Nishimura Kowako's expression immediately changed. After several distortions, her face turned into a sweet smile. She moved to Tang Yuan's side with small steps and leaned slightly: "Tang, you are finally here."
This face-changing technique is amazing. Yu Jian thought, it's probably like face-changing in Sichuan opera, but that's it.
Tang Yuan immediately saw the little girl not far away, standing there like a little white lotus, and glanced at her angrily. She usually showed her teeth and claws with him, so why did she let others bully her now?
As expected, he is just a quarrel——
"This is the editor of Beijing Media. I invited her to be a judge for the competition between you two. Her achievements in pastries far exceed mine." Tang Yuan avoided his body, revealing Tang Jingling from behind.
Nishimura Kowako glared over with some displeasure, only to see a bright and charming lady looking at her with a smile. Seeing how close Tang Yuan was to her, the resentment in her heart deepened.
Tang, there are so many women around you, why can't she have a place?
If Tang Jingling knew that Nishimura Kowako had such a misunderstanding, she would laugh her teeth off. Her brother is good at everything, but in terms of popularity with women, it is quite worrying. Either he is an insulator, or he is a rotten peach blossom.
It seems that in a few years we will reach our thirties...
Tang Jingling suddenly became alert. The matter of inheriting the Tang family must be put on the agenda.
Tang Yuan:...Why don’t you continue the family line???
Nishimura Kowako narrowed her eyes slightly, covered her mouth and smiled, "Since Tang said so, please come in. Sato, open the tea room and invite our guests to take a seat."
The man named Sato said "Hi" and led everyone inside. He checked what the two of them had brought at the door and took away the bag that Tang Jingling had brought with him for safekeeping.
Look, there is indeed something fishy. Tang Jingling raised her eyebrows and exchanged looks with Tang Yuan.
Tang Yuan lowered his eyes indifferently, sneering with disdain in his heart. But he had to admit that it was wise for Tang Jingling to wear a pinhole camera, otherwise they would not be able to explain it clearly with just their two mouths.
"And you, come with me." Nishimura Kowako's silver teeth were almost broken. She turned to Yu Jian, gritted her teeth and walked to the kitchen first.
Yu Jian touched her nose, shrugged helplessly, picked up the food box she brought, and followed her footsteps.
All kinds of kitchen utensils and plates were neatly arranged in the kitchen. Yu Jian felt that this woman must have some serious obsessive-compulsive disorder, otherwise why would even the patterns have to face the same side.
Nishimura Kowako pointed with his hand: "You, over there." He stood in front of his usual cooking table, leaving the ordinary cooking table used by other chefs to Yu Jian.
You are the boss, you have the final say. Yu Jian is not entangled, but she is a little surprised that there are all the seasonings and a medium-sized frying pan.
Du Fu once wrote in a poem: "The round lotus leaves float on the water, and the thin wheat flowers fall lightly." Since ancient times, food has been closely related to farming. In the Jiangnan farmhouse, the round lotus leaves float on the water, and the wheat flowers fall gently in the wind.
This is probably the peace and tranquility that Du Fu wanted.
What Yu Jian made was a tea snack called Yuanhe Fudou. It is recorded in the history of the Tang Dynasty that Princess Tongchang was extravagant and loved novelty and graceful food. One day when she was admiring flowers in the garden, she suddenly realized that the lotus flowers were beautiful, so she ordered her to go to the palace.
The chef made a dish suitable for the occasion, and paired it with Gu Zhu purple bamboo shoots, which gave it a unique flavor.
Cut lotus flowers piece by piece, soak them in salt water, wipe them clean, wrap them in seasoned egg liquid, fry them in an oil pan for tens of seconds, take them out, control the oil and drain them, cut them into small pieces, and combine them with steamed lotus seeds and chopped lotus roots.
Stir together to make filling.
Add vegetable juice to the dough and slowly turn it into light pink. Flatten the dough into a round shape, stack it in three layers and steam it in a pan.
Next, is the most important step, making the flower shape. Yu Jian pursed her lips and carefully tore open the dough. After steaming, the dough was already transparent and glowed crystal clear, except for the circle at the edge, which was quite dark in color.
, you can also see the pink color after dyeing.
Put the filling in the center of the dough, Yu Jian fixed it with one hand, and quickly folded it with the other. After a while, a blooming lotus jumped up on it, and then used green onions as a rope to hold it lightly, and it turned out to be a pretty lotus in the water.
Lotus.
Finally, drizzle a little secret sugar water in the middle of the flower, just like the dots of golden stamens in the lotus, creating a picture of the lotus reflected in summer.
Refreshments should be enjoyed with good tea. Yu Jian took out a small box from the bottom of the food box, which contained a palm-sized tea cake. Gu Zhu Zisun, it took her a month to make this tea cake so small.
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Now it was Tang Yuan's advantage. Yu Jian cursed in her heart again in pain, and then carefully broke off a piece of tea cake and slowly roasted it over a low fire. When the tea leaves were fragrant, she crushed them into pieces bit by bit.
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When the tea water boils slightly, add a little salt and stir evenly. When it boils again, add the tea leaves and simmer lightly.
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In the two trays in front of me, there was the same refreshment and a bowl of tea.
Tang Yuan and Tang Jingling stared at the beautiful scenery in front of them, sighing in their hearts.
Nishimura Kowako knelt down opposite the coffee table and introduced to the two of them: "Fuchsia grows well in summer and adapts well to autumn. There is a kind of flower that will be full of ditches this year. This is called hibiscus."
On the small round dumpling, a blooming lotus is carved with Japanese confectionery craftsmanship, which is exquisite and small.
Facing such a beautiful little dot, Tang Yuan's eyes only stayed for a moment, and then looked at another tray. The fresh and elegant color scheme of pink and green made people fall in love at first sight.
The steaming tea next to it actually gave off a strange floral fragrance. Tang Yuan's throat moved slightly and he swallowed without leaving a trace.
He thought of the bowl of tea he drank at Yujia Restaurant a few days ago. It had an unforgettable taste.
"What about you? What do you do?" He looked at the little girl who was deserting and asked.
Yu Jian was thinking about the Japanese confectionery made by Nishimura Kowako. I have to say that the carving skills of the Japanese confectionery are really good, and the flower shape and petals can be made so lifelike. Just as he was trying to figure out the technique of the stamens, he suddenly heard Tang Yuan's question,
She paused, her thoughts going blank for a moment after being interrupted.
After a few seconds of silence, I finally figured out what he was talking about. I said with an ooh, "Yuanhefudou, with a bowl of Guzhu purple bamboo shoots."
After saying this, I took another breath of air-conditioning. Such good tea is about to be fed to this stinky man. I feel so distressed...
What's her expression?!
Seeing this, Tang Yuan hugged his chest and gasped, closed his eyes and opened them again, and laughed angrily...