Chinese chef

Chapter 53 Door-to-door challenge

53 home challenge

A few days later, Fengze TV's "Fengze Features" hosted by Fei Qixu was broadcast as scheduled.

Although there are a lot of TV programs now, as a local TV station in Fengze City, Fortress TV still has a considerable number of viewers in Fortress.

Of course, most of them are middle-aged and elderly people.

After all, the Internet is so developed now that young people either play games or watch various videos, movies, variety shows and the like online.

However, even if only middle-aged and elderly people were watching, it still brought a large-scale consumption upsurge to Zhonghualou.

After watching the program, many viewers were very interested in the fish balls made by Mu Feng.

So, they all flocked to Zhonghua Building.

At first, neither Shi Nancheng nor Mu Feng expected this situation.

They knew that being on the show would attract some viewers to come to Zhonghua Building for dinner.

It's just that they didn't expect so many people to come. On the second night of the program's broadcast, Zhonghualou ushered in its first consumption peak.

That night, people came to Zhonghua Building one after another, and when they entered the door, they said they wanted to eat fish balls.

Although Mu Feng was well prepared, he taught the chefs in Zhonghua Building how to make fish balls in advance.

However, because there were not enough fish balls prepared that night, it would take too much effort to chop them fresh.

As a result, nearly half of the guests did not eat fish balls in the end.

On the second day, in view of the situation last night, Shi Nancheng asked people to prepare a large amount of fish balls in advance for customers to eat.

At noon and evening, the diners who came rushing for the fish balls flocked to it.

Seeing that the diners liked fish balls so much, Mu Feng simply put down other dishes for the time being, and instead concentrated on the fish balls and worked hard on it.

For three days in a row, he launched [Boiled Fish Ball], [Curry Fish Ball], [Spicy Pot Fish Ball], [Tomato Fish Ball Soup], [Kelp Tofu Fish Ball Soup], [Curry Fish Ball Soup] Eight fish ball dishes, such as fish balls, vinegar fish balls, and braised fish balls.

It can be said that even if you only eat fish balls, you can get a table-top dish.

Since then, Zhonghualou's fish balls have become an instant hit. Since the backbone was lost 13 years ago and it has fallen into the common world since then, Zhonghualou has a famous dish for the first time!

During that time, it lasted almost a month. All the guests who dined at Zhonghua Restaurant must order fish balls in all likelihood.

The click-through rate of all kinds of fish ball dishes accounted for more than [-]% of the click-through rate of all dishes in Zhonghua Building.

Moreover, because of Mu Feng's high requirements and careful teaching, and the fact that the chefs in the back kitchen dealt with fish balls almost every day, their skill in making fish balls was increasing day by day.

As a result, some diners with sharp tongues found that if they went to Zhonghua Restaurant to eat fish balls every four or five days, they would find that the quality of the fish balls had improved again.

Of course, such discerning eaters are a minority.

As for most people, there is only one comment on Zhonghua Lou's fish balls from the beginning to the end: delicious!

The side of the Zhonghua Building is full of joy, while the side of the Fuxing Restaurant is covered with dark clouds.

However, this dark cloud has only shrouded one person from beginning to end, and that is Zou Chengming.

Ever since the show was broadcast that day, the entire kitchen of Fu Xing knew that Zou Chengming was defeated by Fu Xing's abandoned disciples.

What's more, it's still the kind of overwhelming defeat that is very ugly.

Although Mu Feng left by himself at the beginning, in the eyes of Fu Xing, Mu Feng was tantamount to being abandoned.

Therefore, they always thought that Mu Feng was a poor cook.

Just imagine, a lucky star's super chef was actually defeated by a lucky star's abandonment, it sounds too weird.

As a result, everyone in the back kitchen talked about it.

If there are too many people, there will be all kinds of explanations.

Some thought that Zou Chengming had an empty name, while others thought that Mu Feng must have played some tricks.

Of course, there are also some clear-headed people who can see and accept that Mu Feng's strength has become very strong, and he has indeed crushed Zou Chengming.

However, there are only a few people who have this idea after all.

For most people, admitting that Mu Feng's culinary skills have improved by leaps and bounds in just a few months is far less comforting than believing that Zou Chengming's strength is not that great.

Especially for those who were junior cooks like Mu Feng a few months ago, and are still junior cooks a few months later.

It was really hard for them to accept that a person who was originally of the same strength as them actually surpassed them by far in such a short period of time.

Although, when everyone in the back kitchen was talking about this matter, Pan Deming personally went to the back kitchen to affirm Zou Chengming's strength, and told everyone not to discuss this matter again.

However, the fact that the kitchen staff didn't mention it didn't mean that Zou Chengming felt better.

He felt aggrieved, and when he saw someone talking in a low voice, he always felt that they were talking about him.

With the accumulation of such day-to-day pressure, one can imagine how depressed Zou Chengming was.

Until that day, when Zou Chengming was working in the kitchen, a waiter suddenly came to him with a pot of fish ball soup.

"Master Zou, the customer said that your fish balls are not chewy enough, so they have to return the dishes and make them again." The waiter said.

As a result, perhaps Zou Chengming's recent pressure was too great.

In a trance, he seemed to notice the strange eyes of others.

Especially the waiter who came to tell him that he wanted to return the food and make it again, he always felt that there was a little disdain in the waiter's eyes.

"Refund for what?! Isn't my cooking delicious?!" Zou Chengming shouted.

Then, he slammed the kitchen knife in his hand into the cutting board, turned around and left.

Only one sentence was left: "Haidong, please help me ask for leave from Chef Yan, I'm not feeling well!"

Seeing this situation, the people who were close were stunned, not knowing what happened, they looked at the waiter and Ning Haidong one after another.

Ning Haidong also had a dazed face, looking at the waiter suspiciously.

The waiter's face turned green, the corners of his mouth twitched twice, and he said to Ning Haidong with a very embarrassed expression: "It's none of my business! The customer said he wanted to return the food and make it again. This, Mr. Zou, this... ...."

After hearing this, Ning Haidong knew exactly what was going on.

His master, Zou Chengming, has been under a lot of pressure since he lost to Mufeng of Zhonghualou, so he inevitably became more sensitive.

In the past, even if one or two picky guests occasionally said that they wanted to return the dishes and make them again, his master would at most mumble a few words, and he would definitely not get so angry.

But now...

Hey... When the guest said this now, it felt like stabbing his master's heart with a knife.

"Okay, it's fine, let me do it!" Ning Haidong comforted the waiter.

----

After the angry Zou Chengming left Fuxing Restaurant, he went straight to Zhonghua Building.

Now his mind is full of Mu Feng's shadow, he really can't stand it anymore.

He was going to challenge Mu Feng and get back the lost dignity.

Of course, this time he was careful and didn't tell Fu Xing's people.

Instead, he single-handedly went to the Zhonghua Building to confront Mu Feng.

If you win, then you can take a picture with your mobile phone and show it to the Fuxing back kitchen.

If in case it fails...

No chance, I will definitely defeat him!

I still don't believe it, he can beat me with handmade dishes?

Zou Chengming is full of confidence.

----

The gate of Zhonghua Building.

Zou Chengming took a deep breath, and then walked straight into the Zhonghua Building.

He walked all the way to the lobby, grabbed the arm of a waiter, and asked, "Where is Mu Feng?"

"Master Mu hasn't come yet." The waiter asked with a smile, "May I ask what you can do with Master Mu?"

"Didn't come?" Zou Chengming narrowed his eyes, "Have someone call him immediately and ask him to come to Zhonghua Building."

"Well, sir, the dishes made by the other chefs in our Zhonghua Building are also delicious." The waiter still said with a smile on his face, "Why don't you try it?"

"What are you trying? I'm not here for dinner!" Zou Chengming said coldly, "Hurry up, get someone to call Mu Feng."

"Sir, if you are here for dinner, then Zhonghua Building welcomes you very much, but if you are here to make trouble, I'm sorry, I have to ask you out."

A crisp female voice came, and the waiter looked back, and immediately nodded in greeting: "Sister Yun."

"You go down first!" said the woman who was called Sister Yun by the waiter.

Her name is Lu Yun, and she is the foreman of the Zhonghua Building.

"Who are you?" Zou Chengming looked at her coldly.

"Hello, sir, I am the foreman of Zhonghua Building, and my name is Lu Yun." Lu Yun said neither humble nor overbearing, "Sir, our Zhonghua Building has always been customer-oriented when we open our doors. Make trouble, then we have no choice but to apologize!"

"I'm not here to make trouble, I'm here to find Mu Feng." Zou Chengming said.

"May I ask what you can do with our Master Mu?" Lu Yun asked, thinking to himself, why does this person look familiar?Where are you looking?

"I want to challenge him!" Zou Chengming said firmly.

Lu Yun was taken aback after hearing this: "Challenge? Are you also a chef?"

"Of course, I am..." Zou Chengming originally wanted to say that he was a special chef of Fuxing Restaurant, but he swallowed the words again.

Before the situation is clear and the outcome is not yet decided, he does not intend to let too many people know his identity.

However, after all, he underestimated the influence of Fengze TV's "Fengze Features" program.

"You are Zou Chengming?!" Lu Yun suddenly woke up. No wonder she felt that this person was inexplicably familiar just now, but she couldn't remember it.

Just now, when Zou Chengming said that he was a chef, she suddenly remembered, isn't this the chef of the Fuxing Restaurant who was defeated by Master Mu in the show?

When Zou Chengming saw that the other party recognized him, the expression on his face froze suddenly.

"It turned out to be Master Zou from Fuxing Restaurant. I'm really sorry, I didn't recognize him just now." Lu Yun said with a smile.

She has a very good professionalism and always treats her guests with respect.

But even though Lu Yun did not show any disrespect to Zou Chengming in terms of his demeanor or tone, Zou Chengming was too sensitive. He always felt that after Lu Yun knew his identity, his attitude towards him became a bit weird .

"Okay, you call Mu Feng to Zhonghua Building, I want to challenge him! Last time he was just lucky!" Zou Chengming said.

"Oh, it's a good luck to be able to score [-] to [-]. It seems that our Zhonghua Building's luck is really good!"

Shi Nancheng's voice came suddenly, and Lu Yun immediately turned to greet him.

"Master Zou, how are you doing?" Shi Nancheng said with a smile.

"I just underestimated the enemy that day!" Zou Chengming said coldly.

"Well, Master Zou is not an enemy. Those who don't know think you are the one we invited! There was no suspense in the match, it was one-sided! Sometimes I wonder if Master Zou thinks that Fu Xing is not good enough!" Well, I want to come to our Zhonghua Building, so I specially gave us such a big gift." Shi Nancheng said with a smile, his tone was full of sarcasm.

Lu Yun is his subordinate and the foreman of Zhonghua Building, so he can't speak like this, and he can't show any strange emotions to any guests.

But he didn't care, anyway, he had been at odds with Fuxing Restaurant for more than a day or two, so naturally he would say whatever he had.

Moreover, it is not meal time, and there is not a single guest in the Zhonghua Building.

It would be a pleasure if it could make Fuxing's people feel a little bit embarrassed.

"I'm not talking nonsense, I'm here to find Mu Feng, you tell him to come to Zhonghua Building immediately!" Zou Chengming said.

"Okay, I'll go back to the office and call him now." Shi Nancheng looked at him and nodded, with an inexplicable smile on his face.

----

On the other side, Mu Feng is currently making braised pork in Suji using the master braised cooking technique that he just learned from the system last night.

For the past two weeks, Mu Feng has been studying the cooking method of braised dishes.

I don't know if it was because he was so absorbed during the day that when he was dreaming at night, Mu Feng was also studying braised vegetables in his dream.

Then, just last night, something happened.

I don't know if talking in sleep has affected the system.

He dreamed that he was getting a new master cooking technique from the system.

And this master-level cooking technique actually includes the braised cooking technique that he has studied for a long time.

When he came to Suji in the morning and planned to continue researching braised dishes, countless information and experiences about braised dishes instantly flooded his mind.

Roasting consists of two cooking methods: braised in brown sauce and dry roasted.

Cooking generally refers to changing the ingredients, according to different varieties, some are oiled, some are blanched with water, and then the auxiliary ingredients are added to the pot, seasoning, soup and main ingredients are added, and the spoon is thickened to a certain extent.

Braised in soy sauce is a food that is fried with sugar or added with dark soy sauce, soy sauce, or soy sauce to make it ruddy in color;

......

[Cooking·Master Level] Obtained!

Puzzled, Mu Feng asked the system, and learned that he was so obsessed with stewed dishes recently that he dreamed of braised dishes at night, so the system recommended suitable cooking techniques according to his wishes.

And just when he was dreaming, he accidentally talked in his sleep and opened the treasure chest.

"You really are a clever little ghost!" Mu Feng couldn't help laughing after knowing the reason of the matter.

Now that he has obtained the master-level braised cooking technique, he naturally wants to try it out quickly.

Just when he was finishing the braised pork, he received a call from Shi Nancheng.

"Zou Chengming went to Zhonghua Building to find me?" Mu Feng was taken aback after hearing Shi Nancheng's words.

"Yeah, I was unwilling to lose last time, and I guess I want to get back on the field this time. What do you think? Do you want to fight? Although Zou Chengming lost to you in making fish balls last time, his cooking skills are not weak , I guess he wants to compare other dishes with you this time." Shi Nancheng said.

Although Shi Nancheng is very confident in Mu Feng's cooking skills, he still wants to hear Mu Feng's opinion on whether to take up the challenge.

"Since he came to the door, wouldn't it be timid if he refused to fight? It will affect the reputation of China Building." Mu Feng said.

"This should not be the case. He came alone today. I think it must be because he lost too hard on the show last time, so I have lingering fears. Not many people know about this challenge." Shi Nancheng said with a smile.

"Go alone? Is he challenging me on behalf of an individual?" Mu Feng asked suspiciously.

"If he loses, he represents the individual. If he wins, he represents the Fuxing Restaurant. This matter must be Pan Deming's idea for him! Hehe, he can attack when he advances, and he can defend when he retreats. This old fox is really impeccable in his work." Shi Nancheng laughed.

"Wait for me, I'll go over now!" Mu Feng said.

"I'll pick you up!" Shi Nancheng said.

"No need! I'll just take a taxi. That's it, see you later." After Mu Feng finished speaking, he picked up a piece of freshly made braised pork and tried it.

Well, fat but not greasy, I can teach them this dish in the afternoon.

----

Soon, Mu Feng came to Zhonghua Building.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Zou Chengming sitting at a table near the door in the lobby.

"Master Zou, how are you?" Mu Feng greeted with a smile.

"..." Zou Chengming looked at him, his face was as cold as ice.

He is very sensitive to other people, let alone Mu Feng, the culprit.

No matter how kind Mu Feng's attitude was, he still felt that the other party had malicious intentions.

"Stop talking so much nonsense, let's compete right away!" Zou Chengming stood up and said.

"Okay!" Mu Feng nodded indifferently, "Tell me! What do you want to compare?"

"Let's compare the dishes, and we will make two dishes of braised pig's trotters and braised catfish. Make five servings of each dish, and let the diners taste and vote." Zou Chengming said.

Mu Feng's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he immediately felt that Zou Chengming was simply too cute.

This is myself trying to hit the muzzle of the gun abruptly!

To be honest, if Zou Chengming wanted to compete with him on grilled dishes or dishes, he really wasn't sure.

But this stewed dish, let’s not talk about the master-level cooking skills obtained from the system last night. It’s just that he has been studying braised dishes for the past few days. Even with his own cooking skills, he has the confidence to follow Zou Chengming played the first game.

Zou Chengming looked at the expression on Mu Feng's face, and his heart skipped a beat. Damn, could he be better at cooking than me?

But as soon as the idea came up, he interrupted it.

impossible!

He also once doubted whether Mu Feng had concealed his strength when he went to Fuxing Restaurant.

For this reason, he privately asked Ning Haidong to ask those people who were closer to Mu Feng in Fu Xing at that time.

Finally, I learned that Mu Feng was indeed only a junior chef a few months ago.

Since Mu Feng is not hiding his strength, then there is nothing to worry about.

Fish balls can rely on recipes, cooking must depend on the heat!

Without real strength, you will definitely not be able to pass the level of fire!

Besides fish balls, cooking is his best dish.

He absolutely did not believe that Mu Feng, a bastard, could beat him in cooking.

This kid must be playing tricks!

Zou Chengming looked at Mu Feng and sneered.

Now that the battle invitation has been posted, Mu Feng accepted the challenge calmly.

The two immediately came to the kitchen.

The chefs in the kitchen were taken aback when they saw Mu Feng and Zou Chengming.

When they heard that the two were going to confront each other, everyone in the back kitchen immediately became excited.

Zou Chengming didn't know if the shadow was too great, but before the game was about to start, he suddenly made a request to Shi Nancheng.

"Boss Shi, please ask everyone in the back kitchen to turn in their mobile phones. Taking pictures and videos is not allowed in this competition!" Zou Chengming said.

"..." Shi Nancheng was taken aback, this guy is really...

I don't know whether to say that he is careful or that he is good at things.

Helpless, Shi Nancheng had no choice but to ask everyone to turn in their mobile phones.

Although everyone in the back kitchen was cursing, they had to agree to hand over their mobile phones in order to watch the game.

When everything was ready, the two began to clean the ingredients.

Originally, some staff members wanted to help, but Zou Chengming insisted that both sides of the competition must handle the ingredients themselves in order to avoid manipulation of the ingredients.

This can't be blamed on Zou Chengming's meddling. After all, this is Zhonghua Building, and he is playing away. In addition, he was defeated by Mu Feng before, so he must be more careful.

After the ingredients were cleaned up, the two began to cook.

At this time, it was almost 11:30 in the morning, and guests began to come to eat one after another.

The first thing the two want to do is [Braised Pork Trotter].

Mu Feng picked up the pig's trotter, cut it in the middle, and then used a chopping knife to chop into pieces 3 cm long and 4 cm wide.

Next, wash the onion, ginger, garlic and parsley, and chop them for later use.

Then, take the pot and add water, put the pig's trotters in after the water boils, skim off the foam, blanch all the blood, cover the pot and turn to low heat to cook for 10 minutes, remove and drain for later use.

Immediately afterwards, put oil in the pot, wait until the oil is heated to 7% heat, add onion, ginger, garlic and aniseed ingredients, and sauté over high heat.

Then add the blanched trotters, oil consumption, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, sauce tofu juice, cooking wine, chicken essence, pepper, sugar and stir fry over high heat.

After stirring, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, cover the pot, turn to low heat and start to simmer.

This stew lasted for 40 minutes, because there were five servings to be made, Mu Feng repeated the previous steps to make the other four servings [Braised Pork Trotter].

Mu Feng's side did very well, and Zou Chengming's side was no different.

The two quickly prepared five pork trotters, and only waited for the stewing time to proceed to the last step.

As time goes on, the aroma of pig's trotters begins to diffuse.

The number of diners in Zhonghua Building gradually increased, and everyone in the back kitchen became busy. Although they were very curious about Mu Feng and Zou Chengming's pig's trotters, they didn't have time to watch them.

Finally, the pig's trotters were cooked, and Mu Feng and Zou Chengming immediately went to the last step, using high heat to collect the juice, and when the soup became thick, they immediately turned off the fire.

A portion of [Braised Pig's Trotter] was brought out.

Soon, the voting results were sent back to the back kitchen.

Mu Feng won, and the situation was still overwhelming.

Zou Chengming didn't believe it at first, but after he tasted a piece of pig's trotter that Mu Feng specially reserved for him, he had to admit that he had lost this dish.

However, although his confidence has begun to waver, he still does not give up.

So, the two continued to cook the second course.

The second dish is 【Braised Catfish】.

The two immediately began to prepare the ingredients.

However, when it was time to start cooking, Mu Feng suddenly discovered a problem.

This [Braised Catfish in Braised Fish] uses the dry cooking method, and for some reason, he only has basic information about the dry cooking method, but he has no experience.

In other words, Mu Feng knew how to cook this [Braised Catfish], but he had never done it before!

The system didn't give him any experience in cooking this dish, only dry information.

Mu Feng had never encountered such a weird thing before, and he suddenly felt a little dazed.