Food Stall: Customers Chase Me across the Country

Chapter 657 - 597: Spring Water—Aiding the Enemy? (Part 2)

Wang Fan looked at them and smiled slightly, "Our ancestors’ first trick—serve different food to different people."

He hadn’t eaten, but the judges had.

When you come to Sichuan, can the hosts not treat you to Sichuan’s specialty dishes?

What are the characteristics of Sichuan cuisine?

Spicy, numbing, hot, oily!

After eating some greasy and heavy-flavored food, the refreshing, slightly cool, and sweet Spring Water is just the right remedy!

Moreover...

Wang Fan’s lips curled into an attractive arc, the protagonist of Spring Water isn’t just this dessert!

Zhang Tao saw that the judges hadn’t spoken yet. To break the silence, he had to step in: "Boss Wang’s Spring Water was originally recorded in the Tang Dynasty. Some people have made it online, but many modern scholars, after verification, believe this dessert shouldn’t be like this because there was no gelatin or other ingredients in the Tang and Song dynasties to make something similar to jelly. They say this kind of thing is borrowed from Japan’s water mochi.

However, as far as I know, the traditional Zhejiang jelly ’Wood Lotus Tofu’ was also recorded as early as the Tang Dynasty, and ’Wood Lotus Tofu’ used the seeds of the Rubus plant as a coagulant, which is the key ingredient for making white gelatin.

So I still believe that this Spring Water originated from our ancestors, and is a genuine Huaxia delicacy."

Zhang Tao’s words not only shocked the audience but also stunned Wang Fan.

Wow, can a Spring Festival host be this knowledgeable? Did you install an encyclopedia in your brain?

Wang Fan was indeed shocked.

This dessert is indeed controversial online, but his girlfriend went through many ancient books and historical materials, including the Wood Lotus Tofu that Zhang Tao mentioned, which is Zhejiang’s secret weapon against the summer heat. Especially in the Shaoxing area, it’s regarded as a life-saving tool.

An inheritance of a thousand years serves as proof, and Wang Fan believes it’s entirely sufficient.

At this moment, Allen finally slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a refreshing breath, feeling his entire being much refreshed.

As he looked down to continue eating, he found there was still a cup of steaming fruit tea on the tray.

He brought it up to his nose and sniffed, only to feel a potent aroma but also incredibly fresh, and he couldn’t help but take a small sip.

"Hmm?"

Allen let out a slight exclamation, feeling the tea in his mouth bursting with tea fragrance and rich fruit aroma, with a slight hint of tea bitterness and refreshing fruit sweetness blending together, distinct yet mutually influencing.

The lunch he had was heavier than usual, but the peach jelly and the divine fruit tea made him feel as if he had been cleansed, as if he was surrounded by tea fragrance.

"What kind of tea is this? It’s really fragrant."

Felix’s translation had already conveyed his words of astonishment. From his expression, it was clear he really liked this taste.

Wang Fan said, "It’s made by boiling oolong tea with peach flesh. The peaches include soft and hard ones, though all are Sichuan’s golden autumn honey peaches. When eaten hard, they are crisp and slightly sour; when soft, they are fragrant, juicy, and purely sweet. Combining the two kinds of peaches offers more complex flavor changes. Together with the unique taste and aroma of Phoenix Dan Cong Tea, you have the tea you’re drinking."

What Wang Fan described seemed elaborate, but it was actually quite simple—just two peaches of different hardness and a cup of tea. By pouring the water used to boil the peaches into a teacup where the tea was steeped and filtering out the tea leaves and fruit, he made this peach oolong tea.

At this moment, Chen Guomin’s brows slightly furrowed. The dessert was certainly a good dessert, and the fruit tea was certainly a good tea, but why did they choose to serve them before Kerry’s presentation?

Drinking tea before eating sweets can make the sweetness feel enhanced. Isn’t this indirectly setting the stage for someone else?

That Kerry is no unknown figure and obviously hasn’t underestimated the competition, this move puts you in a passive position!

France itself has the habit of afternoon tea. They prefer black tea, green tea, and fruit tea. Oolong tea is less common, and its unique taste combined with the golden autumn honey peaches, which broke the Guinness World Record for sweetness, gives Allen an unprecedented experience.

Yet he looked at Wang Fan with meaningful eyes, his smile seemingly signaling that the France Team was confident of victory.

The lid of the tray covering the lotus cream cake was lifted, and the lotus and water lily design was perfect. All three judges found it hard to distinguish which was visually superior, so to determine the final winner, they naturally had to rely on the taste of the two desserts.

Allen cut a piece of the cake with the cake knife. The sliced section had dark green, light green, and white colors, with each layer almost equally thick, appearing extremely neat, which made Felix very satisfied.

A top pastry chef took two hours making this dessert, ensuring that its taste and flavor were impeccable.

The appropriate sweetness didn’t make it cloying, the slight sourness better stimulated the appetite, and the fresh fruit mixed in the cream further enhanced the cake’s texture. In every aspect, it was undoubtedly a top-class dessert.

The most crucial point!

The cup of oolong fruit tea seemed to have cleansed their digestive tract. Initially, after lunch, they felt somewhat greasy, but after a few sips of the oolong tea, it was as if their stomachs were empty again.

The sliced cake was no longer eaten slowly, instead, it was devoured quickly.

This scene indeed frightened the audience; having just finished lunch and then ravenously eating cake could only mean this cake is exceptionally delicious!

Isn’t Boss Wang in danger?!

"Eating so aggressively? It’s just a cake; is it really that good?"

"Their eating demeanor... they didn’t eat the peach jelly made by Boss Wang so boldly, did they?"

"Oh my, how come The Peach Does Well wasn’t the second dish served? This is clearly someone using the Tian Ji Racing strategy!"

"Oh dear, oh dear, I can’t bear to watch this, can’t bear to watch it. Whoever finds out the results later, remember to give me a jolt if he wins..."

The audience at the scene and watching the live stream were all anxiously bowled over, as if the answer to the burning question lay right before them. Uncle’s small shop placed a large pork knuckle at his mouth, forgetting to eat.

Now, they only care about one thing: Can Boss Wang still win?

They have an answer in their hearts, but it’s an answer they can’t bear to believe or accept.

"Cake, something eaten daily, don’t you get sick of it?"

"The only use of my birthday cake is to smear my face with icing. Is it truly that good? Try another bite of Boss Wang’s Spring Water!"

"Bodhisattvas, Jesus, Ksitigarbha, Lady Nuwa, all bless us! Boss Wang must win!"

Kerry’s cake wasn’t large, only about 6 inches, but three people were quick to finish the whole cake, still with a hint of longing for more.

This image again twisted the audience’s hearts.

Perhaps now, only a miracle could save the day?

"The boss will definitely win."

Zhuo Qianqian confidently looked at the live screen and said.

"Why? The judges ate the whole lotus cake, clearly forgetting the plastic lotus."

Qianqian’s roommates hadn’t taken their noon rest either, munching on snacks while watching the live broadcast. Looking at the exquisite dessert on the screen, their snacks suddenly seemed sweeter and more fragrant.

Qianqian chuckled, "Why do you think the boss chose to serve the dessert first?"

"Isn’t serving first a major mistake? Look at the judges’ appetites after being cleansed, they’re ready to eat the trays."

"Exactly, eating dessert first is better; thus the taste of the tea will be more pronounced."

"Serving it later isn’t ideal either. Eating sweet first and then drinking slightly bitter tea will make the bitterness stronger. This is a dessert competition; adding tea is a mistake."

Listening to her roommates’ discussion, Qianqian chuckled, "You’re too young, aren’t you? Don’t understand, do you? Just wait and see; did you notice the boss’s expression? Not anxious at all, and he even has a bit of a smile. That’s confidence in victory."

It’s most annoying when someone only says half of what they’re thinking. As the three roommates prepared to confront Qianqian, they focused their attention back on the screen after hearing her last sentence.

The camera indeed gave a close-up of Wang Fan, his face calm as still water, showing no sign of tension, but rather holding a slight smile.

Could there be more to come?