gourmet restaurant

Chapter 212 Snake

After putting them on the table one by one, Jiang Yang realized that it was three dishes and one soup, but the meat looked like a large rice field eel, and Jiang Yang knew it should be snake meat.

The middle-aged man Jiang Yang didn't know stretched out his hand towards Jiang Yang and said, "Chef Jiang Yang, right?"

Jiang Yang also stretched out his hand and said, "Hi, I'm Jiang Yang."

Wang Yinghua introduced with a smile: "This is my brother, Guo Jingtai. This is my brother's son, Guo Yongzhi."

Wang Yinghua pointed to the young man and said.

Jiang Yang said to them with a smile: "Hi, everyone. I am the one who came here uninvited today."

"Haha, if Chef Jiang can come, he will be full of glory." Guo Jingtai laughed.

Jiang Yang was polite again, and Wang Yinghua interrupted: "Okay, you don't need to be so polite, let's get into the topic."

"Ah, that's right! Has Chef Jiang ever eaten snake meat?" Guo Jingtai asked.

Jiang Yang shook his head and said, "No, but I've been waiting for a long time."

"Haha, Chef Jiang should eat more." Guo Jingtai said.

Jiang Yang naturally smiled and nodded.

Jiang Yang didn't know these four dishes. Guo Jingtai wanted to introduce them, but Sun Hao said first, "Let me introduce them to Jiang Yang."

Guo Jingtai couldn't help himself, he smiled and said nothing.

But the young man has been silent all the time, and hasn't spoken since he came out.

"This is Ningxiang-flavored snake, which is characterized by freshness, fragrance and spiciness." Sun Hao said.

Jiang Yang pressed Sun Hao's fingers to look over, and saw a plate full of bright red peppers, and the fat snake sections had been soaked red and shiny, and the snake meat was firm, with a transparent oily sheen.

Sun Hao eloquently said a lot, but Jiang Yang listened carefully.His cooking of snake meat is still in the blind spot. Now that he can listen to Sun Hao's lecture, he will naturally not miss it.

Guo Jingtai listened and shook his head.Sun Hao, although he hasn't learned how to cook, his theory is sound.

"Don't just listen to Sun Hao, come and taste it." Wang Yinghua added a piece of snake meat to Jiang Yang.

Jiang Yang nodded with a smile, and put the snake meat into his mouth.

Chewing carefully, a very special taste filled the mouth.The deliciousness of snake meat is still higher than that of chicken, and the unique cooking technique makes the snake meat firm and chewy without losing its deliciousness.

After cooking, the flavors of various seasonings are fused with the snake meat, stimulating the fragrance of the snake meat.You can smell a fragrance before you enter the mouth, and after you eat it, the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes.

People in Hunan Province love spicy food, even more so than those in Sichuan Province.A plate full of chilies, whose pungent taste has been soaked into the snake meat during cooking.You don't need much, just one bite, you can taste the spicy taste.

The pungentness and freshness of the snake meat perfectly blend together to form this unique and delicious Ningxiang-flavored snake dish.

Jiang Yang swallowed reluctantly, the taste of snake meat still lingering in his mouth.

"How?" Guo Jingtai asked.

"Your lips and teeth are fragrant!" Jiang Yang sighed.

The deliciousness of his dish made him deeply nostalgic, and it had already faintly aroused Jiang Yang's inner emotions.But this feeling is not obvious enough.

He glanced at Guo Jingtai unobtrusively, this chef is probably not far from the master.

Jiang Yang himself knows his own level. Although he is a first-level chef, there is a big gap between first-level chefs.

He is far behind the chef in front of him!If the previous competition was against this chef, he would have no hope of winning at all.

Just as Jiang Yang was thinking about it, he heard Sun Hao pointing to the second dish and saying, "This is spicy ginger snake! It uses black-headed snake as an ingredient, supplemented with old ginger. It is characterized by its strong flavor of ginger, spicy and refreshing."

Then, he said a lot of things one after another.Jiang Yang still listened with a smile.

Before he tasted it, he could smell a very strong smell of ginger.

It can be said that this dish was born according to the climate of Hunan Province, which is humid. This dish uses ginger to dispel moisture and snake meat to nourish it.

Jiang Yang just took a sip and was conquered.Different from the taste snake, the snake meat of this spicy ginger snake is soft and rotten.

After the entrance, the snake meat tastes fresh and tender, and it feels like it melts in the mouth.

Strong ginger flavor, spicy and refreshing!

"It's really delicious!" Jiang Yang exclaimed.

Guo Jingtai smiled, but did not speak.But Guo Yongzhi's eyes flashed a look of pride, but no one noticed it.

Sun Hao continued to introduce the third dish: "This is black-bone chicken stewed snake soup, um...my uncle gave it a special name—Longfeng Chengxiang."

Jiang Yang has long heard that after stewing snake meat, the soup tastes extremely delicious, several times more delicious than chicken soup.

The black-bone chicken and snake meat are both excellent ingredients for stewing soup, but both belong to the delicious category.Adding the two together, how delicious is this soup?

Jiang Yang took a small bowl of soup and took a sip.His sense of taste was captured almost instantly, and all the nerves of taste were telling two words - delicious!
The chicken and snake meat complement each other, and there is no situation where the two ingredients compete for the main flavor.In fact, this is the most difficult part. If the ingredients of the same type are not handled properly, not only will there not be a complementary effect, but the taste will drop a lot.

Whether it is black-bone chicken or snake meat, if the taste is suppressed, it will make this dish overshadowed.

"Huh!" Jiang Yang let out a long breath and said, "Delicious! I can't think of other words to describe it."

Wang Yinghua said: "Haha, this is my brother's hometown skill, and the taste is naturally the best."

Guo Jingtai smiled reservedly, but said nothing.

For the fourth dish, Sun Hao was a little bit hesitant to introduce it, because he hadn't seen this dish much.

Guo Jingtai saw Sun Hao's embarrassment, and said, "Let me tell you about this dish."

Sun Hao heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and at the same time pricked up his ears.

"This dish is my own creation. I don't have a name yet. It is characterized by fresh and spicy taste and soft taste..." Guo Jingtai introduced.

Jiang Yang looked at the last dish. There were some tiger skin patterns on the surface of the snake meat, which were traces of fried hooks.

Pick up a piece of snake meat, and the umami flavor of the snake meat is not lost after frying, but it is locked inside.After cooking, the snake meat absorbs a lot of soup, making it more delicious.

But then Jiang Yang frowned. Compared with the first three dishes, this dish seemed to be far inferior!

He looked up at Guo Jingtai, only to see Guo Jingtai also looking at him.

When Jiang Yang's words reached his throat, he swallowed them down!
"Chef Jiang can speak up if he has anything to say. Among us chefs, we must point out our shortcomings to make progress!" Guo Jingtai said.

Jiang Yang thought for a while and said: "The dishes are delicious, but I always feel that something is missing. The taste of this snake meat is not so...um...perfect!"

Guo Jingtai nodded and said: "I also have this feeling, so I invite you here today to see if I can taste something from my business trip."

"Chef Jiang is right. Although your dish is delicious, it lacks something. As for what it is, I don't know. Why don't you ask Master?" Wang Yinghua said.

Guo Jingtai smiled wryly and said, "Forget it, Master is very busy, so I won't bother him."

Wang Yinghua nodded, but said nothing.

Jiang Yang frowned, and tasted a piece of snake meat again.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and said, "It seems that the taste of snake meat is not enough."

"Not enough taste?" Guo Jingtai frowned, he didn't quite understand Jiang Yang's words.

"After the snake meat is fried, its deliciousness is locked, and the surface can absorb the deliciousness of the soup more easily after being fried." Jiang Yang said, his thoughts became more and more clear.

"I know, that's exactly how it is! Cheng also fried, and defeated also fried! While deep-frying locks the deliciousness of the snake meat, it also prevents the fusion of the soup and the snake meat! Although the delicious taste is more intense, but When it becomes soup, it is soup, and the umami of snake meat is umami, there is a clear distinction between the two." Jiang Yang said.

Guo Jingtai slapped his thigh and said, "That's right!"

In fact, this is not to say that Jiang Yang's cooking skills are better than Guo Jingtai's, but that when Guo Jingtai created this dish, his thinking went into a blind spot.Now that Jiangyang is broken, Guo Jingtai naturally understands the problem.

"Haha, thank you Chef Jiang!" Guo Jingtai thanked.

Jiang Yang waved his hand and said, "I'm just expressing my own thoughts, and I can't help you much."

"Haha, Chef Jiang is being modest, you've helped me a lot!" Guo Jingtai laughed.

Jiang Yang smiled and didn't continue to struggle.

(End of this chapter)