The two were chatting while doing things. After the glutinous rice and dates in the steamer were steamed and brought out, Wen Mingtang immediately poured the prepared osmanthus honey syrup on top. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a sound of greetings from outside.

"I've seen the Second Young Master!" the voice was slightly uneven. Wen Mingtang looked up and saw several maids who came to bring cold food and side dishes to Lin Fei, who was sitting at the stone table drinking tea and reading a storybook.

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There are many unique scenery in Jingyunhou Mansion, but the kitchen is not included.

In order to make it easier for the maids, cooks, and servants to carry soup and vegetables in and out, the kitchen will not make any additions. The main road in and out is only made wide and smooth to facilitate everyone to carry soup and vegetables in and out.

Therefore, the view of the kitchen yard was completely bare except for a row of onions and garlic planted in the corner so that the cook could get ingredients nearby.

Lin Fei nodded towards the maids, looked at Wen Mingtang and Master Xing, and then said: "Master Wen I invited has to take care of him. If the guests have any taboos or preferences, I will wait for you to think about them."

Get up so you can be reminded in time."

This excuse... Wen Mingtang twitched the corner of his mouth and couldn't help but hold his forehead: That's it! It's better than the excuse of coming to see the scenery.

Without revealing Lin Fei's intentions, Wen Mingtang followed Lin Fei's words: "Lin Shaoqing's words make sense. Especially if there are children among the guests, you should pay special attention when cooking!"

Lin Fei seemed to be particularly concerned about Master Xing next to him. When he looked over just now, his eyes glanced at Master Xing.

Thinking of Master Xing's reluctance to say anything just now, Wen Mingtang didn't say much: Master Xing's secret or Lin Fei's intentions, these are not things she should worry about as a cook. What she should worry about is that everyone at the table is waiting for him.

The plate that the maid took away was quite satisfactory to "Heart-soft".

It is not only children who love to eat "soft-hearted", but also the female relatives at the table, Mrs. Lu, who is also old. Red dates are good for nourishing blood and qi, and are suitable for women. In addition, Mrs. Lu is a vegetarian, and there are some in this cold snack.

She couldn't touch a few of the dishes that were meat dishes. It was not like she had never eaten the other vegetarian dishes before, so she wasn't very interested. However, this snack made of red dates and glutinous rice, although it looked simple, was very suitable to her appetite, so she was so vegetarian.

Mrs. Lu, who didn't eat much during the day, hardly moved her chopsticks twice.

For these dishes, the bandaged Chef Xing was unable to control the heat in time, so he had to leave it to Wen Mingtang to cook.

Unknowingly, the "soft heart" was the first to see the bottom among several plates of cold food and side dishes.

Wen Mingtang lowered his head and cut the fish evenly with an oblique knife and a straight knife, so that the "squirrel" fish could bloom beautifully after being put into the oil pan. When he caught a glimpse of Master Xing marinating the chicken from the corner of his eye, he thought of making a decision on the menu.

For a dish, Wen Mingtang said: "Master Xing, this dish of spicy chicken needs to be stir-fried. Do you need me to control the heat?"

The first dish is the squirrel mandarin fish. Although this dish is a fish dish, it is a rare sweet and sour fish dish. Like the "soft heart", it is also a dish that is very popular among children.

Chef Xing has taken care of all the cold dishes that can be prepared in advance. Even the hot dishes, such as braised pork and other non-rush dishes, are also handled by Chef Xing. The rest are all those that need to be controlled.

, a dish that is very particular about the timing of cooking.

Wen Mingtang found this situation a bit funny: Although Mrs. Hou noticed her because she was good at cooking Sichuan-flavored dishes, today she was invited to cook only sweet and sour dishes. All the Sichuan-flavored dishes at the banquet were

Chef Xing has prepared all kinds of dishes.

The red dates and glutinous rice evenly arranged on the plum blossom plate are clearly red and white. The two colors alone are very attractive, but there is more than that. A layer of crystal osmanthus honey is poured on it, and the crystal honey coats the red dates and glutinous rice.

Layers of attractive luster, golden osmanthus embellished among them, falling on the white glutinous rice balls, it is the finishing touch.

But even though it was funny, since I was invited by Lin Fei, I couldn't afford to be sorry for the money I received.

It has to be said that children may not be able to appreciate the artistic conception of Master Xing's "boat ride on the lake", but they instinctively have a natural affinity for such brightly colored, soft, glutinous and sweet food.

But when they actually held "Heart-soft" and brought it to their lips, the two children couldn't help but froze: for no other reason than it was so delicious!

Seeing that Mrs. Lu liked it, a look of satisfaction flashed in Mrs. Hou's eyes, and she winked at Ji Ji and the nanny beside her, asking her to write it down. After the banquet was over, she asked Master Wen to make another dish of "Soft Heart".

Down.

The first dish served to the banquet guests were cold side dishes. Master Xing had been in the Hou Mansion for a while. Mrs. Hou had eaten all the cold side dishes before, so she knew that the taste of the dishes would not go wrong, except for one -

—Looking at the most eye-catching dish among several plates of cold food, Mrs. Hou’s eyes froze.

After preparing the appetizing cold side dishes, we started preparing the hot dishes.

When we were far away, we could only see the dazzling red and white color of the "heart-soft" food, the crystal osmanthus nectar and the golden osmanthus, but could not smell the smell. When the "heart-soft food" was brought to my lips, I noticed the "heart-soft food" on the chopsticks.

There was still a bit of heat, red dates, glutinous rice, and osmanthus coming to my face along with a strong sweetness, and the fluid that had been suppressed by the bottom of my tongue involuntarily came out again.

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When the adults moved their chopsticks, the two children moved their chopsticks toward the "soft-hearted" one that was most appealing to them.

The dish "Soft-Hearted" is originally suitable for children, women and the elderly. Wen Mingtang did not know that except for Mrs. Lu's grandson, an adult man, the rest of the people at today's banquet were children, women and the elderly. It was a coincidence.

Wrong for everyone's taste.

Chef Xing, who is currently wearing a bandage and can only move one hand, is obviously not suitable for cooking this kind of dishes.

The sweet jujube meat in Japan has an extra layer of sweetness unique to osmanthus due to the honey juice poured over it. It is richer and sweeter than the simple jujube meat. It is not only rich in sweetness, but also has a texture that makes you bite into it.

This glutinous rice jujube, the jujube meat can be easily bitten off, but the jade-white glutinous rice dumpling in the middle is soft and glutinous with the glutinous texture of glutinous rice. It is not as crisp as biting off the jujube meat, but it pulls out a long piece.

The long "glutinous rice strips" come, they are sticky and glutinous, and there is glutinous rice between the lips and teeth. The sweetness of red dates and sweet-scented osmanthus whets your appetite.

When he picked up one and felt soft, he looked at the piece of crystal nectar that was pulled out together. The child swallowed instinctively. The sweet taste of the osmanthus nectar that he had eaten in the past suddenly came to his heart at this moment. He couldn't wait to eat it.

To put the softness of your heart dripping with nectar into your mouth.

So... why not go to the city and hire a cook from Jiangnan or other places, who might be better at cooking these dishes than her.

Most children seem to have an innate love for sweets, and these two children are no exception. Smelling the sweet and rich taste, they couldn't wait for the cold food to cool down before they couldn't wait to put it into their mouths.

When the clinker master Xing heard this, he shook his head and said with a smile: "No need, I have prepared the ingredients. If you have a hand that can hold a shovel, you can make it. Don't worry, Master Wen!"

Although the tone was polite, the rejection in his words was very obvious.

Wen Mingtang didn't force it anymore, but looked out the window. Lin Fei, who was looking down at his notebook as if he didn't notice the movement at all: With his ears, it's strange that he didn't hear it!

This Master Xing's insistence is really a bit strange. Although he can indeed stir-fry dishes if he can hold a shovel with one hand, cooking dishes such as spicy chicken is probably a bit difficult to do with one hand.
Chapter completed!