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Chapter 553 - Super Large Fish Head Pancake
Don't compare anything!
This is the most real thought in the minds of those who have eaten fried hairtail fish.

Hairtail is definitely freshest and tastiest when it's just caught. Unfortunately, due to limited cooking skills, the resulting dish only tastes fresh. By the time you get it in a restaurant on land, the hairtail is already chilled, making it a bit less fresh. Even worse, some restaurants use frozen goods, which further diminishes the flavor. Even with skilled chefs, it's difficult to create a truly exceptional dish using this level of food.

But this Boss Wang is different.

They already have top-notch craftsmanship, plus the freshness of the hairtail fish, which has just been taken out of the water, plus their meticulous production process. The right time, place, and people are all in place. It would be a miracle if the fried hairtail fish they make is not extremely delicious.

Liang Guangsheng felt that the fried hairtail he had eaten before was made by the chef using his feet.

When you hold the hairtail pieces that have just been taken out of the pot in your hand, your fingers will still feel a little stinging from the heat, but this kind of hot food that has just been taken out of the pot is definitely the most fragrant. It doesn’t matter if your fingers are a little hot, as long as your tongue doesn’t get burned.

The fried hairtail exudes a warm and fresh aroma, and the thin crispy shell also emits the fragrance of fried starch. The marinade also bursts out with an amazingly rich aroma under the action of high temperature. After mixing them together, it stimulates his weak tolerance for food exponentially.

He had never believed that someone would run dozens or hundreds of kilometers, or even go to other provinces, just to find a bite to eat.

But after eating this piece of fried hairtail, he believed it and was absolutely certain of it.

Some things can really make people unforgettable after eating them. Even if it is something you eat often, as long as it is made amazingly enough to make your taste buds completely surrender, it is reasonable to run out of the province to pursue the taste of your dreams.

The fried hairtail in my mouth is undoubtedly the best among them.

The freshly cooked hairtail pieces are golden in color and exude an enticing aroma.

When you take a bite, the crispy crust explodes in your mouth. The unique taste after being fried at high temperature is like a wonderful symphony played in your mouth.

The slight burning sensation does not affect the taste of the tender fish meat spreading between the teeth. The tender fish meat forms a sharp contrast with the crispy skin.

The deliciousness of hairtail fish is fully released during the frying process, and every inch of meat is filled with rich and fresh fragrance.

The clever use of seasonings also adds a rich layer to this dish. The slightly salty fragrance blends with the light sweetness unique to fresh hairtail fish, making people's mouths water and leaving an endless aftertaste.

Liang Guangsheng put a piece of hairtail into his mouth and raised his celebratory wine.

Many people say that Fujian old wine can only be used as cooking wine and cannot be drunk directly. Liang Guangsheng scoffs at this. How ignorant must one be to say such a thing?
Brewed with pure grains and stored in cellars for more than 3-5 years, why can't such wine be drunk directly?

Not only is it drinkable, it also tastes extremely good.

Pick up the glass with half a glass of wine and shake it gently. The clear and transparent amber wine ripples in the glass. The good wine-clinging phenomenon fully demonstrates the mellow texture of the old wine.

As the wine glass is shaken, the sweetness of glutinous rice in the rice wine, the mellow aroma of the koji and the aging fragrance of time are exuded, blending together with the aroma of the dry-fried hairtail fish, which is simply intoxicating.

Take a deep breath, let the aroma fill your nasal cavity, then take a sip and feel the wine gradually spread in your mouth.

The mellow, soft, and non-irritating liquor wraps around the back of the tongue, the sweetness of glutinous rice and the sourness of the koji interweaving to form a unique balance. A hint of spiciness also gives him a warm feeling.

The taste of the wine blended with the lingering freshness in my mouth, and the slightly cool wine also took away the burning pain...

"Hiss...ha..."

Cool!
Young people don’t understand why the older generation likes to make this kind of noise when drinking, just like the older generation doesn’t understand why young people have to make a “gulp” sound after drinking Coke and then a “click” sound.

Each era has its own characteristics, which are just their respective habits and preferences.

Being able to eat whatever you want and drink whatever you want is already the minimum standard of happiness. If you replace the food with the golden crispy dry-fried hairtail fried by Boss Wang himself, and drink your favorite Fujian aged wine, then this is the highest standard of happiness.

Liang Guangsheng felt that he was extremely happy at this moment.

The fishing boats that had bought the fried hairtail had already dispersed. After enjoying the delicious food and drinks, it was time to get back to the topic. Liang Guangsheng was ready to go to bed after eating and drinking, but who knew that he would throw a hook and catch a big golden tuna.

He could only describe this as a huge profit, but that was just his excitement. The dish and the bottle of wine were enough to make him fall into a happy sleep.

Other anglers were a little envious, but they all had a good attitude and no one said anything sarcastic. After fishing a lot, everyone has their New Year's holidays, and naturally there will be times when they come up empty-handed. These are almost the most emotionally stable group of people on earth. Apart from the fact that they are away from home every day, they are actually a good choice of partner.

……

Captain Wu felt that his stomach was a little full. He had just eaten fried hairtail at noon, and before he had digested it, Boss Wang had already prepared fish head and pancakes.

He now envies Brother Niu very much and only hates himself for not having four stomachs.

Wang Fan mainly didn't want to waste the grouper head that weighed more than 20 kilograms, and in the past he had only used fat fish heads weighing a few kilograms. He wondered if it would feel different if he used the big grouper head instead?

The bighead carp, also known as the silver carp, has a pouty mouth and small eyes, and looks rather cute. It is perfect to make it into fish head pancake or chopped pepper fish head. However, the giant grouper looks a bit ferocious, so it is obviously not as good as fish head pancake when made into chopped pepper fish head.

Fish head pancake is one of the representative works of imperial capital cuisine. First, deep-fry the bighead carp, then stir-fry with onion, ginger, garlic and other seasonings, then add old soup to stew together, and finally put the freshly baked pancake in. The pancake that has absorbed the delicious soup from the fish head is absolutely a must-try.

Wang Fan was frying fish heads at this time.

The pot on the boat was relatively small. He had chopped the fish head into palm-sized pieces, poured oil into the pot, and put in more than ten slices of ginger. Then he cut large sections of green onions, peeled garlic, chopped onions, and cleaned the dirt off the coriander and poured them all into the pot, directly covering the oil below.

Under the effect of low heat, the vegetables put in quickly began to dehydrate and dry out, the burnt yellow onion segments also floated above the oil layer, and the rich smell of onion and ginger began to dissipate uncontrollably.

Remove the residue, turn off the heat and let the oil cool, put the chopped onion, ginger, garlic and celery on the fish head, sprinkle with rice wine, drizzle with light soy sauce, sprinkle a little salt with a wave of your hand, mix well and the temperature of the oil that has just been fried will drop a bit, then pour it directly on the fish head to make an oil seal.

Captain Wu saw Wang Fan taking another break and then he began to praise him, "Boss Wang, let me tell you, if you start a live broadcast teaching cooking, you will definitely make more money than fishing. I'm serious, and I'm not just complimenting you."

This is really what he really thinks. Not to mention how delicious the dishes he makes are, just the process of him cooking is enough to make people addicted to watching it, and this is not because of his good looks.

Calm, elegant, and meticulous, every step is full of charm. Even something as disgusting as raw fish head looks clean in his hands.

The subsequent process of turning the ingredients into delicious food was so fascinating that even I, who don't like cooking, watched it with great interest. I didn't even feel the passage of time. It was even more interesting than the Odebilla banana.

If there really were a live broadcast like this, those little girls who were twisting their bodies around would probably be out of a job.

Wang Fan shook his head and said, "I'd better avoid things on the Internet. If I really get into it, I'm afraid I will forget my original intention." He knew how tempting the Internet was just by opening the private messages. In addition to various endorsements, there were also invitations from some live broadcast platforms. With his current traffic and popularity, the first contract would have to start at eight figures.

Of course, a high contract amount also means that there are many rules and regulations. It is better to hope that the Chinese national football team can win the World Cup than to hope that the capital will not fleece the sheep.

Seeing that string of zeros, Wang Fan felt dizzy. It would be a lie to say that he wasn't moved, but he soon reaffirmed his inner thoughts and resolutely rejected those invitations.

Even with the system, any dish he made required time to practice and fine-tune. With all those rules and regulations, he had very little free time, so how could he have time to improve his cooking? Dishes made solely with the system were soulless.

It's pretty good like this now. In fact, we make a lot of money. Take today for example, we sold 127 servings in total, one hairtail for each serving. The cost of ingredients is just as expensive as hairtail, which is 200 yuan per serving. Adding other things, the average cost is only 210 yuan, so we sell it for 350 yuan per serving. We make a lot of money and people still think it's cheap.

They are all knowledgeable people. The bigger the hairtail is, the more expensive it is. The ones caught are even more expensive than those caught. When the market is good, this kind of hairtail can even be sold for 90 to 200 yuan per kilogram.

350 yuan per serving may seem expensive, but it’s definitely worth it!

None of the diners felt that the food was expensive. Some even felt that if Boss Wang’s craftsmanship and the food’s scarcity at sea were taken into account, 500 yuan per serving was not excessive.

However, this is also related to the dietary differences and habits between the north and the south. In the south, many people think that it is normal to spend hundreds or thousands of yuan on a fish meal, but in the north, many people think it is not worth it at all.

Wang Fan estimated that if he sold fish again tomorrow, the money he earned would be enough to pay for Shen Teng's boat fare.

While my mind was thinking about things, my hands were not idle either. I was making soup, frying spices, and frying fish. When everything was put into a pot, I started to stew it over high heat.

According to the knowledge of cooking fish in the north that Wang Fan learned, fish is different from meat. Meat is best simmered over low heat, but fish is best stewed over high heat. Only when the soup in the pot keeps boiling can the deliciousness of the fish be brought out.

Without even closing the lid, Wang Fan started making pancakes.

The dough used is semi-boiled dough. After adding some lard, it not only makes the crust crispy, but also makes the pancakes more fragrant, so fragrant that you can feel full just by eating the pancakes.

By the time the pancakes were baked, the fish was stewed just right, and the timing was just right.

Shen Teng was called in by Wang Fan, Captain Wu was nailed to the spot by the smell, and as for Lao Pi, Lao Jack and the others on the boat, they were simply lured in by the aroma.

These people originally wanted to pay, but Wang Fan refused. Today's task had been completed. As the people who helped him complete the first day's task, he felt that treating them to a meal of fish heads was no big deal.

Lao Pi and the others wanted to refuse, after all, it was embarrassing to eat other people's food for free. But after Wang Fan said, "If you refuse again, the fish head will get cold and the taste will be much worse," no one said another word.

It doesn't matter whether there is money or not. If we miss out on enjoying the delicious food, what are we all doing here?

Captain Wu's boat was originally large enough for more than ten people to go sea fishing, so it didn't seem crowded with these people coming. Everyone sat around a big table, and in the middle of the table was a pot of stewed fish heads.

The rich and mellow aroma kept wafting out of the basin, making the dozen or so people there unable to stop swallowing their saliva.

Wang Fan looked at the number of people, took out a large bowl from the cupboard, and played the role of a canteen boy serving food. He gave each person a palm-sized piece of fish head, a full bowl of soup, and three golden and crispy palm-sized pancakes.

After distributing the food, Wang Fan said, "Meeting is fate. Let's not be polite and skip the polite words. If you delay any longer, the soup will lose its flavor."

His words brought the people in the cabin closer together. Lao Pi laughed and said, "Okay, Boss Wang is also a kind-hearted person. Let's not be so pretentious today. Thank you, Boss Wang, for treating us to dinner. Let's all toast to Boss Wang with water instead of wine."

Wang Fan was indeed afraid that these people would thank him again. It was really troublesome to deal with them talking to each other. Fortunately, he had a trump card, and he could use it to his advantage.

Lao Pi’s words were also very helpful. After drinking the glass of water, I started eating directly, saving a lot of polite words.

Old Jack had never eaten fish head pancake, but that didn't stop him from eating the fish head first.

I couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat from the fish head and put it into the hairy mouth.

He also found a piece of fish cloud in his bowl, and the only way to describe his mood was surprise.

Compared to fish meat, fish head is much more tender and fresh, as if it will melt with a light touch on the tip of the tongue.

The fat and collagen content of fish cloud is extremely high, and it becomes extremely soft and smooth after being stewed over high heat. The rich soup wrapped in the fish cloud rushes to the taste buds. The delicious taste and soft texture make Old Jack a little dazed for a moment.

So fragrant, so fresh, so delicious, the most delicious thing I have ever tasted!

"Toothbrush, fuck you, you idiot! After eating this bowl of fish, won't I become hungry?!"

It is really funny to hear authentic Chongqing dialect coming out of the mouth of a blond and blue-eyed foreign old man.

But no one laughed at him, because he simply didn't have the energy to do so right now.

The taste of the fish head is very unique. The fish skin is slightly tough, while the fish meat is tender and juicy. When you put the meat and bones into your mouth, you can feel the delicate texture of the fish meat and the perfect taste of the soup in every bite.

Lao Pi had already finished sucking the fish head, and even greedily sucked all the meat off the fish head clean.

Licking his lips, Lao Pi tore the cake into small pieces and soaked them in the remaining soup in the bowl.

As the pancakes were put into the bowl, they began to absorb the soup. The gelatinous fish soup quickly soaked the pancakes. Lao Pi picked up a piece and put it in his mouth. He closed his eyes happily after just one bite.

The pancake is originally crispy, but becomes a little soft after being soaked in fish soup, but the outer layer still retains a hint of crispness.

When he took a bite, he found the crispy outer layer, the chewy inner layer, and the soft, glutinous and fragrant heart, which made him dizzy with the fragrance.

Wang Fan's pancake is similar to a thousand-layer pancake, but it doesn't have as many as five or six layers. Each layer is soaked in delicious fish soup, and when you bite it on ice, the fish soup flows out from the cracks in the pancake. The delicious and mellow aroma of fish combined with the unique fresh and light fragrance of wheat is such a perfect combination that no one can refuse it.

One piece, two pieces, three pieces, the broken bread went into his mouth one by one from the bowl. The bread and soup in the bowl were decreasing at the same time, until he used the last piece of bread to scrape off the last trace of soup in the bowl. Only then did Lao Pi sit down in his chair with satisfaction.

So cool!
Lao Pi rubbed his belly and closed his eyes in satisfaction.

(End of this chapter)