Eating an ordinary breakfast, everyone missed the days of Chef Andrew more and more. Although Andrew's cooking skills have declined these days because of his bad mood, at least when his standard is still there, it is really delicious.
However, after all, amateur players cannot be compared with professional players who have been dealing with the kitchen all year round. It is already very good to be able to do this for the first time. With the lessons learned from the first group, the people in the back row couldn't help but start to think about whether they could do better than Alan and the others on the day of their rotation.
It was halfway through the breakfast when Mei Cai came late. Seeing everyone looking up at her, Alan and Gloria also looked unkind, she felt guilty, and quickly apologized with a smile: "I'm really sorry, I was too nervous yesterday to get over it." I fell asleep late, but I didn't hear the alarm today." In order to make up for the absence of breakfast, she volunteered to be responsible for today's lunch.
Allen felt a little uneasy, but seeing her sincere expression and bright eyes, he agreed without holding back. Gloria thought of the difference of opinion between the two, and her first reaction was to object, but seeing that Mei was relieved, patted her chest and sat down, and smiled at her as if to please her, she swallowed the words that came to her lips again , I thought to myself: the worst result is just eating a fruit and vegetable salad, how could it be worse?
Mei started to be busy in the kitchen very early. In order to fulfill her promise, she also refused the help of the team members and spent a long time alone, finally announcing that dinner could be served before twelve o'clock. Everyone walked into the restaurant with anticipation, but saw a table full of salads—vegetables, fruits, vegetable and fruit platters, and pure beans. In order to cater for the tastes of different people, she also thoughtfully prepared Several different sauces, because she is worried that some people are allergic to peanuts, she also puts the peanut butter aside as a seasoning, and those who need it can add it by themselves.
From the appearance point of view, the salads are brightly colored and well-presented, and they are definitely qualified as a starter or appetizer. Everyone was very happy, sat down, put some on their plates and tasted it. Although too much apple cider vinegar was added to the salad dressing, which tasted a bit sour, the tenants still sent compliments one after another, and they couldn't wait for the dinner later.
Mei, who was praised, was also very happy, she smiled shyly, and sat down in her seat. She took a large plate of salad and prepared to enjoy it with a smile, but suddenly found that everyone was staring at her with surprise on their faces. She blinked and wondered, "Why don't you eat it?"
Allen poked the tomato with a fork, and asked tentatively, "That's all? Is there anything else?"
Mei nodded: "Yes, isn't it enough? ?" She looked at the barely reduced amount of dishes on the table, and felt that the possibility was very small, but she couldn't think of any other reason, so she looked at everyone suspiciously.
Gloria sneered in her heart, she knew it would be like this, Mei would never consider issues from the perspective of others, and it was a mistake to give Mei the full power of lunch. She looked at Alan who was in a daze, and sent a look of "I said it earlier".
Alan didn't know what to say, so he had to hide his embarrassment and regret by bowing his head to eat. Eating the sour and not sweet salad, he couldn't help but feel worried. After making so many salads, Mei probably used up all the vegetables, so what will he have for dinner...
When he heard that these salads were all for lunch , The loss in everyone's hearts is beyond words, but in order not to dampen the chef's confidence and enthusiasm, and to leave a way out for themselves, they put away the negative emotions on their faces, continued to eat as if nothing had happened, and at the same time comforted themselves in their hearts. : It's good to eat some, at least today's meal is very healthy, but my stomach is a little cramped, and I don't really fight hunger.
With the actual level of the two meals for breakfast and lunch as a foreshadowing, the tenants do not have too much expectation for dinner. In the past, when the meal was approaching, everyone was not hungry, and everyone wanted to run to the restaurant. Today, the stomach started to grow There was a cooing, but I didn't see anyone moving. It wasn't until Gloria told everyone that the meal was ready to eat that people stood up and walked into the restaurant one after another, but they all looked reluctant and inactive.
Of course, there are also people who are more optimistic, such as Rachel.
Because Rachel and James are in a similar situation, both of them are the only single members of the team, and they get closer and closer under the sympathy of each other. In a day, the two have established a revolutionary friendship. At this time, she is turning her head to talk to James. Guess if there will be anything new for dinner.
Rachel is actually a vegetarian herself, and she may be the only tenant who thinks the salad at noon is good—the other is the salad maker herself, May—so she is still looking forward to the next meal.
Everyone walked into the dining room, just in time to see Mei coming out of the kitchen with a large bowl of salad. They were immediately disappointed. They couldn't help but hesitated between staying and leaving, and the expressions on their faces kept changing.
Seeing this, Mei put down the salad and said with a smile, "Don't be nervous, this time it's really just an appetizer."
She has already learned from her teammates what everyone said about the lunch. Although the truth is a bit hurtful, after all, she has carefully prepared it for a long time However, at noon, she was too idealistic and did not think carefully, and prepared a vegetarian salad directly based on her personal preference, which resulted in a very bad dining experience for everyone. So for dinner, she obediently served Allen, and never quarreled with Gloria about whether the meat should be served on the table.
It was a prank of hers to come out with a salad on purpose. She wanted to see everyone's reaction, and also wanted to express her apology to everyone for what happened at noon through this way of self-mockery. In addition, she also had a little secret thought. I just hope that my craft can be recognized by people, even if there is only one.
Seeing everyone's relieved expressions after hearing her explanation, she couldn't help but feel a little bit disappointed, but she cheered up quickly and sincerely recommended herself: "I improved the recipe of the sauce for the dinner salad. , it should be much more delicious than at noon, if you want to try it, just treat it as a favor for me."
Although everyone still had lingering fears, but for the sake of Mei Chengxin's request, they took a little bit of face and tasted it. . The taste is indeed better, not very delicious, at least the acidity is not so choking. Mei, who got a new evaluation, was very satisfied, and walked back to the kitchen with a smile to continue serving dishes.
Rachel was stirring the shredded kale in the bowl, wondering if she should make a salad the day it was her team's turn to be on duty.
The main course is deep-fried pork cutlets with black pepper sauce. The staple food is mashed potatoes with cheese. If you eat too much, you will feel a little greasy. It is surprisingly suitable to eat with a salad with good acidity. The eyes of the tenants brightened, and they suddenly had an appetite, and their moods, which were depressed because of the unsatisfactory two meals before, were also happy.
After working for a long time, they finally got unanimous praise. The three breathed a sigh of relief, couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled, and then cheered up to prepare the menu for the next day.
With the wayfinding of Alan's group, everyone has a little more confidence in the matter of taking turns as chefs. It's not that I think how good my cooking skills are, but after the first day of the experiment, everyone's psychological expectations have been lowered. Next, as long as you don't go too far, if you come up with something that can be eaten, Everyone will definitely accept it with a tolerant and tolerant attitude, and even praise it without changing their faces.
Of course, they still hope that there will be a dark horse to surprise their taste buds. However, with the spread of the trend of wanting to create some innovations to shock people's hearts, the resulting things are becoming more and more grotesque. Not much hope, everyone is looking forward to the day when Andrew will be on duty as soon as possible.
Under the influence of this kind of atmosphere, "what to eat tomorrow" has become a stalk of Rainbow Villa. Some people even suggested that at the end of the month, we should select the most wonderful dishes of the month, and nominated Matilda's famous work "Oil Fried apples with black tea", and gave it a name that is very in line with the author's temperament - "witch's breakfast".
Although this proposal was vetoed by Matilda, everyone quietly started the evaluation in private. Every night, they went to the small black room to complain about the dishes of the day, some of which were wonderful metaphors and extremely vivid dishes. The name brought a lot of joy to the director team standing in front of the camera.
By this time, the three groups had just passed, and not all of them were kitchen killers—like Benjamin, as the chef of the third group, his cooking skills were actually pretty good, especially his sausage The food, whether it is taste, appearance or texture, is remarkable. But because his dishes are too single, it seems a bit regular among all kinds of dark dishes, so he didn't leave a deep impression on everyone; on the contrary, it is Richard's own vegetable juice The reputation of cocktails is not small, which makes people talk about it. And as a warrior who drank a whole glass of self-made "cocktail" without changing his face, Benjamin also won a special respect from the tenants. Everyone couldn't help grinning and sighing when they mentioned him: "Warrior!" " Correspondingly, his cooking skills were buried, and no one noticed except Richard.
Everyone intentionally or unintentionally created an atmosphere of "After Andrew, there will be no chef in Rainbow Villa", but no one went to Andrew to cry, but everyone seemed to be having fun while suffering, so James They also pretended not to know what their intentions were, and did not point out to Andrew, so that Andrew thought that everyone was having fun, and never mentioned the matter of returning to work.
This day it was the turn of Qian Erbai's group to be on duty.
The night before yesterday, Rachel was so nervous that she almost lost sleep. Although Qian Erbai said that he was a good cook before the group, she couldn't imagine how a handicapped man with obsessive-compulsive disorder would cook. Wouldn't the oil fume make him go crazy under the cleanliness? So she felt that she should be the leader in their group.
She took a look at the shopping list handed in before ten o'clock. There were a lot of vegetables and fruits in it, and there were a lot of ready-to-eat foods such as bread and ham. You guys haven't eaten any weird food before, so you should be used to it by now.
Thinking of the countermeasures, she felt a lot more at ease, turned on the alarm, turned over, and fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, as soon as she thought about the alarm at six o'clock, she opened her eyes inside, tidied herself up quickly, and ran downstairs without even putting on makeup.
This was the first time she got up so early, and she seemed to be the only one in the whole villa who woke up, of course, except for the photographer.
She was a little excited, moved her hands and feet, and walked briskly to the kitchen. When she saw the closed doors of rooms 1-1 and 1-2, she hesitated to wake up her teammates, but after thinking about it, she gave up. It's just a breakfast, she can handle it by herself. What's more, she felt that if the couple were there, their efficiency would be slower.
Walking into the restaurant, I saw someone busy behind the counter. He was wearing a shirt with sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and an apron on his body. He beat eggs skillfully and neatly with one hand. Rachel was a little surprised, and said hello: "Good morning, Andrew, you shouldn't be on duty today?" Could it be that Adam and the others switched with Andrew yesterday? She thought to herself, faintly agitated.
The man behind the counter turned around when he heard the sound, smiled at Rachel, and said, "Good morning, it's me."
Rachel was stunned, and stared at the other party with wide-eyed eyes, as if she had seen a ghost: "Adam, you got up so early? No, your legs actually stood up?!"
Qian Erbai did it to her. With a silent gesture, she said: "Shhh, this is still a secret."
Rachel quickly covered her mouth, nodded silly, and hadn't recovered from the shock for a long time. After a long while, she quietly asked: "Does Eric know?"
Qian Erbai didn't answer, but just glanced at her inexplicably. .