The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 334 Let Me Demonstrate
When it comes to buying plane tickets, Zang Liang is undoubtedly an absolute man of action.

He arrived at the Yunzhong canteen at noon the next day.

He even came directly to the Yunzhong Canteen dragging his suitcase, because Chen Huihong didn't expect him to come so early, and the air purifier in the room given to him had not been completely cleaned yet.

When Zang Liang arrived, Qin Huai was still cutting radishes.

Because Qin Huai had fallen asleep when Tan Weian replied to his message last night, he was unable to inform everyone in the work group that a new exchange student would come to the cafeteria today. Qin Huai only briefly told Huang Xi about it after arriving at the restaurant in the morning, so most of the employees in Yunzhong Cafeteria didn't know who Zang Liang was, why he was coming today, and what he was doing.

And Zang Liang is undoubtedly a very outgoing person.

He was seen dragging his suitcase and greeting Qin Huai through the transparent glass. He then poked his head into the kitchen and asked Tan Weian where the dressing room was and whether he had his work clothes. He then dragged his suitcase into the dressing room to change his clothes, and then rushed into the kitchen to watch Qin Huai cutting radishes.

The series of actions were done in one go. If you didn't know him, you would think he was a formal employee of Yunzhong Canteen. He was just on a business trip some time ago and was not in the canteen. He loves his work, so he came back to work as soon as he got off the plane.

Pei Xing was dumbfounded.

As a half-relative, he only needed one glance to tell that Zang Liang was a relative who graduated from a professional school like him.

"Who is this? Is there any newcomer in Zhiweiju who is more powerful than Tan Weian? He was able to parachute in directly!" Pei Xing whispered to Li Hua. If the tone of his whisper was not so sharp, it would seem that his emotions did not fluctuate so much.

"I don't know." Li Hua shook his head, saying that if Pei Xing didn't even know him, how could a graduate like me who was just an apprentice know him? "We just need to do our job well."

Pei Xing gnashed his teeth and said angrily, "Of course you're fine. The apprentices who came from Zhiweiju who look like you are not as good as you."

"What I'm good at is exactly the same as Su Gan's, and Master Qin didn't eat the siu mai I made this morning!"

Li Hua: "...Why do you insist on making Shaomai?"

Li Hua almost wrote on his face: "Do you really think your steamed dumplings can compare with Guli's golden shredded steamed dumplings?"

"The best breakfast I make is siomai," said Pei Xing.

Li Hua shook his head helplessly and sighed. Considering that Pei Xing and he had been colleagues for a few months, and that he was a good person who could not be fooled by him, and that his mind was relatively simple and easy to fool, Li Hua gave him a friendly reminder: "You can't think like that. You can't just look at what you are good at, you have to look at what Master Qin likes."

"I remember you made barbecued pork buns pretty well. If that doesn't work for you, why don't you make barbecued pork buns?"

"It's a good time to practice making dough."

On the other side, Tan Weian and Zang Liang were already chatting.

Zang Liang chatted with Tan Weian about some gossip that they could usually chat about on WeChat, while watching Qin Huai shredding radish from a distance. Seeing that Qin Huai was still able to steadily shred radish while chatting on his phone, and his knife skills had improved a lot compared to the last time in City A, he couldn't help but sigh:

"Fuck, how many hours a day does Qin Huai practice knife skills? Is he trying to change his ways? His progress is really obvious. I remember the last time I saw him slicing radishes, they were a bit crooked, but now he looks like an apprentice."

Tan Weian is no longer surprised by this: "If you had eaten his Four Happiness Glutinous Rice Balls before the New Year, you would be even more surprised now... Oh, I forgot that you have already eaten it in City A."

Hearing Tan Weian talking about the Four-happiness Glutinous Rice Balls, Zang Liang couldn't help but smack his lips, his face full of fond memories of the Four-happiness Glutinous Rice Balls he had eaten on his birthday party.

"That Four Happiness Glutinous Rice Balls is really amazing. I'm telling you, I didn't like Glutinous Rice Balls before. But that Glutinous Rice Balls, really, my god, wow, it's amazing, awesome!"

"My master was clearly full at noon that day, but he still forced himself to eat two more. Isn't that awesome? It was the first time I saw my master eat so much that way."

Tan Weian:?

Where did you study flattery?

Qinhuai's current Four Happiness Tangtuan is quite delicious, but it's not that exaggerated. No, buddy, are you willing to sacrifice your master's reputation just to flatter him?
Does Master Zang know about this?

Seeing the genuine expression on Zang Liang's face, Tan Weian felt that he no longer knew this good brother of many years. Your level of flattery is so high that it is unfamiliar to me.

"When do we start making crab sauce?" Zang Liang asked.

"We can do it right now." Zheng Siyuan, who had been eavesdropping on the side, said suddenly, "I'll season it and you thicken it."

"Okay." Zang Liang couldn't wait any longer. "I'm not bragging. Not only am I good at knife skills, I'm also good at thickening. Tan Weian told me yesterday on WeChat about the thickening requirements for your crab sauce. It's a bit difficult, but don't worry, leave it to me and there will be absolutely no problem."

Zheng Siyuan didn't react, but nodded calmly: "Then let's get started."

At the same time, Cao Guixiang, who was chatting with Qin Huai, suddenly said with a smile: "Xiao Qin, the thickening was not going well, so we asked for help."

Qin Huai didn't expect that Cao Guixiang had such good hearing that she could hear Zang Liang's bragging through the phone.

Although Zang Liang’s boasting voice was indeed a bit loud just now.

Qin Huai smiled, his hands still moving: "We have tried the method you mentioned yesterday to thicken the crab sauce, and it really works. After tasting it, I also think that crab sauce like that is more suitable for making buns. But the thickening you mentioned is too difficult, and none of us white-casserole chefs can do it. Fortunately, a friend who is very good at red-casserole is willing to come and help, so we invited him."

Cao Guixiang became interested and asked, "What kind of cuisine does your friend cook?"

“Huaiyang cuisine.”

Cao Guixiang gave a meaningful smile.

"Then he probably has some practice."

"Ah?" Qin Huai was stunned.

"If a Huaiyang cuisine chef wants to make the kind of thickening I mentioned, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to adapt to the local conditions. A Shandong cuisine chef might be a little better at it, but Xiao Qin, you are not good at thickening and don't know the tricks and difficulty involved."

"This thickening is just like the recipe for the cold sea cucumber salad I gave you. It looks easy, but when you actually do it, you'll find that the result is not very good. If your skills are not up to par, the final product will be very different."

Qin Huai smiled bitterly: "Master Cao, aren't you deliberately making things difficult for us? I don't have any friends who are good at Shandong cuisine."

Cao Guixiang smiled and said, "Who said no? I also know a little bit about Shandong cuisine. Haven't you noticed that your knife skills have improved rapidly recently? I think it won't take long, maybe two weeks at most, for you to return to Qiu County and let me check your learning results."

"When the time comes, you can make a request and I will thicken the sauce, right?"

"Let me make it clear first, I want to be the first one to eat the double crab buns when they are ready. I have never eaten buns made with crab roe and sea cucumber. If I had known that there were such buns in Gusu, I would have visited Gusu when I was young."

Zhang Chu silently complained on the side: "When we were young, we were so poor that we couldn't even afford a ticket back to Peking. We had to borrow stamps from the branch secretary to send a letter, and we didn't even go to Suzhou to play."

Cao Guixiang glared at her husband who was undermining her: "Just pick beans and stop thinking about fishing every day. I didn't see you catch many fish. You even went out fishing with an umbrella in such heavy rain yesterday. Now you have a cold. Stay at home honestly. If you have nothing to do, make two more molds for Xiao Qin."

"Xiao Qin, are you used to the mold your Grandpa Zhang made for you?"

"It's a habit." Qin Huai said repeatedly. Zhang Chu's carpentry skills were absolutely impeccable. "It's just that I've been busy recently and haven't used it much."

"That's normal. You can't rush learning to cook. You have to take it step by step and do what you want to do first. Lay a solid foundation first, then study finger techniques, thickening, flipping the spoon, etc. These are icing on the cake. Laying a solid foundation is the hard truth."

"Look, you're distracted again when you're talking about something important. The two radishes you just cut weren't as good as before."

Qin Huai:......

Qin Huai had no choice but to continue concentrating on cutting radishes.

While Qin Huai was conscientiously cutting radishes, Zang Liang unsurprisingly had an accident.

Indeed, Zang Liang's thickening skills are better than Zheng Siyuan and Tan Weian combined. After all, he is an authentic red case chef, trained in a professional school, and has practiced since childhood. Although his words just now contain some self-boasting, as a Huaiyang cuisine chef, his thickening skills are already quite good.

Thickening is a skill that needs to be acquired through hard practice with a good foundation.

Zang Liang thought his thickening was okay.

Although the movements are not that fancy, exaggerated, skillful, or fantastic, and don't look like a TV drama, everything else is okay.

This requirement has been met.

Thicken thinly, thicken twice.

The purpose of thickening is to make the taste of crab roe sauce less strong by diluting it with starch water, while giving the crab roe sauce a thick taste so that it will not be abrupt when it becomes the filling for buns, and can give a better feedback after being steamed.

Zang Liang felt that his comprehension was not bad, and his understanding of crab roe sauce should not be biased.

But Zheng Siyuan and Tan Weian both felt that it was not possible.

Zheng Siyuan thought it was not possible because he had made a lot of crab roe sauce during this period. In addition, he knew how to make crab roe sauce version of double crab buns. The more he made, the more he understood what kind of crab roe sauce he needed. It was difficult for him to say what was wrong with Zang Liang, but he knew it was not possible. Tan Weian thought it was not possible because he knew crab roe dim sum.

He has the most sincere love for crab roe dim sum. From the perspective of a chef, he appreciates Zang Liang's craftsmanship, but from the perspective of a diner, he thinks it is not acceptable.

In response to this, Zang Liang:

No, are all of you pastry chefs like this now?
He didn't even tell me the reason, he just dismissed me with just one sentence: "I think".

Zang Liang could only grab Qin Huai, who had just finished cutting radishes, to judge the matter.

Qin Huai came over with a spoon very skillfully.

Although he has not made a jar of crab roe sauce during this period, and his research on double crab buns is limited to theoretical analysis and making cold sea cucumber salad, he has very rich experience in tasting.

He could tell with one bite whether it was crab roe sauce or not.

If you ask him what's wrong, Qin Huai can only tell you: he thinks it's wrong.

That’s right, under Qin Huai’s leadership, the Double Crab Bag research team has become a complete thinker.

Normally, if you feel there is a problem during the dim sum research stage, you need to point it out, explain it, analyze it, and discuss it.

This is a very normal process, because when doing research, especially when many people are doing research together, everyone has their own ideas, and it is difficult to reach a consensus if you do not convince the other party with reason and evidence.

Previously, when Zheng Siyuan and Zheng Da were researching the four-happiness glutinous rice balls with various fruit fillings at Huang’s, they almost turned against each other because of their different ideas.

But now, the members of the Double Crab Bag Research Team obviously don't have this problem. You just need to say "I don't think it's possible" and you don't need to ask why. Just say "I think" instead.

As for whether you understand this or not, that is your business. Anyway, those who understand will understand.

Qin Huai tasted all the crab sauces made by Zang Liang one by one, was silent for more than ten seconds, and said, "I don't think it's right."

"Isn't that right?" Tan Weian agreed crazily, "That's what I just said, but Zang Liangfei didn't believe it."

Zang Liang:? No, what did you say just now?

However, Zang Liang still respected Qin Huai. After all, he wanted to learn something from Qin Huai. "Then Qin Huai, what do you think is wrong?"

"I don't know." Qin Huai shook his head.

Zang Liang:?
"Anyway, it's not quite right. This is not the taste and texture of the crab sauce we want. Of course, it's better than before, but I still haven't found the right feeling. You know that feeling, right? Anyway, it's that feeling. There must be something wrong with the thickening. Just now, Master Cao told me that her requirements for thickening are actually quite high."

Zang Liang: ? ?

Looking at the question mark on Zang Liang's face, Tan Weian felt that he had let out the anger from last night. I thought you understood the feeling Qin Huai was talking about, but it turns out you only understand a little bit.

"Why don't you do it again and let me see?" Qin Huai suggested.

"Okay." Zang Liang agreed very readily. He came here to help, and he was ready to thicken the food every day in the Yunzhong Canteen until he vomited.

"But." Zang Liang glanced at Qin Huai hesitantly, "Do you know how to thicken it?"

Qin Huai smiled: "I know something."

"Although I don't know how to thicken the sauce, I saw Master Cao thicken the sauce when she was cooking during the Chinese New Year, so I roughly understand what she meant by thickening the sauce and what the effect is."

"You do it and watch from the side."

"Okay." Zang Liang nodded, ready to give it his all again to show everyone the strength of a professional red-case chef.

Zheng Siyuan still does the previous steps, making the crab roe sauce until the crab roe sauce in the pot boils and oil comes out.

Zang Liang has already prepared the starch water.

Zang Liang seized the opportunity and made a great and elegant move.

The starch water poured down from the pot. It might not be a good sight to see in a TV drama, but in real life Zang Liang thought that the action was cool enough.

If he normally did this in the kitchen, he would definitely be scolded by his master.

Adjust the heat.

Stir.

perfect!

Perfect first thickening.

Zheng Siyuan took over the subsequent steps, seasoning and frying the crab roe sauce, stirring the crab roe sauce in the pot until it was fragrant and golden and shiny.

Soon the steps came to an end.

Zang Liang held the prepared starch water, waited for the right moment, and made another dashing move.

He was a little too casual, and his movement was not even when he tilted down. But it was not a big problem, as his movements were quite skillful.

Stir.

stir fry.

Adjust the heat.

End.

Zang Liang was quite satisfied with his performance. Except for a small mistake in the second time, the first time was absolutely perfect. If the full score is 2, Zang Liang felt that it should not be a problem to give himself 1 points.

"How is it?" Zang Liang asked confidently.

Qin Huai frowned slightly: "I don't know how to describe it to you, but... when I see Master Cao thickening the sauce, her movements are more exaggerated than yours, and the amplitude is larger."

"It's not an exaggeration, it's a very natural movement, because she has to do it that way, so the movement must be big."

“It also has to be fast.”

"Actually, I don't really know how to thicken a sauce, but... that's probably because I don't know how to thicken a sauce. I don't think it's that difficult."

Qin Huai wanted to scratch his head again, but forced himself to hold it back.

At this moment, he really hated his poor tongue. He knew exactly what it was like, but he just couldn't describe it.

Qin Huai suggested: "How about this."

"I'll try to thicken the sauce for you like Master Cao did. I'm sure it will fail, but you can roughly see what it looks like."

"If that doesn't work, I'll ask Master Cao if she can show you a demonstration through video. It's not that Master Cao is secretive, she has been retired for many years and is unwilling to take apprentices. I didn't mention it because I thought it might not be a good idea..."

Qin Huai didn't finish his words, but Zang Liang understood what Qin Huai meant.

This is also normal. The master chef has skills, but the master chef has no relationship with other people, so there is no need for her to show her skills or even teach.

"Let me demonstrate. Zheng Siyuan, please do the front part again." Qin Huai said.

"it is good."

Zang Liang quietly moved to the side of Tan Weian, covered his mouth and asked in a low voice: "Is Qin Huai always like this? He doesn't know how to do it, but he dares to demonstrate."

Tan Wei'an replied calmly: "Just get used to it. I won't be surprised by anything he does."

"I wouldn't be surprised even if he succeeds in thickening the sauce later."

Zang Liang:?
(End of this chapter)