Chapter Eighty: "Happiness" Glutinous Rice Balls
Speaking of these two people, Zhou Ningxiang and Xu Yuejia picked up their phones again to continue gossiping. They had only had a small taste of gossip yesterday, and now that they were eating, having another bite of gossip was quite nice.
Xu Yuejia opened Weibo, and after reading it, she had only one thought: This is absolutely outrageous!
Zhou Ningxiang was also shocked by this denial. Moreover, the stir-fried rice noodles that Lin Xiangwan ate were from Yu Ji Restaurant. Today, she also shared a picture of the soy sauce chicken leg rice she bought from Yu Ji Restaurant on her Weibo.
In short, it was incredibly shocking. Yunhe had just finished her soy sauce chicken leg rice when a group of onlookers joined her live stream.
Do you still want soy sauce chicken leg rice? I want some too, I'm so craving it.
[Here come the ladies who are trying to lose weight!]
[Can I have another one? I was so busy eating melons that I forgot to watch Xiaohe's live stream. Xiaohe, can I have another one? Let's eat a bite together virtually!]
I'm really curious to see just how delicious the food at this restaurant is. Although the photos made my mouth water, I still find it hard to believe.
[Replying to the comment above, I was absolutely blown away. After eating there once, I felt like I'd been eating the wrong food all along.]
Xiaohe's videos are like appetizers for me, something to watch and whet my appetite, and also give me a sense of quenching my thirst by looking at plums – watching Xiaohe eat makes me feel like I've eaten them too.
Looking at the dense barrage of comments and the packed live stream, she could still eat a bowl of soy sauce chicken leg rice, so she went over and ordered another one.
She showed it to the viewers in the live stream. Yunhe flipped it over, revealing an even richer sauce soaked at the bottom. After mixing it, every grain of rice became oily, reddish-brown, and glossy. As she stirred, the heat and aroma buried under the rice rose up together. "It's a pity you can't smell this aroma, it's so tempting."
[One person wrote a petition in blood pleading for a phone that can smell fragrance]
[A letter written in blood by the two...]
"Everyone can come to Yuncheng to try it, I guarantee you won't regret it, it's delicious." Yunhe showed the audience the sliced soy sauce chicken. The rich brown color made people's mouths water, and the meat inside was also very fragrant and tender. Every inch of chicken was infused with the flavor of soy sauce and spices.
Taking a big bite of meat followed by a big mouthful of rice is incredibly delicious, a truly amazing taste.
Yunhe transformed into a ruthless eating machine, refusing to utter a single word about how delicious the soy sauce chicken legs were. After all, her limited vocabulary couldn't adequately describe the aroma of the soy sauce chicken. Besides, everyone could tell how delicious it was just by watching her eat it; no description was necessary.
Those trying to lose weight are secretly raging, thinking that once she reaches her target weight, she'll go to a small restaurant for a big meal!
This time, I truly believe that Lin Xiangwan was genuinely smiling so happily because the fried rice noodles smelled so good. If it were me, I could smile even more happily.
[Yu's Little Restaurant, the perfect place for an evening getaway.]
Lin Xiangwan became quite famous; everyone in the small restaurants with cell phones knew about it, and Xiao Tangbao was also very curious when she heard about it.
She quickly asked Xu Yuejia what serious thing had happened.
Xu Yuejia told Xiaotangbao as if telling a story: "You can think of it this way: Sister Ayin made delicious food. At the beginning, many sheep in the sheep village liked her food, and now sheep all over the world like her food."
"Wow, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, and salty—food galore!" Little Tangbao loves watching Lazy Sheep become a chef. There are so many delicious foods in it: Happy Gingerbread, Sheep Egg Tarts, and Happy Moonbeans. She really wants to eat them all! And eating these foods will give you special abilities, just like how her older sister's cooking brings happiness and joy.
Xu Yuejia had also watched Lazy Sheep Become a Chef. The aunt said that sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, happiness is seen every day because she didn't really like it. But when the aunt said that sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, delicious food rushes forward, it meant that she liked the food.
"That's pretty much the idea, food rush forward!" Xu Yuejia laughed. "This line is really well written. Although Sister Ayin isn't leveling up in a game, it's still a kind of 'leveling up' in a different sense, since more people know about the food she makes."
Yu Miaoyin came out of the kitchen and asked Xiao Tangbao, "Do you want to watch cartoons again?"
Xu Yuejia told Yu Miaoyin about this, and there's already a separate hashtag for the small restaurant trending on social media: #HowDeliciousIsYu'sSmallRestaurant#
I will never give up going to Yu's Restaurant in this lifetime.
[This restaurant is so popular! At first I thought it was just marketing, but then I saw Xiaohe's video and went to check it out. I was amazed to find out that there is such delicious food in the world. I'm so hungry now... Anyway, back to rewatching the small restaurant series.]
After learning the whole story, Yu Miaoyin smiled. She thought this girl was really interesting. She didn't usually pay attention to these things, so she didn't know Lin Xiangwan.
She showed Xiaotangbao an animated cartoon. The food featured in this episode was "Confidence Glutinous Rice Balls." Eating these glutinous rice balls would restore one's confidence, which was amazing. The glutinous rice balls looked delicious, and Xiaotangbao said, "These glutinous rice balls look so delicious!"
Xu Yuejia and Zhou Ningxiang also watched the cartoon together. This episode was very interesting. Xu Yuejia said, "I also want to eat glutinous rice balls."
After saying that, Xu Yuejia poked Xiaotangbao's face again, "Your face looks just like a glutinous rice ball, white and soft."
Little Tangbao smiled shyly. When Yu Miaoyin heard Little Tangbao say she wanted to eat glutinous rice balls, as the best older sister in the world, of course she had to grant her wish.
Yu Miaoyin asked her, "If I can't make the 'Confidence Glutinous Rice Balls,' how about I make you a simple one?"
After closing up shop, she'll go to the market to buy some things, including ingredients for making glutinous rice balls.
“If I can’t make confidence glutinous rice balls, I can make happy glutinous rice balls and blissful glutinous rice balls,” Xiao Tangbao said, hugging her waist and nuzzling her head against her waist.
Xu Yuejia agreed, saying, "Sister Ayin's food has a magical power; it makes me feel good. It would be great if you could open a shop at the High School Affiliated to ...
Zhou Ningxiang wholeheartedly agreed with this statement. Whenever she had a conflict with her family, as long as Xu Yuejia took her to a small restaurant for a meal, she would temporarily forget her pain. Sister Ayin's cooking was like "happy glutinous rice balls."
...
After closing the shop, Yu Miaoyin took Xiaotangbao to the supermarket to shop. The soy sauce chicken leg rice sold out in the morning, so she wouldn't make it in the afternoon and would switch to another product.
But she hadn't decided what to make yet, so she went to buy the ingredients for glutinous rice balls. She planned to make the classic peanut and black sesame filling. October is also a good time to eat taro, so she planned to make a taro and coconut flavor as well.
There were still fresh squids at the market, so Yu Miaoyin bought some to take home. She had never cooked squid dishes before, so today was a good day to try some.
Back home, Yu Miaoyin mixed glutinous rice flour, cornstarch, and white sugar evenly, poured in milk, stirred until smooth and free of lumps, covered it with plastic wrap, poked holes in it, and steamed it for twenty minutes. During her free time, she started making the filling for the glutinous rice balls.
Put the sesame seeds you bought into a hot pan and roast them slowly over low heat without oil or water. The crackling sound brought out a fragrant aroma, and the strong, pure sesame fragrance wafted out along with the sound. Roast the peanuts until the red skin can be easily peeled off, then peel off the skin. By this time, the filling already smelled very good. Little Tangbao inhaled the lingering aroma in the air, and Yu Miaoyin took out some peanuts and fed them to the children.
The red outer skin is still attached to the peanut kernel, but it's so crispy that it falls off at the slightest touch. The peanut kernel is white and plump, and the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes.
Taro paste filling is easier to make. Cut taro and small purple sweet potatoes into chunks, steam until soft, then mash into a paste. Season with milk, condensed milk, and white sugar, and add butter for aroma and flavor.
When the time was about right, Yu Miaoyin took out the dough, stretched and kneaded it repeatedly until it became smooth, and began to wrap the glutinous rice balls.
After the black sesame seeds and peanuts are mixed evenly, the aroma of the black sesame seeds and peanuts, which are roasted at high temperature in a hot pan, is exceptionally pure and rich. Even after being wrapped in small round balls, the subtle fragrance still wafts out from the outer skin of the glutinous rice balls.
Making this was even less complicated, and she wrapped it up much faster, finishing the glutinous rice balls in no time. The taro-filled ones could also be dipped in coconut flakes and eaten together. Yu Miaoyin made some of each, and everyone could choose what they wanted.
"You can eat glutinous rice balls now!" Yu Miaoyin called to the children, who rushed over, their faces full of anticipation, their mouths practically watering.
"Wow, it's a happy glutinous rice ball! Eating it will make you even happier," Xiao Tangbao said innocently.
Xu Jiajia agreed, saying that Sister Ayin's glutinous rice balls are the glutinous rice balls of happiness, and everyone who eats them will become happy.
"Eat quickly." Yu Miaoyin then called to Zhou Ningxiang and Xu Yuejia.
Little Tangbao held the glutinous rice ball in her hand. It was soft and elastic. She gently bit into the outer skin, and the chewy, silky glutinous rice skin slid down her throat. The aroma of roasted sesame seeds and the crispy fragrance of roasted peanuts intertwined with the milky aroma of the outer skin. The finely crushed peanuts had a granular texture, oily but not greasy. The aroma of rice, sesame, and peanuts spread in layers in her mouth.
"This is sweet and salty, delicious!" Little Tangbao licked her lips and shouted the slogan again: "Sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, deliciousness rushes forward."
This "happy" glutinous rice ball is soft and chewy, and she loves eating it. Another one is coated with coconut flakes, and as soon as you pick it up, you can smell the rich coconut aroma. The coconut flakes that fall on it look like snowflakes, and the taro paste is as smooth as a cloud. The taro aroma is obvious. Little Tangbao takes small bites of the glutinous rice ball.
Xu Jiajia couldn't resist and took a big bite, leaving the glutinous rice ball half-crushed.
"It smells so good!" Xu Jiajia finished the last bite in a few bites. It felt so good to eat the glutinous rice balls. She savored the pure coconut aroma of the coconut flakes, the light milky fragrance of the outer skin, and the smooth taro paste inside. The taro paste melted in her mouth like cream, intertwined with other aromas, making it hard to part with.
Everyone eating the glutinous rice balls had a happy smile on their face, as if the glutinous rice balls had some kind of magic that could make everyone who ate them feel happy.
"Is there anything else? Jiajia, aren't you going to eat anymore?" Yu Miaoyin had made quite a lot, enough for the children to eat their fill.
"Ah Yin, are you making stir-fried squid today? I'm saving room for dinner." Xu Jiajia had already seen the fresh squid that Ah Yin had bought.
There are many ways to cook squid, and Yu Miaoyin hadn't decided what to make yet, so she asked her, "What do you want me to make? I'll take your suggestion into consideration."
"Can I make stir-fried squid? It would definitely go well with rice," Xu Jiajia said with bright eyes. May her wish come true.
"Okay, then let's make stir-fried squid today. Jiajia, could you please help me revise the menu?" Yu Miaoyin said.
Xu Jiajia jogged over and wrote the four big characters for "Stir-fried Squid," then looked at the scene in the kitchen with great anticipation.
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