Stop pretending, I am the God of Cooking and I am showing off my cards!

Diaoyutai Building 2.

The chefs had just finished dinner and were now busy preparing the meals ordered for the evening.

Xie Baomin, wearing a white chef's uniform, walked around the kitchen, took out his mobile phone out of boredom, and clicked on the new video posted by his junior brother today to watch it.

"Tsk tsk tsk, junior brother is really getting better and better at playing now."

There is nothing fancy about how to make watermelon cheese. It is so simple that anyone can learn it like a gourd.

But the junior brother used this low-tech snack to show off his affection, and he did so in a way that was not annoying, which was quite interesting.

While watching, my lover Su Peipei sent a message:

"Look at how romantic the young couple, junior brother, are. As for you, you will find yourself hating the one who doesn't cook well and the one who doesn't know how to cook."

Xie Baomin sighed helplessly and sent a message to his wife:

"Then how about I make watermelon cheese for you when you go back tonight?"

"I'm not talking about watermelon cheese, I'm talking about other people's romantic ways. Look at the master again. In order to make his wife happy, he created the water melon cheese. In order to make his fiancée happy, his junior brother asked others to make watermelon cheese together. And you just He would take me to eat and drink at Diaoyutai, which made me feel embarrassed to go..."

Seeing this news, Xie Baomin whispered:

"It's great to eat and drink all the time. You don't have to spend money to eat and drink for free. I'm still not satisfied."

He replied:

"I'll give you a surprise when I go back tonight."

"Surprise? Last time you said that, you stole half a roast suckling pig from Building 10. Which building are you planning to steal this time?"

Xie Baomin was delighted:

"No stealing this time, this time it's really a surprise."

After sending the message, he put his phone in his pocket and walked to the storage room.

In the storage room, some shelf-stable ingredients are neatly placed on rows of shelves, as well as many common dry ingredients.

There are also several baskets thoughtfully placed beside the shelves for the convenience of the chefs in the kitchen.

Xie Baomin picked up a basket and carried it into the shelves. After searching for a long time, he picked a basket of round beets from the innermost shelf.

This is an ingredient similar to radish, with a fiery red color. It is not used much in Chinese food. It is usually used to color desserts or when matching is needed.

However, among the fighting nations, beetroot is relatively popular. The beetroot soup made from beetroot is even honored as Russia's national dish.

Carrying the basket outside, Xie Baomin rinsed the beetroots.

After a little water control, place it on an unused workbench, then take your kitchen knife and place it on the chopping board.

After the preparations were completed, he placed a beetroot on the chopping board, picked up the kitchen knife in his right hand, and carved a rose on the beetroot with all his heart.

I have been married for almost twenty years, and this is the first time I heard my wife complain.

Since you said I don’t understand romance, let me let you experience the romance of a chef...

While he was busy, there was a shouting sound from the kitchen door.

"Thank you for coming out of here, you piece of shit!"

"I said, why did you suddenly think of exchanging people with me? It turned out that you were planning to trick someone. Doesn't your conscience hurt?"

Soon, an angry-looking Qiu Zhenhua and the boss He Baoqing came to the kitchen hand in hand. After seeing Xie Baomin, the two strode over.

While walking, Qiu Zhenhua saw a series of red liquid dripping from the kitchen knife in Xie Baomin's hand, and was immediately startled:

"Lao Xie, stop threatening us with self-harm!"

Xie Baomin stopped what he was doing, looked at the two people and asked:

"Qiu Qiu, boss, what's wrong with you two?"

Qiu Zhenhua said:

"Don't be pretentious here. When you trade Shu Yun and me for Gu Junli, do you know that Shu Yun will resign in the next two days? You can't replace the front desk manager of our Building 6 with someone who is about to resign. Normal people can't do this." Is it something?"

He Baoqing echoed:

"The same goes for Qin Wei. Let me just say, why are you willing to trade Qin Wei for a dim sum chef? It turns out that Qin Wei is going to resign. It's so unkind. I still treat you as my brother."

The two of them looked at each other and said something to each other. They must ask Lao Xie to give an explanation, otherwise they will go to the office of Director Liao of the catering department and let him comment.

"What? Shu Yun and Qin Wei resigned?"

When Xie Baomin heard that his beloved general had resigned, an angry expression suddenly appeared on his face.

He grabbed the kitchen knife and chopped it hard on the chopping board:

"Qiu Zhenhua! He Baoqing! If you don't explain this matter clearly, don't even think about leaving my second building! When you exchanged people, you two swore to be nice to them. What happened? Just a week later. I just resigned. Putting aside the facts, how much grievances have you two caused my people to endure!"

With this move, he turned his back on the guests and made it impossible for Qiu Zhenhua and He Baoqing who came to question them.

what's the situation?

We haven't questioned you yet, but you're actually beating me up?

Qiu Zhenhua looked at Xie Baomin and said:

"Stop playing tricks on me here. Shu Yun is the star manager of our Diaoyutai. I will let her be wronged? You must know about her resignation. No wonder she gave me tea the day before yesterday. It turned out to be this idea."

tea?

He Baoqing glanced at Qiu Zhenhua in surprise.

Damn it, I cheated Lao Qiu and gave him tea leaves, but I didn’t see anything.

Lao Xie, you bitch is too unfavorable to one thing, right?

He said to Lao Xie:

"Qin Wei didn't feel wronged at my place. Within two days of arriving in Building No. 1, he started to use his future vacations to exchange with his colleagues. Starting from next month's vacation, it will last until the Spring Festival holiday. He and Wei Qian quickly took us The chef in Building 1 has been tricked..."

These words made Xie Baomin almost laugh out loud.

The naughty Qin Wei usually didn't even fart, but he didn't expect that he was so wilted.

However, thinking that the atmosphere at the moment was not suitable for laughter, he suppressed his smile, slammed the workbench, and continued to question the two people loudly:

"Would they resign if they had not been wronged? Especially Qin Wei, such an honest child, who usually can't even speak a word well. If he had not been wronged, would he be so negative towards his beloved cooking career?"

Xie Baomin's series of words made He Baoqing confused.

Could it be that Qin Wei was really wronged by me?

I remember that when he first went to the kitchen, one of the chefs secretly complained about his stuttering.

Those guys wouldn't ridicule Qin Wei in private, so Qin Wei was passive and sabotaged his work and finally chose to resign, right?

Among the eighteen head chefs in Diaoyutai, He Baoqing was relatively honest and had always been a loyal elder. After being bluffed by Xie Baomin, he suddenly began to wonder if he was doing something wrong.

When he was falling into self-examination, the voice of Song Dahai from Building No. 15 came from the door of the kitchen again:

"Xie Baomin, where are you? Was my nephew abducted by your junior brother?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Dahai walked in with an angry look on his face.

He was so angry today that the nephew he had been nurturing actually chose to resign without saying a word, and even bypassed him and went directly to Director Liao of the catering department to sign it.

I originally thought that my nephew was on vacation today when he didn't go to work.

As a result, after asking someone from the human resources department, they found out that my nephew had actually completed the resignation procedures.

Song Dahai has been training Zhu Yong to be the executive chef, and plans to give up his position to his nephew after he retires, so that Building No. 15 will not interrupt the Song family's inheritance.

Unexpectedly, before he retired, his successor ran away with the bucket.

Thinking that his nephew had been very close to Lin Xu recently, and Lin Ji Food was about to open, he came to Building 2 to ask if Lin Xu had abducted the person.

When Song Dahai interrupted, Qiu Zhenhua immediately felt like he had been struck by lightning.

Yes, Lin Xu!

I heard that Shu Yun was very kind to Lin Xu's cat. After going to Building 6, she also received a bunch of cat supplies by express delivery, all of which were probably bought for that cat.

Shu Yun resigned this time to work for him, right?

Thinking of this, Qiu Zhenhua asked Xie Baomin:

"Lao Xie, did Shu Yun resign and go to Linji? Linji's food specializes in hand-made noodles, and then Shu Yun helped kidnap Master Ji, the best noodle maker in Building 6..."

I really didn't expect that the young man with a warm smile was also full of bad intentions.

As expected of the apprentices taught by Chef Gao, each one is worse than the last!

When Qiu Zhenhua opened his mouth, He Baoqing, who was belatedly aware of it, finally came to his senses.

Now that Shu Yun and Zhu Yong resigned to work for Lin Xu, then Qin Wei and Wei Qian are even more so. They are friends. During the game, Wei Qian even went to the kitchen to steal food for Lin Xu...

"Lao Xie, you senior fellow apprentices are no longer a thing, are you?"

"There are two ways now, either you let us beat you up to vent our anger, or you come up with a plan that satisfies us."

"Choose for yourself, I'll give you ten minutes to think about it."

Since the person had been abducted, it was useless to talk about anything else. After a brief discussion, the three victims came up with two paths for Xie Baomin.

In terms of personal emotions, they are more willing to beat Xie Baomin than to compensate him.

This piece of shit is so hateful.

Xie Baomin sighed, picked up the beetroot on the chopping board, and said while carving:

"My master is coming back soon. He is very cruel. If any of you dare to lay a finger on me, he may not be able to beat you, but he will definitely take revenge on your respective elders."

Qiu Zhenhua: "..."

Song Dahai: "..."

He Baoqing: "..."

I have never seen such a shameless master like you!

The three of them were originally gearing up, but after hearing this, they immediately lost their intention to beat someone up.

Because this bitch is right, Chef Gao will really take revenge.

When the time comes, if one of your elders falls down and gets bumped, it will definitely be an unbearable loss for the family.

Forget it.

There is really nothing you can do when you encounter this kind of hob butcher!

Seeing that the three of them were no longer sharpening their knives, Xie Baomin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and then said:

"If you want to compensate... I can make you noodles with clear soup that my master signed a confidentiality agreement with. This is the greatest sincerity I can show."

Noodles in clear soup?

Qiu Zhenhua smiled speechlessly when he heard the name.

Of all the chefs in Diaoyutai, who can’t cook clear soup noodles? This is like a three-year-old kid... Wait, Chef Gao signed a confidentiality agreement for clear soup noodles?

The smile on his face suddenly froze:

"The noodles in clear soup you are talking about are the bowl of noodles that your master made for himself on the day he retired, which seemed ordinary but was actually very important?"

A few years ago, Uncle Gao completed the retirement procedures and bid farewell to his career with a bowl of noodles.

On the surface, it looks like a bowl of crystal clear white noodles without a trace of oil.

But in fact, the soup used in that bowl of noodles is more complicated to prepare than the clear soup with boiled cabbage. In one bite, you can not only taste the deliciousness of the meat, but even the freshness of several vegetables.

The noodles are not simple either. Uncle Gao personally made sixteen buckles of dragon-bearded noodles.

The so-called dragon whiskers noodles refer to extremely thin ramen noodles.

When making ramen noodles, each pull is called a buckle. An ordinary chef can pull eight buckles, which is considered a master. A better chef can pull about ten buckles, and if he can pull twelve buckles, he can run a restaurant. facade.

And if you can reach fourteen buckles, you are basically recognized as a master in the industry, and you can go sideways in the industry.

And Uncle Gao can pull sixteen buckles, which is definitely someone who needs to look up to in the ramen industry.

It's not enough to just stretch the noodles to sixteen buckles. You have to put the noodles that are thinner than your hair in lard and fry them in warm oil.

When frying, always control the oil temperature to keep the noodles white.

After frying, blanch it in clear soup to wash off excess fat, then put it in another bowl of soup.

The whole bowl of noodles seems ordinary, but almost all cooking techniques are used. Whether it is a white noodle or a red noodle, it has the ultimate requirements.

Guo Jichang, who was at the scene at the time, was full of praise after taking a bite, saying that no other chef would be able to make this bowl of noodles independently in fifty years.

This is indeed true.

Because now the red case and the white case are clearly differentiated, and they even look down on each other.

Few chefs are as proficient in red as they are in white.

Moreover, this bowl requires high cooking skills. You not only need to be proficient in it, but also have to be industry leaders in both the white and red fields before you can challenge it.

"Lao Xie, if you can show us Chef Gao's clear soup noodles, I'll treat you to Wangjing for half a year!"

He Baoqing rubbed his hands excitedly, with an excited expression on his face.

I have never seen such a legendary bowl of noodles.

If they meet, not to mention poaching two chefs, Boss He even wants to give away two more chefs.

Song Dahai also looked excited:

"Lao Xie, I have a nephew who is also good at cooking. How about I send Lin Ji off?"

Only Qiu Zhenhua was relatively calm:

"Thank you for your skills. Nine buckles are enough, right?"

Xie Baomin also knew that the white case was his shortcoming:

"I plan to cook it together with Lao Yin from Building 12. Don't they always think beef noodles are superior to others in Northwest cuisine? Then I will challenge his limits."

Qiu Zhenhua suddenly became happy:

"You bitch, you never forget to trick people...Lao Yin drove to the northwest two days ago to collect wind. How about we wait for him to come back? I really want to see that clear soup noodles."

"Okay, okay, it will definitely open your eyes!"

After Xie Baomin finished speaking, he said to several head chefs:

"My wife thinks I'm not romantic enough. I'm going to carve some roses out of beetroot. What do you think would be better? Make them a flower basket or a bouquet?"

This question interests Qiu Zhenhua and others.

We gathered around the workbench and had a serious discussion.

In this way, several people who originally came to investigate the crime became sworn friends with Xie Baomin again because of a legendary noodle, and even helped him give advice.

In a villa on the West Fourth Ring Road.

Everyone who finished eating tomato beef brisket noodles once again felt the pain of overeating.

Shen Guofu patted his belly and said to Lin Xu:

"Xiao Xu, will the war start later?"

Lin Xu stood up and said:

"It's not possible right now. I have to make some brown sugar sachima while I have time now. I'm going to visit Mr. Tateyama, the great calligrapher, tomorrow morning. It's not suitable to go empty-handed."

When she heard that Shaqima was to be made, Chen Yan, who was originally going to bring the fruit cheese she made to her elders to taste, stopped leaving immediately:

"When will it be ready, brother-in-law? My grandma tasted the Shaqima you made and kept talking about it. She said it is much more delicious than the ones sold outside."

Han Shuzhen also looked moved.

The last time I ate Shaqima cooked by my son-in-law, my daughter cheated me out of a lot of money.

I haven't eaten it since then.

So as soon as he heard that Shaqima was to be made, Director Han immediately said:

"Can you make more, Xiaoxu? The shaqima brought by Yueyue last time was snatched up by my best friends who came to have afternoon tea before I even ate it. I've been thinking about those shaqima recently. Woolen cloth."

Baby Shen stabbed a piece of watermelon cheese with a fruit fork and brought it to his mother's mouth, and said to Lin Xu:

"Grandma and grandma also need to give some... It's a lot to do after all. Isn't it too tiring?"

Lin Xu smiled and said:

"It's okay. It's not too difficult. I'll just make some more noodles later."

Since everyone wants to eat, make more.

When the store opens, you can add Shaqima to the pastry department and pack it in a gift box. Customers can use it as souvenirs or to visit relatives and friends.

Doesn't this virtually increase Lin Ji's reputation?

While I was thinking about it, a system prompt sounded in my mind:

"The host plans to launch a new snack gift box, triggering the side task [New Gift Box]: The host is asked to launch more than five new snacks in gift boxes suitable for take-out within a month. Upon completion, the host will be rewarded with a draw for perfect palace snacks."

Ho!

As soon as I made this plan, the mission came.

Palace snacks, once you get them, there will be another way to make money.

While saying this, he glanced at the task bar.

There is new progress in the task of discovering Beijing-style snacks:

【3/10】

This is?

Lin Xu glanced at the watermelon cheese on the table and suddenly understood that watermelon cheese was also a Beijing-style snack, so the task made new progress.

Well, don’t forget the mission of that lost snack.

I will make some Beijing-style snacks when I have the opportunity to catch up on the progress.

After Aunt Liu had finished cleaning up, he walked into the kitchen and started making brown sugar sachima.

When I went to the storage room to get flour, I saw water chestnut flour and took out a few packets.

Since everyone likes to eat homemade snacks, let’s make colorful water chestnut cakes as well. It just so happens that my father-in-law, mother-in-law and sister-in-law haven’t eaten them yet.

Let me give you a taste today.

eight pm.

Xie Baomin, the executive chef of Building 2, got off work early in a rare occasion.

Driving to the downstairs of the community, he looked up at the lights on the home on the 22nd floor. Knowing that his lover had already got off work, he took a deep breath, opened the trunk, and took out a long flower box. .

Well, after so many years of marriage, I have never given my lover a decent surprise.

Xie Baomin doesn't have any romantic qualities, and he believes in the truth in his heart, so he has never been interested in these fancy things.

If you have the time, you might as well stick up your waist and drink two bottles of beer.

But today, seeing the way the junior brother and his younger siblings were quarreling with each other when they were filming the video, Senior Brother Xie got a little jealous.

In addition, my wife also nags about this matter.

He suddenly carved a bunch of roses in his mind.

But now standing downstairs, Chef Xie, who was lawless in Diaoyutai, felt a little timid.

To put it bluntly, beetroots are just radishes. Isn’t it too tricky to carve roses out of radishes?

I remember there is a flower shop at the door. How about buying a bouquet?

Just as he was thinking about it, a neighbor came over from outside carrying groceries. When he saw Xie Baomin, he smiled and said hello:

"Chef Xie got off work very early today, why don't we come up together?"

Xie Baomin had no choice but to hold the long box in his arms and walked into the corridor with his neighbor.

When getting on the elevator, the neighbor looked at the box in his hand:

"It's such a long box. What's in it, Chef Xie?"

"Oh, a friend gave me some yams. I had nothing to put them in, so I just found a box and stuffed them in."

Soon, the elevator reached the 22nd floor. Xie Baomin said hello to his neighbor, the elevator door opened and he walked out.

When the elevator door closed again, the neighbor muttered to himself:

"You actually use a mahogany box to store yams? Isn't Chef Xie too extravagant?"

Arrive at the doorstep.

Xie Baomin took a deep breath, entered a password and unlocked the door.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw my lover Su Peipei sitting on the sofa in the living room, preparing lessons in advance with a pile of junior high school reference books.

The summer vacation is about to start, and the courses for the new semester must be prepared in advance to avoid panic.

"Why are you back so early today?"

Su Peipei took off her glasses and pinched her eyebrows, then picked up the rose tea on the coffee table and took a sip.

Xie Baomin coughed dryly and muttered:

"Didn't I promise to give you a surprise..."

As he spoke, he opened the box in his hand.

There are fiery red roses in the long box, all with long stems.

Su Peipei took a look and was just about to ask what she was spending the money on when she suddenly realized something was wrong. The green stems were different from common roses.

After taking a closer look, I recognized that the flower stalks were actually celery stalks.

this……

She looked at the delicate flowers again and found that they were not roses, but were carved bit by bit with a knife.

When you pinch it with your hands, there is even red juice oozing out.

Su Peipei's heart immediately warmed up. This bitch always said that he didn't understand romance.

Don’t you understand?

My heart will be melted into lava by you!

She threw away the lesson plan book in her hand, casually put the box containing roses on the coffee table, and then pulled the somewhat dumbfounded Xie Baomin towards the bedroom:

"Come on, come into the house with me!"

"I haven't changed my clothes yet, Pepe, what are you doing today..."

Xie Baomin's mumbling was interrupted by the sound of the door closing:

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Before the billiards case on the first floor, Lin Xu hit hard with the cue in his hand, and the red ball was steadily shot into the bottom pocket.

"Beautiful, a hole-in-one!"

Shen Guofu held a cigar in his mouth and watched his son-in-law's performance happily.

Lin Xu put down the club and said:

"Dad, please play first. I'll go to the kitchen to see how the snacks are. Sister Yan is waiting to bring them home."

"Go ahead, I'll practice some more. The heavy blow you just made looked really good. I just like the feeling of hitting the ball in one stroke."

Upstairs in the kitchen.

Shen Baobao, Han Shuzhen and Chen Yan all took pictures around the cooling water chestnut cake.

"beautiful!"

"Brother-in-law is really amazing. He can actually make food look so beautiful."

Han Shuzhen took a photo and sent it to Moments, and said with a smile:

"This is probably the romance of a chef."

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