Chapter 1113: Yin ya failed to act coquettishly
Ever since he became Yuan Zhou's apprentice, master Cheng had been standing at the same time as Yuan Zhou. He didn't leave even after the meal time was over. He just stood there and studied seriously.
As for Yuan Zhou, he explained when he could and when he couldn 't, he moved slowly and faced master Cheng, so that master Cheng could clearly see his skills and steps.
The master and the disciple quietly taught each other in the small shop.
"Gu Dong Gu Dong", the red sugar in the claypot had completely melted and turned into red sugar water. It was slowly becoming a slightly sticky texture.
The surface of the brown sugar water emitted a reddish-brown light. At that time, Yuan Zhou turned off the stove with a sound of "PA."
"This needs to be filtered four times to make the taste more delicate and free of dregs." Yuan Zhou's voice came out from the face mask slowly. While saying that, he took up the clay pot and started to filter the clay.
"Shua shua shua." Master Cheng nodded his head continuously and then recorded Yuan Zhou's words in the notebook.
If one looked carefully, they would find that master Cheng had recorded Yuan Zhou's original words without a single word missing. Even the pause in the middle was carefully noted with punctuation.
There would be some sugar cane slag after the block red sugar was boiled. Most of it was during the first filtration, and the remaining three times would be less and less until there was no more.
Moreover, every time he filtered it, Yuan Zhou would turn on the small fire and simmer it for a while more. Only when the brown sugar water was scooped up and turned into a red line that slowly flowed down was it considered to be done.
The brown sugar water was neither too thick nor too light, and it was just right to be poured over the ice powder.
After the red sugar was boiled, Yuan Zhou directly put it in the claypot to cool without putting it in another container. It was getting late and it was time to prepare the ingredients for lunch.
"Hua La La," Yuan Zhou turned on the tap and washed his hands.
"I'll go wash up. " Yuan Zhou said after he wiped his hands dry.
"Alright, master. Is there anything I can help with?" Master Cheng looked at Yuan Zhou expectantly.
"No need, you should digest it." Yuan Zhou said.
"Okay, then I'll bring a bowl of ice powder to try tomorrow?" Master Cheng touched his fat belly and asked honestly.
"Sure." After a nod, Yuan Zhou turned around and went upstairs.
"Thank you, master." Master Cheng watched Yuan Zhou go upstairs with his eyes happily.
Such a conversation would happen more than twice a day between Yuan Zhou and master Cheng. First, master Cheng asked if he could help. After Yuan Zhou refused, he asked if he could bring food here to be evaluated.
Yuan Zhou would refuse the first one and agree to the second one. Such a dialogue was repeated and persistent.
However, Yuan Zhou would answer earnestly every time. Even the first time master Cheng asked for his help, Yuan Zhou had already refused.
Although he refused, master Cheng still wiped the tables and chairs while reviewing the ice cream made by Yuan Zhou.
That's right. Now, both Zhou Jia and Shen Min had a sense of crisis facing master Cheng.
It couldn't be helped. Before, master Cheng was already very diligent even though he didn't have a title. But now that he had a title, they didn't even have a chance to do the chores in Yuan Zhou's restaurant.
Oh, it was alright. Master Cheng rarely helped to order the dishes.
10 minutes later, Yuan Zhou changed into a clean and fresh set of light gray traditional Chinese clothing with silver-rimmed lotus flower patterns and went downstairs.
It could be seen that Yuan Zhou looked a little more spirited. He must have even washed his hair.
"Good day, master." Master Cheng immediately stood up and greeted him.
"Yes." Yuan Zhou nodded his head and then washed his hands again and immersed himself in the preparation of the ingredients for lunch.
In a little while, a line began to form outside Yuan Zhou's restaurant. The first one was naturally Wu Hai.
"Zhao Mei, do you have any new dishes today?" While stroking his small mustaches, Wu Hai asked master Cheng who was looking at Yuan Zhou seriously.
"Sister Zhao? forget it if you don't have any today, but ..." Wu Hai continued talking.
That's right. Ever since master Cheng revealed his real name, almost all the familiar customers in the restaurant would call Master Cheng Zhao Mei in a friendly manner except for the well-behaved Zhou Jia, Shen Min, and the cute mu Xiaoyun.
Even Yuan Zhou would call Master Cheng "sister Zhao" with a serious face from time to time.
Yuan Zhou indicated that he was definitely not teasing master Cheng. He was just calling him his apprentice in a serious manner.
After all, master Cheng was called Zhao Mei Cheng, wasn't it?
"There is." Master Cheng turned his head and replied with a single word.
"Ah? There are!" Wu Hai didn't even bother to touch his small mustaches anymore. He stretched his neck and sniffed at the inside of the restaurant.
"It's sweet. It's sweet. " Wu Hai immediately distinguished the taste of the red sugar in the air.
"What is this? Looks like there's good food again. " Wu Hai didn't ask master Cheng about that. He just looked at Yuan Zhou's busy figure expectantly.
"Shameless Wu, I thought you didn't like sweet things. What are you so happy about?" Ling Hong stood behind him and asked.
"Of course, I don't like to eat the sweet dishes of other restaurants. But I can still swallow the bitter dishes cooked by boss Yuan." Wu Hai stroked his small mustaches and said earnestly.
Wu Hai said that loudly, hoping that Yuan Zhou would give him a special meal or something. After all, it was well known that Wu Hai was afraid of bitterness. However, he still dared to eat Yuan Zhou's food even though he was afraid of bitterness. This showed that he really admired Yuan Zhou's craftsmanship.
Nevertheless, Yuan Zhou really heard that. He thought in his heart,""Bitter? It seems that I can eat bitter gourd salad next time. It can clear heat and relieve summer heat. It's perfect. "
Wu Hai was quite happy after being mischievous for a while. He still didn't know what Yuan Zhou was planning in his heart, but he couldn't care about that now, because the lunchtime had started.
"What's the new dish? I want one. " That was the first sentence that Wu Hai said as soon as he sat down.
"It's Red sugar ice powder. " Zhou Jia said.
"Is it ice powder? I haven't eaten for a long time, I want one too. " Yin ya said.
"Alright, wait a moment." Yuan Zhou took a look at Yin ya and then turned around to get the ice cream with a nod.
Yuan Zhou's ice powder was kept in a white, transparent glass bowl with a slightly thick brown sugar water on top. The moment it came into contact with the cool silk ice powder, it slowly seeped into the bowl.
Therefore, when Yuan Zhou carried the ice powder to Yin ya, there was already a thin layer of ice mist outside the transparent glazed bowl. Looking through the bowl, she could see the pieces of crystal clear ice powder wrapped in the red sugar water like mist.
"Please enjoy your meal." Yuan Zhou set down the bowl and spoon.
"OK. Thank you, boss Yuan." Yin ya revealed a sweet smile.
"You're welcome," Yuan Zhou pulled a taut face even more and then returned to the kitchen.
As soon as Yuan Zhou left, Yin ya picked up the spoon and prepared to start eating.
"It's so beautiful. " Yin ya looked at the ice powder on the White porcelain spoon and sighed with emotion.
Yes, it was indeed beautiful. There was a piece of irregular ice powder on the spoon. It was not as white and transparent as other ice powder, but it was shiny.
"So it's a small bubble." Yin ya took a careful look and then found that the glittering thing was the small bubbles in the ice powder.
The small bubbles were like stars in the ice powder, and they were as beautiful and charming as stars when they were refracted by the lights in the store.
"Boss Yuan, you cook so well every time that I can't bear to eat it." Yin ya raised her head and looked at Yuan Zhou, her voice slightly coy.
"Color, fragrance, taste, meaning, and shape are the basic." Yuan Zhou immediately stood up straight and said primly.
"..." Her coquettishness failed. Yin ya was instantly speechless.
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