Chapter 10 Apprentice

"Nonsense, who did I climb over? The white-fronted hanging worm in the Silent Mountains of the Black Wind Mountain, and the iron-billed steel-backed crocodile that runs down to the Red River Valley. There is nothing that I can't chop!" The round cook said.

Ma Xiaochao has a black line on his face. Where is this guy talking about? However, since Ma Xiaochao has been provoked by Ding Daqi. Then Ma Xiaochao will definitely make Ding Dayu look good.

"Hey, beauty, what's your least favorite food?" Ma Xiaochao grabbed the girl waiter and put it between him and Ding Dayu.

"What are you doing, boy?!" At this time, not only Ding Dayu was unhappy, but also several other chefs were very dissatisfied with Ma Xiaochao's behavior just now and said, "What kind of man are you embarrasting a girl!"

The black line on Ma Xiaochao's face broke on the ground, and he spit out a long breath and said, "You idiots. Since we are going to have a test, it is natural to find a fair referee. Girl, don't be afraid, tell me what you don't like the most."

The girl finally realized that she was about to shout, but she found that she didn't seem to have anything to shout, so she calmed down and said lightly to Ma Xiaochao, "I don't like fish the most."

Ma Xiaochao immediately said, "Ding Dayu, do you hear me? This girl said that she doesn't like fish the most. Then let's have a comparison to see who makes delicious fish. Let this girl judge.

The girl shook her head quickly and said, "No, no, I hate eating fish the most!" After saying that, he looked at Ma Xiaochao with pleading eyes.

"Don't worry, I will make you like eating fish from now on." Ma Xiaochao said confidently and raised his chin provocatively, "Ding Dayu, you won't be afraid, will you?"

"Well, I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible. Compared with Chef Ding's fish, that's pure death!" A short chef next to him helped Ding Dayu demoralized Ma Xiaochao.

"That's the fish made by Chef Ding, which is well-known. Don't you think so, Xiaorong? A skinny chef with a sharp mouth and cheek asked the girl and kept winking.

Naturally, Xiaorong was the girl's name. Hearing how delicious Ding Dayu's fish was, he even believed it for a while. Instead, I want to taste Ding Dayu's craftsmanship. However, since the material is the fish she hates the most, she must not be too interested in it.

Ma Xiaochao has been waiting impatiently for a long time and said loudly, "Ding Dayu, although I don't often make fish, it's still easy to overturn you, so I just move my fingers."

Ding Dayu just wanted to retort, but suddenly realized something and shouted in surprise, "You, you... What did you just say? What do you say your name is?"

Ma Xiaochao said lightly, "Ma Xiaochao. What's the matter?"

Ding Dayu quickly stepped back two steps, and suddenly knelt down to the ground with a bang. His whole body crawled on the ground, and his forehead was heavily on the ground. He refused to get up for a long time.

After a long time, I heard Ding Dayu say slowly, "Master, please be worshipped by the apprentice. You guys, why don't you hurry up and be a teacher!"

Ma Xiaochao and Xiaorong were stunned. Ding Dayu, who was invincible just now, actually threw himself directly to the ground and wanted to worship Ma Xiaochao as his teacher. Ma Xiaochao and Xiaorong looked at each other and said puzzledly, "I said Ding Dayu, which one are you singing?"

Ding Dayu didn't get up, but said lightly, "Brother Chao, my admiration for you is as if the hard ice in the polar north icefield will never melt. Anyone who staggers the restaurant with thousands of insects doesn't know your legendary chef. It has invented a lot of food that we have never seen before. Think about what we used to eat, long bread, fried steak, and roasted ham. That's what it looks like tossing and turning. But your appearance has greatly enriched our food culture. The sliced noodles, hand-made noodles, dumplings, wontons, steamed buns, roasted wheat and the hamburger you invented make us talk about these foods. Fortunately, after tasting the sliced noodles you made yourself, I have made up my mind to learn cooking skills from you and become a generation of famous chefs, so that people on the mainland can know the magical food you have created.

Ma Xiaochao was stunned. People who dare to love the world have always eaten monotonous Western food. But even Western food, there are many kinds of things that are not... Ma Xiaochao secretly sighed that he has been worshipped by chefs as idols. What kind of world is this!

"All's done." Ma Xiaochao said, "What you said are all home-cooked snacks. And they are all noodles. If you want to learn how to cook, you can't finish it. In our dynasty alone, there are eight major cuisines of Luchuan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Hunan, as well as Beijing cuisine and Hubei cuisine. There are ten dishes in total. If you want to learn all of them, I'm afraid you won't be able to finish them in your lifetime. And the cooking method of each dish is very exquisite. Do you think anyone can learn it?

How can I teach you how to cook? Don't I know how many catties I have? Don't teach Ding Dayu to cook at that time. Your dishes can kill people. At that time, everyone said that you, Ding Dayu, was Laozi's apprentice, and I couldn't wash it even if he jumped into the burning pool!

"Wow, so much, so profound?" Ding Dayu listened with astonishment on his face, and his eyes were full of infinite yearning, as if he had found a world of his own. It can be seen that Ding Dayu is extremely enthusiastic about cooking and is willing to devote his life to becoming an excellent chef.

"Well, so you'd better not learn, just your stupid head. I'm afraid I won't finish learning for several lifetimes. Of course, Ma Xiaochao doesn't want to take Ding Daqi as an apprentice. So he wants Ding Dayu to retreat.

Although I'm stupid, I'm not lazy. As long as I get up earlier than the chicken, go to bed later than the dog, and carefully study the dishes left by my master, I will definitely become an excellent cook. Of course, Ding Dayu also has another purpose, which is to spread the delicious food left by Ma Xiaochao to every corner of the mainland.

"Cough, let me tell you the truth. In fact, there are only a few dishes I can cook, and I can only cook the same for each of the top ten cuisines. I'll teach you these ten dishes, and you can think about the rest by yourself. Ma Xiaochao just felt that Ding Dayu was too annoying, so he promised to teach him ten dishes.

"Thank you, Master!" Ding Dayu kowtowed heavily on the ground, and there was a blood mark on his forehead.

Ma Xiaochao shook his head and said, "Don't call me master. It sounds awkward. I have something else to ask you! Why did you cut corners in the sliced noodles you made?

"Crease?" Ding Dayu looked at Ma Xiaochao's bowl of knife-cut noodles with a stunned face, "Master, I don't have it. It is completely made according to the recipe. Although I am not proficient in cutting noodles, I will practice hard.

Ma Xiaochao waved his hand impatiently and said, "Let me have a look at your recipe. You should know that any dish will taste different without any process or material. So no matter what you cook, you can't be careless. You should experience it with your heart. Feel the essence of the dishes with your own soul. In this way, we can give full play to the color, aroma and taste of this dish. And let the people who taste this dish feel the intentions of the cook.

Ding Dayu quickly wrote down Ma Xiaochao's words in a small notebook. And several other chefs also began to record after learning from Ding Dayu's appearance. After remembering, Ding Dayu turned a few pages and handed the recipe to Ma Xiaochao.

As soon as he saw the recipe, Ma Xiaochao was immediately angry and slapped him on the table and said, "I cut corners to this point, and he actually said no!" Forget it, I'll tell you the recipe for real knife-cut noodles. You will do it according to this in the future.

Ma Xiaochao wrote a piece of paper, handed him to Ding Dayu, and made a very important decision that made him feel very happy later.