Volume 4: It's Dark, Please Close Your Eyes Chapter 15: Picky Eating Is a Disease
At this moment, Su Miyan no longer had the heart to care about Tang Zheng's somewhat ambiguous and slightly malicious words.
She was completely stunned by Qiao Wenzhu's reaction. Among the people in Alsophila Academy, she could be said to be the one who was most familiar with and understood Qiao Wenzhu.
Her taste for food is even worse than mine, but she is more picky or fussy about food than me, otherwise she wouldn't have the slimmest figure in the entire Alsophila Academy.
But why would Ah Zhu, who is usually calm and a little silly, show such an exaggerated liking for a dish that she doesn't usually like?
Are the dishes made by this guy really that delicious?
Su Miyan couldn't help but lower her head and take another look at the exquisite small ceramic plate in front of her. The plate was exactly the same as the container used by Jinxiu Pavilion to hold the "Jinxiu Baihua Puzzle", and it even had the unique logo of Jinxiu Pavilion on it.
"This guy, could it be that the fancy cooking process just now was just a cover, and in the end he secretly brought me the 'Jinxiu Hundred Flowers Platter' that he packed back from Jinxiu Pavilion in the mist?" Su Miyan thought with some malice.
However, think about it, it is meaningless for Tang Zheng to do this. Not to mention that she is not particularly fond of the Splendid Hundred Flowers Combination. Even if he packs up her favorite "Bai Xiang Secret Milk Soup" and brings it back, it will definitely not satisfy her or even surprise her.
The best food is that it not only has high requirements on ingredients and cooking skills, but also has strict time limits for consumption. If the best time is missed, it will no longer taste the best.
This is what is meant by, good food has to be served with the aroma of the wok.
“No, the Splendid Hundred Flowers Medley should have a unique fragrance made from the blending of hundreds of flowers. Why doesn’t the one in front of me have that taste at all? But the one in Azhu’s has a bit of that feeling…” Su Miyan looked at the dishes in front of her and the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.
Finally, she plucked up the courage, picked up the chopsticks, and gently picked up a piece of beautifully arranged food.
As soon as she took the chopsticks and felt the dish, she felt something was wrong.
With the keen sense of a three-star peak warrior, she guaranteed that this was definitely not a Hundred Flowers Fighting!
So, what on earth is this dish that looks exactly like the Splendid Hundred Flowers Platter?
Was it a failed product with only a good appearance, or an ingenious new dish? Su Miyan was full of doubts as she picked up a small piece of flower puzzle and put it into her mouth.
"Huh - hot? How can it be such a rich milky aroma? This taste? Hmm -" When the small piece of flower fell on Su Miyan's pink tongue, a familiar yet unfamiliar milky aroma and a smooth taste slowly melted in her mouth, and finally echoed between her mouth and nose with the unique fragrance of passion fruit.
"Hundred Flavor Secret Milk Soup? How could it be like this? Moreover, the taste seems to be different?" Su Miyan couldn't help but pick up another big piece of the flower soup and put it into her mouth again with some disbelief.
This time, the smell was even stronger and soon conquered her again.
There are only eight words that can describe Su Miyan's mind now.
Absolutely delicious, incredible!
The feeling is like someone stuffing you with a huge piece of juicy watermelon with black seeds and sandy flesh in the middle of summer. When you take a bite, you find that the watermelon actually has your favorite chicken flavor and is also crispy and amazing.
Su Miyan glanced at Tang Zheng with a complicated expression. The latter was looking at her with a smile on his face, but there was no trace of ridicule or complacency on his face, only encouragement and joy.
"If you like it, then don't stop..." Tang Zheng said, touching his nose.
Su Mi's cheeks were flushed, she lowered her delicate head, her slender hands danced up and down, her red lips kept opening and closing, and she soon finished the plate of strange food that had the appearance of "a hundred flowers in medley" but the flavor of "a hundred fragrant secret milk soup".
On the other side, Qiao Wenzhu also completely finished the "Splendid Hundred Flowers Soup" which also looked like the "Secret Hundred Flowers Milk Soup". With a slight sweat on his forehead, he smacked his cherry lips gently, still savoring this wonderful food experience.
"Well, I know that the dishes cooked by the master are delicious, but...the way they eat always feels a little weird." Xiaotang looked at Su Miyan and Qiao Wenzhu, who were obviously conquered by Tang Zheng's delicious food, and complained with some malice.
Su Miyan and Qiao Wenzhu, who had not been very optimistic about Tang Zheng's cooking skills before, now realized that their eating manners were indeed a little inappropriate. After being criticized by Xiaotang, they felt even more embarrassed. Their ears turned red for a moment. They looked as if they had just gone through an intense exercise that made them sweat profusely, ambiguous and seductive.
"Ahem, no no no, this is a very normal phenomenon. In my hometown, some people have done research on it a long time ago. The intake of high-calorie foods can make the human brain release a lot of dopamine. Coupled with the stimulation of the taste buds by delicious food, it is easy for people to feel happy and joyful. Being able to let a girl eat like this is the biggest encouragement and reward for a chef." Tang Zheng said seriously.
It was really strange to think about it, in his previous life, he had been eating instant noodles and watching a food anime called "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma". He was still complaining about the protagonist's talent of making girls reach orgasm while eating delicious food, saying that he was simply a master at picking up girls. When he was making pheromones by hand, he never thought that one day he would be able to make such "beastly" food with his own hands.
Well, it’s so fulfilling.
Everyone nodded as they listened to Tang Zheng's explanation, which was confusing and impressive. The two girls also seemed to think that the way they ate just now was just normal.
The remaining three girls from Alsophila Academy, seeing the reactions of Su Miyan and Qiao Wenzhu, of course realized that Tang Zheng was a really good cook with a lot of creativity. They lowered their heads and looked at the dishes in front of them, all eager to start tasting them.
"Well, the 'Bai Xiang Secret Milk Soup' that Mi Yan likes to eat turns out to look like 'Splendid Hundred Flowers', while Azhu's is just the opposite. So could it be that the 'Flowerless Salmon Grilled' in front of me actually looks like 'Flowerless Salmon Grilled', but actually tastes like 'Three-bearded Eel and Lychee Roll'?" Bai Shu asked curiously before picking up his chopsticks.
"That's not right, but I really like to eat 'Three-bearded Eel and Lychee Roll'. I don't want the food in front of me that looks like 'Three-bearded Eel and Lychee Roll' to taste like something else." Rong Xue also said with a frown.
"Haha, don't worry, sisters. The dishes in front of you will taste the same as they look. As for why this is the case, it's because the two dishes you like are relatively balanced in nutrition and combination. This shows that you are not picky eaters."
"But whether it is 'Bai Xiang Secret Milk Soup' or 'Splendid Hundred Flowers', the nutritional combination is not so balanced. One has too high protein content, and the other has too high sugar content. So I deliberately integrated and innovated the two dishes while retaining the original flavors. At the same time, I used special cooking techniques and changed the appearance. In fact, I just want to remind the two seniors Su Miyan and Qiao Wenzhu that when eating delicious food, you should not only enjoy the process, but also care about the results. Being picky about food is a disease and must be cured!" Tang Zheng explained to Bai Shu and Rong Xue, while speaking to Su Miyan and Qiao Wenzhu earnestly.
Su Miyan and Qiao Wenzhu's blushing faces had just faded away, but after being lectured by Tang Zheng like an elder, their faces immediately turned red again.
"Haha, Junior Brother Tang Zheng is really amazing. You even discovered that Mi Yan and A Zhu are picky eaters. But... aren't you a little too biased? Their dishes are all exquisite and delicious, but on my plate, there is only an ordinary sweetheart fruit..." Ji Lan teased Tang Zheng.
Upon hearing this, everyone looked towards Ji Lan's plate and discovered that the other four people from Alsophila Academy had exquisite delicacies that were a visual treat, but in Ji Lan's small plate, there was really only a sweetheart fruit.
This sweetheart fruit is even the most common variety in Licheng. It can be seen everywhere in roadside shops and among peddlers.
Tang Zheng shook his head and said mysteriously, "Sister Ji Lan, you are wrong. This sweetheart fruit is the dish that I spent the most effort on and made with the most care."
"This? Is it a dish?" Ji Lan pointed at the unremarkable sweetheart fruit on his plate with his chopsticks and said in surprise.
"That's right. This dish is called Molecular Sweetheart Fruit. It is a famous dish from a famous restaurant called 'Longyin' in my hometown. Many of my cooking techniques today are also borrowed from the skills of this famous restaurant." Tang Zheng nodded sincerely.
"Ice and Fire Molecule Sweetheart Fruit?" Ji Lan listened to this somewhat difficult and strange name of the dish, picked up the chopsticks, and gently poked the sweetheart fruit on .
Just as Ji Lan's chopsticks gently poked into the seemingly ordinary sweetheart fruit, the sweetheart fruit actually made a slight sound, and cracks appeared on the surface, like an eggshell with a small life eager to break out of the shell, and it cracked in the plate and shattered into an ice crystal-like flower shape.
Then, the flower shape seemed to be bred with a piece of polar black ice, and dreamy frosty white mist continuously emerged, covering the entire ceramic plate. In the mist, there were neatly laid pieces of fresh, bright red, tender fruit flesh.
The scene on the plate looked like a blooming sunflower in the morning mist, which made people marvel at it.
"Oh my God, it's so beautiful. I can't bear to eat it..." Ji Lan said in surprise as he looked at the scene in front of him.
"It doesn't matter, just eat it. This is the natural destiny of delicious food." Tang Zheng was as calm as a philosopher.
