Seeing Ms. Alice yelling while clutching the phone, Yu Yu became extremely anxious. "No, no, Aunt Alice, this has nothing to do with my brothers. It's all my fault."
"Hmph, no matter what, I gave birth to three stupid sons." The hot-tempered Ms. Alice snorted coldly. After venting her anger for a while, she turned and looked at the soft Yu Yu. Her eyes lit up and she couldn't help but rush forward and hugged her wildly. "Ahhh, if only I hadn't given birth to those three hard and stupid sons, but a cute little girl like Xiaoyu. I don't care, just treat you as my daughter."
This time, Yu Yu's face turned even redder. He didn't know how to react to Ms. Alice's extraordinary enthusiasm, so he could only nod with a red face.
But thinking of what happened just now, Ms. Alice couldn't help complaining for a while, saying that if she hadn't been out to restock the bar and happened to meet Yu Yu, she wouldn't have known that Yu Yu had returned to the country.
"Because I hadn't planned on going back to see my brothers yet, Aunt Alice, I just came back to visit and left after a few days."
Yu Yu obviously has his own ideas about this. Although Ms. Alice is a little depressed, her three stupid sons may be stupid, but at least they will not let Xiaoyu suffer. But it doesn't matter. Yu Yu has had his own ideas since he was a child.
"Then stay, how about that?"
"But Aunt Alice, I was just planning to come back to see..."
"Forget it. Your Aunt Alice isn't exactly a bright person, but I can see you don't have anywhere to go for the time being, right? So why not stay and help Aunt Alice out? Ever since you visited my bar three years ago, my husband, your Uncle Atami, and the regular customers haven't forgotten you. Besides... that little gentleman you're carrying around must be starving, right?"
Ah Ba, who was called out, looked dazed. He bent down and gave a standard gentleman's greeting, then said in a serious and childish voice, "No, I'm not hungry, not at all. Sister Xiaoyu, you don't have to worry about my thoughts. I'll follow you wherever you want to go..."
But before he could finish his words, Ah Ba's little belly started to act like an empty city stratagem, causing the young gentleman's face to turn red for a while.
Come to think of it, they seemed to have not eaten much since leaving the filming location. After Ah Ba's stomach played the empty city plan, Yu Yu also felt a little hungry.
Moreover, it must be said that Ms. Alice was right. She really had nowhere to go now, or rather, she had not decided where to go for the moment. This was also the reason why she wanted to come back to the country where she had lived for more than ten years. If Ms. Alice's bar needed her help, it would be okay for her to stay for a while.
Thinking of this, Yu Yu nodded and agreed to Ms. Alice's request. As she accepted another excited hug from Ms. Alice, she heard her yelling to the people in the kitchen, "Atami, Atami, hurry up and get something to eat. Xiaoyu is starving. Is the kitchen okay?"
"Not really, dear. Our bar doesn't open until the evening, and we haven't even bought the ingredients yet. But don't worry, there's still time. Since Xiaoyu is here, how can your Uncle Atami not treat her well?"
As a deep male voice was heard, a rough-looking, even a little fierce Western European man walked out of the kitchen, showing an unusually warm smile to Yu.
This is the man Ms. Alice remarried after divorcing Yu Yu's father. He is Mr. Atami, who has a rough appearance but a delicate mind. Yu Yu learned knife skills from him.
"How about it, Xiaoyu? How about going to the market with your Uncle Atami like we used to? It's almost closing time now, and you might be able to find some good and cheap things."
It must be said that Uncle Atami's suggestion really moved Yu Yu. After all, for a foodie, being able to personally select ingredients is also an exciting part.
Moreover, Yu Yu was not unfamiliar with going to the market to select food in person. Three years ago, when she was in this bar, she did the same. She followed Uncle Atami to the market almost every day to select the best ingredients with the least money.
After packing up simply, Yu Yu took A Ba and followed Uncle Atami, driving a second-hand broken car slowly to the most prosperous market nearby.
It was almost six o'clock in the afternoon, and the flow of people in the market had decreased a lot. Those who came towards us were people who had already bought food and were on their way back home. It was estimated that the vendors in the market would close up their stalls one after another soon.
But at this point, you can still get the cheapest and freshest seafood. Uncle Atami came here just for this reason.
The big fishing boats that went out to sea to fish at noon have returned. The main catches of these big fishing boats are high-end products supplied to large restaurants.
However, when going out to sea, one can always catch a lot of strange things with one net, as well as various disabled items, waste products, etc. These cannot be supplied to large restaurants, so naturally they flow to the Free Market.
The business only lasts for an hour or two, and the remaining unsold items will be disposed of directly.
Yu Yu also knew this routine, so without saying anything, after parking the old car, she took Ah Ba and followed Atami towards the coastal pier.
The timing was just right. When we arrived, the big fishing boat had just unloaded its cargo. Several large fish boxes were filled with a mess of various seafood. It did not look beautiful at all, even extremely bad, but it was very fresh, after all, it was just caught from the sea.
The seller was obviously very familiar with Atami. In just a few seconds, he had confirmed the transaction of half a box of seafood. He only needed to spend one-third of the market price to buy it. However, because the transaction volume at this time was several times more than usual, the seller couldn't help but ask another question out of curiosity.
Atami was also generous and said directly, "We are going to prepare a big meal tonight, and this amount may not be enough."
"Well, I still have some shrimp here. I accidentally covered them up this afternoon and they died. But they died not long ago. Do you want to take them back? I'll give you a discount."
As he spoke, the seller pushed out the fish box placed at the back. Inside was actually half a box of relatively large shrimps, which looked an inch larger than ordinary shrimps. If they had not been suffocated to death, these shrimps would definitely be high-end goods supplied to big restaurants.
Looking at the color, the bodies of these shrimps are still translucent blue-gray, not the white color that comes from being dead for a long time. They really look like they were just suffocated to death not long ago.
Atami nodded and was about to buy from the seller, but at this moment, Yu Yu beside him grabbed Atami's hand, shook his head, and looked at the seller with a serious expression, "You are lying, these shrimps were not just suffocated to death, they have been dead for at least a day."
As soon as these words came out, the seller's face changed and he immediately refuted, "How do you know? Would a shrimp that has been dead for a day look like this? Don't talk nonsense, girl. Tell me, how can you tell that it has been dead for a day!"
This really puzzled Yu Yu. She didn't know how she could tell, but with just one glance, she knew that something was wrong with the shrimp. It didn't look like it had just been suffocated to death, but had been dead for at least a day.
This kind of recognition was like she suddenly knew what the fish were thinking. It was difficult to explain and had no basis, but it was definitely correct.
Seeing Yu Yu's silence and the seller's reaction, Atami's face darkened a little. He took a closer look at the small half box of shrimps and indeed found something wrong.
Although the color of the shrimp looks good, the shrimp meat is not firm at all when you pinch it, it is a bit soft, and the eyes of some of the shrimps have turned white.
After confirming that there was something wrong, Atami reached out and fiddled with it. Sure enough, the shrimps at the bottom layer could no longer conceal their grayish-white color that indicated they had been dead for a long time.
Seeing his crime exposed, the seller laughed out loud and wanted to fight back, but seeing Atami's fierce and tough look, he finally gritted his teeth and lowered the price of the half box of live seafood by another 10%.
However, before leaving the seaside pier, Yu Yu took a fancy to some smaller but very fresh shrimps and a motionless salmon on the other side.
"These shrimp are too small. Big restaurants won't accept them. To apologize for what happened just now, I'll sell them to you at a lower price. But let me explain this salmon. It was dead when we caught it this afternoon. It's motionless like this. I sold all the live ones and only kept this one to process directly. If you want it, I won't charge you for the fish. Just give me a small fee for the water."
Obviously, Yu Yu wanted the salmon. Atami next to him was full of confusion. After all, Yu Yu's family has always been picky about seafood and will never eat anything that is not fresh. But despite his confusion, Atami did not ask too many questions. It would not cost much anyway, so he took the bag of shrimps and the salmon.
Indeed, Yu Yu did not eat unfresh seafood, but the salmon was not dead when it was caught. If she was not mistaken, the salmon should have been dead for no more than an hour. It must have fallen into a coma and suspended animation due to the impact.
This suspicion was confirmed by Ah Ba. "You're right, Sister Xiaoyu. We sea creatures have the best judgment when it comes to marine life. We'll get sick if we eat stale fish, so there's no need to make such a fuss. And... Sister Xiaoyu, why bother buying seafood? I can just go swim in the sea and bring back plenty."
Can Ah Ba just swim in the sea and bring back a lot of seafood? Yu Yu couldn't help but imagine the above scene: a huge octopus suddenly appeared on the coast of the town, holding a large pile of seafood in its arms, and happily waving a few octopus legs as it returned with a full load.
"..." No, no, no, she would never do that, she still wanted to be a normal person, she didn't want tomorrow's headlines to be all about 'Giant octopus appears at the harbor!', 'Giant octopus and a female human have an unknown underground transaction, and they went through so much trouble to deliver seafood!'
If that's the case...I'm afraid she'll go crazy before she even gets to eat the seafood!
Because it was inconvenient to move with the fish box, Atami first took the seafood back to the small old car and put it away, and then took Yu Yu to continue shopping for other ingredients.
There were leftover steaks that were still in good condition, large but cheap ribs, small potatoes that were a bit ugly but said to be the most delicious, as well as large and affordable tomatoes and onions. I bought a lot of things in total, and when I brought back all the big and small bags, I found that they were almost filling up the small trunk of my old car.
And the chef of the bar tonight is obviously Yu Yu.
Of course, Atami was originally the chef for this meal; as the owner and head chef of the bar, it wouldn't be difficult for him to prepare it. But looking at the piles of ingredients, Yu Yu couldn't help but get excited. There's nothing better than watching those rich ingredients transform into delicious food that he loves.
As the night deepened, more and more people came to the bar. Compared to those fashionable, young and crowded new bars, Ms. Alice's bar seemed much quieter.
There were no resident singers, nor were there any young people who liked to join in the fun. Instead, there was the familiar and comfortable blues music, and a group of old drinkers who couldn't wait to order a few drinks. When they drank too much, they couldn't help but shout a few times:
"Dear Alice, we're hungry, but Atami won't make the same dishes again, will she? Can you try something a little different? Those dishes are good, but I've been eating them for years and I'm tired of them... I really miss those days three years ago when I could always eat delicious food."
"You bunch of old guys, what do you think this place of mine is? It's a bar! A bar! If you want to eat, go to the big restaurant next door. I don't want to entertain you... But you're lucky today. You can eat a lot of good food..."
The bar lobby was bustling with activity, and Yu Yu in the kitchen had already started working quickly and efficiently after deciding on tonight's menu with Uncle Atami.
The first thing to be processed is the salmon, which is the most time-sensitive. There are many ways to eat salmon, the most common of which is salmon sashimi, but Yu Yu chose another method this time.
He skillfully separated the salmon's flesh and bones, slid the sharp knife down the fish's spine, slid to near the tail, and also made a cut on the belly in the other direction. Because Yu Yu used his strength very skillfully, both in terms of controlling his strength and using the knife smoothly, what most people would have to spend several more cuts on, Yu Yu could complete smoothly with one cut.
With just two or three cuts, the salmon meat was separated from the bones, and a whole piece of fish meat was taken out. The same procedure was performed on the other side. After all the fish meat was separated, small pliers were used to clamp out the fish bones from the belly one by one. This required a little skill. With just a slight movement of Yu Yu's wrist, all the salmon bones were cleaned out.
Then… with a few cuts, the salmon fillets were chopped into large chunks! Not sliced or diced, but cut very hard into large chunks. A large salmon was cut into only eighteen pieces!
Heat the oil quickly and fry large chunks of salmon in a frying pan, but not for too long. When one side is slightly cooked, fry the other side. When each side is about 70% to 80% cooked, use a blowtorch to pass over it to make the surface a little charred, and then you can serve it directly.
There is no fancy plating, just the pieces are laid out in a very practical way, accompanied by small plates of different flavors of barbecue sauce, allowing diners to choose according to their preferences.
It has to be said that the rare large salmon steak made those old drunks crazy, but after leaving some for Ah Ba, Uncle Atami, Aunt Alice and others, only about ten pieces were given away. It was obvious...the fight was about to break out before they were even drunk, and in the end, the most shameless and cunning old drunks in the bar snatched the steak.
But how can this satisfy me? The salmon fillet looks very big, but I can finish it in two bites at most. The salmon is fat but not greasy and has a burnt taste that just stimulates the taste buds. Before I have time to savor it slowly, when I want to take a third bite, it is gone, gone... It's gone!
The most painful thing in the world is not not tasting the crazy delicious food, but just after trying one bite, there is no second bite!
Fortunately, Yu Yu was not slow in cooking, and with Atami's help, the dishes were served quickly.
Deep-fried sardines, salt-roasted mackerel, braised small shrimps, etc., as well as the main dishes that came one after another, tender and tasty chicken curry with rice, rich and thick bone soup that was stewed long enough, and the last dish that would make you scream was the seared steak. With perfect control of the heat, the ordinary steak was fried to taste like a high-end steak!
The extremely soft taste made it impossible for people to put down their knives and forks, as if they had forgotten that this was just a bar, not a high-end restaurant. No, it should be said that they had long forgotten about drinking and became complete captives of the food.
Ah Ba experienced this point most vividly, as it seemed that it was because he had always lived in the sea, and the habit of sea creatures was basically to eat raw food.
So, when he saw Yu Yu cutting, chopping and cooking the delicious food, his pretty face was full of surprise, and when Yu Yu put the first fried salmon fillet in front of him, Ah Ba resisted. He didn't want to do it, because he wanted to eat the live fish over there more.
But this was the food that Sister Neptune prepared for her, made by her own hands, and brought to him. How could he not give her face? Even if it tasted bad, for Sister Neptune, he had to say it was delicious!
Until Ah Ba was mentally prepared and took the first bite with all his determination...
Woohoo, what did Ah Ba eat before? If Sister Neptune didn't allow it, he would definitely catch all the salmon in the sea!
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