Chapter 234 Gentle and Spicy
When Cheng Peng saw the intoxicated expressions on everyone’s faces, he knew he had failed.

If his plan really worked, if the taste of the braised chicken rice really became mixed.

No one would show such a comfortable and intoxicated expression on their face.

Being able to show such an expression can only mean one thing.

That is the flavor of the braised chicken with rice was brought to its maximum and the aftertaste of the dishes he made was completely dispelled.

Although the preemptive strategy did not work, Cheng Peng did not show any anxiety on his face.

He had full confidence in his skills. With his strength close to that of a top chef, there was no way he could lose to these two mediocre chefs.

What's more, the taste of his dishes is more in line with the appetite of Guangzhou people.

Although braised chicken with rice is a famous Shandong dish, people from different places have different taste preferences.

Just because the chefs are intoxicated by the delicious taste doesn’t mean they really prefer this flavor.

The final victory will definitely belong to him alone.

All Cheng Peng needs to do is wait patiently.

After tasting the braised chicken with rice, everyone was very satisfied.

They couldn't help but close their eyes and revel in it quietly, letting the flavor of the braised chicken and rice ferment and brew again in their mouths, allowing the mysterious taste shaped by time to evolve into blurred colors again as time passed.

After enjoying themselves to the fullest, everyone regained their senses.

They couldn't help but start thinking, which of these two dishes is better?

Is it the pure, cute, novel and interesting rice tofu, or the braised chicken rice with mature charm and flavor brewed over time?

It's like having two peerless beauties by your side. If you have to choose one from them, it's really hard to make a decision.

However, after careful consideration, as Cantonese chefs who focus on innovation and creativity, and as Guangzhou people who love to taste the original flavor of ingredients, they still prefer rice tofu.

The hibiscus comes out of the clear water and is carved naturally.

This is the beauty of nature, the charm of natural achievement.

The taste of the sauce is extremely charming, rich and mysterious, making people want to explore and experience it.

But the taste of the sauce ultimately masks the original flavor of the ingredients.

The sauce is the soul of braised chicken rice, but at this moment it has also become its biggest failure.

Chen Guanghe did not realize this. When he saw everyone's intoxicated expressions, he felt very proud of himself.

The old sauce carefully brewed by the chef over several years, plus the famous dishes selected by time, the combination of the two will surely be invincible.

After tasting two dishes, only the last one was left.

A dish that no one would taste on ordinary days.

The bright red soup and the pungent aroma that makes your blood boil all indicate its terrifying nature.

This wonderful taste that many people are competing for is actually the ferocious beast they are trying to avoid.

That's spicy!

Extremely spicy.

It is also extremely painful.

Because spiciness is not a taste experience, its essence is pain.

Unlike salty, sweet, sour and bitter, which can only be felt by the taste buds, the feeling of spiciness does not only affect the taste buds on the tip of the tongue, but affects all parts of the body.

Eyes, nose, mouth, ears, skin, and even the gastrointestinal tract and anus inside the body.

Wherever you can feel pain, you can feel spiciness.

Due to the wonderful chemical reaction of the human body, when people feel pain, the brain will secrete endorphins, which will produce a sense of pleasure to offset the pain. Therefore, spiciness is pain, and pain will produce pleasure, so spiciness is equal to pleasure.

This makes sense.

Of course, not everyone can endure this kind of pain.

Many people are unable to bear the spiciness before they even experience the pleasure.

This is the case with the chefs sitting at the table today.

Although there is also spicy taste in the sauce of braised chicken rice, its spiciness is not prominent. Instead, it blends perfectly with other flavors, just like a feather falling lightly on the tip of the tongue, gently teasing the taste buds.

The slight spicy sensation did not bring a painful feeling, but was like a lovely pink fist hitting the body, bringing a gentle massage and pleasure.

If the spicy taste of braised chicken rice is a girl's pink fist, then the bright red dish in front of you is a tall, mighty, muscular man.

I'm already sweating profusely before I even taste it.

However, even though they were nervous, they still firmly stretched out their chopsticks and put the terrifying red dish into their mouths.

As for why...

Of course it was because of Xu Qing’s words.

When it comes to culinary judgment, Xu Qing has never made a mistake and never disappointed anyone.

Moreover, Xu Qing has been in Yangquan Restaurant for so long that he is already familiar with everyone's appetite and knows everyone's preferences.

Under such circumstances, he still asked everyone to try this dish.

This only shows that this dish does have some subtleties that they are not aware of.

Due to their complete trust in Xu Qing, everyone put the rice noodles into their mouths without any hesitation.

Everyone was fully prepared mentally, took up their defensive stance, and stood ready, waiting for the horrible spicy taste to attack their taste buds.

However, unexpectedly, the spicy taste in the mouth was not as terrible and scary as everyone imagined.

It was like seeing a tiger's stripes hidden in the grass, which scared me out of my wits. But I finally mustered up the courage to pull aside the grass and take a closer look, only to find that it was a small cat.

Very reassuring.

Because the spicy taste in the mouth is like a little cat. Although it has the unique pain of spiciness, these slight pains are gentle and soothing, just like the cat's little paw pads lightly stepping on the taste buds. It will not make people painful, but instead make people intoxicated.

Moreover, while the spiciness in the mouth reduces the pain, it does not weaken the unique fragrance of the chili. The distinct and spicy aroma fills the mouth richly, still making people's blood boil and making the blood in the body surge for it.

The spicy taste in the mouth is so peculiar, it has the color of pepper, the aroma of pepper, but not the pain of pepper.

It is so gentle that it hides the sharp thorns on its body and shows all its beauty to the fullest.

The spiciness of the pepper is its self-protection mechanism. The pain is a clear way of telling predators not to eat it and to stay as far away from it as possible.

Chili peppers do not have sharp thorns, so their spiciness is their thorn, their sword for attack, their shield for defense, and their way of survival.

Perhaps there once were gentle peppers in the world, but in this cruel world, gentle creatures cannot survive.

In order to protect yourself, you need to grow sharp claws and fangs, grow sharp thorns, grow hard shells, and then sharpen these weapons day after day.

Because only by adapting to this cruelty can we survive better.

However, the spicy taste in the mouth clearly tells people that there really is such a gentle spiciness in the world.

Just like a touch of touching tenderness in a cruel world, it does not need to do anything, but its existence itself is enough to move people to tears.

If rice tofu is pure and cute, and braised chicken with rice is mature and charming, then the dish in your mouth at this moment is like a passionate and unrestrained girl next door, who is kind and gentle, considerate and attentive.

It gives people all its passion and tenderness, regardless of gains and losses, and without reservation.

(End of this chapter)