Li Jinhong naturally knew that Wang Xu had some relationship with Liang Baohui's family. When Wang Xujing looked at her without interrupting, she said with a smile: "You are not planning to stand up for Li Jinhong, are you?"
"It's not like I'm trying to get ahead, I'm just a little curious." Wang Xu smiled and said frankly: "Of course, if it's convenient, I wouldn't mind helping them."
"You!" Li Jinhong pointed at Wang Xu with a smile, and said funnyly: "I didn't expect you to still like to meddle in other people's business, but I suggest you forget it. It has been many years, and many of the parties involved have already gone.
Of course, if you want to know what happened back then, I can tell you."
As he spoke, Li Jinhong narrowed his eyes slightly and recalled: "To say that Liang Baohong ended up like that, it had nothing to do with him. It's easy to break the rules."
As Li Jinhong spoke, she briefly told Wang Xu what happened that year, and also explained the origin of the cooking competition and the reasons for its establishment.
In fact, the first cooking competition has something to do with Chen Sitong of Xiaoxiang Restaurant. The cooking competition is held every six years, and this year is the ninth. The first one was naturally more than fifty years ago.
At that time, Chen Sitong was already over 70 years old. The Xiaoxiang restaurant was still standing in the hands of Chen Sixuan, and the business was booming. Naturally, it aroused the envy and jealousy of many people. Some hotels and restaurants in Hong Kong saw that Chen Sixuan was too old to go to the restaurant.
The chef attracted the attention of Xiaoxiang Restaurant, and several restaurants and hotels joined forces to challenge Xiaoxiang Restaurant.
Chen Sitong is indeed a hero among women of her generation. Even though she is over seventy years old, she has no fear. She readily agreed. Many restaurants and restaurants agreed to choose a date to hold a cooking competition, which was the first cooking competition on Hong Kong Island.
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Although Chen Sitong is old, she is very good at educating successors. Her son Chen Jixue, who was in his fifties and had been unknown to the public, represented Xiaoxiang Restaurant. Unexpectedly, he stood out and became the god of food at that time, and Xiaoxiang Restaurant once again became famous.
Da Lou· was so popular on Hong Kong Island that even the then ruler of Hong Kong Island, the British Governor, personally sent a plaque to Xiaoxiang Restaurant.
After that exchange, six years later, although Chen Sitong was still alive, she was already over eighty years old, and her son Chen Jixue suddenly became seriously ill. So Xiaoxiang Restaurant faced a second crisis.
The Hong Kong Island Culinary Competition has kicked off.
Under such circumstances, the eighty-three-year-old Chen Sitong actually participated in the competition in person and once again held the kitchen knife in front of everyone. After a generation of royal chefs, it is really extraordinary. The eighty-year-old Chen Sitong has not weakened the reputation of his ancestors.
With so many challengers hiding their faces and running away, Xiaoxiang Restaurant once again told the people of Hong Kong who is the overlord of the catering industry with facts.
However, in that cooking competition, Chen Sixuan was exhausted and overworked, and passed away not long after. In order to mourn Chen Sixuan, many celebrities in Hong Kong set the date of Chen Sixuan's death as the cooking competition in Hong Kong Island. Every six
The authentic first one held every year has become the third, including the two times when many hotels and restaurants on Hong Kong Island challenged Xiaoxiang Restaurant.
After listening to Li Jinhong's words, Wang Xu said in surprise: "You mean Liang Baohui's grandfather participated in that time when many hotels and restaurants on Hong Kong Island challenged Xiaoxiang Restaurant?"
"That's right. Liang Baohui's grandfather was named Liang Yidao. He was also the junior chef of Chen Sitong. He worked as a chef in a restaurant called Deshun House at that time." Li Jinhong nodded and said: "Deshun House and Xiaoxiang Restaurant
Liang Yidao was already his rival, and he could be considered as a challenger to Chen Sixuan. His cooking skills were very good, and he almost became the God of Cooking at the time, defeating Chen Jixue."
Wang Xu frowned and said in confusion: "I heard that Liang Yidao had his hands chopped off. Could he be someone from the Xiaoxiang Restaurant?"
"Hmph!" Li Jinhong sneered and said, "Although Chen Sitong is a prostitute, she is an upright person. How could she do such a thing?"
"What's Liang Yidao's arm?" Wang Xu was even more surprised. Since Chen Sitong didn't send anyone, who else could it be? Xiaoxiang Mansion and Liang Yidao were enemies.
"Haha." Li Jinhong laughed loudly and said: "Wang Xu, do you think that a large group of restaurants and restaurants jointly targeted Xiaoxiang Restaurant, and they are all monolithic and have the same mind?"
"Gah!" Wang Xu almost choked when he heard this. He really thought so just now. Li Jinhong pointed it out, and then he realized that other restaurants and restaurants cannot be monolithic. As the saying goes, everyone in the world is for profit.
Come on, everyone in the world is seeking benefits, so how can we have permanent allies?
Seeing that Wang Xu understood, Li Jinhong continued: "At that time, Liang Yidao was the most promising person to beat Chen Jixue. Most of the famous chefs sent by other restaurants and restaurants were defeated. In the end, the one who was qualified to compete with Chen Jixue was Liang Yidao.
It's a pity that Liang Yidao didn't make it to the last game and his hands were chopped off the night before."
Wang Xu narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "I understand, this is because other restaurants and restaurants saw that they had no hope of beating Xiaoxiang Restaurant, and at the same time they did not want Deshun Tower to rise, so they killed Liang Yidao and married him.
Woe to Xiaoxiang Restaurant! It’s said to be killing two birds with one stone.”!
"Yes, that's it." Li Jinhong smiled and said bitterly: "The mastermind behind Liang Yidao's murder was the Tonghua Hotel at that time, which is now the Tonghua Group. Of course, other restaurants and restaurants were also more or less involved.
"Tonghua Hotel, Tonghua Group?" Wang Xu was stunned and surprised: "Tonghua Group is so famous and has so many years of history?"
"Don't underestimate the Tonghua Hotel at that time. The Tonghua Hotel was first opened by the British, and later it was taken over by the Nie family. When the British were there, the Nie family's prestige in Hong Kong Island was unparalleled. Even I didn't dare
You can provoke me casually." Li Jinhong laughed at himself.
"What about Liang Baohui? I remember that Liang Baohui participated in the 5th Hong Kong Island Culinary Competition." Wang Xu was too lazy to pay attention to the origin of Tonghua Group. Anyway, the British are no longer around, and Tonghua Group has long been different from what it used to be.
"Liang Baohui participated in the fifth cooking competition." Li Jinhong nodded and said: "Unfortunately, his purpose in participating in the competition was not to stand out in the cooking competition, but to seek revenge from the Nie family for Liang Yidao. Although he ended up becoming
The champion got the title of God of Cooking, but he was a little too arrogant, thinking that by becoming the God of Cooking he could deal with the Nie family, and that was how he got into trouble."
"I see." Wang Xu nodded after hearing this. He didn't expect it to be so complicated, but it had little to do with him. He had no intention of helping Liang Baohui get revenge, but he just sympathized with Liang Baohui's family.
However, Liang Qianru’s purpose in participating in this cooking competition is similar to that of Liang Baohui back then. She also wanted to avenge Liang Baohui. This matter¨
After Li Jinhong told Wang Xu about the cooking competition that year, the dishes arrived not long after. Wang Xu and Li Jinhong ordered a total of five dishes, but a total of eight dishes and a soup were served on the table.
Not long after the soup was served, Chen Shouyi came in with a smile, followed by a waiter. The waiter was holding a tray with a bottle of top-quality Maotai on it.
Chen Shouyi walked to the dining table and sat down. He picked up the Maotai wine and opened it. He filled it up for Wang Xu and Li Jinhong himself and said with a smile, "How does it taste? I haven't cooked for a long time. I hope I haven't ruined the skills of my ancestors."
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"Boss Chen is joking. You don't need to eat this dish. Just looking at the taste makes me want to eat it." Wang Xu said with a smile. As he spoke, he reached out and picked up a piece of braised pork and put it into his mouth.
"Tsk!" After taking a few bites, Wang Xu couldn't help but sigh. Chen Shouyi's cooking skills are really good. He specially ordered this braised pork dish just to see who was better at it, Chen Shouyi or Liang Qianru.
Even better, when two people compete against one another, there is no difference between them. Each has its own merits.
"How is it?" Chen Shouyi asked with a smile, and at the same time added: "I know that Dr. Wang knows the Liang family and his daughter, so he must have tasted the craftsmanship of both father and daughter."
"The taste is exquisite, the meat is fresh and tender, and Boss Chen's craftsmanship is absolutely unparalleled." Wang Xu swallowed the braised pork in his mouth and said with a smile: "Really speaking, Boss Chen's craftsmanship is definitely better than Liang Qianru's.
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Wang Xu definitely didn't mean to compliment Chen Shouyi. He had tasted both Liang Qianru's craftsmanship and Liang Baohui's craftsmanship. To put it bluntly, today's Liang Qianru is definitely not inferior to Liang Baohui, but Chen Shouyi's braised pork dish can compare with the taste of Liang Qianru's.
, which is evident from this.
Wang Xu knew that among the dishes of the Liang family, braised pork was definitely one of the better dishes. However, the same could not be said for Chen Shouyi. As both chefs, they must have their own areas of expertise. He randomly ordered one dish, Chen Shouyi
What she made was just as good as Liang Qianru's. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Chen Shouyi's craftsmanship was better than Liang Qianru's.
"Doctor Wang is ridiculous." Chen Shouyi laughed loudly and seemed very happy. Regardless of whether what Wang Xu said was true or false, everyone liked to hear such words.
I have to say that Chen Shouyi is definitely a qualified cook. He is very dedicated in both speech and work. After chatting with Chen Shouyi for a while, Wang Xu fell in love with the owner of Xiaoxiang Restaurant. Chen Shouyi has good taste.
Apart from anything else, just what he said to Wang Xu before cooking: "I am a cook, cooking is my duty, just like you are a doctor." You can tell from this sentence that he is a cook.
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Chen Shouyi also had a good impression of Wang Xu, so the atmosphere between the three of them at the dinner table was good. They were eating and chatting, and it was very lively. It was past one o'clock in the afternoon before they knew it.
Li Jinhong looked at the time and was about to call it a day, but Xiao Dao hurriedly walked in and whispered something in Li Jinhong's ear. Li Jinhong's face immediately changed, and he suddenly looked at her tightly.
Wang Xu, as if he didn't know Wang Xu, wanted to see through Wang Xu.