Food: I, Liu Maoxing, can’t be low-key at all

After a while, the lid of the pot was opened, and the slightly burnt residue was removed and the hot oil was kept for later use.

The nose wings of the father and son sitting in the restaurant moved, and their eyes lit up.

“” It smells so good!”

Liu Maoxing brought out the pot for cooking noodles in the store, filled it with two-thirds of water, and boiled the water over high heat.

While waiting for the water to boil, Liu Maoxing took out the dough that had been left to rise for a while:”Well… the time was a little short, it’s about right.”

He rolled the dough into even long strips on the floured table, and then cut it into three equal parts.

He picked up one of the pieces and started to pull the noodles directly.

His movements were extremely skillful, just like the style of a noodle master who had been pulling noodles for decades.

One buckle, two buckles, three buckles, with Liu Maoxing’s hands opening and closing, the noodles were pulled eight buckles in total (the dough was not big, and if it was pulled any further it would become dragon beard noodles), and the noodles were as thin as a larger sewing thread.

Liu Maoxing rolled the pulled noodles and sprinkled them with dry flour, and started to process the other two doughs.

“Gurgle Gurgle……”

The water in the pot boiled, and Liu Maoxing had just finished pulling the third portion of noodles.

Xingping appeared next to him again, attracted by the hand-pulled noodle technique, and followed suit with his hands.

Without hesitation, he put the noodles into the pot to cook, skimmed the floating residue, added water and boiled again. When the water was slightly boiling, he drained the water and took the noodles out, put them into the soup bowl that had been prepared long ago, sprinkled them with chopped green onions, poured on the special scallion, ginger and garlic sesame oil, and served.

“Please taste the homemade clear noodle soup”

“It looks very ordinary, with such a clear soup, very light. Isn’t Chinese cuisine very particular about the shock of taste?”

Xingping looked at this bowl of plain noodles and said

“Why do home-cooked dishes have to be so fancy? Try it.”

“I said……”

“Stop talking, eat your noodles, and you will know after you finish. If you keep talking nonsense, the noodles will be soaked and rotten.”The boss interrupted Yukihira’s question.

“Oh.”

Slurp… slurp… the father and son started eating.

Liu Maoxing was not idle either, he also made a bowl and started eating.

For a foodie, just watching others eat delicious food would make you want to die.

The three of them finished their noodles in a short while, staring at each other for a long time without saying a word.

“Did I pass the test? Can you tell me something? Boss, Yukihira?”

“Your noodles…

are pretty good.

I have to admit, they are really good.

I have never eaten noodles with such a nice texture.

When I bite them, they bounce against my teeth.

There are very few condiments in the noodle soup, but the ratio is very strange.

It is light and flavorful, but it is rich but not as heavy as the usual Dragon cuisine.

The topping is the oil fried with onions, ginger and garlic, but it does not have the greasy feeling that Dragon cuisine often has.

How is this done?”Xingping said

“You haven’t tried Longguo cuisine, have you?”

“Yes, I have. I have eaten mapo tofu, stir-fried green vegetables, twice-cooked pork, General Tso’s chicken, etc., and I have also cooked them.”

“Have you ever eaten authentic Longguo cuisine? In a sense, General Tso’s chicken has been modified by some chefs to suit foreign tastes and has little to do with Longguo cuisine. They try to make it as heavy as possible. Now there are even sweet and spicy flavors. My God!”

“Dad, you make the comments. I always feel that my comments are a bit ignorant.

“You add pepper to the noodle soup to enhance the flavor, but the real key to your noodle dish is not the soup, but the noodles themselves. Right?”

“Yeah.”

Liu Maoxing nodded.

“The noodles themselves? Isn’t it just some sugar added?

“You guessed wrong, I didn’t add sugar.”Liu Maoxing said

“What’s the sweet taste in the noodles? If not sugar, what’s the difference?”

“It’s pumpkin. You kneaded pumpkin into the noodles. Soma, you didn’t even taste it?”The boss said, looking at Yukihira with a gloating look.

Yukihira’s face turned red like a cooked crab.

“The boss is awesome!! This is all evident from the food!”

“Impossible, I watched him knead the dough, and I didn’t use pumpkin at all.”Xingping said

“I kneaded it in before pulling the noodles, but you didn’t see it when you were waiting outside. This way, the pumpkin flavor can be intermittently present in the noodles, making people curious about the source of the sweetness and tasting the noodles carefully many times. It will be more fragrant if you eat it carefully.”

“Plus, you added pepper to the noodle soup, and the contrast between the two makes the noodle soup, which is not too thick, taste bright. It’s a very good design, you have passed the test.” The boss said

“This is not a design. This is just a reasonable use of seasoning. If you eat something light, then eat something strong, the taste will be stronger. This is common sense since ancient times.”Liu Maoxing answered truthfully

“But how many chefs can use this to cook? Very few. So, you are excellent. Just be more modest. Yukihira, take him to your room and let him sleep on the floor. You can start work tomorrow.”

“Why are you staying in my room?”

“I feel crowded. You are small, so there is more space.”

“……”

“Crash!!”

The shop door that had just been closed was opened.