Fuyuki Canteen

The first seat of the former ten outstanding and the first seat of the current ten outstanding in Yuanyue Academy.

On a Saturday, Homestay on the eve of store opening welcomed a rare guest.

Short crimson hair that looks more neat because it has become shorter, and bright golden pupils.The boy dragged his suitcase, opened the store door and greeted carelessly, with a white scarf hanging from his raised wrist: "Hey! Boss."

He smiled brightly, and a short scar on the brow bone did not damage his dazzling temperament.

Although the color scheme is very familiar, but the personality is very different from a certain actor.

Standing behind the counter, Wei Gong, who bowed his head to settle accounts, was stunned for a moment, and then raised his eyes to look at the red-haired boy at the door.

Cu Chulainn, who was adjusting the positions of the tables and chairs, reacted faster, threw the white towel over his shoulders, and smiled with his red pupils narrowed:

"Isn't this Brother Xingping? Long time no see."

"Brother Lancer, long time no see!" Xing Ping Chuangzhen replied cheerfully dragging the box, "And the boss... no, Mr. Emiya too."

"Long time no see, Xingping. I haven't congratulated you on successfully becoming Yuanyue's first seat. It seems that your strength has indeed improved."

Wei Gong nodded, put down the account book in his hand, walked out from behind the counter, glanced at the suitcase beside him, raised his brows rarely, and asked with folded arms, "This is what you said on the phone last time. Study? How long is the time?"

"Yes, it's just a field study, about five days." Xingping smiled and said with arms folded, his smile looked a little weak for some reason, "I even brought a surprise for the boss."

He stretched out his long arms, pulled a person in from outside the door, and introduced:

"This is my partner this time, and also the senior chief division chief of the last ten outstanding! Please give me more advice!"

"I'm sorry for visiting without permission." The silver-haired boy who was also pulling the suitcase came in, and gracefully bent his light gray pupils, "I'm Xia Si Yingshi, who is the partner of Chuangzhenjun this time, please give me your advice."

Emiya looked at him.

The silver-haired boy was wearing a neat white shirt with two buttons casually undone at the neckline, and the tie was loosely placed on the left shoulder, but it didn't soften his own awe-inspiring temperament much.He was tall and straight, taller than the red-haired boy beside him, handsome in appearance, and polite in his behavior.

Is Yukihei the first seat of Totsuki Academy before?

Hope is a real chef.

Wei Gong also nodded to him, looked away calmly, and instructed lightly:

"Come in first. Just salute and put it over the lounge."

A quarter of an hour later, the three of them stared at each other in the kitchen.

The communication between the chefs makes the atmosphere very dignified.

"I don't have two extra kitchen knives here for you to use."

Emiya stood in front of the chopping board wearing an apron, with a slight sarcasm on his expression.

Si Yingshi, who was holding his forehead, was very helpless, and his voice was a little depressed: "...Xing Ping, don't you have a knife?"

"No!" The red-haired boy stood in front of the chopping board confidently, "The boss even borrowed my kitchen knife when I came here last time."

"I said it all, that was the last time. I have emphasized that you should bring your own knife, kid."

Emiya recalled his previous instructions on the phone and Xinghei's perfunctory "hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" to the corner of his forehead, feeling like his eyebrows were twitching.

It would be fine if only this stinky brat came alone, and the kitchen knife that Amuro and the others used before can still be taken out.

You brought a partner without saying a word, it's not bad if you didn't drive you out, where there are extra kitchen knives for you to use.

Fortunately, the first seat in Yuanyue was not as unreliable as the first seat in Yuanyue.

Si Yingshi quickly solved this tricky problem.

The silver-haired boy sighed, and his light gray eyes were tinged with purple:

"I brought a whole set of knives here, and I have a spare set. Let me lend it to you, Chuangzhen-kun."

"Yoxi." Xing Ping Chuangzhen smiled brightly, "Thank you!"

...you're really not welcome at all.

Wei Gong and Si Yingshi had this thought in their minds at the same time.

However, the two of them understood the nature and powerlessness of Xinghei Chuangzhen in a sense, so they kept silent rationally.

At the moment Homestay is not open yet.

In the pot on the stove, the food is simmering, and the mist of water is floating around in the kitchen.

"Have you had breakfast yet?"

Emiya suddenly broke the silence.

The white-haired young man asked indifferently while lifting the lid of the pot that was originally sealed.

He picked up the spoon to skim off the white bubbles that appeared on the surface of the soup.The sweet and warm smell of red beans rises in the mist.

"No."

Si Yingshi and Xing Ping Chuangzhen replied in unison.

In front of delicious food, no one will answer "I have already eaten" without winking.

In the end, what Xingping Chuangzhen and Si Yingshi presented was a bowl of soup and a plate of dumplings.

"Is this rice cake red bean soup...it looks very similar." Xing Ping Chuangzhen looked at the bowl of red bean soup with soft white round objects floating, rubbed his chin in thought, turned his eyes and asked curiously, " And this. Is this fried dumpling?"

"It should be." Si Yingshi said thoughtfully, looking at the neatly arranged and plain dumplings with the bottom of the skin fried into golden yellow, "It's beautifully made."

"I heard that Mr. Wei Gong is studying Chinese cuisine recently. I thought I could eat Xiaolongbao and Shanghai Fried. I didn't expect it to be dumplings." The red-haired boy curiously poked the bottom of the fried dumplings in a row with the tip of his chopsticks crispy shell.

"That's still under study." Emiya took off his apron, walked to the table from the kitchen, and said, "Don't be greedy, kid, I'll make a Chinese breakfast for you next time, try this first now."

"I know, I know." Xingping responded casually, said "I'm starting", and picked up the spoon to scoop up the rice cakes first.

Si Yingshi first thanked Wei Gong who is the chef, and then started after the proper pre-dinner etiquette.

Emiya looked at the two people with completely different styles.I don't know how these two misfit boys got together.Even though Wei Gong didn't often hear about Yuanyue's affairs, he knew that the two first seats didn't seem to have any intersection - except that the team led by Si Yingshi seemed to lose to Xingping and the others in the last game of the alliance. outside the team.

Could it be that the young chefs' desire to win without knowing each other tied the two together?

Emiya in this room served Cu Chulainn a bowl of red bean soup while thinking, while Xingping Chuangzhen and Si Yingshi in that room were seriously savoring the breakfast made by the owner of the store where they studied on the spot.

The red bean soup is stewed sweet and delicious, warming the spleen and stomach after drinking it in one sip.The quality of the red beans is good, but it cannot be said to be top-notch. It can only be said to be a relatively high-quality ingredient. However, it is just such a simple cooking method, but the unique aroma of red beans is completely integrated into the soup, which looks delicious. mellow.

However, is this sweetness too low compared to normal rice cake and red bean soup?

Si Yingshi was keenly aware of this.

Not without taking into account the differences that may be the owner's personal taste.But Si Yingshi's eyes flickered, thinking of another possibility.

Is there another purpose?

Si Yingshi was silent for a while, and scooped up the snow-white "rice cake" floating in the soup with a spoon.

Taking a closer look, he finally realized that this small snow-white dessert might not be the rice cake in the rice cake and adzuki bean soup he had imagined.

The snow-white balls that were squeezed into a slightly flattened oval shape are bulging, and have an unusual softness and fullness in visual effect. They are not like rice cakes in the traditional sense, but more like wagashi filled with fillings.

It seemed that if there was a secret to this dish, it would be hidden in the little white dumpling in front of him.

Si Yingshi put it in the spoon close to his lips, and the temperature of what was attached to his lips was slightly lower than that of red bean soup.Surprised by the unexpected temperature, Si put the dumplings in his mouth and bit the flexible glutinous rice skin.

Under the thin shell, the filling that seemed to be emitting a pale golden light rushed to the tip of the tongue.

This is--?

Si Yingshi opened his eyes slightly, his light-colored pupils rarely showed surprise.

A soft and sweet viscous touch, giving the palate the illusion of gold.The rich sweetness and special texture convinced Si Yingshi, a senior chef, that this is one of the most widely used ingredients: honey.

But wrapped in the rich sweetness of honey, is...

"It's water chestnuts."

Xing Ping Chuangzhen's voice spoke the answer that emerged in his heart.

That crunchy, juicy refreshing taste.The crisp touch when you bite down.Although it was cut into small pieces and mixed with honey, Si Yingshi easily tasted the name of this ingredient.

It turned out to be the case.

Si smiled sincerely at the cooker's ingenuity reflected in this simple red bean soup.

It wasn't clear that he and Mr. Chuangzhen were coming, so the boss couldn't possibly deliberately prepare them for the rookies.

But it is this seemingly ordinary cooking that fully reflects the boss's superb level and pursuit of cooking, but makes it impossible to confirm how much skill he has exerted.What an amazing chef.

"So that's it." Xing Ping Chuangzhen, who was sitting opposite Si Yingshi, asserted, "This is the reason why the red bean soup is much lighter than usual. It is to balance the sweetness of honey in the wagashi filling."

The red-haired boy scooped up another white wagashi, put it in his mouth and chewed vigorously, and after swallowing it, he asked in a puzzled way:

"However, I still don't understand one thing - how does the temperature difference between the wagashi itself and the soup come about?"

This is what Si Yingshi wants to know.

Without this detail, the dish will lose its flavor greatly.

The red bean soup was piping hot, while the wagashi was cold.It is this low temperature that makes the water chestnuts in the wagashi filling crispy, and the temperature difference between the two also gives people who taste this dish a richer feeling.

"It's very simple." Wei Gong picked up a fried dumpling and replied flatly, "It's just a little skill."

He shared this little trick in a few words and lightly.

That is to make wagashi first, steam them on a steamer, and then store them in the fresh-keeping layer of the refrigerator at low temperature.Get up the next day and cook the red beans soaked last night. After the soup is cooked, just put the low-temperature wagashi in the refrigerator into the soup, which saves time and effort.

Si Yingshi and Xingping Chuangzhen: "..."

It sounds very simple, very housewife's practice.

In fact, this is not the case at all, and the two people who have experienced many battles in the food halberd are very clear.

Even if Emiya shares the specific processing skills, not everyone can reproduce this dish.

More importantly, it is to master the delicate balance during cooking.

How can the sweetness of the red bean soup and the sweetness of the wagashi filling be perfectly balanced?How long and what temperature should be used when steaming wagashi on the steamer so that the taste of water chestnuts and the flavor of honey will not be damaged by the high temperature?How can the temperature of the refrigerated wagashi achieve a perfect balance after being added to the boiled red bean soup?

... If you look at it in this way, there are problems in the details everywhere.

If you have to ask, it seems difficult to express it in words.

But once these details destroy one, the dish will not be able to achieve the more perfect effect it is today.

So this is a dish that sounds simple but is actually very difficult to reproduce.

If it wasn't for knowing that Xing Ping Chuangzhen really came to the door without saying hello, Si Yingshi would have suspected that this was indeed a prestige prepared by the boss for them.

The author has something to say:

Cu Chulainn, who obviously existed but disappeared in the conversation: I am at the same table with three chefs, I can't get in the way at all.It's better to finish eating silently and get ready to work.

Water chestnuts are horseshoes.I love to eat!

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