Chapter 167: Chapter 167: A Once in a Thousand Years Opportunity_1
"Clap, clap, clap!"
Qin Feng applauded Lv Hua’s remarks.
"Good! As long as the dish you cook in a while satisfies me, I’ll have Mr. Xue turn Greenland Restaurant into a high-end Chinese restaurant. You’ll be the head chef!"
"Hahahaha..."
Qin Feng’s words triggered Rickaz’s loud laughter.
"You, a stinking loser, might actually think that Greenland Restaurant is your family’s property, do you? You say let an intern be the head chef, and he can become the head chef? You say turn Greenland Restaurant into a high-end Chinese restaurant, and it can become one? The fate of Greenland Restaurant doesn’t lie in the hands of a loser like you!"
Qin Feng didn’t bother to engage in a war of words with Rickaz; instead, he turned his head to Lv Hua and said, "Bring out your evidence."
Lv Hua took out his phone. Ever since problems began with the ingredients in the kitchen, he had photographed and recorded every batch of ingredients.
He had also filmed the entire process of meal preparation in the back kitchen.
The evidence was irrefutable!
After seeing the photos and videos, Xue Xiaochan’s face darkened instantly.
She glared at Rickaz and asked coldly, "How do you explain this?"
"Mr. Xue, Greenland Restaurant’s costs are very high. Using slightly inferior ingredients was to save costs for the restaurant. All I did, I did for the restaurant!"
"You’re fired! I’ll look into all the accounts of the restaurant for the past year thoroughly. After investigating everything clearly and leaving no stone unturned, if you deserve prison, go sit in jail!"
"Mr. Xue, you have to think this through. Without me, a Michelin three-star chef, holding the fort, Greenland Restaurant would collapse immediately! Customers come here to spend money because of my reputation as a Michelin three-star chef. If you fire me, I can assure you, Greenland Restaurant will no longer be a Michelin three-star restaurant! I’m quite familiar with the Michelin judges. Just one phone call, and I can get them to strip Greenland Restaurant of its stars."
"It’s just a Michelin three-star rating, who cares? Customers come to the restaurant to eat good food, not to eat stars. Greenland Restaurant will become a Chinese restaurant, serving Dragon Country cuisine. As for Michelin ratings, they mean nothing to the restaurant. Our Dragon Country’s cuisine doesn’t need some foreigners’ assessment!"
Qin Feng looked at Lv Hua and said, "Go cook a dish and bring it for Mr. Xue to try. Let’s see if you have the strength to be the future head chef of the restaurant!"
"Okay!"
Lv Hua went off to get busy.
This was his opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime chance, and he had to seize it.
Soon, Lv Hua returned.
He had cooked his dish, a serving of tomato and scrambled eggs.
Seeing Lv Hua bring out a plate of tomato and scrambled eggs, the other chefs immediately laughed.
"Is this what you call high-end Chinese cuisine? If I’m not mistaken, isn’t this the tomato and scrambled eggs from a roadside stall?"
"Look at how this tomato and scrambled eggs is cooked; the color is even wrong, not as good as what you’d find in a dingy roadside eatery!"
"An intern chef is just an intern chef, indeed lacking skills. I thought a dish would be cooked up that would shock and amaze, to be tasted by Mr. Xue! But what do we have? Just a plate of tomato and scrambled eggs, and you have the nerve to serve it?"
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Everyone criticized the plate of tomato and scrambled eggs presented by Lv Hua, as if it were utterly unfit for the table.
Qin Feng picked up a chopstick, took a small bite, and put it in his mouth.
After carefully tasting it, he nodded his satisfaction and then commented, "Delicious!"
"Hahahaha..."
Rickaz laughed, his laughter so intense he was bending back and forth.
"A stinking loser remains a stinking loser, unfit for Western cuisine and only suitable for eating trashy dishes like tomato and scrambled eggs!"
"Tomato and scrambled eggs, even a seven- or eight-year-old child can make it taste good. And with just such a dish, you have the audacity to compete for the position of head chef?"
"If cooking a plate of tomato and scrambled eggs qualifies someone to be a head chef, then becoming a head chef must be incredibly easy. Any random cat or dog could be one, couldn’t they?"
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Under Rickaz’s leadership, the chefs once again engaged in a fierce battle of words, launching a new round of attacks on Lv Hua.
Confronted with everyone’s mockery, Lv Hua didn’t care at all.
This scrambled eggs with tomatoes was definitely different from the rest.
Even though they looked quite similar, this dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes was truly of a state banquet standard.
One bite was all it took to taste the difference.
Lv Hua believed that after Qin Feng tasted it, his praise for its deliciousness was sincere, not just an empty compliment.
Qin Feng couldn’t be bothered with nonsense. He picked up a bite and brought it to Xue Xiaochan’s mouth.
"Try it."
Xue Xiaochan subconsciously opened her mouth and ate.
Before she could give her opinion, everyone was already shocked.
Of course, the first to react was Rickaz.
"You lowlife, you’ve got some nerve, daring to give Mr. Xue your used chopsticks! This is an insult to Mr. Xue, a desecration!"
"A nobody like you, to take such liberties with Mr. Xue, we won’t stand for it!"
"Security, come quickly, throw this lowlife out!"
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Everyone was hurling their comments one after another, furiously attacking Qin Feng.
At this moment, Xue Xiaochan was wholly immersed in the deliciousness of the scrambled eggs with tomatoes, almost to the point of no return.
She had tasted countless versions of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, but she had never encountered one as delicious as this.
This dish perfectly blended the sweet and tangy flavor of the tomatoes with the fragrant taste of the eggs and the fresh aroma of the spring onions.
The three flavors mingled with one another yet maintained their own distinctness, creating a layered taste experience.
A simple dish that left a long-lasting impression.
The skill involved here was certainly not something a run-of-the-mill street stall could match.
Xue Xiaochan organized her thoughts for a while, trying to find the right words to describe the scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
But in the end, she found herself at a loss for words.
Because no matter what words she used to describe it, it felt inadequate.
Ultimately, she came to the same conclusion as Qin Feng.
"Delicious!"
In Xue Xiaochan’s view, calling the dish delicious was the highest praise she could give.
Because it had been a long time since she had tasted something truly delicious.
Ever since she had tasted Qin Feng’s cooking, she had not found any other food to be delicious.
Today was the first time she had felt that way again.
Qin Feng’s cooking was cheating.
He would use the Xuanhuang Qi in his body to make the food taste better.
What Lv Hua relied on for this scrambled eggs with tomatoes was pure skill.
Being able to match the flavor of Qin Feng’s dishes, which were enhanced by the cheat of Xuanhuang Qi, Lv Hua’s cooking skills were undeniably fit for a head chef.
