Ling Xiao glanced at the Eight Treasures Linglong Soup and said meaningfully: "Shopkeeper Duan is too polite. The word 'master' is too much for me to be worthy of."
With just one glance, he could see through the method used to make the soup.
Using eight kinds of high-quality ingredients - including the familiar "shrimp", "snow needle beef bone", "spiritual grass", etc. - it is cooked through a variety of complex processes and heat. It can be said to be a condensed The chef's hard work, the taste is certainly extraordinary.
Ling Xiao took a sip and nodded secretly.
This soup is delicious, thick but not greasy, and clearly retains the taste of each ingredient. It truly deserves the title of "signature dish".
However, that’s all!
This soup pays too much attention to the taste, but ignores the most fundamental goal of spiritual food-the efficiency of spiritual energy absorption.
This kind of soup, no matter how delicious it is, is difficult for Ling Xiaofa to appreciate.
Duan Guangxiong closed his eyes and tasted it for a while, then opened his eyes and asked with a hint of meaning: "Taoist Master Minggu, how do you like this soup?"
Ling Xiao understood clearly.
It’s time to get down to business.
This banquet is a fake, but it is a test of Ling Xiao's cooking skills.
I don’t know what this person’s purpose is?
Looking to be a chef yourself?
Ling Xiao chuckled to himself, put down the spoon, and asked, "What does Shopkeeper Duan want to hear?"
Although he had just tasted it briefly, Ling Xiao already had several plans to improve the Babao Linglong Soup in his mind.
This was not difficult for him at all.
After all, he was born on Earth and has an extraordinary vision when it comes to food. In addition, he has learned the seven cooking techniques of Xuangui Sanren and makes soup almost every day. In terms of cooking skills, he is no less than Xuangui back then.
Thinking of this, Ling Xiao couldn't help but lament that within a few hundred years after the death of Xuangui Sanren, the cooking skills in the world of immortality did not stagnate.
For example, the Eight Treasures Exquisite Soup, although it has many flaws, is the best food Ling Xiao has ever eaten outside, and it seems to have great potential in terms of recipes and techniques.
He admitted that he was interested in the recipe of Eight Treasures Exquisite Soup.
Duan Guangxiong smiled and said: "Duan naturally wants to hear the Taoist priest's opinion. Are there any shortcomings in this soup?"
Ling Xiao smiled and said meaningfully: "High-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking method - everyone in my hometown knows this."
Duan Guangxiong raised his eyebrows and said thoughtfully: "What the Taoist Master means is that the Eight Treasures Exquisite Soup can be simplified?"
Ling Xiao laughed and said with a smile: "Pin Dao just said it casually, shopkeeper Duan shouldn't take it to heart."
Duan Guang snorted coldly.
In just three or two sentences, Ling Xiao had already turned from passive to active, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. He could only say seriously: "Taoist Master, you might as well speak out."
"To tell you the truth, since I saw the Taoist Master's magic skill in making soup that night, Duan has been extremely impressed. If the Taoist Master can really improve the Eight Treasures Exquisite Soup, you and I can cooperate!"
Duan Guangxiong spoke sincerely and looked directly at Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao asked: "What kind of cooperation method?"
Duan Guangxiong said: "It depends on the level of the Taoist master. For excellent chefs, will we, the restaurant business, still neglect them?"
"That's true."
Ling Xiao smiled and nodded in agreement, but did not follow up.
Duan Guang was angry secretly.
The other party's attitude clearly shows that they don't let go of the rabbit before they see it.
After pondering for a moment, Duan Guangxiong waved his hand and said, "Master Huang, please come over."
A moment later, a middle-aged man with an imposing manner stepped into the side room, came to Duan Guangxiong, cupped his hands and said, "Shopkeeper, are you looking for me?"
Duan Guangxiong stood up with a smile and introduced: "This is Taoist Master Minggu, a distinguished guest, who has a lot of research on soup cuisine. Taoist Master, Master Huang Shi is the head chef of the restaurant. The Eight Treasures Linglong Soup is made by Master Huang." The best dish.”
When Huang Shi heard this, a look of pride flashed across his face.
In his life, he had built his reputation by relying on the Eight Treasures Linglong Soup. Before settling in Zhenlong Restaurant, all the five major families extended an olive branch to him.
"Hello, Taoist Master Minggu." Huang Shi said hello lightly.
Seeing Ling Xiao's poor appearance, he despised it a bit from the beginning. He thought to himself, "You are a poor Taoist priest. How can you taste the delicacies of mountains and seas? How dare you say that you have a lot of research on soup dishes?"
"Hello." Ling Xiao smiled, not caring about Huang Shi's contempt.
Duan Guangxiong said with a smile: "Master Huang, Taoist Master Minggu is full of praise for the Eight Treasures Exquisite Soup. But from what he said, there may be an easier way to cook this soup. Duan thinks you are the expert. So I came here to ask you for advice.”
When Huang Shi heard this, his expression suddenly dropped, and he said sadly: "Although Huang's soup is not elegant, it is not something that cats and dogs can comment on! What advice does the Taoist priest have?"
Ling Xiao glanced at Duan Guangxiong, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
If the other party openly uses words that he has not said to offend others, he really does not take himself seriously.
If he doesn't show his hand, I'm afraid the other party will continue to slap him in the face!
Duan Guangxiong was smiling at first, but as soon as he met Ling Xiao's eyes, a layer of cold sweat suddenly appeared on his back, and he was secretly frightened.
He originally wanted to find Huang Shi to provoke Ling Xiao and force him to show his hand, but it seemed that he offended the Taoist priest instead.
Before he could think about it, Ling Xiao lazily said: "Eight Treasures Exquisite Soup, eh! The shrimps are sweet and lose their freshness, the meat is rotten and lose their taste, the deer tendons are weak, the autumn bamboo shoots are not crispy... The soup base is even more scattered throughout the dish. In addition to the dishes! There is also the lion heart grass added at the end. It only refines the aroma, but evaporates all the spiritual energy in the grass. It is a waste!"
Huangshi choked.
He didn't take it seriously at first, but when Ling Xiao revealed the flaws of the Eight Treasures Exquisite Soup one by one, Huang Shi's heart was filled with huge waves!
The Taoist priest in front of me saw through this after just a few sips?
Huang Shi gritted his teeth and said: "What you said is indeed the shortcomings of Babao Linglong Soup, but these problems are not only shortcomings, but also beyond the scope of your and my abilities. It is impossible to improve!"
It is easy to ask questions, but difficult to solve them!
Huang Shi has optimized the recipe of Babao Linglong Soup for so many years, but it has always been difficult to improve, and he thinks he has reached his limit.
Ling Xiao laughed and said: "What's so difficult about this? You don't want the aura of the spiritual grass anyway. Wouldn't it be more affordable to replace the lion's heart grass with the cat's heart grass?"
Huang Shi sneered: "Frog at the bottom of the well! Do you think I haven't tried it? The cat core grass spirit is thin and thin, and cannot withstand the spiritual energy structure in the soup. It is completely useless!"
Ling Xiao glanced at him sideways and said: "You also know the structure of spiritual energy, but it is not hopeless. Who said that only one ingredient should be changed? In addition to lion core grass, deer tendons are replaced with hoof tendons, and green sheep tripe is replaced with white sheep tripe. , Xuanwang clam is exchanged for Yunxi snail."
"You...what did you say?!"
Huang Shi couldn't help but take a step back and looked at Ling Xiao in surprise.
Ling Xiao said that the four second-level ingredients were changed to first-level ingredients, and they were the simplest first-level ingredients!
In this way, the aura structure in the soup is simplified, and the cat core grass is bound to be able to be integrated into it.
