The Cheat Emperor of the Culinary World

He added red fermented bean curd soup, chili sauce, rock sugar, and Pixian red oil bean paste, cooking on low heat until it slightly boiled.

Add cloves, cinnamon, Sichuan peppercorn, star anise, galangal, and lemongrass to a pot with water, bring to a boil over medium heat.

Add yellow bean paste, aged vinegar, soy sauce, sesame paste, garlic water, ginger juice, and crushed peanuts, then bring to a boil over medium heat.

Add the pre-fried cumin and sesame seeds, bring to a boil over medium heat, then simmer on low heat.

Finally, add sesame oil, bring to a boil over medium heat.

In the kitchen, several stoves were fired up simultaneously, frying, stir-frying, simmering, and deep-frying, with various fragrances wafting around.

Yet amidst these rich culinary scents, an extraordinarily unique aroma stood out.

It wasn’t very strong, but it surpassed the other scents, standing out uniquely, making it hard to ignore.

Zhao Meng leaned in closer, taking a whiff of the aroma.

”What kind of sauce is this you’re making? It smells really nice!”

Fu Yu turned off the stove and poured the sauce into a bowl, ”This is my improved classic sauce. I’ll let you taste it once the grilling is done.”

Zhao Meng was taken aback.

Improved classic sauce?

This guy!

Since when has he been researching sauce improvements?

But it truly does smell quite good!

The previous seafood had been used almost completely, and Zhang Jinyu had gone to prepare more supplies but hadn’t returned yet.

Fu Yu simply picked up the leftover squid to grill.

The squid had already been pre-marinated and placed in the fridge overnight.

He cut the marinated squid into spread-open pieces and skewered them, keeping in mind the balance for easy turning while grilling.

The appearance was pleasing to the eye, enhancing the appetite.

He placed the skewered squid on the grill to cook.

When it was nine-tenths cooked, he cut several slits along the sides.

Just as Fu Yu started applying the sauce, Zhang Jinyu returned with the prepared ingredients.

”Wow! What’s that smell? It’s really fragrant!”

It wasn’t that rich salty aroma; it smelled very light, combined with the fresh aroma unique to grilled squid, utterly delightful.

Just after Fu Yu finished brushing the sauce, he smiled and said, ”Isn’t it fragrant? It’s my newly mixed sauce; it will be perfect to test the flavor once it’s grilled.”

If it was earlier, Zhang Jinyu would definitely have been eagerly waiting to taste it.

But now...

Zhang Jinyu couldn’t help but advise, ”Chef Fu, maybe you shouldn’t taste it; Chef Yao was just urging us to grill it quickly for delivery!”

Fu Yu waved his hand, ”No rush, squid grills quickly.”

But even quickly, doesn’t it still take time?

Zhang Jinyu was filled with hesitation, but when Fu Yu cut a piece of the grilled squid and handed it over, he still opened his mouth in cooperation.

Despite inwardly despising his own lack of resolve, he chewed on the squid contentedly.

The sauce was rich and flavorful, salty and savory with a hint of sweetness.

The squid flesh was tender and palatable.

The aroma of the sauce mixed with the distinctive fresh fragrance of the squid, the taste was very special, nothing like the grilled squid he’d tried before, where the savory-spicy flavor of the sauce completely masked the squid’s own taste.

Finishing a skewer of squid, it just felt delicious, but he couldn’t pinpoint exactly what kind of flavor it was.

But the grilled squid he was eating now, with just one bite, made him smack his lips, feeling the squid was really fresh, blended with the sauce grilling, offering a unique flavor.

Delicious, the squid was delicious, it was top-quality wild squid, not the farmed kind, offering a better texture.

This time, before Fu Yu even asked, Zhang Jinyu voluntarily said, ”Chef Fu, this grilled squid is so good, really surprising. The sauce is rich, yet you can still taste the squid’s own flavor.”

Fu Yu himself cut another piece to taste.

This was the taste!

He had always thought something was missing before, but now it finally met his expectations.

The rest of the squid, Fu Yu cut up and sent directly to the Red Case District, letting Zhao Meng and Sun Qingning have a taste.

The response was very positive.

Fu Yu was completely at ease.

”Oh no! Chef Fu, the livestream has already started the review, and we haven’t even grilled yet, what do we do?”

Zhang Jinyu, staring at the phone, anxiously asked.

Fu Yu didn’t speak; he silently chose to return to the starting point.