Anime cuisine: Starting with glowing dishes

(I need to prepare five covers for a book test at the end of the month. Does anyone have any suitable pictures? Send them to me so I can use them.)

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Chapter 173 Xiaolin: I fight monsters!

It was as if I had traveled through space and arrived at a forest shrouded in darkness.

The shadows of the trees swayed, and the moonlight leaking through the branches and leaves was crushed into fine silver and sprinkled on the wet moss.

Suddenly, a faint green light emerged from the darkness, followed by a second, a third...

Countless fireflies are flying in front of you!

The forest was gradually lit up by fireflies, turning into a dreamlike firefly forest.

The stream flows silently, reflecting these moving lights, and the water surface becomes another forest of fireflies - illusory, swaying, as if it will shatter with the slightest touch.

Occasionally, a firefly flies low, its tail light passing across the water. In an instant, the real and the unreal are intertwined, and it is difficult to tell whether it is a firefly falling into the stream or a star floating up into the night sky.

Such a scenery is nothing to Thor, Lukoa and Fafnir, but for Kobayashi and Takitani Makoto, it is enough to shock them and make them feel refreshed!

"So beautiful!"

The two stood by the stream, looking at the forest of fireflies from across the bank, muttering to themselves.

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I don’t know how many times I was amazed, how many strange landscapes I saw, and how many interesting experiences I had - Kobayashi and the others all had a great time eating, and so did Fafnir, who no longer had a stern face.

"The food is served... This one is braised sea cucumber with scallions!"

Lu Ping'an cooked a classic Shandong dish - after plating it, the little evil god helped move it to the bar and introduced it.

"Sea cucumber..."

Xiaolin stood up, took a plate in surprise, and looked down at it curiously.

The sea cucumber was plump and covered with a dark amber sauce. The folds were soaked with thick soup. The scallion segments were burnt into golden brown, soft but not rotten, with slightly curled edges, and the whole thing exuded a dark golden glow.

Most Japanese people don’t like to eat sea cucumbers——

The texture of sea cucumber meat is not very good for some Japanese people. It is also difficult to cook and requires certain cooking skills and patience, which most people do not have.

In addition, Japan is a country with a developed fishery and abundant seafood resources. In such a food culture context, they tend to choose seafood varieties that taste better and are easier to cook.

In terms of eating habits, Japanese people like to eat sashimi. They are accustomed to slicing seafood and then eating it directly with wasabi paste, soy sauce and other ingredients.

However, this simple and original way of eating is not suitable for sea cucumbers, as they taste fishy, ​​so sea cucumbers are not popular in Japan.

Xiaolin also doesn't like sea cucumbers. She had eaten it once before and it was very fishy and tasted terrible, hard and rough - eating it was like suffering.

But the scallion-fried sea cucumber in front of me did not smell fishy at all, but instead had a rich and tempting scallion aroma.

Out of trust in Lu Ping'an's cooking skills, Xiao Lin picked up a piece of sea cucumber——

The sauce-covered, brown jade-like sea cucumber trembled on the tip of my chopsticks. The deep amber sauce slid down the sea cucumber's wrinkles, and the thick gelatinous layer of the sea cucumber swayed with an alluring, gurgling texture, as if it would slip off the chopsticks at any moment.

"So chewy..."

A hint of surprise flashed in Kobayashi's eyes, and his anticipation grew stronger.

She put the sea cucumber into her mouth, and the rich aroma of onions immediately filled her mouth. The salty and fresh taste of the sauce with a hint of sweetness blossomed on the tip of her tongue. Xiaolin lightly clenched her teeth and felt a surprisingly smooth and elastic feeling. The rich gelatin lingered between her teeth as she chewed it, releasing the unique sweetness of seafood...

She was so surprised by the delicious taste!

"Uh-huh!"

"I can't believe... sea cucumbers can be cooked so deliciously!" Xiaolin raised his hand to cover his mouth lightly, and looked down at the scallion-fried sea cucumber with a look of amazement.

“The scallions are delicious too!”

Takitani Shin closed his eyes, raised his chin slightly, and chewed with a look of enjoyment:

“Slightly charred on the outside, soft and crispy on the inside…”

“It absorbs the essence of the sauce and forms a wonderful contrast with the chewy texture of the sea cucumber.”

"is it?"

Xiaolin glanced sideways, took a bite, and found that it was indeed the case.

The combination of the two creates a rich but not greasy taste, with a fresh and rich flavor and a long aftertaste...

This is a monster-level delicacy——!

"..."

"boom--!"

In the city, the ground suddenly exploded, and countless onion roots as thick as giant trees broke out of the ground. The giant onion stems with green and white colors twisted and entangled, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into a hundred-meter-tall onion monster. The emerald green onion leaves were like giant sickles, sweeping across the high-rise buildings, and the glass curtain walls collapsed with a sharp cracking sound.

The onion roots burrowed into the ground, the entire street surged like waves, cars were lifted into the air, and the crowd fled in panic.

At the same time, the nearby sea area——

A huge splash of water erupted, and a dark brown behemoth slowly crawled from the shallow waters toward the city. Its slimy surface glowed with a strange sheen, and countless suction-cup-like ring-shaped mouthparts moved on its surface, spewing out a foul-smelling mucus.

This giant sea cucumber monster and the onion monster met in the city. Instead of attacking each other, they merged together strangely - the onion tendrils wrapped around the sea cucumber's body, and the sea cucumber's mucus penetrated the onion stems, eventually turning into an onion and sea cucumber monster!

The city fell into despair, and people screamed and fled.

At this moment, a giant figure in red and silver slammed to the ground.

Kobayashi Ultraman makes a stunning appearance!

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"Uh……"

Coming back to his senses, Xiaolin couldn't help but look a little strange. He never thought that eating a sea cucumber with scallions could turn him into Ultraman and fight monsters...

This is for her!

Makoto Takiya was so happy that he couldn't help laughing. Every man has a dream of becoming Ultraman, and this was his dream come true.

My heart was pounding at the moment, and I had the urge to stand up and try it out.

"This is incredible..."

Kanna-chan savored the delicious taste of the green onions and sea cucumbers, squinting her eyes with a look of enjoyment - this was the catchphrase she said the most tonight, and she would say it almost every time a dish was served.

Thor had to admit that Lu Ping'an's cooking skills were better than hers.

She seemed to see the way forward!

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More than half an hour later——

"Ah... no, I can't eat anymore!"

Xiao Lin leaned back and slumped in the chair. She raised her hand and touched her obviously bulging belly. She looked at Lu Ping'an with satisfaction and a little regret:

"Mr. Lu, you don't need to prepare my portion next time."

"I'm almost there." Takitani Shin followed up.

"Humans have their limits after all."

Fafnir ate the pearl dumplings and said this without turning his head.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Takitani Shin looked at him with a smile.

"Row."

While Lu Ping'an was busy, he looked at Xiao Lin and Long Gu Zhen and said with a smile: "Then you can sit down and rest for a while."

"it is good."

The two of them responded.

"..." Xiaolin raised his hand and pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose. He turned his head lazily to look at Thor, Kanna and Lukoa who were still eating with big mouthfuls, with a little envy on his face.

"This is the first time I envy you for having such a big appetite!"

"Ok?"

Thor turned her head, with an unknown sauce on the corner of her mouth. She licked it with her pink tongue, blinked her beautiful orange eyes and said, "Xiao Lin, do you want to continue eating?"

"Do you want me to use magic to help you digest it quickly?"

"Need not."

Xiao Lin broke into a sweat when she heard that and quickly waved her hands. She was not going to do that yet.

"Magic is so convenient!"

Shin Takitani took a sip of soup and continued with a smile.

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Chapter 174 It's time to use Kangen Water Gas!

“Thanks for the treat!”

"Poor hospitality!"

"..."

After seeing off Xiaolin and others, it was already past eight o'clock.

After escorting the people out, Lukoya returned to the Itamae area and expressed his gratitude for the safe landing.

Lu Pingan raised his head and looked at her, then laughed dumbly and said, "Why are you so polite?"

"That's right."

Lukoya crossed her chest with her left hand, placed her right hand on top of it, tapped her fair cheek with her fingers, tilted her head, and said thoughtfully:

"After all, I've already paid..."

"Hmm? What reward did you give?" the little evil god asked curiously.

Gold, silver and treasures?

She knew that Lu Keya had given Lu Ping'an a small gold mountain, and she would definitely not be stingy when it came to her spending. It was estimated that her followers would make a lot of money this time.

The little evil god was envious.

"Don't ask about adults' affairs."

Lu Ping'an twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at the little evil god with empty eyes.

"Who are you talking to, sir?"

The little evil god's cute face twitched, and he looked at Lu Ping'an and muttered, "How stingy! He won't give you a share," but he didn't ask any more questions.

“…” Lu Ping’an felt that she seemed to have misunderstood something, but he didn’t explain—he had no way to explain it!

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The next day——

While jogging in the morning, Lu Ping'an noticed that there were a lot of white clouds in the sky, especially today, with layers upon layers of clouds.

He couldn't help but think of the item entry he hadn't extracted yet - [Reducing Water Gas (White)]!

So, at the next dinner table, Lu Ping'an suggested: "Do you want to go swimming together later?"

"Where are we going? Are you treating me? I'll go if you treat me." The little evil god looked at Lu Ping'an and blurted out without any embarrassment.

Minos' eyes lit up, and he raised his silver-white ox tail and said without hesitation: "Go!"

Playing in the water in the summer is a very happy thing. The last time I played in the water was at the end of May when I went to the beach.

"I don't have a swimsuit."

The second generation was obviously moved, and his face showed the desire to go.

"go with!"