Chapter 536 (1/2)

“Wait. Brother Chen, the roast fish you were eating just now seemed to be mine.” Ma Zhida covered the roast fish with his hands and said in surprise.

“Of course. Mine has been served.” On hearing that, Chen Wei said obviously.

“The entire fish is so small. You can’t eat it anymore.” Ma Zhida pulled the plate closer to himself.

“Alright, you are right. The fish is not big. Then you can’t eat mine later. I can spare you a vegetable kebab.” Chen Wei said straightforwardly and generously.

“Um.” Ma Zhida nodded the head.

However, he hadn’t discovered that there wasn’t much fish meat left in front of him. There was nothing but a fish tail left.

Just as the saying goes, it wasn’t easy to get along with people who are inherently greedy. Just now, when Chen Wei ate Ma Zhida’s roast fish, he didn’t even think of saving some for him. He ate it so quickly that almost half the fish entered his stomach.

The most important thing was that Ma Zhida hadn’t discovered this problem till now.

“Your roast fish is coming. Yours is the crucian, namely, the grass carp. The one served just now was the spotted silver carp.” Master Cheng looked at Chen Wei expectantly.

The biggest difference between grass carp and spotted silver carp was the meat of the former one was fine and tender yet with many tiny fish bones while that of the grass carp was rough yet with fewer fish bones. However, the matter of fish bones wasn’t a big problem to Yuan Zhou.

Therefore, what Master Cheng cared about most now was that the taste of the roast fish. It should definitely be different since the two kinds of meat were different.

“Every kind of fish has differences from others, but this one has a small head and thick flesh. So it is very good.” Chen Wei squinted his eyes at the roast fish in front of him and felt quite contented.

“Eat and try.” Master Cheng urged him.

“No problem.” Chen Wei was very happy to do that.

Unlike the spotted silver carp where the back was broad, the grass carp that was roasted was thinner in size but had thicker flesh. However, Yuan Zhou didn’t leave any cuts on the fish body, on the contrary, he roasted it directly.

Roasting it this way required a good control of the fire. As he couldn’t see the changes in the meat in the fish, he had to be very careful. If the flame was too big, the fish meat would be scorched and if it was too small, the meat wouldn’t be well cooked and would definitely be inedible.

This time, Chen Wei started to eat the fish from the tail. After all, he hadn’t eaten the tail of Ma Zhida’s roast fish just now, eating more of the fish belly instead.

“It’s said that meat on the fish tail is most delicious as the tail keeps moving.” Chen Wei picked a piece of fish meat and stuffed it into his mouth.

The meat of the grass carp was usually larger. And indeed, it wasn’t smooth and tender enough. Nevertheless, it had an unexpectedly rough taste.

Once he started to chew, the fish meat was wrapped by the slight thick fish skin with some colloidal substance. Although the fish meat was a little rough, it was quite chewy. It tasted like pork, but was tenderer than it.

“This is to my taste. The fish meat is really not bad.” Chen Wei picked another piece and stuffed it into his mouth.

The coarse salt and the slightly rough fish meat tasted fairly meaty as they were a fabulous match.

“Only in this way can the salty taste penetrate the fish meat.” Chen Wei drank a mouthful of the aged liquor provided by Chen Wei and felt quite satisfied.

“What about the fish belly?” Master Cheng couldn’t wait to ask.

“Okay. Now let me see what’s inside.” Chen Wei was also very interested in this question. He said as if he wanted to give himself a surprise.

He poked the fish belly open with the chopsticks and then the green and translucent chili flowed out with the gravy, causing the heat to well up instantly.

“This is a sour and hot taste. Is that pickled pepper?” Chen Wei pointed at the green chili and said.

“It’s supposed to be. I didn’t see how it was stuffed inside nor did I discover that the taste of each kind of roast fish was different from the other.” Master Cheng was a little upset about that.

“I also like the roast fish that has a sour and hot taste. Just by smelling the fragrance, I feel that the taste will be good.” Chen Wei enjoyed eating spicy things very much. He wasn’t like Wu Hai who wasn’t happy at all unless he ate something spicy every day, but he also liked eating hot things.

Besides, in his opinion, it was a must to eat chili along with the roast fish.