Jiang Feng had already decided on the dish he wanted to make.
He planned to cook with pork belly, specifically with fatty pork belly.
Since it was a dish for the Zhao family's dining table, it naturally needed to match the style of the Zhao family.
He would make lion's head meatballs without crab meat.
When it comes to lion's head meatballs, one cannot help but mention the Four Joyful Meatballs. These two dishes not only look similar but their cooking methods are nearly identical as well; the biggest difference in appearance is their color, but many people still think that Four Joyful Meatballs are just red-braised lion's head meatballs.
Last year, during the taste test, Jiang Jiandang lost because he mistook Four Joyful Meatballs for lion's head meatballs.
