"What is ’Qilin East Starfish’?"
Lin Xu looked at the Grouper still twitching in the bag and thought that after his senior brother had stolen it, he must have moved it to a place with seawater to keep it alive for a while.
Otherwise, since the ssage was sent hours ago, the Grouper would have been cold by now.
Xie Baomin tasted the ginger candy lying on the worktable and said with a hint of surprise, "Tastes good. Pack so for later; I’ll take it ho for your sister-in-law to try."
"Sure."
After talking about the ginger candy, Xie Baomin continued, "This is a dish from Building 10. I just took it and used it. The thod is to fillet the Grouper’s Fish, then layer it with Ham and mushrooms and steam it. Once stead, drizzle it with oil... It’s actually just stead fish but dressed up in a fancier way."
He thought there might have been a cellphone processor hidden inside.
"And the other one?"
Two fish. One made into the Qilin Grouper without any Qilin, the other should also have sothing special, right?
Then Xie Baomin said, "Just throw the other one in your water tank at ho to keep for eating. In a formal banquet, one ingredient should only be used for one dish. It’s rude to repeat an ingredient in different dishes."
Since that was the case, I might as well make the remaining one into Qilin East Starfish too. It would be a nice fresh treat for Shen Baobao.
And the bones of both fish could be used together to make a tofu soup or sothing.
Using the bones of the East Starfish for soup, the taste must be pretty good.
"What ti does the banquet start?"
"Six o’clock."
"Then I’ll first prepare this smaller one for you all to try, and you can also learn in the process. Once you master this technique, you can make classic Cantonese dishes—Wenchang Chicken or Baihua Chicken."
The engagent day at Building 10 featured Baihua Chicken, which was essentially Plain Chicken chopped into pieces, then arranged next to slices of Ham and mushrooms. When eating, you pick up the chicken, Ham, and mushroom together, using the flavors of the Ham and mushrooms to enhance the deliciousness of the chicken.
Having said that, Xie Baomin didn’t imdiately start butchering the fish; instead, he first prepared the ingredients: soaked mushrooms, pure lean Jinhua Ham, a loofah for the base, and a few choi sum stalks in the middle for decoration.
After arranging everything, he boiled a pot of water, ready to blanch the mushrooms and cook the Jinhua Ham for a while. Since Jinhua Ham is quite salty, it’s best to cook it first to extract the excess salt and activate the savory components inside with hot water, making the Ham more delicious.
While cooking the Ham, Lin Xu, seeing that Shen Baobao had finished work, grabbed a handful of ginger candies, put them on a plate, and took them outside.
"Try these, freshly made ginger candies this afternoon."
"Wow, I’ve been wanting to eat them since you ntioned them in the group chat! Thank you, Xu Bao! MWAH!"
Sitting down at the booth with the plate, Shen Baobao didn’t eat imdiately but instead took a photo of the ginger candies on the table with her phone and casually uploaded it to the "Good Sister’s Cup Size Doesn’t Shrink" group chat:
"Essential winter snack for girls, have you tried them?"
After posting, she picked up a piece and popped it into her mouth. No sooner had it entered her mouth than she was captivated by the sweet and spicy flavor and the sandy sugar on the outside.
"Wow, this tastes so good! Xu Bao, can I eat more of this?"
"No, eat too much and it’ll burn your stomach."
"Well, then... I still wanted to eat more sweets."
Lin Xu pinched Shen Baobao’s adorable face. "Later, I’ll buy so Hawthorn and make you so candied Hawthorn; you can eat a lot of those, and they also have that crystallized sugar coating."
Hearing this, the forrly downcast Shen Baobao imdiately burst into smiles. "Yes, please, thank you, Xu Bao! Oh, by the way, I was planning to replace all the appliances in the new house with the latest models. Is that okay?"
"Sure, once we get the house, you can arrange it however you like."
In the group chat, Chen Yan criticized this pre-al food taunting: "Showing off eating ginger candies just because you have a boyfriend, huh?"
Zeng Xiaoqi, however, really liked ginger candies, so instead of agreeing with the condemnation of the boss lady, she turned and retorted at President Chen, "You’ve also been strutting around in those Crystal Shoes for the last few days, haven’t you? The temperature in Beijing has dropped below ten degrees Celsius, yet you deliberately roll up your pant legs, unafraid of freezing your ankles."
Chen Yan was dumbfounded.
Weren’t we supposed to unanimously condemn the act of tempting people with food before als?
I can’t believe you, Director Zeng, with your thick eyebrows and large eyes, would betray the organization!
Indeed, you can’t rely on those with smaller chests!
But seeing the ginger candies, President Chen genuinely felt a bit hungry. She tagged Shen Baobao and asked, "What’s for dinner? If it’s good, I’ll co eat; if not, I’m going ho. My parents haven’t gone out on business these past two days, so it’s a rare chance for us to gather at ho."
Saying it was a gathering was just an excuse; mainly, this ti President Chen felt confident facing her parents’ nagging about marriage.
See these shoes I’m wearing?
They were a gift!
Shen Baobao replied, "You better eat at ho. Today my dad is hosting a banquet for President Liu at the restaurant. Xu Bao won’t have ti to make anything fancy, just simple ho-cooked als."
Seeing this ssage, Chen Yan imdiately packed up and prepared to head ho. Shutting down her computer, she grabbed her bag and left.
In the past, she used to wear high heels. Although they admittedly looked very sexy and beautiful, walking a lot was indeed tiring for her feet. These past few days, having switched to the casual shoes bought by the little policeman, she realized just how comfortable it was to wear flat shoes for long durations.
Upon reaching the elevator, she saw an update in the VIP custor group and clicked to check it, only to find that Lin Xu had posted two bright red East Starfish in the group.
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