Chapter 138 Convinced, Wang Jianye must be recruited

"understood."

Wang Jianye took the order, and then cooked the spicy and sour potato shreds ordered by guests from other tables, and served them on several plates.

Ding dong.

After it was done, he rang the bell on the table and soon the waiter took the food away and delivered it to the tables that had ordered this dish.

At the same time, in the front hall, before the waiter brought the dishes that Manager Zhang had ordered.

"Master Xu, you will have to taste their skills later."

Manager Zhang said to Chef Xu, the head chef of Cuihualou, who had his arms folded and his eyes closed.

Master Xu didn't even open his eyes, he just uttered two words, "I know."

He will enjoy it.

At noon, a customer in Cuihualou ordered a dish of spicy and sour potato shreds. There were not enough staff in the kitchen, so he, as the head chef, cooked it himself and asked the waiter to deliver it to the customer's table. He thought the customer would be satisfied. However, after tasting his dish, the customer said it was just so-so and far inferior to the one from Fengzeyuan.

This incident made Master Xu very angry. He has been a chef for decades and has cooked countless plates of spicy and sour potato shreds, but no one has ever said that his cooking is just average. But now, a customer gave him such an evaluation.

Moreover, several other tables of customers ordered this dish later, and their reviews were all average, not as good as the one made in Fengze Garden.

Chef Xu realized something was wrong when one or two tables of guests said that his dishes were not as good as those of Fengzeyuan. It might be that the tastes of the guests at these two tables were different, but since so many tables of guests gave such comments, he couldn't help but ask someone about it. Then he heard that Fengzeyuan had launched a new signature dish, spicy and sour shredded potatoes.

So he was very unconvinced and brought Manager Zhang to Fengze Garden to try it himself to see how it was better than what he made.

Soon, the waiter brought a plate of spicy and sour shredded potatoes.

Upon smelling the fragrance, Master Xu, who had originally closed his eyes to rest, suddenly opened his eyes.

Manager Zhang was not promoted from a chef position. When he saw the hot and sour potato shreds, he just felt that it was appetizing, but he didn't see anything special about it. "Chef Xu's dish is here."

Master Xu picked up the chopsticks on the side, picked up a few potato shreds and looked at them carefully. He was a little surprised. The potato shreds were cut too well. Who could have practiced knife skills to such a level...

Just looking at the appearance of the shredded potatoes, Master Xu felt that the shredded potatoes he cut were not as good as those cut by the chef who cooked this dish.

Manager Xu then picked up the shredded potatoes and put them into his mouth, carefully savoring the flavor, texture and cooking time.

"Master Xu, what do you think?"

Manager Zhang also tasted a few bites. He had tasted the spicy and sour potato shreds made by Master Xu before, and now he tasted this dish. He immediately compared the two in his mind and found that the one made by Master Xu was not as delicious as this one. But after all, he was not a professional chef, so he couldn't tell where it was inferior.

"well done."

Master Xu nodded solemnly.

He was looking unconvinced just now, but after tasting this dish, he immediately had to admit defeat.

Because the quality of this dish far surpassed his, and it was better than his in every aspect. If he still refused to accept it, he would be just being stubborn.

"No wonder our customers at Cuihualou said our spicy and sour potato shreds are not as good as those at Fengzeyuan. It turns out they can make them so well..."

Master Xu sighed and took another bite. He finally understood why the guests who went to eat at their Cuihualou said that their food was not as good as that made by Fengzeyuan. There was obviously a huge difference. You could easily feel it with just one bite.

"Which chef made this dish? I remember that no chef in Fengze Garden could make it so well before, right?"

Manager Zhang frowned, wondering which master it might be.

Among the many Shandong restaurants in Beijing, Fengzeyuan ranks first, and Cuihualou thinks it ranks second, so Manager Zhang of Cuihualou knows the head chefs of Fengzeyuan, his competitor, very well, but he doesn't know much about the people below them. So Manager Zhang really doesn't know which chef in Fengzeyuan can make this hot and sour potato shreds to such a high level, "Could it be Zhou Qingde?"

Manager Zhang asked doubtfully.

Master Xu shook his head. "It shouldn't be. The hot and sour potato shreds he made are about the same level as mine, and far inferior to what we are eating now. It should be made by another chef we don't know. Let's call the waiter to ask him."

So Manager Zhang waved his hand and called the waiter who was waiting on the side, "Who made this signature hot and sour potato shreds?"

"It's Master Wang."

"Master Wang?"

Manager Zhang thought about it carefully. It seems that there is no chef named Wang in the kitchen of Fengze Garden...

In his opinion, the person who could cook a dish whose level surpassed that of Chef Xu, the head chef of Cuihua Tower, and Chef Zhou Qingde, the head chef of Fengze Garden, must be a head chef, or even one of the two chefs whose level was above that of the head chef. However, none of them had the surname Wang.

Manager Zhang and Master Xu were puzzled, so they asked the waiter, "What's the name of Master Wang?"

"Our brother Xu has told us that the master Wang is called Wang Jianye."

"What? It's Wang Jianye?!"

Manager Zhang exclaimed.

For a moment, many guests in the hall looked over here.

The waiter hurriedly said, "Comrade, please don't disturb others' meals, thank you."

"Oh ok."

Manager Zhang also realized that he had lost his composure, and he looked at Master Xu who was equally surprised.

"Why is it Wang Jianye? Hasn't he just been in charge of the No. 2 kitchen for a few days?"

"Yeah, how come he can make a dish that is far better than the chef's? It's better than mine..."

"Wang Jianye has been promoted twice in a row. I thought he was amazing enough, but I didn't expect that this was not his limit. He can actually make such high-quality spicy and sour potato shreds, which is far better than what you and Zhou Qingde can do."

"..."

The two of them were whispering in surprise, finding it hard to accept that the person who made this signature spicy and sour potato shreds was Wang Jianye.

After all, based on their estimation of Wang Jianye's performance in the grading assessment, with Wang Jianye's talent, he might be able to reach the level of a head chef in a very short period of five or six years, and be successfully promoted to become a master head chef.

And now, it’s been less than a month since the grading assessment, and Wang Jianye can cook a dish to a level that far exceeds that of the head chefs of the two major restaurants, Fengzeyuan and Cuihualou.

With this kind of talent and potential, Wang Jianye's achievements in the future will definitely not just be that of a head chef. He may even become the chef in charge. If he is bolder, there is even a chance that he will become the chef for a state banquet.

"We must do everything we can to recruit such a talent. Otherwise, when his level gets higher and higher, our Cuihua Building will never have a chance to surpass Fengze Garden!"

"Yes, we have to go back and tell the boss about this. Last time we tried to recruit Wang Jianye, he didn't want the conditions we offered. This time, we will raise his salary to a higher level!"

"I just don't believe that there are people who don't like money. If there are, it must be because they don't give enough!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)