Ye Feng was unaware that someone wanted to use the sword. If he had known, he would have confiscated that person's tool.
There were quite a lot of people today, and many tables ordered different dishes as their finale, so the kitchen was bustling with activity.
The three desserts served before the meal remain unchanged.
The first thing to be affected was a dessert created by Ye Feng, called Summer Fan.
The main reason for making this dessert is that, according to Earth's time, it is the Great Heat solar term there.
As a Chinese person, I still need some sense of ritual during holidays.
"Summer Fan" can be considered both the name of this dessert and a description of it.
"Summer" naturally refers to the height of summer, and "Liu" is taken from the word "glass," because the surface of this dessert is clear and translucent, resembling jelly. "Fan" refers to the shape of this dessert.
Ye Feng peeled open the plump, red lychees one by one, and a refreshing fragrance began to spread to his nose.
After removing the pits from the lychee flesh, Ye Feng crushed all the lychee flesh into juice. It was pure juice, with not a single piece of fruit left, ensuring that nothing was wasted.
"No other fruit in the world can compare, her skin as white as jade is veiled in crimson gauze."
This is a phrase used by Qiu Jun, a poet from the Ming Dynasty, to describe lychees. The great literary figure and poet Su Shi also wrote, "I would eat three hundred lychees a day and not mind being a Lingnan native forever."
This clearly demonstrates the high regard people have for lychees.
Using lychee juice in cooking results in a sweet and refreshing flavor that is incomparable to any artificial product.
Ye Feng's Summer Fan has three layers. The first layer, Jade Piled Up, is made by boiling lychee juice with agar powder and then cooling and shaping it in a fan-shaped mold.
The white lychee juice is incredibly clear. In the sweltering heat of the dog days of summer, white always gives people a sense of pure coolness, like an ice cube, making the heavy summer feel lighter.
The second layer is lush and vibrant. Ye Feng uses mottled powder made from mottled leaves. The mottled leaves naturally emit a fragrance similar to "zongzi" (sticky rice dumplings), making them an excellent ingredient for making food. Similarly, agar powder is added and heated to set the shape.
Midsummer boasts the most lush greenery of the four seasons, permeating the very fabric of life. Incorporating green into desserts is a way of giving back to nature.
Mix matcha powder with powder made from the leaves of the Guanyin bamboo (snatched from the mouth of the giant panda Gigi), and shape it into a small, vibrant green bamboo stick to place on a fan. This refreshing and cooling dessert is now complete.
Looking at the exquisite, transparent little fan in front of them, the female kitchen assistants' eyes began to sparkle.
The main reason is that the expansion of this mountain retreat has greatly increased the number of visitors, and the number of kitchen helpers has also increased several times over.
"Wow, this dessert looks really interesting."
"That means they simply can't bear to eat it. The things Junior Uncle makes are too unfair."
Ye Feng chuckled and said, "You're reluctant to eat it? It increases mental concentration by 25%, skin whitening by 15%, and spiritual energy conversion speed by 20% per day. Are you still reluctant to eat it?"
"Skin whitening?"
"Whitening?!"
Almost all the female disciples exclaimed in unison in amazement.
Several female disciples who hadn't spoken were also looking at the Xia Liushan dessert with excited expressions.
Seeing their reaction, Ye Feng nodded in satisfaction.
This is the kind of reaction I'm familiar with from girls; someone like Senior Sister Wu Qiuyu is just weird!
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Mr. Wu sat somewhat awkwardly in his private room, wondering how he had been so lucky to have managed to snag a ticket.
Although he was somewhat wealthy, this meal cost him most of his savings.
Do I regret it? I don't know yet; it depends on the effects after I finish taking it.
He was the head of their small sect and the most talented person, but his talent was stuck at the Nascent Soul stage and could not advance any further.
The sect he belonged to was just a minor, insignificant sect that could only recruit disciples of average talent from remote areas. It was absolutely impossible for them to produce a person of extraordinary talent.
For him, being able to snag a ticket to this mountain retreat was definitely a life-changing opportunity.
His other aptitudes were all acceptable, but his comprehension was only at the lower-middle level, which made it extremely difficult for him to break through the bottleneck.
He came here with a do-or-die mentality. If he couldn't improve his comprehension, his small sect probably wouldn't survive for long.
"Knock knock knock..."
A short knock sounded on the door, and Mr. Wu hurriedly said, "Come in."
He naturally knew that the person outside the door was a high-ranking disciple of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect. Such a person was far beyond the reach of his small sect, so he naturally dared not be negligent.
The person who pushed open the door was also surnamed Wu, named Wu Aikun. He was Wu Qiuyu's cousin and had been a member of the Shushan Sword Sect for less than a year.
Wu Aikun placed the plate on the table and said with a smile, "Although it's on the menu, let me give you a brief introduction. This dish is called 'Summer·Liu Fan,' made by my junior uncle using lychee, a fruit unique to our Shushan Sword Sect. It has a sweet and slightly sour taste, and its main effects are 'increased concentration,' 'skin whitening,' and 'increased spiritual energy conversion speed.' All the dishes today, including desserts, will not cause any accumulation of dan venom, so you can enjoy them with peace of mind."
After speaking, he bowed respectfully and left the private room.
As Wu watched Wu Aikun's disappearing figure, he couldn't help but sigh, "This is how a major sect should be. A disciple of a quasi-invincible sect can still be so polite."
After admiring the plate for a moment, his gaze was drawn to it. Carefully lifting a corner of the plate, a fresh and delicate fragrance wafted out.
Taking a deep breath, I felt refreshed and my mind became clear.
"The mountaintop cottage truly lives up to its name! Just a hint of its aroma gave me a sense of sudden enlightenment."
I couldn't wait to open all the plates and saw a small plate of dessert.
A palm-sized, translucent dessert sits on a pure white porcelain plate, quietly emitting a delicate fragrance. A lifelike, emerald-green bamboo joint adorns the dessert, making it look rather charming.
Mr. Wu picked up a spoon and gently scooped out a corner of the dessert, reaching all the way to the bottom of the plate. He carefully put it in his mouth, and before even chewing, he felt the dessert melt into a cool sensation.
That's it?
Mr. Wu sighed softly. The dessert was indeed delicious, perhaps the best he had ever seen in his life, but he hadn't come here for the taste.
His own sect didn't give him the confidence to enjoy life, and these meager attributes were not enough to satisfy him.
Is this resource going to go down the drain?
Looking at the remaining dessert, Wu found it rather tasteless.
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