Chapter 167 Chen Xueru ordered Wang Jianye's dishes
Zhou Qingde felt that the deep-fried double-crispy dish made by Chef Xu of Cuihualou was already of a very high standard.

Crisp, tender, and cooked just right.

Zhou Qingde thought this level was very good, but Wang Jianye still thought there was room for improvement...

Zhou Qingde took a deep breath and said a little excitedly: "Master Wang, are you telling the truth?"

Wang Jianye nodded seriously. When had he ever boasted before?

"If the fried crispy fried pork you make is better than Master Xu's, then when he comes and tastes this dish, he will definitely slap him in the face. Doesn't he think that we at Fengze Garden can't make this dish? Let's use facts to tell him that not only can we make this dish, but we can also make it better than him!"

Zhou Qingde became excited.

Wang Jianye then studied it for a while, tried it twice, and finally made a fried double-crispy dish that was of state-banquet quality.

In fact, Wang Jianye had been able to cook dishes of this level a long time ago, but he deliberately made the first few dishes a little worse so that they were not so amazing.

As for this dish of fried double crisps, Wang Jianye put all his effort into it and the result is naturally of the state banquet quality.

Compared with the chef-level fried double crispy dishes they had at Cuihualou, the quality was a level higher.

“It’s so delicious!”

After Zhou Qingde tasted it, his eyes immediately lit up.

Because this dish is much more delicious than the one they had at Cuihualou.

Master Qian also tasted it and was also very surprised, "Master Wang, this dish of yours is much better than the previous ones! Your improvement is so fast!"

"That's right, our Master Wang is very capable."

Zhou Qingde was very happy.

This will not only give Chef Xu a good slap in the face, but if Chef Wang masters this dish, he can also add a new signature dish to Fengze Garden!

……

More than five o'clock in the afternoon.

A table of guests came to Fengze Garden.

If Wang Jianye were here, he would definitely be able to recognize that the guests at this table include Chen Xueru, Elena, and a man who is in charge of paying the bill.

"I heard from a friend that there is a chef named Wang in this restaurant who cooks delicious dishes, so I'll bring you here to try some."

Chen Xueru said with a smile, and then asked the waiter on the side, "You have a chef named Wang here, right? What is his signature dish?"

"There is a Master Wang. This is the list of Master Wang's signature dishes."

The waiter took the menu in front of Chen Xueru and turned to Wang Jianye's page. "Master Wang currently has nine signature dishes: spicy and sour potato shreds, stir-fried kidney slices, sweet and sour carp, braised pork, braised pork elbow, braised bamboo shoots, shredded white pork with vegetables, cloud-sliced ​​white fungus, and fried crispy double dishes..."

"Can you guys at Fengze Garden also make this deep-fried double-crust dish? Weren't you unable to make it just two days ago?"

Elena loves Shandong cuisine. She had eaten the fried crispy dishes with her friends at Cuihualou and was deeply impressed by the dish. She came to Fengzeyuan again two days ago, wanting to try the fried crispy dishes made by Fengzeyuan, which is the ceiling of Shandong cuisine in Beijing. However, she found out that Fengzeyuan did not have this dish after she came.

"Chef Wang's signature deep-fried double-crust dish was just added to the signature dishes this afternoon."

The waiter answered truthfully.

"Then let's order this." Elena wanted to try which one was better, the fried double crispy dish made by Fengze Garden or the fried double crispy dish made by Cuihualou.

Afterwards, Elena discussed with Chen Xueru and ordered three more dishes. There were three people in total, including the two of them and a man who was in charge of paying the bill. Four dishes were enough. It would be a waste to order too much.

The waiter came to the kitchen with a menu, which contained all of Wang Jianye's signature dishes, so Zhou Qingde distributed them to Wang Jianye.

Wang Jianye was busy cooking, and his apprentice Chen Xiaoyang, who was helping him, took the orders and put them aside to queue up.

If there are no special guests, Chen Xiaoyang will arrange the guests' orders one by one according to the first-come-first-served rule and help his master prepare the dishes.

Not long after, it was Chen Xueru's turn to order. Wang Jianye took a quick look and immediately started preparing.

Wang Jianye had prepared the braised pork elbow in advance.

Otherwise, if you cook it first, it will take a long time. After all, there are no electrical appliances like pressure cookers that can quickly cook food these days. You can only cook it on a large earthen stove, which will take a long time.

His apprentice Chen Xiaoyang was not idle. After seeing the dishes on the list, he helped Wang Jianye prepare the necessary ingredients so that Wang Jianye didn't have to look for them.

Soon, Wang Jianye finished cooking the dishes on the list.

Every time Chen Xiaoyang prepared a dish, he would ring the bell on the table, and a waiter would come and take the dish away and deliver it to the customer's table.

Before the dishes she ordered came, Elena drank a glass of beer to whet her appetite. It was a custom among Soviet people. After she finished drinking, she asked the waiter for another glass.

The waiter brought the four dishes ordered by Elena and the others one by one.

"Mm, it smells so good just by smelling it."

When Elena saw the food coming, she quickly put down the beer cup in her hand, picked up a piece of pork elbow skin with the chopsticks beside her, and kept muttering, "Hey, eat the pork elbow skin first, and you won't be in a hurry for the rest of your life."

Chen Xueru, who was standing next to him, was amused when she heard this and asked, "Where did you learn that?"

"I used to have a meal with a friend, and he would always say this when the elbows were served."

Elena picked up a piece of pork elbow skin and put it in the bowl in front of her, then shoveled it into her mouth, "Hmm, delicious."

Chen Xueru's eating manners were much more elegant than hers. She tried not to let the food touch her lips when she picked up the food, and ate very carefully without making any strange noises.

"The braised pork elbow made by Master Wang is really delicious."

Elena praised the food highly.

Chen Xueru agreed with this and admitted that this was the most delicious braised pork elbow she had ever eaten.

"This fried double crispy is better than the one made by Cuihualou."

After tasting the fried crispy dish made by Wang Jianye, Elena's eyes lit up.

As she loves delicious food, she immediately found that the dish made by Fengze Garden was much more delicious than that made by Cuihualou.

"I'll try it."

Chen Xueru also tasted it out of curiosity, and then nodded with satisfaction, "It's really good."

"Yeah, from now on, I'll eat at Fengze Garden. Although the signature dishes here are a little more expensive than Cuihualou, they taste better."

Elena's mouth was full, she didn't care about the money, as long as it tasted good.

Because Wang Jianye's signature dishes are of very high quality, many people come to order his signature dishes. However, Wang Jianye is not made of iron, and Fengzeyuan is reluctant to let him take too many orders. Seventy or eighty dishes a day are already a lot, and no more is allowed. Therefore, Fengzeyuan raised the price of Wang Jianye's signature dishes, making them slightly more expensive than other restaurants.

Although the price has increased, the food is delicious enough and still attracts many customers.

Just like the situation at Elena and Chen Xueru's table, it often happens in Fengze Garden.

After tasting that the dishes cooked at Fengze Garden are better than those cooked at Cuihualou, they will choose to come to Fengze Garden again instead of Cuihualou.

A little after six in the afternoon.

Chef Xu of Cuihualou took some time out of his busy schedule and came to Fengze Garden with Manager Zhang.

Xu Youliang recognized them and knew that they were the chef and manager of the rival Cuihualou, so he personally went up to them and greeted them: "What would you two like to order?"

"Fried and crispy, do you have this dish?"

(End of this chapter)