At 5:30 in the evening, Tang Court Restaurant under Langham.
After Roger introduced him all the way, Chen Dongcheng realized that Tangge at this time was far less energetic than it would be a few years later.
The current Tang Pavilion is just a name change from the sister restaurant Ming Pavilion.
According to Roger, executive chef Su Weiqing specially asked Cantonese cuisine master Kwong Weiqiang for some tips on his specialty dishes.
Chen Dongcheng doesn't know whether Su Weiqing is powerful or not.
But Kwong Weiqiang's reputation is as good as that of Chen Dongcheng.
The Langham in Shanghai has no plans to achieve three Michelin stars.
Chen Dongcheng remembers that in 2015, Langham sent the then chef Tan Shiye to learn from Kwong Weiqiang.
Basically, chefs who can be compared to the master of Cantonese cuisine, Kwong Weiqiang, have basically the same skills.
Walking into the restaurant, the design of the restaurant is elegant and grand. You can see the Langham Group's intentions for Tang Court. It can be said that the only thing missing now is a potential chef.
"Mr. Chen, please come with me."
As soon as the waiter at the door saw Roger, he immediately realized that this was the most important guest of Tang Pavilion today.
Chen Dongcheng and Zhang Lu were led to a private room by the waiter.
Today's Tang Pavilion is not very popular, and it is far from the point where you will have to make an appointment in a few years.
The waiter brought the menu, and Chen Dongcheng took a look at the menu. Fortunately, some of the signature dishes in the future can now be seen.
Stir-fried lobster with three green onions, as the signature of Tang Pavilion, is displayed at the front.
The price of 1,500 per serving is a bit expensive, but worth a try.
For a signature dish like this, chefs usually pay special attention to avoid ruining their signature dishes.
The swan is crispy and has a beautiful and elegant shape.
The crystal shrimp dumplings are plump and chewy, and I feel very appetizing just looking at the pictures on the menu.
The golden shrimp balls and fried wagyu beef with chives are both Tang Court's gold medal-winning dishes, so they look like they should be reliable.
The rest was all up to the waiter's recommendation, and the waiter recommended a few dishes.
“As for wine, this is the 10-year-old Penfolds Grange.”
The waiter confirms all the dishes and places the order.
The drinks at Tang Ge are definitely more expensive than outside, but at least they can be authentic.
After a day of shopping, my physical strength has been almost exhausted, and now my appetite is working up.
Tang Ge's dishes have actually been criticized. The biggest reason is that the executive chef rarely does it.
So now that Chen Dongcheng wants to come to a restaurant to eat, he should book a suite first, so that he can at least ensure that the quality of the dishes will not be too low.
After the sommelier sobered up the red wine, he poured it into the wine glasses in front of them.
Chen Dongcheng took a sniff and found that Penfolds' red wine was very deep in color and had the aroma of blackberries, plus a bit of dark chocolate and leather.
"Try it and see."
Chen Dongcheng signaled to Zhang Lu.
Zhang Lu held the wine glass with some discomfort and took a sip.
The eyes immediately wrinkled together, and then slowly opened again.
“It’s okay, it’s a bit strong and has some oak flavor.”
Zhang Lu thought for a long time and gave an answer.
"Not bad."
Chen Dong took a bite of the finished product and felt that Zhang Lu's judgment was quite accurate.
The sommelier poured the wine at a moderate speed. He might have drank some red wine, but a blush appeared on Zhang Lu's originally white neck.
A pure face can arouse a man's desire for protection.
He has a hot figure, but he still looks like a little fairy.
Zhang Lu was not shy either and generously allowed Chen Dongcheng to admire her.
Lover, this is not what it should be.
Zhang Lu also plans to go back and learn from those senior sisters to see how to serve men happiest.
The fried lobster with three onions was presented, and the waiter introduced the production process.
This dish requires directly cutting the body of the Australian dragon weighing more than two kilograms into large pieces, sauteing the onions, green onions, and dried scallions until fragrant, then adding the lobster pieces and stir-frying, and finally coating it with sauce before serving.
I can't tell you the color, but the taste...
Maybe it was because my expectations were too high before, but now I feel a little disappointed when I taste it. I will give this signature dish seven points at most.
His brows wrinkled slightly, then gradually relaxed.
Chen Dongcheng thought that he must go to Hong Kong once he had the opportunity to try the authentic three-onion fried lobster at Tang Pavilion there.
This Su Weiqing is just a superficial learner.
Cantonese cuisine is so extensive and profound that even the future chef Tan Shiye had to learn it for several months before he managed to learn some real skills.
After a meal is finished, if it is very full, Chen Dongcheng will give it six points at most.
Of course, as a distinguished guest in the Chairman's Suite, Su Weiqing also came to show up and exchange greetings with each other.
Tangge itself is not very popular right now, so Su Weiqing had nothing to do, so he just came to give Chen Dongcheng some face.
Originally planning to say a few words and leave, Chen Dongcheng suddenly asked: "Chef Su, I would like to meet your assistant. Isn't it convenient?"
"no problem."
Although Su Weiqing was confused, he still called a few assistants to save face.
Chen Dongcheng just wanted to replicate his Cantonese cooking skills and show off his skills to Zhuang Manting and Song Meng.
Although Su Weiqing's cooking skills are mediocre, his Cantonese cooking skills are also expert.
Expert-level cooking skills are quite expensive according to game reviews, with the lowest ones costing more than 10 million.
"These three are my assistants. Generally, they are responsible for the customers' dishes."
Su Weiqing praised Chen Dongcheng in a very subtle way.
But this is normal. Domestic chefs are different from foreign chefs.
They usually just put on a show, unlike foreign chefs who open their own restaurants and have different attitudes.
Chen Dongcheng observed that the cooking skills of the three of them were all at the expert level, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, Su Weiqing's cooking skills are only expert level (11%). If there is an assistant who is better than him, he won't have to mess around.
Among them, the skills of the assistant with the highest level of cooking skills have been reproduced in the game.
Character:Ren Hui
Skill: Cooking Expert (40%)
Chen Dongcheng calculated a little and found that he only needed to spend 2 million to acquire master-level cooking skills.
"Master Ren, you know how to cook gold medal dishes like fried lobster with three onions, right?"
Chen Dongcheng smiled and shook hands with Ren Hui, as if greeting a friend.
"Mr. Chen, these are the restaurant's signature dishes. We three senior brothers usually make them."
Ren Hui is thin, but his eyes are still very energetic.
"That's good. I'm sorry to trouble you three to come here."
Chen Dongcheng thanked him politely.
Ren Hui quickly shook his head: "You are a VIP of the Langham Hotel, and naturally a VIP of Tang Pavilion. We will be on standby 24 hours a day, waiting for your instructions."
Chen Dongcheng nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."
If the meal bill is counted as a service fee, the meal cost 17,000.
Returning to the suite upstairs, Chen Dongcheng looked at his skill classification, and it was the first time that master-level skills appeared.
Just spend two million to get this master-level skill.
Chen Dongcheng was actually more coveted by Su Weiqing's expert cooking skills, but he didn't have enough money, so he could only think about it.
In fact, master-level cooking skills are rare, and most housewives’ cooking skills are at the entry-level.
Assistants like Ren Hui and others can only acquire expert-level abilities after several years of training.
Chen Dongcheng just spent some money and got it, which is really abnormal.