Although Chef Zhang interrupted them for a while, it didn't affect their mood much, and they continued eating and chatting.
"Chen Liu seems to be having a great time in his class; he didn't even come to this gathering," Hou Yu said. "I'm quite curious about what the students in that class are like."
Chen Yang smiled and said, "I'll bring two in next month. I've already promised Chen Liu that I'll find him two partners."
“We must bring that girl in. I think she and Chen Liu can make it work,” Li Su’er said quickly.
"Hey, what girl is she? Let's hear it." Everyone immediately became interested.
Just as Li Su'er was about to gossip, a waiter knocked on the door and came in carrying dishes.
The dish was also covered with a stainless steel hemispherical cover.
"This dish was specially prepared for you all by the head chef, who also asked me to pass on a message: This is the best beef and the best cooking method."
The waiter lifted the cover and left, but before closing the door, he couldn't help but take another sniff.
Because it smells so good.
If even the waiters acted this way, one can imagine how the people gathered around the table behaved.
The dish on the table is clearly braised beef, but no one has ever seen such a beautifully presented braised beef before.
Each piece of beef is coated in juices, gleaming with an alluring sheen that makes your mouth water. The overflowing aroma is even more tempting; just inhaling the fragrance is a feast for the senses.
"This dish looks good," Grandpa Yun praised.
"This chef is probably holding his breath and wants to prove himself to us, so let's have a bite," Guo Zifeng said in a seemingly calm tone, but his fixed gaze betrayed his thoughts.
As everyone stared, a pair of chopsticks suddenly reached out and picked up a piece of meat.
Li Ye put the braised pork into his mouth, then showed a surprised expression, his eyes lit up, and his face was full of the word "delicious".
Then she noticed everyone was staring at her, and her face flushed red. She felt a little flustered.
"Is it good?" Chen Yang asked with a smile.
Li Ye nodded quickly and said with certainty, "Delicious!"
Everyone laughed immediately, then picked up their chopsticks, and after each person stuffed the meat into their mouth, they all showed a satisfied expression.
"This tastes really good. It's the best braised beef I've ever had," Yun Hu exclaimed.
"Although I haven't eaten braised beef many times, I still think it's delicious." Yu Xuan agreed wholeheartedly.
A plate of braised pork was devoured in less than a minute. If it weren't for the fact that everyone wanted to save face, they probably would have licked the plate clean.
I have to say, it's really delicious, incredibly delicious.
I knew everyone had eaten their fill before eating the braised beef, yet it was still so delicious.
This clearly shows that it's really delicious, truly, truly delicious.
"He successfully proved his culinary skills, and the beef was indeed excellent," Guo Zifeng said.
"But the beef from our own cattle is still the best, right?" Hou Yu said with a smile.
In terms of meat quality alone, the cattle from the island in the middle of the lake are indeed the best, especially those cattle brought back from the Loess Plateau and raised on the island. The meat quality is exceptionally good.
They've cooked steaks on a stone slab a few times, and it was absolutely delicious; just a sprinkle of salt was all it took.
In terms of taste alone, Chef Zhang's braised beef is definitely better. But Chef Zhang uses all sorts of top-quality seasonings, the best equipment, and his own unique recipe to cook it, so of course it tastes good.
Putting all that aside, if we're just comparing the meat quality, the cattle from the island in the middle of the lake are definitely better.
The meat of most domesticated animals is inferior to that of wild animals, and the natural environment of the micro-world is better, the animals are relatively healthier, and the meat is naturally of better quality.
In today's society, apart from a few people who disregard the law, there is no opportunity to eat wild animals; doing so is illegal.
Chef Zhang compared it to farm-raised cattle, so of course there will be differences.
The cattle in the micro-world are purebred bison, the kind that struggle to survive in the wild. Their ancestors were also bison, and their genes have not degenerated. If they were brought into the real world, the beef from these bison would be considered 5A grade beef.
While the beef at Linhu Restaurant is indeed top-tier domestically, it's not quite world-class, falling short of Kobe beef from Japan. It's also somewhat inferior to the beef from Weijie.
However, Chen Yang and his team would not go out of their way to show off to Chef Zhang. The less they revealed about the Micro World, the better.
But even though they don't seek trouble, trouble comes to them on its own.
There is another table of guests next to them.
The guests at this table also booked the best private room with a view, where they could directly enjoy the beautiful scenery of West Lake.
They had originally planned to have the head chef cook, but he beat them to it. This already made them resentful.
The person hosting this dinner was the president of a travel agency in HZ. He was hosting the HZ Tourism Bureau director in the hopes that the director could open some doors for him in the West Lake tourism market.
The conversation didn't go very well. When he went out for a smoke, he happened to see a waiter carrying a lid coming out of the next private room.
He noticed the waiter taking a deep sniff of the lid after leaving the private room, which piqued his curiosity.
He knew that the restaurant's waiters often ate the leftovers after the customers left. The restaurant's staff meals were also often made with leftover ingredients. These waiters had long since eaten all the dishes served at their own restaurant.
But why did the waiter smell the lid?
"Hey bro, come here for a second." He beckoned to the waiter.
The waiter rushed over, holding the lid behind his back, and said, "Hello, is there anything I can help you with?"
"What kind of food is in this lid?"
"Sir, this is braised beef."
"Oh." The travel agency president nodded. He had eaten the braised beef at this restaurant before. It was alright, nothing special. This waiter was probably too busy to eat and was just using the aroma to stave off hunger.
Just then, a faint fragrance wafted into his nose.
"It smells delicious. Did they change the recipe?" he wondered to himself.
"Let's have a serving of this braised beef for our private room too," he said.
The waiter paused, looking troubled, and said, "Sir, the braised beef is fine, but for the same dish, I need to consult the head chef."
"What, is what we got worse than this? Call your manager over here!" the travel agency president roared.
"No, sir, you misunderstand. This is a gift from our head chef to the guests in that private room, and it's different from the recipe shown on the broadcast."
"Then let him make one of these for us too."
"this……"
Seeing the waiter's troubled expression, the company president's face immediately turned ugly.
(End of this chapter)
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