While Feng Yifan and his family were enjoying the leisure time in the mountains without sun or moon, at the Su Ji and Ruo restaurants in the city, everyone finally ended their business for the day.
Usually after closing the shop in the evening, Feng Yifan would call everyone together for a brief meeting.
Although Feng Yifan was not here today, Shi Jiahui and Catherine still led everyone to the meeting.
Of course, Feng Yifan is not here tonight, but Su Jinrong is.
Shi Jiahui followed Feng Yifan's usual process. First, he gave a general account of the day's business operations, and then asked Catherine to talk about the situation at the Ruo restaurant next door.
Although Feng Yifan was not there, he announced his rest in advance.
However, because of the reputation accumulated during the National Day holiday, the business of both Ruo Restaurant and Su Ji was not affected too much.
After Su Jinrong introduced the situation to everyone, he also talked about the revenue of the two restaurants that day.
Basically, if the restaurant's daily revenue is fixed, it is because it is a reservation-based method.
The daily revenue will fluctuate, which is the case with Su Ji.
Su Jinrong also took over the accounting today and announced the final revenue. Because it was the weekend, Su Ji's revenue still showed an increase.
Su Jinrong smiled and said, "After listening to today's revenue, I believe everyone should be more confident, right? Even though your chef is not here, you still did a very good job and did not let Su Ji's business decline."
Everyone was very happy to hear this and felt that their efforts were not in vain.
However, Shi Jiahui also made some reminders: "Don't be too happy. The reason why the revenue did not change much today is firstly because it is the weekend, and secondly because the chef is not here. Many people may not have known about it in the first place."
Su Jinrong quickly said, "Jiahui, what you said is not right. I know that Yifan has already announced his rest in advance."
Shi Jiahui smiled and said, "Indeed, our chef announced it in advance, but some people still don't know about it. Someone even asked today why the chef is not here?"
Su Liancheng stood up and said, "Indeed, someone specifically asked about this today."
Hans from Ruo Restaurant also said, “Yes, someone asked.”
Su Jinrong continued, "But no matter what, your performance is still very good. In my opinion, each of you is perfect. You really don't have to care too much about whether Yifan is involved in this matter."
Shi Jiahui continued, "What the master said is correct. Don't think too much about it. I just want you to not relax and keep working hard. We must maintain the reputation that the chef has built. We can relax in all aspects."
Lin Ruifeng said: "Master, don't worry, we will definitely not let our guard down."
Ning Cheng also nodded seriously.
After finishing talking about business matters, Su Jinrong looked at Chen Xu and Luo Yu and said, "You two should play to your strengths, especially Chen Xu. I think you should show off your white case skills."
Chen Xu nodded and said, "Okay, Uncle Master, I will definitely work hard."
In terms of seniority, the state-banquet-level dim sum master that Chen Xu learned from was indeed of the same generation as Su Jinrong, so Su Jinrong also asked Chen Xu to call him uncle-master.
However, this made Lin Ruifeng, Ma Xiaolong and Ning Cheng feel a little embarrassed.
Because if we really count according to seniority, they will have to call Chen Xu "Uncle Master" from now on.
However, Chen Xu had also thought of this, so he told everyone that they should still discuss their own issues.
In this way, Chen Xu called Su Jinrong "Uncle Master".
He and Lin Ruifeng, Ma Xiaolong and Ning Cheng are still friends of the same generation.
When Su Jinrong heard Chen Xu say that he would definitely work hard, he smiled and shook his head: "Chen Xu, you don't understand what I mean. You have to understand, who says dim sum can't be a feast? Don't always think of yourself as the supporting role. You have to show your ability and become the protagonist."
These words made Chen Xu stunned.
Su Jinrong continued, "Although our Su Ji is a restaurant, since you are here, Chen Xu, we can't not show off our dim sum."
Chen Xu still didn't understand a bit and asked: "Uncle Master, what do you mean?"
Su Jinrong smiled and said, "Now that it's almost late autumn, we can make some special snacks and add a separate page to the menu."
After hearing this, Chen Xu finally understood what the old man meant.
Shi Jiahui also smiled and said, "Hahaha, Uncle Master is still good at making arrangements. Then Chen Xu, you have to hurry up and list some snacks, and see what you need to buy. Give us a list when the time comes, and we will buy it for you."
Su Jinrong nodded and said, "Yes, I'll prepare everything for you. I'll also add that page to the menu."
Chen Xu finally understood and nodded excitedly: "Okay, can I write down all the palace snacks that my master taught me?"
Su Jinrong smiled and said, "Hahaha, of course we have to write it down. We also want to let others know that those palace dim sum are not only available in the capital, but can also be eaten in our Su Ji. Of course, we have to include some Jiangnan dim sum as well."
Shi Jiahui said: "I think we can do this by making a separate menu page for dim sum, listing the various types of dim sum by category."
As Chen Xu spoke of this, he became more and more excited.
After so many days, this is finally the time when he gets to the point of being good at what he does.
Seeing Chen Xu getting more and more excited, Su Jinrong smiled and said, "Are you all usually afraid of your chef? Why didn't anyone dare to tell him directly about such good suggestions?"
These words made everyone present look at each other in bewilderment.
After a long while, Shi Jiahui said, "Uncle Master, please don't talk about them. I am actually a little scared of Yifan."
After hearing this, Su Jinrong asked curiously: "Oh? Why? Yifan doesn't seem to be serious usually? Compared with me, his temper is obviously much better than mine at the beginning."
Shi Jiahui said: "Uncle Master, that's what you saw. If you don't believe me, you can ask Xiaolin, Xiaoma and Xiaoning. When Yifan taught them, did the three of them feel that their master was not serious? Did they feel that their master had a good temper?"
This question stumped Lin Ruifeng, Ma Xiaolong and Ning Cheng.
The three of them looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Shi Jiahui saw that the three people were in a dilemma, and finally chose Ma Xiaolong: "Then Xiaolong, tell me, you are the one who has followed your master the longest."
Ma Xiaolong hesitated for a moment and looked at everyone.
Finally, he said to Shi Jiahui: "Well, can we make it clear first? You can't tell my master what I said today."
Everyone was happy to see Ma Xiaolong's cautious attitude.
However, everyone also promised Ma Xiaolong that they would definitely not pass the message to Feng Yifan.
Su Jinrong also said: "I am the boss. If anyone dares to spread the message casually, I will not forgive him."
After hearing Su Jinrong's words, Ma Xiaolong finally spoke.
"In fact, I have told you all before, and Catherine, Hans, and Tom have also told you that my master is a very fierce person, especially in the kitchen of Perovence Restaurant. He was once called the 'kitchen tyrant'."
After giving a brief introduction to everyone, Ma Xiaolong gave Su Jinrong an example.
“I still remember the first time I cooked with the chef. It was because the chef saw that I performed well that he gave me the opportunity to make an appetizer.
But I was too nervous at the time, and ended up not controlling the amount of one of the condiments.
As soon as the chef tasted it, he smashed the plate.”
Hearing that the plates were smashed, Luo Yu couldn't help but ask, "Did I scold you?"
Ma Xiaolong said bitterly: "It would be great if you really scolded me to death."
That time, after Feng Yifan smashed the plate, he did not scold Ma Xiaolong at all.
Instead, he made a new appetizer and had it delivered.
For the whole day afterwards, Feng Yifan didn't say a word to Ma Xiaolong, nor did he let him touch any cooking matters. Ma Xiaolong could only continue to do odd jobs in the kitchen.
Until, after closing the shop at night, when Ma Xiaolong was cleaning up his things, Feng Yifan blocked him.
“The chef pointed out my problem very harshly and said directly: low-level mistakes should not be made. If I can’t avoid even the most basic low-level mistakes, it means that I have not tried hard to become a chef and I am not suitable to be a chef at all.
The chef finally said: If you are not suitable to be a chef, then get out of the kitchen and don’t take up space in the kitchen. "
After hearing this, Su Jinrong couldn't help but shook his head and said, "Yifan, that's a bit harsh."
Since Feng Yifan was not here today, Su Jinrong was able to understand everyone's true feelings towards Feng Yifan through chatting with everyone.
It can be said that everyone present admired Feng Yifan very much and even regarded him as an idol.
But at the same time, everyone present was a little afraid of him.
Of course, Shi Jiahui should be an exception, as she admires Feng Yifan more.
The reason why everyone is afraid is mainly because they always feel that they are shorter than Feng Yifan when in front of him.
Ma Xiaolong said seriously: "Master always gives us a feeling of being out of reach, as if we can never catch up with him in our lifetime."
After hearing this, Su Jinrong looked at everyone's expressions of agreement and finally smiled and said, "You guys really deify him a little too much. Let me tell you something. When Yifan was my apprentice, I not only scolded him, but also beat him."
Seeing that everyone was curious, and Su Jinrong felt that it was not uncommon for the son-in-law to be away, he simply said a little more.
When Feng Yifan first started learning cooking, he was probably not very talented.
At that time, I don’t know how many times I cut my hands just by practicing my knife skills.
There was a period of time in particular where Feng Yifan would cut his hand every time he accelerated.
Once again, I almost cut off my fingers.
Because of this matter, Su Jinrong scolded Feng Yifan many times.
"At that time, your chef was really stupid in my eyes. I scolded him in all kinds of ways and even wanted to kick him out a few times."
Everyone found it very interesting to hear Su Jinrong talk about Feng Yifan when he was a culinary student.
Especially through Su Jinrong's narration, everyone learned for the first time that Feng Yifan was the same as everyone else at the beginning.
When I was learning to cook, I also went through some difficult times.
This gave everyone a lot of confidence, especially making Lin Ruifeng and Ning Cheng feel very confident.
However, after talking about the shortcomings, Su Jinrong changed the subject and began to talk about the differences of his son-in-law.
"Although you chefs are a little clumsy when you first start learning, there is one thing you chefs may have to learn, especially you three, Ruifeng, Xiaolong, and Xiaocheng, as well as you young people, Chen Xu and Luo Yu."
This made everyone curious.
Su Jinrong continued, "That's because he worked hard enough. You may not imagine that he would practice knife skills and flip the wok by himself late at night. In order to control the heat, he even tested the oil temperature with his hands."
After hearing what Su Jinrong said, everyone looked at each other, with a look of surprise on their faces.
But if you think about it carefully, you will find that everything makes sense.
If Feng Yifan hadn't worked hard enough, how could he have such great cooking skills? Especially his almost all-round kitchen skills, which are not something that ordinary people can have, and many of them require a long time of practice.
So after hearing what Su Jinrong said today, everyone understands that all success is inseparable from hard work.
After talking about some interesting things about Feng Yifan's cooking experience, Su Jinrong looked at the time and said, "Okay, it's getting late, everyone should go back and have a rest. We'll stop here today and continue working hard tomorrow."
Everyone agreed and said they would continue to work hard tomorrow.
Su Jinrong finally said, "We can't lose to your chef, right?"
This sentence made everyone stunned at first, and then they all responded with a smile: "Yes."
After the waiters left one after another and only some people from the kitchen were left, when Su Jinrong was about to ask Su Liancheng and Lin Ruifeng to send him back, Catherine suddenly said something.
"Everyone, if a special guest comes to the restaurant today, it may have some impact on us."
Hearing this, everyone who was about to leave stopped and looked at Catherine in surprise.
Catherine continued, "I'm not completely sure yet, but I feel like he should be the one who recommended the restaurant for the pre-selection of star ratings."
In an instant, everyone's expressions became serious.
What Catherine said was that before the world's star-rated restaurants are rated, there must be a preliminary selection every year, which can also be regarded as the preliminary selection for the rating.
Well-known food critics will taste some recommended restaurants or restaurants that are famous in some areas. Then, based on their own experience, they will decide whether to recommend a restaurant. The recommended restaurants will receive special attention.
If it wins the subsequent preliminary selection, it will be awarded the title of the world's recommended restaurant of the year.
Only after being recognized as the annual recommended restaurant will it be officially nominated to enter the star rating stage of the star restaurant.
Now that the people who choose the restaurant of the year have arrived, it means that the restaurant has become influential and has attracted the attention of food critics.
When everyone was a little overwhelmed and thinking about how to deal with it.
Su Jinrong said calmly: "It's okay, don't be nervous, just let it go."