Xu Qinyu also stood in the crowd and watched. Lianhua, Yang Zhizhi and Xu Yunlan also looked at the cooks excitedly. It was the first time they saw this kind of competition, and they were naturally a little excited. Yang Zhizhi was whispering to Xu Yunlan and Lianhua. As he spoke, we discussed who was the most skilled at cooking in the first round. After a while, seeing that everyone was doing the same thing, we began to discuss about how many days it would be Xu Qinyu's turn.

Xu Qinyu was also watching how the first-round contestants made the braised pork.

The stovetop is a stove and a large pot. The stove can be stuffed with firewood and can also control the heat.

Most of the methods are to cut the pork belly into pieces and blanch the pork belly in water, put the blanched pork belly aside for later use. After cleaning the iron pot, put it on the stove, add oil and fry it with sugar. The color of the fried sugar is very important. Bitter, after frying the candy, pour in the pork belly and stir fry, then add the onion, ginger and garlic to fry until fragrant, and finally add salt and soy sauce and continue to fry.

Xu Qinyu saw that many of them gave sugar at will, and the comparison ratio was not very fancy, and even did not control the size of the heat when frying the sugar. There are other times when the heat is similar, it is not very fancy, and the whole process is medium heat to fry.

Many other people can only smell the smell of meat, but Xu Qinyu can smell the smell of meat.

She does not comment on these cooking skills, and the cooking skills of her own era are still in their infancy.

And she knows how to cook, which is the result of thousands of years of removing the dregs and taking the essence.

Not to mention the braised pork, the taste is still very fragrant. It is not too long, and there is a strong meat aroma at the scene.

Xu Yunlan and Yang Zhizhi often eat meals made by Xu Qinyu. Xu Qinyu's recipe also has braised pork, but not many people order it, because braised pork is a dish that every restaurant has, and the braised pork is a little greasy. , Generally girls don't like to eat, Yang Zhizhi will not eat braised pork because he wants to lose weight and control his weight.

Although they have never eaten the braised pork made by Xu Qinyu, they have eaten many other dishes made by Xu Qinyu, so they feel a little wrong when they smell the aroma of this braised pork.

Yang Zhizhi couldn't help but say, "Why do I think this taste is not very fragrant? It's a bit fishy from pork."

Xu Yunlan said: "Indeed, that's because we often eat food made by Qinyu, so the taste becomes more delicious, and the sense of smell of food is also improved, and naturally we can smell the difference."

Lotus stood beside her and didn't swallow much.

She often eats braised pork, not made by the master, but made by other chefs in Xu Ji. The cooking standard is also made according to the standard for the guests in the restaurant, but it is not made by the chef and the master. The taste is definitely worse, but it is better than Smells a lot now.

In addition to guarding the restaurant and patrolling the restaurant every day, Lianhua also has other tasks. Other tasks in the restaurant also require a lot of physical work. The food the master gives them is very good, and they often eat braised pork. At the time, it is not every day that you can eat meat and fish.

Xu Qinyu watched it all the time.

In fact, there are still a lot of seasonings. In addition to these common ones, there are also some strange spices, Huadiao wine, various bean pastes, moldy tofu, etc. Some cooks will also add Huadiao wine and moldy tofu. The general practice is the same. Still about the same.

After half an hour, the braised pork of the first round players was all out of the pot. In order to have a better taste, the stew was soft and rotten. Their braised pork was cut into smaller pieces. There are three or four small pieces on top of each small plate.

The colors of the braised pork produced by the ten contestants are also different. Some are sauce red, some are too red, some sauce is not enough, some are whitish, and even one is too nervous. Now, the braised pork that came out of the back was a little dark and bitter. The contestant's face was pale, sweat dripped from his forehead, and his face and lips were all white. He knew in his heart that he would definitely pass the test this time.

No matter what kind of competition test, in fact, mentality is also very important.

In the first round, there will be only one contestant who will be awarded 60 points by all the judges.

Sixty points is just a passing mark.

The contestant who made the braised pork a little bitter and black was even reprimanded by many judges, saying that the contestant could not lift his head.

The time given for each round is half an hour, that is, an hour. For the cook, this time is absolutely sufficient, but there are almost a thousand players in the first round, and there can only be ten players in one hour. , the competition is still a little slow. Today, due to the lottery and other reasons, the competition will not start until noon, so on the first day, there can only be about seven or eight rounds of people.

Kong Kun was on the fifth round.

When he cooked the braised pork, he used Huadiao wine and green onion ginger water to remove the smell of the braised pork.

Xu Qinyu is also very careful, and he is indeed the chef of Zuixianlou. He is also very attentive in cooking and will not be distracted. He can still control the heat. Xu Qinyu also gave him a review in his heart. Ninety.

For Xu Qinyu, 90 points can be regarded as a relatively high score for her.

Chef Wang and Dong Qian have learned cooking skills for a long time, and they have been with her for almost a year, and the ratings she gave are similar.

Sure enough, when the twenty old gentlemen scored Kong Kun, they all scored ninety-five points, and one even gave a hundred points.

By the end of the first day of the competition, it was already very late and the city gate had not yet been closed.

Because of the culinary competition in the city during these days, the prefect deliberately made the closing time of the city gate an hour later. In addition, the guards in the city were also much stricter.

It was quite fast to go back in a carriage, and Lianhua drove the carriage to send Xu Qinyu out of the city and back to the restaurant.

Both Yang Zhizhi and Xu Yunlan came with their mother and sisters-in-law, and they also followed Lianhua's carriage back to the restaurant.

Xu Qinyu ate Chaoshi very early in the morning and went to the city to draw lots, and now she is so hungry that her chest sticks to her back.

After returning to the restaurant, the evening meal in the restaurant was almost over, but the cooks left meals for Xu Qinyu and Lianhua. After eating the evening meal, everyone went back to rest, and Xu Qinyu also returned to the house. I'm also worried, and I feel relieved when I see her back.

Wen Shi chatted with Yuniang for a few words, and then asked Yuniang to wash up and go to bed quickly.

It will be Xu Qinyu's turn in a few days, even if he doesn't go there in these few days, it's okay, but Xu Qinyu still wants to go and have a look.

In the early morning of the next day, everyone ate the morning food earlier, because the competition will start from the hour of Chen today.

The city gates in the city were also opened at the beginning of Mao.

Xu Qin Yumao got up before the hour and went to the restaurant to cook something to eat. Today, she specially made a lot of brown sugar cakes.

Today, she eats morning food earlier, and she also has to stay up until dark before eating evening food. She will be hungry for six or seven hours in the middle, so she learns from her experience today and brings some food to the scene to continue watching the competition.

Brown sugar hair cake is made of brown sugar, red dates, and flour, and the method is very simple.

However, the brown sugar hair cake made by Xu Qinyu also added crushed red dates and some raisins, as well as eggs and milk, so that it would taste more sweet and fragrant.

Melt the brown sugar with warm water, then add flour and stir, then add eggs and stir, and finally pour in an appropriate amount of milk. The batter is fine and the consistency is just right.

Pour the fine batter into a container, add chopped red dates and raisins, Xu Qinyu also likes to eat red dates and raisins, and gives more red dates and raisins.

The batter with such a good consistency has to be fermented for half an hour. Xu Qinyu borrowed the temperature from the kitchen stove to ferment, and it fermented faster.

The fermented batter is cooked directly in the pot for two quarters of an hour.

The steamed brown sugar cake is fluffy and soft, with a dense and delicate taste, rich brown sugar aroma, and a milky aroma, sweet and delicious.

There are a lot of red dates and raisins in one bite, and the taste is richer.

Xu Qinyu couldn't hold back, and ate two pieces first. Seeing Lianhua watching eagerly, she also handed two pieces to Lianhua. After taking it, Lianhua took a big bite, then nodded vigorously, "Master, it's delicious." She used to eat custard buns made by the master, which were as delicious, and she especially liked the sweet and milky taste.

Even the custard buns, that is, the first half month when the restaurant was relatively quiet, Lianhua only ate the custard buns made by Xu Qinyu himself.

Xu Qinyu said with a smile: "When I go to the city in a while, tell me if I'm hungry, I have to take these brown sugar hair cakes with me later, and I will definitely stay here for a long time today. We will eat this when we are hungry."

Lianhua was stunned, and then she couldn't help grinning, that is to say, she can eat all the delicious pastries today.

Xu Qinyu also specially left a few yuan for Huo Jiang, and usually troubled Huo Jiang to help her, so she would leave a portion for Huo Jiang for the small snacks and snacks she made by herself when she had time.

The finished brown sugar hair cake is directly wrapped in oiled paper and placed in the carriage.

Xu Qinyu also specially brought a water bottle, and planned to go to the city with Lianhua.

Yang Zhizhi and Xu Yunlan are also going to the city today, but their mothers will not go, they plan to see Xu Qinyu on the day of the competition.

Young girls are different, no matter who is competing, they all want to join in the fun, so today is Lianhua driving the carriage, Yang Zhizhi, Xu Yunlan and Xu Qinyu sat in the carriage together, the three girls talked and laughed to the city.

In the past, the sky had already brightened, and it wasn't her competition today, so it's okay to be late. The contestants in the eighth round have also started to compete.

Seven rounds of contestants were finished yesterday.

Xu Qinyu also deliberately brought a few little cockroaches, and asked Lianhua to lead the three of them to the front and sit on top of the little cockroaches to watch.

Quite a few people in the front row were carrying small benches, so it wasn't out of the ordinary for her to do so.

Lianhua held a big burden in her arms, and inside was brown sugar hair cake.

It’s just that the people around are a little puzzled. They feel that there is a smell of braised pork today. Why do they still smell another very sweet smell from time to time, with brown sugar and red dates in it, but no one eats it nearby. They just think it’s their own. illusion.

After watching for two hours, it was the end of noon. Everyone had breakfast earlier today, and now they are having lunch.

Xu Qinyu asked Lianhua to open the bundle, and shared the brown sugar cake inside for everyone to eat.

Her hair cake is cut into relatively large pieces, girls, two or three pieces will be enough to fill you up.

Yang Zhizhi and Xu Yunlan especially liked the taste of brown sugar hair cake. It was soft and sweet, with a brown sugar flavor and a strong milky aroma. Neither of them could hold back, so they ate another piece, four pieces each, and they were all overwhelmed. .

Xu Qinyu ate three yuan, and there were about ten yuan left, all of which were given to Lianhua.

Lianhua has a big appetite, and ten yuan is just enough for her to eat.

When the brown sugar hair cake is taken out from the bag, the sweet taste will become stronger.

The brown sugar hair cake is just out of the pan. The aroma is the strongest when it is hot. This is also the characteristic of sweet pastries. The aroma is the strongest when it is hot. When it is cold, the aroma will be greatly reduced. Sweet taste.

So after taking out the brown sugar hair cake, even though the people around could smell the sweet smell stronger, people farther away still couldn't smell it.

When a few people started to eat, the people around realized that they were looking at the fluffy hair cake in their hands, which looked a bit like brown sugar hair cake, but it was also dotted with a lot of red dates and other particles that looked like dried fruits.

There are no raisins here yet, these raisins were dried by Xu Qinyu herself.

The grapes on her several acres of land are not used to make wine, but are used to dry into raisins, which are usually used in pastries in restaurants and restaurants.

Someone couldn't help asking, "Little lady, what are you eating?"

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "Fat cake made of brown sugar."

There are also hair cakes here, osmanthus hair cakes with brown sugar and ordinary sugar flavors, but they don't smell as good and sweet as the hair cakes eaten by the little ladies in front of me, and there is also a sweetness of milky milk and red dates.

The brown sugar hair cake they eat on weekdays is just a little bit of brown sugar.

Even for ordinary brown sugar hair cakes, more than half of a fist costs two cents a piece.

The pastries and snacks here are more expensive because sugar is used.

There were also many ordinary people who came to watch, and they couldn't help but smell the fragrance. There was an old lady whose grandson had been a little fussy, twisting and turning in the old lady's arms, shouting, "Grandma, I want to eat ,I want to eat too."

The old lady couldn't stand the torture, and couldn't help but say, "Little lady, can you sell us a piece?"

Smelling such a sweet scent, couldn't help it, and seeing that the little lady's brown sugar hair cake was quite big, three or four times bigger than the small piece they usually bought, and it was bigger than two fists. thought it would be a good deal to buy one piece for five cents. It smells so good, and it must taste delicious. Look at the taller lady next to her.

Xu Qinyu said: "Sorry, these are just enough for us to eat."

She only made a portion for a few people, Lianhua still has a large appetite, she didn't prepare anything for Lianhua yesterday, when Lianhua went back she was so hungry that her eyes would glow green, that's why she thought of making some cakes to bring with her today.

After hearing this, the old lady couldn't help but said, "You four little ladies, I see that one piece of hair cake is so big, and one person will be full after eating two pieces. Is there still a lot left? Little lady, how about five cents?" Sell ​​me a piece of money, and I will feed it to my little grandson, and I am not an old woman who is too greedy, so just sell me a piece for the sake of a child."

The old lady was also thinking, although the portion of this piece is four times larger than that sold outside, but the little lady made it herself, and it would be enough to sell it to her for five cents.

Xu Qinyu glanced at the three or four-year-old child, who was very noisy, kept yelling for food, and wanted to grab it from Lianhua's hand, but Lianhua avoided it.

Lianhua glared at the child. She was eating too much, but when she heard this, she immediately said, "I have a big appetite, and I'm still not full after eating ten yuan. This is enough for us. If your grandson's little grandson If you want to eat, you can buy it outside, there are many stalls selling snacks nearby."

Hair cake is indeed a relatively common food, and it is basically available in small food stalls.

There are a lot of food stalls behind the crowd, they all come here to do business during the cooking competition, thinking that the big guys will join in the fun all day long, even if they eat Chaoshi, they will be hungry, so they simply set up stalls nearby , business is indeed pretty good.

The old lady muttered, "If I go out for a while, I won't be able to squeeze in."

Most people want to squeeze in the front because of another point, that is, in this cooking competition, in addition to tasting the dishes made by the contestants, the judges will also choose some people on the scene to try and score, but their scores are just for reference , is not included in the total score, because the judges are sometimes unfair, so many people want to be selected to try it.

The old lady's little grandson was still making trouble, and now he started to sob, "Grandma, I want to eat, I want to eat, give it to me quickly."

Xu Qinyu glanced at the brat.

Brother Feng and Sister Xian in the family are relatively well-behaved children. Even Brother Shao and some children who come to the restaurant for dinner on weekdays are more obedient. Xu Qinyu also rarely meets bear children. Previous.

Most children, even if they are greedy for other people's food, they just stare at it silently, and they don't cry like this and grab it.

Xu Qinyu also hates bears, and she is quite cold-hearted towards bears, she said: "Old lady, you heard it too, my sister has a big appetite, the three of us can eat three or four yuan, and the rest will be given to you." My sister eats it, but if you really want to buy it, it’s 20 Wen a piece.” It’s sold in the restaurant for 20 Wen, and it’s not only brown sugar, but also eggs, milk, red dates and raisins. Raisins are a rare thing. , the price is naturally expensive.

Lianhua is a bit older than her, and she is not a maid she bought, but a hired guard, so when she goes out on weekdays to introduce her, she only says that Lianhua is her sister.

The old lady's face changed when she heard that she wanted twenty cents, "Twenty cents, young lady, are you stealing money? You are not a precious thing, just a brown sugar cake, sold outside, you are so old One piece is only eight yuan, and it is made at home, and five yuan is about the same."

Xu Qinyu said: "It's twenty Wen and one yuan."

She also knew that the old lady would never buy twenty Wen.

As expected, the old lady murmured, "You little lady is really greedy, you just want to see that my old lady brings a little grandson so it's not easy to squeeze around, so you deliberately sell me so expensive? You are really bad-hearted, you little lady."

Xu Qinyu was a little helpless, "Old lady, I also gave eggs and milk in this brown sugar hair cake, and I also added red dates and raisins. You know the grapes. In summer, it costs 30 yuan a catty to buy fresh ones, and they are also sun-dried. Raisins, there are only a handful of raisins in a catty, and there is enough brown sugar in it, so if you pay five cents, you won’t be able to recover the cost.”

She gave a lot of brown sugar, with a rich brown sugar flavor, and the brown sugar cake outside gave very little brown sugar, just a little bit of sweetness, and the taste was actually very bland.

The old lady didn't listen at all, she kept yelling that Xu Qinyu had a bad heart, a brown sugar cake was so expensive to sell to her, and the little grandson kept clamoring to eat it, the old lady couldn't help it, so she carried the small stool He led his grandson out of the crowd to buy brown sugar hair cake for his little grandson, and finally gave Xu Qinyu an angry look.

Only then did Xu Qinyu's ears become clear.

She also continued to eat the hair cake, which has a strong brown sugar flavor, milk flavor, and a dense and sweet taste, which is really good.

She plans to add brown sugar hair cake to Xu Ji Chaoshi in the future, but the taste can be richer, and she will try to mix it a few more times when she goes back.

The few people were eating, and Xu Qinyu felt a timid gaze from the side. She looked back and found that it was a little girl of three or four years old. The little girl was a little thin, with big eyes, watching them eat. Swallowing secretly, seeing Xu Qinyu looking over, she hurriedly buried her head in her mother's arms.

Her mother also noticed that the little girl was watching others eat, so she smiled apologetically at Xu Qinyu and nodded.

Xu Qinyu saw that the little girl was really cute, even though she was a little thin, her eyes were very big, her pupils were also black, she looked cute and pitiful.

She couldn't see such a pitiful appearance of the well-behaved child, so she handed the little girl a piece of brown sugar hair cake, "Do you want to eat it, little girl?"

Seeing that the elder sister in front of her was willing to give her a piece, the little girl was a little surprised and her eyes widened.

The little girl's mother also hurriedly said, "Thank you little lady, but there's no need."

She was reluctant to buy it for her daughter at twenty Wen a piece, as it was a bit expensive.

She also heard the conversation between the little lady and the old lady just now.

Xu Qinyu said with a smile: "For the little girl to eat, look at the little girl is a little thin."

The young woman hesitated for a moment, then motioned to her daughter in her arms to take the brown sugar hair cake, and thanked Xu Qinyu again and again.

The little girl also held the brown sugar hair cake in both hands, and said to Xu Qinyu timidly, "Thank you, sister."

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "Eat quickly."

The little girl took a bite of the brown sugar hair cake, then widened her eyes, couldn't help but wow, and whispered to the woman, "Mother, it's delicious."

The young woman thought that it was because she didn’t often buy delicious food for her daughter, which made her think that a brown sugar hair cake was delicious, “If it’s delicious, eat more.”

The little girl thought this was really delicious, and wanted to give her mother a taste, so she broke the brown sugar cake into two halves, and gave half to her mother.

The woman was naturally reluctant to eat it. In the end, her daughter insisted that she could just take a small bite and taste the taste. The woman was stunned as soon as the cake was eaten. It was really delicious, not the brown sugar cake she usually ate. She has never read the book, so she can't describe how delicious it is. She only knows that it is the most delicious food she has ever eaten in her life. Even the dim sum in the best dim sum shop in Raozhou City is not as good as this cake. Eat, even the taste of those snacks is much worse.

The woman glanced at Xu Qinyu in shock. She remembered that Xu Qinyu seemed to have drawn lots in the past yesterday, and she also wanted to participate in this cooking competition. Such delicious food, this little lady is still so young, but she has This kind of craftsmanship will definitely win the top spot in this culinary competition.