Chapter 192 The Window Paper Between Experts and Masters

Zhao Xiaojing stood there thinking for a long time, and decided to deal with the problems one by one, starting with the problem of broken skin.

Although Wang Jiandang and Su Yuchen both said that her bun skin tasted more like soup dumpling skin when she made it according to Hou Guihua's method, when she ate soup dumplings made outside two days ago, she still felt that the soup dumpling skin was thinner and softer.

Therefore, when she was making soup dumplings today, she deliberately rolled the dough thinner, wanting to replicate the soft and chewy texture of the soup dumplings.

I didn't expect that it was not soft and tough, but instead it was broken and rotten.

Since the skin was so easy to break, Zhao Xiaojing decided to try making it thicker.

There was some leftover dough and fillings, and Zhao Xiaojing didn't bother to mark the proportions of the fillings. She just rolled out the dough again. This time she only rolled out four pieces, two of which were the same thickness as Hou Guihua's bun wrappers, and two were thicker than Hou Guihua's bun wrappers.

The four buns were steamed again at different times, and new problems arose.

The buns with the thickest skin did not break after being steamed for 10 minutes, the filling was cooked, and the soup was still there.

But without talking about whether the filling and soup are delicious or not, first of all, the bun skin is incredibly hard.

Unless you eat it right out of the pot, it still has that chewy tough texture, which is barely acceptable except that it is a bit thick. However, once the surface temperature of the bun skin drops before eating it, the dough becomes hard and dry, and it feels like chewing the sole of a shoe.

The other two buns had the same thickness as Hou Guihua’s bun wrappers. The one that was steamed for 8 minutes did not break, but the one that was steamed for 10 minutes still broke.

But the water chestnuts steamed for 8 minutes had an astringent taste. Although it was crispy, it always felt half-cooked when placed in the meat filling. The astringency covered up the freshness of the pork.

Not to mention that even if the skin is not broken, it still tastes thick, not even as good as the ordinary soup dumplings sold outside.

Zhao Xiaojing sighed and felt that she should find a way.

Some things are so different in different fields. Although she is a chef, her only experience in making sweet soup in the pastry industry is not proficient in everything.

Some techniques and experiences are actually very simple when you explain them clearly, they are just like window paper, but if no one breaks through them and no one points them out, you may never understand them.

Just like practicing martial arts in the world of martial arts, there is only a thin layer of window paper between a master and a grandmaster. The technique to break through the window paper is easier than you can imagine. It may even be just a difference in thinking, but the results vary greatly.

Therefore, many masters can learn unique martial arts by watching children playing in the mountains and rivers, because they see different ways of thinking and get different inspirations.

Being able to figure out moves that ordinary people see but never think of is the secret between experts and masters.

Anyway, there was still plenty of opportunities and time, so Zhao Xiaojing was not discouraged. She exited the virtual space and looked at the time. Only five or six minutes had passed in the real world.

"Hello, is the boss here?"

Just as she picked up the phone, she heard a voice outside the door. Zhao Xiaojing turned her head and saw a tall and fat young man standing at the door. He politely knocked twice on the open glass door and looked into the store with his eyes.

"I'm the boss. What can I do for you?" Zhao Xiaojing walked out from the front desk and looked at him puzzledly.

"Hello, boss sister. Are you hiring waiters?" The young man quickly looked up at Zhao Xiaojing and asked rather awkwardly.

"Yes." Zhao Xiaojing nodded in confusion.

"Sister, do you think I'm okay?" The young man smiled at Zhao Xiaojing, but because his face was too fat, his eyes were invisible due to smiling.

"Uh, come in and chat." Zhao Xiaojing got goosebumps. She went into the hall, pulled a chair for the young man to sit down, and poured him a glass of water. Then she pulled a chair and sat down across from the burly man, whose age was indistinguishable and who had come up to call her "sister."

"What's your name? Do you have experience working in the restaurant industry?"

"Wu Kaile, just call me Xiao Wu. I don't have any experience in this field, but I can learn!" Wu Kaile said hurriedly, his eyes full of anticipation. "I'm strong, I work hard, and I learn quickly!"

Zhao Xiaojing nodded subconsciously, but at the same time, she felt puzzled. Why did this guy seem so eager to come to work? Was the work at their store really that good?

"So how old are you? What kind of work did you do before?"

"I'm 21, and I only sold insurance for a month..."

21? Insurance? Zhao Xiaojing was stunned, then thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Are you a student?"

"It's half, because I will graduate next year!" Wu Kaile blinked his eyes and looked at Zhao Xiaojing with an innocent look.

"Then do you know Ouyang Yidan?" After getting the answer, Zhao Xiaojing looked directly into Wu Kaile's eyes and asked.

Wu Kaile subconsciously avoided his gaze, scratched his head and smiled, then nodded slightly. His shy expression formed a sharp contrast with his overall demeanor. "We were classmates. I saw she worked here and she even came here for dinner twice. The receptionist at the time wasn't my sister."

"..." Zhao Xiaojing looked at the tough guy's shy expression, and it took her a while to realize that the first sister he was talking about was Su Yuchen, and the second one was herself.

"So you want to work here because of Ouyang?" Zhao Xiaojing made a bold assumption and a reasonable guess.

Wu Kaile nodded subconsciously, then shook his head violently.

"Sister, Dandan and I are just classmates, don't let your imagination run wild! I just wanted to work with her from the beginning...

But now it’s not all about that. My sister’s family hired a really good chef. I’ve eaten here twice already, and I want to eat here every day! But the food is a bit expensive…”

Wu Kaile's voice became smaller and smaller, and his originally tangled expression on his fleshy face became distorted and somewhat hideous.

Zhao Xiaojing was amused, and she held her lips together for a long time before she stopped laughing.

"Then let me tell you about our salary here. Our waiters' salary is 3,500 yuan a month, including lunch and dinner.

Working hours are from 10 am to 2 pm and from 4:30 pm to 10 pm. Sometimes they get off work later. The catering industry is not so punctual. It depends on whether there are customers on that day. Sometimes they close early and can get off work at 9 pm. There is no certainty.

Then there is basically no rest except for the Chinese New Year, but if you have anything, just let me know and you can have some vacation time.

Overall, it's quite hard work," Zhao Xiaojing said truthfully.

"It's not hard! If Dandan can do it, so can I!" Wu Kaile clenched his fists excitedly. "Sister, can I work at night?"

Wu Kaile was extremely excited. It was the first time that Zhao Xiaojing met someone so enthusiastic about work. For a moment, she couldn't tell who was the boss and who was the employee.

"Not tonight. I have to talk to another boss in the store and I'll let you know the result tonight." Zhao Xiaojing blinked and made an excuse.