Chapter 687 - Dongpo Garra Fish (1/2)

“This dish is so beautiful.” The voice of Tang Min pulled back Geng Xiao’s consciousness.

“Right. It’s indeed very beautiful and also contains some artistic perceptions,” Geng Xiao nodded his head and chimed in.

“It’s like an intellectual washing his brush pen and then attracting the naughty fish.” Tang Min liked the plate presentation very much.

“I heard from Mr. Wu that it’s based on the historical fact that Su Dongpo often went down to the Lingyun Rocks to wash his inkstone when he studied in Lingyun Temple,” Geng Xiao explained carefully to her.

“It’s indeed like the shape. Boss Yuan’s sculpting skills are truly awesome. He even sculpted the wrinkles and texture of the clothes.” Tang Min was simply reluctant to destroy such beautiful dish.

“Exactly, but I think you can try the taste first,” Geng Xiao was slightly perturbed when he said that.

Because he found out the dish in his mind and the one in the plate didn’t appear to be the same one. The main point was that it wasn’t the kind liked by his goddess.

Geng Xiao covered his forehead straightforwardly. He felt that there was a generation gap between Boss Yuan and him. Wasn’t Dongpo Garra Fish the Boiled Fish with Pickled Cabbage and Chili?

“Um?” Tang Min recognized the hesitation in Geng Xiao’s word and hence looked towards him curiously.

“I think I might have misunderstood the dish name. What Boss Yuan cooked isn’t the Boiled Fish with Pickled Cabbage and Chili,” Geng Xiao said with slight embarrassment.

“It doesn’t matter. We are so lucky to have the honor of seeing such a beautiful carving,” said Tang Min straightforwardly.

“Let’s taste it. Boss Yuan always cooks well.” Geng Xiao hurriedly moved the plate towards Tang Min.

“Alright.” Tang Min nodded his head.

“Please.” Geng Xiao made a gesture.

Tang Min nodded her head smiling and then, she took the chopsticks and prepared to eat.

Speaking of which, Tang Min had sufficient reasons to like eating the flathead fish.

Tang Min’s family wasn’t rich in her childhood. On Chinese New Year’s Day of a particular year, her whole family went out to pay a New Year’s call and on their way back, they passed by a bridge. While they were talking and laughing, her dad suddenly shouted loudly, “There is fish in the river.”

Then, he ran away swiftly to the riverside under the bridge and really managed to catch a fish with patterns in a little while.

It was a flathead fish, also known as Wu Bang. On that evening, her whole family ate the fish blissfully. At that time, Tang Min remembered the name of the fish.

In her memory, that flathead tasted quite delicious. Ever since then, she began to like eating the flathead but didn’t have any special feeling toward any other kind of fish.

Therefore, Tang Min didn’t look forward to the fish in front of her very much. Of course, she also believed that it was very delicious as it was cooked by Boss Yuan. However, she was still a little disappointed in her heart for it wasn’t the dish that she wanted.

The chopsticks in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant were made of crude wood, so they carried the natural brown color of the wood. They formed a sharp contrast with Tang Min’s white-skinned fingers and formed a drastic contrast with the fish as black as ink.

“Well…” Tang Min didn’t know where to start when she saw the black broth.

“I think we can directly pick it,” Geng Xiao looked around and said naturally.

“Um.” After she nodded her head, Tang Min began to pick it.

Once the chopsticks touched the broth over the fish, however, the aesthetic picture in the plate immediately changed.

“My goodness!” Tang Min couldn’t help drawing back her chopsticks and then watched the picture changing in the plate.

“What a miraculous scene!” Geng Xiao didn’t wear glasses. If he did, he would probably have pushed it upward.

The dish in front of him was originally a black fish served in a slightly clear and bright broth. After Tang Min poked it, however, there suddenly flowed some tomato-like red broth from inside. Then, it was mixed in the clear broth gradually.

Just in a little while, the dish turned into the appearance of Braised Fish With Soy Sauce. With the hot steam curling upwards, a scent of sourness and sweetness immediately rushed into the nose of the two people

It was sweet-smelling.

“It’s surprisingly Braised Fish With Soy Sauce?” Geng Xiao was a little suspicious.

“It smells like that.” Tang Min nodded her head.