food queen

Chapter 327 Auspicious New Year (1)
"Not bad." Apple gave an evaluation after eating a dumpling.

"Come on, give me a taste." Han Qian said with a smile.

Zhang Ruixiang hurriedly handed over a pair of chopsticks with a smile, Han Qian took it, and took a dumpling, tasted it carefully, and said with a smile: "This is the glutinous rice balls we often eat at home, but it is replaced with this sugar juice and crushed peanuts. , it becomes another taste, and it is thoughtful."

"The stuffing in this ball is different from ours. He used oranges, mangoes, and bananas, which are purees made of various fruits." Zhang Ruixiang explained.

Han Qian ate another dumpling, which happened to be filled with sour kiwi fruit. For a while, the sweet and sour taste put her in a good mood, so she smiled and said, "So, he did put some thought into it."

While speaking, another man in official uniform of the imperial dining room knelt outside the door: "Slave Huang Erping pays respects to Empress Empress, Empress Empress is a thousand years old!"

"Er Ping?" Han Qian looked at the man kneeling outside the door, then at the one standing next to him, and said with a chuckle, "Are they two twin brothers?"

Zhang Ruixiang bowed and said with a smile: "Ms. Hui, the two of them are twin brothers. This is the elder brother, and the one outside is the younger brother. They are called Daping and Erping respectively."

Han Qian nodded and said, "Come in, my brother is a bit cautious, and the things he makes are not bad. I don't know how my brother is."

Huang Erping came in and offered a tray. Han Qian saw the golden balls in the blue and white porcelain bowl, and asked with a smile, "Are these also made by Yuanzi?"

"Back to Empress, this is called Phoenix Ball." Zhang Ruixiang bowed and said, "It's made of eggs and flour."

"Phoenix Ball? It's a good name." Han Qian glanced at Apple and motioned her to try it.

Pingguoer responded, took a phoenix ball with chopsticks and tasted it, then smiled and said: "It's also a dessert. This one is sweeter than the candy. It's too oily."

"Is it greasy?" Han Qian asked.

"It's not bad." Apple took another pair of chopsticks and handed them to Han Qian with both hands, "Young lady, try it."

"What's delicious? You came here to eat alone, but left me alone in Zichen Palace." Yun Shuo's voice came from outside, and the people in the room fell to their knees in fright.

Han Qian put the chopsticks back, stood up to welcome the door, and smiled lightly, "Why is Brother Emperor here?"

Yun Shuo raised his hand to hold Han Qian's hand, and sighed: "The queen is here, can I not come? What's delicious, come here for half a day and not go back?"

"They brought it up just now, saying that this is the Phoenix Ball, which is a refreshment from the south." Han Qian laughed.

"Phoenix Ball?" Yun Shuo sat down, looked at the golden object, and said with a smile, "It's a good name, but I don't know how it tastes like?"

"I just tasted the apple and said it's okay. I want to try it but haven't tasted it yet. Brother Emperor, would you like to try it?" Han Qian asked with a smile.

"Well, I'll try it." Yun Shuo nodded.

Han Qian handed over the chopsticks, and Yun Shuo picked up a phoenix ball and put it in his mouth, then frowned and said, "It's so sweet."

"I knew you wouldn't like it." Han Qian shook his head and said.

"It's okay, as long as you like it." Yun Shuo said, and put another one to Han Qian's mouth.Han Qian opened his mouth very naturally to put the Phoenix Ball in his mouth, bit it open lightly, and said with a smile, "It's delicious."

Zhang Ruixiang and others next to him were all kneeling on the ground, but they didn't need to look, just hearing the voice made these people shudder a few times-is this His Majesty speaking?Is it really that His Majesty whose face is as cold as ice?
What the hell!Zhang Ruixiang even sighed deeply in his heart.

"It's fine if you like it." Yun Shuo only saw a group of people kneeling on the ground at this moment, and said kindly: "You all get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!" Zhang Ruixiang took the lead in shouting thank you, kowtowed his head and stood up, quietly glanced at the emperor and the queen, but saw the queen leaning on the emperor's arms, and the emperor was holding a phoenix ball to feed the queen.Zhang Ruixiang felt the skin on his back tighten, and quickly lowered his head.

"Who made this phoenix ball?" Yun Shuo asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, it was made by a cook from Foshan." Zhang Ruixiang said, winking at Huang Erping, asking him to come forward and kowtow to the emperor.

Sure enough, Huang Erping stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to the emperor again.

"Besides knowing this, what else do you do?" Yun Shuo asked.

"Back to the emperor, this servant is proficient in sixteen desserts, eighteen Cantonese dishes, and nine soups." Huang Erping replied.

"Come back and make these one by one for the empress to taste. If the empress thinks it is good, I will reward you a lot."

Huang Erping hurriedly kowtowed and said: "This slave will definitely do his best to serve His Majesty and the Empress."

"Okay, let's do it that way." Yun Shuo pulled Han Qian up and walked out.

"And that candy is delicious even if you don't throw it away. Don't you want to try it?" Han Qian asked hurriedly.

"Tell them to send the things to Fengzhang Hall." Yun Shuo said, pulling Han Qian out of the imperial dining room without looking back, and then ordered Wu Miao who was waiting outside, "Ask someone to send the things to the south of Fengzhang Hall." The courtyard packed it up to make a small kitchen for the empress, and the things in it were arranged according to the empress' preferences."

"Yes. The servant obeys the order." Wu Miao hurriedly replied.

"It should be tidied up before the Chinese New Year." Yun Shuo added.

"Yes." Wu Miao bowed again.

Han Qian reminded: "Now is not the time to be busy with this. Now we should focus on the New Year's banquet and the state banquet for the Shangyuan Festival."

Yun Shuo stopped in his tracks, looked back at Han Qian, and said with a light smile, "I have handed over these two state banquets to the queen, and I hope the queen will take care of it. Of course, the dishes are important on the state banquet, but the procedures, etiquette, singing and dancing It is also very important, I hope the queen will not only focus on food and ignore other things."

Han Qian's face turned red when she was told, and her mouth was flattened: "Got it!"

The dishes for the New Year banquet are all arranged by the empress herself.Including tea, wine, dim sum, soup, cold cuts, hot dishes, etc. There are a total of [-] dishes on the banquet, including several major cuisines from all over the world. Although there are some shortcomings, it can be regarded as the first of its kind in imperial banquets.

At least Zhang Ruixiang, the chief manager of the imperial dining room, had his eyes widened, he was busy like his third grandson, and almost didn't even have time to catch his breath, while giving the empress a thumbs up: "Your Majesty's thoughts are really thoughtful and considerate! You really deserve to be our Empress Dayun! This slave has been working in the palace for 20 years, and this imperial banquet has been organized nine times, and I have never seen that empress choose the dishes of the imperial banquet so carefully!"

Of course, Manager Zhang dared not say this in front of the empress, but someone would naturally pass the words to the empress' ears.

After hearing Wu Sibao's babble, Han Qian smiled lightly and said, "This Ruixiang dislikes my work so much?"

(End of this chapter)