Chapter 496 (1/2)

“Oh? Chu Xiao, have a taste of this.” The moment Zhou Shijie tasted it, he turned his head and said to Chu Xiao.

“Okay.” Chu Xiao nodded his head.

After that, he drank some plain water provided in the Welcoming Set Meal and then picked up a fish slice to eat.

“It seems to be another dish that will be difficult to surpass.” Li Minghui sighed in the heart, but his movements were not slow at all. He also picked a fish slice up and prepared to eat it.

“Let me just pick one up and have a taste.” Liu Tong murmured with a low voice and prepared to pick one up and eat it.

Being the first that tasted the fish, Zhou Shijie had already aimed for the next fish slice while squinting at them.

At that time, Chu Xiao had just stuffed the fish meat into his mouth.

Speaking of which, the cooking method of Candied Floss Fish was really very simple. The process was no more than cutting the fish into the butterfly-shaped slices, wrapping them with the egg liquid and then frying them before they were scooped up and, finally, put aside to let the oil flow. The remaining work was to decoct the sugar syrup with a small fire and then put the fish slices inside it to stir-fry them.

On the whole, the entire process was nothing special and could be described in a sentence.

“Ka La”. As soon as the fish slice entered his mouth, the crisp surface wrapped by the sweet syrup broke lightly, revealing the fresh fish meat inside just as Chu Xiao gave it a bite.

“Hiss. It’s so hot.” Chu Xiao said vaguely.

After the surface broke, the gravy also flowed out along with the fish meat toward his tongue. As it was a little hot, Chu Xiao slightly drew back his tongue. Then, the tip of his tongue felt a fresh and sweet taste filling his mouth.

Actually, everyone had more or less the same taste senses on their tongue. The Harvard psychology professor Edwin G Pauline once said in his published paper that every part of the tongue could distinguish different tastes. However, this argument was proven to be inaccurate by Virginia Corinth.

As a matter of fact, the tongue just had different sensitivities towards each taste and the difference was very slight. As one of the top-level chefs, however, Chu Xiao’s tongue was quite sensitive.

Therefore, the fresh and sweet gravy wrapped in the crisp surface directly shocked Chu Xiao as if a flexible fish was swimming beside him.

With the sound of “Ka Ca Ka Ca”, Chu Xiao bit through the surface. Then, the fresh fish meat inside met the crisp surface. At one side was the strikingly fresh fish meat while at the other was the fragrant and crisp fish meat. The fresh and delicate gravy of fish meat in the middle directly dominated the two different tastes.

It was just like a dance ball being held in the mouth. Everyone was the leading role, but they were each still dominated in good order. Waves of utmost enjoyment burst out in Chu Xiao’s mouth and then flowed into his stomach.

“I never thought fish could be cooked in this way.” Chu Xiao sighed with emotion and then picked up another fish slice quickly.

“Exactly. It’s not excessively sweet and is very easy to chew. I think it was simply prepared specially for me. You young people better eat less.” Zhou Shijie said immodestly and straightforwardly.

“You are wrong. The fish meat is so fresh and sweet that it maintains the most perfect fresh and tender texture while the surface is crisp but easy to chew. Apart from that, it not only has a pretty butterfly-like shape but also interesting decorative patterns. Such gorgeous delicacy is definitely suitable for young people like us.” Chu Xiao said persistently.

“Teacher, your 3H (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia) is a big problem.” Li Minghui gulped down a fish slice and said solemnly.

Of course, it would be more convincing if he didn’t reach out his chopsticks so quickly.

“Yeah, yeah. Your wife told us that you cannot eat too many sweet things. Besides, you said the same for the previous few dishes.” Liu Tong had already forgotten his promise to eat one fish slice only. He picked up and placed the fish slices into his mouth ceaselessly.

“You little brats, don’t steal my delicacy. Shame on all of you!” Zhou Shijie said with an angry manner, but his actions were, on the contrary, very fast. He swiftly picked up the fish slice that Li Minghui had prepared to eat.

He moved as fast as those old people who walked quickly to fight for their discounted vegetables at the entrance of supermarkets every morning. They did that extremely steadily, precisely and relentlessly.

“No wonder our teacher took a fancy to this guy. He could make such a simple dish Candied Floss Fish so sweet but meanwhile not excessively sweet. Moreover, he has perfectly displayed the freshness and delicacy of the fish.” Li Minghui set down the chopsticks contentedly and then sighed secretly.

“Is this the so-called common Candied Floss Fish? Why does it taste so well. Even if I don’t like eating sweet things, I don’t know how to refuse it.” Liu Tong couldn’t help sighing.

In this tiny restaurant, there was surprisingly such a talented person like Yuan Zhou. The two people, Liu Tong and Li Minghui, were then fully convinced.

As for Chu Xiao, he took out his small notebook again and started to record this dish.