Dare to cook

Chapter 331 Istanbul

Istanbul is the economic and cultural center of Türkiye.

It is also a world-famous tourist attraction and ancient cultural city.

The city covers an extremely large area, spanning the two continents of Asia and Europe, and completely includes the entrance to the Black Sea.

Since ancient times, this place has been a city with an extremely important strategic location.

Winters in Istanbul are rainy and mild.

During this season, not many tourists come to Istanbul.

After more than ten hours of flying, a group of members of the second green kitchen team finally landed at Ataturk Airport.

When we got off the plane, staff from the organizer came to pick us up with a sign.

Coincidentally, there were two other teams in Istanbul at the same time as the Huaxia team - the Italian team and the French team.

The culinary competition teams of these two countries have always been the strong rivals of the Huaxia team in major international competitions.

However, in the last Alpeng competition, they were all beaten by Yao Yukeng, and they didn't even make it into the top eight.

The painful lessons of the past seem to be vividly remembered.

This year's French and Italian teams have long regarded the Huaxia team as life and death enemies.

The staff of the organizer quickly got in touch with the leaders of the three teams.

Not long after, members of the Huaxia team, the French team and the Italian team were led to the same bus.

On the bus, Yao Yu saw two acquaintances.

One is the previous Italian captain Matteo, and the other is the previous French team leader Dominique.

In addition, Bruno, whom I saw in Amalfi recording program last time, is also here.

Mateo was impressed by the guy who not only knocked out his team, but also vomited on him at the drinking table.

As soon as he saw Yao Yu, the man with blond hair and board inches came over and said:
"Hey, Yao Yu! I heard that you lost your sense of taste after returning to China! Later you recovered! Is that so?"

Mateo's tone was not friendly.

Moreover, Yao Yu's scars were exposed as soon as they met, which made everyone in the second green kitchen team feel a little unhappy.

Yao Yu didn't care. He looked at Mateo and raised his eyebrows:

"Did you bring a portable toilet this time? Maybe we can make another bet, like we did four years ago."

"Then we can relive the touching scene of you holding the toilet and vomiting."

When Mateo heard this, his expression suddenly changed.

Back then, Yao Yu and Mateo met on the field of the Orpheum competition.

Then the young and energetic two made a bet that whoever loses the game and his team's final ranking is not as good as the opponent will be drunk by the opponent.

The rules of drinking are also simple.

Those who win the bet will have one drink, and those who lose the bet will have two drinks until they drink one.

Back then, Mateo didn't think highly of Chinese people, and his mouth was stinky.

So Yao Yu, who won the bet at that time, taught him a relatively big lesson, not only made him vomit in public, but also lay in the hospital for a day afterwards.

That experience is a dark history that Mateo has always wanted to forget.

At this time, when Yao Yu brought up the old story again, Mateo was so angry that he wanted to hit someone.

However, he quickly controlled his emotions and gave Yao Yu a hard look: "This time, the champion of the Alphin competition must belong to our Italy. Just wait and see!"

After saying that, Mateo glanced at Yao Yu provocatively and returned to his seat.

Mateo retreated to his seat, and Dominique, the leader of the French team, stepped forward and said with a smile, "Yao, we meet again."

Although the French team, like the Italian team, was eliminated by the Huaxia team very early in the last session.

The French team is also very upset about this.

But during the last Valencia Orphan, Dominique went out alone to drink in a small bar, and was blocked and punched twice by an alcoholic who was too drunk.

At that time, Yao Yu and Ding Binghui, who also happened to come out to relax, made a relief for him, and Dominique avoided being beaten into a pig's head.

Therefore, Dominique's personal impression of Yao Yu is still good.

"Hey, I didn't expect to see you again this time. Have you become the team leader now? Maybe we can have a drink when we are free." Dominic said to Yao Yu with a smile.

Yao Yu also laughed and said:
"There will be a chance. I heard that the black draft beer in Istanbul is very good."

"But I am not the team leader, I am still the captain. This Mr. Yuan Peng is our team leader."

With that said, Yao Yu introduced Yuan Peng to him.

Yuan Peng smiled and nodded at Dominic.

Hearing this, Donimike immediately understood that Yao Yu's goal was to go to the World Youth Championship next year, otherwise Yao Yu, who had already participated in the Alphabene Championship, would not come here as the captain again.

Several people talked and chatted, and soon, the bus started.

Seeing that Yao Yu knew his team leader, Bruno came over to say hello.

Brunolu has always been very familiar with himself, and he seemed very happy to see Yao Yu and Lu Chenyu at the Alphabet competition.

Along the way, Brunolu sat near the Huaxia team and chatted endlessly.

That chattering appearance made the members of the second green kitchen team roll their eyes secretly.

The bus drove for about four and 10 minutes before taking everyone to the contestant village.

The Athletes Village is located in an old city called Karakoy in Istanbul.

It is close to the busiest port in Istanbul - Galata Bridge Port.

It is also very close to Topkapi Palace and Hagia Sophia, and it is also one of the most secure and most worthwhile urban areas in Istanbul.

The organizer of the Olympic Games set the competition venue in a local closed gymnasium.

And all the national teams who came to participate were arranged in a big hotel not far from the stadium.

The room assigned to the second green kitchen team was on the 46th floor of the hotel.

On this floor, several premium suites have paid-for telescopes on their balconies.

Tourists staying here can have a panoramic view of the urban area with a radius of [-] kilometers and the Mediterranean Sea not far away through the telescopes.

"This hotel is much better than the small suburban hotel we stayed in last time in Valencia."

After Yao Yu was assigned to the room, he threw his bag on the bed and said to Ji Xun, who lived in the same room as him.

"Did you live in a bad environment last time?" Ji Xun took out a few coats from the suitcase and hung them in the closet.

Yao Yu shrugged and said:

"It's not bad, but the theme of the last Ophuno was frugality. So the facilities in all aspects are relatively average."

"Then didn't you make money this time? You can enjoy luxurious treatment without the competition." Ji Xun laughed.

"Fuck. If you guys don't live up to your expectations, I won't be the first to be scolded by netizens after returning home."

Yao Yu curled his lips, cleaned up briefly, and then went out with Ji Xun, and joined other people to eat in the hotel restaurant.

The start date of the Omphey is December [-]th.

However, in order to allow the players to overcome jet lag and adjust their status, the national kitchen teams of each country will arrive three or four days in advance.

The Huaxia team came relatively late.

When they came to the hotel to check in, the 186 teams participating in this year's competition were basically all present.

(End of this chapter)