He handed the specially prepared sweet and sour sauce to the chef. The middle-aged man ordered some of it with a spoon and poured it on top of the sweet and sour pork ribs in the pot, firmly locking the delicious and sweet aroma on the hot pork ribs.
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This was the last dish before closing today, and it ended perfectly, thanks to Xiang Feng’s able assistance.
The young man has a clean shaven head. Although his facial features are not handsome, he is very energetic. He looks clean and fresh in a chef's uniform. He wears a chef's hat and shuttles between the stoves. He flies through the ingredients with quick and skillful movements.
The silver light of the kitchen knife gleams, and the slices, sections, and dices are all made with precision and perfection. The only drawback is that although he is busy in the kitchen, you can never see him holding a spoon and turning a pot.
Xiang Feng is the new chef assistant in this restaurant. He has worked his way up from a trainee chef to this position, and his skills and personality are both impeccable.
But everyone knows in their heart that no matter how hard he tries, he will never be able to climb to the position of chef, let alone replace him.
But the strength of this young man is obvious to all. Not only did he correct all the problems in the cooking process of all the dishes in the restaurant in just one month, he also made finishing innovations on some traditional signature dishes.
While retaining traditional craftsmanship, it can improve the taste and appearance to a higher level. It is a rare success.
Not to mention that Xiang Feng is an easy-going and cheerful person. He can chat with others wherever he goes. From the cleaning aunt to the restaurant owner, there is no one who doesn’t praise him full of praise, and his honest and responsible temperament has also won many people over.
of goodwill.
It can be said that Xiang Feng is a very lovable person both as a person and as a cook.
But this is a restaurant, a society where people are unpredictable, and it is not a place where strength is respected - here, only profit comes first, and whoever has the most money is the boss.
The reason why this kind of private restaurant cannot be opened large is that it often has its own uniqueness in craftsmanship and recipes. It is also because of this that family inheritance is particularly important. The food in chain stores is certainly delicious, but real gourmets
How can gourmets and gourmets look at dishes that rely on simple and quick cooking and brewing?
Good chefs look down on chain fast food, but they are unwilling to lower their stature to serve customers who just want to fill their stomachs. Even the more narrow concept of heirloom skills has caused some good recipes and techniques to be lost.
In the final analysis, real food is still the battlefield of craftsmen, and outsiders like Xiang Feng, even if they are good at it, will not be able to squeeze into the core of the operation built on blood, let alone the chef's unwillingness to put the most refined skills into practice.
If some of them are passed on to you, you will not be able to behave well because of their exclusion!
What's more, their head chef here is notoriously jealous and his skills are mediocre, but his temperament that can't tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes is very clear. For a young and promising chef like Xiang Feng, wouldn't he just be like this?
A thorn in the flesh?
The sous chef admires Xiang Feng very much. Such an enthusiastic and capable young man, his accomplishments and novel ideas in cooking at such a young age are not inferior to those of veteran chefs who have been in the industry for many years. Unfortunately, like Xiang Feng, he can only do so despite his hard work.
We can only go so far. Who said that the chef's relatives are investors in the restaurant? Moreover, the recipes of several signature dishes are in the hands of the chef. Xiang Feng also intended to improve them before, but was scolded back in disgrace.
The chef said it very realistically——
"This is Shanghai! A place where chefs with all kinds of delicious food gather together! It's not your backyard kitchen, let alone a laboratory for your kid's ridiculous ideas! Can you afford the risk of arbitrarily improving the taste? How dare you point it out in the kitchen when you don't understand anything?
Guidance, I think you, a country boy, should go back to your hometown and cook your home-cooked meals! This is not a place for you! It is not a place that tolerates your disorderly behavior!"
Xiang Feng originally had a cheerful personality, and after being "taught" by the head chef like this, he didn't dare to say anything more. However, he was still a very enthusiastic person in private, unlike the sarcastic head chef who could
He would do whatever he could to help him, which made the employees in the restaurant more sympathetic to his plight.
What a good young man! He is kind-hearted and enthusiastic. Although his cooking skills have not been fully demonstrated, it can be seen that he has a strong foundation. It is a pity that he works here... To put it bluntly, as long as the restaurant's management rights and the inherited recipes are still
In the hands of the head chef, no one can touch him. Do you think the sous chef has survived for so many years and is he able to stand out? If he hadn't been overpowered by that bitter man, he could live or die as he pleases. If it hadn't been for the sous chef
Because of family difficulties and supporting a semi-paralyzed wife, I cannot afford to lose my job. If it had been anyone else, who would have been able to swallow this!
Some restaurant employees who really couldn't bear it once advised Xiang Feng not to continue to be angry. Although Shanghai looks beautiful, it is also a place that eats people without spitting out their bones. If others are oppressed here, it is better to go back to your hometown and open a small shop at a low cost.
It’s so easy to cook your own food at the store!
But Xiang Feng is also ambitious. He is a young man after all, and he still wants to carve out his own world in this big city. It is because of his hard-working and uncomplaining actions that the chef cannot find any faults. Until now, he has just relied on his ability to stay.
Here it is.
The sous chef also valued Xiang Feng very much and helped him a lot, but he still didn't dare to let Xiang Feng touch the spatula under the nose of the chef.
Therefore, Xiang Feng has been working for so long and is still wandering around the chopping board. He only does auxiliary work.
No, the two main chefs had just finished their work, and the head chef, who only "pointed out the situation" outside, came over again with a stinky face and pointed at the two of them menacingly.
"What's going on with you? Today's guests said that the taste of several dishes has changed!" Without looking at the sous chef, he glared at Xiang Feng with wide eyes, "Did you do something wrong again?!"
Xiang Feng is good at everything, but he likes to make some bold attempts in cooking, and often takes risks. Although he always ends up successfully, the thrills of the process and the unexpected ideas will inevitably lead to
The criticism of ordinary chefs, let alone the head chef who is conservative and incompetent.
In fact, the head chef is also very picky. Although the guests were not used to the taste of the improved dishes, they all gave unanimous praise. He could find out that they were deliberately causing trouble.
It's really despising to say something like that when someone doesn't like it, but no one dares to say it directly.
You can tell who is the owner of this restaurant at a glance. No matter how frustrated you are, you can only endure it, otherwise you can only wait to be patted on the butt and leave.
Just as Xiang Feng was about to speak, his hand was gently patted by the sous chef. Then the middle-aged man stepped forward and took a deep breath——
"I let Xiao Xiang go and do this. If you want to blame me, just blame me..."
The chef originally just wanted to cause trouble for Xiang Feng, but he didn't expect that the sous chef, who had always been a doormat, came out to take advantage of him at this time. Unexpectedly, he became even more angry - this guy! If he hadn't seen him being so submissive and easy to manipulate, he would have
I won't let him sit in a position where he is just below me! Now he is facing a young boy from outside!
If we don't give these two fools a bit today, they won't have to hang out in this restaurant any longer!
"Since you admitted that you were derelict in your duties, then this month's salary will also be discounted! 40% will be deducted first! I'll teach you a lesson!"
The sous chef's face suddenly turned pale - almost all of his monthly salary was spent on his wife's medical expenses. He was living a tight life. He would deduct 40% this time.
Are you facing a desperate situation?!
Seeing the sous chef in such a deflated state made the chef very proud. Xiang Feng, who had been silent for a long time, was about to step forward when the sarcastic man added another sentence -
"Someone must take responsibility for this mistake... As for who is responsible, I don't have to pursue it!"
Xiang Feng's expression changed again. He knew that the chef was targeting him, but he never thought that he would threaten his colleague with a knife!
The young man's fist suddenly clenched, and finally he opened it and slowly loosened it.
"I resign……"
The middle-aged man looked at Xiang Feng - "Xiao Xiang! I'm fine!"
"I was the one who proposed the taste adjustment of the dishes, so I should bear the responsibility."
Xiang Feng patted his shoulder and showed a reassuring smile.
"You don't have to make such a big sacrifice for me," then he stepped forward and bowed deeply to the hotel staff, "Thank you all for taking care of me recently. It's been a pleasure working with you, because my
I would like to apologize for the trouble this mistake has caused you."
After saying that, he turned around and took off the chef's hat on his head and placed it on the table next to him, preparing to go to the staff dormitory to pack his things.
As a result, the head chef threw a bag directly to Xiang Feng, with a happy and mocking expression on his face.
"Your things have been packed, let's go! The last month's salary is also included!"
The middle-aged man felt that the other party was going too far, but Xiang Feng still held him back.
"Thank you," he said, still looking through the contents of the bag, "all my things are here, and you packed them very cleanly!"
That's not the case! Don't even think about how much effort he spent to get rid of this annoying country boy!
The sharp points in Xiang Feng's words now seemed to the chef to be just the end of his efforts. He was the one who won in the end anyway, so why should he care about this kid's last words?
Late at night on the streets of Shanghai, Xiang Feng was walking through the crowd with a travel backpack on his back, not knowing where to go, let alone what to do.
The stray cat on the street corner licked its paws, but Xiang Feng still sighed helplessly——
"I even boasted to my master that I could quickly establish myself in Shanghai in Haikou. Now it's my fifth restaurant, but in the end I was kicked out... How are we going to find Tiantian now!!" Xiang Feng grabbed his hair and immediately felt like he was in trouble.
His head was crumpled into a chicken coop.
Thinking back to the time when he had confidently promised his master that he would be able to quickly establish himself with his skills after leaving home, and he also took care of his junior sister Mingtian who had already opened a private restaurant in Shanghai.
But now, let alone a firm foothold, he can't even find a decent job! When I think of the old man's deep expression of "Young man, you are still new to the world" when he went out, I just felt that the master was really looking down on me.
Now I am completely slapping myself in the face!
Xiang Feng was sitting on a bench in the park in the middle of the street. The park was deserted at this time, and the orange street lights made the atmosphere at this moment extremely desolate.
"Eh..." Another long sigh came out, Xiang Feng stood up and patted his face, encouraging himself, "There must be a way to reach the mountain! Keep looking! If you persist, there will always be a way!"
As he spoke, he walked out of the park in the middle of the street, where a van parked on a downhill slope.
God also seemed to be blocking Xiangfeng. The fine raindrops finally turned into torrential raindrops. Suddenly it started to rain heavily. When Xiangfeng passed the intersection, I don't know if it was because of the rain, but the van actually moved.
He got up and hit him directly in the direction of the wind.
Xiang Feng didn't expect that an out-of-control car would appear on his left at this time. Before he could dodge, he was knocked to the ground, his head hit the ground hard, and he lost consciousness in an instant.
"Hello? 120? Someone was hit by a car here! The address is..."
The scene of severe pain and dizziness that nearly tore his skull replayed repeatedly in Xiang Feng's consciousness. He could vaguely feel the sound of passers-by dialing 120 in the heavy rain, and then he was carried into an ambulance, and behind him...
As the anesthetic was injected, the last remaining bit of clarity disappeared into darkness.
In the chaos, Xiang Feng always felt that some abnormal changes had occurred in his body, but he could not tell what was wrong. When his consciousness slowly returned to his body, the severe pain and numbness in the back of his head prompted him to grimace.
It's the white ceiling of the inpatient department of the hospital, the mechanical sound of the heart rhythm monitor is ticking, and the unique smell of medicine in the air is inexplicably uncomfortable.
He turned his eyes with difficulty, but there was no one on either side of the hospital bed. At this time, the doctor came in with a group of nurses.
"This patient has just woken up, please don't move around. Although the injury is not serious, he has just finished the operation after all!"
Xiang Feng didn't even dare to breathe out. The female doctor who came in was exceptionally tall, and then he heard a male voice outside the door arguing with the police——
"It's my fault! But..."
"Nothing but! You parked your car on a ramp and forgot to brake. If the victim hadn't been a young man, his life might have been lost! The compensation must be in place, otherwise it would cost more to go to court! Besides,
, I don’t think you can afford this shame!”
"I only have a car, and I can't make much money from soliciting customers..."
The man was about to cry, but the police officer remained unmoved.
"You almost lost your life if you didn't follow the rules and regulations. It's a small matter for you to lose money! Or do you want to bear criminal liability for negligence?"
While the two sides were still in a stalemate, the female doctor came out of the ward and coughed twice, breaking the solemn embarrassment.
"The patient has woken up. If you want to discuss specific compensation matters, do it now. His injury cannot be delayed for too long."
Then the car owner walked in with his head lowered, and the police officer also looked serious when he walked in.
"Young man! It's my fault! But...but I really can't give you much money...you...you..."
"Is it reasonable for you to hit someone with your car?" The police officer was still so aggressive, "The person almost died! Are you still speaking in human terms?!"
Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Xiang Feng only felt the pain in the back of his head getting worse. The doctor also noticed Xiang Feng's condition and was about to reprimand him when the young man raised his hand to stop him.
"I'm fine. Since the car owner was also unintentional, he can just pay my medical expenses. I won't ask for a penny more in compensation."