Chapter 9 Section five

There are ten pastry chefs in the basement kitchen of the "Goldfinch", who are responsible for making dough, whipping cream, carving fruit, baking desserts, and decorating.They have been busy from about six in the morning until midnight, and they can only take turns to rest. The store is still crowded today, and Xia Zhi and other masters have no time to rest at all. At around four o'clock in the afternoon, the internal telephone in the kitchen rang, and the boss, Harue Ichikawa, called to ask Xia Zhi to bring cakes and coffee to the reception room.After Xia Zhi received the notice, he warmed up the chocolate cake immediately, divided it into two plates, and then sprinkled some powdered sugar on the cake to make it look like it had accumulated a little snow. Bright fruit, finished with a mint leaf for a finishing touch.

Xia Zhi stepped out of the kitchen holding a large tray with coffee cups and cakes. The office is located on the other side of the corridor, which seems to be convenient for Xia Zhi to enter and exit, so the door is open.Xia Zhi said hello and walked towards the innermost reception room.The office staff got up immediately, knocked on the door of the reception room for Xia Zhi, and reported inside. The boss Haruki's response came.Xia Zhi nodded slightly and walked into the reception room.At that moment, she almost exclaimed. The ones sitting on the couch are not female staff but men.He obviously heard that a young lady came from Xifu Department Store, but for some reason, he temporarily reassigned another one.

The visitor was a burly man.Although he didn't speak, the atmosphere was tense. Xia Zhi was overwhelmed by this oppressive momentum, and respectfully put the snacks shared between the two on the table. It seems that I chose the wrong cake, Xia Zhi thought. Because she heard that the visitor was a woman, she wanted to decorate it as cutely as possible, but she didn't expect a serious man to come... If she knew it, she would have designed it in a more fashionable way. In any case, Xia Zhi regretted choosing the chocolate cake. Although the buzzword "men with a sweet tooth" has become popular recently, and more and more men admit that they have a sweet tooth, there are still many men who hate chocolate.Maybe this person is one of them.

Sure enough, the moment she put the cake on the table, "he" frowned slightly.Xia Zhi saw all this scene in his eyes, and felt ominous in his heart. When she first joined "Goldfinch", Xia Zhi was still a rookie and worked in a store and coffee shop for a year, so she could directly see the reactions of customers when they saw desserts.Both female and male customers will put on a smile when they first see the gorgeous cake. But she couldn't see such a reaction on this man's face.Since you are the person in charge of the dessert carnival, you should like cakes and know desserts very well...

After Xia Zhi saluted, she was about to fly away from the scene, but was stopped by "he". "Please wait a moment." Xia Zhi took a deep breath slowly, turned around and politely replied: "Yes." "I'm really sorry, because of some factors, I can't eat this dessert. But if I don't take a bite, I'm very rude to the master who made this dessert, so, can I trouble you to pass it on for me?" "Okay." Xia Zhi nodded slightly, but did not say that he was the master. "I will definitely convey it." "I think the decoration of the cake itself is very eye-catching." "He" said so in a serious tone. "If the female person in charge who was supposed to come saw it, she would definitely be very happy. Unfortunately, she asked for leave today because of a cold."

"Thank you for your compliment, I will pass it on to the master in charge." The owner, Qinghui, asked, "Can't you eat chocolate? We also have other cakes in our store. See which one you like, and I'll send someone to deliver it right away." "No, that's not the case." A wry smile appeared on "him" face. "Actually, I have been trying desserts for several days in a row this time because of work, so my stomach can't bear it... I'm really sorry." "Ah! So that's the case," Haruke said with a smile. "Then wait until the other person comes together next time, and try again."

"Thank you, about the event in Nishinomiya Garden..." Because they started talking about business, Xia Zhi took away the dim sum plate on the table first. At this time, the boss Harue said: "Miss Morisawa, since the guest came here specially, can I trouble you to make a light snack that won't burden the stomach?" For the boss, when the guests come to visit specially, of course they don’t want to just treat them to coffee, but they also want to offer something that can impress the other party.Although the guests can only taste one or two sips, they still want to make something that will make the other party's eyes shine.

Xia Zhi's heart, which was a little bit lost, suddenly became enlightened.It would be great if there is something else to entertain. "Okay." Xia Zhi replied. "Please wait a moment, I will send it over later." On the way out of the reception room and back to the kitchen, Xia Zhi kept thinking: What is a dessert that can be made right away, without being rude or hurting the stomach? The idea of ​​slicing fruit and making beautiful decorations immediately came to Xia Zhi's mind, but it was obviously not qualified as a "signature product" of a dessert shop.Sure enough, it still has to do with desserts.

Is there any dessert that isn't too sweet? When Xia Zhi returned to the kitchen, she suddenly thought of an idea. After she told Chef Urushigu, she rushed into the foreign wine specialty store a few stores away from "Goldfinch".