Chapter 643: Chapter 54 Warrior Pot_2
Especially the skin, which carried a hint of crispiness.
"Boil first, then fry!”
Jason was quite certain.
"Exactly, boiling removes the gay taste and firms up the texture of the at, while frying makes the fat more palatable.”
Tonio nodded in agreent.
Jason picked up another piece of pork belly, savored it in his mouth for a while, and then reached for the chicken atballs.
The fist-sized chicken atballs, more plump from simring in the hot beef broth, would usually be cut in half with chopsticks by most people, who would then taste them slowly.
But the towering ‘Copper Unbowed’ warriors generally popped one in their mouth at a ti.
Jason?
He could finish a pot in one gulp.
Only, to thoroughly enjoy the taste, he restrained himself, slightly opening his mouth to place the atball inside.
Crunch, crunch.
After a bit of chewing, a crisp sound erged.
"Is this… cartilage?”
"There’s cartilage in the atball!”
Jason’s eyes lit up.
"Ordinary atballs, aside from being freshly fried, tend to get soggy after soaking in broth for a while, and even beef atballs that have been beaten repeatedly can lose so of their texture, so, based on that, I’ve added so crunchy cartilage.”
Tonio explained.
The chef looked at Jason with a sense of satisfaction in his eyes.
And Jason’s gaze towards Tonio was filled with even more admiration.
Such a look, Jason had only ever shown towards Hannibal.
Not for any other reason.
Simply out of admiration for culinary art.
Feeling this admiration, the chef imdiately made a gesture of invitation.
Jason did not stand on ceremony, picking up the diagonally sliced fried tofu, the cross-cut mushrooms, and potato chunks, placing them together in his bowl, then, all at once, he put them in his mouth. ℟ΑＮọ₿ÊＳ
The crispy fried tofu now had a bit of chewiness.
The mushrooms were smooth and tender with a hint of their unique fragrance.
The potato chunks were soft and crumbly.
If the ‘Warrior’s Pot’ was likened to an army, the large slices of pork belly were the vanguard, the chicken atballs represented the main force, while the fried tofu, mushrooms, and potato chunks were the logistical support of the army.
They might not have the prowess to charge on the battlefield, but they were the most crucial, key to the victory of a battle.
Without a doubt, Tonio did a great job.
Then, Jason picked up a shrimp.
Being the only seafood in the Warrior’s Pot.
Its existence was for enhancing the flavor!
Different from the vanguard role played by the pork belly, the main force of the chicken atballs, and the logistics of the fried tofu, mushrooms, and potato chunks.
The shrimp were the Scout Cavalry!
A small team, undertaking the most important mission.
In the mouth, first ca the freshness, followed by a slight sweetness, then the salty flavor burst forth completely.
"Delicious!”
Jason exclaid with admiration.
Then, no longer able to hold back, he opened his mouth little, lifted the pot, and poured it down his throat.
Such a gesture would undoubtedly frighten an ordinary person.
But for Tonio of Delbon who was from the Mystical Side, it was nothing unusual.
So what if his mouth was a bit wide?
No big deal.
Gulp!
Watching Jason eat, Tel, who was already sowhat hungry, couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.
"What about mine?”
He looked towards Tonio.
"Here it is!”
Tonio bent over, took a plate from the second tier of the serving cart, and placed it in front of Tel.
He then took out a lemon from a bag hanging on the right side of the trolley.
Next, he grabbed an oyster from the bag on the left side of the cart.
Pop!
A knife pried open the oyster with ease.
Then the knife slid across the lemon.
As the scent of citrus filled the air, lemon juice was drizzled over the oyster at.
"Please enjoy.”
Tonio, observing the dining etiquette, bowed again.
And Tel blinked?
"Is this it?”
The Ground Reconnaissance Bureau agent from Clock Tower couldn’t help but point to the ‘Warrior’s Pot’ nearby, then pointed to the single oyster on his plate.
Although the oyster was not small, it seed rather ager, didn’t it?
"It’s for your own good!”
"You need vitamin supplents for staying up late, and oysters to fortify yourself against those extrely draining books.”
"You have to rember, you’re not seventeen or eighteen anymore,” Tonio solemnly said to Tel.
Faced with his friend’s advice, Tel opened his mouth to protest, but in the end, his words beca a defiant retort—
"Books are the ladder of human progress.”
"I love reading, reading makes happy.”
"And also
Before he could finish speaking, Delbon, feeling hungry, fiercely stabbed at the oysters and began to chew with big bites.
Delicious!
The acidic taste, accompanied by a hint of saltiness.
The tender at of the oysters made Delbon chew a few more tis without being able to help himself.
Perhaps this al was a bit simple, but it was enough to satisfy Delbon.
He swallowed the oyster at, and when he felt the sense of fullness rising in his stomach, he continued.
"A man is forever a youngster at heart!”
"Hmm, true that.”
Antonio did not disagree with this statent, for as a man, he too agreed with these words.
However, he had so thoughts of his own.
"A single youngster is just a boy, not a man.”
Antonio said, smiling.
Suddenly, Delbon, who was about to wipe his mouth with a napkin, froze, his hand hanging in mid-air.
He looked at Antonio’s smiling face and really wanted to throw the napkin in his face.
However, he refrained from doing so in the end.
Instead, he took a deep breath and replied as calmly as possible.
"Growth is a long process.”
Although Delbon tried to calm himself, the quiver in his voice was enough to prove what he was truly feeling inside at that mont.
What’s wrong with being single?
Being single is nobility!
That’s what Delbon told himself.
Just as Antonio opened his mouth to say sothing else, Jason’s voice interrupted—
"Two more pots.”
What?!
Both Antonio and Delbon’s gazes were instantly captivated.
They stared at the empty iron pots, dumbfounded.
Even Antonio, who claid to have a ‘chef’s intuition’ and knew Jason could eat a lot, was no exception.
And Delbon was completely stunned.
There was just a huge pot just now, wasn’t there?
A whole hundred pounds!
How could it be gone?
In Delbon’s stunned silence, Antonio quickly regained his composure.
"Okay, coming right up.”
As a ‘real chef,’ Antonio naturally would not allow himself to be unable to satisfy the stomach of his custors and promptly turned to walk towards the kitchen.
Thud, thud!
The clear, firm, and determined footsteps brought Delbon back to his senses.
He first looked again at the empty pots and then at Jason, whose stomach appeared completely normal, without the slightest bulge.
Where did the food go?
Did it enter a different dinsion?
The mber of the ‘Clock Tower’ stationed at the ‘Ground Reconnaissance Bureau’ couldn’t help but think.
He wanted to ask, but he didn’t dare.
He instinctively felt that this might involve Jason’s secret.
Asking about soone’s secret is a way to live a short life.
Delbon, aspiring to outlive his teacher, knew the two major secrets to longevity:
1. Live from the heart.
2. Mind your own business.
Were these two things coming together at the mont?
Turn a blind eye!
Quickly, Delbon made a decision.
"The cooking of Antonio is pretty good, isn’t it?”
Delbon changed the subject.
"Hmm.”
"His cooking is among the best of the people I know.”
Jason stated frankly.
Then, Jason’s words paused for a mont.
Although he had been eating just monts before, he had heard the conversation between Delbon and Antonio.
As the one who had invited him for the al, Jason thought he should offer so advice.
"When you’re about to buy sothing, you naturally ask for opinions online, like if you want to buy a laptop and your budget is 5,000, you mustn’t say ‘Please recomnd a laptop within 5,000,’ because that will only elicit a bunch of people saying ‘Add another 1,000 for a better choice’ or ‘Since you’ve already spent that much, you might as well go for XXX’ and such comnts.”
"What you should do is say ‘Laptops under 5,000 are all trash! Disagree? Co at !’ then there will be loads of people trying to prove you wrong, frantically recomnding super valuable laptops under 5,000.”
Jason explained in detail.
Listening, Delbon couldn’t help but nod.
He thought it made a lot of sense.
But he was puzzled.
"May I ask, Mr. Jason, what does this have to do with ?”
Delbon asked.
"Of course, it does.”
Jason said assertively, then continued in a nonchalant tone—
"You might add underneath: P.S. I am a man who loves won, with no bad habits, hoping to find an XXX girl to spend the rest of my life with.”
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