Chapter 493 (1/2)

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“Alright. Let’s stop the small talk. I didn’t even eat lunch for the sake of this meal.” Zhou Shijie smiled and said.

“Where are the appetizers?” Chu Xiao asked quite straightforwardly.

“Since you are treating, we just followed you here to broaden our horizons.” Li Minghui said with a seemingly modest manner.

Nevertheless, Liu Tong just appeared relaxed and indifferent to that. He was merely waiting to tell his teacher about the defects of these dishes. It was fairly easy for him to pick on the dishes.

“Okay. The first is a cold dish, Weaving Brocade Diligently While Wearing Winter Clothing.” Yuan Zhou nodded and reported the name of the dish directly without saying anything more.

“Is it an established practice to give the dishes a name of which people don’t actually know the meaning in our country? We definitely don’t know what this dish is.” Chu Xiao grumbled directly.

“It’s not so for most of the dishes. This master might be rather artistic.” Liu Tong said with a tone of sarcasm.

“Um.” Li Minghui nodded his head with a seemingly reserved manner. Obviously, he also agreed with that.

Then, even if Chu Xiao’s word hadn’t meant to be sarcastic, they became sarcastic now. However, Chu Xiao was still thinking what kind of cold dish Yuan Zhou would carry out without realizing that.

“Is a name really worth discussing so heatedly?” Zhou Shijie interrupted them straightforwardly.

“Everybody, you’ll know the reason after you eat it.” Without any explanations, Yuan Zhou just turned around and went back to the kitchen to prepare the dishes after he said that lightly.

Nevertheless, others customers at the side started a discussion.

“Isn’t this person the chef that often came here formerly? Besides, those few people seemed to have come here specially to eat Boss Yuan’s dishes.” While waiting for their dishes, a customer discussed with a low voice.

“Yes, indeed. I feel that that man in the black business suit is a little familiar.” The other customer paid more attention to Li Minghui.

“I think it’s the old man that is taking the lead.” The first customer said seriously.

“I’m not talking about that. Oh, yeah. I remember who he is.” Reminded by the first person, the other customer suddenly thought of Li Minghui.

“Who’s he?” The first customer asked curiously.

“Isn’t he the one that often appears on TV? That’s him, the head chef of that five-star hotel. Last time, a team of film crew went there for a meal and praised him a lot. Yes, it’s him.” When the other customer spoke of the last sentence, his voice was very low.

“It seems that these few people are very influential socially.” The first customer nodded and said solemnly.

“Anyway, Boss Yuan isn’t afraid of them. His craftsmanship definitely outclasses theirs and thus, they came here to spy on the situation here.” Tang Xi stood behind them silently and interrupted their dialogue before the two people noticed her.

“Yeah, that’s true.” The two customer jumped up in fright and then only agreed with her.

“Um.” Only then did Tang Xi return to her own seat and sit well contentedly, waiting to eat the delicacies.

Yuan Zhou had no idea of the discussions as he was processing the fish attentively.

Frankly speaking, the name of the dish, Weaving Brocade Diligently While Wearing Winter Clothing, was no more than Cold Fish Skin. But this simple dish was quite particular concerning the processing of the fish skin.

Yuan Zhou took up a small string bag and directly scooped up a big grass carp about 1.5kg from the water tank. The moment he wiped the fish dry, Yuan Zhou began to process it.

In a banquet, the first dish was always a cold dish. First, it could free the customers from boredom while waiting for other main cuisines; secondly, the customers can fill their empty stomach a little bit. Therefore, the first cold dish of the banquet must have an appetizing function.

Only under the condition that the customers had a good appetite could they taste the next dish better.

“Here’s the cold dish, Weaving Brocade Diligently While Wearing Winter Clothing, for you. Please take your time and enjoy.” Yuan Zhou carried the plate to them personally.

The plate carried to them by Yuan Zhou was a very neat and smooth square. Normally, the cold dish was served with broth and thus a flat plate couldn’t be used. However, Yuan Zhou used it.

The plate had a snow-white bottom with a few unknown leaves painted across the corners. Meanwhile, the dish was piled up like mountains on the plate with vivid and distinct colors.

The colloidal matter of the fish skin was transparent and had a clear distinction between black and white. Even other colored vegetables by the side couldn’t steal the spotlight from it.