I'm the Culinary God

Chapter 1173: Chapter 473: Dundun: Stuck with a Clueless and Playful Mommy, What Can This Cat Do!

"Wow, is this Skin Residue? How did it get so classy all of a sudden?"

Wei Qian leaned in for a closer look. The last time he ate Skin Residue, he thought this thing had a vibe of something that just couldn’t sell well.

Unexpectedly, with a little improvement, its looks had significantly improved.

Lin Xu chuckled and said:

"I added a bit of gardenia to improve it. Looking at it now, it seems pretty good... Let’s try selling it in the shop later and see how it sells. It could also serve as indirect promotion of our hometown’s cuisine."

Wei Qian observed:

"Last time I had Skin Residue, I thought it tasted great, but the appearance was lacking. With your improvements, its biggest shortcoming has been addressed. We can try selling it, but before that, you should shoot a video for some promotion just to be safe."

"Okay, I’ll film it tomorrow morning."

With the heavy weekend foot traffic, I’ll shoot it tomorrow and release it. On Friday, we’ll launch it in the store.

With the customers on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, selling over 500 portions is more than feasible.

To prevent the sales from being affected, I’ll take some time tomorrow afternoon to go to the company and film the western cuisine for the weekend cook-off.

Although Lin Xu doesn’t know much about western cooking, he hasn’t used the Perfect Level Pan-fried Foie Gras he got last time. It’s time to show everyone some high-end western cooking methods and plating styles.

He doesn’t care what the opponent is making.

As long as he showcases his Perfect Level cooking technique, he’ll surely remain undefeated.

Yeah, no matter how good the opponent is, they can only make perfect-level dishes, at best a tie. But when a western chef ties with a Chinese chef in western cuisine, isn’t the winner obvious?

"How do we serve this Skin Residue? Should we store it in the cold room until Friday to sell?"

"We’ll stir-fry some, braise some, and pan-fry some. Then, take some leftover Pickled Pork bits, put them in the steam cabinet and steam them with the Skin Residue... We’ll finish these Skin Residues today, and have something even better later."

Hearing this, Wei Qian quickly shouted to Ma Zhiqiang:

"Chef Ma, let’s hit the big stovetop tonight, and add more Skin Residue."

"Got it! I’ve been craving Skin Residue lately."

In the small kitchen next door, Shen Jiayue was slowly simmering Peanut Paste in a small milk pan.

As she simmered, the sweet and fragrant scent of peanuts kept teasing her taste buds. If it weren’t for the fact that she was filming, she’d scoop up a big bowl with a spoon.

Before long, the peanut paste in the pot became thicker.

She tossed in some crystal sugar, turned off the heat, and stirred it a bit more until the sugar melted, then mixed it evenly again.

Then she brought over the Black Sesame Paste she had previously prepared and began her work.

Making the two different colored soups into the yin-yang fish shape of a Tai Chi Diagram requires technique, like serving half first, then tilting the other colored soup onto one side.

Using soup’s tension to squeeze out a circle, then pouring it down to make the colors draw together and get narrower.

That’s how the Tai Chi pattern appears.

Once the Tai Chi pattern is completed, the yin-yang fish eyes become much simpler to make, just pouring soup into the middle of the opposite color, which is not challenging at all.

Shen Jiayue didn’t know exactly how to do it. She wanted to ask Lin Xu, but then thought asking for everything made her feel spineless at home.

So she decided to wing it.

Failing was expected anyway and had no impact.

But if it succeeded... haha, Lin Ji’s Food head chef’s sign can definitely be shown off.

Let’s see who’d say I’m not up to the name then!

Shen Jiayue first poured the Black Sesame Paste she’d prepared earlier into a basin, then brought over the small milk pan, and gently poured the Peanut Paste into the basin.

As she was pouring, her hand shook, and a lot more Peanut Paste poured out at once instead of a trickle.

This sudden change startled her; she immediately stopped, causing the Peanut Paste to spill on the side of the Black Sesame Paste.

When she finally steadied it, her hand bumped the basin once more.

Inside, the Peanut Paste and Black Sesame Paste wobbled uncontrollably.

"Oh no, oh no, this is definitely going to... huh? What’s going on? I actually succeeded!!!!!!"

Seeing the standard yin-yang fish shape in the basin, Shen Jiayue was so excited she nearly tossed the small milk pan she was holding.

Wow, taking a risk while expecting failure and it actually worked.

How lucky is that?

As the saying goes, since ancient times, Gunners have Luck E, looks like I’m cut out to be a Gunner!

Downstairs at the service desk, Dundun grumbled discontentedly.

This is thanks to me, not anything to do with Gunners, okay?

Have I played too many games and become silly?

The little guy shook his head, feeling quite helpless having such a clumsy but playful mom!

Upstairs, Lin Xu heard Shen Baobao shouting and thought she got burned, so he quickly ran into the small kitchen.

After coming in, he saw her holding the camera, taking photos excitedly of the small basin on the table.

This is...

He walked over and, seeing the Tai Chi pattern in the basin, was a bit surprised:

"Did you pour this out?"

"Yeah, just tell me if it’s beautiful!"

Lin Xu picked up the small milk pan nearby and poured into the black sesame area creating the yin fish’s eye.

Then he picked up the black sesame and poured into the peanut paste area; that’s a true Tai Chi diagram.

"Wow, so that’s why it looked odd. I was wondering why the Tai Chi pattern looked off."

Shen Jiayue continued to take more photos with the camera in a frenzy.

She switched back to video mode and captured a bunch of close-ups again.