Chapter 36 Rice Balls (2)

Zhao You said in confusion: "Does this need to be said? Where can I eat if I can't come to the public kitchen to eat the morning meal?"

This sentence left Liu Yuan and Ji Caimai speechless.

This Dali Temple public kitchen is indeed a place specially designed for Dali Temple officials to prepare meals for the emperor. But the public chef had already asked Masters Sun and Wang to prepare meals that scared people away. Who would choose to come to the public kitchen to eat?

There is no way to have lunch and evening meals, and a lunch or evening meal costs too much money. You can usually settle the morning meal at home or pass by a morning meal shop, so you don't have to suffer from the public kitchen.

Not to mention, before meeting Master Wen, who would have known that there could be so many different kinds of food in the morning?

Seeing Liu Yuan and Ji Caimai standing still, Zhao You reached out and swept the two of them aside, saying: "Give way! Give way! I'm going in to get the court food, and Lin Shaoqing still wants me to take the share!"

This sentence reminded Ji Caimai: "I wonder why Lin Shaoqing specifically reminded me of Sun Dingren and Wang Junshan's dirty tricks two days ago. It turns out that Lin Shaoqing also knew that Master Wen's breakfast was delicious."

Liu Yuan looked at Ji Caimai. Ji Caimai didn't need him to say anything and told him about the fight between Salty Soy Milk and Master Sun two days ago. Liu Yuan rolled his eyes and couldn't help but said: "I don't have much ability, but I am a villain. First class awesome!"

While he was talking, Zhao You had already run to the table. Looking at the side dishes stacked on the table, his mouth almost watered. He quickly stretched out a hand and said: "I want... I'll do the math... five." share!"

Liu Yuandongji, who had just stepped into the public kitchen, couldn't help but pause at his feet: Five servings?

"If he eats this for both lunch and evening meals, how could he not be able to eat it with his appetite?" Liu Yuan and Ji Caimai looked at each other after recovering, shook their heads, and walked over.

Before he even got closer, he heard Liu Yuan say "Huh" in surprise.

Ji Caimai asked him: "What's wrong?"

Liu Yuan looked at the girl who was busy behind the counter and said, "I recognize her."

This sentence made Ji Caimai squint: "How do you recognize Master Wen? She has only been released from the palace a few days ago! Don't recognize the little girl just by looking at her beauty. I remember that you have a childhood sweetheart fiancée who is still in your hometown. If you haven't come over here, if you randomly identify your sister or something like that, pay attention to these colleagues and tell your fiancée back home!"

Liu Yuan was startled by these words and hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Ji Caimai, what do you think of me as a slanderous person? What I said is that I really recognize you, not just casually."

After saying that, he hurriedly pulled Ji Caimai and whispered a few words in his ear. After telling what happened at Zhao Ji Restaurant that day, he couldn't help but rub his chin and said: "It seems that the evil woman is There is no room for her! But fortunately, she is good at cooking and joined our public kitchen... Oh, that's not right! If that's the case, then the fried noodles with eggs..."

Thinking of the pumpkin cake I ate yesterday, and the first aroma I smelled, as well as Lin Shaoqing’s fried egg noodles with the same ingredients as theirs that day at Zhao Ji Restaurant, but it was like two kinds of food... Liu Yuan smoked Twitching the corner of his mouth.

Everything can be connected in series to make sense.

It's not that Shangfeng's taste is unique, it's that what he eats is not the same as what they eat.

When he thought of this, Liu Yuan became even more upset: If he had known that the new chef of the public kitchen was Master Wen, he would have been here long ago, so why bother to spend so much money?

Just as he was thinking about it, the sweet and salty rice balls were arranged side by side in the girl's roll and were ready to be put into the food box brought by Zhao You.

Looking at a box full of rice balls, even Wen Mingtang couldn't help but glance at the happy Zhao You and said: "The rice balls are very filling, and I'm afraid three people won't be able to eat them..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a burst of laughter coming from behind Zhao You. Wen Mingtang looked up and saw a familiar face peeking out from behind Zhao You. He laughed loudly and said: "It's not three people, it's two people! This guy's appetite is as big as that of several people! Don't worry, Master Wen!"

Wen Mingtang looked at the person who made the noise, bowed to him and saluted, and said, "I would like to thank Liu Sicheng for his help in what happened last time!"

We had a dispute with Mr. Liu last time. If it were not for Liu Yuan, I might have caused a lot of trouble.

Liu Yuan quickly waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter. Let's not talk about the situation in the book that saw injustice on the road and drew a sword to help. Just say that when you encounter injustice on the road, it is what you should do as a minister of Dali Temple."

While talking, Zhao You had already ran away with the food box, and Ji Caimai also gathered around him. He looked at the side dishes in each bowl with great interest and asked, "Is this the rice ball?"

Wen Mingtang nodded: "We have prepared two kinds, both salty and sweet."

"Then let's have one each!" Ji Caimai looked at the pile of side dishes and said, "There are no taboos."

Liu Yuan on the side also nodded and said: "I'll have one too, there's no taboo."

The girl nodded, spread out the wet cloth, and placed fried dough sticks, meat floss, egg shreds, and sour cowpeas on top of the spread rice. The two of them couldn't help but pinch a handful for her when they saw the full side dishes. Sweat, I'm afraid it won't fit in. Fortunately, there was a wet cloth behind him, and the glutinous rice had good viscosity, so he was able to wrap up all the side dishes in such a large roll.

When they removed the wet cloth and cut it with a knife, revealing the cut surface full of side dishes, the two of them couldn't help but take half of it and eat it.

The moment he took a bite, Liu Yuan couldn't help but let out a sigh of satisfaction.

The outermost layer of glutinous rice is soft and glutinous with moderate viscosity, followed by the salty and crispy meat floss, which is mixed with the aroma of white sesame seeds to whet your appetite. The two of them finally ate the fried dough sticks today, and they were crispy on the outside. , it has a moist and tough texture, without any greasy feeling of ordinary twisters, but has a unique flavor. Next is the spicy and sour cowpea. When you bite it, the overflowing juice splashes into the bright yellow egg shreds. It adds a unique taste to the egg shreds.

The layers of side dishes are all rolled together, but each taste is distinct, but they don't conflict. Instead, they blend together with each other, and the taste is rich and wonderful, indescribable.

The two of them ate one bite after another. When the girl handed over half of the sweet rice ball, only the last bit of the salty rice ball in her hand was eaten.

After stuffing the last bit into their mouths, the two of them couldn't wait to take the half sweet rice ball.

The glutinous glutinous rice balls mixed with sesame seeds are not as rich as the salty ones, but they have a different flavor. After all, the combination of glutinous rice and white sugar is something that no one with a sweet tooth will reject, not to mention the rich sesame flavor added to it.

When the two of them finished eating the rice balls and walked outside the public kitchen, they glanced at each other and showed a satisfied smile.

Liu Yuan burped, glanced at Wen Mingtang and others who were starting to clear the table in the public kitchen, winked at Ji Caimai, and said: "Old Ji! Master Wen's breakfast is delicious, you have to give me the ingredients She prepares more, so that she can do it more easily! The food left and right given to Sun and Wang is a waste! No matter how good the ingredients are, they will be turned into pig bran in the hands of those two people."

Ji Caimai glanced at him sideways and said, "What do you mean? Otherwise, where did the meat floss in this rice ball come from? Didn't I take it from Wang Junshan's mouth? Don't worry! I know it for this morning meal! "

As soon as he said "there is a good number", Liu Yuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the sun that was gradually climbing towards the center of his head and couldn't help but sigh: "It would be great if Master Wen could also cook lunch and evening meals." ah!"