Chapter 19: The Heart of the Chef
Seeing two Chinese ladies who could hardly walk, Xia Yu returned to the kitchen, picked up the bright kitchen knife, and pondered for a long time.
It can be said that before, he was very confident about the two freshly prepared dishes, "Sweet and Sour Tenderloin" and "Squirrel Perch". After all, the system also gave him a qualified score of 60.
However, the two dishes were very different from the old man's "Couple Lung Tablets" in the mouth of the round-faced young lady, the well-known food blogger with 600,000 followers on Weibo.
This is what she commented:
"The dishes you cook are also delicious, but what should I say, they are just delicious. There are very few traditional Chinese dishes in China..."
"But after eating that couple's lung tablet, not only my stomach and tongue were enjoyed, but my heart was filled with a strange emotion. It sounded incredible, but that's it... the difference between the two seems to be ordinary and magic dishes, one can be found in reality, and the other depends on opportunities. Perhaps some people will not be able to eat it in their lifetime!"
The young lady's glittering eyes at that time made Xia Yu confused.
He did not say that the "Mr. Lung Tablets" were made by his old man. The young lady kept complaining, saying that he was not careful in making the next two dishes. When he checked out, his eyes were so resentful. Xia Yu was full of bitterness and couldn't say it.
"Are you hit?"
A rough voice suddenly rang behind the back.
"How is it possible-"
Xia Yu knew who it was when he heard the sound. He immediately raised his voice, rolled up his sleeves and showed his strong arms, "I will not admit defeat!"
But then he collapsed and said in confusion: "Old man, tell me, what's wrong with your cooking? You know, I have studied your manual carefully in the cooking process."
The old man did not make a long talk. He spent a few minutes using marinade, soybean oil, pepper noodles and other auxiliary ingredients to prepare a dish of 'couple lung slices' and placed it on the kitchen counter, "Try it."
"You used to practice basic knife skills, but now you are a trainee chef. All the confusions you encounter can be answered in the dishes..."
After hearing the old man said that, Xia Yu couldn't help but pat his forehead.
By the way, after improving his cooking skills, he had not really tasted the old man's cooking.
In the past, he was a layman, and his impression of the old man's cooking was always on the delicious food, but he just watched the fun. He couldn't taste the secrets in the cuisine. Now, his cooking skills are improving every day, and he can be called a three-day separation. He is treated with admiration. He should be able to taste other things, right?
Thinking of this in his heart, Xia Yu found a pair of chopsticks, with expectation and a sense of uneasiness, slowly stretched out the chopsticks to pick up a piece of beef offal, and sent it into his mouth to chew it slowly and taste it carefully.
The flavor of spices, chili and pepper bursts out on the tip of the tongue.
The expression was shocked and unbelievable, but in the end it was a kind of comfort in the desire to be satisfied.
It’s just a bite, and it’s too early to fill your stomach, but in just one bite, the desire to ‘food’ is satisfied.
Xia Yu came to his senses and a trace of sudden enlightenment flashed through his eyes.
No wonder the two young ladies said that the old man’s ‘Couple Lung Tablets’ were delicious.
This can no longer be called delicious, it is simply a spiritual enjoyment.
Even if you just take a bite of beef slices or beef offal slices from "Couple Lung Tablets", tasters will probably feel boring and empty in the next day when eating other things.
overbearing!
Xia Yu inexplicably understood the chef spirit contained in this "Couple Lung Tablet".
What's going on in this world?
That kind of cooking skill at the spiritual level, which was called "magic" by the round-faced lady, was placed in the previous earth world. After hearing this, Xia Yu must have sneered at it.
However, in this world, the old man presented his chef spirit in three-dimensionally to Xia Yu through a traditional Chinese cuisine, and he had no choice but to believe it.
After taking this "Couple-Friendly Lung Tablet", Xia Yu suddenly looked back and realized the ignorance of himself and his predecessor.
After eating the cooking made by the old man for more than ten years, he still practiced the most basic knife skills with his head in his hands. There was no sign of enlightenment at all. It would be strange if the old man had a good face to him.
For the heirs, the old man must have placed a lot of things, but his predecessor was a lump of wood. This is why the old man did not further teach his cooking skills?
"System: Unlock the [Chef Heart] Advanced Talent. After the host lv10 is promoted to a one-star chef, you can increase your advanced talent level by allocating talent points."
Hey.
The system prompt that suddenly popped up made Xia Yu open his mouth.
The heart of the chef?
Open the system panel and on the personal talent tree diagram, a high talent icon is very conspicuous in a large black background.
The talent tree diagram is at the bottom of several basic skills, including knife skills, heat, seasoning and food identification.
Then, there are several items of physical fitness, strength, agility, mental and neural reflexes, which are actually considered in the chef's tree diagram and are the basic skills.
"【Chef Heart】(Advanced Talent): Chefs are artists and conductors. They can control the appetite of diners, make the 'spicy' domineering', make the 'sweet' truly heartwarming, and make the 'bitter' tasters feel like they have gone through a difficult pilgrimage... The taste is already a catalyst for emotions in the hands of such chefs, controlling the crying and laughter of diners."
After reading the system's text introduction, what else can Xia Yutemao say?
lv10 advanced one-star chef, this talent must be increased! It’s so imba!
The old man came and went in a vague manner.
It was late at night, Xia Yu opened the learning column and asked in his heart, "System, the old man's cooking manual, how much has the learning progress?"
"96%, remaining 4% progress..."
"Okay, I'll digest this 4% progress tonight!"
So the system sorted out the materials needed to be studied and practiced for him, and acted as a tutor or supervisor. Whenever Xia Yu did not do well enough, the system would use the unique mechanical synthesizer to say "unqualified".
Xia Yu, who was immersed in the world of cooking, didn't know that the tall figure stood with him in the corner outside the kitchen until the middle of the night, with his bright eyes in the darkness showing a hint of relief and satisfaction.
The next day.
Xia Yu was awakened by a car engine sound. He murmured in a low voice, rubbed his messy medium-length hair, opened the attic window, looked out the street, and was stunned immediately.
Black extended sedan, a bit familiar.
After glanced at the license plate number, Xia Yu slapped his forehead and said with a low smile: "That arrogant girl is here again. What time is it?"
Covering his dizzy head, he looked back at the alarm clock placed at the bedside, at 9:10 in the morning.
"Mr. Xia Qing..."
Totsuki, Nakiri Sensaemon, also came. He was still wearing the same traditional samurai suit, with wooden clogs on his feet, standing at the door of the store. Xia Yu poked his head out hard, only seeing half of the old man's body, and a swollen black duffel bag placed beside his feet.
Down bag?
The excitement awakened and the sleepiness was gone. Xia Yu didn't bother to wash up. He put on his slippers, opened the door of the bedroom, and ran downstairs.
Chapter completed!