Chapter 599 (1/2)

The meat of the Otoro part of the bluefin tuna had always been the treasure to the gourmands. Furthermore, there was only one piece. Therefore, many people scrambled for it.

However, there were too many people milling around, not just those people that paid money, but also the people that were discussing.

“Did you see the fish body being moved into the carton just now? He’s really awesome!” The two white-collar workers that had spoken just now started to discuss again in Japanese.

“Indeed. The fish bones are all complete and each one can be clearly seen. Surprisingly, there isn’t any flesh left on it. How exactly did he do that?” Another taller white-collar worker also nodded his head continuously and said.

“The flesh of that half of the fish was cleanly removed from the fish bones just now. This person is really good.”

“Exactly. I also saw that. The fish is definitely excellent. Sashimi does not require anything but superb knife skills. The taste seems to be wonderful.”

“Wait. That person said it’s not the so-called sashimi but is actually a dish passed down from ancient China. Understand?”

“Yeah. But it looks more or less the same with the sashimi.”

“That makes sense. But I really want to eat it.”

“If you wanna eat, just buy it. Hardly do we have a chance to eat the bluefin tuna.”

“Oh, forget it. It’s way too expensive.”

Though the discussion was loud and continuous, Yuan Zhou wasn’t affected by that. He took the new kitchen knife and prepared to cut the fish.

Theoretically, the raw fish slice was supposed to be cut into slices as thick as 5mm and the thickness should be uniform. Only in that way can the taste be guaranteed to be smooth and tender as well as non-greasy. If it’s thinner, it will not have a smooth taste nor the chewiness while if it was thicker, it would feel greasy.”

However, things were different for Yuan Zhou.

First of all, the definition of the ancient Chinese name of the raw fish slice was cutting thin slices of meat, that was to say, the meat must be very thin. Coincidentally, the meat of the Otoro part was suited to be sliced into thin pieces.

Caozhi, one of the greatest literati in Three Kingdom Period, had once said in his literary work Qi Qi with flowery language that the raw fish slice had to be sliced as thinly as the cicada’s wings. For that kind of superb craftsmanship, none of the people on site could achieve that level besides Yuan Zhou.

The pink meat was straightforwardly cut into thin slices while Yuan Zhou was waving the kitchen knife. As he used the ice blade, the fish slices naturally slid down after being cut off.

As he was in a foreign country, the plates used were quite simple.

“Mine. The first is mine.” Wu Hai immediately reached out his hand and took a plate once he saw it was filled up.

The thin fish slices were laid out in the shape of a flower. As the fish slices were pink, the flower was like a big pink peony flower which was extremely beautiful.

Of course, a small plate of dipping sauce was also placed at the side. It was just some simple mustard.

After Wu Hai started to eat, Wu Jun followed right after him.

“Mine, it’s mine. Aha, I’m sorry. I managed to buy this fish, so I must eat it first.” Wu Jun also started to grab his portion of the fish quickly.

After both of them got their own share, Wu Hai still remained calm while Wu Jun felt a little embarrassed at the beginning. Having gulped down the fish flesh, however, he forgot everything related to the embarrassment.

He couldn’t think of anything else except to order another plate of the sashimi, even if he had to grab some by all means. He was totally conquered by the oily fragrance and the intrinsic sweetness of the fish flesh as well as the icy taste.

The onlookers at the side naturally became excited when they found somebody had started to eat and revealed an intoxicated look.

Those who stayed behind and couldn’t see the scene only had to listen to the others sending word to them. They heard the people ahead exclaim, gasp in admiration, praise the chef and say that they wanted to gulp down their own tongues from time to time.

That made the people behind become more anxious, frantically scratching their heads for ideas. However, once started becoming anxious, they would enjoy passing that feeling around.

After all, it wasn’t good to feel anxious alone. Only those who felt anxious together were true friends.