“These dumplings are delicious, but they are not the most authentic Laobian dumplings…” said Mrs. Shen with a smile. Although she was smiling, her cloudy eyes were filled with disappointment.
She traveled across the United States overnight and came to Chinatown in San Francisco because she expected to taste the perfect Laobian dumplings, but the result disappointed her.
The smile on Huang Yiyuan's face froze immediately: "What, this... isn't this the most authentic Laobian dumplings?"
Old Mrs. Shen shook her head: "These dumplings taste very good, even better than the dumplings I taught Zhongda, but... this is not the most authentic Laobian dumplings, it is missing something..."
"What's missing?" Huang Yiyuan asked subconsciously.
However, Mrs. Shen shook her head and said, "I forgot."
She was already very old, and although the taste in her memory was so clear, she could feel that there was something wrong with the Laobian dumplings made by Huang Yiyuan, but she couldn't remember what it was that was wrong for a while.
"Boss Huang, it seems that the secret recipe you found is not authentic." Ye Chui put on a sarcastic expression and said with a smile.
Huang Yiyuan had calmed down. He looked at Ye Chui coldly and said, "My dumplings are not authentic, so your dumplings must be authentic?"
His purpose was just to stop Shen Zhongda from joining Ye Chui's side, and the focus of Shen Zhongda's submission was the authentic recipe of Laobian dumplings. Now that Mrs. Shen has proved that the dumplings he stole were not authentic at all, then Ye Chui's recipe was naturally not authentic either. As long as Ye Chui couldn't come up with the authentic recipe, he would definitely win.
So now he still has reason to be proud!
Ye Chui still smiled at Huang Yiyuan and said pointedly: "Why do you think the recipe you came up with is not authentic? Then my dumpling recipe is also not authentic like yours?"
Huang Yiyuan was stunned for a moment. From Ye Chui's words, he felt that Ye Chui knew that he had plagiarized his formula... But since he knew that he had plagiarized, he was still so calm and fearless. Could it be that... there was something wrong with the formula he plagiarized
His eyes involuntarily focused on the plate that Ye Chui placed in front of the old lady.
Everyone else in the box also looked at the plate at the same time.
Ye Chui smiled faintly and reached out to lift the lid on the plate.
Twenty dumplings are placed on the plate, each of which has a unique shape. Because they have been covered with a lid after being taken out of the pot, the dumplings on the plate are still steaming hot, which makes people full of appetite. Of course, this is not the most attractive part of this plate of dumplings. The most attractive part is -
"Why is the wrapper of this dumpling translucent?"
"Each dumpling seems to give people a crystal-clear feeling. How are these dumplings made?"
"These dumplings are completely different from the ones Huang Yiyuan just took out!"
Jiang Yuemei, Lin Li, Zhang Jiahui and others in the box all sighed.
Ye Chui’s dumplings are small and exquisite in shape. The most special thing about them is that each dumpling has a crystal clear feeling, as if it has a translucent texture. You can even vaguely see the filling inside the dumpling. How are these dumplings made and how can they have such a texture
"This... this kind of dumplings..." Huang Yiyuan was stunned. This kind of dumplings was obviously fundamentally different from the dumplings he made. He immediately understood that something must have gone wrong with He Chengqing and he was fooled by Ye Chui.
Han Yuyan, Chen Tian and others were naturally very proud, because the dumplings they had eaten last night were of this kind. At that time, Chen Tian was very curious about how the bun skin was made. Han Yuyan explained that it was because she kneaded the dough for half an hour to achieve such an effect. Now it seems that this is obviously not the case. This is the perfect secret recipe of Shen Jiao.
Tang Shanshan also woke up from her dream. She had eaten this kind of dumplings last night, but she didn't think too much about it at the time. She suddenly understood something. It turned out that Ye Chui had already seen that she was a traitor. He had already made preparations. This made her subconsciously feel relieved...
"Old lady, please try the Laobian dumplings I made." Ye Chui continued to say to the old lady with a smile.
Old Mrs. Shen looked at Ye Chui's dumplings carefully, and a smile was already on her face, which was full of smiles.
"That's it. I remember that the dumplings my father and brother made were like this, crystal clear, just like jade!" The old lady said happily, and she couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks, picked up a dumpling and put it into her mouth, a look of enjoyment appeared on her face.
"Mom?" Shen Zhongda stood aside and asked softly with a look of surprise and doubt.
"This is Laobian dumplings, authentic Laobian dumplings." The old lady said cheerfully. After finishing one dumpling, she picked up another one and put it in her mouth. "I didn't expect that I could eat authentic Laobian dumplings before I die. It's great, great..."
With a little bit of emotion of tracing back to the source, the old lady's eyes were slightly moist at this moment.
Of course, the action of picking up dumplings did not stop at all...
There is no doubt that the old lady's reaction has proved that the dumplings made by Ye Chui are the most perfect Laobian dumplings.
Huang Yiyuan, Lin Li and others' faces turned very ugly in an instant. Ye Chui took out the most authentic Laobian dumplings, which meant that Shen Zhongda would directly admit defeat and admit that Shen dumplings were authentic Chinese dumplings.
After Pengguan, Ye Chui defeated another restaurant!
"Boss Shen?" Ye Chui reminded with a smile.
"Mr. Ye." Shen Zhongda turned his head and looked at Ye Chui with a happy face, "Thank you, thank you... From now on, Shen Jiao will be the inherited food of Chinese cuisine, and Shen Jiao will never participate in the independence of Chinatown cuisine again!"
As he said this, Shen Zhongda turned around and glanced at Mrs. Gao, Huang Yiyuan and others.
He said this not only to Ye Chui, but also to Madam Gao and others.
Han Yuyan, Li Xiuyun, and Chen Tian were naturally extremely happy. Ye Chui won the third match of his solo trip to Chinatown.
If you think about it carefully, Ye Chui's challenge is not actually a strict cooking competition. As he said, he started from the Chinese heritage to make the opponent admit defeat sincerely, which is obviously more effective than winning the opponent in a cooking competition.
Ye Chui smiled lightly and continued, "Boss Shen, the authentic recipe of Laobian dumplings originally belonged to you. I want to give it to you."
"What!?"
Everyone in the box was shocked.
Shen Zhongda was even more shocked, and then said with surprise: "Mr. Ye, are you serious?"
Shen Jiao is his hard work. In fact, he is now considering that if Ye Chui opens a restaurant in Chinatown with the golden signboard of Lao Bian Dumplings, then Shen Jiao will obviously not be able to continue operating.
But now Ye Chui said that he would tell him the complete authentic recipe of Laobian dumplings
"Of course it's true, but please change the name of Shen Jiao to Lao Bian Dumplings. Lao Bian Dumplings is an authentic Chinese delicacy, and it should keep its original name." Ye Chui continued with a smile.
Shen Zhongda didn't hesitate at all: "Of course, in fact, when I first opened Shen Jiao, I was going to use the old brand name of Laobian Dumplings, but my mother said that these dumplings are not authentic and don't deserve the name Laobian Dumplings, so I changed it to Shen Jiao... Now Laobian Dumplings can finally see the light of day again." He took a deep breath, looked at Ye Chui and said: "Mr. Ye, if I need help in the future, I, Shen Zhongda, will do my best to help you."
"Haha, this is what I should do." Ye Cui said with a chuckle.
Giving the recipe of Laobian dumplings to Shen Zhongda was Ye Chui's way of winning people's hearts. Everyone present could see Ye Chui's plan, including Shen Zhongda himself, but Shen Zhongda was happy to be won over in this way.
Although the recipe of Lao Bian dumplings is precious to Ye Chui, it is not as important as convincing Shen Zhongda. What's more, in another world, the orthodox successor of Lao Bian dumplings also took the initiative to publish the recipe. Ye Chui does not want this delicacy, which is known as the most delicious dumplings, to disappear. He is also very happy to hand it over to the descendants of the Bian family.
Seeing Shen Zhongda's admiration for Ye Chui, Mrs. Gao's usually calm face finally showed a hint of surprise. If she had any contempt for Ye Chui before, that feeling was gone now. Chen's Restaurant, Peng's Restaurant, and now Shen Jiao, three of the seven major restaurants in Chinatown, had been completely defeated by Ye Chui.
Even Chen Tian from Chen's Restaurant and Shen Zhongda from Shen Jiao were completely devoted to Ye Chui...
This Ye Chui is not only an excellent cook, but he is also very good at winning people's hearts.
"Boss Ye!"
Mrs. Gao suddenly spoke up. She looked at Ye Chui and her face no longer showed the kindness she had shown to him before. Instead, there was a coldness on her face. “Your methods really open my eyes. However, there are still four restaurants in Chinatown. We are waiting for you to come and challenge us!”
After saying this, she didn't say anything more and left the box first. Lin Li, Zhang Jiahui, Peng Song, and Huang Yiyuan all looked at Ye Chui coldly and followed Mrs. Gao out of the box.
Jiang Yuemei, the chef and proprietress from Lahongzhuang, was the last one to leave. She walked up to Ye Chui with a smile and said, "Master Ye, based on the distance, the next restaurant you want to challenge should be my Lahongzhuang, right? My Lahongzhuang only sells one delicacy, which is Lahong. Let's set the rules of the challenge here. If you can guess what my Lahong is, then our Lahongzhuang loses the game. Hehe..."
After smiling like this, Jiang Yuemei took another lingering look at the old lady at the table who was eating delicious Laobian dumplings...
"I will visit Lahongzhuang in two days." Ye Chui said to the amiable fat aunt with a smile, and he was indescribably curious about the so-called Lahong.
Jiang Yuemei laughed and left the box.
At this time, Ye Cui suddenly turned his head and looked at Tang Shanshan.
Tang Shanshan immediately showed a timid look: "Boss..." (~^~)