Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 408 - 233 Eat!_2

Chapter 408: Chapter 233 Eat!_2

"If anyone plans to hold a wedding banquet, birthday party, or one-month or hundredth-day banquet in autumn, feel free to contact me. At Huang Ji, we only prepare the Three Heads Banquet for our old customers, and that’s when the Crab Meat Meatballs taste the best."

Saying this, Huang An Yao scooped a big piece with a spoon, taking the opportunity to eat more.

After all that explaining, eating a couple more bites of Crab Meat Meatballs shouldn’t be a problem, right?

The Crab Meat Meatballs were devoured by everyone like a storm.

"Eat the other hot dishes too, eat them while they’re hot; they won’t taste as good if they cool down," Huang An Yao urged everyone to eat more.

If everyone keeps eating while staying in such a semi-hungry state, the dishes they eat will be fresh and tender but won’t fill their stomachs, making them hungrier. By the time the Braised Pig’s Head is served, Huang An Yao will feel embarrassed to eat more.

Although the Young Master isn’t good at socializing, he knows a bit of the Art of War.

Qin Huai immediately saw through Huang An Yao’s little scheme and waved, "Waiter, bring me a bowl of rice."

The broth from the Braised Silver Carp Head is indeed delicious, and the Crab Meat Meatballs go very well with rice, but the human stomach is only so big. If you waste the precious opportunity to eat staples on these two dishes, it would be a bit of a disservice to the soon-to-be-served Braised Pig’s Head.

If you were to rank the three heads of the Three Heads Banquet, the Braised Pig’s Head would undoubtedly be the first place.

You could tell just by looking at the price. Back when Huang Ji still sold the Three Heads Banquet individually, the price of the Braised Pig’s Head was a full zero more than the other two heads.

Normally, when eating the Three Heads Banquet, the Braised Pig’s Head should be the first dish served.

This is the first head.

But today, since it’s essentially an internal gathering, the order of serving isn’t that particular. Whatever’s ready goes first, whatever tastes good goes up the stage, and the delay in serving the Braised Pig’s Head is likely due to today’s pig head being especially large, which made processing it more time-consuming than expected.

As for why Qin Huai knew today’s pig head was especially large...

He saw it while he was at work.

A huge pig head, Huang Shengli started preparing it last night, and Qin Huai almost couldn’t resist taking a bite after finishing snacks at noon today.

When eating earlier, Qin Huai restrained himself for the sake of the Braised Pig’s Head that still hadn’t been served.

Seeing Qin Huai surprisingly call the waiter for a bowl of rice, Huang An Yao was shocked and secretly lamented his mistake of underestimating the opponent. He had been blinded by the hopeful and trusting gazes of all the people around the table and forgotten that someone knowledgeable was sitting right next to him.

He used the Art of War incorrectly!

The biggest rival was actually sitting right beside him!

"I’ll have a bowl of rice too!" Huang An Yao quickly said.

"I’ll take another bowl," Ouyang finished the last bite of rice from his bowl, "Give me a big bowl; this bowl is too small!"

"The food is really delicious today. I feel like I could eat at least eight bowls of rice!"

Huang An Yao: ?!

Eating rice requires a bit of influence. Seeing Huang An Yao, Qin Huai, and Ouyang all wanting rice, everyone in the private room also felt like they should have some rice.

Even Chen Huihong, who initially didn’t plan on eating rice to save room for snacks, asked for a portion of rice to share with Huihui.

As bowls of rice were brought to the table, Huang An Yao realized something was wrong.

The Braised Pig’s Head is like this: it’s already at least 95 points of deliciousness on its own. A top-tier rich dish, its thick oil and bright sauce, after hours of stewing and steaming, makes the meat incredibly tender and chewy, with the collagen-rich sauce poured on top further enhancing its rich flavor.

It’s one of those dishes that initially seems like you’d get tired of it after a couple of bites, but once you start, you can’t stop. Even those who usually dislike meat, saying it’s unhealthy and that more vegetables are better, will throw out all preconceptions after two bites, with their stomachs and taste buds wildly craving: I want meat, just meat!

High calories and fat can stimulate the most primal love for food in the body.

Even eaten on its own, it’s already like this.

If you add a bowl of fluffy, chewy rice, steamed just right to be warm and easy to eat, bringing joy with every bite of carbs while eating Braised Pig’s Head.

The dish’s deliciousness would instantly rise to 105 points.

Carbs + Fat + Protein, the joyous trio of gaining weight.

A bite of Braised Pig’s Head, a bite of white rice, then gently pour and mix the rich sauce over the rice... even without meat, a mouthful of rice is still delightful...

Those who understand rice know the depth of these nuances.

Huang An Yao didn’t dare think further; any more thought and he’d start drooling.

Others at the table were puzzled, wondering why the Young Master had stopped introducing the dishes. Were the remaining dishes not worth introducing? They looked delicious, just missing that extra something. They felt if the Young Master could say a couple more words, they would taste even better.

As everyone ate and speculated, the dish was served.

Braised Pig’s Head!

A gigantic pig head, with a dark and rich sauce color, a beautiful pig face, an appealing presentation, and a tantalizing aroma.

As soon as the dish hit the table, the other dishes paled in comparison.

The Braised Pig’s Head seemed to loudly declare who the true star of today’s meal was to everyone present.

"Gulp." Ouyang involuntarily swallowed a mouthful of saliva again.

Really, he couldn’t be blamed; it smelled amazing. And though Huang An Yao had introduced many dishes earlier, everyone had only had two bites, which wasn’t much. With Ouyang’s appetite, the previous dishes plus rice were merely an appetizer.

Ouyang actually planned to eat fewer dishes and more snacks.

Though he had eaten quite a few snacks during this period, since Huang Ji became wildly popular, he hadn’t had the chance to sit at Huang Ji to eat snacks, always packing them to go or taking dough back to steam, which felt somewhat lacking to him.

Today, sitting in the private room, Ouyang intended to feast.

Now...

Ouyang could only apologize to the snacks in his mind.

"Waiter, another bowl of rice, a big bowl!"

For the Braised Pig’s Head, Huang An Yao didn’t offer much introduction.

This dish doesn’t need an introduction; just eat it.

Pork head meat with rice is the best introduction!

For a moment, everyone in the private room was focused on eating their rice.

Even Chen Huixi surpassed herself; the little girl, who usually could only eat half a bowl per meal, exceeded her usual level today, managing to stuff in a whole bowl, eating to the old style of young Qin Luo.

Qin Luo’s current appetite couldn’t be separated from her years of effort in eating meals well.

Finishing a bowl of rice, Chen Huixi was basically done for the day, leaning against her chair to quietly tell Chen Huihong, "Mom, I’m a bit sleepy."

"After we finish our food, we’ll go home, and you can finish that last homework question and then go to bed," Chen Huihong said while wolfing down rice, "Huixi is full, right? Let Mom help you finish this piece of meat!"

A display of maternal love but not overly generous.

A large portion of Braised Pig’s Head was completely polished off.

Truly polished off, the plate was clean as new, dipped three times by Ouyang using steamed buns.

Actually, Ouyang wasn’t the only one who wanted to dip steamed buns in the sauce, but in the end, he was the only one who did it.

It wasn’t out of politeness; mostly, everyone was just too full.

With several bowls of rice down, Ouyang, who still managed to eat five more bowls of rice, had room to squeeze in a couple of fermented rice with steamed buns.

When it comes to eating, no Art of War is as effective as having a big appetite.

Everyone leaned back satisfied in their chairs, reminiscing about the flavors they just savored.

Dr. Zhou controlled his urge to burp while quietly murmuring, "An autumn wedding banquet is eight or nine months away. How can I persuade Minmin to postpone the May wedding by a few months?"

"Director Liu, are crab yolks better in September or October?"

Director Liu: ...

Director Liu began to search online, as this was crucial, since when Dr. Zhou hosted the wedding, she definitely wanted to attend.

Xu Tuqiang was frantically taking photos of the empty plates, and also set his eyes on the guo’er, trying to ask Grandpa Qian to spare him half so he could mail it to his daughter to try.

Grandpa Qian told Xu Tuqiang to buzz off.

Grandma Ding began pondering what she should send to Qin Huai so her own secret dishes could upgrade from unlimited fermented rice with steamed buns to unlimited guo’er.

Ouyang was still eating guo’er.

Qu Jing quietly explained to Chen Juan that Uncle Wang’s situation definitely wasn’t Alzheimer’s; it was probably just a matter of not paying attention, unrelated to age.

Chen Juan decided she would dispense some justice to her husband when they returned.

Uncle Wang ate to his satisfaction, even becoming slightly emotional, seemingly reminded of something, with his eyes a bit red. Feeling the atmosphere was just right, he opened his mouth:

"Back in the day, when I was still an accountant at the textile mill, I also tagged along with friends to the State owned Restaurant to crash Master Jing’s birthday banquet."

Chen Juan was about to tell him to stop talking, but suddenly realized she hadn’t heard this one before.

"Did Master Jing still make birthday banquets?" Chen Juan was astonished.

"Yes, but not often," Uncle Wang replied.

"Why don’t I know you had it?"

"That was before we started dating, back in the day..."