Chapter 261 Don’t Want to Go Home
"Tiger sauce? I remember it's sweet bean sauce with minced garlic, sugar, and sesame oil?" Zhao Xiaojing perked up when she heard someone knew the subject, and recalled the knowledge points mentioned in the cooking class and asked.
"Not only that, some also add MSG, chopped green and red peppers, and chopped coriander. It seems that there are many versions of this?" When these were mentioned, Yun Yongyuan and Wan Yuyue also became interested. Yun Yongyuan was more meticulous and immediately followed the recollections, while Wan Yuyue listened with eyes wide open.
These things will be mentioned roughly in the systematic study of cooking, but in Jiangcheng, they are basically not used and are not used as assessments or the main constant standards for cooking. Therefore, Yun Yongyuan, who took careful notes and reviewed, knew about them, but Wan Yuyue learned new old knowledge.
"Yes. Many dishes there have this kind of sauce, and each restaurant has a little difference in the mixture. The one I tasted that time seemed to be garlic sesame oil, and I couldn't taste anything else." Lu Hongwen tilted his head and tried to recall.
"Let's try it in the kitchen after dinner? Little Ware is here just to try the food." Wan Yuyue suggested.
"No, the sauce has already been adjusted. It won't taste the same if you adjust it again." Yun Yongyuan shook his head.
Sweet noodle sauce is rarely used in Jiangcheng cooking except for some restaurants that sell Beijing-style shredded pork and stir-fried pork with sauce. Although Zhao Xiaojing's restaurant has all the necessary ingredients, it doesn't have sweet noodle sauce, which has been used since it opened.
"Let's do it in the evening. I'll come over to buy a bottle in the afternoon. I'm planning to learn how to make pot-roasted pork elbow." Zhao Xiaojing had just finished eating the pork elbow in the bowl and took the lotus root scooped by Su Yuchen.
"Xiao Zhao is going to make a new dish again, that's really great." Geng Mingyan praised with a smile.
"Sister Geng praises whatever my junior sister does. Sister Geng, why don't you praise me? I stay in the restaurant to practice hard every day at noon!" Wan Yuyue raised her eyebrows and acted funny with an exaggerated expression.
"Sister Geng, me too! It's still just an idea for you to cook new dishes, but I follow you around and do chores every day!" Ouyang Yidan was inexplicably very close to Geng Mingyan. He liked her the moment he saw her. Now he pouted and kept muttering to her.
Hou Guihua laughed heartily upon seeing this, and watched Geng Mingyan coax the two little girls and laughed too.
"Little Mosquito, apart from the sauce and the pork elbow itself, is there any difference in the batter coating it?" A group of people ate half of the tomato stew with laughter, and then turned up the fire and started to add side dishes. Zhao Xiaojing was still thinking about her pot-roasted pork elbow while eating, and asked Lu Hongwen again.
"The other difference is... the batter itself seems to be flavored, and it tastes very fragrant. Also, the elbow isn't as soft and tender. It doesn't melt in your mouth."
Zhao Xiaojing nodded and took note of it. While eating, she was thinking about the thick egg paste that the system prompted.
Just as he was lost in thought, Su Yuchen on his left picked up two pieces of freshly rinsed spinach and Chinese cabbage with his chopsticks, and Lu Hongwen on his right scooped up a few pieces of lotus root and pork ribs.
Everyone was used to Zhao Xiaojing eating slowly and absorbedly, or sometimes losing focus while discussing cooking or something else, so when they saw her eating, they would throw some food at her. As a result, Su Yuchen replaced Zhao Xiaojing's bowl with an extra-large one.
"I've discovered that the lotus roots here are incredibly delicious in autumn and winter. They seem to have their own sugar content. Once cooked, the lotus roots taste like pork ribs, and they're crunchy and even more fragrant than pork ribs! Did Sister Jingzi even put in pork ribs this time?" Lu Hongwen had finished a bowl of rice. After scooping out some soup for Zhao Xiaojing, he scooped up another spoonful of soup for himself and drank it.
"This soup is so delicious! The aroma of the meat and lotus root are all stewed out, every bite is the essence!"
"Yes, do you feel that adding pork ribs makes the soup more flavorful?" Zhao Xiaojing asked with a smile.
“Indeed, there is no flavor without bones, and of course big bones make the soup more flavorful.
"Junior sister, you're amazing. You already had a good grasp of the main direction, and lately you've been working on the details. It seems you need to pay attention to the details if you want to improve." Yun Yongyuan praised Zhao Xiaojing while glancing at Wan Yuyue.
Wan Yuyue turned her head in confusion, looking at Yun Yongyuan who lowered his head to drink soup again, with a look of suspicion on his face as if he didn't say anything.
Why do I feel like I'm being touched by the light and airy connotation?
Was he in yin and yang just now???
Zhao Xiaojing ate silently with a smile on her face. In the past, when she listened to Yun Yongyuan's clear and logical analysis, she envied the solid foundation of those who had received professional training. He knew what went together, why the ingredients tasted good, why the soup was fresh, and he could explain it in detail right away.
Now, after completing all the cooking classes in the system, including the courses on seasoning and cooking that she used to count as system coins, and the courses on hot dishes, cold dishes, and sauce making that she had temporarily put aside, what she lacked in cooking was unknowingly filled in, and she was able to master it and become a chef who had received comprehensive and systematic training.
Although he cannot compare with the chefs from aristocratic families who have learned from their masters and passed down their skills from generation to generation, he is already slightly better than ordinary chefs.
Not to mention that she can now activate and purchase recipes, and her cooking skills will only improve day by day.
"When will Xiao Wanzi go home? The store plans to close on the 28th of next week. Wouldn't it be too late for you to wait until then? It might be hard to buy train tickets by then, after all, office workers will also be going home for vacation one after another during those days." Su Yuchen glanced at Lu Hongwen and asked carefully.
They knew that Lu Hongwen didn't want to go home at all, but his home was in Yunnan Province, which was two provinces away. Not only was the journey long, but he also had to take a bus to Chuncheng, Yunnan Province and then change buses. It would take at least two days to go home.
Moreover, as the New Year is approaching, these days in the store, you can hear Lu Hongwen being scolded when he receives a call from home, and people keep asking him about not going home, being unfilial, and being an ungrateful person.
"About 25 times. It was just after the Chinese New Year, so I at least avoided a family-wide criticism meeting." Lu Hongwen smiled bitterly.
Thanks to Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen this semester, he did earn some money. Although it was not as much as the salary of a regular employee in the store, it was more than enough for a student to support himself.
He originally thought that he would have confidence after earning money, and would be able to get rid of the suffocating and depressed feeling that every time he asked his family for living expenses, his family would delay giving him money for more than ten days, and then scold him for hours.
But when he became able to earn money this semester and no longer asked his family for money, his family still scolded him for every little thing that went against their wishes.
"When will you really grow up? Now you don't even listen to what adults say? I told you this dress is terrible. You're such a grown-up, but you have to dress so childishly. Will any company hire you after you graduate? And you wear this every day! Don't show up in front of me wearing this dress again, okay?"
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