ebookland Chapter 261 Don’t want to go home
Chapter 261 Don’t want to go home
"Tiger sauce? As I remember it's sweet bean sauce with minced garlic, sugar, and sesame oil?" Zhao Xiaojing perked up when she heard someone who knew the subject, and recalled the knowledge points mentioned in the cooking class and asked.
"Not only that, some also add MSG, chopped green and red peppers, and chopped coriander. It seems that there are many versions of this?" When these were mentioned, Yun Yongyuan and Wan Yuyue also became interested. Yun Yongyuan was more meticulous and immediately followed the recollections, while Wan Yuyue listened with eyes wide open.
These things will be mentioned in general in the systematic study of cooking, but in Jiangcheng, they are basically not used and are not used as assessments or the main fixed standards for cooking. Therefore, Yun Yongyuan, who took careful notes and reviewed, knew about them, but Wan Yuyue learned new old knowledge.
"Yes. Many dishes there have this kind of sauce, and each restaurant has a little difference in the seasoning. The one I tasted that time seemed to be garlic sesame oil, and I couldn't taste anything else." Lu Hongwen tilted his head and tried to recall.
"Let's try it in the kitchen after dinner. Xiao Wanzi is here just in time to try the food." Wan Yuyue suggested.
"No, the sauce has already been adjusted. It won't taste the same if you adjust it again." Yun Yongyuan shook his head.
Except for some restaurants selling Beijing-style shredded pork and stir-fried pork with soy sauce, sweet noodle sauce is rarely used in Jiangcheng's cooking. Although Zhao Xiaojing's restaurant has all the necessary ingredients, it does not have sweet noodle sauce, which has been used since its opening.
"Let's do it in the evening. I'll come over to buy a bottle in the afternoon. I just happen to be planning to learn how to make pot-roasted pork elbow." Zhao Xiaojing had just finished the pork elbow in the bowl and took the lotus root scooped by Su Yuchen.
"Xiao Zhao is going to make a new dish again, that's really great." Geng Mingyan praised with a smile.
"Sister Geng praises whatever my junior sister does. Why don't you praise me? I stay in the restaurant every day at noon to practice hard!" Wan Yuyue raised her eyebrows and acted funny with an exaggerated expression.
"Sister Geng, me too! It's still just an idea for you to cook new dishes, but I follow you around and do chores every day!" Ouyang Yidan was inexplicably very close to Geng Mingyan. He liked her the first time he saw her. Now he pouted and followed her and kept talking.
Hou Guihua laughed heartily upon seeing this, and she was also very happy when she saw Geng Mingyan coaxing the two little girls.
"Little Mosquito, apart from the sauce and the pork elbow itself, is there any difference in the batter coating it?" The group of people ate half of the tomato stew with laughter, and then turned up the fire and started to add the side dishes. Zhao Xiaojing was still thinking about her pot-roasted pork elbow while eating, and asked about Lu Hongwen again.
"Other differences... it seems that the batter itself is also seasoned, and the batter tastes very fragrant. Also, the elbow is not so soft and mushy. It doesn't melt in your mouth."
Zhao Xiaojing nodded and took note of it. While eating, she was thinking about the thick egg paste that the system prompted.
Just as he was lost in thought, Su Yuchen on his left picked up two pieces of freshly rinsed spinach and Chinese chrysanthemum with his chopsticks, and Lu Hongwen on his right scooped up a few pieces of lotus root and pork ribs.
Everyone was used to Zhao Xiaojing eating slowly and absorbedly, or being in a daze when discussing cooking or something else, so when they saw her eating, they would order some dishes. As a result, Zhao Xiaojing's bowl was replaced by Su Yuchen's extra large bowl.
"I've discovered that the lotus roots here are incredibly delicious in autumn and winter. It feels like they have their own sugar content. Once cooked, the lotus roots taste like pork ribs, and they're crunchy and even more fragrant than pork ribs! Did sister Jingzi even put pork ribs in this time?" Lu Hongwen had finished a bowl of rice. After scooping out some soup for Zhao Xiaojing, he scooped another spoonful of soup for himself and drank it.
"This soup is so delicious! The aroma of the meat and lotus root are all stewed out, every bite is the essence!"
"Yes, do you feel that adding pork ribs makes the soup more flavorful?" Zhao Xiaojing asked with a smile.
“Indeed, there is no flavor without bones, and of course big bones make the soup more flavorful.
Junior sister is amazing. She has already grasped the main direction very well, and has been working on the details recently. It seems that if you want to improve, you have to work hard on the details as well. "While praising Zhao Xiaojing, Yun Yongyuan glanced at Wan Yuyue intentionally or unintentionally.
Wan Yuyue turned her head in confusion, looking at Yun Yongyuan who lowered his head to drink soup again, with a look of suspicion on his face.
Why do I feel like I'm being touched by the light connotation?
Was he doing yin and yang just now???
Zhao Xiaojing ate silently with a smile on her face. In the past, when she listened to Yun Yongyuan's thorough analysis, she envied the solid foundation of those who graduated from professional schools. He knew what went together, why the ingredients tasted good, why the soup was fresh, and he could explain it in detail once his mind turned.
Now, after completing all the cooking classes in the system, including the courses on seasoning and cooking that she thought were the most important, which she had previously calculated with system coins, and the courses on hot dishes, cold dishes, and sauce making that had been temporarily put aside, what she lacked in cooking was unknowingly filled in, and she was able to master it, and she is now a chef who has received comprehensive and systematic training.
Although he cannot compare with the chefs from aristocratic families who have learned from their masters and passed down their skills from generation to generation, he is already slightly better than ordinary chefs.
Not to mention that she can now activate and purchase recipes, and her cooking skills will only improve day by day.
"When will Xiao Wanzi go home? The store plans to close on the 2th of next week. Wouldn't it be too late for you to wait until then? It might be hard to buy train tickets by then, after all, office workers will go home one after another during those days." Su Yuchen glanced at Lu Hongwen and asked carefully.
They knew that Lu Hongwen didn't want to go home at all, but his home was in Yunnan Province, which was two provinces away. Not only was the journey long, but he also had to take a bus to Chuncheng, Yunnan Province and then change buses. It would take at least two days to get home.
Moreover, as the year is coming to an end, these days in the store you can hear Lu Hongwen being scolded when he receives phone calls from home, and people keep asking him about not going home, being unfilial, and being an ungrateful person.
"About 2 times. It was just after the Chinese New Year, so I at least avoided a family-wide criticism meeting." Lu Hongwen smiled bitterly.
Thanks to Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen this semester, he did earn some money. Although it was not as much as the salary of a regular employee in the store, it was more than enough for a student to support himself.
He originally thought that he would be more confident once he earned money, and would be able to get rid of the suffocating and oppressive feeling that came from his family who would delay giving him living expenses for more than ten days and then scold him for hours every time he asked for them.
However, when he was able to earn money this semester and no longer asked his family for money, his family still scolded him for every little thing that did not go according to their wishes.
"When will you really grow up? Now you don't even listen to what adults say? I told you that this dress is so ugly. You are so old but you have to dress so childishly. Will there be any company that wants you after you graduate? And you wear this every day! Don't wear this dress in front of me again, you hear me?"