The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 144 Three Ducks (Thanks to the leader of Daxia Loves Burgers for the reward!)
That night, Huang Shengli let Qin Huai experience the treatment that a genius should have.

In one afternoon, Qinhuai made fermented glutinous rice steamed buns, three-diced buns, five-diced buns and tangerine peel tea. The people in the kitchen watched enthusiastically, eating while watching and praising the dishes crazily.

When it was business hours in the evening, Qin Huai and Huang Shengli sat together drinking tea, while everyone in the kitchen started to get busy.

Even Zheng Siyuan, who had been drinking tea all afternoon, started working.

Don't get me wrong, it's not about taking over Qin Huai's job and continuing to make plain dim sum, but about taking over the job of the chef at the stove and cooking some simple dishes that can be flipped.

Zheng Siyuan’s cooking skills are not bad. Although he can’t cook big dishes, he can make some simple home-cooked side dishes. He can cook them with a simple spoon. The diners will definitely not find any problems with the food and will not complain.

Qin Huai and Huang Shengli sat together, each holding a bowl of tangerine peel tea. Qin Huai had been making snacks for the whole afternoon, and it was time to reward himself with a bowl of warm tangerine peel tea and enjoy the happy time when everyone else was working and I was resting.

Huang Shengli simply thought that tangerine peel tea was delicious and made him feel warm and comfortable, so he drank a few more bowls.

"Xiao Qin, did you learn how to make this tangerine peel tea from that snack encyclopedia?" Huang Shengli asked. "It looks ordinary, just ordinary tangerine peel and white fungus... tea, but it really tastes different when you drink it."

"This is the recipe given to me by an old man in our community, the same old man who gave me the recipe for Guoer. When he was young, he knew some famous chefs and bought a few of his favorite recipes from them," Qin Huai explained.

Huang Shengli felt that he had finally heard a relatively normal answer. He smiled and nodded, drank the last bit of tangerine peel tea in the bowl, burped lightly, and sighed in his heart that he was really greedy today and still couldn't control his mouth at such an old age.

First there was the fermented rice steamed buns and then the tangerine peel tea. I was full after eating and drinking all afternoon. It was time to show off my skills in preparing a sumptuous welcoming banquet for Qin Huai and do some exercise to help digest the food in my stomach.

Huang Shengli stood up and asked casually, "Xiao Qin, do you have any dietary restrictions?"

Qin Huai was stunned and said, "I don't have any dietary restrictions. I eat everything, but I don't eat spicy food."

"That's good. Are there any food allergies?"

"No."

Huang Shengli began to move his wrists and twist his waist, but he didn't dare to twist it. He shook his hands and felt that he had regained some of the feeling of his youth.

start.

Huang Shengli walked towards the stove with a heroic and confident look, causing a commotion. Huang Jia saw the chef suddenly rush into the kitchen and thought that a dish had been complained about. He frowned and frantically searched the menu just now, and saw Huang Shengli picking up the spatula.

"Master, what are you going to do?!"

"What can I do? It's Xiao Qin's first day here today, so of course I have to cook two of my signature dishes to welcome him!"

Huang Shengli had already prepared the menu, and even discussed with Dong Shi in advance to prepare the ingredients, catching Huang Jia off guard.

"Master, your waist is not suitable for cooking. Why don't you take a break for two days? Go to the hospital tomorrow and see what the doctor says." Huang Jia advised earnestly.

"What's the use of my waist? This is not a banquet. It's just two dishes, no problem." Huang Shengli was determined.

"Master, I have prepared the ingredients. Look at this fish, the cuts on it are so beautiful!" Dong Shi was boasting.

"Dong Shi, why didn't you tell me in advance that the master was going to cook!" Huang Jia glared at him.

"Big Brother, Master said he would only cook two dishes. Just let Master cook. Didn't the doctor say it last time? It's okay to cook occasionally." Dong Shi pleaded for Huang Shengli.

"Can the situation now be the same as before? I have been in bad condition these past two days. If Master's waist was in good condition these past two days, I wouldn't even say anything." Huang Jia would never give in.

sizzle.

While Dong Shi and Huang Jia were talking, Huang Shengli had already poured the vegetables into the pot and added hot oil.

Huang Jia: ...Huang Jia chose to stand by with a spatula and stare at Huang Shengli, to prevent him from frying a few more dishes out of joy, and preventing him from having such back pain that he couldn't walk the next day.

Qin Huai was holding a cup of tangerine peel tea, watching this drama at the kitchen door, dumbfounded. Everyone in the kitchen was already used to it, and each was doing their own thing, even Huang Shengli's son Huang Anyao did not participate, but stepped aside to watch the drama.

Qin Huai and Huang Anyao were not familiar with each other, they had only met and greeted each other twice in the video. However, Huang Anyao's rainbow fart was the most exciting and skillful in the afternoon, which left a deep impression on Qin Huai and they felt like old friends at first sight.

"Master Huang's waist, is it really okay for him to cook?" Qin Huai was a little worried.

"It's okay." Huang Anyao said calmly, "It's definitely not okay to sit around the stove for a long time, but it's okay to cook a few dishes occasionally. My dad went out to fish a few days ago, and his waist was uncomfortable because he sat for a long time without any exercise. Proper exercise is actually good for his waist."

"Brother Huang's reaction was so intense because my dad always used the excuse of cooking two dishes and couldn't stop cooking once he started. He complained about back pain the next day."

"Senior Brother Huang?" Qin Huai grasped the key words.

"I also learned cooking from my dad when I was a kid, so I call everyone senior brother and junior brother." Huang Anyao explained, "But I don't have as good talent as Zheng Siyuan, and my dad is not the kind of person who must have his son inherit his skills."

"I don't have the talent for this, and I can't bear the hardship of learning to cook. I stopped after one or two years." Huang Anyao smiled and stared at Huang Shengli in front of the stove. "Hey, my dad is making three sets of duck!"

Huang Anyao glanced at the prepared dishes next to him again, and began to read out the menu with shining eyes.

"Squirrel mandarin fish, crab roe tofu, eight-treasure chicken, fried eel paste, green snail shrimp, crab roe lion head, boiled dried shredded pork, stewed silver carp head... and shrimp." Huang Anyao swallowed his saliva in shame.

Qin Huai:......

How come you, the young master of the prestigious Huang's Restaurant, are as useless as my sister?

"What is a three-piece duck?" Qin Huai asked ignorantly.

"Domestic ducks, wild ducks, and pigeons are all boneless, and they are placed one on top of another in three layers. In the gaps between the three layers, mushrooms, ham slices, and bamboo shoots are stuffed. The skin of the three kinds of poultry must not be broken during the process. Then they are put into the pot and simmered slowly. From the appearance, it looks like a duck with three heads sticking out."

"This dish is the most suitable for nourishing in autumn and winter. It tastes like three birds in one, seven flavors in one dish. From the inside to the outside, including the soup and the meat, each layer of the three-piece duck has a different taste. A total of seven flavors can be tasted, and the final mixture is seven flavors in one. This dish must be eaten from the outermost layer to the inside, layer by layer, and the more you eat, the more delicious it becomes." Huang Anyao became more and more greedy as he talked about it. "My dad said that the three-piece duck must be stewed over low heat, so that the duck's appearance is intact, the duck soup is clear, and the inside is crispy and tender."

“A duck that is soft, sticky, mellow, fragrant, crispy and fresh is considered a qualified three-piece duck.”

"This dish is no longer on the menu. The master brother's skill in making three sets of ducks has not been perfected. My father said that cooking cannot be sloppy, especially when making such a big, good, and expensive dish. If it's not good, it's not good. It's better not to put it on the menu and not sell it than to sell such a half-baked dish."

"My dad can make it, but making three sets of duck takes too much effort and time. It's okay to make one set every day, but three sets of duck used to be the signature dish of our Huangji Restaurant. When I was a kid, the restaurant would sell 70 to 80 sets every day, and the demand could not keep up with the supply."

"Now, we only cook three sets of duck when my father is in good health and for weddings and birthdays of familiar customers. I haven't eaten it for several months."

It can be seen that Huang Anyao is really greedy.

“Really?” Qin Huai didn’t understand, but after hearing Huang Anyao say that, he felt that it seemed to be delicious, so he smacked his lips as well.

"Fortunately, I didn't eat much in the afternoon." Qin Huai began to feel thankful.

Huang Anyao: …

In the afternoon, he ate a fermented glutinous rice steamed bun, two five-centimeter steamed buns, a three-centimeter steamed bun and three bowls of tangerine peel tea.

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Dad, you don’t love me at all. You didn’t even tell me secretly that you cooked such delicious dishes.

If he had told him, he could have drank two fewer bowls of tangerine peel tea and saved space for his big dinner in the evening.

(End of this chapter)