After a while, the white mist gradually dispersed, but it was like when the fog rose in the middle of the night, the moonlight fell gently, and it was like being in a fairyland in the haze. The arched bridge on the highway also gradually revealed its true face of Lushan Mountain.

Everyone opened their eyes wide, not even daring to blink, for fear of missing any detail.

But I saw a white arched bridge that almost spanned the entire wooden cart. Although the bridge deck was uneven, it was as white as jade, as if it were made of pieces of white jade. The two sides of the bridge were golden red, and on the guardrails on both sides,

Every few distances are inlaid with crystal clear "white pearls". After being entangled with the mist, these "pearls" appear delicate and charming. The little bit of white light just now emanated from these "pearls". From the bridge head

At the end of the bridge, there are no more and no less, there are exactly twenty-four "pearls", which perfectly match the phrase "Twenty-four Bridges on a Moonlit Night".

Under the "bridge" is an oval plate. Usually when cooking, the dishes are usually placed on the plate, but Li Qi's Twenty-Four Bridges on a Bright Moon Night is unique. The main arched bridge spans both sides of the plate, connecting the sides.

None of them were touched.

But I saw a little milky white soup on the plate, as if flowing under a bridge. White "pearls" were scattered on the soup, dotted with stars. In addition, there were three "pillars" erected in the soup to support the bridge.

This pillar is made of fish heads. The one in the middle is the largest and the ones on both sides are slightly smaller.

There are green vegetables dotted around the bridge, and you can have a panoramic view of all the beautiful scenery.

Everyone seemed to be drawn into the poem by this strange scene, "The green mountains are faint and the water is far away, and the grass in the south of the Yangtze River has not withered after autumn. On a bright moonlit night at the Twenty-Four Bridge, where can the beautiful lady teach me to play the flute?"

Whether the poems are sung because of the dishes or whether the dishes are famous for the poems is a matter of contradiction in everyone's mind.

In fact, not to mention Song Huizong and others, even Feng Yinu, Wu Xiaoliu and others were stunned. Yes, they had been in the kitchen just now and had seen this arched bridge, but at the time it looked...

It just felt that the work was very similar, and they didn't think of the poem, but they never expected that under the cover of the white mist, the atmosphere was suddenly heightened, which was really surprising.

Li Qi glanced at everyone, with a faint smile on his lips.

In fact, if he had been asked to make this dish before he traveled through time, he might not be able to make it, because at that time, his cooking skills had reached a bottleneck, and it would be difficult to make further progress. Until the last Four Nations Banquet,

In the absence of puffer fish, he realized what imaginary taste is, which allowed him to break through this bottleneck. There is no limit to human thinking. Since the taste can be imagined, it means that the cooking skills also have no limit.

Extreme.

This was his first time making this dish, and all the steps were imagined by him.

Everyone's expressions sincerely told him that he had once again achieved perfect success.

"good."

Song Huizong suddenly shouted and praised: "This is really a work of ingenuity."

Everyone suddenly woke up and applauded it. They really felt that just looking at this dish was enough. This was not the spirit of Ah Q.

Everyone in Li Qi's court cupped their hands and said, "Thank you all for coming, thank you all for coming."

Cai Jing laughed and said: "If you want me to come and support you, you must have real ability."

Everyone burst into laughter immediately.

Song Huizong, Cai Jing and others gathered around again and carefully watched the Twenty-Four Bridges on a moonlit night.

"ah!"

Suddenly, a scream sounded on the ground, and Gao Yanei pointed at the plate with a trembling hand and said in a trembling voice: "Everyone."

Everyone hurriedly looked around. They saw a figure in the thick soup, hazy, like a reflection in the water. When they looked carefully, they saw that the reflection seemed to be standing on the bridge playing the flute. Everyone subconsciously raised their eyes.

Looking up the arch bridge, I saw that there was only one person on the bridge. This strange scene gave this dish a mysterious veil.

"It's amazing. It's amazing."

Zuo Boqing kept shaking his head in wonder.

Even Mrs. Qin couldn't help but look excited, and said softly: "On a moonlit night at the Twenty-Fourth Bridge, where can the beauty teach me how to play the flute? The scenery in the poem. The poetry in the scenery is wonderful, wonderful, so wonderful."

"His love for this dish was unabashedly expressed in his voice.

Song Huizong happened to hear it clearly, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he laughed and said: "If niece Wang uses 'the scenery in the poem, the poetry in the scenery' as the first couplet, I would think of the following couplet."

Mrs. Qin was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Please give me some advice from the senior officials."

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty smiled slightly and said: "My second line is, the delicious food in the painting, the beautiful scenery in the taste."

When everyone heard this, they were puzzled. What is the connection between the upper and lower lines?

Mrs. Qin also frowned slightly when she heard this, not knowing the reason.

Li Qi shook his head with a wry smile and said to himself, you people, you have to recite a few couplets before you taste the food. I am really convinced. It seems that this is the Song Dynasty.

"Wonderful. The official is so right."

Cai Jing murmured a few words to himself, and suddenly shouted loudly. His voice was full of excitement, without any pretense, and he was definitely speaking from the bottom of his heart.

After Bai Shizhong, Gao Qiu and others heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then they exclaimed how wonderful it was.

The others looked at it with curiosity in their hearts.

Gao Yanei, a fool, said, "Dad, what are you talking about?"

Gao Qiu smiled and said nothing.

Cai Jing held up his hands and said: "The second couplet of the official is really right. The "Twenty-Four Bridges on a Bright Moon Night" is indeed similar to the one Li Qi made at the Four Nations Banquet last time: "Swallowing the Mountains and Rivers".

ah."

Song Huizong burst out laughing.

When everyone heard this, they remembered Li Qi's amazing work last time. Although they had never seen it, they had heard that Li Qi won the title of Golden Knife Chef King by painting dishes at the Four Nations Banquet.

Mrs. Qin's first couplet talks about the artistic conception of the twenty-four bridges on a moonlit night, while Song Huizong responded to it with the painting of the sun and the moon competing for the glory, swallowing up the mountains and the men, using dishes to eat, and painting to poetry.

What is commendable is that neither party mentioned the dishes. Only by knowing this can we understand the true meaning of the upper and lower lines.

Mrs. Qin secretly glanced at Li Qi, who happened to be looking over with a sly look. Mrs. Qin saw the proud look on his face, snorted lightly and turned her head away.

However, this did not affect Li Qi's mood at all.

"Huh? Is this the head of a puffer fish?"

Zuo Boqing said suddenly.

Song Huizong took a closer look and suddenly realized: "No wonder, no wonder the strange fragrance I smelled just now is so familiar. It turns out to be the strange fragrance of puffer fish."

Cai Jing suddenly said: "Is this old man blind? Why do you think this bridge deck is made of fish bones?"

Li Qi smiled and said: "The grand master is just old and strong. Yes, I paved this bridge deck with twelve main bones of puffer fish. In fact, there are twelve fish bones under the bridge, and the bridge body is

It is made of ham meat. The reason why I did this is firstly to make the ham meat more delicious; secondly, to fix the bridge body with these twenty-four fish bones. It makes it look stronger, and the two sides of the fish bones are

The little thorn has already penetrated the flesh; as for the last point, it is naturally to pursue the theme of twenty-four."

"That's it, that's it."

Song Huizong and others nodded frequently.

At this time, Deng Chun from Yingchun House suddenly said: "Master Li, didn't you say you don't need puffer fish in cooking? Why did you use puffer fish again today?"

Damn it! Didn’t you win money last time? Why do you still remember it so clearly? Li Qi pointed at the twenty-four pearls on the bridge and said, "The reason why I chose the puffer fish is all because of them."

Song Huizong was confused after hearing this, and simply didn't think about it and said, "Then you can tell us about it."

"yes."

Li Qi nodded slightly and then said: "Everyone must have guessed that these twenty-four pearls are made of tofu. The characteristic of tofu is that it is light, and I thought that since the main feature of this dish is tofu, then it should not be

Destroying the characteristics of tofu, all the ingredients can only assist it. If it is steamed or boiled together with fish or ham, then it is obvious that the taste of tofu will be replaced by fish and ham, and everyone will not taste it at all.

The deliciousness of tofu cannot be outdone. It can be said that it is overtaken by the crowd. But if you eat tofu alone, no matter how delicious it is, it must be supplemented by other ingredients, so in order to get the best of both worlds, I adopted the steam flavoring method."

Zuo Boqing frowned and said: "Steam flavoring method? Why have I never heard of it?"

Li Qi smiled and said: "This is a temporary acquisition. Of course Brother Zuo has never heard of it."

Zuo Boqing was stunned. He smiled bitterly and said, "I see. Then tell me what the steam flavoring method is?"

Li Qi nodded and said: "I first found the largest ham and took a piece of meat. Then I carved twenty-four small balls from a complete piece of tofu in the water. I also found twenty puffer fish and removed the meat.

Then put the viscera in the pot and make the soup. When it is boiling halfway, take the fish bones, leave the fish head, pierce the fish bones into the ham, slowly bend them into a bridge shape, and then put them in the ice cellar together with the twenty-four balls.

Freeze in medium. Finally, after the fish head soup is cooked, I take out the frozen ham and arrange it, put twenty-four small balls on it, pour the soup into the plate, then put the plate under the bridge and put it in the steamer

Steam together.

And I sealed the steamer completely. Everyone should know that when the soup is heated, hot steam will come out. Once the hot steam is cold, it will turn into water droplets. Therefore, during the steaming process, the soup will continue to turn into steam, steam.

When encountering the cold bridge body, it will turn into water and stick to it, and then because the bottom is still heating, the water droplets will seep into the tofu and ham. However, soup made from ordinary fish will not

When the soup turns into steam, the taste will become very light. As a result, even if the tofu balls inhale the steam, the taste is still not enough. However, the soup made from puffer fish can be said to be the most delicious in the world, and I don’t need to mention the umami flavor.

Having said that, that’s why I chose this puffer fish.

The taste of ham and fish head soup is very strong. Even if they are cooked together, they can be well integrated and will never overwhelm the others. If you try to absorb the flavor close to the steam, it will be difficult to taste.

The freshness of the puffer fish comes from the river, and the fish bones that pierce the flesh make up for this. When the steam turns into water droplets on the fish bones, and the water droplets increase to a certain amount, it is like removing the fish bones.

When cooked together with ham, the flavor of the fish bones penetrates into the ham, and the flavor of the ham also penetrates into the fish bones. The difference between my Moonlight Night at the Twenty-Four Bridges and the book is that in the book

They say ham should be thrown away, but this dish of mine is a delicacy everywhere.”

Li Qi told everything without any hint of concealment. If anyone wanted to do business with this dish, he would be asking for trouble. He would lose his pants and say that twenty-four puffer fish would be enough for them.

It's time to drink a pot.
To be continued...