Although Engineer Cheng stayed to help and didn't leave until Yuan Zhou drove him away, Engineer Cheng wasn't as simple, honest and leisurely as he was in the restaurant after he left.
It was just 8: 30 in the evening. At this time, Engineer Cheng hadn't eaten dinner yet. However, he didn't care about that at all. Instead, he started to make a phone call.
"Old Sun, I'm going to your farm to have a look. You go to the factory and wait for me." Engineer Cheng said straightforwardly.
No one knew what was said on the other end of the phone, but it was obviously a direct answer. Because Engineer Cheng put away the phone and walked to the garage directly.
Obviously, Engineer Cheng was going to look for ingredients overnight. Of course, on the way, he called his wife and told her that he would go back late today.
Yuan Zhou only gave Engineer Cheng three days to look for suitable ingredients to Engineer Cheng personally. Therefore, Engineer Cheng was very busy during these three days. He was either in the kitchen or going out to look for ingredients.
That's right. Out of the seriousness of the assessment, Engineer Cheng went to look for ingredients personally this time. He didn't ask anyone else to do it.
Very soon, three days passed. At 2: 30 in the afternoon, Zhang Yan, Zhou Shijie and Lee Yanyi came together.
That's right. Lee Yanyi was one of them. It was Engineer Cheng who invited them personally. Of course, he also asked for Yuan Zhou's consent before that.
The reason given by Engineer Cheng was that Lee Yanyi was a great food critic and admired Yuan Zhou very much. With Lee Yanyi's help, Lee Yanyi could clearly know the gap between him and his master, Yuan Zhou.
There was a saying in the restaurant, "Lee Yanyi knows Yuan Zhou's cooking best. The one who knows Yuan Zhou's cooking better than Lee Yanyi is Wuhai."
Using 'most' and 'more' at the same time was a little problematic, but it was not a big problem. It showed that Lee Yanyi had a deep understanding of Yuan Zhou's culinary skills.
Yuan Zhou agreed to Engineer Cheng's arrangement.
After receiving the invitation, Lee Yanyi, who rarely did private judging, or rather, it was his first time doing a private judging, agreed without hesitation when he heard that Yuan Zhou was going to judge Yuan Zhou's disciple, Engineer Cheng.
"Yuan seems to be in good spirits," Zhou Shijie said.
"Thank you, Uncle Zhou, President Zhang, and Mr. Li, for coming," Yuan Zhou first nodded in response to Zhou Shijie, then said politely.
"Don't mention it. It's a good thing. We are also taking the opportunity to have a free meal." Lee Yanyi said frankly.
"Exactly, and we don't even need to line up," Zhang Yan also said with a smile.
"All right. Don't block the entrance of Yuan Zhou's restaurant. Let's go inside and talk," Zhou Shijie said immediately when he saw them finish their greetings.
"It's indeed time to go inside. We forgot." Lee Yanyi nodded his head.
"I was just preparing to go inside. Old man, you are really good at interrupting me." Zhang Yan never got along well with Zhou Shijie and it was even worse in private.
Fortunately, although Zhang Yan disagreed with Yuan Zhou verbally, he still gave face to Yuan Zhou in his behavior. Therefore, he followed Yuan Zhou into the restaurant.
As Yuan Zhou walked into the sergestes wall view door, Yuan Zhou didn't lead them to the backyard this time. Instead, he directly brought them to the front yard.
There was a standard cooking bench with a complete set of pots and seasonings on it. Obviously, it was prepared for Engineer Cheng.
Behind the cooking bench was a solid wooden square table, which was just big enough for four people to sit down.
Among the four people at the scene, three of them were top-notch cooking masters. What's more, Yuan Zhou was already a great chef. Even Lee Yanyi, the only one who didn't know how to cook, was a great chef. Once he saw the cooking bench prepared by Yuan Zhou, he nodded his head and said, "Thank you, Yuan."
"Indeed. I remember this cooking bench is the one that Cheng Zhao Mei often uses," Zhang Yan understood and said.
"Good utensils, good ingredients and good craftsmanship can bring out the best of the dishes," Yuan Zhou didn't admit his preference for Engineer Cheng at all and said primly.
"That's true. Delicacies naturally have to be stored in beautiful utensils so that they can bring out the best taste. Among color, fragrance, taste, meaning and shape, color doesn't only refer to the color of the food, but also the degree of compatibility with the utensils," Lee Yanyi opened his mouth and said.
"That's true. Even if it's just a white plate, it has to be cleaned and polished to be as white as new. Otherwise, if the plate looks clean but is actually yellow, who would want to eat it?" Zhang Yan said lightly.
"It's the best if it's suitable. There's no need to set a problem for yourself," Zhou Shijie concluded and then turned his head to look at Yuan Zhou and asked, "Where's Zhao Mei?"
"I asked him to prepare the ingredients," Yuan Zhou answered.
"Ok. Let's see how much craftsmanship Cheng Zhao Mei has learned from Yuan," Zhou Shijie sat down first and then said.
The others nodded their heads and sat down one by one. At that moment, Engineer Cheng walked over with a bamboo basket. Obviously, the ingredients prepared by Engineer Cheng were in the basket.
Engineer Cheng first placed the bamboo basket on the material table at the side, then wiped his hands dry and went up to greet them.
"Master, Chairman Zhou, Chairman Zhang, Mr. Lee, good afternoon," Engineer Cheng said.
"Um," Yuan Zhou nodded his head.
"Ok. Your master doesn't like to say polite words, so you don't have to say anything. Let's begin," Zhou Shijie said with a smile.
"We are just here to see if you are serious about learning from Yuan. You should know how many people want this opportunity of yours," Zhang Yan said.
"According to the evaluation website, if you can produce 0.7 Yuan, I will consider it a pass," Lee Yanyi obviously paid a lot of attention to Yuan Zhou. He even mentioned the unit of measurement.
"Do it well," Yuan Zhou said at the end.
"Yes, master. I will." Engineer Cheng took a deep breath and then nodded his head. With a solemn expression, he turned around and went to the stove. As the first disciple of Yuan Zhou, he couldn't bring shame to his master!
Engineer Cheng walked to the stove and opened the bamboo basket. Inside the basket were the ingredients for the Twice Cooked Pork.
Of course, the Twice Cooked Pork wasn't as high-end as the Boiled Cabbage in Sichuan Cuisine. However, it was a common dish that every family couldn't do without.
According to a saying in a TV program, the dishes cooked by a master should have a homely taste. And the Twice Cooked Pork was the test of the homely taste.
"The pork Zhao Mei used is an improved Chenghua pig," Yuan Zhou suddenly said.
"It's indeed a Chenghua pig. Although it's an improved version, I think we can still eat a good taste," Zhang Yan nodded his head.
"The Chenghua pig is extinct. It took a lot of effort to find an improved version," Zhou Shijie was the chairman of the Chef's Alliance. Naturally, he knew about some food ingredients that had gone extinct.
"I only look at the taste," Lee Yanyi didn't comment on that, but said.
"You don't understand. If the Chenghua pig is extinct, we probably won't be able to eat our authentic Twice Cooked Pork anymore," as the chairman of the Sichuan Cuisine Association, Zhang Yan naturally knew the importance of the Chenghua pig to Sichuan Cuisine.
"I have Yuan. Let me eat the dish cooked by Yuan," Lee Yanyi said.
"No, we can still eat the dish cooked by him in the future," Yuan Zhou pointed at Engineer Cheng who was slicing the pork and said.
"That's true. With the help of Yuan and Yuan's Engineer Cheng, the Chenghua pig probably won't go extinct," Zhang Yan immediately nodded his head and said.
That was true. If there were a large number of chefs who needed the Chenghua pig to cook the Twice Cooked Pork, there would naturally be more people breeding the Chenghua pig and the extinction of the Chenghua pig wouldn't happen.
This was the relationship between supply and demand. However, the most important thing was that the Twice Cooked Pork cooked by Yuan Zhou was fatty but not greasy, fragrant, spicy, and refreshing. Moreover, it went well with rice. That was the reason why the Twice Cooked Pork was favored by the customers again.
As the customers suddenly liked eating the Twice Cooked Pork, the frequency of their orders increased. That was why the restaurant started preparing this dish. But in order to satisfy the customers' appetites that had been nurtured by Yuan Zhou and Master Cheng, the only other way was to improve the quality of the ingredients, and the Chenghua pig was the best way to achieve that.
Hearing Yuan Zhou's words, Zhang Yan instantly figured it out and couldn't help admiring Yuan Zhou even more.
That's right. He admired Yuan Zhou. After all, it was all because of the influence of Yuan Zhou alone.
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