"I thought you were the only ones cutting the onions. You seem to be doing well in the kitchen."
Elise's voice sounded, Lin Ke Song felt as if he had been pricked by a needle, and suddenly retracted his hand.
She could clearly feel that Jiang Qianfan was holding her tightly at that moment, but after less than half a second of hesitation, he still let go of her.
"Thank you very much for your advice." Lin Kesong turned around and thanked Elise.
"I didn't tell you anything. The one who has been watching you is Pepper."
After speaking, Elise called Pepper up.
She held her chin and looked at Pepper with a smile in her eyes: "It's really hard for you today."
"Everything is what I'm supposed to do." Pepper nodded, looking respectful to Elise.
"What do you think of Ke Song's performance today?" Elise's fingers slowly slid across her brows. Such a relaxed attitude made Lin Ke Song feel a lot of pressure.
"Too slow," Pepper replied in a serious voice.
Elise seemed to have expected this comment long ago, nodded and smiled: "This is impossible. Before this, she had not been in the kitchen. Besides being slow, is there anything else?"
"She doesn't even know salmon."
As soon as Pepper's voice fell, Elise laughed.
Lin Kesong blushed and lowered his head. She didn't even dare to look at Jiang Qianfan who was on the side.
"These need to be taken slowly. Anything else?"
"Lack of initiative for kitchen work."
Elise looked at Jiang Qianfan and seemed to be waiting for him to say something, but he remained silent.
"Pepper, she must have some good points. Newcomers need encouragement." Elise pulled Lin Kesong to her side and patted her on the shoulder.
Pepper took a breath and frowned.
Lin Kesong was even more frustrated. I didn't expect it would be so difficult to say something about her strengths...
Although I know that I can't compare with these professional chefs, the feeling of heartbreak lingers.
"Chef, what do you think of the crispy salmon cut?"
"Yes, the fish is not loose, the shape is complete, and the cuts are neat, your usual style." There was obvious admiration in Elise's eyes.
"That was split by Lin Kesong."
Elise paused, and the smile on her face froze. She looked at Pepper, and only said after two or three seconds, "You taught her yourself?"
"I demonstrated it to her once, and she remembered it. Although her movements were so slow that people couldn't wait, she didn't make any fatal mistakes."
Pepper's last words made Lin Kesong finally relax.
Pepper, Pepper! You are really my good brother! Although you yelled at me and pulled my collar, you are not gentle and cute at all, but you are a sincere good person!
Elise closed her eyes and sighed: "Mr. Jiang, you heard me. Pepper spoke highly of her."
"Will she stay here and work?" Pepper asked.
Elise looked at Jiang Qianfan: "It depends on what Mr. Jiang means."
"Do you want her to work here?" Jiang Qianfan finally said.
Lin Kesong suddenly became nervous. If Pepper said hope, would Jiang Qianfan agree
This is a Michelin-starred restaurant. If the back chef can stay here, you can see the methods of handling various foods, and the skills summed up by some masters who cannot be seen outside. She will definitely improve faster. .
"Although she has no foundation, she is not completely without talent."
"Then wait until she has enough foundation to work here again." Jiang Qianfan's tone was flat.
He couldn't tell whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied with Lin Kesong's performance today.
The smile on Elise's lips deepened.
For some reason, Lin Kesong could faintly feel Elise's hostility towards her. It's actually easy to guess the source of this hostility, Elise obviously likes Jiang Qianfan. And as his temporary student, she was too close to him, so Elise felt uncomfortable.
Alas, you are so good and beautiful, and you are still in the same country as Jiang Qianfan, a rookie like me is like the difference between a dragon egg and a rotten egg in front of you... Why should you care about me? Lose your worth, goddess.
"Pepper, send our newly designed dishes and let Mr. Jiang evaluate it." Elise said to Pepper.
Pepper nodded, and Lin Ke Song also felt that he had nothing to do with him. Just as he was about to leave with Pepper, Jiang Qianfan patted the table lightly.
"sit down."
Plain and simple, just one word.
Lin Kesong even felt that he was hallucinating. Who is Jiang Qianfan telling to sit down
Elise? She never got up!
Pepper? Isn't he going to pass the dishes
Is that only her left
Lin Kesong froze there, not knowing what to do.
Pepper was already down the stairs.
Dude, what are you doing so fast! Where did the blind date just now go
Without hearing Lin Kesong sitting down, Jiang Qianfan slowly stood up. His fingers ran along the table, confirmed the direction, walked to Lin Kesong's side, and moved the chair out for her.
He put his hand on the back of the chair and said again: "Sit down."
Lin Kesong felt that his heart was about to fly out, not to mention that Elise looked at Jiang Qianfan with the eyes of a monster.
"Are you sure you want Ke Song... to stay here too?"
"The dishes you design represent the first-class level in the food industry. This is an excellent learning opportunity for her."
Elise smiled silently, not turning her head and pulling the corners of her lips.
This time, Lin Kesong felt very obvious disdain.
She knew what Elise was thinking. As a rookie, she couldn't even tell the difference between salmon, and tasting the work of a master chef like Elise was like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit and couldn't taste anything.
But Jiang Qianfan had even moved the chair for her. He looked like a gentleman, but he was actually forcing her to sit down.
Lin Ke Song lowered his head and sat down. Even if he followed Song Yiran to a high-end and foreign-style place like the Wave Hotel and added a Chu Ting, Lin Kesong did not feel out of place like this moment.
Pepper came up with a plate. He carefully placed the two main dishes in front of Jiang Qianfan and Elise.
When he noticed that Lin Kesong was also sitting there, he couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me, do you still need to prepare a main dish?"
"No need, just prepare another tableware."
"Yes, Mr. Jiang."
Lin Kesong glanced at the plate in front of Jiang Qianfan. The plate was so beautifully laid out that it made people completely unbearable to destroy this beauty.
A bulging squid was placed one-third of the way on the plate. The surface of the squid was fried to a light golden color, and there were some light green bits on the surface of the squid, which brought a bright color to the dish. The bottom of the plate is a layer of light yellow slightly thick liquid, which brings a touch of warmth visually. The young leaves of parsley are dotted on it, which has the mood of willow dawn.
Elise picked up the knife and fork, and cut the squid gracefully. Only then did Lin Kesong realize that the squid roll was filled with stuffing. Elise lightly dipped the squid in the sauce on the bottom of the plate, put it into her mouth, and nodded.
"Well, it's the taste and texture. Mr. Jiang, what do you think?"
Jiang Qianfan raised his knife and fork, and cut the knife lightly along the edge of the plate. After determining where the squid was, he cut the knife.
Lin Ke Song wanted to keep looking at him, but he was afraid of seeing Elise's mocking eyes, so he lowered his head.
After Jiang Qianfan swallowed it, he did not comment, but moved the plate in Lin Kesong's direction.
"Can you identify those ingredients?"
Lin Kesong suddenly thought of eight bowls of cabbage and mint soup.
No way... This one again
Elise looked over, frowning, as if surprised.
Lin Kesong's scalp went numb, and in front of Elise, he took things from Jiang Qianfan's plate to eat...
For Jiang Qianfan, who always took a bite, what Lin Kesong ate was no big deal. But in the eyes of others, is this the intimacy between their master and apprentice? Or does he think it's fine for her to eat what's left of him
Lin Kesong could only imitate Jiang Qianfan's dining attitude completely unskilled, cut a small piece of the squid roll, dipped it in the sauce, and put it into his mouth.
When the deliciousness of the squid and the taste of the other ingredients spread in her mouth, she couldn't help but let out a "Hmm-".
It felt as if I had finally woken up after a full sleep.
Elise looked at her funny: "Obviously, the protagonist of this dish is squid. Besides squid, what else have you eaten?"
Apart from the squid, the focus of this dish is the sauce and stuffing.
Lin Kesong recalled all the flavors and various aftertastes that slipped on his tongue just now, and remembered Jiang Qianfan said that cooking is actually a balance of taste.
The taste of a dish is layered.
In this dish, the delicious taste of squid is reflected in some kind of fish. It should be part of the filling.
"The surface of the squid should be fried with butter. As for the stuffing, there seems to be some kind of sea fish. I rarely eat sea fish, so I really can't tell what kind of fish it is." Lin Kesong looked at Jiang Qianfan, waiting for his response .
"It's no wonder, after all, you don't even know salmon. Mr. Jiang, it's too difficult for an ordinary person to tell what ingredients and ingredients are used in a complicated main dish."
On the surface, Elise's words were explaining for Lin Kesong, but in fact they kept reminding her of the fact that "you are not professional".
"It's anchovies. It's not a big fish. It looks like a sardine. It has high nutritional value and a delicious taste. There aren't many opportunities to eat anchovies in China. Besides, what else did you eat?"
In other words, Jiang Qianfan didn't mind that she couldn't tell what kind of sea fish it was
That is to say, there are so many fish in the sea, if you can taste every one of them, then it is not a human being, but a god... a disease!
"I also had scallops, which were part of the stuffing."
"Um."
"Glutinous rice and barley."
"Um."
"And..." Lin Kesong frowned and discerned carefully. Where does a certain umami come from? It seems to be shrimp, but she has not tasted any shrimp... and this very original taste belongs to the ocean...
"And shrimp yellow!"
"Um."
When Jiang Qianfan nodded, Lin Kesong felt elated.
Even Elise looked at her with slightly surprised eyes.
"What about the sauce? Can you taste what's in the sauce?" Elise's expression became serious, and Lin Kesong's pressure suddenly increased.
When will she be able to have a good meal!
Lin Kesong couldn't remember the taste of the sauce, so she dipped a bit with a fork and licked it invisibly.
"Yeah! There's parsley, garlic... pepper... cream..." Lin Kesong tilted his head, still savoring and pondering what the slight tenderness in the sauce was.
"What else?" Elise's eyes stared at Lin Kesong impartially, which made her panic.
"And... and..." Lin Kesong couldn't say.
"Then take another bite." Jiang Qianfan said.
The voice that originally made Lin Kesong feel cold and ruthless now calmed her down.
She cut a small piece of squid and dipped it in a little sauce.
The layers of flavor are pulled apart on the tip of her tongue, the fragrance of parsley, the flavor of garlic, the fragrance of pepper, the softness of cream...
There is interaction between ingredients, not a simple combination. There is always something that holds them all together.
"… an egg yolk? A raw egg yolk?"
Lin Kesong asked not very sure.
"Um."
Jiang Qianfan's affirmation made her smile.
And Elise's eyes became even colder. She said in an almost scrutiny tone: "Egg yolk is a commonly used material for making sauces in Western food. It's not surprising that you taste it. But this dish also has a very important ingredient. , do you know what it is?"
It's not surprising to taste the egg yolk? Goddess, you are asking too much!
Any other important ingredients
"Want another bite?" Elise raised her eyebrows.
She was very confident that Lin Kesong couldn't eat the last ingredient.
This dish uses three kinds of seafood, squid, scallops, and anchovies. The concentration of the sauce is relatively thick. What makes the fishy smell of seafood soften? Not just because of the oven roasting or the final butter frying to remove the fishy, intoxicating slightly fragrant aroma…
"It's wine!"
"Red wine or white wine?" Elise asked, frowning.
“Not red wine…”
Red wine is about the same for steak, and white wine and seafood sound like a good match, but... Lin Kesong doesn't think it's wine.
She frowned and said unsurely, "This wine should taste very refreshing. It has a hint of anise. I have no research on wine... I just don't know what it is. It's just that I don't think it should be red wine or White wine… "
The more Lin Kesong spoke, the quieter his voice became.
She had a sense of shame that she was playing an axe in front of Lu Ban.
But she didn't notice that under the dining table, Elise clenched her fists.
"It's absinthe." Jiang Qianfan said.
All doubts and conjectures were settled at this moment.
Lin Kesong looked at him in surprise. He really only took one bite, and even knew all the ingredients in this dish. She knew that his sense of taste was sharp, but she didn't expect it to be so sharp!
At this time, Jiang Qianfan moved the dinner plate back in front of him, and continued to eat the rest of the plate unhurriedly.
Lin Kesong opened his eyes wide and wanted to remind the other party that she had already eaten several mouthfuls of this dish!
Elise spoke ahead of her: "I can ask Pepper to prepare another!"
"It doesn't matter. This dish is outstanding. You didn't use white wine or liqueur, but absinthe, very clever and sensible idea. I'm looking forward to this dish on the menu of this restaurant."
This is the first time Lin Ke Song has heard Jiang Qianfan praise someone, although his tone is too dull, as if all this is what Elise should do.
"thanks."
After eating this dish, Jiang Qianfan got up, made a "follow me" gesture in Lin Kesong's direction, and the two left the restaurant together.
Lin Kesong was a little disappointed, where did her lunch go? Is it just those two squid rolls
She admits that the squid rolls are delicious, but she didn't take a few bites! The breakfast has been completely digested, and she is too busy in the back kitchen. Now her stomach is hooked by the two delicious squid rolls, her chest is sticking to her back... She wants to eat!
Lin Kesong thought in his heart, but Jiang Qianfan had no intention of stopping.
As they passed by the back kitchen door, Pepper's voice came: "Hey! Croissant! Would you like a sandwich!"
Lin Kesong's eyes lit up, and without thinking, he blurted out, "I want it!"
When she took the sandwich and took a bite, she suddenly realized that something so ordinary had become a delicacy at the moment.
"Pepper! Your sandwiches are delicious!"
"Of course, it's five times the price of an ordinary sandwich." Pepper glanced at Lin Kesong.
And then this five times the price of the sandwich is even taller!
After putting the last bite into his mouth, Lin Ke Song realized that Jiang Qianfan had already reached the door of the restaurant.
With a pocket in one hand and a blind cane in the other, his figure under the backlight has a very delicate beauty.
When occasionally a pedestrian passed by him, he couldn't help but look at him more.
A breeze blew through his hair, swaying slightly, and the whole world seemed to be shaken gently in a wine glass.
"Lin Kesong." Jiang Qianfan read out her name because he couldn't hear her footsteps.
"I... I'm here!"
"Have you eaten?"
"Yeah, Pepper's sandwiches!"
If you don't give me food, can I still eat other people's food? And Mr. Mayer didn't say that you have to ask for your permission to eat anything, right
"I originally planned to make you a red velvet cake for afternoon tea. Since you're full, don't bother."
Jiang Qianfan turned around, and the driver Maitreya was already waiting at the door.
What? Jiang Qianfan didn't care about her lunch, but was already preparing to make afternoon tea
what! If I knew I would never eat that sandwich!
"I can still eat! I'm not full!"
Red Velvet Cake! Red velvet cake! She has never eaten! And it was made by Jiang Qianfan!
Jiang Qianfan got into the car without saying a word.
Lin Kesong guessed that the red velvet cake was gone.
Probably because he was tired all morning, coupled with the high tension in the back kitchen, Lin Ke Song leaned against the car window and fell asleep not long after. She didn't know how long she had slept, but the phone in Lin Kesong's pocket vibrated, which made her wake up.
She reached into her pocket, raised her head, and suddenly realized that what she was leaning against was not the car window, but Jiang Qianfan!
When she raised her eyes and saw the other side's profile, she was almost scared to death!
The nose is a unique breath belonging to Jiang Qianfan, and the lines of Qing Jun are a kind of delicate beauty full of tension.
She sat up quickly and touched the corner of her mouth. Good luck! No drooling!
Jiang Qianfan's posture didn't even move, which made Lin Kesong heave a sigh of relief.
She said to herself: Treat it like it never happened!
She moved to the side, distanced herself from the other party, until she got rid of the refreshing breath that made people feel open-minded, Lin Kesong's uneasy heart finally sank.
She took out her phone and saw a text message: Are you going home for dinner tonight
It's a text message from my uncle.
Lin Kesong looked at the date and suddenly remembered that today is Uncle's birthday!
When she came to New York by herself, she was always taken care of by her uncle. If she didn't go to her uncle's birthday, wouldn't it be too unfilial
Can she ask Jiang Qianfan for leave
The big ice cube just looks difficult to get along with, but in fact, people are still very nice...
She opened her mouth, looked at his stern profile, and organized the words in her heart.
"If you have something to say, say it." Jiang Qianfan said calmly.
"How do you know that I have something to say?" Lin Kesong felt that the other party was really amazing.
"Because your breath tells me you're hesitant to talk."
Lin Kesong twitched the corners of his mouth, the big ice cube's ears were still so good.
"Well, it's my uncle's birthday today, can I go back there for dinner?"
"Can."
"Then can I stay at my uncle's house at night? I think I'll have dinner very late. Can't I take a shower after nine o'clock?"
"I'll have Miller pick you up at nine o'clock."
"Ah..." Lin Kesong showed a disappointed expression, is this the rhythm for her not to take a bath tonight
"I didn't say not to let you shower."
Jiang Qianfan's answer surprised Lin Kesong. She thought that all Jiang Qianfan's rules were insurmountable.
But just today, as if she's breaking all the rules
For example, she took Jiang Qianfan's hand to take the subway; for example, she shared a plate with Jiang Qianfan; for example, at this moment, he agreed to let her use the bathroom after nine o'clock