The two quickly sharpened all the knives in the wooden box, and at this time, it was already dawn, and there were more people in and out of Huixian Building. Some of the early risers have already dined in the lobby. Fan Erye and Lin Miao also ate a little casually in the hall.

The chefs who participated in the competition and the masters of various prefectures came to the hall on the first floor one after another, some sitting on stools drinking tea, some chatting with familiar people, and some silently thinking. There are also a lot of people gathered outside Huixian Building, some of them are looking inside, and some are asking others which well-known chefs have come.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside the door, and I saw a sedan chair and a horse coming outside the door of Huixian Building. On the red horse, there was a sturdy old man about fifty years old, without a beard on his face, looking capable and neat. The sedan chair walked to the door of Huixian Building, the sedan curtain was lifted, and a young man jumped out of it, about 20 years old, with red hair and hot eyes, and the roots were erect, like a real-life version of Lei Jinzi.

As soon as the two arrived at the door of Huixian Building, the shopkeeper Liu Wanfu greeted them, "Eh, Tang Imperial Kitchen, Zhang Imperial Kitchen, the two of them came from afar, Liu Mou missed the welcome, forgive the sins." ”

The two people who came were the palace chefs, Tang Jingliang and Zhang Liankai. The one on the horse was Tang Jingliang, and the one who came in a sedan chair was Zhang Liankai. Tang Jingliang turned over from the horse and bowed to Liu Wanfu's shopkeeper, with a smile on his face, "Shopkeeper Liu is polite, the two of us are not late, right?" ”

Liu Wanfu laughed, "Hahaha! No, no, the two imperial chefs came the earliest, and the two chefs Zhao and Liu have not yet arrived. Please sit inside and take a break. ”

"Haha, that's great, we still have time to try the famous water soup dumplings in Huixian Building, but I only ate them once six years ago, but I'm hungry to death. If I hadn't been a judge for a while, I wouldn't have left behind your invitational wine. ”

"Haha! Rest assured, the soup dumplings have already been prepared for the two of you. Inviting Moon Wine can be drunk at night and will not delay the judgment during the day. Raising a glass to invite the bright moon is the artistic conception that the moon wine should have. ”

The red-haired imperial chef standing on the side opened up and didn't say a word, and there was no smile on his face. At this moment, seeing that Tang Jingliang and Liu Wanfu were about to raise their feet and walk into the Huixian Building, he suddenly said, "Xiao Er, lead Tang Yuchu's horse to the backyard and tie it up." ”

Liu Wanfu's shopkeeper was stunned when he heard this, and then turned his head to take a look, and there was already a shopkeeper who was already holding Tang Jingliang's horse to the side early, and when they finished speaking, he led the jujube red horse to the backyard and tied it. This imperial chef's voice is not for things, but for people.

Liu Wanfu's shopkeeper has also read countless people, obedient and obedient, knowing that Zhang Liankai is reminding himself that he has snubbed him. Originally, Shopkeeper Liu and Imperial Chef Zhang, one opened a shop outside the palace walls, and the other was in charge of the kitchen in the middle of the palace, and each other's well water did not interfere with the river water, and Shopkeeper Liu had no reason to scold him. But the world is unpredictable, in previous years, it was a food competition held in Yuelai Restaurant, but this year it fell to Huixian Building. This gave the two a chance to meet.

"Haha, Chef Zhang, how can you bother with these little things, just leave it to Liu to deal with. You and Chef Zhang, please, we have developed a new dim sum here, called Wipe Cake, which has a peculiar taste, why don't you have two imperial chefs to try it first and give it a review? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Liankai showed a smile on his face, and he said lightly, "Wipe the cake? Sounds interesting. ”

Of course, Tang Jingliang could see Zhang Liankai's small movements, but he only thought that he was a child and wanted to attract the attention of others, so he didn't pay much attention to him. When he came out of the palace in the morning, Tang Jingliang built a horse and both of them came over, the foot was fast and convenient. Zhang Liankai had to come in a sedan chair, in order to put on the pomp of the imperial kitchen. In Tang Jingliang's view, these are all grandstanding tricks, and they are not beneficial to the work itself.

The three of them entered the inside of the Huixian Building, and at this time, there were already many people in the hall on the first floor, and there were also many people lying on the fence on the second floor to watch down. The appearance of the two imperial chefs immediately attracted everyone's attention, and some of them had already recognized them.

"Look! Those two are the judges of this food competition, the older one is Tang Jingliang, and he was the first chef in Beijing back then. Legend has it that the soup he made can achieve the ultimate Sanqing, so others call him Tang Sanqing. It's really his last name. ”

"What do you mean by Sanqing?"

"It is the soup to the extreme, the soup is clear, the color is clear, and the taste is clear. On the surface, it looks like a bowl of water, but in fact, it contains a variety of flavors and is extremely delicious. ”

"It's like you've drunk it." Someone next to him said he didn't believe it, the soup was as clear as a bowl of water, how could it contain a variety of flavors, and it was nonsense to hear it.

"I don't believe it, Tang Jingliang won the championship of the food competition with a three-clear soup back then, and then he had the opportunity to enter the palace and occupy a place in the imperial kitchen."

Liu Wanfu, the shopkeeper, led Tang Jingliang and Zhang Liankai to sit down in the private room on the first floor, and then instructed the shopkeeper to bring up the soup dumplings, smeared cakes, vegetable porridge, etc., for the two imperial chefs to taste. This water soup dumpling is a famous snack in Huixian Building, and I heard that this water soup dumpling was not researched by Huixian Lou's own chef. Legend has it that one day, a man named Hanako came to Huixian Lou for dinner and ordered the best steamed buns in Huixian Lou. At that time, the most delicious bun in Huixian Lou was Sanxian Meat Bun, who knows, this is called Huazi just took a bite, and spit out the bun, and said again and again in his mouth, "Bah, this is the most unpalatable bun I have ever eaten." ”

At that time, the shopkeeper of Huixian Mansion thought that this Huazi was here to find a slander, so he threw him a tael of silver and told him to get out of here. Where did I think, the name Hanako instead took out a piece of gold from his arms, slapped it on the table, and said, "The buns I always called Hanako to make are better than your meat buns, do you dare to bet on a game, if you Huixian Lou who makes the buns, it can be better than what I always call Hanako, and this ingot of gold is yours." If you can't make it, don't say that you have delicious buns in Huixian Lou in the future! ”

Of course, Huixian Lou would not compare with this called Huazi, so he coaxed him out with a burst of sticks.

Who knows, the next day, a group of people called Huazi, old and young, tall and short, fat and thin, camel and lame, surrounded a large group and blocked the door of Huixian Tower. The old man called Huazi was also among them, clamoring for Huixian Lou to compete with him to make steamed buns. There was no way, Huixian Lou had to fight. At that time, this competition attracted many people in the capital to watch the game, and several respected chefs automatically invited Ying to be judges. As a result, as soon as the steamed bun called Hanako came out of the cage, the fragrance stretched for a whole street. After tasting it, the judges unanimously thought it was delicious. After tasting it, the chefs of Huixian Lou were ashamed of themselves and took the initiative to admit defeat. And the old name Hanako made it at that time, it was the water soup dumplings.

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Ya Ya Ya ~ Hey (#'O′)

Have you gone home for the New Year, I wish you all a happy New Year! Happy New Year! Happy grabbing red envelopes!

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