Originally, Feng Yifan and his father-in-law wanted to go and see him off, but were stopped by the two old men and Zhuang Daozhong.
Mr. Zhu smiled and said, "Jinrong, Yifan, you two are very thoughtful, but please don't send us off. We have to hurry back because we have a meeting tomorrow morning."
Mr. Zhang said, "I'll have to trouble Master Zhuang to accompany you throughout this evening."
Zhuang Daozhong responded: "I invited you two here, so naturally I have to send you back."
So in the end, Feng Yifan and his father-in-law, together with everyone in Su Ji and Ruo restaurants, bowed respectfully to the three old men including Zhuang Daozhong and said goodbye.
"I'm sorry for the poor hospitality. Thank you for coming. Welcome to visit next time."
When these words were spoken by a group of people at the same time, the scene was still a little shocking.
After Feng Yifan and the others finished speaking, Feng Ruoruo pulled Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei forward.
"I'm sorry for the poor hospitality. Thank you Grandpa Zhang, Grandpa Zhu and Grandpa Zhuang for coming. You are welcome to come to our house for dinner next time."
The three little girls spoke in unison, and their long string of words was quite harmonious. The three old men found it very interesting, and they left with smiles on their faces.
When Zhuang Daozhong and the two old men left, everyone in Su Ji breathed a sigh of relief.
Shi Jiahui spoke first: "It really makes me nervous. I feel much more tired than usual tonight."
Others also agreed, thinking that tonight was the most tiring night for everyone.
Seeing everyone like this, Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Big Sister, you guys aren't really that tired, are you? If we talk about hard work, I think my father-in-law is the one who's worked the hardest tonight."
Then, Feng Yifan said to his father-in-law: "Dad, you've worked hard tonight."
Seeing the chef like this, Shi Jiahui and Catherine also led everyone to say to Su Jinrong: "You have worked hard."
Seeing everyone like this, Su Jinrong immediately smiled and waved his hands: "Don't be like this, don't be like this, everyone has worked hard, this banquet tonight is indeed quite hard, it is really thanks to everyone's efforts that we were able to complete it so well."
After saying this, Su Jinrong looked at Feng Yifan and said, "How about this, I'll give everyone a bonus later."
Feng Yifan naturally nodded and agreed when he heard his father-in-law say this: "No problem, Dad, since you asked, I will definitely arrange for everyone to get a bonus, one for each person."
When the waiters heard that they could get a bonus, they were naturally the happiest.
For the waiters, they come to Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant for the salary.
Now that there is an extra bonus to be received, who wouldn’t be excited and happy
Feng Yifan looked at the waiters who were obviously trying to control their emotions, smiled and said, "Everyone, don't be tense. If you are happy, you should laugh. Today is really the result of everyone's hard work. Although most people can't go to the second floor, you have taken good care of Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant, which is a great contribution."
Su Jinrong said, "That's right. The guest who came to the second floor today is of a special status, so not everyone can go upstairs to meet him. But you all have done a great job in serving Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant while I and your chef are busy. So you deserve the bonus."
After Feng Yifan and his father-in-law finished talking, the waiters in the restaurant suddenly cheered excitedly.
"Great, the chef is great, and Uncle Rong is great too."
Seeing the waiters cheering, the three little girls Feng Ruoruo, Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei also shouted excitedly, filling the restaurant with excited shouts.
After Feng Yifan asked everyone to shout, he also asked everyone to be quiet for a while.
"Okay, today's business is over. Everyone go back and rest early. When you come back tomorrow, you can collect your bonus from the boss lady."
The waiters also expressed their gratitude to Feng Yifan and said goodbye to him before leaving.
After the waiters left, the only people left in the restaurant were the kitchen staff, the elderly and children from the three families, and of course Su Liancheng.
Feng Yifan first said to the three elderly people: "Mom and Dad, you and the uncles and aunts should take the children back first. It's getting late, and the three little babies should go home and sleep."
Feng Ruoruo immediately said, "Dad, I'm not sleepy yet."
Yang Xiaoxi followed up and said, "Father Feng, I'm not sleepy either."
Chen Yaofei naturally said, "I'm not sleepy either."
But as soon as the three little girls finished speaking, starting with Feng Ruoruo, they all started yawning one after another, as if they had been infected with sleepiness.
Seeing this, everyone present laughed.
Zhao Daxia said directly: "You said you are not sleepy, but you three are almost unable to open your eyes, right? Go home and sleep quickly, otherwise if you three fall asleep here, who will take you home?"
Feng Ruoruo immediately said, "Aunt Zhao, why are you asking us to go home and sleep?"
Zhao Daxia said: "Because you are indeed sleepy. Look, you are about to yawn again."
As if to confirm what Zhao Daxia said, the three little girls yawned one after another.
Seeing this, Lu Cuiling stepped forward and grabbed her granddaughter and said, "Okay, okay, you are already so sleepy, stop making trouble, let's go home and sleep first, Dad and Grandpa still have things to discuss with everyone, and you go home and sleep early, so that you can get up early tomorrow and go to the vegetable market with Dad, right?"
When Feng Ruoruo heard that she could go to the vegetable market tomorrow, she immediately agreed to go home and sleep.
At this time, Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei also expressed their desire to go together.
Feng Yifan thought about it and agreed: "Okay, let's go together tomorrow. The three of you go home and sleep now. Tomorrow morning, Daddy Feng will pick up Xixi first, and then drive to pick up Feifei, okay?"
This time the three little girls were finally satisfied. They held hands and followed their grandparents home to go to bed.
After the children and the elderly left, the waiters also left one after another.
Feng Yifan and Su Jinrong began to chat formally with everyone in the kitchen.
Feng Yifan was the first to speak: "I know that this dinner tonight is a challenge for everyone, because it is quite rushed and everyone does not have more time to prepare. They can only improvise, so many aspects of the performance are not satisfactory."
Su Jinrong interrupted his son-in-law here: "Leave the good words to me, just tell me the problem."
Hearing his father-in-law's words, Feng Yifan burst into laughter.
Everyone in the kitchen couldn't help but laugh.
Of course, after laughing, everyone in the kitchen was on high alert, because everyone knew that the next words from the chef would definitely not be good.
Feng Yifan organized his words before speaking, "Although the time is tight and the task is heavy, this is not a reason for your performance tonight to be a bit sluggish. The dishes you served to the two guests tonight are almost equivalent to the menu you reported to me."
These words were just a beginning, but just this beginning made everyone present not want to listen any further.
Unfortunately, no one can escape and can only continue listening.
Feng Yifan began to speak one by one, starting with Ma Xiaolong.
"Xiaolong, your golden crab fritters really disappointed me. Do you think your crab fritters were cooked well? Did you fry the crab fritters until the shells were crispy according to the menu you reported? And let the guests chew them with the shells
The most important thing is, why didn't you prepare the sauce? Don't you think it would be very greasy to serve the crab directly? Why didn't you prepare the sauce? Do you think that after eating the greasy crab, can anyone still eat other dishes? "
The series of questions made Ma Xiaolong unable to even raise his head.
Seeing Ma Xiaolong lowering his head, Feng Yifan asked, "Why don't you speak? Answer my question."
Ma Xiaolong could only raise his head again and look at his master as he began to answer timidly.
"Master, I was a little nervous at the time, and I forgot about the sauce. I also didn't fry the crab properly because I was worried that if I fried it too hard, it might burn and I wouldn't be able to serve the guests."
Feng Yifan asked: "So, you just served the guests like that?"
Ma Xiaolong really wants to say that although the crab shell is not really crispy, the overall taste is fine.
But he didn't dare to argue, and could only stand there submissively and wait for his master's next words.
"In fact, you can clean the crab shells first, fry them, stuff crab roe into the crab shells, and finally re-fry the crab shells and the crab roe together. This will solve the problem very well and ensure that the crab shells are crispy enough to be chewed directly."
Ma Xiaolong knew very well that what his master said was right.
It was indeed because he was nervous at the time that he made an operational error, which led to the crab bucket being made like that.
Ma Xiaolong could only say: "Master, I will pay attention next time and will not make this mistake again."
Feng Yifan nodded: "This time it is understandable, but I don't want it to happen again."
Next, Feng Yifan talked about Hans and Tom’s dishes.
"Hans, Tom, what on earth made you two come up with that dish that made you suddenly want to cook it that way? Do you think that if you use Chinese methods to season it, those dishes will become Chinese food? You haven't learned how to cook Chinese food, so just cook it the way you are used to.
It's not that the food you cooked tonight is not tasty, but the taste of the food you served tonight is too superficial. Don't you realize that you didn't really integrate the taste into the whole dish?"
After listening to the chef's words, Hans and Tom both felt very pressured. Their attempt was indeed a bit too much of an imitation of Chinese food.
Feng Yifan said, "In fact, you don't have to imitate Chinese food. You can use your Western methods to make it, use the methods you are familiar with, and the result will not be like this. Do you two understand?"
Tom thought for a moment and said, "Chef, but my dishes received rave reviews."
Feng Yifan said helplessly: "Do you think that just because you received good reviews, it means you did a good job?"
This question made Tom speechless.
Tom was still very clear that the good reviews might be due to his bold attempt, and judging from the comments of the two guests, that might indeed be the case.
But that doesn’t mean his dish “Stir-fried Cuttlefish with Scallions” is really good.
Judging from the fact that a lot of it was left at the end, the dish was indeed novel, but the taste was still a little disappointing.
As for Hans, he didn't say anything extra, but nodded seriously to accept the chef's opinion.
The next moment it was Chen Xu's turn. Feng Yifan looked at him and hesitated for a moment.
After a short silence, Feng Yifan said, "Chen Xu, there is nothing wrong with your fried shiitake mushrooms with lentils. However, there is something wrong with the shiitake mushrooms you chose. You should choose higher-grade dried shiitake mushrooms, soak them and slice them into thin slices, and then slice the lentils as well.
In this way, when the two are stir-fried together, the seasoning will still have a salty and fresh taste, which will make it even more delicious. "
Chen Xu accepted it humbly, because it was an improvement to his dishes, and he also thought seriously about how to improve it.
The next step is to the two sous chefs in the kitchen.
At this moment, everyone held their breath and became a little nervous.
After all, Shi Jiahui and Catherine are the sous chefs. If there is something wrong with their dishes tonight, then it means that Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant will be completely defeated tonight.
This was a huge blow to the morale of the kitchen staff of the two restaurants.
So everyone is still looking forward to hearing Feng Yifan praise the two sous chefs.
This at least shows that Su Ji and Ruo restaurants have basic coping capabilities.
Although the other chefs still have flaws, the sous chef can at least be considered qualified.
Shi Jiahui and Catherine were equally nervous. They kept thinking about what was wrong with the dishes they cooked, and then tried to find out in advance what problems Feng Yifan might mention.
After a period of silence, Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Tonight, we should congratulate our two sous chefs. Their dishes are perfect."
Hearing these words, everyone present was stunned.
There was another long silence.
Suddenly, the two sous chefs, Shi Jiahui and Catherine, looked at each other and smiled, and then they hugged each other.
Luo Yu was also very excited: "Great, we are not completely wiped out tonight."
Chen Xu said: "Of course, our two sous chefs are responsible for replacing the head chef when the head chef is away. They will definitely be able to pass the test and win praise."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Yes, our two sous chefs are very successful and can support Su Ji and Ruo restaurants."
Su Jinrong said with a smile: "In the end, let your chef say everything he needs to say. As for me, I will just say a few words at the end."
When everyone heard Su Jinrong speak, they became serious again and listened quietly.
Su Jinrong said calmly: "We have done very well tonight. I believe that if we are given enough time, we will definitely do better. Therefore, no matter whether we are praised or criticized, we don't need to be discouraged. Everything is due to time, not your own cooking skills.
Your cooking skills tonight have opened my eyes. I am really relieved to have you helping Yifan support Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant."