The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 300 Souvenirs

As Han Guishan's late-born son, Han Youxin's birthday was naturally grand.

Starting from 10 o'clock, guests began to arrive early. Han Guishan and Wang Jing could no longer sneak into the kitchen to eat. The banquet hall of Yushanfang was crowded and the kitchen was also busy.

As the meal time approached, the atmosphere in the kitchen became more and more tense. It was hard to see any trace of good expression on Tong Deyan's face. He looked at the helpers of the Imperial Kitchen with disgust, and his mouth was like poison, with all kinds of personal attacks comparable to biological weapons constantly coming out of his mouth.

"I told you to carve radish flowers, but what are you carving? A big red flower for kindergarten kids? Do you want me to pour a spoonful of ketchup on it to color it? Today is my child's birthday party, and you're really making the side dishes as a children's meal? Is Yushanfang a baby restaurant?"

"I know you just scolded me by the shelf. While you were scolding me, could you please open your eyes and look at what you were holding? Is this what I want?"

"And you, you cursed me three out of four times. Your language skills are as poor as your sword skills."

"Time, time, time! I've stressed this so many times that the timing must be accurate. If you had spent two seconds looking at the clock instead of rolling your eyes and scolding me, the sauce wouldn't be this bad."

Qin Huai was stunned listening to this.

He felt that Tong Deyan and Luo Jun must have a lot in common. If the two knew each other, they might have the chance to collaborate on a book called "100 Tips for Swearing".

No wonder Tong Deyan has such a bad reputation in the underworld.

He has a really bad temper and speaks very eloquently when he is working.

The most important thing is that his hearing is quite good. Even though some helpers were far away from him, Tong Deyan could still hear them scolding him.

"Master Tong, has it always been like this over the years?" Qin Huai, who had finished all the work and was just waiting for the steaming time, was wrapping four-happiness dumplings while whispering to Zang Liang about Tong Deyan.

I didn't dare speak loudly for fear that the other party would hear me.

Zang Liang covered his mouth and whispered, "I've never met Master Tong before, but I've always heard of his reputation. It's said that he cursed even more harshly in his own restaurant than he does now."

"He and Master Xia from Fenyuan are known as the Peking Double Sprayers. I have never met Master Xia, but he is said to scold people even more harshly than Master Tong. Master Tong will not scold you unless you do something wrong when working with him in the kitchen. But Master Xia is different. If you run into him, he will scold you even if you try to avoid him."

Qin Huai was shocked.

"Is Master Xia the chef from Fenyuan who is ranked in the top 10 in the famous chef list?"

Zang Liang nodded: "Yes, he is the only active Chinese chef in the top ten of the famous chefs list. He is old and senior, so when he scolds us, we can only stand and listen."

"But I've always heard that only chefs with decent cooking skills are qualified to be scolded by him, so many chefs were quite happy when they were scolded by Master Xia for the first time."

Qin Huai:......

Sometimes he really didn't understand famous chefs like Zang Liang.

You famous chefs are somewhat perverted.

Hey, why would he use the word "also"?

Tong Deyan, who was not far away, glanced at Qin Huai and Zang Liang without saying anything, and then went on to scold the helper who didn't get the time right.

As the dinner time got closer, Tong Deyan's temper became more and more irritable. At this moment, all the guests in the banquet hall had already taken their seats.

Among the guests there was an acquaintance of Qin Huai.

Xu Cheng.

Ever since Xu Cheng wanted to try out how many kinds of dim sum Qin Huai was good at making, he almost got trapped in Gusu while trying it out. He found an excuse to run away before he finished trying, and Xu Cheng never saw Qin Huai again.

Xu Cheng went abroad for some time and was quite satisfied with the food, and he became more mellow.

As Han Guishan's good friend and the most wealthy person among the guests, Xu Cheng sat at the main table unsurprisingly, with Han Guishan's two sisters, Han Guishan, and Wang Jing.

Xu Cheng himself has a child, but he has long passed the toddler stage. He was free before dinner, so he held Han Youxin and teased him for a while, then asked casually, "Old Han, the chef for this birthday banquet is Tong Deyan, who is in charge of the plain food? Qin Huai or those chefs from Zhiweiju that I recommended to you?"

"Master Qin!" Han Guishan, who had been eating dim sum for two days, said radiantly, "The Master Qin you recommended to me is absolutely amazing. His cooking skills are beyond words. I have never eaten such delicious dim sum in my life!"

Xu Cheng was a little surprised: "He's making Guo'er? Master Huang is here too?"

"What, Master Huang?" Han Guishan didn't understand. "Today's snacks are fermented glutinous rice steamed buns, three-piece buns, four-happiness dumplings, and longevity noodles. The four-happiness dumplings are absolutely amazing. I have never eaten such delicious dumplings in my life."

"I ate 12 pills last night. I was so full that I almost couldn't sleep. Jingjing even scolded me."

Wang Jing rolled her eyes at Han Guishan and said, "You only left me one steamed bun. Who else should I scold if not you?"

After hearing what Han Guishan said, his two sisters curiously asked what Four Joy Tangtuan was. Han Guishan, who had just become a loyal believer of Four Joy Tangtuan yesterday, immediately began to popularize the knowledge passionately. When he forgot the words, he gave Chen Gong a look, and Chen Gong continued to popularize the knowledge, and more professionally.

Han Guishan's two sisters were stunned by what they heard, and said that they must be careful when eating later, eat less vegetables, and save their appetite for the legendary four-happiness dumplings.

Seeing Han Guishan so excited, Xu Chengdu was a little confused. He wondered if he had too much fun eating abroad some time ago and thus had some memory loss.

Why doesn’t he remember Qinhuai Hui’s Four-Happiness Tangyuan?

Qin Huai's craftsmanship is pretty good, especially considering his age and experience, he can be called a genius.

But in terms of overall strength, it is not particularly amazing, with serious imbalances in certain subjects. Even his best dish, Guoer, still needs the assistance of a master of red case.

Xu Cheng believes that Qin Huai will be able to reach the top of white-case chefs in time and set a new record for the highest ranking of white-case chefs in the list of famous chefs, but not now.

If Xu Cheng were asked to choose now, instead of eating the fruit, he would definitely prefer to go to Zhiweiju for a few days.

Zhiweiju has many chefs and many snacks, and all the chefs are masters whose overall strength is better than Qinhuai.

So now the question is, where did the Four Happiness Tangyuan come from? When did Qin Huai know how to make the Four Happiness Tangyuan? Does Han Guishan really like eating Tangyuan so much and recommend it so highly?

Xu Cheng has already started thinking about whether he should recommend a pastry chef who makes good glutinous rice balls to Han Guishan after today's birthday party, so that his good friend can also see some experience in pastry.

With this idea in mind, Xu Cheng began to silently screen the pastry chefs he was familiar with in his mind.

On the other side, in the kitchen, as the cold dishes were served, Qin Huai and Zang Liang's topic began to deviate further.

Since they had nothing to do, the two of them had already started chatting about this year's opening issue of "Zhiwei". Zang Liang had already started imagining the future and daydreaming.

"It would be great if the dishes I cook could be published in the new year edition of Taste Magazine," Zang Liang said with longing. "If I am published, I will call my parents to hang banners at home, from our village all the way to the township. When I go back for the New Year, there will be loud gongs and drums, firecrackers, and a three-day banquet. I will cook for the villagers, and they can all taste my cooking skills."

Qin Huai sincerely advised from his experience: "You will be exhausted to death."

It's really exhausting.

Qin Huai is a white-casserole chef who sells so many white-casserole dishes that he almost died of exhaustion when he went home for the Chinese New Year this year. Not to mention that Zang Liang is a red-casserole chef, and a red-casserole chef of Huaiyang cuisine.

It can only be said that Zang Liang had no idea about the villagers' appetite.

Zang Liang looked at Qin Huai with envy and jealousy. "You are really a man who doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man. You think it's nothing that you're on the cover of "Knowing the Taste". Let alone being on the cover of "Knowing the Taste", even if my name appears on it once, I will cut out that part and post it on 10 Moments a day."

"Alas, why didn't my master think of taking me with him when he was on Taste last time? At least let me get my name on it."

Qin Huai:......

You are really a good disciple of Zang Mu.

"You are so young, you will definitely be on "Taste" again in the future. Alas, it is true that people will die if they compare themselves with others, and goods will be thrown away if they are compared with others. Those who are thirsty will die of drought, and those who are flooded will die of floods." "I really don't want to be on "Taste" again." Qin Huai said, "In January, Huang Ji's business was so good that I was scared. I felt like I was almost living in Huang Ji every day. The business is already very good on weekdays, and I can't bear it if it happens again."

Zang Liang: ...

Zang Liang didn't say anything, but silently took out his cell phone and sent a message to Tan Weian.

Zang Liang: You are right, Qin Huai is really good at being Versailles. I almost want to beat him up.

Tan Wei'an replied immediately: Always.
Just when Zang Liang was about to say something, Qin Huai put down the freshly wrapped four-happiness dumplings and started working: "Time's up, Zang Liang, go see if the pot is empty. I'm going to knead the noodles to make longevity noodles."

"Please pay attention to the time later. Start cooking the four kinds of dumplings in 25 minutes. The four kinds of dumplings will be cooked in four pots. The time for each pot will be different. I have sent you the specific requirements on WeChat."

Seeing Qin Huai switch to work mode in seconds, Zang Liang was stunned and started working subconsciously. He asked, "When did you check the time?"

"Feeling." Qin Huai said, "Have you forgotten? I started out selling breakfast. The delivery of breakfast is a matter of life and death. If the steamed buns are late, the students will be late for school. There is no time to lose."

Zang Liang instantly felt awe for the breakfast chef.

Tong Deyan, who was not far away, pointed at Qin Huai and said, "Look at them. They chat but they don't interfere with their work at all. How about you?"

"Ah."

Facts have proved that Qinhuai is indeed very good at timing.

Longevity noodles were the first white dish served. Many guests saw the waiter serving the noodles according to the number of people on the table, and they all smiled and said that Mr. Han was quite good at ceremonies. My son was only two years old and might not know how to eat noodles, but he still served the noodles according to the number of people on the table at the birthday banquet.

The longevity noodles are left to cool in the kitchen for a while before being served at a suitable temperature.

The longevity noodles are warm and cooked with chicken broth. The simple ingredients do not affect its fragrance.

The chicken soup itself is very flavorful.

The long noodle rolled by hand is coiled in the bowl, which looks chewy, appropriate to the occasion, and made with great care.

The guests who had almost finished their meals and wanted to have their main course were surprised to see the longevity noodles. They picked up the noodles with chopsticks and found that they were not the longevity noodles that many restaurants serve in a fuss, but were actually ordinary noodles. They sighed:

"This bowl only has one noodle. I haven't eaten such authentic longevity noodles in a long time."

Someone beside him laughed and sighed: "Who would eat longevity noodles when they have nothing better to do? Mr. Han specially invited a chef from Peking. The chef who made the noodles must have been specially invited as well. Do you think it's the same as the noodles you usually eat?"

The person who sighed smiled but said nothing. He couldn't wait to stuff the noodles into his mouth and started eating them with slurping voice.

Simply can not stop.

When you are actually eating a bowl of noodles like this, whether because of the sense of ritual or for other reasons, it is difficult for you to bite the noodles off in one bite. Instead, you keep sucking them in, chewing as you go.

The portion of longevity noodles is not particularly large. Because it is a banquet, Qinhuai makes each portion of noodles of sufficient length, but relatively thin and small in portion.

Those who eat fast have already finished a bowl of noodles.

"This noodle is really good, delicious and chewy! Where did Mr. Han find the chef? Which restaurant is he from? Could it be from Zhiweiju?"

"It's really possible. Isn't Xu Cheng sitting at the main table? If Xu Cheng is willing to introduce me, maybe Zhiweiju will really give me this honor."

"Is it that exaggerated? Let me try it."

“Slurp, slurp.”

For a moment, the entire banquet hall was filled with the sound of people eating noodles and gulping down noodle soup.

At the main table, Wang Jing, as a good mother, had already cooked longevity noodles in the morning. She did not eat first, but picked up the youth mini version of longevity noodles that Qinhuai had specially made for Han Youxin, which was reduced in quantity but not length. She blew on it, and after finding that the temperature was ok, she fed it to her son first.

"Come on, Youxin, open your mouth and let's eat noodles." Wang Jing said gently.

As the birthday boy today, Han Youxin actually didn’t eat much food at the beginning.

The child was too young to eat many things, so Wang Jing and Han Guishan only dared to let their son taste them.

Then he ate a lot.

Han Youxin, who was not full at all and smelled the fragrant aroma of longevity noodles, cooperated very well by opening his mouth wide and making an "ah" sound.

Wang Jing fed the noodles into her son's mouth.

Han Youxin contentedly chewed the noodles with his half-grown teeth. He bit off a small piece, swallowed it, and then opened his mouth impatiently to signal his mother to feed him.

Wang Jing seldom feeds her son, as this job is usually done by the family's nanny, who is not very skilled and cannot feed him fast enough. Han Youxin is so anxious that he wants to hold the bowl and chopsticks and put the food into his mouth.

Han Youxin's two aunts were being inhaled by the storm.

If Qin Huai could see Han Guishan's two sisters eating noodles, he would definitely sigh that everyone in the Han family eats the same way.

It’s a pity that Han Guishan’s two sisters didn’t have as big an appetite as Mr. Han. They were full after just one bowl of noodles.

My sister was confused.

The younger sister asked in confusion: "Sister, I seem to be full. What should I do if I don't have the stomach to eat the four-happiness dumplings later?"

"I'm full too."

Both sisters were confused.

Han Guishan heard the confusion of his sisters and said, "It's okay. I asked Master Qin to make more raw dough for the Four Happiness Glutinous Rice Balls. I'll give you two some raw dough when the time comes. You can take it home and cook it."

The two sisters were relieved.

But it was obvious that they were too relieved too early.

Because the next dessert is here.

To be precise, the next two snacks were served, the fermented glutinous rice steamed buns and the three-diced buns were served almost at the same time.

In the kitchen, Zang Liang stared at the four-happiness dumplings in four pots, waiting for the right moment to take out the dumplings, divide them into packages, and then let them cool.

"Qin Huai, I actually have a question, why should the Four Happiness Glutinous Rice Balls be served last?"

"A normal person would be full after eating longevity noodles, fermented glutinous rice steamed buns and three-diced buns. Can he finish it with a serving of four-happiness dumplings?"

"It wasn't originally the last one to be served. The four-happiness dumplings were originally the first one to be served." Qin Huai was also helpless.

"Boss Han liked the Four Happiness Glutinous Rice Balls very much after eating them yesterday. He said he must put it on the last one to give it a gap."

"Mr. Han's original words were that a bowl of four-happiness dumplings would make the birthday banquet complete."

"But don't worry, the four-happiness dumplings are sold per person. Assistant Chen has prepared a lot of take-away boxes. If you can't finish it, you can take it away."

"Everyone will also get a portion of raw embryos as a birthday gift."

(End of this chapter)