Chapter 30 (1/2)
THE HEARTBEAT AT THE TIP OF THE TONGUE (舌尖上的心跳) CHAPTER 30
Squid roll and absinthe
“I thought you’d only chopped the onions It seems like you have performed pretty well in the back kitchen”
Iris’s voice sounded, Lin Ke Song had a feeling that she had been pricked by a needle, and fiercely took her hand back
She could vividly feel theQian Fan clutched onto her, but not half a second of hesitation later, he still let her go
“Thank you veryturned her body towards Iris to express her gratitude
“I didn’t even guide you in anything, the person who had been by your side looking at you is Pepper”
After saying so, Iris called for Pepper to come up
She propped her chin, her eyes full of laughter looked at Pepper: “You’ve worked hard today”
“it was all what I was supposed to do” Pepper nodded, it looked like he had great respect for Iris
“how did you feel about Ke Song’s perfore of her brow, it was a casual stance, but itfeel a hundred times more pressured
“Worked too slowly” Pepper used a stern tone to reply
Iris seemed to have already expected this co about this Before this, she hadn’t even stepped into a kitchen Apart fro else?”
“She actually couldn’t even recognise salmon”
Just as Pepper’s voice fell, Iris laughed out loud
Lin Ke Song’s face turned red, lowered her head She didn’t even dare to look at Jiang Qian Fan as at the side
“all these have to be taken slowly Is there anything else?”
“she lacks initiative towards the work in the back kitchen”
Iris eyed Jiang Qian Fan, like she aiting for hi, but he kept silent
“Pepper, she’s bound to have soe to her side, and patted her shoulders
Pepper inhaled, and furrowed his brows
Lin Ke Song was even more downcast Didn’t even think that it’d be so hard to just mention a positive point……
Even though she knew that she couldn’t co feeling lingered and couldn’t go away
“Chef, what do you think about the cutting of the salmon en croute?”
“Not bad ah, the fish meat didn’t loosen, the structure hole, the cut was neat, just as per your usual style” Iris’s eyes showed obvious praise
“It was Lin Ke Song who cut it”
Iris was stunned, the smile in her face was frozen too She looked at Pepper, and opened her ht her?”
“I demonstrated it once for her to see, and she reh her movements were so slow it made people lose their patience, but she didn’t make any fatal error”
Pepper’s last sentence, finally allowed Lin Ke Song to relax
Pepper ah Pepper! You are such a great bro! even though you roared at entle or cute, but you are an honest good person!
“Will she continue working here?” Pepper asked
Iris looked at Jiang Qian Fan: “For that, we’ll have to see Mr Jiang’s intentions”
“Do you wish for her to continue working here?” Jiang Qian Fan finally opened his mouth
Lin Ke Song suddenly got really nervous If Pepper said he wished so, would Jiang Qian Fan agree?
This is a restaurant that has a Michelin star rating, if she could continue on in the back kitchen, she’d be able to see thewith different types of foods, some not seen outside techniques created by the head chefs, she’d definitely be able to improve really quickly ba
“Even though she has no foundation, she isn’t totally talentless”
“then we’ll wait until she has enough of a foundation to co Qian Fan’s tone was very dull
Couldn’t hear whether he was satisfied or not with Lin Ke Song’s performance for today
Iris’s smile deepened
Don’t knohy, Lin KE Song could feel souess the root of this hostility, Iris obviously likes Jiang Qian Fan And she being his temporary student, was just too close to him, so Iris didn’t feel comfortable
Ai, you are so outstanding and pretty, and are of the saling, and co and a rotten egg…… why the need to bother aboutyour own self-worth ah, Goddess
“Pepper, send the dishes of the newhave a taste ba” Iris said to Pepper
Pepper nodded, Lin Ke Song also felt that there was nothing else, and just as she was about to follow Pepper to leave together, Jiang Qian Fan patted the table gently
“Sit ba”
To put it simply, it was only a word
Lin Ke Song even felt that she had things Jiang Qian Fan was asking who to sit?
Iris? She hadn’t even gotten up!
Pepper? Wasn’t he going to the pantry?
Then it was only left with her?
Lin Ke Song froze at her spot, not knohat she should do
Pepper had already gone down the stairs
Bro, what are you walking so fast for! Where has the care and concern froone to?
After a long while of not hearing any sound of Lin Ke Song taking a seat, Jiang Qian Fan slowly got up His handthe table surface, deter’s side, and helped her slide the chair out
His hand ain: “Sit ba”
Lin Ke Song felt like her heart was about to fly out, needless to say, Iris eyed Jiang Qian Fan weirdly
“Are you sure to let Ke Song…… stay here too?”
“the dishes you design, represents the best standards in the culinary world To her, it’s an excellent learning opportunity”
Iris laughed soundlessly, turned her head and twitched her lips
This ti experienced extremely obvious disdain
She knehat Iris was thinking As a fledgling, she couldn’t even differentiate salmon, to taste the work of such a culinary expert as Iris, is like letting ZhuBaJie eat ginseng fruit, can’t even taste any flavour
But Jiang Qian Fan had already pulled the chair out for her, it looked very gentle her to sit
Lin Ke Song lowered her head and took a seat The atHua hotel with and an extra Chu Ting, but Lin Ke Song had not even felt as out of place as now
Pepper carried the try up He carefully placed two portions of theQian Fan and Iris
When he noticed Lin Ke Song was also sitting there, he couldn’t help asking: “excuse me, should I prepare another portion of the main dish?”
“No need, just prepare another set of cutlery would do”
“Yes, Mr Jiang”
Lin Ke Song glanced at the plate in front of Jiang Qian Fan, the plating was very beautiful, a beauty that people totally couldn’t bear to spoil
Rolls of squid were placed on one third of the plate, the surface of the squid was pan-fried to a light golden, the surface of the squid had soave the dish a dash of colour The base of the plate had a layer of slightly thick pale yellow liquid, that brought soht With parsley leaves for eave of a mood of a n
But Iris see out of the ordinary and lifted her knife and fork, and elegantly cut the squid, Lin Ke Song then realised, the squid rolls were full of fillings Iris dipped the squid slightly into the sauce at the base of the plate, then sent it to her mouth, and nodded her head
“En, this is the flavour and texture Mr Jiang, what do you think?”
Jiang Qian Fan lifted the knife and fork, the knifethe sides of the plate, made sure of the position of the squid, and only then did he make a cut
Lin Ke Song wanted to keep watching him, but she was apprehensive of Iris’s look of mockery, and could only lower her head
After sing, he didn’t ’s direction
“what ingredients can you identify?”
Lin Ke Song suddenly ree soup
No way…… this again?
Iris’s gaze looked over, her eyebrorinkled, she seemed surprised
Lin Ke Song’s scalp started nu Qian Fan’s plate in front of Iris……
To Jiang Qian Fan, this chap who always had onedeal But to others, is their teacher student relationshi+p that close? Or that he thought it was enough for her to eat his leftovers?
Lin Ke Song could only totally unfa, and cut a small piece of the squid roll, dip into the sauce, and send it into her mouth
When the flavour of the freshness of the squid and the other ingredients spread in her mouth, she couldn’t help but produce a sound of “en——”
That feeling was like waking up after a fulfilling sleep
Iris looked at her amusedly: “obviously, the lead role of this dish is the squid Apart from the squid, what else did you eat?”
Apart from squid, the main point of this dish was the sauce and the fully packed filling
Lin Ke Song recalled the all the flavours that had just slid past her tongue and the various aftertastes, thought about what Jiang Qian Fan had said, that cooking was actually the balance of taste
The taste of one dish, has layers
And in this dish, the things that embraced the freshness of the squid, is a kind of fish It should be part of the fillings
“the surface of the squid should have been pan fried in butter As for the fillings, it seeet very little chances to eat fish from the sea, so I honestly can’t identify what fish it is” Lin Ke Song looked towards Jiang Qian Fan, waiting for his response
“No wonder, after all you can’t even identify salredients and spices of such a complicated main dish, is simply too difficult”
On the surface, Iris’s words see, but in reality, she was constantly re the truth of “you are not professional”
“It’s anchovy This fish isn’t big, shaped like sardines, highly nutritious, flavour fresh There are not many chances to have anchovy Other than this, what else have you eaten?”
Which was to say, Jiang Qian Fan did not mind that she couldn’t identify what kind of marine fish this was?
That’s right ah, there are so ure out the flavour of every kind, then you’re not human, it’s Godly…… insane ah!
“I also tasted scallop, it’s also part of the fillings”
“En”
“glutinous rice and barley”
“En”
“and……” Lin Ke Song furrowed her eyebrows and detailedly identified Where did this flavour come from? It seemed like prawns, but she didn’t eat any prawn ed to the ocean