Reborn – Super Chef

Chapter 70: The art of cooking is to make a big soup out of nothing

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"Brother Ye, this is the dish you asked for. I brought it to you." Outside Xiaoyu Home-style Restaurant, Qin Feng was sitting on a small tricycle and pointing at a cart of vegetables behind him. Now Ye Chui has completely let go and handed over the roast lamb stall to Qin Feng. Knowing that Ye Chui's restaurant was opening, he also took the initiative to volunteer to help Ye Chui deliver vegetables in the future.

Ye Chui counted the vegetables and nodded with a smile, then he and Qin Feng moved the various vegetables to the freezer in the kitchen. Then Ye Chui asked Qin Feng a few more questions about the recent situation of the stall. Qin Feng replied with a smile that although the flow of customers had obviously decreased after Ye Chu stopped setting up the stall, it was still the most prosperous one in the entire night market, and he could complete his tasks successfully every day. Ye Chui was also very happy to hear Qin Feng say this.

And since summer is just around the corner, barbecue seems to be officially on the agenda.

After Qin Feng left, Ye Chui returned to the hotel to clean up and open for business. Although he had experienced many such situations in his previous life, Ye Chui still felt uneasy at this moment. At this moment, An Jing and Wang Shiyu had already gone to school. Han Yuyan, the elder sister, was wearing a beautiful and decent uniform and was calm and proud. She was sitting on a stool and drinking tea elegantly. Ye Chui wondered if the elder sister knew what he was doing here...

Ye Chui took out his cell phone and checked the time again. He didn't know when Tian Xiaodu would arrive. Just when he was wondering, he saw a fat man's face appearing at the gate and looking inside furtively. Who else could it be but Tian Xiaodu

So Ye Chui said with a bit of sweat: "Xiao Du, come in, what are you afraid of?"

"Oh, little brother, this restaurant is nicely decorated." Tian Xiaodu walked in after hearing Ye Chui's greeting, but his eyes were still looking around cautiously - he was afraid that the little witch who had caused him serious psychological harm would suddenly jump out from the side.

"The restaurant is aimed at ordinary students. As a five-star chef, you may have to work a little hard." Ye Chui said with a smile.

"It's okay, it's okay." Tian Xiaodu hurriedly shook his head, and then he saw Han Yuyan sitting at the table drinking tea. Of course, Tian Xiaodu recognized this granddaughter of Mr. Han. He was shocked, "You... why are you here?"

"Why can't I be here?" Han Yuyan always maintained her aloof demeanor in front of strangers. She put down the tea elegantly and said with a bit of pride, "I will be the apprentice of this restaurant from now on. Master Tian, please give me your guidance."

"Please teach me more..." Tian Xiaodu responded, turned his head and asked Ye Chui in a strange voice, "What is a hotel apprentice?"

"It's a more high-end way of saying waiter." Ye Chui explained in a low voice.

"oh… "

Tian Xiaodu nodded in understanding, but then he couldn't remain calm anymore, with a dumbfounded expression: Mr. Han's most precious granddaughter is now working as a waitress in Ye Chui's restaurant

This is more shocking than a five-star chef like him coming here to help, right

"Please sit down first. I asked you to come early these two days to familiarize yourself with the place, but you refused to come. This is the restaurant menu I prepared. Please take a look at it first." Ye Chui smiled and handed a beautifully printed menu to Tian Xiaodu.

Tian Xiaodu's attention was now focused on Han Yuyan, who was sitting across the table from him. He hadn't recovered from his shock yet, so how could he think of looking at the menu? Even so, when he saw the dishes listed on the menu, he was shocked again -

"Brother, did you write it correctly? How come... Shaoxing Drunken Chicken, Dong'an Chicken, Chicken Stewed with Mushrooms, and Big Plate Chicken are all on the menu? And the prices don't seem expensive..."

It's not Tian Xiaodu's fault that he was too shocked. The main reason is that these dishes are so famous that Old Han was hospitalized after eating them. A dish of spicy chicken with leaves sold for 120,000 yuan. The recipes of these dishes probably start at more than 100,000 yuan. But this is just a home-style restaurant. Such a restaurant with such dishes... isn't it too extravagant

There are five-star chefs as cooks, standard white and rich beautiful daughters as waiters, and even the dishes provided are such extraordinary dishes. I am afraid that there is no more luxurious configuration in the whole Xizhou city.

“Haha, home cooking has its own way of cooking. Of course, it won’t be as delicious as the one I made for Mr. Han.” Ye Chui explained with a smile. The same dish prepared in a big restaurant and an ordinary small restaurant will of course have different ingredients, condiments, and most importantly, the chef’s skills. The dishes made by Ye Chu’s Xiaoyu Home Cooking are naturally simplified versions.

Of course, it will still be delicious.

After listening to Ye Chui's explanation, Tian Xiaodu was a little confused: "Little brother, I don't mind making home-cooked dishes, but... these dishes that were originally intended to have a very high level are made into simplified versions, which always feels a little unsatisfactory."

"Xiao Du, you are wrong." Ye Chui said with a smile, "There is an old saying about cooking: big soups are not harmonious. Xiao Du, have you heard of it?"

"The art of cooking, big soups don't mix?" Tian Xiaodu nodded. "I've heard people say this before. It means not adding seasonings when cooking to bring out the original flavors of the ingredients. But I think this is impossible. How can the food made that way taste good?"

"A truly expert chef can do this," Ye Chui said confidently. Of course, he was embarrassed to say that he could do it. Ye Chui continued, "To make a great dish that is not harmonious naturally requires extremely high cooking skills, and this just represents a realm of cooking, using simple ingredients to make perfect food. Although the dishes in our home-style restaurant are simplified versions, if you can make this simplified version of the dish taste delicious, then you can truly improve your level."

Tian Xiaodu nodded thoughtfully: "I still don't quite understand the art of cooking, the big soup is not harmonious, but I'm willing to give it a try."

"You will gain something." Ye Chui said with a smile.

When evaluating food, we often evaluate color, aroma and taste, but in the eyes of gourmets, there are also two categories: meaning and form. Meaning is the artistic conception conveyed by the chef through the food, and form is the form in which the food presents this artistic conception. This is the ultimate manifestation of the disharmony of the big soup, and if the disharmony of the big soup is achieved and then cooked according to the original recipe, the ultimate deliciousness of this dish can be produced.

Tian Xiaodu's cooking skills are impeccable. The color, aroma and taste have reached the extreme, but he is still lacking in the pursuit of meaning and form, which is also the most difficult part for a chef to learn. Ye Chui wants to treat Tian Xiaodu as an apprentice, so naturally he has to teach him these two aspects.

Tian Xiaodu continued to look at the menu. The menu was divided into three categories: hot dishes, cold dishes, and soups. There were all kinds of dishes, both meat and vegetarian, with more than 30 items in total. Needless to say, Tian Xiaodu was very familiar with the vegetarian dishes. In addition to the four kinds of meat dishes such as Shaoxing Drunken Chicken, there were several other homely stir-fried dishes such as braised pork, twice-cooked pork, braised beef in soy sauce, and stir-fried pork with green peppers. These were all basic meat dishes, and people would quickly figure out how to make them after the ban on meat was lifted. As for the cold dishes, the dish of shredded chicken and cucumber that moved Old Han to tears was not on the menu - this kind of "imperial flavor" cold dish was not suitable for the simplified version of home cooking.

After looking at the menu, Tian Xiaodu was even more impressed. It seemed that the small restaurant where he worked was definitely not ordinary.

Then Ye Chui took Tian Xiaodu to familiarize himself with the kitchen facilities. At around ten o'clock in the morning, the first customer of Xiaoyu Home Cooking arrived.

The first customer was a middle-aged office worker who seemed to be out on business. After walking into Xiaoyu Home Cooking, he looked around and found a seat to sit down. If it were a normal restaurant, the waiter would definitely come up to him enthusiastically, pour him tea, take the menu and ask him to order - this middle-aged office worker was just waiting for the waiter to come over and greet him.

However, Ye Chui watched in the kitchen as Han Yuyan sat calmly in her seat. The sister glanced at the customer casually and continued to drink her tea as if it had nothing to do with her...

Ye Chui couldn't help but sweat profusely: "Dayu, what are you still standing there for? Go and greet the guests!"

Han Yuyan was stunned for a moment, then responded with an "oh" and walked up to the customer. Her sister, who was slender and dressed in high-end fashion like a model, stood in front of the middle-aged office worker and asked, "What do you want to eat?"

Middle-aged office worker: “…”

"I'm asking you, what do you want to eat?" Han Yuyan was already a little impatient.

"Ahem." The middle-aged office worker coughed, "Miss, please give me the menu first."

If other waiters encountered such an unskilled situation, they would definitely apologize, but is Han Yuyan the kind of person who would take the initiative to apologize? The elder sister raised her eyebrows and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you wanted the menu? Who would eat like this?"

Middle-aged office worker: “…”

Seeing that the first customer of his first restaurant was about to leave in anger, Ye Chui rushed out of the kitchen in a sweat and asked Han Yuyan to be the waiter. The level had been improved, but the service was obviously not up to standard.

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