Third update~~
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Inside the room of Chen's Hotel.
The kitchen is not big, but it is clean and tidy.
The restaurant was not busy in the morning, so the seven-star chef who was the head chef had not arrived yet - after all, a seven-star chef was a very big-name chef, and this was his privilege, but the two assistant chefs had already arrived and were busy.
At a stove in the kitchen, Chen Tian, wearing a white chef's uniform, had already started working early. She is the proprietress of the restaurant and should have the easiest job, but in fact she is the busiest person in the entire restaurant. She is the first one to appear in the kitchen every day and the last one to leave. The saying "diligence can make up for lack of talent" is reflected to the greatest extent in her.
A few years ago, the Chen Family Restaurant had fallen into decline and was on the verge of closing down. At that time, Chen Tian had just passed the two-star chef certificate and had no intention of inheriting the restaurant's job. She hated restaurants, she hated cooking, and she hated the kitchen even more. But because of her father's death, something weighed on her thin shoulders, so she resolutely walked into the kitchen, and then never came out again for seven or eight years...
Cooking became her whole life.
She wants to restore the former glory of this family-inherited Chen family tofu.
She knows her own shortcomings, so she is always trying to improve the taste of this dish and perfect it. She does not have the extraordinary cooking skills of those great chefs, but she only has a burning heart dedicated to it!
A new plate of Chen's tofu was ready. Chen Jiao poured the food in the wok into the plate, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece and put it into his mouth.
delicious.
Having made this dish thousands of times, she has become very familiar with every step and every key point of this dish.
Yet she was not satisfied.
"There's something missing..."
She frowned and tried hard to recall.
The dish she ate most when she was a child was Chen’s tofu made by her father.
At that time, her father wanted her or her brother to inherit the Chen's Tofu brand. However, she and her brother Chen Jiao had other plans at that time. They did not understand their father's painstaking efforts at all, and even rebelled and ran away...
Her father's words always went in one ear and out the other, but he suddenly fell ill and passed away. She was filled with regret and tried hard to recall all his words in order to restore the original taste of the dish Mapo Tofu.
She did well, but not well enough.
The mapo tofu my father used to make in my memory has something extra in it.
But what is that
In Chen Tian's hands, Chen's tofu has been made extremely well, and its reputation has even surpassed that of when her father was in charge. However, in her eyes, there is something wrong with this dish. Over the years, she has been thinking about what is wrong, but to no avail.
"Well… "
Chen Tian wiped the sweat from her face with her cell phone, and glanced through the kitchen window at the Chen Family Hotel across the street.
"I provide meals for Chen Jiao's hotel. Yesterday I threatened to stop caring about him. Could this kid take it seriously? He is such a fool. What does it have to do with him when I find a boyfriend? He always has to interfere..."
Chen Tian has been single for many years. When she reached the age where she had to consider marriage, she had to accept blind dates at the strong suggestion of Chen Jiao. However, she was not interested in those candidates at all.
The one she met two days ago made her feel very good. The people she chatted with and played with were all the ones she liked. She was even tempted and thought that this was a good choice. But the man told her yesterday that the reason why he made Chen Tian feel good was because Chen Jiao informed him in advance and told him a lot of information about Chen Tian, so that he could prescribe the right medicine to attract Chen Tian's attention...
The man confessed the matter to Chen Tian, hoping to get Chen Tian's forgiveness. However, he did not expect that Chen Tian, a wealthy man, was so easy to get along with, and he slapped him in the face immediately.
Later he had a big quarrel with Chen Jiao - when Ye Chui, Han Yuyan and Li Xiuyun came to the hotel yesterday, they heard Chen Tian and Chen Jiao quarreling about this matter.
"Angie!" Chen Tian thought of something and walked out of the kitchen and shouted.
A waitress who was tidying up the tables and chairs in the hotel lobby heard Chen Tian's call and ran over quickly: "Boss, what can I do for you?"
"Go to the other side and take a look." Chen Tian said to Angel, "If you run into Chen Jiao, tell him I have something to talk to him about. Ask him to come over here."
"Oh, okay." Angel agreed. She knew a lot about what happened between Chen Tian and Chen Jiao. Then she walked out of the restaurant and ran across the street.
Chen Tian looked at the tables and chairs in the hall and straightened out a few crooked chairs. After a while, Angel hurried over from outside.
"Boss..." Angel looked a little panicked.
"What's wrong?" Chen Tian was also stunned.
"Boss, I saw someone eating Chen's tofu in the restaurant across the street."
"Chen family tofu? We didn't send any vegetables to him, so where did he find Chen family tofu?" Chen Tian looked puzzled.
Angel's face became even worse, and she continued hesitantly in a low voice: "Yes... it was made by the person who came to the restaurant yesterday. I saw the beautiful girl who came with me yesterday in the restaurant, and she told Chen Jiao that 'my master's dishes are good'..."
"What!?" Upon hearing Angel's words, Chen Tian's hands, which were originally tidying up the tables and chairs, suddenly stopped, and an angry expression appeared on his pretty face, "This kid actually invited Ye Chui to his hotel and asked Ye Chui to cook for him! Why is this brat so troublesome..."
Ye Chui came to challenge Chinatown, and even shouted the slogan of challenging Chinatown alone. Those are the enemies of Chinatown. They are all residents of Chinatown. How could this guy collude with Ye Chui
My silly brother is already such a grown-up, why is he still so worrying
Humph, Ye Chui must have bewitched him. If I don’t compete with him in cooking, he will collude with his stupid brother
Chen Tian's temper immediately flared up, and she planned to go to the restaurant across the street to have a good talk with her brother. However, just as she was about to leave, she thought of something and stopped again.
"I don't know if it's true that Ye Chui is known as China's number one chef... He came to challenge me, and I had no intention of dealing with him. But now that he's ready to compete with me in this way, I might as well compete with him. The most important thing is to teach Chen Jiao a lesson."
Thinking of this, Chen Tian snorted again and turned to walk towards the kitchen.
"Boss, you... aren't you going to take care of this matter?" Angel asked hurriedly. She already knew the purpose of Ye Chui's visit yesterday.
"Never mind. I want to see what the No. 1 chef in China can do."
Humph, the Chen family tofu that the guests of Chen family hotel want to eat was all brought from here. If Chen Jiao uses the tofu made by Ye Chui instead, those guests will definitely be dissatisfied. Let's see how Ye Chui will end up then.
He still has some confidence in Chen's tofu!
Chen Tian was full of confidence at this time.
However…
A day passed, but no customer came.
She quietly asked Angel to go to the hotel across the street and saw some guests eating Chen's tofu. They were full of praise and no one had any objections. What made Chen Tian angry the most was -
"Boss, I heard someone say that the tofu they make there is even better than before..."
"… "
Chen Tian's face became increasingly uglier.
Is it better than the Chen family tofu here
How can this be!
Although not all the tofu brought from here to Chen's Hotel was made by her herself, most of it was made by her seven-star chef. The taste was only slightly different from hers, and some customers even said it was more delicious than hers
Chen Tian was puzzled. It was already evening and she was a little anxious. She was thinking about whether she should go there in person. At this moment, a middle-aged fat man suddenly walked into the restaurant in a panic. It was the middle-aged fat man who had eaten Ye Chui's Mapo Tofu for the first time.
He walked into the restaurant while wiping the sweat off his face. When he saw Chen Tian, he couldn't wait to say, "Boss, you are here? That's great. I'm in a hurry. Please make me a dish of Chen's tofu. I have to leave soon... Oh, I want the latest flavor you developed. I had it once this morning and I still miss it. It's so delicious."
"Huh?" Chen Tian was stunned when she heard what the middle-aged fat man said. She also knew this fat man and knew that he was a wealthy man and a frequent visitor of her brother's hotel across the street. But... what about the latest flavor she developed
Chen Tian thought about it for a moment and understood something.
"He ate the tofu made by Ye Chui at Chen's Inn this morning. Humph, he even pretended that it was made by me, saying that it was the latest flavor..." Chen Tian thought unhappily, "Well, I will use my real skills to make a dish of Chen's tofu and let Boss Zhang have a taste. I want to see whether the tofu made by Ye Chui is better or mine is better!"
Having made up his mind, Chen Tian greeted Boss Zhang and turned into the kitchen.
Ten minutes later.
A plate of carefully made Chen family tofu was served.
Chen Tian prepared this dish with great care and put her whole heart into it. She believed that this dish would definitely surpass her previous works. When the dish was served on the table, Chen Tian did not rush to leave, but stood aside and watched the fat Chinese man eat.
The fat man was so greedy that when he saw the dishes being served, he didn't look at them carefully. He picked up a spoon and scooped up a spoonful of tofu along with some fiery red soup, put it into his mouth, and a look of enjoyment appeared on his face... But then his brows frowned, and his face became very strange. He looked at Chen Tian in confusion.
Then he said angrily: "Boss Chen, this is wrong. I am an old customer after all. How can you fool me like this? This dish is very different from what I had this morning. Did you ask someone to make it for you?" (~^~)