be said fanatic.
Lu Xigu turned his head helplessly and said to Feng Yifan: "Yifan, don't mind it. Your great uncle is just like that. He can't stop talking about food. He has traveled all over the world with me over the years. He eats everywhere. He basically spends all the money he has earned in his life on food."
Quan Chengping smiled and said, "Hey, hey, hey, Lu Xigu, you're wrong to say that. Didn't you eat?"
At this moment, the two old men were like two little children, exposing each other's shortcomings without any hesitation.
Quan Chengping also said to Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi: "Grandpa Quan is telling you, your little great-grandfather also likes to eat, but he can't find a good restaurant, so every time I find a good place, he will follow me to eat."
When Lu Xihe saw Quan Chengping directly exposing his shortcomings to the two children, he felt a little embarrassed.
"Quan Chengping, don't go too far. Isn't it unethical of you to expose the child's shortcomings directly like this?"
Then Lu Xigu immediately started talking to the two little girls: "I'm telling you, don't listen to your great-grandfather. He often finds some restaurants with bad food and asks me to go with him. But in the end, he doesn't eat there because the food he spends money on is not good."
When Feng Ruoruo heard this, she immediately said, "This is not good. It's a waste."
Yang Xiaoxi also said: "Yes, we can't waste food."
When Lu Xigu heard the two little girls say this, he immediately said proudly, "Yes, that's right. So your great-grandfather is like this. If it doesn't taste good, he will waste it, and then I will eat it all by myself. Even if it doesn't taste good, we have to finish it after ordering it, right?"
The two little girls nodded first, and then Feng Ruoruo said, "But great-grandfather, if it doesn't taste good, you can order less, so you don't have to eat too much."
Lu Xigu agreed, "That's right, Ruoruo is really smart. If it doesn't taste good, we'll order less, but your great-grandfather always likes to order a lot, and ends up wasting food that he can't finish."
Seeing that Lu Xigu had the upper hand in front of the little girls, Quan Chengping decisively stopped talking about this topic and said to the little girls: "Okay, let's not talk about this. I'll take you to meet that amazing chef, okay? He can make a lot of delicious food."
Hearing this, Feng Ruoruo said: "My father can also make a lot of delicious food."
Yang Xiaoxi followed up and said, "Yes, Mr. Feng's cooking is delicious."
Quan Chengping thought that the two little girls were talking about Feng Yifan, who could also cook and whose home-cooked dishes tasted good.
So he smiled and said, "So your father Feng can cook, too? But that great chef over there can cook a lot of beautiful dishes that are both beautiful and delicious. Maybe your father Feng can't cook them."
Feng Ruoruo immediately became unhappy: "No, my father's dishes are also beautiful and delicious."
Yang Xiaoxi also said: "Dad Feng's cooking is the best, you don't understand."
Quan Chengping was a little amused and confused to see the two little girls were so determined, and felt that the two children had too good an impression of Feng Yifan.
Lu Xigu also found it very strange, but thought to himself that it might be because the child was young and had rarely eaten out, so he thought that what his father cooked was the best.
Thinking of this, Lu Xigu stepped forward to persuade them, "Let's go over there first and take a look at the dishes made by the great chef. Let's taste them and compare them to see if they are better than those made by Ruoruo's father, okay?"
The little girls naturally raised their heads and looked at Father Feng.
Feng Yifan smiled and nodded: "Well, both great-grandfathers have said so, let's go over and take a look."
When Yang Zhiyi heard this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Shi Jiahui couldn't help laughing, but she could only force herself to turn her head away.
Shi Tao felt a little strange when he saw the looks on his mother and Yang Zhiyi's face. When he saw Uncle Yifan accompanying his two sisters, he couldn't help but ask his mother.
"Mom, what are you and Uncle Yang laughing at?"
Shi Jiahui whispered to his son, "Because the chef who was specially invited to the restaurant was previously the chef of your uncle Yifan, and it was your uncle Yifan who helped them get back the three stars."
Shi Tao was shocked: "Ah? Is that so?"
Shi Jiahui suppressed a smile and nodded: "Yes, that's right, so your uncle Yang and I both find it very interesting and are looking forward to how the chef will face your uncle Yifan."
After hearing what his mother said, Shi Tao couldn't help but look forward to it, and a smile appeared on his face.
Feng Yifan took the two little girls and followed Quan Chengping and Lu Xigu through the crowd and came to the chef Rodney.
Quan Chengping was just about to introduce everyone to each other.
Rodney took the initiative to bow to Feng Yifan and said, "Hello, Mr. Feng."
The other party did not speak Chinese, but French.
Quan Chengping and Lu Xigu were both a little surprised when they heard this.
Without waiting for translation, Feng Yifan responded to the greeting in equally standard French.
"Hello."
This stunned Quan Chengping, Lu Xigu, and everyone else present. Including the chefs who were also invited today, they all looked over here.
When Rodney was invited out, most of the chefs present looked respectful.
Rodney is considered an idol by many of the chefs present.
After all, he is already a judge-level chef, and even some of the invited chefs present are well-known chefs in Shanghai, some of whom have studied under him for a short period of time.
Of course, there is also a series of publicity and promotion by the Perovence restaurant behind this.
This has made Rodney famous in the global culinary world.
This is not to say that Rodney is not just a name for money. In fact, he has cooking skills that match his reputation, and his dishes have indeed been recognized by well-known top chefs in the industry.
But such a person, who is an idol in the eyes of the chefs on the scene, would be so polite to a stranger that no one knew.
Everyone at the scene was surprised and naturally very curious. Who is this father with two cute little girls
At this time, Chen Xu whispered to Luo Yu beside him: "Did you see that? This top chef that you admire might have been defeated by this man. Otherwise, how could he be so humble and take the initiative to greet the other party when he was so arrogant before?"
As a Western pastry chef, although Luo Yu gave up the opportunity to go abroad arranged by the hotel, it does not mean that she did not get to know some top chefs abroad.
So Luo Yu, like most of the chefs at the scene, is full of admiration and worship for Rodney.
Luo Yu once told Chen Xu privately that if she really wanted to work as a pastry chef in a restaurant, the restaurant she most wanted to go to would be "Perovence".
So the reason why we came to this yacht to make snacks today was actually because Luo Yu learned that Rodney would be invited and wanted to see her idol in person.
Otherwise, with the current income she and Chen Xu are earning from the Shanghai Dessert Shop, they don't have to care about other people's high-paying invitations.
Although Luo Yu admired him very much, Chen Xu was not interested in Rodney.
As a disciple of a state banquet dim sum master, Chen Xu has always hoped to defeat all kinds of Western desserts with traditional domestic dim sum.
This is also what he and Luo Yu have been fighting about for such a long time.
But the relationship between these two people is very delicate. I don't know if it is in line with the saying "beating is love and scolding is affection", these two people have developed a kind of unswerving love in this fierce collision of Eastern and Western snacks and desserts. So in addition to competition, they are also lovers who love each other.
But even if she is his lover, Chen Xu will not miss the opportunity to attack Luo Yu.
When Chen Xu saw Luo Yu's eyes light up when he saw Rodney appear, he was also very jealous.
Now that he finally saw such a scene, Rodney put aside his pride and actually took the initiative to greet the strange man with the two little girls. He was so polite, even a little humble.
Chen Xu naturally would not miss the opportunity.
After hearing what Chen Xu said, Luo Yu agreed in his heart, but he said unconvincedly: "Humph, don't talk nonsense here. Didn't you see that the man and the child were brought over by Grandpa Quan and Grandpa Lu? Maybe they did it for the sake of Grandpa Quan and Grandpa Lu's face?"
Chen Xu said bluntly: "Don't fool yourself, the two grandfathers haven't spoken yet."
These words left Luo Yu speechless. It was indeed the case. Before the two old men had even started introducing themselves, Rodney had already taken the initiative to bow and greet the strange man.
Luo Yu was still a little bit unconvinced, but at this time Shi Jiahui came over to them.
"Hello, Chen Xu, Luo Yu, do you remember me?"
Only then did the two realize that Shi Jiahui was there too.
Both of them had a very good impression of Shi Jiahui, especially for Chen Xu. His master was actually a colleague of Shi Jinbin, so he could also be considered Shi Jiahui's junior fellow apprentice.
"Senior Sister, why are you here too?" Chen Xu was the first to greet her.
Shi Jiahui smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you two before that Chef Feng was also invited?"
After hearing Shi Jiahui's words, the two looked at each other, and then Chen Xu suddenly thought of something.
Chen Xu looked at Feng Yifan and said, "Big Sister, that amazing chef you mentioned before, isn't he the man holding the two little girls?"
Shi Jiahui smiled and nodded: "Yes, he is the chef Feng I mentioned, Feng Yifan."
Luo Yu was also a little surprised when she heard this: "Feng Yifan? I see. Is it the Feng Yifan who posted a cooking video online and was on the hot search because of his traditional Chinese dishes?"
Shi Jiahui nodded again: "Yes."
Chen Xu looked over there and said, "So he is Feng Yifan. I've heard my master mention him before. My master said that his dishes are very traditional and authentic."
Luo Yu said: "The restaurant in the hotel where I worked before had a one-star menu, and it seemed to be left by him."
Chen Xu had also heard about this matter from Luo Yu.
It was also because of the precedent of Feng Yifan that Luo Yu thought of selling the dessert recipe to the hotel restaurant, helping her and Chen Xu to earn capital to open a store.
Chen Xu thought for a moment, then asked Shi Jiahui with a smile, "Senior Sister, this Chef Feng, didn't he also work at Perovence Restaurant?"
Shi Jiahui didn't say it explicitly, but just smiled and said, "He really just came back from abroad."
This sentence made Chen Xu and Luo Yu look at each other, and both of them felt even more surprised.
Over there, facing the curious looks of the people around him, Feng Yifan always maintained a peaceful smile, looked at Rodney and said, "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to see you here. You came to China specially because Perovence Restaurant is planning to open a branch in China?"
Rodney nodded at first, but then said, "We're not trying to compete with you."
Because the two of them spoke in French, most people present actually couldn't understand them.
But the two old men standing beside them heard it very clearly, and they obviously understood it. They looked at Feng Yifan and their expressions instantly became complicated.