It's worth mentioning.
Fugu skin is incredibly delicious, a luxury ingredient that is in no way inferior to its meat; hence, skillful skinning is a test of a chef's reliability.
Xia Yu soaked the processed fugu meat in cold water.
Generally speaking, fish are freshest within 4-5 hours of death; thereafter, their flesh becomes stiff and their taste and texture sharply decline.
But this common knowledge does not apply to fugu.
The flesh of fugu is too delicate and firm; it only begins to soften a day after death.
So Xia Yu had told the elderly man to come back in a day.
The fugu prepared that day couldn't be eaten the same day.
"Bang!"
Securely locking the kitchen door and triple-checking that it was locked, Xia Yu then turned and smiled at Yuchuan Meisha, "Let's go—"
The old man had disappeared without a trace at some point.
As evening approached.
They stepped out of the culinary building to see the evening glow casting a peaceful and picturesque beauty over the courtyard.
