gourmet food

Chapter 7
Xiao Liu nodded, arranged the dining table, and placed the "Shoubi Nanshan" dish in the middle.

Everyone here can't hold back their strong curiosity. This dish looks really beautiful from a distance. Whether it's the shape of the crane or the peaches around it, it gives people a lifelike feeling. But what's so good about it? Where is the place?

The behavior of the two people on the sidelines was watched by everyone, and I will explain to everyone later what exactly triggered such a strong interest between the two.

"Let me say, thank you all for coming to the old man's birthday party today. Let's have a drink together."

President Xiong raised his wine glass and said to everyone present.

"I wish the old man good health."

"I wish the old man a long life."

Everyone raised their glasses to bless him.

After sitting down, Qin Yaxuan asked with a smile: "President Xiong, what were you looking at over there just now? Tell us about it."

"Yeah, tell me."

Everyone's curiosity had been aroused for a long time. Qin Yaxuan opened his mouth and everyone started making noises together.

"Well, why don't you wait for the president to talk?" President Xiong glanced at the opposite side and invited.

"Today is your home court, so I won't show off my embarrassment. It's up to you to do it."

President Hou smiled, took a sip from the teacup on the table, and waited calmly for President Xiong's explanation.

President Xiong no longer refused, cleared his throat and said: "This dish is called Shoubi Nanshan. This dish means auspiciousness and is very suitable for today's occasion. I believe you have seen many such dishes."

"Of course, what you all noticed is that its appearance is very beautiful, such as the shape of the crane, the shape of the longevity peach, and the presentation is very nice, right?"

Everyone nodded when they heard this.

"What we value most is its carving skills. This skill is not simple." President Xiong whetted everyone's appetite and continued slowly: "First of all, let me tell you that the entire crane shape is a carrot carving. Do you believe what came out?"

"A carrot?"

"Can't you?"

"how can that be?"

Everyone expressed disbelief when they heard this. Usually when everyone eats out, the exquisite plates they encounter are all pieced together, but they have never seen the overall carving.

Even if there is a whole carved decoration, it is still some small things, unlike the one in front of me that not only has a base, but also pine trees and cranes.

Generally, after eating the food on the plate, people often take apart the presentation, firstly to see what ingredients it is made of, and secondly to see how it is carved.

I believe everyone has had such an experience, and they all find it very fun. Sometimes they even put it in their mouths to taste it to see if they can eat it.

In the end, I came to the conclusion that everything that looks good is not delicious and is just for decoration, but I still enjoy it.

The concept of overall carving to everyone should be that only jade and jade ornaments can be like this. Can the food plating also be like this?

Ingredients are not as hard as jade, and it is not easy to carve. If you use a little force on your hands, the result will be snapped into two pieces.

Besides, who can be a chef if he can have this skill? Carving jade ornaments is not much better than being a chef.

"You don't believe it, do you? Take a closer look. This ornament has no trace of patchwork. It was completely carved by the chef based on the shape of a natural radish. It's just that this radish is rather deformed. In addition to its curved body, it also has long It has three legs, haha."

"Let me take a look." Qin Yaxuan stood up, moved closer, and carefully inspected the details of the ornaments.

Start looking at the base first.

The base should be the head of the radish. The chef cut off a piece of the head flatly and placed it upside down on the plate.

The top part of the radish has a green skin, and the chef skillfully hollowed out this part of the skin to carve auspicious cloud patterns, making it look like jade.

The turquoise luster and the embellishment of cloud patterns give people a feeling of mountains bathing in clouds.

Further up is the bifurcation of the body. If it has three legs as President Xiong said, then the foot on the left is carved with a crane ready to fly.

You can imagine that the most difficult parts of the crane to carve are its wings and tail, because there are many feathers on them. This kind of detail processing is often the most challenging moment for carving skills.

The feathers on the wings of this crane are carved very carefully, and the layering is handled very well. Each feather is so smooth, without any flaws, and the three-dimensional effect is very strong.

The same goes for the feathers on the tail. Both the layering and the three-dimensionality are well expressed.

The whole crane looks so lifelike in terms of shape and expression. Under the spotlights on the top of the dining table, the realistic feeling is so strong that people seem to believe that this is a real crane. Crane.

The two feet on the right are relatively tight, and the chef carved the lower foot into a pine tree. The meaning of pine trees in celebrating birthdays is also very great.

Especially when congratulating old people on their birthdays, the most common saying is: live as long as the immortal pine in Nanshan Mountain.

The most surprising thing is the carving of this pine tree. Only when you get closer can you find the surprising details.

The pine leaves of the entire pine tree are all carved using hollow techniques, which are meticulous and close, layered and interlocking, giving people a feeling of vitality one by one.

Surprise, wonder, amazement!
I don’t know how these tiny pine needles were carved, but they were still displayed on such juicy and crisp radish. It was simply shocking.

Unable to suppress the shock in her heart, Qin Yaxuan gently covered her mouth with her hand, not daring to make a sound for fear of affecting her ability to appreciate this artistic conception.

Only the top and middle part of the second radish were used for the entire pine tree, and the chef used the lower part more skillfully.

I just dug out a small piece of radish lightly, and then modified it, and then delicately made 7 small round trays.

A birthday peach was placed on each tray, symbolizing the wonderful wishes of congratulating the 70th birthday.

Skillful, ingenious and delicate!
It's hard for Qin Yaxuan to imagine how dexterous the chef's hands are. Such ingenious ideas and ingenious means can show such an ingenious design.

Looking further up, this is the third carrot.

With the tray and pine trees as a backdrop, the chef carved the third radish into a crane.

It also has the shape of a soaring bird, and the treatment on its wings, feathers, and tail is no less impressive than the previous one.

The two cranes, one in front and one behind, reflect each other, giving people the feeling of flying together, adding a sense of agility and liveliness.

At this time, the others also stood up and gathered around to watch.

After taking a closer look, everyone was amazed at how exquisite the carving of the entire ornament was, and they all started to admire it.

And while everyone was watching, no one noticed that a pair of chopsticks quietly stretched out, then clamped something and then disappeared...

"beautiful……!"

"Perfect……!"

"It's just...!"

Words of praise popped up in my heart to express my love for this work.

Just when everyone was still reminiscing about this wonderful artistic conception, a voice broke the calm.

“Mmm, delicious!!!”

At this time, everyone who was experiencing the artistic conception was pulled back by the voice, and they were still a little confused for a moment.

"good to eat?"

Come on, something so beautiful is like a work of art. If it’s worse than that, how can it be described as delicious?

The two words "delicious" seemed to make everyone fall from the clouds to the mortal world, and they began to search for the source of the sound.

As everyone's eyes followed, they immediately locked onto it. At a glance, everyone was dumbfounded.

"Don't be stunned, everyone eats, everyone eats."

The old man didn't feel embarrassed when he saw everyone staring at him. He picked up a birthday peach with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, not forgetting to remind everyone to enjoy it together.

"Oh!"

"it is good!"

"Ok!"

Everyone responded one after another, and after taking their seats, they looked at the two missing longevity peaches on the plate, and they felt awkward no matter how they looked at them.

The artistic conception reflected in such an exquisite presentation was destroyed in this way...

(End of this chapter)