Chapter 459

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

The first dish the System unlocked this time — Stir-fried Asparagus Lettuce — is a Su Cuisine dish.

This counts as the first purely vegetarian dish Lu Feng has unlocked since opening his shop.

He originally thought this Su Cuisine dish's preparation would be very simple, but after carefully studying the production details, he discovered this dish's exacting standards are in no way inferior to those meat dishes like Red Braised Pork and Lion's Head he made before.

As a vegetarian dish, from ingredient handling to stir-frying heat control, every single detail has extremely strict requirements.

Yet the finished product, viewed from the outside, looks simple to the utmost degree.

The second dish, Fengwei Shrimp, is one of the Jinling Four Famous Dishes; it uses river shrimp as the main ingredient, and the finished product has shrimp meat white as congealed fat, tail shells bright red like fire, the overall shape resembling a beautiful phoenix tail — hence the name.

The last dish, Melt-in-the-Mouth Claw, although a home-style dish, belongs to the category everyone loves to eat, and many people also make at home.

However, under the System's max-level recipe enhancement, it has been played into a completely different new pattern from the ordinary.

By the time Lu Feng had fully digested the techniques of the three dishes, the wall clock already pointed to nine in the evening.

That mental labor just now consumed quite a bit of energy; although Lu Feng had eaten dinner, his stomach now emitted "gurgle-gurgle" sounds.

Lu Feng rubbed his protesting stomach and opened the System Mall in his mind.

The ingredients corresponding to the three new dishes had already been unlocked, but the prompt on the interface showed ingredients cannot be purchased alone — they must be ordered together with corresponding specialized equipment.

Lu Feng glanced at the prices in the Mall; the three specialized pieces of equipment totaled less than two thousand yuan.

Compared to the several million lying in his bank card, this bit of money meant absolutely nothing to him.

After confirming the order, Lu Feng scanned the kitchen once.

The stove, operation counter, storage cabinets in the kitchen were still the same as usual; he didn't see any newly added equipment.

Lu Feng couldn't help but wonder if the System Mall had made some mistake.

Until he pushed open the Storage Room door and suddenly discovered an eye-catching patch of green in the corner of the Storage Room.

Against the wall stood a glass wall cabinet half a person tall, through which the internal structure could be clearly seen.

The bottom was a twenty-centimeter-deep water tank; though only twenty-odd centimeters wide, it was densely planted full of asparagus lettuce.

Every stalk stood straight and upright, tender tips pointing up, fresh green stems still carrying a water-moist sheen, leaves spreading outward; leaning close, one could smell a faint grass fragrance.

A circle of fine water pipes surrounded the bottom of the water tank, slowly circulating a trickling flow, moistening the asparagus lettuce roots.

Lu Feng took one look and was one hundred percent certain — the water flowing in this tank was absolutely not tap water.

"No wonder this time's ingredients had to be bought together with equipment — turns out the asparagus lettuce is freshly grown."

Lu Feng reached out and touched the glass cabinet, muttering to himself.

Looking at the fresh tender asparagus lettuce inside, he felt a surge of emotion.

Although this System occasionally pits people, on ingredients it has never had the slightest ambiguity.

Next to the glass wall cabinet full of fresh tender asparagus lettuce stood an additional all-white small cabinet, its door printed with the words "Feng Zhua Bao Salty Earn Yong".

Lu Feng gripped the handle on the cabinet door and pulled gently; as the door opened, a wave of cool air rushed out.

That feeling wasn't the chill of a household refrigerator, more like the cool mist of a mountain forest at dawn, wrapped in a faint grass fragrance, hitting the face and making one feel very comfortable.

Lu Feng peered inside; on the tiered shelves of the preservation cabinet, rows of dried chicken feet were neatly stacked.

Each chicken foot was the length of an adult's palm, uniform in size as if from the same chicken.

The chicken feet surfaces showed a faint pinkish-white, not a trace of dry lines or black spots; even the claws were trimmed clean, exuding a fresh quality.

Lu Feng couldn't help reaching in and touching the chicken feet; the sensation from his fingertips surprised him.

Although the cabinet interior was very cool, the chicken feet felt not cool at all to the touch.

"Tsk tsk tsk, truly the System's black technology again."

Lu Feng nodded very satisfied, muttering a sentence.

Closing the Feng Zhua Bao Salty Earn Yong cabinet door, Lu Feng circled the Storage Room; aside from that one box of various seasonings and spice ingredient boxes needed for the new dishes on the floor, there were no other new things.

"Strange, I bought the river shrimp storage equipment together too, right? How come I don't see it?"

Lu Feng stroked his chin, pondering.

Carrying his doubt, Lu Feng walked out of the Storage Room and carefully scanned the kitchen again.

When his gaze fell beside the stainless steel sink he usually uses, he saw a ceramic water vat had appeared there.

Fengwei Shrimp's main ingredient is river shrimp; the river shrimp used for this dish must be extremely fresh, so what the System Mall sells is definitely live shrimp.

Lu Feng walked over quickly, bent down to look into the water vat, and was captivated by the scene inside.

In the water vat, a group of river shrimp swam leisurely; each was seven or eight centimeters long.

Their gray-green shells showed a faint translucent luster, the shrimp tails a vivid red, as if already cooked.

As they swam, their movements were very agile; when their tails flicked, one could clearly see they had ample strength, looking full of vitality.

This batch of river shrimp quality — looked several grades better than the river shrimp he previously used for Shrimp Xiaolongbao.

The previous river shrimp, though also very fresh, didn't have this plump meat quality, nor this lively state.

Lu Feng couldn't help reaching his hand into the water, wanting to scoop out one for a close look.

The river shrimp in the water sensed danger and instantly scattered.

A few especially lively ones suddenly used their tails to spring hard off the vat bottom — "Pa!" — leaping over a meter above the water surface, splashing water directly onto Lu Feng's face.

Lu Feng wiped the water droplets off his face, nodded and exclaimed: "Mm, no need to confirm — this lively jumping appearance is absolutely fresh."

Now, the main ingredients for the three new dishes were all assembled.

Lu Feng circled the kitchen twice, familiarized himself with their respective positions, then tidied up some ingredients in the kitchen, preparing to return to the Villa and make a late-night snack.

Although Du Chong was a bit hungry at this moment, he had no intention of trying to cook a new dish right now.

If he were to cook a new dish, processing the ingredients would take quite a bit of time; it was already past nine in the evening, so he might as well go back and simply make a bowl of Yangchun Noodles to get by.

After Lu Feng finished tidying up and was just about to close the shop, the system's Ti Wake sounded again in his mind.

【Ding! New Mission Unlocked!】