"Come, son, taste."

The middle-aged man of the diner greeted his son, picked up the spoon as well, and looked at the plate.

But looking at the golden croaker floating in the thick clear soup on the plate, he was reluctant to start.

"This dish is so beautiful!"

The high school student's son looked at the tofu fish on the plate and couldn't help but admire.

The edge of the deep-mouthed plate has blue and white patterns of lotus flowers and lotus leaves, and there are fish with tails swimming in it.

However, the bottom of the deep mouth plate is white, making the tofu red scale fish floating in the transparent soup as if it is really in a pool of water.

The green onions above are like fallen leaves falling into the pond water, and they are like duckweed growing out of the water.

The tofu red scale fish, which have different shapes, seem to jump out of the water and open their mouths to nibble on fallen leaves and duckweed.

"Isn't this a vegetarian dish? How can there be fried small fish? ”

The middle-aged man asked.

Qin Lan stepped forward and explained: "This is carved out of tofu. ”

"Carved out of tofu?"

The middle-aged man was taken aback, carefully looked at the fish on the plate, and found that the color of this fish was very uniform, not like ordinary fried fish, with a dark color on the head, tail, back, and white belly.

"That's too similar, isn't it?"

He exclaimed: "Good workmanship! ”

As he spoke, he poked the spoon into his plate and scooped up a spoonful of tofu and red scaly fish covered in sauce.

Seeing that he destroyed the integrity of the dish, the son on the side was a little pity, but he still followed him, scooped one too, and put it in his own bowl.

Looking at the browned tofu red scale fish in the bowl, the middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, then scooped it up and put it in his mouth.

The teeth fell, and he felt his teeth touch a thin layer of puff pastry.

Although the puff pastry has been soaked in the sauce and softened a lot, there is still a trace of crispiness in the innermost layer, just like the part of the sauce poured when the sauce pot is just served, and the taste tastes like it.

Sand~!

He could feel with his tongue that the thin parts of the tofu fish, such as the dorsal fin, abdominal pectoral fin, anal fin, and caudal fin, had been fried to a crispy point.

When the sauce is hung up, these parts absorb the water and become soft again, absorbing the soup.

After entering the mouth, these places instantly melted, and with the absorbed soup, it quickly dissolved on the tongue, and the umami was instantly filled!

"Huh?"

He looked down at the half-bitten tofu fish with some surprise.

His palate told him that it was a real fish!

It has the umami of fish, the texture of fried fish, and the shape of fried fish.

If he hadn't been told in advance that it was made of tofu, he would have really thought it was a real fried fish!

But even if he knew that it was made of tofu, when he ate it, he still had the illusion that he was eating fried fish, which made him very unaccustomed, but it was extremely novel.

"Wow!"

The son on the side also took a bite and was immediately surprised and praised: "This fish is so tender!" ”

was reminded by his son, and the middle-aged man noticed that the taste of the fish was unpleasantly tender.

After biting through the outer puff pastry, the teeth quickly cut through the fish's body.

There are no bones or bones to obstruct it, and the whole body of the fish is full of extremely tender meat.

No, it should be tofu.

The middle-aged man looked at the cross-section of the bitten tofu fish and couldn't help but admire: "This tofu feels like it's almost as tender as Yuzi tofu." ”

Yuzi tofu is also called egg tofu, although the name is tofu, but there are no soybeans in the raw materials, only water, eggs, vegetable protein, edible salt and additives.

This type of tofu is characterized by its tenderness, even approaching the tenderness of jelly.

However, this middle-aged man was obviously amazed by the crispy taste of tofu fish on the outside and tender on the inside, so he made such an analogy.

The southern tofu made by Li Yi is not as tender as jade tofu, and if it is so tender, it is not easy to carve.

The reason why this middle-aged man has the illusion of eating jade tofu is because he ate it in time enough, and the crispy shell on the surface of the tofu fish has not been completely softened, so it forms a sharp contrast with the inner tofu, making the tenderness of the internal tofu more prominent.

The middle-aged woman also picked up the spoon and tasted it, and was immediately amazed and covered her mouth.

After swallowing the fish in her mouth, she asked curiously, "Why do I feel as if I am really eating fish?" It's amazing! ”

Qin Lan didn't know how to answer, so she turned her head and looked at the entrance of the corridor for help.

Wu Lei and the others were standing over there, drooling as they looked at it.

Seeing Qin Lan coming over, they hurriedly got out of the way and pushed Li Yi out.

"That's because the sauce of this dish is made with vegetarian broth."

Li Yi explained: "The umami substance of this dish mainly comes from the seafood such as kelp, kelp, etc. in the vegetarian broth, so the soup will have its own fishy salty taste of seafood.

When I was thickening the sauce, I used pepper to mix the saltiness of the broth to bring out the sweetness, so that when I ate it, I felt as if I was eating real fish and shrimp, and the seafood was sweet. ”

"What a craft!"

The middle-aged man praised him: "I've eaten real dry-fried red scale fish, but this dish you make is much better than what I've ever eaten!" And it's made of tofu, cow, real cow! ”

"It's good that you're satisfied."

Li Yi smiled politely, then nodded and said, "You use it slowly, and the last soup will come soon." ”

With that, he turned and walked to the kitchen.

Wu Lei stretched his neck and watched his high school son scoop up a spoonful of tofu fish, eating it sweetly, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Zhao Jinmai also licked the corners of his mouth, and then pulled him: "Let's go!" Don't disturb people's meals. ”

Wu Lei was still a little reluctant, but Zheng Jun on the side ran quickly and followed Li Yi to the kitchen, asking, "Eh?" Chef Li, can you make a bowl for me to taste? Can't I spend money on it? ”

Wu Lei was excited, turned around and chased: "Teacher Zheng Jun!" Divide me! Just one bite! ”

Seeing that a group of them chased after the kitchen, Qin Lan stood on the side of the front hall, a little hesitant.

Watching the family of three eat one spoonful after another, eating all the tofu, fish and sauce on the plate, she subconsciously swallowed her saliva.

Grunt~!

There was a gut sound in her stomach.

She had only eaten one apple in the morning, and it was almost noon, and she was a little hungry.

It seemed that she had withdrawn her gaze from the kitchen outlet.

She didn't realize that when she looked back at her, she had a vague subconscious expectation.

"Serve!"

Li Yi's voice came from the outlet.

"It's coming!"

She answered, and trotted two steps briskly towards the outlet.

After running two steps, she suddenly realized why she was so happy.

Obviously, at the beginning, when she went to serve food, she had to muster up the courage and hold her breath.

But now she actually started to run on her own initiative.

With a lot of wonder, she came to the dining outlet, and then saw a small soup basin.

There is a basin of unremarkable-looking ...... in the soup bowl Cabbage and tofu soup.

(End of chapter)