Chapter 260 Obtaining the Source of Authentic Sichuan Seasonings
When Gao Qianjin heard Wang Jianye asking him to fulfill the bet, his face looked a little ugly.

He has been cooking Sichuan cuisine for decades and knows how much impact good seasonings can have on Sichuan cuisine.

Although there are so many Sichuan restaurants in Beijing, Tianfu Shifang is far ahead.

However, other Sichuan restaurants are not without the opportunity to surpass Tianfu Shifang and take the top spot in Sichuan cuisine in the city.

In Gao Qianjin's opinion, good seasoning is one of the very important influencing factors.

Tianfu Shifang has the ability and channels to obtain the most authentic seasonings, so the Sichuan cuisine they make is very authentic.

If he told Wang Jianye the supply channels of Sichuan seasonings, and Wang Jianye leaked it to other Sichuan restaurants, then their Tianfu Shifang would lose this advantage.

"Now that you know the sources of seasonings, don't you still have to spend money to buy them, Master Wang?
Let's change it a little bit.
Master Wang, you just want the seasonings used by our Tianfu Restaurant, right? Then why don't we just give them to you directly?

Mr. Wang, you have also saved me the trouble of purchasing. How great!
Master Wang, isn't that right?

Gao Qianjin somewhat regretted that when he made the bet, he had agreed to provide the purchasing channels of their Tianfu Food House's seasonings as a condition.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t be so passive now.

Gao Qianjin glanced at Li Hui beside him and felt a little dissatisfied.

If you hadn't said confidently that you could make this dish, I wouldn't have used the seasoning procurement channel as a condition for the bet, and I might have changed the bet to something else.

"Master Gao, our bet is written in black and white. Are you trying to cheat?"

Wang Jianye looked at Gao Qianjin and questioned.

Gao Qianjin looked ashamed, glanced at Li Hui beside him with dissatisfaction, gritted his teeth and said:

"Master Wang, I'm doing this for your own good.

Think about it, we have many channels to purchase Tianfu Food House seasonings.
If you want them, you have to buy them one by one. It's a long journey and it's so troublesome.

It would be better if you come to us. We can directly give you the authentic seasonings, which can save you a lot of effort, Master Wang."

Gao Qianjin had an expression that said, "This is all for your own good."

Wang Jianye was speechless. "Master Gao, you are the top chef of Sichuan cuisine in this city. How can you go back on your word and not fulfill the bet you made?"

Gao Qianjin insisted that there was a better way, which would allow Wang Jianye to get the authentic seasonings of their Tianfu Food House without causing any trouble for him, and asked Wang Jianye to think about it carefully.

Wang Jianye knew Gao Qianjin's determination and knew that Gao Qianjin would not give in if he continued to push, so he had no choice but to find his parents:

"Then please trouble Master Gao to invite your mentor here."

"My mentor?"

Gao Qianjin was confused and didn't understand why Wang Jianye wanted to see his master.

Wang Jianye didn't explain, but just nodded, "Yes, it's your master, please help me invite him over."

"I'm afraid that won't work. My master is the head chef of Tianfu Restaurant and normally doesn't see guests."

The general situation that Gao Qianjin mentioned refers to unimportant guests like Wang Jianye.

If important guests came and had any requests, he would definitely ask his master to meet the guests.

"Then please ask Master Gao to tell your master that Master Wang from Fengze Garden wants to see him."

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, when Wang Jianye was preparing a state banquet in Xiyuan, he met Master Qian, the head chef of Tianfu Food House.

At first, Master Qian thought that he was young and got in through the back door, so he was not convinced.

But later, Wang Jianye demonstrated his overwhelming strength, which convinced the old man.

He also promised Wang Jianye that if Wang Jianye came to Tianfu Food House to find Gao Qianjin to fulfill the bet, he would definitely help.

Gao Qianjin and Li Hui obviously didn't know about this. When Master Qian came back from the state banquet, he didn't tell them about this.

After hearing what Wang Jianye said, Gao Qianjin was confused.

My master has a bad temper and is difficult to talk to.

If your idea is to let him urge us to fulfill the bet, he will tell you the supply channels of various seasonings of Tianfu Food House.

Then you'd better forget about it.

My master will never allow an outsider like you to gain access to the supply channels.

Gao Qianjin thought to himself that his master had a bad temper and would definitely scold Wang Jianye after hearing Wang Jianye's request. That would be something interesting to watch.

Arriving at the kitchen lounge, Gao Qianjin found Master Qian who was drinking tea from an enamel mug.

"Master Wang from Fengze Garden is here, and he wants to see you."

Gao Qianjin came up to him and after he finished speaking, he carefully observed Master Qian's expression.

"Master Wang from Fengze Garden is here? Is he outside? Take me there quickly."

Master Qian, who was originally leisurely drinking tea, immediately put down the ceramic cup in his hand and stood up after hearing Gao Qianjin's words.

Seeing Master Qian like this, Gao Qianjin couldn't help but ask, "Master, do you know him?"

Master Qian nodded and said with a smile: "He is still my teacher." "Ah?!"

Gao Qianjin was completely confused. He never thought that Wang Jianye, whom he had never treated perfunctorily and cheated on, was actually his master's teacher.

Does this count as betraying his teacher and ancestors?
"What? Take me there!"

Master Qian urged.

After Gao Qianjin reacted, he quickly took Master Qian to the front hall and met Wang Jianye who was waiting for them.

"Hey! Master Wang is here."

Chef Qian, the head chef of Tianfu Food House, upon seeing Wang Jianye, quickly walked up to Wang Jianye and extended his hand.

Wang Jianye stood up and shook hands with him: "Master Qian, I have no choice but to trouble you this time.

The chef of your Tianfu Kitchen is unwilling to fulfill the agreement I made with them, so I can only ask Master Qian to supervise them."

"It should, it should."

Master Qian said with a smile.

"..."

Gao Qianjin and Li Hui were both confused. This was different from what they had imagined.

They originally thought that Master Qian heard that Wang Jianye wanted the supply channels for all the seasonings of Tianfu Food House.

He will definitely be very angry, and then scold him and drive him out.

But now looking at Master Qian's smiling face, he doesn't look angry at all...

The smiling Master Qian turned around and looked at the confused Gao Qianjin. The smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he turned back into the bad-tempered master that Gao Qianjin was familiar with:
"What did I teach you? You must do what you promised! Otherwise, why did you promise it in the first place? Bullshit!"

"Master, you taught me right."

Knowing that his master had a bad temper, Gao Qianjin would not dare to talk back if it were any other matter. He could only nod and agree to what the other party said.

But now, because it concerns the purchase channel of Tianfu Food House seasoning, Gao Qianjin gritted his teeth and explained:
"But Master, what Master Wang wants is the source of all the authentic seasonings from our Tianfu Food House.
If we tell Chef Wang, other Sichuan restaurants will definitely know about it.
In this case, compared with other restaurants, our Tianfu Restaurant will not have the advantage of authentic seasonings.

Moreover, the authentic Sichuan seasonings from our Tianfu Food House are heavy in flavor and are not suitable for Shandong cuisine.
Fengzeyuan, where Master Wang works, is a large restaurant in our city that specializes in authentic Shandong cuisine, and basically does not use our Sichuan cuisine seasonings.

So I came up with an idea for Master Wang. If Master Wang needs the seasonings from our Tianfu Food House, he can just come over and I will pack them up and send one to him.

I am also thinking about Master Wang. If Master Wang wants to take over our Tianfu Food House seasoning supply channel,
If he wants these seasonings, he has to go find the distributors one by one, how troublesome it is..."

While Gao Qianjin was explaining, he kept winking at his master.

But Gao Qianjin's behavior was just like winking at a blind man, which was useless.

Master Qian snorted in dissatisfaction: "I know what you mean.
Aren't you just worried that if the supply channel of the seasonings used by our Tianfu Food House is leaked,

Other Sichuan restaurants will purchase their products through our purchasing channels. At that time, other Sichuan restaurants will use the same seasonings as our Tianfu Food House.
Will Tianfu Shifang lose its advantage in seasoning?

Let me tell you, you are wrong!

Among the many Sichuan restaurants in Beijing, Tianfu Food House is the best and has a great reputation.

It's because our chefs in the kitchen are better than those in other Sichuan restaurants.

Even if other Sichuan restaurants use the same seasonings as ours, their dishes can't compare to ours.
As the head chef in the kitchen, what you should value most is the chefs who work hard in the kitchen all day, not a bunch of seasonings and dead things! "

"Yes, Master, I will review it."

Gao Qianjin lowered his head in shame.

Compared with Master Qian, his vision is indeed not big enough.

Gao Qianjin then found the guys who purchased the seasonings, and got a list of channels for part of the seasonings from them. He then pieced them together to form a complete list.

Gao Qianjin handed the channel list to Wang Jianye.

"Thank you, Master Gao."

The reason why Wang Jianye wants to collect the procurement channels of these authentic Sichuan cuisine seasonings is because he can use these seasonings when cooking some of his legendary dishes.

For example, the legendary braised pork dish used Hanyuan pepper, an authentic Sichuan seasoning, in its production process.

Having a supply channel for seasonings but not using them is different from not having a supply channel for seasonings.

Wang Jianye stayed in Tianfu Food House for a while and exchanged some cooking experiences with Master Qian, which benefited Master Qian a lot.

When Wang Jianye was about to return to Fengze Garden, Master Qian reluctantly saw him off out of the gate of Tianfu Food House.

Wang Jianye rode his bicycle and returned to Fengze Garden on Zhushikou West Street five or six minutes later.

After entering the kitchen, Zhou Qingde pulled Wang Jianye to a secluded warehouse and said with a complicated expression:

"Master Wang, I know who leaked the recipe of your signature braised pork to Master Xu of Cuihualou."

(End of this chapter)