At that moment, the fragrance of the Golden Silk Fish flooded Lu Li's nostrils. Frying fish in this oil did not leave behind any greasy residue; it smelled purely fresh and fragrant, without the slightest hint of oiliness.
The Shrimp Meat was also coated in Golden Bread Crumbs from the Gourmet World. This was an ingredient estimated to have a Capture Level above 800. It mainly grew in the first region of the Gourmet World, originally the territory of the Dragon King, on a Golden Bread Tree guarded by giant dragons.
That bread tree ripened once every hundred years. Once ripe, all the formed bread upon it turned into loose crumbs, drifting on the wind like dandelion seeds in search of suitable places to sow themselves.
So in essence, these bread crumbs were actually the seeds of the Golden Bread Tree. Once fried, they had a texture somewhat like crushed persimmon seeds.
As an ingredient guarded by gluttonous beasts in the Gourmet World, its nutritional value and flavor were naturally far from ordinary. Depending on how it was prepared, it could present entirely different tastes.
If eaten right after falling, its fragrance made one feel as though they were eating bread. Yet every time one ate a fresh bread crumb, they would experience the flavor of a different kind of bread.
It could be said that tasting the crumbs of a single ripe loaf picked from the Golden Bread Tree was equivalent to tasting countless varieties of bread.
But if used as breading around something meant to be fried, it no longer carried those ever-changing bread flavors. Instead, it became supremely crisp and absorbed the essential fragrance of the oil to the greatest extent.
That crispy texture did not vanish after a single bite. As one chewed, the crunch returned