Although the Crab Eight Pieces is a professional tool for eating crabs, it is actually quite difficult to use.
As for the kitchen staff, the only items that can be used are a pair of scissors, a skewer and a long-handled spoon.
As for Feng Yifan, in pursuit of speed, he often even omits the scissors.
After the steamed crabs have cooled, Feng Yifan takes a kitchen knife and directly cuts the rope that binds the crabs. Then, of course, he cuts off the crab claws and crab legs with the knife first.
Then turn the crab over, lift up the shell on its abdomen, push the tip of the knife into the gap in the crab shell, and pry open the shell with a little force.
Pry open the crab's back shell, continue to use the tip of the knife to quickly scrape off the gills, and then remove the stomach inside the back shell.
The next step is to use a skewer and a long-handled spoon to first scrape off the crab roe, then remove the crab meat bit by bit, and finally remove the meat from the four legs.
During this process, Feng Yifan will separate the crab roe, crab body meat, and crab leg meat.
Because the crab roe will be used as garnish for part of the dish, it needs to be kept separately for later use.
Crab body meat and crab leg meat will be added to different dishes depending on the situation.
What everyone in the kitchen admires most about Feng Yifan is the speed of his hands. He knows how to process any kind of ingredient, and he processes each ingredient extremely quickly.
Just like unpacking crab meat, other people usually unpack the whole crab.
Feng Yifan may have already dismantled two of them.
When Shi Jiahui first saw it, he asked curiously about the question that almost everyone had in mind.
"Yifan, I really don't understand why you seem to be very familiar with every ingredient. The key is that you always process them quickly, and you can even say that you are very fast. How did you practice all this?"
Feng Yifan smiled and replied, "Big sister, have you forgotten? I used to be an apprentice at Su Ji. Didn't you hear from Uncle Shi about Su Ji's requirements for apprentices?"
Shi Jiahui understood this instantly.
Whether it is Shi Jinbin or Chen Wei and other fellow apprentices, every time they think of Su Ji, they are grateful from the bottom of their hearts for their master's strict requirements on basic skills.
The first thing Su Quansheng requires of his disciples is various basic skills.
Knife skills and fire skills are the most basic.
However, these basics will be required to be extremely strict at Su Ji.
It can be said that every apprentice of Su Ji has to cut a lot of vegetables every day just to practice knife skills when they first start their apprenticeship.
In addition to knife skills and fire skills, Su Quansheng also requires his apprentices to master the processing of ingredients.
Su Quansheng's original words were: "If you can't even handle the ingredients well, how can you be a good cook? Handling ingredients is the first step to understanding them, so you must be able to master them accurately."
After Feng Yifan finished that part, he continued: "After I went abroad, I originally joined the training institution of my aunt's catering group, but because I did not follow their requirements, I was fired at that time.
Then I didn’t want to go back to China, so I worked in some restaurants abroad.
Foreign restaurants don’t care about my past status, so I can only start from the bottom.”
Shi Jiahui and the others finally understood that Feng Yifan had to learn from scratch twice, which was why he was able to handle all kinds of ingredients so well.
Moreover, the chef often requires the low-level workers to be efficient.
This also explains why Feng Yifan always handles things quickly and well.
Feng Yifan also took the opportunity to teach his three apprentices: "Let me tell you, there is no shortcut to these basics. You can only practice continuously and endure the hardship. Only then can you practice the basics firmly enough."
The three apprentices also accepted the teachings with an open mind.
Feng Yifan then said, "Don't just listen, you also have to do it. Practice the things I told you to practice every day."
Influenced by Feng Yifan, everyone in the kitchen became very humble and serious.
Even Chen Xu has been working hard with Lin Ruifeng, Ma Xiaolong and Ning Cheng to practice the basics during this period.
The positive atmosphere of Su Ji really infected Shi Jinbin's three apprentices.
Compared to big restaurants that are used to ranking based on seniority, Su Ji can be said to be obviously more dynamic.
Perhaps now it seems that if there is no Feng Yifan, Su Ji will not be able to compare with Hongfeng Hotel, let alone Fujinglou in Huaicheng.
But Shi Jinbin's three disciples knew very well that Su Ji was in its rising period.
As long as Lin Ruifeng, Ma Xiaolong, Ning Cheng, Chen Xu and Luo Yu can keep up with the pace of the restaurant, Su Ji will definitely get better and better in the future.
Su Ji is full of vitality. As long as it maintains this vitality, it will surely continue to rise.
This may be something that most large hotels and restaurants cannot do.
So Shi Jinbin's three disciples also thought about whether they could stay in Su Ji
But judging from today's interview, Feng Yifan has no intention of letting them stay.
This is understandable. After all, the three of them are the chefs of the Red Maple Hotel. If they are taken out individually, they can all stand on their own and serve as the head chefs of some large restaurants.
Feng Yifan was indeed embarrassed to keep the three of them at Su Ji.
In the kitchen, everyone is busy. Everyone is very positive and will take the initiative to do the work they are supposed to do and will also clean up the rest.
In the restaurant, Su Liancheng was also leading everyone in making preparations.
The tablecloths must be laid out, the chairs must be placed, and some prepared tableware must be put in place.
Everything has its own standards, and the overall look must be very neat and tidy, which is a test for every waiter.
Su Liancheng also explained: "Remember, once the tablecloth is dirty, you must change it when you turn the table. You must also pay attention when cleaning the table. If you don't want to keep changing the tablecloth, you must be careful.
Also, after the table is turned over, the prepared tableware must be placed first, and then you can add or reduce it according to the needs of the guests, understand?"
The waiters also immediately agreed: "Understood."
Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant were simultaneously making final arrangements and preparations.
Before opening, Su Ji was completely renewed and seemed like two different restaurants compared to at noon.
This was the arrangement that Su Ruoxi and Su Liancheng discussed and agreed upon with Feng Yifan's consent.
The purpose is to allow diners to have a different dining experience at Su Ji.
In fact, judging from the feedback from diners over the past few days, the effect has indeed been achieved.
At night, with the lights on inside Su Ji, the retro tablecloths on each table really give diners a unique experience, which is completely different from noon.
Even these days, some diners have commented online that Su Ji at night is their ideal Chinese restaurant layout.
Su Ji and Ruo restaurants were making final preparations for dinner. The three little girls Feng Ruoruo, Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei who went out to play had a very happy afternoon.
We first played on the street. Although it was past Su Ji’s lunch opening hours, there were still many people on the ancient street. Many people had just finished eating at Su Ji and were strolling on the ancient street, visiting some shops that were not often seen in other places.
Because there were quite a lot of people, when the three little girls Feng Ruoruo, Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei were running on the ancient street, they attracted a lot of attention.
The parents following behind would also keep warning the little girls.
"Be careful, don't bump into anyone, go slower."
It was just that the three little girls really seemed to be having a great time, running down the street hand in hand, and didn’t really listen to the warnings from the adults behind them.
Of course, while running, the little girls will also be careful to avoid people on the street.
The little girls' bell-like laughter is naturally the most attractive.
Many people on the street had not seen the three of them yet, and when they heard their laughter in advance, they couldn't help but look sideways to find them.
When seeing the three little girls running, the person searching will naturally smile.
Running along with the three little girls were Lu Xigu, Quan Chengping and A Fei.
Especially Quan Chengping and A Fei, they really followed behind all the time, because they would hold up the camera in their hands from time to time to capture the cute moments of the three little girls running happily.
Don't think that the three little girls running on the ancient street are aimless.
In fact, the little girls had their destination from the beginning.
When they ran to the door of Liu Wanhua's shop, the little girls immediately went into the shop together.
"Grandma Liu, Ruoruo is here."
"Grandma Liu, Xixi is here too."
"Grandma Liu, and Feifei."
Liu Wanhua heard the little girls' voices and responded from inside, "Okay, Grandma Liu heard it. You three wait a moment, Grandma will be out soon."
Hearing their grandmother's voice inside, the three little girls quietly went over and peeked into the shop.
It turns out that Liu Wanhua has business here.
The other party had lunch at Su Ji, and then was strolling around the ancient street. Along the way, he came to Liu Wanhua's shop and was immediately attracted by the various embroidery products in the shop.
At this time, the other party was choosing an embroidery pattern that she liked under the guidance of Liu Wanhua.
The other party hopes to buy an embroidery piece from Liu Wanhua.
Seeing the three little girls peeking out, Liu Wanhua said with a smile, "If you three want to come in, then come in, but remember not to touch anything, otherwise there are so many needles here that they might prick you."
When she heard that there was a needle, Chen Yaofei didn't dare to go in.
"Ruoruo, let's not go in. Let's wait outside for Granny Liu to finish her work."
Yang Xiaoxi is also a little afraid of needles: "Yes, Ruoruo, let's go wait outside and don't disturb Granny Liu from selling things."
Feng Ruoruo was not afraid of needles, but when she heard her two friends say that, she nodded in agreement.
"Okay, then let's go outside and wait for Granny Liu."
When the three little girls left, they did not forget to say to Granny Liu: "Grandma Liu, we are waiting outside."
Liu Wanhua responded with a smile: "Okay, you three should behave well."
At the same time Feng Ruoruo, Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei entered Liu Wanhua's shop, the adults who followed them on the street outside lost the three little girls.
The reason was that when the three little girls entered the shop, Quan Chengping and A Fei, who were following closely, were blocked by the people in front.
During this hiding process, the three little girls were like three happy little rabbits, and they went straight into Granny Liu's shop without being seen by Quan Chengping and A Fei at all.
Two people stood on the street, looking around for the three little girls.
But there were so many people on the street that there was no trace of the little girls.
Moreover, when the two men were looking forward, they passed by the door of Liu Wanhua's shop and just took a look inside. At that time, three little girls came in and a screen just blocked them.
As a result, Quan Chengping and A Fei did not see the little girls.
I looked forward for a while, almost running to the street corner, but still couldn't see the little girl.
"It's over, it's over. How are we going to explain this to their parents? The two of us followed them all the way here, and in the blink of an eye, we lost the children."
Quan Chengping said this while looking at Ah Fei with a bitter face.
Ah Fei became even more nervous. After thinking for a while, he whispered, "Grandpa, um, do you think someone might have taken the three of them away?"
Quan Chengping was startled and quickly said, "No, no, the three of them are sensible and will not go with strangers."
Ah Fei added, "But I heard that in the morning, in the back alley, Ruoruo met a few strangers who seemed to have some bad intentions towards Chef Feng. Later, they were scared away by Chef Feng. Could it be that they are back?"
When Quan Chengping heard this, he immediately exclaimed: "No way? Why didn't you tell me earlier? Let's call the police right now."
Seeing that Quan Chengping had taken out his cell phone, he was about to dial the police directly.
Ah Fei held the old man again and said, "Grandpa, don't worry. Let's go back and reunite with everyone. We, we will look for it again."
Quan Chengping also looked nervous: "How can we find it? Haven't we already looked for it?"
Ah Fei comforted the old man: "Don't worry, don't worry, maybe we didn't notice it when we were looking for it?"
These words temporarily calmed Quan Chengping, and then the two of them went back together to look for it.
When Quan Chengping and A Fei walked back and were almost approaching Liu Wanhua's shop, they saw from afar three little girls surrounded by their parents in front of the shop. They were dancing and talking and gesticulating to the adults.
Quan Chengping and A Fei were really relieved to see that the three little girls were not lost.
Quan Chengping ran over quickly, panting and saying, "Where did you three go just now? You scared your great grandfather and your uncle A Fei so much, they thought you three were lost."
Feng Ruoruo saw her great-grandfather and said, "Great-grandfather, we didn't run far. We were playing in Granny Liu's shop, but Granny Liu had guests, so we came out again."
Su Ruoxi saw Quan Chengping's appearance and asked, "Are you okay, uncle?"
Quan Chengping said: "It's okay, it's okay, I just ran a little too fast just now."
Ah Fei also ran over and said, "Grandpa runs even faster than me."
Lu Xigu smiled and said, "Of course, these three are our treasures. If they are really lost, my brother will be really worried to death."
Lu Cuiling said to the children, "How could you three run out of your great-grandfather and uncle's sight? Look how anxious they are. Apologize to them quickly."
The three little girls also said together: "I'm sorry, great-grandfather, I'm sorry, Uncle A Fei."
Quan Chengping and A Fei also waved their hands to indicate that it was okay.
Then, the three little girls did not move forward, but waited for the customers to leave Liu Laolao's shop and went into the shop to play together.