Chapter 463 (1/2)

“We rarely see you buy vegetables from outside.” Wu Hai said while walking forward.

“Not too often.” Yuan Zhou nodded.

“Speaking of which, you definitely haven’t eaten this cake before, Boss Yuan.” Wu Hai set the plate down and said proudly.

“Never.” Yuan Zhou thought for a while and confirmed that he truly hadn’t eaten it before. Nor had he heard of that, either.

“I have eaten it before. When I held an art exhibition in He’nan Province, I learned to make the cake after I ate it only once.” Wu Hai said with a quite complacent tone.

“Only once?” Yuan Zhou started to feel uneasy again.

“Don’t worry. Though I am not good at cooking dishes, I’m qualified to prepare the wheaten food.” Wu Hai struck his chest as a gesture of guarantee.

“Can you open it and let me have a look?” Yuan Zhou pretended to be calm with a straight face.

He made up his mind not to eat it if the food looked weird later.

“No problem, but please give me a knife first.” Wu Hai nodded and then said.

“Okay. One moment, please.” Yuan Zhou went back into the kitchen, took out the most ordinary knife he had and then handed it to Wu Hai.

Of course, the point of the knife was in the direction of Yuan Zhou himself when he handed it to Wu Hai, who seized the knife handle and then removed the lid from the plate, afterwards.

“Now it’s time for the mandarin duck cake now. Don’t you think it looks nice?” Wu Hai said proudly once he removed the lid.

In the white round plate without any patterns lay a rectangular cake with both sides rounded. The cake was about one-finger-width thick and there was a layer of white sesame seed over the surface of the cake.

On the whole, the cake appeared to be light yellow and had probably been panfried. No matter how Yuan Zhou observed, it was totally unrelated to the mandarin duck.

“What does it have anything to do with the mandarin duck? Yuan Zhou asked with puzzlement.

“It will have something to do with it soon.” Wu Hai smiled mysteriously and then started to cut with the kitchen knife.

Yuan Zhou had thought Wu Hai could cut some sort of mechanism out.

As he could see, Wu Hai straightforwardly cut the cake about 20cm long into two parts from the side.

Then, Wu Hai raised his head and asked excitedly, “How do you like it? Aren’t they like the wings of the mandarin duck?”

“Pardon?” Yuan Zhou was confused.

How did it become like the wings of the mandarin duck after it was cut sideways into two pieces.

“Which part is like the wings?” Yuan Zhou asked sincerely.

“Look at it from this direction. Aren’t they like wings now?” Wu Hai moved the two pieces of the cake a little bit and then showed them to Yuan Zhou, saying that.

“Let’s savor the taste, shall we?” Yuan Zhou stared at the plate for quite a while and then said.

“This one is for you. I eat this one.” Wu Hai specially gave Yuan Zhou a bigger piece of the cake.

“Not necessary. I deserve a smaller one as I will only be eating the cake while you made it.” Yuan Zhou took the chopsticks and picked up the smaller one without saying much.

“Okay. Just try the taste of the Mandarin Duck Cake I made.” Wu Hai was fairly confident of the cake.

“Um.” Yuan Zhou nodded earnestly.

Before eating, Yuan Zhou took his own cup and drank some water to rinse out the mouth while Wu Hai naturally drank the water that he had brought with himself. After all, Yuan Zhou didn’t provide anything outside business hours.

Only after Yuan Zhou drank up the water and ensured there weren’t any other tastes in his mouth did he start to eat Wu Hai’s Mandarin Duck Cake.

“Ka Ca”. Yuan Zhou took a bite.

There was slightly scorched crispness on the surface outside while the inside surface was the soft and fluffy flour layer, mixing with the middle part which was filled with green onions.

“How do you like it? Is it delicious?” Wu Hai hadn’t started to eat the half piece of the cake as he was still waiting for Yuan Zhou’s comments.

“Is this a cake?” Yuan Zhou asked with puzzlement.

“Of course. The local snack of He’nan Province, Mandarin Duck Cake.” Wu Hai said proudly.