Sixi dumplings, four small grids, each grid is covered with ingredients of different colors. Xiang diced, ham diced, spinach stems and egg skin are all steamed very beautifully, with bright colors, as if they are boiled in water with lard added.
It looks like green cabbage hearts that have been rinsed and taken out.
The meat filling under the ingredients is a traditional dumpling filling that meets popular tastes.
Of course, it's not that traditional either.
Before making Sixi dumplings, Qin Huai always used a meat filling of pork, shiitake mushrooms and diced carrots. But hasn’t he made too much fruit this time? He has been making a meat filling of diced pork, bamboo shoots and carrot puree every day.
, Qin Huai felt that carrot puree was better than diced carrots.
The taste of carrot puree is not as strong as that of carrots, so it is more suitable to be mixed into meat fillings. Moreover, after steaming, the meat fillings can lock in the juice better and taste better.
Therefore, Qin Huai did some routine modifications to the recipe and changed the meat filling of Sixi Dumplings to pork, shiitake mushrooms and carrot puree.
The effect is very good.
It was unanimously recognized by all diners except Ouyang.
As for why Ouyang didn't agree with him - this guy ate too much and didn't taste it the first time he ate it. Qin Huai changed the meat filling, which made Qin Huai so angry that he canceled his right to taste it.
Of course, it doesn't matter whether you cancel it or not, because Qin Huai came to Suzhou on the third day after the formula was completely determined, and those who participated in the trial only ate it for two days longer than Ouyang.
It can be said that if the Sixi dumplings made by Qinhuai before were the basic type, then the current Sixi dumplings are definitely the upgraded plus type.
In the past, Qin Luo could only eat 18 Sixi dumplings in one meal, but now he can eat 25.
As for why Qin Huai knew that Qin Luo could eat 25—
On the last day of the food trial, this greedy girl ate 25 of them without mercy. As a result, she couldn't sleep all night and asked for leave to go to the hospital the next day.
Everyone who came to work at Huangji Restaurant caught up today and ate the improved Sixi dumplings in the plus version.
The Qinhuai Steamed Four-Xi Dumplings are made using the largest basket in the kitchen, which is covered with a full layer. It is very shocking when you open it, and you will feel like you have traveled into the world of a Chinese young master.
Huang Anyao is obviously someone who has watched Little Master of China.
After Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan pointed out where the dumplings and wontons were, Huang Anyao chose the Sixi dumplings that could be eaten directly without any hesitation and opened the cage by himself.
A large steamer full of brightly colored, beautiful and fragrant Sixi dumplings shocked Huang Anyao.
"Yellow——golden ratio siomai!"
Huang Anyao had completely forgotten what Qin Huai told him about food. He carefully picked out two with tongs without covering the steamer lid. Anyway, there must be someone coming later to get the Four-Xi dumplings. He blew the Four-Xi dumplings on the plate while holding the plate.
gas.
Not everyone has Qin Luo's iron mouth.
Huang Jia is already counting wontons.
"Who wants to eat wontons?" Huang Jia asked loudly.
Although it was theoretically already time to go to work, Huang Jia felt that it was rare for breakfast to be included in the store, so he might as well eat something first to make himself tired.
Zheng Siyuan personally made the yarn wontons and bubble wontons. If you don't eat them, you would be sorry for yourself.
"Me, me, me!" Huang Anyao raised his hand actively while holding the plate, and stepped out of the way to let others pick up the Four-Xi dumplings.
Qin Huai felt a little strange when he saw everyone eating wontons and dumplings so actively. He turned around and asked Zheng Siyuan in a low voice: "Didn't everyone have breakfast this morning?"
It shouldn't be. Huangji Restaurant usually doesn't include breakfast. We don't go to work until 9 o'clock. Once we get to work, it's hard physical work. 1
I don’t have lunch until 1 o’clock. I definitely need to eat more in the morning to feel full.
Zheng Siyuan glanced at Qin Huai with the look of a man who is so full that he doesn't know how hungry he is, and asked: "If you just had dinner, but my uncle told you that he was going to cook two delicious dishes himself, I would like to ask you if you have eaten.
,did you eat?"
"Of course I didn't eat it." Qin Huai said without hesitation, "But Master Huang and I can't compare."
"The principles are similar." Zheng Siyuan glanced at Qin Huai, "You can make rice cakes and I can make them?"
"You go ahead and make it. What you make tastes better than mine. Anyway, we will sell it tomorrow. If I have time in the afternoon, I will make another batch."
Zheng Siyuan then asked: "You will make the crab shell roe?"
"Well, I'll make the crab shell roe and sesame cakes together, and wait until 11:30 to start baking. But you may need to fry the minced meat. I'm still frying the minced meat now..."
Qin Huai shut up mid-sentence because he found that he was a little unfounded.
At Huangji Restaurant, you don’t have to worry about the minced meat being fried.
Among those present who are eating Sixi dumplings and wontons, except Huang Anyao, who can cook better minced meat than him?
"Okay, I will also make part of the jujube and yam cake. What did you think last night? If you give Huang Jia such a long order, you won't be able to finish it even if someone helps you. The sales volume of Huangji Restaurant is higher than you imagined.
That’s an exaggeration. Every time my uncle asked me to help, I worked from morning till night.”
"I just thought that these are the things I do better. It's good to write more. There must be one that is popular." Qin Huai explained, "What is the list you wrote?"
"Fresh meat mooncakes and Dingsheng cakes." Zheng Siyuan said.
"No more?"
"No." Zheng Siyuan said expressionlessly, "You will know why by noon."
Qin Huai:?
Qin Huai didn't know the reason yet, but many people in the kitchen already knew it, because the Sixi dumplings had been cooled and everyone ate them.
Let's put it this way, Huang Anyao had only one thought in his mind the moment he entered the dumplings.
If he were crying and grabbing Qin Huai's arm, begging him to stay at Huangji Restaurant permanently, offering him a super high salary and giving him a quarter of the shares, would he be able to keep Qin Huai?
When I think about Qin Huai saying at dinner last night that he knows at least 120 kinds of dim sum, if each one is as good as the Si Xi Dumplings in front of him.
Huang Anyao is willing to give him half of the shares.
No more, or his father will beat him to death.
Huang Anyao felt that if he could eat Qinhuai's snacks every morning, including 120 kinds of snacks, the same thing every day, but not the same for four months, then it would not be a troublesome thing to inherit the restaurant, participate in the operation, and communicate with suppliers and customers.
The dream of becoming a food critic is not that important. After all, one still has to be down-to-earth and focus on the present.
Place it on the Sixi dumplings in front of you.
Huang Anyao took another bite.
tasty.
Huang Anyao, who has been eating Huang Shengli's dishes since he was a snack, has to praise that these dumplings are really delicious.
From the moment he ate the Sixi dumplings, Huang Anyao felt that Qin Huai must be his half-brother.
His last half-brother was Zheng Siyuan.
Because of their father's relationship, Huang Anyao has had a good relationship with Zheng Siyuan since he was a child. Although he is one year older than Zheng Siyuan, he has been more like Zheng Siyuan's younger brother since he was a child, following Zheng Siyuan's butt and waiting for snacks.
Now-·
I'm sorry Zheng Siyuan, although your craftsmanship is also very good and is on par with Qin Huai's, but there are too few things you are good at. Qin Huai can do 120 things!
Unlike Huang Anyao, who was full of random thoughts and even thought about whether to use half of his shares to retain Qin Huai, Huang Jia didn't hesitate after eating the Sixi dumplings and went straight to Wang Jun.
As Huang Shengli's sixth apprentice, Wang Jun started out late, but his basic skills are very solid.
He is different from most of Huang Shengli's direct disciples. Wang Jun's family owns a small restaurant and has some basic skills. He came to Huangji Restaurant as a handyman at the age of 16. He worked in the kitchen for two years and learned some skills before going to the restaurant.
After working in Shuitai for a year as a fresh food processor, Huang Shengli felt that this young man was very good, although his talent was average.
His basic skills are not very good, but he is better because he endures hardships and stands hard work, and he does things properly and never slacks off, so he accepted him as his apprentice.
Now Wang Jun is still a chef, mainly responsible for helping in the kitchen.
"Lao Liu, today you go help Qin Huai and pick two people in the kitchen who have basic knowledge of criminal cases. Qin Huai doesn't know anything. Please help him more and do all those who can do it. If there are not enough people, tell me and I will order two more.
past.
He just arrived yesterday, and today is his first official day at work. Don't be too tired." Huang Jia whispered, giving Dong Shi a warning look, "Forget it about Dong Shi, he can't control his mouth and will definitely chat with Qin Huai.
, Da Dong can."
Wang Jun still held the Four-Six Dumplings in his hand and nodded solemnly: "Senior Brother, don't worry, Qin Huai will not be exhausted as long as I am here."
Huang Jia gave Wang Jun a look of affirmation, and then walked towards Qin Huai: "Qin Huai, we just discussed it. It's your first day today, so let's count it as work. It's mainly about familiarity and adaptation. You'll have the first meal for the staff."
irresponsible,
So as not to get tired."
Qin Huai was stunned for a moment and said: "Probably not, just do more——"
"Don't do it at noon yet. Wait until the afternoon and see if you want to do it at night." Huang Jia interrupted Qin Huai.
Qin Huai nodded: "Okay."
Then continue working.
Wang Jun quickly recruited good people to help Qin Huai. Whether it was chopping stuffing or processing ingredients, making buns or dumplings, pressing molds or shaping, Wang Jun and the others took over everything. Even Qin Huai felt that he couldn't do it with his own hands.
When adjusting the stuffing, he only needs to adjust the rough proportions, and the rest can be left to others.
To put it bluntly, Qin Huai felt like an emperor when he made dim sum for the first time.
There are only two masseurs missing, one is rubbing the left shoulder and the other is rubbing the right shoulder.
Qin Huai felt that he only needed to write and criticize the text, and others would do the rest.
With the joint efforts of Wang Jun and others, Qin Huai quickly made a large number of premade snacks.
As for why it is pre-made, it is because most dim sum must be freshly steamed and baked to be delicious. The kitchen of Huangji Restaurant is large enough, with enough stoves, enough steamers, and sufficient oven capacity.
According to Qin Huai's judgment, the Sixi dumplings, Wudingbao, Yuanmeng sesame cakes, crab shell roe and fermented steamed buns he has prepared are enough to sell from noon to evening. If there are many people at night, he will make another batch in the afternoon.
Where is the level of the fermented steamed bun itself? The buff is the icing on the cake, but it is still delicious without the buff.
The same cannot be said for tangerine peel tea. The tangerine peel tea itself is too low-level and too homely. Without the buff, it will just be a mediocre bowl of Tremella lotus seed capsules. Therefore, Qin Huai repeatedly emphasized that he should make so much tangerine peel tea in one day. He did not explain the reason, and no one asked.
, if anyone asks, that’s hunger marketing.
At 11 o'clock at noon, Sixi dumplings, Wuding buns, steamed buns with fermented rice wine, crab shell yolks, and sesame cakes went into the oven. Qin Huai, who didn't have to worry about the oven and steamer at all, made mung bean cakes with peace of mind. He even had the leisure and grace to look at other people.
What are you doing.
The red chefs headed by Huang Jia have entered the final stage of food preparation. All kinds of prepared ingredients are stacked together, like a kitchen in a rural banquet.
There are also people on Zheng Siyuan's side who are helping out. The meat mooncakes have already been put into the oven. He himself is not singing, but is making Dingsheng cakes.
Qin Huai glanced at the fresh meat mooncakes waiting to be put into the oven, roughly checked the quantity, and found that the quantity of fresh meat mooncakes made by Zheng Siyuan was 1.5 times that of the Wudingbao, Sixi dumplings and fermented steamed buns made by himself.
Really surprised.
This is too much. Who can come to the restaurant to eat moon cakes at noon?
As a staple food, there is no need to pay so much in advance, right?
"Brother Jun, did Zheng Siyuan make too many mooncakes?" Qin Huai asked in a low voice.
Wang Jun glanced at it: "It's not much. It's a lot smaller than before. He should have considered that you are here. There are so many snacks, and the guests won't order so many fresh meat mooncakes."
Qin Huai:?
Is Huang Ji's business so good? He didn't realize it when he came yesterday.
At 11:10, Huangji Restaurant officially opened.
Of course, the guests who came early have already been seated at 11 o'clock, but they can only order at 11:10.
Although Master Huang has not been working much during this period, and Huang Ji's prices have not dropped, but the reputation is here, there are still many regular customers who are willing to come and support it.
After all, what if Huang Shengli suddenly surprises everyone and goes to work?
Qian Zhongheng, the former accountant of the long-defunct cotton mill, came to support us today.
He did not come alone. He brought his entire family, including his wife, son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter. The whole family of five came directly to the dinner party.
Qian Zhongheng's son and daughter-in-law even asked for an hour's leave from the company and came home from get off work early.
Qian Zhongheng asked the waiter for a paper menu. His son skillfully scanned the code to order. While ordering, he complained: "Dad, this is so disrespectful. Why do you insist that Yuanyuan and I take time off to come over for dinner? Please
There is also a charge for an hour. I just asked the waiter and Master Huang didn't come. He must not be cooking today, so I won't be able to eat three sets of duck and braised silver carp head."
Daughter-in-law Ma Yuan said nothing and lowered her head to reply to the leader's message.
"When your dad came back from shopping yesterday, he met Xiao Dong, Master Huang's closed disciple. Xiao Dong told your dad that Huang Ji had a new dim sum chef. Master Huang specially invited him back from other places. He looked quite good.
You are young but your skills are certainly good. I specially asked you to come over and eat good food, so don’t be ungrateful." Qian Zhongheng’s wife Bai Xiujuan supported.
The son whispered: "What kind of skills can a young man have?"
But my hand opened the category honestly and found the dim sum category.
"Wudingbao, Sixi dumplings, fermented steamed buns, fresh meat mooncakes, Dingsheng cakes, crab shell roe, Yuanmeng sesame cakes. There are many new snacks on sale, but I have never heard of them. What are these? Fresh meat mooncakes
Let’s take four first. I had them the last time we had a banquet and usually don’t sell them.”
"Four Happiness Dumplings————They look very fancy, here are five."
"Crab shell yellow - boring, Yuanmeng Shaobing - who wants to eat Shaobing, that's it." The son started to order other dishes.
The waiter brought the paper menu to Qian Zhongheng. Qian Zhongheng found that there was an extra page of white paper. He was delighted, glanced at it, and said immediately: "Children are not counted. Order each snack per person."
The son exclaimed: "Dad, are you crazy? These snacks are either steamed buns, steamed buns, or sesame cakes. They take up so much space! And these fermented steamed buns cost 18 yuan each! And this five-inch bun is even more exaggerated, 65 each.
This is almost as good as the price of a Chengfang residence!”
"Don't worry about it, your dad and I are rich." Qian Zhongheng said, "I'll pay for it and order everything. If you can't finish it, your mother and I will eat it for breakfast tomorrow morning."
Then Qian Zhongheng turned to the waiter and asked: "Are there any new dishes?"
"Mr. Qian, there is a new drink, tangerine peel tea, 25 a bowl."
My son didn't shout about the price. The drinks in the restaurant are overpriced to begin with.
Qian Zhongheng thought for a while: "Let's have 3 bowls.
The son continued to order. When he thought that his father had taken advantage of him and ordered so many expensive dim sum without knowing what they tasted, he felt so heartbroken that he couldn't bear to order. He searched and searched when ordering, and finally the family of five ordered.
Three dishes.
Almost as soon as the order was placed, the fermented steamed buns were served.
I had no choice but to catch up, and the first batch was just coming out.
The aroma of fermented steamed buns drifted out from the kitchen. I was still whispering in my heart whether Huang Ji was crazy. There were so many inexplicable snacks at once and they were sold at such high prices. Could it be that his son wanted to run away and end up ripping everyone off?
I muttered in my mind, and subconsciously stretched my neck to look towards the kitchen, and kept inhaling.
Very worthless.
"What does this smell like? Why does it smell like wine?"
Qian Zhongheng and Bai Xiujuan were also breathing in, but their expressions were completely different from their son's. Their faces were not only intoxicated but also filled with nostalgia.
"Where did Xiao Huang find this immortal?" Qian Zhongheng murmured, "Is it possible that he has a junior brother that he is hiding behind?"
"I haven't smelled this smell in years." Bai Xiujuan said with a smile, "At that time, I couldn't afford steamed buns, so I could only eat with a bowl in hand while smelling and watching others eat. It makes me want to make a bowl of rice now.
Hold it."
"Smells, smells." Qian Zhongheng's 5-year-old granddaughter clapped her hands happily.
The waiter brought fermented steamed buns to Qian Zhongheng's table and served them.
Qian Zhongheng's table was the fastest and most decisive in serving food, and he naturally became the focus of the audience. Customers at several nearby tables were staring at this place, waving to the waiter and asking the waiter what kind of steamed buns they had on their table.
I want one.
Qian Zhongheng picked up a steamed bun, fed his granddaughter a small piece first, and then took a big bite.
That's the taste.
It’s the smell of the fermented rice dumplings that filled the whole street decades ago. As soon as I got off work, I would ride my bicycle to death. I wished I could kick off the wheels to sparks and rush over to queue up to buy the fermented rice dumplings.
Every time I go on a business trip, my parents will adhere to the concept of a poor family and find a way to queue up to ask someone to buy a few more steamed buns and stuff them into a small iron lunch box. Even if they have been sitting on the train for a whole day and night, they will open the
Take out the steamed buns from the lunch box, and the steamed buns can expand back to their original shape. The taste of the fermented steamed buns is extremely delicious even when you eat them under cold water.
It's been many years.
Qian Zhongheng suddenly realized that he had not tasted this taste for many years. This taste was like his youth, which had been away from him for many years.
He seemed to understand Huang Shengli's idea a little bit. The old neighbors who had lived nearby for decades always ate with the smell of fermented steamed buns.
Although times have changed, the state-owned hotel closed down and became Huangji Restaurant, and Huangji Restaurant changed its name and became Huangji Restaurant. But in the hearts of these old neighbors, both Huangji Restaurant and Huangji Restaurant are the same.
In the state-owned hotels back then, the chefs were all apprentices of Master Bing.
Thinking about it this way, the master who worked as a white clerk before was indeed a bit unworthy of this store.
This master deserves it.
Yes, Huang Shengli has vision.
Qian Zhongheng looked up again and found that his unlucky son had already finished the bun at the speed of light, leaving not a single bite for his granddaughter.
The son was still licking his lips and said, "Dad, let's buy 10 more steamed buns!"
Chapter completed!