Chapter 1486: Therefore, I Choose ‘Buddha Jumps Over The Wall’
“This is?” Miya asked.
The people who were immersed in the sour beef bone broth’s exquisite experience all couldn’t help but turn their gaze onto Mag.
The intense aroma rushed out toward them, and drowned out the sour beef bone broth’s aroma immediately. The seafood’s freshness, the rich aroma of the meat, the light aroma of the mushrooms… and the faint scent of the wine. All these scents intermingled together, and brought forward an incredible aroma, making one immersed in it.
The noises slowly faded away, and the audience couldn’t help gulping as they stared at the wine urn in front of Mag.
What was in that urn? Why could it give out such a mesmerizing aroma?!
Even the aroma of the sour beef bone broth was completely suppressed by it.
“This is?” Michael had to put down the bowl in his hand, and smilingly addressed Mag, “Boss Mag indeed decided to put out ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’.”
“Is this the legendary ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’? I didn’t expect its aroma to be so enticing?” Scheer also put down her spoon, and looked at Mag with amazement.
She couldn’t be considered as one of Mamy Restaurant’s regular customers, as the restaurant always had hundreds of people lining up. Moreover, Mag was famous for being impartial and rule-abiding. She didn’t want to waste one to two hours lining up just for a meal.
However, she had recently been hearing about ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ very frequently. Mamy Restaurant was already very famous in Chaos City’s high society’s circle. One could easily hear about it at any occasion.
But, looking at the situation now, this aroma had far exceeded her expectations.
The black pepper steak had given her a pleasant surprise before, and this ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ seemed awesome too.
Chapman stared at Mag and the wine urn in front of him in shock. He was full of doubts. “This aroma is so special. How many ingredients did he put in this urn? And how did he make them work together in such a coordinated manner?”
What the sour beef bone broth went for was extreme simplicity. His master had only put beef bones and pickled radish into his soup before adding a handful of rock salt in. He didn’t use too many condiments or add in other ingredients. He came up with a very simple and scrumptious bowl of soup.
But the soup that Mag made was completely its opposite. There were all kinds of ingredients and even wine added into the urn before simmering all of them together.
According to his master’s ideal, if the ingredients clashed with and offset one another, even putting all the precious ingredients together would only result in a pot of horrendous food.
But the pot of soup Mag made had completely subverted this ideal. The abundant ingredients didn’t become one another’s shackles, but instead they complemented one another, and allowed the aroma to have abundant layers. It was as if people were seeking the familiar scents in this aroma and guessing what it was, just like with a treasure hunt.
Many of Harris’ disciples had similarly confused expressions. At the same time, they also looked a little worried.
“It smells great. Senior, is this aroma still going to be okay? I feel Master’s sour beef bone broth is already completely suppressed by it,” the youngest disciple whispered. “Could he actually know more about soups than Master?”
That senior lowered the hand that was digging his nose with a panicked and awkward expression, and said, “I-impossible.”
This aroma… was really too fragrant!
Simply judging any single one of the fragrances in it was already enticing enough. No matter if it was seafood soup, freshwater seafood soup, mushroom soup, or meat soup… they could all be a pot of soup on their own. However, someone in this world decided to simmer all of them together in one pot.
Furthermore, the most annoying fact was that he could even make them smell so divine and enticing together!
Even though his master was still the most formidable in his heart, it was undeniable that this rich aroma made that senior disciple a little panicked.
“You have to believe in Master. Even if he really loses, we most probably wouldn’t be calling the other man our grandmaster,” that senior consoled him.
“I’m not so sure about that. When did we not carry the black wok[1] for him?” the junior disciple lamented. However, his gaze became more resolute as he gravely said, “A soup has to have more than just aroma. Master’s sour beef bone broth has never depended on its aroma to triumph over its competition. I don’t believe there is a soup that is tastier than the sour beef bone broth.”
“Yes. You’re right, Junior. We have to believe in Master.” The seniors at the side nodded in agreement.
“Let me see what aromas are within it.” Harris closed his eyes, and inhaled the aroma in the air deeply. He could clearly differentiate the fragrance of all the different ingredients, but there were a few that even he couldn’t identify. However, this didn’t prevent him from dissecting the aroma bit by bit. Then, he couldn’t help but heap praises on it. “Ingredients that fly in the sky, ingredients that swim in the sea, ingredients that grow on trees, and ingredients that grow in the ground. Everything is in it. This combination is extraordinary!!!”
He was really a chef who strongly promoted the use of natural ingredients for cooking, and Mag’s ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ was a textbook interpretation of cooking with natural ingredients.
The rich aroma didn’t come from seasonings. It was presented after all the ingredients released their aromas and mingled together. They came together perfectly, and created a wonderful aroma.
It was like a perfect masterpiece created by a seasoning master. The taste’s balance would be destroyed if any one of the ingredients was taken out. At the same time, no other ingredient could be added in.
He is a seasoning genius. Harris was looking at Mag with admiration. Even he didn’t have such abilities and achievements at his age.
‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ had caused a small commotion simply by having its cover removed.
Mag was very calm about that. He picked up the ladle, and scooped ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ into the terracotta bowls on the tray.
Yabemiya went forward and carried the tray over to the judges’ table. She placed a bowl of soup in front of every judge, and then straightened up with the tray at her side. She nodded slightly. “Please enjoy.”
The judges’ gazes were already all attracted by ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’. Apart from Robert and Michael, the other three of them had never tried ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ before.
The thick brown soup was piping hot. The fragrance of the wine tickled their noses, and went straight into their organs. All the different ingredients’ aromas were competing with one other, and they made everyone’s eyes light up. They couldn’t resist the thought of exploring it.
Apart from a group of the restaurant’s regulars, the rest of the audience today were simply passers-by.
They had long heard that Mamy Restaurant had a supreme soup that cost 10,000 copper coins called ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’. They didn’t expect they could see it for themselves at the duel today, so their interest was piqued.
Master Harris’ famous dish vs the ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ that cost 10,000 copper coins per helping. Which was going to win?
Robert scooped up a spoonful of soup, and gently blew at it before feeding it into his mouth. He then closed his eyes subconsciously.
His expression began to get interesting. A blissful and surprised smile appeared on his face, and he only opened his eyes after a long time. Astonished, he said, “There seems to be thousands of changes within this ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’. I can always find a surprise every time I taste it. All the ingredients are fused together so exquisitely that I can still taste them in my mouth afterward.
“If the sour beef bone broth has given me warmth and blissfulness, then the ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ has given me an infinite reverie and a wonderful experience in the culinary ocean. It could perhaps bring a brand-new cogitation to the culinary world. Therefore, I choose ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’.”
[1] Take the rap.