Bright Hotel.

A very popular name.

This is the name of Ma Hailiang's hotel, and he can't come up with another name, so he simply uses his name as the name of the hotel.

As a first-class pastry chef, Ma Hailiang's level is naturally not bad.

But his business was not very good.

Someone told him that it was because of the name of his hotel, but Ma Hailiang didn't think so.

He thinks that the publicity must be not in place, so everyone doesn't come to eat.

The noodles of Liangliang Hotel are not cheap, and they are at the price of mid-range hotels.

But the scale of the Liangliang Hotel is about the same as the kind of small restaurant on the side of the road.

The business is not too good, but it is still profitable.

There is definitely not much money to be made, and there is no Ma Hailiang to work in a big hotel to make money.

But he prefers his current life.

I don't make much money, but it's very relaxed, free, and uninhibited. Unlike working for someone else, there are rules for going to and from work.

Two men and women wearing sunglasses walked in at the door, Ma Hailiang felt a little strange, it's evening now, what are you doing with sunglasses?

Strange is strange, what he should greet is still to be greeted, after all, he is a guest.

"What do you want to eat?" Ma Hailiang stepped forward and asked.

Wei Qiaoyi glanced at Gao Dian and motioned for him to speak.

Gao Dian looked at the menu, pondered for a while and asked, "What is your signboard here?" ”

Ma Hailiang said: "My signature here is crystal cake, do you want two?" ”

Gao Dian said, "Then let's have two." ”

Ma Hailiang smiled: "Okay, do you need anything?" The noodles we have here are also delicious. ”

"Then two more bowls of noodles." Gao Dian said.

"Okay, okay, you two will come in a moment." Ma Hailiang said, and went down to prepare.

The name of the crystal cake, Gao Dian has also heard of it.

This type of pastry is also quite famous, especially during the Song Dynasty, when it was at its most famous.

This dim sum originated in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is said that one year Kou Zhun returned to his hometown of Xiatai County from Kaifeng, Kyoto to visit relatives. On the occasion of his 50th birthday, the township party specially sent longevity peaches, face flowers, and birthday plaques to congratulate him, and Kou Zhun specially entertained him.

After three rounds of drinking, his subordinates held the delicate paulownia box, and Kou Zhun opened it to see that it contained 50 crystal-like dim sums.

On top of the dim sum, there is also a piece of red paper, and a poem is neatly written: "The public has crystal eyes, and there are crystal hearts, which can distinguish between loyalty and treachery, and are innocent and unstained." "The payment is Weibei Laosuo.

Later, Kou Zhun's home chef also imitated this kind of dim sum, and Kou Zhun gave it a nice name according to its characteristics, called "crystal cake".

That's where crystals come from.

Gao Dian doesn't make crystal cakes, but his name is also known.

"Gao Dian, don't you think other people look at us a little strangely?" Wei Qiaoyi suddenly asked.

Gao Dian was puzzled: "Is there one?" ”

"Don't you feel it?" Wei Qiaoyi asked.

Gao Dian took a closer look and said, "It seems to be a little." ”

"I think they must have thought it was weird for us to wear sunglasses." Wei Qiaoyi said.

It's evening now, and although the sky hasn't completely darkened, it's a little strange to wear sunglasses.

Generally speaking, those who still wear sunglasses at this time are some inconvenient people.

So everyone looked at them with a strange look in their eyes.

Gao Dian coughed and said, "It's okay, let's eat ours, leave them alone." ”

The reason why the two wore sunglasses was to disguise. Familiar people can recognize it at a glance, but for those who are not familiar with the two, this disguise still has some meaning.

Hearing Gao Dian's words, Wei Qiaoyi was a little helpless, but she didn't take off her glasses, but accompanied Gao Dian.

The two talked quietly, and after a while, Ma Hailiang brought out the crystal cake and two bowls of noodles.

"Two slow use!" Ma Hailiang said with a smile.

Gao Dian nodded slightly, and Ma Hailiang left.

He looked down at the crystal cake, and saw that its face was golden, the surroundings were snow-white, and the three red characters "crystal cake" were covered in the middle.

The crystal cake is known as the praise of "the gold background and the silver gang drum cavity, and the red seal covers the center".

Gao Dian picked one up and tasted it.

The skin is crispy on the outside and the filling is plump on the inside. The taste is crispy while retaining enough moisture.

There are green and red silk, roses, and walnut kernels in the filling, the fragrance of green and red silk is slightly spicy, the aroma of roses is overflowing, and the walnut kernels are crispy, and the texture and taste are very layered.

Sweet and crispy, oily but not greasy.

This tastes very good, and Gao Dian can't help but praise it again and again.

But he can't show too much, this time, he has ulterior motives.

I saw Gao Dian's chopsticks put down heavily, and the crisp sound immediately attracted Ma Hailiang's attention.

"This ...... Guest, what do you mean by that? Ma Hailiang's face was slightly ugly.

"This is the crystal cake?" Gao Dian asked in a deep voice.

Ma Hailiang looked at the crystal cake he made and asked, "Is there any problem?" ”

Gao Dian said: "I was a little disappointed by the taste. ”

Ma Hailiang's heart suddenly became angry, and he was almost sure that Gao Dian was here to find fault.

He suppressed his anger and said, "This guest, my crystal cake here is widely acclaimed, and the taste should not disappoint you. ”

Gao Dian shook his head and said: "Maybe my taste is too picky, and I was looking forward to it, but after tasting it, I was a little disappointed." ”

He paused and said, "Well, I can't blame you for this, it's me who is too demanding. Your Cooking Skills...... It's a little short. ”

When Ma Hailiang heard this, he was immediately dissatisfied: "This guest, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense, you say that my cooking skills are poor?" If I'm not good at cooking, then I don't have many good cooking skills. ”

Gao Dian raised his head and said softly: "You are still not convinced that your cooking skills are poor?" People can be confident, but they can't be arrogant. ”

Ma Hailiang was even more dissatisfied, and said in a deep voice: "You said that my cooking skills are poor, do you know how to cook?" ”

Gao Dian smiled slightly and said, "I'm sorry, I really know a little bit about pastry, and I've learned pastry for a while." ”

Ma Hailiang sneered: "After learning pastry for a while, I dare to make a big deal here, thinking that I am very powerful." ”

"There's no basis for empty talk, so let's have a try?" Gao Dian asked.

Ma Hailiang's temper came up, but he was not convinced.

If a pastry chef who is better than him talks about him, although he is not happy in his heart, he will not say anything. Because others have a high level, they have to listen to what they say!

But the person in front of him looks very young, he actually dares to say that he really has no temper?

"It's better than that, you won, what you said just now, I admit it, I'm not good at cooking. On the other hand, if you lose, you have to apologize to me. Ma Hailiang said.

"Yes, I can do it." Gao Dian said indifferently.

Ma Hailiang looked at Gao Dian's attitude, and his heart became more and more angry.

"I'll teach you today, there are people outside the world, don't think that you know a little, you can talk nonsense!" Ma Hailiang gritted his teeth and said.

Gao Dian smiled and didn't argue with him.

The goal has been achieved, and the next thing is the collision of hard power.

Ma Hailiang is a violent temper, and he is the most unprovoked.

After agreeing to compete with Gao Dian, he closed directly.

When the customers had finished eating, he closed the door.

During this period, Gao Dian and Wei Qiaoyi waited quietly and did not speak.

As the provocative party, Wei Qiaoyi is not worried about Gao Dian, and it is easy to win against Ma Hailiang.

The point is, what happens after you win? Can you convince Ma Hailiang.

Wei Qiaoyi has no bottom in her heart, although Gao Dian's plan is there, but people's hearts are not so easy to control, whether Ma Hailiang can be persuaded or not, it will be seen when the time comes.

After waiting for the guests of the Liangliang Hotel to leave, Ma Hailiang came to Gao Dian and said, "What is it better than? How to compare? ”

Gao Dian said: "Let's be simple, just play at will, do whatever you want, and after making it, taste each other." ”

Ma Hailiang said: "What about the time of the competition? Are there any requirements? ”

Gao Dian shrugged his shoulders and said, "There is no requirement for the time of the competition, of course, you can delay it until tomorrow if you want." ”

Ma Hailiang's face turned cold, and he snorted: "I'm not that kind of person, just don't delay it for too long." ”

Afterwards, the two went into the kitchen together.

"The location is not enough, I let you do it first." Ma Hailiang said arrogantly.

Gao Dian smiled and said, "No, you can do it first, I'll look for ingredients here for you." By the way, you don't mind, do you? ”

"Just a few ingredients, of course I don't mind." Ma Hailiang said.

"That'll do." Gao Dian said.

Ma Hailiang frowned, this young attitude made him feel a little inappropriate in his heart.

You must know that this is his restaurant, and the ingredients prepared here are all ingredients that he is good at.

The ingredients used in different pastries are also different.

If two people are competing, the ingredients are usually brought by themselves, because you don't know if the other party's ingredients are suitable for you.

And this young man didn't bring his own ingredients.

"If you don't find the right ingredients, I can ask someone to deliver them." Ma Hailiang said.

Gao Dian smiled: "No, so many ingredients, it should be enough." ”

Ma Hailiang's face turned cold, this person was too reckless.

If you don't need it, you don't need it, he will let this person know that the sky is high and the earth is thick!

Ma Hailiang didn't want to pay attention to Gao Dian, and started making pastries on his own.

And Gao Dian was also looking for ingredients, and after a while, he found the right ingredients.

Time passed slowly, and Ma Hailiang's pastry was half completed.

What he made was crystal cake!

He's remastered, fully focused, and at his highest level.

The crystal cakes he sells don't actually represent his best level, because the amount is large, it is not easy to make, and it is more energy-consuming.

But the competition is different, and in the case of a small amount, he can do his best.

Ma Hailiang didn't want to overturn himself, he still needed all his strength to fight the rabbit, and he didn't want to lose the competition because of his carelessness.

Soon, Ma Hailiang began to prepare to bake crystal cakes, and there was a vacant place, and Gao Dian also went over to start making them.

The pastry he wants to make is oily noodles!

This noodle that Gao Dian learned very early, but later couldn't keep up with his pace, resulting in Gao Dian not making it again for a long time.

Later, he broke through to the level of a first-class pastry chef, and he improved this pastry when he sorted out what he had learned.

It can be said that this oily noodles are similar to the ones he used to have, but there are differences.

Ma Hailiang's ingredients here can make Gao Dian not many pastries.

The noodles of the two will be different.

There are also some relatively basic ingredients that Gao Dian can use.

In terms of noodles, Ma Hailiang has no shortage of high-gluten flour here.

When making crystal cakes, you need to use high-gluten flour.

The ingredients for the oily noodles are simple, and you can find all the ingredients here.

Gao Dian's technique is very skillful, and the noodle is different, and the production technique is different.

For noodles cut with a knife, you need to roll them thin, which is also a test of skill.

To roll out the dough thinly, evenly and without breaking, it takes a lot of hard work.

If the hands are not enough, then the dough will be uneven.

Time passed slowly, and Ma Hailiang's crystal cake had been baked.

Gao Dian's oily noodles have also come to an end.

Ma Hailiang glanced at the noodles made by Gao Dian, and recognized at a glance that this was made to make oily noodles.

This time, Ma Hailiang's eyes were even more disdainful.

It's not that oily noodles are not delicious, but this kind of pastry itself is relatively simple, and it is not the same as the difficulty of making crystal cakes.

The difficulty of making pastry does not definitely represent the level of the chef, but the level of the chef who does not know how to make difficult pastries is generally not too high.

Thinking of Gao Dian saying that he had studied for a while, Ma Hailiang thought in his heart that he should have studied a little when he was interested, and those who were interested in learning were generally not particularly good at learning.

As for its level, it is not very high.

Gao Dian's oil noodles were made, and as soon as the hot oil was drizzled, the fragrance suddenly spread.

Ma Hailiang smelled this fragrance, and his face changed slightly.

As you can guess from the aroma, the taste should not be bad.

Soon, Ma Hailiang's face recovered.

Even if it's not bad? He has faith in his crystal cake.

If Gao Dian still thinks that the crystal cake he is making now is the same flavor as just now, then he is very wrong.

The crystal cake just now, and the crystal cake now, are two flavors!

"How about tasting each other?" Gao Dian asked.

"Yes." Ma Hai nodded.

He picked up the oily noodles made by Gao Dian, picked up a chopstick and put it in his mouth, and his face suddenly changed.

The texture of this noodle, this taste......

His pupils were unconsciously dilated, which was a performance of shock to the limit.

Gao Dian was also tasting the crystal cake made by Ma Hailiang, he was slightly stunned, this taste was much better than just now.

This is the taste that a first-class pastry chef should make at the midstream level, and the disappointment that Gao Dian said just now is not exactly a provocative word.

"How is that possible! This taste! How? Ma Hailiang said.

He couldn't figure out why a simple dish of oil-splashed noodles was so delicious.

The Q-elastic smooth noodles are covered in sesame oil and stimulate the taste buds with a spicy taste.

Every bite is the ultimate taste pleasure.

Simple oily noodles make a top-notch deliciousness.

Gao Dian smiled and said, "Want to learn? I'll teach you. ”