Chapter 744 How to Anger a Roast Duck Chef Gracefully? Just Treat Him to Roast Duck! 【Please Subscribe】

"I'm Ning Xiaoli, who is interviewing me?"

Soon, a man in his thirties walked up the stairs. His face was red, like Guan Gong, and he looked like he had been working around the oven for many years.

Lin Xu stood up and said:

"I'm interviewing you. Come on, help me look at the roast duck oven."

Although Ning Xiaoli had watched Lin Xu's videos online and knew all of Lin Xu's glorious deeds, she was still a little shocked when she suddenly saw him in person.

Too young.

You're only twenty-three years old, right? So many achievements have been achieved.

Although I don’t know how much moisture there is, I must have some real skills, but I’m probably a novice when it comes to roast duck. I don’t even know how to roast duck, so I had to help check it.

Thinking of this, Ning Xiaoli felt that Uncle San and the others had exaggerated a bit.

As a Chinese chef working in Beijing, how can he not cook roast duck? Is this what a top chef should look like?

There are many famous chefs in the capital, but who doesn’t have great duck cooking skills?

He followed Lin Xu towards the oven, observing the situation in the store as he walked. At this time, everyone was having lunch, and there were many people.

But when he saw Wei Gan, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

A little scumbag who didn't know how to cook roast duck actually came here and became the head chef. Zhu Yong and Qin Wei also became head chefs.

It’s easy to cheat young people out of their money.

When he came to the oven, he saw two openings and looked curious:

"Why are you talking twice? Isn't this too unprofessional? Did Wei Gan tell you this? He doesn't know how to cook roast duck and doesn't understand the trick at all. You were deceived..."

Listening to his eloquent words, Lin Xu couldn't help but feel happy.

This Ning Xiaoli has a big opinion against chefs who are not in the roast duck system. If he becomes the general chairman of the Chinese Cuisine Association one day, I wonder if he will vigorously promote the policy of "exclusively respecting duck skills and deposing hundreds of others".

"I had someone do this. The reason why I left two openings was because I didn't know whether to use it as a stew oven or as a hanging oven."

Upon hearing this, Ning Xiaoli asked curiously:

"Have you decided what to do now?"

Lin Xu nodded.

Ning Xiaoli then asked:

"Do you want to make it a hanging stove or a stew stove?"

"Only children make choices... I do them all. Looking back at the two openings, one is used as a stew stove and the other is used as a hanging stove. Yesterday, someone built a wall with refractory bricks in the middle to separate the two stoves. Now you Take a look at the furnace space of the two stoves and see if they need to be adjusted."

Ning Xiaoli looked at Lin Xu like a fool:

"When making roast duck, you always choose one method, either braised in the oven or hanging in the oven. Who deceived you to think of doing both? If you can't sell it later, the loss will be..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lin Xu:

"We at Lin Kee never lack customers, and we never worry about having too many dishes. No matter how many dishes we have, they will all be sold before closing."

Ning Xiaoli: "..."

Needless to say, Lin Ji's business is indeed well-known, with customers flooding the door every day.

It's just such a good business, but it encounters a boss who doesn't know how to make roast duck, and there are also certain problems in the management of the kitchen.

But after all, he is the supervisor of Diaoyutai Catering Department, so I will go to more trouble to help him take a look, and then leave. There are no roast duck experts here, so there is no need to waste time.

Ning Xiaoli came here originally to see Lin Xu's craftsmanship.

But in this situation, he felt that he had nothing to learn, and he didn't even understand roast duck. The development of such a chef was really limited, and there was no need to get involved.

While thinking about it, Ning Xiaoli leaned forward to observe the furnace, and also turned on the flashlight function of her mobile phone to see what was going on inside.

"This firewall is too poorly built, isn't it? You have definitely been deceived."

As he spoke, he touched the cracks inside the bricks with his hands, then looked at the oven next to him, and said to Lin Xu:

"The walls are not up to standard and the position is wrong. Roast duck in the hanging oven is cooked using the reflection of heat, so the top cannot be too high. The entire furnace should be roughly square. This furnace is obviously too high and the heat cannot be reflected. , affecting the quality of roast duck."

He paused and pointed to the stew stove next to him:

“What the stew oven pays attention to is airtightness, and it must be cooked before stewing, so the design of the furnace must be mainly to delay the cooling. In order to achieve this effect, the smoke exhaust port cannot be placed on the top. It must be as winding as possible to reduce The temperature dissipates..."

After hearing this, Lin Xu felt that he had found the chef of the roast duck department that he wanted.

Jian Jian actually pointed out so many shortcomings. For high-quality roast duck, this oven really needs to be reorganized.

Ning Xiaoli became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke, pointing to the revolving grill inside and said:

"Get rid of this thing. It's useless. If you want a low-end or mid-range roast duck, it's fine. If you want a high-end roast duck, you have to do it by hand. Although the machine is good, it can't roast a 100% perfect duck."

When baking by hand, the speed and frequency of turning can be flexibly adjusted according to the size of the firepower and the burning condition of the wood. However, machine turning can only turn mechanically and cannot take into account these details.

Therefore, high-end roast duck restaurants still use manual roasting methods until now.

Hearing this, Lin Xu looked at Ning Xiaoli and asked:

"You do have a deep knowledge of roast duck. Do you want to come to our Linji Cuisine and give you the treatment of head chef? From now on, you will be responsible for all the roast duck matters."

Even without seeing Ning Xiaoli's skills, Lin Xu already believed that he was a master.

Moreover, the nephews of Diaoyutai chief chefs would not be allowed to work in Diaoyutai if they were not good at their craftsmanship. They could not afford to disgrace that person. Ning Yiheng could recommend him to the group, so he must be very confident in his nephew's craftsmanship.

Otherwise, if you get a straw bag, it will bring shame on the Ning family.

Lin Xu is very clear about Diaoyutai's treatment. The work there is easy and there is no performance pressure, but don't expect to make a lot of money because there are too many experts and everyone is struggling.

Originally, he thought that Ning Xiaoli would agree immediately after hearing the invitation.

Unexpectedly, after the red-faced Guan Gong was stunned for a moment, he readily refused:

"I want to find someone who can suppress me in roast duck and stimulate my roast duck cooking skills. You...can't provide such conditions here."

Lin Xu:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Let me go, what did I do to make you misunderstand me so deeply?

However, it is not difficult to suppress him with his roast duck skills. Once the oven is ready, just make a roast duck and this guy will be convinced.

Thinking of this, Lin Xu said:

"How about you do me a favor and direct the workers here to rectify the roast duck oven? I'll tell your third uncle to come here on secondment for a few days, and I'll give you a subsidy for these days. I'll give you a thousand a day temporarily... It starts from today.”

People will not be put back. This kind of weirdo with a head full of roast duck is exactly the kind of talent our Linji needs.

Ning Xiaoli originally wanted to refuse, but when Lin Xu mentioned the subsidy of 1,000 yuan a day, she suddenly felt that everyone was a peer and should be willing to help others.

Besides, Lin Xu is still the supervisor of the catering department, so he should help the third uncle build a good relationship.

Thinking of this, Ning Xiaoli said:

"Okay, then I will help you modify the oven, change it to a double oven like this, and remove the automatic grill inside..."

Throwing money at it is indeed possible.

Lin Xu sighed in his heart, and immediately sent a message to Dou Wenjing, asking her to find a construction team who could build a roast duck oven. He asked Ning Xiaoli to come up with the rectification plan first, and then started the operation.

In addition to the roast duck stove, the small utility room next to it also had to be freed up as a drying room for the roast duck.

To make roast duck, the duck must be dried thoroughly so that the roasted duck skin can be crispy enough. This crispness can also reflect the tenderness of the duck meat, making it very enjoyable to eat.

In addition to the drying room, when making roast duck in summer, the dried duck billet must be placed in a cold storage to chill overnight, so that the meat will be more tender and will not spoil.

If you keep hanging it in the drying room, it might attract flies.

Ning Xiaoli was fooled by Lin Xu's high salary and temporarily stayed in the store. He squatted in front of the roast duck stove and carefully planned the rectification plan.

The space is limited and the main flue has been finalized, so we can only find a way in the furnace.

Lin Xu didn't bother him and went about his own business.

Soon, the lunch rush hour arrived, and the kitchen entered a tense working state. Everyone was busy working very efficiently, which was in sharp contrast to the Diaoyutai kitchen.

When Ning Xiaoli was waiting for the construction team to arrive, she accidentally took a look at the kitchen door and found that Wei Qian and the others were busy cooking, and even Lin Xu himself had already gone into battle.

The store was almost full at this time, and there were still many customers waiting in line outside.

In order to increase the turnover rate, Lin Xu had to speed up the frequency of serving dishes.

In this way, everyone can eat and drink enough to make room for the next table of customers.

"Damn, this business is really enviable."

Although none of the chefs here know how to roast duck, Ning Xiaoli likes this atmosphere very much. He thinks that the kitchen should be like this.

Not long after, the head of the construction team came.

Ning Xiaoli showed the other party the sketch he had drawn in his spare time, and also explained the rectification plan and the internal settings of the oven.

"These are two stoves that don't interfere with each other, right? Then I understand, one is a hanging stove and the other is a stew stove. Is the boss here planning to wipe out the two major schools of Beijing roast duck?"

The boss here knows a lot about roast duck... Ning Xiaoli muttered in her heart and said with a smile:

"Then I don't know. Anyway, I am responsible for setting up the roast duck oven according to his ideas. As for what the roasted duck will look like, it has nothing to do with me."

The person in charge of the construction team has helped people build many roast duck ovens in Beijing and is no stranger to this thing.

After listening to Ning Xiaoli's explanation, he said:

"I've generally understood it. We can't do the construction now. Let's wait until night. I'll bring someone over after get off work in the evening. I think it can be done before twelve o'clock."

This kind of small rectification is relatively easy to get started. As long as no one makes trouble, it will definitely be done quickly.

After finalizing the plan, Ning Xiaoli said:

"I won't bargain with you. The quality must be good. Don't try to fool me. Before I could even walk, I was hugged by the adults in my family and gathered around the roast duck stove to roast the duck. They are more familiar with this stuff than I am."

"Don't worry, I absolutely guarantee that you will be satisfied... I will bring the workers and refractory bricks over at nine o'clock tonight. If you don't use it, you won't be charged."

In the kitchen, Wei Qian was preparing a portion of fried noodles and was about to take a break when Zhuang Yizhou asked next to him:

"Is that person just now who is particularly good at Diaoyutai roast duck?"

"He is considered a great one among the younger generation, but he is obsessed with roast duck. He feels that only roast duck is authentic in Chinese food, and people who don't know how to cook roast duck are not worthy of talking to him... Zhu Yong and I have both quarreled with him. , what you say can make someone angry to death."

It's a pity that Zhu Yong is not here, otherwise he would be able to close the door and beat the dog now.

Zhuang Yizhou said:

"Since he's obsessed with making roast duck, he shouldn't be able to quarrel with you. Why are you so angry with him?"

"You've been roasting duck all day, why are you arguing with him?"

Zhuang Yizhou chuckled:

"It's too simple. The more he values ​​the roast duck, the more you will ignore the roast duck. It will definitely make him cry."

Mi Tai?

Wei Qian opened his mouth and felt that he could indeed fight back according to this idea.

He was just about to ask Zhuang Yizhou to help think of a way to bury Tai, when the cook who was responsible for taking orders not far away shouted:

"Four large portions of fried noodles, two portions of eggs, and two portions of shredded pork."

Upon hearing this, Wei Qian didn't bother to inquire and went to work quickly.

After the fried noodles were ready, Zhuang Yizhou went to the soup department. The customer who reserved the table upstairs ordered a jade soup to sober up the hangover, and had to make it quickly to avoid being rushed by customers.

When Wei Qian saw this situation, he didn't ask further questions, but started to think about it himself.

At this moment, there is a piece of egg soup on the workbench that has not been sent out. It says table No. 6, which is where Cui Qingyuan and Geng Lele eat.

Wei Qian picked it up and was about to send it out, when he happened to bump into Geng Lele who came over to urge the egg soup.

"Lele, is this your soup?"

"Yes, I ordered it. Why are you so worried, Brother Wei? Did Sister Tiantian bully you?"

"No, how could she be willing to bully me?"

Wei Qian smiled and handed the bowl in his hand to Geng Lele. He suddenly remembered that Xiao Lele was a top student specially recruited to Tsinghua University, and asked in a low voice:

"Lele, I have a friend..."

"Brother Wei, if you have anything to do, just ask. There's no need to beat around the bush."

"Well, it's like this. There is a roast duck fanatic who always quarrels with me. He always thinks that roast duck is the king of delicacies. How do you think I should fight back?"

Others don't understand this, but Xiao Lele should know it.

After all, she often makes Qiang brother scream in anger in the group, mocking her for being at least the Grandmaster level.

Upon hearing this, Geng Lele waved his hands with a relaxed expression:

"Isn't this simple? Just treat him to roast duck. It will definitely break his defense."

Wei Gan: "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Damn, damn, why didn’t I think of this?

Mao roast duck is a delicacy that has become popular in Chengdu in the past two years. The roast duck is cut into large pieces, put into the spicy red oil stew, and cooked in the same way as Mao Cai.

It tastes very good, but for roast duck masters, especially Yanjing roast duck masters, there is indeed a thousand percent increase in damage.

Yanjing has made roast duck a high-end dish. From the initial selection of the duck to the preparation of the duck, to roasting the duck and even eating the duck, there is a set of cumbersome rules.

It can be said that everything is exquisite and every step has its own secrets.

However, this kind of high-end duck is chopped into large pieces and cooked as a dish.

Is there any more wasteful way to eat?

Is there any more outrageous behavior than chewing peonies?

The more Wei Gan thought about it, the more he felt relieved. If he hadn't been busy right now, he would have really wanted to get a roast duck and cook one for Ning Xiaoli himself, so that he could feel the joy of breaking the defense.

Just as he was thinking about it, Ning Xiaoli walked over from the oven not far away.

Seeing Wei Qian, a sneer suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth. Just when he was about to say something sarcastic, Wei Qian spoke first:

"Master Ning, I've worked really hard for you today. Let's have dinner in the store and let you have a taste of my cooking... After leaving Diaoyutai, I learned a lot of dishes, which will definitely impress you."

When Ning Xiaoli heard this, he didn't care:

"Okay, then I will help you check. Who told you to come out of Diaoyutai? Everything you say and do represents that place. I don't want Diaoyutai to follow you and be humiliated."

Wei Qian didn't refute, told Geng Lele to ask for whatever he wanted to eat, and then went back to the kitchen to work.

However, he had already made up his mind to send some roast ducks over when he was done with his work, and he would cook roast duck for the employees in the evening.

Originally, he wanted Xu Xinhua to cook some roast ducks using the same method as roast goose, but after thinking about it, it was too troublesome. Relatively speaking, the ducks at the braised braised stalls in the wet market were more cost-effective.

In the afternoon, Lin Xu interviewed several roast duck chefs recommended by colleagues.

I plan to let them all stay until the roast duck oven is repaired, and then the mules and horses can go for a walk.

On the other side, at the Yanjing Hotel, Uncle Gao took a sip of a cup of Biluochun and said to Qiu Yaozu:

"This tea is pretty good. You can get me three or five kilograms of it later. Xiaoyan is having a wedding on May 1st. It will be quite impressive to entertain the guests with this tea."

Qiu Yaozu said speechlessly:

"You think these are loose melon seeds. It's only three to five kilograms. This year, I got less than two kilograms in total. Three to five kilograms or something. You can pick the tea and make tea yourself."

He Guangchang on the side echoed:

"This tea is indeed a bit extravagant to use at a wedding... Lao Gao, we are about to shoot the state banquet dishes of the 1990s. Has Xiaoxu come back from Yinzhou? He has to participate. How can it be done if he doesn't participate?"

The documentary series about the state banquet itself doesn't have much to watch. It only contains a variety of dishes, some of which are repeated many times, such as the palace-bao shrimp balls and emerald shrimp balls, which appear frequently.

At this time, if there are no figures to stimulate ratings, the documentary will be in jeopardy.

The only person in the industry who can stimulate the ratings the most is Lin Xu.

Therefore, He Guangchang felt that it would be best for Lin Xu to participate in the whole process, so that the ratings would be guaranteed and everyone would be saved. How great.

Uncle Gao said:

"People who participated in the state banquet in the 1990s are still there. There is no need to steal everyone's limelight. Let's wait and let Xiaoxu participate in the 1970s and 1980s."

Guo Jichang asked:

"What were the important state banquets in the 1970s and 1980s?"

Dai Yuefeng, who was enjoying tea at the side, said:

"Nixon's state banquet during his visit to China should be more important."

Upon hearing the name of this state banquet, Uncle Gao made a decision and said:

"Then starting from Nixon's visit to China, I will let my apprentice participate in the filming. The banquet before that will be left to you to show off your craftsmanship..."

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