Gourmet: From a Stall in Northern Europe-Chapter 94: Why Do Salted Duck Egg Yolks Ooze Oil?

The stove has been reinstalled, and there's nothing that needs upgrading for now. The three Food Truck Upgrade Cards in my pocket can wait until after tonight's business to see if they're needed.

Meanwhile, he has already started planning for the assignment abroad.

When the time comes, the food truck definitely has to be driven over, but it's not suitable for highways—too risky—so we'll have to take slower roads instead.

Honestly, over a hundred kilometers isn't that far. Even going slow, it'll take a few hours.

If we want to save time, we could enhance some of the vehicle's functions.

And considering yesterday's incident with Lucas, he also feels it's necessary to strengthen the food truck's body to ensure safety inside.

Taking everything into account, including tonight's mission rewards, it seems we'll need to invest it all.

But Chef Raphael mentioned that the restaurant over in Dieppe hasn't officially opened yet; it's in a pre-opening trial phase, so it won't be too busy. There'll be plenty of time to set up the stall, so no worries about having time to prep.

Thinking about the plans for next month, his hands didn't stop working, filling two large pots with water, and heating them on high.

The fresh tofu needs to be blanched first to completely remove the beany taste, and it'll also help the salt penetrate quicker, shortening the cooking time.

"Good evening, folks from home. This is Old Lu speaking from France. Today, because our Head Chef was prematurely kicked out of the kitchen, our setup time has been unintentionally moved up..."

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Who, me?

Lin Chen looked up to see Lucas holding a selfie stick, talking to himself, with the camera seemingly pointed in this direction.

Luckily, he was speaking in Chinese, so the foreigners around couldn't understand...

"Huh? The owner of this food truck was kicked out of the restaurant kitchen? Maybe their skills aren't that great, just posing for show. Let's go, let's go."

Among the crowd, Old Hei, upon hearing this, pulled his friends and left, speaking in pure, authentic Chinese.

"???"

Lucas, standing right beside him, was dumbfounded, hastily rushing over to stop him: "No, it's just for show! I'm filming a video, don't take it seriously, man!"

Old Hei looked at him, half-believing, half-doubting, as Lucas's eyes darted around, spotting Lunard's figure leaning against the window, eyes lighting up.

"You definitely know Lunard, right? See, this Brasil Food Truck is his; it's been here for several years now, and he's learning the craft over there. Also, the recently very famous lingerie model Dreya comes here to eat every night!"

Afraid he wouldn't believe it, he even showed them his video channel.

Seeing the videos where diners were enjoying their meals, Old Hei finally relaxed.

"Ha, bro, you scared me, you know that? Finally found a place selling Great Xia Cuisine, and got me drooling, then you pull this stunt."

"Your Chinese is pretty fluent, where'd you learn it?"

"Isn't my accent obvious enough?"

"... What are you looking at?"

"What're you gonna do about it!"

"Hey, now you've got the right spirit!"

"Where did you learn it from? Your accent sounds familiar, too."

"Old friend~ Look at our meat buns and Biangbiang noodles, aren't they fierce and impressive!"

"Oh? My goodness, you're from Old Xia next door, nice to meet you."

"Hello, hello."

The friend next to Old Hei, watching the two of them with arms around each other's shoulders, scratched his head, suddenly feeling a bit out of place.

If only he had learned some Great Xia language, he wouldn't be completely lost!

"Alright, alright, we've settled on dinner, we'll eat here!"

Old Hei, as if seeing a long-lost relative, grinned and pulled his friend to join the queue.

"Hey, hey, hold on, old buddy, don't rush. We just arrived and are preparing ingredients on site; I'm about to start making ice jelly. Wait at least an hour for things to officially get going, right?"

"Ice jelly? Made from scratch? Wow, I've only seen it online, didn't expect not to see it in Great Xia but to find it here!"

Lucas, thrilled to meet a fellow countryman, quickly set up his phone and started preparing ice jelly.

Nearby, a group of curious foreigners gathered around, intrigued that he was making jelly live like in the promotional video.

Anyone can make jelly. With a box of jelly powder from the supermarket, the recipe is on the box. But using natural plant seeds like this was a first for them.

Lucas measured the weights of several bags of unknown plant seeds, poured them into a cloth bag, tied it tight, and immersed it in water, gently shaking back and forth, without lifting it from the water or causing any splashes, just gently swaying it so the water could entirely permeate the cloth.

After waiting for a while, he came back with clean hands, put on gloves, and started gently kneading the cloth, all the while submerged in water.

Curious, Old Hei leaned over and could clearly see a murky liquid slowly spreading out from the center of the cloth.

From the outside, the stainless steel bucket was invisible, so the curious foreigners had to take turns peeking over for a closer look, nodding in sudden realization, before returning to rewatch the promotional video.

This peculiar scene attracted some curiosity from customers waiting in line for other food trucks nearby.

After some inquiry, they learned this food truck was starting dessert production from scratch on-site, which was entirely different from the others.

Making food from scratch isn't unusual. Like Lunard's grilled meat wraps and tacos, they're made from raw meat and minced meat, but seeing dessert made from scratch in the street was indeed a first for most.

Some might think that making it outside isn't as clean or sanitary as inside the food truck, but most people, having come to eat at a food truck, gauge the hygiene visually and that's that; anyone who really cares would've left immediately, not staying a moment longer.

On the contrary, this novel approach piqued the curiosity of most people.

"Boss, when will the food here be ready to eat?"

"Besides the jelly, what other hot dishes are there? Tofu? What flavor?"

"It's not spicy like in the videos, is it?"

"Don't worry, it's non-spicy tofu."

Lin Chen responded with a smile: "The ingredients include mushrooms and wakame, the main ingredients are vegetable broth, tofu, and salted duck egg yolk prepared with a special Great Xia technique."

He was currently peeling salted egg yolks, with plump, oily, bright red yolks piling up in a bowl, exuding a tempting aroma that made onlookers' mouths water.

"Is this duck egg yolk?!"

Foreigners don't eat much duck egg, rarely seen in supermarkets. Apart from duck breast and legs going to restaurants, other parts are rarely seen, mostly sold in Chinese supermarkets.

Never having eaten them wasn't an issue, being poultry, everyone presumed duck eggs shouldn't differ much from chicken eggs.

But watching Lin Chen peel each duck egg and seeing the yolk ooze with oil in such abundance, everyone was mesmerized.

"It looks completely different from chicken egg yolk, so strange."

"No way, how come, why are duck egg yolks so oily!!"