Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 564 545. Colorful Danxia Mountain

"Brother, this is you!" Li Xiao gave Jiang Ying a thumbs up at the trekking anchor.

He turned around and took out two bottles of water from his car and gave them to him, but Jiang Ying couldn't refuse, so he had to accept them.

"Idol, take a photo with me!" Mo Jie blushed with excitement, and he didn't let go of Jiang Ying's hand for a long time.

"Okay." Jiang Ying smiled kindly, and it was most obvious from his dark face that he only had a mouthful of white teeth.

Li Xiao took the camera and took a picture of the two of them.

"Where are you going next?" Mo Jie was quite satisfied after taking the photo, and continued to chat with the other party.

A hint of impatience flashed across Jiang Ying's face, so fast that neither of them noticed. He pointed to a small fork next to him: "Danxia is such a famous scenery, but how can it be exciting to look forward from a distance? I plan to Take two steps up the mountain over there to appreciate it in depth.”

"Then you have to be more careful." The two looked up at the mountain over there, their eyes moved upwards, and they couldn't help taking a breath.

That fork road leads to a large canyon, the front is better, but the further you go in, the narrower the road is, the road below is only narrower, but the top of the mountain range is encircling, like a huge mouth, trying to confuse everything. The incoming creatures are devoured.

"I heard that there are indeed some canyons that can be entered here, but usually tour groups bring people in with them and take protective measures. It's not appropriate for you to go directly in this way, anchor?"

Mo Jie looked at the crumbling stones on the top of the mountain, and dissuaded him with a worried expression.

"It's just a trivial matter." Jiang Ying waved his hand, "I've been to places that seem dangerous, and I don't want to climb up, just take a deep look, and nothing will go wrong."

Li Xiao admired Jiang Ying's courage, pulled Mo Jie who was a little excited, nodded to Jiang Ying, and then left.

"You don't need to persuade anymore," Li Xiao's face was calm, with a trace of helplessness in his eyes, like a job like an anchor, it looks glamorous on the surface, but behind it is the unbearable effort of others. "It's not easy for everyone. We just need to bless him at this time."

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Mo Jie left in silence.

"Speaking of which, Brother Li, you must have encountered difficulties when you were a food anchor." Sitting back in the car, Mo Jie murmured.

"It's all over." Li Xiao didn't care much, "It's like being looked down upon by others, and being told that you don't do business properly is a trivial matter. What impressed me the most was that I went to a black shop, and I was poisoned and sent to the hospital without eating a few mouthfuls. gone."

After mentioning it briefly, Li Xiao didn't continue, "Let's focus on the next scenic spot!"

After speaking, he directly played a brisk accompaniment and drove forward.

Studio:
"The two chefs are ecstatic! I never thought that one day I would see my favorite trekking anchor in the food anchor's live broadcast room!"

"Looking at Takako's face looks haggard a lot, eating and sleeping in the open these days is really encouraging people to speed up their "growth"!"

"God tm grows faster hahahaha, Ming people don't say dark words, I think Yingzi is at least ten years older than last month!"

"Who would have thought that this man with the vicissitudes of a middle-aged uncle in front of him is actually less than 30 years old!"

"I feel that the job of an anchor is quite sad... Like Takako just now, you have to risk your life to go on an adventure..."

"Although the food poisoning of our anchor sounds a little funny, but if it really happens, it will be caught off guard."

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The car was gradually moving forward on the road. The two listened to the music in the car along the way, and did not continue to communicate for a while.

Nearly five o'clock, the car drove to the gate of the Danxia Landform Scenic Area.

It is said to be a gate, but it is actually a toll booth that looks like a checkpoint. You have to walk another kilometer inside to get to the real scenic area.

After paying to enter the station, Li Xiao knew that there was also a charge for riding a hot air balloon.

"Take a hot air balloon from our station, and you can take a shuttle bus back to the terminal. The whole journey takes about two hours. If you want to eat, you can stay for a longer period of time. You can come back within today." A young lady Holding the guiding sign, he led Li Xiao to find a place to stop the car, and introduced enthusiastically.

"The hot air balloon fee for one person is only 180, which also includes the return bus, which is very cost-effective!"

"Can I bring my pet with me? I'm worried about leaving it alone." Li Xiao got out of the car with the dumpling in his arms, with an expression of "it's fine if the pet can't take the hot air balloon".

"If Brother Li doesn't worry about me, I can stay and take care of Jiujiu." Mo Jie volunteered.

"Of course you can, but you need to ensure the safety of your pets yourself. If anything happens to your pets, we will not be responsible." The young lady is not willing to let the business opportunity slip by, and quickly complied with Li Xiao's request, and then Added: "Sign up to a pet safety agreement."

"Okay," Li Xiao nodded, and pulled Mo Jie, "Are you shy or afraid of heights? Hot air balloons are not an exciting event, just treat it as a high-altitude cable car."

"I do have a little fear of heights...but this is the most beautiful Danxia in the legend. It would be a pity not to see it." Mo Jie, who was seen through his mind, felt a little terrified, gritted his teeth, and decided to go with Li Xiao.

The two bought tickets and lined up. There were many families of three coming to play in front of them, all with excited expressions.

The colorful hot air balloons gradually rise up, and the firelight matches the setting sun, making it look particularly warm.

Soon, it was their turn.

Tuanzi had never seen this kind of battle before, and immediately hugged Li Xiao's arm excitedly and kept screaming, every cell in his body was full of excitement.

Boarding a hot air balloon, everything in front of you slowly begins to shrink.

Going straight up and soaring into the sky, Li Xiao even felt that if he kept going up like this, he would have the illusion of breaking through the clouds.

As the height rises, the appearance of Danxia landform can be seen at a glance.

When the setting sun shines, the colorful rocks seem to be covered with a layer of red gauze, printing against the sunset glow in the sky.

A series of "rivers" spread, flow, and meander on the mountain, and when you look far away, you don't know where to go.

"Beautiful, it's really beautiful." Looking down from a high altitude, there is another wonderful sense of beauty.

With the movement of the hot air balloon, the colors below are unpredictable, and people can never guess what it will look like in the next second.

It's hard to describe Li Xiao's shock in words. He watched intoxicatedly as the warm light from the orange-red sunset fell on the ground, spreading countless golden lights.

At the beginning, Tuanzi, who was still tightly huddled in Li Xiao's arms because of fear of heights, was also dumbfounded, staring into the distance in a daze.

Mo Jie held up the camera, capturing the dizzying beauty.

The two traveled from sunset to moonrise, and the hot air balloon trip was almost over.

Coming down from the hot air balloon, both of them felt that their trip was worthwhile.

The audience in the live broadcast room followed Li Xiao's perspective to watch the beautiful scenery of Danxia for nearly two hours, and almost used up the ink in their stomachs-because there is no other description to describe such a scenery.

Li Xiao glanced at his live broadcast room, and saw some bullet screens that made him dumbfounded:

"Strongly oppose the anchor shooting with such a low-resolution lens, it really compromises the beauty of Danxia's scenery!"

"Not enough to see, not enough to see! There are more beautiful rocks in the distance, but because the anchor's pixels are not enough, it's a pity that I can't see them clearly!"

"The camera in the anchor's hand should be replaced!"

"But think about it the other way around, the anchor was filmed on top of a hot air balloon, isn't that equivalent to us taking a hot air balloon trip for nothing?"

"Woooo, can I watch this for free? Send a hot air balloon to the host to express my gratitude."

"Send a hot air balloon to the anchor and treat it as my ticket!"

"The anchor is down, let's see what's delicious around here!"

The two people who had just got off the hot air balloon suddenly felt a little weak in their legs - the hot air balloon suddenly landed after sitting for a long time, and the difference in the feeling of their feet was too great.

On the contrary, Jiujiu was held in Li Xiao's arms the whole time, and when he came down, he still looked unfulfilled, holding Li Xiao's arm without letting go.

The staff warmly led them to the benches for rest, and then left to receive the next batch of passengers.

"Xiaojie, are you hungry?" After resting enough, Li Xiao stood up and stretched.

Everything is good on the hot air balloon, but the position is a bit difficult for a man of his stature, and he needs to exercise his muscles and bones.

"There are no shops in front of the village or in the back here. Even if I go back now, it will take a lot of time. I'd better have a meal here before leaving."

After making up their minds, the two began to forage for food on the gourmet street next to them.

It is said to be a gourmet street, but it actually looks like a lot of small food trucks arranged in a row, but the naked eye can see that the length of this "street" is very considerable.

The two shuttled through these dining cars for a while, and found that there were many storefronts behind these dining cars. In order to show their presence, they also used a lot of dazzling lights, which made people dazzled.

Although it is the terminal of the hot air balloon, the flow of people is comparable to the previous Ganzhou Night Market.

The noisy human voices accompanied by the bustle of cooking food from the food truck owners made Li Xiao completely unable to feel the coolness of autumn.

"Is there anything you want to eat?" Li Xiao looked around, feeling that this one was good for a while, and that one was also good for a while, but she didn't choose the last one.

"Why don't you have a hot pot." Mo Jie pointed to a hot pot restaurant obliquely in front of them that was completely different from the surrounding ones with heavy light pollution. "That restaurant looks more comfortable." At least it's not so eye-catching.

Li Xiao nodded. He ate so many things in Zhangye, but he had never eaten hot pot once. Try it and see if you will suffer.

The signboard reads [Yi Ge Hot Pot Fish] in big characters. It sounds like nothing special, but the decoration is elegant and simple.

The waiter led the two to the table, handed the menu to the two and left.

The menu of this store is not only written on the sign, but also written on the table.

If you take a closer look, the soup base is free: sauerkraut, chicken soup, spicy, pork ribs and other flavors, and it can also be paired with mandarin duck soup base.

Not only that, vegetarian dishes are free to eat in the buffet.

"The soup base and vegetarian dishes are both free, so the price shouldn't be low?" Li Xiao muttered and continued to look down, "48 yuan per catty of pike fish, 58 yuan per catty of black fish... Beef and mutton are both 70 catties."

This price surprised Li Xiao: "What kind of bicycle do you need at this price?"

Li Xiao, who originally thought that he would be slaughtered in the scenic spot, put his heart in his stomach.

The two of them summed it up and ordered a fried fish.

The so-called hot pot fish refers to fried fish.

Wash the slaughtered fish, drain the water, and spread a layer of starch to prevent the fish from sticking to the pan during frying.

Heat oil in a pan, put the fish in it and fry over medium heat until golden brown on both sides, then take out.

Use the oil left in the frying pan to fry the fish, sauté the peppercorns and peppers until fragrant, add the green onion and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant.Pour in soy sauce, vinegar, and sesame oil, then put in the fish that was fried at the beginning, and pour in enough water to cover the fish.

Add salt and sugar to taste, bring the water to a boil on high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for about 20 minutes.Collect the juice on a high fire, put the fish on a plate, take out the soup in the pot, pour it on the fish, and sprinkle a little coriander, and the fish in a hot pot is complete.

The most challenging part of this dish for the chef is the amount of starch used.

If the starch is used less, it will be easy to stick to the pan during frying, which will leave a fishy smell in the subsequent operations and destroy the taste of the whole pot fish.

A lot of starch is used, although there is no need to worry about the risk of sticking to the pan, but due to the influence of the method, the thick starch layer will completely cover the fish, and the fish will lose its original taste due to the presence of water during the stewing step .

Mo Jie spontaneously went to get the required vegetarian dishes, leaving Li Xiao patiently explaining to the audience in the live broadcast room.

The dumpling in his arms moved his nose a little restlessly, and then the whole dumpling stood upright on the seat next to Li Xiao.

"It smells so good..." A soft voice came from Tuanzi's mouth.

The next moment, the waiter brought a bowl of hot pot fish as big as a basin and put it on the table in front of Li Xiao.

The fish is cut into chunks, each piece is crystal clear golden yellow, dipped in reddish-brown sauce, accompanied by a small piece of coriander, the overall look is quite aesthetic.

Under the basin, there is still a lot of soup that is steaming, and the spicy aroma is tangy.

"It smells so good... Isn't this too exaggerated?"

Mo Jie, who came back with the vegetarian dishes, admired, and was shocked from ear to ear by the weight of this big bowl.

"Let's start right away!"

Waiting for Mo Jie to serve, Li Xiao, who had already been captured by the smell, immediately took out a piece of fish and put it in front of the camera.

The golden-yellow fish is perfectly blended with the reddish-brown soup. When the chopsticks are clamped hard, the whole piece of fish splits from the middle with a "click".

"It's wonderful to hear this sound." Li Xiao swallowed the saliva secreted from his mouth, and put the fish on the chopsticks into his mouth.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the sounds of "click" and "click" were heard endlessly.

"The outside is very crispy, and the mouth is full of peppery aroma."

"After eating it, the fish meat is crispy and soft, and the spicy juice splashes out in the mouth, which is very delicious."

(End of this chapter)