The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 167 Gong Liang's Touch

After yesterday’s big failure, Qin Huai went back and reviewed it carefully.

He felt that the main problem was still unfamiliarity.

He was not familiar with the ingredients, nor was he familiar with the crab roe steamed buns, and he was not even familiar with the overly simple seasoning of the ingredients.

He seasoned the crab roe steamed buns according to his previous experience in making dim sum, and followed the process and steps demonstrated by Zheng Da. He combined the two to take the dross and remove the essence, and finally completed the steamed buns that were inedible.

Qin Huai reflected for a night and decided to adopt the method of forgetting. He should forget his previous experience and follow Zheng Da's model completely as a beginner.

This idea is good.

But ideals are full of hope, while reality is very hard.

I can’t do it. I absolutely can’t do it.

After a hearty seasoning, Qinhuai suffered a similar defeat as yesterday.

Good news, there were only 9 minor errors and 6 major errors this time.

Bad news, some errors are different.

And one less small mistake doesn't make much difference to the taste.

There is already very little room for decline. Qin Huai's basic panel is here, and even if he fails again, he will never be able to reach Chen Huihong's level of cooking skills.

Another amazing masterpiece by Qin Huai was sent to every food taster at Huang's Restaurant.

Most of the time, food tasting is not a pleasant job.

If a dish needs to be tasted, it means that the dish is not a complete product and there are problems that need to be improved. The improvement process is a long process that requires a lot of trial and error. A professional food taster needs to taste each dish carefully, ask questions and give his suggestions for improvement. He not only needs to eat, but also eat carefully and thoroughly.

Gong Liang took just one bite and realized that food tasting was not an easy job.

The risk is too great.

It’s not like Gong Liang hasn’t tried food before, and his memories of those experiences are pretty good.

Gong Liang vaguely remembers that when he was a young student, Master Jing from his next-door neighbor's house would sometimes try to cook new dishes at home.

To be precise, it is not a new dish. Chef Jing is a good cook. Some foreign businessmen only recognize Chef Jing's skills and ask him to cook when they receive guests. Everyone has different tastes and the types of dishes they want to eat are also different. Whenever this happens, Chef Jing will try to cook it at home.

Gong Liang, as a neighbor, was still a teenager in high school at that time. If he was lucky, he could get a few bites. One bite would make him happy for a few days and last for several years.

At that time, Gong Liang was thinking that when he became as rich as foreign businessmen, he would also designate Master Jing to cook for him. No, he didn't need to designate him, he just needed Master Jing to cook every day. As long as Master Jing was willing to cook, he would be willing to eat!
Now, Gong Liang’s beautiful filter for food tasting was shattered by the crab roe steamed buns in front of him.

He couldn't believe that this was a snack made by Qin Huai.

Although he had eaten the pigeon stewed with gastrodia elata made by Qin Huai two days ago, and knew that his beloved Master Qin was not omnipotent, the pigeon stewed with gastrodia elata was a stew, while the crab roe steamed buns were a snack!

This is a snack!

Gong Liang was a complete culinary amateur, even more so than Huang Anyao, who had a wealth of theoretical knowledge but almost zero practical skills. So even though he knew that making crab roe siu mai was difficult, he had no specific idea of ​​how to make it unless Zheng Da was willing to make it himself.

In Gong Liang's mind, crab roe steamed buns are indeed very difficult to make, but Qinhuai's dim sum skills are also very good. In addition, Qinhuai's fermented glutinous rice steamed buns are almost the same as Zhengda's, especially the first batch of fermented glutinous rice steamed buns every day. Gong Liang can even feel the feeling of rushing to the state-owned restaurant to grab steamed buns after work when he is chewing the steamed buns.

Therefore, in Gong Liang's opinion, Qin Huai's craftsmanship is comparable to Zheng Da's.

At most, it was just a little bit off. After all, Zheng Da kept clamoring to take Qin Huai as his last disciple.

Although Zheng Da is a bit lazy and not very willing to cook dim sum, he is still reliable and would not do something like that, forcing a young dim sum chef with the same level as himself to be his apprentice.

As a result, the crab roe steamed buns in front of him shattered the 18 layers of filters that Gong Liang had added to Qin Huai.

Chef Xiao Qin, who is omnipotent in dim sum, also has his moments of failure.

Gong Liang sniffed and tears were almost coming out.

The feeling of having an idol shattered.

Gong Liang looked at the other people in Huang's kitchen who were tasting the food and found that everyone's reactions were very calm.

However, everyone finished eating the crab roe steamed buns very calmly, and gathered together to discuss the difference between Qinhuai's crab roe steamed buns today and yesterday, and whether there was a problem with the proportion of the seasonings, or the combination of shrimp and crab meat.

Some people even expressed optimism that there has been great progress and that one of the most obvious problems yesterday no longer exists.

Gong Liang was confused.

Gong Liang thought for a moment, stood up from the small bench, grabbed Dong Shi, who was discussing the most intensely, and dragged him to a corner outside to ask:

"Master Qin, is it normal for the crab roe steamed buns to be made like this?"

"That's normal." Dong Shidao, seeing Gong Liang's confused expression, explained, "What he made yesterday was even worse."

Gong Liang:?
"Mr. Gong, don't be anxious. We all know that Qin Huai learned this because you wanted to eat crab roe steamed buns. But Qin Huai has never made crab meat or crab roe dim sum before. He doesn't even make dim sum with fresh shrimp filling."

"Let me put it this way. You know Qin Huai is from Guangdong Province, right? He is now like a chef who has a Cantonese background and is very good at Shandong cuisine. Let me think if I can make such an analogy... Yes, that's right, he is good at making palace dim sum."

"He is good at two cuisines, one from the south and one from the north. But now that he has come here, we cook Huaiyang cuisine the most. If you ask a chef who has cooked northern cuisine for many years to suddenly switch to Huaiyang cuisine without any experience, he will definitely not be able to adapt to the local environment and will definitely have big problems when he first starts learning."

"This is his second time making crab roe steamed buns, so it's normal that they don't taste good. So don't worry, Mr. Gong. Give Qin Huai a month or two. I believe that with his level, there will be no problem."

“Don’t think two months is too long. For a normal chef, especially a dim sum chef, it’s already very scary to change factions and learn to make a dim sum as difficult as crab roe siu mai in two months. Even if Qin Huai didn’t learn it in two months, it’s normal. You have to believe that as long as he promises you, he will definitely make crab roe siu mai for you.”

Gong Liang was even more confused.

Seeing that Gong Liang's expression was still the same, Dong Shi thought that Gong Liang still didn't understand. He was thinking about what angle he could use to make Gong Liang understand how difficult it was to switch to making crab roe steamed buns.

Just as Dong Shi was thinking quickly and his mouth was slightly open to say some witty nonsense to ease the atmosphere, Gong Liang spoke.

"When did I ask Qin Huai to make crab roe steamed buns?" Gong Liang asked.

Now he no longer cares about his idol Master Qin's failure.

Gong Liang felt that someone must be trying to harm him.

God swears to me, when did Gong Liang become such an unself-aware person?

Although he likes to cling to the snake, he also needs to consider the occasion, the person and the timing. His relationship with Qin Huai is still in the conquest stage. It is his conquest of Qin Huai, using material sugar-coated bullets to get closer to the potential stock, Master Qin.

He is now an angel investor and has not yet invested the money for the first round of financing.

Whoever is spreading rumors outside is going to kill the goose that lays the eggs.

If Master Qin heard this, how would he have the face to try to get some noodles in the future?

Gong Liang wanted to rush back to the kitchen and eat another crab roe steamed bun to prove his innocence.

Although Chef Qin’s pigeon stewed with Gastrodia elata and steamed buns with crab roe were both a failure, his Wu Ding buns, fermented glutinous rice steamed buns, Yuan Meng sesame cakes, mian Guoer, Guoer, crab shell roe, chicken noodle soup and locust flower steamed buns are all popular!
If one or two people overturn, it’s fine. At most, Gong Liang won’t eat them, but he still has to eat the others.

"Didn't you ask me to do this?" Dong Shi was also shocked.

"Who said I asked you to do it? Who?" Gong Liang said gritting his teeth.

"That's what everyone said." Dong Shi said, "Qin Huai invited you to Huang Ji for breakfast in the morning, and started learning how to make crab roe steamed buns in the afternoon. I heard that when Qin Huai was learning how to make crab roe steamed buns, Uncle Zheng gave him two ways to learn, one is the current one, and the other is a little simpler."

"Qin Huai knew that you ate crab roe steamed buns made by your master for a month, so he specifically asked you which method you used to make them. He wanted to learn that method, and said that he would definitely invite you to taste it when it's ready to see if it tastes the same as it did back then."

"We all thought that Qin Huai learned it on purpose because you asked him to do so."

Gong Liang was stunned.

After the shock, I was deeply moved.

Gong Liang was a salesperson by profession. Since he was young, he had always said one thing to one person and another thing to another person. He forgot many of the things he said the next moment and never expected anyone to take what he said to heart.

Gong Liang himself couldn't remember whether he had told Qin Huai about the time he ate crab roe steamed buns for a month.

However, crab roe steamed buns are indeed a very special snack for him.

That was the closest he had ever come to realizing his dream. Gong Liang had also spent a huge amount of money to invite famous dim sum chefs from other places to try to recreate the crab roe steamed buns he had eaten that year, but to no avail. Later, Zheng Da told him directly that the crab roe steamed buns were in a sense a unique secret recipe. He could give the recipe to Gong Liang, but other dim sum chefs would probably not be able to make it.

This is indeed the case. Some dim sum chefs are very skilled and their crab roe steamed buns are equally delicious, but Gong Liang can never taste the same feeling as he did back then.

Only Zheng Da, the direct disciple taught by Master Jing, can create something with the same flavor.

Gong Liang felt that his eyes were a little moist, but his acting skills were very good, and he was able to control this emotional fluctuation to the point where outsiders could not see it.

Gong Liang said: "Is that so? I don't know. I may have mentioned it to Master Xiao Qin, but I didn't ask him for help."

"But I do know a little bit about crab roe steamed buns. I can tell if there's something wrong with it after just one bite! I didn't eat it seriously just now. I'll go back and eat another one."

Gong Liang went back to try the dishes with high morale.

Dong Shi: ...

Mr. Gong was willing to eat two steamed buns even though they tasted so bad.

What everyone said was true. This year's New Year's red envelope, the one Mr. Gong gave to Qin Huai must have been the thickest.

Gong Liang returned to his small bench to make great contributions to his food tasting career, but the two top food tasters on Qin Huai's side started arguing about Qin Huai's next teaching process.

Qin Huai is a chef who is very good at writing a book of mistakes.

Qin Huai thinks that he may not be good at studying, but he is very good at reflection.

With the help of reference objects, he would always be able to realize what was wrong with the snacks he made at the first moment, and then he would revise them repeatedly, make mistakes again and again, add, subtract, delete, and modify them in his error book, and finally make the snacks he wanted.

Zheng Da and Huang Shengli both agreed with his learning behavior and model.

However, the two people had a huge disagreement on how to add, subtract, delete and modify the wrong questions in the error book.

It is a recognized fact that the crab roe steamed buns made by Qinhuai are very unpalatable.

But how exactly is it so unpalatable? What is the reason that makes the steamed buns so unpalatable? How can Qin Huai's cooking skills and level be used to modify and control it so that the steamed buns are not so unpalatable? This has become a problem.

Huang Shengli and Zheng Da have completely different views on this.

Zheng Da felt that this was simply because he had not practiced enough.

His teaching method and Qin Huai's learning method are a perfect match, a natural master-apprentice pair. As long as he follows this method, he can make crab roe siu mai every day, repeating the same process for one or two months.

To sum it up, it’s just one sentence.

Just practice cooking more.

Huang Shengli felt that Zheng Da, if you really don’t know how to teach your apprentice, you should just stand aside and don’t waste time.

Is Qin Huai’s problem that he doesn’t practice enough?
Yes.

But he obviously had other problems.

Huang Shengli could tell at a glance that Qin Huai was very unfamiliar with the ingredients needed for crab roe steamed buns.

Whether it is fresh shrimp, crab meat or crab roe, these are not the ingredients that Qinhuai is good at.

Huang Shengli thinks that what Qin Huai needs to do now is not to practice making crab roe steamed buns, but to familiarize himself with the ingredients first. He needs a master who knows how to explain and help him separate the ingredients step by step, telling him how to cook them and how to taste them.

As for the master, he is both far away in the sky and close at hand.

Zheng Da felt that Huang Shengli's move was unnecessary.

Huang Shengli felt that Zheng Da did not understand religious beliefs.

"This is what my master taught me!" Zheng Da said loudly.

Zheng Da looked at Huang Shengli, his face full of "You can question my ability to teach, but you can't question your master's ability to teach."

"Can your situation be the same as Xiao Qin's?" Huang Shengli was not willing to be outdone and responded with an expression that said, "How long have you been teaching Xiao Qin? Do you know how long I have been teaching?"

"When our master taught us, we didn't miss any of the basic skills. We were apprentices at the time, doing odd jobs in a state-owned restaurant. We didn't get paid, but we did all the hard work. We did all the dirty work, including cutting vegetables, handling ingredients, and handling fish, shrimps, and crabs. When we were in charge of the water station, we smelled fishy when we slept and couldn't sleep because of the odor. Have you forgotten?"

Zheng Da lowered his voice a little: "That was back then. Siyuan wasn't taught that way when he was a child. Back then was back then, and now is now. There were no conditions back then."

"I know, that's not how my disciples were taught. I want to tell you that Xiao Qin is different from us. He doesn't have this foundation."

"We have lived here since we were young. We have been eating fish, shrimps and crabs from the river since we were young. At that time, there was no seasoning. We boiled them in water or steamed them. No one would eat this unless they had nothing else to eat. The fishy smell of fish, shrimps and crabs is engraved in our bones."

"When the master teaches you how to make crab roe siu mai, you will naturally know how to remove the fishy smell because you understand it."

"That's not Xiao Qin. If you ask him, he's probably eaten less crabs than you have since he was a child."

"Look at what you said. Xiao Qin's family isn't that poor..."

"I mean, Xiao Qin doesn't like to eat crabs! If you talk to him more, you'll know. His sister Luoluo got hurt when she ate steamed crabs when she was a child. For a few years, she wanted to vomit whenever she smelled crabs. His family never steams crabs."

Zheng Da was shocked: "Why does Luoluo get hurt by everything she eats?"

Huang Shengli: …

"That's why I said the situation is different. Xiao Qin has little contact with this kind of food, and he doesn't even come into contact with it very often. The child hasn't even learned all the characters yet, and you asked him to write an essay. Aren't you making things difficult for him? Is that how you teach? You want to take him in as your disciple, but you can't even teach. Why do you take him in as your disciple? Do you think that just having skills is enough? Do you think that you can be a good master as long as you have skills?"

Zheng Da was so scolded by Huang Shengli that he didn't dare to say a word.

"I also……"

"Forget it. Let me teach first and lay the foundation. You can teach me after I have laid the foundation. Why are you bragging in front of me that you have researched for several days and found a particularly good teaching method? You have researched for a few days and this is what you came up with. I see that you have not come up with anything in the past few decades."

Huang Shengli won a great victory.

Qin Huai was stunned watching from the side.

Because these two people were arguing in front of him.

It was the first time Qin Huai witnessed such a scene.

Since he started studying Sophora japonica steamed buns, he has been taught by Zheng Da and Huang Shengli, but never by both of them at the same time. Occasionally, the two of them appeared in the same frame, but that was also through a mobile phone. Qin Huai didn't expect that when these two people taught together...

They don't seem like brothers from the same school.

Huang Shengli looked at Qin Huai and instantly switched back to the smiling expression of a famous teacher: "Xiao Qin, don't listen to what your master Zheng said, he doesn't know how to teach these basic things."

"Come, I'll take you to the seafood section to pick out some live shrimps. I'll start by teaching you how to choose the right shrimps and crabs."

Qin Huai looked at Zheng Siyuan for help.

Yes, Zheng Siyuan is here today too.

Although he didn't say a word from beginning to end and didn't seem to appear, Zheng Siyuan stayed in the kitchen the whole time, acting as a food taster.

Zheng Siyuan nodded affirmatively.

"You'll get used to it." Zheng Siyuan said, "My father and my uncle's teaching philosophies have not been in agreement for many years. When they were teaching me when I was a child, they often quarreled like this."

"Don't worry about what they are arguing about. Just learn from whoever wins the argument."

"The winner is right."

Qin Huai:......

Your teaching method is so unique.

Teaching through quarreling, whoever wins the argument will teach.

I was too tired. It turned out that going to the amusement park was not very suitable for me. I was so tired that I just renewed the hotel and changed the train ticket, and then slept for a day.

This is the end of my trip to the Universal Studios this year. I will come back next year. (Next year I will definitely buy an Express Pass and never queue up again QAQ)

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(End of this chapter)