ASTNovels Chapter 25 The Long Lost Craft
Chapter 25 The Long Lost Craft
Chapter 25 The Long Lost Craft
Xiao Chen didn't answer, but looked at Yu Sifang who was busy at the end of the hall.
I saw Yu Sifang pulling a fresh fish out of the water, shaking his hand, a row of knives of different sizes lined up.
Yu Sifang didn't even look at it, so he picked one of them and held it in his hand, and then quickly removed the scales and internal organs of the fish.
The whole process was not stained with any filth. It can be seen from the square white Chinese tunic that his own skills are so solid.
Xiao Chen glanced at the situation on Sifang's side, found a stool and sat down, and then called the waiter to bring tea and melon seeds.
Seeing this, Chen Xiaoxiao was about to vomit blood angrily, she asked Xiao Chen to help, but Xiao Chen came here to crack sunflower seeds.
Chen Xiaoxiao urged anxiously: "Master, there is only one hour, if you don't hurry up, we will lose."
Speaking of which, Chen Xiaoxiao complained to Xiao Chen a little bit in his heart. If he loses, he only loses face, but if he loses, he will lose Xiangshunzhai.
"Are you fast?"
Suddenly Xiao Chen asked Chen Xiaoxiao nonchalantly.
Chen Xiaoxiao became even angrier, "Why don't you start the race quickly, why are you asking me this? I can win the race if I run fast?"
Xiao Chen suddenly laughed and said: "If you run fast, you may really win the race."
After hearing this, Chen Xiaoxiao hurriedly asked: "Master, what do you mean? We are fighting vegetables, aren't we participating in the sports meeting?"
Xiao Chen whispered a few words in Chen Xiaoxiao's ear and told her: "It's up to you whether we win or not, run fast."
Chen Xiaoxiao looked at Xiao Chen suspiciously and asked: "Is it possible? Are you sure you want to do this?"
Xiao Chen didn't answer but picked up the teacup and drank it slowly.
Seeing this, Chen Xiaoxiao could only grit his teeth and leave.
Everyone looked at the two people on the field in bewilderment, one was preparing enthusiastically while Xiao Chen watched Yu Sifang perform slowly.
When Yu Sifang put the fish into the pot, Xiao Chen even clapped his hands and applauded when a half-meter-high flame shot out of the pot instantly.
Yu Sifang glanced at Xiao Chen with displeasure, this man dared to regard himself as an acrobat.
Seeing that Yu Sifang's dishes were almost ready, Mr. Chen couldn't sit still.
Mr. Chen got off the grand teacher's chair, walked to Yu Sifang and nodded in praise as if nothing had happened, and then walked to Xiao Chen's side to remind him in a low voice.
"Xiao Xiao, it's almost done over there. I think it's time for you to start too?"
Xiao Chen put down the melon seeds, patted the skin of the melon seeds that fell off his body, and said, "Old Chen, don't worry, I'll start right away when Chen Xiaoxiao comes back."
Old Chen was still about to speak, Xiao Chen raised his hand and looked at his watch.
About the time Chen Xiaoxiao was about to arrive, Xiao Chen walked slowly to the side of the stove and put an empty casserole on it.
Then Xiao Chen took out another piece of tofu and put it on the chopping board. At this time, Xue Yuan sneered and said, "I think you are holding back some big tricks, and you have the nerve to participate in Doucai with this kind of ingredients?"
Then Xue Yuan pointed to Yu Sifang and explained to everyone: "Dear guests, our Xue Group has always entertained guests with the best ingredients. This time, we specially chose the yellow lip fish unique to Hokkaido. The meat is fresh and tender. But the storage time is short. So we specially arranged a special plane to airlift the fresh yellow lip fish, and this one is worth 500 million."
Hearing what Xue Yuan said, the diners around gasped.It will cost hundreds of thousands of yuan to eat a bite of fish by yourself, and this time the tasting dish is worth it.
Just when everyone secretly rejoiced at the fact that he had a good meal today, Xue Yuan turned his head and laughed at Xiao Chen again.
"Are you planning to use tofu to fool all distinguished guests? You treat everyone like you who has never seen the world."
Xue Yuan laughed non-stop, while Yu Sifang's dishes were ready.
The people around flocked all around, wanting to see how the fish worth 500 million yuan was made.
When everyone saw the dishes, they all exclaimed again.
"My God, look at the fish's gills are still moving. Isn't it still dead?"
"Isn't that right? You see, although the fish has been disembowelled, but Master Yu did it so fast. The fish probably didn't die completely."
"Is this still edible? It's too cruel."
"If you don't eat it, I will eat it, 500 million. I have to taste it even if it is shit."
Everyone was arguing endlessly with each other, but at this moment, Mr. Chen came over.
Mr. Chen looked at the fish carefully and said in surprise: "Could it be that this is the practice of the imperial court. It is said that this craft has been lost after the founding of the People's Republic of China. I didn't expect that I saw it again today, little old man."
Mr. Chen said so excitedly that he didn't care about his own victory or defeat at all, "This squirrel fish is a folk method, and the most exquisite is the court method. In the early years, the imperial chefs used the live fish to remove the gills and remove the scales. Make sure the fish is fresh and alive, and then cut 81 knives on each side of the fish. This knife is also very particular, it can't be too deep or too shallow, and each knife is guaranteed to penetrate an inch of the fish."
At this time, Mr. Chen picked up a small piece of fish with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth, his eyes widened immediately.
"This is the taste. In the early years, I was lucky enough to eat the squirrel fish made by Mr. Yu once. It was fried and then topped with a secret sauce, which made the fish not only firm and tender, but also had a more layered taste."
Hearing what Mr. Chen said, everyone put down their chopsticks one after another.After eating, everyone followed suit and praised again and again.
While everyone was praising Sifang's cooking, Chen Xiaoxiao finally came back out of breath.
Chen Xiaoxiao was holding a sealed ceramic jar in his hand, and when he saw that Yu Sifang had already presented the dishes to everyone, he was a little anxious.
"Master, why haven't you cooked the dishes yet? They've all been prepared over there, won't we lose if we do this?"
Chen Xiaoxiao angrily put the ceramic jar heavily on the table, and Xiao Chen stepped forward to check it carefully.
"If you break this, we'll lose. Fortunately, fortunately."
As Xiao Chen said, he opened the seal of the earthen pot, and a refreshing fragrance emanated from it.
At first, the fragrance was very weak, only Xiao Chen and Chen Xiaoxiao could smell it.But as time went on, the fragrance became stronger and stronger.
Everyone not far away asked in surprise, "What's the smell? Have you smelled it?"
"Is it the smell of this fish?"
"No, no, it smells even better than this."
Everyone sniffed and sniffed, and finally saw that it was Xiao Chen who put all the soup in the clay pot into the empty casserole on the stove.
Everyone was a little disappointed, it was just a jar of cold soup.
At this time, Xiao Chen put in the tofu that he had just been playing with for a long time. The tofu was cut and shaved by Xiao Chen with a knife.
But the appearance of the tofu didn't change at all, so everyone only saw Xiao Chen put a whole piece of tofu into the cold soup again.
(End of this chapter)