Chapter 131 - The Same Taste (1/2)

Chapter 131 The Same Taste

“There’s such a thing?” Alex took a sip of the instant noodle soup and placed it on the table beside him. “But the Yang Chun noodles I ate at the Chinese restaurant last time had eggs and prawns in it. There was a huge variety of ingredients inside. The soup is even made from bone broth.”

Xu Le placed a handful of dried prawn into the cold water. After washing off the dirt, he said, “Different regions have different ways of cooking it. As long as the traditional taste can be passed down, there’s no need to be so inflexible. Besides, I really don’t have any ingredients.”

He poured cold water onto the prawn in the pot and started the fire. He said, “First, heat up the base soup and let the taste of the prawn seep out. After it’s boiled, add some noodles into it. When it’s boiled again, add half a bowl of cold water.”

Just like that, he boiled the noodles twice. The noodles rolled under the light brown soup, and a hint of freshness floated out.

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“The seasoning of the Yang Chun noodles is very simple. When the noodles are almost cooked, add some salt, pepper, chicken juice, sugar, soy sauce and lard.”

Xu Le scooped some soup with a spoon and said, “Try it. How does it taste?”

Alex looked at the overly simple noodles and subconsciously felt that it would not taste delicious. However, because Xu Le was the one who made it, he still held high expectations. He took a sip of the soup with a nervous heart. The fragrance of the prawn had completed integrated with the soup. With the addition of the lard to freshen it up, the taste was enhanced. It slid into his stomach, causing him to immediately feel warm.

Xu Le turned off the stove. When he saw Alex’s expressionless face, he thought that his cooking had failed. He said, “Why aren’t you saying anything? Give me some feedback.”

Alex stood rooted to the ground, reasonably suspecting that he had been working too hard for too long and had become stupid. The him just now was like an empty shell that had suddenly been injected with a fresh source of energy. His entire body was suddenly “alive” from his mouth to his stomach.

Although he had eaten many of Xu Le’s delicious dishes before, this ordinary soup made Alex feel extremely shocked and no longer tired.

“It’s delicious! It’s especially fresh and just nice, not too salty.”

“That will do.”

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Xu Le scooped up the noodles, scooped some soup, and sprinkled some small onions on top.

A bowl of plain-looking Yang Chun noodles was ready.

When Alex served the noodles to his colleagues, everyone gathered around him. When they saw the noodles, they took it on account that he was the boss. In reality, they were stirring the noodles with their chopsticks, not wanting to eat it. The interpreter also received a bowl. She quickly thanked Xu Le and said, “I didn’t expect to be able to eat your food.”

In the past few days that she had been with the production team, she had been watching Xu Le make all sorts of difficult delicacies. It was a pity that she had not been able to eat a single bite. She was almost becoming sick from her immense regrets.

“Mmm~!”

The interpreter took a bite of the noodles. The chewy and smooth noodles slid into her mouth, and she couldn’t wait to swallow them after chewing for a while. She then took another big gulp of soup.

The Yang Chun noodles was fresh and smooth. After half a bowl of steaming hot noodles, one could forget about their fatigue and feel a great satisfaction inside.

When Alex realized that he was not the only one feeling this way, he urged his employees, “Hurry up and try it. It tastes really good! Xu Le specially made it just now. Everyone has a share.”

Some employees curled their lips and pointed at their cups of instant noodles on the table, saying, “Boss, I’ve already eaten.”

“Me too. I’ve already prepared the instant noodles.”

The interpreter had always been protective of Xu Le. When she heard this, she frowned and said, “Anyone who doesn’t want to eat can give it to me.”

Finally, someone lowered his head and took a sip of the soup. He immediately beamed with joy and asked in surprise, “What’s inside?”

Alex said, “Dried shrimp and lard.”

“Just those two? Impossible!” The employee took another sip of the noodles skeptically. Then, he immediately picked up his chopsticks and tasted it. After gulping down half a bowl of noodles, he happily stood up and said, “I really admire you. How can a bowl of ordinary noodles be made so delicious!”

Just now, someone had deliberately challenged the interpreter and pushed his own bowl to her. Now that he heard his colleagues’ unanimous praise, he sang a different tune. “Everyone, don’t make it look like you haven’t eaten noodles. It looks so bland. What’s so good about it?”