I'm the Culinary God

"Ha, I must give it a good taste; I can’t miss out on the deliciousness."

She saved the edit progress, closed the computer, walked to the sink to wash her hands with soap, and then took chopsticks and a plate from the sterilizer, quickly walking over.

She opened the steamer lid and saw the Jade Shumai inside, somewhat surprised:

"Wow, it looks like so many varieties."

Although the green leafy vegetables looked similar before cooking, when wrapped in shumai skins, there were still some differences. Even Shen Jiayue, a kitchen novice, could tell there were many types.

As for the ones with yellow bean sprouts filling, they were even more distinct.

She picked up a spinach-filled one and took a bite, her eyes widening:

"Wow, this spinach one is so tasty, soft and fragrant, without that bitter taste of spinach. Wonderful, wonderful!"

She ate happily, having thought that the oil vegetable filled shumai at noon was classic, surprised that the spinach-filled ones were also so delicious.

Moreover, compared to oil vegetables, spinach was sweeter, and the umami in the mouth was more intense.

Delicious, so tasty!

Lin Xu chuckled and said:

"As long as you like it, try the others too, later on I’ll make your favorites."

Shen Jiayue’s heart felt warm and cozy.

This feeling of being pampered is truly wonderful!

She was so happy that she forgot to eat the shumai and whispered in Lin Xu’s ear:

"After the New Year’s holiday, how about we get the certificate?"

Being so pampered by her lover every day, she couldn’t wait for the wedding; she just wanted to appear on the same household registration with Xu Bao immediately and become a legally married couple.

Lin Xu was somewhat surprised, not expecting Shen Baobao to suddenly say this.

He laughed and said:

"Let’s wait a bit. I’ll wait for the household registration quota, and then we’ll get the certificate. We’re already together, no rush."

"Alright... What’s going on with Yanjing Hotel though? It’s been so long, and the household registration hasn’t been arranged. Early on, I should have let you be part of Dad’s company, applying for a household registration under a listed company’s standards."

In Beijing, many people get registered by attaching themselves to big companies, then pay a fee after successful registration, exploiting a loophole in policy and rules.

However, Lin Xu didn’t want that; conducting business uprightly, the registration should also be done properly.

If done sneakily, it would be like smuggling.

He felt like calling Ye Lixin but felt this matter was inappropriate to urge.

"After the New Year holiday, I’ll go to Yanjing Hotel to ask General Manager Ye about the situation, to see what’s going on. If it doesn’t work, then we’ll think of other ways."

Lin Xu believed Ye Lixin wasn’t someone who’d break his word, but this matter needed follow-up.

The terms agreed upon included the household registration, without which, they’d pay extra to compensate for the registration condition.

They shouldn’t be unpaid and the registration undetermined, helping in vain.

Shen Jiayue tried the other shumai, like Lin Xu, she didn’t enjoy the oil wheat vegetables, but the yellow bean sprouts were very good, and the girl didn’t get enough after two.

While eating, Chen Yan and Ren Jie came upstairs.

"Well, you two are sneaking a meal alone, is this how sisters should behave?"

Shen Jiayue rolled her eyes at her:

"Why not continue attacking the claw machine? Got thrown out?"

"Not at all, just catching enough got a bit boring; caught toys were given to others... Oh, these shumai have different colors."

Chen Yan handed two pairs of chopsticks to Ren Jie, grabbed them from the sterilizer without washing her hands, and began competing with Shen Jiayue for food.

Lin Xu didn’t linger; confirmed to make spinach and shepherd’s purse, and yellow leaves, he went into the kitchen.

At this moment everyone was tearing the yellow bean sprouts by hand, the yellow tender leaves were placed in a basket, the white vegetable stems tossed aside, to be used later for Vinegar Fried Cabbage.

"Get some more spinach and shepherd’s purse, make extra, as not everyone was satisfied at lunch; let’s eat more tonight."

Lin Xu instructed and then went to the dumpling section to start making shumai skins.

The shumai filling prepared, the skins mixed and rested a while, began wrapping the filling.

Lin Xu didn’t participate further, as wrapping shumai wasn’t difficult; the chefs in the dumpling section could easily handle the dough rolling.

He was now preparing the fish, deciding to cook them in his own style.

The Gu fish, mouse grouper, and one Eastern Star grouper, naturally he followed the original Vinegar Fried Crucian Carp method, but for the largest Eastern Star grouper, Lin Xu planned to try something different.

He first cleaned and all the fish were fried.

Once the fish were fried, the vinegar-fried ones were all drizzled with vinegar sauce, served outside, allowing Shen Guofu and others who just arrived for dinner to taste and revisit the midday surprise of the vinegar-fried fish.

As for the fried Eastern Star grouper, Lin Xu arranged it on the plate, then set up a wok on the stove, added a spoonful of lard, and heated it over a high flame.

He added a generous handful of soaked Sichuan peppercorns into the wok, releasing a numb flavor, then followed with dried chili pieces; when the spicy aroma rose, added a spoonful of chopped doubanjiang to fry out red oil.

Poured in a large bowl of pork bone broth, added a tablespoon of light soy sauce, half a scoop of dark soy sauce, a little salt, a teaspoon of pepper, several crystal sugar pieces.

Boiled it briefly over high heat.

Once the crystal sugar melted, scooped out the residue from the pot, forming a glaze.

Finally, on the nearby stove, boiled a spoonful of chili oil, heated, then poured into the soup to kick out a spicy aroma, then took the pot and evenly drizzled the soup with floating red oil over the fish.