Yesterday, Cheng Zhao Mei called and said that she wanted to discuss some important matters with Zhang Yan. She asked if Yuan Zhou was free, so he made time for her.
Zhang Yan looked at Cheng Zhaomei and signaled for him to speak. This matter was related to the Sichuan Cuisine Association, and as the president, Cheng Zhaomei was duty-bound to handle it. As for Zhang Yan, he was very concerned about the Sichuan Cuisine Association's matters. If he didn't come to take a look when something big happened, he would feel uncomfortable.
Therefore, he came together this time. Of course, it was also because Zhang Yan was familiar with Yuan Zhou. With the rise of Yuan Zhou's status, ordinary people didn't dare to disturb him casually.
Seriously speaking, the relationship between Zhang Yan and Cheng Zhao Mei was actually very complicated. Logically speaking, they were ten years apart, so there should be a gap in seniority. However, they were chefs in the same generation and could be considered as peers. His daughter, Zhang Ying, had to call Cheng Zhao Mei Uncle Cheng.
However, later on, Cheng Zhao Mei became the disciple of Yuan Zhou. To be honest, Yuan Zhou's cooking skills were better than Zhang Yan's, but he was the youngest.
Therefore, ever since Zhao Mei became the president, Zhang Yan had been addressing her as Engineer Cheng. In the past, calling him Engineer Cheng was also a form of address. No matter how the seniority changed, calling him Engineer Cheng was not wrong.
Cheng Zhao Mei saw Zhang Yan's gaze and said directly, "Master, recently, when I looked through some of the past information in the association, I found that many of the classic Sichuan Cuisines that were passed down by word of mouth are on the verge of being lost. It's not that the chefs don't want to pass it on, but they can't find a suitable successor. Many of them are no longer famous. Even I found that there are some dishes that I have never heard of before. I feel that letting these dishes disappear is definitely a considerable loss for Sichuan Cuisine."
After pausing for a while, Zhao Mei continued, "Sichuan Cuisine has always been about a variety of flavors. If it loses some of its uniqueness, then Sichuan Cuisine will not be able to go far."
Zhao Mei was only Yuan Zhou's disciple. All she thought about was learning how to cook well and running the Cheng family's restaurant well. Ever since she became the president of the Sichuan Cuisine Association, the future direction and development of Sichuan Cuisine had become her top priority. It was almost on par with learning how to cook well.
Cheng Zhao Mei's cooking was also pretty good. At the very least, his culinary skills were excellent. Even when compared to other famous chefs, he did not lose out in the slightest. Therefore, ever since Cheng Zhao Mei became the president of the Sichuan Cuisine Association, he wanted to make Sichuan Cuisine the leader of the eight major cuisines.
Increasing the authority and importance of Sichuan Cuisine among the other cuisines had always been his goal.
The problem that Zhao Mei discovered in Sichuan Cuisine actually existed in other cuisines as well. In the past, the chef industry was always in the form of a teacher leading an apprentice. This method naturally had its pros and cons.
Without the transmission of words on paper, it only relied on people's mouths. Not only would everyone have different comprehension abilities, there would also be differences in the transmission. Even the same sentence might have a completely different meaning. Not to mention, sometimes there would also be changes brought about by tone and speaking habits.
As a result, there were many dishes that only some old chefs knew how to cook, but there was no successor. This was also the situation that Zhao Mei was currently worried about.
"The problem that you mentioned is not only present in Sichuan Cuisine, but also in other cuisines. What are your thoughts?" asked Yuan Zhou.
As for Cheng Zhao Mei, Yuan Zhou was very assured and had high hopes for her. Not only was she good at comprehension, she was also very hardworking. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been accepted as a disciple even if it was to complete the system's mission.
Cheng Zhao Mei had obviously thought of this problem long ago. Naturally, she had discussed it with Zhang Yan. Therefore, she left it to him to speak, while Zhang Yan was in charge of drinking tea.
Therefore, it was unknown whether Zhang Yan came here because he was worried about the Sichuan Cuisine Association or because he was here to drink the top-grade tea leaves from Yuan Zhou.
"Actually, there isn't a good solution at the moment. This problem has existed for a long time. Some dishes have already disappeared. Without the craftsmanship of the old chefs, they only have a name. Almost no one can cook them, except for the chefs." Speaking up to this point, Zhao Mei was a little embarrassed as she licked her lips and continued, "Therefore, if I want to ask the chefs to come forward and communicate with the existing masters, then let them record their special dishes into videos and save them. This is not only to leave behind information, but also to find a successor."
"Of course, for some dishes that have already been lost, it would be even better if the chefs could take the time to restore them. However, this matter is not urgent. We can take it slowly. The chefs can do it according to their own ideas. "
Cheng Zhao Mei knew how busy her chefs were. Now that she was adding to his workload, she was especially embarrassed. However, only Yuan Zhou had the ability to restore the chefs so easily. As for the others, even Zhang Yan didn't have the ability to do so. He would need to research for a few years before he could restore one dish. It was obviously not worth it.
Yuan Zhou pondered for a while and said, "What you said is indeed a good idea. However, if it's just Sichuan Cuisine, it won't work. Your other juniors might also encounter the same problem. How about this? Let's use Sichuan Cuisine as a template and fix this method. In the future, the other cuisines will follow this model. This will be better."
In fact, except for some subtle differences, there was not much difference between Yuan Zhou's treatment of his direct disciples and nominal disciples. Of course, it was true that Cheng Zhao Mei would get a lot of attention from Yuan Zhou. The pressure was not the same. After all, he was the eldest senior brother.
Cheng Zhao Mei's eyes lit up when she heard Yuan Zhou's words. Indeed, this would definitely be better. Not only for Sichuan Cuisine, but also for other cuisines. As the reserve chairman cultivated by Zhou Shijie, he had a pretty good view of the overall situation.
Originally, Zhou Shijie's target was Yuan Zhou at the beginning. However, since Yuan Zhou's cooking skills were getting better and better and he made the Huaxia Famous Chefs' Association independent from the Asian Famous Chefs' Association, he basically gave up this idea.
The layout of the Chefs' Association was still small, which would limit the development of Yuan Zhou. Such a thing was what Zhou Shijie didn't want to see. Although it was a pity, he still gave it up reluctantly. However, Cheng Zhao Mei, who was taught by Yuan Zhou, could do it. Not only did she have high cooking skills, but she also had good cooking ethics. With Yuan Zhou's supervision, there was nothing to worry about.
"This is really possible. Yuan's idea is very good. If we add dim sum as a category, will it be better?" Zhang Yan couldn't help saying a word for his good friend, Ji Yi.
The main reason was that Steamed Bun Ji was simply distressed by the fact that Yuan Zhou didn't belong to their Dim Sum World. Unfortunately, he was amazed by the dishes cooked by Yuan Zhou, which made him very hesitant.
"As for dim sum, I don't know all about it. Maybe it's beyond my ability. I need to take some time to digest it." Yuan Zhou considered for a while and then said.
Although each cuisine came with a lot of cooking methods of dim sum, as long as it was a reward cuisine, the cooking methods of these dim sum would be given to him by the system. He had even received the gift bag of street snacks. However, in fact, there were still many cooking methods of dim sum that he didn't know. Yuan Zhou knew this in his heart.
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