Chapter 101 The Great Battle of Chongqing Hot Po (1/2)

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Mo Kun thought for a moment and asked Xiaolu. Who was playing ball with Athena and Zeus, ”Your dog won't come to the dining room, will it?”

Xiaolu said, ”Generally, they are not allowed to enter, mainly due to hygiene issues.”

Long Xi listened to their conversation and suddenly had an ominous feeling.

”When will we start the great battle of Chongqing hot pot? I'm a little hungry,” Mo Kun said.

Long Xi suddenly understood! ”Lord Mo Kun, was it really a good idea for you to take care of a dog?”

Xiaolu did not understand what Lord Mo Kun meant, and replied casually, ”It should almost be ready. Once it's done, Butler Qin will let us know.”

Speak of the devil! Butler Qin came in at this moment.

Xiaolu invited Long Xi and Mo Kun to the dining room.

Sisyphus also wanted to follow Long Xi but was pulled by Butler Qin by its dog-chain, which was attached to an iron bolt.

It looked eagerly at Long Xi and barked ”Wang Wang Wang” a few times.

Long Xi said gently, ”I'll come and see you after dinner.”

It seemed to understand, and laid down obediently on the ground, its eyes and nose wet.

Xiaolu took Long Xi and Mo Kun to the dining room. Before they got there, they could smell the strong aroma of the hot pot seasoning.

Xiaolu couldn't help singing GUY's hip-hop song, ”I eat hot pot, and you eat hot pot seasoning, hot pot seasoning. Smiling at you because I'm polite, I'm polite...”

The genial sunset quietly crept in through the carved iron windows in the dining room, illuminating the three silver Chongqing hot pots on the round wooden table. It lit up the different ingredients placed next to the hotpots, and their brilliant colors.

Mo Kun said, ”This is the Chongqing hot pot? What's the difference from the ordinary hot pot?”

Xiaolu said, ”Chongqing hot pot divides the chafing dish into three levels - central grid, cross grid, and quadrangular grid. Each level has a different temperature and different concentration. You can put different ingredients in different grids to get the best taste so that there will be no cross-tasting! Of course, you can also use the same ingredients to cook in different grids, to feel the changes in the taste of the ingredients, which is equivalent to three changes in one ingredient! There are many possibilities, and this is the most attractive part of Chongqing hot pot!”

Long Xi said, ”There are so many kinds of ingredients. Is this spicy, translucent beef slices? How could it be cut so thinly? Hanging the red, thin, rectangular beef slices on the bamboo sticks, and inserting the sticks on the wooden stake. It looks like banners! The goose intestines are actually put in ice cubes. The ice cubes are used to keep the intestines crisp, and also to take away the fishy smell! Well, well, well! How exquisite the ingredients look!”

Mo Kun asked, ”So how do we decide the winner and loser?”

Long Xi said, ”I have the final say! The ingredients next to your hot pot are the same, and the portions are the same, too. At the same time, the person whose leftover ingredients and hot pot seasoning are lesser, will be the winner. You can't drink water during this period, whoever drinks water loses. But you can drink the hot pot seasoning. Just an hour! The time starts now!”

As soon as she said this, Xiaolu immediately put a dish of beef tripe in the central grid.

The central grid was the hottest among all the grids. The hot pot seasoning inside was already bubbling, very suitable for boiling beef tripe. The boiling beef tripe was delicious and tasty, and was also his favorite kind of ingredient. Boiled for about 12 seconds, it was soon ready for eating.

After that he put a dish of beef balls with rose sauce, in one of the cross grids.

The cross grids heated by the medium fire, was suitable for cooking meatballs, which only took about eight minutes.

Among so many ingredients, his favorite food was this kind of beef balls, which was wrapped with rose sauce. So delicious!

Its method was similar to the juicy steamed bun. The rose sauce was frozen into a solid ”rose jelly” and then wrapped in the beef.

Afterward, he put the beef tripe into a bowl and put a dish of kidneys in it.

Mo Kun had never eaten hot pot before, so he copied whatever Xiaolu did.

Xiaolu put a dish of pig's intestines, a dish of brains, a dish of quail eggs and a dish of duck blood, into one of the quadrangular grids.

The gentle heat of the quadrangular grids was very suitable for slowly stewing pig's intestines. It would take about 20 minutes to stew it and the finished product would be soft, glutinous, and tasty.

He rinsed the goose intestines in the delicious hot pot seasoning of one of the cross grids, and then they were ready to be eaten. Xiaolu scooped all the goose intestines into the bowl and put all the spicy translucent beef slices into two of the cross grids.

After that, he picked up the beef balls with rose sauce and put the other three in.

He put all the Huanghou and Junhua in the other two cross grids, and then picked up the beef slices and put in the mutton slices next.

And then he began to eat goose intestines and beef tripe. They all tasted so good!

After that, he started on the beef balls with rose sauce, his face showing how much he was enjoying the food.

Mo Kun copied almost all his actions, right down to his facial expressions!

But Xiaolu had been imitated by many, but surpassed by none!

Mo Kun, who was very competitive, realized that if he went on like this, he would surely lose, because he was always a step behind Xiaolu!

Long Xi enjoyed their ”performance”, while leisurely eating her hot pot. So delicious!