Although the blue fish used by Qianlima is artificially bred, it is ensured to be freshly killed to maximize the freshness of the blue fish's flesh.
After cleaning the fish scales and removing the innards, Fu Yu used the knife to remove the fish bones.
First, he cut off the fish head, then positioned the knife against the backbone and sliced inward, with the fish belly facing out and the back facing in. Holding the upper half of the fish belly with his left hand, he flipped the fish and used the same method to remove the meat from the other half.
Upon reaching the fish tail, it needed to be sliced piece by piece.
After preparing the blue fish, he cracked an egg into a bowl and beat it thoroughly.
The outer hard crust of the bread was removed, floured, and grated into crumbs.
With the fish skin facing down on the chopping board, he scored the fish flesh using a sloped knife at intervals of 2.5 centimeters, and then horizontally every 1.5 centimeters, cutting down to the skin.
