Food Stall: Customers Chase Me across the Country-Chapter 227 - 228: Wang Fan’s Mini-Class Begins—Wind God’s Mixed Dish
Zhuo Qianqian’s favorite game to play on weekdays is Genshin Impact.
But she doesn’t like grinding dungeons or fighting; she just enjoys various life activities, especially cooking.
Although her culinary skills can only be described as passable, she’s definitely a master chef in the game.
Managing to catch a boyfriend who’s also a great cook and a boss, replicating some of her favorite dishes in real life seems like a natural thing to do.
"Alright, let’s make Wind God’s Mixed Dish."
Having decided what to make, Wang Fan began to recall details about this dish and couldn’t help but grin.
There’s nothing else to it, this dish is really—wild.
Wind God symbolizes freedom, indeed, but this dish takes freedom too far. He felt it might as well be called Gale Knife Technique rather than Wind God’s Mixed Dish.
The ingredients are a portion of carrots, four portions of onions, and four portions of potatoes. Can simply chopping them and stewing them together make for a tasty dish?
However, broadening the search, this dish seemed to be somewhat like Italian minestrone, or even Dutch stew.
Never mind, let’s do some modifications on the original recipe; making it directly like this could ruin my reputation.
The cosplayers around him showed some unusual expressions upon hearing about Wind God’s Mixed Dish.
Mainly, it seemed there wasn’t anything particularly appetizing about this dish?
With just those three ingredients, can it truly be turned into something incredible?
But... if the chef is little Boss Wang, then maybe it’s not impossible?
"I want to order! Little Boss Wang, I want one!"
Someone quick on the draw already shouted out.
Lin Mu was quite smug, wondering if anyone could doubt little Boss Wang’s culinary skills?
It must be guaranteed to be delicious!
Besides, I’d rather buy it and not like it than be the fool beating his chest because he couldn’t get any!
As soon as Wang Fan heard the voice, he knew it was Lin Mu. Having interacted with him so many times and since they were from the same hometown, he surely left an impression.
He nodded with a smile to Lin Mu and said, "You guys don’t have anything else to do?"
Lin Mu patted his chest, "We have to thank you for that ginger tea you gave us that night. We’re feeling great now, except for Wu Qian, who can’t handle spicy food and still drank some. He’s still lying in bed now."
Wang Fan chuckled helplessly. Spicy ginger tea was unavoidable since there wasn’t much sugar left in his car at that time.
With Lin Mu taking the lead, several others started to chime in, while Zhuo Qianqian hurriedly helped organize the line.
The saying "Beauty is justice" has never been empty talk. With Zhuo Qianqian cosplaying as Lu Xueqi, she commanded everyone effectively; they obediently followed her direction without any resistance.
Wang Fan had already started to prep the ingredients.
The first step was putting the onions in the freezer. He did not want to be in tears from cutting up so many onions.
Next, he took out the tomatoes, making a cross cut at the top of each, placing them in a tray just an inch deep, and scalded them with hot water over the cross cuts and then left them alone.
The hot water flowed over the tomatoes and quickly filled half the tray.
"This dish is quite simple. Interested friends can take a close look. I believe you can recreate it at home."
After scalding the tomatoes, Wang Fan looked up at all the cosplayers and said.
"For each step below, I’ll explain the specific process."
"Hmm?"
Hearing this, the eyes of the cosplayers almost lit up.
"Can we easily recreate it too?"
"Not like last time when we just ended up with shredded potatoes?"
"Is it really that simple? I don’t know the first thing about cooking."
Wang Fan smiled and said, "After you see my next operations, you’ll know if you can do it or not."
With that, he picked up a potato, and with a few quick motions, stripped off the skin neatly and cleanly. Then, on the chopping board, "duang duang duang," he sliced it into uneven chunks, as wild as can be.
"Can you peel a potato like this? Can you cut it into such chunks?"
Hearing Wang Fan’s question, the cosplayers almost burst out laughing.
"Boss Wang, honestly, peeling might be elementary, but I mastered cutting potatoes like that when I was in kindergarten."
"Hahaha, indeed, I am very skilled with that cutting technique."
"If the requirements are all like this, I actually have some confidence I can make this stew."
Wang Fan nodded, "If you can do it, that’s good. Please keep learning from here."
As he said this, he gathered the potato chunks into a bowl and took the tomatoes out, giving them a quick rinse under cold water.
"Scald and soak them briefly to easily peel off the tomato skin."
With that, he gently pulled at the cross cut, and a whole piece of tomato skin came off. In no time, he had peeled all the tomatoes in the bowl.
He then demonstrated his Gale Knife Technique again, making the cosplayers around him giggle.
"If you can make tasty food cutting like this, then I think I can be a gourmet too."
"I’m not blinking at all today; I must learn this dish. If I don’t, then it’s Teacher Wang’s fault for not teaching well."
"How long are you going to keep your eyes open? Won’t they get dry?"
"You cheeky thing, just focus!"
Wang Fan found it quite fun to interact with these cosplayers. Perhaps after being a homebody for so long, here they felt free to express themselves. Each seemed very lively and outgoing.
After cutting the potatoes, he readily handled the carrots, placing each in separate large bowls, then took the onions out of the freezer.
"Freezing them prevents the juice from getting everywhere when cutting, so your eyes won’t tear up."
Wang Fan explained as he unleashed his Gale Knife Technique again on the onions.
"Alright, now that we’ve finished cutting the onions, we’ve basically prepped all the ingredients. Next, we’ll just need to handle some garlic."
He placed a garlic clove on the chopping board, and with a few quick smashes, peeled off the skin, and collected the minced garlic into a bowl.
None of the cosplayers watching felt it was beyond them.
Everything was just too simple, "duang duang duang" a flurry of cutting, followed by a "bang bang bang" of smashing — skills even a child could master!
Wang Fan turned on his electric pot, added oil once it heated up, and tossed in the onions and garlic.
"Once the oil starts smoking a little, you can add the onions and garlic. Be cautious of splashing oil. Then just keep stirring occasionally until the onions turn golden brown."
He then took the bowl of tomatoes and clattered them into the pot.
"Any issues with this step?"
"Pfft... maybe others, but I certainly don’t."
"Neither do I, haha, it’s that simple."
"I also don’t have any issues; up until now, I’m having no problems at all. Wang Boss, asking this feels a bit like an insult, haha."
Wang Fan continued, "Once you’ve added them, keep stirring until most of the tomatoes break down. Then, pour in boiling water, just enough to cover the tomatoes. After that, add in the carrots."
He placed a steamer rack on top of the tomatoes and poured the potatoes onto it.
"If you have such a combo pot, use it. Otherwise, you can use two pots, one for boiling and one for steaming. This is the hardest step, so make sure to learn it carefully."
"Pfft..."
"Haha, Teacher Wang, this teaching is hilarious. If you continue like this, I think I could get a chef’s certificate in no time."
"This step is really difficult, haha. I think I could memorize it by the time I was three."
The cosplayers were thoroughly absorbed in the relaxed teaching environment Wang Fan had created. They not only didn’t feel bored but also felt particularly engaged, earnestly learning.
