457. Crispy Duck, Osmanthus Rice Wine and Green Plum Rice Wine
It’s not that Li Xiao thinks innovation and catering are bad.
But sometimes, walking will lead to a dead end.
Innovate for the sake of innovation, and cater for the sake of catering.
It's like a rice wine wine list.
The simple rice wine has actually evolved from four types at the beginning to more than twenty types now.
Among them are mint-flavored rice wine, tomato-flavored rice wine, and milk-flavored rice wine.
Although this is just Li Xiao's initial impression, as for what it is like, it really needs to be tasted before making a final conclusion.
So Li Xiao specially ordered a milk-flavored rice wine that looked very much like dark cuisine.
Studio.
"???The rice wine also has milk flavor?"
"Is this crispy duck different from what I remember?"
“Isn’t this crispy duck too little?”
"What's missing? It's enough for the anchor to eat alone."
“This is the first time I’ve seen such exquisite crispy duck.”
“The bottle of this rice wine is so pretty!”
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Although Li Xiao has a steel stomach, he does not drink on an empty stomach.
After all, there are more than 400,000 viewers watching in the live broadcast room.
Although he can drink on an empty stomach, it does not mean that most people can.
He doesn't want to inadvertently spread any bad eating habits in the live broadcast room.
The crispy duck in front of you is completely different from the pixel duck that most people have in mind.
To make normal crispy duck, the whole duck is marinated and then fried in oil.
Alternatively, cut the duck into small pieces, marinate it to taste, and fry it in a pan until crispy.
However, here, a completely different method is used.
"Look, the new style crispy duck."
"The surface is fried into a crispy batter, and the bottom is duck meat and duck skin."
“It’s sprinkled with special powder and served with duck soup.”
"It looks nice and smells delicious. Let me try this soup."
Li Xiao used a spoon to scoop up a spoonful of milky white soup.
A rich aroma of duck meat hits your face, with a hint of milk.
The soup is very smooth and comfortable in the mouth.
“Delicious.”
"This soup must have been made by using a pressure cooker. It may have even squeezed out the bone marrow."
"It has spring bamboo shoots, black pepper, and duck bones added to it."
"It's very sweet, very strong, and has a slightly spicy taste from black pepper."
“The spring bamboo shoots inside are finely chopped and taste very tender.”
"After drinking it in one sip, a thin layer of sweat breaks out all over my body. It feels very comfortable."
"This duck bone is a by-product of his new style of crispy duck."
"He didn't throw it away but chose to use it to make soup. This idea is very good. Thumbs up to the boss."
After drinking most of the bowl of soup, Li Xiao put down the soup bowl that was almost bottomed out with some unfinished content.
He looked at the new style crispy duck next to him.
After Li Xiao finished drinking the soup, he unconsciously raised his expectations a lot.
The crispy duck was neatly cut into 10 rectangular slices slightly larger than your thumb.
Li Xiao picked up one of the pieces and showed it in front of the live broadcast room.
"The top is golden crispy batter, and the bottom is duck meat and duck skin."
"I just finished the soup. Now let me try the crispy duck in front of you. Is it delicious or not?"
Put the crispy duck on the chopsticks into your mouth.
Not too big, not too small, just enough for one bite.
When you take a bite, the batter on top bursts into a crispy texture. The top bread is crumbled and fried thoroughly, and the batter below is fried very crispy.
"The oil temperature is well controlled, and no excess oil will leak out of the batter when you bite into it."
“The duck meat and duck skin mixed together below taste great.”
"In order to remove the bones, the whole duck is steamed in a steamer."
"So, duck meat and duck skin contain quite a lot of moisture."
"Frying for a short period of time will not allow all the moisture to be lost."
"So it tastes crispy on the outside but tender on the inside."
"Especially duck skin is stacked on the outside and experiences the highest temperature."
"All the excess fat in the duck skin has been fried out, and the rest, except for the golden skin, is full of collagen."
"This new style crispy duck tastes completely different from the old style crispy duck."
“The new style crispy duck tastes a bit like the juicy chicken chop you get from a takeaway restaurant.”
“But the crispy duck here has a richer taste.”
"The old brand crispy duck tastes very dry overall, but it will be more fragrant and crispy."
“Generally speaking, the innovation here is quite good in this dish.”
"85 points!"
"taste good!"
As he spoke, he picked up the second piece and threw it into his mouth.
This piece is located in the middle, and the amount of duck skin underneath is relatively small.
It tastes more tender and smooth.
Li Xiao raised his eyebrows, "Good guy, every piece of this relationship has a different taste."
However, both pieces of crispy duck taste very good, and there is no situation where one piece is delicious and the other is unpalatable.
I ate two pieces of crispy duck to fill my stomach.
Li Xiaocai turned his attention to the three bottles of rice wine on the table.
The bottle of rice wine is very beautiful.
On the white frosted bottle, there is a cyan square sticker with the taste of the rice wine written in beautiful calligraphy.
Li Xiao hesitated again and again, but still did not dare to put milk-flavored rice wine in the first place.
Gently remove the cork from the rice wine bottle.
A faint scent of osmanthus and rich rice wine erupted from the bottle.
Just after sniffing it lightly, Li Xiao felt that his whole mood was a little happy.
The fragrance is very fresh, and you can tell as soon as you smell it that it is not smoked with industrial ingredients.
Gently pour the rice wine into the cup.
The osmanthus-flavored rice wine is champagne-colored and very beautiful.
As the wine was poured out, the original faint scent of osmanthus became more intense.
It's like suddenly returning to the autumn when the sweet-scented osmanthus is in full bloom, surrounded by the garden full of sweet-scented osmanthus.
Li Xiao brought the cup closer to his nose. The scent of osmanthus became lighter, and the aroma of rice wine became the protagonist.
After a brief taste, his eyes lit up.
"The taste is very good, sweet, a little sour, and a little astringent."
"It's very comfortable to drink, and the alcohol content is very low. It's marked on it as 10 degrees."
"In my opinion, the alcohol content may be lower, just a little higher than beer."
Li Xiao poured herself a second cup. After the second cup, she felt better.
"Overall, this osmanthus-flavored rice wine is quite good and is indeed suitable for female friends to drink."
"Not only is it pleasant to drink, but the alcohol content is low, rice wine can also nourish the stomach and dispel cold, which is very nourishing."
"But the only drawback is that the scent of osmanthus cannot be fully integrated into the rice wine."
“It smells very good, but when I drink it up close, I don’t feel much of it.”
Then Li Xiao opened the green plum-flavored rice wine.
Green plum-flavored rice wine is light green in color.
The aroma of green plum is stronger and longer than that of sweet-scented osmanthus.
It tastes more sour and has the fruity aroma of green plums.
Both rice wines taste quite good.
After each bottle was enough for two drinks, Li Xiao slowly turned his attention to the last bottle of milk-flavored rice wine.
