Chapter 188 Green Dragon
Unlike Li Yan’s fried lobster, Xu Qing’s fried lobster looked ordinary.

Li Yan's fried lobster is coated with chopped nuts, so it looks larger than ordinary fried lobster.

Xu Qing’s fried lobster is much smaller. If it weren’t for the crispy skin wrapped around it, it would be almost the same size as an ordinary lobster.

And the biggest difference from the dish made by Li Yan is that there is no sauce on the lobster.

Li Yan frowned and asked, "Where is the sauce for your fried lobster? Without the sauce, the lobster will taste much worse. How can a lobster without sauce compare to my dish that I have made after countless experiments?"

Xu Qing said: "Of course there is sauce, but it's not on the outside, but inside the lobster."

“The inside of a lobster?”

Li Yan asked in surprise.

He looked down and saw that part of the lobster had been cut and given to Lai He, but there was no sign of sauce flowing out from the crispy skin.

Li Yan asked, "Where's the sauce?"

"Inside the lobster, of course."

Xu Qing said again.

This time, Lai He and Li Yan both heard something unusual.

Could it be that it is not in the lobster crust, but in the lobster meat?
The two of them then lowered their heads and looked carefully, and indeed saw a tiny bit of sauce seeping out of the lobster meat, giving the lobster meat a bright luster.

"This is impossible!"

Li Yan immediately asked, "How could the sauce be stuffed into the lobster meat? And the lobster's appearance is still so plump, without any damage at all?"

Xu Qing said: "You will know after you taste it."

With deep doubts, Lai He and Li Yan put the fried lobster into their mouths.

First of all, the crispy taste.

Different from the extreme crispness formed by the double impact of Li Yan's dish, Xu Qing's dish is more crispy and has an extremely delicate taste.

Li Yan's is explosively crispy, and the crispy skin instantly cracks and spreads while the teeth are chewing.

But Xu Qing's crispness is delicate. The crispy crust slowly breaks during the chewing of teeth, and the broken fragments instantly melt between lips and teeth, leaving an incomparable mellow taste.

This texture maintains its crispness while making the crust more delicate than ever before.

The crispy crumbs that have been broken into pieces will remain in the mouth, prickly and need to be ground into fine powder by the teeth before their distinct presence disappears.

However, at this moment, the crispy skin of the fried lobster in my mouth seemed to have saved the process of being ground by teeth. It melted instantly with just a slight touch of the tongue. The soft and smooth feeling echoed on the tip of the tongue, making people's hearts tremble.

The initial crispness and the delicate and smooth feeling on the tip of the tongue after the crispness, these two completely different feelings make the crispy taste so complex and charming.

I thought there would be a thunderous explosion in my mouth, but in the end it was as gentle as a spring breeze, which made my heart intoxicated by this tenderness.

The unique and delicate touch shocked both of them. They had never thought that crispy skin could be made in this way.

The delicate touch of the crispy skin wraps around the taste buds, making them tremble and want to taste more wonderful flavors.

Then, the teeth can't wait to bite down, penetrating the crispy skin and going deep into the tender lobster meat. As soon as the teeth bite down, the lobster meat bursts with juice, and the delicious sauce spreads in the mouth in an instant. The rich and mellow feeling blends with the lobster, and it permeates all the deliciousness and sweetness of the lobster, as if it has always existed in the lobster's body and grown with it.

At the same time, the lobster meat also absorbs all the flavors of the sauce, and those flavors are marinated into every inch of the lobster meat, from head to tail, from inside to outside, bringing out all the sweetness and freshness of the lobster without a trace.

At this moment, the sauce is not just a foil for the lobster meat, nor is it the final boost, but it has become a part of its delicious taste from the very beginning, growing with it, experiencing the test of high temperature and hot oil with it, transforming with it in the temperature, and finally breaking out of the cocoon and becoming the ultimate delicacy.

The perfect fusion of lobster meat and sauce presents a result that is far greater than the sum of the two, just like a broken part finding its other half that fits it perfectly and finally turns into a perfect circle.

Li Yan and Lai He never thought that lobster meat could be so delicious.

This is a delicious taste that goes beyond the lobster itself and almost reaches another level.

If Li Yan's fried lobster fully displays the sweetness and freshness of lobster, then Xu Qing's dish builds on the sweetness and freshness and makes the taste of lobster even more perfect.

I thought I had reached the limit, but it turns out I can still surpass it!
What emerges after crossing the limit is the ultimate deliciousness never experienced before!
It is the exquisite taste of lobster that your taste buds have never tasted or even imagined.

All kinds of flavors outline a beautiful picture on the taste buds, and in their minds it is as if a magnificent ocean is presented, with lobsters swimming happily in the sea. Suddenly, there are lightning and thunder in the sky, and the lobsters leap high in the storm, riding on the wind, and turn into a giant dragon, soaring freely in the sky.

If Li Yan’s fried lobster is the overlord of the sea, then Xu Qing’s fried lobster is the blue dragon flying in the sky.

This indescribable huge shock made it difficult for both of them to calm down for a long time.

"How could this be possible? How on earth could they do this... This is totally impossible!"

Li Yan lost control and punched the table.

Lai He's eyes were blank as well. He couldn't understand how the lobster meat could be wrapped in such a rich sauce without damaging the lobster meat. How could they do that?
Li Yan's eyes turned red with anxiety. He looked at Xu Qing and asked impatiently, "How did you stuff the sauce into the lobster meat?"

Xu Qing took a lobster, cut it open with a knife, pointed at it and explained: "As you can see, there are fine blood vessels on the lobster. After I prepared the sauce, I cut the wooden stick in half and dug out the center to form a guide tube. Then I stuck the wooden stick in the parts of the blood vessels, and then dripped the sauce into the wooden stick to let it flow into the blood vessels. After fully kneading, the sauce will gather in various parts of the lobster meat along the blood vessels."

Xu Qing demonstrated it to the two of them.

The two men's eyes suddenly widened like bells. Even though they saw it with their own eyes, they still couldn't believe it.

The blood vessels of lobsters are transparent and almost invisible. How could he discover them?

This is something that only Xu Qing can do. After all, he has extraordinary five senses and a very fine vision, so he can detect the blood vessels of the lobster.

During the kneading process, Xu Qing also used the secret skill of the imperial kitchen, the Jade Hands, so that the sauce could fully blend with the lobster meat.

Xu Qing continued, "Because the sauce is fully integrated into the lobster meat, it marinates the lobster meat and perfectly blends the flavors of the lobster meat and the sauce. After being fried at high temperature, the flavors of both are further sublimated, and finally become the ultimate delicacy."

"I didn't expect... that there is such a way..."

Li Yan's eyes were opened.

Li Yan's approach is like putting a gorgeous coat on the lobster, while Xu Qing's approach sublimates the lobster itself, turning it into an unprecedented taste.

Comparing the two, the winner is clear.

This really made Li Yan admit defeat with a clear conscience.

(End of this chapter)