Five drunken shrimp, to be honest, is really a bit not enough to stuff your teeth, and it is not the kind of prawns themselves, that is, to taste the taste.

Needless to say, even if you have eaten it, there is still some aftertaste of that umami. If you have the conditions, you can't say that you still want to think about it, go back and find a chance to do it, if you eat too much of this thing, it is estimated that it will be addictive, and it is estimated that you will not be able to stop until your taste is exhausted.

"The second dish, the first soup - dragon and phoenix Chengxiang!" The eunuch saw that everyone had finished eating, so he came out and announced.

"This king is worry-free, he won't really stew the dragon, right?" Dong Cheng said jokingly.

"Dragons don't exist at all, it should be something else. Speaking of which, some time ago, it seems that some dragons were bought in the palace, it can't be that, right? Xun Yu, who has been promoted to Shaofu, replied, and now she can also have a royal banquet openly.

"Dragon's meat...... It's a bit of a curiosity......" Wang Yun sighed a little, after all, that thing was almost a legendary thing. But curiosity is curiosity, and I must be curious about what that meat tastes like. Dragon, it's a dragon too!

"But even if it's a dragon, if you eat dragon meat directly, Your Majesty won't have an opinion?" Yang Biao asked suspiciously.

"Your Majesty seems to be looking forward to dragon meat as well......," Cao Cao smiled, "but he also decreed that it was forbidden to eat dragons everywhere except for the imperial banquet." However, if the dragon harms the people and poses a threat to the local area, it can be reported and hunted after approval! ”

The dragon is not a dragon after all, at most it is a distant relative. However, the dragon is a symbol of the royal family, and if the people eat the dragon, it will somewhat reduce the people's awe of the royal family, so it is forbidden to eat it privately. It's just that a beast is a beast in the end, if it does something that hurts the heavens and reason, after it is reported, it will be hunted and killed with the approval of the Son of Heaven, which can be regarded as maintaining the face and reputation of the royal family.

At the same time, putting the dragon meat into the imperial banquet can also be regarded as the performance of the Son of Heaven for the closest courtiers.

"Having said that, in the end, we still don't know, this dragon and phoenix Chengxiang is not dragon meat...... Xun Yu tilted his head, "But it's already served......"

As the words fell, the kitchen had already brought a bowl of soup one after another, it was really only the size of a bowl, and I saw some ingredients sporadically, but that's all.

"This ...... Could it be ......" Cao Cao scooped a spoonful, saw a certain piece of meat, and seemed to understand something.

"That thing is also stewed, is it okay?" Xun Yu was a little worried.

"Snake soup?" Peng Qi seemed to recognize it, "It's delicious, this thing!" ”

"Well, it's a king cobra, a very large venomous snake!" Wang Yong explained.

"It's not going to be poisoned, is it?" Liu Xie asked.

"The main poison of a venomous snake comes from the poison sac in the head, in other words, as long as the poison sac is removed, then there is no problem. Before it was served, the imperial kitchen had already tried the poison in advance. Wang Yong replied, "I drank a bowl myself." ”

"What should I do if something happens to you......" Liu Xie said angrily.

"It's also a normal thing in the industry, and when you cook puffer fish, you have to taste it first after cooking, and there is no problem before you can give it to diners. Since I cook dishes with poisonous ingredients, as a chef, I should also taste them first. Wang Yong replied.

The imperial chef is not an ordinary chef after all, if someone maliciously invests in it and then accuses him, then maybe he will really have to bear the injustice. In contrast, if he tastes the soup directly, then there is a problem, at most it is just that he is not good at cooking.

"But I remember, aren't you invincible?" Liu Xie thought for a while and replied.

"It's not that you're immune to any toxin, it's that you're very resistant to toxins. So if the soup is poisonous, then I'll be uncomfortable for a while, but at least I won't die. But if you change someone else, you will really die. Wang Yong replied.

"So this dragon and phoenix are auspicious, and the dragon is a king cobra, so the phoenix ...... Don't you tell me it's **? Peng Qi looked up.

"It was the turtledove, which hesitated among the pigeons, the dragons and the quails." Wang Yong replied when he heard this, "In addition, yams are added, and in terms of seasoning, only salt is added." ”

"Just salt?" Liu Xie thought it was strange, this seasoning was too simple, right? You know, it's a royal feast!

"I've tasted it, and I know it." Wang Yong smiled mysteriously.

"So, let's try it first!" Liu Xie didn't say anything, but scooped up a spoonful of soup, put it in his mouth and sipped it.

A very strong fragrance swept over and hit the brain, and an auspicious image of a dragon and phoenix took shape in my mind. Liu Xie was in a trance for a moment, then came back to his senses and looked at the soup in the bowl in disbelief.

"Why is it so fresh?" Liu Xie asked curiously.

"At the end of the day, it's also a means of emphasis, I use high-quality mountain spring water, and I let it sit for a while before taking it. The sweetness of the mountain spring water and the boiled broth are very sweet. The key seems to be that the more venomous the snake, the better the meat will be, so when I chose king cobra and turtle dove as ingredients for soup, I had this idea, that is, in order to emphasize the original deliciousness of the ingredients, I only used salt for seasoning! Wang Yong replied.

However, salt is not ordinary salt, this salt is the salt left over after smoking seaweed, and it has a "smoky" texture and full of umami. Of course, the most critical foreshadowing is naturally the drunken shrimp of the appetizer!

"Sure enough, no wonder this time it's the appetizer at the top!" Cao Cao took a sip of the soup and was drunk for a few seconds, and then he came back to his senses and sighed.

"The taste of this soup is pure!" Wang Yun nodded, "There seems to be no extra seasoning, and there are no ginger slices, but the umami and fragrance are very obvious." What removes the last bit of fishy smell of this dish and completes the dish is the umami of the shrimp and sake in the previous dish! ”

In other words, the aroma of the previous dish that remains in the mouth is used to sublimate the dish. Of course, you can also pour cooking wine or something into it and boil it at the beginning, but this natural aroma is difficult to boil.

No, it's not so much the taste of nature as it is the flavor of the wild! The wildness of the two materials, along with this soup, filled the whole body, and I only felt that my whole body was full of strength, and people became a little wild.

"The theme of tonight's feast won't be wild, right?" Dong Cheng was a little curious.

"The first is eaten raw, and the second is soup, but it's seasoned with very little seasoning." Liu Xie, on his side, looked at Peng Qi at the moment, "Just like the evolution of civilization, people first ate it raw, and then learned to roast and stew. After that, I learned to fry, and then I learned to fry and steam...... Dishes also range from simple cooking to complex craftsmanship, this is the evolution of civilization, and this is also the theme of tonight's feast. ”

"I see, that's why the second course is only salt!" Peng Qi suddenly realized. It might be delicious with other seasonings, but it's hard to cook such pure game.

At first, she thought it was just like this, but she didn't expect this soup to have such a deep meaning......