"Is this... lemon tea?"
Qin Huai looked at the large bucket of lemon tea An Youyou brought back, silent.
First of all, this bucket of lemon tea was quite large, showing Ouyang truly considered him a good buddy.
Normally, a liter of milk tea is already a big bucket, but Ouyang’s bucket seems to be 1.5 liters.
The ingredients in the milk tea bucket were also very rich.
Sliced and mashed lemon slices, diced and mashed fresh strawberries, crushed yet visible fresh blueberries settled at the bottom, and large chunks of mango pulp.
The color of the milk tea was also very rich.
At the bottom were blue blueberry pulp, at the top was the thick coconut milk akin to fresh coconut latte, and the middle had a very peculiar brown lemon tea color.
As everyone knows, red, yellow, and blue are the three primary colors. In art, by mixing these three colors in different ratios, various colors can be created.
And in this handmade lemon tea, Ouyang simultaneously added strawberry jam, mango jam, and freshly mashed blueberry jam.
Red, yellow, and blue.
The final color made Qin Huai realize that Ouyang had no artistic talent.
On New Year’s Eve, Ouyang’s relatives drank this handmade lemon tea, and Ouyang’s grandpa even had two large cups?
Grandpa Ouyang, you doted on this grandson too much, a bit spoiling him.
Under normal circumstances, if someone handed Qin Huai such a drink, Qin Huai would feel someone was plotting against him and would throw this drink away without hesitation.
But abstracting it to this drink, Qin Huai must try it out.
Qin Huai took a deep breath, bracing himself, picked up the handmade lemon tea, and took a small sip.
The cloying sweetness of strawberry jam and mango jam mixed together, the rich coconut flavor of thick coconut milk, even after blending so many bizarre things, it’s hard to hide the delicious coconut flavor of a certain famous brand coconut juice.
And the fresh lemon flavor that should have been in the handmade lemon tea, now tasted a bit bitter.
There was even boba in this milk tea.
Qin Huai silently chewed twice, swallowed the boba, and handed the milk tea to An Youyou.
"Put this Ouyang-special handmade lemon tea in the fridge, separately."
"When he comes, I must watch him drink this entire bucket of lemon tea."
Ouyang, how dare you plot against me, now face your fate!
Yuck, truly terrible.
Ignoring the slight, insignificant nausea brought by the handmade lemon tea, Qin Huai spent the entire morning making snacks.
Started with making the Four Happiness glutinous rice balls, after doing a good amount, he turned to start making Three Meat Buns. Three Meat Buns didn’t need too many, Qin Huai was very aware of the impact Four Happiness glutinous rice balls had on ordinary diners who had never eaten A-level snacks, today was the main stage for Four Happiness glutinous rice balls, Three Meat Buns were just incidental sides.
Qin Huai made Three Meat Buns mainly to try out just how amazing Master Level filling really was, the filling for Three Meat Buns was difficult, it could directly show the highs and lows of filling skills.
If it was now the season for crabs, it would be even better. Among the snacks Qin Huai knew how to make, Crab Dumplings were the true filling master.
Thinking of Crab Dumplings, Qin Huai thought of Uncle Wang wanting to eat Double Crab Bun.
Double Crab Bun is also a snack heavily reliant on filling, its filling difficulty is higher than Crab Dumplings and also more flexible.
Double Crab Bun has two recipes, can be made with fresh crab roe or crab yellow sauce, it’s a good snack that can be made all year round.
Uncle Wang had given Qin Huai the recipes, but previously Xiao Qin had been too busy, unable to spare time. Plus, Uncle Wang’s illness wasn’t serious (could even be said there was no illness), Qin Huai hadn’t really studied the recipes, just skimmed them a few times.
But it’s okay, Xiao Qin will soon have time.
After March 19th, once Han Youxin’s birthday is over, Qin Huai completes Cheng Gong’s side quest and gains the first side quest from the spirit who he meets the least and doesn’t chat much with usually, Qin Huai can start researching Double Crab Bun.
Just on March 21st, Zheng Siyuan is coming to Yunzhong Restaurant, Qin Huai can grab Zheng Siyuan to research together.
By then, Qin Huai will certainly give Uncle Wang a surprise!
Preparing to surprise Wang Gen Sheng, Master Qin was making radish cake.
Radish cake, a very simple and homely snack.
This snack is truly homely, using simple ingredients, simple materials, simple methods. You can find a bunch of recipes online, all very similar, and without any obvious problems, as long as your culinary skills and judgment are normal, the final product can be eaten.
People who often make radish cake know, it’s best to eat them right after pan-frying.
The essence of radish cake is rice flour plus minced white radish, and then according to the maker’s own taste, finely chopped shrimp or shiitake mushrooms and other ingredients are added. Ideally, these ingredients are stir-fried first, then mixed with rice flour to form a rice cake, steamed until set, according to your taste, eaten after steaming, or sliced and pan-fried after steaming.
Qin Luo liked them pan-fried.
Brush a bit of oil in the pan and pan-fry the radish cake until both sides are slightly yellow, the outer layer is crisp and aromatic, the smell of rice flour fully pan-fried. The inside remains soft, the radish is not dry, juicy, and you can taste the rich radish flavor.
If it was Qin Luo eating, Qin Huai would add a bit of minced preserved meat or sausages during filling, so when pan-fried there’s a meat fragrance, making it more delicious.