I don't dance with this pot [food]

Chapter 3

Early the next morning, the chef walked into the kitchen in a panic and asked loudly, "Who is free? We need a man!"

Everyone bowed their heads in silence, pretending to be very busy, and turned a deaf ear to it—in this busy time, who would want to run errands for others?

Among all the people, only Chen Liang raised his head and glanced at the chef. In fact, he did this action purely because he was distracted by the fire of the stove, he didn't hear what the chef said clearly, and he was worried that he would miss the news of the lottery.Unexpectedly, the chef took a look and thought that Chen Liang wanted to help, so he took him to the kitchen of the Chinese restaurant.

It turned out that a big person came to the Chinese restaurant today, and the whole audience was booked. The people in the Chinese restaurant were very busy, but the person who was going to do the buffet suddenly fainted due to illness, and there was no manpower, so they had to borrow people from the Western restaurant. The head chef considered Finally, it was decided to ask Chen Liang's team to send someone to fill the vacancy.Anyway, the chefs who can enter the hotel are not low in cooking skills. The buffet does not have high requirements for taste, and anyone can do it.

"Can you cook Chinese food?" the chef asked.

Chen Liang nodded: "Yes."

"Okay," the chef handed him the recipe, "Make these few dishes. Although the requirements of the buffet are not high, don't lose face to our western restaurant."

"Okay, thank you."

Chen Liang picked up the recipe and looked at it, and a familiar name of the dish came into his eyes unexpectedly.

Braised candelabra with foie gras.

Eggplant... Qiu Hanyu's legs were crossed lazily on the table, flipping through the proposal book in his hand absently. The braised eggplant he ate two months ago was like a drug. Knowing the taste and never forgetting it, even if you think about it now, you can feel the fragrance on your lips and teeth.It's a pity that the chef who made this dish was said to have not been hired because of his character, and he can't find it now. It just so happens that the company cafeteria rarely cooks braised eggplants. He was so resentful that his stomach protested with dissatisfaction: " Why is the food in the cafeteria so light recently? Do you think that water resources are too rich and can replace soy sauce?"

Secretary Liu Shao couldn't help but rolled his eyes. Yesterday there was roast duck, chopped pepper fish head, and soy sauce duck in the cafeteria.Mr. Qiu, if you want to eat braised eggplant, just admit it honestly, anyone will know that you miss this dish.

"Do you know that people who roll their eyes will turn into dead fish eyes in their next life? If you don't know, let me tell you now, please next time you roll your eyes, please face..." Qiu Hanyu pointed to the water tank and said, "Your kind."

In the water tank, there were a few particularly large blister goldfish, with a pair of pea-sized blister eyes staring at Liu Shao mockingly, spitting blisters in a show of power, and looking carefully, they really looked like Liu Shao rolling his eyes.

Liu Shao scratched his cheek embarrassingly, and suggested: "We have braised eggplant in the cafeteria, why don't you try it?"

Qiu Hanyu's eyes lit up suddenly, but he refused to admit it: "Please turn off your infinitely expanding brain, did I say that I want to eat braised eggplant?"

Liu Shao saw the wind and said: "No, no, you didn't say that I want to eat it. Mr. Qiu, you are so understanding, let me treat you to a meal?"

"Okay," Qiu Hanyu put his feet down and stood up, straightening his clothes pretending to be serious, "For the sake of your warm invitation, as a leader, you have to give your subordinates a little face, so I agree to you reluctantly."

Arriving at the cafeteria, before Qiu Hanyu's buttocks reached the sofa, he raised his chin and asked Liu Shao to bring him food.

Qiu Hanyu grew up in the United States, and his tastes have been spoiled. No matter how delicious Chinese food is, he can't satisfy his tricky tongue. Only Western food can satisfy his desire for fullness.Therefore, when the service staff at the West Point saw Liu Shao, their eyes seemed to be oiled, and they were frighteningly bright. They wished to use a loudspeaker to advertise, and let Liu Shao come over to pick up the western dishes, with a long face.

In contrast, the faces of the service staff at the Chinese restaurant are not so good-looking. The Chinese restaurant and the Western restaurant have been fighting openly and secretly for several years. Due to various objective reasons, the performance of the Chinese restaurant has been suppressed by the Western restaurant for a long time. After changing a manager, the results have been achieved, and there is a tendency to stand shoulder to shoulder with western restaurants.However, as long as they can't make dishes that can attract Qiu Hanyu, Chinese restaurants will always be inferior to Western restaurants.

Seeing Liu Shao appear, the staff at the Chinese restaurant could not help lowering their heads and sighed, "Look, the people at the Western restaurant cast a smug look again, their arrogant appearance is like a favored concubine, showing off their arrogance No real achievement.

However, just when everyone thought that Liu Shao would go to the West Point as usual and pick up a piece of Qiu Hanyu's favorite black pepper steak, he actually walked over the steak to the Chinese restaurant and stood in front of a dish.

Foie gras stuffed candelabra.

Because it was placed on the table for too long, the aroma was washed away by other dishes, and it was almost unscentable. It was a pity that the entire pot of eggplant had bottomed out, leaving only a little bit of bright residue. It shows the chef's special way of handling the ingredients.He patted his forehead with a depressed face, what a good day today, it has only been open for half an hour, how come the eggplants are all sold out?It was closed before, and there will still be a lot left.

He grabbed the waiter who was greeting him, and asked curiously, "Why are the eggplants gone so quickly today?"

The waiter is a carefree young man, and he is very enthusiastic when he talks about this: "Secret Liu, tell you, the chef who made the cooked food today is very good at cooking, and the smell of the dishes made mouth watering, so many customers took it." He cooks the dishes. You see, the salted duck in sauce, coconut chicken, etc. are all made by him, and they are all gone, and the kitchen is working hard to make up for them."

Liu Shao didn't care. He had a clear mirror hanging on the level of the chefs in the Chinese restaurant and what kind of dishes they could make. If those chefs really had such cooking skills, the Chinese restaurant would not be suppressed by the Western restaurant so much. for many years.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the supplementary food came, he wanted to melt this narrow thought into his intestines.This plate of stewed candied eggplant with foie gras sauce uses some special ingredients. It is so fragrant that his bones are so soft that he can't wait to plunge his head into the dish and eat it upside down.No wonder it was sold out so quickly, who can control the scent?

So he greedily picked up a lot, and even picked up the chef's other dishes.

But Qiu Hanyu was not happy, looking at a large plate of carefully sorted Chinese dishes, he wondered if he treated Liu Shao too well, raising Liu Shao to such an extent that he would even think about his thoughts indiscriminately.

Liu Shao said with a smile: "Mr. Qiu, these dishes are all made by the same chef. It is said that they are very delicious. The customers eat all of them. I won't lie to you. If you don't believe me, try it."

Qiu Hanyu glared at Liu Shao: "If it doesn't taste good, I'll use the documents on my desk to bury you alive tomorrow." He reluctantly picked up a piece of chicken that he didn't like very much, and used all the money to eat it. The unpalatable reason left Liu Shao in awe. Who would have thought that as soon as the chicken was eaten, the rich coconut fragrance filled his lips and teeth, and the crispy chicken tasted so delicate that it was hard to describe it.

Qiu Hanyu's hand holding the chopsticks froze in mid-air. He slowed down his chewing speed and savored the umami taste. It seemed that it took a century to finish chewing a bite of chicken the size of a thumb. Time to try other dishes.

Duck in sauce, palace rabbit meat...even the most common vinegared cabbage, there is nothing left.In the end, as if he had exhausted all his strength, he picked up the eggplant he was obsessed with and put it in his mouth. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the deliciousness of the autumn eggplant.

Liu Shao's heart was hanging in his throat, and he was relieved until the last piece of eggplant was sacrificed to Qiu Hanyu's Wu Zang Temple, and asked carefully: "Mr. Qiu, do you want to give you some more?"

"Did I say that these dishes are worth eating again?" Qiu Hanyu shamelessly ignored the dishes on the table, wiped his mouth with a paper towel, and raised his chin to signal Liu Shao to get another dish .

Do not admit it.Liu Shao slandered, and still served Qiu Hanyu a plate full of Chinese food as before.

Qiu Hanyu's eyes lit up when he saw the dishes he liked, but he said unforgivingly: "Do you know what it means to flatter a horse's leg? This is it. Did I ask you to serve these dishes? Forget it "Before Liu Shao pretended to apologize, he picked up a piece of chicken with a look of disgust on his face, "I have always promoted the good atmosphere of socialism, diligence and thrift, since I have caught everything, I will eat it reluctantly." I ate it with relish.

With his tricky tongue, he didn't get tired of eating the same dishes over and over again. When he was full, he wiped his mouth solemnly, and taught, "Liu Shao, you have been with me for so long, you should know how to keep your mouth clean." Tighten the zipper, don't let any wind out, and don't try to figure out my thoughts, such as asking who the chef is, don't do such boring things."

This clearly means to find out who the chef is.Liu Shao couldn't help but rolled his eyes. After the meal, he honestly went to inquire about the chef's name and origin.Who knew that this chef seemed to have invisible skills. No one in the Chinese restaurant knew who it was, and he couldn't get an answer when he asked the Western restaurant. It was a hell.

Liu Shao's heart was in his throat. Don't look at Qiu Hanyu's easy-going manner, but in fact he is very swift and decisive in his actions. If a few days of delay can't give him the desired result, this month's promotion will be in vain.

Liu Shao had no choice but to use his personal relationship to investigate, and after this investigation, he found something tricky.

"Mr. Qiu, this chef is called Chen Liang. He is a junior chef who just joined the company. He doesn't seem to get along well with his colleagues, and he hasn't been selected after several draws."

"Hmm..." Qiu Hanyu didn't raise his head, his eyes were fixed on the plan book in his hand. He only frowned when he heard that the relationship between Chen Liang and his colleagues was not good, and then continued to scribble on the plan book. Alter and change, "These places are written in a mess. Is it because the canteen has too little oil and the brain is rusted? Go, take it down and let them rewrite it."

Liu Shao acted according to circumstances, and quickly picked up the plan: "Okay, I'll take it down immediately and let them rectify it."

"Go, go, go!"

Liu Shao left, and the two of them tacitly did not mention Chen Liang's matter from the beginning to the end.

The kitchen of a restaurant is composed of multiple teams. The value of a chef is not only reflected in cooking skills and craftsmanship, but also in the cooperation with the team. If the chef fails to handle basic interpersonal relationships properly, his future That's pretty much it.

Of course, Qiu Hanyu can promote Chen Liang by relying on his power, but as the leader of the company, he must do everything from the perspective of the hotel's development, and such a chef who is not seen by his colleagues and accepted by the team obviously cannot become a chef. The motor driving the development of hotel catering.He didn't ask any more questions, which meant that he would give up paying attention to Chen Liang.

And Liu Shao knew Qiu Hanyu's temper, as long as Qiu Hanyu didn't mention it, he would definitely tighten his lips to prevent a word from leaking out.

Qiu Hanyu has been in the high-pressure environment of business for many years, and he has already trained a brain that can automatically filter useless information. One second he was thinking about the smell of eggplant, and the next second he formatted the existence of this chef.After that, he never mentioned the eggplant thing again, and Liu Shao was so happy that he almost wanted to run around the company to celebrate that he finally had clean ears.

A few days later, at ten o'clock in the evening, the dark corridor was suddenly illuminated by voice-activated lights. Qiu Hanyu walked out of the office with his tired and weak feet. The sound of leather shoes rubbing against the floor was particularly loud in the quiet night.

Liu Shao left early because of family affairs, leaving Qiu Hanyu alone to work overtime.Qiu Hanyu rubbed his frowning brows. Since the internal conflict among shareholders, the company has lost a large number of talents, and the existing human resources can no longer meet the company's development needs. The company once recruited a group of people, but in the end they were able to withstand the huge work pressure and stay. There are very few people.Under such circumstances, working overtime until late at night has become commonplace, and his physical fatigue is increasing day by day. He can't remember the last time he ate at normal time.

He took the elevator to the parking lot on the first floor. The red Porsche seemed to be driving away impatiently, shining brightly. He sat in the car familiarly, locked the doors and windows, and turned the key to start the car. But the car didn't move at all, as if angry with him, and the engine even made a muffled noise in protest.He tried a few more times, but the car still wouldn't move.

"Do you want to play with me like this?" He patted the steering wheel irritably, and habitually took out his mobile phone to call Liu Shao, but suddenly remembered that Liu Shao's family had something to do, and put down the phone angrily.

He scratched his head impatiently, got out of the car and lifted the hood, and saw those messy and criss-crossed lines, his head turned into two big ones, he knew nothing about car repair, where can he go to find a car repair at night of?As he was scratching his head, a man in blue overalls, who looked like a repairman, came into his sight. He seemed to have grabbed hold of a life-saving straw, and waved to the man, "Young man... that's right, I'm calling you , can you repair a car? My car broke down!"