Siheyuan: Started in 1950, third-level cook

Well, since Boss Wang said so, Master Liang didn't say anything more.

He waved his hand and called a waiter, asking him to call the apprentices from the kitchen over.

The other chefs are still busy cooking and will have to wait until later to free up some time.

Soon, Shazhu was the first to run out happily.

When he heard that it was going to be delicious, he became very enthusiastic.

I ran to the front and saw that the big boss was here.

Sha Zhu immediately put away his reckless attitude and bowed to Wang Dongjia honestly: "Hello, Wang Dongjia."

Wang Dongjia didn't know Sha Zhu either, he just nodded slightly as a greeting.

Chef Liang pointed at the cooked food on the table and said, "Come and have a taste, Zhuzi, you go first."

"Ok!"

Seeing that Master Liang asked him to taste it first, Sha Zhu was very happy.

After all, among this group of apprentices, he had the best foundation, learned the fastest, and was the most valued by Master Liang.

Although he is often criticized for being impetuous, Sha Zhu feels that criticizing is also a form of care.

After distributing chopsticks to the apprentices, Master Liang thought for a moment and handed a pair to Manager Liu.

Although the relationship between the two was not very good, they still had to be polite in front of Wang Dongjia.

When Master Liang picked up a piece of meat and put it into his mouth, his expression changed.

Seeing this, Wang Dongjia asked directly: "How do you feel?"

Master Liang didn't answer in a hurry. He chewed it carefully and swallowed it. Then he slowly said, "There's something!"

After saying that, he picked up another piece of noodle and put it into his mouth. The more he ate, the more excited his face became.

"The person who made this cooked food must be a master. The taste is better than the ones in our store!"

Master Liang is a straightforward person who speaks his mind. He doesn't think it's shameful at all that others are better than him.

After all, only by recognizing one's own shortcomings can one improve one's skills.

"It should be okay to replicate his taste, right?" This is what Wang Dongjia was concerned about.

If it tastes good, Chef Liang can taste it himself without him having to tell. What he wants is a replica, something that can surpass others and bring him profits.

Master Liang nodded: "No problem."

“It’s just that it’s a little difficult to replicate it one-to-one, but it can be roughly the same.”

Wang Dongjia frowned slightly when he heard this and asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"

Master Liang picked out a piece of fat and lean pork head and showed it to Wang Dongjia. He then explained: "These cooked foods are made through two processes. One is the old soup when stewing the ingredients. This ratio can be slowly explored."

"There is another dish where after the ingredients are cooked, a layer of sauce is added on top, which enriches the layers of the ingredients and makes the taste richer."

There are actually two production processes!

Wang Dongjia nodded as if he understood, and he got the general idea.

He owns a restaurant, and although his cooking skills are average, he still knows a little about some common dishes.

For example, when making cooked food, usually there is only one process, which is boiling. As long as the proportion of the soup base is adjusted properly, the cooked food can be sold directly.

I didn’t expect that the stall I came across today had one more craft than usual.

No wonder business is so good.

"Even you can't taste the proportions?"

Master Liang frowned and shook his head: "Without that layer of sauce, I can figure out how to cook the soup of the ingredients. I can't say it's 100% the same, but it's not much different."

"The trouble is that there is an extra layer of sauce, and the flavor of this sauce blends with the old soup. It is very difficult to guess the proportion just by tasting it."

"Not to mention me, even my master couldn't do it. He could only experiment little by little and slowly figure out the most suitable ratio."

Wang Dongjia sighed in disappointment, pointed to the other packages of oil paper and said, "Try those again and see if you can replicate it."

The other packages contained vegetarian dishes. Chef Liang tasted them and said there was no problem.

"These are fine, without the sauce. Give our kitchen five days and they should be ready."

"So long?" Shopkeeper Liu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "You have to improve the efficiency of your kitchen. We are asking you to replicate something, not research a new one."

Master Liang glanced at Shopkeeper Liu with some displeasure.

Hey you, I just handed you the chopsticks and you turned around and stabbed me with a knife, right?

Saying that the kitchen is inefficient in front of Mr. Wang is like a slap in his face, isn't it?

"If you don't understand, just shut up. Otherwise you'll look like a sick person!" Master Liang was not polite this time and directly retorted.

“Although this vegetarian dish is cooked in the old soup, the kelp and potato chips are actually crispy. There is a trick to this and it takes time to figure it out.”

Upon hearing this, Wang Dongjia frowned and finally nodded helplessly.

He knew Master Liang's level. Although he was not as good as the chefs from the top restaurants, his level was also very good.

Besides, Master Liang is a very honest person. If he says he can figure it out in five days, he will definitely not fool you.

Apparently, there's a reason why the stalls selling cooked food are doing so well.

Just as he was thinking about it, Master Liang in front of him suddenly slapped Sha Zhu's head a few times in annoyance.

"Eat, eat, eat. All you do is eat. Did I call you here so you can just eat like crazy?"

"No... didn't you ask us to come here to eat?" Sha Zhu, who was beaten, said somewhat aggrievedly.

"What a mess!" Master Liang patted Sha Zhu's head again and asked another apprentice, "Come on, tell me."

This apprentice was thin, but much smarter than Sha Zhu. The moment he saw Sha Zhu being beaten, he put down his chopsticks.

"Well, I think this cooked food is very well made. The meat is very tasty, the fatty parts are not greasy, and the lean parts are not dry. It also has a hint of spiciness. This spiciness is not pungent, but has some aftertaste. The taste of the meat is also divided into several levels. It is obviously made by a master."

The rather professional review caught the attention of Shazhu standing nearby.

No, buddy, we are both apprentices. Did you study secretly after get off work?

Why do you talk in such a contradictory way?

"Well, that's well said. Keep up the hard work." Master Liang nodded with satisfaction, then looked at another apprentice.

"Tell me, what do you think of this vegetarian dish?"

"Okay, I tried the potato slices for this vegetarian dish. The thickness of each slice is almost the same, which shows that this person has good knife skills. It is easier to control the cooking time of potato slices with uniform thickness, and there will not be a situation where some are overcooked and some are not yet cooked."

"Then there's the taste of this vegetarian dish. The person who made it must have put a lot of thought into it, otherwise it wouldn't have had such a crispy texture. Although it has one less step than meat, I don't think it was done to save trouble. If the sauce was used on the ingredients, it would have been superfluous!"

Good fellow, what you said makes sense again.

Sha Zhu was completely stunned. He looked at the two men in disbelief. We were all apprentices together, and you are so outstanding that it makes me look stupid!