On the twentieth day of the eighth lunar month, the croaker fish comes to celebrate birthdays.
This old saying is often mentioned at Qianlima.
Primarily because the croaker fish has tender, delicious meat.
Zhang Jinyu wanted to learn how to cook this dish, so Fu Yu would offer a few extra tips while cooking.
"The method of preparing the croaker fish is unique and quite particular, choosing a fish with few bones and thick flesh. After skinning and deboning, split the fish from its back into two halves, then cut into pieces about 5 cm square and 0.5 cm thick, dip in starch, and slowly pound it on the cutting board with a rolling pin until it's as thin as a cicada's wing."
Fu Yu repeated the preparation method from the classic old recipe word for word.
Zhang Jinyu clicked his tongue in amazement.
He never got the hang of how to estimate pieces of fish that are about 5 cm square and 0.5 cm thick.
Fu Yu, thinking of himself, empathized with Zhang Jinyu's difficulty.
