Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 527
Crystal clear, round and plump shrimp.

Garnished in an orange-red sauce, accompanied by tender green sautéed green beans.

The fragrant and fishy fragrance of fresh river shrimp and spicy fish and the matching colors bloomed in front of Li Xiao.

"This dish is a work of art in both taste and color."

A bullet screen slid across the live broadcast room, which made Li Xiao laugh a little:
"I feel like this is the amount that a normal person should eat at home."

"Actually, everyone may be a bit confused. In a high-end restaurant like this, there are so many dishes in this set meal, and there must not be a full portion of each dish."

"It's okay if you finish eating, but wouldn't it be embarrassing if some diners couldn't eat halfway through the meal?"

"So they'd rather not have enough diners to eat and order more dishes, rather than measure by bowls like those in the north."

As he said that, the steaming heat that the river shrimps in front of him had when they first came up dissipated a little.

"It seems that it is suitable for entrance now, let's try how this dish tastes first."

Taking a mouthful with a spoon, and sniffing lightly on the tip of his nose, Li Xiao nodded in satisfaction.

"To tell you the truth, should I say that it really deserves the "fish scent"? I feel that when the lid of this dish is lifted in front of me, this small private room is full of fish scent."

With the entrance of fine-grained river shrimp, Li Xiao couldn't help but raise his brows.

"Delicious river prawns do not have a trace of shrimp after processing, and only the sweetness of river prawns remains after the entrance."

"The slightly sour taste after the entrance is very appetizing, and then there is the fish aroma extracted from sesame oil."

"Fish peppers are wrapped with delicious river prawns. The spicy taste in the rich fish aroma stimulates the taste buds. The saltiness is suitable, delicious and delicious!"

"After swallowing this mouthful of shrimp, I can feel the sweetness in my mouth slightly, which makes people feel unfulfilled and can't eat enough."

"This dish, give it 90 points!"

Li Xiao took out a spoonful and put the full-colored river shrimp in front of the camera so that the audience could see it more clearly.

Because of Li Xiao's move, there was a lot of barrage in the live broadcast room:
"Is this anchor really not taking money? What he said is hype!"

"Take it away! Stop tempting me!"

"Don't tell me my saliva has already wet my clothes."

"African Emirates doesn't expect to win the lottery anymore. I have already made a reservation for this restaurant. I will come to experience the joy of being an anchor in person in a few days on weekends."

"The 996 people who are envious of death upstairs don't have time to go back and forth."

"The anchor is about to ask a question, I'm still waiting to answer the question and win the prize!"

The shouts in the live broadcast room were overwhelming, and Li Xiao, who gave the audience a zoomed-in look at the shrimp, returned the spoonful of shrimp to his mouth.

He can understand how delicious the so-called "delicious enough to lick the plate" in the legend is.

Thanks to the baptism of so many delicacies, now Li Xiao will not make too rude actions.

But from his unstoppable actions, it can be seen that the fish-flavored Xichang River Shrimp dish is more suitable for Li Xiao's taste.

Xu didn't expect Li Xiao to be so pleased with this fish flavor that he ate it so quickly. The young lady who came to collect the plate apologized and asked Li Xiao to wait a little longer, while the back kitchen was still processing the abalone.

Li Xiao nodded to signal the young lady to step back, taking advantage of this gap to prepare for the lottery draw.

"In this case, let's prepare for the lucky winner first."

The endless aftertaste of the fishy smell lingered in his mouth, and Li Xiao couldn't help but smirk.

"The first question, what are the four layers in the smoked salt and pepper glutinous rice camphor tea duck I tasted just now?"

Before the audience in the live broadcast room could reply, there was the sound of the young lady serving food at the door.

"After that, ask questions later."

Five-spice abalone blended with five-spice and roasted pepper.

Three slices of light yellow plump abalone meat cut into almost the same size are stacked, next to it is roasted pepper sauce.

Five spices are the well-known five main spices such as fennel, pepper, star anise, cinnamon, and cloves. It is a seasoning method that removes the fishy smell of food and makes the ingredients smell fragrant and tangy.

Needless to say, the abalone is so-called hot pepper sauce, which is to wash the fresh peppers and roast them on the charcoal fire into a tiger skin shape, then mince them and add garlic, salt, monosodium glutamate, chicken essence, sugar, light soy sauce, and consumption. Stir in oil and rattan pepper oil.

Compared with Doubanjiang and Chili Sauce, which are widely spread in the Han Dynasty, Shaojiao Sauce is not common in other regions, and only in places like Chengdu can you eat the purest flavor of Shaojiao Sauce.

Li Xiao picked up a piece of abalone with chopsticks, and saw that the plump abalone was sandwiched between the chopsticks as soft as tofu, which made Li Xiao laugh a little.

"I don't know how this abalone can make such a delicate feeling."

Following his words, the abalone meat on the chopsticks bounced softly with his movements.

The moment he put it in his mouth, Li Xiao was overwhelmed by the tender yet chewy texture of the abalone.

"This abalone meat should be prepared with five spices in advance. Not only does it not have the fishy smell when eating abalone, but it also purifies the umami taste of the abalone itself."

Just eating this abalone was such a surprise. Li Xiao chewed and swallowed the abalone in his mouth carefully, and used chopsticks to spread some hot pepper sauce on another piece of abalone meat, then picked it up and put it in his mouth.

"The rich peppery aroma in this roasted pepper sauce and the rich five-flavored abalone meat..."

Li Xiao commented while eating, and hesitated after eating.

"Both taste more delicious than eating abalone alone, but this roasted chili sauce... seems to be a bit overcooked."

Swallowing the abalone in his mouth with some regret, Li Xiao continued: "Although this flaw does not hide its merits, if you add a little mustard, it should be able to make up for it a lot."

"The overall taste of this dish is still very good, 85 points!"

"If it wasn't for the overheating, it would be okay to have a higher score."

Studio:
"I want to steal from the back chef of this shop! If you don't tell me what it is, Fenfenjiao is just a fake tofu!"

"Understood, let's order a mapo tofu meal replacement."

"I seem to see this girl shyly twisting her waist between the anchor's chopsticks."

"Hahaha upstairs, you are so magical!"

"No, I went back and looked at it again: strange, took another look: strange."

"Upstairs, you still have Abalone innocent!"

Li Xiao at the dining table was a little unsatisfied. He asked the young lady who was waiting next to him if he could give some mustard, and after getting the consent, he dropped a drop of mustard into the pepper sauce.

Stir a few times with chopsticks to ensure that the mustard and hot pepper sauce are evenly mixed, then put it on the abalone meat, and taste it again. This time, the taste made Li Xiao nod frequently.

"This method seems feasible." I just don't know if the chef who made this dish can adopt this method.

(End of this chapter)