Gourmet and actor

Hearing this, Xiao Ke was also a little strange.After carefully looking at Xiao Huiguang for a moment, he wondered, "Are there any problems with the clothes?"

Xiao Huiguang felt that the old man's expression was somewhat familiar, he didn't seem to be looking at a stranger, but he didn't seem to recognize the wrong person either.I was wondering what was going on, when I suddenly smelled a strange fragrance coming towards my face, and I felt hungry, so I couldn't help but put the doubts behind me, and said: "It's probably because he is more enthusiastic and likes to laugh when he meets people."

After he was seated, he counted and saw that there were six dishes on the table, and he even hung a small pot of soup on the alcohol stove.I used to say that it was too wasteful, how could two people eat so much.But being smoked by the increasingly intense aroma, he immediately forgot his original intention again, and without thinking about talking, he took a sip of the thick soup in the bowl first.

After taking a mouthful of hot soup, he suddenly felt a sense of warmth flow from his stomach to his whole body, and the chill that he had just had outside was completely dispelled.At the same time, a mellow and rich taste condenses on the tip of the tongue and lingers for a long time.

Pulling the bowl with a spoon, I saw that there was a chicken wing inside, and the honey-colored skin broke open when touched by the porcelain spoon, revealing extremely crispy and tender meat.Xiao Huiguang couldn't help but wondered: "Can chicken wing soup be so delicious?"

Xiao Ke explained: "It's not pure chicken wings, but also duck feet. Fry them together until the skin is golden and crispy, then add broth, pour it into a clay pot and cook slowly. If you like it, drink more first, and the soup will be almost boiled later. The gelatin on the wing palms will completely dissolve, and then the tofu should be put into the thick soup and continue to stew, so it is not easy to eat directly."

When he visited the kitchen just now, Xiao Huiguang had seen the pot of broth.In the large cylindrical iron pot, which is a few minutes higher than his waist, the soup has already used more than half of the pot, and there is less than a third of the amount left.Ham squares, abalone, whole chicken, and other good ingredients that have sunk to the bottom of the pot are exposed, looming in the amber soup.At that time, he also asked why he didn’t add water, and the chef who was in charge of making the soup said seriously that the soup had to be boiled in a new pot every day with different ingredients, and no water should be added in the middle, otherwise the taste would change.

At that time, Xiao Huiguang felt that his son was too particular, but after tasting it now, he found that the broth can make the ordinary chicken wings and duck feet so delicious, and he felt that his son's doing so made sense.

After drinking two bowls of soup, Xiao Huiguang went to look at the dishes again.A plate of translucent and oily braised noodles, neatly arranged and uncluttered, decorated with emerald green coriander and bright red pepper, as beautiful as a work of art, immediately caught his attention, "You still sell noodles in this shop?" Noodle?"

"Yeah. The noodles are freshly made by Lao Ding. The high-gluten noodles do not add water, but are only mixed with egg whites. After forming, they are first fried on a low heat until they are half crispy, and then they are added with chicken broth, half fried and half simmered. After they are made, they melt in the mouth. Served. Guests of all ages like to order a main course.”

Just looking at the appearance of this noodle, it looks like clear water noodles that have not been cooked for a long time, but the taste is actually soft?

After hearing Xiao Ke's introduction, Xiao Huiguang became more and more interested.Picked a chopstick and sent it to the mouth.After tasting it, he immediately felt that his son's words were too modest: the noodles were said to be deep-fried, but after the mouth, apart from the smooth and fresh texture that melted immediately, there was no greasy taste at all.It is indeed suitable for people like him who are over fifty years old, have bad teeth and can't stand greasy.

After eating in one bite, he couldn't bear another chopstick.Just about to try another dish, he suddenly realized a problem, his outstretched hand froze in mid-air, and the delicious taste on the tip of his tongue quietly turned into bitterness.

"what happened?"

Xiao Ke thought that the ingredients were not cleaned when the noodles were cooked, and Xiao Huiguang choked.Just about to get up to pour water, he heard him ask: "Where did you learn your skills?"

Guessing that he would probably ask, Xiao Ke was already prepared, "I learned it two years ago."

"You have practiced so well, you have suffered a lot, haven't you?"

"Fortunately."

In fact, even though the imperial chef taught him everything back then, he didn't have to wait on him carefully every day like ordinary disciples. When the master felt comfortable, he would leak a trick or two from his fingers.After completing their studies, they will have to do a few more years of white labor before they can officially graduate as a teacher.But even so, now recalling those boring and monotonous exercises back then, he would wonder how he persisted.

It's just that Xiao Ke didn't want to show weakness, thinking that these things are useless, so it's better not to mention them.

Seeing that he still didn't want to say more, Xiao Huiguang was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "It's my dereliction of duty that caused you to be wronged."

Unexpectedly, it was because of this that his expression was wrong, Xiao Ke didn't know how to answer it for a moment.At the same time, I didn't want to mention some sad things during the New Year's Eve, so I changed the subject and said, "You're retired now, do you want to move to City B? It's so big that you won't be able to play it for a year."

Guessing that his son didn't want to mention the past, Xiao Huiguang also restrained his emotions, "I'm in my hometown."

After thinking about it, Xiao Ke changed his reason, "My new store is short of staff, if you are free, can you come and help?"

Xiao Huiguang was a little moved.But then it occurred to me that I had been a worker all my life and didn't know how to manage or cook, so coming to the restaurant was just a casual meal, and I couldn't help my son.He shook his head, "I can't do it."

Xiao Ke had already prepared for a protracted battle, so it was not surprising that he was rejected.He stopped bringing up the topic, but continued to introduce the dishes and concentrate on eating.

Father Han, the laughing old man who had been forgotten by their father and son, packed the food and left quickly when Ding Haili asked again why he couldn't tell Xiao Ke.

While rushing home, he was also worried: seeing his father-in-law's unsmiling appearance, he probably couldn't accept Xiao Lin as his son-in-law, and he was afraid that the young couple would have troubles in the future.It would be great if God could give him an opportunity to make him realize Xiao Lin's reliability.

The worried Father Han did not expect that his wish would come true after the year.

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Since the new store will open on the eighth day of the lunar new year, it may need support from the old store at that time, so Xiao Ke paid the employees three times the New Year's salary, and agreed with them not to go home during the Chinese New Year, and to come back to work early on the eighth day of the new year .

The salary is doubled, and there are still holidays, so the employees are naturally happy.Privately make an appointment to act together during the holidays, and visit all the scenic spots that you usually don't have time to visit.

As for Xiao Ke's holiday arrangement, because he had an agreement with Zhou Fu, he spent a lot of time talking, in the name of visiting friends, and persuaded Xiao Huiguang to go to S City with him after New Year's Eve, which was actually a trip.

On the eve of New Year's Eve, the last wave of diners were sent away, and everyone had a reunion dinner together, and the restaurant officially closed.After handing out the year-end awards to everyone, and checking the restaurant's various masters again, after leaving, Xiao Ke took Xiao Huiguang to buy New Year's goods together.

Two people celebrate the New Year and don't need too many things.All the ingredients needed were brought home from the restaurant in advance, and other necessities were also delivered to Han Xilin.The father and son went to the supermarket and just bought some daily necessities.

At the time of cash register, there was a little episode: the aunt who followed in line recognized Xiao Ke, and yelled loudly, which immediately attracted everyone from the entire supermarket to come over.After hastily signing a few names, seeing that the situation was not good, Xiao Ke hurriedly grabbed Xiao Huiguang and ran away. He didn't even have time to take the elevator and ran out of the shopping mall.

Although he knew from the newspapers that his son is very famous now, Xiao Huiguang hadn't really felt it until now.Although he was out of breath after being chased, he was still in a good mood.After returning home, I took the initiative to wash the fruit and make tea.

Xiao Ke, who didn't quite understand his psychological changes, was hanging up his coat in bewilderment, when he suddenly received a call from Han Xilin, "Xiao Daxingxing, I would have gone to that supermarket to wait for you if I knew it. We haven't seen each other for four days." We met, and you didn't take the initiative to contact me."

Considering that Xiao Huiguang and Xiao Huiguang are in the detente period, if Han Xilin is brought home at this time, he still doesn't know how to get angry with his lonely temper.Xiao Ke then decided to take it easy and wait for a while before confessing to Xiao Huiguang.

Moreover, in order to avoid leaving him with a bad impression of deliberate deception in the future, Xiao Ke also rejected Han Xilin's suggestion to pretend to be a friend first.It was agreed in advance that the two would not meet for the time being during the Chinese New Year.

Han Xilin was not dissatisfied with his decision.It's just that I'm used to saying hello and kissing each other every morning and evening, but now I have to sleep alone, it's a bit disappointing.

After receiving his call, Xiao Ke hurried to his room, locked the door first, and then went to the small balcony to talk, "I just sent a message last night. And didn't I say that you just pretend I'm on a business trip again?" .”

Han Xilin said: "I used to talk on the phone and have videos on business trips, but now I can only see recent photos of you on fans' Weibo."

"I work during the day and spend time with my father at night. I really don't have time." Although Xiao Ke felt apologetic, he couldn't think of a way to get the best of both worlds, so he suggested: "Once I heard He Lun say that the food reviews you wrote before It’s very popular. How many more articles will you write while you’re free recently?”

"He's really talkative." Han Xilin complained, and then explained: "It's not counted as a review, but a record of the famous restaurants I have eaten. You know, when I used to have a bad appetite, I tried it for a while. To avoid a long time In order to avoid confusion and repetition, I registered an account and wrote down the taste every time I tried one. For some reason, many people suddenly paid attention to me, saying that I was a senior gourmet, and caused some trouble. I stopped writing because I was too lazy to pay attention to it. When it comes to you, you completely forgot about this.”

Xiao Ke felt that if he could find some chores for him after work, before Xiao Huiguang left, he would not be so bored counting the days, so he continued to persuade: "Why don't you choose some dishes from my cooking?" If you like it, write a few random articles, how about it?"

It is rare for a lover to take the initiative to ask himself to do something, Han Xilin immediately agreed, "Okay, but I want a reward, and I want it now."

"...how can I do it?"

"Don't make things difficult for you, just give me a kiss."

Xiao Ke subconsciously glanced at the locked door first, and then heard that there was no movement outside.Just as he was about to speak, at this moment, on the large balcony adjacent to the balcony of the bedroom, Xiao Huiguang suddenly appeared holding a watering can, gesturing to water the flowers.

Seeing that figure, Xiao Ke was so frightened that he almost dropped his phone.

Xiao Huiguang also noticed him.Seeing his son on the phone, he hurriedly avoided going out for fear of disturbing him with the sound.

Han Xilin, who hadn't waited for a long time, asked, "Where's the person?"

"No matter what the reward is, we will talk about it after we meet." Although Xiao Ke was not caught, Xiao Ke was not in the mood to continue molesting him.After saying a few words casually, he cut off the phone.

Han Xilin didn't know why he was suddenly shy.After a moment of regret, thinking about the review of the plan for the coming year, before the evening dinner, there are still two hours of free time, so I searched for the app that was used as a memo before, and prepared to be invited to write a review for Xiao Ke.

He tried the password several times before logging in correctly.Ignoring the 999 private message reminder in the upper right corner, he opened the notepad directly and began to think about which dish to write first.

Looking back for a long time, Han Xilin found that as long as Xiao Ke made it, he would love anything, including sweets.Speaking of sweets, he couldn't help but think of Xiao Ke's little dissatisfaction on the day of his visit to the class.So he decided to write persimmon milk pancakes and mandarin duck milk rolls, and when Xiao Ke reads them, he should have no further objections to him.

Since he is evaluating the food made by his lover, and will show it to his lover in the future, Han Xilin is naturally very attentive.After finishing writing, I also left it to myself to quietly polish the water army studio that Xiao Ke raised before posting it.

After completing the task, Han Xilin went to the entertainment.Unbeknownst to him, his new draft caused an uproar in the food community.

In the past, when Han Xilin was not interested in food, his comments were all objective and concise.Although I occasionally praise the taste of the food, I have never given any evaluations such as delicious or good.

Although his pen is cold, and the statement in advance is purely a family statement.But because he has eaten in many well-known restaurants, all over the world, he has compared the craftsmanship of many famous chefs, and he can tell the characteristics of various special ingredients.

However, there have been some restaurants whose brands have been turned over by him, ignoring his statement that all comments are based on personal subjectiveness, or sending private messages or leaving comments, asking him to add a few words of praise under various conditions.This time there were many things, and he couldn't find a satisfactory restaurant for a while, so he was discouraged, so he stopped actively looking for tastings and no longer updated.

Celebrities who disappeared for two or three years suddenly returned, and their style changed drastically.The gourmets in the community couldn’t help guessing whether this once maverick food critic named Shuangmulin, like everyone else, decided to develop his hobby into a part-time job to make money, and began to collect money to write soft articles?

However, the gourmets read the article over and over again, but they couldn't find the necessary name, address and contact information for Ruanguang.On the contrary, it was themselves, who were so attracted by the sweets in the article that their mouths were drooling.

It's not a soft article. Could it be that he wants to open a restaurant by himself?After hundreds of guesses were posted in the comment area, someone finally revealed the secret: "Mandarin duck milk roll is a dessert of Yushan Palace. I don't know about the persimmon pancake. Maybe it is a new dish that is about to be launched."

At the mention of Yushan Palace, everyone was immediately convinced.In the community, there are fresh people who have just entered the society, and there are also elites who have worked for many years and have achieved fame. The restaurants they usually go to consume are very different.However, Yushan Palace has both affordable flying banquets and relatively high-end dinners, covering a wide range.People in City B who like food have basically tasted it, and most of the diners from other places have found a proxy to buy things from his house.It is agreed that the taste is nothing to say.

The next guesses went in another direction.Some were envious of the Po owner being able to eat the new dishes of Yushan Palace in advance, and some speculated whether he and Boss Xiao were friends.And so on.

However, looking at the happy comment area, other merchants in front of the screen began to be dissatisfied.

Clicking on the private message and reconfirming that the information and comments I sent to Shuangmulin did not receive any reply, the young man closed his face with a gloomy expression and switched to another homepage.

This is the official website of Bocuse d'Or, and will follow up and report on next year's competition.Click on the location of your own country on the map to confirm the game time.Just as the young man was about to go offline, his eyes fell on the map of China, he hesitated for a moment, and clicked in.

The pre-selection in China has ended, and the primary list has just been announced.His eyes quickly flicked over the densely packed foreign characters, and the young man who didn't know why he did this became less and less troubled.Just as he was about to quit, his eyes suddenly focused—at the bottom of the list, there was the name that was mentioned repeatedly in the comment area just now, Yu Shan Gong!

Saying the name in a weird tone, the corners of the young man's lips curled up slowly.

——I hope this person named Xiao Ke can survive the primary election.He really couldn't wait to see what kind of abilities the person who won the first praise from Shuangmulin had.