PNB Chapter 188 Are You Really Not Being Modest?
Chapter 188 Are You Really Not Being Modest?
At 11 o'clock in the morning, the store gradually became busy after Lu Hongwen arrived.
Lu Hongwen’s takeaway app is already ready. Since it’s just started, he’s only promoted it on a small scale in a few boys’ dormitories nearby as a test, in order to verify through practice the problems the store encounters in food delivery.
Under the leadership of Lv Hongwen, several boys in the dormitory have become regular customers of the pork trotter rice and sweet soup stalls. Therefore, they began to look forward to the progress of the takeaway mini program as soon as it was developed. As soon as Lv Hongwen promoted it, they couldn't wait to order food online.
Lu Hongwen helped Su Yuchen serve and pack the pork trotter rice and stew from more than a dozen orders. Zhao Xiaojing prepared other stir-fried dishes one by one. While cooking, she communicated with Yun Yongyuan from time to time about the heat and seasoning of each dish. Yun Yongyuan stood by and listened seriously, nodding from time to time.
After Lv Hongwen delivered a dozen packed meals, Zhao Xiaojing started preparing the thirty-three meals ordered by Wen Jin.
Customers started arriving at the restaurant one after another, and menus were constantly torn off and sent to the kitchen.
Zhao Xiaojing was busy cooking, and Yun Yongyuan prepared the dishes one by one according to the orders and placed them on the workbench.
Although there was one more person in the kitchen and Zhao Xiaojing could not use the shortcut module, Yun Yongyuan's years in the restaurant were not in vain. He was very efficient in cutting side dishes, which made Zhao Xiaojing feel a lot more relaxed.
In addition, after Lu Hongwen came back, he also came to help in the kitchen, taking over Su Yuchen's job of serving rice and vegetables. From time to time, he could also help Yun Yongyuan cut the vegetables that were almost finished. Su Yuchen and Ouyang Yidan entertained guests in the front hall together, and everyone's pressure was reduced a lot for a while.
After the lunch rush, Yun Yongyuan, who had watched Zhao Xiaojing cooking all afternoon, officially started cooking.
After Yun Yongyuan picked up the big spoon, he became full of energy, and even pushing and pulling the wok looked particularly energetic.
"Watch the fire, it's time to turn it down."
"There's not enough vinegar. Add half a spoonful more."
"Don't be in a hurry to take the food out of the pot. The time is too short and it won't be cooked properly." Zhao Xiaojing stood aside and stared at the pot. Her expression became involuntarily serious and she said a word or two from time to time.
After graduating from the courses on cooking and seasoning, she has a very precise grasp of taste and heat. Although she cannot tell the flaws of a dish just by smelling or looking at it, she can spot many problems on the spot by watching Yun Yongyuan cook the whole process.
"Is that enough, Junior Sister? If you add more, it will be too much. If it's too sour, it won't be fresh anymore." When seasoning the last dish of stir-fried pork liver, Yun Yongyuan looked uncertainly at Zhao Xiaojing who asked him to add a little less vinegar.
Zhao Xiaojing smiled, took the spoon, dipped it in a little vinegar, and quickly flipped the liver out of the pot. She scooped a piece with the spoon and placed it in a small bowl next to it. "Try it."
Yun Yongyuan was skeptical. He picked up the liver and tried to put it into his mouth. His expression changed completely. "Junior sister, it's amazing. How did you control the taste so well? I said you added too much vinegar, but it seems that this amount is just right! From now on, I will listen to whatever you say and follow your requirements strictly. Your words are the standard!"
"Senior Brother Yun, you said you are not as good as Sister Jingzi, you are not being modest?" Lu Hongwen, who was cutting green peppers on the side, looked at the two of them with a confused expression when he heard the words.
He just came to the store today, and when he heard that Yun Yongyuan was Zhao Xiaojing's senior brother, he was very excited. He thought that Zhao Xiaojing's senior brother must be more capable. He also said that there was a big boss in the store, and they must work together to make the store bigger and stronger in the future.
Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen had heard many similar bold words from him, so they just smiled and said nothing. However, Yun Yongyuan was very panicked when he heard it, and kept explaining to Lu Hongwen that he was not capable of it. Lu Hongwen just thought he was being modest and kept encouraging him to be confident.
So what they said was true?
Zhao Xiaojing looked at Lu Hongwen's confused expression and broke down immediately, her shoulders shaking with laughter.
Liu Yunyongyuan looked embarrassed, neither laughing nor not laughing. "Yes, I am really just an apprentice who has been learning cooking for five years. Although I have been cooking for a while, today is the first time I cook for customers."
This made Lu Hongwen blush, and Zhao Xiaojing laughed even more happily.
The five of them spent the whole lunch hour busy. At lunch time, Zhao Xiaojing gave the stove to Yun Yongyuan to cook as he pleased. After she and Su Yuchen cleaned up the kitchen, they took out a drawer of rice and brought it to the front hall.
There are more and more people in the store. Although they have different personalities, they all seem to have one thing in common, which is that they can eat!
After a while, Yun Yongyuan called out, and he and Ouyang Yidan came from the kitchen, each carrying two dishes.
"Sister Jing, Sister Su, Brother Mosquito, it's time for dinner! Happy hour is about to begin!" Ouyang Yidan shouted to the three people who were standing at the front desk discussing something.
"Here we come." The three looked over here. Lu Hongwen responded and fiddled with Su Yuchen's phone for a while before the three came over.
"This way you can hear the order reminders. The phone can be placed in the back kitchen or at the front desk, and it will automatically announce the orders. If Sister Jingzi is too busy, just put it up front and ask you to write down the orders and report them. I'll come and pick up the food and deliver it directly." The three of them sat down at the dining table, and Lu Hongwen continued to give instructions.
"Okay, Xiaowenzi is reliable." Su Yuchen nodded, picked up the chopsticks with one hand and put away the phone with the other. "Wow, the dishes made by Chef Yun are very rich, come and try them!"
There were four dishes on the table in front of me, one was stir-fried pork liver, one was twice-cooked pork, one was three fresh vegetables, and one was stir-fried shredded lotus root. Each dish was quite large.
Two of the dishes were ones that Yun Yongyuan had seen Zhao Xiaojing make several times at noon and then made himself. Zhao Xiaojing had also given him guidance, so he wanted to make them again himself to get a feel for them.
There was another dish he made in the morning when he was tasting food for Zhao Xiaojing. After eating it, Zhao Xiaojing said that it was not cooked enough, the meat was too hard, and the sauce was not fragrant enough. He tried to make improvements based on Zhao Xiaojing's suggestions.
The remaining dish was made for a balanced nutrition, and I randomly picked one of the vegetable ingredients that Zhao Xiaojing bought specially.
"Junior sister, did I put too much sauce in this twice-cooked pork?" Yun Yongyuan looked at the twice-cooked pork in front of him in annoyance. The color of the sauce was too rich, almost black.
As soon as Yun Yongyuan finished speaking, not only Zhao Xiaojing, but the other three people also picked up a piece and tasted it, putting it into their mouths and chewing it carefully while shaking their heads, as if they were all masters.
"It tastes a bit bitter." Lu Hongwen said, tilting his head to feel it.
"The color looks a bit dark to me, but it tastes delicious without the mirror." Su Yuchen said.
"Hmm...it tastes like twice-cooked pork!" Ouyang Yidan followed closely behind with a serious face.
"This is twice-cooked pork!" Lv Hongwen and Yun Yongyuan were surprisingly in sync this time, and they complained in unison. "Let's discuss, do you want a male lead?"