Chinese cooking generally emphasized color, aroma, and flavor, and sourness, sweetness, bitterness, spiciness, and saltiness were the most commonly used tastes. Still, sweetness was undeniably a very important part of the palate, though using it required care, rather than simply throwing things together however one pleased.
Sweet dishes certainly existed in Chinese cuisine. Around Magic City, sweetness was a fairly important component, though people who had not grown up eating that food often found the flavor hard to accept on their first try.
The stir-fried pork with pickled vegetables Heath made had no such concern. The main purpose of adding a little white sugar was to give the sour dish just a hint of sweetness, adding layers to its flavor. It was a crucial element, but the amount also needed careful control. Ideally, the sweetness should be barely there, perceptible without being too obvious. Only then would it count as top quality.
Aside from a little white sugar, stir-fried pork with pickled vegetables also needed a tiny bit of salt for seasoning. Too much was unsuitable, of course; an excess would spoil it. The amount should be small, determined by the quantities of pickled vegetables and minced pork. The fundamental flavor of the dish was still that of the pickled vegetables.
As Heath stir-fried over high heat, a tempting aroma began to fill the entire food truck. Farfetch'd swallowed more than once, and the other Pokémon were hardly doing any better. Charmeleon, however, edged away to the side. At first, Farfetch'd did not understand why Charmeleon was hiding, until he felt a chilly sensation on his head and belatedly realized that Snorlax was already drooling onto it.
Zorua glanced at Farfetch'd's head. Onion's head was a lost cause. Then she silently moved a little farther away from Snorlax. The big