That was how time was. When you hoped it would pass slowly, it would actually pass quickly. The guests naturally knew that there would be a vote after dinner tonight. That meant the official end of the show.
Therefore, everyone tacitly hoped that the show would end slowly. Even the businessman surnamed Zhu, who was usually in a hurry to eat, didn't mention anything about dinner.
Even so, dinner arrived as scheduled. From the appetizers to the drinks, the dishes were served according to the process set by Yuan Zhou.
"Sigh." It was Francis who sighed. He had been doing this ever since dinner started. He would sigh like this every time he finished a dish or drink.
He must have sighed several times since the beginning of dinner.
Finally, he was interrupted by Ogyust, "Hey, please don't affect my mood while I'm enjoying the food."
"That's right, Francis. If you have any questions, I think you can leave early. We are all willing to help you with the food," Manfred said with a nod.
"That's right. If you waste food, you will be blacklisted by Head Chef Yuan," Chu Xiao said with a nod.
"It's shameful to waste food. I'm willing to help as well," Salomon, who rarely spoke, said.
"Oh, you guys are really not good friends. You know what I'm sighing about, yet you still say that," Francis said as he looked at his friends who were staring at his plate.
"No, I don't understand," Ogyust said without hesitation.
"Alright, I won't sigh anymore. I'm just a little regretful that it will be a long time before I have the chance to eat such delicacies again," Francis said seriously, afraid that his friends would snatch his food.
"Based on the current speed, the main course will be served next. After the main course, there will be two more vegetable dishes and a dessert. That will be the end of the show," Salomon said sharply.
"Based on Head Chef Yuan's speed, the whole process will take less than half an hour. In other words, in another half an hour, Head Chef Yuan's show will officially end," Salomon said without waiting for the others to reply.
As soon as he said that, not only did everyone at this table look at him with condemnation, even the people at the neighboring table couldn't help but look at Salomon with an ugly expression.
"Are you a demon?" Francis couldn't help but ask.
"No, I'm just speaking the truth." Salomon shook his head.
"You'd better shut up," Ogyust snapped at Salomon.
Salomon shrugged. He really didn't say anything.
But with his words, everyone was a little depressed. After all, the delicacy would end in half an hour.
Fortunately, the main dish of the night was served at this time. The beautiful waitress who served the dish softly read the name of the dish in both Chinese and English, "Fragrant Fish Balls."
"Is fish the main course tonight? It looks good, "August said.
This is a sea bass. "Chu Xiao also nodded his head.
"Bass? It looks like a Japanese perch, "Manfred said after staring at the fish in front of him for a while.
"Yes, it looks like it." Ogyust nodded.
"In China, this fish is called sea bass," Chu Xiao said lightly.
"This fish has no bones. It should taste good," Francis didn't care about the name of the fish. He only wanted to eat it.
"Of course. Head Chef Yuan will do a good job. After all, his culinary skills are unfathomable," Chu Xiao nodded.
Then, Chu Xiao lowered his head and started eating. Beside him, Salomon, Ogyust, and Manfred also started eating.
Like the other dishes, the fish balls were served on a dark-colored wooden plate. The dark-brown glossy wooden plate was filled with snow-white fish balls of the same size.
If one looked carefully, one could see that the fish balls weren't actually balls. Instead, they were balls formed by the fish meat after it was heated and curled up. Every fish ball had delicate cuts on it.
With Ogyust's eyesight, he was naturally able to tell that the fish balls had become spherical because of the cuts.
The fish meat was tender. Therefore, Ogyust not only used chopsticks, but also a spoon in his left hand, afraid that it would drop.
After picking up the fish ball carefully, Ogyust didn't stuff it into his mouth immediately. Instead, he placed the fish ball on the spoon and took a bite.
Ka Cha. It was the sound of his teeth hitting the slightly charred fish meat. Then, an extremely fresh taste rushed into his mouth.
The flesh of sea bass was tender, and the fish meat was in the shape of garlic cloves. It tasted tender and had the freshness of the fish meat.
However, this Fragrant Smooth Fish Ball was made by deep-frying the fish meat, which was six centimeters long, three centimeters wide, and six millimeters thick.
This method gave the outer layer of the sea bass a slightly harder and crispier feeling, making the texture richer.
Not to mention, when stir-frying, Yuan Zhou added his own broth.
As the saying goes, a chef's broth is like an opera singer's broth. Yuan Zhou's broth was prepared by Yuan Zhou in the past few days. Every single broth was no easier than a main dish.
The broth was used to enhance the taste, making the simple Fragrant Smooth Fish Ball even more delicious.
Therefore, Ogyust couldn't help but eat half of the fish ball in one gulp.
"No, I wanted to taste it slowly just now." Ogyust looked at the remaining half of the fish ball on the plate and felt a little helpless.
"It seems it's very difficult to eat slowly when eating the dishes cooked by Head Chef Yuan." Ogyust couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Then, due to self-restraint, Ogyust's eating speed did slow down. Once he slowed down, he thought of what Chu Xiao had said on the first day.
That was what Chu Xiao had said about Yuan Zhou's ability to adjust the dishes according to everyone's taste. On the first day, only the drinks were obviously different.
Then, everyone basically had the same taste. However, Ogyust suddenly thought of another possibility of what Chu Xiao had said and immediately turned to look at Francis.
"Hey, give me one of your fish balls," Ogyust said to Francis excitedly and anxiously.
Francis, who was eating the delicious Fragrant Smooth Fish Ball, ignored Ogyust. Only when Ogyust nudged his arm did he realize what Ogyust had said.
Instantly, Francis looked at Ogyust as if he was looking at an idiot. He even moved his plate vigilantly, trying to stay away from Ogyust's eyes.
"That's impossible," Francis said affirmatively.
"You misunderstood. I mean, let's exchange a fish ball. You eat mine and I'll eat yours." Looking at Francis's expression, Ogyust guessed that Francis thought he was going to steal his food, so he explained.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he explained, Francis moved his plate even more obviously, almost to the side of Chu Xiao. This time, he even used his arm to protect his plate without anyone noticing.
"…" Ogyust, who wanted to verify Francis's words, was instantly speechless.
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