It is different from the steak that Feng Yifan ordered in the hotel restaurant at noon. In the evening, Rodney presented Feng Yifan with a series of fresh fish dishes.
For example, the first appetizer served is a small shortbread with river fish roe filling and roasting.
Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi were surprised when they saw the small dishes placed on a somewhat large plate.
"Ah, this is so small, can't you get enough to eat like this?"
"Yes, there is too little to eat at all."
Feng Yifan smiled and explained to the girls: "This is called appetizer. It is an appetizer. After eating it, let your palate open up and you can start tasting the next dishes. It's not meant to fill you up with one dish. It's also the rules for people to eat Western food."
Feng Ruoruo pursed his small mouth and said, "Western food is not good. There are so few dishes, which is not good at all."
Yang Xiaoxi also said: "Yes, every time Father Feng cooks, there will be a lot of food, so that we can eat and be full."
Yang Zhiyi said to Feng Yifan: "Look, it's because you usually eat too well for the children, and you give too much, so now these two little girls are picky."
At this time, Rodney, standing next to him, said: "Please taste, this dish can be eaten by pinching it with your hands."
said, he shook a little bit of sauce from the small dish in his hand and poured it on the shortbread.
"It will be more delicious if you eat it together like this."
Feng Yifan translated it to everyone, Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi were suddenly curious. Because usually the two little girls eat at home, the family does not allow them to eat with their hands, but today this dish is small, but it can be eaten with their hands. The little girls suddenly became interested.
Feng Yifan also asked everyone to squeeze it with their hands and taste it.
So everyone also pinched it with their hands and put it directly into their mouths to taste.
After Feng Yifan ate it, he made a serious evaluation: "Well, this should be the shortbread appetizer I designed before? But this time you changed the inset and replaced it with river fish roe, which is a bit novel. It also contains some lemon and basil, which has a unique taste."
After eating, Yang Zhiyi said, "This is quite delicious, I want to continue eating now."
Feng Ruoruo followed up and said, "Dad, this one is not full, it is delicious, can I have another one?"
Yang Xiaoxi couldn't help but said, "Papa Feng, I also want to eat one more."
Feng Yifan smiled and replied, "We can't eat any more, we have to eat other dishes next."
Then, there was the second appetizer, which was a bit more weighty, but there was something special about this dish. It didn't look like a dish, but it was a bit like a dessert.
Feng Ruoruo asked strangely when she saw it, "Dad, we are not full, why did we start serving snacks?"
Rodney introduced: "This is the second appetizer, or the appetizer designed by Chef Feng."
Feng Yifan is quite familiar with this dish, not a dessert, but an appetizer soup. Use a spoon to knock the upper part that looks like a dim sum, and the inside will be very delicious seafood soup.
So Feng Yifan also used a spoon to help his daughter knock it open, and the broken parts fell into the soup below.
then fused with the soup, exuding a very sweet taste.
But when Feng Yifan smelled it, he immediately noticed something different.
Originally, for this appetizer, Feng Yifan used sea crabs to make the soup, and it didn’t have a strong taste. It was a relatively light soup. The shell lid on top was made of crab roe mixed with cream, shaped in the oven, and crushed. Mix it into the soup to increase the flavor of the crab soup.
But now, Rodney is obviously also prepared. He didn't use sea crabs, but river prawns.
He also replaced the crab roe on it with shrimp roe.
Rodney said calmly: "I made improvements to adapt to the local environment, so I switched to river prawns. Please taste this "Milk Flavored River Prawn Soup"."
Feng Yifan also has a little admiration, Rodney is still a creative chef and knows how to use ingredients.
It’s no wonder that Rodney was able to support Perovence after Feng Yifan left, but also allowed the restaurant to keep three stars, and it was still the first restaurant for the royal family's state banquet.
Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi smelled the scent, and they were both very surprised.
"It smells so good."
"It smells really good."
Then, everyone tasted this apology soup.
Feng Yifan tasted it, the taste is very elegant, with a slight milky fragrance, and the sweetness of the shrimp is also a touch of sourness.
But this time, Feng Yifan was a little surprised that Rodney actually added rice vinegar and a little **** juice to it.
This can be said to be a very bold attempt.
But if you really want to taste it carefully, you will think that this special combination is very reasonable, because for most shrimp eaters in China, it should be paired with rice vinegar and **** rice.
And in this soup, rice vinegar and **** juice are made into small beads.
will burst when you inadvertently drink the soup and bite it.
Then add that flavor to the soup in your mouth.
Rice vinegar and **** juice will quickly dissolve the sweetness of the shrimp soup itself, and the slightly sour and spicy stimulation will make the diners more appetite to eat the next food.
Shi Jiahui’s two appetizers are already a bit shocking.
She couldn't help thinking, if she changed to herself, she might not have such a creative idea.
Feng Yifan was still calm and smiled and said, "Your soup is great, but it is a pity that your **** juice is not suitable. You can add rice vinegar. Not everyone can accept the spicy **** juice. Although the rice vinegar neutralized some of the deliciousness of the shrimp soup, this shrimp soup is still too fresh."
Feng Yifan's words caught Rodney for a moment, and then he immediately understood.
This is an appetizer, if it is too delicious, it will cause the following dishes to lose their due brilliance.
Rodney accepted the opinion seriously: "Okay, thank you chef."
Then finally it was the turn of the main course. The main course was first a strong-flavored dish, which was not originally served this way. It was probably because Rodney realized the problem and made some adjustments to the dishes.
This one came up first. From the previous fish cake, it was replaced with a sandwich of pork belly, which is very characteristic of Chinese cuisine.
Looking at the small pieces of thick oil red sauce on the plate, Feng Yifan suddenly couldn't help laughing.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect that Rodney, you know how to cook braised pork."
Shi Jiahui couldn't help but laugh when she looked at it.
Braised pork in brown sauce, that is a very famous local dish in Shanghai.
Everyone knows "Thick Oil Red Sauce".
But in fact, many people may not be able to do it authentically.
Feng Yifan gently cut open with a knife, and immediately saw the sandwich inside.
Sure enough, Rodney still followed some Western-style practices, and needed some complex flavor processing, so the pork belly had fillings inside, such as some diced abalones and even some diced mushrooms.
Such a piece of meat fits the tastes of Feng Ruoruo, Yang Xiaoxi, Yang Zhiyi and Shi Tao.
Yang Zhiyi and Shi Tao were full of praise, saying that they did not expect pork belly to be so delicious.
Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi also like it.
"Ah, this meat, it looks like my father made it, it's delicious."
"Well, it's delicious, as good as Father Feng's made."
After Feng Yifan and Shi Jiahui ate, both of them felt a little pity at the same time, so after they looked at each other, they didn't comment directly.
But the two did not speak, but it made Rodney, Lu Xigu, and Quan Chengping a little anxious.
Seeing that Feng Yifan didn’t want to speak first, Shi Jiahui said, “You are imitating the braised pork recipe, but you don’t know how to fry the sugar color. The taste is still a bit sweet. The sweetness should be controlled. The sweetness is too strong and take it away. Some other flavors."
After Shi Jiahui finished speaking, Feng Yifan finally spoke.
"You did a good job with Rodney, this dish, I think you can take this dish to the main store in Perovence, you can also use it as a main dish.
However, since you are in the country, as a native of my country, I still want to make some comments. I think you can add some diced bamboo shoots in addition to the diced mushrooms. The diced bamboo shoots are then simmered for a while, after removing the earthy flavor, stir in the fillings for frying, and finally stir into them. "
Rodney was a little surprised, but at the same time it was a bit hard to tell what kind of smell it would be?
Feng Yifan said with a smile: "The addition of fresh diced bamboo shoots will increase the taste. Add a little bit of chewiness to the soft waxy texture that melts in the mouth. At the same time, the diced bamboo shoots can better neutralize the excess sweetness of your seasoning."
Shi Jiahui listened and thought about it seriously, and felt that Feng Yifan's method was really feasible.
Lu Xigu and Quan Chengping are next to each other, a little bit like listening to the heavenly scriptures.
Although the two elderly people are both senior diners, they still have a bit of unimaginable taste without the food that they can eat.
Rodney thought for a while and finally said: "Okay, I will try."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Well, let's continue."
The next main course is a fresh fish cake.
But it uses the most tender meat of three kinds of river fish, which is spliced together and cooked at a low temperature to retain the umami taste of the fish, and then some vegetables are used to cover the shape.
After eating the braised pork with thick oil and red sauce before, when I eat this fish cake, I suddenly feel refreshed.
Shi Jiahui couldn’t help sighing: “I have to take it, the chef of Perovence restaurant, he is really good, and he can make such a delicious fish cake with three kinds of river fish.”
Others also like this dish.
is really this dish, in addition to making Western style, but the overall taste is more in line with the Chinese food seasoning.
Feng Yifan can only say: "This dish may be your most successful one. It can be regarded as a thorough preparation of the deliciousness of our domestic fish."
But Feng Yifan finally put forward one point: "However, if you can replace the fish-meat-binding thing with fish soup, it might be better."
Rodney's eyes lit up when he heard it: "Oh, chef, you gave me a great idea."
Feng Yifan smiled and said: "Moreover, you can also keep the fish fillets. After the fish fillets are seared, place them at the bottom. In this way, the crispy fish skin, tender fish meat, and delicious fish soup are frozen. Crispy vegetables, this dish is perfect like this."
Rodney thought carefully, clapped his hands and applauded: "Perfect, really perfect, that's the perfect three fresh fish."
Lu Xigu and Quan Chengping were completely convinced. They never imagined that Feng Yifan would be able to make an accurate evaluation of the dishes on the spot, and they would also be able to directly give corrective opinions.
And Rodney, such a three-star restaurant chef, a chef invited by the royal family, actually agrees.
Lu Xigu and Quan Chengping remembered that, and they both looked at the little girl who grew up.
At that time, the two were very young, probably about the same age as Shi Tao.
Then Lu Cuiling and Feng Ruoruo were about the same age at that time.
It can be said that the two grew up with a niece and niece like Lu Cuiling, but what they did not expect is that they went abroad for a period of time. After returning, Lu Cuiling fell out with her family because of marital problems, and even chose to leave Jinling and transferred to Shanghai. jobs.
Lu Xiku had come to Shanghai to find Lu Cuiling, but her stubborn niece was unwilling to go back and bow her head to be soft.
For a long time, Lu Xigu had quietly helped his niece.
It is a pity that the strong niece refused his help.
Later, it was naturally a very bad period. The niece and niece’s factory went bankrupt, and then Lu Xiku lost all the news about his niece and niece.
For so many years Lu Xigu and Quan Chengping still often think of Lu Cuiling.
The two old people were full of worries, worried that Lu Cuiling's life would be bad, and would she not be able to sustain the pressure of life?
It is impossible for the two old people to think that they will reunite with Lu Cuiling's son and granddaughter in Shanghai after many years.
What made the two elderly people even more unexpected was that Lu Cuiling's son would be so good.
Feng Yifan also tasted the next dishes one by one, and gave some of his opinions, Rodney also listened very humbly.
The two elderly people, Lu Xigu and Quan Chengping, including the guests on the yacht, are no longer the protagonists tonight.
Because everyone's eyes are on Feng Yifan, he is the real protagonist tonight.
Everyone is watching, Feng Yifan's evaluation of Rodney's every dish, and listening to his suggestions and ways to improve each dish of Rodney's local design.
There are ten dishes, and Feng Yifan gives reasonable suggestions for each dish, telling Rodney how to improve.
How to do it will make domestic diners more able to accept the taste of the dishes.
Shi Jiahui also listened very carefully, and also gained a lot from it. And in her heart, she couldn't help thinking, if Feng Yifan opened a store in Shanghai, would he not say anything tonight?
The other chefs on this yacht tonight are also more or less rewarding.
Among them, Chen Xu and Luo Yu watched everything quietly, and their hearts began to have some subtle changes.