Food Stall: Customers Chase Me across the Country-Chapter 418 - 417: World Guobaorou Championship (Part 3)
Really, Ke Peiyao was absolutely certain that just by tasting the texture of this sweet and sour pork, it had already conquered her taste buds!
The outermost layer was a crispy shell, and when the teeth bit down, one could clearly hear the crunch of it breaking.
Immediately following, the layer inside was very soft, although very thin, the texture was exceptionally clear.
The crispy skin was quickly enveloped by that layer of softness, and just as the two textures mixed together, the teeth bit into the innermost tenderloin meat.
The slices of tenderloin were very thick, each tender piece oozed with juice upon biting, the faint salty taste of the meat juices enriched the previous sweet and sour flavor. This was something previous sweet and sour pork dishes did not possess. Just this point alone made this dish a winner in her book.
As for the taste, it was simply unbeatable.
After the almost throat-piercing sourness passed, there was a feeling of sweetness coming in, but the sweetness was just right, not overly cloying at all.
Before she knew it, a large piece of sweet and sour pork had entered her mouth.
"Wow, this is so delicious! Do you think this could be made by Boss Wang?"
Ke Peiyao said to Lou Xinyu with a face full of surprise.
Lou Xinyu, with half a piece of sweet and sour pork in his mouth, closed his eyes in a guise of enjoying the food, seemingly not hearing what Ke Peiyao said.
Ke Peiyao pouted, just about to grab another piece when she realized that the previously heaped plate of sweet and sour pork now was nothing but an empty plate.
???
What about my big plate of sweet and sour pork?!
Ke Peiyao was shocked at the plate that was as big as three of her heads, and couldn’t understand how with just one bite, it was all gone.
Give me back my sweet and sour pork, you bastard!
Seemingly realizing something, Ke Peiyao’s eyes lit up. She turned, stood on tiptoe, and bit into the sweet and sour pork that was hanging from Lou Xinyu’s mouth.
She directly took the exposed half of the sweet and sour pork into her mouth with a mouth-to-mouth maneuver.
"What the heck? Is someone really snatching food in broad daylight?!"
Immersed in the deliciousness, Lou Xinyu was shocked, thinking what kind of person would grab food directly from someone else’s mouth?
He opened his eyes, ready to curse, only to see his wife standing across from him.
All his words were swallowed back. Like a bullied person, he prepared to grab another piece, but there wasn’t half a piece of meat left on the plate for him to take.
Many people around saw the actions of the two, and seeing a beauty snatch meat from Lou Xinyu in this way filled them with envy. Several quick-thinking ones even imitated Lou Xinyu, holding half a piece of meat in their mouth and closing their eyes.
What if a beauty wants to snatch their meat too?
While waiting for their romantic encounter with closed eyes, they still relished the taste and texture of the sweet and sour pork they just had.
Is this the old-style sweet and sour pork?
Does this taste really stand out that much? No wonder many people from the Three Eastern Provinces say the old-style is the best. This is on a whole different level, isn’t it?!
Vote, this definitely deserves a vote!
Wang Fan’s sweet and sour pork was almost at its end. Several more dishes were served in succession afterward, but the public judges were not very interested, only able to say there was nothing wrong with them, but nothing particularly stunning either.
However, the upcoming voting session turned many chefs’ faces green.
Each public judge had ten votes, but when many realized they couldn’t allocate all ten votes to one person, they cast only one vote and directly abandoned the other nine.
The reason was very valid; they were in a league of their own. Voting would violate their conscience.
However, some did vote for other dishes since Wang Fan’s plate of meat went down too quickly, and some public judges didn’t even get to taste it.
This could be said to be an oversight by the organizers, but they really couldn’t be blamed as no one could have guessed that the same dish could be made in such a sought-after way!
Heavily oiled, sugared, soured, and thickened, with many ingredients being exactly the same, it was also a particularly large version.
That single plate of meat, let’s just say, would be enough for five or six strong men to feast on!
Who would have thought something like this would be snatched clean?
The audience watching the live stream was quite bewildered, having already been puzzled when they saw the crowd going after that plate of meat, and hadn’t recovered since.
If you said go back twenty years when supplies were scarce and people couldn’t get meat, you’d understand them snatching it up like this. Now, when we have to balance our meals with leafy greens, you’re still scrambling for a plate after a morning of eating sweet and sour pork?
Liu Hehe was very excited, slapping his younger brother on the back with a loud "boom": "This must be fried by Brother Wang, absolutely him!"
Liu Zhaofeng nearly choked on the slap from his elder sister, yet dared not to voice his anger, hoping someone brave would come to subdue this demon.
"I think so too... cough, cough... it must be Brother Wang... cough, cough..."
Liu Hehe was a bit puzzled: "Why are you coughing, brother?"
Liu Zhaofeng quickly took a sip of water: "It’s nothing, just dry mouth." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Liu Hehe looked back at the TV and chuckled: "I knew once Brother Wang stepped up, it would be extraordinary. No wonder I was the first to tell Dad he was back."
Liu Zhaofeng licked his lips after catching his breath: "Just don’t know exactly how tasty it really is, to make people snatch it like that? It’s not just tourists there, there’re many folks from our Three Eastern Provinces too."
Yeah, just how delicious is it?
The audience wasn’t the only ones curious; the professional judges were immensely curious too.
As judges, they naturally knew who made this sweet and sour pork, but only that, as they didn’t pay much attention to those internet influencers and young people.
After all, every three years there’s a generational gap, and at their age, they had no time to pay attention to these youngsters online.
But now, the problem arises. These public judges are randomly selected from across the country. It’s impossible for there to be any bribery. How could something just a bit thicker than typical sweet and sour pork cause such a frenzy?
If it weren’t cooked right under our noses, with ingredients we prepared in advance, I’d really suspect whether you added something you shouldn’t have!
Ten professional judges exchanged glances but eventually shook their heads. Apparently, none had any insights into this young man’s background.
Lv Xianchao had a slight understanding of Wang Fan because he was the one last added by Director Liu, who specially instructed to take care of him, so he wouldn’t lose too embarrassingly. Looking at it now, where was there any need for concern?
He wouldn’t doubt Director Liu’s influence isn’t strong enough to control so many public judges. If he had that ability, he would’ve moved positions long ago, why bother working in culture and tourism?
At this moment, the host began announcing the results. Unsurprisingly, Wang Fan was elected first in the public category with an absolute advantage, and the top hundred would directly proceed to the professional group showdown.
