Volume 10 Chapter 20: Bread And Butter
Volume 10 Chapter 20: Bread And Butter
Volume 10 Chapter 20: Bread And Butter
"What are you guys still here?" After an hour, Long Qiqiang noticed how Shinzo and Ayaka had yet to leave the mansion.
Shinzo grinned, "I should be asking you the same thing as well? Why are you still staying here?" This was not his home either!
That caused Long Qiqiang to cough, "Of course, I will be here; this is my cousin's home. And I'm going to be staying the night."
"..." This is news to me. Long Lihua wanted to retort but was grabbed by the mouth by this man.
"And Ayaka is her neighbor, so I'm going to stay," Shinzo grinned.
"…" Brother, that's so shameless. Ayaka dared not look up; she couldn't stare at Carolyn and Krystal's face. It was too embarrassing to do so.
"Keith should have been at our home in the first place!" Shinzo's eyes turned dark; there were still gripes with this.
"Oh, please. He could go to any place. It was a stroke of luck that my little cousin won."
Carolyn smiled, "It's fine. Keith has always liked cooking for many people," He already cooked for a good number of people before. Krystal added, "I think Keith is going to do something-!" The two tried to cool everyone down when something caused everyone to freeze! They all looked around, stunned by all of this.
"What is that smell?!" A strong and intense aroma filled the living room. There could only be one person who did this.
...
Keith grinned as he looked at the ingredients he had bought here. He was excited about what to make here. Chinese ingredients were his bread and butter. It was time for him to go all out with this. Braised Char siu. It had been quite some time since he had done this.
Orc shoulders were quite great for making it. Seasoning came first as he tossed in basic seasonings. But the game changer was the last few ingredients. Tears dripped down.
Thank god I have soy sauce. Keith was going to lose it! Dark soy sauce and light soy sauce. When he tasted it, he knew what it was. Soy sauce. There was no fermentation or anything!
That was the taste of soy sauce at the finest! The fruit wasn't a normal one but for seasoning.
Squeeze the fruit, the juices splattered into the shoulders. Massage the meat, letting all of that juice seep into it. While that rested, Keith worked on the other things. He quickly washed the Yu choy.
With it, he poured some oil onto the wok and tossed in the diced ginger. The aromatics were intense. He was going to go with some robust flavors instead. Most of the dishes he tried yesterday were weak, but these were the opposite.
After the choy, Keith started to work on the shoulders: he would first give it a nice sear. That way, it would have a great crust when they bit into it. As there was a rich brown sear, Keith poured in the leftover sauce. Water was soon added to the pot. The only thing left was to leave the meat to simmer.
There were some other ingredients he was going to make as well. The second one was steamed salmon. It was simple; slice the fillet into a couple of bite-size pieces. Ginger was tossed in, and some soy sauce and oil were drizzled on. The last thing to do was to steam.
As Keith worked on the other things, the smell from one pot caught his attention. Sniff sniff. Keith's expression grinned as he slowly moved towards it. As expected. The sauce slowly became thicker. And when he stabbed the meat, it went in easily. Perfect. Keith quickly took out the char siu. He slowly sliced them into small pieces. The sauce was then added at the end of all of them. It was quite an interesting piece of meat. He quickly took a bite, and it tasted divine!
How soft and mesmerizing! Keith continued to munch without a thought. He was quite happy about it, but that was when,
"Keith!" He turned to see that it was none other than Carolyn and the rest. They were all staring at him through the door. The man waved, "Sup,"
"What are you making right now?!" Whatever he made was quite powerful. It smelled like a variant!
"Indeed!" Ayaka rarely said anything, but this was entirely too much.
"…Tasty," Out of nowhere, Zhu Liqin had tasted the char siu.
"..." When did you enter?
"Everything will be prepared later." The rice just needed to be completed, while the salmon needed to be done steaming.
"…Mmhmm," Zhu Liqin didn't say much as she quickly disappeared from there. The maids quickly brought the food over to the dining room.
Each one had a plate of steamed fish, char siu, bok choy, and finally, rice.
"It's absolutely delicious," Long Aotian was intrigued. There were a lot of things similar to yesterday. But there was a much more intense aroma coming from it.
"Thank you."
"More," Zhu Liqin raised her bowl at the server.
"…" That is your fourth bowl? This dragon lady was eating left and right so quickly.