Chapter 925 - Alternative Consideration For Others (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

On the other side, Zhou Shijie and the other judges had started to discuss the evaluations of the restaurant, Chengdu Cuisine, just now. Yuan Zhou was quite confident in himself, but he wasn’t conceited at all, so he still paid close attention to his competitors. Therefore, he immediately took up his phone and entered the official website to check the updated information after lunchtime ended.

“The main courses are Yuxiang Shredded Pork and Kung Pao Chicken. They all enjoy great popularity.” There was still a word that Yuan Zhou didn’t say out. They were indeed not spicy and tasted moderate.

“This head chef is quite awesome.” Yuan Zhou commented.

For the head chefs of Chengdu Cuisine, the Crisp Fried Peanut could best reflect their culinary skills. First, pour a small amount of cooking oil and stir-fry the peanuts until the intrinsic grease came out of the peanuts. When the peanuts were 1/3 well cooked, use another frying pan and stir-fry the chicken breast and the remaining side dishes. When everything was ready, wave the two pans at the same time to blend the two types of side dishes in the air and then let them fall into one pan.

At that moment, the peanuts were the most fragrant and crispest while the chicken meat was also soft and tender with a golden-brown color. After they blended together, each absorbed the fragrance of the other and the mixed taste was then perfectly wrapped in the sauce, which would form the perfect Kung Pao Chicken.

As a matter of fact, the peanuts were only a side dish in the Kung Pao Chicken. But if Yuan Zhou cooked it personally, he would also pay close attention to the peanuts.

The general practice was to use crisp peanuts deep-fried in oil directly and then pour them into the chicken to stir-fry. But actually, there was a drawback.

If the stir-frying was too short, the fragrance of the peanuts couldn’t penetrate the meat. But if too long, the peanuts would be overcooked and become dry losing the crisp feeling. So it worked perfectly to replace the deep-frying with stir-frying.

While watching the video, Yuan Zhou gesticulated with his hands and feet and thought about how to cook it in his mind. When the head chef’s Kung Pao Chicken was served, his was also served in his imagination.

He picked up a peanut into his mouth with the chopsticks and then ate a mouthful of chicken breast. There was the tenderness of the chicken meat as well as the crispness of the peanuts in his mouth. Having been stimulated by the dish cooked in his imagination, Yuan Zhou straightforwardly drooled.

“Little Boss Yuan.”

A sound awakened Yuan Zhou who was drooling. Yuan Zhou wiped clean his saliva outside his mouth with lightning speed and raised his head with a solemn expression. He looked carefully and found it was the old granny, who sold Mantou and soybean milk at the door, that hadn’t appeared in a long time.

“What’s the matter, granny?” Yuan Zhou asked.

“What kind of delicious food did you think of, Little Boss Yuan? Look at you. You are even drooling,” the granny asked smilingly.

“Um? What did you say, granny? What did you see just now?” One corner of Yuan Zhou’s mouth twitched.

“Here’s what happened. When Little Jiang went to the hospital to visit me, I heard from him that you are endeavoring to be the No. 1 restaurant in Sichuan Province. So I went to the Shangqing Taoist Temple on Mount Qingcheng to pray for your success in this appraisal.”

“Shangqing Taoist Temple?” Yuan Zhou suddenly became nervous and blurted out, “Granny, it will be quite tiring to go that far?”

“Never mind. I walk very slowly. It’s okay.” The granny took out a Success Fu1 from her pocket smilingly. It read, “Win success immediately upon arrival.”

Yuan Zhou took it in his hand and felt it was very heavy. Though there were cable cars on Mount Qingcheng, she still needed to walk for a long distance to get to Shangqing Taoist Temple. Yuan Zhou had once been there by cable car, but even so, he was still breathless due to the fatigue.

The granny was so old. And besides, the cable car charged 40RMB for going up and 30RMB for coming down. Yuan Zhou really didn’t think the granny would spend the money, so…

“Hoo…” Yuan Zhou exhaled a heavy breath while he was holding the Success Fu and looking at the granny. As a matter of fact, the granny didn’t know what Yuan Zhou was striving for. Precisely speaking, she failed to understand what kind of activity it was. What she understood was that this activity was very important to Yuan Zhou, so she just wanted to help Yuan Zhou in her own way.

“I heard that the Success Fu’s in Shangqing Taoist Temple on Mount Qingcheng are very effective,” said Yuan Zhou, “With this Success Fu that reads ‘Win success immediately upon arrival.’, I can definitely get No. 1.”

“It’s absolutely very effective, absolutely. I heard from others that it is quite effective.” On hearing Yuan Zhou’s answer, the old granny smiled happily.

Yuan Zhou made up his mind inwardly, but on the surface, he still appeared composed and indifferent.

“Thank you,” Yuan Zhou said gratefully and earnestly.

“You are welcome. I’m leaving first. It’s time for you to practice sculpting.” The granny turned around and then left after she said that, even before Yuan Zhou had time to answer her.

Yuan Zhou stayed put and watched the old granny walk far. Only then did he put away the Success Fu in his innermost pocket and sit down.

Yu Chu’s driving skill was very good and he knew the route, so he took only half an hour before they arrived at the parking lot at the street corner of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant.

They parked the car and began to run to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant. Neither of them said anything on the way there. Wu Hai was trying to get another two bottles of mulberry jam with the work he had done while Yu Chu was thinking what to say later, bluntly or by dropping hints. So he didn’t say anything, either.