Chapter 146

That evening, Huang Shengli let Qin Huai experience the treatment a genius should have.

In the afternoon, Qin Huai made fermented rice steamed buns, Three-Diced Baozi, Five-Diced Baozi, and Chen Pi tea. Everyone in the back kitchen watched intensely, eating while watching, and praising crazily while eating.

When it came to the evening business hours, it became Qin Huai and Huang Shengli sitting together drinking tea, and everyone in the back kitchen started to be busy.

Even Zheng Siyuan, who had been drinking tea all afternoon, started working.

Don't misunderstand; it wasn't taking over Qin Huai's work to continue making pastry snacks, but grabbing the work of the stove head chefs to stir-fry some simple dishes that could also be flipped in the wok.

Zheng Siyuan's red-case level was not bad. He couldn't cook big dishes, but making some simple home-cooked dishes and flipping a simple small wok was no problem. Diners definitely wouldn't be able to taste any problems and wouldn't complain.

Qin Huai and Huang Shengli sat together, each holding a bowl of Chen Pi tea. Qin Huai had made snacks all afternoon; it was time to reward himself with a bowl of heartwarming Chen Pi tea and enjoy the happy time of everyone working while he rested.

Huang Shengli simply felt that Chen Pi tea was quite delicious, drinking it made him feel warm and comfortable in his heart, so he drank a few more bowls.

"Xiao Qin, did you also learn this Chen Pi tea from that Complete Book of Snacks?" Huang Shengli asked, "It looks mediocre, just ordinary Chen Pi white fungus... tea, but it really has a unique taste when you drink it."

"This is a recipe given to me by an old gentleman in our residential complex, the same old gentleman who gave me the recipe for the dough fruits. He knew some famous chefs when he was young and bought a few recipes he liked from them." Qin Huai explained.

Huang Shengli felt he had finally heard a relatively normal answer, smiled and nodded, drank the last bit of Chen Pi tea in the bowl, burped lightly, and sighed secretly in his heart that he was really greedy today, not being able to control his mouth at such an old age.

First fermented rice steamed buns and then Chen Pi tea, he was full from eating and drinking all afternoon. It was time to show off his skills and make a rich welcome banquet for Qin Huai, exercising to let the food in his stomach digest a little.

Huang Shengli got up and asked seemingly casually: "Xiao Qin, do you have any dietary restrictions?"

Qin Huai was stunned and said: "No dietary restrictions, I eat everything, it's just that I don't eat spicy food much."

"That's good, no food allergies, right?"

"No."

Huang Shengli started to move his wrists, twist his waist (not daring to twist too much), and shake his hands, feeling he had found back a little bit of the feeling when he was young.

Start work.

Huang Shengli walked toward the stove with great vigor, causing a scene of chaos. Seeing the master suddenly rush into the kitchen, Huang Jia thought some dish had been complained about, frowned, and searched the menu just now frantically, only to see Huang Shengli pick up the spatula.

"Master, what are you doing?!"

"What can I do? Xiao Qin is here for the first day today, of course, I'm stir-frying two signature dishes to welcome Xiao Qin!"

Huang Shengli had already planned the menu, even communicated with Dong Shi in advance to prepare the ingredients, directly catching Huang Jia off guard.

"Master, your back is not suitable for cooking. Why don't you wait two days? Go to the hospital tomorrow to see what the doctor says." Huang Jia tried to persuade him earnestly.

"What's wrong with my back? It's not a banquet, just two dishes, no problem." Huang Shengli was determined.

"Master, I've already prepared the ingredients. Look at this fish, the knife flowers are so pretty!" Dong Shi boasted.

"Dong Shi, Master is going to cook, why didn't you tell me in advance!" Huang Jia glared at him.

"Eldest Senior Brother, Master said he would only stir-fry two dishes. Just let Master stir-fry. Didn't the doctor say last time? Occasional cooking is no problem." Dong Shi pleaded for Huang Shengli.

"Can the situation now be the same as before? The state is not good these two days. If Master's back state was fine these two days, I wouldn't even say anything." Huang Jia would never give in.

Sizzle.

Huang Shengli had already taken advantage of the time Dong Shi and Huang Jia were talking to pour the vegetables into the pot and put the hot oil into the pot.

Huang Jia:... Huang Jia chose to hold the spatula and stare at Huang Shengli from the side, preventing him from stir-frying a few more dishes when he was happy, which would make his back hurt so much that he couldn't walk the next day.

Qin Huai held the Chen Pi tea and watched this big drama at the kitchen door, stunned. Everyone in the kitchen had long been used to it and did their own things. Even Huang Shengli's son, Huang Anyao, didn't participate and retreated to the side to watch the drama.

Qin Huai and Huang Anyao were not familiar with each other, having only met and greeted each other twice in the videos. However, Huang Anyao's rainbow farts in the afternoon were the most brilliant and proficient, leaving a deep impression on Qin Huai, making them feel like old friends at first sight.

"Master Huang's back, is it really no problem to cook?" Qin Huai was a little worried.

"It's okay." Huang Anyao said very calmly, "It's definitely not okay to be around the stove for a long time, but it's no problem to occasionally cook a few dishes. My dad went out to fish two days ago, sat for a long time without moving, and his back became uncomfortable again. Appropriate movement is actually good for his back."

"The reason Senior Brother Huang reacts so strongly is because my dad used to use stir-frying two dishes as an excuse, and once he started stir-frying, he couldn't stop, and he complained about back pain the next day."

"Senior Brother Huang?" Qin Huai grasped the keyword.

"I also learned cooking from my dad when I was young, so I call everyone Senior Brother and Junior Brother." Huang Anyao explained, "But I don't have Zheng Siyuan's good talent, and my dad is not the kind of person who must have his son inherit his skills."

"I don't have talent in this area, and I can't eat the bitterness of learning to cook, so I stopped learning after a year or two." Huang Anyao smiled and stared at Huang Shengli in front of the stove, "Hey, my dad is making Three-Set Duck!"

Huang Anyao glanced at the prepared ingredients on the side again and started reporting the menu with glowing eyes.

"Squirrel Mandarin Fish, Crab Roe Tofu, Eight-Treasure Chicken, Sizzling Eel Paste, Biluochun Shrimp, Crab Roe Lion's Head, Braised Dried Tofu, Braised Silver Carp Head... and shrimp." Huang Anyao swallowed a mouthful of saliva very unpromisingly.

Qin Huai:...

You, the dignified young master of Huang's Restaurant, why are you as unpromising as my sister?

"What is Three-Set Duck?" Qin Huai asked very ignorantly.

"It's domestic duck, wild duck, and pigeon, all deboned, one inside the other, three layers. In the gaps between the three sets, fill in mushrooms, ham slices, and bamboo shoot slices. During the process of setting, the skin of the three types of poultry cannot be broken, and then put into the pot and simmered slowly over a low fire. From the appearance, it is a duck with three heads sticking out."

"This dish is most suitable for nourishing in autumn and winter. Eating it, the three poultry flavors combine, one dish with seven flavors. Three-Set Duck from inside to outside, from soup to meat, the layers of flavors are all different. You can eat a total of seven flavors, and finally, the mixture is seven flavors in one. This dish must be eaten from the outermost layer to the inside, layer by layer, the more you eat, the fresher it is." Huang Anyao became more greedy as he spoke, "My dad said that Three-Set Duck must be simmered slowly over a low fire, stewed until the duck's appearance is complete, the duck soup is clear, but the inside is tender and rotten."

"Gathering soft, glutinous, mellow, fragrant, crispy, and fresh in one, it can be considered a qualified Three-Set Duck."

"This dish is no longer on the menu now. Eldest Senior Brother's Three-Set Duck skills haven't been practiced to the point. My dad said that cooking cannot be sloppy, and making such big dishes, good dishes, and expensive dishes cannot be sloppy. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. It's better not to put it on the menu and sell it, than to sell such half-baked dishes."

"My dad can do it, but making Three-Set Duck is too time-consuming and laborious. It's fine to make one portion a day, but Three-Set Duck used to be the signature dish of our Huang's Restaurant. When I was a child, the restaurant sold seventy or eighty portions every day, and it was in short supply."

"Now only when my dad is in good health and encounters wedding or birthday banquets of regular customers will he make Three-Set Duck. I haven't eaten it for several months."

It could be seen that Huang Anyao was really greedy.

"Is that so." Qin Huai didn't understand, but hearing Huang Anyao say this, he felt it seemed really delicious, so he smacked his lips.

"Fortunately, I didn't eat much in the afternoon." Qin Huai began to rejoice.

Huang Anyao:...

He ate a fermented rice steamed bun, two Five-Diced Baozi, one Three-Diced Baozi, and three bowls of Chen Pi tea in the afternoon.

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Dad, you don't love me at all; you don't even secretly tell me when you make such good dishes.

If he had told him, wouldn't he have been able to drink two fewer bowls of Chen Pi tea and save his stomach for the big meal in the evening?

(End of chapter)