Chapter 36
Although foodies have their own experiences when tasting delicious food, their pursuit of delicious food is basically the same.
In addition to the pufferfish that you don’t often eat, they also need to eat a little more. After savoring it, they also feel that it is very sweet and bubbly, and it has endless aftertaste. It is not because after eating pufferfish first, other delicacies are tasteless.
Among them, Xia Xue had to eat Jinxiu lobster a little more times.
Although Zhou Chen and his mother run a seafood restaurant, they are not that luxurious. However, they have eaten many other types of lobsters, such as Aolong, Red Dragon, Green Dragon, Blue Dragon, Boston lobster, Cuban lobster, etc.
When we were eating and chatting, we also compared other lobsters with Chinese Jinxiu lobsters. After Zhou Chen tasted some more lobster sashimi, he boasted, "In front of our Chinese Jinxiu lobsters, other Australian dragons and Qinglong are all younger brothers."
Zhou Chen's mother laughed at him, "You don't even look at the price and rarity. Aolong is not as expensive as the Lobster is flying here. Foodies will make their own choices."
He Linlin was not clear about the tricks. Zhou Chen, who sat next to her, was also happy to brag and helped her popularize the common sense and prices of various lobsters in the world.
He Linlin and Xia Xue were all shocked because the lobster industry is also very deep. In fact, some lobsters are not considered real lobsters, such as Boston lobsters, and others use red dragons as sausages. For real experts, it is not particularly difficult to distinguish these lobsters with careful care.
Also, the taste of live lobsters is definitely much better than that of fresh chilled ones. Many foreign lobsters are dead when transported, and they can only be frozen before transportation.
Seafood products are not just lobsters. The difference in taste between frozen before death and frozen when they are alive is also quite large. The freezing temperature and technology are also divided into ordinary freezing and low-temperature frozen. After processing, the seafood is mainly frozen after cooking. This is called cooked freezing, and there are many ways inside. There are many possible ways to freeze after death or dying seafood.
And the one that tastes the best is of course the seafood brought by Xia Yu, which is still lively.
In terms of freshness, it is far from comparable to other frozen seafood.
Soon, other seafood today were served on the table one after another. Zhou Chen didn't want to move anymore, and the serving work was left to the waiter to complete. Luo Minyi was too lazy to talk about him. As for the chef Zhou Minghao, they had long been used to it.
Zhou Chen said that Xia Yu spent a lot of money, right?
The ten steamed crabs that are coming up now are all over one pound. Whether it is blue crab, safflower crab or orchid crab, the larger the size, the higher the price. If he sells it directly to the restaurant, the purchase price will be more than 1,000 yuan, and the price for the restaurant to sell to the outside will be higher.
Bai Yujiao likes to eat crabs the most, and others are actually not bad either. Xia Yu also asked everyone to eat it while it is warm, but it will not be that delicious if it is cold.
Xia Yu himself is even a big eater, and he also took the lead in making demonstrations.
Seeing that his brother was very straight, Xia Xue didn't say anything about helping the beauty peel crab shells or something, so she could only take the initiative to remind him, "Brother, let's help us break the crabs!"
Fortunately, Xia Yu was hopeless. After she reminded her, she remembered to show her gentlemanly demeanor. He was very strong and was an expert in catching crabs since he was a child. It was so relaxing and pleasant to remove crab shells. He also gave it to Zhou Chen's mother first, and then Bai Yujiao, Xia Xue, and He Linlin came next to her, and Zhou Chen complained that he had robbed his job.
Luo Minyi told her son not to speak, so she wouldn't talk, which made everyone laugh.
Bai Yujiao is still as usual, not pretentious. She just accepts it with kindness, which gives Xia Yu enough face.
Xia Xue also understood a little bit now. The relationship between these two is indeed very natural, not so deliberate and particular, and it is like Xia Yu's usual attitude, just like the fate!
No matter how elegant Bai Yujiao was when she was eating, she was very elegant. I don’t know if it was a habit she developed since childhood, or if she was good-looking and beautiful in everything she did.
Soon, the shrimp came up again.
This is Xia Xue’s favorite, whether it is the white shrimp or the salt-peppered shrimp, it is extremely delicious. Moreover, the shrimps Xia Yu brought this time are quite large, and it looks particularly satisfying just.
There are quite a lot of species of shrimp, but basically there is an unchanging truth, that is, the larger the size of the shrimp, the more expensive it is. It is normal for the same variety of shrimps, the price difference between the large and small ones per pound is dozens of yuan.
During the fishing moratorium period, the price of shrimp is even more expensive.
Xia Yu was very willing to give such a large shrimp and pix shrimp, the restaurant purchase price could be about 200 yuan per pound, and he took out eight pounds at once...
Of course, there is not that much to eat when you get rid of shrimp heads and tails.
Grouper is definitely indispensable in seafood meals.
The sesame spots of more than three pounds are steamed, which is also the cooking method that can best preserve the delicious taste of grouper.
Although it is not as beautiful and delicious as Dongxing Spot, such sesame spots make Xia Xue, the "fishing girl" who often eats wild groupers, very happy. She has not forgotten her responsibility to be a food UP owner, and takes photos and records good videos.
The last two seafood dishes are not that expensive. Jade mussels, also known as the green mouth, are the cheapest. Yuhai only costs about twelve yuan per kilogram, and the fishing villages on the beach will be cheaper. Green mouths are usually densely grown together. There are quite a lot of green mouths in Xia Yu’s space. What he took out is the batch that has been raised for the longest time.
The garlic and green mouth is also in line with the appetites of Bai Yujiao and He Linlin. When you buy seafood to make it for food, you must consider the price factor. After all, it cannot be compared with professional fishermen like Xia Yu and others. The bottom line is that it is cheap and delicious.
Finally, the seafood dish was made with coconut snails, which were very beautiful and smelled very fragrant.
Xia Xue couldn't help but take He Linlin's cell phone and took pictures of her videos with her own phone...
Zhou Minghao made a sauce-fried coconut snail. After the coconut snail sauce was snailed, put it back into the coconut snail shell with lettuce, and then pour sauce on each coconut snail, which looked particularly appetizing.
Of course, the meat of coconut snails is tight and hard. If it is not done well, it will be like someone describes it. Eating coconut snails is like eating tires...
There is no artificial breeding of coconut snails now, and the price is relatively stable. Anyway, Xia Yu’s hometown only costs about forty or fifty yuan per pound.
At this point, Zhou Minghao's work, the great chef, has come to an end. When he took his seat, he was warmly welcomed and thanked by everyone. He also made a preview, saying that there is still seafood porridge being cooked to drink later.
Zhou Minghao dared to make so much seafood because the big eater Xia Yu said early on that there is no need to worry about whether he can finish it. Zhou Chen also laughed and said that with Xia Yu, all the delicacies can be eliminated. Of course, Zhou Chen's own combat power is also first-class.
There is too much seafood, so they don’t even have to deliberately help Zhou Minghao keep it. There is still a lot of seafood in each type.
While enjoying the food, Xia Xue also sighed, "There are too much fresh, sweet and delicious seafood. After eating, you have to work hard to start losing weight!"
He Linlin also smiled and nodded, but they didn't say that they would put down their chopsticks and not eat them.
Without Bai Yujiao's response, Xia Xue asked her how she maintained a good figure. Bai Yujiao only smiled and said, "I won't get fat no matter how I eat it."
It immediately caused a burst of envy from Xia Xue and He Linlin. Xia Xue also said, "It seems that the senior sister and my brother are really together. To be honest, I don't know often where my brother went to eat so much!"
"It's a blessing to be able to eat!" Luo Minyi said with a smile, "Everyone eat more, don't let Ah Yu down on his hard work and goodwill."
"Actually, we should thank Uncle Zhou for his skillful cooking." Xia Yu said with a smile.
Zhou Minghao also said the same thing as his wife Luo Minyi, "Only with good ingredients, our chef's cooking skills can have better room for development. Ayu, if you bring such seafood here in the future, I will make it for you!"
Xia Yu nodded immediately thanked him, and Luo Minyi also revealed, "I heard from A Chen that A Yu brought wild seafood here in person, Lao Zhou didn't know how happy he was!"
Zhou Minghao also carefully savored it, "This can be said to be the best quality batch of seafood I have encountered in so many years as a chef. I wonder if I can still eat such good things in the future."
"I've been completely free after graduation and I'll definitely be able to catch more fresh and delicious seafood. Let me say secretly, the ocean has been contracted by me!" Xia Yu said jokingly.
After hearing what he said, Zhou Chen immediately became concerned about Xia Yu's plan after leaving school. He said that the ocean was contracted by him. Do you really plan to go back and contract a piece of ocean for seafood breeding? This is the most common phenomenon in coastal areas. Most of the seafood in their restaurants are also farmed, and it is said that there is still a big future.
"Brother Chen is so easy to cheat. This is just a joke!" Xia Yu said frankly, "Actually, what I want to do most is to travel around the world, experience the feeling of wandering around the world and being home in the world!"
The young people of Xia Xuebai Yujiao and the others knew about this joke. Who made it so popular that "I want the whole world to know that this fish pond was contracted by you?"
"Who hasn't had a dream of traveling around the world after retirement? The key is that it depends on whether the economy and other conditions are allowed." Zhou Chen complained, looking at his serious appearance and said, "A Yu, you won't be really here! You are so carefree?"
"I don't have billions of household businesses to inherit anyway, so I can go all over the world!" Xia Yu's answer was not a joke at all, "Brother Chen, you are different. Please honestly help Uncle Zhou run a good restaurant!"
Xia Xue even revealed, "My brother went to apply for a passport today, and I want to ask him to take me abroad with him!"
"Does senior brother really want to go abroad?" Bai Yujiao also asked him.
Xia Yu replied, "Please apply for your passport first. Next, you may travel to Southeast Asia first. Anyway, the cost is cheap and there are many fun places."
Xia Xue suggested that everyone could play in groups, and it was best to travel freely.
Chapter completed!