"Dongpo Su Meatballs, Phoenix-Tail Prawns and a plate of Translucent Beef Slices. That's all." Zhou Shijie ordered three dishes, all of which were meat dishes.
"Okay. But can you finish it?" Zhou Jia had a good impression of this amiable-looking old man who was smiling with squinted eyes. "Okay.
"Don't worry. For this meal, I only ate plain porridge at noon." Zhou Shijie stroked his mustaches and said proudly.
"Okay. Please wait a moment." Zhou Jia held back her laughter and said gently.
"No problem." Zhou Shijie nodded his head. He sat on the chair and just watched Yuan Zhou cook.
Zhou Shijie still remembered his purpose. Anyway, he didn't have anything to eat now. It was also good to watch Yuan Zhou's craftsmanship.
Of course, the main point was that the dishes hadn't been served yet.
With Zhou Shijie's eyesight, he could naturally see that Yuan Zhou's current craftsmanship was different from that of last time. However, there were only some subtle differences.
"This brat is really a monster. It hasn't been long since the last time, but his craftsmanship has improved again." Zhou Shijie exclaimed while watching.
"Yes, chairman." Engineer Cheng stood behind Zhou Shijie and interrupted abruptly.
"Brat, you are here too. Are you here to steal my skills?" Zhou Shijie naturally knew that Engineer Cheng had acknowledged Yuan Zhou as his master.
In Chairman Zhou's opinion, even if Engineer Cheng was almost 40 years old, he was still a brat. After all, he was much older than Yuan Zhou.
After all, Engineer Cheng was also an outstanding person among the middle-aged generation. According to the age of the chef, Engineer Cheng was also in the prime of his life.
"You are joking again. I'm just watching from the side. Master Yuan has agreed." Engineer Cheng said proudly.
"I know. You must have pestered him until he couldn't take it anymore. That's why he agreed, right?" Zhou Shijie said with a look of understanding.
"No, no, no. I'm very sincere. I'm just short of kowtowing to him. However, I haven't met the requirements of Boss Yuan's apprentice yet." Engineer Cheng shook his head and said seriously.
"This kid is a genius himself. Maybe he wants to take a genius as his disciple." Zhou Shijie's tone was slightly comforting.
"Boss Yuan is indeed a genius," Engineer Cheng, who had been following Yuan Zhou for the longest time, said this with great admiration.
"En." Zhou Shijie agreed with this point. Otherwise, he wouldn't have today's schedule.
"Are you here for that matter?" Engineer Cheng had been in the world of chefs for a long time, so he naturally knew about the recent events in the world of chefs.
"Yes. The candidate for this year has been confirmed." Zhou Shijie nodded his head.
"Boss Yuan is the candidate for going abroad, right?" It seemed that Engineer Cheng was quite clear about this matter.
"Of course. Young people should have more experience." Zhou Shijie stroked his mustaches and said smilingly.
"You still love talents so much." Engineer Cheng said respectfully.
Engineer Cheng's respect was the same as how he respected Yuan Zhou's culinary skills and Zhou Shijie's character.
As the chairman of the alliance, Zhou Shijie knew that his eldest and youngest apprentices were basically the candidates for the event every time. However, it was also because of their capabilities.
As for the rest of the places, Zhou Shijie was always willing to give them to other chefs. He only cared about the culinary skills and nothing else. He had even gone to the event twice for Engineer Cheng.
In recent years, he didn't go there anymore just because Zhou Shijie said that opportunities should be given to young people.
Of course, if Engineer Cheng's culinary skills were the best among the middle-aged generation, he would naturally go there every year. For example, a chef in Guangdong Province was such a case.
"This is the only hobby I have now." Zhou Shijie laughed and said.
"Chairman, were you like Master Yuan when you were young? Did your culinary skills improve every day? "Engineer Cheng suddenly asked curiously.
"Me? Not really. Only Chu Xiao is like that. As for the others, even Liu Tong is far from reaching that level. "Zhou Shijie shook his head and then said.
"That's good." After Engineer Cheng heard that, he let out a sigh of relief and then said in a low voice.
"Sir, here's your meal." Zhou Jia carried the first dish to him, which was Dongpo Su Meatballs.
"Thank you." Zhou Shijie nodded his head and expressed his gratitude.
"You are welcome. Please enjoy." Zhou Jia nodded her head and then left.
"Please enjoy your meal. I won't disturb you anymore." Engineer Cheng didn't wait for Zhou Shijie to drive him away and said tactfully.
"Go ahead. This old man is also here to relax." Zhou Shijie waved his hand and then turned his attention back to the dishes in front of him and started to eat straightforwardly.
Zhou Shijie ordered a total of three dishes. The dishes were served one by one and then Zhou Shijie ate them up one by one. His speed and time were just right.
After he finished the meal, the business time was almost over.
"Dadada Ta". The footsteps of the customers faded away and Zhou Jia followed them and left.
Engineer Cheng greeted Yuan Zhou first and then Zhou Shijie politely before leaving.
Then, there were only Yuan Zhou and Zhou Shijie who was sitting there. The restaurant became quiet all of a sudden.
"Little Yuan, your craftsmanship has improved again. The meat of the Dongpo Su Meatballs is crisp and tender, the prawn meat is fresh and sweet without any fishy smell and the beef is fragrant and spicy but melts in the mouth. Such a texture is really rare." Zhou Shijie sighed with emotion and said.
"Thank you for your compliment." Yuan Zhou turned on the faucet and thanked him while washing his hands.
"Alright. I know you don't like to talk about these things. I'm here for something this time." Seeing Yuan Zhou behave in a serious manner and obviously didn't want to talk more nonsense, Zhou Shijie didn't hesitate and said straightforwardly.
"Um. Tell me first." Yuan Zhou said cautiously.
"Recently, there will be an exchange meeting between chefs from China and Japan. This time, we will go to Japan to watch the exhibition of their chefs first. One month later, they will come here to watch the exhibition of our chefs. This time, I want you to go to Japan." Zhou Shijie said word by word very clearly.
However, Yuan Zhou didn't say anything. He just looked at Zhou Shijie and waited for him to continue. However, his first reaction was to refuse. It was a troublesome thing to go on a long journey.
"Capable people do more work. After you go to watch the exhibition, we will show them our culinary culture one month later." Zhou Shijie stroked his mustaches and said earnestly.
"No." Yuan Zhou waited for a while and refused straightforwardly when he found Zhou Shijie didn't say anything more.
"Don't be in a hurry to refuse. Our exchange meeting isn't without a purpose. You know, apart from the hard power, countries also need to compare their soft power. The culinary culture is one of the soft power." Zhou Shijie had already known Yuan Zhou's reaction, so he continued saying unhurriedly.
"According to the statistics of the Global Daily, there is no Chinese cuisine in the top three international cuisines. There are only French cuisine, Japanese cuisine and Italian cuisine. Although our ancestors want to hide their incompetence, we naturally can't lose when it comes to displaying our strength. So naturally, the best should go." Every word of Zhou Shijie was quite sincere.
"I'm not a teenager who gets hot-headed and wants to win glory for our country just because of your words. I'm not young anymore and I know how to run a country theoretically. Just leave the opportunity to other young people." Yuan Zhou said earnestly with a taut face.
However, Zhou Shijie always felt that it wasn't right to say that he was not young anymore. Sitting in his seat, he was still thinking about this problem. However, he reacted in an instant and asked loudly.
"Who are you calling old?" Zhou Shijie said unwillingly.
"What time?" However, Yuan Zhou suddenly asked an irrelevant question.
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