NovelBonte Chapter 64
Chapter 64
Chapter 64
At around 6:10 p.m., Xu Yang turned off the fire.
After more than an hour of cooking, the degree of cooked beef and offal just met his requirements.
It will be rotten after cooking for a while, which will affect the taste of the meat, so turn off the fire in time.
It doesn't work if you close it for a while, it will also affect the taste.
Then remove it all from the pan and set aside to cool.
After it cools down, you can start making it.
The banquet officially starts at 7 o'clock, and we usually start preparing cold dishes about 15 minutes in advance, which is just in time.
Seeing that he was done, Zhang Yang said at this time: "Xu Yang, just now Chef Tian said that you should go to his place after you are done working here."
I guess I want to ask myself if I'm ready.
He nodded and replied, "Okay, I'll go over there, and you can take a look here."
Arriving at Tian Mingzheng's place, he was looking at something.
Xu Yang glanced at it, it should be some data from the previous few days.
As a chef, you must read it every day. In addition to the kitchen background data, there are also restaurant front-end data.
Determine some of the following arrangements based on what you have learned.
Seeing him coming in, he said, "Xu Yang, here you are, are you done?"
"I just finished my work, and I heard Zhang Yang said that he wanted to find me, so he came here."
"Nothing else, I started preparations at 6:[-], I want to ask if you are done, so as not to delay the time."
Xu Yang smiled and said, "Chef Tian, I've been staying in the kitchen since around 4:[-] p.m., and I'm ready to cook anytime when it's time to start."
"Well, I heard that you are still preparing the ingredients for the couple's lung slices yourself in the afternoon. I remember that there are ready-made ingredients? It should be possible to make them. Why do you have to cook the ingredients yourself?"
"Chef Tian, those were all made in the morning. The weather is hot now. Although it doesn't affect it, tonight's banquet is more important. Anyway, there is still time in the afternoon, so I re-made the portion."
Xu Yang felt that since he unlocked this five-star dish, he hadn't really cooked it once.
Today is just a chance, how can I miss it.
Tian Mingzheng nodded: "Okay, anyway, this dish is entrusted to you, and you can arrange it yourself. How are the ingredients?"
"It is cooling down, and it can be cooked in about 20 minutes."
This is a cold dish and definitely not cooked immediately after it comes out of the pan.
Not to mention completely cooling, at least there should not be too much residual temperature, otherwise it will affect the taste.
"No problem. I hope that the husband and wife lung slices you made yourself can surprise us. You can prepare them after you clean up. There are six cold dishes in total, and they will be served together."
"understood."
After Xu Yang left, he returned to the kitchen and got ready for cooking.
Because I want to cook high-quality dishes at night, I didn't go back to the ordinary kitchen, but prepared here directly.
He does not have a fixed stove, only a temporary one that can be used.
Except for the two dishes he will cook tonight, the rest of the dishes will be cooked by two other chefs.
One of the chefs, Xu Yang, not only knows, but also met.
Another chef is said to have just arrived.
He came back from another city, and he is not yet well-known in the Sichuan cuisine industry in Jincheng City, but he is definitely not an ordinary chef.
Seeing him coming in, the two looked over at the same time.
Cooking hasn't started yet, so the two are chatting casually about cooking for the evening.
At this time, one of them said, "You are Xu Yang."
"Yes, I am Xu Yang."
"I heard that there is a very young chef in our restaurant. The dishes he cooks are not even comparable to those of decades-old master chefs. Although I haven't tasted them, but since they are praised by the chef, they must taste good."
Xu Yang was also a little surprised.
He knew another chef named Cai Yunsong, and he was the one who cooked together with Tian Mingzheng that night.
As for the one who spoke, it was the first time I saw him, but he had a very familiar feeling, which made him unable to speak out.
What surprised him was the appearance.
This person looks to be around 30 years old, definitely not over 35 years old, unless he takes very good care of himself.
But judging from his expression, tone and actions when he spoke, he should not be very old.
Seeing Xu Yang's puzzled expression, he smiled and said, "I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Cai Yuan. As for what I do, I don't need an introduction. As for the person next to me, you have met before, my father."
When Xu Yang heard his name, he had already guessed that it was father and son.
From this point of view, Xu Yang can understand.
This master Cai is good at cooking and has a high reputation. If his son also becomes a chef, he will definitely teach him without reservation. Naturally, there is no need to doubt his cooking skills.
"Master Cai, hello, my cooking skills are still in the stage of improvement, not as good as passed on."
"Xu Yang, don't evade it, don't forget that my father knows it very well."
At the same time, I know why they feel familiar when they meet for the first time, and the father and son will have many similarities.
Cai Yunsong followed with a smile and said, "Xiao Xu, this is the second time we meet, I tried the couple's lung slices you made last time, and they were very good."
It was here that we met for the first time.
At that time, Tian Mingzheng brought him over to have a look, and cooked two dishes by the way.
In order to ensure that the husband and wife's lung slices taste good, he made a portion in advance. As for what to do with that dish, he didn't know. It seemed that he had tasted it all.
If so, Xu Yang also felt that there was no need to shirk.
"Thank you, Chef Cai, for your compliment. Although my cooking skills are very good, compared to you, I feel like I have just learned how to cook."
Xu Yang has never tasted the dishes made by Cai Yunsong, so it can be said that he has no chance.
However, he guessed that the overall level should be around three stars, and his specialty dishes are estimated to have a five-star taste.
This is based on Tian Mingzheng's guess.
He has eaten Tian Mingzheng's dishes, and his overall cooking skills are actually about two stars, and better dishes are at most four stars.
And Cai Yunsong is better than him, at most, the gap is only one star.
It seems that Xu Yang can cook five-star dishes, but in the eyes of outsiders, there is a gap between them and these chefs.
Xu Yang actually admitted this.
He only has a few high-star dishes, and basically all the dishes produced by the chefs can reach this level.
Another reason is age.
Xu Yang is 24 years old this year, and subconsciously thinks that his cooking skills will not be better than the chefs.
Even if the taste is obviously better, when I think about the age, I feel that it is not as good as Tian Mingzheng's cooking.
I knew there would be such an idea, but Xu Yang didn't try hard.
He can't stand up and say that his cooking skills are better than the head chef, better than the head chef, and better than the chefs in the restaurant.
Obviously can't do that.
Cai Yunsong shook his head and said: "You can't say that. Just say that you got the husband and wife lung slices. I took a bite. It is no exaggeration to say that it is only a little worse than mine. If the taste is improved a little bit, it will be on par with me. If you improve a lot, it is possible to surpass me."
Xu Yang agreed.
Cai Yunsong's evaluation of the husband and wife's lung slices was very good, and he knew that he had guessed his approximate cooking level correctly.
My dish was two and a half stars at the time, while Cai Yunsong was about three stars.
A half-star increase will be level, and a one-star increase will just exceed it.
(End of this chapter)