Chapter 347

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

"Just now, hearing what you said, besides us, other customers also pack takeout of his food to eat at your place?"

Qi Yunfeng nodded slightly while listening to the waiter, looking thoughtful, and Cheng Fan asked from the side.

"Yes."

The waiter pointed to the private room next door: "The guests in the two private rooms beside you are exactly those. Listening to their accents, they seem to be from the south side. Downstairs there are several more tables of guests, all packing takeout from Lu Boss's place to eat here. Lu Boss's business is too good; the tables in the Hall can't seat everyone, many guests can't find seats, and finally pack takeout to eat at other shops."

"Little girl, what do you think of this Lu Boss's culinary skill?"

Qi Yunfeng became interested, asking with some curiosity in his tone.

The waiter had already brewed the tea and was preparing to pack things and leave; hearing this, she became spirited.

"Need you say that? Eldest Brother, although I've never been to any high-class Fan Dian to eat, I can definitely say Lu Boss's culinary skill is absolutely the best in all of Jiangcheng, no exception! Just say last time I ate that portion of Yangchun Noodles at Lu Boss's place; the method looked quite simple, but once it entered my mouth, it was simply stunning! Every bite was an extreme delicious enjoyment; I usually eat half a bowl of rice, but after eating his whole bowl I still felt I hadn't eaten enough!"

This made Qi Yunfeng somewhat surprised; he didn't expect that with a casual question, this waiter would actually have such a high evaluation.

He couldn't help but smile, his gaze falling on the Takeout Box on the table: "Hearing you say this, I actually am starting to look forward to this Lu Boss's culinary skill."

"Eldest Brother, once you taste the flavor you'll know; what I say is not the slightest bit exaggerated."

After the waiter finished packing things, she retreated several steps, a confident smile on her face: "Lu Boss's culinary skill is absolutely better than you imagine!"

After the waiter finished speaking, she turned around and left the Private Room.

Qi Yunfeng's gaze fell on the Takeout Box on the tea table, and subconsciously he swallowed the saliva in his mouth.

As a master-level figure who had once three times taken charge of the state banquet back kitchen, the delicacies he had tasted were countless.

Just now hearing the waiter's words, at this moment smelling the Fragrance emitted by the Red Braised Pork and Lion's Head.

Actually made him rarely have the impulse to eat heartily.

Qi Yunfeng picked up Chopsticks, and from the box picked up a piece of Red Braised Pork.

Just as the Chopsticks touched the piece of meat, he felt the piece of meat was trembling with soft tenderness.

The jujube-red piece of meat was covered with a layer of thick sauce, slowly flowing along the edge of the meat, yet precisely at the edge of the meat it stopped steadily, not a single drop falling down.

Qi Yunfeng couldn't help but secretly nod; the heat control of this Red Braised Pork was quite perfect.

The sauce had already completely penetrated into the texture of the meat; the layer of sauce on the surface just right firmly locked in the fresh flavor.

He slowly sent the piece of meat into his mouth; the moment his teeth gently bit down, he couldn't help but his eyes brightened.

The sauce wrapped inside the piece of meat quickly spread in his mouth.

First was the sweet moistness of caramel, then the salty freshness of soy sauce, finally the flavors of spices such as cinnamon and bay leaf, wrapping the rich thickness of the pork itself.

All the flavors blended together in his mouth; the amount of spices was simply precise to the extreme, just right enriching the Fragrance while not stealing the main flavor of the pork.

The fatty meat in the piece of meat melted completely with a light press; the aroma of the fat filled the entire mouth, yet made one feel not a trace of greasiness.

More than half of the fat in the meat was forced out, yet it did not make the meat quality dry; eating it still felt soft and glutinous.

The lean meat had just right chewiness; every chew could feel the fine texture fibers of the pork.

Such Texture was obviously the manifestation of heat control being pushed to the extreme when stewing.

Qi Yunfeng chewed carefully; his originally slightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed.

This portion of Red Braised Pork not only had heat control precise to the extreme, but the seasoning could also be called perfect.

The proportion of sweet, salty, fresh, and fragrant was just right; one point more would be Heavy, one point less would be bland.

Qi Yunfeng chewed slowly for a full minute or more before he slowly swallowed the Red Braised Pork in his mouth.

Afterwards he closed his eyes, savoring the taste of the Red Braised Pork in his mouth just now.

After a moment, Qi Yunfeng opened his eyes; the expression on his face was somewhat complex.

"Master, how is the taste of this Red Braised Pork?"

Cheng Fan saw his master finally finish tasting, came up and asked with an urgent tone.

In his heart he secretly hoped his master could pick out some faults in Lu Feng's Red Braised Pork.

That would at least make his heart feel somewhat balanced.

Qi Yunfeng was silent for a while, then spoke in a deep voice: "This taste... is very perfect."

"Very perfect?"

Cheng Fan was stunned, his eyes staring wide round.

He had followed his master for so many years; he had never heard his master use the two words "perfect" to evaluate a dish.

The dishes he had cooked these years learning the art; the highest evaluation his master had given was nothing more than a single phrase "not bad."

He didn't expect that after his master tasted Lu Feng's Red Braised Pork, the evaluation would actually be so high!

Cheng Fan's mind for a moment couldn't react; his tone was full of disbelief: "Master, you're not joking, right? This is just a street-side Xiao Dian, isn't it?"

In his eyes, Lu Feng's Red Braised Pork even if better than what he made.

But it didn't deserve his master using the two words "perfect" to evaluate.

How heavy the weight of these two words' evaluation was, his heart was clearer than anyone.

Even his senior brothers and sisters had never been evaluated by his master with these two words!

Lu Feng, a street-side Xiao Can Guan owner, what right did he have?

Qi Yunfeng heard this and knew Cheng Fan's old problem had acted up again.

He raised his eyes and glared at Cheng Fan, his tone sinking: "What's wrong with being made at a street-side shop? Back then your master I, didn't I also start from a small shop at a hutong entrance in Jingcheng? You look down on street-side shops so much; do you not even put this master of yours in your eyes?"

"S-sorry Master, I didn't mean that, I just feel..."

Cheng Fan hurriedly lowered his head; the indignation that had just risen in his heart vanished in an instant, and he kept apologizing to Qi Yunfeng.

"What do you think? Think the stuff made by street-side little shops isn't presentable?"

Qi Yunfeng cut off his words and said with a very serious tone: "Cheng Fan, flavor does not lie. Although you look down on Lu Feng, his Red Braised Pork, whether in terms of heat control or seasoning, is at a level far higher than yours! If you could make Red Braised Pork as good as his, you would have graduated from under me long ago!"

Cheng Fan's face flushed red and pale by turns at Qi Yunfeng's words; he also picked up his Chopsticks, took a piece of Red Braised Pork, and began to Taste it.

Last Time in the Fang family's Kitchen, he had already Tasted the flavor of Lu Feng's Red Braised Pork once.

However, at that time he was Only Care about being shocked, and simply had no mind to savor it carefully.

After Tasting it carefully this time, he only then somewhat clearly felt the gap between him and Lu Feng.

Master was Correct Just Now; this Red Braised Pork, no matter from which aspect you look at it, can be said to be made perfectly.