Chapter 6 Tasting
"smell good!"

There were constant shouts of praise in the venue, and everyone couldn't help but raise their heads and take a deep breath to feel the rich aroma.

After the aroma fades, the true appearance of the dish is revealed before your eyes.

Served on the white porcelain plate are the most gorgeous delicacies. Precious ingredients from all over the world are gathered in the small plate. The chef is very ambitious and seems to want to include all the treasures of China.

Among them are Sichuan's most uncommon seafood, precious abalone, sea cucumber, scallop, and oyster, as well as Sichuan's most precious mountain treasures, truffles, Sichuan bamboo shoots, white fungus, and button mushrooms.

The eight delicacies are arranged compactly, but they are not the protagonists of the dishes. The precious ingredients are arranged radially and placed on the periphery of the plate, jointly protecting the ingredients in the center of the plate.

The most common ingredient in our daily diet is pork.

"Some of these precious eight delicacies are not even in the storeroom downstairs. I really don't know how Shaoan got them."

"Shaoan is very ambitious. He combined the eight delicacies from the mountains and sea with pork to make twice-cooked pork. This is a method that no one has ever tried before."

"And the processing methods of these eight treasures are also very exquisite. Shaoan has processed such rare and precious ingredients just right. Unknowingly, Shaoan's skills have reached such a level!"

"That's great, Shaoan!"

Several judges were generous with their praise for Shaoan.

Even though everyone had been dissatisfied with Shaoan's character in the past, in front of such exquisite food, everyone instantly forgot their past unpleasantness.

The chef is such a simple and direct person.

Shaoan accepted all these compliments with a matter-of-fact look on his face.

In his view, these words of praise were perfectly normal.

It seems that the vision and taste of these incompetent chefs at Juxialou are quite normal.

Chef Abei said, "Everyone, let's start tasting."

As soon as Chef Abei finished speaking, the others couldn't wait to pick up their chopsticks and put the food into their mouths.

In an instant, the expressions on everyone's faces changed drastically. They half-closed their eyes, even their breathing temporarily stopped, and they looked as if they were floating in the air.

"Oh! What a smell!"

"Oh my god, it's absolutely wonderful!"

“This feeling is hard to describe in words!”

The meat slices in your mouth are fat but not greasy, lean but not dry, fresh and juicy. It is a wonderful fusion of mountain delicacies and seafood. Every chewing is a different taste. The unique freshness and sweetness of seafood such as sea cucumbers and abalone, coupled with the crispness of Sichuan bamboo shoots, the fragrance of truffles, the toughness of white fungus and the smoothness of oyster mushrooms. The flavors of nine ingredients appear one after another, making the taste in your mouth ever-changing, constantly relaying and climbing to new heights together.

With the addition of appropriate seasoning, the soybean paste enhances the flavor, the spiciness gives just the right stimulation, and the saltiness is hidden among all the flavors, not showing off, but boosting all the flavors, making the sweetness sweeter, the spiciness spicier, and the fragrance more fragrant.

After swallowing the food in your mouth, the aftertaste is still lingering, as if the ingredients are still dancing on the tip of your tongue, unwilling to leave for a long time.

The judges all had satisfied expressions on their faces, their faces flushed with rosy glows, and they were smiling with extreme happiness, closing their eyes and enjoying it silently.

Liu Keling and Liu Maoxing, brother and sister, were drooling with greed; they were the only ones who had nothing to eat.

Liu Maoxing slurped his saliva, immediately jumped down from his seat and trotted over to Chef Abei. He picked up the spoon and quickly scooped a few spoonfuls of food into the small plate, then picked up the plate and trotted back to taste it with his sister.

As soon as the dish entered her mouth, Liu Keling couldn't help but exclaim. The rich flavor continued to ferment in her mouth, and various flavors took turns to stimulate her taste buds. The taste was sweet, tender, or smooth, and each time she chewed it, a new flavor appeared. Just one dish showed the grandeur of the world. Although she didn't leave her home, she felt like she had traveled through mountains and seas in her mouth.

Liu Maoxing also quickly took a bite of the dish and began to chew it with great enjoyment.

However, after taking a few bites, he lost interest in the dish and put his chopsticks aside.

"What's wrong, Amu, you don't want to eat anymore?"

Liu Keling asked.

"Well, sister, you eat it."

"Then I'm not welcome!"

Liu Keling cheered and kept moving her chopsticks to put food into her mouth. She finished all the food on the small plate in just a few bites.

"It's delicious! Although Shaoan's character is not very good and he always talks nonsense and talks back at mom, his cooking skills are still pretty good!"

Liu Keling couldn't help but say a few compliments, but then she changed her mind and her mood instantly became depressed again.

Shaoan’s cooking skills are so great, can Xu Qing really beat him?
She clasped her hands tightly together and prayed silently for Xu Qing.

If only one of these two people could stay, she still hoped that person would be Xu Qing.

No matter how good Shaoan’s cooking skills are, they can’t hide the fact that he is a bad person.

If Xu Qing had stayed, at least Mom wouldn't be exhausted every day like she is now.

It was hard enough for Mom to deal with Ju's business going downstairs. She also had to endure Shaoan's scolding and dissatisfaction every day. Then she had to explain to him in a gentle voice and try her best to teach him in a way that Shaoan could more easily accept.

Every day, my mother would light candles and stay up late to sort out and write teaching materials in preparation for the next day's teaching.

Liu Keling mentioned it many times, hoping that her mother would drive Shaoan away. But her mother just smiled gently and said nothing.

I don’t know when this kind of day will end.

Maybe it will not end until one day my mother can no longer hold on and falls seriously ill.

Liu Keling couldn't help but shiver. She didn't dare to think about what she and Amu would do if that day really came.

Liu Keling looked at Xu Qing and cheered him on in her heart.

Must win!

At this time, Xu Qing had finally cut the meat into slices. The thin slices were white and translucent, like white gauze, with fat and lean meat alternating in distinct layers.

Xu Qing put the sliced ​​bamboo shoots into the meat slices, rolled them up one by one, arranged them neatly on the plate, and finally poured the prepared sauce on them. The dish was ready.

Xu Qing did not pretend to be mysterious like Shaoan and cover the dish with a lid. Because there was no need to do so. The dish he made was nothing special and it was very ordinary. It can be said that people who are familiar with this dish will know what he is going to make as soon as they see the ingredients.

Xu Qing placed the five dishes in front of the judges one by one, and even found two small plates to give some to Liu Keling and Liu Maoxing.

Everyone looked down and saw a plate filled with snow-white meat rolls. The meat slices were wrapped around green bamboo shoots and drizzled with red oil. The red oil, green bamboo shoots and white meat alternated with each other. The opposing colors collided with each other, which was extremely gorgeous. Just one look at it made people's appetite increase.

(End of this chapter)