Author: round head and round belly

"Come on, son, have a taste."

The middle-aged man who was a diner greeted his son, picked up the spoon and looked at the plate.

But looking at the golden fish floating in the thick clear soup on the plate, he was reluctant to start.

“This dish is so beautiful!”

My son, a high school student, looked at the tofu fish on the plate and couldn't help but admire it.

The edge of the deep plate has blue and white patterns of lotus flowers and lotus leaves, and there are also fish swimming in it.

However, the bottom of the deep-mouthed plate is completely white, making the tofu red-scaled fish floating in the transparent soup feel like it is really in a pool of water.

The green green onions above are like fallen leaves falling into the pond, or like duckweed growing out of the water.

The tofu red-scaled fish with different shapes seem to be jumping out of the water, opening their mouths to eat fallen leaves and duckweed.

"Isn't this a vegetarian dish? Why is there fried fish?"

The middle-aged man asked.

Qin Lan stepped forward and explained: "This is carved from tofu."

"Carved from tofu?"

The middle-aged man was taken aback and looked at the fish on the plate carefully. Only then did he realize that the color of the fish was very even. It was not like ordinary fried fish, where the head, tail, back and back were darker in color and the belly was whiter.

"Isn't this too similar?"

He was amazed: "Good craftsmanship!"

As he said that, he put his spoon into the plate and scooped up a spoonful of red fish with tofu covered in gravy.

Seeing that he destroyed the integrity of the dish, the son beside him felt a little pity, but he still followed him, scooped one out and put it into his own bowl.

Looking at the browned tofu and red-scaled fish in the bowl, the middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, then scooped it up and put it into his mouth.

His teeth fell down and he felt that his teeth touched a thin layer of pastry shell.

Although the pastry shell has been softened a lot by the gravy, there is still a hint of crispiness in the innermost layer, which is like the texture of the sauce-splashed crispy rice cake when it is first served.

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Sha~!

He could feel with his tongue that the dorsal fin, abdominal pectoral fin, anal fin, tail fin and other thin parts of the tofu fish had been fried to a crisp.

After being hung with gravy, these parts absorb water and become soft again, absorbing the soup.

After entering the mouth, these parts melt instantly, with the full soup, it quickly melts on the tongue, and the delicious taste is instantly diffused!

"Eh?"

He looked down at the half-bitten tofu fish in surprise.

His sense of taste told him that this was clearly a real fish!

It has the flavor of fish, the texture of fried fish, and the shape of fried fish.

If he hadn't been told in advance that it was made of tofu, he would have thought it was a real fried fish!

But even if he knew it was made of tofu, he would still have the illusion that he was eating fried fish when eating it, which he was not used to, but it was also extremely novel.

"Wow!"

The son on the side also took a bite and was immediately surprised and exclaimed: "This fish is so tender!"

After being reminded by his son, the middle-aged man noticed that the fish tasted incredibly tender.

After biting through the outer shell, the teeth quickly cut through the body of the fish.

There are no bones or fish bones to hinder it, and the entire body of the fish is filled with extremely tender and smooth meat.

No, it should be tofu.

The middle-aged man looked at the cross-section of the tofu fish after biting it, and couldn't help but admire: "This tofu feels almost as tender as Tamago tofu."

Tamago tofu is also called egg tofu. Although it is called tofu, there are no soybeans in its raw materials, only water, eggs, vegetable protein, edible salt and additives.

The characteristic of this kind of tofu is that it is tender, even close to the tenderness of jelly.

However, this middle-aged man was obviously amazed by the crispy outside and tender inside of tofu fish, so he made such an analogy.

The Nan tofu made by Li Yi is not as tender as Yuzi tofu. If it were that tender, it would be difficult to carve.

The reason why this middle-aged man had the illusion of eating tamagoyaki tofu was because he ate it in time, and the crispy shell on the outside of the tofu fish had not been completely softened, so it formed a sharp contrast with the tofu inside, making the tofu inside

The tenderness is more prominent.

The middle-aged woman also picked up the spoon and took a bite, and was so surprised that she covered her mouth.

After swallowing the fish in her mouth, she asked out of curiosity: "Why do I feel like I'm really eating fish? It's so magical!"

Qin Lan didn't know how to answer, so he turned to the corridor entrance for help.

Wu Lei and the others were standing over there, drooling as they looked at this.

Seeing Qin Lan looking over, they quickly got out of the way and pushed Li Yi out.

"That's because the gravy in this dish is made with vegetarian stock."

Li Yi explained: “The umami flavor of this dish mainly comes from seafood such as kelp and kelp in the vegetarian soup, so the soup will have the fishy and salty taste of seafood.

When making the gravy, I used pepper to balance out the fishy and salty taste of the broth to highlight the sweetness and freshness, so when you eat it, you will feel as if you are eating real fish and shrimp, including seafood.

So fresh and sweet.”

“What a craft!”

The middle-aged man praised him: "I have eaten real dry-fried red-scaled fish, but the one you made is much better than what I have ever eaten! And it is made with tofu. It's awesome! It's really awesome!"

"As long as you are satisfied with the meal."

Li Yi smiled and said politely, then nodded and said: "Please take it easy, there is one last soup, it will be here soon."

After saying that, he turned around and walked to the kitchen.

Wu Lei stretched his neck and watched his son, a high school student, scoop up a spoonful of tofu fish. It tasted so sweet that he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Zhao Jinmai also licked the corners of his mouth, and then pulled him: "Let's go! Don't disturb others' dinner."

Wu Lei was still a little reluctant to leave, but Zheng Jun on the side ran quickly, followed Li Yi to the kitchen, and asked: "Hey, Chef Li, can you make a bowl for me to try? I'll pay for it."

Isn’t it okay to buy it?”

Wu Lei was startled, turned around and chased after him: "Teacher Zheng Jun! Give me a bite! Just one bite!"

Seeing a group of them chasing each other towards the kitchen, Qin Lan stood by the front hall, hesitant.

Watching a family of three diners eating up all the tofu fish and gravy on the plate one spoon after another, she swallowed subconsciously.

Gulu~!

There was a bowel movement in her stomach.

She only ate one apple in the morning. It was almost noon now and she was a little hungry.

It seemed that she looked away at the kitchen entrance.

She didn't realize that when she looked back, she had a little more subconscious expectation.

“Serve!”

Li Yi's voice came from the dining outlet.

"coming!"

She responded and quickly trotted towards the food outlet.

After running for two steps, she suddenly realized why she was so happy?

Obviously at the beginning, when she went to the restaurant to serve the food, she had to muster up courage and hold her breath.

But now she actually started running on her own initiative.

Full of wonder, she came to the dining outlet and saw a small soup basin.

The soup basin contained a bowl of ordinary-looking...cabbage and tofu soup.
Chapter completed!