Chapter 703: The difference in taste between live crabs and dead crabs
"Crab? Okay." Heath nodded. Speaking of which, Ho-Oh seemed to like eating crabs very much. To be honest, although Heath thought that the mythical beasts were normal people , example, the bird Ho-Oh, Heath often thought that Ho-Oh should eat insects, or raw meat and so on. Fortunately, Ho-Oh did not have the ability to read minds, otherwise Heath felt that he would have been slapped several times by Ho-Oh.
Heath naturally prepared a lot of special ingredients such as crabs. If the King of Phoenix wanted to eat purple crabs, Heath could even provide them. She had not used the guests' satisfaction much during this period of time because Sheath planned to save these things temporarily. The effect of saving should be good. If there are any very expensive special ingredients in the future, she can use the accumulated customer satisfaction. This is like if you saved money every month in your previous life, then you don't need to beg for help in an emergency.
However, Heath felt a little embarrassed when Ho-Oh asked him to make a delicious crab dish. After all, there are so many dishes that can be made with crabs, such as spicy crabs, garlic crabs, etc., and even steaming is also a way to eat them. So Heath felt that a general statement was really embarrassing. Fortunately, Heath could see the guests' preferences, otherwise Heath would not know what to cook. But after looking at Ho-Oh's preferences, Heath gave up again, because Ho-Oh's top requirement for food is delicious crab dishes.
"How about making that?" Heath touched his chin. Sometimes, innovation is not necessarily necessary. After all, guests can eat without innovation. Just like the staple food like white rice, people who are used to it will not have any objections after eating it every day for a year. If everyone demands innovation in food, then it is estimated that in a few months, people will put coal or something into the food. After all, there are only so many ingredients in the world, and the combinations are limited.
Thinking of this, Heath decided what to do . He planned to make that, that is, crab roe noodles. Although it was crab roe noodles, the crab roe noodles made by Heath were somewhat different from those made by others. Heath had eaten crab roe noodles before, and in his opinion, crab roe noodles were delicious, but a little too expensive. Heath could understand that it was a little expensive, after all, crab roe was not easy to make. But the problem was that the merchant gave too little crab roe. Heath guaranteed with his own eyes as a professional chef that the crab roe was at most the amount of one crab.
But compared with its high price, it is not cost-effective. This is why Heath never went there a second time after eating there once. But when he went there the next year, he found that the store was still open and its business was even more booming. After all, the publicity was good and the owner had learned his lesson. Although the amount of crab roe used was the same, a lot of crab roe sauce was used.
Crab roe and crab roe sauce look like the same thing, but in fact they taste different. The real crab roe is scraped directly from the crab's belly, while crab roe sauce is specially processed and is generally sold. After all, crab roe sauce can be kept for a longer time. The raw materials for making crab roe sauce are not just crab roe, so in Heath's opinion, crab roe sauce is relatively not suitable for making crab roe noodles.
Of course, it's not impossible to use crab roe sauce on crab roe noodles, but according to Heath's cooking habits, Heath is more accustomed to using crab roe and crab meat directly, and the layers must be clear so that the customers can see at a glance how much crab roe and crab meat there is. If you are more particular, you can even put the used crab shells aside to let the customers know how much raw material is used in this bowl of crab.
However, it is also true that a crab contains little meat and roe. The shell of a large crab alone may account for more than one kilogram.
Heath quickly processed the crabs on hand. Because he had a storage room, the crabs Heath bought were all fresh live crabs. The taste difference between live crabs and dead crabs is very large. The meat is thread-like and chewy, while the meat of fresh live crabs is not in lumps and has a mushy feeling. This will make people subconsciously think that the crab is not fresh. But in fact, anyone who often eats crabs knows that this kind of crab is fresh, while the thread-like crab is not.
I have to say that there are a lot of things to pay attention to when it comes to eating. If you don’t understand these things, you will be fooled by others.
After Seath steamed the crabs, he started to take out the crab roe and crab meat. This was a rather troublesome task, and there was basically not much crab roe in the crabs at this time. Fortunately, this is the Pokémon world, and one species of crabs here actually had crab roe at this time, so Seath still successfully made a large bowl of crab roe noodles for Ho-Oh that looked very expensive.
Eight crabs were used in total. Although the crab roe noodles don't taste better the more crabs are used, it is also true that the more crabs are used, the more expensive it is. However, Heath didn't plan to charge Ho-Oh much money. After all, this is Ho-Oh, and the things she gave him to entertain him were enough to make Heath happy.
"Ho-Oh, Mr. Heath, I heard you have something to talk to me about?" Just after she brought the noodles over, the door of the dining car was pushed open, and then the Lugia that Heath had met last time walked in. This time she called Ho-Oh directly, but Ho-Oh didn't care, and neither did Heath. After all, Heath already knew the true identities of these mythical beasts.
"It's like this, Lugia, I want to ask, can you help me find something that people call Kanto silverfish?" Heath hurried over. In order to complete the special achievements in Vermilion City, Heath needed to use this special silverfish. The problem was that it was difficult to buy, so Heath asked Lugia for help. After all, Lugia was known as the God of the Sea.
"Kanto silverfish? Oh, you mean the small silverfish, right? That thing is easy to find. If you want, I can get you some now." Lugia was stunned for a second, but then she realized what Heath said, so she immediately nodded with a smile. Heath was instantly happy. This is the advantage of knowing people. If he and Lugia had a bad relationship, then Heath would probably have to try his luck to get the Kanto silverfish.
"Thank you so much." Heath smiled happily.
