Happy private dishes

Chapter 183

In April, Kou Yuanyuan and Zhao Feiran finished their trip, and when they returned to school, Teacher Tang found her and mentioned the culinary competition in Huaguo University.

Kou Yuanyuan has participated in this competition three times before.She is already considered a celebrity in the Huaguo student circle, and has won individual championships, team championships, inter-school star chef awards, etc.

Other current students take part in this competition to make a mark on their resume so that they can find a job after graduation.Kou Yuanyuan will definitely stay in her old Lu family after graduation, and she doesn't really care much about these honors.

To put it bluntly, at Kou Yuanyuan's level, she even went to participate in the inter-school cooking competition, which is actually a bit of a bully.

However, their school needs honors, especially the culinary arts and nutrition major that has just been opened for a few years.

This kind of glory for the school cannot be pushed outside.Before, Kou Yuanyuan participated in three competitions in a row, and she is about to graduate, and the school still wants her to participate.

After careful consideration, Kou Yuanyuan decided to sign up for the pastry chef competition in the inter-school culinary competition in her last year at school.

By the time Kou Yuanyuan finished registering, it was already the end of April.Kou Yuanyuan has always been very safe and reliable in her work.

Asking casually, Kou Yuanyuan said that the registration has been completed.Teacher Tang didn't continue to pay attention to this matter. In the last semester of her senior year, she was busy with the work of the students.

When the list of competitions came down, Teacher Tang saw Kou Yuanyuan's project.

"Why did this kid submit to the Pastry Master Contest?" Teacher Tang couldn't help being surprised.

Kou Yuanyuan's pastry is a recognized weakness.Isn't it a joke to run to participate in the pastry chef competition?However, at this time, the list has already come down, and the project cannot be changed.Kou Yuanyuan went to her husband's house in Jin City for the festival again.

So, after the festival, Teacher Tang found Kou Yuanyuan impatiently.

"Yuanyuan, have you applied for the pastry chef competition?" Teacher Tang asked directly.

"Yes!" Kou Yuanyuan looked at her calmly, not guilty of her decision.

"The national pastry chef competition in colleges and universities not only includes Huaguo's traditional snacks, but also includes western pastry. There is no separate event, and there is only one championship. In recent years, the pastry chef competition has become the world of western pastry. Recently The champions for several times are all students of pastry. Some won the championship, graduated, and then went to foreign pastry schools for further study. Foreign countries do not recognize our foreign competition.”

In other words, Huaguo's traditional white table noodles have no advantage at all in this inter-school competition.No matter how good Kou Yuanyuan's cooking skills are, she doesn't know much about pastry.Therefore, Teacher Tang was more worried about her.

"I have learned some traditional pastries, and I have also discussed western pastry with Mr. Lei Jieming. Teacher, I want to challenge myself in the last year."

As Kou Yuanyuan spoke, she looked at Teacher Tang seriously.Her big black and white eyes were full of determination and confidence.

Looking at such a young and energetic child, Teacher Tang really couldn't say anything to hurt her.

"Hey, you kid, do you have a place to practice? Otherwise, before the competition, the teacher will help you find a pastry shop to practice!"

At this moment, Teacher Tang didn't bother to think about what the head of the department would say after Kou Yuanyuan failed.She felt that Kou Yuanyuan was already pretty good, and she had won honors for the school in the past four years.She wants to win an outstanding graduate for this child.

In fact, in the previous two months of practice, Kou Yuanyuan saw many local snacks and pastries.She even stayed in Shanxi, the root of pasta in the world, for more than a week and visited some pastry chefs.

In May, under the arrangement of Teacher Tang, Kou Yuanyuan began to practice hard in the pastry shop again.

At the end of May, Kou Yuanyuan calmly followed the school team to participate in the college cooking competition.

Many graduates are doing internships, so they don't want to waste time on this competition.A few years ago, they got all the honors they deserved.Therefore, some students declined the competition.

However, the next class of juniors bears the halo of the previous class of seniors. They are under a lot of pressure, and they are not as outstanding as the previous class of students, and their performance is not so stable.

Therefore, the Agricultural University did not achieve dazzling good results in this inter-school culinary competition.The best result is the semi-finals of the team competition.

The faces of the vice-principal and department head who were in charge of leading the team became ugly.

They won all kinds of awards in the inter-school culinary competition in the past three years, and they stole the limelight every time in the competition.But I didn't expect that this session would return empty-handed.

Such an ending disappointed the school leaders.

On the contrary, Kou Yuanyuan, who was cast aside by the vice-principal and the head of the department before the competition, was bad-mouthed by people during the competition, and would soon be eliminated, made great progress in the pastry chef competition.

At the beginning, only Teacher Tang accompanied Kou Yuanyuan to participate in the competition.

It wasn't until Kou Yuanyuan made it to the semi-finals in one breath that the vice-principal and the head of the department rushed over excitedly.As long as Kou Yuanyuan takes one lucky step, they won't have to return empty-handed this time.

The head of the department smiled and said, "Kou Yuanyuan is the best student of our year."

The vice-principal was also laughing, "No, there must be a seat for Kou Yuanyuan among this year's outstanding graduates. In recent years, Kou Yuanyuan has made a lot of contributions to our school."

With such an official face, Kou Yuanyuan would have already had a lot.She just smiled at the school leaders implicitly and didn't say much.Of course, she didn't take these good words to heart.Just like she didn't care about their white eyes back then.

During the competition, Kou Yuanyuan still maintained her usual rhythm. She was actually making some traditional pastries she encountered during her travels, and then added some of her own thinking.

Throughout the competition, from the very beginning, he was not optimistic, but later on, even the most severe examiner stared intently at Kou Yuanyuan's console.It has to be said that Kou Yuanyuan became the most eye-catching dark horse in this pastry contest, and she was black to the end.

In the finals, Kou Yuanyuan combined traditional pastry crafts with strong food carving skills and rich taste imagination to make a hundred birds and a phoenix, which defeated the horse made by an outstanding pastry school with an absolute advantage in the number of votes. Caron.

Looking at Kou Yuanyuan on the podium, the school leaders finally breathed a sigh of relief.This time, they didn't come in vain.

After Kou Yuanyuan finished the competition, she returned to school in a down-to-earth manner, preparing to defend her final graduation thesis.The title of her dissertation is "Those Disappearing Foods".

However, as soon as the results of the college pastry chef competition came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the Huaguo culinary circle.

Controversial reports quickly appeared in the media - delicious traditional pastries or not inferior to expensive Western-style pastries? ?Is it necessary for those ancient traditional dim sum to be passed down? ?

The photos of Kou Yuanyuan's gorgeous traditional pastries made in the competition and the exquisite pastry made by her opponents were put together for comparison.

On the Internet, a big debate has also been triggered.

Some netizens are not impressed by Kou Yuanyuan's traditional dim sum.

"The Huaguo College Cooking Competition is just a game for children, not a formal competition. Foreign pastry schools do not recognize the champion of this competition."

"Good-looking is good-looking, but I really don't want to eat hard-skinned pastries that are high in sugar and heat."

"Chef Baian is too down, and the traditional old shop in Huaguo also buys cream Western-style cakes!"

"No one can resist the temptation of cream cakes. Today's children only know cream cakes, but not many traditional desserts."

"No one can stop the decline of Huaguo's traditional crusty pastry. Many traditional dim sum have disappeared."

Of course, there are also those who refute their views.

"You eat hamburgers and bread every day, don't you even eat a bun or dumpling?"

"I would really like to eat the traditional pastries made by Kou Yuanyuan."

"If it's not delicious, how could it beat so many pastries!"

"I always remember the dim sum boxes given by my relatives and friends during the festivals when I was a child. That is a very good memory in my memory."

In the midst of these controversies, Liu Chongxi, a master of the Bai case who is over [-] years old, made public remarks for the first time.

"The cakes in Huaguo have not disappeared, nor have the pastry chefs in Huaguo. We can't just throw away what our ancestors have left behind. This is just a short-term pain. We need to spend more time and thought on improving and making more adaptations. Traditional noodle dishes for everyone's taste."

As soon as Mr. Liu stood up, many pastry chefs in Bai'an also stood up.

For a while, many young people who were still hesitating entered the traditional pastry industry.Many young people choose to go home and accept the craftsmanship passed down from their ancestors.

At the same time, Mr. Liu specially met with Kou Yuanyuan.The old man and Kou Yuanyuan have met several times. Kou Yuanyuan's colorful plasticine buns also indirectly promoted the transformation of Liu's old shop.

So, during this meeting, Mr. Liu talked a lot with Kou Yuanyuan.Talk about noodles, food culture, traditional pastries and delicacies that have disappeared.

"Many of the delicacies of my old age when I was a child have disappeared." The old man said to Kou Yuanyuan in a very desolate voice.

Kou Yuanyuan suddenly remembered that it seemed to be true.In her previous life, many of the delicacies and snacks she had eaten in all her travels are gone.Coca-Cola Chicken Chop is everywhere on the street.

Thinking of these, Kou Yuanyuan had a very vague idea in her mind.

Today's events will become history tomorrow; today's food may disappear in history tomorrow.Is there a way, to save them?

In the end, Mr. Liu made an agreement with Kou Yuanyuan, and he was going to recommend her to take the qualification exam for Master Bai'an in July.Kou Yuanyuan also accepted.

So, when the other students finished their defense and were about to receive their graduation certificates, Kou Yuanyuan became extremely busy.

During that time, Aunt Lu of the old Lu family heard that Kou Yuanyuan was going to take the qualification exam for Master Bai'an, so she put a lot of thought into guiding her.

It wasn't until then that the young people in the old Lu's kitchen knew that Aunt Lu had long been a master chef in Bai'an.

At the end of June, attend the teacher appreciation banquet, receive graduation certificates, and take graduation photos.Send the classmates who have been together for four years on the train back to their hometown, and make an appointment to keep in touch with each other by letter.

The friends who had been together for four years went their separate ways.

Kou Yuanyuan's college career ended like this.

After intense preparations, Kou Yuanyuan successfully passed the qualification exam for Master Bai Case.The result is not yet known, but Kou Yuanyuan felt that the examiners responded well to her.

Coincidentally, at this time, Zhao Feiran also finished filming a movie.

He simply took Kou Yuanyuan, packed his bags, and went on a larger-scale Chinese gourmet tour.

This time, they set off in a car with a video camera and laptop.

For the first time, Kou Yuanyuan also posted a photo of "Come and go on a graduation trip" on Weibo.

In the next few months, Kou Yuanyuan and Zhao Feiran spent the journey.

In Kou Yuanyuan's Weibo, there are delicious food, beautiful scenery, and lovers to accompany her all the way.

Kou Yuanyuan has been very low-key in recent years, and has almost disappeared from the public's sight.She is really not a very competent Internet celebrity.

However, the inter-school pastry contest won her a certain amount of attention.In addition, in the various photos along the way, Kou Yuanyuan showed the healthy and positive side of her and Zhao Feiran. Her writing skills are also very good, and the travel experience she wrote is very interesting.Plus, taste the tempting delicacies that are rarely seen.Let Kou Yuanyuan quickly become popular again on the Internet.

The photo of Zhao Feiran holding Kou Yuanyuan in his palm was taken by dislocation; the photo of the two of them standing together and Kou Yuanyuan dragging the car; the photo of the two of them finding a huge plate of delicious food on the grass; these creative photos, Let Kou Yuanyuan and Zhao Feiran hit the headlines.

Kou Yuanyuan's Weibo, by the way, also helped her husband do a successful marketing.

Some netizens said: "Kou Yuanyuan's Weibo is more interesting than the travel reality show on TV."

"It may be because this is life, not a show. And according to Kou Yuanyuan's route, we can also travel by car. Especially the traditional food provided by Kou Yuanyuan is really great!"

"Well, the chef of the restaurant recommended by Kou Yuanyuan is really good! Have you seen the master who made fish skin chaos? Is it noodles or not? You can't see fish when you eat fish!"

"I didn't expect Zhao Xiaopang to have such a good figure! But, why is the swimsuit worn all over? It doesn't leak a piece of flesh? By the way, where is Kou Yuanyuan's swimsuit photo?"

After Kou Yuanyuan's Weibo became popular, in fact, it was not only her and her relatives who became popular.In order to record today's delicacies and to keep those traditional delicacies from disappearing, Kou Yuanyuan is not paid at all, and recommends those chefs who are very skilled but not well-known.

Over time, influence on the Internet appeared.The old store, which was about to close down, has also ushered in a new life.

Everyone is in the culinary arts circle. None of these chefs has a brother, a disciple, or a nephew, and who doesn't have a few friends.

Kou Yuanyuan, such a little-known little girl, soon gained a good reputation among the master chefs in Huaguo.

After a few months in the mansion in Jin City, Mr. Gu suddenly found that his old friends had more contact with him.

Mr. Gu is also a chef from a family of imperial chefs. Some grassroots masters with eccentric personalities had a bad temper with Mr. Gu, and some were not easy to deal with.

However, recently, those masters with high eyes, eccentric personalities, and disdain to associate with him suddenly changed their sex, and even started to talk to him on their own initiative.

At an old friend's gathering, Ma Zongshi, who had been singing against him all the time, actually spoke to him.

Mr. Gu couldn't help being a little flattered.When did he become so popular?

Moreover, it wasn't just that the chefs of any cuisine approached him proactively, but a large group of chefs suddenly became friendly to him regardless of their circle or faction.

Moreover, each of these masters is more arrogant than the other, and each has more personality than the other.They all have absolute confidence in their cooking skills, and with small favors, it is impossible to please them.Even if they are defeated, they will keep the failure in their hearts, maybe one day their nephews will come to kick the team.

Mr. Gu really can't figure out what the children of their family have done.Let him get old and old, and his reputation has risen to another big level.

It wasn't until Gu Xiaoan told about Kou Yuanyuan being an Internet celebrity that Mr. Gu knew that Kou Yuanyuan hadn't deliberately curry favor with any culinary masters.She just did something tangible to keep what was going away.

These are things they old guys wanted to do but couldn't do.Kou Yuanyuan did some practical things in her own way.No wonder the old men treated him better.

They have a good attitude towards Kou Yuanyuan.

Mr. Gu is almost 70 years old, wearing presbyopic glasses, sat next to the computer for the first time, and clicked on the video on Kou Yuanyuan's Weibo.

An old man with gray hair is kneading dough for steamed buns, and an old lady is mixing the stuffing. They are very old.One roll and one bun, but the speed is surprisingly fast.

They have cooperated for a lifetime, and the feeling of mutual affection is also contained in the process of making buns.

Kou Yuanyuan outside the camera chatted with the two old people very gently, asking and answering.

The old but clean kitchen, the table and utensils with historical traces, the old man with white hair, the whole picture is full of a quiet and simple beauty.

"My wife and I have been making buns together for 50 years. The craftsmanship of this bun is still passed down from my grandmother."

"My son wants to take the two of us to live in retirement. However, we feel that the craftsmanship of this steamed stuffed bun should not be lost."

"We don't do it, what do the neighbors eat? Many people in the city travel dozens of kilometers by car just to eat a bite of our buns."

"Yes, a few years ago, my wife sent buns to the city to sell. But now his legs and feet are not good. Unexpectedly, many old customers from the past came to eat buns in our store. So, I made an agreement with my wife, we will continue to do it.”

Very simple words, but they hit the bottom of Mr. Gu's heart deeply.This is the duty of craftsmen, as long as there are customers who want to eat, they will continue to do it.

Soon, the camera turned, and Kou Yuanyuan and Zhao Feiran were sitting in a simple shop, with freshly baked hot buns in front of them.

After Zhao Feiran tasted it, he seriously commented on the buns: "This wheat ear bun is delicious, the skin is thin and the filling is big, the filling is very fresh, and the taste is delicious."

What makes people speechless is that this video also has special effects.Next to Zhao Feiran's head was a very conspicuous title of "Five-Star Gourmet".It was like being a judge on a food show, except this time he didn't say anything mean.

After Zhao Feiran finished commenting, the camera quickly cut to Kou Yuanyuan's side, and even made a close-up.

Kou Yuanyuan didn't make a comment, she just opened her mouth and ate the steamed stuffed bun bite by bite at a very fast speed, which was delicious.There was a sense of satisfaction in that pretty little face.And she quickly picked up another after eating one.

"This wheat ear steamed stuffed bun is really delicious."

After watching this "commercial", Mr. Gu was completely speechless.

"Is anyone watching this thing?" The old man asked Gu Xiaoan in disbelief.Kou Yuanyuan looks like an advertising model again, but does anyone really watch her eat buns?
"Well, there are a lot of views. Look at the number of hits. Netizens say that Kou Yuanyuan is not lying, she eats very well, and the steamed buns must be delicious. Many netizens are meeting and planning to organize a group to travel and eat steamed stuffed buns. Already!" Gu Xiaoan pointed to those comments for the old man to read.

"..."

Mr. Gu suddenly felt that he was old and couldn't keep up with the trend of the times.

It turns out that advertising can still be played like this?

Was Kou Yuanyuan intentional or unintentional?Now, those masters with eccentric personalities are starting to look at this little girl Kou Yuanyuan differently.

Especially this girl has no selfish motives in doing these things.She didn't try to curry favor with the masters of the Chef Association.On the contrary, they mingle with those low-level chefs.

Moreover, Kou Yuanyuan is upright, positive, and has a good image at a young age.

With this momentum going on, even if the little girl wants to be the current president of the Chefs Association, she can probably do it, right?
Old man Gu covered his face, he never thought that his eyes could be so accurate.Unexpectedly, he picked such a powerful grandson and daughter-in-law in one pick.Not only is he a good cook, but he is also sober-minded and has his own means.

In September, when Mr. Gu saw Kou Yuanyuan's qualification certificate as a master of the white case, he didn't know what to say.

This is a master's qualification certificate, no need to be urged, the little girl got it with her own connections.She is only 23 years old.

Although he is a master of white cases, a master chef is a master chef.

As long as you are a culinary master, you can participate in the peak challenge, regardless of the white case or the red case.If you, the master of the white case, are willing to be cannon fodder to resist the masters of the red case, your opponents will definitely be happier.

Up to now, whether to let Kou Yuanyuan participate in the Peak Challenge is no longer a question for their parents to consider.With this white case master qualification, Kou Yuanyuan can participate in the peak competition if she wants to!
It's just that the girl seems to have found what she really wants to do, so she shouldn't be willing to participate in the summit competition, right?

(End of this chapter)