Fang Tang went back to the kitchen and looked at these two people through the serving window. This aged man seemed to be ill because he would cough from time to time. Even though this beautiful young lady was mean to Fang Tang, she was very caring to this old man.
"Alpha, turn on data perception."
As Fang Tang expected, 'data perception' can't provide the identity information of strangers. What he can see is only some externally measurable data, such as height, weight, as well as measurements of waist, chest and hip. Fang Tang blushed when he saw the waist, chest and hip measurements of this beautiful young lady. While he was telling himself 'do not look at what is contrary to propriety', he was still amazed by her chest measurement.
When he was observing the aged man carefully, what he could see in the 'data perception' was the general body data as well as some large shadows in his lungs. Although he didn't know the specific meaning of these shadows, it is obvious that these are not normal body cells.
Fang Tang, who lacks medical knowledge, didn't understand what these shadows meant, but he knew it must represent a certain kind of disease.
The young lady just said that she wanted porridge, but she did not specifically tell him what porridge. Fang Tang thought for a while and decided to make a healthy and delicious Meiling porridge. That will be the best porridge for those with physical discomfort and loss of appetite.
About this porridge, there is a story. It is said that there was a time that Song Meiling, the wife of Chiang Kai-shek, didn't have an appetite for any food. Therefore, the chef of her mansion used fragrant rice and soybean milk to make a pot of porridge for her. After having that, she had a better appetite, and that porridge became her favorite food. Later, the recipe was spread among the folks and was named as "Meiling Porridge".
In order to make this porridge digestible for the aged man, the ratio of japonica rice and glutinous rice can be 1:3 or 1:4, which can be adjusted according to their own taste and preference. Because Fang Tang himself often cooks porridge for breakfast, so there are already washed japonica rice and glutinous rice in the kitchen.
He peeled the steamed yam and mashed it together with steamed lily. Yam is good for strengthening one's spleen function, and lily is good for one's lung. So, both of them are very beneficial to people's health.
He poured the cooked soy milk, cool water, soaked japonica rice and glutinous rice in the pot accordingly and started to boil them. He then added yam and lily mash in when the porridge started boiling, and turned to low heat slowly simmering it. He was standing next to the pot and stirring the porridge from time to time, so that the ingredients heated evenly without sticking to the pan.
When the porridge got glutinous, it was the time to put rock sugar in. Considering this aged man may have lung disease, Fang Tang used Sydney juice instead, which is useful for clearing away lung heat and relieving coughing.
When porridge was cooked, he put some soaked wolfberries on it as decoration. Here came a bowl of fragrant, smooth and glutinous Meiling porridge.
While holding this bowl of porridge and going to walk out of the kitchen, Fang Tang remembered the shadow he had just seen, which was on the lung of this old man. He was thinking that it would better if his divine spell Heal could be used in this world.
[The new function activated the food buff; do you want to use the divine spell Heal to Meiling porridge?] The thought Fang Tang just happened to activate a new function of Alpha system.
Food buff is taken from food and applied to food, which means you can use a divine spell to the food based on the energy of Faith in Food. And the effect of the divine spell will work for those who eat this food. If the spellcasting person who uses the spell is also the chef of this food, the effect will be doubled.
"Holy shit, such a fucking cool function!" Fang Tang was amazed by this. He was just now regretful that his divine spell can't be used in this world. To his surprise, he could still use the divine spell for others through its carrier, food.
Fang Tang checked his divine spell list. The battle with the Walking Mushroom in the cave of another plane, Fang Tang defeated it unscathed without using any healing spells, because that mushroom was not a strong opponent. Therefore, he now still has 1st-level spells, such as 2 Shield of Faith, 1 Summon Monster I, 2 Holy Light, 2 Primary Healing; 2nd-level spells like 2 Junior Healing, 1 Holy Shock, 1 Summon Monster II, 1 Delay Poison. And he used all the 3rd-level spells last time.
"Anyway, I have to use a spell, better to use a more effective one. Ok, Junior Healing." Fang Tang didn't know how this spell works because he had never used this. Being uncertain of this spell, instead of choosing the primary healing, he chose a higher level in order to help this aged man recover from his illness.
Right after he chose the spell, there was a holy white light coming out of his palm and then surrounded that bowl of Meiling porridge. Under this holy light, both Fang Tang and that porridge were cast with holiness. Because he was using the spell in the kitchen, the two customers couldn't see this. Otherwise, that young lady might be marveled and say: "Look there, Grandpa, I see an angel."
And soon the holy light disappeared in the porridge as if it was absorbed by it. The milky and glutinous porridge then turned into a porridge with shiny pure white color. If the light was off at that moment, Fang Tang would see a faint glow from the porridge.
"Since this porridge has a therapeutic effect, then it wouldn't be a big deal for this aged man to have some fried pork steaks." Fang Tang thought. In a good mood, he made some fried pork steaks, and the hot porridge cooled down a little bit while he was frying.
"Is the food done?" urged Guan Lingshan with impatience, because she had been waiting in the lobby for quite a while.
"Here it comes! Sorry, it takes time for make a glutinous porridge." Fang Tang walked out of the kitchen with one bowl of Meiling porridge and a plate of fried pork steaks.
"Didn't you hear me saying no fried pork steaks?!" said Guan Lingshan with great anger after seeing Fang Tang still making some pork steaks.
"Good, well done! There is nothing to eat in the porridge. These pork steaks smell so nice, and they are really big in piece." Guan Tianping was very satisfied after seeing these fried pork steaks. If Guan Lingshan could prevent him from eating this, he picked up one immediately with chopsticks.
"Grandpa, didn't you see how thick these fried pork steaks are? I guess they won't taste good, because no one would choose thick pork steaks to fry." Guan Lingshan tried to find faults with these fried pork steaks so as to prevent Guan Tianping from eating them.
"You're right! They're too thick to be totally cooked. So, these steaks would be either crispy outside and raw inside, or totally cooked in a low heat oil for a long time. If it's the second situation, then these steaks wouldn't be crispy anymore, and the taste will be affected too." Apparently, Guan Tianping is also an epicure.
"That's right! As you can see, these pork steaks are really thick, and they are also a golden crispy color outside, which means these steaks are raw inside. You really should put that one back on the plate." Guan Lingshan quickly echoed.
"Sir, your analysis was totally right. But my specially cooked thick pork steaks are different. You can taste them and tell me how you feel. As I said, if you are not satisfied with the food, I won't let you pay." Fang Tang answered him with confidence in spite of that beautiful young lady's glare.
"Okay, I'll try one." the aged man couldn't resist the tempt of this pork steak and took a bite.
"Um…it's really crispy outside …the dripping gravy is nice too…very tender and it's well cooked." Guan Tianping mumbled this with surprise as he was chewing.
"You can have some porridge, it would be a little greasy to eat pork steaks only." Seeing this aged man can't stop eating pork steaks, Fang Tang reminded him to have some porridge. After all, this buff porridge is the most important one.
"Well, this is Meiling porridge. I haven't had this for a long time. Lingshan, this was your grandma's favorite porridge when she was alive." said the aged man.
He lightly scooped some and put them into his mouth. When this fragrant, glutinous and smooth porridge slides slowly from his tongue all the way to his stomach, it's like a stream of water flowing into a long dry land. The aged man was spirited by it, especially the warm feeling on his chest and lungs made him feel very comfortable, like being surrounded by spring water.
He hadn't had this comfortable feeling for a long time, even before he had the lung cancer, this energetic and comfortable feeling had long disappeared in his aging body. And now, he felt like 10 years younger.
The aged man swallowed this porridge one spoon after another quickly, and soon finished it.
Guan Lingshan was astonished by how fast her grandpa ate up this big bowl of porridge. Since he was ill, he almost had no appetite for anything. And his family would be glad if he could finish a small bowl of food at each meal. But tonight, he ate so much in a short time.
Is this really delicious? Guan Lingshan couldn't imagine the porridge was completely gone. Then she picked a piece of fried pork steak as well, and took a big bite.
That is really nice. It's very crispy outside, tender and juicy inside. The proportion of frying oil is perfect, so it's not greasy at all. Because these steaks are very thick, they will give you unparalleled satisfaction after one big bite.
Guan Lingshan has been living an extravagant life since her childhood, therefore, she is very picky about food. To her surprise, this small and broken restaurant, which doesn't have a decent chair, could offer such delicacies.
Seeing that his granddaughter had taken one from the plate, the aged man picked another one right away. So, one for you, one for me, they finished a plate of fried pork steaks in a short time.
"I'm pretty full" said Guan Lingshan with hands on her belly. She regretted having night snacks, especially having so much fried meat. She told herself that she needed to exercise more tomorrow.
"Young man, how did you cook these pork steaks and this porridge?" Guan Tianping felt very well after having this porridge, which raised his curiosity about how this porridge was made so that it could make him feel so good. He also wanted to know how to make such thick pork steaks, which were not only well cooked, but also crispy outside and tender inside.
"Well… I put some herbs in the porridge. Strictly speaking, it is a medicated diet. Because it is an ancestral formula, I can't talk more about it." Fang Tang was very pleased to see that the aged man had a refreshing look after eating the porridge. But he couldn't explain that he used a divine spell in this porridge, he could only say that he had added some herbs.
After hearing that this was an ancestral recipe, the aged man stopped asking more.
"But I can tell you how to make these fried pork steaks. Follow me to my kitchen and you will know." Fang Tang took them to his kitchen.
"That's a clean kitchen." Guan Lingshan remarked. This kitchen is clean and tidy, it is totally different from what she imagined. She thought it might be dirty, oily and with sewage everywhere.
"Of course, kitchen is the kingdom of the chef. As a good chef, it is my responsibility to keep my kingdom clean and in order." Fang Tang responded with pride.
Then he pointed at his stove and said: "This is the secret for making those delicious fried pork steaks."
Guan Lingshan moved her eyes toward where he pointed at and saw two pans on the stove, with cooking oil in them.
"I see! You used both the high-temperature pan and the low-temperature pan. So, you actually fried these steaks twice." Guan Tianping saw the difference between these two pots and said.
"Exactly! To make this kind of pork steaks, firstly, you need to quickly fry them in a high-temperature pan. The time should be controlled within 10 seconds. In doing so, the steak will take on shape in a short time and the thin layer outside could also help hold the gravy of the meat inside, and that's why the steaks you ate just now are juicy. After that, you need to put them into a low-temperature pan and fry them for about 8 minutes. In this way, not only did that thin layer outside wouldn't get burned, the meat wrapped by that thin layer can also be cooked," explained Fang Tang.
"That's amazing!" Guan Lingshan never thought just a piece of fried pork steak could be cooked in such a delicate way. From this, she can tell that although this man, who is standing in front of her, is quite young, he has his own understanding and ideas towards cooking. She can see the air of an excellent chef in him.