"How did you cook this duck? It smells so good. Can you sell me the recipe?" A middle-aged man suddenly appeared in the restaurant, staring at the plate in Ye Chui's hand, and said with shining eyes.
This made Ye Chui subconsciously think of the time when he brought Tian Xiaodu over when he was making big plate chicken. At that time, he didn't know that Tian Xiaodu was a great chef and he was directly driven out by him with a broom. What about the background of this person in front of him
So Ye Chui asked cautiously: "Excuse me, who are you?"
"Oh, my last name is Zheng, and my given name is Tianle." The middle-aged man said proudly, as if his name was very famous.
"Happy all day long?" Ye Chui was amused by the name. This name was indeed funny. He smiled and said, "I don't seem to know you."
"ah?"
Zheng Tianle couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that there was actually someone in Tianhai Resort who didn't know him, Zheng Tianle
He was about to introduce who he was, but at this moment Dong Youyou's exclamation suddenly came from behind Ye Chui: "Boss Zheng, why are you here?"
"Boss Zheng?" Ye Cui looked at Dong Youyou strangely.
"Ye Chui, he is the owner of Tianhai Resort, and all the shops in the entire food street belong to him." Dong Youyou introduced Ye Chui in a low voice. When Zheng Tianle saw Dong Youyou introducing himself, he immediately straightened his back with a smug look on his face.
"So that's how it is." Ye Chui finally understood. It seems that this person is indeed from an important background.
"You are the young chef who made sushi that made the Japanese blush last night, right? Not bad, very good." Zheng Tianle praised with a smile, "When Zhang Huabin came to me and said he wanted to open a Japanese restaurant, I agreed based on the principle of diversity in the food street. I didn't expect him to go so far. Even if it hadn't happened yesterday, I would have decided not to let him continue. Now I heard that his Japanese chef was so frustrated by you that he just packed up and went home. This is just right. I came here today to terminate the store lease contract with him. The food street should promote our Hainan cuisine, and people like him shouldn't stay here at all."
"Boss Zheng, are you planning to kick Zhang Huabin out?" This was definitely the best news for Dong Youyou. "In my opinion, you shouldn't have agreed to let him stay here in the first place!"
Zheng Tianle smiled, and suddenly turned his tone to the plate in Ye Chui's hand: "Master Ye, what is this dish? The smell is so strong, I have never smelled such a sweet smell before. Can you sell me the recipe for this dish?"
As Zheng Tianle said this, Dong Youyou also looked at the plate in Ye Chui's hand. This girl usually didn't like to get up early, but this morning she was awakened by the aroma of the sugarcane crispy duck. She asked in surprise, "Ye Chui, this is the original recipe you mentioned. It looks delicious. What's its name?"
"Sugarcane crispy duck." Ye Chui explained with a smile.
Zheng Tianle's face showed great shock: "Original recipe? This dish was actually created by Master Ye himself? I thought you made it using an ancient recipe!"
As he said this, Zheng Tianle looked at Ye Chui with more respect. In the era of gourmet food, all recipes before the vegetarian movement were collectively referred to as ancient recipes. Having ancient recipes in hand was certainly worthy of respect, but chefs who could create their own recipes were also very remarkable.
Ye Chui suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he said to Zheng Tianle: "Boss Zheng, if you don't mind, please try this dish."
"Okay, okay, I won't be polite then." Zheng Tianle couldn't wait any longer and sat down at the table nearby. He took a pair of chopsticks, picked up a piece of duck meat, put it into his mouth, and then a look of enjoyment appeared on his face:
"Is this duck meat? Or the Jiaji duck, a specialty of Hainan. The meat is plump and sweet with a hint of sugar cane, and it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside... Wonderful, really wonderful, I didn't expect that Jiaji duck could be made with this flavor... I have eaten a lot of delicious duck meat after the meat ban was lifted. This crispy duck with sugar cane looks like roast duck, right? But the meat is so fresh and delicious that it doesn't seem to be roasted at all. It's really delicious..."
Zheng Tianle said this with an intoxicated look on his face, and his chopsticks kept picking up duck meat and putting it into his mouth. Although Zheng Tianle was skinny, his appetite was amazing. Ye Chui couldn't hold on to the smile on his face in an instant. Seeing that all the duck meat on the plate was about to fall into Zheng Tianle's mouth, he hurriedly stopped Zheng Tianle's hand from picking up the chopsticks and said, "Boss Zheng, is that enough?"
This dish is made as compensation to Wang Shiyu.
Zheng Tianle put down his chopsticks awkwardly and wiped his mouth with a tissue. He thought about the topic just mentioned, so he asked Ye Chui seriously: "Can you sell me the recipe of your sugarcane crispy duck? You can name any price."
When Dong Youyou heard Zheng Tianle mention selling recipes, she looked at Ye Chui with excitement. She didn't expect that the recipes developed by Ye Chui himself could be sold directly. This was simply amazing. Dong Youyou was not a greedy person, but she couldn't hide her excitement when encountering such a thing.
However, after thinking for a moment, Ye Chui shook his head and refused: "I'm sorry, I don't want to sell this recipe."
"Not selling?" Zheng Tianle was stunned.
Dong Youyou also became anxious. How could she give up such a good opportunity
Zheng Tianle has never been a stingy person.
Ye Chui smiled and asked Zheng Tianle, "Boss Zheng, since you bought my recipe, do you want to open a store in the food court in the future?"
"Of course." Zheng Tianle nodded. "The three stores next to yours have been rented by Zhang Huabin. I plan to evict him and leave three stores vacant. Naturally, I will prepare to reopen them. I will sell this sugarcane crispy duck in one of them."
"If that's the case, then I have a suggestion. I wonder if Boss Zheng would like to hear it." Ye Chui thought for a moment and said.
"Tell me what you suggest." Zheng Tianle said.
"I'll give you the recipes, and I'll invest in your new store. How about that?" Ye Chui said with a smile, "Not only the sugarcane crispy duck, but also the other two stores. I can also provide you with the corresponding Dongshan lamb and Hele crab recipes in exchange for investing. By then, those three stores plus this Hainan chicken rice will be able to complete Hainan's four famous dishes."
Zheng Tianle understood what Ye Chui meant: "You mean you still have the recipes for Dongshan Lamb and Hele Crab? Master Ye, I'm not looking down on you, but recipes are not that easy to come up with. Dongshan Lamb, Hele Crab, Wenchang Chicken, and Jiaji Duck are known as the four famous Hainan dishes. But in fact, the recipes for these four dishes have long disappeared. Unless you can come up with a recipe as important as this sugarcane crispy duck, I can't agree to your request."
"Haha." Ye Chui smiled and suddenly asked something irrelevant, "Boss Zheng, have you paid attention to the recent chef competition?"
"This is a grand event in Hainan and the whole of China. Of course I'm paying attention to it." Zheng Tianle said with some surprise, not knowing why Ye Chui asked this question.
Ye Chui smiled and said, "In that case, Mr. Zheng, do you think the recipes for steamed crab with rice wine, dry-fried crab, steamed Dongshan lamb, and cumin lamb are sufficient?"
Steamed crab with rice wine and steamed Dongshan lamb were the topics for Qin Yiyue, who won first place in the first two rounds of the chef competition, while dry-fried scallop crab and cumin lamb were the topics for Tian Xiaodu, who won second place in the first two rounds of the competition. Zheng Tianle naturally knew the names of these dishes, and he showed a surprised look on his face: "Of course the portions of these dishes are enough. But... the recipes of these dishes are copyrighted, how can they be used casually?"
After all, the food era has strict control over this aspect, and the recipes of these dishes have become very popular in the chef competition. This is a chef competition that is watched by the whole country and even the whole world. I am afraid that many restaurant owners have started to contact several participating chefs as soon as the competition is over, hoping to buy their recipes. Although Zheng Tianle is a big boss, his place is just a food street, not a big restaurant at all, so this recipe is definitely not his turn. But from what Ye Chui said, can he handle these recipes
"What if I say I can get the recipes and copyrights of these dishes?" Sure enough, Ye Chui said with a smile.
It goes without saying that Tian Xiaodu is also easy to deal with Qin Yiyue. Ye Chui revealed the test questions for the third game to him. With Qin Yiyue's personality, he might feel that he owes Ye Chui a favor. It shouldn't be difficult to get the recipes of the two dishes from him at that time. Besides, although Qin Yiyue's recipes for the two dishes are good, Ye Chui has not taken them seriously. He wants the recipes from him because they have been very popular recently. It also has a publicity effect, right
If that doesn't work, Ye Chui still has plenty of top recipes...
Zheng Tianle was shocked and felt that the boy in front of him was different. In fact, if someone mentioned these things to him at other times, he would definitely think it was a joke. However, the incident of Ye Chui using sushi to drive away the Japanese chef last night made him dare not make any conclusions about Ye Chui. This boy was definitely not ordinary.
Zheng Tianle pondered for a moment, then nodded vigorously: "Okay, I agree to Master Ye's proposal. If you can get the recipes and copyrights of these dishes, then I can let you buy shares in the three shops next to here!"
Having said that, Zheng Tianle nodded proudly again: "Yes, Dongshan lamb, Hele crab, Jiaji duck, and Wenchang chicken here, Hainan's four famous dishes are complete."
The ingredients of both dishes, steamed crab with rice wine and braised Chinese mandarin crab, are Chinese mandarin crab. However, both Chinese mandarin crab and Hele crab are specialties of Hainan, and there is not much difference in taste. They only need a little preparation to be perfect, so these are not big problems.
The most important thing is that in this way, the four stores happen to sell Hainan's four famous dishes, which can definitely allow this famous ingredient to regain its former glory. For Zheng Tianle, this is obviously the most meaningful thing.
After discussing with Zheng Tianle about opening a restaurant together, Zheng Tianle saw that the Japanese restaurant next door had opened, and Zhang Huabin must have arrived, so he got up and said goodbye and walked next door. From today onwards, Zhang Huabin would be kicked out of the food court - in fact, even if Zheng Tianle did not take action, Zhang Huabin might not be able to survive here.
After seeing Zhang Huabin off, Ye Chui found that Dong Youyou looked unhappy, so he asked her curiously, "What's wrong with you?"
"Hey, didn't you say that you wanted to make my Hainanese chicken rice a Hainan specialty? Why are you now partnering with others to open other stores?" Dong Youyou looked at Ye Chui with a puffy face. It turned out that she was unhappy about this matter.
Seeing this, Ye Chui smiled and said to her, "It's not a bad thing to promote Hainan's special cuisine. Besides, your Hainanese chicken rice is not worse than the other dishes."
"Are you serious?" Dong Youyou's eyes lit up.
"Of course it's true." Ye Chui said with a smile, "I promise you that among the four famous dishes of Hainan in the future, Hainanese chicken rice made with Wenchang chicken will definitely be ranked first."
This is not groundless. In Ye Chui's previous life, Hainan chicken rice made with Wenchang chicken was indeed ranked first among Hainan's four famous dishes.
Dong Youyou immediately smiled again when she heard Ye Chui's assurance. This girl had a generous personality and soon stopped caring about these things.
After a while, Han Yuyan, Lin Wei, Anjing and Wang Shiyu got up one after another. They ate the sugarcane crispy duck made by Ye Chui and praised it naturally. Little Wang Shiyu was so happy that he forgave Ye Chui for tricking him into eating a mouthful of mustard yesterday. These things naturally went without saying.
By noon, the news that Zhang Huabin was kicked out of the food court gradually spread. The Japanese restaurant, which had been open for less than half a month, closed down, which really fulfilled what Iijima Yanhao himself said.
As for Juxianlou on the other side of Hainanese Chicken Rice, it was also being renovated to open a Japanese restaurant recently. Affected by this incident, it was neither up nor down. Li Qiao was completely depressed. It seems that he can no longer continue to hang around in this food court in the future...
Next, the Japanese restaurant next door began to renovate.
Ye Chui has the final say on the style of the new restaurant. He has been quite busy these past two days, and the third and most important round of the chef competition is about to begin soon.
The day before the competition, in a private room of the Blue Mountain Hotel in Hainan.
"Mr. Lian, you are such a noble man. It really took me a lot of effort to invite you out." Zhao Deguang said with a smile, holding a wine glass in his hand.
There were only two people in the box. Besides Zhao Deguang, the other person was a man in his sixties, slightly fat, with a mustache on his face. He looked a little serious. He raised the wine glass in his hand, took a sip, and said, "Master Zhao, I'm just an ordinary person. I became a gourmet because I was loved by others."
"Haha, Mr. Lian, you are definitely an extraordinary gourmet. I have so much respect for you." Zhao Deguang hurriedly complimented, "The ranking of the top four in tomorrow's chef competition is decided by you, Mr. Lian Honglian."
—For the last round of the chef competition, which is the competition between the last four chefs, there will be only one judge. The organizer of the competition will invite world-renowned gourmets to be the judge. The strength of the four dishes will all depend on the comments of this one judge.
The gourmet invited to the final was none other than Lian Hong.
At this moment, Zhao Deguang invited Lian Hong to meet in this box. What he wanted to do was self-evident... (~^~)
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