Xia Shang took Gandalf to his backyard.

On the way, Xia Shang asked Gandalf about his identity many times, but the other party always said to him, and after a long time, Xia Shang didn't ask.

As soon as he arrived in the courtyard, Li Luo took the account book and wanted to ask questions, but when he suddenly saw a guest, he quickly hid back in the house, and looked curiously at the old man with white hair through the gap in the window. The old man seemed to be a little familiar in Li Luo's eyes, but he couldn't remember who it was, so he wrinkled his brows and continued to think in his mind.

Xia Shang agreed to Gandalf's cooking, and at the same time, the silver carp was a rare ingredient, so he was ready to show his hand.

Gandalf knew that the tarpon was a high-quality ingredient, so he was not in a hurry at all and sat in the backyard with his eyes closed.

The old god Gandalf is here, whether it is his face, clothes, or movements, he looks like a big man.

The Fang brothers saw more guests, and their eyesight gradually improved, and when they saw Gandalf's extraordinary, they took the initiative to bring a big umbrella to protect him from the snow, and at the same time brought a charcoal stove to burn a pot of hot tea.

There was no sound during the whole process, but Gandalf saw it clearly and nodded quietly.

Xia Shang, who thought that he was going to cook in the inner kitchen, would spend some time, but just after a quarter of an hour, Xia Shang came out of the kitchen with a plate.

The dish on the plate immediately caught Gandalf's attention.

In the round white porcelain plate, the head and tail of the fish are divided into two ends, the backbone of the fish stands upright in the middle, and the two sides are sashimi made of chest and abdomen, showing the complete appearance of the carp.

This is the standard fish plate, what is amazing is the fish fillet, the fish fillet is as thin as ice petals, the left and right sides of the fish fillet seem to be different, one side of the fish is pale orange, like scattered salmon, one side of the fish meat is pale, flashing light, like a mirror, there seems to be a lot of ice fragments.

It was the first time he had seen a silver carp in such a form, and Gandalf's interested Masano picked up the chopsticks.

"Wait." Xia Shang stopped.

Gandalf then noticed that Xia Shang was still holding a large spoon in his right hand, and there seemed to be a thick hot soup in the spoon.

The soup has an attractive kumquat colour and is as thick as ink, mixed with fine crumbs of white foam.

Before Gandalf could see clearly, Xia Shang waved his hand, and the soup was sprinkled on the side of the pale orange fish fillet. A wave of heat rises, and you can clearly see that the pieces of fish begin to tremble slightly as if they were alive, and after being exposed to the heat, the fish begin to turn white, but the kumquat soup gives them a new color.

"Two eat fish."

Xia Shang made a gesture of please.

As soon as the soup is sprinkled, the dishes instantly show a different state, one side is like fire, the other side is as cold as frost, the style is very different, eye-catching.

"Two eating fish? What's the name of the dish? Gandalf was a little stunned with his chopsticks.

"That's right."

Gandalf sighed suddenly: "It's a pity that such a wonderful visual enjoyment is accompanied by such a vulgar name!" ”

Xia Shang smiled: "The old gentleman has a dish name to give?" ”

Xia Shang offered to give it, and Gandalf was very satisfied, and stroked his long beard to prepare for a wave, but he froze halfway, because he really couldn't think of a suitable name to describe it. In the end, he sat down helplessly and sighed: "That's it, two fish are two fish, one fish has two flavors, it is also appropriate." Little brother, can the old man move chopsticks? ”

"Please."

Gandalf's eyes lit up, and he looked at the fillets on the left and right, not knowing where to taste them first. After hesitating for a long time, he finally landed his chopsticks on the still steaming kumquat fillet.

As soon as the chopsticks went down, he started to bring up a large amount of thick juice, and the thick juice fell quickly along the fish fillet, and finally there was only a piece of paper-thin fish meat, and the chopsticks on the other side could be seen with a little thick juice.

"Thin as cicada's wings!"

Gandalf was amazed, and his beard trembled in shock as the fillet was filled.

"Sour and sweet, tender and tender! Wonderful! ”

After tasting the fillet in the thick soup, Gandalf became a little anxious and panicked and turned to the chilled fillet on the other side.

The chilled fish fillet on one side looked a little monotonous without the soup, but Gandalf picked up a slice and noticed the difference, and asked three times, "Why is that?" How so? How so? ”

I saw that the chilled fish fillet was clear and transparent, and the texture of the fish meat could be seen clearly, but as soon as the chopsticks touched the whole fish fillet, it became blurred, and the fish was full of fine ice crystals.

Xia Shang explained: "Each piece of fish meat is wrapped in a very thin layer of ice, and the chopsticks will break when touched, so this is the case. Blow off the crushed ice before serving. ”

"And such a strange way to eat?" Gandalf blew on the fillet, and saw that the ice crumbled off, and the flesh gradually appeared, and then the fish was swallowed, Gandalf couldn't help frowning, "Raw?" ”

"The tarpon meat is fine and has a wonderfully sweet taste, and the best taste is the fish meat, and sashimi is the best way to express the deliciousness of the fish without any processing. Chilling the fish is better to lock in the deliciousness of the fish. ”

After listening to Xia Shang's explanation, Gandalf began to squint his eyes.

Probably the first time he'd tried sashimi, Gandalf always felt a little weird. But Xia Shang didn't lie, and he could indeed find the umami in the fish meat from the sashimi.

Gandalf has fallen so deep into the deliciousness of his food that he has never felt like before, and he can't break free of it for a while.

Xia Shang silently took out another plate and carefully selected the fish fillet, and then returned to the house with the plate.

Luo Luo, who was peeking in the room, was startled, hurriedly closed the window and sat on the edge of the bed smiling, and as soon as Xia Shang entered the door, he shouted sweetly: "Xianggong." ”

"Ma'am, try this."

……

Coming out of the house, Xia Shang found that the fish fillets on Gandalf's plate were not missing at all, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Old man, why don't you eat it?" ”

Gandalf shook his head and frowned: "I didn't expect that the silver carp still has such a flavor, I thought that the girl surnamed Xu had the ultimate taste of the silver carp, but I didn't expect that there was such a delicious fish in the world." Whether it's chilled or thickly juicy, the flavor is superior to the clear water tarpon. Little brother, the old man has a reluctant request, can you tell the old man how to make this dish? ”

Gandalf was afraid that Xia Shang would misunderstand, and said: "Little brother, don't worry, the old man is not a cook and can't cook, but he can't figure out that such a good dish has gone through those processes, and his heart is depressed, and if he doesn't understand clearly, the old man is afraid that he can't sleep well." ”

The practice of cooking is not something that ordinary people can do, so Xia Shang doesn't care about telling others about the practice, but if he doesn't tell it in return, he is unwilling.

"Sir, it's not impossible to tell you what to do, can we exchange conditions?"

"On what terms?"

"As long as the old gentleman promises me three things, I will exchange them at once."

"Three things? Let's hear it. ”

"Not yet, as long as the old gentleman remembers it, I hope to help when I ask for it in the future."

"Three things in one dish? No way! One dish one thing! Don't do it if you don't do more! ”

"This ......" Xia Shang was embarrassed, "one thing is a bit of a loss, I don't know if the old gentleman is enough?" ”

Gandalf blew his beard: "Hou Ding, the general of the chariot and cavalry, Hou Jun gathers his father!" ”