Gourmet: Midnight Vending-Chapter 255 - 253: Just Run More After Eating

Song Ya started jogging as soon as she stepped out of the residential area, as if this could alleviate some of her guilt.

"I’m going to the gym, it’s just that there happens to be a stall outside the gym with especially tasty food."

"And eating a little beef and noodles isn’t a big deal, the coach mentioned it!"

While jogging, Song Ya came up with two impeccable excuses for herself. The gym was really too close to their community, and before her body even warmed up, Song Ya saw that yellow food truck.

But today...

When she was still over a hundred meters away from the food truck, Song Ya slowed down. "Is that the smell of barbecue? Why does today’s grilled steak smell even better than yesterday’s?"

Song Ya took a few deep breaths and quickly sped up, because she saw that people were already starting to line up.

"Hey, young boss, are you sure there’s no mistake on your price sign?" Coach Ma Juntao pointed to the menu in front of the food truck, incredulous, and asked Chen Mo for the third time, "Are you really sure?"

Chen Mo was nearly flabbergasted, "No mistake no mistake no mistake! Hey buddy, are you eating or not?"

Ma Juntao swallowed.

Today, the boss hadn’t said anything about causing trouble. When they came to work during the day, Cao Tianrui had been sitting at the bar in a daze, and by nightfall, he still hadn’t given any directives.

So Ma Juntao and the others took the opportunity while they weren’t busy to all come out.

And what happened?

As soon as they stepped outside, they saw a price sign that shocked their worldview.

[Lamb Skewer: 2 Yuan/Skewer]

Ma Juntao still couldn’t quite believe it. He pointed at Chen Mo’s barbecue grill, "You’re talking about these lamb skewers, right? You won’t just grab me a handful of tiny skewers after I place an order, will you?"

In a place like Chengdu.

Skewers as large as the ones on Chen Mo’s grill weren’t unheard of, but skewers of this size were usually called: Large Lamb Skewers!

Each skewer generally costs between 4 to 6 Yuan.

Yuan for a lamb skewer? Sorry, but the size would have to be at least half as small as the ones Chen Mo is grilling now, and sometimes because the meat is so tiny, after grilling, you bite into mostly crispy skin without any juicy, satisfying meat.

Seeing that Chen Mo was getting impatient with him.

Ma Juntao finally nodded firmly, "Nothing more to say, give me 20 skewers!"

Pan Siyu behind him didn’t want to be outdone, "I’ll take 20 too!"

The other gym instructors all chimed in, almost everyone ordered 20 skewers.

This two-meter-long barbecue grill can handle nearly two hundred skewers at once.

Chen Mo picked up the sizzling, greasy lamb skewers grilling on the rack and, in front of all his customers, ate them all himself in two bites each.

"Oh wow, the formula and technique from the food truck are solid!"

But credit also goes to Yu Hui’s lamb; it’s of good quality, and the grilled skewers have a hot and slightly elastic texture when bitten into.

With each bite, the fat oozes and spreads out, carrying with it the most primal essence of meat.

Chen Mo was very satisfied.

Then he grabbed a big handful of skewers from the cupboard, laid them out flat on the barbecue grill, filling the grill to the brim at once.

At first glance, it was quite spectacular!

Nothing but skewers all lined up on the two-meter grill.

An elderly passerby stopped to look, "Whoa! You young folks are something else, bringing out these skewers like you’re showing off a property deed?"

Ma Juntao just smiled without saying anything.

At this point, Song Ya had also hurried over. She came to the food truck intending to order the largest serving of tomahawk beef noodles, but before she could say anything, she saw the row of large, red and white lamb skewers.

"Wow! BBQ today?"

If eating beef and noodles could be justified with "high-quality protein and carbs", how could one explain these giant BBQ skewers?

Moreover, seeing the gym coaches with eyes practically glowing green, they definitely craved meat even more fiercely than she did!

Ma Juntao chuckled, "Ms. Song, I know what you’re thinking."

He pointed at the menu and said, "I just want to ask you, at this price, can you justify not treating your stomach a little?"

"But the problem is..."

"The problem is there’s no problem. The calories in one skewer aren’t even a hundred calories, it’s just a matter of running for a few more hours later."

What he said made a lot of sense, and Song Ya found herself unable to argue.

And they agreed yesterday, since they’ve already started, they might as well enjoy it for a week and start dieting next week.

Once the mental burden was gone, Song Ya and the other five new arrivals among the trainees unhesitatingly ordered 20 skewers each.

Thus, a crowd gathered around the food truck, comprised of both gym coaches and weight loss camp trainees.

"Xiao Fang, it’s all because of you. At this rate, who’s going to Jia Mei Gym anymore? Everyone promised to lose weight but now they come out every day without exercising and just chow down on barbecue for midnight snacks!"

Gu Fang, watching this comical scene from the shadows, said, "Tell me about it. Oh, by the way, Sister Liu, have you ever had a 2 Yuan skewer?"

Liu Yuerong shook her head, "In all my life, never in Chengdu."

"Why don’t we..."

"Sounds good to me!"

The coaches and trainees waiting by the food truck swallowed their saliva while watching Chen Mo grill the skewers. They soon noticed something unusual.

"Does this young boss really know how to grill skewers? Why does he seem so at ease?"

"Yeah, the grill masters I’ve seen before were always sweating buckets and busy as bees, but the young boss stands there without moving."

"Oh, he’s moving, he’s moving!"

They watched as Chen Mo, in order, picked up a bunch of grilled skewers, gently tapped the side that had been grilled against the skewers next to them, and then flipped the whole batch over.

He then tapped the skewers that were grilled on one side with others and flipped them again.

After four repetitions, all the skewers on the grill had been turned once, and Chen Mo used his fingers to pinch some fine salt, gently rubbing it with his thumb, spreading the salt evenly over the surface of the skewers.

Upon turning over, the raw meat quickly began to brown and tighten due to the heat from the charcoal below, while the fatty parts sizzled with grease.

Although it sizzled, strangely, it didn’t drip!

And the lightly salted, nearly cooked upper side could also feel the increasing heat from below, and while sizzling, indicated further progress toward doneness.

As the grilling time extended, the surface of the meat held more and more fat!

At this moment, the row of skewers looked quite ordinary.

They were just that color of freshly grilled meat.

Chen Mo observed carefully.

He noticed that after flipping, the fat from the side facing the charcoal began to increase, with some areas forming large droplets that dripped onto the coals.

Sizzle!

"Now’s the time!"

[High-end skewers only need the most straightforward technique for cooking.]

[The combination of low and high-temperature grilling, complemented by simple yet not simplistic seasonings, will culminate in skewers of divine quality.]

Low-temperature grilling was simple—it was what Chen Mo had just been doing.

All that was needed was to lay the skewers neatly, grill one side, and then flip them to the other side when they’re about halfway cooked.

In fact, skewers flipped this way were already fully cooked.

And the simple yet not simplistic seasonings referred to the three essentials for lamb skewers: fine salt, cumin, and chili powder.

At this point, evenly sprinkle these seasonings on the skewers, and you can savor the ultimate delicious lamb skewers.

But, according to the system’s requirements, there was one final step remaining.

Absolute high-temperature grilling!