I'm the Culinary God-Chapter 848 - 366: Afraid of Fish Bones in Hairtail? Then Make a Dish Where Even the Bones Are Edible!

Chapter 848: Chapter 366: Afraid of Fish Bones in Hairtail? Then Make a Dish Where Even the Bones Are Edible!

In the small kitchen, Lin Xu put the twice-relaxed chestnut cake into the preheated oven and started baking.

The photographer took a close-up shot through the oven glass door and then curiously asked:

"Boss, since we’ve already added cocoa powder, can we use brown sugar?"

Lin Xu carefully washed the grease off his hands:

"I wouldn’t really recommend using brown sugar because if it’s overbaked, it’ll have a bitter taste. Stick to white sugar, and for color, add more cocoa powder if you can."

After washing his hands, he dried them while saying:

"I made quite a bit today. Take some with you to let everyone at the company have a taste."

"Sure, I’ll thank you on behalf of everyone."

"No need for thanks, it’s just a bit of food."

The chestnut cake needs to bake for about ten minutes. During this time, Lin Xu went outside and found more and more people gathering to listen, and Zeng Xiaoqi even called in to listen in on a voice call.

Clearly, this kind of scene was very stimulating.

Ren Jie took a bite of a biscuit filled with pig head meat:

"You’ve all heard it three times; I’m tired of talking about it. Aren’t you tired of listening?"

Zeng Xiaoqi said on the phone:

"Can you elaborate more on the part where you two kissed?"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Chen Yan, holding a phone, said:

"Just focus on your job, or I’ll report you for slacking off at work."

With that, she hung up the phone.

That cheeky girl, she sure worries a lot, no wonder Xiongxiong is so small, maybe she grew eyes in her heart?

"Xu Bao, is the chestnut cake ready?"

"Not yet, almost done though. What do you want to eat for lunch? I’ll have the kitchen prepare it; it’s almost ten now, time to get lunch ready."

Shen Baobao looked at Ren Jie and said:

"Let brother-in-law decide; he did a great job last night! This time, no one’s wronging him again, right?"

This girl was evidently still upset about this.

Ren Jie didn’t hold back:

"Can you make some braised hairtail? I remember back when winter arrived, there were frozen hairtails sold all over the streets. It’s the only seafood available in inland areas... Haven’t had it for a long time, starting to crave it."

Lin Xu thought Ren Jie would ask for some fancy dish.

Didn’t expect it to be just a simple hairtail dish, so he said:

"Sure, no problem, I’ll start preparing it once the chestnut cake is done baking. We haven’t made this dish in the shop yet, let’s make more today so everyone can try it."

Having said that, he instructed Chazai:

"Go buy some hairtail, of high quality, we’re eating it ourselves, no need to worry about the cost." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Sure, I’ll head to the market to pick some."

After Chazai left, Lin Xu returned to the kitchen to continue filming.

When the oven timer went off, he put on oven mitts, opened the oven, and a rich fragrance wafted out.

The color of the chestnuts inside was a slightly darker shade of brown, the surface glossy, and due to the added baking powder, the chestnuts had expanded slightly, looking more plump.

This made the chestnuts closer to the texture of real chestnuts.

Placing the finished chestnut cake and real chestnuts side by side, one couldn’t see an obvious difference.

The photographers marveled, not expecting it to look so similar.

After shooting the close-ups, Lin Xu picked one up and popped it into his mouth; the crust was crisp, and the chestnut mud inside had melted into a semi-liquid, with a pronounced milky aroma.

This strong contrast between the outer crust and the filling made the chestnut cake even more delicious than roasted chestnuts.

With one bite, the blend of chestnut aroma, flour aroma, lard aroma, crisp aroma, milky aroma, sesame aroma... a mix of flavors that made one’s mouth water.

"Well, we’ve finished shooting today’s video. Everyone can try it out; it doesn’t have to be an exact match; just a little resemblance can add a lot of fun."

After finishing the video, Lin Xu put the remaining chestnuts back in the oven to continue baking.

As for the baked chestnut cakes, they were placed in a bamboo basket lined with oil-absorbing paper and brought outside for everyone to sample.

Stepping out of the small kitchen, he saw two people in black tactical uniforms talking quietly with Ren Jie.

The others moved away slightly, probably not wanting everyone to overhear the conversation.

"What’s going on?"

Lin Xu placed the finished chestnut cakes in front of Shen Baobao, Chen Yan, and Dou Wenjing, picked one up and took a bite, then asked.

"Oh, the chestnut cakes are ready? I thought you brought a basket of raw chestnuts."

"They really look the same!"

"Those two are from the Criminal Investigation Team. They were training with Ren Jie before, and they seem to want to recruit Ren Jie into the Criminal Investigation Team today."

Chen Yan took a bite of the chestnut cake and spoke in a low voice.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, she unexpectedly recognized Ren Jie’s policeman identity because of a sudden craving for pancakes, causing his undercover assessment to fail and losing his chance to join the Criminal Investigation Team.

Chen Yan felt guilty for a long time, always feeling that she had delayed Ren Jie’s future.

But now that someone from the Team showed up, it indicated that Ren Jie might be returning to the Team, which meant her previous interference was somewhat redeemed.

Not long after, Ren Jie stood up and said:

"The team leader asked me to report in now. I’ll head over; Xiaoyan, if you’re tired, go back and rest; no need to wait for me."

"Aren’t you coming for lunch?"

"Not sure. It depends on what the leader arranges."

As he was about to leave, Lin Xu handed him a paper bag with some chestnut cakes:

"Try it out, it’s freshly made."

Ren Jie grabbed the chestnut cakes and went downstairs with two of his teammates from the special training.

Downstairs, Dundun was lying on the service counter playing with a self-entertaining ball. Ren Jie waved at the little guy: