Chapter 1988 One Person Is Better than the Chef Team
Yuan Zhou looked around and saw that the preparation kitchen was very large. In terms of area, it was much larger than the kitchen in the God of Cooking store. It could be used by a team of more than 20 chefs.
Such a feast requires a professional team. In addition to the head chef, there are also second chefs, cooks, cutting boards, serving dishes, water tables, etc.
The chopping board also has a first anvil and a second anvil, and there are even large and small workers on it, not to mention the lotus and the king of lotus. If you need noodles or cold dishes, they must be listed separately.
Of course, the above mentioned are traditional large-scale banquet teams. If Yuan Zhou is here, it will be a different story.
"It looks okay." Yuan Zhou inspected and found that the sink, kitchen utensils, and other corners were all clean. They should have been carefully taken care of in advance.
"That's not bad." Yuanzhou said, picking up the snow-white towel placed on the table, running the water over it and cleaning the entire kitchen carefully again.
While Yuan Zhou was cleaning, Cheng Zhaomei was picked up by Xiao Gu. Xiao Gu and Xiao Ding were guarding the door. He went in by himself. This was the rule.
"Master, let me help you." Cheng Zhaomei said immediately when she saw Yuan Zhou cleaning the house when she entered.
When it came to cleaning, Su Ruoyan, Zhou Jia and the others gained experience while following me in the store.
"Let's go together and be careful." Yuan Zhou agreed.
Cheng Zhaomei can help with this small matter. Of course, the main battlefield at the kitchen stove must be done by Yuan Zhou himself, which means that the kitchen counter next to it is assigned to Cheng Zhaomei.
"I understand, master." Technician Cheng agreed calmly.
After cleaning, the next step was to prepare the dishes. Cheng Zhaomei was no longer available. Yuanzhou used his own initiative. Whether it was garnishing the dishes or making the salad, he always did it himself.
The banquet started with four cold dishes. Yuanzhou prepared two meat and two vegetarian dishes. The theme of the banquet was "Spicy Fresh Pot".
It's not the spicy fresh pot dish in Jianghu cuisine. "Xiang" refers to spices, "spicy" means slightly spicy, "fresh" refers to fresh crabs, and "pot" refers to the cooking method.
Remember, Wei Wei Spicy is the Chongqing style Wei Wei Spicy, not Wei Wei Spicy in any other sense.
The full theme of the banquet menu is "Spicy Fresh Pot, All-Inclusive Welcome". Yuanzhou focuses on Cantonese and Sichuan cuisine, mixed with other cuisines, and the techniques and dishes include at least five cuisine techniques. This is All-Inclusive.
The suffix of "Welcome" is certain. It is the first time for the Prime Minister of Singapore to come to Chengdu. There is no more appropriate theme than this.
As for the specific dishes, they are based on Singaporean cuisine, and a detailed menu is formulated based on the rules of taboos.
For example, the first dish in the cold dish, "Blessed Hands Full of Heaven and Earth", is based on the sweet sauce pork trotters in Singaporean cuisine, using the Cantonese style of white-sliced pork trotters with ginger and ginger. With the current height of Yuanzhou's Cantonese cooking skills, It’s also done differently than ordinary ones.
"With regard to the exquisiteness and speed of the master's cooking, I probably won't be able to keep up with it in this life. I'd better think about whether I can have more hands in my next life." Cheng Zhaomei said with emotion while watching without blinking.
Yuanzhou was busy preparing the ingredients for lunch and started cooking the first dish. Accompanied by his entourage, the Prime Minister had almost finished the tour and planned to come to the hotel for dinner.
"Tang Le, are you sure the dish for lunch today was prepared by that Yuan chef?" Li Yanhua was sitting in the car, and now everyone around him was in a more relaxed state.
The two of them have a good personal relationship, so they can facilitate this trip to Chengdu and be able to accompany him. Otherwise, they would just wait in the hotel like everyone else.
"You're sure that's right. The documents have been sent and the meal arrangements have been finalized," Tangler said.
"Although I have asked it many times, I still can't help but ask, is it really that delicious? I have seen photos.
Chef Yuan seems to be too young. "Li Yanhua said.
At a young age, he is better than Chef Opello, and he will be even better in the future.
"What the master said himself should be correct," Tangler said seriously.
"Opero is the number one person in cooking in our country." Li Yanhua said halfway, but didn't say the rest. Tangler knew what it meant, but he couldn't speak anymore.
Welcoming the Prime Minister should not be careless. A red carpet was laid out and flower pots were placed at the entrance of the hotel. The corresponding leaders were busy, and after a period of professional reception, the Prime Minister and his entourage were allowed into the dining room.
After serving tea and chatting for a while, it was time to serve the food.
"Tap tap tap tap"
A group of beautiful beauties in cheongsams walked from the corridor to the kitchen carrying trays, intending to serve the dishes.
"Dong dong dong"
Xiao Ding knocked on the door first, and then said loudly: "It's time for Chef Yuan to serve."
"Shua"
The door was opened all of a sudden, revealing Cheng Zhaomei's serious face. She looked around and saw the team of waiters who opened the door and said, "The cold dishes for the first dish are all here. Come and serve them."
Yuanzhou received the notice that a total of five tables had been prepared, and twenty cold dishes needed to be prepared. Of course, they were repeated 4×5, which can only be said to be a lot.
At this time, they are all neatly placed on the counter over there, and Yuan Zhou is also preparing hot dishes in an orderly manner, so as to ensure the best taste.
Upon hearing Cheng Zhaomei's greeting, a group of people immediately came in, put the dishes on trays and carried them out.
The allocation of one person per table is very reasonable.
The chat at the main table also stopped, mainly because it was too fragrant. Logically speaking, since it is a cold dish, it must not have that much fragrance, but that is logical, and hanging on the wall is always unreasonable.
After these four cold dishes occupied the four corners of the table, a distinct aroma penetrated directly into people's nostrils, which was difficult to ignore.
"Premier Li, welcome to Chengdu. I don't know if this reception banquet is to your taste, but I hope you don't mind." The leader, Song, began to speak about the scene.
Leader Song has definitely seen strong winds and waves. Facing the aroma of delicious food, he can still finish the scene in an orderly manner.
Of course, this may also be related to the fact that the hot dishes haven't been served yet.
"Minister Song is polite. It's already nearby, so it's good to come and go often. There's no need to deliberately entertain." Li Yanhua is also a good talker.
Then after some business exchanges, the chopsticks started to move.
The white-cut pork trotters with Shajiang look very eye-catching. After all, the pork trotters are large and the bones are very large, so most people see it at first sight.
"The fragrance is fragrant, but it's just a bit inelegant. It's too much to chew the bones in front of everyone. Why didn't you think of this when deciding on the menu?" Leader Song thought to himself.
But the smell kept tempting him, so he reached out and put a piece into the bowl. He had also participated in the Asia-Pacific Exchange Conference before, and he knew Yuan Zhou's craftsmanship. Indecent and not eating were definitely two different things.
Li Yanhua followed closely and also had pork knuckles because he liked eating the sweet sauce pork knuckles made by Opello and wanted to taste the difference between the white ones and the thick oily red sauce ones he ate.
"Crack"
After putting it on the plate, Li Yanhua poked it habitually, hoping to insert it into the chopsticks so it would taste better, and then he witnessed a miracle.
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