Daddy's Gourmet Store

Chapter 96 You Can Go to the Food Festival with Papa
"Boss Huang, it's getting late, and it's time for me to leave. Let's keep in touch by phone!"

Ma Deqiang drank the hot water in the cup, then waved to Lao Qin: "Mr. Qin, let's go!"

"Okay..." Lao Qin put down the teacup in his hand, and responded cheerfully.

Huang Tao got up and saw him off: "You two, go slowly..."

"Boss Huang, there is no need to send it off, please stay."

Ma Deqiang smiled and pressed his hand towards Huang Tao, signaling him not to get up, then walked out towards the door of the store with his hands behind his back and his face full of vigor.

In the next second, I heard a childish voice: "Grandpa Qin, go slowly, Grandpa Ma, go slowly..."

Ma Deqiang: “………………………………”

Looking at the starry sky, he suddenly hesitated.

He knew that he looked old, but for the first time he found that he was so old that he was called grandpa by a child.

At this moment, his heart is complicated.

He said from the bottom of his heart that he did not want to accept this honorific title.

But looking back at her eyes as clear as lake water, seeing her innocent smile like an angel, she obediently waved at them.

He sighed, also relieved.

Although this child has bad eyesight, she is indeed impeccable when looking at her words and deeds.

He is a good boy with good manners.

"Hey! Well, Grandpa Qin knows..."

Lao Qin turned his head and nodded to Xuan Xuan with a smile, and turned to look at the 45-year-old Ma Deqiang next to him: "????"

But when his eyes fell on Ma Deqiang's short gray hair, Lao Qin understood.

Hey!
This is the misunderstanding caused by gray hair!
There was no disturbance in Lao Qin's heart, and he even wanted to laugh a little.

Lao Qin didn't show it on his face, and asked politely: "Director Ma, do you want to sit with me?"

"No, no, no, I won't disturb your old rest. I'll talk to you when I'm free some other day." Ma Deqiang, who had recovered from his shock, waved his hand.

"Okay then, see you some other day..."

The two of them bid farewell to each other, went back to their respective houses, and went to find their respective mothers...

After the two left, Xuanxuan ran to Huang Tao's side on her thin legs, took his hand and asked, "Papa, when does the food festival you're participating in start?"

What kind of wishful thinking the little guy has in mind, as a father, he naturally knows it well.

He smiled and touched Xuanxuan's little head: "Well, NO.11 in November."

"Then can Xuanxuan go with you?" She raised her small face, blinked her big eyes expectantly, shook his hand, and said coquettishly.

He squatted down, reached out to touch Xuanxuan's face, and said, "Yes! But the prerequisite is...you just happen to be on vacation and don't study..."

Hearing this, the little guy's mouth that had just raised up suddenly shrunk down again.

He pouted somewhat dissatisfied.

"But Dad can help you find out which day is a rest day." He scratched the little guy's nose, took out his phone, and shook it in front of her eyes.

The little girl's face suddenly became cloudy and sunny, and Jianshui's bright eyes were also curved into full crescents. She smiled sweetly at him and urged. "Okay, okay... Papa, then quickly check the calendar on your phone to see if it's a holiday?"

"Okay...Dad, let's take a look..." He swipe the screen of the phone and flip through the calendar with her.

Hey!
You said it was a coincidence.

Which day is November [-]th, it happens to be Saturday~
If the little guy found out, he would probably be overjoyed!
Seeing that her father was silent, Xuanxuan grabbed his arm anxiously and asked eagerly, "Papa, is it a holiday... Papa, talk quickly, Papa, tell Xuanxuan quickly..."

"Well, it happens to be Saturday, you can go two days in a row..."

"yeah……"

Xuanxuan was as happy as a little yellow warbler flying through the forest, she put her hand around her father's neck, and gave her father a kiss.

Then giggled and ran to grandparents and told them the good news: "Grandpa and grandma, I can go to the food festival with my dad, and I can go for two days~"

The old couple smiled and nodded, and were also happy and proud that their son was invited to participate in this food festival.

I thought that since the food festival was on a rest day, I would just come over to help.

"Yeah! That's great..."

"Hmm~"

The little guy danced with his arms and legs, as if an elf was dancing.

Then he ran away again, ran to the kitchen, and said happily: "Haozi Shushu, Aunt Suqin, Sister Yuhan, Sister Qiumo, I can go to the food festival with Baba..."

Huang Tao couldn't help laughing.

This little guy, I wish the whole world knew about it!
Xu Hao and others who heard the news were both surprised and delighted.

Surprisingly, the person in charge of the business bureau came to the boss to invite him to participate in this food festival.

After previous food festivals, all five-star hotels and well-known restaurants have been invited.

And small restaurants are not invited!
And the fact that the delicious restaurant was invited this time undoubtedly broke the previous practice!

The good news is that being able to participate in the food festival is a good opportunity for Zhenyao store to expand its popularity, and it will also bring Zhenyao's business to a higher level.

Xu Hao and the others were full of expectations, and rushed over to congratulate Huang Tao.

Xu Hao and Ding Suqin even patted their chests to promise that they will work hard, work hard, and let the delicious restaurant shine in the food festival...

"Okay, then you two will have to work hard."

Huang Tao smiled, thinking about participating in the food festival, he must spend a lot of effort and manpower to prepare in advance.

It is estimated that some temporary workers will have to be hired to help!
Thinking that there is still some time, I have to think long-term and plan well, so as not to get confused and be seen as a joke.

"The boss is polite, no hard work, no hard work..."

"Haozi, Sister Suqin, if you finish cleaning up, go back first..."

After finishing speaking, Huang Tao looked at Lin Yuhan who was at the side again, and said: "Yuhan, you should prepare first, and I will teach you how to make fried crab cakes later."

"Okay, Boss Huang, I'm going to prepare now..." Lin Yuhan took the apron that Ding Suqin handed over, put on the apron, and walked towards the kitchen.

Xu Hao looked at Shen Qiumo gently with his eyes, and said with a smile, "Qiu Mo, let me take you back to school..."

"Okay!" Shen Qiumo smiled gently.

The two said "see you tomorrow" to Huang Tao and the others, and walked out of the store.

Listening to Xuanxuan's milky voice, "Haozi Shushu, sister Qiumo, goodbye, see you tomorrow" from behind.

Xu Hao sighed helplessly in his heart.

Call her sister, call me uncle, this generation is a bit messy...

But what else can I do?

I can only forgive the cutie Xuanxuan...

On the other side, Lin Yuhan flipped through a small notebook.

This book records the results of her watching Huang Tao's cooking of fried crab cakes all afternoon.

It records how many grams of sugar, how much soy sauce and other seasonings should be poured when making this dish, what temperature the oil should be when frying, and how long it should be stir-fried when frying, etc.

Almost all quantified.

This is also Huang Tao's solution. She is a novice in cooking, and if the teaching is complicated, she will not be able to.

So he can only quantify everything as much as possible, so that Lin Yuhan can have an intuitive feeling.

This time, she, who learned the new by reviewing the past, closed the book and prepared to start actual combat.

She put a swimming crab with teeth and claws into the pool, and the next step was her most worrying part.

She put on rubber gloves, held a brush in one hand, quickly picked up the navel of a swimming crab, and scrubbed it clean in the rushing water.

Put the cleaned swimming crabs on the chopping board.

He picked up the kitchen knife and waved it around a few times, but he was too late to dare to use the knife.

"You must cooperate with me... so that I can give you a sharp knife and make you die more quickly..."

She raised the kitchen knife and said a few words to the crab.

"Well, hold the knife tightly, don't lift it so high..." Huang Tao crossed his arms and stood at the door, with his toes slightly tilted towards the door.

This appearance is obviously afraid of being hurt...

"Okay, Boss Huang..."

Lin Yuhan took aim, pointed the kitchen knife at the swimming crab on the chopping board, mourned silently, and chopped it down ruthlessly.

The swimming crab instantly split into two.

Chop the swimming crab into small pieces.

But the tenacious vitality made the already torn Portunus still waving its claws.

She looked sideways at Huang Tao, and asked for help, "Boss, these crabs' legs are still dancing around, what should I do if they are in pain?"

"If you cook it well, it won't hurt anymore." Huang Tao said calmly.

"All right!"

She gets to work.

Marinate the Portunus crab cubes with salt and white wine.

Then start cutting rice cake strips.

Although the cutting is a bit slow, but fortunately the thickness is evenly cut.

So-so passable!
"This crab must be coated with a layer of corn starch before frying. During the frying process, the starch will lock the nutrients and umami taste of the crab meat, so the crab meat must be coated with a layer of starch. But don't be too thick, it should be even, yes, that's right, that's it, it's okay, it's okay..." Huang Tao assisted and pointed out her shortcomings.

Wait until all preparations are done.

Lin Yuhan still followed Huang Tao's teaching, poured oil into the pan, and when it was 5-6% hot, fried the crab meat wrapped in flour first.

When it turns red, fry the crab claws and crab shells together.

"Okay, now you can put the cut rice cakes and continue frying..."

Lin Yuhan quickly poured the rice cake strips into the oil pan and fried them together.

When the starch on the swimming crab was golden brown, Lin Yuhan was still stirring with a spoon.

Huang Tao quickly said: "It's okay, it's okay, let's serve it out first."

Lin Yuhan also hurriedly fished out the shredded pork first.

Then put soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, ginger, etc. into the pot to make the juice.

After the juice is boiled, pour in the fried swimming crab and rice cake, and start to stir-fry over high heat.

"After the crabs and rice cakes are put into the pot, start stir-frying like this. Remember to stir-fry quickly and evenly, so that the juice will be collected well, and the time should not be exceeded, otherwise it will definitely not work."

Although Huang Tao gave pointers from the side.

But after serving it out, the fried crab cake is still a bit old.

Lin Yuhan wept bitterly: "It's really just a few extra seconds, and it turns out to be old. It seems that I still haven't fully grasped it..."

"Don't be discouraged, this is the first time you've done it, it's already pretty good, I believe it will get better and better tomorrow." Huang Tao encouraged.

"Thank you, I will continue to work hard."

"It's getting late, you should go back early to rest! On the way back, be careful." Huang Tao warned.

"Okay, Boss Huang, I'll go back after I clean up the kitchen..."

As she spoke, she began to clean the kitchen utensils in a numb manner.

Seeing this, Huang Tao didn't say anything and just let her go.

(End of this chapter)