Chapter 324
Translator: Xiong Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth
The western restaurant, judged by Yuan Zhou as being useless, was busy with their own preparations at the moment . Yet, it was only noon now .
As for Yuan Zhou, he was preparing the dishes earnestly .
The cooking method of Swedish Meatball wasn't actually complex but the ingredients required were nevertheless not little .
As Yuan Zhou's requirements on dishes were getting higher and higher, he had practiced for a long time before starting to serve it .
Of course, Yuan Zhou could swear that he never intended to serve the dish at the same time as when the new restaurant commenced business . Well, after all, it was him that had chosen the time first .
As for the matter of it being the first day of National Day Holiday, that was totally God's will .
Who should one blame if one wanted to seek embarrassment themselves?
As was known to all, Yuan Zhou was a good boy and a good chef, always honest and kind .
The Swedish Meatball dish was quite influential in Sweden and the neighboring countries . In Norway, Denmark and Finland, it was a very popular dish .
Besides, the meatball could be seen everywhere, in various restaurants, fast food restaurants, supermarkets, companies or school canteens .
Even among the top 10 cuisine hot list, the meatball had never fallen far behind .
After Yuan Zhou obtained the recipe, however, he studied the dish for quite a long time and tried every classical cooking method .
By the way, the chef that appeared in Yuan Zhou's mind this time was really like what Yuan Zhou had imagined, all foreigners except for a single Chinese .
"Carry them to the customers . " After Yuan Zhou prepared several servings of meatball, he directly carried them onto the countertop and instructed Zhou Jia to carry them to the customers .
Yuan Zhou had finished most of the preparation work beforehand this time, so the speed of producing dishes was much quicker .
Of course, it was also because that the Nordics were reluctant to spend more time and efforts on cooking, compared with Easterners .
"Holy sh*t . The meatball is way too beautiful," Wu Zhou said first in surprise .
"Is this a peacock?" Zhao Yingjun craned his neck long and was rather curious .
Indeed . The Swedish Meatball on the table was truly good-looking .
An ordinary dish would have no more than a few meatballs at one side and the prepared mashed potatoes at the other on a white plate with surrounded edges . Accompanied with that would be a small plate of blueberry dipping sauce or even some pickled cucumbers .
However, the meatball cooked by Yuan Zhou was quite different . The meatballs were placed on a stage on the plate . In the middle part that was left vacant, he made the body of a peacock with the mashed potatoes . At first glance, people would almost mistake the jade-color thin pieces inserted beside the meatballs as the peacock tail .
"How awesome is this styling!" Wu Zhou rotated the plate slowly and watched it carefully .
"Not only is the styling marvelous, but it also has a mechanism inside . " Wu Hai said at the side with a showing-off manner .
"Mechanism? By the way, aren't you providing the cranberry sauce, Boss Yuan?" Manager Shi suddenly thought of this important supporting role .
"I do . You can try to find it out by yourself . " Sometimes, Yuan Zhou would make some small jokes with the regular customers .
Of course, his customers generally believed that Yuan Zhou's jokes weren't funny at all .
Speaking of which, Yuan Zhou had mastered a tip of not shedding tears while cutting the onions after he made the meatballs for so many times . Although it wasn't quite necessary for him due to his swift cutting skills, it was nevertheless fairly simple .
First, even the onions chosen by Yuan Zhou were different . Wash it clean and then cut it from the top down in parallel lines without breaking it . Then rotate the onion towards the right and vertically cut several straight lines with an angle vertical to the former lines .
After that, it would become easier . This was because the onion was basically cut into the connected long strips, he only needed to lay it down and then started to cut it . That way, the onion strips cut would be very uniform . Apart from that, the juice wouldn't spatter and the taste of pungency would be locked, thus not causing people to shed tears .
"What the hell do you mean by finding it out by ourselves? Shall we eat it just like that?" Wu Zhou straightforwardly picked one up and stuffed into his mouth .
The meatball was covered with thick glossy brown sauce and was scattered with little green leave pieces on the surface . Furthermore, there was a glimmer of delicate fragrance blended along in the strong meat flavor, which appeared fairly mouth-watering .
"Slurp slurp" . Unlike the girls who ate the meatball mouthful by mouthful, Wu Zhou directly stuffed the entire one in the mouth and started to eat .
When the meatball was in touch with his mouth cavity, the outer layer was the soft and smooth gravy while the inner layer was the scorched and crisp shell . When Wu Zhou gave it the first bite, the intense gravy burst out from the meatball .
When he chewed, the gravy penetrated the meat . While the scorched shell wrapped the freshness and tenderness inside, there was occasionally a crisp texture . It was the onion that could be distinguished easily .
The strong pungency of the onion became weak and in the meantime, the fragrance became stronger . The slight pungency helped to get rid of the underlying bad smell of the meat while the fragrance increased its layers of the taste . The onion itself nevertheless improved the texture of the meatballs .
When the entire meatball was in the mouth, multiple tastes swept by directly like the heavy storm that never gave an opportunity for a single breath .
The stimulating fragrance of black pepper, the mellow flavor of milk and cheese, the onion that provoked the great smell of meat and the thick gravy that had a tender and smooth texture pushed the meatballs to the epitome of taste .
"This is absolutely delicious . Boss Yuan really thinks a lot for us meat-eaters . " Wu Zhou squinted his eyes contentedly and said with an expression of enjoyment .
"Absolutely . It has abundant gravy and is tender inside and scorched outside . The texture is fresh and sweet . It's the authentic Swedish Meatball that is free from much grease, yet; it brings the intrinsic delicate flavor of meat into play," Manager Shi said contentedly while eating .
"It's indeed delicious . A good news for the meat-eaters . Never did I expect that a meatball could be so delicious . Boss, when will you serve the Chinese dish, Lion's Head①?" While eating the food in the bowl, Zhao Yingjun was still thinking about those in the cooking pot .
"I think we can order another serving of the meatball . " Wu Zhou looked at his girlfriend and said nervously .
He was truly perturbed . Just in a little while, he had eaten four meatballs with gravy filled in his mouth while uttering "so delicious" continuously . When he reacted, however, there were only two meatball left in the plate .
Such a thing had never happened before . Wu Zhou was fairly uneasy and afraid that his girlfriend would be unhappy .
"Never mind . I don't really like dishes made with cream . " Zhuang Xinmu was only interested in watching the exotic dish rather than eating it .
"I think this thing is very interesting and should be edible . " Right after that, she pointed at the decorative peacock tail and said .
"Have a taste, now . " Wu Zhou picked up the chopsticks and handed them to Zhuang Xinmu flatteringly .
"Ok . Don't worry . " Zhuang Xinm said smilingly . Then she received the chopsticks and picked up that piece of peacock tail as thin as a cicada's wings and with natural lines .
After a light sound of "Ka La", the meatball that had been placed on it suddenly disappeared .
"What's this?" The meatball rolled out again before they became puzzled .
It's just that the meatball this time was different from the former one . It was surprisingly wrapped in a rose red layer outside and appeared extraordinarily beautiful, mellow and full .
"What's this?" Wu Zhou, Zhuang Xinmu and others customers at the side all revealed a surprised expressions and looked at Yuan Zhou with puzzlement .
Only Wu Hai smiled complacently at the side . The mechanism . . .
①Lion's Head is a particular dish of large meatballs in Chinese . It's a very famous Chinese cuisine .
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