Dali Temple Small Dining Room 2

A Bing didn't talk much when he was working with Tangyuan, and Ji Caimai was busy with settlements every day, except for the sound of dialing the abacus, he rarely made any other sounds.

Except for the new dishes that need to be taught with A Bing and the glutinous rice balls, when he is busy preparing three meals, the public kitchen is quiet only the sound of preparing and chopping vegetables.

Today... seems to be the same as the past.But... Wen Mingtang, who was cutting the meat on the chopping board, suddenly stopped, and subconsciously raised his head to look around: It was too quiet, and she was suddenly not used to it.

When I first joined the public kitchen and was alone, I didn't have such a feeling at that time.But after being with you for a long time, the two words called "feeling" get together every day, and it is different.

Sighing with emotion, Wen Mingtang put down the knife, threw the cut vegetables in his hand into the pot, and watched the noodle soup in the pot turn from calm to bubbling slowly, and couldn't help muttering : "I hope everything goes well for them, and I also hope that nothing will happen to Lao Yuan and the others."

As the New Year's Eve is approaching, the more lively the streets outside, the fewer people there are in the yamen. When eating evening food, only half of the food tables in the hall where there are almost no empty seats on weekdays are filled with people.

After the evening meal, the servants cleaned up the public kitchen, but Wen Mingtang, who had originally returned to the house, came to the public kitchen again, took out a few "ovens" that were made after Lin Fei's "oven", and started baking Peach Blossom Crisp, Egg Yolk Crisp and other "new" pastries.

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Just after the hour of the evening meal, and just before Xu hour, the guards on duty in the yamen of Dali Temple got up and went to close the gate of the yamen.

Although they are on duty at night, the doors of the yamen of various ministries in Darong are closed at night. If there is something to do, just tell the night watchman in advance to remember to keep the door.

In addition, yamen like the Dali Temple Yamen also set up drums to call the people inside to open the door.

The concierge took leave for these two days and went back early to celebrate the new year. The guards did the opening and closing of the door for him. He went to the gate and closed it. Just when the door was about to be unlatched, Lin Fei came suddenly.

When he saw Lin Fei who suddenly appeared in front of the door, the guard was taken aback, and was about to salute, when Lin Fei waved his hand and said, "I'll come to the warehouse to check some files, you just go and do your work! "

After finishing speaking, he raised his feet and walked towards the warehouse behind him.

Passing by the public kitchen courtyard, when he saw the light shining from the public kitchen courtyard, Lin Fei's feet froze, thinking of Zhao You's previous talk about Tangyuan and others going to Xianyang when he brought Mu Shi back, he was silent for a moment, and walked in.

The lights on both sides of the food table had already been turned off, but all the lights on the front kitchen and countertop were turned on, and a familiar figure was busy with his back turned.

Fragrance of frankincense, sweetness, wheat and many other aromas permeated from the pot that Wen Mingtang renamed as "oven". The girl skillfully shaped the pastries on the table into various meaningful shapes From time to time, look at the cooking of various pastries in the "oven".

After staring at the girl's busy back for a while, Lin Fei turned around and walked out of the public kitchen. After half a stick of incense, he came back again.

After going back and forth this time, he still held a few files in his hand, and after pausing for a moment on the pastry that had been "out of the pan", he walked to the food table closest to the table and sat down, opened the files , looked carefully.

Wen Mingtang was worried about Tangyuan, Lao Yuan and the others, and was really disturbed, so he didn't dare to let himself have any free time to think about it.When you only focus on doing things, you can put these worries out of the way for the time being.

There are many types of pastries for New Year's Day desserts. In addition to the shape, the fillings are also different. Just by looking at the prepared fillings arranged in order and the colors are different, you can see their intentions.

Lin Fei was not keen on cakes before, but after eating her Mid-Autumn Festival moon cake gift box, Chongyang cakes and those snacks, she began to look forward to the public chef's New Year's Day desserts early.

It's just that Concubine Jing Jing suddenly stepped in, but fortunately, there are still many people who miss this pastry as much as he does, such as Yu Jijiu and others, he stepped forward to persuade Zhao Mengzhuo, also known as the public chef. This small batch of New Year's Eve treats.

Because there are a lot of fillings, each type of pastry has a different taste, and the taste of many fillings is really "new" to Dayong, so Wen Mingtang also wrote the taste of each type of pastry along with the gift box, The materials used are convenient for those who have taboos not to eat.

Commonly seen fillings such as bean paste, sesame, walnut, jujube paste, etc. are fine. For pastries with floral, fruity, and milky aromas, many of them are loved to death. If you don’t like it, you don’t touch it. bright.

The finished pastry comes out of the "oven" and placed on the countertop, exuding a strong aroma.

Wen Mingtang took a deep breath, and couldn't help sighing: "Although it doesn't matter if these pastries are served cold, most of them are more delicious freshly baked!"

Lin Fei, who was flipping through the file, stopped what he was doing, and took a deep breath. Unlike the pastry chefs in Dayong today, some pastries made by Wen Mingtang also put milk and cream made from milk. These pastries have a milky frankincense that is different from ordinary pastries.

Some people can't eat milk, and will get vomiting and diarrhea after eating it, but he can eat it, and he likes this cake with milk.

After feeling a lot of emotion, Wen Mingtang picked up an egg yolk pastry on the countertop, oh no, it was named Reunion Cake in the New Year's Day dessert box, and just waiting to taste the taste of the finished reunion pastry, he listened to Lin Fei's voice came from behind: "It's really delicious!"

Hearing this, Wen Mingtang's expression froze, and he turned around to look at Lin Fei who came to the public kitchen at some point, paused, and couldn't help but support his forehead: "Lin Shaoqing, you have to change your habit of making sudden noises behind your back, every time you appear suddenly It was a shock to everyone!"

Hearing this, Lin Fei raised his eyebrows in surprise, and immediately, after nodding kindly, "Yes", he said, "It's easy to save." After speaking, he turned his eyes to the cake in her hand, opened his mouth, and asked Said: "What is the name of this golden and round cake?"

Wen Mingtang glanced at the egg yolk cake in his hand, and said, "Reunion cake."

The meaning of New Year's Day snacks is still quite important, and it is extremely necessary to have an "auspicious" name.

Lin Fei opened his mouth and said again: "Very fragrant."

Wen Mingtang: "..."

Having said all of this, she couldn't do the act of waiting for herself to eat and let Lin Fei watch.Not to mention, how do so many cakes taste, and whether the inside is cooked after baking, you have to taste it before putting it in the box.She couldn't fit even one stomach.

So Wen Mingtang took the knife, cut open the reunion pastry in his hand, handed half of it to Lin Fei, and said, "So... let's use Lin Shaoqing's tongue to taste the taste of these cakes." After a pause, He added, "Some stuffings are really new, and I'm a little apprehensive, for fear that people won't like them."

It's beautifully said and there's nothing wrong with it.

Lin Fei took the pastry from her, said "thank you", coughed dryly, and said, "Let me have a look at the pastry flavor list that comes with the box."

After eating pastries, I have to help with some things.Not to mention... Thinking of what Zhao You said about Tangyuan and others going to Xianyang, he also has something to ask her.