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As the three appetizers were served, Lu Han and the others praised them repeatedly.

If the appetizers are this delicious, the main course must be amazing!

Soon, the first dish served was stewed matsutake mushrooms, scallops, and sea snails.

The moment the purple clay pot is lifted, the aroma of matsutake mushrooms bursts forth, mingling with the salty and savory flavor of sea snails, and the soup is clear and light golden in color.

Xia Chuan personally served soup to everyone, and they accepted it one by one.

Deng Chao scooped up a spoonful, closed his eyes, and savored it for a long time before letting out a long sigh: "This soup is so delicious I want to slap myself!"

Huang Bo took a sip and smacked his lips: "It's so fresh and clean. There's not a trace of impurity in my mouth after drinking it. It's like I've been washed with spring water."

Xia Nian held her small bowl and slurped the soup down, broth dripping from her nose, and declared, "Not bad! It's only three points worse than Old Xia's soup!"

Lu Han exclaimed in his classic voice, "Mmm! This soup is amazing!"

Chen He was about to reply when he choked and coughed three times. Lu Han silently handed him a tissue, suppressing a smile.

Xia Chuan's smile grew even wider.

Steamed yellow croaker followed, its body covered with shredded ham and chicken fat, lying like white jade on a celadon plate.

Old Wang, the oldest among them, had eaten his way all over the country. He picked up a piece of fish belly with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. He didn't say anything for a long time, and finally uttered only four words: "This is what fish should be like."

Huang Bo chimed in, "What we used to eat could only be called 'fish specimens'."

As Chen He ate, he muttered to himself, "The high-end yellow croaker I ate in Shanghai is nothing compared to this... I can't say anything, or I'll offend someone."

Deng Chao laughed loudly: "Haven't you offended enough people yet?"

As Xia Nian ate the fish belly meat that Xia Chuan had deboned, she suddenly said seriously, "This fish used to swim very happily."

The room fell silent for a moment. Lu Han said softly, "If this line is included in the final cut, it'll definitely trend on social media."

The cameramen naturally all turned their heads toward Xia Nian, and Old Wang nodded in satisfaction.

Everyone laughed, saying, "Damn it, I used to have a lot of fun swimming here."

From now on, if a fish doesn't taste good when we eat it, it means that the fish wasn't happy swimming around before.

The braised monkfish liver was served in a small earthenware pot, with a thick, glossy red sauce.

Chen He picked up a piece and put it in his mouth. He seemed to be frozen in place, and mumbled, "This is too sinful... Eating this makes my cholesterol feel like it's giving me the middle finger."

Deng Chao chimed in, "It's like top-quality foie gras, but with an added fresh seafood sweetness, so it's not greasy."

Huang Bo added, "Foie gras tastes like fat, while this tastes like amino acids."

Lu Han exclaimed, "Mmm! This smells amazing!"

Wang Mian was also eating with his mouth full of grease, but he still managed to interject, "Brother Lu, didn't you say you were going to lose weight?"

Lu Han didn't even glance at him, continuing to eat heartily while saying, "Losing weight? Even dogs don't!"

Xia Nian also raised her hand and shouted, "That's right! I think so too!"

Xia Chuan teased, "Niannian, if you eat too much, you'll get as fat as your Uncle He."

Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter, which was rather unkind.

Chen He kept talking, rolling his eyes at Xia Chuan: "That's called happy weight gain! You don't know anything!"

Braised sea cucumber with scallions and crab meat lion's head meatballs were served almost simultaneously.

The sea cucumber was soft, chewy, and springy, and the fried scallions had soaked up all the sauce. Deng Chao highly recommended, "You absolutely have to try these scallions!"

Chen He took a bite with some skepticism, then his expression changed instantly: "Holy crap, this scallion tastes even better than sea cucumber!"

After finishing his lion's head meatballs, Old Wang put down his spoon and slowly said, "The most authentic lion's head meatballs I've ever had in Yangzhou are those for scholars; this is for poets."

Huang Bo joked, "Oh, Director Wang is also a poet."

Deng Chao and the others burst out laughing, and Chen He even revealed the truth: "I could believe you if you said Old Wang was an experienced driver, but a poet? Hahaha, that's completely unrelated!"

Xia Chuan picked up a lion's head meatball for Xia Nian, who mashed it up and mixed it into her rice. The little girl ate it until her cheeks were bulging, like a little hamster.

The other dishes were served one after another, and everyone ate with great relish.

Crab God Burger makes its grand finale appearance.

Old Zhou personally brought out the huge clay pot, and when he lifted the lid, steam burst out like clouds of mist.

The complete king crab was disassembled and reassembled into a sea palace, with its legs arranged in a radial pattern and a bright red claw standing upright at the top.

Everyone fell silent.

Chen He was the first to pick up his chopsticks. As soon as the crab leg meat entered his mouth, he closed his eyes and chewed slowly for more than ten seconds. Then he opened his eyes, and his eyes were slightly red.

"I've been eating crabs for so many years, and this is the first time I've felt that a crab lives with dignity."

Huang Bo took a piece of crab meat with steamed egg custard, and after finishing it, he fell silent, which was unusual for him. In the end, he only said two words: "That was great."

After eating the crab claw, Deng Chao insisted on clinking glasses with everyone: "It has to be paired with wine! The aroma of Shaoxing wine combined with the crab meat in our mouths is absolutely amazing!"

After clinking glasses, Deng Chao suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Xia Chuan: "What's this dish called?"

Just as Xia Chuan was about to answer, he heard Xia Nian say sweetly, "Crab burger! My favorite dish! Dad makes it even better!"

Xia Chuan smiled and placed a piece of crab meat on Xia Nian's plate, saying with a smile, "This dish is indeed this girl's favorite, and it's also the seafood she eats the most on weekdays."

Chen He glared at Xia Chuan resentfully: "Well, you bastard, you're hiding this from me! Such delicious food, and you're keeping it to yourself!"

Xia Chuan shrugged: "You didn't ask."

Chen He retorted, dissatisfied, "Can't you just do it proactively if I don't ask?"

Xia Chuan waved his hand dismissively: "Am I crazy? Why would I create trouble for myself? Besides, once you've had it, you'll definitely keep pestering me to make it for you, and you'll bring your whole family with you."

"Of course, if it's just your daughter, I, as an elder, would be very happy to accept."

"That's right! An'an can eat it!" Xia Nian said with a grin.

She is four years old this year, while Chen He's daughter is three years old.

Deng Chao joked, "Niannian, if they were Uncle Deng's children, could your dad cook for them?"

Everyone looked at Xia Nian with smiles on their faces. Xia Nian first glanced at Xia Chuan, who was smiling, then tilted her head and thought for a moment before saying seriously, "Okay, but Uncle Deng has to pay for the meal first."

"Because Dad works really hard at cooking!"

The next sentence immediately made Xia Chuan's smile spread wide, warming his heart. Deng Chao and the others also smiled broadly, their eyes filled with satisfaction and appreciation.

After all, they were all fathers, and apart from Lu Han and Wang Mian, everyone else was deeply moved by Xia Nian's words of concern for their fathers.

This made everyone like Xia Nian even more; no one could resist a little girl who looked like a porcelain doll, was clever and quirky, and also very filial.

Everyone chatted and laughed as they continued their meal.

Lu Han finished the last bite of crab shell rice, put down his spoon, and said in a low voice, "I used to think that the worst thing about food variety shows was encountering truly delicious food, because the camera couldn't capture the taste. But today I've changed my mind. What the camera can't capture, the audience can feel."

Wang Mian, standing nearby, took a big gulp and quickly nodded in agreement: "That's right, I agree with Brother Lu!"

Two vegetarian dishes are interspersed throughout: pea shoots in broth and stir-fried vegetables with crab roe oil, plus a crisp melon dish, giving the taste buds a break.

The pea shoots are crisp, tender, and sweet; the stir-fried vegetables with crab roe are fresh, fragrant, and rich; the crisp melon is sliced ​​as thin as cicada wings and served chilled, making a crunchy sound as you bite into it, refreshingly cutting through the heaviness of the preceding main dishes.

After eating the crisp cucumber, Huang Bo suddenly exclaimed, "This cucumber is just an ordinary smashed cucumber outside, but here it's like a 'perfect pause'."

Chen He glanced at him sideways: "Why are you going for the same poetic look as Old Wang today?"

Old Wang said expressionlessly, "I never take the blame for this."

Lu Han exclaimed, "Wow! This is really delicious!"

Deng Chao shook his head, his scholarly demeanor revealing, "You all need to understand that only a genius like him could truly appreciate the profound meaning behind this cucumber salad!"

Xia Chuan teased, "Oh? Scholar Chao? Then, Chao-ge, how do you say cucumber in English?"

Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this. Deng Chao was speechless, and Xia Nian added insult to injury: "Cucumber!"

Deng Chao, with his thick skin, nodded at Xia Nian and said, "Yes, I just wanted to test Nian Nian. Did you really think this top student wouldn't know?"

The crowd ignored him and instead looked at the main dish that was served.

The main dish is rice mixed with crab roe oil.

Golden-red crab roe sauce is poured over each grain of Wuchang rice, and after mixing, every grain of rice is coated with gold.

Chen He took a bite, looked up to the sky and sighed, "In this life, the only thing I can't let down is good food."

Deng Chao buried his head and ate two bowls in a row. Huang Bo mocked him for having extremely high cholesterol, but Deng Chao didn't even look up: "I'd rather die a full-bodied ghost."

Old Wang only ate one bowl, but he ate very slowly and didn't leave a single grain of rice.

Xia Nian's main dish was a small bowl of plain noodles in a clear broth with a poached egg. She ate it with slurping and swaying her legs happily.

The final dessert was sweet osmanthus rice balls in fermented rice wine and strawberry cake.

Golden dried osmanthus flowers floated in the glutinous rice ball soup. Xia Nian drank it carefully, savoring each glutinous rice ball in her mouth for a long time before swallowing.

When the strawberry cake appeared, Xia Nian almost jumped off her chair. The small round cake had a bright red strawberry embedded in it, and the words "Nian Nian" were written crookedly in chocolate sauce next to it.

Chen He teased her, "How about we have a bite?"

Xia Nian immediately clutched the cake to her chest, her big eyes fixed on him warily: "Uncle He, you just ate so many crabs."

The whole table burst into laughter. Huang Bo laughed so hard he slapped the table, and Deng Chao laughed until tears streamed down his face.

Finally, she scooped up a spoonful and held it to Xia Chuan's lips, grinning, "Dad, have a bite too."

Well, Xia Chuan's little darling didn't let the wind in after all, which made everyone envious.

After everyone finished their meal, they went downstairs to drink some tea, and Old Wang announced the afternoon's plans.

"Well, we have a fishing trip at sea."

[A long chapter of 3,000 words]