Chapter 480: Inheritance
After Jiro Nakamura, Chen Jianfeng was about to serve his own dishes.
As the chef recommended by Lei Zhengliang, there is no doubt that he is not inferior to Lei Zhengliang in terms of craftsmanship, so what kind of works will he come up with in this set that represents his answer?
Chen Jianfeng smiled and served his first dish: "Chenpio chicken, please use it."
The tray was filled with bite-sized chicken, covered with a sticky orange-red sauce, and just as I got closer, there was a strong aroma of tangerine peel.
"Danime is..." Emma Berry asked curiously.
"A Chinese medicine is actually dried orange peel, but its medicinal effect is very good. It can enhance fragrance and enhance appetite and regulate qi and strengthen the spleen." Bai Renzong explained, "As for its taste, you will know it after you taste it."
"This is the medicinal food... To be honest, I have always been interested in medicinal food. It is really admirable to combine delicious food and treatment." Yuto Yamamoto said, picking up the tangerine peel chicken and eating it, then exhaling heavily, with an intoxicated look on his face: "Roar! This taste is so great! This sweet and sour delicacy! Even the current wine and food are more than enough!"
Bai Renzong ate this piece of dried tangerine peel chicken. The unique fragrance of dried tangerine peel spreads in his mouth. The chicken was not very soft, but juicy, elastic, and chewy. The key is that the sweet and sour and scent strongly aroused people's appetite, and at the same time, it also cleaned up all the residual flavors of the previous set meal.
"It's Master Chen after all." Bai Renzong immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm still worried that this dish would be a bit too much on the first dish. It seems to be just right now."
"Can I have another one?" Carl Brando asked the staff, "I love the fragrance so much."
"Don't eat the appetizer and eat yourself full." Emma Berry teased, "Try the second dish first."
Then, Chen Jianfeng served a clear and white soup.
Bai Renzong heard about this soup, but he had never really tasted it before, and he immediately became interested: "This is...钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟钟�
"Yinyang Xiao Tang?" the other three judges asked curiously, "What is it?"
"It is a soup made with a fish liver called sauerk. Because our country is accustomed to calling cod liver fish lungs, it is called sauerk lung soup." Bai Renzong briefly explained, "This is a very famous soup, and it is the first time I have tried it. In addition to sauerk lungs, you can see mushrooms, spring bamboo shoots, pea seedlings and ham slices... I don't know how it tastes."
As he said that, Bai Renzong scooped up a spoonful and tasted it. A stream of deliciousness that was hard to describe came from his mouth. He said with a bitter face: "I really don't know how to describe it in words. Although the main ingredient of this soup is made of cod liver, its soup base is chicken soup, and then the soup is mixed with lard, fish, poultry and livestock... but it can be so light!"
Then Bai Renzong took another sip and sighed with an intoxicated look on his face: "I am so innocent that I am not only a word "fresh", but I really can't imagine how to describe this soup. In addition, I can also taste the fragrance of Shaoxing wine. But how can I integrate all these delicacies?"
"Ah, it turns out it's Shaoxing wine. No wonder it's so delicious." Yuto Yamamoto frowned, closing his eyes, "Since I visited a newly opened local Chinese restaurant last year, Shaoxing wine has become my favorite. The dishes given to Shaoxing wine will definitely not be unpalatable!"
"This is a dish that only you can know the taste if you taste it yourself." Emma Berry smiled and said, "How incredibly delicious, it's different from any ingredients I've eaten in the past."
"I don't know what the original saury lung soup tastes, but I like this...I really like it." Bai Renzong held the soup bowl and said, "Every ingredients have their own unique taste, but their tastes are perfectly integrated..."
Speaking of this, Bai Renzong suddenly realized: "Ah! I understand, this is the unique charm of 'soup'! It can combine the tastes of different ingredients into one! This is the effect that only soup can achieve! Is this what Master Chen wants to express?"
"Yes." Chen Jianfeng smiled with relief, "You guy, really has a future."
"Where, you have been awarded." Bai Renzong scratched his head and smiled a little embarrassedly.
Then, Chen Jianfeng served his side dishes and said with a smile: "Eat three boneless fish."
"Boneless fish..." Bai Renzong suddenly widened his eyes in surprise, "This is really a difficult dish."
The so-called boneless fish is a very difficult dish in Chinese cuisine. Just like the name, it requires that all the bones of a fish be removed, but the shape of the fish cannot be destroyed. After picking, the fish can still be maintained intact.
These three foods are steamed fish, stewed fish and fried fish. The part of the fish belly is fried, the part of the fish tail and back is stewed, and the part near the fish head is steamed.
But despite using three cooking methods, it was finally made into a whole fish.
Bai Renzong first tasted the steamed fish near the fish head. The steamed fish meat tasted light and didn't even give it oyster sauce. Only the unique deliciousness and slight saltiness of the river fish meat.
Moreover, the fish meat near the fish head is tender and elastic, and it is perfect to show its flavor by steaming.
Next, Bai Renzong tasted the fried fish's belly again. This part of the fish meat was large. After frying, he took a big bite. The strong sense of satisfaction spreads in his mouth with the fish oil in the belly meat.
Fried fish has the flavor of salt and pepper, and the slight spicy taste is just right. Even Bai Renzong can accept it completely. After a bite of fish, the remaining delicious fish left in his mouth.
The last fish tail and the back part are stewed fish. The fish meat in this part is relatively tight, so it is cooked by stewing. The fish meat has been stewed to the point where it melts in the mouth. The aroma of garlic and Shaoxing wine perfectly eliminates the fishy smell of river fish.
If the steamed fish on the head part shows the most primitive and delicious fish meat, the stewed fish on the tail and back part shows the deliciousness brought by the cooking skills.
"These three ways to eat are really great..." Bai Renzong sighed, "The rich taste, taste and aroma perfectly show the deliciousness and characteristics of each part of the river fish. But the best thing is that you can eat river fish with big mouthfuls without worrying about spitting thorns! I think foreigners must be able to feel this pleasure more, right?"
"Indeed, the deliciousness of river fish is far better than that of sea fish. This way of eating is really great." Carl Brando smiled with a roaring smile, "It simply satisfys all my yearning for river fish!"
"This is really an ultimate enjoyment, it's..." Emma Berry shrugged, "The cooking is too difficult."
"I think this is the wisdom shown by Chinese cuisine, right?" Yamamoto Yuto said, taking a sip of Shaoxing wine and sighing: "Ah—! It's so good with Shaoxing wine."
After that, it was finally the turn of the main course, the main course.
"Brand, stew the lion's head." Chen Jianfeng said, putting a small bowl in front of everyone.
After opening the lid of the bowl, there were meatballs about the size of a tennis ball, wrapped in brown sauce, with a greasy luster. The side was decorated with a few cabbage. There was no doubt about the rich portion, but is it really enough for the main course?
"Try it and talk about it..." Bai Renzong murmured to himself, cut a small piece with chopsticks and took a bite. The thick fragrance exploded instantly, as if this was not a lion's head in front of him, but a bomb wrapped in delicious food!
"This lion's head is a bit like a boiled cabbage. It was stewed in a thick soup. This soup should be made of pork bones, ham, mushrooms and winter bamboo shoots. So it did not destroy the taste of the lion's head itself, but instead gave the lion's head a strong pork aroma..." Bai Renzong explained, "Then it was frying it in the pan to make the skin crispy, and finally braised and baked... This aspect is a bit like a pot-packed meat."
"This taste has crispy skin on the outside but is so elastic inside." Emma Berry exclaimed, "It's so incredible that there are so many fat meats in it, but it doesn't feel greasy at all. Instead, it has a refreshing and delicious taste. Such a strong taste, coupled with such a large piece of meat, can produce this refreshing feeling when you eat it. It's so incredible..."
"Because the lion's head was given water chestnuts?" Bai Renzong explained, "In addition, this special cooking method was stewed in pork bone soup for a long time, and the fat in the meat was boiled out. And the most clever thing was also here. Because the lion's head was stewed in pork bone soup, even if the fat was boiled out, the meat taste soaked into the lion's head through the soup."
"So it is so strong that the taste is not greasy at all..." Carl Brando said with interest.
"From the cooking method, this can be said to be a dish that combines braised lion head, dried fried croquettes, boiled water and cabbage, and pot and meat." Yamamoto Yuto said with a smile: "It is impossible that such a complicated cooking process is not delicious, right?"
"There are desserts in the end." Chen Jianfeng said with a smile, serving a white pastry, "Authentic imperial meal, kidney bean cake, Empress Dowager Cixi's favorite dessert back then."
Bai Renzong tasted it and the texture was extremely delicate. Even macarons could not be compared with it. The extremely elegant sweetness was just right and did not feel sweet at all.
Kidney beans are a very delicate ingredient. After grinding them into powder, they need to be kneaded repeatedly for several hours to maintain their taste to this level. After this mouthful, Bai Renzong felt calming down both body and mind.
"I have to say that Chef Chen Jianfeng's cooking skills are really at its peak..." Emma Berry exclaimed, "This can no longer be said to be a simple dish, but can be included in the ranks of 'works of art'."
"Hu..." Bai Renzong took a deep breath, then looked at Chen Jianfeng and asked, "So, please tell me, what do you think is the 'answer' that makes the cuisine delicious?"
Chen Jianfeng proudly raised his head and said, "It's inheritance."
Chapter completed!