Kaifeng Bistro

Tan Zhifeng didn't think much, he said, "Mr. Chen, why are you alone..."

He had just started a sentence, and he never expected that Chen Qing's eyes were burning with anger, he gathered all his strength, raised his hand and punched Zhan Zhao's face.

This sudden change made Tan Zhifeng and Yi Yi dumbfounded. Fortunately, Zhan Zhao was very calm. He turned slightly, raised his right palm, and caught Chen Qing's fist, turning his wrist effortlessly. Gently push Chen Qing back.

Chen Qing staggered back a few steps, and was about to punch again when he suddenly felt his arms go numb.Zhan Zhao is not as kind as usual at the moment, but looks at Chen Qing with cold eyes: "Mr. Chen, I have something to say. Where did Zhan provoke you? Why did he come up and hit someone?"

"In broad daylight, you are an official who can't go out to investigate the case, what are you doing here with Zhifeng?!" Chen Qing's voice trembled: "Zhifeng, what is going on between you and this Zhan?!"

Before Tan Zhifeng opened his mouth, Yi Yi raised his hand and slapped the counter: "Chen Zijin, what are you doing?! You are not a child anymore, what do you think you are doing?"

Chen Qing was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately put down his raised hand. Of course, he also realized that Yi Yi Zhuozhuo was there, and he must have misunderstood Tan Zhifeng and Zhan Zhao. Apart from humiliating himself in front of Tan Zhifeng, there will be no other results at all.

He sat down slumped to the side, and his face, which was already not very good, became even more gloomy. He said to Tan Zhifeng incoherently: "Zhifeng, I, I didn't mean that. It was just a moment of anger..."

"Okay, I don't blame you..." Tan Zhifeng looked at Chen Qing's dejected look, but wanted to comfort him instead.Unexpectedly, before he opened his mouth, Chen Qing didn't know whether it was embarrassment or embarrassment, his eyes were red, he lifted the curtain without saying a word, and left angrily.

Looking at Chen Qing's back, Zhan Zhao sighed, and said to Tan Zhifeng, "It's because I didn't think carefully enough to cause you trouble."

"No, of course it's not your fault." Tan Zhifeng tidied up his clothes and continued, "He's still young. Although he has studied in the Guangwen Museum for a few years, he's just a child..."

Before the words finished, Zhan Zhao laughed: "Zhifeng, why do you say that? Chen Qing should be a year or two older than you?"

"Oh..." Tan Zhifeng realized that he had made a slip of the tongue again, so he could only stammer: "I...we are different from a scholar like him. As a scholar, we don't listen to things outside the window, and our natural temper is like a child. ... Also, I don't know why he..."

Fortunately, Zhan Zhao didn't become suspicious, he had too many things on his mind, and he didn't even notice Tan Zhifeng's little gaffe for a while.He tidied up his outer robe and black official hat, and prepared to return to Kaifeng Mansion to report the important news provided by Tan Zhifeng to Mr. Bao, expedite the interrogation of Chen Yuwan, and then go to Baokangmen Street to join his men and continue the search. The whereabouts of Nori Changrong.

This farce ended, Tan Zhifeng recalled Chen Qing's glance before leaving, but worried about him.There is one more thing, he didn't know if Zhan Zhao guessed it, but he didn't mention it in front of Zhan Zhao.Xu Gan didn't see anyone for most of the day again, which made Tan Zhifeng feel even more uneasy.Before he could figure it out, it was already noon, and guests came to the tavern one after another, so he could only tell Yi Yi Zhuo Zhuo to start preparing meals quickly.

"Zhifeng...Hasn't Chen Qing been here?" Zhou Yanjing arrived on time, and Lu Yang was beside him, and Chen Qing was not there: "It was agreed that we will go to Tianqing Temple to listen to Zen Master Wenhui's lecture on Buddhism in the afternoon. I'm going to stay very late at Tianqing Temple, and I want to ask if you can make some snacks for us?"

"Chen Qing, he is here, but... maybe there was a little misunderstanding..." Tan Zhifeng could only say so.

Zhou Yanjing was a little puzzled, but he knew that Tan Zhifeng would not say anything, so he could only give up.Tan Zhifeng would go to the back kitchen, but Changshang ran over curiously, and asked curiously, "By the way, Brother Zhifeng, why is Brother Chen angry?"

"What is rape?"

Tan Zhifeng glanced out angrily, and when Zhuo Zhuo saw his reproachful eyes, he immediately pretended to be calm and turned to Zhou Yanjing and the others: "Oh, long time no see!"

"But didn't we just come here this morning?" Zhou Yanjing began to feel that something was wrong with the people in the tavern today.

"Don't listen to Zhuozhuo's nonsense!" Tan Zhifeng pushed Shangshang out: "Stay with Ling'er well, and I'll make you some snacks later."

"Okay! Zhifeng, I want to eat that..." Shangshang immediately forgot the words he couldn't understand, and clapped his hands.

"What do you want to eat?" Tan Zhifeng asked.

Changshang raised both hands to gesture to Tan Zhifeng for a long time, and Tan Zhifeng finally understood.The cuisine of the Song Dynasty was very diverse, and some of them really exceeded his expectations.Therefore, he often asked Yi Yi to bring him back some street snacks when he went out to buy ingredients, to see if he could find some inspiration from it and enrich the menu in the hotel.

What Changshang is talking about now is a snack called Sanxian Lotus Cake brought back by Yiyi a few days ago, which is said to be related to the famous gossip in this dynasty - civet cat for prince.

"Okay." Tan Zhifeng nodded: "I'll do it for you when I'm done." He suddenly remembered what Zhou Yanjing said just now, so he went out and said to Zhou Yanjing and Lu Yang: "You two wait a while Are you in a hurry? I plan to make some snacks, but it will take some time, I wonder if you can wait?"

"Oh, but..." Before Lu Yang finished speaking, Zhou Yanjing interrupted him, saying: "I have to go back to Taixue soon, and the Shuo Wang exam will be soon, and everyone is busy looking for the gentlemen. Changing the article. Besides, this matter was suggested by Zijin. Shopkeeper Tan, why not trouble you to work hard and send this snack to Zijin, he will definitely be overjoyed."

Tan Zhifeng was about to refuse, but then he thought again, he hadn't been able to explain the matter clearly with Chen Qing, maybe, this time, he finally had a chance to have a good chat with Chen Qing.

So Tan Zhifeng nodded.Turning around, Yi Yi looked at him with hopeless eyes, and muttered in a low voice: "I don't care if you send it to Chen Qing's psychopath."

There were not a few people who came to the tavern at noon, but most of them left after eating in a hurry like Zhou Yanjing.Ling'er is still young and needs a nap.Yi Yi built a small bed for him behind the counter, so that he could take a nap there when he was tired.As a result, Tan Zhifeng had enough time to prepare and think about how to make the three fresh lotus cake that Shangshang never forgets.

The so-called three delicacies refer to the three kinds of fillings in this pastry: banana, haw jelly, and jujube paste.Hawthorn jelly was originally a kind of snack that children love, and jujube paste is often used in various snacks, and he has prepared it, but bananas are not common, and this season, he does not have them in this small tavern.

There are only pears in Kaifeng in winter. Tan Zhifeng thought about it and decided to use the pear paste he made a few days ago instead. After all, the amount of bananas needed is very small, and this substitute should not taste too bad.

The filling is ready, it's time to knead the dough.The noodles of this kind of dim sum are crispy, and you need to add sugar, eggs, and lard to the flour. The reconciled noodles are very oily and don't stick to your hands at all. Tan Zhifeng is very satisfied, which means that he is not far from success up.

Immediately afterwards, he squeezed the sugar filling made of white sugar, honey and pear paste, rolled it in the soft jujube paste, and then patted the dough into slightly thick round slices, and put the haw jelly cut into small pieces on it. , and jujube paste together to make stuffing.Finally, put the noodles together again to form a bulging dough.

Tan Zhifeng spread the egg wash on the surface of each dough, and then stroked it lightly three times with a knife. The top of the dough bloomed like a flower, revealing the sweet filling inside.

"What is this?" Zhuo Zhuo looked curiously: "Hey, Tan Zhifeng, are you going to make cupcakes?"

"That's a good idea." Tan Zhifeng looked at Zhuo Zhuo happily: "Can you get some oiled paper?"

"Do you want to write?" Yi Yi heard about this idea, and came to visit curiously: "Write the word Zhifeng and advertise for you, how about it?"

"Okay." Tan Zhifeng was surprised by the contribution of his teammates: "Next time, let's make real cupcakes, although I still think this lotus flower cake is better."

Tung oil paper cannot be baked in an earthen oven. Tan Zhifeng put the finished lotus flower cakes in the oven, and then mobilized three other people to cut the paper with him.

Yiyi disdains this kind of thing very much, but Zhuozhuo and Changshang are very happy to help Tan Zhifeng cut the paper into cubes, and then make them into cup shapes one by one, and made more than ten in a short time.

"How to write?" Shangshang asked, "This paper is too slippery."

"Carve it with a knife?" Tan Zhifeng suggested: "Carve it where there are no folds?"

The sweet smell of jujube paste, pear paste, and honey gradually came out of the earthen stove, burning but crazily shaking the knife: "Tan Zhifeng, your word 'feng' is too difficult?! And you should carve it first before folding it. Didn't you have any plans beforehand?!"

"Ouch! Sister Zhuozhuo, you've scratched me!" Changshang said with a mournful face, covering the back of her hand.

Tan Zhifeng deeply felt that it was a mistake to let the hot-tempered Zhuozhuo do this. He had to put down his work to treat Shangshang's wound, and at the same time carefully confiscated the burning knife: "Okay, don't do it, rest. In a while."

Yi Yi watched coldly from the sidelines, and when the time came, they helped Tan Zhifeng take out the lotus cake that had the upper part blooming like a flower, revealing the sweet filling.

"It really looks like a cupcake." Zhuo Zhuo reached out to touch it curiously, and then retracted his hand with an "oops": "Oh my god, I'm scalding to death."

"Okay, Zhuo Zhuo," Tan Zhifeng drove Zhuo Zhuo out of the kitchen: "Go and clean up the outside. Oh yes, Yi Yi, you can go too, the last two tables have to pay the bill."