I'm the Culinary God-Chapter 819 - 356: Dundun’s Gratitude—Item Upgrade Card! Junior Brother, Can You Dissect a Fish Head? [Monthly Ticket Requested]

Chapter 819: Chapter 356: Dundun’s Gratitude—Item Upgrade Card! Junior Brother, Can You Dissect a Fish Head? [Monthly Ticket Requested]

Lin Xu took the plate and scraped all the beef into Dundun’s usual little cat ceramic dish, and then set it on the small dining table. The little guy raised his tail and started eating.

After scrubbing the plate clean, Lin Xu was just about to eat a piece of crispy twist when the doorbell rang.

He walked over and saw his father-in-law and mother-in-law standing at the building’s security door, so he unlocked the door. Shen Guofu waved at the camera and walked in.

After opening the door to the apartment, it wasn’t long before the elevator opened, and Han Shuzhen in a high-end coat and Shen Guofu in casual wear walked in, holding two bottles of Romanée-Conti.

"Yesterday I thought the living room felt a bit empty, so let’s use them as decorations."

After speaking, he took out two wine bottle holders from the bag, which could slant the bottles on the display shelf.

Using wine as decorations seems a bit too extravagant, doesn’t it?

Lin Xu took the bottles and walked towards the display shelf.

Han Shuzhen finished greeting Chen Meijuan and Lin Hongqi, bent down to watch Dundun eat, and her face was full of kindness.

Once the wine was set up, she realized someone was missing:

"Where’s Yueyue? Yesterday she swore she’d get up early to do yoga, could she be doing it in her dreams now?"

Truly, no one knows a daughter better than her mother.

Lin Xu chuckled and said:

"She was just about to struggle to get up, but I told her to sleep a bit more. She stayed up late watching anime on the tablet last night, so let her sleep in today."

"Lin, you can’t be spoiling her like that, I’ll go wake her up."

Han Shuzhen got up and started towards the stairs.

Both the in-laws are busy downstairs, and you, as the daughter-in-law, are sleeping in. If you had a nasty mother-in-law, you’d be waiting to hear a scolding.

Halfway there, Shen Baobao appeared at the stairway in yoga clothes:

"What are you up to, storming around like that, Shuzhen?"

Han Shuzhen: ????

"Are you up already?"

"I did two rounds of wake-up yoga already, alright? Are we eating soon? I’ll change my clothes and come down."

After speaking, she turned her face and walked to the master bedroom while covering her mouth, letting out a big yawn:

"So sleepy, so sleepy, so sleepy, tonight I definitely have to go to bed early. If I stay up late again, Yan Bao’s skin will get a shade darker, okay, it’s decided!"

Soon, breakfast at the Lin Family began.

Shen Guofu held a mixed grain pancake in his hand, placed a delicate crispy twist on top, spread some watermelon bean paste on it with scallions, sprinkled a spoonful of crispy chili flakes, and finally placed two slices of steamed fermented tofu meat on top.

Rolling it all up and taking a bite, ah, comfortable!

The aroma of the pancake, the rich taste of the fermented tofu, the crispness of the crispy twist, the flavor of the watermelon bean paste... one bite makes a person feel whole.

In the past, he always disliked eating mixed grain pancakes.

But like this...

He could eat them for a whole year without getting tired.

This type of pancake roll is not only delicious, but has a variety of textures.

The pancake is chewy, the meat is tender, the crispy twist is crunchy, and the scallion is crisp.

With so many textures combined, no one can resist it.

Taking a bite of mixed grain pancake, then sipping a mixed grain porridge filled with flavors of yam, purple sweet potato, and pumpkin, quickly perks up the stomach that was sluggish earlier in the morning.

"Today we should set out more snacks at home, relatives who want to see the house shouldn’t leave without being entertained, though most of them probably won’t bother to come."

Shen Guofu has experience in such matters.

For example, at weddings, most people don’t care if the stage is pretty, or if the bride is talented and the groom’s speech is moving.

What people care about is how’s the banquet today, are the dishes plentiful, can they eat their fill, are there any exotic dishes...

After the meal, Lin Xu drove to the shop, while the others stayed home to see if there was anything that needed improvement, and meanwhile, took Dundun upstairs to get familiar with the place.

"Boss, this morning Lao Huang delivered about ten Hua Lian and ten grass carps as gifts for you, he said not to bill them."

So many?

Lin Xu was a bit surprised:

"Then let’s make more today, and have everyone taste it."

He took a walk around the braising section, and from the tasks over the last few days, he had passed on the technique of making roast chicken to Xu Xinhua, who now has become a tech expert in the braising section.

With higher skills, his treatment naturally improved too.

Lin Xu directly asked Dou Wenjing to have a talk with him, changing his salary from monthly to annual, while officially issuing performance bonuses for the braising section, making the work atmosphere even more enthusiastic.

Of course, they deserve this.

Getting to the shop before four every day to work hard, naturally they should earn more.

In the morning, Xie Baomin and Dai Jianli came to help.

The Hua Lian heads were removed, bones taken out, then placed on a plate and sauced, to be stewed in the pot before lunch.

While taking out the fish head bones, Xie Baomin looked at Lin Xu with surprise:

"Junior brother, don’t tell me you are so abnormal that you can learn to debone a fish head just by watching once?"

"No, I’m just mimicking, feeling the bones and pulling them out, it’s all luck when they turn out like this."

"Well, you’ve got really good luck."

Xie Baomin suspected Lin Xu practiced secretly, otherwise he wouldn’t be so deft and skilled.

Truly, behind every genius is sweat.

No wonder when he himself made stewed catfish head the day before yesterday, Lin Xu had an unconcerned look; it was clear he’d practiced, so he didn’t need to watch carefully.

At this moment, Xie Baomin imagined a bunch of scenes of Lin Xu secretly practicing dishes.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt hopeful for the rise of the school!

With the fish heads arranged, the still lively grass carp was brought over, cleaned, and the fish tails, which was the swim part, started to be cut.

This part isn’t just cutting at the fish tail directly.

There’s a technique to cutting the swim part, not too much and not too little.

"Place the knife six inches forward from the tail root, an inch is 3.3 cm, six inches is about 20 cm, almost a hand’s length."

Xie Baomin marked the spot for Lin Xu on the fish tail, while saying:

"A skilled master doesn’t have to work so hard, just cut directly where it goes from thick to thin right in front of the tail fin."

For Hua Lian head, the cut is made in front of the ventral fin, whereas for grass carp tail, the cut is made in front of the tail fin.

The place where the body of the fish goes from thick to thin is where it swings 24 hours a day, also the essence part of grass carp.

For a curiosity-driven question:

"I’ve seen market grass carp that are similar, can’t you use grass carp? They’re cheaper too."

Xie Baomin explained:

"Do you know why grass carp is expensive? It’s because of its tail, the grass carp tail is fatty and lean, rich in texture while the grass carp tail is dry and tough, the meat quality varies greatly among fish species."

After saying that, his hand fell, chopping off the grass carp tail with a knife.

He handed it to Lin Xu:

"Junior brother, start your performance!"

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