The news that Feng Yifan's Western Restaurant was about to open spread quickly. With Li Feier's arrangement, Meng Shitong and others made a special trip over the next day to take pictures.
Then Meng Shitong and the others saw a different side of Feng Yifan in the kitchen of the western restaurant.
Kitchen artist.
When they heard such a name in the past, Meng Shitong and others probably wouldn’t have had very intuitive imagination.
But in the Western restaurant, Meng Shitong and the others truly saw it.
Feng Yifan spread out the menu for others to see, and then he started the cooking process based on his own experience without even looking at the menu.
First appetizer: apricot ham shortbread.
When the dishes came out, everyone present was shocked.
Each of these small fire-baked shortbread cookies is only half the size of a matchbox.
Then Feng Yifan wrapped the trimmed ham slices with fried apricot paste, rolled them into small rolls, and placed them on the small pastry.
It looks really exquisite and compact.
Feng Yifan smiled and said: "For this dish, you can pinch it with your hands and eat it in one bite."
Such a small and exquisite dish even makes people a little afraid to taste it.
Everyone looked at it carefully again and again, and finally pinched it gently.
Then put the whole thing into your mouth.
When we started chewing it in our mouths, we suddenly understood why such a dish had to be made so small.
Because it is just the right size for one bite, it feels good to swallow it in one bite and chew it in your mouth.
First of all, there is the fresh fragrance of apricot paste, and the sweetness of the shortbread can just neutralize the saltiness of the ham slices.
Then mix in the small circles of hot peppers garnished on top.
It really stimulates a very complex taste in the mouth.
At the same time, when you eat such a dish, the various flavors blend together without any one flavor being too prominent. Overall, you can taste a variety of flavors, stimulating everyone's appetite, but the amount you eat won't make you feel greasy or too full at once.
And then, the dish presented by Feng Yifan was more like a dessert than a dish.
“Second appetizer: goat milk bavaro.”
After placing the goat milk bavaro on the plate, Feng Yifan garnished it with some nut slices and sprinkled some large-grain sea salt flakes.
Finally, pour a circle of top-quality olive oil along the edge of the dish on the plate.
The appearance of such a dish made everyone present a little confused.
Especially those who have not tasted Western food.
Su Ruoxi directly asked everyone's question: "This is only the second appetizer, why did you serve dessert directly?"
Feng Yifan smiled and handed the spoon to his wife: "Here, try it."
Su Ruoxi took the spoon doubtfully, then carefully scooped off a piece with the spoon and put it into her mouth along with olive oil, sea salt, nut slices and bavaro.
In an instant, a wonderful smell surprised Su Ruoxi.
This dish clearly looks like a dessert, but it tastes like the rich aroma of olive oil and the salty taste of sea salt. In the end, the goat milk leaves only a slight sweet aftertaste in the mouth.
It has a delicate and smooth taste and tastes really great.
After eating it, Su Ruoxi was surprised and said: "This, this is really a dish, not a dessert."
After hearing Su Ruoxi's words, everyone else started to taste it.
Soon, everyone tasted the flavor.
This dish looks very much like a dessert, but you won’t feel it is a dessert at all when you eat it. It really brings out the flavors of all the condiments to the extreme.
Next up is the third dish: eggplant and white chicken liver essence.
This dish is actually quite time-consuming to prepare in the early stages, so Feng Yifan prepared it in advance.
Now put it on the plate and let everyone taste it.
Looking at the stacked together, there is a layer of chocolate chips, a layer of fried and seasoned eggplant slices, and a layer of chicken liver that has been slow-cooked and mashed.
Stack them alternately to form a small sandwich, then garnish with some green leaves and a slice of roasted eggplant.
When they saw this dish, Meng Shitong and the others started taking pictures very seriously.
And He Yaqian asked: "Chef Feng, is this the main dish?"
Feng Yifan smiled and shook his head: "How can the main course be served so quickly? A set meal has ten dishes including dessert, and this is only the third course. There are still several more to go before the main course."
Ah Fei exclaimed: "How long will this take?"
Feng Yifan continued, "In fact, when you order, you can choose to order some single items to pair with each other. You don't necessarily have to order the whole set meal."
Afterwards, in order to speed up the process, Feng Yifan presented some of the subsequent dishes one by one.
Until the main course, braised beef in red wine, was served, everyone was actually looking forward to this dish after having eaten so many other dishes.
A whole piece of beef is slow cooked at low temperature and then braised in a red wine sauce before being served.
Place the beef on a plate and pour the thickened meat stew over it.
It really looks like eating bloody meat.
Everyone looked at this rough presentation, which created a sharp visual impact compared to the previous one.
However, when you cut the beef with a knife, you can clearly see that the cross section is very beautiful.
Dip it in some of the stewed meat broth and then put it into your mouth. There will not be any smell of wine, but the rich taste of the stewed meat broth.
The beef is tender and smooth, and even melts in your mouth.
There won't be a lot of fat, and slow cooking at low temperature locks in the beef's own juices.
I have to say, this whole piece of beef is really delicious.
After the main course, there are some follow-up dishes and finally two desserts.
The dessert that came last surprised Chen Xu a little.
Because the last dessert of the set meal was the "Mont Blanc" that Luo Yu had made before.
When Chen Xu first saw it, he wondered if it would not go with Feng Yifan’s meal
But after eating it, Chen Xu suddenly realized that this dessert was very suitable.
Looking back at Feng Yifan's entire set meal, the highlight is actually the taste of mountain delicacies, including the piece of beef in the middle, which is actually made with a more wild flavor, retaining the most original flavor of beef.
The final Mont Blanc flavor also retains the most original chestnut flavor.
As the finale of the whole package, it really makes people feel very suitable.
Chen Xu finished his dessert and looked at Luo Yu excitedly: "Congratulations, you really succeeded. You finally found food that can match your dessert."
Luo Yu was also very excited, and even had tears in her eyes.
After hearing what Chen Xu said, she rushed over and hugged him.
Then in Chen Xu's arms, Luo Yu sobbed softly and was unable to speak for a long time.
Su Ruoxi saw the two people's expressions, leaned gently in her husband's arms and asked, "Did you already think of this dessert when you asked them to come, and use it at the end of the set meal?"
Feng Yifan replied to his wife softly: "Yes, I have already thought about it."
Su Ruoxi asked again: "So, you actually matched the dishes in the whole set meal based on her dessert?"
Feng Yifan laughed: "Hahaha, you silly girl, do you really think your husband is that great? Actually, no, before I went to find them, I had already thought of the themes of two sets of meals. One will be the mountain delicacies we are eating now, and the other will be mainly river and sea delicacies."
Su Ruoxi then understood that her husband had already made plans and Luo Yu's dessert might be just right.
After thinking about it carefully, Su Ruoxi said, "Your dishes really taste good. They are not like what I imagined. Those Western dishes always taste weird."
Feng Yifan laughed when he heard this: "Hahaha, I adjusted everything according to domestic tastes."
Su Ruoxi was a little surprised when she heard that.
Feng Yifan then gave a brief introduction to his wife.
For example, he adjusted the taste of the first appetizer. Since he did not use foreign ham, he selected domestic ham slices, processed them, and absorbed a lot of excess salt in them, which reduced the saltiness and prevented the appetizer from overpowering the taste.
Perhaps for many top Western restaurants, they will try their best to choose the best quality ingredients from around the world for cooking.
But Feng Yifan did not do that. Instead, he made use of high-quality domestic ingredients.
Without relying on imports, the cost of food ingredients can be reduced significantly.
In addition, we have made some adjustments to the taste of some dishes based on the preferences of Chinese people.
Su Ruoxi nodded and said, "Hubby, you are awesome. You know how to adjust the food to suit the tastes of Chinese people. No wonder every dish tastes delicious to me. It doesn't taste weird like the dishes in many Western restaurants."
Lu Cuiling, Feng Jiandong and Su Jinrong also came over.
When Lu Cuiling heard what her daughter-in-law said, she said without disguising, "Yes, yes, your father-in-law and I were invited to a Western meal once before, and I felt that the dishes were not tasty at all. They tasted very strange, and it took so long to eat them one by one. It was so troublesome."
Feng Jiandong smiled and said, "Then doesn't your son also serve the dishes one by one?"
As a result, Lu Cuiling, who never praises her son, actually said, "What's the matter? I think my son's food looks better and tastes better than theirs, so I am willing to wait, is that not okay?"
Feng Jiandong laughed immediately: "Hahaha, sure, sure, Yifan, this is the first time you hear your mother praise you. Are you happy?"
Feng Yifan also laughed: "Well, I'm very happy. I finally got my mother's praise."
Lu Cuiling immediately said with a stern face: "You two did this on purpose, didn't you? You are actually plotting against me here."
Su Ruoxi quickly went over and held her mother-in-law: "Mom, don't be angry, you are actually right, I also think that every dish Yifan cooks is delicious, especially the taste suits our taste. I feel that such a chef can be called top-notch."
Su Jinrong also spoke up: "That's right. A chef shouldn't cook for food critics or the so-called upper class. He should cook for every diner. If the diner doesn't think the food tastes good, then the chef has failed."
Feng Yifan's set meal is almost entirely composed of various wild mushrooms.
The main meats are goat, pheasant and beef.
In this way, a very harmonious set of mountain delicacy meal menus is constructed.
The whole set tastes really delicious to everyone.
While diners are relishing the dish today, several chefs have already started their research.
Starting from the first appetizer, they began to study each dish one by one.
They witnessed the entire cooking process and recorded it carefully, recording every step without missing a single one.
But just recording it and doing it in proportion may not necessarily lead to a good result.
This still requires some personal skills, including control over seasoning.
Feng Yifan also took photos of the menu specifically for Meng Shitong and the others.
There are ten dishes in total.
They are: apricot ham shortbread, goat milk bavaro, eggplant and chicken liver essence, wild mushroom cold soup, mushroom and pheasant shortbread box, roasted ox tongue, cheese-baked goat minced meat, wild red wine braised ox tenderloin, meringue ice cream, and Mont Blanc.
After taking a picture of the menu, Meng Shitong couldn't help but ask a question.
"Chef Feng, you let us film the whole process, and you will let others watch you cook. Aren't you really afraid that others will imitate your dishes?"
Feng Yifan smiled and asked, "Imitating my dishes? Are you copying them yourself? Aren't you allowed to copy any dish? Isn't there anything strange about this?"
He Yaqian then asked, "No, Chef Feng, aren't you afraid that others will learn your dishes and start a business?"
Feng Yifan burst into laughter upon hearing this, and it was a laugh so loud that he fell backwards.
This smile made Meng Shitong and the others a little confused.
When Meng Shitong and the others were confused.
Ma Xiaolong came over, took out his notes and showed them to Meng Shitong and the others.
"See? This is the note I took today. Each of us wrote down a lot, including every detail. But even so, we may need to try sitting in it a few times by ourselves before opening, and we will need the chef to guide us to do it many times afterwards."
Catherine also came over and said: "Even if we follow the chef many times, we may not be able to fully master the dishes on the menu in the end."
Ma Xiaolong said: "If you can open a restaurant just by replicating and making the same dishes as the chef, then what kind of genius does it take to do that?"
Su Jinrong also spoke up at this time: "In fact, for the same dish, the taste of each chef may be different.
The chef who understands the taste of the customers the best and can make slight adjustments according to the taste of the customers is the one who can really make a dish perfect. No matter how others try to replicate it, the shape may be exactly the same, but the taste may still be very different. "
Feng Yifan concluded by saying, “If your videos are posted and someone wants to replicate my dishes, I really welcome everyone to try.”
After hearing this, Meng Shitong and the others immediately focused their attention on A Fei.
Ah Fei was stunned for a moment, then said with a sad face: "Why is it always me?"