"Um. So we can also order this dish when we treat other important guests." Yuan Zhou nodded his head and then answered earnestly.
"But then, we will have one less reason to eat this dish." Wuhai said seriously.
"No. I'm still here." When Yuan Zhou said that, his tone was quite light but firm.
"Oh, okay." Wuhai was stupefied for a while and then sat down without saying anything more.
That's right. Yuan Zhou had always been here. So what if it was a leap year or a leap month? So what if he had to wait for another 10 or 20 years for his next birthday? Anyway, Yuan Zhou was still here. There was no need to worry about that.
This reason directly convinced Wu Hai, causing the other customers to feel touched as well. They felt that the food in front of them was getting more and more delicious.
After all, Yuan Zhou had poured all his efforts into this dish. Every dish was the same.
"This is the ninth dish, Fish Head Soup. Please take your time and enjoy." Yuan Zhou carried up a brown wooden soup bowl and put it on the table gently.
"As the last dish of the banquet, I wonder if this soup can surpass the wonderful dishes in front of it." Zhou Shijie looked at the milky white fish soup with interest.
"It shouldn't be a problem." Chu Xiao was quite confident.
"The dishes in front of it are so good. I really want to see how the last one is finished." Liu Tong picked up the spoon and waited for his master to want to eat it. Then, he would drink it immediately.
The dishes in a banquet were actually a whole. It couldn't be said that the dishes in front of the banquet were extremely good but the last one was done perfunctorily. Otherwise, the overall impression of the banquet would definitely be affected.
For example, there was a story that people often heard. There was a chef who made the dishes in front of the banquet extremely salty and then served a bowl of soup at the end. However, he forgot to put salt in it. Nevertheless, it made people feel it was the most delicious dish in the world.
Let alone the fact that the dishes were so bad and nobody would eat them till the end, there would definitely be water during the banquet. If the dishes were too salty, they could just drink some water. How could they wait for the soup that the chef forgot to put salt in it stupidly?
Therefore, it was impossible for the soup to be free of salt.
"The soup is milky white, like colostrum. It smells faintly of fish but doesn't have any fishy smell. Eh, there's even a little burnt smell. What a peculiar smell," said Zhou Shijie after taking a careful sniff.
"You'll know after you eat it," Yuan Zhou wasn't deliberately keeping her in suspense, but he really didn't like to talk too much when cooking.
In his opinion, there was no need to explain.
"Sure." Zhou Shijie nodded. Then, Yuan Zhou left.
"Today, this is the last dish of the All-Fish Banquet, and the last one is definitely the dessert. So, you three, tell me where did the burnt fragrance come from, or what is it?" Zhou Shijie stroked his beard smilingly, not in a hurry to eat anymore.
"Of course …" Chu Xiao was about to say the answer without thinking, but he was immediately interrupted by Zhou Shijie.
"You tell me the last one. If you tell me, it's a spoiler." Zhou Shijie took a look at Chu Xiao angrily.
Nevertheless, Chu Xiao shrugged indifferently. He just looked at the fish head soup carefully, from the appearance to the fragrance. After all, there were also some parts that he didn't understand.
"The burnt fragrance definitely comes from the place where the fish head is connected to the fish flesh. However, this Boss Yuan has removed the fish flesh very cleanly. So it definitely comes from the fragrance on the face of the fish head after it was fried." Li Minghui observed carefully and gave his own answer.
"Um, that makes sense. What about you?" Zhou Shijie didn't say whether it was right or wrong, but looked at Liu Tong.
"Generally speaking, senior brother, you're right. Even if the fish head looks white and tender and hasn't been fried, there must be something different about it since it's the chef who sets the topic and the chef cooks it." Liu Tong was now looking at Yuan Zhou with full of dread in his eyes.
"And then?" Zhou Shijie signaled Liu Tong to continue saying.
"So the fragrance definitely doesn't come from the fish head, but something else. Maybe it's a leaf with a special fragrance or some other ingredients." Liu Tong knitted his brows and said with an uncertain tone.
"Alright. These two blockheads don't know anything. You tell me now." Zhou Shijie was also a little helpless in the heart. Then, he said to Chu Xiao.
He had spent a lot of time on his two apprentices, but he couldn't compare with the two evildoers in front of him. Thinking of Zhou Shijie, he still felt a little heartache.
"Rice crust. Rice crust has been added into the soup. Naturally, there's a burnt fragrance." Chu Xiao said indifferently.
In his opinion, it wasn't a problem at all. He was more curious about whether the taste of the soup was as he imagined.
"Rice crust?" "Rice crust?" Li Minghui and Liu Tong uttered in surprise.
"Yes. It's indeed the rice crust. The burnt fragrance of the meat is totally different. One of you doesn't know anything while the other knows it by reasoning. Humph." Zhou Shijie snorted discontentedly.
"He surprisingly added rice crust into the fish soup. What a strange way." Liu Tong muttered. He wasn't afraid of Zhou Shijie's anger at all.
"I'm sorry, master." Li Minghui apologized earnestly.
"Alright. Drink the soup." Zhou Shijie waved his hand and then picked up the spoon and began to scoop the soup.
"Hua La, Hua La". The big spoon was basically one and a half spoonfuls for each person. When it was 80% full, there were exactly four bowls, no more and no less.
"You little brat. You can simply call it a bowl of soup in the future. You really don't even have a drop more." Looking at the empty soup bowl, Zhou Shijie pointed at Yuan Zhou and said.
"Thank you for your compliment. It's not a waste." Yuan Zhou accepted the compliment deservedly.
"I didn't compliment you." Zhou Shijie was so angry that he almost laughed. Without saying anything more, he directly drank the soup.
"Let me try the taste of the rice crust in the soup." Liu Tong was most curious about the rice crust.
Theoretically, the rice crust would become soft once it was soaked in the water. Needless to say, the taste of the soft rice crust was really not delicious. Naturally, Liu Tong had prepared for the worst.
However, as soon as the rice crust entered his mouth and he bit it, a clear sound of "Ka Ca, Ka Ca" came. After the rice crust was soaked in the fish soup, it still maintained the crispy texture, but just lost its hardness. It didn't feel as hard as before.
However, it was easier to chew and the texture was more wonderful. The crispy texture and the delicious fish soup kept flowing out of it when he bit it. The more he chewed, the more fragrant and crisper it became.
"It's the first time that I know the rice crust and the fish soup are actually a perfect match." Liu Tong was quite surprised.
While he was surprised, he didn't forget to drink the fish soup. The feeling this time was completely different.
Normally, when the fish soup entered the mouth, there would be the delicious fragrance of the fish, but this time, there was a faint fragrance. After the fragrance, it was the delicious and strong fish soup. It was so fresh that even the tongue wanted to swallow it. That was what Liu Tong was thinking now.
"I've never thought that I could also experience such a feeling one day. It's so fresh that I want to swallow my tongue." Liu Tong smiled self-mockingly.
Originally, this was what others said to affirm his culinary skills. Thinking of it now, however, it was quite ironic. How could the taste of his cooking be called fresh in front of Yuan Zhou?
The fish head soup cooked by Yuan Zhou was the one that truly stewed the deliciousness of the fish soup …
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