Food: How Did I Become a Chef When I Set Up a Stall?

 Beside the reservoir.

This reservoir is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a quiet environment. There are several houses in the distance, and the scenery looks very good.

 It’s good to fish here.

Many videos of Jiang Feng are still circulating on the Internet.

 The West Lake vinegar fish incident indeed caused a lot of commotion.

The video is even more popular than before.

Jiang Feng has now appeared in the eyes of netizens across the country from the city level.

 This will also be of great benefit to his two restaurant businesses.

The quality of Jiangyuetai's dishes is already excellent, and coupled with the traffic, it is packed almost every day.

Some employees have asked for instructions to reopen the branch, otherwise they would be too busy every day.

 But this kind of thing cannot be rushed.

In addition, some people from the outside world have contacted Jiangfeng, hoping that Jiangfeng will open the franchise of Jiangyuetai so that ordinary people can open Jiangyuetai brand stores.

Jiang Feng naturally refused.

 After fishing for a while, Jiang Feng dumped all the fish into the reservoir.

“Boss Jiang, your fishing skills are really good, quite impressive.”

Li Duoyu, the owner of the reservoir, praised.

 “Hobby, just play around.”

Jiang Feng responded.

 He put the cat down and looked at Xiao Hei's condition again.

Then, Jiang Feng said:

“You have a lot of aquatic products. I’ll cook some vegetables later to taste them.”

“Of course that’s no problem, what are you doing, West Lake vinegar fish?” Li Duoyu readily agreed and asked again.

“No, I’ve made too much. I won’t make West Lake vinegar fish in the near future. I plan to make a Huaiyang dish, braised puffer fish.”

 “I think your pufferfish is quite big.”

Jiang Feng saw it at Li Duoyu’s breeding farm.

 As a chef, seeing that so many top-quality freshwater ingredients are directly available in the primary market, he must have some ideas.

 Such as soft-shell turtle, prawn, and puffer fish.

Jiang Feng looks pretty good.

 Seafood and river fresh food depend on the place where they are cultured.

 It must be aquatic products raised in reservoirs to taste good.

  If it is raised on feed, the taste will be worse.

Li Duoyu was even more happy when she heard that Jiang Feng wanted to make puffer fish, "That's great. Most people can't make puffer fish, at least we don't dare to do it."

“It seems like you need a special qualification certificate.”

 Li Duoyu also knows his stuff.

Nowadays, some artificially raised pufferfish are no longer poisonous, but there are definitely still those raised in aquaculture.

 The toxins of wild puffer fish are very terrifying. The toxin of one puffer fish can kill 30 adults. After generations of artificial breeding and screening, the toxins are very low and relatively safe.

I can only say that Chinese chefs are really good. No matter how poisonous the pufferfish is, they can handle it cleanly.

 Because puffer fish is really delicious.

Puffer fish meat has very little fat and is firm and tender. It is an indescribable delicacy.

This kind of fish is addictive.

Li Duoyu followed Jiang Feng and caught two plump puffer fish. Then he went to the kitchen and Jiang Feng started to prepare a braised puffer fish.

Jiang Feng also wants to eat puffer fish.

 There has always been no shortage of gourmets in China. For example, the famous poet Su Dongpo was a person who loved to eat.

 He wrote a poem.

“Three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo are a prophet of ducks in the warm water of the spring river.”

“The ground is full of wormwood and reed buds are short, it’s the time when the puffer fish is about to come”

 It refers to this season, when the pufferfish has grown up and it’s time to eat it.

 The last sentence fully reveals his gourmet nature.

 It is worth mentioning that when he traveled to Hangzhou, there was really no good food to eat, so the homemade Dongpo Pork became a representative dish of Zhejiang cuisine.

It can be seen that Hangzhou’s reputation as a “food desert” is not new.

 Some people also say, "Once you eat puffer fish meat, you will never miss the fish in the world for the rest of your life."

 You can also see how popular the delicacy of puffer fish is.

 In the kitchen, Jiang Feng started to get busy.

He was busy with the puffer fish, taking off everything that needed to be taken off.

Li Duoyu didn’t dare to look at it, so he just waited to eat it.

 Li Duoyu’s ancestors were also fishermen. He heard from his family elders that in the 1990s, several fishermen died from eating puffer fish every year.

 In this day and age, it is almost rare to hear such a thing.

Jiang Feng’s skill in handling puffer fish is naturally good, and he didn’t leave any unnecessary parts.

 After processing, put it in the pot, add the secret seasoning, then add water and start simmering.

 When the soup in the pot is thickened, add some green onions and simmer for a while.

 Then you can take it out of the pot.

 The pufferfish soup in the pot has a rich color, like braised chicken with rice and chicken, and the soup is fresh.

The whole thing exudes a burst of fresh fragrance.

 Such an aroma cannot be emitted by ordinary food ingredients.

 Then, Jiang Feng took the puffer fish out, and he, Li Duoyu, and another employee of the farm tasted this delicacy.

Puffer fish basically has no spines. You can eat it directly by picking up a piece of fish meat, and even the skin is delicious.

Li Duoyu took a bite, and instantly his mouth was filled with fragrance.

 The fish meat is so tender and tastes great. The aroma of the marinade gives the fish meat a variety of flavors. The soup that fills your mouth is also delicious.

 Another employee also tasted the puffer fish.

 He was completely shocked.

 In so many years of farming, I have never eaten such delicious fish!

 It’s so delicious!

The fish meat is extremely smooth and tender, and the umami flavor cannot be concealed.

 I have never eaten such delicious fish in my life!

 Both of them are engaged in aquatic products. They have eaten a lot of fish and are already very picky about the taste of fish.

 But the puffer fish made by Jiang Feng is indeed extraordinary. Jiang Feng tasted it unhurriedly.

 Puffer fish tastes great.

 It has to be farmed in a reservoir to be delicious.

  If you were to find puffer fish in ordinary stores, it would not taste like this.

 This reservoir is good.

Jiang Feng is still thinking about buying two more turtles when he leaves later.

 The soft-shelled turtles in this reservoir are also good.

  You can make turtle soup.

Puffer fish is indeed delicious. No wonder Su Dongpo likes to eat it.

Jiang Feng was thinking.

 How about setting up a pasture yourself or an aquaculture farm.

 Ingredients must be supplied from the place of production.

 The meat on the market is far less fresh than the poultry and livestock raised by oneself.

 He is the boss after all, and he is not short of money. He always thinks like a boss when doing things.

But he really doesn’t have much energy. After all, he prefers cooking, so this kind of thing can only be put on hold and discussed later.

“Boss Jiang, where will you set up a stall next?”

 “A lot of people are discussing this matter.”

Li Duoyu was curious and couldn't help but ask.

 “I really haven’t thought about it now, I still have to think about what to do.”

Jiang Feng replied with a smile.

 “Take two days’ rest first.”

According to Jiang Feng’s idea, it doesn’t matter where you set up a stall, the key is where the food culture is better.

 This way he can taste local food while setting up a stall.

Jiang Feng wants to open a Zhejiang restaurant soon, and now he wants to go to Wenzhou.

 Wenzhou cuisine is also quite famous.

Wenzhou is even more famous, especially the magical song "Jiangnan Leather Factory is closed down", which is almost a household name.

If there were no system tasks, he might go to the streets of Wenzhou by himself, find a small shop to rent, and sell some breakfast, lunch and the like.

 Still the same leisurely life.

Jiang Feng took two more bites of pufferfish.

 The taste is really good.

 As a chef, he clearly knows that the ingredients are very important for whether a dish is delicious or not.

 Eat something fresh.

For example, in Yunnan, there are so many news about mushroom poisoning every year, but many people still enjoy eating mushrooms every day.

 It’s because the freshly picked mushrooms are very delicious and have the best taste.

 Soon, the two pufferfish were eaten clean by the three of them.

The little black cat also got a piece of it. It was chewing the fish with its back molars and its whole face was working hard. It was really cute.

 Cats always like to eat fish, and puffer fish is even better.

This black cat follows Jiang Feng, and the food is never bad.

 After eating puffer fish, Jiang Feng was satisfied. He stayed at the reservoir for a while, looked at the situation of the reservoir, and talked about the regular supply of grass carp and other aquatic products.

Jiang Feng left.

 He hopes that Jiang Yuelou will have a dedicated supply of aquatic products.

At the edge of the West Lake, guests who come here definitely want to eat fresh and tender aquatic products.

 Fish in suburban reservoirs are undoubtedly the best choice.

With this step, Jiangyuetai’s aquatic products will not taste bad.

 The next step is to rest and visit Hangzhou.

 The scenery here is quite good.

Especially taking a boat trip to the West Lake, it feels like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

During this period, some internet celebrities approached Jiang Feng and wanted to cooperate with him.

Some of them are quite beautiful.

Jiang Feng naturally did not agree.

 He now wishes that his popularity was lower.

Every time you set up a stall, you only need good business. Going too far will only lead to chaos.

 He also went to Jiangyuetai Zhejiang Cuisine Restaurant to check out the renovation.

The restaurant has an antique flavor, which is in line with the artistic conception of West Lake, and has a unique beauty of Chinese gardens.

 After all, it cost money.

 The decoration has been completed for a month, and Jiang Feng is not in a hurry.

 In addition, he is also busy selecting chefs.

  During these few days of rest, I sometimes invite a few chefs with good resumes to try out dishes.

Jiang Fenghui watched the whole process and picked out two.

His standards are very high. Many chefs’ meals taste good, but they are not careful, their cooking methods are too bold, and their heavy oil and salt do not meet his standards.

 He is the boss, he has the final say.

  Anyway, there is still time, so choose slowly.

Once the chefs have been selected and signed contracts, Jiang Feng will have to train all the chefs.

 Make sure meals are of a high standard.

 He is serious about his career.

 Soon the system released new tasks.

Contrary to Jiang Feng’s expectation, the mission location was Wenzhou.

 It seems that the system anticipates what he thinks, or provides rewards according to his ideas.

Jiang Feng and others finished all the things in Hangzhou before taking over the task.

 It’s time to start a new week again.

This time, let’s try Wenzhou’s delicacies! (End of chapter)