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After Adam cleaned and tidied up the designated kitchen, he took off his white chef's uniform, and when he reached into his trouser pocket, he missed nothing.He searched all over his pockets but couldn't find his phone.

"What's wrong with you?" Carla looked at him and asked.

Adam went to look through his backpack again, and answered vaguely while searching: "I can't find my phone."

When was the last time he used his phone?Today is Sunday.Weekends are always the busiest time. There is a company hosting a Christmas lunch here during Alimentum lunch.All the guests in the private room ordered mutton, and the chef Simon who handled the mutton could not prepare 20 dishes of mutton at the same time.Gray had to ask Adam to help prepare the ingredients.

Adam processed the ingredients quickly, and Simon took the ingredients and put them in the pan to fry.Simon instructed Adam to load the plate so that the two could do it at the same time.Adam was a little too cautious at first, but later he was not much slower than Simon in arranging the dishes.Adam didn't forget to use a white cloth to clean up the splashed sauce on Simon's plate when he had his hands free.He and Simon put the dish on the dish outlet, waiting for the chef to make the final inspection.Gray saw nothing wrong—their finished products looked exactly the same, and Gray waved his hand to signal the waiter to serve.

Adam breathed a sigh of relief.

Waiters lined in and brought out plate after plate of lamb.Watching the last plate of mutton leave the kitchen, Adam could no longer stand still, slipped against the wall and fell to the ground.His forehead was wet and itchy due to sweat, and he wiped the sweat off his head with his hands, only to find that the muscles connecting the shoulder blades to the wrists were already swollen and painful due to long-term and tense movements.Adam touched the shoulder blade with his backhand, and felt that the muscles there were faintly hot, which seemed to be getting worse.

But this is the closest he's come to serving food at Alimentum, and the pain is worth the price of admission.

"Good job, Adam." Simon stretched out his palm, and Adam patted it with a smile, and was pulled to stand up again, and hugged each other: "I miss the feeling of serving food so much, Simon, thank you for giving me this opportunity. "

But he didn't have time to rest, Adam hurriedly took off his apron, and rushed back to the designated shop to prepare for the evening market.He didn't have a chance to check his phone all day.Oh, no, he checked his phone today, because he called her according to the dessert chef's request.

As Adam tried to recall, he seemed to put his phone on the sink and go off to process the fish.

"Damn it, I left my phone in Alimentum." Adam didn't find the phone from his bag, he glanced at the time, it was eleven thirty.Maybe Alimentum hasn't closed its doors yet.There was no traffic on the road at this time, and with a bit of luck he might be able to get there before midnight.

"It's so late, can't you get it tomorrow?"

Adam stepped into the special windproof suit for the motorcycle, quickly put on the jacket and helmet of the motorcycle, and walked out the door quickly, "They are closed on Mondays, Kara, you can go back by subway. I will try my luck , maybe it’s not closed yet.”

Adam was really lucky today. When he just squeezed the brakes, Chef Simon was about to close the shop.Simon is a very kind and easy-talking Scot. Maybe he sees that Adam's surname also comes from Scotland, or maybe the staff meal that Adam cooks is very suitable for him, so he has always been friendly to Adam.And today they have a day to fight together, which makes their relationship closer.

Adam is still on the bike, but he removes his helmet so Simon can see his face: "Hi Simon!"

"Good evening, Adam, did you drop something?" Simon asked while holding the rolling door.

Adam nodded: "Hi, Simon, that, I left my phone here, can I go in and have a look?"

Simon put the key into Adam's hand without hesitation, and said, "You have a store yourself, right? You know how to close the store. Adam, I'm rushing to catch the last bus. After you take the things, help me lock the door." Yes. The morning bellboy has the key, just give it to me on Tuesday."

Adam just wanted to say that he could give Simon a ride, but Simon waved his hand and trotted away.

"Thank you, and good night, Simon!" Adam raised his voice, not sure if Simon heard it.He parked the motorcycle without haste, hung his helmet on the handle, and walked towards the restaurant where only the night lights were on.

Adam turned on the night light and walked towards the fish processing room.The top of the counter is clean, and the things on it can be seen at a glance. There is a mobile phone next to the knife holder. "It's really here, that's great." Adam walked over quickly, picked it up, and it turned out to be his mobile phone.After Adam unlocked the screen lock, a text message from Kara popped up: "Got it?"

Adam lowered his head and typed the text message: "Got it, I'll be right back."

Adam took some time to double-check the doors and windows, and after making sure they were all locked—except for the upstairs door, which he didn't look at, he headed for the back door.Just as he was passing by the warehouse, he heard a slight noise coming from inside the warehouse—as if someone was walking inside.

Is this a thief?But why would the thief set his sights on the storeroom of the restaurant?There are only fruits and vegetables and bacon.

No, there are also white truffles there!That's thousands of dollars a pound of white truffles!That made sense, and Adam turned and walked over to the sink and reached for one of the longest chef's knives from above.Holding the familiar chef's knife made Adam feel a little more dependent.Adam moved towards the warehouse step by step, comforting himself, I am a chef, I am good at using a knife, maybe the other party will run away when they see me holding the knife.

He walked to the warehouse, listened carefully, and made sure that there were indeed people inside.It sounded like the man was rummaging for something.

Adam checks his windbreaker, zipping it up in every way, buttoning the collar all the way to the collar, wishing he hadn't taken off his helmet and left it on the bike.Adam gritted his teeth and pulled open the door. The light from the warehouse rushed into the darkness. Adam resisted the stinging pain from the light, straightened his back and tried to make himself appear taller.

A man is standing in a bright light.He is wearing a black turtleneck and dark jeans, with his back to Adam.

Hearing the sound of the hinges of the door, the man turned his head and looked over, it was Hong Rui's face.

Hong Rui, the big boss of all of them, was biting a green apple in his mouth, and was still rummaging through the shelves with one hand.

And Adam was standing in the shadow of the doorway, holding a 30cm chef's knife in his hand, with the tip facing Hongrui.

"What are you doing?" Both of them said at the same time.Adam's words were full of surprise, but Hong Rui's tone was obviously not kind.

"Oh oh oh oh." Adam first realized that he was facing the ultimate big boss with a sharp knife.As soon as Adam turned his fingers, he turned the blade, and held the handle with his backhand - the speed made Hongrui worry that he might cut himself, and then Adam carried the knife behind his back with his arms, as if this could cover up the fact that he just raised his hand. The knife was pointed at Hong Rui.

"Adam, you haven't answered my question yet?" Hong Rui asked again.

"I, I, I... thought you were a thief. I... I was about to lock the door when I heard a noise here. I thought someone was stealing truffles, so... I came over to have a look." Adam blushed instantly. It was the first time Hong Rui saw someone blushing purely because of embarrassment.

Hong Rui raised his eyebrows: "You still have a knife?"

"This..." Adam squeezed out a smile, and quickly slapped the knife hidden behind him on the shelf.

"Don't bring a knife next time, your chances of being stabbed by that knife are much greater than your chance of scaring away a thief with it." After speaking, Hong Rui turned and looked at the shelves, as if he was looking for something.

Adam felt a bit of concern from this sentence, and suddenly felt less embarrassed.He asked, "What are you looking for? Dr. Ducasse. I may know where it is. I helped sort out the containers."

"I'll get some onions, and bananas. None of those upstairs."

At the same time, Adam heard a complaint from Hong Rui's abdomen again.

Hong Rui said generously: "I haven't had dinner yet, and I was looking for something to cook."

"Here are the bananas." Adam pointed to the shelf near the door and said, he reached out and handed a bunch of bananas to Hong Rui.Hong Rui ate the apple in two or three bites, and peeled off a banana, looking very hungry. "On your right is where you usually put onions. If you don't have them, you should be used up. The onions are not very good today, and they seem to have been flooded."

Hong Rui muttered something in a low voice, but Adam didn't hear clearly.

"It's so late, Dr. Dukas, why are you still here? It's strange, Simon told me to close the shop just now, doesn't he know you're still here?"

"I live here." Hong Rui pointed to the second floor.

"Oh." Adam nodded quickly: "Well, can I make you something to eat?"

Maybe it was the aroma of bananas that floated into Adam's nose, maybe it was influenced by Hong Rui, Adam's stomach suddenly grumbled a few times, Adam's face turned red again, he suddenly remembered that he was busy doing the evening market Haven't had time to eat yet.He only ate breakfast and the staff meal at 11 o'clock today.

Adam hugged his stomach helplessly, trying to stop it from making more noise but that only made his stomach protest louder.

Hong Rui was amused: "It seems that I am not alone. Adam, then make two copies."

Adam took out the white-skinned broad beans that he had prepared before from the refrigerator.The beans have been pre-soaked and cooked and will last up to a week in the refrigerator.Adam was going to use it as a salad at the staff meal next week.

Since the restaurant is closed tomorrow, most of the fresh stuff is consumed.Adam counted the available meat in front of him: he dug out a few frozen beef hearts from the freezer—Adam didn’t even know they had beef hearts before this, the same chicken legs from the freezer, two from the freezer but The flank steak that looks very thin (*Note [-])-it is probably because of this reason that no one wants to use it, so it has been kept until now.

"Dr. Dukas, may I make you a chicken cream noodle? Serve it with a spinach and bacon salad." Adam felt that it would be too shabby to serve Hong Rui beef heart and flank steak, and the chicken cream noodle looked Not too bad.

Hong Rui hummed.His voice hung there, as if hesitating.But without hesitating for long, Hong Rui told Adam clearly: "Adam, I am lactose intolerant. (*Note [-])"

"What?" Adam asked not because he didn't understand, but because he couldn't believe that Hong Rui was lactose intolerant.Because lactose intolerance will indirectly change people's preferences for taste, for example, they will subconsciously avoid dishes with cream, and prefer refreshing flavors.

But Adam has never seen that Alimentum's dishes have obvious preferences-the dishes that should be served with cream are not soft at all.

Hong Rui didn't answer this surprised question, and continued: "Not many people know about it, except you, only Tino Jane and Marcus know about it. Because I don't want others to create dishes that cater to my taste. "

Adam suddenly remembered the strange behavior of Tinno to stop him from putting butter in the Angler fish hot pot, and now he finally understood the reason behind it.This was originally a secret that only a few people knew, but Hongrui made Adam one of them—a sudden ecstasy welled up in his heart.Adam suppressed his excitement, lowered his head and looked at the ingredients in his hands so as not to let his expression betray himself, and tried to ask for advice calmly: "I won't tell others. Dr. Dukas, so is it okay to boil potato chips in broth?"

Holding the ingredients, Adam stood at the entrance of the experimental kitchen on the second floor.He didn't know what to look at first.The kitchen on the second floor doesn't use as much stainless steel as the first floor - reminiscent of an industrial finish.The decoration on the second floor is mostly milky white, which looks very bright and spacious, even warm.All the plumbing utensils are concealed and there are so many wall units that make one wonder what's in the back.

On the wall connected to the kitchen on the first floor, countless kitchen knives are fixed, with various sizes, functions and materials, and knives from different countries.Adam can recognize Japanese thin-edged buns, Chinese kitchen knives, ceramic blades, Damascus blades... There must be hundreds of them... Adam said in his heart.

Adam looked at it for a while, and finally remembered his purpose.He was still looking around as he walked towards the sink with the sink in the middle.Hong Rui asked very considerately: "Adam, do you want me to introduce the equipment here to you?"

"No need for now, Dr. Dukas, I'm quite hungry." Adam smiled slightly: "I would be very grateful if you are willing to explain to me after dinner."

Adam fried the bacon until golden, waited until the aroma and fat were fully released, then poured in the chopped shallots.Shallots release an onion-like aroma in a dash of bacon fat, but without the onion spiciness.Most people would feel extremely hungry when they smelled such a scent. Adam looked at the dishes in his hands and felt nervous.He kept stirring to avoid burning, while thinking: Will Hong Rui like it?These are very cheap ingredients, does Hong Rui feel that he can only make something that can't be put on the table?Adam felt his stomach swell and sink as he thought about the answer to that question.Now he doesn't feel hungry at all.In addition to the pepper and salt, Adam added some balsamic vinegar to taste.When this was done, he poured the beans in and heated them.Finally Adam scooped out the warm beans and poured them over raw spinach leaves.The spinach leaves shrunk due to the residual heat of the bacon, and the color was somewhat moist.

Before preparing the flank steak, Adam dunks thinly sliced ​​potatoes in the simmering stock—that cuts cooking time considerably.After he adjusted the flavor, he put it in the oven.

The main course that came with it at the end was the flank steak with green onions.Adam found quite a few fresh shallots from the upstairs kitchen.He brushed the shallots with oil, seasoned them well, and roasted them on the fire.There are black scald marks on the grilled shallots, exuding a green and vibrant herbal aroma.Adam mashed the garlic again, and spread it with the seasonings on the steak that was trimmed to a length of 4 centimeters and a width of [-] centimeters.Grilled green onions are laid horizontally on the long steak like a ladder.Adam is rolled along the longest side, carefully tied, and grilled.

Hong Rui raised his eyebrows when he saw this salad, a staple food, and a main dish.His behavior was misunderstood as dissatisfaction by Adam, who had been observing him all the time. Adam hurriedly explained: "Dr. Dukas, I'm sorry to make this for you, but I really didn't find any other better ingredients."

"I didn't think so."

Hong Rui had been sitting in a corner reading a book before.He smelled the aroma of food, which was very different from what he usually smelled, it was rich, thick like the smell of animal offal.Hong Rui is French, he is not picky about internal organs like the British.In fact, offal has a unique aroma that meat does not have. If it is cooked properly, it is definitely a shining point on the table.Yet few Brits can extract the best from the dross.

"Many expensive ingredients don't require complicated cooking techniques, and they don't even need too much seasoning to be delicious-I guess that's why they are expensive. But the cheaper the ingredients, the more the chef's skills and The seasoning requirements are also higher. I have always believed that a chef who dares to use offal is a chef who is confident in himself. You just proved yourself, Adam."

Adam couldn't believe his ears, did he get Hong Rui's approval just now?

The outside of the steak roll was charred and glistening with grease.Hong Rui cut the steak roll and cooked it medium rare. The smell of the meat exploded like a full balloon, and the fragrance of shallots and garlic was like a stream, wrapping the smell of the meat tightly so that it wouldn't go too far.

"OohLALA, look, this color is so beautiful! Don't overcook this part, then you won't be able to bite." Hong Rui cut off a piece of beef and put it in his mouth. After chewing a few times, he nodded, as if agreeing with himself if.Adam froze in place for a moment, and he didn't miss that when Hong Rui was sighing, his pale pink tongue appeared twice quickly on his lips.Adam speaks some French. The interjection Ohhlala requires the tongue to flick twice on the teeth. Many French men will use this tone to marvel at the beauty they see, and the infatuation is expressed tactfully and loudly by the flick of the tongue.The average French woman would accept compliments with a smile, not like Adam was now, because the sudden compliment felt awkward.Adam unconsciously twisted his body on the seat. At this moment, Hong Rui cut another piece of beef. Hong Rui's lips parted slightly, revealing the white teeth behind.As he ate, his lips parted more—and Adam was almost on the verge of seeing that pink tongue again, when a hot pink piece of beef was delivered.Adam stared at Hong Rui's chin, he couldn't help himself to imagine how Hong Rui's tongue was moving at the moment.

Hong Rui stood up suddenly and walked away quickly. Adam thought his sight had offended him, and was a little panicked.Hong Rui opened a cabinet and walked over with two glasses between his fingers in one hand and red wine and a corkscrew in the other.Hong Rui put down the wine glass in front of him, skillfully opened the cork and asked, "Adam, would you like some red wine? This is Bandol (*Note [-]) wine from the south of France."

Adam wanted to refuse, but he didn't want to spoil the fun, so he decided to just have a drink (*Note [-]).But the red wine Hongrui chose was really delicious. Few wines have such a strong and powerful aroma. On his taste buds, it was like a tug-of-war with the taste of beef.Sometimes he felt that the smell of beef had a slight upper hand. After all, what wine could match the smell of meat.But sometimes Adam feels that the fruity aroma and tannin of the wine are like a beautiful symphony, lingering in his mouth.There is no meaty aroma that can match the longevity of wine.When meat and wine are mixed together, it is like a church organ, singing a grand and huge song.

"This is a centrifuge, we use it to separate the soup. The centrifuge can separate all the protein and oil molecules to get a clear broth. It can also be used in reverse, we can use butter to extract the separated food, so that we can get Complete taste. There is a carrot soup that does just that... (*Note [-])" After they finished eating everything, Hong Rui led Adam to visit the laboratory again.Adam followed Hong Rui with his wine glass in his arms, and he couldn't remember whether it was the third or fourth glass.Adam thought it didn't matter, finding an Uber driver was not difficult at all, and it was much easier than asking Hongrui to buy him a drink.

Finally, Hong Rui opened a cabinet, and the cabinet was stacked with notebooks one after another.

"Would you like to see it? Here's something Tino and I have documented, a project we're working on here."

Adam had only heard of Alimentum's test kitchen before this, he had never seen it, and certainly never heard of the specific project.He has already seen the equipment in the laboratory, and now Hong Rui is asking him if he wants to see the experimental records.Of course he wants to see it!He longed to see it!

Hong Rui saw Adam's hesitation, he took out a notebook and flipped through it, and put it in front of Adam: "This is the experimental record of frying steak. We tried countless methods to find the easiest and most suitable method Go ahead and sear the steak. Did you know that putting the steak in the freezer for half an hour beforehand helps to brown the surface while keeping the temperature from rising too quickly and causing moisture loss? (*Note [-])”

Adam stared at the page without blinking. The handwriting was not so neat, but more than any work of art, he couldn't take his eyes off it.His heart suddenly started beating wildly, all the blood rushed into the heart and then pulled away from the soles of his feet, and he woke up instantly from the wine.He seemed to be thrown into a liquid nitrogen container suddenly, cold and stiff.Is this a trial?Adam couldn't help thinking, but, Adam licked his lips, this was an offer he couldn't refuse.

Adam found himself almost crushing the glass, put down the glass quickly, and asked, "Really, can I really watch it?"

Hong Rui didn't pay attention to his strangeness. He flipped through his notebook casually with his eyes downcast and said, "The purpose of these jobs is to let other people know how to cook scientifically. Of course I don't mind sharing it with others." Hong Rui pointed to his previous work. The sitting corner said, "You can sit there and watch."

It was a sofa that looked very comfortable, and a coffee table.

Hong Rui glanced at the clock on the wall, it was already pointing to two o'clock.Hong Rui put down his glass and said, "I'm going back to rest, Adam, thank you for dinner tonight. Don't forget to lock the door on the first floor after watching."

After finishing speaking, Hong Rui opened a door—not the door they came in, this door must be connected to Hong Rui's private room.After they said goodnight, Adam was left alone in the middle of the kitchen.

Adam looked around the white upholstered interior, feeling dizzy—it had nothing to do with the drink he was drinking.Everything that happened tonight was as unreal as a dream.

*Note [-]: The flank steak is the diaphragm muscle, which separates the abdominal cavity and the chest cavity.Because it is next to the internal organs, it has a strong smell, so many people count this piece of meat as the internal organs.cheap price.

*Note 60.00: In the south of France, 15.00% of the population is lactose intolerant.So it's not very strange.However, only [-]% of the population in northern France is lactose intolerant.Hong Rui is from the south of France.

*Note [-]: Bandol = Bandol, southern France, close to Provence.

*Note 125: It is legal to drink a glass of wine ([-]ml) and drive in the UK.

*Note [-]: There is a carrot soup in modernist cooking.

*Note [-]: This method is recommended by American Experimental Kitchen and Modernist Cuisine.

PS: Most of the dishes I write have recipes.The three dishes that Adam cooks for Hongrui in this chapter are from "Welcome to the Closed Restaurant".If you like one in particular, you can ask me to sort it out.