Chapter 799 - Flipping Noodles (1/2)

Chapter 799: Flipping Noodles

“I don’t think Boss Yuan can successfully make Steamed Cold Noodles,” Fang Heng said, his tone firm.

What he said attracted the attention of all the customers. One ought to know that Fang Heng was very serious when he spoke with his brows slightly frown, his face filled with confidence.

“Doubting Boss Yuan’s cooking skills? Is this your first day here?” Jiang Changxi questioned.

“Have you gone mad?” Chen Wei said with contempt.

“When has Boss Yuan ever failed in terms of cooking?”

Even Director Da Hai couldn’t resist from turning to look at Fang Heng as he muttered inwardly, “Even we, who have never been here, know how excellent Boss Yuan is in cooking. Why are his customers the ones to doubt him now?”

As this was a sensitive topic, he immediately gestured Qiu Qiu to aim the camera at Fang Heng instead.

Fang Heng became nervous when he noticed that so many people were paying attention to him, even the camera was aimed at him. However, he still spoke seriously, “That’s not what I mean. Boss Yuan is definitely good at cooking. But I am from Guangyuan. I have never eaten any Cold Noodles outside Guangyuan that taste the same as what we have at Guangyuan.”

Perhaps it was because he was nervous, but he was speaking unnaturally yet confident at the same time. He did not look like he was lying. Everyone started wondering if there was some trick to preparing Steamed Cold Noodles, including Director Da Hai.

The filming crew started doubting Boss Yuan, but that was not the case for the other customers. Chen Wei was insisting that no matter what Fang Heng said, he was a retard.

As for Jiang Changxi, she countered, “That applies to other chefs, not Boss Yuan.” She spoke righteously, as if that was the absolute truth.

“No, no. I don’t doubt Boss Yuan’s cooking skills. But let me finish my explanation. What I mean is the geographical issue. The reason nobody outside Guangyuan could make it is due to the difference in the quality of water and soil of other geographical locations,” Fang Heng shook his head and explained seriously.

Finally, everyone understood what he was trying to say.

Fang Heng continued, “Boss Yuan will only be successful if he has imported some water and ingredients from Guangyuan.”

“How hard is that? That’s nothing. Don’t forget Boss Yuan has ingredients from all over China here,” Jiang Changxi sneered.

“But I heard that the water must be fresh. The longer it has been removed from its source, the harder it will be to make Steamed Cold Noodles of the same taste. I’m not lying. That is the truth. Although I don’t know the reason for that, I remember that to make this dish, the rice grains have to be soaked for an entire day,” Fang Heng was a liquor brewer so he still knew well about the characteristics of water.

When brewing liquor, water was extremely popular. Those popular liquors would mostly require the water from Nanchuan. Depending on the grades of the liquor being brewed, different sources of water would be required.

Fang Heng reasoned that it would be the same in cooking as well.

“You are probably over-thinking this. Think about that Wu Rice. That ingredient is not grown locally but Boss Yuan still successfully prepared that dish,” Jiang Changxi argued.

Jiang Changxi was referring to a certain herb required to prepare a certain dish of the 100 Styles of Rice Cuisine previously. This herb was not grown in Chengdu, but Yuan Zhou had still successfully prepared that dish even though fresh herbs were required.

“Yeah. Don’t forget that people have been making weird and bizarre requests to make things difficult for Boss Yuan. But none of them has ever succeeded,” Chen Wei added.

“It’s not the same. You guys will know. Just continue watching,” Fang Heng was not good at cooking, so he was out of words. But he was still unconvinced.

His reasoning was the fact that there were already restaurants importing water from Guangyuan to make Steamed Cold Noodles. The taste of these Steamed Cold Noodles had improved, but were still lacking compared to authentic Steamed Cold Noodles from Guangyuan. Fang Heng was very confident in this.

Of course, there might be other factors affecting the taste. But since Fang Heng was not a chef, he could not figure it out.

In any case, he was certain that it would be very difficult to make this dish outside Guangyuan.

When the director saw that they were nearly done talking, he decided to shift the camera back at Yuan Zhou.

“Go back,” Da Hai said to the assistant director.

Everyone watched as Yuan Zhou continued cooking.