Chapter 102

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Lu Feng checked the time, stood up, and said with a smile, "The xiaolongbao should be ready; I'll go check the Kitchen."

After saying that, he stood up and walked toward the Kitchen.

"This smell... is it xiaolongbao? It smells way more fragrant than any I've had before!"

The speaker was the man who had just been praising the White Cut Chicken; now, smelling the aroma drifting from the Kitchen, he instantly felt the White Cut Chicken in his mouth wasn't fragrant anymore.

The other person also sniffed the air hard, nodding in deep agreement: "This fragrance is no ordinary thing; I can tell it's a pork and green onion filling, but somehow it doesn't seem quite the same as the usual pork and green onion filling — there's an indescribable unique taste."

"Hiss... this smell is too intoxicating; I've clearly eaten quite a few dishes, but right now I feel hungry again!"

The person sitting next to Li Jiang swallowed saliva, touching his belly as he spoke.

"How about it, Second Uncle? Didn't I tell you my buddy's culinary skill is top-tier? Do you believe it now?"

Li Jiang looked at the somewhat surprised expression on Li Hong'an's face and said smugly.

"Just because it smells fragrant and tempting doesn't mean there aren't some spices added inside."

Li Hong'an swallowed his saliva, saying somewhat unconvincedly.

"Nonsense!" Li's Mother gave him a reproachful look and immediately said: "I watched the whole process of Xiao Feng making xiaolongbao just now; only ordinary Seasonings were used, nothing improper at all!"

"Who knows, maybe it smells fragrant but tastes mediocre? I just don't believe something made by a roadside Xiao Dian can compare to my Shop's Signature Dish!"

Although Li Hong'an said this, his heart had already begun to waver.

He had run a Fan Dian for so many years and eaten quite a few delicacies.

But something that makes one's appetite surge just from smelling it like today — that's truly rare.

Li Hong'an grew more and more curious, couldn't help but stand up: "I'll go take a look in the Kitchen."

"What are you going to look for? They'll be served any moment now." Li Tian Yong called out to stop Li Hong'an, then tapped the Table with his finger and gave Li Jiang a meaningful look: "Xiao Jiang, go help serve them!"

Li Jiang nodded and left the Living Room with a hearty laugh.

Lu Feng walked into the Kitchen, put the steamed xiaolongbao onto a Plate, then put the wrapped xiaolongbao back into the steamer basket to steam.

Just as he finished and was about to carry the Plate out, he saw Li Jiang walk in with a mysterious air.

"Fengzi, have the remaining xiaolongbao been put on to steam?"

Li Jiang glanced back toward the Living Room, then lowered his voice and asked.

"They're steaming." Lu Feng finished speaking and pointed at the other two portions of xiaolongbao on the Chopping Board: "What about these two portions?"

"Of course hide them first."

Li Hong'an finished speaking, picked up those two portions of xiaolongbao, and put them into the cabinet below to hide them.

After putting away the xiaolongbao, Li Jiang then carried three Plates out of the Kitchen with Lu Feng.

In the Living Room, everyone at this moment stopped their chopsticks, staring fixedly at the Plates in their two hands.

The xiaolongbao were placed in the center of the dining Table; the fragrance in the entire Living Room grew several degrees richer.

"Come come come, everyone taste Xiao Feng's culinary skill!"

Li Tian Yong spoke while taking the lead picking up chopsticks, impatiently picking up a xiaolongbao and taking a light bite.

The soup inside the xiaolongbao instantly gushed out; Li Tian Yong hurriedly slurped a mouthful.

Although the soup was a bit scalding, his face couldn't help but reveal a satisfied expression, and he couldn't help but praise: "Hoo... this xiaolongbao, incomparably fresh and delicious!"

Seeing this, the others paid no mind to politeness; chopsticks reached out one after another, targets aimed straight at the xiaolongbao on the Table.

Li Jiang moved fastest, picked one up and stuffed it into his mouth.

The freshly steamed xiaolongbao burned him so he panted "ha chi ha chi" for a long while, chewed a few times haphazardly, and swallowed.

"This is the taste! I've been craving it to death!"

Li Jiang ate with a face full of enjoyment; the one in his mouth had just been swallowed, and he immediately impatiently picked up another.

"Eat slower, no one's fighting you for..."

Lu Feng looked at his eating manner and spoke with some amusement, but when he saw there weren't many xiaolongbao left on the Table, the rest of his sentence instantly got stuck in his throat.

The xiaolongbao had just been served and were almost eaten up; if you didn't move fast you really wouldn't get any.

After the others in the Living Room tasted the xiaolongbao's flavor, their eyes all lit up.

"This xiaolongbao tastes really good! So delicious!"

"Yeah, the filling is fresh, tender, and juicy; this is the first time I've eaten such delicious xiaolongbao!"

"Little brother, your culinary skill is really good! This is the most delicious xiaolongbao I've ever eaten!"

For a moment, the Living Room rang with rising and falling exclamations of praise.

Li Hong'an bit into one with a skeptical expression, and his face instantly showed an incredulous look.

He widened his eyes, carefully savoring the taste of the xiaolongbao in his mouth, and his gaze toward Lu Feng couldn't help but become grave.

Although he was unwilling to admit it, this xiaolongbao's flavor indeed gave him an unprecedented taste experience.

In comparison, the White Cut Chicken and Beer Duck he brought fell far short in flavor.

Li Hong'an swallowed the xiaolongbao in his mouth and couldn't help but ask: "Your xiaolongbao skill — which Master Chef did you learn from?"

He didn't believe a young person like Lu Feng could make such delicious xiaolongbao.

There had to be an expert guiding him behind the scenes; maybe some famous State Banquet Chef.

If such an expert could be invited to his own Shop, how booming would his business be from then on?

"No one taught me; I figured it all out myself." Lu Feng smiled and said.

"Self-taught?"

Upon hearing this, Li Hong'an's face showed an even more surprised expression.

"Second Uncle, I can testify, we were so busy with work before, Fengzi didn't have any time to go apprentice and learn culinary skills!"

Li Jiang spoke indistinctly while chewing on the xiaolongbao in his mouth.

The expression on Li Hong'an's face became very complex.

He had run a restaurant for so many years and had seen quite a few chefs.

But someone as young as Lu Feng who could make such delicious food on his own, he had encountered for the first time.

Could this be the legendary freak of talent?

Having mixed in the catering industry for many years, he naturally knew how important a chef's talent for cooking was.

This kid, is a talent!

"Little brother, your culinary skill is so awesome, then the restaurant business must be pretty good, right?"

The person sitting next to Li Tian Yong gave Lu Feng a thumbs up, praising loudly.

Lu Feng hadn't had time to reply when Li Jiang spoke up first: "Not just good! Every time it opens, the queue of people stretches from the door to the end of the street, go late and you can't even eat!"

Li Jiang's face was full of a proud look, as if the shop was opened by him.

"Where's the location? I'll definitely go taste it next time!" That person asked hurriedly upon hearing.

"Garden Road Food Street, Lu Family Restaurant, go there and ask anyone and you'll know!" Li Jiang said loudly.

"Food Street? Great, it's not far from my place, I'll definitely go check it out another day." That person's face was full of pleasant surprise, hurriedly taking out his mobile phone to record it down.

The other few people at the dining table didn't speak, but in their hearts they all silently noted down the location of Lu Feng's shop.