Chapter 22: Cooking on Fire
When it comes to his other talents about food, he only has the bartending talent that he copied from Diona, the bartender at the Cattail Tavern.
So at that moment, Xia Wei thought of a dish that could defeat Xiangling, a very famous dish from his hometown - beer roast duck!
With his goal in mind, he returned to Mondstadt in a carriage, where he asked the driver to park near the Mondstadt Bridge and head towards the lake.
Just as he was about to catch ducks on the frozen lake, a little boy stood in front of him.
"You can't touch my ducks, they were raised by me." Timmy looked at Xia Wei with a determined gaze.
Xia Wei spared his head, then took out a Mora with a denomination of 10,000 from his arms and handed it to Timmy, "Child, how about I buy you a duck with 10,000 Mora?" ”
Timmy didn't even look at Mora, he still said firmly, "The ducks are my companions, so I won't let you hurt them!" Not even for Mora. ”
Xia Wei didn't panic in the slightest, because he had already read the surface thoughts of the little boy in front of him, and he liked the one-eyed treasure just like Tartaglia's younger brother, which was very easy to do.
"Well, this is a difficult thing to do, and if it weren't for this duck, I wouldn't have been able to convince Draff from Springs to let me build the One-Eyed Factory there..."
Hearing the words One-Eyed Treasure, Timmy's eyes lit up suddenly, "Are you saying that you are going to build a one-eyed Treasure factory?" ”
"Of course it's true, if I can impress him this time, the one-eyed Xiaobao factory can be successfully built, if not, I have to... Alas~" Xia Wei pretended to be sad and said.
Timmy hesitated, for him One-Eyed is a partner of justice, if there is really a one-eyed factory, then wouldn't the partners of justice be produced in a steady stream?
"That's... You can only take one duck with you, and promise me to visit your one-eyed little treasure factory in the future! ”
The poor child eventually can't resist the temptation of One-Eyed Baby, just like Xia Wei traded his own chickens for Ultraman toys for family children when he was a child.
While Timmy still hadn't regretted it, Xia Wei picked up a duck and turned around and ran back to his carriage, and then walked away.
After returning to Qingquan Town, Xia Wei found that Xiangling had not returned, so he borrowed some wheat from Draff and used the wind element to crush the wheat into powder.
Then a person came to the spring water in Qingquan Town, and using the spring water and wheat here as raw materials, Xia Wei successfully brewed a cup of beer by shaking it.
This kind of shaken beer tastes very good and has a strong aroma, which is not at all comparable to the beers sold on the market in Xia Wei's previous life.
It can only be said that Diona's abilities are really very useful.
Returning to Draff's house with the brewed beer, Xia Wei found that Xiangling had also returned, and the basket in her hand was filled with live shrimp, potatoes, and a bag of flour.
"Now that you're back, let's start the game!" Xiangling came to the stage prepared by Draff very confidently.
Xia Wei also came to the front of the competition table with his duck, beer, and seasonings borrowed from Draff.
Neither of them has an assistant, and they use their own strength.
When Xiangling was peeling the potatoes, Xia Wei was boiling water.
While Xiangling was pounding mashed potatoes, Xia Wei was handling the ducks.
While Xiangling was mixing flour and mashed potatoes in different proportions, Xia Wei was brushing the processed duck with sauce and roasting it on the fire, and brushing the duck with his homemade beer while roasting.
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Soon both of them finished the food they wanted to make, and the aroma of the food attracted many residents of Qingquan Town.
A chubby woman squeezed through the crowd and walked in.
"What the hell does it smell like?" Brock, the meat chef of Qingquan Town, looked in the direction of the two in surprise.
Xiangling sniffed lightly, smelling the fragrance from Xia Wei's side, her face changed, this person's cooking skills are really very good, and the raw materials used seem to be very unusual.
Draff, who had watched it for a long time, couldn't help but swallow, "In that case, let me be the judge of this review!" ”
"I'll do it too!" Bullock was familiar with standing behind the judges' stand with Draff.
Allen, a young hunter who had brought Xiangling with him before, joined in on the grounds that it would take three people to judge effectively.
Xiangling and Xia Wei glanced at each other, and then each brought their dishes to the table in front of the three of them.
The first thing the three of them tasted was Xiangling's dish, golden shrimp balls.
Bullock, who is a chef, gave a very high rating.
"The golden and crispy potatoes and shredded potatoes are fragrant, and with a click, accompanied by the sweet juice overflowing from the shrimp meat, the satisfaction arises spontaneously, and the teeth and cheeks are fragrant! Very well done! Brock said with great satisfaction.
The other two were still eating with their heads bored, and they couldn't stop giving comments at all.
Seeing the reaction of the three of them, Xiangling felt a little more sure in her heart, until Xia Wei lifted the lid of her dinner plate.
A roast duck that was roasted until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, golden in color appeared in front of several people.
Draff took a deep breath, he even smelled his daughter Diona in the smell of this duck...
"Beer roast duck, please taste." Xia Wei smiled and looked at the three referees and Xiangling.
The three referees were stunned after eating the beer roast duck made by Xia Wei one after another, as if they couldn't believe that there would be such a delicacy in the world.
It's like the most delicious meat and the most mellow wine come together.
After a long time, Brock raised his head and looked at Xia Wei, "Great cooking skills and creativity, my vote will be for you." ”
Alan and Draff nodded as they ate, and the meaning was already obvious.
Xiangling looked incredulous, but the next moment, Xia Wei handed a duck leg dinner plate that had been torn off in advance in front of her.
"Come and try it, I also won by opportunism, you don't have to care." Xia Wei said with a smile.
Xiangling picked up the duck leg handed over by Xia Wei and took a bite, the crispy skin of the roast revealed the fragrant wine-flavored gravy, after chewing twice, Xiangling swallowed the duck meat, she closed her eyes tightly and seemed to be savoring.
It didn't take long to open his eyes and look at Xia Wei and give a thumbs up, "You're amazing!" I admit I lost! I will do what you ask for the promotion of Qingquan Town! ”
Xia Wei nodded with satisfaction.
"By the way, are you really a businessman? Why not be a chef? Your cooking skills are so good! And he was very creative, and he could even think of using wine as a barbecue material. Xiangling said adoringly.
"yes, yes, I'm sure I'll be frequented if you open a restaurant in Mondstadt." Draff said excitedly.
Although Diona didn't like him to drink, she didn't say that she couldn't eat beer roast duck! This is simply a good opportunity to give him a loophole!