Chapter 164 Return to the Siheyuan (Part 1)

Chapter 164 Return to the Siheyuan (Part 1)

Two months later.

April 20, Guyu.

The third canteen of the steel plant.

Deputy Director Chen came to Xiao Liu and asked:

"Xiao Liu, where is your master? Why haven't you seen him?"

Xiao Liu smiled and replied: "He has something to do today and asked for leave early in the morning."

"This Lao He!"

Deputy Director Chen complained and asked:

"What happened to him? Where did he go?"

Xiao Liu said honestly: "He went fishing outside."

fishing?

That means it’s okay!

Deputy Director Chen urged: "You must know where he is fishing. Call him back quickly. There will be entertainment in the evening."

Xiao Liu smiled and said: "Director, why don't you let me try? I have studied hard with the master for two months, and my level has improved a lot."

Deputy Director Chen laughed and scolded: "Thank you for your words! You have only been studying for two months, and you want to be a chef? Knock you out quickly, you can't even carve a flower, and you don't deserve to be laughed at. Find someone quickly." When your master comes back, I still have something to tell him."

Xiao Liu said "Hey", quickly put down the kitchen knife, took off his apron, and ran outside.

Nearly an hour later.

Chen Tao returned to the steel factory.

He handed a grass carp he caught to Xiao Liu for processing, and then went to Deputy Director Chen's office.

Deputy Director Chen smiled and said:

"Old He, you are back. I have an important reception tonight, from the Red Star Rolling Mill in Beijing. You have to prepare a table for me."

Beijing Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill?

Chen Tao pretended to be curious: "Old Chen, can you tell me who are the people coming over there?"

Deputy Director Chen laughed and said: "You, Mr. He, are you watching people order dishes? Let me tell you, the deputy factory over there is and I heard that he is very good at eating, so I have to ask you, the master chef, to help. Help me deal with him. Don't you want to go back to Beijing? I won't embarrass you. I will introduce you to Deputy Director Li in the evening so that you can have a job as soon as you return... By the way, I will promote you to level four again, so that you can You get paid sixty-three dollars and a half.”

Deputy Director Li?

It should be Li Huaide, a character familiar to Chen Tao.

Chen Tao pretended to be modest: "As the saying goes, no reward comes without merit. If I don't deal with Director Li tonight, then I will definitely not dare to be promoted to level four. It will make people laugh."

Deputy Director Chen laughed and said: "Don't be humble. How high is your level? How can I know? Hurry up and prepare, we are waiting to eat!"

After coming out of the office, Chen Tao returned to the third cafeteria.

Xiao Liu was very clever. He immediately handed over the brewed tea and said with a smile:

"Master, what do you say?"

Chen Tao took a sip and said, "What do you mean? Today, your master, I will use my real skills a little bit, and you can help me. If you don't understand, just ask. Otherwise, after passing this village, there won't be this shop."

Xiao Liu was so happy that snot bubbles almost popped out of his nose:

"Hehehe...Master, you are so kind to me. Come on, let me give you a shoulder squeeze."

If you are a woman, I will let you hammer me. If you are a man, forget it!

"Why are you squeezing your shoulders now?" Chen Tao refused: "Hurry up and prepare the food."

7 p.m.

In the private room reserved for receptions, a group of six people sat down, chatting and laughing.

At this time, wine and six cold dishes were already placed on the table.

Each cold dish is covered with another plate, which is not simple at first glance.

Li Huaide smiled and said: "Old Chen, you are well prepared! Did you find the master from the hotel outside? Let me tell you, forget it this time, but you won't be like this next time. Leaders like us should set an example and not be too big. Eat and drink.”

Deputy Director Chen smiled and said: "Don't worry, Lao Li, the master who cooks is from our steel factory. Our place is not as good as yours in the capital. The conditions are quite limited, so you can't dislike it..."

The more he said this, the more Li Huaide looked forward to it.

When the cover plate was opened, six exquisite cold dishes including Sichuan cuisine's husband and wife's lung slices, Cantonese cuisine's honey-glazed barbecued pork, Soviet-style smoked fish, Shandong cuisine's centipede waist... were presented in front of several people.

Chen Tao specially put some effort into the presentation, making these dishes look beautiful under the light, which directly aroused their aesthetic pleasure.

Major star-rated restaurants in later generations have proved with facts that the last two requirements of "color, fragrance and image" are also indispensable elements in high-end dishes.

Of course, there is also the element of "nurturing" later, which is nutrition.

"Old Chen!"

Li Huaide said in surprise: "This master in your factory is really amazing. I have eaten a lot of good food, but I have never seen anything like these dishes today... Give it to me quickly." Introduce!”

The master of our factory? Alas, it will soon become your factory!

Deputy Director Chen sighed in his heart, but said in a conceited manner:

"Lao Li, let's not be in a hurry. There are still several hot dishes for the chef to make later. When he is almost done, we will invite him over to talk."

Li Huaide nodded: "Okay, let's eat first."

As hot dishes that were both delicious and artistic arrived on the table one after another, Li Huaide was so surprised that he was numb... Could it be that what he was eating tonight was a state banquet?

Not a state banquet.

But it is comparable to or even exceeds the level of the current state banquet.

After eating a nine-turn large intestine that Chen Tao specially preserved the taste, Li Huaide couldn't help but sigh:

“This dish is also amazing, much more delicious than Fengzeyuan!”

Seeing that he had been settled, Deputy Director Chen said to Xiao Liu: "Go and invite your master over."

Xiao Liu responded and quickly went to the kitchen to invite Chen Tao.

Deputy Director Chen also introduced Chen Tao's situation to Li Huaide.

When he heard that Chen Tao was going back to the capital to join his son, Li Huaide immediately slapped the table and expressed his stance:

"Old Chen, you have to help persuade him to come to our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill... No, I will persuade him myself later."

Deputy Factory Director Chen smiled and said: "I'm afraid our persuasion is useless! This old He wants to retire now and let his son take care of him in old age. I'm afraid he won't be willing to work anymore"

"How can this work? Isn't this a waste of talent! No, no, I have to persuade him to change his mind."

Li Huaide is a man who is, firstly, delicious, secondly, lustful, and thirdly, power-hungry.

He is also very "good" at using people. Regardless of whether they are good or bad, as long as they can be used for his own benefit, he dares to use them.

The bad guy Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong, the second uncle who is a fan of government and does everything except good things, are typical representatives.

Therefore, he really doesn't want to miss a talent like Chen Tao who can greatly satisfy his appetite.

Chen Tao’s cooking is so delicious and classy.

Even if it's just ordinary ingredients, he can still be creative and make them look like they won't be able to eat them.

For example, this [boiled cabbage] dish looks like a lotus blooming [unremarkable], but in fact, it took six hours to make this soup.

Another example is Wensi Tofu, which has more than 10,000 tofu shreds cut out of it, as well as various lifelike vegetable carvings... This knife skill is truly an art.

There is also a painting-like arrangement of the dishes, which is simply art itself.

Li Huaide made up his mind to let Chen Tao come to Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill.