Sun Ji took a deep breath and smelled the faint fragrance of roses. He seemed to see real flowers in his mind. The fragrance, shape, and the trembling dewdrops on the petals were all crystal clear, as if they would roll down in the next second.
They were half-blooming, authentic red, and even the stamens were distinct. It felt very wrong to say that they were fake.
Sun Ji felt that his reason and emotions were fighting with each other. His reason felt that whatever was placed on the plate was definitely cooked, but his emotions felt that these were real roses.
What made Sun Ji so conflicted was the Rose Pine Nut Pomegranate Cake. He didn't know what this cake originally looked like, but the one made by Yuan Zhou looked very much like a rose.
"This is the most exquisite dessert I've ever eaten. What kind of craftsmanship is this?" Si Jinning said.
Desserts were originally famous for being exquisite and perfect. They could be passed off as the real thing and looked very real. However, the one made by Yuan Zhou looked real no matter how you looked at it. Even Si Jinning, a layman, knew the difference.
"It's indeed beautiful." Chu Jianhua didn't have high hopes for the taste.
The main reason was that he was afraid that he couldn't taste it. However, the current design could totally give full marks, and he could even add some extra marks.
For a moment, although the three of them smelled the faint fragrance, they couldn't move their hands. They really couldn't bear to do it. It was really too beautiful. It felt as if the balance of the whole thing would be destroyed if they moved their hands.
There were four small plates, and each plate contained three cakes. It was obviously prepared for the three of them. Xiao Ma, who was sitting at the same table, had already grabbed his chopsticks and was ready to move.
He couldn't do something like directly moving his chopsticks before the owner moved his chopsticks. After all, he still needed some face. However, this didn't stop him from waiting for the owner to move his chopsticks.
Xiao Ma held his chopsticks tightly in his left hand. He curled his index and middle fingers to form a strong angle, waiting for Si Jinning and the others to move.
Unfortunately, the few of them just stared blankly at the beautiful desserts and didn't move. This made Xiao Ma so anxious that he directly coughed twice to get everyone's attention.
Si Jinning was the first to come back to his senses. He had eaten quite a few of Yuan Zhou's delicacies, so he naturally had some resistance to them. He was also the host of this banquet, so he directly said, "Let's try it. We won't be full just by looking at it."
After saying that, he took the initiative to pick up the ginger-yellow pastry that looked like a real Buddha's hand. This was his favorite pastry, the Osmanthus Sugar Buddha's Hand.
In the traditional ship dishes, the size of this dim sum was extremely small, almost as wide as two fingers. However, in order to combine the concept of Chinese meal and dinner in the ship banquet, Yuan Zhou made some improvements to this dim sum. The change in size could be seen from the surface.
The sweet-scented osmanthus Buddha's hand made by Yuan Zhou was half the size of a palm. It stood quietly on the plate as if it was a real Buddha's hand.
As the pastry got closer, Si Jinning could clearly see that there was a layer of crystal clear coat on the surface of the Buddha's hand. It was like a layer of gauze wrapping around the Buddha's hand, as if it was covering half of the Buddha's hand.
Si Jinning directly stuffed it into his mouth and took a bite. The first feeling he got was sweetness, followed by softness, and finally, the sweet and fragrant taste of the osmanthus. The taste went on layer by layer. First, the sweetness led the main melody, followed by the taste of the glutinous flour. Finally, the osmanthus didn't seem to be sweet. On the contrary, it had a slightly salty taste after being pickled. However, this salty taste wasn't strong, and it played a very good role in making the taste of the Buddha's hand even sweeter and more delicious.
"It's sweet but not greasy. It's soft and velvety, and there seems to be a light breeze blowing in my mouth. It feels like I'm admiring the scenery in the middle of a lake. It's such a wonderful experience." Si Jinning raised his head slightly and looked intoxicated.
At the moment when Si Jinning moved his chopsticks, Chu Jianhua moved as well. He wasn't aiming at the Buddha's hand that Si Jinning liked, nor was he aiming at the dazzling roses that dazzled Sun Ji. Instead, he was aiming at the peppermint and jujube paste flat peach cakes that looked like real flat peaches.
Chu Jianhua's favorite fruit was peaches. Therefore, when he saw a flat peach cake, he would naturally want to taste it first.
Yuan Zhou didn't change the size of the cakes at random. They were almost the same size as the Buddha's hand, half the size of a palm. Even the flat peaches were no exception.
The surface of the flat peaches was slightly red, as if it was a sign of ripeness. The sunken and round lines in the middle showed that the flat peaches were just ripe.
Chu Jianhua's mouth was big, and he directly took a big bite, revealing the soft and dense jujube paste filling inside. It glowed with a little luster, but it didn't make people feel that the color was dark. On the contrary, it was very attractive.
The soft dough matched with the soft filling. If one didn't pay attention, they would deviate from the theme. It was either too greasy or too tasteless. However, when Chu Jianhua ate it, he felt that it was just right. Whether it was the combination of the glutinous rice flour and the jujube paste or something else, it was just right.
This jujube paste doesn't feel like it was stir-fried. It doesn't taste greasy, and it matches well with the soft and tender dough. The taste is really good. Moreover, there is a faint peach taste in the end. It feels like I just ate a real peach. The taste is great. Chu Jianhua carefully savored every taste in his mouth.
When the whole cake was in his stomach, he immediately picked up another peach and ate it. It wasn't until he finished eating and there was no more on the plate that he came back to his senses.
I just tasted so many different tastes? Chu Jianhua felt that it was unbelievable.
He could taste saltiness at most when he was eating now. If there was a lot of sugar, he could taste sweetness, but for ordinary people, it was definitely too sweet and not suitable for normal eating. However, he seemed to have tasted not only a variety of tastes, but also some hidden tastes.
This was something that hadn't happened in the past ten years. Chu Jianhua couldn't be sure for a moment.
I think I need to eat a little more to test it out.
After making up his mind, Chu Jianhua looked at the other plates. Then, he saw three empty plates and a dumbfounded Si Jinning and Sun Ji.
These two people eat too fast. They don't know how to respect the old and love the young at all. Chu Jianhua cursed in his heart.
Chu Jianhua was older than Si Jinning by a month. He usually didn't admit it. He always thought that he was younger than Si Jinning. This was the first time he used his age as an excuse.
In fact, Chu Jianhua didn't know that Sun Ji and Si Jinning were also cursing Chu Jianhua in their hearts. Each person had one of each kind. Then, each person should have eaten four of the four kinds of pastries. However, they knew very well that the two of them had only eaten three. The rest must have been eaten by Chu Jianhua.
Xiao Ma, who had secretly eaten four, silently put down his chopsticks. He hid his credit and fame and directly put the blame on Chu Jianhua, who had only eaten two flat peaches. The key was that he didn't know. He was even more wronged than Dou E.
Just as the few of them were having different thoughts, the next four pastries were served.
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