There were orange cookies neatly arranged on the plate, with the yellow orange facing up and about one-fifth of them dipped in chocolate.
Then Feng Yifan rolled the pieces into a circle and put the chocolate parts together, arranging them neatly and beautifully.
Several children were watching and were already stunned.
Especially Liu Zihao, who had always been a little disapproving of Feng Ruoruo’s father’s snacks, now felt that seeing such beautiful snacks were better than those his mother bought.
Seeing that the children were all in a daze, Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Okay, stop being in a daze. Ruoruo, take your friends and go sit down and eat."
Hearing her father's words, Feng Ruoruo suddenly came to her senses. The little girl greeted the other children and sat down at the table near the kitchen.
"Let's sit down and let my dad bring it to us, and then we can eat together."
Feng Yifan brought it to the children and placed it in front of his daughter, asking her to distribute it to the other children.
Feng Ruoruo was also very generous. She picked up the pieces carefully one by one and handed them to Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei first.
Seeing this, Liu Zihao asked curiously: "Feng Ruoruo, why did you give it to Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei first?"
Feng Ruoruo said seriously, "Because they are girls, they should be given to girls first. Besides, you and Zhang Zhuangzhuang also have some. There are five on the plate. We can each have one."
As she spoke, Feng Ruoruo handed the remaining two to Liu Zihao and Zhang Zhuangzhuang respectively.
After receiving it, Liu Zihao carefully examined it and even sniffed it. He found it really smelled good. It had the scent of the snacks his mother bought and the scent of oranges. The little boy began to swallow unconsciously.
Feng Ruoruo picked up the last piece and made a toast gesture to her two good friends: "Okay, let's eat."
All five children took the first bite together.
As the children chewed the food, smiles appeared on their faces and it was obvious that they liked the taste.
Liu Zihao ate with big mouthfuls, even faster than Zhang Zhuangzhuang. At this moment, the little boy really felt that what Feng Ruoruo's father cooked was so delicious, better than what her mother bought in those stores.
At this moment, Liu Zihao couldn't help but turn his head while eating and saw Feng Ruoruo's father with his grandmother and other children's parents.
There was actually a hint of admiration for Feng Yifan in the little boy's eyes.
Feng Yifan didn't pay attention to the children here. He was chatting with their parents.
Yang Zhiyi was the most relaxed one among the parents, and he chatted with Feng Yifan in a very casual manner. He half-jokingly said, "Now the children only like Uncle Feng's desserts. If they don't have them today, they won't be able to sleep well."
When Feng Yifan heard this, he said bluntly, "Then when will our lovely Yang Xiaoxi's father come over to learn from me?"
Yang Zhiyi immediately became timid: "Well, I am not feeling well recently. I will definitely come when I am ready. I will definitely come."
Seeing Yang Zhiyi's expression and hearing his words, everyone couldn't help laughing.
Chen Yaofei's grandfather said, "I'm afraid that our father Yang Xiaoxi's plan to learn cooking will be delayed forever, right?"
Yang Zhiyi responded seriously: "No, I will definitely come to learn, for our Yang Xiaoxi, and of course for the child's mother, I will definitely come to learn."
Zhang Zhuangzhuang's father also laughed: "Brother Yang, if you want to learn, why don't you stay and learn tonight?"
Yang Zhiyi said with a bitter face: "It really can't be done tonight. I have to take Xixi home soon. Her mother said she would go home early tonight. My daughter and I are not at home, and her mother will be worried."
Lu Cuiling smiled and said, "I never knew that Father Yang is such a model husband."
Yang Zhiyi proudly responded: "Of course, Auntie, I will definitely not lose to Chef Feng in terms of loving my wife and daughter."
Zhang Zhuangzhuang's father added, "Oh, by the way, Chef Feng, I want to order some food to take home today. When I got home yesterday, Zhuangzhuang's mother heard her children say that your food is delicious, so she wants to try it too."
Yang Zhiyi then said: "We also want to pack up and take away."
Hearing Yang Zhiyi's words, Chen Yaofei's grandmother smiled and said, "It seems that Xiao Zhang and Xiao Yang are both good husbands who don't want to learn how to cook, but want their wives to eat Chef Feng's dishes."
This made everyone laugh, but also made the two fathers feel a little ashamed.
Feng Yifan smiled and reminded them, "You can take it away, but I have to tell you in advance that if you take some dishes home, the taste may be different, so you have to think carefully before ordering."
Yang Zhiyi was quite direct: "I don't order it. Chef Feng, you can make it as you like. As long as it's suitable for packing, it's fine. But we agreed that it must satisfy our Xixi and her mother."
Grandpa Chen immediately said, "As expected, Xixi's father is the one who knows better."
Zhang Zhuangzhuang's father thought about it and said, "I don't know how to order either. It's better for you, Ruoruo's father, to make the decision."
Feng Yifan saw this, thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll make the decision for both of you, but I have to tell you in advance that I can't guarantee the taste of the food after I bring it back."
The two fathers also nodded to show that they understood.
Liu Zihao's grandmother didn't say much, just listened from the side, and was a little envious of the atmosphere between these parents.
However, grandma could also imagine that her daughter-in-law might not be able to get along so well with these parents.
Thinking of her daughter-in-law, grandma couldn't help but secretly shook her head. Then she thought that she should take Liu Zihao back home. If she didn't go back, her daughter-in-law might get angry.
Liu Zihao's grandmother first said to everyone: "I will take our Liu Zihao back first. His mother should be home soon."
After hearing what Liu Zihao's grandmother said, everyone's eyes naturally turned to this grandmother.
Feng Yifan had an impression of Liu Zihao, and also of his mother. So he felt that the child's grandmother was in sharp contrast to the child's mother.
The mother was obviously very aggressive, but the grandmother was unusually kind and gentle.
Although he was wondering how they could form a family, it was someone else's family affair after all, so Feng Yifan naturally didn't have time to interfere.
Feng Yifan also smiled and said to his grandmother: "Okay, then Grandma Liu Zihao, you guys should be careful on the road."
Because Feng Yifan had a bad impression of Liu Zihao's aggressive mother, he didn't want to bring trouble to himself, so he naturally wouldn't take the initiative to bring back cookies and other snacks for Liu Zihao.
Who knows what his hot-tempered mother will do if I give Liu Zihao some snacks to take back
Liu Zihao's grandmother called out to her eldest grandson who had already finished eating, "Haohao, come here. It's time for us to go home."
The little boy over there, upon hearing what his grandmother said, also stood up and ran to her side. Then he took her hand and said, "Grandma, let's stay for dinner. They all say Uncle Feng's cooking is delicious."
Grandma said in an unusually serious tone, "No, have you forgotten what you said before? We have to go home after having snacks."
Liu Zihao obviously still wanted to make trouble with his grandmother.
But grandma said first: "Mom will be home soon. If she comes home and sees you are not at home, she will be angry."
When his mother was mentioned, Liu Zihao immediately wilted. Even though he looked reluctant, he had to go back with his grandmother.
Before leaving, grandma asked Liu Zihao to say goodbye to everyone. But the boy was very unhappy and turned his head away, unwilling to say goodbye, and just pulled grandma to leave.
Grandma was also a little helpless and could only say to everyone: "I'm sorry, the child is a little spoiled and has caused trouble for everyone."
Everyone looked at each other. There was nothing much to say in this situation, so they could only smile and say goodbye to grandma.
Feng Yifan didn't stay in the restaurant in front to greet people at this time. He didn't have a good impression of Liu Zihao, so after the little boy came over, he said he would go to the kitchen to prepare meals for Yang Xiaoxi and Zhang Zhuangzhuang's families.
Watching the grandmother being almost dragged away by her grandson, a group of people at the door couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh.
Back at the restaurant, Zhang Zhuangzhuang's father said, "I never thought that such a good grandmother would have a grandson like that."
Yang Zhiyi sneered and said, "That's because you haven't seen the child's mother. She's a shrew."
As soon as Yang Zhiyi finished speaking, Lu Cuiling said, "Don't talk about others behind their backs, especially in front of the children. Dad Yang, you should be careful. Now that the people are gone, don't talk about them."
After being warned by Lu Cuiling, Yang Zhiyi realized that his daughter and other children were nearby. He quickly said to the children, "I'm sorry, children, it was your uncle Yang who just said that. You can't learn from him."
Yang Xiaoxi pouted and said, "Stupid dad, we won't learn from you. Go and pay the bill quickly. We're going home, or mom won't have anything to eat when she gets home from get off work."
Yang Zhiyi smiled and tried to please his daughter, "Don't we have to wait for Uncle Feng to prepare the food before we can pay?"
Yang Xiaoxi looked at her father and said, "Dad, why don't you go and learn from Uncle Feng? Once you learn, you can go home and make it for me and mom. This way, I can eat delicious food every day just like Ruoruo."
Yang Zhiyi's smile froze on his face when asked by his daughter, and he was unable to respond to his daughter for a long time.
Finally, it was Lu Cuiling who said to the little girl, "Xixi, don't make things difficult for your father. If you want to eat Uncle Feng's food, you can come here. Ruoruo will definitely welcome you."
When Feng Ruoruo heard her grandmother's words, she immediately said, "Yes, Xixi, you can come to my house for dinner."
Yang Xiaoxi stopped bothering her father and said to Feng Ruoruo with a smile, "Okay, I'll come to your house to eat from now on."
Then, a few children wandered around and played in the restaurant for a while while there were no customers yet.
In the kitchen, Feng Yifan brought his apprentices to prepare take-away dishes for the two children, Yang Xiaoxi and Zhang Zhuangzhuang.
Feng Yifan picked out some shrimps from the ones that his apprentice had spent a long time cutting, and then peeled them himself, directly peeling out the fresh shrimp meat one by one.
Of course, during the shelling process, Feng Yifan also taught his apprentice.
"Look, you haven't cleaned the shrimp thread here, and you have to cut the shrimp tail as neatly as possible, so that when the dish is ready, it will look beautiful when it is placed on the plate."
Lin Ruifeng also listened carefully and tried his best to write down what his master said.
I saw the chef peel the shrimps, put them on the chopping board, and then cut a deep cut on the back of the shrimps, breaking them open but not slicing them.
While doing it, Feng Yifan said to his apprentice: "This way, you can make a cut on the back so that you can roll it into a shrimp ball when you cook it."
Lin Ruifeng watched his master's techniques very carefully, and even followed suit with his bare hands.
Feng Yifan continued to cook while saying, "Yang Xiaoxi and Zhang Zhuangzhuang want to take it back to eat, so Master will make them a dish of sweet and sour shrimp balls. The cooking method and seasoning are similar to sweet and sour pork, with a sweet and sour taste."
Put the cut shrimps into a metal basin, add salt, sugar, cooking wine, pepper, and some scallion and ginger slices, mix well and marinate.
"You have to remember, because it's pickled, don't put too much of these."
Hearing his master's reminder, Lin Ruifeng nodded naturally to indicate that he had taken note of it.
Feng Yifan then cut the cucumber with the skin into dice, and cut the carrot into dice in the same way, and blanched them slightly in advance.
Next is to mince the garlic, ginger, and shred the green onion.
Everything is ready. The carrots are almost blanched. Take them out and put them aside with the cucumbers.
When everything was ready, Feng Yifan took the marinated shrimp and picked out the green onion and ginger. He first added a little starch and lightly grabbed it.
Feng Yifan said to his apprentice: "Add a little starch first, remember not to add water, just to coat it evenly, then take it out and coat it with flour, remember to squeeze it tightly."
The seasoning ingredients are: salt, sugar, pepper, ketchup, and white vinegar.
The next step is to put the shrimps into the oil pan and fry them until they are shaped.
Feng Yifan reminded his apprentice earnestly: "Remember, the oil temperature cannot be too high. Before putting it in, it is best to squeeze it again to make it firmer so that the shrimp balls can be shaped."
Because the firepower in the kitchen is sufficient, there is no need to re-fry it, and it can basically be done in one step relying on the firepower.
The fried shrimp balls were put aside to drain the oil, and Feng Yifan then began to fry the various ingredients.
After adjusting the flavors, add a little bit of starch sauce, then put the fried shrimp balls in and stir-fry quickly so that the surface of the shrimp balls is evenly coated with the sauce in the pot.
When the food was finally served, Feng Yifan did not arrange it on a plate, but instead packed it into two prepared lunch boxes.
During the packing process, Feng Yifan reminded his apprentice: "This method is actually applicable to various sweet and sour dishes, such as sweet and sour pork, sweet and sour chicken balls, etc. In fact, you can do it this way. As the saying goes, once you learn one, you can learn a hundred."
Lin Ruifeng agreed seriously: "Yes, Master, I'll remember that."
Afterwards, Feng Yifan prepared some other dishes for the two families, including sweet and sour shrimp balls, a small breast steak, and some stir-fried vegetarian dishes to go with the food.
Everything was packed up, and Feng Yifan divided it into two portions and carried them out from the kitchen.
Seeing Feng Ruoruo’s father coming out, Yang Zhiyi and Zhang Zhuangzhuang’s father took the initiative to step forward and took the two meals.
When answering the phone, Yang Zhiyi asked, "These two? Are our two families the same?"
Feng Yifan nodded: "Yes, the same. You'd better open it when you get home. Be careful on the way. If you feel it's cold when you get home, you can heat it up appropriately."
Su Ruoxi brought the rice and porridge and handed them to the two fathers respectively: "There is rice and porridge here, please pay attention."
The two fathers were naturally very grateful. They put the things on the table next to them and asked the price and paid for them together.
Today, Yang Zhiyi was very conscious. He probably felt embarrassed to come here to eat every time, so he and Zhang Zhuangzhuang's father paid the money to Su Ruoxi.
When paying, Yang Zhiyi asked, "Is this enough? Don't lose money."
Su Ruoxi smiled and said, "That's enough, no need to be so polite."
After packing the food, the two fathers said goodbye and left with their children.
And the farewell between Yang Xiaoxi, Feng Ruoruo and Chen Yaofei when they left was really hard to part.
When they got to Zhang Zhuangzhuang's place, the little boy was reluctant to leave, but Feng Ruoruo and Chen Yaofei, who stayed for dinner, waved goodbye to Zhang Zhuangzhuang very straightforwardly.