Chapter 162: Master's Signature Dish

For other masters, the more apprentices they have, the greater the burden may be. But for Wang Jianye, the more apprentices he has, the more experience points he will gain every day, and the faster he will progress, which is a good thing.

Moreover, Wang Jianye would not play the trick of teaching his disciples only to starve them to death. He would teach his disciples whatever he knew without any reservation. After teaching them, he would let them practice, and while they were practicing, he, as the master, would stand by and give them some guidance.

In addition, every time Wang Jianye prepares a state-banquet-level dish with special effects, he will leave a little for his disciples to taste before serving it to the guests. As a result, the disciples' lifespan, IQ, strength, and concentration time will gradually increase.

In this way, his apprentice's talent will become better and he will progress faster than apprentices of other masters.

"Since the dishes I cook can enhance the talents of my apprentices, then when I accept apprentices in the future, their talents will not be very important. After becoming my apprentice, their talents will be improved. The most important thing is the character of the apprentice. This is something I will pay special attention to when I accept apprentices in the future."

After finishing the task of recruiting apprentices, Wang Jianye came to his own stove and practiced cooking some lower-level dishes to gain experience points.

At this time, Chai Wenshan came over.

Seeing him hesitant and wanting to speak, Wang Jianye couldn't help but ask, "Master, what's the matter?"

"There is one thing... I want to ask you, how do you make your signature spicy and sour potato shreds so good?"

Chai Wenshan really wanted to know because he had been practicing this dish for a long time but had not made any progress, so he thought of finding his apprentice to ask.

"Wait a moment, Master."

Wang Jianye finished his work, wiped the sweat off his palms, and turned around and said, "Master, please do it for me."

"Hey, okay."

Chai Wenshan brought Wang Jianye to his stove and tried his best to make a dish of spicy and sour potato shreds.

For an average second-tier chef, Chai Wenshan’s spicy and sour potato shreds are pretty good because they reach the level of a first-tier chef.

But for Wang Jianye, this level of cooking, which is merely that of a head chef, is not good enough, because Wang Jianye's cooking level for this dish has reached a higher state banquet level, and he can easily see many problems in the dish made by Chai Wenshan.

Wang Jianye pointed out his mistakes one by one and gave him ways to improve them. "Master, please practice more and come to me if you have any questions."

"Thank you."

Chai Wenshan was very grateful. The suggestions Wang Jianye had just given him were very useful. He felt that as long as he practiced them well, his level of making spicy and sour potato shreds would be able to reach a higher level.

It was noon and many guests came to Fengze Garden to eat. The kitchen gradually became busy.

Wang Jianye currently has six signature dishes. After being launched for so many days, their popularity has not decreased but has become more and more popular. He received more orders today than in the previous few days.

Presumably, people who have tasted his signature dish would go back and tell their friends about it, and those friends would wonder if it was really that delicious. So they would come to Fengze Garden out of curiosity and order some to try. After finding that it was indeed very delicious, they would follow their friends in recommending it.

Word of mouth spreads, and the popularity of Wang Jianye's six newly launched signature dishes has remained high.

This made Wang Jianye a little hesitant to continue to launch his signature dishes, as he was afraid that he couldn't do it all by himself.

……

in the afternoon.

Chai Wenshan found Wang Jianye with a plate of improved spicy and sour potato shreds and asked him to taste it and give some suggestions.

After tasting it, Wang Jianye nodded and said, "Master, this dish you made is good. It's much better than the one I made this morning, but there are still some areas that need improvement..."

Wang Jianye told Chai Wenshan what areas could be improved and how to improve them. He said it clearly and without reservation. Whether Chai Wenshan could learn it and to what extent he could practice it depended on himself.

"If my master learns my signature spicy and sour potato shreds, and cooks them at the state banquet level, and it becomes a signature dish of Fengze Garden, then can I get some money?" Wang Jianye suddenly remembered this after Chai Wenshan left.

His boss Jiang Rongqing had told him before that if a chef with a signature dish could teach it to others and allow them to cook the dish to the same level as the signature dish, then the chef could receive a bonus of 1% to 10% of the basic salary.

If Wang Jianye teaches Chai Wenshan how to make his signature spicy and sour potato shreds, he can get a minimum of eight yuan and a maximum of eighty yuan.

As the head chef, his basic salary is 80 yuan.

"I wonder if my master can stand up for my disciple."

Wang Jianye was a little unsure whether Chai Wenshan could do it.

Although it is very difficult to master a state banquet-level dish, Chai Wenshan is his master, and he was very serious and tried his best when teaching Chai Wenshan.

Moreover, Chai Wenshan's original cooking skill for this spicy and sour potato shreds was already at the level of a top chef. If he had improved his own dishes little by little as Wang Jianye suggested and worked hard enough.

Maybe one day Chai Wenshan will be able to make a national banquet-level dish of hot and sour potato shreds…

Five days later, Wang Jianye's idea came true.

Chai Wenshan brought over a dish of spicy and sour potato shreds that he had painstakingly developed for a long time, and asked Wang Jianye to try it.

Seeing that the dish looked good, Wang Jianye picked up his chopsticks, tasted it, and nodded with satisfaction: "Master, your spicy and sour potato shreds are very good. I think it's almost as good as my signature spicy and sour potato shreds!"

"real?!"

Chai Wenshan was surprised and happy.

Wang Jianye nodded seriously: "Congratulations, Master, you can now have your own signature dish."

“That’s great.”

Chai Wenshan was very happy.

After all, which chef doesn't want to master a signature dish and make more money?

"Thank you, Jianye. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't be able to do so well!"

Chai Wenshan gratefully told Wang Jianye that if he relied on his own research, it might take him a long time to make this dish a signature dish.

Wang Jianye smiled and said, "It's actually nothing. You are my master."

Chai Wenshan suddenly thought, "Hey, I remember our boss said that if anyone can teach others his signature dish, they will get a bonus. Can you get the bonus now?"

Wang Jianye nodded, "It does meet the requirements for receiving the bonus."

"Then go get the money and I'll give you proof."

Chai Wenshan urged that in order to repay his disciple Wang Jianye for his teaching, he, as a master, wanted to do something for Wang Jianye.

"Well."

Wang Jianye and Chai Wenshan went to find Zhou Qingde.

(End of this chapter)