After working in the culinary industry for a long time, chefs develop a certain tactile intuition.
For example, how many ingredients require how much seasoning, or how much water is needed for a soup, all these are judged purely by feeling.
In the beginning, to practice her culinary skills, Liu Yunong cooked with almost all kinds of ingredients and became very familiar with them.
Even when it came to gutting fish, she had personally done it countless times and was extremely familiar with the various parts of fresh fish.
Even with the innards, which are usually casually removed and thrown away, she had occasionally examined them closely out of curiosity.
However, even a renowned chef like Liu Yunong failed when attempting to wrap fish cardiac septum with cotton wool.
This just shows how difficult this dish is to prepare.
After Wang Yulong leaned in to take a closer look, Fu Yu also leaned in to examine it closely.
Finally, Fu Yu even reached out to inspect the condition of the fish heart.
With absolute tactile perception, when Fu Yu’s fingers touched the fish heart, an evaluation of its state appeared before him:
[Cardiac septum damaged, damage extent 40%, heart ceased to function...]
At this moment, the fish heart did not seem as simply wrapped in the cardiac septum as it appeared. In Fu Yu’s eyes, every scar was vividly recorded in clear data.
Fu Yu felt that this heart was simply wrecked!
The cotton wool had not completely wrapped the cardiac septum, and it was evident that the septum had been crushed and ruptured by external force, then pressed by another external pressure, ultimately adhering to the fish heart.
Liu Yunong used too much force during the operation, and her technique was not applied at the right point when wrapping.
However, under the condition of being unable to see and relying solely on tactile exploration.
Moreover, it was the first time attempting, reaching this level was actually quite impressive.
Most people might not even be able to accurately locate the specific position of the cardiac septum.
Looking at the dead fish in front of her, Liu Yunong suddenly found herself short of breath.
It’s over!
Even though she has always held a high opinion of herself, she realized clearly at this moment that she couldn’t cook this dish at all.
It’s too difficult.
This is no longer simple cooking; it’s akin to performing surgery on a fish.
The fish heart is already fragile, yet it still requires wrapping and then frying!
No wonder this dish has long disappeared from people’s view.
Without dozens or even hundreds of practice runs, this dish simply can’t be cooked successfully!
The current situation is no longer as simple as Liu Yunong had imagined.
In the entire kitchen, she’s the most skilled chef, with the best techniques, yet she can’t make this dish, so others certainly can’t either.
Moreover, the variables involved in cooking this dish are too many. Now the heart is damaged, who can guarantee that next time it won’t be the gills or some other part getting damaged, leading to the entire dish failing?
After checking, Wang Yulong sincerely said, "If it doesn’t work, let’s change the dish, alive cooked carp is too difficult to prepare!"
Liu Yunong’s expression was a bit grim.
Truth be told, she felt an indescribable sense of defeat now.
She never imagined that just cooking a dish could be this hard!
She even failed on the first attempt.
However, she clearly knew that she couldn’t master this dish.
Although she was prepared before, actually encountering failure makes her a little uncomfortable.
Even though Vice President Wang had previously, under her guidance, voluntarily said to just let the kitchen handle it, regardless of success or failure.
But facing the actual failure, she wouldn’t feel right about it.
Almost her entire thirty-some years of life had gone smoothly, the pride ingrained in her made failure hard to accept.
Especially now, feeling humiliated due to lack of skill, in front of someone foolish.
This was truly hard for her to face.
At this moment, Liu Yunong suddenly realized!
This dish, alive cooked carp, was mentioned casually in the past precisely because of its difficult cooking method.
If it were easy, why would it be known as a very difficult dish to prepare?
Liu Yunong couldn’t help but shake her head!
Culinary skills are a path of endless learning!
Even a little arrogance can’t be tolerated!
Who could have thought that cooking a dish could utterly stump her?
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In Private Room 105.
Vice President Wang was bragging about his family background while holding a female companion.
From his dad, to his mom, to his family business.
Vice President Wang was a completely unreliable second-generation official.
Pockets full of sharp objects, he especially liked to show off.
Today, he brought his new girlfriend to dine at Shangshi Private Kitchen just to show off.
He was using the VIP voucher given by his dad to dine for free.
But whether or not he spends money didn’t matter, what mattered was tasting this supposedly awesome dish, alive cooked carp.
This dish, he had heard about during a gathering with some scoundrel friends, it was said that someone once ate it elsewhere.
When the cooked carp was served on the table, it could still move. This dish was especially interesting.
For someone as face-saving as Vice President Wang, how could he accept being outdone by others.
After doing some online research on the dish, he even raised two live carp.
He brought them here today just to see how rare this so-called alive cooked carp truly is!
The kitchen staff was quite efficient with the dishes; besides the ordered dishes, they also sent two bottles of good wine as a bonus.
Vice President Wang took a sip of wine, shook his head, and said, "The owner of this restaurant is a famous female chef, I heard from my dad that her family used to be Imperial Chefs cooking for nobles in the palace!"
His female companion’s eyes lit up, "That’s impressive!"
Vice President Wang chuckled, "Of course, otherwise, why would I bring the fish here? They say you can’t find this dish of alive cooked carp on the market, that’s just because they haven’t looked in the right place!"