Chapter 1224 - 133 Resignation (Second Update)
Lin Yuan noticed it too; it wasn’t just the plum blossom petals that were included, but also specially treated plum blossom petals. If they were just the original plum blossoms, they would have tasted as bitter and astringent as Liang Shiyou’s plum juice. However, the plum blossoms in Sun Qian’s dish didn’t have that taste; instead, they carried a subtle, lingering sweetness.
Upon closer inspection, they found that there wasn’t just a single layer of plum blossom petals sandwiched between the two slices of radish but rather two neatly placed layers, without which one would have had difficulty experiencing such a pronounced plum blossom flavor.
"Besides the plum blossoms in the middle, I also added some stamens when pouring the soup, so the flavor is even richer," Sun Qian explained joyfully, noting the two people’s appreciation and pointing at the clear soup in the dish.
The fragrance of the plum blossoms mostly comes from the pistils, and Sun Qian’s decision to add the pistils to the soup was an intentional touch.
Lin Yuan couldn’t help but take another bite of the white radish, nodding repeatedly. It wasn’t just the meticulous craftsmanship of layering petal upon petal in the radish, but having such an idea was rare in itself. Sun Qian indeed had some skills!
After Sun Qian’s explanation, everyone else, apart from being impressed, no longer second-guessed whether he had resorted to nepotism or other connections.
Although Liang Shiyou was quite surprised by Sun Qian’s ingenious thoughts, he had always disdained Sun Qian, who often opposed him, and naturally, he wasn’t sincerely convinced.
After looking at Sun Qian’s dishes, Lin Yuan turned her attention to the dishes of the other helpers, most of which were standard fare without anything particularly memorable. However, even such dishes were far better than Liang Shiyou’s bitter and astringent "essence."