Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 284 Happy New Year
After making such a decision, A Cai went back after eating glutinous rice balls, obviously feeling that she had somehow made Mr. Qiao approve of her after being constantly approached this year.

The reason for doing this is not that she has to ask Mr. Qiao to do something, but to let some people know that she has a good relationship with Mr. Qiao, and to think more about it when making her own ideas.

Even if something really important happened to Mr. Qiao in the future, he could still ask Mr. Qiao for help, or say a word or two, due to the sympathy of getting along with each other in daily life.

Since the Glory Hotel will be closed after today, and Mr. Qiao will be returning to China by boat in two days, so Mr. Qiao specially made a lot of glutinous rice balls with Chen Nian this morning.

At the beginning, Mr. Qiao planned to use dumplings, because in the south, these things are called glutinous rice balls. The fillings need to be prepared first, and then the glutinous rice is mixed with water to make a dough. Finally, the fillings are wrapped in it, and then kneaded by hand. Become round and round.

In the north, this kind of thing was called Yuanxiao at the beginning. It was rolled out, and the fillings had to be adjusted first, then put outside to let it freeze, and finally cut into small pieces one by one, and finally dipped in water. Put it in a radish basket covered with glutinous rice flour and start rolling.

The steps are much more cumbersome than those in the south, but many Lantern Festivals can be rolled out at one time.

However, due to the difference between the north and the south, the taste of Tangyuan and Yuanxiao is actually different. Due to the difference in the production process, the taste of Yuanxiao is slightly thicker than that of Tangyuan.

And after cooking, the soup of Yuanxiao will be thicker, the skin will be soft, but the filling will be more chewy.

Therefore, the glutinous rice balls in the north will be softer in comparison.

I know that the difference is mainly due to the fact that Chen Nian went to school in the north before. After the first winter vacation, school started on the [-]th day of the first month, but on the [-]th day of the first month, their instructor deliberately sent a few students who had a good relationship to Called to my own home, and then made Yuanxiao together to eat.

From then on, Chen Nian felt that he had chosen the right major.

But now that they are in the Guangrong Hotel, they have to follow the customs of Mr. Qiao and eat glutinous rice balls during the New Year, and those glutinous rice balls are basically wrapped by hands.

However, in addition to eating glutinous rice balls, Mr. Qiao also boiled a big pot of chicken soup.

The fillings are only black sesame and peanuts.

This made Chen Nian somewhat uncomfortable, because when he was in the north, he basically ate dumplings. He ate dumplings during the winter solstice, during Chinese New Year, during weddings, and during birthdays, except for the Dragon Boat Festival and the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. , other as long as it is a festival to eat dumplings.

And it was the first time for him to experience eating glutinous rice balls during Chinese New Year.

After all, apart from the north, I have never heard of eating dumplings on specific festivals since I was a child in Sichuan, and I often eat them whenever I want.

Of course, there was no such thing as glutinous rice balls in Daxia before.

After it is ready, many people come here to eat and hear that there are glutinous rice balls, and they will basically choose to order a bowl of glutinous rice balls, and then a bowl of chicken soup. Anyway, the price is not expensive, even slightly cheaper than usual meals.

"Gong Xi Fa Cai, Shopkeeper Qiao!"

"I wish Shopkeeper Qiao a prosperous business next year."

"I wish Mr. Qiao good health in the coming year, and wish Ah Nian find a beautiful wife as soon as possible."

Basically everyone who came in would say a beautiful word, and Mr. Qiao and Chen Nian would reply to them one by one, and everyone was happy together.

When these glutinous rice balls are almost sold out, Mr. Qiao specially left some for them to eat by themselves. During lunch, Mr. Qiao specially told him: "A Nian, I have already arranged everything. When the time comes, Ah Hua will arrange for someone to eat." Come here every day to deliver things to you, such as chicken, fish, etc., if you have anything you want to eat, just tell him, don’t be embarrassed, it’s all yours.”

The Ah Hua that old man Qiao said was Qiao Tianhua.

Chen Nian nodded after hearing this: "Okay Master, I will talk about it when the time comes, but Sister A Cai told me to go to their place, there should be food there, and I can eat with them at that time , don’t bother Brother Hua.”

The Brother Hua that Chen Nian was talking about was also Qiao Tianhua. He wanted to call Mr. Qiao before, but both Qiao Tianhua and Mr. Qiao felt that this sounded too extravagant. Since Chen Nian has already been recognized, there is no need to be so extravagant. So just call him Master Qiao and Yong, or Brother Qiao Tianhua.

"Okay, just tell him when the time comes, he will come here every day anyway."

It was said that the door would be closed after today, but in fact, after they had lunch at noon, Mr. Qiao was picked up.

That is to say, you have to prepare the ingredients yourself for aging in the afternoon, and sell them yourself in the evening.

These are not a problem for aging.

Anyway, the dishes here don’t need to be cooked to order, they are all steamed in advance, and if the guests want them, they can just give them directly.

And when Mr. Qiao was picked up, Qiao Tianhua was also in the car. Qiao Tianhua also mentioned at that time that Mr. Qiao was supposed to rest at home today, but he was worried about the old age, and he didn't tell him anything about the old age. I came here specially in the morning and stayed with Chen Nian for another morning, and had dinner together again at noon.

Hearing these words, Chen Nian only felt warm in his heart, but he really couldn't figure out why Mr. Qiao acted like that before...

Is it really the difference between our own people and outsiders?
But now Mr. Qiao has gone back, and he will be alone in the store for about a month.

And after today, the store doesn't need to be opened, so I can relax a bit.

In this way, in the afternoon, Chen Nian was busy in the kitchen alone, cleaning all the ingredients by himself, and then made a series of delicacies, and then sold them to the guests who came to eat after the meal time.

Finally put all the money away in a wooden box under the bed.

After closing the door at night, Chen Nian did not practice in the kitchen that day, but lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling.

Suddenly there was one person missing in the store, which made Chen Nian a little unaccustomed, there was no one to talk to before meal time, and no one told himself about the cooking that he already knew Knowledge.

The bored Chen Nian brought up the recipe again, and saw that the progress of the pickled meat with preserved vegetables has reached 99%, and there is still the last 1% left to finish.

However, Chen Nian has not finished practicing all of those Huaiyang dishes. Although there are some ingredients left in bits and pieces at ordinary times, which can be practiced by Chen Nian, it is a certain accident after all.

So now, except for two or three dishes that have reached more than 97%, the rest are basically hovering between 80% and 90%.

　Thank you for the male department, please go to the second floor 2 for a reward of 10000 starting coins, thank you very much, the boss spent a lot~
　　
　
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