The bright moon hung high.
Beneath the pitch-black canopy of the sky.
By the entrance of the bamboo hut, a spark suddenly flared to life.
"Is there anything I can do?"
Erica gazed at the ingredients spread all over the ground, rubbing her hands together in excitement and anticipation.
"Clean all these shells and take out the meat."
While directing her, Lin Chen split open four coconuts. He poured the water into a few bamboo tubes, scraped the flesh from the shells, and finally filled them most of the way with fresh water before setting them on the fire to heat.
A sharp blade flashed as he skillfully deboned and filleted the grouper and stingray. He chopped the bones into small sections and split the fish heads in half.
First, he placed the fish heads and bones on a grill to smoke over the charcoal fire. Once they were golden-brown on both sides and sizzling with oil, he tossed them into the boiling water to stew.
