This time, Alex was leading a group of 13 people. There were four Japanese, four Thais, two Vietnamese, one from the Philippines, one from Cambodia, and one from India.
The 13 people could be considered a small group, but this group would only stay in Chengdu for three days. The only requirement was to have at least two meals at The Kitchen God within the three days and nothing else. This was the so-called leading group.
Today's group was very interesting, especially the four Japanese, who were all around 40 years old. They were dressed in well-ironed suits. The four knew each other. Although they were queuing, it did not prevent them from communicating with each other.
"Hyujia-san, have you prepared anything delicious? I have prepared Mapo Tofu. Today, I must try the Mapo Tofu made by the grandmaster to see if there is any difference between it and the one in our country," the bespectacled, gentle-looking man asked the person behind him.
The person behind him was different from the skinny, gentle-looking man in front of him. He was much stronger and taller. However, he looked a little sloppy in his suit.
"Noda-san, don't worry. I have prepared everything. I am here to see the level of the Yuan Kun who has been praised by Fujiwara Jiayuan and Oishi Hiujie. I want to know if he is exaggerating." The Japanese, who was called Hyuga, was also a food critic who liked to ride on others' popularity.
"Um, I believe Hyujia-san's comments on food." Noda nodded.
"In China, there is something similar to sashimi and sashimi in our country. It is called Yusheng or something. It is a little difficult to write, so I wrote it down," Hyuga said.
It just so happened that Alex happened to be nearby, and he caught a glimpse of the four words, "Gold and Jade Slices." Truth be told, if it weren't for his eagerness to learn, he probably wouldn't have been able to recognize these four words. It was too difficult for a Japanese.
"This little … person who is living a good life is really a little smart." Alex sighed with emotion.
The other two also took out the small paper slips that they had prepared beforehand, indicating that they were fully prepared.
Their trip was suggested by Hyuga. On the one hand, he was a foodie who looked forward to delicious food. On the other hand, he was curious about the chef who had been praised so much.
Of course, Hyuga was not the only one who had said that he was famous because of Fujiwara Jiayuan. Hence, he was prepared to nitpick.
For example, Oishi Hiujie, whom Fujiwara Jiayuan had pinned his hopes on, was called the "Son of Japanese Food".
"From the food, I can see that he is full of arrogance of the upper class. He is divorced from the national conditions of Japan. Eating his food is like eating leftovers thrown out by the upper class."
First of all, Oishi Hiujie 'style was originally Oishi cuisine. Hiujie style was originally Oishi cuisine. However, Hiuji Hiujie was very unfair.
It was very unfair. Moreover, after winning first place in young chefs. After King, Oishi Hiujie Hiujie Young Chefs was Yuan Zhou.
He had Hiujie, and Chef. He Zhou, and Hi, had Su, and he had found and found and solved.
Back to the main topic, the Japanese in the group also had a special characteristic, that was, each person only ordered one dish. They were used to eating less.
Following Su Ruoyan's signature words, lunch time began. Alex was a scheming person. When he brought a group, he would never fight for the first echelon. Instead, he would place the group behind the second echelon and in front of the third echelon.
Alex was a scheming person. When he brought a group, he would never fight for the first echelon. Usually, he would put the group's spots behind the second echelon and in front of the third echelon. This way, it was convenient for the customers, and it would not cause others to be dissatisfied. He was quite smart.
With Alex's instructions, everyone lined up quietly. When it was time to eat, they would go in according to the order.
Fortunately, the four Japanese were in the second echelon. After entering, with Alex's help, they ordered four dishes that they had prepared for a long time.
They were Mapo Tofu, Sliced Gold and Jade, Drunken Shrimp, and Mixed Red Pork. These four dishes spanned three or four cuisines, which was quite impressive. When Yuan Zhou received the menu, he looked up at the four people. When he saw Alex's familiar figure, he knew that they were most likely from the tour group.
Yuan Zhou hadn't had much contact with Alex. However, Alex was the one who had handled all the previous meetings of the nine people and the many tours he had brought. Therefore, he could be considered familiar with him.
"By the way, System, Sliced Gold and Jade should be a Qin dish, but it's also a Jiangsu dish. So which cuisine does it belong to?" Yuan Zhou asked inwardly.
"Host, this dish has different cooking methods in different cuisines. Don't worry," the system displayed.
Wasn't it useless to say that? How could Qin dishes be the same as Jiangsu dishes?
Except for the Mapo Tofu, which was hot, the other dishes were all cold, or even raw. Therefore, they were cooked very quickly.
Despite the beautiful names, the ingredients were very simple. Sliced Gold and Jade was, in fact, just sliced bass. Nowadays, many people used carp or mandarin fish to cook it, but Yuan Zhou definitely followed the ancient method.
As for the Drunken Prawn, it was easier to understand. It was a small branch of Sichuan Cuisine. As for the Mixed Red Raw, it belonged to Yunnan Cuisine. In other words, it was chopped pork tenderloin and mixed raw. Many people couldn't accept it.
Yuan Zhou was originally very fast. Since most of the dishes were raw, he cooked them even faster and carried them to the customers in no time.
"The fragrance is really intoxicating. I don't think the Mapo Tofu in our country has such a fragrance," the cultured Noda said.
"As expected of a great grandmaster. His knife skills are really superb," a Japanese person who didn't have a sense of existence said.
Kujō, who ordered the Sliced Gold and Jade, also looked at it very carefully. On the green plate, the fish meat was vaguely reddish. It felt like a red dot in the midst of a sea of greenery. It was both beautiful and exquisite, which was in line with the position of Japanese food.
Kujō knew that he couldn't find fault with them in terms of plate presentation and knife skills.
"Mine is also very good," the one who ordered the Mixed Red Raw said.
As for the one who ordered the Drunken Prawn, he had already started to eat it. Whether it was delicious or not could be seen from his constant movements. He was muttering Japanese in a very low voice. Probably, no one could hear him except for himself.
"Luben-san is too cunning," seeing that, the cultured Noda also started to eat.
"Oh, it's so hot. It's really hot. It's numb and hot. As expected of the Mapo Tofu."
Noda scooped a spoonful of the Mapo Tofu with his own spoon and put some sauce in it. It was extraordinarily delicious.
This was mainly because he ate Mapo Tofu like this when he was in China. Otherwise, the tofu would break.
Naturally, he also ordered rice. When it was time to eat, he changed to eating with chopsticks. Then, the next second, he forgot to use the spoon and directly used the chopsticks to pick up the tofu. He originally thought that the tofu would break immediately. After all, he had never eaten such a tender tofu.
In fact, it didn't. The chopsticks smoothly picked up a piece of tofu, and it was still very intact. The cultured Noda stared at the tofu with his eyes wide open in disbelief, "I have eaten the tofu from Kiyomizu Temple. Even I can't do this. How is it possible?"
In Japan, tofu was also very popular. Noda loved to eat tofu very much, so he had eaten a lot of it. However, the Mapo Tofu in front of him was still beyond his imagination.
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