Chapter 821 Jinling Plum Blossom Cake
“That’s right, it’s indeed me.” Li Yi nodded sincerely.
The white-haired old man was amused by his serious look, and then patted his arm and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, our traditional skills must be carried forward by young people like you in order to be passed on!"
"I think so too."
Li Yi smiled and said: "So I am considering whether we can cooperate with some universities to open some majors and cultivate a group of professional talents to inherit these traditional crafts."
Hearing Li Yi's words, the white-haired old man's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea! We should support it!"
With that said, he turned back to the middle-aged man and said: "Director Geng, please contact the education department to help find a few reliable universities and ask Xiao Li to check them out.
Whether it is brocade or cloisonné, they are the essence of our traditional culture. We must find ways to pass them on. This is our responsibility and it is our duty to do so! "
Hearing this, the middle-aged man on the side nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do it later."
"good."
The white-haired old man nodded, then turned back to Li Yi and said: "Xiao Li, after I have been busy for these two days, I have to have a good chat with you. You are indeed very capable. I have to let you make full use of your talents. !”
After saying that, he smiled and patted Li Yi on the shoulder. After being greeted by the leaders, they entered the venue together.
Watching them enter the venue, Li Yi turned around and waved to the staff waiting not far away.
While he was chatting here just now, the staff came back with a tray.
But seeing him talking with the leaders, he didn’t come to disturb him and just waited aside.
Seeing Li Yi waving, he came over with a tray.
“What is there to eat?”
Li Yi looked at the tray in the hands of the staff with interest.
“Some pastry cakes and duck fat cakes.”
The staff opened the lid and said with a smile: "The duck fat pancakes were freshly baked. They were originally left for lunch, but later the chef heard that you wanted to eat them, so he specially brought some for you to try. taste."
There is a plate on the tray, and there are all kinds of snacks on the plate, duck fat cake, plum blossom cake, thousand-layer cake, roll cake, wishful cake, two-color cake, green rice cake, water chestnut cake, bean paste rice cake, everything you want , colorful and very beautiful.
“Not bad, small and exquisite, with good shape.”
Li Yi picked up a piece of plum blossom cake and looked at it.
Plum Blossom Cake is the most famous pastry in Jinling. It is made in a special pot full of plum blossom-shaped grooves. It is a bit like a pot for egg burgers or octopus balls, but the grooves are in the shape of plum blossoms.
Its outer layer is glutinous rice paste, the inner layer is filled with date paste, bean paste, purple sweet potato, rose and other fillings, and the top is filled with small dumplings, red dates, raisins, green and red silk and other ingredients.
After being cooked, it not only looks colorful and beautiful, but also tastes soft, glutinous and sweet, and is very popular among Jinling people.
However, the plum blossom cake made by the catering chef of this conference was obviously made with a separate special mold. It was not as big as the ordinary street plum blossom cake, but only the size of a chess piece.
Moreover, the small dumplings and red dates on the top are just right. They do not appear top-heavy, but are very regular and more beautiful.
This is understandable, after all, it is an international conference, and these snacks must be made more beautiful.
After looking at it, Li Yi picked up the plum blossom cake and took a bite.
With one bite, the thin outer layer of glutinous rice skin bursts open, and the inner layer of bean paste filling pours out.
Chewing the sweetness in his mouth, Li Yi nodded.
The quality of this plum blossom cake is quite good, the skin is very thin, the filling is full, and the sweetness is not too high.
The only drawback is that the outer skin was not baked for enough time to achieve a crispy texture.
However, considering that the kitchen has to deal with so many guests and also has to take care of the luncheon, it is definitely not possible to be perfect. It is already good to be able to do this.
Li Yi stuffed the remaining plum blossom cake into his mouth, chewed it, and nodded with satisfaction. The size of this kind of plum blossom cake is just right, so you won’t feel too much burden after eating it in a few bites.
The staff looked on and reminded with a smile: "Brother Yi, you should eat the duck fat cake first! It will be fishy after a while."
“It can’t be cool, I’ll take care of them all in a moment.”
Li Yi made a joke, took out the dessert plate from the tray, and said with a smile: "Thank you, go ahead and do your work. I'll go in and take a look first."
He is a special adviser and has a position in it.
After entering the venue with a tray of snacks, Li Yi walked around casually. The venue was almost full with representatives from various countries who came to participate in the meeting.
Around the venue, reporters from various countries have set up cameras and are ready for filming.
Seeing this, Li Yi did not rush to find his seat. Instead, he casually found an empty seat in the back row and started eating with the snack plate.
The time before the start of the conference is not very nutritious. All the representatives are chatting, and the reporters have nothing to take pictures. They are all waiting for the conference to start.
Some reporters will take a few photos to see the effect in order to debug the equipment.
While filming, many reporters’ attention was attracted by Li Yi in the last row.
In the entire venue, he was the only one eating, and he stood out from the crowd.
Moreover, the snacks on his plate are colorful and various, which look very conspicuous.
The most important thing is that he is not as tense as others. Instead, he eats delicious food on his own and is immersed in the world of delicious food alone.
Seeing this scene, many foreign reporters turned their cameras and took several photos of him.
Li Yi didn't take it seriously and just tasted the pastries and analyzed the pastry chef's methods in the kitchen.
However, what he didn’t know was that the photos of him eating pastries had been posted to their respective media accounts by many reporters.
The media that can participate in the conference are all mainstream media from various countries, and the number of fans is not low.
Soon, many foreign netizens saw the photos published by the concerned media.
For ordinary people, world heritage sites are relatively far away from them and do not mean much.
But every rice cook has a soul in his heart. When they saw the photos of Li Yi eating pastries, many netizens were greedy and left comments under relevant reports.
“What is he eating? It looks delicious.”
“This is who I am, I will never give up eating at any time.”
“It should be some dim sum. I went to Chinatown to eat it once. It was very delicious.”
“I think donuts taste better.”
As these comments increased and the relevant reports were seen by more people, some Chinese on foreign online platforms discovered Li Yi in these reports and photos, and reposted the relevant information back to China.
Ever since, when the opening ceremony was halfway through, Li Yi received a screenshot from Liu Yifei.
“Why are you on the trending search again?”
Li Yi was a little confused when he saw the message. When he opened Weibo, he discovered that he had indeed become a hot search topic again, following topics related to the World Heritage Conference.
Under the hot search, many netizens are commenting.
“Eh? How come Brother Yi was reported by foreign media? Where is he?”
“Brother Yi went abroad to eat the cake and fire!”
Looking at this information, Li Yi was confused.
What is going on? He just had something to eat, why did he get so angry for no reason?
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(End of this chapter)