Chapter 193 The Unlucky Fatty
They were looking for waiters, and the only requirement was that they were healthy and willing to work. There weren't many requirements, and Zhao Xiaojing had a good impression of Wu Kaile.
There was no need to discuss this matter with Su Yuchen, because the two of them had already decided to hire waiters and had no disagreement on what kind of people to recruit.
But she still had to ask Ouyang Yidan about this matter. Only after Ouyang Yidan nodded could she recruit Wu Kaile.
After all, he is her classmate and suspected suitor. If she rejects him, it will be inconvenient to work under the same roof.
After all, Wu Kaile came here for Ouyang Yidan. If she was unwilling and forced them to work together, the staff environment in the restaurant would become complicated.
How can you expect a waitress who's in a bad mood all day to work well in the store? And everything should be based on first come, first served. Ouyang Yidan is quite cute, and we've gotten to know each other over the past few days, so I should give her some face.
After such a delay, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. After Wu Kaile left, Zhao Xiaojing called Gu Shanfeng directly.
"Xiao Zhao, what's the matter? You don't want to return the goods so soon, do you?" Gu Shanfeng answered the phone after a while. Zhao Xiaojing was stunned when he opened his mouth.
"Return goods? What goods?"
"Isn't Yun kid going to work at your place today? Aren't you calling about him?" Gu Shanfeng said slowly.
Zhao Xiaojing finally realized that the "goods" was Yun Yongyuan. She laughed a few times and hurriedly explained. "No, no. Senior Brother Yun is very good. Master Gu trained him so well. How could I let him go so easily?
I have some professional questions I would like to ask you."
"Haha, that Yun kid is pretty good. He's lived up to my nearly five years of coaching." Gu Shanfeng said cheerfully, his voice even brighter. "What's the problem? Tell me."
Zhao Xiaojing described the problem, and Gu Shanfeng paused and thought for a while.
"Well, wait an hour. I'll go to the restaurant and talk to the chef about this. Professional matters need to be handled by professionals. Your question is too detailed, and I've never done it before."
An hour later, Gu Shanfeng called as promised. The person who spoke was the pastry chef of the restaurant. Zhao Xiaojing repeated the question again.
"The dough isn't tough enough. Only when it's tough can it resist breaking and stretch. Without stretch, this is what happens." The pastry chef came to his conclusion. "How do you make the dough? Let me hear you."
When Zhao Xiaojing heard that there was a chance, she hurriedly described the production process, test results, and taste in detail.
“I practiced making this soup dumpling when I was a culinary student, but I haven’t made it in over ten years, so I can only give you a general idea.
The dough is indeed not easy to make, and it's hard for outsiders to grasp the trick. First of all, it must be thin. When rolling it out, you need to make it thick in the middle and thin around the edges. The middle should be able to hold the filling, and the edges should be thin enough to be crispy when steamed. The specific feel requires more practice to master it yourself.
Secondly, it has to be tough. Only when the dough is tough enough can it hold the soup. The reason why the dough broke after you made it several times is that it is not tough enough. From what I heard from your process, the resting time is too short.
Resting the dough for half an hour is not enough. The dough will not be tough enough and will leak out easily once the dough is rolled out too thin. You should rest the dough for at least two hours so that the dough will be more chewy and elastic.
Another thing is that when you knead the dough, don’t you roll it into long strips and cut it into pieces? If you are afraid of it breaking, you can beat it a few times, which can also increase the gluten of the dough.
The third issue is the problem you mentioned about the dough becoming hard after it cools down. Did you use cold water to mix the dough?
Although the dough made by kneading it with pure cold water does make the skin chewier, it becomes hard when it cools down a bit, and the taste is even worse!
If you want something that is chewy yet soft, you can mix half of the flour with cold water and salt, and blanch the other half with boiling water, and then mix them together.
If that doesn't work, adjust the ratio of boiling water to cold water and flour, or the water temperature. You'll have to try it yourself for a more precise ratio."
The chef explained the key points in no time. Although she still had to experiment with the details herself, at least she had a direction to work towards. Zhao Xiaojing thanked him repeatedly.
After hanging up the phone, Zhao Xiaojing went straight to the kitchen to talk to Su Yuchen. It was already time to prepare dinner. Su Yuchen and Yun Yongyuan had already arrived at the restaurant. Seeing Zhao Xiaojing on the phone, they went to the kitchen to prepare the dishes.
When Zhao Xiaojing told Su Yuchen about Wu Kaile, she laughed and became extremely curious about this shy and burly man. As soon as Ouyang Yidan came to work, Su Yuchen couldn't wait to pull her to the kitchen.
"Poor fat guy, he told me this afternoon, just admit it!
No, he just wanted to work somewhere he knew people. He asked other students about this, too. It's just that the job I found best suited his style! His previous job allowed him to sit still all the time, but this one lets him eat delicious food every day!
Fatty people are lazy and like to eat a lot, that's normal!" Ouyang Yidan waved her hand nonchalantly, not caring at all about what Zhao Xiaojing said about Wu Kaile coming to work with her.
Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen looked at each other, and for a moment, all the words they had prepared to comfort Ouyang Yidan were stuck in their mouths.
"Why do you call him the unlucky fat guy?" Su Yuchen asked silently.
"Because he's just an unlucky fat guy. Don't be fooled by his tall and strong appearance, he's actually a very timid person at heart!
"A few of us classmates went to the haunted house together. We had to enter in teams of six. Two kids saw him and insisted on joining us. Once we were in, he didn't dare open his eyes the entire time. We three classmates tried to scare him, but he hid behind the kids, acting like an ostrich, and completely bewildered them!" Ouyang Yidan laughed heartily as he spoke, holding onto Su Yuchen's shoulders and laughing so hard he couldn't even straighten his back.
Su Yuchen was also amused and turned to Zhao Xiaojing and shrugged.
He is indeed an unlucky fat guy. He chased people all the way here, but ended up looking like this in the eyes of the girl. It seems that this class is destined to be in vain.
After obtaining Ouyang Yidan's consent, Zhao Xiaojing immediately called Wu Kaile back, informed him to apply for a health certificate according to the procedure, and set his working time to the next morning.
At dinner time, after Lu Hongwen added Zhao Xiaojing's new menu and large and small portions on the takeaway mini program, he posted advertisements in the sweet soup group, pork trotter rice group, and community group.
The members of these groups are all old customers. They had already posted advertisements when the store opened. Some students have now become regular customers of the store, but the other part can only come to eat occasionally due to the long distance and heavy academic workload. Now that they see the food delivery platform, they have taken action to support it.
As Zhao Xiaojing prepared Wen Jin's 33 orders, the mobile phone order announcement on the front desk started to ring non-stop.
"Your store has new takeout orders, please process them promptly."
"Your store has new takeout orders, please process them promptly."
"Your store has new takeout orders, please process them promptly."
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