After the discussion, Qin Mian called the shopkeeper Sun to the lounge.
"Treasurer Sun, please go down. In the past few days, you must be careful to entertain all the guests in the Shuangshoulou. Tea, snacks, fruits, and three meals a day must be the most exquisite, let them see that there are nobles in our small place. Level of enjoyment. In addition, take a few copies of the pastry list of the pastry shop. We will provide them what they order. Of course, the fee is still charged as usual, but they are given a 10% discount. As for the three of Liu and Lao Both enjoy a 20% discount."
"Yes! Little boss rest assured, I will do my best when I wait!" Shopkeeper Sun left with high spirits.
A buddy knocked on the door to report, "Enjoy the little boss, Master Nie is here."
"Please."
Nie Heng walked in with a white coat and face full of spring breeze.
Qin Mian looked at him up and down and joked: "Why can't you give up today?"
"You dare to mention it." Nie Heng sat down recklessly and consciously ate the cherries in the fruit bowl. "I'm married, you and Lei Tie didn't show up. I was thinking that YuanYuan and ManMan would be a roller bed for me. Boy, it's a pity."
"You are also considerate and considerate of us." Qin Mian complained, "We have to accept challenges from multiple restaurants at the same time. Is it easy for ATie and I? Of course we must hurry up and practice more.
Nie Heng hit the nail on the head, "It's your Double Restaurant who challenged all the restaurants at the same time, right?"
Qin Mian laughed and said nothing.
"You should see it? My restaurant also participated." Nie Heng said again.
Qin Mian nodded, "I see. It's right for you to participate. You probably don't know that Liu Yunwei is here. I heard he used to be an imperial cook?"
Nie Heng's spirits lifted up, "Really? Of course, Lao Liu is a legend in the chef industry. There are rumors that at first he was just a roadside stall. When he was young, he was on a tour in Weifu. He accidentally found him and brought him in. Gong, Hou, became famous in one fell swoop. Although I don't know whether this is true or not, Mr. Liu is a man with real skills. In this competition, even if you and my restaurant cannot win the first prize, it would be a blessing to get some advice from Mr. Liu."
Qin Mian agrees very much. Just about to speak, the door is pushed open.
"Daughter-in-law..." Lei Tie came in with two sleepy-eyed little guys and saw Nie Heng nodding, "Congratulations. You have an early son."
Nie Heng's forehead twitched. This is really no show off?
"Thanks..."
"Daddy." ManMan yelled coquettishly, his voice soft and painful when he woke up.
YuanYuan stretched out his hand to Qin Mian, because he slept for a long time, his face was red as an apple.
Qin Mian walked quickly over, "What's the matter?"
"My son needs you when he wakes up." Lei Tie handed YuanYuan and ManMan to him.
Nie Heng laughed secretly from the side, the cold-hearted man now seems to be a nanny.
Qin Mian held one in one arm, YuanYuan and ManMan nuzzling in his arms, lethargic.
Nie Heng stood up, "You are busy, I will go out to eat."
"I'm sorry." Qin Mian looked apologetic, "I and ATie will invite you to dinner another day. By the way, Mu Chen is still in Zhaoyang? Call him then."
YuanYuan and ManMan were not sleeping well, frowning. Lei Tie patted both of them on the back.
The scene of a family of four together exudes infinite warmth.
Nie Heng said: "Half a month ago, he had returned to Beijing in an emergency."
Qin Mian is very sorry.
After Nie Heng went out, Qin Mian sat down on the sofa and adjusted his posture for the two little guys. Lei Tie patiently beats them.
When YuanYuan and ManMan fell asleep, they were talking quietly.
"Daughter-in-law, did the discussion go smoothly?"
"Yeah." Qin Mian smiled and nodded, with a bit of complacency between his eyebrows. "ATie, this time is really God's help. I didn't expect the former royal chef Liu Yunwei and his two celebrity chef friends to appear. The three of them will make the competition. The result is more convincing. This time, it's hard for us to be famous if we are not famous!"
"So confident?" Lei Tie leaned forward and kissed him.
"Of course!" Qin Mian turned sideways slightly, leaning on him, "Prepare the ingredients with me tomorrow night."
Lei Tie nodded, deepening the kiss.
After Nie Heng left the lounge, he was about to eat in the private room on the second floor. When passing by the lobby, he noticed that some of the exquisite snacks on the table of the guests had never been seen before. He changed his mind and chose to take a seat at will. Buddy.
"What new snacks are there today, give me a copy of each."
"Yes."
Liu Lao, Gu Lao and Wen Lao sat by the window, looking at the snacks on the table, and they were silent for a while. The first is the rainbow cake, which is cut into a diamond shape and placed in a white porcelain plate. The cut slices generously expose the seven colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue and purple. Just looking at it makes people feel Happy; the second is biscuits, rose red, light green, peach red, and pear yellow, exuding a sweet and fruity fragrance; the third is purple sweet potato and rose steamed buns, blooming and smelling. No matter what it is, it is pleasing to the eye, and the appearance alone has made them feel good.
For a long while, Old Liu looked thoughtful, hehe smiled and said, "The two bosses of Shuangfanlou are really two strange people."
Old Gu spoke more rigorously, "It's hard to say at the moment."
Old Wen picked up a biscuit and put it in his mouth, "I will know soon."
...
The night before the game, after YuanYuan and ManMan fell asleep, Qin Mian and Lei Tie came to the space to prepare the ingredients for the game. In addition to the small kitchen, there are only four stoves in Shuangshoulou, and there are a lot of participants, so the competition adopts the elimination system. Each cook has to try at least twice, so prepare a few more dishes.
Vegetarian dishes are specially prepared by Han people; meat dishes are more laborious. The mutton knuckle, chicken breast, duck breast, duck gizzards, mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, etc. are all taken from the space.
After dawn, Lei Tie got up and cooked the porridge first, and then asked the young and the young to get up. After breakfast, he packed all the ingredients on the carriage, and a family of four came to the restaurant.
YuanYuan and ManMan knew that Dad was going to participate in the competition today, and they have been very well-behaved.
The chefs cook the dishes in the kitchen of Shuangshilou. After the dishes are prepared, they will be brought to the lobby. Mr. Liu, please comment in public.
In order to prevent too many people from interfering with the competition, only the first hundred spectators are allowed to enter the Shuangfanglou to watch, except for the contestants, the special fire workers of the contestants, and those in charge of the restaurants. Those who come late are not eligible to enter.
Qin Mian is thoughtful and thoughtful. Everyone who comes late can get a pack of dim sum from the first-line heaven pastry shop for free. The so-called short-mouthed cannibalism benefits, these people are embarrassed to complain.
At the time, the game started. The first content of the competition is to distinguish which spices are used in a certain dish. Pen, ink, paper and inkstone were placed in front of all the cooks. After tasting the dishes, they wrote down the types of spices on the paper.
After the three of them went to the kitchen, they brought out a pot of soup. The soup looked more like water with various seasonings. It was obviously filtered and could not see any seasonings or ingredients.
The two juniors took out dozens of small bowls and distributed them to the contestants.
Old Liu smiled and said: "This soup is made by the old man, old man, and old man, who added various seasonings at will. The taste may not be very good. The three of us only know what seasonings we have added. What's wrong. After you have distinguished, we will announce the answer together. Besides, please write your name on the paper. Please."
Qin Mian scooped a spoonful of soup, took a sip, took a sip, lifted the brush, and wrote.
Lei Tie, YuanYuan, and ManMan sat by the wall and watched.
"Daddy," ManMan saw Daddy writing, leaned to Lei Tie's ear, covered his mouth with his little hand, and whispered, "Daddy's words are not pretty."
Lei Tie glanced at his daughter-in-law with a smile. It's no wonder that ManMan and YuanYuan admire him more. His wife's brush writing has not improved so far. Maybe he should teach his wife well in the future.
"Is it okay to let Daddy learn Chinese with you in the future?"
Both YuanYuan and ManMan nodded their heads again and again, the two identical little faces with sullen smiles, exactly the same as their fathers and thiefs when they laughed.
Qin Mian didn't know that he had been calculated by his man and son together, and the writing was so smooth that he wrote out all the spices in a short while, and put the pen first.
The three of Liu and Lao looked at each other, each thoughtful.
After another moment, everyone put the pen.
Xiao Er put the paper away and handed it to the three of Liu Lao.
Liu Laosan first explained the spices he added.
"The old man added star anise, soy sauce, grass fruit..."
"The old man added tangerine peel, wine, salt, cinnamon..."
"The old man added sugar, ginger, garlic..."
A cook screamed out: "There can be no wine. I haven't tasted the wine here."
The three of them smiled and shook their heads. After flipping through all the papers quickly, they picked out the correct answer.
"Why didn't you taste it, but so many people tasted it?"
The cook was speechless and sat down dejectedly.
Old Gu read out the list of those who answered correctly, "Wang Fusheng, Liu Zongxian...Wu Dewang...Qin Mian...Zheng Xiangui..."
Qin Mian looked at Lei Tie, YuanYuan and ManMan.
YuanYuan and ManMan smiled and gave him thumbs up, and with urged gazes, they motioned Lei Tie to do the same.
Lei Tie looked stiff and gave a thumbs up.
Qin Mian's face burst into light, full of glamour and charm.
There are a total of 79 participants, and only 22 people passed the first pass. However, it doesn't matter for the time being after the first level, you can also get back in the second and third levels.
The second test is to cook vegetarian dishes. Groups of four compete, and each group eliminates two people first. The eliminated person has another chance to compete after everyone is compared. If eliminated again, the second competition will be considered as lost. So, regardless of whether the third competition is won or lost, the decline cannot be restored.