Chapter 257 (2/2)

The noodles could only reach the best of the taste under the condition that the bowl, noodles, broth and toppings were all hot. Therefore, Yuan Zhou quickly cut the scalding smoked fish into several parts during the short period of boiling the noodles. Within the dozens of seconds, the extremely thin and bright silver thread noodles happened to float. He scooped up all the noodles at a time into a bowl that was being steamed by the broth and then poured the hot broth into the bowl. In the end, the dish was finally ready.

“Such a nice flavor! Is this the smoked fish?” The young man couldn’t wait to go up and smell it. Immediately, he said with an intoxicated tone.

“Yes. The noodles are especially tasty when it’s hot. You just try,” Zhou Jia said that when she walked only a step away from him.

“Ok. I’m going to savor the smoked fish now.” The young man was from the region of Zhejiang or Jiangsu and he had definitely eaten plenty of smoked fish before.

Normally, there would be a smoky taste as soon as the ordinary smoked fish entered the mouth. What’s weird was that he always found the taste unacceptable and felt it to be an odd flavor. Provided that the wood wasn’t used, he would find it acceptable to remove the feather with the gas cooker.

Luckily, many dishes of smoked fish in the modern society only had the name rather than genuinely being smoked with wood.

Of course, the young man was quite careful while eating it. He only put it in his mouth after he smelled carefully the brownish red and glossy smoked fish between his chopsticks and found there wasn’t any taste of the wood.

The taste of the smoked fish was quite familiar to the young man, but the piece in his mouth was nevertheless totally unacquainted. Theoretically, the smoked fish would have no moisture after being fumigated and inevitably taste dry and astringent. Besides, it wasn’t so fine and smooth as those processed in other ways. In spite of that, what attracted people was its chewiness, so people who had a preference for it still liked eating it.

The moment the fish entered the mouth, it was then broke into small pieces with a slight touch. The exquisite texture and plenty of soup made the young man incomparably astonished instantly.

Rolled in his mouth was the fragrant, sweet, crisp and tender texture with a slightly numbing taste stimulating his taste buds. Besides, the thick sauce flavor and bland freshness that blended together brought about an incredibly wonderful taste.

Even when there were only the fish bones left, he was reluctant to drop it and thus continued chewing it for a little while. It seemed that he prepared to chew some more taste out of it.

To his surprise, the fish bones made a sound of “Ka Cha Ka Cha” in his mouth like the gristle while he was chewing.

Moreover, the fish bones were extremely crisp and fragrant, totally unlike usual bones. It was just like the chicken feet braised with thick oil and red soy sauce, which combined both the delicious texture and freshness of the fish.

The young man’s appetite was greatly stimulated by that. He ate up all the three pieces of smoked fish without break and left only the silver white and bright noodles.

“If only I can eat such smoked fish every day. It’s absolutely delicious.” The young man looked at the inside of the bowl where the smoked fish had been placed, being reluctant to look away.

Lucky that he soon remembered the noodles had to be eaten hot, therefore he took the chopsticks and began to eat it with a sound of “Slurp Slurp”.

“Dear me! Is there anything that Boss Yuan couldn’t cook? Surprisingly, he can cook such extremely thin noodles to be so appetizing and chewy, as well,” with a full mouth of noodles, the young man said with a lisp.

If the flavorings, including oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, were added to the broth, only the broth would be flavored and not the noodles. It was not eating noodles, but actually drinking the broth.

However, the Silver Thread Noodles cooked by Yuan Zhou made it happen. While the noodles had five tastes, the broth was nevertheless clear and bright.

Along with the sound of “Slurp Slurp”, more than half of the smooth and chewy noodles were eaten by the young man unreservedly.

The reason why the dish was called Silver Thread Noodles was because of the soft and smooth texture and the visual effect of being white as silver and thin as threads.

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