The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 22 Cao Dongdong's Talent
"what?"

Hearing Zhao Qian's voice, Cao Dongdong's attention was quickly diverted.

After glancing at the other person's back, he winked at Qin Lang and said in a low voice, "I didn't see that, you kid..."

"This is my landlord's granddaughter. We met during the Spirit Eater Battle." Qin Lang knocked on Cao Dongdong's head in annoyance.

This kid, who hasn't even grown all his hair yet, has a lot of thoughts.

Cao Dongdong was surprised when he heard this. "Oh, it turns out to be a battle between spirit eaters. I thought you..."

"and many more…"

"Soul Eater Battle?!"

Cao Dongdong looked at Qin Lang as if he had seen a ghost, "Where did you get the food spirit?"

"Gurgle~(ˉ▽￣～)"

Danbao, who had been staying in Qin Lang's arms, made a dissatisfied sound.

I'm such a big food spirit, you can't see me, right?

Now, Cao Dongdong finally saw Danbao and his eyes widened.

"This... yours?!"

His expression was a bit dazed. He took out his phone to check the time, then jumped up and slapped himself twice, "I must not have woken up yet."

Yesterday, he was still comforting Qin Lang, thinking about how to help Qin Lang resolve the issue of offending Pang Long, but today he saw that Qin Lang had a food spirit.

This world is so magical.

Qin Lang: “…”

I don’t know how the original body got along so well with such a guy.

"Okay, okay, stop standing there like an idiot." Qin Lang said unhappily, opened the door and pushed Cao Dongdong into the house.

Didn’t you see that Zhao Qian next to you was secretly covering her mouth and laughing?

Shame!

"boom--"

After the door closed, Qin Lang looked at Cao Dongdong and asked, "Why did you come to my house for no reason?"

"I'm here to teach you cooking!" Cao Dongdong said confidently, "Pang Long taught me some new things yesterday."

"Here, these are my notes." He took out a notebook and shook the handbag he had been holding in his hand.

"I've bought all the ingredients for practice!"

"But..." He glanced at Danbao and put the bag down again.

"It seems that it is no longer useful."

Qin Lang felt warm in his heart and was a little touched.

Apart from anything else, Cao Dongdong is indeed a very friendly guy. Not only did he take notes, but he also bought the ingredients considering his own poor conditions.

He casually picked up the other person's notebook, flipped through two pages, and two black lines appeared on his forehead. The emotion he had just felt disappeared.

"Are you sure this is what Pang Long taught you?" He took a deep breath and pointed to the words written in his notebook: "The dish is too salty, add a spoonful of salt."

Putting aside his character, at least Pang Long is a food recommender, how could he say such outrageous words.

"Ah, this..." Cao Dongdong scratched his head, thinking hard for a moment, and then said with some uncertainty, "Maybe add a little salt?"

“…Forget it.” Qin Lang shook his head, opened the handbag brought by Cao Dongdong, and took a look at the ingredients prepared by the other party.

The ingredients are quite complete, including both meat and vegetables, enough to make several dishes.

"Here." Qin Lang returned the bag to Cao Dongdong, "Go to the kitchen and make two dishes that you think you are best at."

"Let me see what your problem is."

Qin Lang was serious when he said on the phone yesterday that he would teach Cao Dongdong a skill and help him become a Royal Spirit Chef.

"Okay." Cao Dongdong agreed readily.

When Qin Lang said this yesterday, he didn't take it to heart at all.

But today, when he saw Qin Lang had a food spirit, he began to believe it.

This was not Cao Dongdong's first time at Qin Lang's house, so he was naturally familiar with Qin Lang's kitchen utensils and quickly started to get started.

Qin Lang stood beside Cao Dongdong, holding Dan Bao. If he wanted to teach him a trick, he would have to fully understand Cao Dongdong's cooking skills so that he could choose the most suitable dishes for him and help him pass the test of the food recommender.

Soon, Cao Dongdong took out a piece of pork belly and a potato and began to prepare the ingredients.

Watching Cao Dongdong cutting the pork belly, Qin Lang nodded slightly.

Good knife skills.

It is not easy to cut fresh meat, as it is easy to cut one side thin and the other thick.

But Cao Dongdong did not have this problem. The meat he cut was of even thickness. For an apprentice who had studied cooking for two years, it was quite good to be able to do this.

After cutting and preparing the vegetables, Cao Dongdong turned on the stove and prepared to cook.

Seeing the other party taking the food out of the wok, Qin Lang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

This action of taking the pot out of the pot is too irregular.

However, Qin Lang felt relieved when he thought that the dishes made by the other party were not Chinese dishes, but dishes native to this world.

It is indeed inappropriate to use Chinese food standards to demand others.

Perhaps, this is the dish Cao Dongdong wants to make?

Without saying anything, Qin Lang continued reading.

Qin Lang's eyes twitched when he saw Cao Dongdong stir-frying the pork belly directly in the pan without any fishy treatment.

Qin Lang frowned again when he saw Cao Dongdong roasting potato cubes over high heat and immediately turning off the heat after the surface was slightly charred.

By the time Qin Lang finished watching Cao Dongdong's seasoning, his face had completely turned dark.

He didn't really know how to cook in this world, but he could already imagine what the dish would taste like.

"Come, try my best potato and pork belly!"

Cao Dongdong excitedly served the prepared potatoes and pork belly to Qin Lang.

Qin Lang took a deep breath, picked up a piece of potato with chopsticks and put it into his mouth as if he was ready to die.

Sure enough, the inside of the potato was completely raw.

He picked up another piece of pork belly in desperation.

It tasted salty and sweet, with a distinct fishy smell, which made Qin Lang fall into a long silence.

Danbao, who was standing by, sniffed curiously. Seeing that Qin Lang hadn't expressed any opinion, he couldn't help but secretly lean over and take a bite.

The next moment, its egg-yolk-colored face also turned green, as if it had lost its soul, and it fell headfirst from the air to the ground.

Even with 80 points of defense and 90 points of stamina, I can't handle it...

Picking up Dan Bao from the ground and placing him back on the table, Qin Lang sighed and looked at Cao Dongdong helplessly, "Tell me, who taught you how to season?"

"I figured it out myself." Cao Dongdong chuckled, "Have you forgotten that Pang Long always told us to use the right amount of seasoning?"

"It's just the right amount. You can put it however you like."

"By the way, what does my cooking today taste like?" Cao Dongdong looked at Qin Lang expectantly. "Is it delicious?"

"Delicious..." Qin Lang snatched the dish from the other person's hand and threw it directly into the trash can, "What the hell!"

"Next one!"

"Don't worry, don't worry." Cao Dongdong shrank his head. "Wait, the next one is what I'm best at."

As he spoke, he took out an iron basin, put in flour and water and started kneading the dough.

"what?"

Qin Lang raised his eyebrows again, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

The ratio of noodles to water is just right.

Watching Cao Dongdong skillfully kneading the dough until it reached the "three-light" state of shiny dough, shiny basin, and shiny hands, Qin Lang's eyes were filled with even more astonishment.

This dough kneading ability... is pretty good!

Next, Cao Dongdong began to cut the meat and prepare the stuffing.

After looking at it for a few times, Qin Lang couldn't help but cover his face.

He shouldn't have expected Cao Dongdong's seasoning.

(End of this chapter)