What Day Tiger held in his hand was a round plate the size of a well. White smoke flowed down like water, and steam rose in spirals.
Everyone raised their necks and looked into the plate. They saw mountains, rivers, flowers, and grass in the white smoke. It was like a fairyland.
"Cold dish?"
Looking at the plate, Luo Xin thought. Then he saw the place where the egg was standing faintly emitting heat. Although the water was not boiling, it kept emitting heat.
Although the ingredients basically retained their original color and freshness, this was not a cold dish. In other words, it was not a completely cold dish. It should be a mixture of ice and fire.
Day Tiger walked to the stone table and carefully placed the plate on the stone table under everyone's gaze.
A gust of hot air with a fragrance immediately rushed to his face.
After putting down the plate, Day Tiger took two steps back and put his slightly red hand behind his back. There was a hint of excitement in his calm expression.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the mountains and rivers in the plate.
The rising heat was like the white clouds above the mountains.
Looking through the white clouds, a hill made of stone clams came into view first.
Around the mountain, more than half of the shell was pried open, revealing crystal white clam meat. Drops of water were like jade and ice, quietly placed around the clam meat.
The white smoke rising from the river below turned into white clouds, lingering around the mountain, and that touch of white was like the frost on the top of the mountain.
On the side of the river, there were several eggs with fire patterns. The temperature was transmitted into the water, and the heat gradually rose, like a hot spring.
A few steps away, there was a bamboo forest.
The bamboo was green, with a clear luster flashing, but the bamboo leaves were as thin as cicada's wings. Under closer inspection, there was a trace of cold air.
This bamboo forest occupied most of the space in the plate, and in the bamboo forest, there was a bright red flower in full bloom. The tempting rich fragrance was basically overflowing from this flower.
In addition to the general structure, details could be seen everywhere. It was meticulously filled, like a sculpture of art.
In this landscape painting, there seemed to be spring, summer, autumn, and winter hidden. Regardless of the appearance, the fragrance alone was enough to make people addicted.
The ingredients were brought back by Luo Xin. Most of them could be recognized, but Lin Nie added a lot of ingredients to make this dish so full and complete.
Lin Nie looked at the dish quietly with a satisfied expression on his old face.
Seeing Lin Nie's expression, Nitro understood that his old friend's wish had been fulfilled. He smiled and asked, "What's the name of this dish?"
"It doesn't have a name. Just remember its shape," Lin Nie said slowly.
"Is that so?" Nitro sighed.
He had seen enough and just wanted to move his chopsticks quickly.
Law picked up the chopsticks, moved them like crab claws, and said, "No introduction."
Lin Nie smiled and nodded slightly. He then beckoned Day Tiger to sit down.
Seeing Lin Nie's smile, Zhou Hu's eyes couldn't help but moisten. It was rare for him to let go of his steward's identity and sit on one of the seats.
After getting Lin Nie's permission, everyone immediately started eating.
Nitro was the fastest. He picked up the clam meat in the stone mountain. His chopsticks went in and out and picked up a piece.
Perhaps it was because Maha liked to watch cartoons, but his target was the hot spring fire-patterned egg that stood by the river.
The eating habits of the Hakkas were biased towards China, so Jie Nuo's first target was the strangely shaped bamboo. He also picked up the white bamboo shoots under the bamboo.
The three of them had a target, and Law suddenly put down his chopsticks, picked up the bowl and spoon, and went straight to the blooming flowers in the bamboo forest.
The petals and the soup in the flowers were the most important part of this dish.
At this moment, a pair of chopsticks cut in and stuck Law's spoon. It was Lin Nie's chopsticks.
"You first."
Seeing this, Law could only take back his spoon.
Lin Nie's old eyes flashed with a smile. He slowly filled a bowl of soup for himself and then filled a bowl for Day Tiger.
In the soup, there were fruit seeds that looked like red agates and peeled red pomegranates. It was quite tempting.
After Lin Nie finished the soup, he saw that Nitro and the others were also eyeing the soup in the safflower. The main reason was that the soup actually made Law and Lin Nie, the two food hunters, fight for the first place.
"Hey, you guys should at least eat what's in the bowl before looking at what's in the pot."
Law couldn't take it anymore. He moved like lightning, scooped a bowl of safflower, and pinched off a petal. Before he could get a second bowl, he was forced back by Nitro and Maha, the two old guys. He then asked Jie Nuo to quickly scoop the soup.
Law couldn't help but roll his eyes at such an old hooligan's behavior.
In the entire dish, the flame-patterned egg was barely enough, but the safflower soup had the least amount. The last one to scoop might not even be able to scoop it.
Seeing that Nitro and Maha had turned into two door gods, Law shook his head and put a petal into the soup in the bowl. In a moment, the petal turned into countless thin threads and merged into the soup.
After it was done, Law handed the bowl of soup to Machi.
Machi took the soup and glanced at Nitro and Maha, who seemed to be guarding some treasure. He felt that Law's way of getting along with them was very interesting, so he divided half a bowl and gave it to Law.
Law smiled and took the half bowl of soup from Machi.
In the eyes of Nitro and the others, it looked like they had given up on fighting for it.
In the next second, Luo picked up all the hot spring eggs by the river and put them on his plate.
"…"
Nitro watched speechlessly.
Maha quietly rolled the hot spring eggs on his plate to the edge of the table and silently brought back his bowl of safflower soup.
Law ignored him. He scooped up a spoonful of soup and put it into his mouth. His eyes immediately narrowed.
The thin strands of flower petals were plucked like strings of a zither. Then, they were densely plucked on the tip of the tongue. Following closely were the melted agate fruit seeds, bringing with them an extremely complex taste. It was as if there were sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy all within.
In a trance, it was as if he was on a rainbow bridge, with seven colors for him to pick.
Law's thoughts moved slightly, and he subconsciously took two of the seven colors, which were sour and sweet.
Then, the complex taste in his mouth miraculously changed, leaving only the sweet and sour taste.
The sweetness of mango and the sourness of pineapple.
Luo opened his eyes, revealing a look of surprise.
After that, he took a second bite. Once again, the complex taste occupied every inch of his tongue.
Law's thoughts turned and he chose sour, spicy, and salty. Thus, the main taste of the second bite became sour, spicy, and salty.
This was a soup that could change its taste freely.
Law couldn't help but look at Lin Nie. He didn't know what kind of magic Lin Nie had cast in this dish. He was sure that this didn't come from the superiority of the ingredients themselves. It should be Lin Nie's thought.
Not only did Law have a strange expression, but so did the others.
Was this … a dish that Lin Nie had poured his entire life into?
"Thank you, Law."
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