It was the last day of June 1998.
Shanghai in the rainy season,
Humid and sweltering heat, unbearable heat,
At noon, the temperature soared directly to 35 ° C.
Everyone in the City God Temple Green Wave Corridor Restaurant is sitting in peace,
Bean-sized beads of sweat ran down his cheeks,
It flows to the neck, chest, navel...
But none of them dared to fall out.
Shanghai Green Wave Corridor
Lu Yaming wore a chef's hat,
Furrowed brows.
From time to time he looked at the watch on the wall,
From time to time, I check the snacks that have been viewed countless times,
Raise your ears,
Listen to the movement outside.
Lu Yaming
"Here we go! Come on! ”
I don't know who shouted,
The sound passed through the golden vestibule,
Straight through the back kitchen,
Lu Yaming's heart suddenly mentioned the throat eye,
But there is also a sense of relief.
The president of the United States at the time
Clinton
、
madam
Hillary
, daughter Chelsea
and the president's mother-in-law and his party,
After finishing the live broadcast in Shanghai,
Drive to Yu Garden to play, eat,
Lunch was at Lu Yaming's place
The Green Wave Lounge Restaurant Gallery also has private rooms.
This was the first U.S. president to receive the Green Wave Gallery.
The elaborately arranged dining table is full of all kinds of exquisite dots,
All the dim sum is from Lu Yaming's hand.
For each session, the waiter will carefully introduce its name, ingredients and meaning. Clinton was also happy to listen and savor.
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A crystal clear
Osmanthus latte cake
It caught Clinton's attention.
You know, for this trip to China,
Clinton was early in the country
After practicing the chopstick kneading technique for more than a month,
But you can touch this sticky and soft osmanthus cake,
It was even a mistake!
Every bite will stick to the chopsticks,
But when you eat it in your mouth, it is smooth and sweet and soft,
Mixed with a faint floral fragrance, a hint of wine,
Not sticky teeth at all,
I can't help but take a bite!
The clever waiter saw clinton's chopsticks sticking,
Hurry up and give him another pair;
Just like that, a small piece of osmanthus cake,
Clinton even changed three pairs of chopsticks without stopping.
He also found the New World as excited as ever
To Albrett, who was then secretary of state, he said:
"Don't be afraid, taste it,
Very tasty, very tasty! ”
This is Lu Yaming's famous "three non-stick" pull cake,
(Later known as Clinton Pull Cake)
Sticky plates, sticky chopsticks, non-stick teeth.
Surprisingly,
Clinton's daughter
Chelsea
，
Like every girl who grew up in Gangnam,
Favorite to eat
Shredded radish shortbread
Even after enjoying your share in a big piece,
And ran to the next table with chopsticks,
(There are only 9 people at the next table, 1 remaining)
Eat the one left on the table,
While eating, she said to her father, who loved her:
"I'm going to eat this too!"
The Clintons,
And so there's talk, there's laughter.
Happily and contentedly tasting the small snacks.
The atmosphere of the Green Wave Gallery,
Also by the beginning of the nervous depression,
Become harmonious and cheerful.
But the Clinton security guards downstairs,
One by one, they were sweating profusely,
Originally planned only
20 minutes
meal times,
It was eaten raw
This is unprecedented in the history of reception,
I don't know what happened above.
It turns out that in the face of the ultimate cuisine,
Even the most powerful characters are just the simplest foodies.
After this reception,
The dim sum of the Green Wave Gallery is more famous,
Lu Yaming behind the dim sum is also famous,
And it was already done
12 years
As
But only
We were about the same age as we are now.
In 1984,
16
Although father
He was with his brothers,
Live in the staff quarters of the Green Wave Gallery Hotel,
Upstairs dormitory, downstairs work,
In his words:
"The restaurant is the home, the home is the restaurant,
Only go to work, not leave work. ”
Early in the morning,
Lu Yaming was the first to get up,
One head into the kitchen, around the dough,
A bubble is a whole day;
After work, I refuse to go back early,
Still in the kitchen to continue practicing,
When everyone is asleep,
Only the last one quietly touched back on the bed.
He apprenticed for one year, which is equivalent to five years of practice for others.
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Pastry is made,
One by one, like the exquisite elegance of The Gangnam beauty,
And the kung fu on the board.
But it had to be
Tough and soft with iron man spirit
。
Dozens of kilograms of dough,
White,
As monotonous as its colors,
Lu Yaming was not impatient,
From the rooster to the middle of the night,
Hard doesn't work, soft doesn't work,
Strong can't work, force soft can't work,
Until a thousand kneading
"Just the right place to stay"
Every day I was so tired that I couldn't lift my arms,
The waist is also sore, the back is also painful,
I also thought about sneaking lazy, "almost got it",
I also complained to my father when I was practicing knife work to cut my hands,
And the father always said:
"Cut off three or two pieces of meat, the knife worker can be good."
Even Lu Xun said:
"Where is the genius?
I'm just putting people in coffee.
All used for work. ”
Like the writer Glauer's
"The Law of 10,000 Hours"
：
"The genius in people's eyes is extraordinary,
Not superhumanly talented,
Instead, it was a sustained effort.
As long as after 10,000 hours of tempering,
Anyone can go from ordinary to extraordinary. ”
Wa dough, rolling dough,
Crimping, preform cutting, filling...
For more than 30 years,
Lu Yaming spent time on pastry,
It was already well over ten thousand hours.
"Put two or two or so lards on a pound of flour, and then put four or two or so water." The temperature of the water is related to the weather, if it is cold, the water temperature should be high, and if it is hot, use room temperature water. When kneading the dough, constantly observe whether its oil and moisture are in place. ”
The experience summed up by these years of practice was told in his mouth,
It sounds so simple and casual, but I don't know how many days and nights have been clenching my teeth behind it.
In 1992,
Only
24 years old
Lu Yaming obtained
First
Gold medal in Chinese pastry at the Chinese Cuisine World Competition
Became the youngest pastry champion in the country at the time.
Three years later, the Shanghai Youth Skills Competition,
He set again
Pick 145 dim sum embryos in 1 minute
The weight of each size is no different!
Originally 7 grams of flour,
70 embryos are picked in 1 minute,
Lu Yaming picked 145 in one go,
On average, more than 2 birds are picked per second,
The speed of the hand and the accuracy of the strength amazed the judges.
When you do one thing to the extreme,
Technology becomes art.
There are countless eyebrow puff pastries on the beach,
And Lu Yaming's eyebrows are crisp,
However, it can achieve the thickness of the crisp layer and the absolute spacing,
The corner folds are not separated badly,
Called
"A must in Shanghai"
Simple but not ordinary
Date paste crisp
Adhere to the ancient law handed down by the ancestors,
Only the best horsetooth black dates are selected,
Wash, pitt, simmer over high heat,
Light date mud filling ready to come down,
Also close
Only for the most authentic old Shanghai taste.
He designed the "anchovy yakitori",
In the overall shape of the outside of the sale,
Add green vegetable ham foam, egg skin shreds, etc.,
Finally garnished with shrimp,
Even picky
Queen of england
The little dots he made for the Führer's wives,
Mini rice dumplings, downwind leaves, longevity peaches and gourd puff pastries.
Both Jiangnan dim sum flavor,
There are also traditional Chinese elements that imply beautiful beauty,
Ingenious, profound connotation, full of color and fragrance,
The ladies were swept away.
"Praise we didn't hear directly,
But judging from the cutlery that was put down, there was nothing left."
Red bean small rice dumplings, tied with 13 lines, refer to the 13 strokes of the Chinese character "Fu", which means that the blessing is coming; the "downwind leaf" colored with spinach juice means peace and smoothness; the longevity peach, mixed with rice amaranth juice, hopes for health and longevity; gourd crisp, wishing good luck.
One more time
Galeries Lafayette Paris
Chairman of the Board,
Come to the shop for a snack,
It's a bit tentative to say whether it can be in the dim sum
Added department store elements,
Lu Yaming, who never said "no", meditated with the team.
I came up with it
"Bag Crisp"
In the style of LV Classic tote,
Brown handle part,
Made from cocoa powder and flour,
The front and back sides are textured by puff pastry,
Flanked with white sesame seeds,
There are two different options for crab powder and pretzel cashew nuts.
Lv that gets rid of the dim sum world alive.
For 34 years,
Lu Yaming has received a total of ones
More than 60 batches
Chinese and foreign heads of state and dignitaries,
There are countless other big names from all walks of life.
But in Lu Yaming's view,
"The gold cup and silver cup are not as good as the reputation of the people."
5 yuan
A piece of "Clinton Cake",
38 yuan
A set of "lady set points",
Lu Yaming designed desserts for the Heads of State every time,
They also follow the "easy to operate,
Good looking and delicious, can be supplied for a long time" principle,
"If you can't entertain the vips, you'll be put on the shelf,
It should be eaten by ordinary people. ”
And most importantly,
"Whether it is the Fuehrer or the common people,
Whoever comes to the Green Wave Gallery to eat snacks is the same,
The level of sophistication of our dim sum
And the quality requirements of the production will never be reduced. ”
He also never skimps on his craft,
Pass it on to more people.
Today, the pastry master carrying the big flag in the Green Wave Corridor,
Most of them were Lu Yaming's apprentices,
And it's spread all over the country, in Japan, even in Europe,
He always said
"A person red is nothing,
To be a red and a piece,
This is the hope of carrying forward the traditional Chinese noodles. ”
The scenery in front of everyone,
It's all silly behind not giving up,
Behind all the successes,
They are all unknown and painstaking.
- END -
(Some of the pictures and materials come from.)
"Great Love for the East", "Shanghai Craftsman" documentary,
Looking east, tao the kitchen
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