Free Web NovelChapter 1081: Chapter 443: Women’s Inexplicable Competitive Spirit! Fried Liver — A Shandong Cuisine Exam Dish!
"Today I finally understand; there’s not a single honest word from a chef’s mouth."
Dou Wenjing didn’t expect that even her own boss, this handsome guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would learn to lie.
Thinking back to dining at some trendy restaurants where chefs cook live, they always said, "This dish is not high in calories," or, "That sauce is low in fat."
Now that she’s in the industry, she knows it’s all a scam.
No delicious sauce is low-fat.
No dish with a rich aroma is low in calories.
The two photographers packed up their equipment and headed back to the company for the post-production team to start editing the footage.
Lin Xu posted a new update on his personal homepage:
"The guessing game ends at 4:30 PM. We’ll start counting the participants afterward. Make sure to turn on private messaging so staff can confirm your mailing address. The video of the dish we made will be posted once the editing is done, so hang tight!"
After posting the update, Lin Xu and Dai Jianli walked out of the kitchen.
Shen Jiayue and Chen Yan each had a bowl of rice and were digging into the Cherry Meat, while Shu Yun stood beside them with chopsticks, snapping a photo before popping a piece into her mouth.
The purpose of the photos, of course, was to tease others.
However, just as she shared those photos, Zeng Xiaoqi’s voice echoed from the stairwell:
"Still teasing, Shu Baobao? I’m off work now!"
Shu Yun turned her head and saw Zeng Xiaoqi in knee-high boots, and curiously asked,
"It’s just a little past four, are you getting off early?"
"Not really, they were shooting travel news and I tagged along. I got off early at North Fourth Ring since I wasn’t on camera, and just strolled over."
During the conversation, Zeng Xiaoqi noticed the Cherry Meat on the plate and her eyes lit up:
"Wow, these little meat pieces look so tempting!"
She grabbed a pair of chopsticks from the sanitizer, picked up a piece, and put it into her mouth, her face full of surprise:
"It’s so delicious, a touch of saltiness in the sweetness. Finally, those quarreling sweet and salty factions can reconcile... No wonder Lin Boss is so confident."
Lin Xu said from the side,
"If you want rice, ask the kitchen to serve it. It’s past four, time for dinner."
In winter, it gets dark early, so all store employees need to finish dinner by five, so as not to affect business.
With that, Zeng Xiaoqi, Shu Yun, and Dou Wenjing were not shy; each got a bowl of rice and sat down to eat dinner. freewebnσvel.cøm
Soon, the food trolley delivered a serving of Ginger Duck and some boiled Spinach for everyone.
Dai Jianli saw the Spinach and curiously asked,
"Is this your staff meal?"
Lin Xu replied,
"Not really a staff meal. Since the store offers Bump Soup now, we buy some frost-bitten Spinach every day, which is very sweet, so everyone enjoys eating it."
Dai Jianli laughed and said,
"Then I’ll taste it later... or rather, I’ll make my own. Boiled isn’t satisfying enough; it’s best to blanch the Spinach, mix it with vermicelli, and dress it with sesame oil, vinegar, garlic paste, and chili oil, that’s the most enjoyable way to eat."
Then he walked into the kitchen, saw a big basket of washed Spinach, picked it up and looked at it:
"These small Spinach should be eaten whole. Look at the roots, they’re as red as a parrot’s beak, sweet indeed. It’s the best time to eat Spinach now; come spring, they’ll turn bitter."
With the current temperature differences, Spinach leaves grow plump and firm.
Once the spring arrives and the temperature difference reduces, the leaves grow rapidly, and the quality naturally declines.
After all, most ingredients, whether meat or vegetable, taste better when they grow slowly.
Outside the kitchen, Zeng Xiaoqi ate and marveled:
"If our canteen had food this good, I’d happily gain three pounds... no, five pounds maybe, if the weight goes to the right places, ten pounds wouldn’t be impossible."
Dou Wenjing chuckled:
"Just worried the chest gets no meat while the belly gets it all, the butt gets none while the thighs do... If it were that easy, who’d need to diet?"
Chen Yan glanced at Zeng Xiaoqi’s figure:
"With a figure like Xiaoqi’s, maybe it really grows in all the wrong places, like Doudou said."
"Can’t you hope for better things for me... The more I eat this Cherry Meat, the better it tastes. If you’re full, just leave some for me so there’s no need for bickering."
Chen Yan picked up a piece of duck wing and put it in her bowl:
"Enjoy eating small pieces, it’s no wonder your Xiongxiong doesn’t grow big. They say you eat what’s similar, so these tiny Cherry Meats make up your 34B."
Zeng Xiaoqi: ????
Never thought you could attack me over Cherry Meat.
But no matter what you say, I’m not giving up a single piece of this Cherry Meat.
She found picking one by one too slow, so grabbed a ladle, scooped five or six pieces into her bowl, and said to Chen Yan,
"You can’t shame me into putting down my chopsticks with body insults. So it’s just small Xiongxiong; I accept it! I’m proud of my flatness, I save fabric for the country, hehe~~~"
When I don’t care, none of you can make me embarrassed.
Hmph, satisfying!
Seeing this, Shu Yun quickly also scooped some into her bowl with a ladle.
Just like that, the whole large platter of over three pounds of meat was divided up by these beauties, and when Lin Xu came with half a bowl of rice, ready to taste, even the sauce at the bottom of the plate was scraped into Chen Yan’s bowl.
In that sense, the beauties were quite considerate.
