The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 317 Seasoning Difficulty
When Qin Huai left Zheng Siyuan's house, he took with him half a jar of crab roe sauce made by Zheng Da.

In Zheng Siyuan's words, the authentic Qinhuai double crab bun is definitely no longer available now, but some relatively authentic crab roe sauce will do.

Zheng Da only makes a few jars of crab sauce every year, and Zheng Siyuan snatched this jar from Zheng Da. Half of the jar is used for research, and the other half is eaten by Qin Huai. This allocation is very reasonable.

Qin Huai happily went home with half a jar of crab roe sauce, and forgot to tell Zheng Siyuan that there were snacks he brought on the entrance.

This directly led to Zheng Siyuan staying in the kitchen to cook sauce until after 8 o'clock in the evening. When he cleaned up the kitchen and walked to the entrance, he found that there were some extra things on the entrance.

Two familiar dim sum and one less familiar dim sum.

Zheng Siyuan had eaten both the pan-fried carrot cake and the mung bean cake in the afternoon and gave them high praise. Both are very common home-cooked snacks, not difficult to make, and even more rare to make delicious ones.

Zheng Siyuan really appreciates Qinhuai's idea of ​​selling expensive dim sum at high prices and ordinary dim sum at low prices, because Zheng Siyuan has been doing this for many years.

The cakes in his bakery at the entrance of the community are sold at normal prices, but they are 20% to 30% more expensive than other bakery shops. Most of the customers are nearby residents and students, and only a few of Zheng Da's friends and Huang Ji's old customers will patronize it.

While selling cheap dim sum all year round, Zheng Siyuan also occasionally goes to Huang Ji to sell expensive dim sum. Although these dim sum are essentially the same, the price changes when the place of sale changes.

Zheng Siyuan likes to hear customers' comments on his dim sum and likes to see customers' expressions when they eat his dim sum. In Zheng Siyuan's opinion, price is also one of the ways to satisfy customers. When they were researching the Four Happiness Tangtuan at Huang's, Qin Huai and Tan Weian even asked Zheng Siyuan about this matter, asking him whether he wanted to keep running a dim sum shop at the entrance of the community in anonymity or go to a big restaurant one day to make a name for himself in the white-casserole world.

Zheng Siyuan’s answer to this is that it depends on the situation.

He felt that his current level was not good enough to go to a big restaurant and become a leader, overpowering the red case chefs and making the white case dim sum the only one in the restaurant. Not to mention being the only one in the restaurant, it was even difficult to be equal. The fact that the white case could not beat the red case was evident from the rankings in the celebrity chefs' list.

But Zheng Siyuan said very confidently that he would definitely go to a well-known restaurant in the future to try his luck, just like Qinhuai Lai and Huangji, who were unknown for many years and then became famous overnight.

Tan Weian even secretly complained to Qin Huai about this, saying that Zheng Siyuan was also a person who liked to show off.

He is not unknown at all. He is not unknown in the circle of white-case chefs. It's just that this guy is too much of a homebody. He doesn't compete, doesn't attend exchange meetings, and doesn't work in a big restaurant. People who want to talk to him or make him famous have no chance.

Then Qin Huai asked Tan Weian, "Don't you want to do this?" Tan Weian was so autistic.

Tan Weian hates everyone who knows how to show off, is good at showing off, and has the ability to show off equally.

Sorry for going off topic, let’s get back to Zheng Siyuan.

After Zheng Siyuan discovered that the bag of snacks contained only one ordinary bun that he had never seen before, he took out the bun without any hesitation and put it into the steamer to steam again.

The taste and texture of the re-steamed buns are not as good as before, but Zheng Siyuan is an excellent pastry chef and he can narrow the gap very well.

At 8:47 in the evening, Zheng Siyuan sat at the dining table with a pair of steamed buns that were still steaming hot, and answered the video call from Zheng Da.

Zheng Da is still on vacation in Sanya. Because he had so much fun, he bought a suite in Sanya. He went to the beach every day to bask in the sun and got several degrees tanned.

"Siyuan, why are you still eating buns so late?" Zheng Da was a little surprised to see his son eating buns at this time, and showed a concerned look on his face, "Did you miss dinner?"

"You still have to eat dinner at mealtime, otherwise it's bad for your stomach. Did Xiao Qin have an online class or a video call with his knife-teaching master this afternoon? Did you eavesdrop on him? What kind of person is that master? What's his name and what does he look like?"

"I asked around this afternoon, and there are only a few retired chefs from well-known restaurants near Qiu County. None of them is him. Who is he? Where did he come from?" Zheng Da's face was full of confusion.

Zheng Siyuan: …

Zheng Siyuan didn't want to pay any attention to his father. He stuffed the bun into his mouth expressionlessly and took a big bite.

Mm, delicious vegetable buns.

Very ordinary, very plain, very pure, but delicious vegetable buns.

Zheng Siyuan took a look at the mung bean cake still on the entrance, stood up, took the mung bean cake, and ate a piece of it.

Zheng Da was still chattering, saying that the world was really going downhill, people were evil, and good seedlings would be snatched away as soon as they stood outside. It was too dangerous. Qin Huai went home for the New Year and still met a retired chef. It was really hard to guard against.

Those who know him know that Qin Huai is a chef of white cakes, while those who don’t know him think he is Tang Monk.

Zheng Siyuan still ignored his father and took another bite of the vegetable bun.

Mm, the taste of happiness.

Zheng Siyuan discovered that Qin Huai was not only good at making those seemingly high-end dim sum, but was even better at making simple home-cooked dim sum.

Qin Huai had never made cabbage buns before. Zheng Siyuan didn't pay attention when Qin Huai made cabbage buns in the afternoon. He didn't watch it much and went home after get off work. Now Zheng Siyuan still regrets it a little and thinks he should have watched it carefully in the afternoon.

There must be something good about the fact that ordinary vegetable dumplings can be made so well.

Qin Huai's progress during the entire New Year period was greater than he had imagined and had seen before.

"Siyuan, Zheng Siyuan! Did you listen to what your father said? I told you that the current problem is very critical. You must find out. The society now is different from the past. Back then, it was all..."

Zheng Siyuan swallowed the last bite of the bun and said helplessly, "Dad, don't think about it. Although I didn't go over to see it this afternoon, I heard something."

"This teacher must be very skilled. He is willing to spend time and energy to teach me personally. He is definitely not a liar."

"If this master wants to take Qin Huai as his apprentice, you will definitely have no chance."

Zheng Da: ...

"So don't think too much about it, and don't ask around. This chef didn't retire in recent years. She retired decades ago. Information was not well developed back then, so you couldn't possibly know all the retired celebrity chefs."

Zheng Da was shocked: "What? She made enough money to retire decades ago?! What kind of food does she cook to make so much money? Is Cantonese cuisine so profitable?"

Zheng Siyuan: …

"Have a good vacation, and don't contact me unless necessary."

"I'll contact you if there's anything. If nothing goes wrong, Qin Huai and I will start researching the double crab buns from tomorrow. I'll call you if I have any questions. I'm going to sleep now. Bye."

After saying that, Zheng Siyuan hung up the phone mercilessly.

Zheng Da on the other end of the phone: ...

"This unfilial son!" Zheng Da said angrily, "He calls me when he has something to do, but I can't call him when I have something to do. This is totally unreasonable!"

Zheng Da's wife was applying a facial mask. She looked at her husband speechlessly and complained: "Don't you know what kind of personality our son has? If you let him be a spy, he will pay any attention to you."

"My son is right. You should stop thinking too much. I've seen Xiao Qin before and eaten her Four Happiness Glutinous Rice Balls. Her cooking skills are very good, not much worse than yours. The most important thing is that she is smart. You have no chance of taking her as your apprentice. Go to bed early. Instead of wasting your time, you'd better find a few suitable girls for your son. The ones you introduced to him before are not suitable."

"Doesn't your son like to work in the same industry? There are many female pastry chefs. You can think of a way to introduce a few more to him." After saying that, Zheng Da's wife went to remove her facial mask.

Zheng Da: ...It's not that easy. Last time, I introduced a girl named Su to a blind date (the daughter of the owner of Zhiweiju), but Zheng Siyuan, the unlucky son, actually disliked the girl's dim sum and looked down on her craftsmanship. Su almost tore him apart.

How could Zheng Da, who had such a great reputation throughout his life, have to suffer from such an unlucky son? Life is really unbearable!

The grief-stricken Zheng Da opened the takeaway order on his mobile phone and ordered a bowl of Qingbuliang to cool himself down.
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On the morning of the next day, when Qin Huai arrived at the Yunzhong Canteen, Zheng Siyuan had already wrapped all the wontons.

The uncles and aunts who go jogging in the morning all eat it.

They enjoyed the meal very much and praised it highly. They all said that coming early was useful. Although Chef Qin probably wouldn't drop it in the morning, Chef Zheng came!

Now that Master Zheng is here, there is hope.

The uncles and aunts were arranged and took turns to praise. The words of praise should be professional, of high quality, without repetition, and the duplication rate should not be too high. They must keep Master Zheng at the breakfast stall.

"Why are you here so early? Didn't I tell you yesterday afternoon that Chen An is now in charge of breakfast in our cafeteria, so you don't need to come so early to make breakfast." Qin Huai cooked wontons by himself and said as he cooked.

Zheng Siyuan said: "I'm used to it."

"I don't know why, but as soon as I came to your place and slept in that house, I couldn't help but get up early and make wontons."

Qin Huai:......

Zheng Siyuan, I'm sorry, it's all your fault that you turned into the shape of an ox or a horse, and the key actions will be automatically triggered when you arrive at a fixed scene.

After the wontons were put into the pot, Qin Huai asked An Youyou to help him watch over them and take them out when they were ready. You don't need to use too high a heat to cook wontons, just don't exceed the time limit.

Qin Huai went to knead the dough.

Chicken noodle soup noodles do not need to be proofed, so they are really quick to make. The soup stock was made by Zheng Siyuan yesterday afternoon, and it is still simmering on the stove, ready for use.

Qin Huai feels that the dough for noodles is more basic than the dough for steamed buns and steamed buns, because it does not need to be proofed, the tolerance rate is higher, and the upper and lower limits are very low. Many families who love noodles will make their own noodles.

"Youyou, I remember you said yesterday that you can knead dough but you are not very good at it." Qin Huai intends to promote An Youyou and give her more special training so that her skills can be improved bit by bit. This will make it easier for her to operate behind the scenes, get promoted and get a raise, reach the peak of her life, and then awaken.

An Youyou was still standing by the pot of wontons and nodded, "Yes, my dad usually doesn't let me knead the dough, he always asks me to help make dumplings or cut vegetables. I can knead the dough, but not as well as my dad, and my dad is not as good as Master Qin."

A very vivid progressive relationship.

"Kneading dough requires strength. You have enough strength, but you haven't learned how to use it skillfully." Qin Huai deliberately slowed down his movements. "Look, when kneading dough, it looks like you're moving very quickly, just kneading the dough with force, but it's actually a slow process that can be broken down into multiple steps."

"Your palm should touch the dough from the top to the bottom of your hand. Different contact points will cause different strength and different directions of strength. Just like you have to learn how to hold a knife before cutting vegetables, you have to learn how to knead the dough and how to use strength before making snacks."

"Are the wontons ready? If they are, take them out and wait for them to cool down before eating. Come over here and watch how I knead the dough."

Qin Huai said so, how could An Youyou not hear that the boss was intentionally teaching her and helping her improve? She immediately fished out the wontons with swift hands and feet, and almost cheered as she ran to Qin Huai's side, watching attentively with her eyes wide open.

My face is full of how much I want to improve.

Pei Xing, who was not far away, had a look on his face that was full of jealousy.

Pei Xing’s teeth were about to break from biting.

Previously, "teeth are about to break" was an exaggerated rhetorical device, but now Pei Xing felt that it might be an adjective, because his teeth really hurt and his cheeks felt a little sore.

"Why? What on earth did that flatterer An Youyou say to Master Qin yesterday afternoon? What's so good about her? Isn't she just good at flattering? She can't even make tea as well as I can!"

Jealousy caused Pei Xing to become paralyzed.

Pei Xing was so jealous that his voice was a little shrill: "Why do you only have instructions on how to knead the dough? I don't understand what Master Qin is saying. I have to figure it out on my own, but An Youyou can just stand by and watch!"

Li Hua: …

Maybe it’s because she’s so inexperienced that she can’t understand anything just by talking, so she has to stand at the side and watch?
"Knead the dough well." Li Hua could only say this. "You don't want to not understand what Master Qin is saying to you later, do you?"

Pei Xing kneaded the dough in grief and anger.

Qin Huai kneaded the dough at a relatively slow speed, then quickly began to rub the dough with his hands. He asked An Youyou expectantly, "Do you understand?"

An Youyou shook her head blankly.

She is currently at the level of a senior kindergarten student, so it is a bit difficult for her to take high school courses.

Qin Huai was a little disappointed, but he also felt that it was reasonable. It was obvious that the three-legged golden toad did not have too many talent points in the white case.

The hand-kneaded noodles are put into the pot. This is the noodles that Zheng Siyuan wants to eat, and Zheng Siyuan will keep an eye on the heat himself.

Qin Huai picked up the already warm wontons and ate them while asking, "How's the crab roe sauce from yesterday?"

Zheng Siyuan shook his head: "They are all the same. They are not what I want."

"What exactly do you want? I went back and tasted several spoonfuls of the crab roe sauce you gave me yesterday. You did add a lot of seasonings, including salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, onions, ginger, garlic, oyster sauce, sugar, star anise, and even a little cinnamon and peppercorns. You also said that the crab roe sauce should be thickened with starch. The crab roe sauce made in this way does not really have the original flavor of crab roe, but it still has a unique flavor. It will definitely be delicious when mixed with noodles, but I can't imagine what it tastes like when used to make buns."

This kind of rich sauce is used to mix noodles.

"You'll know when I make it for you this afternoon." Zheng Siyuan said, "The double crab buns are indeed very unique in flavor."

"My seasoning is not as good as my dad and Master Huang. I can only say that I can do it barely. If I let them do it, it will be more authentic."

"Is it difficult to season?" Qin Huai asked.

"Very big." Zheng Siyuan nodded solemnly, "The kind where a slight mistake can lead to a huge difference."

"If the difficulty level of the crab roe siu mai you made before is 5, then the double crab buns are at least 8."

"The seasoning difficulty of the double crab buns made with crab roe sauce can even reach 9."

“Making buns with fresh crab roe and sea cucumber is really a very challenging and creative task.”

"I think my master was very creative in thinking of using crab roe to make crab roe sauce for double crab buns."

(End of this chapter)