Chapter 93 This fish is so tender!

   "Come on, son, have a taste."

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

   But looking at the golden fish floating in the thick clear soup on the plate, he was not willing to do it.

   "This dish is so beautiful!"

  The son of a high school student couldn't help admiring the tofu fish on the plate.

  There are blue patterns of lotus flowers and lotus leaves on the edge of the deep-mouthed plate, and there are tails of fish swimming in it.

  The bottom of the deep plate is pure white, making the tofu red scale fish floating in the transparent soup seem to be in a pool of water.

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

  The tofu red scale fish with different shapes seems to jump out of the water, opening its mouth to eat fallen leaves and duckweed.

   "Isn't this a vegetarian dish? How come there are fried fish?"

  The middle-aged man asked a question.

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

   "Carved with tofu?"

  The middle-aged man was taken aback, and carefully looked at the fish on the plate, only to find that the color of the fish was very uniform, unlike ordinary fried fish, which had a darker head, tail, back, and white belly.

   "Isn't this too similar?"

  He marveled: "Good workmanship!"

   As he spoke, he dipped the spoon into the plate, and scooped up a spoonful of tofu red scale fish covered with gravy.

  Seeing that he destroyed the integrity of the dish, the son at the side felt a little pity, but he still followed him, scooped one up, and put it into 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 into his mouth.

  The teeth fell, and he felt that his teeth touched a thin layer of crispy shell.

Although the crispy shell has been softened a lot by the gravy, it still retains a little bit of crispness in the innermost layer, just like the part that is poured by the sauce when the sauced crispy rice is first served, it tastes good .

   Sand~!

  He could feel with his tongue that the thin parts such as the dorsal fin, abdominal pectoral fin, **** fin, and tail fin of the tofu fish had been fried to a crisp.

  After the sauce is hung, these parts absorb the water, become soft again, and absorb the soup.

  After the entrance, these parts melted instantly, and the soup quickly melted on the tongue with the absorbed soup, and the umami taste permeated instantly!

"Eh?"

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

   Taste told him that this was clearly a real fish!

  It has the umami taste of fish, the taste 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 thought it was a real fried fish!

   But even if he knew that it was made of tofu, he would still have the illusion that he was eating fried fish when he ate it. This made him very uncomfortable, but it was extremely novel.

"Wow!"

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

  Reminded by his son, the middle-aged man noticed that the taste of the fish was unbelievably tender.

   After biting through the outer crispy shell, the teeth quickly cut through the fish's body.

  Without any bones or fishbone hindrance, the whole body of the fish is full of extremely tender and smooth meat.

  No, it should be tofu.

  The middle-aged man looked at the cross-section of the tofu fish after he bit it off, and couldn't help admiring: "This tofu feels as tender as Yuzi tofu."

  Yamzi tofu is also called egg tofu. Although the name is tofu, there is no soybean in the raw material, only water, eggs, vegetable protein, edible salt and additives.

  This kind of tofu is characterized by tenderness, even close to the tenderness of jelly.

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

  The southern tofu made by Li Yi is not as tender as Yuzi tofu. If it is so tender, it will be difficult to carve.

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

  The middle-aged woman also picked up the spoon and tasted it, and she was so surprised that she covered her mouth.

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

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

  Wu Lei and the others were standing there, drooling as they watched.

   Seeing Qin Lan looking over, they hurriedly stepped aside and pushed Li Yi out.

   "That's because the gravy in this dish is blended with vegetarian broth."

  Li Yi explained: "The umami substance of this dish mainly comes from seafood such as kelp and kombu in the vegetable broth, so the soup will have a fishy and salty taste of seafood.

When making the gravy, I used pepper to adjust the fishy and salty in the broth, so that the freshness and sweetness were highlighted, so when I ate it, I felt as if I was eating real fish and shrimp, with seafood Fresh and sweet. "

   "Good craftsmanship!"

  The middle-aged man praised him: "I have eaten real dry fried red scale fish, but this dish you made is much more delicious than the ones I have eaten! And it is still made of tofu, beef, real beef!"

   "As long as you eat to your satisfaction."

  Li Yi smiled and said politely, then nodded and said: "You guys take your time, there is one last soup, it will be here soon."

   After finishing speaking, he turned and walked to the kitchen.

   Stretching his neck, Wu Lei watched his high school student son scoop up a spoonful of tofu fish. He ate deliciously and could not help swallowing.

  Zhao Jinmai also licked the corner of his mouth, and then pulled him: "Let's go! Don't disturb others' dinner."

Wu Lei was still a little reluctant to part with him, but Zheng Jun who was at the side ran in small steps, followed Li Yi to the kitchen, and asked, "Hey? Chef Li, can you make me a bowl too? I'll pay for it." Can't you buy it?"

  Wu Lei was shocked, turned around and chased after him: "Teacher Zheng Jun! Give me a bite! Just one bite!"

  Seeing a group of them rushing to the kitchen, Qin Lan stood by the front hall, hesitant.

  Seeing the family of three diners eating up all the tofu fish and Gorgon sauce on the plate, she swallowed subconsciously.

   Gulu~!

   There was a rumbling sound in her stomach.

  In the morning, she only ate an apple. It was almost noon now, and she was a little hungry.

  Looking at the kitchen outlet, she looked away.

  She didn't realize that when she glanced back, she had vaguely subconscious expectations.

   "Serve!"

  Li Yi's voice came from the dining outlet.

"coming!"

   She responded, and quickly trotted two steps towards the dining outlet.

   After two steps, she suddenly realized why she was so happy?

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

  But now she actually started running on her own initiative.

  Full of wonder, she came to the dining outlet, and then saw a small soup pot.

  In the soup bowl, there is a pot of plain-looking...cabbage and tofu soup.

  (end of this chapter)