Chapter 242: Becoming Famous (3) (1/2)

Chapter 242: Becoming Famous (3)

Of course, the standards of cooking in the Great Wu Dynasty went without speaking. Since the food made in a noble house was already that poor, how could the normal commoners’ fare any better?

Normally, pork meat had a certain odour to it. The usage of seasonings in this era wasn’t very advanced either. Pork flavoured with salt and cooked in water… just the thought of it wasn’t very appetising.

The aroma of this carefully braised jar of pork was an immense shock to the crowd.

The commoners who had been surrounding the stage and flooding them with curses suddenly had the urge to run up to grab one of the crude porcelain dishes on the stage.

There was a waiter stationed behind each of the three large jars with a small copper ladle in their hands, shouting and telling the crowd to line up. They dipped the ladles into the jars giving off fragrant steam and scooped food into the dish of the first person in line.

The copper ladles were just too small. A single scoop would bring up only two or three small cubes of meat. Another waiter would then sprinkle some finely diced spring onions on top of the meat that had been turned brown by the sauce. For some reason, although it was just some meat sitting in a crude grey porcelain dish, it seemed rather artistic with the green of the spring onions, further increasing their appetite.

The old gourmet who had first recognised Guilin Restaurant’s brand had finally managed to get a small dish of the braised pork in pot after an arduous wait. He held it up in his hands carefully as he walked away. The small meat cubes in the dish were still steaming hot and trembled with his every step, practically seducing him to eat it all up.

The old gourmet squeezed out of the crowd with the dish cradled protectively in his embrace before stopping and taking a long sniff at the aroma of the pork in pot. He sighed as if drunk on the smell. Following that, he took out a pair of silver chopsticks wrapped up in a cloth from his sleeves. Using the chopsticks, he carefully picked up a piece and placed it in his mouth.

That delicious taste enveloped his entire mouth. After chewing it precisely two times, that thick flavour filled his tastebuds. The meat cubes were fresh and tasty, fatty but not greasy.

The old gourmet was instantly captivated by the taste of this braised pork in pot. He lost all the patience to carefully judge the remaining two pieces and quickly stuffed the remaining pork into his mouth.

He chewed on that big mouthful of food and gulped it down.

When he looked down at the empty porcelain dish in his hands, the old gourmet’s mind instantly turned blank.

Those three pieces of pork in pot weren’t enough by far. He hadn’t even been able to savour its flavour before it was all gone. That amount was really way too little. He smacked his lips and suddenly recalled what Manager Qin had said earlier on the stage.

Other than this free sample of braised pork, they could draw a lot to win a chance to eat a free feast in Guilin Restaurant!

The old gourmet immediately plowed through the crowd to charge back towards the stage with a strength he hadn’t even known he had.