Chapter 160: Ice and Fire (Part II)

Root. Winkler is a businessman from the Federal Republic of Delman who runs a sizable leisure travel company based in Munny.

He has always been very fond of Chinese food, and this time he personally went to Shudu to participate in the International Tourism Trade Expo, in addition to wanting to evaluate the possibility of establishing long-term cooperation with relevant Chinese enterprises, there is also an important reason.

That is to go to the birthplace of the legendary mapo tofu to taste the real Chinese cuisine.

Ben's love for Chinese food stemmed from an accident.

A few years ago, he went to England to visit clients and heard an Englishman joke at a cocktail party that the best chef in heaven was a Gaul and the best chef in hell was a Delman.

Another Englishman chimed in and said that one of the most troublesome things in the world was hiring a Delman as a chef. That's because Delman chefs cook some of the world's worst meals with ingredients that are calculated to the nearest gram.

If this was said by a Gaul, the character of Ben would not say much. But what right did England, which was also called a gastronomic desert by the Gauls, have to laugh at Delman's cuisine.

Ben almost got into an argument with the Englishman that day, but luckily a Gallic merchant came out to lighten the mood and divert the conversation to talk about Chinese cuisine.

Ben, who knows a little about China, knows for the first time that China is still a country of food on a par with Gaul, with a variety of magical cuisines. His previous impression of Huaguo restaurants was fried noodles and hot and sour soup.

When the Gallic merchant showed him a taste of an authentic Chinese restaurant, he fell in love with Chinese food, especially mapo tofu.

On the first day of the fair, a local trading partner took him to a food hall to taste local snacks, where he unexpectedly saw a magical fish dish.

Ben bet it was the most delicious fish dish he'd ever tasted, with a charming spicy and sweet taste never seen in Delman's food.

When he heard that the chef who made the fish dishes would have a cooking duel with another Chinese chef, he immediately visited the official director of the expo and persuaded him to give him an invitation to become one of the 100 rated group with the confidence and stubbornness characteristic of Delman businessmen.

Now he is very grateful for his decisiveness, and being able to participate in this event today is really something worth bragging about in his life.

The Chinese chef named "Ma Hao" made fish dishes on the spot that were even better than he had tasted before.

The tender fish fillet melts in his mouth, not only delicious, but also has a hint of lemon fragrance and a slight acidity, which makes him want to eat it endlessly.

After scooping up the fish in the bowl, Ben couldn't help but pick up the bowl and take a few sips of fish soup.

The red fish soup was so delicious that it completely refreshed his perception of fish soup, and for a few seconds, he felt that the best chef in heaven should be a Chinese person.

But soon he regretted his reckless actions.

The surging spicy smell made him feel like his whole body was burning, his face was flushed, his heart was beating faster, he was sweating all over, and his stomach seemed to be filled with a volcanic magma.

Ben closed his eyes and felt a dark red in front of him, a rain of fire scattered around him, and his feet walked painfully on the red and black magma.

Oh my God, this is a dish of heaven, it's a scorching hell's specialty.

But it was strange to him that he felt so much pain and still wanted to eat another dish of that kind of fish and meat.

An uncontrollable desire boiled in Ben's heart. But as a decent Delman businessman, you can't be rude in such a public setting.

Just as he was struggling in pain, Ben saw the Chinese girl walking around with her mobile phone just now, gesturing with the American exhibitor in the front row.

Although Ben's knowledge of Chinese was limited to a few simple conversations, he could still guess that the girl wanted the American to eat another plate of food on the table.

The girl said "Lower the burning sensation", which Ben understood, and the girl meant that eating that food would reduce the burning sensation.

Ben looked at the plate of food called "Refreshing Breeze Rice" on his desk.

When this dish was served just now, he thought it was rich in color and balanced nutrition, although the name was a little inexplicable, but he guessed that it should be an after-dinner dessert.

At that time, I thought that the culinary duel of the Chinese people was very strange, and they would let a main course and a dessert compete on the same stage, which was completely incomparable. Especially when he eats the warm and spicy fish fillet, he just leaves this cold dish behind.

But now Ben feels as if he is being burned at the stake, and the "Refreshing Breeze Rice" that is braving the slightest cold suddenly attracts him.

He picked up the delicate lotus-shaped plate, eagerly picked up the spoon and scooped a large spoonful of sauce into his mouth.

"Knock ....."

A bell suddenly rang in Ben's spiritual world, and a holy light lit up in the dark red sky, and milky white rain fell from the sky with the holy light, moistening the burning earth.

He tilted his head to the sky, hungrily sucking the rain that had fallen on his chapped lips, the fresh sweet coconut fragrance and thick, silky taste that made his body feel burned begin to recover.

Then the breeze blew, and Ben heard a burst of singing in his ears, and although he couldn't understand the lyrics, the cheerful rhythm made him dance unconsciously.

Before he knew it, he found himself surrounded by a circle of garden dwarfs, playing guitars, flutes, clapping hands, dancing with him.

These dwarfs all wear strange hats, some like mangoes, some like red beans, some like raisins...

Ben was suddenly stunned, why did the music stop?

He fixed his eyes and saw that there was no dwarf anywhere, and he was just holding an empty porcelain plate in a daze.

Ben, who was a little puzzled, put down the porcelain plate in his hand, and unexpectedly found that his body and mind no longer felt anxious and painful, and a cool and calm feeling emanated from his mouth and stomach to his whole body, making him feel very comfortable.

His gaze touched the black bowl with the red fish soup again, and a sudden sense of fear arose in his heart.

Ben was surprised that he wanted to eat more of that terrible food, could it be that he was tempted by the devil?

Ben glanced at his friend from Idaulus, who was sitting to his left, and saw that he was holding the black bowl, his face flushed, his eyes strange, and his mouth muttering as if he had been cursed by some strange curse.

Ben had a cold war, was he like this just now?

It's horrible.

Ben immediately reminded the friend to eat the "Refreshing Breeze Rice" quickly.

At Ben's urging, the Italus friend reluctantly took a bite, and then suddenly his eyes lit up, spoonful after spoonful, sweeping away a large plate of food, and finally licking the plate!

The bold eating appearance of the friends of Italus made Ben have the urge to cover his face. He guessed that he would not be any better than this friend when he had just eaten.

The chefs of Huaguo are terrible, but fortunately they don't believe in GOD, otherwise it will be their world whether it is heaven or hell.