Chapter 714: Grand Master’s Bearing
The sound of swallowing was a little loud this time, and Dai Long was a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, Wu Lei and the others who came back from serving the dishes smelled the aroma of [Golden Eyes and Fire Nao] and ran over in exclaim, covering up his embarrassment.
"smell good!"
Smell the smell, Wu Lei ran to the counter in small steps, looked at the tofu brains covered in golden cooking oil in the soup cup, and asked in wonder: "Why is this dish so fragrant?"
Zhao Wenzhuo also followed, sniffing the aroma and praising: "Of all the dishes today, this one seems to smell the most fragrant."
“Making vegetarian food must use meat, otherwise it won’t taste good.”
Li Yi explained casually and signaled: "Hurry up and serve! This dish must be hot, otherwise the bean flavor will come out when it cools down."
"Um."
Wu Lei responded and picked up the soup cup, but did not turn around. Instead, he said to Li Yi: "Brother Yi, can we have this dish tonight?"
"What is indispensable to you, each of you will have one share."
Li Yi smiled and waved his hand, urging: "Go quickly! Don't get cold."
Watching Wu Lei and the others sending the dishes out, Dai Longcai smiled and praised: "The seasoning of this dish is really skillful, it's amazing."
The senses of smell and taste are directly related. A skilled chef can even tell the taste of a dish, the ingredients used, and the proportions just by smelling it.
But similarly, once the sense of smell fails, the sense of taste will also fail along with it, the lips will become dead, the teeth will become cold, and the smell will disappear and the taste will disappear.
After smelling the rich aroma, Dai Long was sure that the taste of this dish was definitely the most outstanding among the dishes today.
As Li Yi said, Dasu must be made with meat. The ingredients for this dish are tofu and a spoonful of hot oil.
If you want to make it delicious, you have to put in a lot of effort in places you can’t see.
Except for the piece of Hericium, this dish does not have any other side dishes, nor any obvious seasonings.
That's why Li Yicai soaked it in broth and simmered it in water to stew all the umami flavor into the tofu.
But in Dai Long's opinion, the spoonful of cooking oil that Li Yi poured on it was the essence of this dish.
Although the original piece of tofu monkey brain certainly smelled good, it didn't exceed Dai Long's knowledge.
But after pouring the spoonful of cooking oil on the tofu monkey brains, a unique aroma suddenly appeared.
This smell has a special aroma. Dai Long has been a chef all his life, but he can't tell its origin.
It seemed to be a unique fragrance made from a mixture of two or more spices. Dai Long couldn't tell whether it smelled good or bad when he suddenly smelled it, but a large amount of saliva secreted from his mouth subconsciously.
Li Yi was still holding the tofu and monkey brains, and the oil in the pot was simmering over medium-low heat.
Dai Long couldn't help but step forward, smell the aroma of cooking oil with his hand, smell it a few times, and distinguish it carefully.
Seeing his actions, Li Yixiao asked: "Master Dai, can you smell what I use to boil the oil?"
Dai Long did not speak, but his expression became a little more solemn.
“The oil is camellia oil and has a delicate smell.”
He pondered, and answered cautiously as if he was taking an exam: "You didn't use onions, you used old ginger, and also added bay leaves, pepper, grass fruits, cloves, nutmeg..."
He named eight spices in one breath.
But immediately afterwards, he fell into silence, frowning, thinking hard.
“Awesome, worthy of being the God of Cookery.”
Li Yi smiled and said: "I used ten kinds of spices, and you got eight of them right in one breath."
Dai Long didn't speak, still thinking.
Being able to correctly identify eight out of ten spices is not very impressive. If he can’t even distinguish the taste of ten kinds of spices, what qualifications does he have to be called the God of Cookery in Hong Kong?
These two spices have special flavors and are not commonly used.
One of them he probably had a guess about, but the other one was a bit unfamiliar to him. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out what the last spice was, so he could only try to guess the ninth one.
“And it’s just…cinnamon seeds?”
Dai Long tentatively expressed his guess.
“Eh? Awesome!”
Li Yi was a little surprised. He raised his hands and clapped softly: "You can guess who he is as the God of Cookery."
Hearing Li Yi's words, Dai Long breathed a sigh of relief: "It is indeed it. No wonder it smells familiar to me. Many years ago, I went to the northwest region of mainland China. Guangxi is used in the soup of Lanzhou beef noodles in Gansu Province. seed."
"right."
Li Yi smiled and said: "Gui seeds are one of the secret ingredients in Lanzhou beef noodle soup. Each local beef noodle restaurant has its own secret recipe, but at least 9 out of 10 restaurants will use cinnamon seeds."
Dai Long nodded, then looked at the cooking oil in the pot, sighed unwillingly, and then said: "I really can't smell the last spice. Its smell is a bit familiar, but I really Can’t guess, can’t remember.”
Li Yi smiled and directly announced the answer: "It's the dried fruit of mountain yellow peel."
“Shanhuangpi?”
Dai Long was stunned for a moment, and the memory appeared in his mind. He suddenly asked in surprise: "Is it a chicken peel fruit?"
"right."
Li Yi nodded: "You should have eaten it."
"oops!"
Dai Long smacked his palm and said with a smile: "I've eaten it before, no wonder it's so familiar. It smells so good!"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to smell the aroma in the pot, sniffed it for a few times, and then nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, that's the aroma! People in Guangxi province use it to make dipping sauces and stir-fry dishes.
Its aroma is indeed a bit special, but mixed with other spices, it is really difficult to distinguish.
Didn’t expect it could be used for frying oil? I really didn't expect it. "
Seeing his surprise, Li Yi smiled and then explained: "The dried fruits of mountain huangpi are usually used as medicine. Sometimes some are put into the marinade, which is indeed relatively rare.
It is in the mountains and is one of the favorite fruits of macaques. It has similar feeding habits, so I added it for seasoning. Does it smell like a mountain forest? "
“Yes! The smell of the mountains and forests is just right!”
Dai Long clapped his hands and smiled: "Wow! I really can't guess what you are using. You are really unimaginable!
Using dried mountain huangpi dried fruits in frying oil to increase the flavor. I have been cooking for decades and have never tried it. It’s amazing! sharp! "
Dai Long admired it sincerely and smiled happily.
For a top chef like him, knife skills and frying skills are just basic skills, and they are no longer enough to make him feel surprised.
Only the wonderful fire control of [Walking in the Snow to Seek Bears] and the unconstrained creativity in using materials can make him as happy as he is now.
This is a dazzling skill that only top chefs can understand. It is incomprehensible to laymen, but in the eyes of experts, it is an amazing operation.
“It’s true that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead!”
Dai Long praised it repeatedly, and then joked: "I learned it today. I will try it when I get back and make a dish."
"sure!"
Li Yi smiled calmly: "I can never make progress in my own way. I hope to taste the new flavors you innovate, Master Dai."
These words were said in a grand manner, and Dai Long couldn't help but look a little more serious when he heard the words.
Although Li Yi is young, he already has the bearing of a master after saying these words.
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(End of this chapter)