C2061 Dragon and Phoenix Appearance (2/2)

The servant was dressed in a festive red satin vest, with a trained smile on his face, he pulled up a chair for the guests. When Duke of Newcastle had just sat down, a melodious violin sound suddenly came from behind a red wooden screen in the corner.

”Thank you for providing us with ingredients, flowers, and musicians. Let us drink until we can!” Xiao Letian raised his wine cup first.

”Cheers!” The two parties chatted merrily as if nothing had happened.

First served are 12 cold dishes, appetizers, there are secret cucumber, royal meal pea yellow, shadow beef... Among them, Long Fengxiang was the best in the cold dishes.

Chinese cuisine had always paid particular attention to both the color and the fragrance, especially the appearance. This Long Fengxiang in particular was also one of the imperial cooks' personal skills, something that no one had ever seen before.

Two attendants were carrying a one meter wide Jingde Town disk. There was a dragon and a phoenix spiraling on it, looking very lifelike. They directly sat on top of the plate with their plates on a plate as if they were alive.

”My God! Is this food? Isn't this a sculpture? You want us to eat sculptures? ” The Duke was the first to cry out in alarm.

Xiao Letian laughed out loud, ”Let our chef explain to the Duke, of course this is a sculpture, it's a sculpture that can be eaten …” With that, Xiao Letian signalled to the servant. The servant beside the Duke used a chopstick to pick up a piece of the Phoenix's feather and placed it on the Duke's plate.

Before Duke of Newcastle even had the chance to taste it, Liu Dadao had already carefully walked in from the outside. When he saw the big figures that filled the room, he immediately knelt down.

”Greetings to His Majesty! Greetings to the Prime Minister! Greetings to Master Yang! ”Greetings to all my lords …” Liu Dadao, who was dragging his long voice, kowtowed loudly.

”Let's rise. Liu Dadao, introduce this dish to the Duke …” Xiao Letian said indifferently.

”Ah!” Liu Dadao took the opportunity to beat them up a thousand times, then stood up and said, ”Honored guests, this dish is called Long Fengxiang, and is just about cutting techniques and seasoning …”

”Look, the dragon head and phoenix head are both carved from carrots. Then, the red vegetable head along with the carrot is carved into the spine and claws …”

”The Red Bake Duck is cooked. The knife on the duck meat is shaped like feathers. Then, this servant will personally carve out the pattern of feathers. This is the phoenix's long feather …”

”Fried meat, grilled until it was white and red. These are the scales of the red dragon. They coiled around the dragon's body, forming the main body of the red dragon …”

”Do you see those auspicious clouds below? This is the effect of the secret soy sauce and egg white drawn out with warm oil. The neat arrangement gives the dragon and phoenix the feeling of flying! ”

The translator translated Liu Dadao's introduction to Duke of Newcastle, and the more he said, the more the Duke's mouth opened wide, until he finally blurted out, ”God, how much effort is needed for this dish? This can only be done after a whole day of hard work! ”

”More than, more than that!” Liu Dadao puffed his chest out as he said proudly, ”Three days, from the preparation of the ingredients to the dining table, we have been busy for a full three days!”

”Three days? My God, do you eat better than the French? ” The Englishmen present could not believe their own ears.