The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 113 Flower Bun (Thanks to the leader of the book for the reward!)

There are many good-looking dim sum.

Lotus cake, thousand-layer cake, dragon beard cake, plum blossom cake, boat cake, noodle fruit, longevity peach...

Theoretically, as long as the dim sum chef wants, any dim sum can be made to look very good. Steamed buns can be made into flower-shaped buns, and lotus cakes can be made into real lotus shapes. The more exquisite ones can even be given a unique name.

Clear Water Lotus, Twin Dragons Playing with Pearls, Plum Blossoms Shaking Red Flowers, Jade Rabbit Looking for Osmanthus Fragrance. I guarantee that you can’t tell whether they taste like dim sum or milk tea just by looking at the names.

Qin Luo had not only never seen more than 90% of these snacks, but had never even heard of them.

After all, if dim sum reaches this level, it will be difficult for it to be circulated in the market.

And Qin Luo's greatest wish for many years was that one day her dear brother Qin Huai would firmly say to her:
Luoluo, if you have any snacks you want, just tell me anytime and I’ll make them for you!

And now, this wish has come true.

On the night when her second brother didn't allow her to eat Wu Ding Bao in the morning, her eldest brother helped her make it happen!

According to people familiar with the matter, when Zheng Siyuan asked Qin Luo if there was any good-looking snack she wanted to eat, and he taught Qin Huai how to make it and asked Qin Huai to make it for her every day, Qin Luo was eating a substitute for apple-shaped fruit - a real apple - as if to avenge her.

After Zheng Siyuan said this, Qin Luo was so excited that he almost choked to death on the apple. Then he thought for 5 minutes but couldn't think of a single snack.

In the end, Zheng Siyuan gave Qin Luo more than 30 examples and asked Qin Luo to choose.

"So... you finally chose the flower bun?!" Qin Huai was still trying to shape the red bean paste bun into the shape of a blue fat man.

"Is the flower bun not good?" Qin Luo nibbled on the vegetable bun made by Qin Congwen. "I've seen photos of flower buns online. They have dragon, phoenix and fish flowers. They look really good!"

"I'm just curious as to how you could pick out flower buns from a selection of snacks including lotus cakes, dragon beard cakes, and golden thread rolls." Qin Huai said.

No matter how good-looking the flower bun looks, it is just a steamed bun, and it has no fillings, which is totally inconsistent with Qin Luo's aesthetic taste for snacks.

For Qin Luo, the most delicious snacks in the world must be those with meat fillings. The second best snacks are those made in the palace, which are related to the Empress and taste like the Buddha. The third best snacks are those with fancy names or fancy looks.

For Qin Luo, flower buns are not considered snacks, but steamed buns for breakfast.

Zheng Siyuan calmly made wontons and listened to the conversation between the brother and sister.

"Because I haven't heard of the other snacks that Brother Siyuan mentioned." Qin Luo said honestly, "Many of them are shortbread. Brother, you don't know how to make shortbread at all. The shortbread you bake is not as delicious as Brother Siyuan's."

Qin Huai:?
"But I know that flower buns are steamed buns. The steamed buns you make are delicious. Buckwheat steamed buns, locust flower steamed buns, and fermented glutinous rice steamed buns are all delicious. I believe that you are reliable in making steamed buns!"

Qin Huai's eyes were wet!

Luoluo is really his good sister!

When she made the biggest wish of her life, all she thought about was her brother.

I am so touched!

He must practice hard...

"And I know that the pastries and cakes that Brother Siyuan mentioned are not stuffed with meat." Qin Luo swallowed the last bite of the bun, "Brother, when you make flower buns for me, make them stuffed with meat. I am not picky about pork, beef, mutton, or chicken. If all else fails, shredded radish, pickled cabbage vermicelli, red bean paste, lotus seed paste, or egg yolk will also work!"

"I believe what you cook will be delicious." Qin Luo gave Qin Huai an affirmative look.

Qin Huai:......

Bai was moved.

You unlucky child, do you know why steamed buns are called steamed buns?

Qin Huai silently stuffed a tea egg into Qin Luo's hand: "Hurry back to school after eating, don't be late."

Qin Luo started to leave.

"Luoluo, is there any style you want to eat?" Qin Huai felt that although Qin Luo really wanted to eat buns, he might as well ask if there was any style he liked.

“Doraemon!” “Brother, the Doraemon you made yesterday may not look like the real Doraemon, but it was awesome. I posted it on WeChat Moments and got 92 likes!”

"I want to eat Doraemon's flower bun!"

"But I don't want blue. The one you made yesterday had no color. I saw blue food online and it looked disgusting. Can you make it yellow?"

Qin Huai felt that Qin Luo still had some merits: "That's what I was thinking!"

Zheng Siyuan silently made wontons: …

The rituals and music are in ruins. The rituals and music are in ruins.

On that day, Qin Huai started making flower steamed buns.

I have to say that Zheng Siyuan’s teaching ideas are very correct. Qin Huai’s practice of making flower steamed buns is obviously much smoother.

Of course, it can't be as amazing as the Apple Mian Guo'er, but at least it's better than the Animal Bag.

Huamo, as the name suggests, has many flower shapes.

During the feudal dynasty, flower buns were tributes, enjoyed by the royal family all year round. As history progressed and dynasties fell, flower buns became popular among the people, just like many secret palace snacks.

Unlike some imperial snacks that were lost after being passed down, Huamo is one of the few that has been carried forward. Although Huamo is essentially a steamed bun with a good-looking shape, its shape is indeed a bit too good-looking.

Birds and beasts, flowers, birds, fish and insects, dragons and phoenixes, tigers exorcising evil spirits, and the Eight Immortals celebrating birthdays. With the richness of ingredients and the refinement of tools, flower buns have almost taken the lead in the race of inward-looking shapes. Not only are there related competitions every year, but the winning works can also make people exclaim after taking a look:

What, you said this is pastry?!
So is Zheng Siyuan at this level?

of course not.

It is true that Zheng Siyuan is a pastry chef with superb cooking skills, but the talent point of finger skills is the same as knife skills. For a pastry chef like Zheng Siyuan who has balanced development, it is enough to reach a certain level and there is no need to set it too high.

The degree of inward curling in the finger technique of Hua Mo and the knife skills in cutting Wen Si Tofu are the same. These two actually cannot affect the taste of the dish too much, but they can enhance the level of the dish.

One look at it makes one sigh.

Damn, that's awesome.

Qin Huai wanted to learn how to make flower steamed buns, so Zheng Siyuan of course started by teaching him how to make the simplest flower-shaped buns.

With a toss and pinch of the dough, and with a pinch and twist of chopsticks, a flower that looks like it can be used to bake butterfly cakes is created.

"How come you know everything?" Qin Huai couldn't help but sigh as he watched Zheng Siyuan making flower buns so skillfully.

In his opinion, Zheng Siyuan was too omnipotent.

As a Suzhou pastry chef, he can make all kinds of Suzhou pastries, including boat-shaped pastries, noodles, palace pastries, and even flower buns.

He can also make soup and has good knife skills.

Qin Huai felt that Zheng Siyuan had no right to complain about his outrageousness. In his opinion, Zheng Siyuan was the one who was truly outrageous.

"My father taught me all this," Zheng Siyuan said. "My father learned all this from my master."

"I also often feel that my master is all-round. He is proficient in red and white dishes. Although Master Huang is good at Suzhou cuisine and Huaiyang cuisine, it is said that my master also knows Shandong cuisine and Sichuan cuisine. However, due to geographical restrictions at that time, people in our area did not eat these two cuisines very much. Master Huang could not learn so many dishes, and my master did not teach him much."

"My dad did learn many styles of white pastry, but he only learned a variety of styles without mastering them in depth. When I was a child, my dad and Master Huang always told me what the pastries made by their master tasted like, but I had never seen the real thing or a photo of it."

"My dad said that my master wandered around for half his life, had no children, had scars on his face and old injuries on his legs, so he couldn't walk properly. Uncle Huang said that my master's accent was actually from the north, but he never mentioned the past, and never said he wanted to go to the north to take a look."

"I have never met my master, but I admire him very much," said Zheng Siyuan.

"I admire him too." Qin Huai nodded and pointed at the flowers he had just picked out. "Why do I feel like my flowers are a little weird?"

"You used too much force just now, try again with less force."

(End of this chapter)