Zhao Bai went to the kitchen, took out flour and butter, and began preparing the ingredients for tomorrow—the thin, flaky crust on the outside of egg tarts. The technical difficulty of that was far too high for them, so Zhao Bai had to do it himself.
Flour, butter, and salt.
Unlike vegetable oil, butter was a pale yellow, soft solid. After mixing the three evenly, Zhao Bai added a large amount of powdered sugar, combined it with eggs, and kneaded it into a firm, pale yellow dough.
He kneaded it into a ball and froze it.
Zhao Bai took a deep breath and made the egg tart filling while he was at it. It was nothing more than eggs, custard powder, and water.
Very simple.
For some reason, there were actually people who didn't know how to make this.
He cut up the frozen pastry and placed it into small containers folded from aluminum foil. It took Zhao Bai a full three hours to finish all the preparations.
After finishing everything, Zhao Bai called Mei.
"Hello?"
She was still awake, and confusion colored her voice. It was hard to imagine Zhao Bai would take the initiative to call her.
"Come over tomorrow. It's a cooking showdown between two bratty kids."
Mei asked in confusion, "They're just two children making a fuss... why do I have to come too?"
She did not say it outright, but she really did not want to eat anything Kiana cooked.
"Because you're the prize for this battle."
Zhao Bai answered.
PS: I revised yesterday's controversial chapter. Sorry.
Idol vs. Idol (2/4)
The prize...?
Mei hung up, still dazed. She had not recovered from the shock yet. Wiping away some sweat, she looked toward the two rooms beside her. Both doors were tightly shut. The