Chapter 258 (1/2)

Chapter 258: Thin-Skinned Dumplings

Soon the young man ate up the noodles, but was just reluctant to open the mouth so that the fine, smooth and chewy texture of the noodles could still linger in his mouth.

Not until the young man felt that all the fragrance in his mouth was swallowed did he speak, “Boss Yuan, why does your smoked fish have a fresh and sweet texture instead of the smoky taste?”

“Yeah, right. I also want to know that.” A middle-aged man at the side was also quite curious.

“Get it smoked twice,” said Yuan Zhou earnestly.

“Pardon? Wouldn’t it have more smoky taste after being smoked twice?” The young man showed a manner of disbelief.

“You simply couldn’t be more foolish. Obviously, the fish was cold smoked with litchee peel at the second time.” Lee Yanyi happened to gulp down the last mouthful of broth. He took a glance at him and said seriously.

“Litchee peel? Cold smoke? What’s that?” The customers basically had no idea of that.

“Humph. Get me a serving of Honey Tremella.” Lee Yanyi nevertheless didn’t answer them anymore and just proceeded to order the dish.

“Sorry, sir. This dish is temporarily unavailable,” said Zhou Jia with an apologetic expression.

“What does that mean? Even the newly developed dish is unavailable?” Lee Yanyi revealed a discontented expression.

“Yes.One of the major ingredients is royal jelly. We only use the fresh ones and then Boss Yuan will cook it personally. So it’s fairly rare.” The working attitude of Zhou Jia was excellent. She explained very carefully to him.

This explanation was far better than Yuan Zhou’s saying that it depended on the mood of the bees. At least, Lee Yanyi didn’t want to beat somebody on hearing that. If Zhou Jia used the explanation of Yuan Zhou, she would definitely be complained by the old man repeatedly.

“Could the stuff of royal jelly be used to make dishes?” Lee Yanyi knitted his brows.

“Yes, sure. The taste is extremely refreshing and crisp as well as unique.” Zhou Jia was absolutely confident with Yuan Zhou’s craftsmanship right now.

“It’s indeed unique.” Lee Yanyi grunted. Since he was unable to eat that, there was no need to stay here anymore. Therefore, he turned around and left in anger.

“Apart from his bad temper, this old man doesn’t even explain to others,” the young man muttered to himself.

It wasn’t appropriate to ask Yuan Zhou now. After all, he was too busy during the business time.

It was not an easy work to prepare the smoked fish. To Yuan Zhou, however, it was no more than a matter of time and skills.

Taking the selection of fishes for example, Yuan Zhou felt the Crucian was better to make the smoked fish, as the Crucian from Dragon Pond area of Liuhe district of Nanjing were different from others. The bigger it was, the more tender the flesh was. Besides, the fish bones were far lesser.

At that time, Yuan Zhou asked the system directly what fish it would provide.

“System, is there any option of the fish provided by you?” Looking at the ingredients of the Smoked Fish Silver Thread Noodles, Yuan Zhou couldn’t help uttering and asking.

The system displayed, “The fish is optional.”

This time, the system answered point-blank, but it didn’t give any selection range. By chance, Yuan Zhou happened to know the place of Dragon Pond area of Liuhe district, therefore he straightforwardly ordered the dish from this place.

The system displayed, “The ingredients have been provided. Host, you can use them by yourself.”

However, Yuan Zhou suddenly became curious at that time.

“System, are the Crucians provided by you the descendants of a dragon?” Yuan Zhou had some knowledge of the legend of Dragon Pond in Liuhe district.

The system didn’t display anything more until Yuan Zhou prepared to cook the dishes after waiting for quite a while in vain.

“As the folk legend says, the child bride married the black dragon. They lived at ease in the dragon pond and gave birth to lots of descendants. And the big Crucians in the dragon pond were exactly those descendants.” The four characters of ‘Folk Legend’ were made extraordinarily large by the system for fear that Yuan Zhou couldn’t see them clearly.