Chapter 1320 - Again
The Indian from the Woof Woof Team left without accomplishing anything significant. Whether his newly learned dog language could cure the patient depended on the mood of a certain expert in mental health.
The one who tied the knot had to untie it. Apart from Li Bai, nobody else could do a thing. There had already been more than one case to prove it.
If he was in a good mood, it would take a year or two.
If he was in a bad mood, the patient would be stuck that way for life.
The Thai man stayed behind and enjoyed a delicious plate of fried noodles.
The wok was heated with tea oil, and the noodles were stir-fried over high heat.
First came the chilled noodles, briefly blanched in water. Then he tossed in the diced beef, diced carrots, corn, scrambled eggs, shredded cabbage, and shrimp that had all been cooked ahead of time. The whole process tested the cook's strength. This was when you could really see how fit the cooks were. Anyone even slightly weaker wouldn't be able to toss the hundreds of pounds of noodles all tangled together.
Probably only Zhu Bajie's nine-toothed rake could manage a giant wok full of fried noodles. There were automatic stir-fry machines, of course, but they couldn't produce that same flavor.
The charm of handmade food came from its unevenness and imperfections. If every ingredient was cooked uniformly, so every serving tasted exactly the same, it wouldn't be authentic.
The real secret was a rich variety of textures and flavors. That was why fast food like industrially produced fried chicken and hamburgers could never compete with a home-cooked meal made to order.
When the Thai man left, he asked for an extra portion to go, so