The landlady was a little shy, and a hint of blush appeared on her well-maintained face. Under Yu Jian's teasing gaze, she said calmly: "I am from Sioux City, and I came to Shanghai in my twenties."
As she spoke, she turned her gaze to her husband, who was still busy in the kitchen, and gave a happy smile.
My husband does not come from a wealthy family, but he is diligent and not afraid of hardship. Therefore, although the couple has been working hard for a small shop for so many years, they have not suffered much. Last year, they even bought a wedding house for their son.
But when talking about Su City, the proprietress always has a trace of regret. Since the store opened, she has gone back much less often, even though the high-speed train is only 20 minutes away. Later, her parents died one after another, and there was no one waiting for her on the banks of the Gusu River.
She went home and gradually became less thoughtful.
The food competition suddenly spread throughout the streets and alleys of Shanghai. The proprietress saw a familiar figure on TV - Zhang Guoping, a master of the Soviet style.
The Zhang family is a pastry family, mastering the intangible cultural heritage pastry technology of Sioux City - boat pastry making, which is the most important pastry part of Supai boat dishes and has a long history.
Sioux City has been a water city since ancient times. Since ancient times, dozens of types of boats, including boats, sand boats, light boats, clippers, pleasure boats, etc., abound, and many of these large boats are equipped with "kitchens".
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, local businessmen liked to hold banquets on cruise ships, where they could enjoy delicious food, browse the scenery, and discuss business. This ship-style meal gradually became popular at this time. With wine and food, you can’t be less attentive, and chefs know this well.
During the dinner, the diners' minds were made to make crystal clear and lifelike desserts of flowers, plants, insects, birds and animals to please the diners.
Yu Jian listened with rapt attention...
She originally only knew that Supai's pastries were famous, but she didn't know the true meaning. It turned out that in addition to the Suzhou-style puff pastry mooncakes she had eaten before, there were so many other delicacies full of historical traditions.
"Zhang Guoping also has a sister named Zhang Aiping. She is really my idol." The landlady said with a smile, "You have to know that strength is the key to being a chef, so few women learn to cook. But Zhang Aiping is not.
It’s the same, he cooks boat dishes better than anyone else, and he was the unbeatable one in the entire Sioux City back then.”
"Then why didn't you see her appear this time?" Yu Jian asked. Looking at the entire participating team, there are really only a handful of women. She was the only one in the red case who came to the end. In the white case competition, except for the Ning faction
The master chef is an elderly aunt and a grown man.
Once you reach that point, you can overwhelm everyone with your momentum.
The landlady sighed: "I'm sick, I retired a few years ago..." Her tone was full of regret, and she glanced sideways at Yu Jian, which seemed a bit teasing to her, "Otherwise, how could it be your turn?
The girl won the championship~"
Well……
All right.
Yu Jian silently touched the tip of her nose.
Before leaving, the proprietress did not forget to pay attention to Yu Jian: "Remember to ask Master Zhang for an autograph, and then ask his sister for me... I don't know if I will have the chance to eat the steamboat made by the Zhang family again in this life."
Food..." He mumbled to himself.
Yu Jian stood on the side of the road for a long time, watching her close the small sliding door, pick up the empty bowl left on the table, and walk to the kitchen with windy steps. Someone opened the sliding door again and shouted as soon as she entered the room.
: "Boss lady, you are the same as always..."
In the hustle and bustle, there is a lot of human ashes.
…
"What do you think of my proposal?" In the lounge, Master Li Chao of Guangling looked at the silent crowd.
He is the "little boss" unanimously elected by everyone, so he naturally has to shoulder the overall management work, which is not a difficult task for him.
"But... if it is used as a boat spot of the Su School, it will not highlight the different characteristics of each place?" Zhang Guoping of the Su School raised doubts, "This is not fair to other masters."
Everyone comes to participate in the competition because they want to win. If we only focus on Supai boat points, wouldn’t the characteristics of other regions be buried?
He wants to win, but he doesn’t want to win by stepping on others.
The other masters remained silent, but their silent attitude undoubtedly agreed with Zhang Guoping's statement.
Li Chao smiled and nodded at a few people: "You guys, you are all so old, how can you still be so stubborn? I meant to use boat points as the main tone, but I didn't say no.
Do you perform well?"
How do you say this?
Everyone raised their heads and stared at him intently.
Li Chao just smiled and said nothing.
On the other hand, Bai Yu thought about it and found a clue: "Master Li, you mean to say that we only take the shape of the ship's point, but the method is still our own?"
clever!
Li Chao nodded happily towards him, "That's right. Supai boat dumplings are exquisite and beautiful, but the materials used are actually very limited. They are all based on inlaid powder and matched with different fillings to create shapes. We all make them
Bai Chen, it’s not difficult to make an animal, flower or bird.”
Only then did everyone suddenly realize.
Hearing Li Chao explain his plan in detail bit by bit, I couldn't help but admire him again.
Bai Yu felt that he really came to the magic city at the right time.
He has participated in many competitions in Taiwan Province. Not to mention the intrigues, everyone has a lot of little thoughts. Especially in a team competition like this, who doesn't want to stand out?
Master Li Chao, is his craftsmanship bad?
That can be regarded as a superb skill. But in this kind of team competition, what he thinks about is how to bring out the best advantages of everyone and integrate all the advantages into one, so as to obtain the most ideal results.
He doesn't know this kind of resourcefulness and broadmindedness from others, but Bai Yu admires it anyway!
"Masters, do you have any thoughts on the choice of pastry shape?" After solving the keynote, the next step is the most important aesthetics.
Master Ningpai is the only woman among the twelve people. Although she is a bit old, she still speaks in a soft and glutinous Jiangnan style. She said in a low voice: "The boat dishes pay attention to appearance and taste, but now the market is basically goldfish."
, swans, rabbits, etc., nothing unusual.”
The mobile phone in his hand reached out in time and enlarged the picture. Sure enough, in a small square plate, there was a fish, a rabbit, a peach, a persimmon and a small white goose.
They are about the size of a baby's fist, all crystal clear, and have an oily sheen.
"I have an idea." Master Zhan from the Cantonese school suddenly said, and suddenly smiled "hehe", making it clear that this idea is not... very ordinary...
"Why don't we just become the most famous 'Twelve Zodiac Signs'..."
Everyone was petrified.
"What?" Everyone's expressions and movements instantly made Master Zhan hesitate again, "If it doesn't work..."
"Okay! Why not!" Several masters who came to their senses quickly replied.
Once these twelve animals come out, who dares to compete with them?