Chapter 496

Chapter 496: The Importance of Birthdays

Translator: Xiong_Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth

“Oh? Chu Xiao, have a taste of this . ” The moment Zhou Shijie tasted it, he turned his head and said to Chu Xiao .

“Okay . ” Chu Xiao nodded his head .

After that, he drank some plain water provided in the Welcoming Set Meal and then picked up a fish slice to eat .

“It seems to be another dish that will be difficult to surpass . ” Li Minghui sighed in the heart, but his movements were not slow at all . He also picked a fish slice up and prepared to eat it .

“Let me just pick one up and have a taste . ” Liu Tong murmured with a low voice and prepared to pick one up and eat it .

Being the first that tasted the fish, Zhou Shijie had already aimed for the next fish slice while squinting at them .

At that time, Chu Xiao had just stuffed the fish meat into his mouth .

Speaking of which, the cooking method of Candied Floss Fish was really very simple . The process was no more than cutting the fish into the butterfly-shaped slices, wrapping them with the egg liquid and then frying them before they were scooped up and, finally, put aside to let the oil flow . The remaining work was to decoct the sugar syrup with a small fire and then put the fish slices inside it to stir-fry them .

On the whole, the entire process was nothing special and could be described in a sentence .

“Ka La” . As soon as the fish slice entered his mouth, the crisp surface wrapped by the sweet syrup broke lightly, revealing the fresh fish meat inside just as Chu Xiao gave it a bite .

“Hiss . It’s so hot . ” Chu Xiao said vaguely .

After the surface broke, the gravy also flowed out along with the fish meat toward his tongue . As it was a little hot, Chu Xiao slightly drew back his tongue . Then, the tip of his tongue felt a fresh and sweet taste filling his mouth .

Actually, everyone had more or less the same taste senses on their tongue . The Harvard psychology professor Edwin G Pauline once said in his published paper that every part of the tongue could distinguish different tastes . However, this argument was proven to be inaccurate by Virginia Corinth .

As a matter of fact, the tongue just had different sensitivities towards each taste and the difference was very slight . As one of the top-level chefs, however, Chu Xiao’s tongue was quite sensitive .

Therefore, the fresh and sweet gravy wrapped in the crisp surface directly shocked Chu Xiao as if a flexible fish was swimming beside him .

With the sound of “Ka Ca Ka Ca”, Chu Xiao bit through the surface . Then, the fresh fish meat inside met the crisp surface . At one side was the strikingly fresh fish meat while at the other was the fragrant and crisp fish meat . The fresh and delicate gravy of fish meat in the middle directly dominated the two different tastes .

It was just like a dance ball being held in the mouth . Everyone was the leading role, but they were each still dominated in good order . Waves of utmost enjoyment burst out in Chu Xiao’s mouth and then flowed into his stomach .

“I never thought fish could be cooked in this way . ” Chu Xiao sighed with emotion and then picked up another fish slice quickly .

“Exactly . It’s not excessively sweet and is very easy to chew . I think it was simply prepared specially for me . You young people better eat less . ” Zhou Shijie said immodestly and straightforwardly .

“You are wrong . The fish meat is so fresh and sweet that it maintains the most perfect fresh and tender texture while the surface is crisp but easy to chew . Apart from that, it not only has a pretty butterfly-like shape but also interesting decorative patterns . Such gorgeous delicacy is definitely suitable for young people like us . ” Chu Xiao said persistently .

“Teacher, your 3H (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia) is a big problem . ” Li Minghui gulped down a fish slice and said solemnly .

Of course, it would be more convincing if he didn’t reach out his chopsticks so quickly .

“Yeah, yeah . Your wife told us that you cannot eat too many sweet things . Besides, you said the same for the previous few dishes . ” Liu Tong had already forgotten his promise to eat one fish slice only . He picked up and placed the fish slices into his mouth ceaselessly .

“You little brats, don’t steal my delicacy . Shame on all of you!” Zhou Shijie said with an angry manner, but his actions were, on the contrary, very fast . He swiftly picked up the fish slice that Li Minghui had prepared to eat .

He moved as fast as those old people who walked quickly to fight for their discounted vegetables at the entrance of supermarkets every morning . They did that extremely steadily, precisely and relentlessly .

“No wonder our teacher took a fancy to this guy . He could make such a simple dish Candied Floss Fish so sweet but meanwhile not excessively sweet . Moreover, he has perfectly displayed the freshness and delicacy of the fish . ” Li Minghui set down the chopsticks contentedly and then sighed secretly .

“Is this the so-called common Candied Floss Fish? Why does it taste so well . Even if I don’t like eating sweet things, I don’t know how to refuse it . ” Liu Tong couldn’t help sighing .

In this tiny restaurant, there was surprisingly such a talented person like Yuan Zhou . The two people, Liu Tong and Li Minghui, were then fully convinced .

As for Chu Xiao, he took out his small notebook again and started to record this dish .

Candied Floss Dish: simple and plain cooking method; superb and skillful techniques; perfectly bring the freshness and delicacy of the fish into play with an appropriate amount of sweetness melted inside .

Cooked by: Yuan Zhou .

Basically, one should only have one dish that could be recorded in Chu Xiao’s small notebook of delicacies . However, this was Yuan Zhou’s second dish .

The two notes of “Cooked by Yuan Zhou” were written next to each other and appeared quite conspicuous .

“I think you just need to write his name . Otherwise, I’m afraid the notebook will be too small to write anymore . ” Zhou Shijie glanced at the notebook and said smilingly .

“It’s not a good time yet . ” Chu Xiao closed his small notebook and said seriously .

“Your choice . ” Chairman Zhou didn’t say much .

While the four people were eating blissfully there, Wu Hai that had barely entered the restaurant became antsy .

“Zhou Jia, I also want a serving of the All-Fish Banquet . ” Wu Hai said generously .

“Is it an important day for you today?” Zhou Jia didn’t record his order immediately, but asked that .

“Why are you asking that for?” Wu Hai suddenly had a premonition . More specifically, the feeling was like somebody wanted to stop him from eating the delicious fish .

“Mr . Wu, please check the requirements of this dish . ” Zhou Jia appeared to be smiling, but was actually very helpless in the heart .

For such an expensive dish, there were still so many requirements . Presumably, nobody else could be so capricious like her boss .

“What exactly does the note that the dish is only available on important occasions mean?” Wu Hai didn’t really understand .

“My boss said it’s available when there’s an important treat or someone’s birthday, etc . ” Zhou Jia answered him with a smile .

“Birthday?” Wu Hai was shocked then . What a damn joke that was!

“Yes . So can you please change another one?” Zhou Jia suggested .

Wu Hai was an artist . He was always treated by others in normal times, but he had seldom treated others except for his younger sister or his agent Zheng Jiawei . He didn’t want to bring anyone here except those two people .

Therefore, it wasn’t an easy thing for Wu Hai to have an important treat . As for his birthday, Wu Hai couldn’t help flying into a rage .

“Boss Yuan, what do you mean? Did you specially serve this new dish to baffle me?” Wu Hai pointed at the all-fish banquet, stroked his small mustache, and asked with his eyes wide open .

“Just follow the rules . ” Yuan Zhou said indifferently .

“Rules? Let’s forget about the rule that one cannot eat two same dishes, which almost made me starve . Again, let’s forget about the matter that you closed the restaurant and rested without prior notice, which almost made me starve . But what exactly do you mean by making a rule that the dish is only available when there’s someone’s birthday?” Wu Hai counted Yuan Zhou’s crimes one by one and asked bitterly .

Looking at the emotional man, Wu Hai, Yuan Zhou felt a little puzzled, but he still asked with a seemingly indifferent tone, “This is my rule . “

“Let your rules go to hell . I believe that you do know I was born in the leap month of a leap year and don’t want me to eat the dish . How fearful that is! Boss Yuan, how can you do this to me? Furthermore, this is the meat, not vegetables . ” Wu Hai said with such a sorrowful tone that anyone who heard him would become sad and shed tears .

In Yuan Zhou’s heart, however, he couldn’t help rolling on the ground and smiling ceaselessly .

“A birthday in the leap month of a leap year! Haha . That means you don’t have many birthdays in your lifetime . ” Yuan Zhou indicated that he wasn’t smiling, definitely .

“Have you ever celebrated your birthday?” Yuan Zhou asked primly with his face taut .

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