The judges and ministers watched the four of them eat puffs and drink strange things.
Although they don't know what it is, it smells delicious, and it's something they've never smelled before.
But the players don't seem to violate the rules by eating what they make.
As for Su Tang, Huang Yuetong, Jing Liang, and Zhu Jinyuan, they were enjoying hot cocoa and puffs.
OMG, these two add up, why is the mouthfeel so light
Su Tang stopped after eating two. She likes Chinese dishes and Chinese pastries, but also Western pastries.
In other words, who doesn't like delicious food!
As she was eating, she saw the eyes of the little girl next to her, apparently staring at her cocoa.
Fortunately, Zhu Jinyuan saw it and poured a cup for the little girl.
The maids and women around Sun Qiaoshan are almost numb, so forget it, their lady can eat it if she wants, anyway, these people have already tasted it, so there will definitely be no problem.
Sun Qiaoshan drank hot cocoa for the first time, looking at the gray thing, is it delicious
But as soon as she smelled it, Sun Qiaoshan could already smell the aroma of milk and an indescribable burnt aroma.
When the two are mixed together, Sun Qiaoshan's taste buds feel such a soft and sweet taste for the first time.
Sugar knows, this creamy, sweetened, cocoa-powdered cure is sure to wow first-timers.
But Su Tang took a few sips and felt that it was okay, so he put it down.
But she underestimated the ancient people's pursuit of sweetness.
Not to mention that Sun Qiaoshan was a twelve-year-old girl, Huang Yuetong was holding the cup and refused to let go, but it was a pity that she had already finished drinking.
Even Jing Liang and Zhu Jinyuan were full of praise for this.
Especially Zhu Jinyuan, I can't help but think, is this the correct usage of cocoa
They got such ingredients by accident, but they didn't know the purpose, and blindly follow the way of overseas people, is it too simple to think.
Zhu Jinyuan temporarily put this matter aside and focused on the judges.
Their 30 snacks will be put together on the front high platform, and then the ten judges will taste and vote one by one.
Each judge has a total of 20 delicious votes, which can be voted for their favorite dim sum.
After the voting is over, the votes will be counted publicly, and the top 20 with the most votes will advance.
As soon as this rule came out, even Su Tang secretly thought it was interesting, and the onlookers watched the result with wide eyes.
It's really interesting!
First watch the judges taste, and then watch them vote, no matter which step is very suspenseful.
And they all want to know whether the dim sum made by Su Tang is good or not, it looks really weird!
This time, the people watching were a little far away, and they couldn't smell the snacks made by Su Tang at all.
Just as everyone was discussing, ten ministers were already in place.
The leader of them is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and his official position is not small. Su Tang listened to Huang Yuetong's introduction.
It seems that the higher the competition, the higher the official position of the judges.
This time even Hanlin bachelors are here. Although the grades of the bachelors are not high, they are all civil servants, so their identities are naturally different.
They are all here, maybe next time they will come to the Minister of the Ministry of Households, the Minister of the Ministry of War
Huang Yuetong couldn't help but said: "If we want to decide the champion, will the emperor also come over?"
After saying this, Sun Qiaoshan, who was seriously eating puffs next to her, nodded: "Yes, the emperor is quite interested in this."
It was the emperor who told himself that this competition was very fun.
Immediately after Sun Qiaoshan finished speaking, the nanny who came over stopped her hand, and couldn't help but said: "The family said that there will be a lot of people after a while, please go first, otherwise it will be dangerous."
It is indeed this time, after a while after the promotion is announced, the thousand people around will disperse, and they will be a little flustered.
Sun Qiaoshan had no choice but to wipe her fingers and looked at Su Tang with a smile: "We will see each other again, can I still eat your delicious food next time?"
Su Tang only felt that this little girl was not only innocent and cute, but also had such an extravagance that was different from human beings, so she nodded slightly: "Yes, yes."
Sun Qiaoshan was happy now, she took Mammy's hand and left, but she was full of puffs in her heart!
It was really delicious, and she left a few for the emperor, and the servants would send them to the palace in a while!
Today the emperor's elder brother can't come because of something, so she will bring some food for the emperor's elder brother!
Su Tang, Huang Yuetong and the others actually felt that the little girl was extraordinary, but they didn't want to make wild guesses, so they turned their attention to the stage.
Hanlin Bachelor has already brought people up to taste the dim sum. He tried it from the first day and found it delicious, so he put a small sign saying delicious in the box next to the dim sum.
This Hanlin scholar Fan Yunping is very different from the very serious look everyone imagined. He looks approachable and is obviously interested in the dim sum in front of him.
Seeing this, Fu Yin Pei felt relieved, he knew that his colleague loves delicious food, and sweets even more, that's why he dared to invite him to this dessert making competition.
Let the Master of Cooking Competition gain the reputation of the Hanlin Academy, and then look for judges, wouldn't it be better to find someone with a higher official position
Of course, if it weren't for the fact that the emperor came here last time, and the officials heard about it, the Imperial Academy would not condescend to come here as a judge.
As Fu Yin Pei thought about it, he saw that Fan Yunping was already tasting it.
Fan Yunping is naturally fair and just, and he doesn't know these cooks, so of course he won't favoritism.
There are a total of ten judges, all of whom are officials from the capital, and they all have their own hobbies and judgments.
But they all stopped in front of a strange thing, and Su Tang saw that they seemed to be looking at the puffs they made.
Indeed, this thing looks a little different from ordinary dim sum.
Fan Yunping picked up one first, and praised: "Small and cute."
Smelling it again: "Sweet and pleasant."
He just likes sweets, and he likes things that smell sweet.
But when he tasted it, it was completely different from the sweetness Fan Yunping imagined. This kind of sweetness was soft, like clouds sliding in his mouth.
It is a thousand times smoother than tofu, and it seems to flow along the mouth, making the whole mouth full of sweetness, filling the whole senses at once.
Then it is pulled back to reality by the slightly hard outer skin, allowing people to taste this delicacy carefully.
Absolutely no experience.
How could this be so
Seeing his expression, Su Tang was half relieved.
It's okay, judging by his appearance, he should like it.
No matter what kind of food it is, as long as it tastes good, people will like it. This is nothing more than a normal thing.
Here at Su Tang, I just feel relieved.
But Fan Yunping's expression, in the eyes of other people, is simply an expression of astonishment.
The onlookers have never seen any official eat dim sum, so they must have such an expression.
A bit too exaggerated, right
But Fan Yunping seemed dissatisfied with this, and praised loudly: "Soft as clouds, sweet as milk and honey, delicious, delicious! Little golden cloud, delicious!"
?
What limerick is this
Why did you just open your mouth
After Fan Yunping finished speaking, he also regretted that he had lost his previous standard.
But it's okay!
Delicious on the line!
When Fan Yunping said this, the other judges couldn't wait to taste it, and even those who had no interest in desserts were shocked by the novelty of this taste.
Zhu Jinyuan looked at the stage and said, "It seems that you must have advanced."
Su Tang smiled: "Well, it's just a novelty."
"No, I like this texture very much, it's really delicious." Huang Yuetong's eyes sparkled, "Can I go to your house to have some more? Will you sell this puff?"
The name is a bit weird, but everyone still follows Su Tang's words.
Su Tang shook his head: "Probably not, but if you want to eat, I can make some."
"Wow, Tangtang, you're so kind!" Huang Yuetong was overjoyed, but it's too bad for Su Tang not to sell this puff, even she can see that if this thing starts selling, The income must be very high.
But Huang Yuetong didn't ask too much, she had to respect Su Tang's decision.
In fact, Su Tang really didn't think that much, she just didn't want to bother anymore!
I originally wanted to make a fast food, so I bought the Xicheng Restaurant, but I didn't expect so many things to happen later.
She was really scared.
Although she likes to cook food for others, the premise is that she can't be too tired.
If she really started selling puffs, according to her personality, she might have tossed out a lot of desserts.
The amount of the project is too big, so I'd better slip away and do something for myself or for the people around me.
The people around didn't know at all that the reason Su Tang didn't want to sell puffs was because he didn't want to be troublesome!
If the bosses of Jingshui Tower and Zuixiao Tower knew about this, they would definitely be heartbroken.
You don't even want the money at the door of your house!
Then what more do you want!
While Huang Yuetong and the others were speaking, the voting on the stage had already been completed.
Su Tang saw many indistinct eyes sweeping over, as if they were all the eyes of the judges.
Su Tang was also afraid, so he let them look at him openly.
This attitude is different from many people.
Fan Yunping, a Hanlin scholar, also looked at it, and felt that this little cook was a bit extraordinary.
But more importantly, after this competition is over, I must invite this little chef to make some more snacks, take them home, and give the wife and children a taste.
His wife will definitely like it too.
Even though the competition was not over yet, someone was wondering how to ask Su Tang to buy puffs.
While the contestants were waiting, Fu Yin Pei had already counted the votes, and in front of everyone, he read out the number of votes for each snack.
As for Su Tang, of course he will advance directly!
And she directly got ten votes. You know, there are only ten judges in total, so she got all the votes.
It proves that all the judges think the dim sum she made is delicious.
What's even more amusing is that the dim sum made by Su Tang is directly on CD!
There were still a lot of dim sum in other plates, but the judges ate all the dim sum made by Su Tang.
This made Fan Yunping blush a little, he ate a lot.
The main thing is to take one bite at a time, and eat a lot without knowing it.
Not only Fan Yunping, but other judges are also similar, so just CD!
Needless to say, the expressions of the judges already said everything, that is, the desserts made by Su Tang are really delicious!
Even the ministers of the DPRK and China liked it so much, the onlookers were even more curious about how delicious it was.
One more thing, what is the brown thing that Su Tang and the others are drinking? Judging by the expressions of Huang Yuetong and the others, it seems that the two things go well together
If only I could try it.
This is the voice of everyone present.
"Will sugar shops sell this snack? Why have I never seen it before?"
"Maybe it's Su Tang's new dessert specially created for the competition?"
"It must be, who has seen such a novel way of eating before."
"Just ordinary milk, can it really be made into something like that? It seems delicious."
"I don't care. When Su Tang sells this snack, I will definitely buy it!"
"Maybe it's expensive, you see so many people like it."
"Just try it, just try it."
Many people said that, and they were basically thinking about how to buy this puff.
But they didn't know that Su Tang had no intention of selling this thing at all.
In comparison, she still prefers Chinese dim sum.
Although cream products are not bad, it is easy to get greasy if you eat too much.
Seeing that she had advanced, Su Tang was also secretly happy, and the two helpers beside her were also congratulating Su Tang.
Seeing them, Su Tang blessed Fushen and said: "Thank you Mr. Qi for me, thank you for his Bingjian."
During the game, someone came over to deliver the ice again.
That Mr. Qi is too careful.
Su Tang thought so, took out some scattered silver and handed it to the two young men, thanking them again.
Su Jinhang in the side tent was also happy for his sister.
Someone next to him asked him why he didn't eat puffs, but Su Jinhang pretended not to care: "I've had enough at home. Although it's delicious, you have to be restrained."
This is true, Su Tang made puffs, Su Jinhang naturally ate them first.
Others in the tent looked at Su Jinhang enviously.
Among them is the person from Zuixiaolou. The shopkeeper of Zuixiaolou saw that the young owner Zhu Jinyuan had missed making cocoa, so he sweated for him.
Fortunately, Zhu Jinyuan also passed this level without any risk, and with the fermented cherries, he passed the level smoothly.
The young man next to the shopkeeper of Zuixiaolou sneered, obviously disdainful.
This is the son of Xuxian, the head of the Zhu family, and the younger brother of Zhu Jinyuan. The two are half-brothers, so naturally they don't deal with each other.
This one is looking forward to the early defeat of Zhu Jinyuan.
His expression was so obvious that even Su Tang could see it.
Huang Yuetong frowned, and said to Zhu Jinyuan: "Your stepmother is too much, are they trying to cover up their thoughts?"
Zhu Jinyuan shook his head slightly: "Don't pay attention to them, as long as I do my own thing well, no one can take away Zuixiaolou. This is my mother's family business, and no one can take it away."
Zhu Jinyuan has always been stable, but at this time his mood is still a little fluctuating. Looking at Ke Ke next to him, there will be no problems before, but something happened during the game, how could it be such a coincidence.
Although Jing Liang didn't speak, he obviously knew the grievances in it.
Although Su Tang was curious, he didn't ask.
But think about it, Zhu Jinyuan's younger brother looks a few years younger than him, I'm afraid Zhu Jinyuan lost his biological mother since he was a child, and his father married Xuxian again.
Generally speaking, if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather.
It must be difficult for Zhu Jinyuan to live in Zhu's house, and now he is in charge of Zuixiaolou, probably his stepmother and younger brother are also very unhappy.
Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite.
The most important thing is that Zhu Jinyuan said to help his mother guard Zuixiao Tower, maybe Zuixiao Tower is still his mother's dowry.
In fact, the facts are similar to what Su Tang thought.
Zuixiaolou was the dowry of Zhujinyuan's mother, and Zhujinyuan's mother made good wine and cooked good dishes, which made Zuishiaolou famous.
If it weren't for her early death, Zuixiaolou would only be more famous than it is now.
The Zhu family originally looked down on a restaurant, but they didn't expect the income of this restaurant to be comparable to that of a dozen shops.
But before Zhujin's original mother passed away, she directly said in front of everyone that this restaurant belonged to her three-year-old son, and if anyone robbed her, she would not be at peace as a ghost.
The ancients were most afraid of ghosts and gods, so they could only put away their thoughts after being so frightened.
But in recent years, other things in the Zhu family have declined, but this Zuixiaolou is doing very well.
It will inevitably make people jealous.
Fortunately, Zhu Jinyuan was up to the challenge, and with the help of the storekeeper left behind by his mother, the current Zuixiaolou was built, which is also the number one restaurant in the capital.
On the way back, Su Jinhang told his sister the gossip he had heard.
Su Tang secretly sighed, this Zhu family is too useless, it misses everything.
Su Tang was about to leave after packing her things when she saw Zhu Jinyuan and Huang Yuetong waiting for her.
Su Tang asked strangely, "What's wrong?"
Is there something wrong
Huang Yuetong was a little embarrassed: "That's right, Zhu Jinyuan wanted to ask you for a favor."
When they were talking, Jing Liang also stopped and looked at them.
Huang Yuetong continued: "It's about cocoa. Zhu Jinyuan wants to invite you to Zuixiaolou. Can you teach him how to make hot cocoa? Can Keke make other foods?"
Zhu Jinyuan asked Huang Yuetong to help, because he was not familiar with Su Tang, so he was not as good as Huang Yuetong.
"Well, please also ask Miss Su to help, Zhu will definitely have a generous gift."
Saying that, he made a long bow to Su Tang.
Su Tang wondered what was the matter, and responded immediately: "Sure, I don't want any generous gifts, just the cocoa, can you give me some? You can buy it."
The current cocoa must have come across the ocean and is worth a lot, so of course she can't ask for it for nothing.
Zhu Jinyuan hurriedly said: "Miss Su can teach me how to use cocoa, which is already very grateful. It is also my duty to send some ingredients."
They cook, who doesn't like to see novel ingredients, it's normal to give some to Su Tang.
Su Tang nodded, and the two thanked each other.
But Su Tang didn't take a few steps, and was stopped again.
It turned out to be one of the judges just now, that is, Fan Yunping, a Hanlin scholar.
Fan Yunping looked in his thirties and was very personable.
He stopped Su Tang because he wanted to ask her if there were any puffs for sale, and if so, he would send someone to buy them.
Su Tang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she said, "The puffs can't be stored for a long time, and I don't plan to sell these puffs."
Fan Yunping was shocked: "Why don't you sell such delicious snacks?"
Su Tang couldn't say that it was because he was too lazy to open a shop, so he had to reply politely: "It's a little troublesome, so I don't want to do it."
"Miss Su, you are reckless. I don't know how many people in the world will be happy for your dim sum, so why don't you make it." Fan Yunping was heartbroken. He thought he had finally found a particularly delicious dim sum, so why didn't he sell it!
When Su Tang was told this, he thought he had done something heinous, and was even more dumbfounded: "If Master Fan likes it, you can pick it up from my small restaurant tomorrow. I just want to make some for my friends, so I have the right to give it away."
Fan Yunping was pleasantly surprised, and thanked again and again: "I will definitely let my wife and children taste it, and they will love it too."
Su Tang thought it was over, but she didn't expect a few adults to politely ask about puffs.
Mostly I want to give it to the children at home.
Su Tang thought it was strange, but it was just a dessert, why was it so popular.
I put this doubt in my heart, when I met Qi Tianyun, I was still thinking about it.
Jing Liang and the others who were following Su Tang did not expect that it took almost a quarter of an hour for Su Tang to walk out of the gate from the competition venue.
You can see how popular she is.
But those people forget it.
The man in front of them shocked them all, and they dared not look directly at him.
But Su Tang was more comfortable with him.
Seeing Young Master Qi, Su Tang immediately thanked: "Thank you so much for the ice mirror you sent, it was a great help, oh, and your servant."
Qi Tianyun nodded, and glanced at Jing Liang who was next to Su Tang.
Jing Liang had recognized this man long ago, last time he was near Su Tang's small restaurant, this man just looked at him, which scared him so much that he had nightmares at night.
This time again.
Jing Liang faintly felt something was wrong, could it really be the same as what he thought
Jing Liang saw this person walking up to Su Tang and walking side by side with her, his tone was much gentler: "You're welcome, I see your brows are furrowed, is there any problem?"
From the end of the game, Qi Tianyun was waiting at the door, but Su Tang didn't come out for a long time.
I just found out that she was stopped by many people and wanted to buy some puffs.
"It's just a little strange. In fact, the puffs are not very good. Why are everyone stopping to buy them?" Su Tang looked at Mr. Qi, she always felt that Mr. Qi knew the answer.
After all, he looks very powerful.
Sure enough, Mr. Qi answered.
"You don't think it's great, but it's the first time for many people to eat this kind of taste, so they naturally want to buy some for their families. The situation in my court is stable now, and there are no major issues in the court, so I will pay more attention to basic necessities of life." Qi Tianyun said slowly. Slow down.
Others may find it difficult, but Qi Tianyun assists the emperor in governing the government, and is the one who understands the habits of the people best.
Now the people in the capital are eating not only to be full, but also to eat in different ways.
This is true of the common people, not to mention the ministers of the court.
It is a pity that many delicacies have been lost due to the previous wars, and the common people today are just rediscovering the joy of enjoying delicious food.
Su Tang understood and understood more clearly that after the situation is stable, it is inevitable to develop spiritual happiness.
Food is just one of them.
It is presumed that Cangqin's cuisine will develop very rapidly during this period of time.
This is what the people want too.
When Qi Tianyun saw that he was only talking a little bit, Su Tang understood, and the smile in his eyes became more obvious.
There are not many women in this world who can be so intelligent, and even fewer women who can immediately understand what they mean.
The two of them were talking, and it was time for the others to leave.
Zhu Jinyuan saluted Su Tang again: "Tomorrow I will be waiting for Miss Su at Zuixiao Tower."
Su Tang nodded: "In the morning, I will go in the morning, maybe there are too many things to do, we can study it slowly."
Zhu Jinyuan thanked him again, feeling more at ease.
As for Huang Yuetong, he also went back with Zhu Jinyuan, but Jing Liang hesitated to speak.
After the observation just now, Jing Liang was sure.
This imposing man, I'm afraid he has the same idea as himself.
Jing Liang frowned, he naturally treated Su Tang differently, and even planned to talk to his father about it, and then slowly develop a relationship with Su Tang.
But now, a man like this is inserted horizontally.
He looks like a ferocious wolf, standing beside Su Tang is very possessive, that is, he pretends to be gentle when talking to Su Tang, but in fact he has already filled his surroundings with his own scent and does not allow anyone to approach him.
Such a person, if Su Tang fell into his hands, he would probably be eaten to pieces.
Just as Jing Liang was thinking, he suddenly felt that he was being watched by someone. He saw this man standing beside Su Tang, and said to him indifferently: "Do you have anything else? Do you want to ask for a small restaurant?"
Su Tang was confused, she didn't understand what happened, she asked strangely: "What's wrong? Do you want to follow?"
Hearing this, Qi Tianyun said helplessly, "Well, I also have something to ask you."
Oh, there is business, Su Tang nodded: "Then let's go back and talk, I just happen to have something to tell you."
Qi Tianyun raised his eyebrows: "Okay, listen carefully."
As they talked, Jing Liang frowned even deeper, but he had already stopped at the same spot, he knew that he would follow Su Tang again, and he was afraid that this man would be really rude.
No, I need a chance to explain clearly to Su Tang that this man has no good intentions for her.
At this time, Su Tang was actually thinking about how to tell Mr. Qi that she didn't want to cook for him alone.
This is what she wants to say!
You can't get any closer to dangerous men!
this can't
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