Teochew Banquet (3)

"Come on, two bowls of kueh, try it!" The boss came over with two large white bowls, interrupting Yu Jian's thoughtfulness.

She looked at this man, who was of medium height, a little thin, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looked a bit like Yu's father. It's just that he is lean, and his muscular arms are exposed under his sleeves.

Looking at her lovingly at the moment, she thanked her and smiled sweetly. Now, the man looked at her with more satisfaction.

Dad Yu took a sip of soup, and that's the taste! comfortably scooped the kueh lump and put it in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Ah Jian, this is your Uncle Jianping." ”

Yu Jianping, Yu Jianguo's younger brother, his parents died early, and it was Grandpa Yu who took him in and taught him cooking.

Yu Jian called someone again and cast a puzzled look at Yu's father. I've never heard of an uncle.

"Your grandfather's closed disciple came to the capital very early, mixed well, and opened a small shop by himself." Dad Yu finished eating in one go, took another sip of soup, and wiped his mouth casually.

This made Yu Jianping angry, and the rag in his hand was gathered into strips, and waved it at Yu's father without heaviness: "What are you talking about!" I'm not as good as you as a chef in a big hotel. ”

The two of them quarreled back and forth, making Yu Jian dumbfounded.

Don't...... This is the legendary commercial blowing each other??

Yu Jian took a sip of the soup in the bowl and ate a bite of kueh chunks.

I can't help but turn my attention to this seemingly unremarkable breakfast. The soup is milky white, and you can taste the rich flavor after only tasting a little, and it is supposed to be a broth that has been boiling for a long time. The kueh block is tendoned, and the entrance is still a little springy.

Yu Jian took a closer look and sighed. It is steamed layer after layer, and there are tiny holes on the surface, so it's no wonder that the soup can penetrate into it.

Yu Jianping saw that she was eating carefully, and couldn't help but feel a little proud: "My kueh noodles are the only one in the whole capital." ”

Looking at the stalls that have been surrounded by water, there are indeed some doorways.

Yu's father hurriedly drove someone to work, and he also packed up and stood up to give up his seat, and seeing that he was really busy, he went to help.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the breakfast shop closed on time. Yu Jianping's small shop starts to open at five o'clock and ends on time at nine o'clock, and it can't be opened for another minute.

Yu Jian looked at the old customer who came late and stomped his feet in annoyance at the door of the store, and he didn't dare to go up to reason with the boss, and laughed in his heart.

The boss who made diners angry, she saw such a family. I can't help but marvel in my heart, where did this little naked come from so much charm.

"What? Are you going to make a Teochew feast? Yu Jianping dug out his ears, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

The place where he lives is not far away, in the innermost household of the alley, and when it closes, he led the father and daughter home, and took out the tea that he had treasured for a long time to entertain Yu Jianguo.

Yu Jianguo was a little unconvinced by his eyes, and asked with a stiff neck: "Why can't I?" ”

Yu Jianping sneered: "It's not me who laughs at you, Jianguo." If you want to talk about this knife work, you are indeed this," he gave a thumbs up, "but you say stir-fry to taste, I always feel that something is missing." It's not unpalatable, but it's not as good as a feast. ”

Every sentence is reasonable, but Yu's father feels that every word is heartbroken.

It's not that he doesn't know how many pounds and taels he has, so he pulled Yu Jian to him: "Don't I still have a daughter!" My daughter's craft is so good! ”

Yu Jianping looked the father and daughter up and down, pointed at Yu's father and smiled: "You bastard, how can you still pull your daughter out?" This girl is still in school, right?! ”

Yu Jian nodded calmly: "Uncle doesn't believe it?" There's no rule that a little girl who reads can't cook. ”

Yu Jianping was stunned for half a second by her words, then his eyes narrowed slightly, he gasped, and asked Yu's father with a cold face: "Yu Jianguo, are you crazy?" The little doll won't let her study hard and do this kind of rough work? ”

In his early years, his family was poor, and he couldn't even afford his parents' funeral expenses, let alone study. The grandfather of the Yu family was kind enough to teach him the craft, and he came out to roam without knowing the sky.

But when I came out, I realized that I had no culture and no knowledge, and I was despised everywhere I went.

"I don't think cooking is a rough job." Yu Jian gave her father a soothing look, and then turned to look at Yu Jianping, her face was pious and confident, "The people take food as the sky, if there is no cook, how can the public taste the world's delicacies?" Moreover...... My grades are good! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" was reminded by Yu Jian like this, Yu's father also came back to his senses, and proudly told Yu Jianping, "Ah Jian took the second place in the whole grade this time!" The teachers have said that if you work hard, you can go to Jingcheng University! ”

It's true?

Yu Jianping looked at Yu Jian with some disbelief, and Yu Jian nodded solemnly.

"And what do you mean?" Yu Jianping poured out the water in the tea bowl and refilled it with fresh ones.

Dad Yu asked a little doggedly: "Just the old dish we learned before, can you ......?"

"I can't teach you, if I could learn it, I would have done it a long time ago. Teach your daughter...... You can show me what she's capable of first. After taking a sip of tea, he began to ask Yu Jian, "What do you think of the kueh you ate today?" ”

I'm waiting for her here!

It's not hard for her. Yu Jian recalled the taste of breakfast and replied: "Uncle's kueh is very interesting." ”

"Oh? What's the interesting method? Yu Jianping heard her describe it like this, and he was also interested.

"This kuay block seems to be a whole, but it is actually layered. Uncle, you should use such a large stainless steel container," Yu Jian compared the size, "brush the bottom with thin oil, pour a layer of rice milk, steam it in the pot, and wait for the first layer to cook, and then pour the second layer." Repeating seven layers like this is the kuay lump that you can eat in your mouth. So although it is thick, if you taste it carefully, you will find that the soup can quickly seep into it. Compared with the kueh sold by other families, this can be said to be too smart! So uncle, your business is good! ”

Finally, don't forget to praise. After all, everyone loves to listen to beautiful words!

Father Yu was silent......

Yu Jianping was also silent...... Even the hand pouring the tea paused halfway.

After a long time, the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter, he laughed twice, drank the tea in the tea bowl in one gulp, and spit out two turbid breaths: "Good! Good! Good! ”

"O founding of the country! You gave birth to a wonderful daughter! Our old Yu family, we're going to get up! ”

Yu Jianping's skills are far more than these, Grandpa Yu's evaluation of him back then was: If this kid has some patience, the chef of this state-run hotel will inevitably let him be. But this kid always said that there was no way out in the small county, and he ignored everyone's persuasion, so he left with his burden.

Leaving Dad Yu half-hanging, Grandpa Yu's heart and lungs hurt.

Yu Jianping has a dish, which is the main purpose of Yu's father's return-anti-lotus paste.

This ancient dish has a long history, it is said that it was popular in Chaozhou 400 years ago, but now with the change of the times, more and more young people choose Western-style dining, and slowly some dishes have become lost.

"Girl, do you want to learn?" Yu Jianping stared into her eyes and asked.

"I want to!"