Chapter 485: Steamed Great White Shark
The 50th to 60th floors of Haotian International Building is one of the best five-star hotels in Donghai City, called Hyatt International Hotel.
It is a foreign-funded international hotel group with five-star hotels in more than 100 countries around the world, ranking 428th in the list of the world's top 500 enterprises.
The Hyatt Regency International Hotel in Donghai City is famous for its Cantonese seafood and has been awarded three Michelin stars by Michelin, an internationally renowned food evaluation agency. The cuisine, environment and service of this restaurant are among the best in Tokai City and even in Tokai City.
It is precisely because of this that Ye Hao designated the restaurant of this hotel to help him cook the seafood sent by Popeye.
The hotel's executive chef is Lee Chak Wing, a Hong Kong Island native who is about 40 years old this year and is best at seafood cooking.
Li Zerong is a celebrity chef in the food industry, he has been working as a chef in restaurants on Hong Kong Island since he was a teenager, and he has cooked seafood feasts for many celebrities and wealthy people in his life, and he has cooked almost all the precious seafood ingredients.
However, when he saw the great white shark more than one meter long sent by the fat man, he was still very surprised.
"Ahem, Mr. Zhu, this white shark is really big enough, how do you want to eat it?"
Li Zerong couldn't help but ask more.
"Hahaha, we Ye Dong said, it's best to eat it whole, don't cut it into pieces, you can't see the appearance of a shark!"
The fat man laughed.
"My God, eat it whole, such a big shark, there are more than 100 catties, can you eat it in one meal?"
"After eating, we will have more than 30 people come over to eat together at noon!"
"Uh...... Alright!"
Li Zerong was stunned for a while, but he still agreed.
There are many kinds of seafood sent by Ye Hao, in addition to this great white shark, there are also a lot of crabs and fish and shrimp, as well as a small amount of abalone, sea urchin and sea cucumber and other seafood, there are no less than 30 kinds of seafood.
The other ingredients are relatively easy to handle, but this great white shark makes Li Zerong a little worried.
It's not easy to steam such a large white shark whole!
However, this also made Li Zerong very excited!
Li Zerong has been obsessed with food cooking since he was a child, and whenever he encounters challenging ingredients, he will feel an inexplicable excitement. He had a hunch that if this steamed great white shark could be brilliant, it would further enhance his fame and status in the food industry, and he would become one of the first-class chefs in China.
In order to make this steamed great white shark well, the steamer is the key.
But such a large steamer is not available on the market at all!
Li Zerong contacted a manufacturer that specializes in supplying kitchenware to restaurants, and proposed to order a super-large steamer with a diameter of 1.8 meters, and it should be made within two hours.
When the boss of the manufacturer heard this request, he was stunned.
"Chef Li, what are you going to order such a large steamer, what are you going to use to steam it?"
"A great white shark with a length of about one and a half meters!"
"Wo Cao, such a big white shark?!!Where did you get it?And what kind of high roller made such a request?"
"Ye Dong of Haotian International!"
"Wocao, this Ye Dong is really not an ordinary person!"
"Ahem, I'm very short of time, I don't have time to chat with you! Ye Dong and his friends, I'm going to taste this steamed great white shark at noon, you hurry up and help me think of a way!"
"It's very troublesome to order this kind of special specification steamer, how can it be done well in such a short time?"
"You can definitely figure it out! It doesn't matter if the steamer is simple, but it has to be big enough! Remember, it has to be fast!"
"Uh..... I'll figure it out!"
After hanging up the phone, the owner of this kitchenware factory immediately called a meeting of the engineers in the factory to discuss countermeasures urgently.
Not to mention, there is a very smart engineer who really came up with a solution.
He found a few large steel plates with a thickness of one centimeter, first asked an electrician to weld these steel plates, and then used a high-pressure air hammer to smash this extra-large steel plate into the shape of a cauldron by hand. This cauldron, although it looks simple and rough, and even the bottom of the pot is a little pitted, can already meet Li Zerong's requirements.
The pot is there, but the steaming drawer and lid on it are also a very troublesome thing.
In the same way, the engineer had workers cut, weld, and assemble some steel plates to create an oversized steamer drawer and lid.
Two hours later, Li Zerong received a call from the owner of the kitchenware factory, saying that the extra-large steamer was ready.
Li Zerong saw the photo of the steamer sent by the boss, was very surprised, praised it repeatedly, and asked the boss to send the pot to the hotel quickly.
Once the pot is in place, the rest will be easy to do.
Li Zerong asked his chef to handle other ingredients, while he himself was the chef to handle the great white shark.
Shark meat is not easy to make, this ingredient is different from ordinary seafood, the taste is particularly fishy, and the meat is relatively hard. If you don't handle it well, it will become unpalatable, but if you handle it well, it will be the most beautiful delicacy in the world.
In addition, the skin of sharks is very thick, and compared to other marine fish, the skin of sharks is like a pair of armor. Without special treatment, it is not easy to cut with a knife, let alone eat with chopsticks.
Li Zerong is worthy of being a celebrity chef and has come up with a lot of wonderful ways to solve these problems.
He personally cut out the internal organs of the shark and stripped the shark skin and the shark head from the shark completely.
In this way, the great white shark is completely divided into three parts, the shark head and a whole shark skin, the whole shark meat, and various internal organs that have been separated.
The internal organs of deep-sea fish are generally inedible, and Li Zerong directly threw away those internal organs.
He used a large iron hook to hook the shark's head and scrape the shark's skin into the sand. The surface of the shark skin has a sandy hard shell, and if you eat it directly, it will not taste good. Li Zerong has experience, and after repeatedly scalding the shark skin with boiling water, he used a special iron brush to scrape the layer of sandy hard shell on the shark skin and make a special pickle.
He set up a pot, boiled a large pot of hot oil, and poured it over the shark skin evenly and continuously. When the shark skin is poured with hot oil, the surface turns brown and makes a sizzling sound.
An indescribable aroma overflowed, attracting all the chefs who were busy with their work.
"Oh my God, it smells so good!"
"Tsk, just smelling this aroma makes your mouth revel!"
"Shark skin can be treated like this, Chef Li is really amazing!"
Li Zerong did not fry the shark skin thoroughly, but only fried the harder part of the skin on the surface of the shark skin until it was slightly crispy, and the lower part of the fish skin was originally relatively delicate and soft, so it still maintained its original appearance.
In this way, the skin becomes rich and suitable for the mouth without damaging the appearance of the skin.
Handling the shark skin is the hardest part of the dish.
After Li Zerong successfully handled the shark skin, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, with a smug smile on his face.
(End of chapter)