"Cleaner Zhang? The most famous cleaver maker in China?"
After hearing Ye Chui's introduction, Dong Youyou was fine, but Dong Qian shouted out excitedly: "Every one of his kitchen knives is of top quality, and extremely expensive. I used to work in a six-star hotel in Pudong for a while, and I heard an old six-star chef say that in China, if you don't have a knife from Cai Dao Zhang, don't call yourself a famous chef. I was originally planning to buy one of Cai Dao Zhang's kitchen knives, but unfortunately his kitchen knives are very expensive. Each low-quality kitchen knives costs at least tens of thousands of yuan, and mid-quality ones cost between 300,000 and 500,000 yuan. The high-quality kitchen knives are all priced at one million. However, even if Cai Dao Zhang wants to sell a high-quality kitchen knife, he has to look at the person. If he is not satisfied with the chef's craftsmanship, he will not be willing to sell it… The old chef I know in that restaurant in Pudong has a kitchen knife from Cai Dao Zhang, but it is only a mid-quality kitchen knife.”
Dong Qian obviously knew a lot about Zhang the Cleaver's affairs, and she said a lot in one breath. She was usually quite taciturn, and this was a rare exciting moment, and she couldn't wait to look at the Duan Liu.
Dong Youyou was stunned. She was unhappy when she heard Ye Chui say that he didn't spend any money on this gift, but she didn't expect that Ye Chui would take out such a precious kitchen knife. She asked Ye Chui with some expectation: "What grade is this kitchen knife you gave to my sister?"
"A top-grade kitchen knife." Ye Chui said with a smile.
"Top quality?" Dong Youyou was stunned. "Doesn't that mean this kitchen knife is worth a million?"
Ye Chui nodded: "That's exactly what Cleaver Zhang said when he gave it to me."
"… "
Dong Qian and Dong Youyou looked at Ye Chui in surprise. After a moment, Dong Youyou couldn't help but ask, "Then what's the matter with you saying that you got this kitchen knife for free?"
"Haha, Cleaver Zhang made a bet with me about knife skills. If he lost, he would give me three top-quality cleavers." Ye Chui said with a smile, "Three cleavers, one for each of Dong Qian, Xiao Du and Qin Yiyue."
Dong Qian: “…”
Dong Youyou: “…”
They had already encountered too many surprises with Ye Chui, and they shouldn't have been surprised by anything about Ye Chui, but now they couldn't help but be surprised again...
"That's not right..." Dong Youyou suddenly thought of something, "Ye Chui, you only won three kitchen knives, why didn't you prepare one for yourself?"
"I already have a good kitchen knife." Ye Chui said with a smile, and took out his own chopping incense. "This is what Old Han gave me. I am going to use this kitchen knife to make a bet with the three kitchen knives of Kitchen Knife Zhang?"
"Bet this knife against Cleaver Zhang's three knives? Doesn't that mean the value of this knife is comparable to three top-grade knives?" Dong Qian was a little surprised. "I seem to have heard of this knife called Zhanxiang, but I don't know the details. Cleaver Zhang's best knife is a top-grade knife, so what's the story with this Zhanxiang?"
"This Zhanxiang is not the work of Caidao Zhang." Ye Chui explained. He felt a little embarrassed and played with the Zhanxiang in his hand. "It is the work of Caidao Zhang's father. It is a special-grade kitchen knife. Oh, Caidao Zhang calls it the king of kitchen knives."
Dong Qian: “…”
Dong Youyou: “…”
When you are with Ye Chui, you have to be ready to be shocked...
Comparing it with the Zhanxiang in Ye Chui's hand, Dong Qian immediately found that the Duanliu in her hand had become much cheaper. However, this was also because of the comparison with Ye Chui. In fact, this kitchen knife worth millions is still a priceless luxury. I'm afraid that not many people in the whole of China can afford such a top-quality kitchen knife. Dong Qian held the Duanliu in her hand and tried the feel. She felt more and more at ease with it and liked this knife very much: "Getting this knife makes me want to cook immediately..."
She thought of something and looked at Ye Chui: "It just so happens that I have developed a duck dish in Hainan recently. Now I can make it for you to taste."
"Um?"
Ye Chui immediately became interested. Dong Qian was a six-star chef, so her cooking skills were naturally impeccable, and the new dishes she developed would surely be delicious.
"Okay, the kitchen here just had new kitchenware installed some time ago, so it's ready for use. You can use it to cook."
Dong Youyou also became happy: "Ye Chui, the duck dish that my sister researched is very delicious. It is very popular in our Hainan Four Famous Cuisine Restaurant. It is not inferior to the crispy sugarcane duck that you made, Ye Chui."
Hearing Dong Youyou's words, a wry smile flashed across Dong Qian's face. When Ye Chui was in Hainan, he developed a new dish on a whim called Crispy Sugarcane Duck. Among the four famous Hainan dishes under his name, Jiaji Duck is used to make Crispy Sugarcane Duck.
Dong Qian and Dong Youyou have been managing four restaurants for the past few months. Although Dong Qian knows that Ye Chui is an excellent cook, she still wants to challenge him, so after many experiments, she developed a smoked duck dish.
The dish was delicious, the smoked duck was charred and tender, very tasty.
But what made Dong Qian feel quite frustrated was that when the two duck dishes were placed together, the customers were only interested in Ye Chui's crispy sugarcane duck, and were much less interested in her "Hainan smoked duck".
As for what Dong Youyou said, it was not inferior to Ye Chui’s crispy sugarcane duck, which was actually a deliberate attempt to speak well of Dong Qian…
At this time, Dong Qian wanted to make this dish, not only to try out the new kitchen knife, but most importantly, she wanted to see if Ye Chui could find any flaws in her dish and improve it.
"What ingredients do you need for this dish? There is a large vegetable market nearby and I can ask someone to help you find the ingredients." Ye Chui had already become interested and said with a smile.
"Okay, but I'll go choose the ingredients myself. You can find someone to take me over there." Dong Qian said with a smile.
Then Ye Chui called Su Xin and asked her to take Dong Qian to the nearby vegetable market. Su Xin, Pan Qingguo, Meng Gang, Huang Yong and other waiters, although Ye Chui gave them paid leave, they still took the initiative to stay in the hotel to help with the decoration. They heard that Dong Qian was actually a six-star chef and would stay in the hotel like Tian Xiaodu in the future. They were naturally indescribably surprised, and they felt that it would be unjust if Ye Chui's restaurant was not successful. Seeing how surprised they were, Ye Chui was embarrassed to tell them that there was actually a six-star chef who had not arrived...
Su Xin took Dong Qian away, and Ye Chui took Dong Youyou to the hotel. When she learned that there was a courtyard house behind the hotel, Dong Youyou immediately became excited and insisted that Ye Chui prepare a room for her. Although she also had to take care of the hotel business in Hainan, she must come to Yanjing to reunite with her sister every once in a while.
"It's not easy for my sister to stop traveling around, but in the blink of an eye, she was tricked by you and came to Yanjing..." Dong Youyou was quite resentful when she mentioned this matter, "So there must be a place for me to live here, otherwise Ye Chui, you should prepare a house for me and my sister in Yanjing."
Ye Chui was quite helpless: "There are no extra rooms in the courtyard, but if you want to buy a house, I can help you... But let me make it clear first, I am basically a poor man now, and I can't help you in this regard."
"Tsk, you stingy guy." Dong Youyou laughed, her eyes rolling again, "I called Yu Yan a few days ago, and she told me that she is now a wealthy woman with a net worth of 1.8 million, and Weiwei is now worth 15 billion. When the time comes, I will get in touch with these two rich people. Maybe they will be so happy that they will give me and my sister a mansion, hehe..." Dong Youyou's eyes began to sparkle when she thought of this beautiful wish. Then she thought of something else and looked at Ye Chui with a smile, "Ye Chui, you are so lucky. The two girls around you are not only beautiful but also wealthy women with a net worth of 10 billion. Tsk tsk, if I didn't already have a sister, I would definitely snatch them from you."
Ye Chui: "... I have no opinion on this issue."
When I talk about this, I feel like Alexander...
Dong Qian quickly bought a few ducks and a bunch of seasonings. After returning to the restaurant, she immediately rushed into the kitchen and started busying herself. After a while, a rich aroma wafted from the kitchen.
Ye Chui and Dong Qian were sitting at a dining table in the hall chatting. When he smelled the smell coming from the kitchen, Ye Chui squinted his eyes and savored it carefully: "Hmm, this is the smell of smoked duck. It has a unique aroma of smoked duck meat. If I am not mistaken, the duck meat was boiled in boiling water before smoking, which makes the aroma of the smoked duck softer and mellower. This smoking method is indeed delicious."
Dong Youyou's eyes widened: "If you hadn't been sitting here with me just now, I would definitely suspect that you were peeking at my sister making this smoked duck."
Then she took another deep breath in ecstasy, "It smells so good, but why can't it attract customers?"
Hearing Dong Youyou's doubt, Ye Chui smiled and shook his head - in fact, the reason was very simple, the original taste of this smoked duck was very good, if it was sold in other restaurants, it would probably be very popular, but Dong Youyou and Dong Qian sold this smoked duck together with Ye Chui's sugarcane crispy duck. With such a gem next to them, the attention paid to this smoked duck naturally decreased a lot.
The dish itself was good, but it was a little off compared to Ye Chui’s crispy duck with sugarcane sauce.
Of course, Dong Qian's way of making smoked duck reminded Ye Chui of another very famous smoked duck dish in his previous life. The preparation method was quite similar to Dong Qian's, and only slight improvements were needed to make it as delicious as that dish.
That delicious smoked duck dish is called Wuwei Pressed Duck. (~^~)