Dali Temple Small Dining Room 2

Chapter 318 Glutinous Rice Jujube ([-])

After sitting in Lin Fei's courtyard for a while, turning over the beginning of the story book and drinking a cup of tea, Wen Mingtang was taken by Lin Fei to see Master Xing.

Wen Mingtang was really shocked when he saw Master Xing with a thick bandage on his arm: Although he knew that Master Xing was injured, she was still shocked when he saw Master Xing's injury with his own eyes.

The injury was indeed much more severe than she had imagined!If it was another person, he might have already asked for leave, but Master Xing was still wounded, cutting vegetables with a kitchen knife.

When he realized that Wen Mingtang was watching him chopping vegetables, Master Xing paused, looked up at Wen Mingtang, and greeted her with a smile: "Master Wen is here!"

Wen Mingtang nodded, and after calling out "Master Xing", he couldn't help but said, "Master Xing fell hard this time! Why don't you ask for leave and take a rest?"

Although Mrs. Hou loves to eat the dishes cooked by Master Xing, it is not that there is no other cook in the Hou Mansion.It's okay to take a break and heal your wounds.Looking at Lin Fei's appearance, I think the Jingyunhou couple are not the kind of people who are difficult for the strong.

But as soon as she said this, Master Xing shook his head, pointed to his injured hand, and said with a smile: "I am right-handed, and it is my left hand that is injured. Cutting vegetables is not a hindrance." After a pause, he said again, "I am born with a temperament that can't be idle. It has nothing to do with Madam. Madam is very considerate. It's because I don't want to be idle."

Wen Mingtang immediately understood when he heard the words, and didn't say any more on this matter. Instead, he untied the burden on his back, handed him the red yeast rice he had brought, and said, "The public kitchen has a lot of stocks, so I brought some Come here, can you see enough?"

Master Xing smiled and took the big bag full of red yeast rice, and said, "That's enough, it's enough to make several plates of braised pork meat!" Then he pointed to the side, and said, "The cutting board and kitchen knife that Master Wen needs When I have all the equipment ready, let's see if it is suitable for use?"

Wen Mingtang is not a person who has no winks. Seeing Master Xing's action, he stopped asking questions. Instead, he took the red dates handed over by Master Xing, said "Master Xing is right", then bowed his head to scoop some glutinous rice flour, added water and started. Make dough.

Wen Mingtang was even more surprised when he looked at the paired cold side dishes, and subconsciously glanced at Master Xing who was chopping vegetables.

Although he didn't say it clearly, Master Xing's action of handing the date obviously meant to change the topic.

This "soft heart" is actually glutinous rice dates. You only need to cut the pitted red dates and stuff glutinous rice sticks about the same size as the red dates in the middle.

Apart from Wen Mingtang, the only one who could get a compliment from Lin Fei was Master Xing.Her dishes suit his appetite by accident, but Master Xing's craftsmanship... Seeing the cold side dishes stacked lotus root slices into a small boat, and decorating them with edamame and other things, it is very vivid. Wen Mingtang is also ashamed of Master Xing who "created" a landscape painting of "boat tour on the lake" on the plate.

Before Liu Yuan told her about her future, Lin Fei even went to big restaurants such as Hongyanlou, and there were many dishes that he would not touch.

Wen Mingtang nodded, glanced at Master Xing who was cutting and preparing vegetables in an orderly manner even though his hands were wrapped, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Master Xing is really a meticulous person!"

Wen Mingtang walked to the cutting board, picked up a kitchen knife and tried it out. Probably considering the natural strength difference between men and women, Master Xing specially prepared a few lighter kitchen knives for her, which were very brisk to use.

As he said that, before Wen Mingtang could speak again, he put down the kitchen knife in his hand, handed over a plate of washed red dates, and said, "The cold dishes are still short of Master Wen's 'soft heart'. Madam thought about it when she saw the menu." It's up, just wait for Master Wen's 'soft heart' to be ready, and then I'll serve it up!"

Changing the subject, when talking about vegetables and food, Master Xing obviously talked a lot more.

She has already heard about the good cooking of this master Xing.Although Lin Fei won't get mad because the cook's cooking is not good, he can be regarded as a very "kind" master, but his taste is actually very tricky. "eat" refuses the entrance of dishes that do not suit your taste.

While cutting and preparing vegetables, he talked to Wen Mingtang about the food in various places.

Master Xing, who was chopping vegetables, stopped what he was doing, turned to look at Wen Mingtang, and said, "Since I rely on craftsmanship for food, I naturally developed a pair of skillful hands. A piece of cake."

Wen Mingtang also took this very seriously, and after a reply, he began to prepare vegetables.

In this regard, Wen Mingtang shook his head, glanced at the beautiful cold food, and said: "After I was a criminal officer, Wen Xuance who was convicted was my father, and my handwriting was taught by him. In this way, it is absolutely impossible to write such words.”

She has seen dishes that are finely cooked, but those that are as fine as Master Xing, even the cooks of the imperial dining room in the palace need to be instructed by several palace painters to make the dishes in such a look.

Master Xing kept cutting in his hands, and said: "As cooks, we should be careful. If there is any problem with the food in our mouth, it will cause serious trouble."

Since it is a banquet dish, it is natural that the cold food will be served first.It seemed that most of these cold dishes were prepared in advance. Wen Mingtang glanced at the cold dishes that had been placed on the plate and could be taken away at any time. Dao, although it is not very novel, but the presentation of the plate is quite exquisite, and the dishes are well matched.

Wen Mingtang looked at Master Xing who was especially good at the word "color" of "color, fragrance" and "color" in cooking, and couldn't help asking: "Master Xing has studied calligraphy and painting?" As he spoke, before Master Xing could speak, He said, "The handwriting on Master Xing's menu is really beautiful!"

Of course, the dishes still taste like those dishes, but it is impossible to make the dishes like this without some calligraphy and painting skills.

When he heard the word "Wen Xuance", Master Xing was a little surprised, obviously he knew about Wen Xuance, but the surprise was only for a moment, and soon recovered, instead of comparing with her, he smiled and said : "I did learn some calligraphy and painting when I was young, but I didn't expect it to be useful here."

"Scholars have to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, so we cooks should also travel more." Master Xing said, "Before I went to Jiangnan and other places, I saw that they fried Longjing tea with shelled shrimp. , the taste of this tea with shrimps and other meat dishes is quite delicious!"

Wen Mingtang nodded, and after putting "heart softness" on the steamer, he began to boil sweet-scented osmanthus sugar, and said while boiling the sugar, "Meat and meat dishes are not only paired with tea, but also with fruits. Let's not talk about it, let's just say it's delicious everywhere. Visible pork meat with green plums, hawthorns and other things can add a fragrance and taste quite delicious."

Speaking of eating, the two of them were having a good time, because they were doing things with their heads down, but they didn't notice that Lin Fei walked into the yard at some point, sat down by the stone bench outside the window, drank tea and read the book that Wen Mingtang had just read. Talking about the book, while looking up at the two of them from time to time.

When his eyes fell on Master Xing who was cooking, Lin Fei's eyes narrowed slightly.

(End of this chapter)