Chapter 334: The Does Zhi Wei Ju crowd was shocked

"Master Qin, this is the soup-filled small steamed bun I made."

"Master Qin, this is crystal bun."

"Master Qin, lotus seed bun, I have to trouble you to spend your heart commenting."

"Master Qin, chicken silk roll."

"Master Qin, this is green... green dumpling."

"Master Qin, jujube paste pine nut cake."

"Master Qin, ruyi roll."

"San Ding Bao."

Eight desserts were lined up on the cooking station. The Does Zhi Wei Ju crowd stood on the side, either excited or expectant, waiting for Qin Huai to taste them. Everyone stood straight. Looking from afar, those who didn't know would think it was the boss coming to the kitchen to check the work.

Although it was indeed the boss coming to the kitchen to check the work.

Qin Huai looked at the crowd with burning eyes:...

No, are you filming a TV series?

Is this the kind of days your Does Zhi Wei Ju master chefs live every day, surrounded by stars?

This is too... cool.

Qin Huai cast his gaze on the last two desserts: one was Gu Li's ruyi roll, and one was Su Gan's San Ding Bao.

Qin Huai really didn't expect Su Gan to choose to make San Ding Bao. Just now, when Tan Weian was eating crab roe noodles, he mentioned to Qin Huai that Su Gan was best at crispy desserts that needed to be baked. He was favored by Master Zhou and taken as a registered disciple because his level of opening crisp was very high.

From the type he was good at, Su Gan and Both Pei Xing were very similar, and Both Pei Xing was also good at this kind of dessert. Since Both Pei Xing counted as half a connection, Tan Weian also had an impression of Both Pei Xing, so when mentioning Su Gan's craftsmanship, he specifically used Both Pei Xing for comparison.

No comparison.

Regardless of talent, effort, or current craftsmanship, Both Pei Xing and Su Gan couldn't compare. Su Gan was an upgraded and strengthened promax version of Both Pei Xing, and Both Pei Xing saying he was a youthful mini version of Su Gan was already a moon-touching porcelain.

Qin Huai thought Su Gan would make what he was best at to show off first, even if he couldn't make a beautiful bright-crisp dessert with high difficulty like lotus crisp due to time, making an ordinary white sugar crispy cake to show his basic skills was also very reasonable.

For this reason, Qin Huai even secretly asked Zheng Siyuan to let Zheng Siyuan comment if Su Gan made crispy cake, as Qin Huai was really not good at this kind of dessert.

This was a pure knowledge blind spot, a dessert that was hard to learn successfully just by relying on the dessert encyclopedia.

As a result, Su Gan made one of the few desserts he wasn't very good at, but Qin Huai was best at—San Ding Bao.

At this moment, Qin Huai suddenly understood why Master Zhou liked Su Gan so much.

He was really a thoughtful good registered disciple, anxious for what the master chef was anxious about, thinking about what the master chef was thinking about. He didn't even need a look from the master chef; he would strangle all things that might make the master chef feel unhappy at the source before they happened.

Although he had already given Su Gan a super high score of 10,000 points in his heart, Qin Huai still cast his gaze on the ruyi roll made by Gu Li first.

Gu Li was the one he specifically named Tan Weian to bring along. The reason Qin Huai specifically named him, besides the fact that Gu Li was indeed very capable of involuting and working, was that he was an extremely excellent helper, and he also wanted to find an opportunity to help him more.

In Tan Weian's words, this little junior brother of his was a stubborn donkey.

As long as he determined one thing, he wouldn't turn back even if he hit the south wall, and he wouldn't turn back even if he hit the south wall. Clearly, there were so many dessert recipes in Tan Weian's treasure bag, but Gu Li insisted on researching the ruyi roll that Master Tan was best at before he passed away, dead-locking it.

Clearly, the current Does Zhi Wei Ju was no longer suitable for Gu Li's development. Several of Gu Li's senior brothers had left Does Zhi Wei Ju to work in other restaurants. With Gu Li's current level, even if he was a direct disciple, he could only do the work of an apprentice. Without the master chef's hand-to-hand guidance, his progress was very slow, far less than going to join his senior brothers and exercising himself to improve in other restaurants.

But Gu Li insisted on staying at Does Zhi Wei Ju.

For this reason, Tan Weian also secretly sighed. He felt that his little junior brother insisted on staying at Does Zhi Wei Ju not only because he had been at Does Zhi Wei Ju for so many years and had feelings for this place, but also to accompany him.

Tan Weian's several senior brothers could go to other restaurants to work and study for better development, and then return home in glory when they became master chefs one day. This was a very normal development model for Does Zhi Wei Ju chefs. Does Zhi Wei Ju was just a restaurant and couldn't accommodate so many chefs. One day, students would graduate, and those who could stay at the school as teachers were the elites among the elites.

But Tan Weian couldn't.

Tan Weian was the real grandson of Master Tan and was recognized by everyone as the true successor of Master Tan's mantle, the direct descendant among direct descendants. The recipes in his treasure bag not only came from Master Tan but also from many other master chefs at Does Zhi Wei Ju.

If Tan Weian left Does Zhi Wei Ju to seek his own development, it would be a bit like betraying the master.

Tan Weian felt that the reason his little junior brother still had to stay at Does Zhi Wei Ju was because he, this senior brother, had to stay at Does Zhi Wei Ju. Just like Tan Weian wanted to take his little junior brother with him whenever he went out for study and exchange, his little junior brother wanted to take him, this senior brother, with him.

To this, Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan's evaluation was that Tan Weian might have thought too much.

It was true that Gu Li didn't like to move, and it was true that he wanted to accompany this senior brother of his, but the weight of this senior brother of his might not be that high.

But regardless of the reason Gu Li insisted on staying at Does Zhi Wei Ju, his effort was obvious to all. Qin Huai appreciated this effort very much and could also understand why Master Zhou would appreciate Gu Li while regretting him at the same time.

Which teacher could refuse a clumsy but very diligent student? Diligence was his advantage, and clumsiness wasn't his fault either.

When he was at Huang Ji, Qin Huai saw what desserts Gu Li made every day and what level the desserts he made were. He knew Gu Li's level very well. Therefore, when eight desserts were lined up on the cooking station, Qin Huai looked at the ruyi roll first, and subconsciously compared the ruyi roll in front of him with the ruyi roll Gu Li made before.

Seeing Qin Huai cast his gaze on the ruyi roll first, everyone's expressions were different.

Most ordinary apprentices were disappointed and envious, occasionally mixed with a little jealousy. Everyone was an apprentice and knew very well that the master chef wasn't always free. Often, the dessert commented on first was the one the master chef valued most, used most heart, and had the most patience for.

However, Gu Li was also a direct disciple, so it wasn't surprising that he had this honor.

Qin Huai looked at the ruyi roll in front of him.

There was progress, but not much.

The problem was still the old problem: the basic skills were very solid, but the techniques were insufficient. A successful ruyi roll had to be able to see the cloud pattern after being cut. You couldn't say that Gu Li's ruyi roll had no cloud pattern at all, but it was also hard to say it really had it.

After looking at the shape, Qin Huai picked up his chopsticks, took a small piece, and bit it.

Ruyi roll was fried.

Fried desserts all had a common characteristic: they were delicious when they just came out of the pot, because when they just came out of the pot, the heat was just right, and the temperature was just right, making them the most crispy.

An excellent ruyi roll had a golden and crispy outer skin, and the meat inside was soft. It didn't have a heavy or obvious taste itself, and it had a different flavor when dipped in Sichuan pepper salt.

The outer skin of the ruyi roll was an egg roll. Frying the egg roll in oil required a very good foundation of heat control. If one was not careful, let alone golden and crispy, whether it was golden was another matter.

Qin Huai's good tongue and master-level seasoning all told him that Gu Li's level had improved. Gu Li's heat control was better than his.

Qin Huai, who had claimed to be practicing heat control since more than half a year ago, only to find that all levels had been brushed up, but only the heat control level hadn't been brushed up much, lowered his humble head.

Oh, damn heat control!

Qin Huai took another bite.

Several Does Zhi Wei Ju apprentices had already started to communicate with their eyes quietly, full of shock, filled with: Holy crap, Master Qin actually ate two bites!

In this bite, Qin Huai tasted Gu Li's deficiency in seasoning.

Seasoning was the most talent-dependent.

Gu Li didn't have a good tongue—to be precise, he didn't have a very good tongue. His sense of taste was average, and at the same time, his comprehension was very poor, which led to many things he could clearly taste but couldn't understand and integrate.

For a genius, a barrier that could be easily poked through, Gu Li had to wander at the door for a long time without finding where to start poking.

A cut ruyi roll didn't have much, so Qin Huai didn't eat it in small bites for the last bite, but stuffed the rest into his mouth, chewed and swallowed, and then said the words.

"Are you still practicing ruyi roll once every morning and practicing golden silk shumai once every evening like before?" Qin Huai asked.

Gu Li nodded: "Yes, if there is time at other times, I will also try my best to extract time to focus on practicing these two desserts."

After speaking, Gu Li didn't forget to look at Tan Weian and add: "Sometimes I will also practice Four Happiness Tangyuan with senior brother."

Qin Huai:...

No need to make up for Tan Weian.

Because as long as Tan Weian practiced, he would definitely take a picture of the finished product and send it to Qin Huai.

He really loved sending pictures, whether it was the ones he took himself or forwarded from others.

"Heat control is not bad." Qin Huai first praised, expressing his affirmation of Gu Li's current craftsmanship, "I remember a few months ago when you made ruyi rolls, you often couldn't grasp the oil temperature and time for wrapping a layer of starch and putting it into the pot to fry. It's not that there was any problem, it's just that every time I ate it, I felt it wasn't the best taste."

"Do you feel like you've found the feeling a little bit now?"

Gu Li nodded: "Yes, Master Qin, you told me before that I hadn't found the feeling. I really didn't understand what that feeling was, but on the eighth day of the first lunar month, suddenly at that moment, I seemed to understand the feeling you mentioned. You are referring to when putting the ruyi roll into the pot, you don't need too much observation; just by the moment it enters the pot, you know whether the timing is grasped well, and the moment you turn it over, you know whether it's early or late."

"You don't need to wait for the result to come out; at the moment you do it, intuition will tell me whether it's right or wrong."

"Is this the feeling?"

Qin Huai nodded: "That's the feeling. You understand it, that's good. I thought I didn't express it clearly. During this time, I have been telling Both Pei Xing that he didn't find the feeling when kneading dough, and he still hasn't found the feeling until now. You understand it, that's good. You have time to communicate more with Both Pei Xing next time. He is the one kneading dough at the cooking station on the far left. You guys communicate more."

"Okay, Master Qin, is there any place in this ruyi roll that I can improve now?"

Both Pei Xing:? (-)

"You found the feeling of heat control, but you still haven't found the seasoning. The taste of ruyi roll is just the icing on the cake. The most important thing for desserts is the taste. Don't you feel your meat filling is too monotonous?"

"The recipe for ruyi roll was shown to me by Tan Weian. This is a standard ancient dessert. Since Master Tan could restore it, it means there is no problem with the recipe itself. It must be that you had a problem in the detail processing."

"Its filling needs to use many kinds of seasonings, but it cannot make the taste very bright and prominent. You need to carefully consider, taste more, savor more, and practice more when making the filling. This is what you are best at."

"I haven't eaten the authentic ruyi roll, but in my opinion, your dosage of Shaoxing wine is still a bit too much. You can't increase the dosage of a certain seasoning on purpose just to pursue removing the fishy smell. I can't say about sesame oil. Have you considered changing the brand? Maybe the sesame oil of this brand is not very suitable for ruyi roll."

Gu Li said a bit embarrassedly: "Master Qin, you don't have the brand of sesame oil I used before here, so..."

Qin Huai understood instantly and pointed to Huang Xi outside: "That is the head waiter of our canteen, and the procurement work is basically her responsibility. Later you guys can add each other on WeChat. If you have any requirements for ingredients, seasonings, and tools, tell her, and she will solve it for you."

After saying these, Qin Huai said two more words compared to the ruyi roll Gu Li made before, and finally asked:

"You are on the morning shift tomorrow, right?"

"Should be."

"What dessert to make in the morning?"

This question was very critical. This question could directly determine what Qin Huai would eat for breakfast tomorrow morning.

When he was at Huang Ji before, Qin Huai would make breakfast, but he didn't necessarily eat the breakfast he made himself. Besides eating the desserts he made himself and Zheng Siyuan's wontons, Qin Huai also loved eating desserts made by the Does Zhi Wei Ju crowd.

Many varieties, delicious, love to eat, like to eat.

Gu Li understood instantly: "Golden silk shumai."

"Very good, this is very suitable for eating in the morning." Qin Huai cast an approving look at Gu Li, and then started eating San Ding Bao.

Eating San Ding Bao didn't need to eat one bite and taste one bite. Qin Huai was too familiar with this dessert; no matter who made it, even if Master Zhou made it, he could say two words.

Praising two words was also saying it.

After eating a whole San Ding Bao, Qin Huai started a comprehensive comment from the dough skin to the filling: advantages, disadvantages, how to improve, what it should look like after improvement, and what small techniques there were for making San Ding Bao, all said.

Can't help it, really can't help it.

Qin Huai indicated that he had never commented on desserts so heartily in his life.

Before, he hated his own clumsy mouth, the more he commented, the more he empathized with Zheng Da, feeling how could there be someone in this world who could speak so clearly. Is the feeling hard to understand? The feeling is the feeling, don't you understand the feeling I'm talking about? You need to use clever strength, not this strength but that strength.

Now Qin Huai empathized more with Huang Shengli the more he commented. He could speak clearly 1, 2, 3, 4 points. Who said it's just this feeling, do you know that feeling, you need to use clever strength, not this strength but that strength.

This kind of feeling with language is really too good!

Qin Huai didn't want to say so much at first, but as he spoke, he couldn't stop at all.

Because he spoke too detailedly, it was almost like a food review. Not only were the ordinary apprentices stunned, but even Su Gan was stunned.

Su Gan: Holy crap, isn't this the treatment that only personal disciples have?

Ordinary apprentices: Holy crap, personal disciples are so cool.

Tan Weian next door: When did Qin Huai become so eloquent? What has he been secretly practicing these past few months?

Zheng Siyuan: Worthy of being Su Gan.

Both Pei Xing: Woo woo woo woo, hateful Su Gan, involuting me at Does Zhi Wei Ju, and also involuting me at Yunzhong Canteen. Why does Master Qin never say these words to me?!

Li Hua:... I involute!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 335 =====