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served by Liu Zhang.

This astonished Yuan Zhou greatly and filled him with expectation.

The moment the raw liver entered his mouth, Yuan Zhou was shocked.

“Oh, the strip is tiny, the texture is tender, and the combination of these two with the spicy taste showcased the freshness of the liver.
The tiny trace of sourness in it helps to magnify the natural sweetness it has.
There’s also a tiny trace of bitterness in it.
I see, it’s the bitterness that has harmonized the odor from the liver,” Yuan Zhou analyzed while he ate.

After finishing this piece, Yuan Zhou picked up another piece.
This time, he picked a piece from the bottom of the tray as there was some broth down there.

This broth was, in fact, a result of the numerous condiments flowing down the pieces of liver before pooling at the bottom.
Therefore, the taste of this piece of liver was different.

“The sourness and spiciness are more pronounced this time.
However, the natural freshness and tenderness of the liver are not as pronounced as the earlier piece,” Yuan Zhou concluded.

“Wait, I thought it smelled like a rose? Where did that smell go?” Yuan Zhou frowned and started thinking deeply.

At the same time, he finished chewing on the piece of liver in his mouth and swallowed it down.
The aftertaste left in his mouth was supposed to be sourness and spiciness, or even the freshness of the liver.
However, a clear flavor of rose had appeared instead.

While Yuan Zhou was in deep thought, Wu Hai was thoroughly enjoying himself.

“It’s so good.
I have never expected that raw lamb liver could be this good,” Wu Hai muttered.

A lamb liver was not very big.
Therefore, even with Liu Zhang not eating much, the dish was nearly finished after a few moments of Wu Hai’s ravenous eating.

“It’s going to finish soon.
Boss Yuan, what do you think?” Liu Zhang asked with a wide smile.

“It’s very delicious,” Yuan Zhou nodded.

“I purposely had you wait out here while I prepared the dish.
But I am sure you can figure out how this dish is prepared from eating it,” Liu Zhang said with certainty.

Liu Zhang heard about Yuan Zhou from the rickshaw grandpa.
To be precise, he heard about Yuan Zhou when the rickshaw grandpa was eating lamb liver here as the rickshaw grandpa would spend a good deal of time talking about Yuan Zhou.

The grandpa had been making Yuan Zhou out to be some sort of legend with excellent cooking skills and great popularity.
Therefore, Liu Zhang was quite curious about Yuan Zhou.

That was why Liu Zhang had decided to give Yuan Zhou this test.

“You’re right.
I do admire your recipe and usage of ingredients.
I have never thought of something like this.
You are an excellent chef,” Yuan Zhou declared solemnly.

“Hahaha, you are exaggerating, Boss Yuan,” Liu Zhang said modestly.

“Boss Yuan, stop talking in riddles.
How is this liver prepared?” Wu Hai asked curiously.

“You will never be able to make something like this,” said Yuan Zhou.
One glance at Wu Hai was all he needed to see that Wu Hai was thinking of preparing the dish himself.

“That might not be true.
I only need to cut the liver into strips before mixing in the ingredients.
How hard can it be?” Wu Hai said.

Yuan Zhou directly ignored him and turned around to look at Liu Zhang instead.

“The water you used to wash the liver is water with roses soaked in it.
During the first wash, you added rose juice in it as well, with minced roses.
On your second wash, you took off the layer of the membrane around the liver before washing it with pure rose water again,” Yuan Zhou said.

Liu Zhang gazed at Yuan Zhou with a smile, gesturing to him to continue speaking.

“After the washing, you cut it into strips.
That makes it easier to mix it with the condiments.
Finally, you used chili and knotweed to remove the odor from the liver,” Yuan Zhou spoke, shock apparent on his face.

That was because Yuan Zhou knew clearly that the knotweed used by Liu Zhang was not the body of the plant like what the system had recorded.

What Liu Zhang used was the bud of the plant.

The bud of the knotweed had a fresh and bitter taste to it.
However, this bitter was somewhat different than the regular bitter taste.
When eating it alone, it was awful.
However, this unique bitterness was able to harmonize the odor of a lamb liver.

And to determine the perfect amount of knotweed to use for this purpose, countless tests would be required.

“Haha, that is the only dish I know.
Boss Yuan is able to see through it so easily,” Liu Zhang laughed and continued, “Boss Yuan is indeed a great chef.”

“Thank you for allowing me to taste your dish,” Yuan Zhou thanked politely.

“System, is this raw liver considered a dish now?” Yuan Zhou asked.