Chapter 170: You Can’t Make Chef Xu Proud
It was very difficult for him to learn how to make this dish from his master before, because it is very complicated, has many steps, and requires very high skills from the chef. If he doesn't control it well, the dish will not taste good enough.
Under the guidance of his master, the founder of this dish, it took him just one month to finally master it.
"Well, Master Xu, what you said makes sense!"
Manager Zhang was very happy.
In his imagination, as long as they launched this delicious dish that only Cuihualou could make, there would definitely be more customers at Cuihualou.
"Master Xu, what is the name of this dish?"
"It's blazing."
……
With the launch of this new signature dish at Cuihualou, business has obviously improved a lot in the past few days.
Because this dish is very delicious, and Cuihualou is the only restaurant in the country that can make it, word spread quickly and many customers came to taste it.
Fengzeyuan naturally knew about this.
Manager Zheng Hao went to the kitchen and found Zhou Qingde. "Cuihualou has launched a new dish called Explosive Liaohua. I heard it's very good. Many customers have gone there to try it. Master Zhou, do you know about this?"
Zhou Qingde nodded. He had just learned about this as well.
"Then think of a solution quickly. Can our Fengze Garden also make this dish?"
Zheng Hao said anxiously that since Cuihualou launched this popular dish a few days ago, many customers have turned to Cuihualou to try it, and their Fengzeyuan business has been affected to some extent.
Although the impact was not that big, the sudden decline in popularity of Fengze Garden, which had been steadily popular, still made Zheng Hao uneasy, and he wanted to make up for it as soon as possible.
However, he found that there was no movement in the kitchen during the past two days, so Zheng Hao hurried to the kitchen to find Zhou Qingde in person to ask what was going on.
"It's like this, Manager Zheng. Cuihualou's new dish, the Explosive Liaohua, is their original dish. I've asked around and found out that only their Master Xu and his master can make it. No one else can. Although our Master Wang is very talented, he still has to know the method so that he can make improvements. Otherwise, he can't analyze how the dish is made after eating it, right?"
Zhou Qingde naturally thought that Wang Jianye could not do this. After all, the preparation of the dish "Spicy Roasted Flowers" promoted by Cuihualou was very complicated.
Even if a master chef with fifty or sixty years of cooking experience were to replace him, he might not be able to analyze how this dish was made, not to mention that Wang Jianye had only been a regular employee for less than two months. Although he had a strong talent for cooking, his experience was definitely not as good as that of some master chefs.
"Why don't we let Master Wang give it a try? Maybe it will work."
Zheng Hao was hoping for luck.
Wang Jianye has always had top talent. No matter what dish he cooks, he can learn it once and become proficient once he practices.
Although no one can teach him how to do it this time, if Wang Jianye gives it a try, maybe he will have a chance to analyze the method and then make it?
Zhou Qingde was tempted by what he said. With the idea of giving it a try, he and Zheng Hao found Wang Jianye together, "Master Wang, Cuihualou has a new dish that is very popular. It is called Exploding Flowers. However, this dish was only created not long ago by Master Xu's master, and Master Xu has not taught it to others. In other words, only Master Xu and his master can cook this dish. We would like you, Master Wang, to try to cook it. I wonder if you can do it..."
"It's very hot, isn't it?"
Wang Jianye confirmed this with him.
Zhou Qingde nodded, "It's this dish. Cuihualou makes it very delicious. Many customers have gone there to try it. It has had a slight impact on our business, but the impact is not too big. It's acceptable. If you, Master Wang, can't make it, then forget it."
Wang Jianye didn't rush to answer.
Instead, he tried to give the system an order in his mind, "Use the recipe and learn the dish of Fiery Flowers!" [Ding, the recipe was used successfully. Congratulations to the host for mastering Fiery Flowers (entry level 1+)]
“You can actually learn it?”
Wang Jianye was quite surprised. After all, this dish was only made by Chef Xu and his master in the world, and it had not been taught to others.
And the system recipe he has, he can easily learn it just by knowing the name of the dish, this is too amazing...
Wang Jianye suddenly thought, if someone created a dish next time but didn’t give it a name, would he still be able to learn it from the recipe?
"Master Zhou, Manager Zheng, let's go to Cuihualou and order this dish to try. I'm not sure if I can make it yet."
Although he has now learned how to cook this dish using the system's recipes.
But he couldn't reveal it. After all, he had never come into contact with this dish before, so there was no possibility for him to learn it.
Therefore, at least he has to wait until he has tasted the dish before he can study and figure out the recipe of the dish. Only then will it be more reasonable in the eyes of people like Zhou Qingde.
"Well, let's go now."
Seeing that Wang Jianye wanted to try, Zhou Qingde nodded and took them to Cuihua Tower.
Knowing that Master Zhou from Fengze Garden and his companions had come to Cuihua Tower again, Chef Xu came out personally to entertain them.
"I heard you guys have a new dish called Explosive Flower, right? We'd like to order one to try."
When he met Chef Xu, Zhou Qingde spoke frankly and told him the purpose of his visit.
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll do it for you!"
Chef Xu returned to the kitchen and put on his apron again. There were fewer customers coming to eat at this time, so everyone in the kitchen was basically taking a break.
He lit the stove again and worked hard to make a sizzling dish.
When the chefs in the kitchen saw this scene, they began to speculate.
"It's already this late, are there any guests coming to eat?"
"It may not be a guest. It may be someone from another restaurant who came to taste the food. Have you forgotten the fried double crispy dish last time..."
"Our chef Xu made the flaming fried flowers. Could it be that, like last time, the people from Fengze Garden also introduced this dish after tasting it?"
"impossible."
"The past is the past, and the present is the present. This flaming flower is our Master Xu's unique specialty. Even his apprentices didn't teach it, so how could an outsider make it?"
"..."
Chef Xu personally brought the sizzling dish to the front hall and delivered it to the guest’s table.
"The fiery roasted flowers you requested are ready. Please try them."
Chef Xu said proudly.
He just couldn't believe that even this dish that was created by his master and that only he and his master knew how to make could be made by someone else.
(End of this chapter)