Food Stall: Customers Chase Me across the Country

Chapter 433 - 431: Step Forward, Crispy Potato Bites and Pan-Seared Tofu

Moreover, what annoys people the most is that among the five countries sharing one boat, Huaxia is included!

To know that Huaxia already has over 400 athletes, and with four more countries added, one can imagine how cramped it must be.

As the flag bearer, Long Team energetically waved the national flag, while the people by the shore responded enthusiastically with cheers.

Although the space on the boat was limited, the athletes’ spirits were quite good, continuously waving the little red flags in their hands to both sides.

The ship passed along the Seine River into the Olympic venue, slowly disappearing from everyone’s view.

Wang Fan and a few others jogged straight to the venue; they were qualified to watch the event.

But after watching the entire performance, it really made people’s eyes hurt.

Because after entering the venue, the scene Wang Fan saw was synchronized with Gu Zhengchao’s.

With Zhuo Qianqian, the academic star, explaining, Wang Fan felt uncomfortable.

"This combined character of Blue Elf and Green Lion Spirit, according to the opening ceremony’s design director, was inspired by the Wine God, who is the epitome of indulgence and pleasure."

"The white, red, black, and gray four horses represent the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, corresponding to plague, war, famine, and death, heralding the arrival of the world’s end, symbolizing disaster coming upon mankind, an ominous sign, and the appearance at the opening ceremony makes it hard not to associate it with that. I also think it’s a tribute to Assassin’s Creed, but that director is an LGBT."

"This hanging of the reverse flag is hard to believe as a work error, more like some organization declaring an ability to overturn order."

"Watching it really makes me nauseous, I’d better revisit our 08 opening ceremony to refresh my eyes."

The worry starts with learning literacy in life, and roughly remembering names can be enough.

Wang Fan really likes Su Shi; these are the words written by Su Shi.

According to modern standards, I am someone who roughly remembers names, while my girlfriend is someone who has learned so much that she begins to worry.

I don’t understand anything, watching this opening ceremony just for the fun, at most I find it eye-hurting.

My girlfriend knows too much, she has already seen through the iceberg hidden beneath the ice surface.

Sometimes ignorance is bliss!

Wang Fan sighed and leaned his head next to Zhuo Qianqian’s, watching the opening ceremony of the 08 Beijing Olympics.

Without comparison, there is no harm; in 08, despite Huaxia’s technological level not being outstanding, this opening ceremony was streets ahead of those held by other countries later.

The stage, choreography, program performance, etc., can only be described as crushing.

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The first day of the Olympic Games schedules football and seven-a-side rugby matches, nothing to do with Huaxia Team.

As such, Wang Fan and the others could work overtime to replenish the athletes once more.

Today, Wang Fan was going to make crispy potatoes and pan-fried crispy tofu as snacks.

Though small, the snacks have great knowledge behind them.

Both are popular foods found at street night markets, beloved enough that they linger in the memories of the athletes, showing how deeply they are ingrained in people’s hearts.

The performance of the past two days was enough to make Chen Menglong and others see Wang Fan in a new light, with no more doubts about his competence.

Early in the morning, Wang Fan began the preparation to make tofu.

Using authentic non-GMO soybeans from the black land of the Northeast, after three hours of soaking, the soybeans had become very plump.

Wang Fan put the soaked soybeans into a stone mill, turning the mill to slowly grind the soybeans into fine soy milk.

The soy milk flowed down from the stone mill, enveloping Wang Fan in a rich soybean fragrance.

Once all the soybeans were ground into soy milk, he then used a cloth to filter the soy milk intensely, until only smooth soy milk remained in the barrel, before pouring the soy milk into a large pot to slowly boil over low heat.

Constantly stirring in the pot to prevent sticking to the bottom, once the soy milk boiled, Wang Fan poured it into a large wooden barrel and added some brine.

At this step, what is made is tofu pudding, Wang Fan personally prefers salty tofu pudding.

Pouring the tofu pudding into square molds, placing dumbbells on top to squeeze out excess water, the result was the tofu Wang Fan needed for lunch.

He made extra tofu because Chen Menglong wanted to make familiar homemade tofu.

Zhuo Qianqian continued to energetically prepare the ingredients, and after Wang Fan finished the tofu, he helped tidy up together.

What they cleaned up was what Wang Fan needed, not that they didn’t want to help others, it’s just that his snacks consumed the most ingredients.

His snacks are basically the athletes’ first choice; they always grab the snacks before anything else, making other culinary masters envious.

Potatoes peeled and cut into large chunks with a special tool, all soaked in water for later use.

Next comes the making of the sauce.

Ginger powder, minced garlic, chopped scallions, chopped chili, soy sauce, pure oyster sauce, clear water, brown sugar, plus a pinch of starch, were made into the seasoning for pan-fried crispy tofu, very clean.

For the crispy potatoes, Wang Fan made two types of seasoning: one wet mix and one dry mix, the wet mix being balsamic vinegar, clear water, rock sugar, tomatoes, using those brought by his fiancée, definitely tastier than the local Paris tomatoes.

Dry mix primarily consists of sesame seeds, chili powder, salt, and chicken powder, with the chicken powder being homemade by Wang Fan, with materials only including dried shrimp and dried mushrooms, ensuring no mistakes, emphasizing clean and hygienic seasoning, absolutely preventing athletes from tasting anything problematic.

Just pulling out his chicken powder made Chen Menglong and others extremely fond of it, each turning into robbers, taking away a jar apiece.

Fortunately, he prepared a lot and could make it anytime, so he went along with them, but this also made their relationship more harmonious, everyone treating Wang Fan as an equal, with quite a sense of intergenerational friendship.

Since the seasoning was ready, Wang Fan prepared to make crispy potatoes and pan-fried tofu.

Both items are not labor-intensive, so he made them both simultaneously as complementary dishes.

After removing the dumbbells, the white tender and bouncy tofu was already complete.

Seeing Wang Fan remove the dumbbells, Chen Menglong came over, helped him move the weights away, and prepared to take his own tofu.

Wang Fan quickly reminded him, "Brother Chen, be mindful when you’re using it; I’ve flavored this tofu with base seasoning, use less salt when cooking."

Tofu is a thing that doesn’t easily absorb flavors, so Wang Fan just added some salt during preparation to save marinating time.

Chen Menglong smiled, "Alright, I got it, I’ll taste it first before cooking."

Zhuo Qianqian already started boiling the water, removing the potatoes from the bowl and cleaning off the starch, while Wang Fan took the opportunity to make batter using corn starch, wheat flour, and cornmeal, their coordination was already very seamless and harmonious.

Boiling water because Wang Fan needed to pre-cook the potatoes, and frying them semi-cooked can reduce the frying time, effectively reducing oil consumption and making it healthier to eat.