Free Web NovelChapter 545: Chapter 457: Rising from the Ashes, Reclaiming All That Was Lost
Usually, she seldom interacted with Asians, and Su originally didn’t have much concept of Asian appearances.
Since she started working at the restaurant, spending every day with three Great Xia people and comparing them with Nagishiro Sho chef’s height and appearance, she quickly discovered the differences between Great Xia people and Sakura people.
Sakura people’s eyes are relatively small, their height isn’t tall, and they have a unique aura. They instinctively bow when expressing gratitude, even if it’s just a slight nod.
Great Xia people have a very easy-going aura, with hardly any distinctive behavioral habits. Although their facial features are somewhat similar to Sakura people, one can subtly discern differences.
However, she’s only seen this one Sakura person, so she doesn’t know if her conclusion is correct.
At this moment, from ten meters away, she saw the only... huh?
Why is there another one??
Just when she thought there was only one Asian face in the crowd, she soon noticed a female server turning her head, also showing an Asian face.
Su was momentarily taken aback, unable to distinguish who among them was the Great Xia person, or if both were.
"You go line up, I’ll change my clothes first."
Sergy nodded, looked around, and besides the group of people in uniform, he couldn’t see where the line was.
"Really? Am I the first one? No need to be this early!"
He glanced at the time, not even 6:30 yet, no wonder there wasn’t a single person around.
His girlfriend had told him that to prevent customers from fiercely competing, lining up before 6:30 was not allowed. A barrier was set up at the restaurant entrance, and a notice board suggested coming around 7.
Of course, this trick was ineffective for those determined to compete, as they would still arrive at the same time to line up, just standing before the barrier, ready to rush in when it’s gone to be among the first few.
Just as Sergy leisurely walked towards the restaurant entrance barrier, he suddenly heard the sound of a car engine from behind, accompanied by the screeching noise of tires rubbing against the ground.
"In the morning, driving so hurriedly?"
He immediately recognized the sound as a car turning too fast and looked back, seeing a sedan steadily parked nearby, a middle-aged man stepping out and continually glancing towards the crowd near the food cart.
Originally wanting to see what was going on, Sergy turned back only to find a group of people had emerged from the distant hotel, each wearing a red baseball cap.
They came with a clear goal, eyes firm, running quickly in this direction.
"??"
Sergy was a bit stunned, looked around, and finally fixed his gaze on the restaurant’s main entrance.
These people... could they be here to line up?
As soon as the thought emerged, he couldn’t stand still any longer, hurriedly ran over a few steps to stand before the notice board.
A few seconds later, a mass of footsteps approached from afar; he finally saw the appearance of these tourists with red hats.
They were all Asians!
A few days ago, everything seemed normal, but what’s with these Asians now? Rushing so much just for a meal?
Could they be rushing for an event?
Thinking about the uniform style and color of these people’s red hats, Sergy felt they probably marked a travel group.
Raphael watched this group of people run past, eyebrows slightly furrowed, looking curiously at them.
"Are they Great Xia people? Or from the Philippines?"
In his high-end Western restaurant, he rarely encountered tour groups, let alone foreign ones, so he curiously glanced a few more times.
Wasn’t there a similar situation last week?
"Seems like there’s a tourist season vibe, the frequency of foreigners appearing is increasing. When does the Olympics start, should be these days, right?"
"But it doesn’t concern me. Better to hurry and see what good dishes Lin is messing around with today."
The cars in front were going too fast; he only saw a crowd near the food cart, didn’t look closely.
Now walking over to take a look, good grief, there were indeed lots of uniformed employees!
"It’s only been a few days, how come there are suddenly so many people??"
Scanning around, he didn’t see Marchello and Nagishiro Sho, showing a hint of pleasure.
"Hey!"
"Could those two guys have gone back too?"
Lin Chen was at that moment instructing everyone on the skills of rolling dumpling wrappers to deal with the upcoming breakfast peak hour and divided eight chefs into two groups, each led by Zhao Shun and Old Chen.
No need for them to say anything; they just focused on wrapping. These new chefs could observe, having eyes.
Along with his detailed guidance now, if they still couldn’t grasp the skill of making chive pockets, they might as well say goodbye.
As for Lin, he couldn’t be bothered. Her dumpling wrapping skills had already reached an independent level; the rest was just accumulating proficiency.
Just when he was demonstrating up close how to roll the dough thinly and roundly, his ear twitched, suddenly hearing familiar footsteps.
"Raphael chef?"
He might need a moment to distinguish other people’s footsteps, but not Raphael’s.
After listening for more than five years, it’s already a conditioned reflex.
At a glance, as expected, he saw Raphael’s stubbled face slowly enlarging in his field of vision.
"Done so quickly? What’s the situation over there?"
"What situation could it be."
Raphael shrugged helplessly and waved his hand: "It’s that brat Anderson, he tends to make mistakes when busy and then cursed the black guy a few times."
"That guy has a bad temper too, threw the bowl and left, causing a shortage of staff in the kitchen and a vicious cycle."
Lin Chen twitched the corner of his mouth and nodded, this was not much different from what he imagined.
"Anyway, I’ve warned them both. Anyone who dares to throw a tantrum and disrupt the restaurant’s operation will be kicked out!"
"Being fired from our God’s Kiss is basically saying goodbye to fine dining restaurants. They can only work at fast-food places where the pay is low and there’s no future. I think they can figure that out on their own."
This is not just talk, it’s not only at God’s Kiss, but it’s the same at all Michelin restaurants.
Unless it’s a voluntary resignation, that’s okay.
If someone gets fired, it mostly indicates some problem with the person, and restaurants of the same level wouldn’t want to take the risk of hiring them.
Lin Chen didn’t say much more, anyway he didn’t plan to return to his position there. The situation there had nothing to do with him, he was just curious, wanting a bit of gossip.
He still needs to ponder how to handle it specifically, after all, Raphael, the chef, had given him a chance to rise to fame, and he couldn’t just leave just like that, as that would seem ungrateful.
Great Xia people value gratitude and repayment. If there’s really no better solution, it wouldn’t hurt to help him develop a few more fusion recipes.
"What about those two? Left?"
Raphael didn’t dwell on it, changing the subject right away.
"Probably not, they were still here yesterday."
Lin Chen was also a bit puzzled, theoretically, the two chefs should have shown up at this time.
But he was now busy guiding the newcomers and didn’t have time to worry about so much.
Whether they come or not is their own business, they didn’t pay him tuition, so there’s no obligation to care.
Raphael nodded, couldn’t be bothered with the hassle, he needed to seize the time to learn new knowledge, having missed three days already, who knows how much good stuff was lost!
During these three days since he returned, he wasn’t idle, besides directing lunch and dinner in the kitchen, he spent the rest of the time organizing the information he collected during this period.
He never felt this inspired before, as if he found the feeling he had when he first started in the industry, his mind full of novel ideas, and he even wrote dozens of pages of notes in his notebook.
Just the concept of new recipes alone filled more than thirty pages, and many ideas were only recorded in words, with no time to sketch them yet.
This is his personal habit, during development, he first materializes the inspiration in his mind, presenting it on paper in drawings, this way he can more intuitively feel the problems and how to improve them.
"Is this... dumplings?"
After carefully reviewing Lin Chen’s demonstration of the rolling process, and looking at Zhao Shun and Chen Dongliang’s work a few meters away, Raphael asked uncertainly.
"You could say that, after all, it’s hard to translate, essentially it’s just bigger dumplings."
Raphael instantly became interested.
Previously, when Lin Chen made dinner for them, he included dumplings and buns, at that time he had already tried a few times and mastered the basic tricks.
Seeing such big dumplings now, he was itching to try them himself.
Moreover, the folding technique looked quite similar to the edge shape of a certain type of Italian dumpling.
While the two were conversing, the new chefs were sneaking glances at Raphael.
Though they didn’t know him, they could guess he was likely a head chef-level figure.
Raphael knew very well what these people were thinking, having experienced it so many times over the years.
He wouldn’t give these guys the chance to ridicule him, he headed straight to the kitchen, washed and sanitized his hands, then naturally took a piece of dough and the corresponding ingredients from the freezer and began trying according to the process he just saw.
Seeing this unfamiliar head chef disappear into the restaurant, a look of disappointment appeared in everyone’s eyes.
After about ten minutes or so.
When Raphael reappeared, he was holding a plate of steaming, golden-brown, slightly crispy chive boxes.
He was gnawing on one in his hand while nodding.
"This vegetable called chive has a very unique taste, good stuff, looks like the vegetarian menu can be updated again!"
"Are there any other delicious vegetables unique to your Great Xia?"
"Vegetables unique to Great Xia?"
Lin Chen pondered for a moment, countless ingredients flashed through his mind.
"Hard to say if they’re unique, but there must be many that are rarely used in Western cuisine."
