Chapter 368: Chapter 369: Come Forth, Perfect Salt and Pepper Shrimp

Gang Ge curiously looked at the poached shrimp.

Over the years, with his success and fame, he had often dined in upscale restaurants, eating a variety of gourmet dishes. The most important thing about poaching is the quality of the ingredients, leaving very little room for the chef’s skills.

He didn’t think Wang Fan could make these shrimp particularly impressive; after all, they were farmed shrimp and there must be some gap compared to wild ones.

The other flavors could use seasoning to compensate for the shrimp’s shortcomings, but with poached shrimp, there was no way around it.

However, the delicious food he had tasted earlier made him believe that this young man before him truly possessed exceptional culinary skills.

If it weren’t for that, how could he have possibly chased here?

I was starving during the competition, so today, no matter what, I must have my fill!

But before the poached shrimp was done, the beef meatballs were already cooked, as they were the first to go into the pot.

At this moment, a line had already formed in front of Wang Fan, and everyone graciously gave Gang Ge and his group of muscular buddies the front spots. After all, they helped out for a long time; getting the first batch is only fair.

The rich beef aroma had already filled the air, and everyone who witnessed the preparation process couldn’t help but marvel at the quality of the Great Border’s beef.

With almost no seasoning, just boiling the beef meatballs in water was already so fragrant. What else could it be if not top-quality beef?

A box with six beef meatballs for 15 yuan a serving was pleasing to everyone. Anything coming from Boss Wang was bound to be top-quality; something delicious, affordable, and valuable like this could only be enjoyed here!

Holding his beef meatball meal box, Gang Ge moved to the side and began to livestream once again; he now streamed almost everything.

Arm wrestling, bending rebar, getting off early shifts, making cosplay costumes, and all sorts of delicious food, pretty much everything except working out.

“Everyone, look, these are Boss Wang’s freshly made exploding meatballs, pretty famous, I’ve heard. They’re said to replicate the food from the Stephen Chow movie; do you think they’ll really squirt water like in the movie?”

As he spoke, he picked up a large beef meatball and showed it to the camera.

The beef meatball, with little seasoning, was the color beef should be once cooked. Besides appearing rounder, it looked quite ordinary.

“Watch as I show off a bit for you all, let’s see if it can really squirt.”

Saying this, he stuffed half of the meatball into his mouth without hesitation and bit down hard.

“Sss…”

Several jets of juice instantly shot out from the meatball, spraying in all directions, leaving both the audience watching the livestream and even Gang Ge himself bewildered.

“I can’t believe it! Is this beef meatball really that bombastic?”

“It’s like having a faucet inside this meatball!”

“Special effects, definitely special effects!”

“I feel like a large pot of fresh soup just splashed on my face, Gang Ge, quickly wipe the camera.”

“Oh my goodness, is this the wild-level power of Boss Wang? Terrifyingly powerful!”

Right now, Gang Ge felt like he was about to cry without tears.

All for just eating a beef meatball, can you believe it bursts like that?

And I must say, although this beef meatball didn’t have much extra seasoning, the freshness and taste of the ingredients themselves were truly unforgettable.

The beef’s savory taste meshed with the sweetness of the white shrimp, while still maintaining its unique qualities. That kind of sensation simply overwhelms you in a second.

Not just him, there were plenty of skeptics too. Even though Wang Fan had clearly warned them the beef meatballs would squirt, advising a first bite to sip the juice before eating, they simply didn’t take it to heart.

Those originally planning to eat the meatballs like that then refused after hearing Wang Fan, driven by the impulse to not follow advice.

You can imagine the outcome.

“Sss…”

“Sss…”

“Sss…”

Squirts everywhere, someone unaware might think a group was having a squirt gun fight here.

Some people got squirted with juice on their clothes, while others even got sprayed several meters away.

Wang Fan shook his head helplessly; how could they be so grown up yet still act so rebellious?

“Hahaha, this is hilarious, who would have thought these beef meatballs really squirt, feels like I just stepped into a scene from a Stephen Chow movie haha.”

“What are you laughing at? You just sprayed me! I’m going to get you back, watch out!”

“Oh wow, this is just too amusing haha, feels like this trip is more fun than the whole journey across the Great Border.”

They behaved like kids who just got new toys, not caring about getting dirty at all, each one of them comparing who could bite stronger and whose juice could squirt further.

Luckily, there were only six beef meatballs. Otherwise, they could have played all day without tiring.

“The poached shrimp are done.”

Upon hearing Wang Fan’s voice, the dozen people who bought poached shrimp immediately jumped over. The beef and remaining savory juices in their mouths told them never to doubt Boss Wang’s culinary skills, even for something as simple as poached shrimp.

Zhuo Qianqian was in charge of serving the poached shrimp, while Wang Fan himself began fishing out the split-open shrimp from the oil pot.

The shrimp, coated in flour, were fried to a golden crisp in the oil pot, then refried once the oil temperature rose.

The tantalizing aroma from the shrimp in the rolling oil burst forth, far surpassing the other pots in aroma, causing everyone present to involuntarily sniff the air.

The refry didn’t take long; soon they were fished out, golden crispy shrimp paired with low-temperature stir-fried salt and pepper, and that alone was a culinary delight.

Gang Ge had already tasted the poached shrimp, and its flavor greatly exceeded his expectations. He even felt that purely in terms of taste, it was on par with premium shrimp costing hundreds.

Wang Fan’s culinary skills were indeed excellent, but the quality of the shrimp must also be extremely high, a testament to being raised in Tianshan’s snow waters, undeniably stronger than typical farmed shrimp.

Especially that fresh, sweet taste, something many sea shrimp simply can’t match.

Now again with salt and pepper shrimp, the rich seasoning mingled perfectly with the explosively released shrimp flavor under high temperature, as if a tiny hand was repeatedly tickling your taste buds, making you drool continuously.

Picking up a piece of salt and pepper shrimp, its split-open back fully dusted in salt and pepper, he directly stuffed it into his mouth.

“Crunch…”

The crispy sound echoed as his teeth applied pressure; just listening to the sound, you could tell how perfectly it was cooked.

The golden, brittle salt and pepper shrimp crumbled in his mouth, releasing a rich seafood aroma combined with the fresh scent of Sichuan pepper, instantly activating all his taste buds.

The shell of the Pacific white shrimp was already thin, and Wang Fan’s flour-coating technique was outstanding; this bite spared him the need to peel the shrimp, with the crispy shell breaking along with the shrimp meat, adding even more texture variation.

The fried shrimp meat was much more elastic and firm than the poached ones, with the sudden high temperature locking the sweet juices firmly within the shrimp meat, letting the amazing elasticity of the shrimp be felt with every chew, while the savory juices continually released with each bite, bombarding the taste buds again and again, giving Gang Ge a feeling that, at this place furthest from the sea, he experienced the purest wave crashes.

“Brothers, I’m not kidding, really, I’m starting to feel like I’m becoming a hardcore fan of Wang. It feels like I’ve seen the sea while at the Great Border. Honestly, if you have the chance, you really need to try Wang’s cooking. In all the restaurants I’ve been to, I’ve never tasted food as delicious as this.”

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