A mouthful of fried rice at a sky-high price, Old Tang apprenticed on the spot

Chapter 490

"Master, what's wrong?"

The apprentice sensed that Xia Zhuo's expression was wrong, so he came forward and asked in a low voice.

"It's nothing."

Xia Zhuo shook his head, did not explain, just looked at Li Yi's eyes, and became a little more serious.

He used to look down on those chefs from Yeluzi, thinking that they were all guys who were full of bottles and half bottles were dangling.

But Li Yi's words broke his perception.

He didn't expect that he could hear cooking skills that even he himself didn't know from a wild road.

And it's a skill in one of his best dishes.

This kind of shock is like a painter who has been painting all his life, suddenly being shocked by a child who draws with a straw stick on the ground to point out the maze.

When he was shocked, Li Yi had already heated up the oil and started frying the meat.

The whole piece of pork belly was put into the oil pan, and it crackled suddenly, and a string of bubbles burst out.

On Xia Zhuo's side, it's the same procedure, put the meat into the pot, and fry it.

But looking at the pieces of meat in the pot, Xia Zhuo still couldn't concentrate.

He kept thinking about what Li Yi said.

Hearing that Li Yi's meat was fried and picked up on the chopping board, he really wanted to go and smell it to see if it could completely remove the fishy smell as Li Yi said.

But he resisted the urge.

Now he represents Xia's Restaurant, representing the benchmark of [Xiang Style Braised Pork].

Whether this method is effective or not, he can try it in private when he goes back.

But now, he must not show his timidity in front of the disciples and grandchildren behind him.

After taking out the fried meat, Li Yi cut it into domino pieces.

Su-style Dongpo pork is usually cut into squares, so it is usually served on a per-customer basis.

[Xiang-style braised pork] is served in portions, so it is cut into domino pieces for easy eating.

After changing the knife, Li Yi started to fry it.

At the same time, Xia Zhuo at the side also finished frying the meat and started frying it.

Then, the apprentice behind Xia Zhuo, who was helping the cook, and Xiao Zhang, who was behind Li Yi, were surprised to find that Xia Zhuo and Li Yi seemed to be in sync mode.

Stir-fry the spices and sugar until fragrant, until the sugar is colored.

Add the meat, stir-fry for color and aroma.

Then add water and stew, seasoning.

All the steps of Xia Zhuo and Li Yi are exactly the same.

Seeing this situation, the help cooks behind Xia Zhuo couldn't help muttering.

"What's the situation? How could he do it too?"

"This kid is doing exactly the same as the master! It looks like copying and pasting."

They muttered, but did not dare to speak clearly.

Because from their point of view, Li Yi's movements were faster than Xia Zhuo's, and he was more fluid and easy to use.

On the contrary, Xia Zhuo didn't seem to be familiar with the environment of the stove, and his movements were a little stiff, and he didn't have Li Yi's free and easy feeling at all.

This scene, on the contrary, looks like Xia Zhuo is learning to cook with Li Yi, which looks very awkward.

The one who felt the most awkward had to be Xia Zhuo himself.

Because of what Li Yi said about the popularity of rice wine, Xia Zhuo was a little restless, half of his attention was on Li Yi.

It was precisely because of this that when he started to fry it, he found that Li Yi seemed to be more familiar with how to make this [Xiang-style braised pork] than him, and he was even more skilled in operation.

From the moment he started cutting the material, the rhythm was completely under Li Yi's control.

The experience that Xia Zhuo had done thousands of times before seemed to become blurred all at once.

He was brought into Li Yi's rhythm regarding the timing of cutting the ingredients and the control of the heat.

When Li Yi cuts the ingredients, he cuts the ingredients accordingly. When Li Yi adjusts the amount of fire, he adjusts the amount of fire accordingly.

This feeling seems to be back to when he first learned how to cook braised pork with his father when he was a child.

After pouring boiling water into the pot with Li Yi and covering the pot, Xia Zhuo realized that he was already sweating.

Turning his head to look at Li Yi, his eyes changed a few times, and he suddenly walked towards the stove closest to the door.

The chef on the stove is Dong Haiqiang, and he is processing the ingredients.

Xia Zhuo came to him, whispered something to him, and chatted a few words.

Listening to his words, Dong Haiqiang frowned slightly, and looked in Li Yi's direction with some doubts.

After a little thought, he still nodded.

Seeing this, Xia Zhuo seemed relieved, and a smile appeared on his face.

After shaking hands with him, Xia Zhuocai returned to the stove, and signaled to the apprentices and the helper at the back, "Take all the things and move them over there."

As he spoke, he raised his finger and pointed in Dong Haiqiang's direction.

The apprentices looked in astonishment, only to find that Dong Haiqiang was also asking the kitchen helper to pack things.

This is... to change the stove?
The apprentice and the chef looked at each other, not knowing what the master was going to do.

"What are you doing in a daze? Move!"

Xia Zhuo frowned and urged.

"Oh."

The apprentices and the kitchen helpers responded, quickly put away the ingredients and kitchen utensils, and moved them to Dong Haiqiang.

With his hands behind his back, Dong Haiqiang brought the kitchen helpers over and directed the kitchen helpers to put away the things, then looked curiously at Li Yi who was beside him.

He also came from Hunan cuisine, and he also knew Xia Zhuo.

And in terms of seniority, Xia Zhuo had to call him senior brother.

For Xia Zhuo, he still knows a lot.

Xia Zhuo was gifted and intelligent since he was a child, and he was also gifted in culinary arts, so he developed a haughty and arrogant character, and he seldom convinced anyone.

But just now Xia Zhuo took the initiative to find him, saying that he didn't want to be next to Li Yi, and proposed to change the stove.

In this case, there are generally two possibilities.

One is that Xia Zhuo dislikes Li Yi, or is afraid that Li Yi will steal his teacher, so he would rather change the stove than stay with him.

Another possibility is that Xia Zhuo felt the pressure, so in order not to affect his competitive state, he took the initiative to avoid it.

Looking at Xia Zhuo's expression just now, Dong Haiqiang already knew it, and the first possibility was very slim.

But this made him even more curious.

How could this young Li Yi make Xia Zhuo, a famous chef with a detached status in Hunan cuisine, feel the pressure?

He glanced at the ingredients that Li Yi was processing, and after a quick scan, he couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

In the basin in front of Li Yi, there was an irregular white triangular object, which looked like a mango core that had been cut in half. It was flat, and the end was full of fine hairs.

Dong Haiqiang recognized what it was at a glance, because there was also a piece of it in his basin.

This is a soaked blue shark hook fin, also known as shark fin.

In Dong Haiqiang's basin, there is also an identical piece, only a circle smaller than Li Yi's.

And this piece of shark fin was used by Dong Haiqiang to make [Zuan Shark Fin].

Li Yi's piece is obviously the same.

However, Li Yi is so young, how can he make [Zu'an Shark's Fin]?
[Zu'an Shark's Fin] is one of the top luxury dishes in Hunan cuisine. In the entire Hunan cuisine circle, there are only a handful of people who can cook this dish, and he basically knows them all.

Where did Li Yi learn it from?
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