The Snack Den

[Firox]

*next day*
*Jyo invires Zhang one more*
*this time also brings ingredients to make a tasty drink for all*


*Vay and Linette provide the fresh fruit and kitchen too*
*Jyo, Vay, Firox, Flower, and Zoran volunteer to help out* 

[?]

*yawns and relaxes mostly*

[Firox]

*little Mia lightly shakes ?'s muzzle to catch it's attention*


*as Zhang is finishing up the meal*
*rest are mostly getting up*


 
(hopefully gets to be around for the next four replies -
cute scene - eating scene - 'show scene' - giving thanks)

[?]

*Greets n keeps relaxing* ^^

[Firox]

*as the ? starts to wake, Jyo's friend, Zhang brought several drinks with him, various bubble tea flavors*
*little Mia picks up a strawberry flavored bubble tea*
*once she sees ? awake, cutely walks over, carefully holding the much larger size drink*
*sweet tea with tapioca pearls inside for a sweet tasting nibble*


*taps the ?'s left front paw, making the super adorable cute eyes - shares with ?*
"gotz ya a stwabewwy bubblez tea!!"   
*as she is trying to gently pass the drink, a bit heavy for her smaller size*


*makes the adorable cute eyes* 
*no worries, she has one to enjoy too*




*I makes some for others*

[?]

thanks ya there  *happily enjoys it*

[Firox]

*Jyo calls on all* "come gather round, we have some food ready"



*I pick up ?, and call on the other eight Vees, and all in the den*


*Firox volunteers to help out Zhang by cutting meat, lightly searing outside*
*Vay washes and cuts up veggies*


*once all are settled in place, I set ? down in the middle of the action, large wok on an electric stove, another pot with boiling water*
*? can also see a big container with dark colored sauce with an aroma of star anise, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, Chinese Five Spice... in annother closed container what look like little not crushed pepper... submerged in some sort of oil with chili flakes on them*


*Zhang explains "they are spicy Szechuan peppercorns, not to touch them or could sting eyes nose, powder will remain on paws for hours unless fully washed, they been marinating in Chili Oil so it will be double heat in spicy - enough to make you cry for hours"




*first off, Zhang passes ? a nice big bowl - can see that there are about 8 or so packed dumplings on the bottom of the bowl, Vee had them twice by now, packed with flavor - outside skin so soft and tender, the pork meat inside so soft and juicy, with few veggies*
*on top is a nice big serving of noodles, with a super tasty smelling sauce, and cut up pieces of thinly sliced beef, and some veggies such as Bok Choy, Scallions, spinach, Chinese Watercress*
*? can taste that its really tasty Szechuan noodles, no spicy at all, did such a good job making the flavors, with no peppercorns at all*
*? can also see Orange Chicken on side so it can enjoy it's favorite meat dish with the noodles*


*Zhang* "go ahead and enjoy the meal, stay nearby so all can see how I make them"


*also Arval and Aycan get a bowl too, the rest of us have to wait for the second serving*






(ha replies mainly ready, just copy - paste and double check for spelling errors)

[?]

*happily enjoys the dumplings as well*

[Firox]

*Show Time!!*   


*Zhang* "first of all, I got the flour, and water, and spices ready"
*shows all in the bowl*
"then I mix them, to form dough balls"
*shows everyone a nice big dough ball*
"using my noodle making skills*


*Zhang takes the dough bowl, using his skills in noodle making to fold and stretch, twists them, then let's them hit on a table, repeats hundreds of times - in five minutes, hundreds of noodles are ready, all Zhang has to do is cut them with a sharp knife to form perfect sized noodles*

between - 0:22:00 and 3:47:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2kesmAO8VU

"once the noodles are form, we cook them"
*in another pot next to him with boiling water, drops the noodles and cooks them*


*then calls on Firox sitting next to him, he is preparing the meat, Vay on his right cutting veggies*
"thanks to my two helpers, the last step is to make the noodles in wok"


*in front of the Vees, Zhang suddenly adds oil, and flavors, suddenly takes out the noddles and drops them into the large wok, adds the meat that Firox cut up, and some veggies that Vay cut up, and the seasoning sauce he had ready - stirs the wok showing off fancy skills, using the chopsticks makes sure all the noodles, veggies, and meat are coated*
*at first, all the Vees, and ? - can the hear the sizzle as meat, noodles, veggies touch the hot oil and seasoning in work - the aroma it gives out, fills the den instantly*


*in another bowl, adds pork dumplings and then adds a nice big portion of noodles, meat, and veggies*

[?]

*watches as they cook, finishing up the dumplings*

[Firox]

*next set of bowls go to the rest - except for Grace, Joseph, and himself - makes one more 'Show" this time adding the spicy Szechuan Peppercorns to the mix for heat*
*that's what Joseph, Grace, and Zhang get*
*whispers to ?* "these are the triple hot spicy noodles Glaceon is trying to get me to serve you, you know I won't"


*after serving the last bowl*

Zhang: "I want to give all thanks for trying out the noodles and enjoying the show,, so happy to share with all"
*all smile and give thanks in return*


*Zhang refills everyone's bubble tea before heading out the door*
*does give everyone a small box - inside it has 12 fortune cookies*
*as all enjoy their meal*

[?]

*nods* thanks ya to ^^  *happily noms n gets a full belly, bit slower.  playfully throws a bit of food on sherrie's nose*

[Firox]

*I twitch nose* "what did I do to you?"
*taking a nice big sip of bubble tea I got... mango flavored*
"did you need a big sip too?"
*offering it to ?*


*I giggle - I tap ?'s shoulder* "look to your left"
*on the left side, on the couch*
 
*Grace has teary eyes - from the heat of the noodles she has, almost finishes her bubble tea in one big sip... yep goes back for more noodles, despised being super spicy, she loves it and goes for more*

[?]

*looks over n giggle then looks back*

*playfully smears more on nose* ya going to go down again silly. tew easy to take down 

[Firox]

*even if spicy hot, she keeps eating it, luckily the dumplings, the orange chicken, and bubble tea help calm down the heat, its only the noodles that are hot* 




*I giggle as the ? smears me with orange chicken, that glaze is sticky but so sweet smelling*
*I can't resist it... have to lick and nip the smearing paw*   
"tasty"


*the res are still eating their meal, so all in den*
*join the two Leafyz in hearing their reading*




*the eight smaller Vees go with Zoran and Linette as they read to them, silly scary story as the six smaller Vees, Fi, and Etan nibble the fortune cookies*