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On the other hand, Erina Nakiri's cooking progress is equally good.

With a flash of knife light, the body of the huge Dionysus Dragon was quickly cut into pieces.

There wasn't even a trace of flesh left on the bare skeleton.

The blood, which contains a large amount of alcohol, is stored separately in huge water tanks.

The meat of the Dionysus dragon is divided into different thicknesses and sizes because the taste of each part is different.

Afterwards, Erina Nakiri put the bones of the Dionysus dragon into the pot and stewed them.

As a food ingredient filled with alcohol all over its body, the bones of the Dionysus dragon begin to emit bursts of wine aroma during the stewing process.

Seeing that the soup was almost cooked, Erina Nakiri took out a huge steam casserole with a raised vent in the middle like a crater.

Place ginger slices that can remove odors and a few pieces of hangover-removing tea leaves at the bottom of the steamer casserole.

Erina Nakiri placed the meat of the Dionysus dragon in the steamer casserole according to the size of the meat pieces.

Next, Erina Nakiri placed slices of ham, bamboo shoots, giant morels, king shiitake mushrooms, ginseng, cordyceps flowers, king oyster mushrooms and a few wolfberries and dates on the Dionysus dragon meat.

After covering the steamer casserole with the lid, Erina Nakiri placed the steamer casserole on the pot of stewing sake dragon bone soup.

I also turned on the curvature of the inner world kitchen to speed up the stewing for three hours.

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As time passed, the cooking progress of Erina Nakiri and Zeus was almost equal, and they soon reached the final stage.

Zeus opened the oven and took out the salt balls whose surfaces had become extremely hard.

After waving his hand to break the hard salt shell, Zeus opened the tin foil lotus leaf inside, and the rich aroma of meat instantly filled the entire Food Pot Stadium.

For a moment, the entire Food Pot Stadium was filled with the sound of people swallowing saliva.

However, this was not the end. Zeus then picked up a kitchen knife and lightly scratched the elephant dragon pork belly which had some burn marks on the surface.

As the elephant dragon pork belly was cut open, the elephant dragon tenderloin wrapped inside was also revealed.

The tenderloin, which is already extremely tender, becomes even more tender and delicious when it is stewed in delicious juice rather than roasted.

The tempting aroma seemed to turn into a huge tornado, instantly sweeping across the entire Food Pot Stadium, and was even expanding outward continuously.

The entire Gourmet Island and surrounding islands were soon enveloped by this tempting aroma.

Under the temptation of the aroma of the food, the entire Food Pot Stadium erupted in loud cheers.

Countless people drooled and chanted Zeus' name.

In the eyes of this group of spectators, just smelling this aroma makes them feel that the delicious dish will definitely win the competition.

However, at this moment.

Following that, Erina Nakiri opened the lid of the steamboat casserole.

Another equally delicious aroma cut through the dominance of the aroma of Zeus's cuisine like a sharp sword.

For a moment, two completely different cooking aromas competed with each other in the entire food giant stadium.

Looking at Erina Nakiri not far away, Zeus opened his eyes wide in surprise and muttered to himself.

"It's true, the young are the ones to be feared. The future of the culinary world belongs to young people like you."

"However, the future is the future, and the present is the present. I have no plans to retire so early."

After saying that, Zeus's expression suddenly became serious.

So far, his cooking has not really been completed.

Boom~

A ball of strong flame shot up into the sky above Zeus' stove, and Zeus's hands turned into afterimages. While he placed the frying pan on the fire, the cheetah butter produced from the butter leopard had already been put into the pan by Zeus.

As the butter melted, dozens of spices and a whole bottle of souffle were added in an instant.

Then, Zeus raised his knife and with a flash of the knife, the elephant dragon pork belly was cut into dices and thrown into the frying pan.

Under the fierce firepower, the last remaining juice in the Elephant Dragon Pork Belly was forced out.

After filtering the sauce in the pot with a colander, Zeus sliced ​​the elephant dragon tenderloin and placed it on a plate, and finally poured the prepared sauce on it.

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As Zeus's cooking was completed, Erina Nakiri also finished packing the steamer sake dragon.

At the same time, the blood of the Dionysus Dragon gradually began to become transparent after sedimentation and multiple filtrations.

After Erina Nakiri poured it into the crystal wine glass, it looked like a glass of high-end red wine.

As Erina Nakiri placed the egg-white 'ice ball' into the cup, she inserted melon and citrus slices on the edge of the cup.

Erina Nakiri's cooking was also completely completed.

Next comes the final review phase.

When the aroma of Zeus' and Erina Nakiri's cooking competed with each other in the Food Pot Stadium, the members of G7 could no longer stop drooling.

In fact, except for Froze.

Qin Hao and Acacia also became so greedy that their mouths kept salivating after smelling the fragrance.

However, this is the semi-final of the food festival that is being broadcast live to the entire human world.

Therefore, Qin Hao and Acacia relied on their own strong self-control to maintain their image. They did not drool like others, especially A Lu in the audience.

It was also thanks to the fact that the seats where Alu and his companions were sitting were special seats prepared for them, the Four Heavenly Kings of Gourmet.

Otherwise, everyone sitting in the front row of A'lu would be bathed in A'lu's waterfall of saliva.

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Because Zeus was the first to finish the dish.

So everyone started tasting his dishes.

The tender elephant dragon tenderloin had become as soft as tofu after being cooked by Zeus.

Even with a spoon, you can easily scoop a piece of meat from it.

After the surface was broken, the elephant dragon tenderloin instantly turned into a fountain of gravy.

The delicious flavor of the pterosaur soup is fully integrated into the elephant dragon tenderloin.

The delicious gravy, which is rich but not greasy, exudes an enticing aroma that constantly whets everyone's appetite.

Before they knew it, everyone was immersed in the delicious food.

Only after the food on the plate, along with the accompanying side dishes and toast, had been completely eaten did the G7 members suddenly come to their senses.

"This...is gone?"

Patch showed a trace of regret on his face. "Damn it, I was so engrossed in eating that I didn't even have time to savor the flavor of the food."

"However, this is truly a dish worthy of the cooking king Zeus. It seems that in the previous competition, Chef Zeus did not show his full strength at all."

Kidd said with a complicated expression. "Even us, the masters of taste who have to taste countless delicious dishes every day, can't help but immerse ourselves in it?"

"Cooking King Zeus, and Chef Komatsu. It looks like the finals are going to be extremely intense."

Although he was extremely annoyed that he was too obsessed with the delicious food, Patch knew in his heart.

If I were to taste Zeus's cooking again, the end result would probably be no different from now.

"I didn't expect that in just four years, Chef Zeus's cooking skills have improved so much."

"Chef Zeus, after the food festival is over, we would like to go to your restaurant to taste more dishes."

Hearing Patch's words, Zeus replied.

"Of course. But if you want to make an appointment, you have to wait at least five years."

Patch nodded. "Five years? No problem. For such a delicacy, even ten years of waiting is worth it."

While tasting Zeus's food, Qin Hao showed a look of surprise on his face.

The taste of this dish was surprisingly flawless. Qin Hao's taste buds had been strengthened many times.

If you really want to find fault, you can more or less find some shortcomings in a dish.

However, in Qin Hao's opinion, Zeus's dish was flawless.

Zeus brings out the best in every ingredient.

Although these are all relatively low-grade ingredients, being able to achieve this step is enough to show how impeccable Zeus's basic skills and control over the taste of the ingredients are.

If the same ingredients were used, without using food luck or divine cooking techniques, Qin Hao believed that he could not cook better than Zeus.

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As everyone finished tasting Zeus's food.

After eating a large amount of deodorizing ginger and rinsing their mouths with air water, everyone began to taste Erina Nakiri's cooking.

The steam with the aroma of wine emitted from the Dionysus dragon bone soup after boiling continues to gather in the steamer casserole.

A large amount of high-temperature steam continues to condense together while steaming the ingredients.

The delicious flavors of the steamed ingredients are combined to form a golden soup that is full of umami.

The soup is delicious and the wine is rich. And because of the deodorizing ginger and sobering tea leaves at the bottom of the steamer casserole.

The soup, with all the impurities absorbed by the deodorizing ginger, appears very crystal clear, and the translucent golden soup does not seem to have any impurities at all.

And although the aroma of wine in the soup is very strong, it does not make people feel intoxicated at all when drinking it.

I drank a few sips of the soup first, and then tasted the mushrooms and wine dragon meat that had already become soft.

For a moment, except for Qin Hao, Acacia and Froze, everyone else who was trapped in the food illusion had an unnatural blush on their faces.

At the same time, Mansam, who was voluntarily left at the IGO headquarters to deal with the piles of documents, was watching the live broadcast of the food festival finals on TV, and his saliva was already flowing all over the floor.

However, at this moment, Mansam didn't care about the important documents that were wet with his saliva, but stared at the close-up shot of Erina Nakiri's cooking on TV.

"So the Dionysus Dragon can be made this way! It looks delicious!"

"And the production technique doesn't look that difficult. Okay! It's decided! Now let the guys in the logistics department make such kitchen utensils, and then let the guys in the kitchen make that dish!"

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As the G7 members emerged from the food fantasy.

Erina Nakiri's food was also completely eaten up by everyone.

The tasting was over, but everyone was still confused about which dish was better.

Even the seven taste masters of G7 felt that they were completely trapped in the dilemma of making a choice.

After hesitating for a long time, the seven of them almost simultaneously turned their eyes to Qin Hao, Acacia and Froze.

However, faced with two equally impeccable dishes, Acacia and Froze were both confused for a moment.

As for Qin Hao, although he prefers Erina Nakiri, he is now a judge. And Zeus's cooking is indeed impeccable.

Just like that, the entire jury fell into a long silence.

As time passes by.

After two and a half hours, the judges still hadn't decided on the winner of this round.

Chest Hair couldn't help wiping the sweat from his forehead, raised the microphone in his hand and asked.

"Well... it looks like the judges haven't decided who will advance to the next round... But it's true, these two dishes look so delicious. It's really hard to decide the winner between them."

"Well... although I don't really want to say this, there is only one hour left until the start of the Food Festival finals."

"So I ask all the judges to decide the contestants who will advance to the finals as soon as possible..."

Because of the long wait, the audience, who had already been starving from the smell of Zeus and Erina Nakiri's cooking, began to express their dissatisfaction.

After all, the number of spectators gathered in the Food Pot Stadium this time was really too large.

The Food Pot Stadium, which was originally only able to accommodate 100 million people at most, now has at least 300 million people gathered.

Such a large number of people simply cannot be met by the logistical services provided by the Food Pot Stadium.