Chapter 512: 10,000 Hours
"I don't know Japanese." Bai Lu seriously made excuses.
Lan Teng patted him on the shoulder and shook his head helplessly: "The host speaks Chinese." ”
"That host is a big tongue." Bai Lu continued to make excuses.
They went to the same car, and after getting out of the car, they also entered the hotel together, behind Bai Lu was the handsome host, hearing Bai Lu speak, he took a step forward and sighed: "How do you know that I am a big tongue?" ”
"Ah, in the whole game, except for me, only you are the most handsome." Bai Lu immediately said good things, hoping to divert the host's attention.
The host is a figure in the entertainment industry, and he knows how popular Bailu is now, so he didn't lose his temper, smiled and said: "Handsome guy, go sit on my show?" ”
"Do you have a show? I don't see any ability. Bai Lu showed a look of approval.
The host looked at it, yes, this guy is really as difficult as rumored, and after thinking about it, he has to engage in roundabout tactics, so he took the initiative to introduce the origin of the old man in Japan with a smile.
The old Japanese man is called Yamada, and he has only done one thing in his life, making sushi, and he has insisted on it for 76 years now.
Anything that has been persisted for so many years should also be a little accomplished, and Yamada is no exception, and his small sushi restaurant has been awarded three Michelin stars. Guests must make a reservation one week in advance when they come to eat.
His shop only sells sushi, and although he also makes one dish after eating it and then changes to the next one like Western food, his sushi is definitely one of the most expensive foods in the world when compared to the amount of dishes.
A dish is a piece of sushi, and generally tasting seven or eight pieces is the whole dining process. It's like a bar, where guests sit at the dining table. Watch the chef make sushi live, and guests are tasked with swallowing it in one bite and then complimenting it well.
The old man is very cool, except for illness and some unavoidable accidents that will delay him for a day or two, he almost never rests, and even at such an advanced age, he has to go to the fish market every morning to buy the best fish.
His shop is an all-wood structure, which looks simple and elegant, and the ingredients used are the best in their kind. For example, Japanese rice is not chemically contaminated. He still has to choose and choose. Tried and tried.
The old man did one thing all his life, and it was very successful, winning him countless customers and great glory.
In order to appear knowledgeable, the host briefly introduced who the old man was. By the way, I will talk about the 10,000-hour theory for Bai Lu. To the effect that no matter what you do. Don't leave anything to chance. If you want to succeed, you must first focus on paying and persevering, and only survive that long period of unknown years of silent paying. It is possible to reach the peak of life, and give examples of some young people who became famous as teenagers to explain, don't look at them as teenagers who became famous, but before becoming famous, it takes a lot of time and effort.
Bai Luba lowered his mouth: "Are you giving me a lesson?" ”
The host smiled: "Don't dare." ”
"I think you dare." Bai Lu looked at the room and asked, "Why did you come in?" ”
As they walked, they went into the reception room to rest, and after entering the room, they talked endlessly, and Shiraji looked down at the huge room, where three Japanese chefs gathered around the old man Yamada. The three Taiwanese chefs were surrounded by three Taiwanese government staffers, two men and one woman. The old Korean judge was chatting with two foreign judges, and two translators were sitting behind him, chatting very hotly.
Only a few of them are very bored, listening to this male host's nonsense.
Seeing Bai Lusheng asking coldly, the host replied with a smile: "Interview and interview you, just talk about it." ”
Bai Lu shook his head: "There's nothing to talk about." ”
"Don't, let's talk about it, the sky is full of your news, there are good and bad and random speculations, you don't want to refute the rumors for yourself?"
"I don't want to." Bai Lu asked the old man: "Uncle, he is the god of sushi, what kind of god are you?" ”
This guy obviously doesn't open any pot to mention, and Shi Luck glanced at him: "Boy, can you chat?" ”
Bai Lu smiled: "This sounds familiar. ”
At this time, the hotel boss entered the house, and there were two government officials who came in with him, with a good attitude, and greeted the masters with a smile, especially to the five judges.
Government officials will speak, saying that this event is a grand event in the Asian catering industry, and the nine chefs selected are all famous chefs, all of whom have real things, and they have to trouble the nine masters to work a little hard to make a few famous dishes for the government officials attending the meeting, so that everyone can try it.
No one would say no to such a thing. Don't say that the status of chefs is low, just talk about these chefs, which one is not allowed to give face to the government? For the government, they are nothing.
From the facts, it is actually an honor to be able to cook for Asian government officials at such a grand event.
Thirteen countries and regions participated in the competition, and 39 masters with superb skills, only nine of them were selected, which is an honor in itself. If the dishes are made well at the dinner and win glory for the region, the government will naturally treat them better. So the eight cooks happily agreed, except for Bai Lu.
However, he didn't have the heart to be different, it was an international event, so he had to give some face.
So after a while, the nine masters went to the kitchen to cook. Each master chef has two small workers, and the Japanese chef also has to bring an additional translator.
As they walked to the kitchen, the old Japanese judge said something in Japanese, and the translator said, "Mr. Yamada is optimistic about you and wants to enjoy the dishes you cook." ”
Bai Lu sighed, and was favored again, what kind of world is this?
The dinner was very large, with 22 tables for 12 people each in the Grand Conference Hall, and officials and important guests of various countries were invited to dine.
In this way, it should be 264 people dining, which sounds like a lot of people. But there are many countries, and there are really not many people when you calculate carefully. It's not easy for everyone to come in and eat here.
For the nine chefs such as Bai Lu, twenty-two tables of noodles are made, and each table is eighteen dishes. On average, the nine chefs have to repeat two dishes each, making a total of 44 times.
So, Bai Lu was depressed as soon as he entered the kitchen, is there any end?
Important banquets are not allowed to be made in large pots, and each dish must be carefully prepared. The most excessive thing is that the dinner party was held at half past six, and now it was close to five o'clock, and more than forty dishes had to be finished in less than two hours.
The two small workers assigned to him are not young, all of them are young elite chefs in their thirties, and chefs of this age can already sit in the position of head chef in some restaurants.
Looking at the two big brothers, Bai Lu asked, "What kind of dishes are you good at?" ”
"Everything." The brothers are very immodest.
Can't understand Chinese? Bai Lu sighed and asked again, "What are you good at?" ”
"Lu cuisine and Sichuan cuisine." The two brothers seem to have been taught by a master, and the answer is the same.
"Then choose two dishes that can be served and touch them with them." White Road shirks responsibility.
Nine chefs make eighteen dishes, and they must discuss who will cook hot and cold, who will make meat and who will make soup.
The two chefs looked at Bai Lu, and one asked, "You're not going?" ”
"There's nothing to go." Bai Lu found a stool and sat down.
"And what are we going to choose?"
"You two are in charge, as long as no one does it, as long as they agree." After Bai Lu finished speaking, he added: "Don't tell me." ”
The two chefs were speechless, and if it weren't for the fact that this young guy had just won the first place in the Asian Cooking Competition at the Food Festival, he would definitely have other ideas.
The two looked at each other, and saw that Bai Lu had no intention of standing up again, nor did he have the idea of talking to them, so he had to sigh secretly and turn around to touch the dishes with the chefs.
In general foreign affairs activities, the menu should be prepared by the head chef or restaurant manager, and the government staff should decide and determine before preparation.
This time it was different, by the nine award-winning chefs to toss, a bunch of people wrote the name of the dish on paper, put it together, discussed it a little, deduplicated, but also removed the dishes with conflicting flavors, and finally set eighteen dishes.
The two workers chose two nourishing dishes, a scallion roasted sea cucumber and a honey yam. came back and told Bai Lu, Bai Lu was very satisfied: "You two go and do it, one person does one." ”
Yes? That's not what the manager said, and the two chefs looked at Bai Lu and didn't move.
Bai Lu sighed: "It's always time for you to prepare food, right?" ”
Two chefs went to prepare the dishes.
Because there is a big dinner in the evening, the restaurant has prepared early, and many ingredients have been prepared, such as sea cucumbers, which can be used when you take them.
After the two small workers and the two smaller workers brought a bunch of ingredients over, Bai Lu said the next request: "Big stir-fry spoon." ”
Yes? The two chefs were stunned again, we are preparing a foreign affairs dinner, not a wedding banquet, your old man is going to fry in a big pot?
Seeing that the two chefs were not moving, Bai Lu said again: "Big stir-fry spoon." ”
Well, now it's up to others, so let's stir-fry the spoon. A cook goes to get a big spoon.
Roasted sea cucumber with green onion is a fine Shandong dish, which is a little troublesome to make, such as preparing chicken soup, burning green onions separately from sea cucumbers, and thickening and pouring sauce.
Bai Lu, who is lazy by nature, of course, will not ask for trouble, pick up a big frying spoon, grab a bunch of spices and throw it in, fry it indiscriminately, and then throw it in the sea cucumber, cook it slowly over low heat, and then there will be nothing to do with him.
After a few minutes, tell the two cooks, "Remove from the heat." ”
The two chefs were dumbfounded, the first time they saw this sea cucumber, it was a high-end dish anyway, let's spoil things lightly, okay?
However, the family is the boss, let's listen to it, the two chefs accepted their fate and obeyed the orders to go to the vortex.
There are a total of twenty-two tables, no matter how big the wok is, it is impossible to get so many sea cucumbers at once, after these dishes are cooked, Bai Lu makes two more dishes, and solves the sea cucumber meal in three times.
Then there is the honey yam, which is also a tonic dish and is very good for the human body. It is almost the same as braised sea cucumber with green onions, but it has to be a little troublesome, it has to be fried first and then boiled, and the syrup has to be boiled after the syrup.
Bai Lu is good at being lazy, nothing more than repeating the production process several times, and it didn't take long to get it done, and then praised the two chefs: "You two are really good, you can choose dishes." ”
The two chefs are a little helpless, looking at the age, how come we are five or six or seven or eight years older than you, how can you be embarrassed to praise us?
These two dishes are really good, they are both high-quality Lu dishes, they are good dishes that can be served at a big banquet, and they are not particularly troublesome to make. But Bai Lu is lazy, he thinks it's troublesome, then it's troublesome. (To be continued......)