Chapter 178 Jia Zhang reports Sha Zhu

Ever since Fengzeyuan launched a new signature dish, Exploding Fire Flower, last week, which greatly disappointed Chef Xu of Cuihualou, Cuihualou has basically lost its competitiveness to Fengzeyuan.

Fengzeyuan can also cook all the dishes that Cuihualou can cook, and the dishes cooked by Fengzeyuan are even more delicious than those cooked by Cuihualou.

Those who can dine at high-end restaurants like Fengzeyuan are all dignitaries who are well-off and not very sensitive to price differences. For them, delicious food is more important.

Therefore, the fact that Cuihualou's dishes are slightly cheaper gives it very little competitiveness, which can be almost ignored.

Chef Xu of Cuihualou is unwilling to accept defeat, and is trying to find a way to turn the situation around with Manager Zhang.

Let’s introduce some dishes that are more difficult to make. Wang Jianye of Fengzeyuan is extremely talented and can also master them.

If we introduce some original dishes of Cuihualou, they can be easily replicated by Fengzeyuan.

Unless the ingredients or seasonings required for the dish are only available at Cuihualou, and Fengzeyuan cannot get them at all, then Fengzeyuan will not be able to replicate the dish because they do not have the ingredients and seasonings, and Cuihualou will be able to launch a special dish that no other restaurant has...

Chef Xu thinks that we can pool our wisdom and conduct research in this direction.

Maybe it really can work.

At this moment, Chef Xu suddenly received news that an old woman came outside and said she was here to report Sha Zhu.

"Who is Shazhu?"

Chef Xu didn’t remember for a moment, is there such a person in the kitchen of Cuihua Building?

"She said Shazhu's real name is He Yuzhu."

"Why did you report Master He?"

Chef Xu frowned. What trouble had Chef He gotten into?
Then Chef Xu suddenly thought, could it be that the person who came to report was that Sha Zhu secretly learned his dish, Spicy Roasted Flowers, and then taught it to the people of Fengzeyuan, which allowed Fengzeyuan to replicate the dish in just one afternoon?

If this is true, then the case has been solved. He has been worried these past two days, not understanding how Fengze Yuan could have learned such a complicated method of making hot burning flowers in such a short time. It turns out that there was a traitor, and the root of the problem lies with Master He!

Chef Xu couldn't sit still any longer.

I've been so good to you, inviting you to work, giving you a raise, and sending you fish and meat, and yet you end up doing this?
Chef Xu glared at Sha Zhu who was not far away, then walked out of the lounge angrily. "Hmph, wait until I have confirmed the matter clearly, and then I will come back to deal with you!"
The old woman who said she wanted to report Sha Zhu outside Cuihua Tower was none other than Jia Zhang. Yesterday, she saw Sha Zhu stewing meat and cooking fish, but he didn't give any to her family. She could only eat steamed buns and cabbage at home, smelling the fragrance wafting from Sha Zhu's house, feeling jealous and envious.

So she maliciously speculated that Sha Zhu and the meat and fish had escaped from Cuihua Tower, so she walked here from Nanluoguxiang today to report Sha Zhu. It would be best if Sha Zhu was fired and then sent to the police station, so that she could feel relieved.

"Are you here to report Master He?"

Chef Xu was led out of the back door of Cuihua Tower and met the slightly plump Jia Zhang.

"Yes, I am here to report him. Who are you?" "I am the chef of Cuihualou. I am in charge of the chef He you want to report. What has he done wrong? Why do you want to report him?" Chef Xu asked, "Just tell me. If it is true, I will definitely deal with him seriously!"

Chef Xu was expecting that the person who came to report was about Sha Zhu stealing the specialty dishes of Cuihualou and leaking them to Fengzeyuan.

If this is true, then Fengze Garden learned to cook the dish "Stir-fried Roasted Flowers" after Zhou Qingde bought the dish from Cuihualou and all the chefs worked together to research the method.

It was because Sha Zhu revealed the recipe to Fengzeyuan, which meant that Fengzeyuan, as he had thought before, was not able to replicate this extremely complicated dish of hot and spicy flowers.

If this is true, then Cuihualou only needs to keep the secret confidential and then launch special dishes to compete with Fengzeyuan. This is a good thing.

"Let me tell you, this idiot Zhu stole a lot of things from you. Just the day before yesterday, he brought back a fish this big, at least three pounds, and also brought back a piece of pork, oh, it was very streaky. They must have been stolen from you. You have to send Sha Zhu to the police station. You can't let a thief like this go!"

Jia Zhang saw that Chef Xu's face was changing little by little, and she thought that he was angry with Sha Zhu and was going to give him a good beating, so she became more excited, "Master, let me tell you, Sha Zhu likes to fight in our yard. He also instigates five or six-year-old children to do petty thefts, and he often goes close to other people's married wives... You can imagine how bad this guy is, you have to give him a good beating!"

Apart from the fact that Sha Zhu stole things from Cuihua Tower, the other things that Jia Zhangshi said were not unfair to Sha Zhu, after all, Sha Zhu really did these things in the drama.

"You must have misunderstood him. The fish, meat, and other things he brought back were all rewards given to him by our Cuihua Tower. He didn't steal them."

"what?!"

Jia Zhang was stunned for a moment, "Such a big fish, such a big piece of meat, you just gave it to him for nothing?"

"We at Cuihua Tower have our own considerations. You don't have to worry about this."

Chef Xu saw through Jia Zhangshi. She was just a nagging old woman who lived in the same courtyard with Master He and was jealous of Master He. She was really a waste of time.

Seeing Chef Xu walk away without even looking back, Jia Zhang couldn't help but mutter, "Giving away so many things for free, you'll go bankrupt sooner or later! Ugh!"

In the kitchen, when Sha Zhu heard that someone came to report him, and that person was a slightly fat and stinky woman, he was very sure that person was Jia Zhang!

Normally, he couldn't stand me talking to Sister Qin, and this time he felt that I had stolen something from Cuihua Tower, so he wanted to report it.

Unfortunately, an old woman with limited vision like Jia Zhangshi would never understand why Cuihualou would give her all kinds of benefits just because she is familiar with Brother Wang and they have a good relationship. She is so overwhelmed by the benefits.

In the afternoon, Chef Xu came out of Cuihua Building and found his nephew. "You have a great talent for cooking. I will arrange for you to work in Fengze Garden. You can go and ask a chef named Wang Jianye to be your apprentice. But don't tell him that I'm your uncle, or that you know me. If Chef Wang is willing to take you in, then you can learn from him first. When you find an opportunity, then..."

……

The day after tomorrow morning, Zhou Qingde brought a young man of about twelve or thirteen years old to Wang Jianye.

"This child has great talent. Master Wang, please take a look and see if he meets your requirements. Can you accept him as your apprentice?"

(End of this chapter)