Volume 10 Chapter 20: Bread And Butter
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<span style="font-weight:400">"What are you guys still here?" After an hour, Long Qiqiang noticed how Shinzo and Ayaka had yet to leave the mansion.
<span style="font-weight:400">Shinzo grinned, "I should be asking you the same thing as well? Why are you still staying here?" This was not his home either!
<span style="font-weight:400">That caused Long Qiqiang to cough, "Of course, I will be here; this is my cousin''s home. And I''m going to be staying the night."
<span style="font-weight:400">"..." This is news to me. Long Lihua wanted to retort but was grabbed by the mouth by this man.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"And Ayaka is her neighbor, so I''m going to stay," Shinzo grinned.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…" Brother, that''s so shameless. Ayaka dared not look up; she couldn''t stare at Carolyn and Krystal''s face. It was too embarrassing to do so.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Keith should have been at our home in the first ce!" Shinzo''s eyes turned dark; there were still gripes with this.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Oh, please. He could go to any ce. It was a stroke of luck that my little cousin won."
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<span style="font-weight:400">Carolyn smiled, "It''s fine. Keith has always liked cooking for many people," He already cooked for a good number of people before. Krystal added, "I think Keith is going to do something-!" The two tried to cool everyone down when something caused everyone to freeze! They all looked around, stunned by all of this.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"What is that smell?!" A strong and intense aroma filled the living room. There could only be one person who did this.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Keith grinned as he looked at the ingredients he had bought here. He was excited about what to make here. Chinese ingredients were his bread and butter. It was time for him to go all out with this. Braised Char siu. It had been quite some time since he had done this.
<span style="font-weight:400">Orc shoulders were quite great for making it. Seasoning came first as he tossed in basic seasonings. But the game changer was thest few ingredients. Tears dripped down.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Thank god I have soy sauce. Keith was going to lose it! Dark soy sauce and light soy sauce. When he tasted it, he knew what it was. Soy sauce. There was no fermentation or anything!
<span style="font-weight:400">That was the taste of soy sauce at the finest! The fruit wasn''t a normal one but for seasoning.
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<span style="font-weight:400">Squeeze the fruit, the juices sttered into the shoulders. Massage the meat, letting all of that juice seep into it. While that rested, Keith worked on the other things. He quickly washed the Yu choy.
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<span style="font-weight:400">With it, he poured some oil onto the wok and tossed in the diced ginger. The aromatics were intense. He was going to go with some robust vors instead. Most of the dishes he tried yesterday were weak, but these were the opposite.
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<span style="font-weight:400">After the choy, Keith started to work on the shoulders: he would first give it a nice sear. That way, it would have a great crust when they bit into it. As there was a rich brown sear, Keith poured in the leftover sauce. Water was soon added to the pot. The only thing left was to leave the meat to simmer.
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<span style="font-weight:400">There were some other ingredients he was going to make as well. The second one was steamed salmon. It was simple; slice the fillet into a couple of bite-size pieces. Ginger was tossed in, and some soy sauce and oil were drizzled on. Thest thing to do was to steam.
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<span style="font-weight:400">As Keith worked on the other things, the smell from one pot caught his attention. Sniff sniff. Keith''s expression grinned as he slowly moved towards it. As expected. The sauce slowly became thicker. And when he stabbed the meat, it went in easily. Perfect. Keith quickly took out the char siu. He slowly sliced them into small pieces. The sauce was then added at the end of all of them. It was quite an interesting piece of meat. He quickly took a bite, and it tasted divine!
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<span style="font-weight:400">How soft and mesmerizing! Keith continued to munch without a thought. He was quite happy about it, but that was when,
<span style="font-weight:400">"Keith!" He turned to see that it was none other than Carolyn and the rest. They were all staring at him through the door. The man waved, "Sup,"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"What are you making right now?!" Whatever he made was quite powerful. It smelled like a variant!
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Indeed!" Ayaka rarely said anything, but this was entirely too much.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…Tasty," Out of nowhere, Zhu Liqin had tasted the char siu.
<span style="font-weight:400">"..." When did you enter?
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Everything will be preparedter." The rice just needed to bepleted, while the salmon needed to be done steaming.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…Mmhmm," Zhu Liqin didn''t say much as she quickly disappeared from there. The maids quickly brought the food over to the dining room.
<span style="font-weight:400">Each one had a te of steamed fish, char siu, bok choy, and finally, rice.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s absolutely delicious," Long Aotian was intrigued. There were a lot of things simr to yesterday. But there was a much more intense aromaing from it.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Thank you."
<span style="font-weight:400">"More," Zhu Liqin raised her bowl at the server.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…" That is your fourth bowl? This dragondy was eating left and right so quickly.