After completing the handover with her colleagues, Wu Tongtong returned to the staff lounge to change out of her hotel uniform and put on her own clothes. She said goodbye to her colleagues at work and left the hotel.
After walking to the subway station and taking the subway for three stops, Wu Tongtong walked out of the subway station and followed the bustling crowd to the door of a dessert shop called "Chestnut Workshop".
When you push open the door and enter the dessert shop, you are greeted by a very rich chestnut aroma.
Just by walking in and smelling the tempting chestnut aroma, one feels as if he or she is instantly in a chestnut orchard.
The salesperson in the store is greeting customers and recommending some new products launched by the boss and the boss's wife today, as well as some of the store's most classic desserts to the customers who come into the store today.
Seeing Wu Tongtong coming in, a salesperson greeted her with a smile: "Sister Wu, are you off work?"
Wu Tongtong smiled and nodded: "Yes, I just got off work. Where are Luo Yu and the others?"
Another salesperson immediately said, "The boss and his wife are making desserts inside, but you can't go in for now, Sister Wu. There is a birthday cake today, so you may need to wait a while."
Wu Tongtong responded: "It doesn't matter, let them do their thing, give me a Mont Blanc first, I'll fill my stomach while I wait for them."
After ordering a dessert, Wu Tongtong found a seat in the store’s special rest area and sat down.
Not long after, a waiter brought her the dessert she ordered.
The dessert base looks like an ordinary small cake, but it is decorated with a tangled and messy series of brown chocolate hollow balls.
This is the best-selling dessert in the store.
This is also a dessert that Luo Yu made based on the classic French dessert Mont Blanc, with some of his own innovations.
Similarly, this dessert can also be found in the hotel restaurant.
However, Wu Tongtong still prefers to buy one at Luo Yu and Chen Xu's dessert shop.
Because she always felt that the food made by Luo Yu in the store tasted better than that in the hotel restaurant, especially the chestnut aroma was more intense.
Use a small metal spoon to cut off the hollow ball on the top from top to bottom, and scoop up a piece of the bottom cake.
Wu Tongtong put them into her mouth, and instantly the rich and sweet chestnut flavor spread in her mouth.
After a little chewing, the taste will spread even more after the saliva is secreted.
Eating it in such a small bite, I can feel the satisfaction of eating a whole chestnut.
Wu Tongtong felt that Luo Yu was able to make such delicious desserts and she was the best dessert chef in her mind. She didn’t understand why she lost to Chen Xu
What she was even more curious about was, what price would a top chef like Feng Yifan spend to invite Luo Yu
Along with a stronger chestnut aroma, Luo Yu came out holding a freshly baked dessert.
Chen Xu also followed behind, holding a big cake carefully in his hand.
After the two came out, Luo Yu put the desserts on the plate on the shelf first. Then she took the cake from Chen Xu and said to the store clerk, "Cake number 33 is ready. Please pack it and remember to put it in the freezer for customers to pick up."
The salesperson listened carefully, then took the cake from Luo Yu and prepared to pack it.
At this time, another salesperson said, "Sister Luo Yu, Sister Wu is here and is sitting over there waiting for you."
Luo Yu glanced in the direction where Wu Tongtong was sitting.
Wu Tongtong raised the hand holding the small spoon and waved to Luo Yu.
Luo Yu did not go back to the production room directly, but came to where Wu Tongtong was sitting.
"Why? Want to eat Mont Blanc again?"
Wu Tongtong smiled and responded: "Yes, what's the matter? The boss lady doesn't welcome you, right?"
Luo Yu said with a smile: "Welcome, you can come and eat anytime you want."
Wu Tongtong licked the remaining dessert on the spoon and said, "Luo Yu, this one you made is still the best. I always feel that the taste of the one made in the hotel restaurant is different from the one you made yourself."
Luo Yu smiled, stretched out a finger, tapped Wu Tongtong's forehead and said, "It's just a psychological effect."
Wu Tongtong said seriously: "No, I really think so, and the fact that your business is so good now proves it."
Luo Yu asked: "Okay, you didn't come here just to have some snacks, did you?"
Wu Tongtong immediately became serious: "Did you know? Someone in our hotel today specifically asked us about your situation. Do you know who it was?"
Luo Yu thought for a moment and said, "It should be Chef Feng Yifan who recently stayed at your hotel, right?"
Wu Tongtong asked curiously: "How did you guess that?"
Luo Yu said: "It's not hard to guess. He wanted to invite Chen Xu and me to his restaurant to be dim sum chefs. We met once before. Although he is a top chef, he doesn't put on airs and is a daughter slave who dotes on his daughter."
Wu Tongtong said immediately: "Yes, yes, so you know everything? He is really a daughter slave, and he dotes on his daughter. But his daughter is also very beautiful. It would be great if I could have such a beautiful and lovely daughter in the future."
Luo Yu smiled and said, "You are not ugly. Find a handsome husband in the future. I guarantee that your daughter will be beautiful too."
Wu Tongtong added: "Not only does she have to be pretty, she also has to be very cute. Do you know that those two little girls are so well-behaved and cute? I really don't know how other people's daughters are educated?"
Luo Yu said: "Your idea is wrong. You only see the little girl's public side. You definitely don't see what she is like at home. Maybe when she is at home, she will be very willful and not as cute as you think."
When Luo Yu said this, at Shi Jiahui's house, Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi, who had just finished dinner, were running, chasing and playing with their brother Shi Tao from room to room.
Moreover, the two little girls would rush to their fathers from time to time, slap them, and then run away quickly.
Perhaps Wu Tongtong, seeing such a scene, might not think that these two little girls could be described as "well-behaved".
Wu Tongtong did not continue the girl's topic, but asked: "Then are you and Chen Xu going?"
Luo Yu answered frankly: "After learning about Feng Yifan's identity, Chen Xu and I really want to go. We both feel that we can better demonstrate our abilities by the side of such a top chef. Perhaps in the future our desserts can also become desserts on the Samsung menu."
Wu Tongtong asked curiously, "Is it really that important to you that your desserts be on the three-star menu?"
Luo Yu said seriously, "Perhaps many diners would think that it is just a foreign food rating, why should they care about it? Moreover, what qualifications does a foreign rating have to judge the quality of our domestic dishes? But that is what diners think. For us in the culinary industry, the rating is a kind of recognition."
Wu Tongtong understood: "So, you really hope to get three stars?"
Luo Yu nodded: "Yes, I hope I can get it."
Wu Tongtong asked again: "What about Chen Xu?"
Luo Yu treated Wu Tongtong as a close friend, so she leaned close to Wu Tongtong's ear and whispered, "He cares more about how to promote Chinese dim sum, not whether he can get three stars."
Wu Tongtong nodded: "Okay, then if you leave, won't this store also have to close?"
Luo Yu smiled and said: "It will probably be closed temporarily, but maybe we will come back and continue to operate in the future."
Wu Tongtong couldn't help feeling a little sad: "Ah, if you guys leave, I won't be able to eat such delicious snacks."
Luo Yu said, "You should eat less. Have you gained weight recently? Why do I feel like your thing has gotten bigger?"
Wu Tongtong immediately said shyly: "No, please stop talking nonsense."
Afterwards, Wu Tongtong became very nervous and couldn't help but measure in front of her body with her hands.
Luo Yu also laughed uncontrollably upon seeing this, luckily they were sitting in a corner.
When Wu Tongtong saw Luo Yu laughing, she realized that she was being teased and reached out to slap her.
Then she asked Luo Yu: "Will you accept Feng Yifan's invitation?"
Luo Yu shook her head: "I don't know now. Maybe we still want to see for ourselves how good Feng Yifan's cooking skills are."
Wu Tongtong recalled that when she was off work, she heard some cooks in the kitchen talking about what happened in the restaurant at noon.
She also told Luo Yu everything she had heard, about Feng Yifan personally cooking two amazing dishes at noon, and having Walsh, who came from headquarters to review the dishes, make the final decision and prepare to buy the authorization for the two dishes.
Luo Yu was a little surprised: "Oh? Feng Yifan personally cooked in the kitchen of your hotel at noon?"
Wu Tongtong nodded: "I also heard about it from the chefs in the kitchen. It is said that the last two dishes at noon were considered great by many chefs in the kitchen. They were all impressed by his dishes."
Luo Yu was a little surprised at first, but then he said, "This is normal. After all, the one-star menu of the hotel restaurant is his, and he used to be the chef of a three-star restaurant."
Wu Tongtong was also a little excited: "Yes, I just found out recently that our hotel menu was actually left by him."
Luo Yu smiled and said, "That's not staying. The hotel headquarters bought the authorization at a high price."
Wu Tongtong asked curiously, "Is it the same dessert as the one you had before?"
Luo Yu said, "Almost the same, but mine is just a dessert, and theirs is a complete menu. The price alone is incomparable."
Wu Tongtong was even more curious: "Wow, how much is that?"
Luo Yu said seriously: "That cannot be measured by money."
Wu Tongtong didn’t quite understand.
Luo Yu explained a little: "For example, he used to be the head chef of a three-star restaurant. Just based on this identity and reputation, his menu is worth a lot of money. Every dish is recognized by the world's top gourmets. Not everyone can do that."
Wu Tongtong probably understood the value of the menu that Feng Yifan left in the hotel restaurant.
Thinking about it this way, Wu Tongtong somewhat agreed, and felt that if Chen Xu and Luo Yu went with Feng Yifan, they might really be able to achieve their dreams and pursuits.
Thinking of this, Wu Tongtong said to Luo Yu: "If you really want to leave, you must notify me."
Seeing that her best friend was obviously a little sad, Luo Yu smiled and comforted her, "Okay, don't worry, no matter where we go, we will always be good friends. You can come to see us when the time comes, or you can just come to work with us."
Wu Tongtong immediately laughed: "That's right, I will work as a waiter in your restaurant then."
Luo Yu and Wu Tongtong are really a pair of very good friends.
The two chatted for a while. When more and more people started to come into the dessert shop, in order not to disturb Luo Yu's work, Wu Tongtong got up and said goodbye and left.
After seeing Wu Tongtong off and giving her some bread and other things, Luo Yu returned to the workshop.
Chen Xu asked while busying himself: "What's the matter? What did Wu Tongtong come to complain to you about again?"
Wu Tongtong really likes to come here to complain and eat some desserts to relieve the pressure of busy work in the hotel.
Luo Yu patted Chen Xu gently and said, "Don't be so mean. Tongtong is a very good person."
Chen Xu smiled and responded: "Actually, I think it's good that she came here to complain. After complaining, eating some desserts can help relieve a lot of work pressure."
Luo Yu was stunned when he heard Chen Xu say this.
After a while, Luo Yu muttered quietly: "If we leave, who will Tongtong complain to in the future?"
Chen Xu was a little surprised to hear this, and turned his head to look at Luo Yu, who was in a low mood, in surprise.
Then he walked up to Luo Yu, hugged her and asked, "What's the matter? Why did you suddenly think of us leaving? Where are we going? To Feng Yifan's restaurant? But he hasn't even formally invited us yet."
Luo Yu raised her head, looked at Chen Xu seriously and asked, "If he invites you, will you go?"
This sentence really stumped Chen Xu.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Xu said, "Maybe I will go."
Luo Yu also admitted: "Yes, I will go too, because he was the former chef of Perovence Restaurant, which is undoubtedly the top restaurant."
Chen Xu immediately corrected: "The best Western restaurant."
Luo Yu was amused by Chen Xu's serious correction.
"Hahaha, OK, the best western restaurant. Then Mr. Chen Xu, why do you want to follow a former chef of a western restaurant?"
Chen Xu immediately said, "He is also the current chef of Su Ji."
Su Ji, this name is relatively unfamiliar to Luo Yu.
But as an apprentice of a dim sum master, Chen Xu was not unfamiliar with it at all, and because he had heard about some of Su Ji's past from his master, he had a fascination with Su Ji.
Chen Xu felt that perhaps going to Su Ji would help him hone himself better and enable him to promote Chinese dim sum.
Luo Yu probably knew what Chen Xu was thinking. She hesitated for a moment and asked, "Actually, Su Ji isn't very well-known in China right now. If you go to Su Ji, you may not be able to achieve your dream, right?"
Chen Xu said seriously: "Sure, I believe Su Ji will become famous again in the world."
Luo Yu asked again: "So, you have decided to go?"
Chen Xu immediately said, "No, I have to see Feng Yifan's cooking skills with my own eyes, otherwise I will definitely not agree to him casually."
Luo Yu spread his hands and said, "So, we still have to wait passively, waiting for his invitation."
Chen Xu nodded: "Wait and see."
Luo Yuzhanyan laughed and said, "Okay, then Master Chen, should we start working quickly? The guests in front are still waiting."
Chen Xu also came back to his senses and said, "Oh, ah, then hurry up and get to work."
The two of them began to work seriously in the workshop.