Chapter 286: Stop bragging, the bull is flying

When Wang Jianye asked Chen Xiaoyang to wash the cucumbers, he deliberately picked the biggest one.

If he wanted to make the dish of蓮衣瓜, he had to use longer cucumbers.

After Chen Xiaoyang washed it clean, Wang Jianye changed the chopping board and the kitchen knife.

Place the washed cucumber on top. Other chefs will place two chopsticks under the cucumber to support it.

It is not easy to cut the cucumber through like this, because the dish of shredded cucumber is a whole piece connected together, and the cucumber cannot be cut all the way through.

Wang Jianye didn't need chopsticks to help him. He just started cutting the meat with his superb knife skills.

The speed was so fast that even the afterimage of the kitchen knife in his hand appeared.

"Wow, that's amazing."

Chen Kejia was watching from the side and couldn't help but sigh, is this the ability of a state banquet chef?

In the eyes of an outsider like her, Wang Jianye thought he was amazing just by showing a little bit of basic skills.

After cutting the cucumber, Wang Jianye put down the kitchen knife, grabbed the two ends of the cucumber and pulled it gently.

The straight cucumber that was originally 20 centimeters long suddenly became 30 centimeters.

This operation seemed like a magic trick in Chen Kejia's eyes: "How, how did you do it?"

Chen Kejia rubbed her eyes, but couldn't figure out how Wang Jianye cut an ordinary cucumber into this shape.

"This is called the Straw Cloth Flower Knife..."

Wang Jianye patiently explained to her how he cut it.

This made Chen Kejia eager to try, "Master Wang, can you let me cut one too? I want to try."

Wang Jianye put the cut cucumbers on a plate and said, "I only need this one to make the shredded cucumber.

But this is your home, if you want to try it, just find a cucumber and cut it for fun.”

Chen Kejia wanted to give it a try, but she saw that her two kitchen knives and chopping board were occupied by Wang Jianye.

She gave up and decided not to delay Master Wang from cooking.

She thought that when she had time in the afternoon, she would try cutting it according to the method Master Wang taught her.

The shredded cucumber is a cold dish. Just put it aside after it is cooked.

Seeing that Chen Kejia had nothing to do, Wang Jianye just watched beside him.

So he asked her to bring the prepared蛭衣蛭 to the table.

"okay."

Chen Kejia agreed readily and was very easy to talk to.

He picked up the plate and smelled it first, then swallowed his saliva: "It smells so good."

As soon as he raised his other hand, he shook his head: "No, no, Chen Kejia, how can you eat secretly? This is for the professor."

Chen Kejia resisted the urge to eat and brought the prepared plate of cucumbers to the dining table in the main hall.

In the yard, Wang Jianye continued to cook, while Chen Kejia watched curiously:

"Is that how you make your signature braised pork at Fengze Garden?
It doesn't seem to be anything special, it's just a very common braised pork recipe, my mom can also make it,
But why is the braised pork she makes not as delicious as yours? "

Chen Kejia asked curiously.

Wang Jianye explained while working skillfully:

“This dish may look simple, but it is actually very complicated. Every step must be done just right, not too much or too little.

Only the braised pork made in this way can reach the level of a signature dish.

It is really impossible to learn from ordinary masters.
In our kitchen, in the city, in the whole country,
No chef can make braised pork better than me.”

"Oh my, why don't I believe it?"

Chen Kejia pouted and rolled her eyes, looking like a classic emoticon. In her opinion, Master Wang was good-looking and a great cook, but he just couldn't change his habit of bragging.

Wang Jianye ignored her and continued to make the braised pork seriously.

After simmering the braised pork on low heat, Wang Jianye began to make the lotus root chicken slices.

Among these six dishes, the braised pork and sweet and sour carp are of legendary level, and the other four dishes are of state banquet level.

Wang Jianye can do them quickly and well.

When Wang Jianye made a cold dish and two meat dishes.

Suddenly, there was a cry of a child in the house, and the voice of an adult scolding him:

"Seven times seven is forty-five! Seven times seven is forty-five! Who taught you that seven times seven is forty-five?!"

In the yard, Chen Kejia, who was watching Wang Jianye cooking, smiled helplessly and sighed:

"My little brother only got 8 points in the final math test. I don't know how he did it."

"What grade is he in?"

Wang Jianye started chatting with Chen Kejia.

Chen Kejia said helplessly: "He was in the second grade, and the third grade started, but he only scored 8 points in mathematics.

I even suspected that he was sleeping or playing during class and didn’t listen to the teacher.”

While Wang Jianye was chopping the water chestnuts, he said:
"Little boys at this age are more fond of playing, and not many of them can calm down and study seriously. However, when he grows up a little bit..."

Wang Jianye paused.

Chen Kejia asked hurriedly: "How?"

"It's even crazier."

Wang Jianye shared his own experience, saying that he was very playful when he was a child.

Go fishing in the river, climb trees to get bird eggs, make slingshots to shoot sparrows, throw sandbags, push iron rings, pick up stone pieces to skip on the water, use brooms to swipe dragonflies, and tidy up all kinds of small things...

Anyway, I just didn't study well.

Later, he failed to even get into junior high school and had to go to a junior high school in society for further studies.

Chen Kejia was so absorbed in listening to Wang Jianye's childhood stories that she even forgot about her younger brother who was being scolded in the room:

"What happened next? How did you become a state banquet chef after you stopped going to school?"

Chen Kejia is still interested in this matter.

When Wang Jianye came, he told her this at the door.

Now she wanted to listen again, so Wang Jianye had to start from the beginning.

With the idea of ​​learning how to cook, he went to Cuihualou to become an apprentice, but Cuihualou did not accept him. So he looked for a recommendation to enter Fengzeyuan to learn how to cook. He first found Master Liu, but Master Liu disliked him and confiscated his job.

Later, he found Master Chai and studied cooking with him for three years, but his performance was not good during that period. It was not until more than a week ago that he discovered his great talent.

He successfully passed the apprenticeship assessment and also participated in the assessment for promotion to second kitchen master, which he also passed successfully. He was then trained as a key employee at Fengze Garden.

Later, his skills improved, he launched signature dishes, and was promoted to head chef. His spicy and sour shredded potatoes and braised pork made Fengzeyuan extremely popular and in short supply.

Received an invitation to prepare a state banquet, returned to Fengze Garden after the banquet, and was promoted to chef in charge...

Wang Jianye only mentioned these things briefly.

If I really want to explain it in detail, it would probably take more than 200 chapters to explain it to Chen Kejia.

"Master Wang, your experience is like a legend!"

Chen Kejia's eyes sparkled as she looked at Wang Jianye in admiration. This was too amazing.

Wang Jianye said calmly: "Is it great? I don't think so."

(End of this chapter)