Chapter 820: Jinling Plum Blossom Cake
"That's right, it's me." Li Yi nodded sincerely.
The white-haired old man was amused by his serious appearance, then patted his arm, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, our traditional skills have to be carried forward by young people like you in order to pass them on!" β
"That's what I thought too."
Li Yi said with a smile: "So I'm thinking about whether I can cooperate with some colleges and universities to open some majors and train a group of professionals to inherit these traditional crafts." β
Hearing Li Yi's words, the white-haired old man's eyes lit up: "This idea is good!" Should be supported! β
As he spoke, he turned back to the middle-aged man and said, "Director Geng, you go back and contact the education department, help you get a line, find a few reliable universities, and ask Xiao Li to investigate."
Whether it is Yunjin or cloisonnΓ©, it is the essence of our traditional culture, and we must find a way to pass them on, which is our responsibility and duty! β
When the middle-aged man on the side heard this, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do it when I go back." β
"Okay."
The white-haired old man nodded, then turned back to Li Yi and said, "Xiao Li, when I'm busy for the past two days, I have to talk to you about it, your skills are really amazing, I have to let you play your strengths!" β
After that, he smiled and patted Li Yi on the shoulder, and under the greeting of the leaders, they entered the venue together.
Seeing them enter the venue, Li Yi turned around and beckoned to the staff who were waiting not far away.
Just while he was chatting here, the staff came back with a tray.
But when I saw him talking with the leaders, I didn't come to disturb him, just waited on the sidelines.
Seeing Li Yi beckoning, he came over with a tray.
"What do you have to eat?"
Li Yi looked at the tray in the hands of the staff with interest.
"Some pastry pastries, and duck fat cakes."
The staff lifted the lid and said with a smile: "The duck fat cake was just out of the pot, and it was originally left for luncheon to eat, but the chef heard that you were going to eat it, so he specially brought a few to you to taste." β
There is a plate in the tray, and there are all kinds of dim sum on the plate, such as duck fat cake, plum blossom cake, mille-feuille cake, roll cake, ruyi cake, two-color cake, green rice cake, horseshoe cake, bean paste rice cake, everything, and the flowers are very beautiful.
"Yes, small and delicate, very good shape."
Li Yi pinched up a piece of plum blossom cake and looked at it.
Plum blossom cake is the most famous pastry in Jinling, it is made with a special pot full of plum blossom-shaped grooves, a bit like an egg burger or octopus balls, but the groove shape is plum blossom-shaped.
Its outer layer is glutinous rice milk, and the inner layer will be filled with fillings such as jujube paste, bean paste, purple potato, rose, etc., and ingredients such as small balls, red dates, raisins, and green and red silk will be added on top.
After cooking, it not only looks colorful, it is very good-looking, the taste is also very soft and glutinous and sweet, and it is very popular with Jinling people.
However, the plum blossom cake made by the catering kitchen of this conference is obviously made with a separate special mold, and it is not as big as an ordinary street plum cake, but only the size of a chess piece.
And the small balls and red dates on the top are also appropriate, and they do not look top-heavy, but very regular and more beautiful.
This is understandable, after all, it is an international conference, and this kind of small snack has to be made more beautiful.
After taking a look, Li Yi picked up the plum blossom cake and took a bite.
When you bite into it, the outer layer of thin glutinous rice skin cracks open, and the inner layer of bean paste filling gushes out.
Chewing on the sweetness in his mouthful, Li Yi nodded.
The level of this plum blossom cake is still good, the skin is very thin, the filling is very full, and the sweetness is not too high.
The only drawback is that the crust does not take enough time to bake and does not reach a crispy texture.
However, considering that the kitchen has to deal with so many guests and has to juggle lunches, it is certainly not perfect, and it is good to be able to do this.
"It tastes okay."
Li Yi stuffed the remaining plum blossom cake into his mouth, chewed it heavily, and nodded with satisfaction.
The size of this plum blossom cake is just right, and after eating it in a few bites, it will not be too burdensome.
The staff watched from the side and reminded with a smile: "Brother Yi, you eat duck fat cake first!" It's cold for a while, and it's fishy. β
"It's not cool, I'll solve them all in a while."
Li Yi made a joke, so he directly brought out the dim sum plate in the tray, and said with a smile: "Thanks, you go get busy, I'll go and have a look first." β
He's a special adviser, and he has a place in it.
Entering the venue with a dim sum plate, Li Yi casually circled a large number of times, and the representatives of various countries who came to attend the meeting were almost full of seats.
Around the venue, reporters from all over the world also set up cameras and prepared for filming.
Seeing this, Li Yi was not in a hurry to find his place, but casually found a vacant seat in the back row, and ate it with a dim sum plate.
The time before the start of the congress was not nutritious, the delegates were chatting, and the reporters had nothing to shoot, waiting for the congress to start.
Some reporters will take a few photos to see the effect in order to debug the equipment.
While filming, the attention of many reporters was attracted by Li Yi in the back row.
In the entire venue, he was the only one eating, and some stood out from the crowd.
And the snacks on his plate are colorful and varied, and they look very conspicuous.
The most important thing is that he is not tense at all like the others, but eats the food on his own, immersing himself in the world of food.
Seeing this scene, many foreign reporters turned their cameras and took several photos of him.
Li Yi didn't care, just tasted the pastries by himself, and analyzed the practices of the pastry chef in the back kitchen.
However, what he didn't know was that the photos of him eating pastries had been posted by many reporters on their respective media accounts.
The media that can participate in the conference are all mainstream media in various countries, and the number of fans is not low.
Soon, many foreign netizens saw the photos released by the media they followed.
For ordinary people, the world heritage site is far away from you, and it is not interesting.
But every dry rice person has a dry rice soul in their hearts, and when they saw the photo of Li Yi eating pastries, many netizens were greedy and left comments under the relevant reports.
"What does he eat? It looks delicious. β
"That's who I am, and I'm not going to give up eating at any time."
"It should be some dim sum, I went to Chinatown once, and it was very delicious."
"I think donuts are better."
When more and more of these comments were made, and the relevant reports were seen by more people, some Chinese on foreign online platforms found Li Yi in these reports and photos, and reprinted the relevant information back to China.
So, when the opening ceremony was halfway through, Li Yi received a screenshot from Liu Yifei.
"Why are you on the hot search again?"
When Li Yi saw the information, he was a little puzzled, and when he opened Weibo, he found that he was really on the hot search again, and he was closely following the relevant topics of the World Heritage Conference.
Under the hot search, many netizens are commenting.
"Huh? Why was Brother Yi reported by foreign media? Where is this? β
"Brother Yi went abroad to eat cakes!"
Looking at this information, Li Yi was confused.
What's going on? He just ate something, why did he become inexplicably popular?
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