dhibooks Chapter 72 is a magical turning point in the gourmet article.
Chapter 72 is a magical turning point in the gourmet article.
During the period between the end of the preliminaries and the start of the official competition, a beautiful Fu was born, which was written by Xue Xingchang, a master of Fu, for Mr. Gongliang, a famous chef.For a time, people in the entire capital were reciting this Fu.
The young master of the Jin family said solemnly: "This must be the trick of that little boy. His cooking skills can only fool some people who don't know how to cook. Knowing that he will definitely not be able to show off at the chef conference, he can only use this method." He became famous. Heh, that old man Yi was so foolish that he was exempted from the preliminaries. In the official competition, even if he was eliminated in the first round, he can still declare to the outside world that he won the top 32 in the Chef Conference. It's really cheap for him!"
If it is said that Patriarch Jin still had some fears about Yan Jinyun at first, after he figured out that Yan Jinyun was just a pawn thrown by the royal family, he didn't think that Yan Jinyun could be better than his carefully cultivated nephew.Especially after seeing the craftsmanship of those 40 people in the preliminary selection, he thought he had thoroughly figured out the details of Yan Jinyun, thinking that Yan Jinyun only had an incomplete inheritance, which recorded detailed basic skills, but nothing else. It is missing, so Yan Jinyun should be the same as his forty disciples and grandchildren. He is really good at basic skills, but after all, he lacks that bit of aura.
"Since you know that he is trying to please the public, you don't need to focus on him." The head of the Jin family taught his nephew and said, "Your opponent has never been him. That kid from the Cheng family is not simple. I originally thought that the Cheng family had only A Cheng Hui can be seen, but I didn’t expect that they also hid a Cheng Min. There is also the one from the Li family, which is far more outstanding than I imagined.”
"But, do you just let him be so proud?" Young Master Jin said dissatisfied.
"You also said that he is destined to not go far in the chef conference. Like this kind of clown who has no chef's heart, it doesn't matter if you make him proud for a while." Patriarch Jin said disdainfully.After the pre-selection, the royal family brought out dozens of high-quality ingredients in good time. The real culinary masters of several of their chef families have already cooked with those ingredients and found that the quality of the dishes has indeed improved. Therefore, the heads of their families now I was busy discussing high-quality ingredients with the royal family, so I couldn't spare a moment to deal with Yan Jinyun.Otherwise, because that kid dared to break the rules of the chef world, they would have dealt with him long ago.
For the sake of high-quality ingredients, the several patriarchs had a tacit understanding in private. If they dealt with Yan Jinyun rashly, wouldn't they directly lose face to the royal family?I had no choice but to allow Yan Jinyun to be proud for a few more days.When Yan Jinyun loses in the chef conference, you must know that in their chef industry, poor craftsmanship is the original sin. At that time, the emperor will not be able to keep him!
In such an atmosphere, the Chef Conference has officially begun!
The first day of the game was 32 to 24, and a total of eight people had to be eliminated.
The emperor himself took out the test questions from the black box.It was also a coincidence that the exam question he got was "Sword Skill", requiring the contestants to make a table that could reflect their sword skill level within the specified time.Several patriarchs of a family of chefs sat in the front row to watch. After hearing the test questions, they all laughed meaningfully. They knew that Gong Liang's sword skills were good, so the test questions were really randomly selected?Heh, I'm afraid the emperor doesn't know yet, who among the heirs of their families is not good at swordsmanship!
What is the saying in their family?There is no table without a knife!Therefore, when they cultivate their heirs, sword skills are the most important thing.The owners all sat and drank tea in a relaxed mood, thinking of watching the jokes between the emperor and Yan Jinyun.
The game used the form of dark lottery. For the onlookers, such a game is very boring.They can't see the cook, nor can they see the process of cooking.However, because the ingredients are placed in a designated place, everyone can see that there are young men running in and out of each temporary kitchen, taking the ingredients according to the requirements of the cooks, which seems very busy.
Not long after, there was a burst of fragrance coming out of the temporary kitchens.
Although the competition requires everyone to make a complete table with a total of six dishes, if a dish is left for a long time after it is made, it will easily lose its perfect taste, which is not conducive to the judges' scoring.Therefore, every time the chefs finish a dish, the dish will be taken away by the servants through the secret door, and sent to the professional judges for tasting and scoring.
This score is the comprehensive score of each dish in terms of knife skills, taste, and perception.A scorekeeper will mark down their scores in time.After that, when the specified time is up, the dishes that have been scored will be placed on the table, and the dishes made by the same chef will be placed on the same table, making a total of 32 tables.Then the judges will give another score for the completeness of the table.The final score of the competition depends on the total score of the six dishes and the score of the table. The seven scores are added together, and the low score is eliminated.
Not long after, a dish of Wensi tofu was brought out.Before the judges carefully scored, two more Wensi tofu dishes were brought out.It seems that everyone knows that Wensi tofu is the most test of knife skills, so they all thought of making this dish.
Among the onlookers, there was a good teacher who said loudly: "... Then a small piece of tofu needs to be cut 88 knives horizontally and 188 knives vertically. There are at least a few thousand shreds of tofu in a small bowl of tofu. I want to do this well. A dish requires the chefs to be as careful as a hair, but also as bold as a tiger. If you don’t have a calm and unhurried attitude, you can’t do it well.”
The three dishes of Wensi tofu are similar to ordinary people. The tofu is cut very thin, like hair, and the taste is very refreshing.But the judges could see the difference, and almost no one questioned it. Everyone thought that the first course was the best.
Next, another stewed lion's head dish surprised the judges.
Some people want to ask, why does this braised lion head dish look ordinary, but the judges all praise it for its sophisticated knife skills?It turned out that the meat used to make the braised lion's head could not be minced meat, nor was it randomly chopped, but cut out with a knife.Mincing pork directly will destroy the texture of the meat and cannot guarantee the most tender taste.First use the flat knife method to slice the pork, and then use the straight knife method to cut into cubes, each cut into pomegranate seed size.The whole process is very trivial.
The judges were very surprised that someone made a lion's head in the time-limited competition. Does this contestant have time to cook other dishes?After all, it is extremely time-consuming to cut meat into fine pieces!Could it be that this contestant is really skilled and bold?The judges knew in their hearts that this contestant must have excellent physical strength, and his arm strength was far superior to that of ordinary people.
Afterwards, when the game was about to end, a "dragon and phoenix show auspiciousness" made countless onlookers cheer.
Many onlookers don't understand the lion's head, because the lion's head looks ordinary!This auspicious dragon and phoenix dish gives people great visual enjoyment. The majestic long dragon, lifelike phoenix, and delicate peony are carved with white radish, carrot, carrot and some other side dishes. from!Amazing!
One second before the end of the specified time, a dish of three ducks surprised the judges again.
These three sets of ducks are also very cumbersome to make.The so-called three sets of ducks, the outermost layer is the domestic duck, the wild duck should be boned and stuffed into the domestic duck, and then the vegetable pigeon should be boned and stuffed into the wild duck.When removing the bone, you can imagine the difficulty of removing the bones to keep the duck skin without breaking the duck skin!It can be said that in the process of making this dish, knife techniques such as picking, knocking, and cutting have been used to the extreme.
The reason this dish is brought out at the last second is because it requires a long simmer and a slow simmer to bring out the flavors.But you think, after a long time of cooking, the duck can still have a complete appearance, what a test of knife skills!
Table 32 was set up in front of everyone.The judges can take a closer look. If other qualified people want to watch, they need to stand outside the guardrail.Several patriarchs from aristocratic families walked outside the guardrail and looked at each table.Looking at it, Patriarch Jin suddenly narrowed his eyes.He was attracted by one of the tables.There are six dishes on the table: Wensi tofu, braised lion head, three sets of duck, braised fish head, and radish (dragon and phoenix bring auspiciousness).
It is very, very difficult to buckle three threads. Every ingredient needs to be sliced first and then cut.Let's put it this way, there are more than 2000 strands hidden in a small mass of ingredients as heavy as an egg!
The head of the Jin family had to admit that his nephew couldn't do it at all, and even he owed it a little bit.Whose craft is this?He looked suspiciously at the other patriarchs around him, and couldn't help cursing inwardly, which family is so cunning that it hides such a talented junior?If only their Jin family had such a junior!
Everyone has eyes. Although they can't taste every dish like the judges, they can give the table the highest score for knife skills with only eyes.Sure enough, when the final results were announced, this table was the well-deserved No.1.The head of the Jin family pricked up his ears to hear the chef's name.Not only him, but several other Patriarchs also pricked up their ears.
"...Wait, who did you just say? Did I hear you wrong?" Patriarch Jin looked at the others.
The complexions of the Patriarchs were all bad, sometimes black and sometimes white, as if they had swallowed countless flies.
This turned out to be Gongliang Xiangrong's work?
Doesn't that guy only have one face!
Obviously that guy has only one face!
Yan Jinyun trampled on the face of the family of chefs in the competition the day before, and Sun Er was extremely proud.But Geng Rong, who had some friendship with them, became more and more worried, and sneaked to see Yan Jinyun at night, and carefully reminded him.Yan Jinyun was stunned for a moment: "Are you worried that I will be hidden by the superior?" The superior naturally refers to the emperor.
Geng Rong couldn't speak too bluntly, and said: "If you can't compare with the Jin family and the Li family, that's fine. The chef family will only treat you as a joke. But your strength has been exposed, and you are a big bigger than them." But, you and them are not on the same side..." Yan Jinyun stood on the emperor's side, helping the emperor ruin the interests of the family of chefs, and the family must hold a grudge against him.But these aristocratic families have been in business for many years after all. If they are willing to compromise with the emperor, the emperor will feel that Yan Jinyun's chess piece is useless. It is not impossible to sacrifice a Yan Jinyun to appease the family of chefs.
Yan Jinyun smiled and said: "But the emperor must be reluctant to sacrifice Mr. Jin Yun. I am one with Mr. Jin Yun."
"No matter how good your relationship is, as the saying goes, the fate of a king is hard to break, and Mr. Jin Yun can't keep you..." Geng Rong said helplessly.
"You didn't understand what I meant. When I said one body, I meant that I was born and the other was alive, and the other was dead."
Geng Rong: "!!!"
Wu Shen suddenly came out from behind the screen, which shocked Geng Rong a lot.He clearly hinted that Yan Jinyun should find a place where no one was around, so that he could tell him some secret things.Unexpectedly, Yan Jinyun left Wu Shen in this room.
Geng Rong subconsciously stared at Wu Shen.Yan Jinyun's sentence "I live, he lives, I die, he dies" played in his mind in a loop.Wu Shen nodded to Geng Rong, and said in a natural tone: "That's what you heard. Do you understand?"
Geng Rong seemed to understand a little bit.Just... Ask what love is in the world, and teach people to promise each other through death?
"Why are you blushing?" Yan Jinyun asked puzzled.
Geng Rong stuttered and couldn't speak.Are you embarrassed to ask me why I blush?People who say this kind of life and death go hand in hand don't blush, but I blush when I hear it!Okay, I know you two are stronger than Jin Jian, can't I be ashamed for you!