If Yuan Zhou's culinary skills were not bad, then what about the other chefs? That was, they didn't know how to cook.
Nobody took Yuan Zhou's modesty seriously. All the nominal apprentices said one sentence at the same time, "Don't worry, master. We will work harder to learn culinary skills and follow in your footsteps."
"Next, let's start with Cantonese cuisine. Come and pay your respects to the master." Seeing Yuan Zhou sit down, Zhao Mei stood at the side and spoke on his behalf.
The Cantonese cuisine was not an acquaintance this time. He had never been to Chengdu before. However, the information had been sent to Yuan Zhou and he had read it.
One of them was Huang Gang and the other was Zhang Longquan. They were about the same age as Ceng Youwei, 50 years old. However, Zhang Longquan had maintained himself well and looked about five years younger than Huang Gang. He was the vice president of the Chefs' Fitness Association.
The Chefs' Fitness Association was an association that encouraged chefs to keep fit. The president was Wang Jike.
Hearing that Cantonese cuisine would be the first, Huang Gang and Zhang Longquan eagerly picked up a box beside their seats and ran to the rostrum. Their steps were fast and their excitement was obvious.
When they approached the rostrum, they probably felt they would lose their image, so they slowed down immediately.
"Master, this is the apprenticeship gift we prepared. Please accept it."
Huang Gang and Zhang Longquan walked up to Yuan Zhou and bowed respectfully to hand over the wooden box in their hands. Their attitude was very sincere.
"This is your apprenticeship gift." Yuan Zhou handed the two notebooks to them and continued, "You can also exchange them after you finish reading them."
"Okay, master." Huang Gang and Zhang Longquan answered respectfully.
Next, it was Suzhou cuisine, Qianzhou cuisine, Yunnan cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, and foreign cuisines. They came to the rostrum one by one, bowed to Yuan Zhou, gave the apprenticeship gift, and received the gift.
It was worth mentioning that the 14 chefs, including Dashi Xiujie and Su Cha, all gave gifts in wooden boxes, which seemed to be the same kind of gift.
As for the nominal apprenticeship of Shandong cuisine, it fell on Zhuang Lei and Gu Qi. Speaking of Sichuan Cuisine, Cao Zhishu could be considered as an old acquaintance. Relying on the little bit of culinary experience he learned from Yuan Zhou, he was far ahead of the other chefs and took the first place.
As for the other spot, it fell on Zhang He, who was known as the Little King of Sichuan Cuisine before Yuan Zhou became famous.
When Yuan Zhou was an assistant chef, Zhang He was the king of Sichuan cuisine.
Yuan Zhou was no longer an assistant chef, and Zhang He was the king of Sichuan cuisine.
When The Kitchen God didn't have a signboard, Zhang He was the king of Sichuan cuisine.
The Kitchen God already had a signature dish, and Zhang He was still the Little King of Sichuan Cuisine. Now, there was finally some progress. Zhang He had become Yuan Zhou's in-name disciple.
Back to the point, the gift that Yuan Zhou gave to each registered disciple was a notebook. Compared with Cheng Zhao Mei's box, it was not that Yuan Zhou deliberately hid it, but that he had his own arrangement.
"Let me explain. The gift for the apprenticeship ceremony is the same, including the gift that your Eldest Senior Brother received at the beginning."
"The notebook contains my insights from studying various cuisines. However, your situation is a little special, so I gave you one or two books first. After reading them, there will be a quiz. After that, I will look at the results of the quiz, then I will make arrangements. Is there any problem?" Yuan Zhou asked directly.
"No, Master." This was what everyone had expected.
"For the first quiz, I will give everyone half a month's time. Half a month later, which is today, I will inform you of the location for the quiz," Yuan Zhou said straightforwardly.
"If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me at any time," Yuan Zhou added after thinking for a while.
Thinking of Cheng Zhao Mei's previous situation, he felt that he probably needed some guidance. After all, Cheng Zhao Mei was also like this in the beginning.
When Cheng Zhao Mei heard that the gift of apprenticeship ceremony prepared by Yuan Zhou was the notebook, she instantly thought of the box of notebooks with millions of words when she was apprenticeship ceremony. She felt quite familiar with them.
Seeing that the apprenticeship ceremony was almost over, Zhou Shijie went up with Zhong Lili. After all, it was still a little early, not even four o 'clock.
"Yuan, let's go upstairs and talk." It was rare to see Yuan Zhou, so Zhou Shijie wanted to communicate with Yuan Zhou.
Previously, before Yuan Zhou served Shandong Cuisine, Zhou Shijie liked to communicate with Yuan Zhou about culinary skills. Both sides learned a lot.
Since Shandong Cuisine was served on the menu, Yuan Zhou's knowledge of Shandong Cuisine became more and more profound. Zhou Shijie communicated with Yuan Zhou several times and had a lot of ideas. Obviously, he felt that his culinary skills had improved. Therefore, he never got tired of communicating with Yuan Zhou. Moreover, he had the home advantage. Yuan Zhou was in Chengdu.
There was nothing better than this. For example, Song Ming envied him very much.
"Master, you go with the chairman. I'll take care of this. I'll put the gifts of my junior brothers and sisters in my car and drive you back." Chairman Cheng observed his expression and said.
"Okay. Thank you." Yuan Zhou thought for a while and agreed.
"It's my duty to do things for master," Cheng Zhao Mei said immediately.
Seeing that Yuan Zhou was about to leave, the new apprentice immediately followed him to make his presence known.
"See you later, master."
It could be imagined how loud the voices of more than a dozen people were. After the figures of Yuan Zhou and Zhou Shijie disappeared, there were only their own people in the meeting room. Then, Cheng Zhao Mei was surrounded.
"Eldest brother, do you have any insights from reading the notes? Can you share them with us?"
"I gave master an ancient book called Miscellaneous Notes on Wild Vegetables. I don't know if master will like it. Do you know?"
"Eldest brother, have you ever taken a test?"
One question after another was thrown at Cheng Zhao Mei, and he answered them one by one. He still maintained the demeanor of an eldest brother.
As for the test, it was no joke. Cheng Zhao Mei had survived under "homework" time and time again.
While Cheng Zhao Mei was bonding with her junior brothers and sisters, on the other side, Yuan Zhou and Zhou Shijie were also chatting happily.
"Yuan, do you also think that this pork tendon needs to be marinated in advance to make it taste better?" Zhou Shijie said.
"At first, I tried marinating it without marinating it, but the taste changed very little. Then, I changed the marinating method. First, I soaked it in salt water, then marinated it with spice water. That way, it will taste better," Yuan Zhou said in detail.
"In that case …" Zhou Shijie immediately said, "Can you use cloves, cardamom, turpentine, angelica dahurica, and a little honey to taste better?"
To be honest, if one's cooking skills were not good and he didn't know much about the ingredients, he really couldn't communicate like this because he couldn't imagine the taste.
Yuan Zhou pondered over Zhou Shijie's spice formula and nodded. "The taste will be good. This formula feels a little familiar."
"It's a treatment method mentioned in the Synopsis of the Golden Chamber. I evolved it and came up with the current method," Zhou Shijie explained.
With this reminder, Yuan Zhou remembered.
The time passed quickly while the two talked. Soon, Zhao Mei came to the office. Seeing that it was getting late, she came to send Yuan Zhou back to the restaurant.
After saying goodbye to Zhou Shijie, Yuan Zhou got into Zhao Mei's car and was sent back to The Kitchen God.
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