Chapter 71 - Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Banquet and Inspiration

Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Banquet and Inspiration

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“Eh, it’s a pity 1 didn’t get to taste the flavor of Doubanjiang.”

Qi Xiaoyu, sitting in the living room, spoke a bit regretfully, and then suddenly her eyes lit up.

“Hasn’t Qin Lang said that the Doubanjiang will be ready in a week?”

“Adding up the days, by then he should have finished the City-level Cooking Competition.”

“After he gets good results, he’ll invite us over for dinner, and wouldn’t we be able to taste the flavor of the Doubanjiang then?”

“I agree.” Zhao Chen nodded seriously.

Using the intuition of an adolescent, he was convinced that the thing called Doubanjiang might be Qin Lang’s secret weapon.

They definitely need to find an opportunity to try it.

“You two…” Du Weiwei looked at the two of them, her face showing a strange expression.

A moment later, she shook her head and sighed softly, “Alright, but next time you visit, you must bring a gift, otherwise it would be quite impolite.”

“Hehe, today we came in a hurry…” Qi Xiaoyu stuck out her tongue.

When she saw that Du Weiwei had brought a gift, she realized her own carelessness.

Fortunately, Qin Lang didn’t mind.

“By the way, Weiwei.” Remembering something, Qi Xiaoyu took Du Weiwei’s hand, “Are you still busy practicing that dish these days?”

As best friends, Qi Xiaoyu was very clear about Du Weiwei’s situation.

“Yes.” Du Weiwei nodded, “Maybe my talent in cooking is indeed not high, I’ve been practicing for almost a month and I haven’t made much progress.”

“But…” Her tone changed, and there was a different look in her eyes, “Now I have some new inspiration.”

After tasting the various sauces prepared by Qin Lang, Du Weiwei had a new understanding of seasonings.

In the past, she focused all her attention on the ingredients and somewhat neglected the seasonings.

Now, looking at it from a different angle, some of the problems she couldn’t understand before seem to have answers.

After she goes back and incorporates these new ideas into her cooking, maybe she could be successful this time?

Thinking this, Du Weiwei looked in the direction of the kitchen, her lips pursed slightly.

Qin Lang had given her new inspiration, and she didn’t want to owe him a favor.

Quietly remembering this matter in her heart, Du Weiwei took her gaze back and continued to chat leisurely with Qi Xiaoyu and Zhao Chen.

A moment later, the sound of Qin Lang’s voice came from the kitchen.

“Dinner’s ready!”

The casual chat of the three people came to an abrupt end.

The mixed aroma of various delicious dishes that had wafted from the kitchen to the living room made them unable to suppress their cravings.

Soon, everyone began to serve the cooked dishes to the dining room.

Since there were four people and four adorable Food Spirits dining together, the dishes prepared by Qin Lang were plentiful.

Six meat, four vegetables, and one soup filled the entire dining table.

“Wait!” Qi Xiaoyu stopped Zhao Chen who was about to reach for his chopsticks, and she took out her phone with a grin, “How can you not take a photo and post it to friends circle with such great dishes?”

“Click, click!”

After shooting from various angles, she put away her phone, clapping her hands lightly, “Let’s eat!”

The hungry group immediately tucked in.

Zhao Chen picked up a large chunk of pork belly coated with glutinous rice flour, which he had been eyeing for a while, and without hesitation, he put it in his mouth.

The next moment, an astonished expression appeared on his face.

This meat…

The surface of the glutinous rice flour fully absorbed the juice from the meat. It’s soft and glutinous, yet does not lack the delicious taste of saltiness and freshness.

The fatty part of the pork belly melts in the mouth, not leaving a bit of greasiness at all.

The lean part is not tough, it separates along the grain of the meat with just a slight pressure, turning into shredded meat in the chewing process. Mixed with sticky rice powder and fatty meat, it brings an exquisite taste.

“What’s this dish called?” He scooped a mouthful of rice while serving a chopstick full to the drooling Yangyang. All the while, he asked curiously.

“That one is Steamed Rice Flour Pork.”

“And this one?” Qi Xiaoyu pointed with her chopsticks to a dish she had just tried on the other side, also looking curious.

“Oyster Sauce Lettuce.”

Sitting on the other side, Du Weiwei didn’t speak. She was still immersed in the surprise of the new delicious food, looking in astonishment at the Fried Pork in Scoop that she had bitten off with her chopsticks.

The outside was crispy and aromatic while the inside was tender and juicy. Combined with the wonderful sweet and sour sauce, this dish gave Du Weiwei a culinary experience she had never before encountered.

So delicious…

She couldn’t help but finish the half piece of Fried Pork in Scoop left on her chopsticks, scooped up a mouthful of rice, let the soft rice mix with the residual taste between her lips and teeth in the chewing process, releasing the sweet fragrance of rice.

“What is this dish?” She couldn’t help but ask softly.

“This is Fried Pork in Scoop.” Qin Lang replied with a smile.

Fried Pork in Scoop, huh…

Du Weiwei nodded slightly.

This dish had made a deep impression on her.

She put down her bowl and chopsticks, served a bowl of soup from the center of the dining table, and took her time to taste it.

The cubed white radish had been fully cooked, distinguishable but melting as if about to dissolve as soon as it entered the mouth. The exquisite control of the heat was astonishing, and the full absorption of umami turned simple radish into a gourmet dish.

The pieces of spare ribs selected from the rib part could easily separate from the bone, the soft tender meat entered the mouth without any roughness.

Having tasted the ingredients in the soup, she sipped the soup, the taste that gathered all the essence and deliciousness made Du Weiwei’s eyes light up instantly.

This most common Cantonese-style radish spare rib soup completely conquered her.

“This is Radish Spare Rib Soup.” Without waiting for Du Weiwei to ask, Qin Lang proactively introduced it, then he pointed to the dish Qi Xiaoyu was tasting, “This is Spicy Stir-Fried Kidney.”

“So this is called Spicy Stir-Fried Kidney.”

Qi Xiaoyu clicked her tongue, and couldn’t help but pick up another piece of kidney that looked like a blooming flower.

Each knife mark on the kidney was kept at an indistinguishable distance to the naked eye, even the depth of the cuts was almost exactly the same. Under such an extreme knifework, this Spicy Stir-Fried Kidney not only has a better taste but its aesthetic appeal is also greatly elevated.

After looking for a while, Qi Xiaoyu couldn’t help but exclaim

“Qin Lang, your knifework is exceptional!” She couldn’t help but reveal a few surprised colors, “This is my first time seeing a dish with such good knifework!”

“This is just basic.” Qin Lang shook his head slightly, “The real test of knifework, at least, is with dishes like Wen Si Tofu.”

“Wen Si Tofu?”

Du Weiwei, Qi Xiaoyu, and Zhao Chen all turned their gazes towards Qin Lang, showing curious expressions.

The three of them had never heard of such a dish.

“Wen Si Tofu is a very peculiar soup dish, it requires cutting tofu into hair-thin strips, pairing it with vegetable strips, and…” Qin Lang briefly explained, but as he spoke, his voice began to lower.

The ingredients required for Wen Si Tofu flashed one by one in his mind.

These ingredients, one by one, corresponded with those in the 97th food ingredients library.

The light in Qin Lang’s eyes got brighter and brighter.

He was so focused on wanting to use beef brisket, chicken drumsticks, and pork hind leg as the main ingredients, he had completely forgotten about this trump card!

The content of the easter egg chapter at the end of this chapter:

[Steamed Rice Flour Pork]