118. Chapter 118 I care about you (please vote for me and vote for recommendation)
Author: Lao Tuo
Chapter 118 I care about you (please vote for me, please vote for recommendations)
Three hours isn't long, but it's hard enough.
Just when Zhang Wentao finished his busy lunch period and arranged for Xiao Li to prepare the staff meal, Sun Xiaowei walked into the back kitchen with a smile.
"Old Zhang, there is a guest outside who wants to meet you."
Sun Xiaowei said calmly.
"Meet me?" Zhang Wentao frowned: "Know me?"
"I didn't say that, but he took two bites of the dessert you made and didn't move." Sun Xiaowei raised her eyebrows and pursed her lips.
"Xie Liang, bring me a piece of dessert for today's lunch." Zhang Wentao frowned and shouted behind him, ignoring Sun Xiaowei. When he heard Sun Xiaowei's words, his first reaction was that there was something wrong with the taste of the dessert.
"Okay, Master." Xie Liang nodded and walked out of the kitchen quickly.
Shi Tiandong also put down what he was doing and walked over. After all, in this situation, if the guests have any questions about the desserts, the responsibility does not lie with one person. Today's dessert soufflé was made by him. When he first came out, he and Zhang Wentao
Both of them have tasted it and have no problem.
Soufflé is a French after-dinner dessert, also translated as soufflé or soufflé.
The main ingredients are egg yolks and beaten egg whites. After baking, the texture is light, soft and fluffy. Its name in French means 'inflate' and 'fluffy swelling', which appropriately explains the combination of egg whites and milk.
Yellow combines during baking.
Soon, Xie Liang brought a soufflé from the front and ran back to the restaurant. When he was panting and placing the cake in front of everyone, Zhang Wentao had already picked up the spoon, glanced at Xie Liang, and said calmly: "
Why are you panicking? Also, from now on, you will not be called the chef in the restaurant, but the master."
After saying that, he put a spoonful in his mouth.
It is soft in the mouth, has the aroma of egg white, and has a light texture without being greasy.
After confirming again that there was no problem, Zhang Wentao nodded, handed the spoon to Xie Liang and followed Sun Xiaowei out of the kitchen.
It was a male guest who wanted to see Zhang Wentao.
Beige pants, white shirt, young age, maybe because of his dress and skin color, Zhang Wentao's first impression was that he was fair and knowledgeable.
Zhang Wentao saw the other party smiling at him and made a general judgment. He whispered to Sun Xiaowei who was following behind him: "Go and do your work. I will take care of it here." After that, he came to the table of guests.
"Hello sir, I am the chef of this restaurant. Is there any problem with the dessert?" His tone could not tell what his inner attitude was.
The other party is either here to show off or to find fault. Zhang Wentao has seen many of them before.
"You are Zhang Wentao, Mr. Zhang." The man stood up, stretched out his hand with a smile, and said politely: "Hello, I am Zhang Mingyu, the chief designer of Shaohua Bookstore. After Mr. Liu gave me your phone number, I arrived today
But I couldn't contact you, so I came to your restaurant for lunch first, just to try your cooking."
"Huh?" Zhang Wentao was stunned for a moment. When he saw the other person's stretched out hand with a smile on his face, he suddenly felt a very familiar feeling.
But he quickly came to his senses, shook hands with the other party and said, "It turns out, I'm sorry, my mobile phone is usually on silent mode when I'm at work."
"It's okay, please sit down, Mr. Zhang. In fact, I am personally interested in you, especially since Mr. Liu often recalled that he often went to your chef's restaurant when he was in France, and I saw you in charge in the kitchen many times.
I didn’t expect that after trying it today, it tastes really good.”
Zhang Mingyu made a gesture of invitation, but Zhang Wentao shook his head.
Mr. Liu was the person who contacted him via email before, and it was not surprising to see him in his teacher's dining room. The open kitchen was just separated by a window.
Besides, he still had things to do in the kitchen, so he couldn't stay just because he wanted to get to know him.
but…
Zhang Wentao turned his attention to the desserts on the table and asked, "Come back after I finish my work. Is there anything wrong with the desserts?"
Zhang Mingyu smiled coquettishly and said, "No, I just want to express my gratitude for the lunch and see you first."
"Let's chat later, it will take about ten minutes. If you need anything, just tell the waiter." After saying that, Zhang Wentao also gave the other party a polite smile, and the moment he turned around and walked to the kitchen, he felt more and more that the other party was
The feeling was similar to what I saw in Xie Zhiyao.
He is very clever, and then uses his smile to get close to others and hide his true intentions.
The other party came to find me, probably not just for a meeting.
However, a bookstore has little to do with him. Firstly, it has nothing to do with him whether the other party settles in Yunmiao Village. Secondly, it is impossible to open a bookstore to poach him, although this bookstore also sells desserts and the like.
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But he still has a clear understanding of himself. There are so many good bakers in the country. With his skills in cooking, he can guarantee that he will not make mistakes when making desserts.
As for the bread, forget about it. He has to get up late at night and get into the kitchen. Even if he kills him, he doesn't want to live a life where day and night are reversed.
Zhang Mingyu, who returned to his seat, also smiled as he watched Zhang Wentao leave.
He received an invitation from his friend Sunzi and read some information about Yunmiao Village. He was very interested. After mentioning it to Lao Liu, the owner of Shaohua Bookstore and his partner, he decided to come here to investigate first.
Coincidentally, at a gathering in the circle, Lao Liu heard from a friend who had returned from a trip to Dali that a restaurant in a small town here actually hired a Michelin-starred chef as the chef, and he was cooking Italian dishes.
Having a yearning for food, culture, and art, he checked online out of curiosity and found out that it was a Chinese chef he had met in France.
He thought that he and Zhang Mingyu would definitely go to Yunmiao Village to investigate in person, so that they could take the opportunity to taste the dishes made by the chefs he admired without having to spend a lot of time flying to France, so he rummaged around and found out
The other party still has the email address on the French website.
Just like that, we got in touch.
As for Zhang Mingyu, he came to see Zhang Wentao. On the one hand, it was because of Lao Liu's recommendation, and on the other hand, he wanted to know the situation here from the side. He is a designer, and the other party is Michelin. Different industries have different occupations, but in a sense
What I pursue are all artistic things.
Thinking of such a small town, a Michelin chef chose to stay and be the head chef of a restaurant.
Then there must be something he appreciates here.
Considering that my trip this time was just for inspection anyway, and I didn’t want the village and Sun Zi to know about it, I simply came over to get to know him and hear what the chef thought of this place.
But they didn't know that Zhang Wentao came to Sun Xiaowei's restaurant purely because he was heartbroken and had nothing to do to find something to do for himself.
Find the rhythm of job hunting.
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"What, there's something wrong with the dessert?"
As soon as Zhang Wentao came in, Shi Tiandong came up and asked.
"No, the designer of Shaohua Bookstore, come over to meet me and say hello." Zhang Wentao shrugged.
Shi Tiandong finally felt relieved: "It seems that what Sun Xiaowei and the others said before may actually be true. Is the other party here to inspect?"
"What, does it have anything to do with you?"
Zhang Wentao raised his eyebrows and asked, wondering why Shi Tiandong, a big man, pretended to be cool every day, but was so bored in his heart and cared about everything.
"What does it have to do with me? I'll go back when you leave." Shi Tiandong curled his lips and said.
"Go back to find your sister?"
"Go away, who is like you and can see your 'springy garden' every day?"
Zhang Wentao was slightly startled after hearing this. He didn't know what Xu Hongdou was doing now. It seemed...
She must be quite concerned about Shaohua Bookstore.
When Zhang Mingyu appeared in the TV series, I thought he would pursue Xu Hongdou
It's a pity that it is not expanded, eh.
Xie Zhiyao's smile gave people a hearty feeling, and Zhang Mingyu's smile gave people a clean feeling (personal opinion). However, both of them got close to Xu Hongdou and got what they wanted through their smiles. One got it
Xu Hongdou's first concern was that he got the news he wanted from Xu Hongdou.
But in fact, this is not a bad intention. After all, when people come into contact with others, the initial impurity will become pure, and the initial purity will gradually become complicated. This may be the result of human nature, right?