Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 333 - 203: The Unfaithful Melon_3

Chapter 333: Chapter 203: The Unfaithful Melon_3

Qin Huai glanced at the finished product and thought that the taste of this Ruyi Roll could be left aside for the moment; its appearance was quite pleasing.

This is a standard fried snack: egg skin wraps the filling, flour wraps the egg skin, rolled into a cloud pattern, then cut into thick slices and fried until golden.

But looking at it, the Ruyi Roll takes the shape of a ruyi, living up to its name. Qin Huai had previously searched for Four Happiness glutinous rice and Qianhua Gongdeng Bun in the restroom and incidentally searched for Ruyi Roll, discovering that this snack is one of Master Tan’s signature snacks. It was once a snack at the Mongolian Prince Banquet in the Man Han Banquet, and after being lost for a while, was restored by Master Tan according to ancient texts.

While searching, Qin Huai also saw the Ruyi Roll made by Master Tan that netizens shared; every slice had a clear cloud pattern on the cross-section of the meat, very beautiful.

As for the one made by Guli in front of him...

Qin Huai looked carefully and could only say that the ingredients of the Ruyi Roll were good. An egg skin wrapped with the filling was still fried, so the taste would certainly not be bad.

Qin Huai glanced at Guli again.

Guli was chopping vegetables.

In the morning, Qin Huai had already noticed that as a direct disciple who came out of the Roll King training camp, Guli worked very slowly. His slowness was in all aspects: kneading dough slowly, chopping meat slowly, rolling dough slowly, and even wrapping fresh meat mooncakes slowly, not to mention speaking, nodding, and showing expressions slowly.

This kind of personality seems to be his way; he thinks for two seconds before doing anything.

He works slowly, but he is also meticulous.

Qin Huai watched Guli chopping vegetables for a while and found that his knife skills were also decent.

He might have laid a good foundation in knife skills early on, and as a pastry chef, Guli’s Knife Skills were quite commendable.

At least it put Qin Huai, who only had a skill level of 179, ten streets behind.

After watching for a while, Qin Huai suddenly pointed at the Ruyi Roll and spoke, "Can I taste this?"

Guli’s hand chopping meat paused, he raised his head, hesitated for a few seconds, and nodded.

Qin Huai picked up chopsticks to take a piece.

It was cold; it probably would have been fine when it first came out of the pan.

He continued eating.

It seems like a bit too much Shaoxing wine was used to remove the fishy smell.

Chewed again.

Guli’s fire control was also good. Frying snacks really tests a chef’s control of fire, especially with something like the Ruyi Roll, which demands a crispy exterior and tender interior, where the slightest mistake can have disastrous results.

"You can dip it in some pepper salt." Guli quietly brought over a small dish of pepper salt.

Qin Huai dipped some and found that the flavor was indeed better.

If there was one thing to criticize, it would probably be the dough.

Initially, when Qin Huai saw Guli kneading the dough, he thought the Ruyi Roll was bread wrapped meat, but it turned out to be egg skin wrapping meat, with a layer of flour coated inside and out.

A thin layer of dough was rolled inside the egg skin, with a thick layer of batter coated on the outside. Using this method, what Qin Huai said at noon wasn’t quite right; such a thin layer of dough indeed needed to be very soft.

If he were to grade the Ruyi Roll in front of him, Qin Huai would give it a C-.

Guli laid a good foundation, but it was just a good foundation. He needed more practice, a lot of practice, to make the most of his solid base.

"Before, I said something wrong; I didn’t expect this snack to turn out like this." Qin Huai said, "Your kneading of the dough has no issues, it should be kneaded to be soft."

Guli nodded without speaking.

"But I still suggest you use a bit more finesse. No matter what the dough requires, a too rigid kneading method won’t yield good results." Qin Huai pointed to the dough next to him, "In Master Zheng’s words, dough kneaded like this has no soul."

"Also, when you were preparing the filling for this Ruyi Roll, you put too much Shaoxing wine, the ginger flavor is a bit too strong."

"Everything else is quite good, your Knife Skills are much better than mine."