HCB Chapter 229 The Chef Was Found
Chapter 229 The Chef Was Found
Chapter 229 The Chef Was Found
A fried rice dish that dares to sell for one gold coin... is definitely not your ordinary fried rice!
On the white porcelain plate sat perfectly round, pearl-like grains of rice, each coated with a layer of golden egg yolk. The egg yolk wasn't fully cooked and hardened; it was slightly viscous, like a layer of egg wash. The consistency of the egg yolk was just right, about 80% cooked, and when it enveloped the rice grains, it shimmered like a golden veil.
"This...this really is egg fried rice that glows!" Yuwen Chengdu stared blankly at this plate of egg fried rice he had never seen before.
He never even imagined that fried rice could be cooked like this; it was so exquisite, like a work of art.
Yuwen Chengdu's follower had tasted all kinds of delicacies in the Chen family, and had naturally seen their own chef cook fried rice before. In the past few days, she had eaten even more... However, compared to the plate of glowing fried rice in front of her, those fried rice dishes seemed somewhat lackluster.
In reality, this plate of fried rice only contained eggs and rice, without any other extra ingredients, but Yuwen Chengdu had a strange feeling that this fried rice was infinitely better than any he had ever eaten before!
Picking up the blue-and-white porcelain spoon neatly placed on the table, Yuwen Chengdu licked his lips and carefully scooped up a spoonful of fried rice. The thick egg liquid even stretched into thin strands. As soon as he scooped up the rice, a rich aroma wafted over, assaulting Yuwen Chengdu's taste buds.
No longer caring about anything else, Yuwen Chengdu shoved the fried rice into his mouth.
The moment the fried rice touched his mouth, a strong aroma assaulted Yuwen Chengdu's taste buds. The slightly viscous egg liquid instantly solidified and softened upon entering his mouth. The fragrant aroma of the pearl-like rice grains blended with the soft and solidified egg flavor, creating an unprecedentedly delicious taste!
"My God! How can there be such delicious fried rice?! I actually feel like crying!" Yuwen Chengdu was completely intoxicated by the fried rice, as if he were swimming in an ocean of its aroma, unable to extricate himself.
The earlier talk of testing poison on himself had long been forgotten by Yuwen Chengdu. At this moment, all he could see and eat was... eggs, rice, fried rice with eggs!
Eat, keep eating, don't stop!
With a gold coin and a bowl of fried rice, Yuwen Chengdu suddenly felt like he had made a profit. He thought that if the fried rice was this delicious, then the money was definitely worth it.
"Baji, baji!"
Yuwen Chengdu buried himself completely in the bowl of fried rice, eating with great gusto, his manner somewhat resembling that of the big black dog at the door eating fried rice.
"Delicious!" Yuwen Chengdu couldn't stop eating. He scooped rice and ate it all in one go. Oh, and he even looked up and gave Li Dayi a thumbs up. As he exclaimed "Delicious!", a few golden grains of rice sprayed out of his mouth. Yuwen Chengdu's eyes widened. He picked up the rice grains that had fallen on the table and put them back into his mouth.
Li Dayi pulled up a chair and sat opposite Yuwen Chengdu, calmly watching the scene unfold. Yuwen Chengdu's eating habits were exactly what Li Dayi had expected; when he himself ate this fried rice, his eating manners weren't much better than Yuwen Chengdu's. However, he was still very confident in his fried rice.
When Yuwen Chengdu had licked the celadon plate clean, making it even cleaner than if it had been washed, he finally exhaled a breath of hot air, his face full of satisfaction.
"This is fried rice with egg?!"
"As you can see, it's made by frying eggs and rice together," Li Dayi replied calmly.
"This is even more delicious than the fried rice cooked by the imperial chefs in the palace!" Yuwen Chengdu murmured to himself, while Li Dayi remained silent, sitting to the side, calm and composed like a hermit.
"Is this fried rice worth a gold coin now?" Li Dayi asked Yuwen Chengdu.
However, Yuwen Chengdu frowned, smacked his lips, and said, "Although this fried rice is a rare delicacy, do you know what a gold coin means?"
"You're charging way too much. The two are not even in the same value range. But I still have to admit that your fried rice is delicious!"
Li Dayi raised an eyebrow in surprise. He hadn't expected Yuwen Chengdu to come up with such a theory. Although it seemed to make a lot of sense, was this sissy trying to renege on his promise?!
Just as Li Dayi was about to speak, Yuwen Chengdu's fair face suddenly flushed red, and his whole body emitted a shimmering light, as if a current of energy was flowing through his body.
"Burp..." Yuwen Chengdu let out a burp, the redness on his face faded, but the look in his eyes as he looked at Li Dayi became very strange and intense.
His voice was even trembling slightly... I've finally found the person I'm most satisfied with.
"Tell me... what exactly are the ingredients in your fried rice?!"
"Eat and then leave. Remember to pay, or you'll regret it." Yuanbao looked at the man, not intending to say anything more.
Seeing that the owner wouldn't tell him, Yuwen Chengdu felt uncertain. He had been sent by his mistress to find a highly skilled chef, and today his efforts hadn't been in vain—he had found such a delicious restaurant, though the prices were a bit high. He still paid the bill.
"Boss, look, there's hardly anyone in your shop. Why don't you talk to my young lady about it? She's planning to open a restaurant, and we're short on cash."
"Go away, go away, I have nothing to say to you, I'm closing the door." Yuanbao couldn't believe that anyone would come to this run-down alley and ask him to be their chef. With that, he closed the door.
"This person is truly unreasonable." Yuwen Chengdu's face flushed red, but having finally found someone with superb culinary skills, he couldn't just give up.
He was thinking that he should hurry back and report to his mistress that he had found the person, because he also knew a little about cooking, so his mistress sent him out to find someone who could be a chef in a restaurant in Luoyang.
He had just eaten the fried rice at this restaurant and realized that this person was truly exceptional, a rare talent, so he had to hurry back to report to the young lady.
"Miss, I've found that person." Yuwen Cheng was very excited.
"Oh, how did your talk with him go? Did he say when he would start the job?" He Fei was also very happy that she had found this person, but she was more interested in knowing when he would be able to start the job. She had already bought a place in the center of Luoyang that could be used as a restaurant.
"I'm sorry, Miss, I couldn't persuade him. So please find someone else to go over there. That way, you can also taste his cooking again and prove that I made the right choice."