Chapter 8: Temporary position as Imperial Chef
"This one seems good?"
Soon, Qin Lang's eyes lit up.
"Gulu?"
Dan Bao quickly pressed his face against Qin Lang's, looking at the phone screen curiously with his small eyes.
"That's it." Qin Lang pointed at the screen, "This Xinghui Restaurant has just opened and is urgently looking for a Yuling Chef position. The salary is negotiable."
"It's not very far from here, let's go take a look?"
"Guludu!"
Dan Bao shook his head up and down and agreed happily.
Following the navigation, the two of them quickly arrived at the door of the restaurant called Xinghui Restaurant.
The area is not large, but it is clean and tidy, with tables and chairs arranged in an orderly manner.
After looking at the situation in the store through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Qin Lang nodded with satisfaction.
It was not business hours at the moment, so he walked directly to the closed store door and knocked.
"I'm coming!"
A somewhat rough voice came, and soon a middle-aged man with a goatee opened the store door and glanced at Qin Lang, "Young man, it's not business hours yet. If you want to order, you have to wait."
"I'm here to apply for the position of Yu Ling Chef." Qin Lang pointed to the information on the job search website on his phone, "I saw it on the job search website."
"So that's it." The goatee uncle looked surprised, "Let me see your Yuling Chef badge?"
"Here." Qin Lang took it out and handed it to the other party.
"Come in first." The goatee uncle took the badge and pulled Qin Lang into the store. "Sit down wherever you want. Do you want something to drink? Juice or tea?"
"Just a glass of water, thank you."
Soon a glass of water was delivered to Qin Lang. The goatee uncle smiled and said, "Wait a moment, young man. I want to know your Yuling Chef information first."
"Okay." Qin Lang picked up the water glass and took a sip while watching the goatee uncle check on the computer at the front desk.
Not long after, Uncle Goatee returned and returned the Yuling Chef badge to Qin Lang, "Young man, because you don't have any title, I can only pay a temporary salary of 151 according to the salary standard of an ordinary Yuling Chef. My god, I’ll share the profit from the temporary dishes 50/50, what do you think?”
Qin Lang took the badge and looked a little surprised after hearing what the goatee uncle said.
This was already higher than the industry average he knew.
"No problem." Qin Lang nodded quickly.
This uncle's cheerfulness made him feel good about him.
"Then let's try the dishes." The goatee uncle laughed, "Follow me to the kitchen. After cooking a dish, we will talk about the pricing of the dish."
"This is related to your future income sharing, young man, you have to show your true skills~"
"Yes." Qin Lang's heart moved, "Boss, which types of dishes are currently less popular in the restaurant?"
"You don't need to call me boss. My name is Luo Hui. You can just call me uncle Luo Hui." Luo Hui waved his hand and heard the implication of Qin Lang's words, "Young man, you are quite confident. You can do whatever I lack?"
"In that case, I won't be polite. The restaurant currently has relatively few aquatic dishes, especially all kinds of fish, so..." Luo Hui glanced at Qin Lang and asked, "Can you cook it?"
"Yes." Qin Lang said without hesitation.
"Okay, you can see if you can use the ingredients in my kitchen, or I can ask the Yuling Chef Association to send you the ingredients you need." Luo Hui chuckled, crossing his arms with expectation on his face.
While talking, the two of them had already entered the kitchen and walked to the food warehouse.
"There are bass." Qin Lang's sharp eyes saw several large bass raised in the aquatic area at a glance.
"It was delivered today." Seeing that Qin Lang had already started using it, Luo Hui was happy, "Use this?"
"Okay." Looking at the fresh seabass struggling in his hands, Qin Lang decided in an instant what dish to make.
"What other ingredients do you want? Just ask." Luo Hui said proudly that this is enough.
"The rest are all auxiliary ingredients." Qin Lang shook his head and looked at the seabass, "It is enough for the main ingredient."
"Then I'll wait and see." Luo Hui chuckled, "There is an independent kitchen next to it. It is very private. You can cook there."
After saying that, he turned and left.
After Luo Hui left, Qin Lang knocked the bass unconscious with the back of his knife and put it on the counter. After preparing all the ingredients, he glanced at the expectant egg next to him.
"let us start!"
"Gududu!"
Danbao rolled twice in the air, his little face full of anticipation.
Only when there are vacant star veins in the Yuling Kitchen, cooking dishes can give birth to the next food spirit, so Qin Lang does not need to worry about any unexpected changes that may occur during cooking later.
"The dish we are going to make later is called steamed seabass." He nodded Dan Bao's head, "First help me get the ingredients into the freshest state."
Danbao became even more happy when he heard that he could also help.
It flew over the auxiliary ingredients and blew on the onions, ginger and other auxiliary ingredients.
Full of freshness!
While Dan Bao was helping, Qin Lang had already neatly removed the scales, internal organs and gills from the stunned bass, and then evenly sprinkled a layer of salt on both sides of the fish and washed it.
Watching Qin Lang's movements, Dan Bao tilted his head.
"Gululu?"
"There is mucus on the outside of the fish skin of seabass. This mucus will make the fishy smell of the dishes heavier." Qin Lang said as he put the rubbed fish in the basin to clean it. "Wash it with salt and it will be fine." It removes mucus and plays a role in removing fishy smell.”
Looking at Dan Bao who was still staring at the seabass in the air, Qin Lang was speechless and said, "Stop being in a daze and help me open the steamer."
Following Qin Lang's instructions, Dan Bao quickly found the steamer and poked the switch with his big round tail.
When Dan Bao opened the steamer, Qin Lang had skillfully split the washed seabass into two parts from the belly, and then evenly spread the melted lard on the fish skin.
Cut the green onions into long sections, cut the ginger into slices and place them on the bottom of the fish plate, place two crossed chopsticks on them, and then put the seabass on them.
Dan Bao, who flew back excitedly, looked at Qin Lang's movements with a puzzled expression on his face again.
"Guludu?"
Why are there chopsticks under the fish? Can it be eaten too?
"Of course you can't eat the chopsticks." Qin Lang smiled and explained while lifting the fish plate and placing it in the steamer, "Steaming is a method of heating the ingredients with water vapor."
"The purpose of placing chopsticks under the fish's body is to prop up the fish so that water vapor can penetrate into the bottom through the gaps. This way, the fish can be steamed faster and heated evenly."
So that’s it?
Dan Bao nodded as if understanding.
There is so much knowledge about cooking!
Back in front of the desk, Qin Lang moved his knife like flying and quickly cut green onions, ginger and red peppers into shreds for later use.
Then light a fire, mix soy sauce and water, add onion pieces, ginger slices and green onion segments, and then add a few pieces of rock sugar to prepare a delicious soy sauce juice.
After a while, the steam coming out of the steamer already had a fresh smell of fish. Although it was not particularly strong, it penetrated into the nose, making people unable to help but whet their appetite.
"Hmm~"
"Lu~"
Qin Lang and Dan Bao came to the steamer at the same time, with the same happy expression on their faces.
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Contents of the easter egg chapter at the end of this chapter:
【Xinghui Restaurant】