Food Stall: Customers Chase Me across the Country

Chapter 618 - 579: Daocheng Yading’s Super Tibetan Fragrant Pork Belly

"S-sizzle..."

"S-sizzle..."

When the numbing flavor of the Sichuan pepper accumulates to a certain level, your mouth feels electrified, causing a slight numbness. This reduces your taste perception, but not for the chili peppers. The chili peppers stimulate pain receptors, not taste buds.

The chili peppers continuously stimulate the mucous membranes inside the mouth, and the fiery burning sensation makes people outside the car sweat profusely from their foreheads and chests.

Once the mouth has adapted to the numbness and spiciness, the unique flavor of beef and the rich broth start to heal the injured taste buds.

It’s like being hit with a stick and then receiving a sweet date as compensation.

But I have to say, this sense of contrast is really addictive.

The diners at this point couldn’t care less about talking. When real deliciousness is tasted, one absolutely doesn’t start praising it at once; you must first finish everything on the plate before speaking.

All language is pale and weak. Licking the plate so clean that it can be used as a mirror is the highest level of expressing how delicious a dish is.

The first round of diners is practically in this state now.

The glossy porcelain spoon pushes the tender white rice grains back and forth, wrapping them with all the red oil seeping from the bottom of the plate. The mouth approaches the plate’s edge to eat the last bite full of red oil, enjoying the pleasure of the final mouthful, before taking a breath, burping contentedly, putting away the utensils, patting the belly, and showing a satisfied, honeyed smile.

"This is real Mapo Tofu, this is what Sichuan cuisine should look like."

"Numb, spicy, fresh, fragrant, smooth, tender, whole, hot—these eight characters are fully embodied in Boss Wang’s Mapo Tofu."

"This is the pinnacle of Sichuan cuisine Mapo Tofu! Even Chen Mapo should come to learn from Boss Wang. I’d dare say so even if the Emperor comes!"

"This is the Mapo Tofu I’ve been dreaming of! So delicious I can’t stop eating."

The initial guy wipes his mouth with a napkin, then slowly takes out his phone to send a message: "Family, hurry to the Mount Emei parking lot. We’ve captured a wild Boss Wang who’s making authentic Sichuan Mapo Tofu today. I’ve tried it for you, and it’s an eight-in-one, top-tier dish that beats the whole province. First come, first served!"

Weibo is bustling; after all, the day is almost over, but no one has discovered the strongest wild culinary big boss yet.

"Damn you, you promised mutual sharing! Clearly, you’re only talking after you’ve eaten, how shameless!"

"Hahaha, I’m at Mount Emei right now, heading to the cable car."

"Strongly condemn the poster’s selfish behavior!"

"We’ll deal with them later. Luckily, I’m not far; I should get there in an hour. Brothers, keep Boss Wang occupied for me, I’m definitely eating that authentic Mapo Tofu!"

Wang Fan already forgot how many portions of Mapo Tofu he made today. Anyway, the rice was steamed in many rounds, and after busying himself for half the day, not a single piece of tofu was left.

Although Mount Emei is a well-known scenic area, it’s actually quite far from inhabited areas. Aside from tourists coming down the mountain, there really are many foodies specifically driving in from the city.

Some food enthusiasts think nothing of driving hundreds of kilometers for a good meal; as long as what they eat is worth the effort, it’s enough to make them genuinely content.

Wang Fan’s Golden Legend level Mapo Tofu certainly doesn’t disappoint them; in fact, it far exceeds expectations.

"Just looking at Boss Wang’s dedicated demeanor while cooking, this dish couldn’t possibly taste bad, absolutely Master Level quality."

"With that kind of focus, not just cooking but in any other field, success would be inevitable. There’s a reason people know him far and wide!"

"The only discomforting thing is, as a Sichuan native, the best Sichuan cuisine I’ve ever had in my life was made by a non-native."

"No worries, we’re not the only victims. Previously, our friends from Jiangsu and Zhejiang were more hurt. They tasted authentic Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine in Guizhou, hahaha."

This meal today deserves to be called universally delightful.

Originally, their plan was to go to the Giant Panda Breeding Base to see the Flower Bureau on the second day, then to Daocheng Yading on the third, fitting right into half a day of seeing pandas and half a day on the road without disrupting anything.

But after checking the weather forecast, they found tomorrow is the last good day of the week; most days after that are cloudy or even rainy.

A sunny day and a cloudy day in Daocheng mean it’s not the same scenic area, so they had to seize the sunny weather to visit, decisively changing their plans and heading to Ganzi overnight.

Wang Fan indeed had researched Ganzi.

Although Daocheng is the most famous scenic spot in Ganzi, because the head of Ganzi’s tourism bureau personally starred in promotional videos, this place’s fame is really high.

Director Liu is a genuine Kangba guy. Although he’s already middle-aged, he maintains an excellent physique, and his appearance is rugged and handsome. In the Ganzi tourism promotional video, wearing ancient clothing with a long sword strapped to his waist, leading a white horse, he walks slowly through picturesque scenery, instantly charming thousands of middle-aged and elderly women and earning a bunch of young fans, which truly set Ganzi’s tourism ablaze.

Mount Emei to Daocheng Yading is quite far, but this kind of rare weather mustn’t bother about planning; encountering it is simply extraordinarily lucky, otherwise it’d be a wasted trip.

Daocheng Yading is said to regret for a lifetime if you don’t go, regret for eight lifetimes if you do. The reason isn’t because the scenery falls short of expectations upon arrival, but mainly because exploring here gets very tiring.