Chapter 398: Old Dishes Re-invented
How to say it, Xu Qing has never seen such a stupid person.

He thought he had explained it in great detail, the only thing missing was telling the percentage of each seasoning, how to add each ingredient, when to add it, and how much to add. He went through every step in great detail, and he talked until his mouth was dry.

Ke Ling, who was listening in, could recite it by heart, but the shop owner struggled to learn it for a long time and only barely reached a passing level.

After much trouble, I finally made a dish.

"My benefactor, do you think this is okay?"

The shopkeeper hunched his shoulders like a little quail and asked cautiously.

There is no way, Xu Qing’s patience is limited.

Later he became impatient and scolded the shop owner so much that he couldn't even breathe.

As a result, shop owners were frightened when they saw him.

Xu Qing took a quick look, sighed, and said, "Just barely. You know the process, just practice more in the future."

"Great."

The shop owner breathed a sigh of relief. It was such a torturous experience, but it was finally over.

Xu Qing also breathed a sigh of relief. It was really torturous, but finally he learned it.

The garlic pork in front of me looks no different from the garlic pork that the store has made before, but I wonder how it will taste.

I hope all the hard work for so long has not been in vain.

The shopkeeper swallowed nervously, picked up his chopsticks and was about to pick up some food to taste, when suddenly a voice came from the hall, someone shouted: "Is anyone there? Shopkeeper, are you there? There are customers, come out and greet them!"

"Okay, I'll come right away!"

The shopkeeper responded quickly and trotted off to the hall.

He was still wondering in his heart, today was really strange, no one came all day on normal days, but when the shop was about to close, several customers came.

Sitting in the hall were two burly men with broad backs and sturdy builds. They gave off a sense of oppression just by sitting there.

The shop owner was startled, thinking, could it be an unwelcome visitor?

Before he even walked in, he heard one of them say, "Brother, let me tell you, the garlic pork in this restaurant is made with very solid ingredients! The meat pieces are so big that it's hard to chew! Unlike other restaurants, the meat is gone before you can even chew it twice, which is boring. Brother, if you want to hire a chef, why not just hire the owner of this restaurant? That way, we brothers can also eat happily. Why spend a lot of money to hire those chefs? They are all too picky and very stingy when cooking, and they don't even want to put in meat."

The eldest brother frowned and said, "Second brother, if you don't know how to eat it, don't talk nonsense. Garlic pork is delicious only when it is sliced ​​thinly. If it is sliced ​​thickly, the meat will not be able to absorb the flavor at all, and it will be the same as boiled in plain water. How can it taste good? I hired a chef because I want you to eat something good and feel comfortable and happy. If you want to eat boiled meat in plain water, you don't need a chef. I can cook it for you myself. I will cook it every day so that you can eat it every day."

The second brother immediately curled his lips and said, "Forget it."

The eldest brother looked around and said, "Look at this restaurant. Apart from us, there are no other customers. Business is so bad. It seems that the chef's level must not be very good."

The second brother didn't like what he heard. "Brother, you always told me not to make hasty judgments before eating. Now you say others' food is not good enough before you even eat it?"

This made the eldest brother choke. He was a little depressed and said, "Okay, then I want to try the food in this restaurant!"

The shopkeeper hid aside and came over when the two of them finished chatting. He smiled and asked, "What would you like to eat, my dear guests?"

Just as the second brother was about to speak, the eldest brother said, "Don't serve any other dishes. Just serve your specialty, pork with garlic."

"Okay, please wait a moment, both of you."

The shopkeeper responded and turned back to the kitchen. Seeing the shopkeeper coming back, Xu Qing asked, "What did the customer order?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "What a coincidence, they ordered pork with garlic sauce."

After saying that, he looked at the plate of freshly prepared garlic pork on the table and sighed, "Alas, I haven't eaten it yet, but they ate it first. I really want to try what this dish tastes like."

He shook his head, but still brought the dish to the table.

Seeing the shop owner leave and come back so quickly, both of them were a little stunned.

The second child said, "You cook so fast? It's ready just as we said it?"

The shop owner smiled and said, "You two, what a coincidence! This dish of pork with garlic sauce uses a newly developed recipe. I just finished making it when you two arrived."

The eldest brother snorted coldly, "Are you asking us to serve as a food tester for you?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said, "No, I wouldn't dare... This is just a coincidence! How about this, you two, this dish is my treat, as long as you enjoy it."

After saying that, the shopkeeper left in a hurry, fearing that staying there would upset the two of them.

However, after leaving, he still hid by the door, carefully watching the movements of the two people in the hall.

He was really curious about what this dish would taste like. Would it really be delicious as Xu Qing said?

Can this road that no one has ever walked on really lead to the top of the mountain?
Ke Ling was also very curious, and she and Xu Qing were observing the situation in the hall from the other side.

Ke Ling said: "These two strong men look like people who like the restaurant's dishes. They eat big chunks of meat and drink big gulps of wine."

Xu Qing shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily true. At least the older one seems to be someone who pays a lot of attention to the taste of the dishes."

Ke Ling asked in surprise: "Can you tell this?"

Xu Qing said: "Look, before he picks up his chopsticks, he first uses his nose to gently sniff the aroma of the dish. There are three key points to delicious food: color, aroma, and taste. Look at the color, smell the aroma, and taste the flavor. If you are not a person who pursues the taste of the dishes, you will not be so meticulous."

Ke Ling thought about it and realized it was true.

At least she herself doesn't deliberately smell the aroma of the food before eating it.

This is a habitual action for my brother. When the dishes come up, he usually smells them first.

He used to do this before tasting those exquisite dishes.

The aroma emitted by exquisite dishes can stimulate the sense of taste and smell in advance, awakening the taste buds, making them more sensitive and able to taste more and better flavors.

At the same time, the aroma will stimulate appetite, whet your appetite, and make people full of anticipation and desire for the taste of the dishes.

Aroma is the guide to deliciousness.

As soon as he started the habitual action, the eldest brother subconsciously wanted to stop.

Those exquisite dishes are fine, but how can dishes made by such an inadequate chef have any fragrance? How can they stimulate the taste buds and increase appetite?
It's good enough as long as it doesn't turn people off.

He was about to hold his breath and move away, but he didn't expect that the fragrance seemed to have its own consciousness and spontaneously drilled into his nose.

This wonderful aroma was like an invisible hook that hooked his sense of smell and his heart, pulling his body closer, until his nose was almost touching the dish.

(End of this chapter)