Chapter 500 (2/2)

Therefore, Yuan Zhou skimmed off the grease little by little. He kneaded the dough with the clear fish soup and also pickled the fish meat with the juice of the leaves and tender shoots of purple perilla to remove the fishy smell. Furthermore, it even had a faint kind of grass aroma.

“Leaving others aside, this old man feels that the fish meat wrapped inside contrarily tastes very delicious.” Zhou Shijie squinted his eyes and gasped in admiration.

“Did you taste something from the dumplings?” Zhou Shijie asked his disciples again.

“It’s pear.” The two disciples were quite awesome this time and answered correctly immediately. After all, Yuan Zhou didn’t cut the pear into very little pieces, but into moderate-sized ones so one could feel them while chewing.

“It’s the Cangxi Snow Pear.” Chu Xiao added timely at the side.

Then, the two disciples became speechless. Now that the pear had been diced into such small pieces, how could he know what breed it was? By the way, they had been thoroughly cooked, so it was more difficult to distinguish them.

“Once the fish dumpling enters the mouth, the wrapper tastes a little chewy and sticky while the fish meat inside was tightly wrapped. As soon as it is bit open, the fresh and sweet gravy would immediately leap out. I have a feeling that the fish is about to become alive in my mouth.” Zhou Shijie described carefully.

“Indeed. The fish meat was wrapped very well in the tough wonton wrappers that were as thin as a cicada’s wings. As a result, no air leaks out and there even appears to be a temporary vacuum inside. In that vacuum environment, the fish meat is cooked thoroughly.” Chu Xiao nodded and said after Zhou Shijie.

“But the surface of the fish dumplings isn’t too hot at all. Only when we bite it and the tasty gravy burst out would it be a little hot. However, the taste is so wonderful that I almost forget anything else and just concentrated on swallowing.” Liu Tong narrated the taste carefully at the side, too.

“The fish meat wrapped inside has some fruit pulp of Cangxi Snow Pear, which tastes crisp, juicy, fresh and sweet. It’s a perfect match with the bland and delicate fish meat.” Li Minghui said, pretending to be serious.

Actually, it was really like what he described. The fish dumplings were irreproachable no matter on the aspect of chewiness of the dumpling wrappers or the taste of the fish meat.

The several people started to talk about the delicacy of the fish dumplings one after another.

Basically, these few people were all professional chefs. Although their culinary skills varied from one another, there was no problem for them to savor the fish dumplings with conspicuous advantages.

Therefore, they spoke extraordinarily heatedly and described the dish extraordinarily delicious.

Consequently, Wu Hai felt awful at the side. He heard the beautiful descriptions of the dish, but couldn’t eat it.

“Zhou Jia, I want one serving of Dongpo Pig Knuckle. Hurry up.” Wu Hai was wealthy, thus he directly ordered a meat dish to satisfy his craving for good food.

“Okay. One moment, please.” Zhou Jia answered loudly.

“I think the Dongpo Pig Knuckle tastes really nice.” It was unknown that Wu Hai said that to himself or to Li Minghui and Liu Tong beside him.

That’s right. At the very beginning, Zhou Shijie just sighed with emotion how delicious the fish dumplings were. After all, it was the last course. Although he felt that he still hadn’t eaten his fill, he was satisfied with the splendid feast.

Nonetheless, Liu Tong said that intentionally as Wu Hai had coveted his food just now.

“The Cangxi Snow Pear is the absolute finishing touch.” Chu Xiao swallowed up the last mouthful of dumplings unhurriedly.

“Exactly. That way, the dessert and fruits are all prepared.” Li Minghui said after that.

“This little brat Yuan is so stingy. There’s no tea when we come and no fruits when we leave.” Zhou Shijie pretended to be discontented, saying that.

“Exactly.” Liu Tong nodded with a seriously discontented manner.

Although Yuan Zhou heard that, he pretended not to hear them. After all, he had wasted 50g of tea leaves extravagantly yesterday afternoon. Even he himself had to drink the tea very frugally. How was it possible he would treat others to a mouthful?