Chef at the University Canteen-Chapter 237 - 212: This Isn’t Qingming Fruit, It’s Clearly the Five Flavors of Life Fruit!

Chapter 237: Chapter 212: This Isn’t Qingming Fruit, It’s Clearly the Five Flavors of Life Fruit!

"I can vouch for that, there’s definitely nothing like that happening!"

At this moment, Lu Shuwu had also taken a break after placing the soup dumplings on the steamer. He chuckled and said,

"Lao Hu’s skin is as thick as the city wall, how would he ever feel embarrassed?"

Hu Zhihai was stunned for a moment but quickly responded, spitting at him fiercely:

"Thick skin gets you plenty to eat; thin skin leaves you hungry! No wonder you never get any good food!"

Lu Shuwu: "???"

So, the reason I never get the good food is because my skin is too thin?

Gosh! How terrifying when you think about it!

Jiang Yu couldn’t be bothered with these two jokers in the kitchen. After resting for a few minutes on the side, he got up to turn off the steamer.

After a little while, he opened the steamer door, put on thick gloves, and brought out two small trays.

These two small trays contained sweet and savory Qingming Fruits respectively, not a large quantity, probably just enough for the staff in the kitchen to have a taste.

As soon as the trays were put down, a group of people swarmed over with a loud "whoosh," each one becoming instantly impatient:

"Don’t push, don’t push! Let me taste the saltiness first on your behalf!"

"Taste the saltiness, my foot! You’re grabbing the sweet Qingming Fruit!"

"Damn! You’re too much, there wasn’t much to begin with, and you took three or four at once!"

"Leave one for me! I want to taste what the savory Qingming Fruit is like!"

"..."

Although Jia Dequan was older, he was originally a chef. Normally, he’d always saunter around with his hands behind his back, but at crucial moments, he’d still be as calm as still water, moving as swiftly as a rabbit, with speed that would leave people astonished.

As soon as Jiang Yu put down the two small trays, he swiftly grabbed a pair of sweet and savory Qingming Fruits with chopsticks and leisurely walked to a corner to sit down, watching the others clamoring while happily savoring his Qingming Fruits.

Jing Chu, Hu Xiang, and Zhangjiang provinces are neighboring each other. Not only do they have similar tastes, but their customs are also quite similar. For instance, the tradition of eating Qingming Fruit during the Qingming Festival is not exclusive to Jiangzhou; both Jia Dequan’s and Lu Shuwu’s hometowns have it too.

Because of this, these two outsiders were not unfamiliar with Qingming Fruit at all.

After sitting down, Jia Dequan lifted the sweet Qingming Fruit with his chopsticks from the bowl to take a look. The Qingming Fruit was a tender green color and had been made using a patterned mold, giving it a beautiful appearance, much like a mooncake, with exquisite and intricate patterns on the surface.

Freshly taken from the steamer, the Qingming Fruit was still a bit hot. The faint fragrance mixed with the heat was irresistible, making one’s appetite soar.

Jia Dequan hadn’t eaten anything since early morning and was already famished. The moment he caught a whiff of the fragrance, he couldn’t resist taking a bite of the sweet Qingming Fruit.

The warm Qingming Fruit was incredibly soft and sticky and easily bit through, with the aroma instantly filling his entire mouth. Before he had the chance to savor this aroma, the filling made of peanuts, sesame, and brown sugar began to slowly ooze out from the bitten opening.

The red sugar had dissolved into a thick syrup from the high-temperature steaming, combined with the roasted sesame and crushed peanuts in an unbeatably sweet and smooth flavor that sent shivers up Jia Dequan’s spine.

"This is ridiculously delicious!"

Jia Dequan’s face turned slightly red, and he quickened his pace, finishing off the Qingming Fruit in just a few bites.

Even after finishing this sweet Qingming Fruit, he was still craving more. However, upon turning to look at the counter, he saw the small trays of Qingming Fruits had already been snatched clean by the others, leaving none for him.

Feeling a bit disappointed, he licked the remaining syrup on his lips, consoling himself that this stuff was high in sugar and too much could easily lead to high blood sugar, so it was better to exercise some restraint.

He marveled a bit that the sweet Qingming Fruit’s filling was something he hadn’t tried before, and he hadn’t expected that melting red sugar with sesame and crushed peanuts could be so delicious. Previously, he only knew how to make Qingming Fruit with bean paste and egg yolk, which seemed like an oversight!

Looking back at the savory Qingming Fruit in the bowl, it was also a tender green color but shaped like a giant dumpling. One Qingming Fruit was as big as three or four dumplings, filled full with stuffing. Even without tasting it, he knew that this savory Qingming Fruit’s flavor wouldn’t lose to its sweet counterpart!

Sure enough, before he even started tasting the savory Qingming Fruit, Lu Shuwu and Hu Zhihai were already shouting from the other side:

"Damn! These Qingming dumplings are so good, filled to the brim with stuffing, sour and spicy, fresh and tasty, with the aromatic dough—it gets more flavorful with every chew, truly unforgettable!"

"The savory one is really good, sour and spicy, just so invigorating that once you start, you can’t stop!"

"The sweet one is also very delicious! Look, look, the red sugar syrup is oozing out, with sesame and peanut bits—who could’ve thought it would be so fragrant and sweet? Could this be the legendary soup-filled Qingming Fruit?!"

"Having just tasted both flavors of Qingming Fruit, it’s truly a mix of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty—all the flavors are in there. This isn’t just Qingming Fruit; it’s like the ’Five Flavors of Life’ fruit!"