Chapter Seventy-Five: The Banquet Changes The banquet began soon, because the crisis has not passed, so alcohol is not allowed in the fleet, but the food is fully supplied, and the cooks are still the imperial chefs who follow Li Zhen's side, and all kinds of exquisite food are served, this time it makes everyone have a good addiction - although these taxes also eat seafood on weekdays, but the people who cook for them are the most ordinary cooks, and they eat big pot rice, it is good to be able to cook the food, as for the taste, don't think about it, let alone today's deliciousness?
"Your Highness, this is the best lobster caught below, can you taste it?"
On the Holy Prince, Li Zhen was entertaining the high-ranking officials in the fleet, and at this time, his royal cook (not Linglong) personally brought two cooks to bring up a lobster more than one person high.
"Oh my God, there's such a big lobster?"
Li Zhen was also taken aback, he is the prince, and the food and clothing on weekdays are the best, especially in this aspect of eating, the best ingredients eaten have not been broken, and even in the catering bureau, there is a department dedicated to buying cherished ingredients, this department is specially set up for the royal collection of various precious and unique ingredients - this is a department proposed by Li Zhen, and there is also a similar department in his prince's mansion, especially here near the sea, all kinds of cherished ingredients are often caught, and a head of abalone or something is simply pediatric, He usually eats abalone with a size of two catties, as well as sea cucumbers with the thickness of his arms, large yellow croaker with a size of 80 centimeters, crabs the size of a person, etc., Li Zhen has not tasted anything new.
But even if he eats delicious Li Zhen all over the world, he has never seen such a big lobster, this lobster is more than a person tall just by curling up and putting it on a plate, if it is completely spread out, it is estimated that it must be as tall as Yao Ming, a lobster of more than two meters......
Such a big lobster, even counting his Li Zhen's last life and more than forty years in this life, he has never seen it, and he has never even heard of it (because the world's largest lobster is only one meter and two long) - in his previous life, he was just a small rich second generation, and it is normal that he has not seen this top ingredient, but in this life for more than 20 years, he is the prince of the most powerful country in the world, and later became the prince, such an identity has also not been seen, which makes this lobster precious.
"It's truly a rarity."
Cheng Chuliang looked down on Li Zhen's right, and was also very surprised when he saw it, but then shook his head and said: "But Your Highness, such a big lobster has lived for at least a few decades, and the meat should be old, although it looks very spectacular, it doesn't taste very good......
It's a pity that such a big lobster, if you raise it, it must look good, you actually made it into a dish, it's just a tyrannical thing. ” "That's the truth, but such an old lobster may not be able to survive."
Li Zhen nodded approvingly and said, "What's more, it's also the following thoughts, let's try it well." ” "Your Highness, Governor, I don't agree with this."
Li Zhen and Cheng Chuliang's words annoyed his imperial chef, and he was immediately unhappy: "Do you think that your subordinates didn't do an inspection before making lobsters?"
After all, I'm also a palace chef, how could I make such a childish mistake?
How can you bring substandard food to your Highness?
Isn't that a slap in my face?
To tell you the truth, although this lobster is a little older, the meat is quite tender and does not look old at all......
Serving unqualified ingredients to diners is the biggest insult to our chefs, you can despise me as a person, but you must not question my cooking skills and chef ethics, but my subordinates have followed His Highness for so many years, how are the dishes cooked by your subordinates, Your Highness, you still don't know?
How could a subordinate ever make such a mistake?
……” "Really?"
Li Zhen looked suspicious, he didn't doubt the words of the imperial chef, after all, lobsters are different from cattle and sheep, this thing is an arthropod, the action is mainly supported by the exoskeleton, and the meat only plays a filling role, who knows if the meat will get old with the passage of time, maybe it is possible that the lobster meat will not get old.
He just thought it was a little strange, but he knew this imperial chef very well, the imperial chef's name was Duan Tiande (Li Zhen almost didn't kick it when he heard this name), he was taught by the world's first chef, and he was also the world's first food god Linglong, and he was Linglong's proud disciple - although this disciple was older than Linglong.
Duan Tiande is also in addition to Linglong, the second chef under Li Zhen, at least ninety percent of Linglong's craftsmanship, so he was also selected by Li Zhen as the imperial chef on the ship, but in Li Zhen's impression, this Duan Tiande's character is a stuffy gourd, but also a technical nerd, and an authentic kitchen idiot, in addition to three meals a day and work, he has been hiding in the kitchen to study cooking, rarely come out to communicate with outsiders, in addition to the words of cooking, it is difficult to have any common language with others, Not to mention a tirade like the one now.
However, Li Zhen didn't care, he just thought that his denial made Duan Tiande feel wronged, he was a kitchen idiot, just like he said, you can doubt his character, but you must not doubt his cooking skills, and now that he inadvertently vetoed his dishes, it is natural for Duan Tiande to react like this.
Just as Li Zhen was about to continue tasting, Duan Tiande smiled again and said, "And Your Highness, there is another wonderful thing about this lobster......
"What?"
Li Zhen said with interest, is there any other secret that can't be done?
"Your Highness, please see."
Duan Tiande stepped forward and grabbed the shrimp gun of the big lobster, and broke it hard......
"Click!"
With a crisp sound, the shrimp gun was broken by his roots.
"Isn't this a shrimp gun......
Ah......"
Li Zhen was defenseless, Duan Tiande's originally smiling face suddenly turned hideous after breaking the shrimp gun, and the shrimp gun in his hand stabbed at Li Zhen fiercely......
Li Zhen was taken aback, fortunately, his usual exercise had an effect, and suddenly an iron plate bridge fell off the chair, Duan Tiande's shrimp gun pierced the air, but he was not surprised, he immediately returned his hand and stabbed again, Li Zhen rolled on the spot and dodged the blow again......
"Your Highness, be careful."
Everyone was attracted by Duan Tiande's so-called subtlety, and they didn't expect that he would dare to assassinate Li Zhen in front of everyone, so that no one reacted when Duan Tiande assassinated him for the third time, but at this time they were still far away from Li Zhen, and Li Zhen was forced into a blind corner by Duan Tiande, and seeing that Duan Tiande's third blow was about to fall, everyone closed their eyes in despair......