Chapter 94: Tasting
After Xiao Yalin tasted the fish in Yipin Fish Flavor Restaurant, she felt a lot of emotion in her heart, and her unremitting efforts for several years actually smashed a family heirloom recipe for people. Learning well is not being born well.
Although she was a little frustrated, Xiao Yalin also knew the direction of her efforts, and she knew where to make a breakthrough.
At around 11 p.m., the guests of Arlinn's Fish Restaurant slowly left, and the staff began to clean the store, and the kitchen was still brightly lit. A few chefs put away the remaining ingredients and start cleaning up the kitchen.
Arlinn has a separate space of her own, her studio and her research room, where only she can move the ingredients. Even the hygiene inside is her own hands.
"Xiao Xiao! We went back! The kitchen guy shouts to Arlinn's studios.
"Hey! Slow down and stay safe! Xiao Yalin repeats these words many times a day, but every time people hear it, it is very pleasant.
"You should rest early, too! Don't try too hard! ”
"I know, after a while, I'll go back! I'll drive back, faster than you guys! Arlinn says, her eyes fixed on the pot on the stove.
The edges of the pot were steaming hot, and there was a gurgling inside.
The stewed fish in it is naturally fish, but this fish is Xiao Yalin's experiment, and the fish soup is filled with Xiao Yalin's newly configured ingredients. Inspired by the Fish Restaurant, Siu began experimenting with some special Chinese herbal recipes to flavor the fish.
During this time, Xiao Yalin read a lot of books on medicinal diets, and then tried a lot of recipes, and had a more comprehensive understanding of some of the drugs often used in food and the flavors of the concoctions, and then prepared the seasonings by herself and experimented one by one.
The seasoning used tonight is the result of Xiao Yalin's reconfiguration based on the results of recent experiments.
"Sister Arlinn, you're not done yet?" Li Yueji walked in.
"All gone? The door is closed, right? Xiao Yalin asked.
Li Yueji nodded, "They ran away after cleaning, for fear of staying and being a white mouse for you!" ”
"Really? Why don't you run? Xiao Yalin smiled.
These days, the guys in the store have been plagued by Xiao Yalin's test products, and they usually eat something unpalatable, and at most they vomit out. The worst thing was that he had a stomach pull for a day or two, and he went to the hospital for two days to save his life.
Fortunately, Xiao Yalin is usually very good to the guys in the store, and the treatment she gives is relatively high, otherwise, if Xiao Yalin is so tossed, I am afraid that no one will continue to stay here. However, although they are reluctant to leave Arlinn's Fish Restaurant, they are no longer willing to act as Xiao's experimental mice.
"I want to run, but if I do, who kidnaps the boss, and who do I ask for wages?" Li Yueji quipped.
"It's good that you're not leaving! It just so happens that this pot will come out soon! Wait a minute, it's up to you! Xiao Yalin's words made Li Yueji feel cold.
"Arlinn, sister! You didn't add laxatives to it this time, did you? Li Yueji took two steps back.
Xiao Yalin lifted the lid of the pot, and a hot air rushed out, and then spread in the kitchen.
Xiao Yalin closed her eyes and inhaled with great enjoyment, "It smells pretty good, Yueji, help me get a bowl." ”
Xiao Yalin waited for a while, but she didn't see the bowl coming over, and when she looked back, she found that Li Yueji had retreated to the kitchen door.
"Silly girl, last time, it was definitely a mistake, a little more stuff was added to it, this time, I can guarantee that there are no problems. You see, it smells pretty good. Xiao Yalin seduced.
"Last time, it was still fragrant, Xiaoding is still weak in the past two days!" Li Yueji resolutely did not fall for it.
"Just taste a little! Last time, Xiao Ding finished a bowl. Xiao Yalin said.
"It's not that you're charming, you're just a bowl of poison, Xiao Ding can drink it, but I'm immune to your lethality!" Li Yueji said with a smile.
"Are you coming or not coming? But come, I'll give your phone number to Boss Zhao tomorrow and let him bother you every day! Xiao Yalin threatened.
"It's a big deal, change the number, buy a card and save 100, get 100!" Xiao Yalin's threat had no effect on Li Yueji.
"Yueyue! You are my good sister, if you don't help me, no one in this world will help me! Xiao Yalin decided to take the tender route and emotionalize Li Yueji with emotion.
Li Yueji shook slightly, but it didn't seem that the effect was very obvious, "Can't you just taste it yourself?" ”
Xiao Yalin saw that there was some effect, and immediately continued to pressurize, "My good sister, you don't know, during this time, I have tasted so many things, and the taste of my tongue has long been out of order, only depends on you, Yueyue, my good Yueyue." ”
Li Yueji decided to surrender, "I'll just taste it, okay?" ”
"It's not just good, it's just good!" Xiao Yalin smiled triumphantly.
But Li Yueji always felt that Xiao Yalin looked like a human trafficker, "You won't sell me, will you?" ”
"No, everyone likes to raise a new tender like you." Xiao Yalin said with a smile.
Before Li Yueji changed her mind, Xiao Yalin quickly took a bowl and handed it to Li Yueji.
"Isn't it just a taste?" Li Yueji's hand trembled and stretched out.
"How much you eat is your business, and how much you pretend is my business. I'm afraid you'll think it's too delicious, and you'll trouble me later. Xiao Yalin smiled.
Li Yueji carefully took the fish from Xiao Yalin's hand, as if she had taken the explosives bag, and said cautiously in her mouth, "Just one bite?" ”
"Whatever you want!" Xiao Yalin is very generous.
Li Yueji carefully placed the bowl on the table, took a pair of chopsticks, frowned, put the chopsticks into the bowl, took a small piece, and put it in his mouth.
When the fish arrived in the mouth, the taste was a little unexpected, it was no longer the same bitterness as a few days ago, nor was it a strange taste at one time, let alone a disgusting taste at one time, but a fresh taste.
The trace of fish soup on the fish meat seemed to activate all the taste buds in Li Yueji's mouth, hitting every cell, making Li Yueji's heart seem to have a rising feeling.
"How? What do you think? Xiao Yalin was very anxious, but Li Yueji didn't react for a long time.
Although from Li Yueji's expression, Xiao Yalin can know that this taste must not be wrong, but she can rest assured only if Li Yueji says it.
Li Yueji didn't speak, took a spoon and scooped a tablespoon of fish soup from the bowl.
"Wow!"
Li Yueji drank it in one gulp, closed her eyes and savored it carefully, ignoring Xiao Yalin, who was a little anxious standing on the side.
"Dead girl! Dead confinement, hurry up! Xiao Yalin was very anxious, and she wanted to snatch the spoon from Li Yueji's hand, but she herself was also harmed by her own experiments during this time.
Li Yueji smiled sweetly, "Well, it tastes good!" Do you want an uncle to reward one? ”
"Oops! Little girl, if you don't teach for a day, your tail will go to the sky! A smile immediately bloomed on Xiao Yalin's face.
"Haven't you lost your sense of taste?" Li Yueji felt that the air seemed to be filled with the sour smell of deception.
Xiao Yalin smiled a little embarrassedly, "Well, just now, I felt that my sense of taste seemed to have recovered a little, well, I can't confirm whether it has fully recovered." ”
Xiao Yalin took the spoon directly from Li Yueji's hand, scooped a tablespoon of fish soup in the bowl, and was about to send it to her mouth.
"That spoon I used!" Li Yueji said.
"Well, I won't dislike you!" Xiao Yalin said.
Li Yueji glanced at Xiao Yalin, and didn't bother to reason with her again.
Xiao Yalin took a small sip of soup, the taste was indeed very good, and she had made great progress compared to before, and she had crossed her own bottleneck.
However, while Xiao Yalin was happy, she was still a little disappointed. There is still a big gap between this taste and that of Yipin Fish Restaurant.
"Arlinn, this tastes great! Why are you still sullen? Li Yueji was a little puzzled.
"You don't know, although this taste is a big breakthrough for me, it is still a big gap from the fish flavor I have eaten at Yipin Fish Restaurant. I don't know who made the recipe, but it was like a mountain in front of me that could never be climbed. Xiao Yalin said with some disappointment.
"But how long did it take you? It's been so much progress, and if you continue to study, you'll definitely surpass him one day! Li Yueji said.
"So, Xiao Yueyue, are you supporting me to continue my research?" When Xiao Yalin spoke, she was a little like a gray wolf looking at a sheep.
Li Yueji looked at Xiao Yalin's eyes, and her heart was a little numb, "That, Sister Arlinn, it's not early, let's pack up and get ready to go, right?" ”
"Xiao Yueyue, can you change the topic, what did my sister ask you just now!" Xiao Yalin is not so easy to fool.
"Sister Arlinn, I remember, the air conditioner in the private room upstairs doesn't seem to be turned off, I'll take a look!" After Li Yueji finished speaking, he flew outside as if he was flying.
Xiao Yalin looked at Li Yueji's back and laughed a few times.
Looking back, Xiao Yalin was thinking hard about the gap between her recipe and the recipe of Yipin Fish Restaurant. Xiao Yalin's sense of smell and taste is quite excellent, and she can distinguish any slight difference in taste. In order to excel in the culinary profession, it is extremely important to have a sensitive sense of taste and smell.
Xiao Yalin thought that she could distinguish several flavors in the recipe of Yipin Fish Flavor Restaurant, but unfortunately several of them could not be found exactly the same in common Chinese medicine, so she had to replace them with similar tastes.
While there are some differences in this substitution, the differences are not so significant. This is what Xiao Yalin can't understand.
"Could it be that there is a problem with the water?" Xiao Yalin suddenly thought of a question, but after thinking about it, she felt that it was unlikely, "Although this water has a lot to do with taste, how can it cause such a big difference?" The biggest difference is probably the recipe and the cooking process! ”
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