She reappeared in comfy loungewear.
Lin Yi was waiting.
Two plate-lids sat on the dining table.
Curious, she asked, "What's the other dish?"
"Guess."
He smiled. "Get it right and there's a bonus."
"Hold on…"
She bounced onto her seat, excited.
"Hmm… what could it be? I didn't see anything else when I came in."
She tapped her lip, thinking hard.
Unable to guess, she touched the lids—both were equally hot.
"Could it be... both are Mapo Tofu?"
Okino Yoko looked at Lin Yi and guessed cautiously.
"Oh... quite impressive."
Lin Yi also looked at Okino Yoko with slight surprise, not expecting her observational skills to be so sharp. No wonder she personally loves mysteries so much.
"You guessed it."
Lin Yi said, slowly lifting the lid of the plate.
The trapped heat rushed out all at once, along with the aroma.
Suddenly, Okino Yoko seemed to have seen something wrong. She seemed to feel that the dish was glowing!
It flickered and reflected golden light, which made her rub her eyes and say to Lin Yi with a surprised face, "Am I seeing things... it's glowing!"
Lin Yi smiled and said, "You're not seeing things... this is the legendary dish that glows. The taste is world-class."
"Really?"
Okino Yoko couldn't help but twitch her nose as she asked, taking a deep breath, a look of intoxication on her face: "It smells so good..."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but turn and lick her lips.
It was obvious that this Mapo Tofu really suited her taste.
Looking at the two Mapo Tofu dishes on the left and right, Okino Yoko compared them, but didn't find anything special. She asked curiously, "What's the difference between these two Mapo Tofu dishes?"
"The one on the left is the Mapo Tofu you often eat."
Lin Yi said, "The one on the right is the more authentic Chinese Mapo Tofu."
Some people always think that Japanese people's tastes are lighter, but in reality, Japanese people's tastes are still quite strong.
From their breakfast, with natto in it, you can get a glimpse of it.
Anyone who has ever touched natto, the first feeling is that it is very strange.
The taste is indescribably strange. Some people say it has an unspeakable "stink", some people say it has the taste of stewed meat, some people like this taste, even obsessed with this taste, and some people want to vomit and stay away from it when they smell this taste.
In addition, there is the Japanese egg rice, which directly beats the whole raw egg on the rice, and then mixes some soy sauce to eat.
Lin Yi still can't accept this kind of eating so far.
In addition to this kind of heavy taste, the Japanese's favorite is sweet.
Egg rolls are sweet, and burdock salad is sweet.
Even the meat buns are sweet, the outer skin is sweet, and the meat filling is Clampsweet onion grains.
Not to mention that the chocolate is excessively sweet, even after curry was introduced to Japan, a sweet taste was born.
Even Mapo Tofu has been modified by them when it came to Japan, with a sweet taste in the spicy, stimulating the taste buds, and their so-called Spicy is, in the eyes of the Chinese, at most slightly spicy.
Lin Yi specially made the Japanese modified version of Mapo Tofu and the traditional authentic Mapo Tofu... just to avoid touching the Japanese Mapo Tofu.
Who the hell wants to eat sweet Mapo Tofu! Don't you think it's greasy?
But there's no way, the Japanese just like this taste.
"I'll try the one on the left first."
Okino Yoko couldn't wait to say "I'm starting", took a spoonful with a spoon, blew on it a few times, put it in her mouth, and then she felt very satisfied: "Um... so delicious."
"It's good that it's delicious."
Lin Yi smiled, constantly complaining in his heart: Delicious my ass, Mapo Tofu with sugar has no soul at all.
He is the chef, and he couldn't eat it after trying two bites himself.
Okino Yoko happily ate a few more bites, then she looked at the Mapo Tofu on the right, her spoon ready to move, and said, "I'll try this one on the right..."
Lin Yi reminded: "This one is a bit spicy."
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I like spicy food the most."
Okino Yoko took a spoonful with great interest, blew on it a few times, and carefully put it in her mouth and ate it.
Lin Yi silently poured a glass of beer and put it in front of her.
"..."
Okino Yoko held back for four seconds, and finally couldn't hold it back. Her eyebrows were wrinkled together. She quickly picked up the beer and drank it in big gulps, finishing a glass in one go.
Lin Yi filled her up again, and Okino Yoko picked it up and drank most of it before she stopped.
She pitifully stuck out her little tongue and said, "So spicy... so spicy... not only spicy, but also... a strange feeling... woo woo... I feel my tongue is moving..."
Lin Yi couldn't help but laugh. He said, "This strange feeling is called numbness in China. It will be fine in a while."
Saying that, Lin Yi also took a spoonful for himself and ate it happily.
Japanese food has fewer levels of taste, most of which are salty, sweet, and spicy.
Most Japanese people have not been exposed to the taste of numbness.
After Okino Yoko calmed down for a while, the numbness on her tongue gradually subsided. Then she took a tissue, wiped her small mouth, and looked at the Mapo Tofu with some surprise:
"Is this the traditional Chinese Mapo Tofu? It's really amazing... there's actually this strange taste..."
She watched Lin Yi eat it bite by bite with rice, and she couldn't help but said, "Can you accept this taste called numbness?"
"Well... I guess I'm used to it."
Lin Yi smiled and said, "I think the traditional Mapo Tofu has a richer taste and a very obvious sense of layering..."
"It is indeed more obvious... but it's a bit too spicy. I'll eat this one."
Okino Yoko stuck out her tongue embarrassedly, and then she continued to eat the modified version of Mapo Tofu.
Lin Yi didn't force it either. He made two copies with this in mind.
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