Rebirth's Private Kitchen

On the day of the world competition audition, three hours before the start of the competition, contestants from various countries had already received their rankings, while Huaguo contestant Tang Lin was drawn on the first day, Chu Xing on the second day, and Chen Fei on the second day. The last group of auditions.

There are still thirteen countries participating in this World Championship, and the number of players is exactly the same as last time. This year, France is still a big favorite. After all, they have won two world championships in a row. If they win the championship again this year, it will be It is a great honor to become the first country to win three consecutive championships since the culinary competition started.

And this year, the player who can defeat France's three consecutive championships will also receive attention from all over the world.

The game is about to start in half an hour. Fade Chen, Chu Xing, and players from other countries, who were not on the first day of the competition, all came to the scene today. Their main purpose of coming here is probably to know themselves and the enemy, and to get more information about their opponents. .Except for Chu Xing and Tang Lin who are participating in the World Championship for the first time, most of the other players are the same as Chen Fei. This year is the second or third year to participate. Of course, a small number of them are participating for the first time. newcomer.

Compared with the old players, these rookies are obviously more taboo, because there is too little information, and they have never played against each other.It’s okay for Chu Xing, because he often participates in food shows, so he can more or less see his cooking skills from it.There is really not much information like Tang Lin. Except for some videos of the Beijing Provincial and National Competitions, he is like a shooting star that appeared out of thin air.I just don't know how powerful his meteor is.

Tang Lin was the first round in the afternoon of the first day, which was also the second round of the world audition.Only he and the organizer know the players' playing time. If they don't tell the public deliberately, they may not know who their opponent is until the start of the game, and Tang Lin obviously doesn't know his opponent now.

The first match has already started, Tang Lin and other players can directly see the current situation of the players on the big screen in the room.The contestants from Sweden and South Korea are now playing. Tang Lin, the South Korean player, still remembers that he was there in the last World Championship.The Swedish player is a man in his forties, with a short stature, only about 1.7 meters, and looks very strange. Presumably, he should be a "newcomer" entering the World Championship for the first time.

When the Korean players saw their opponents, their expressions instantly relaxed, and they seemed to be very confident in their promotion.The Swedish player's expression was very calm, and he didn't seem to have much emotion about what kind of player he was facing, even an old player like South Korea.

The topic of this competition was chosen by the audience, and the organizer announced 25 dishes on the screen. These 25 dishes included the contestants' own national dishes, as well as famous dishes from other countries or very rare local dishes.It is of course the best if the contestants can get their own country's dishes, but if they get local dishes, the contestants can only ask for blessings.

The audience couldn't hear the shouts of the South Korean and Swedish contestants. They picked up the controllers on their seats, and then looked at the 25 dishes on the screen and began to choose independently.The names of these dishes are just the names of the dishes. The organizer did not post pictures of the dishes. The audience can only rely on the names of the various dishes on the screen to think about what kind of dishes they are.

But some dishes have really euphemistic names, just like the "Yunhe Duanxiao" at the Manchu Banquet... Who in the audience knows what the hell it is?

Whether they know it or not, it all depends on the audience's imagination.Most of the spectators clicked the selection button because they saw that the name sounded good. They had no idea how much their choice would affect the contestants.

However, it can only be said that the Korean and Swedish players are really black, and the selection method of the competition topics is also randomly selected.

Finally, all the audience present voted, and the vote rate of these 25 dishes was displayed on the screen, but they did not expect that since the unique local dish ranked first all the way, when it finally sat firmly in the first place, not only the Korean contestants , the Swedish players' faces were all black.

What the hell is this dish?They have never heard of it...

Now that the topic has come out, regardless of whether the contestants have heard it or not, when the whistle sounded, South Korea and Sweden immediately rushed to the ingredients area to pick out the ingredients they needed.

Tang Lin looked at the title of the competition and smiled. Unexpectedly, he still talked about the dishes he and Liang Ting had seen when they traveled, and he had also learned it.But unfortunately, this dish is now selected, and it will not appear again in the following competitions.

Two contestants from South Korea and Sweden picked out the ingredients and moved their knives. Although they didn't know what the dish was, the other party was obviously the same as themselves. Even so, they could only rely on their own imagination to compete who made the dish is the closest to the topic.

It was as if the topic was a soup. Some of them made the soup, and some made the dish. Obviously, the one who made the soup would win the promotion.It's also fortunate that the World Championships are all two-two competitions, and it's not that if you make a mistake in the competition topic, you will be eliminated.

The one-hour game time passed quickly, and the Korean and Swedish players were already sweating profusely.Their group said it was a food competition, but now they are more inclined to see who is lucky.The Swedish rookies were not so lucky, and South Korea finally got the chance to advance to the next round!

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At noon, Tang Lin and the members of Tang's Su family had lunch near the competition site, and then took Su Zhi back to the waiting room.At this time, there was still an hour left before Tang Lin's appearance.

Fade Chen went to Zhou's box, and Chu Xing didn't know where he went now, only Tang Lin and Su Zhi were left in the big lounge.

"I remember that I was always said to be unlucky from the Jianghai competition to the national competition." Tang Lin looked at Su Zhi with a smile and said, "Chairman, can you give me some lucky points?"

Su Zhi blinked, looked at Tang Lin's handsome face, couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, tightened his interlocking fingers with Tang Lin, Su Zhi slowly moved closer to his face, and put himself His lips covered Tang Lin's mouth.

"You will win."

Hearing Su Zhi's resolute words, Tang Lin grinned even wider.He kneaded Su Zhi's hand and chuckled, "I think so too."

The affectionate time always passes quickly, and the staff who came to remind Tang Lin about to play opened the door and saw the room full of elegant peach blossoms in the candidate area.

Staff: ... Isn't it the World Championship now?Why are there still players so leisurely dating in the candidate area? ? ?

The staff wiped off a cold sweat, "Tang Lin, it's time to get ready to play."

"Okay." Tang Lin responded, stood up and looked back at Su Zhi, "Wait for me to come back."

Su Zhi looked back at him seriously and nodded.

"it is good."

Tang Lin followed the staff, walked through the long corridor, and walked step by step towards the crowded place.There was an exit emitting a dazzling light. As he approached, the light became bigger and bigger, and the shouts of the audience outside became more and more clear and intense.

Tang Lin's heart suddenly beat rapidly.

Not scared, not nervous.

It's the excitement and excitement of finally reaching the World Championship!

Tang Lin subconsciously stretched out his left hand and pinched the fingers of his right hand. His right hand, no, it should be said that his whole body is now full of blood, clamoring for a good competition!

"Welcome our second contestants, our old friend Jack from the United States, and Tang Lin, our youngest Huaguo player in this session!"

Following the shouts of the host, Tang Lin and the American player named Old Jack walked out at the entrance of their respective tracks. When the audience saw the two, they screamed louder and applauded one after another.When Tang Lin came out, he heard many audience members shouting the name of Old Jack excitedly.

The team of Tang Lin and Old Jack can be said to be a highlight of this competition. Old Jack is 69 years old and is the oldest among their players, while Tang Lin is the youngest player in the World Championship in ten years. It just came together by coincidence.

Host: "The audience who often follow us should know that this is the third time for Old Jack to participate in our World Championship this year. It is conceivable that he is very strong, but he has been unlucky all the time. Every time the competition topic It seems that they all favored the player opposite him. I hope he will have better luck this year, so that he can draw the most favorable dishes!"

"Tang Lin, the youngest of our class, is participating in the World Championships for the first time, but he has performed very well in the Beijing Provincial and National Championships in China. I hope he will maintain his strength in this competition and let us see the wonderful cooking skills."

The host talked about Old Jack at length. When it was Tang Lin's turn, he looked at the short introduction in his hand and really didn't know how to blow Tang Lin, so compared to Old Jack's introduction, Tang Lin It is relatively simple.But the person who wrote Tang Lin's introduction didn't know that Tang Zhongguo, who was once popular all over the world, was Tang Lin's grandfather, otherwise the host would be able to praise Tang Lin directly.

When introducing the players, the camera also turned to Old Jack and Tang Lin.As soon as the camera came to Old Jack, the cheers of the audience never stopped.With a smile on his face, Old Jack waved to the audience around him, who cheered even more.

Tang Lin was a little speechless. This old man who looked like he was in his 60s did not expect to be so popular with the audience.

The camera quickly turned to Tang Lin again, and the screen slowly zoomed in on Tang Lin from his feet up, and foreign audiences couldn't help exclaiming when they saw the handsome, handsome oriental boy on the screen. With a sound.Orientals really have a mysterious and attractive charm.

However, the audience who were attracted by Tang Lin's appearance quickly went into an uproar. They saw Tang Lin's right arm flashing across the screen just now. There was a scar on it, right?

This little Dongfang player was injured?Although the scar can't tell when it was injured, but looking at the long and hideous scar, no matter how you look at it, it can't be more than a year.A player who has suffered such a serious injury in a year has actually made it to the World Championship?Could it be that this player is left-handed?If not, wouldn't this scarred right hand really affect his cooking?

Compared with Tang Lin's handsome appearance, the audience seemed to be more concerned about his right hand injury.

There was a distance between Old Jack and Tang Lin, so he didn't notice Tang Lin's right hand at first. When he looked up and saw the scar on Tang Lin's hand on the big screen, he couldn't help showing surprise on his face. look.While feeling sorry for Tang Lin, Old Jack became more confident in his promotion.

From the movement of Tang Lin carrying the bag just now, Old Jack guessed that Tang Lin was not left-handed.And his usual right hand saw that the wound was only suffered this year. Presumably, with the development of medical skills, his hand would not be completely healed so soon.In this case, no matter what, Tang Lin's strength will not be fully utilized.As for this small impact, the gap between Tang Lin and the low-level players is not obvious, but when a pair of old players of the same level as Old Jack, the gap is obviously widened all at once.

Old Jack shook his head, but couldn't help being relieved.Tang Lin, a young player, was able to make it to the World Championships this time. Although he lost to him in the first audition, he was able to make a comeback three years later. Age is a big cheating tool for him.

And Tang Lin's old Jack, who believed that he would win the "injured" Tang Lin, hadn't reacted when he lost. Why did he lose suddenly?

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"Okay, let our staff come up with the competition topic."

As soon as the host's voice fell, a few staff members came out from a certain exit carrying a large turntable.There are white strips pasted on the big turntable, and it is completely impossible to see what is written under the white strips.The big turntable was moved between Old Jack and Tang Lin, and then a staff member delivered a dart to the two of them.

Tang Lin looked at the darts in his hands, did they ask them to throw them on the big turntable and see which dish they would choose?And now all the dishes are covered by white stripes...

Old Jack is an old contestant, and he is already used to the strange methods of picking topics in cooking competitions. It is not uncommon for him to encounter this kind of big turntable, so he has more experience than Tang Lin.

Host: "Then our old Jack player will start throwing darts first."

Old Jack turned the things in his hands, looked up at the big turntable that was spinning rapidly, and stared straight at the small red square. According to the practice of previous years, the bigger the square, the bigger the competition topic The more difficult it is, the smaller the block is, the simpler it is. On the contrary, the difficulty and simplicity are quite satisfactory if the block area is equal.

Old Jack often played this kind of dart throwing game, so when he selected the target, he threw the dart in his hand decisively with a wave of his hand.His aim was very good, and he stabbed the red square of equal area he wanted.

The staff stepped forward to remove the white strip of the red square, and the dish inside was quickly revealed. It is a famous French dish!This dish is very famous, and it's not difficult to make. It's really lucky for old Jack this time!

Old Jack shook his arm, thinking that he could pack up and advance to the next round. Even God is blessing him this year.

When it was Tang Lin's turn to throw darts, both the audience and the players watching the game couldn't help but get nervous.Will Tang Lin have the good luck of old Jack?Or are you starting to be at a disadvantage in the competition topic?

Tang Lin tossed the dart in his hand, he really hadn't played with it much, so he didn't even think about it.Seeing the square that Old Jack stabbed, Tang Lin also roughly guessed the difficulty distribution of the big turntable.It's useless to just guess, he...can't vote correctly.

Tang Lin had no choice but to throw it in a direction he liked casually, but he was impartial, and his dart pierced into the next door of a blue medium square - the largest square in the big turntable.

The staff stepped forward and pressed the big turntable to stop, and then tore off the white strip on the cube that Tang Lin stabbed. It is a local dish from Brazil.

Not only the audience didn't know about this side dish, but few of the contestants knew about it.

The host couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw this topic, "I didn't expect Tang Lin to choose the most difficult dish in our round."

Hearing the host's words, the audience couldn't help talking, and most of the discussions were about Tang Lin's bad luck, and old Jack's bad luck.

"This little guy is finished."

"Hua Guo is really unlucky."

"Hands are a bit smelly. It seems that this player must not finish darts very often."

"Old Jack is really lucky. He took advantage all of a sudden. This game is probably nothing to watch."

In the candidate area behind the arena, players from various countries were also discussing Old Jack and Tang Lin.

The French lounge that has won two consecutive championships.

"Old Jack is lucky this time. He met such an unlucky little guy."

"I've never heard of the local dishes in Brazil. I'm afraid the players in Huaguo are under a lot of pressure now."

"However, it's not bad for Old Jack to advance. I still have the confidence to win him."

Seed players Italian lounge.

"Alejandro, what do you think of Tang Lin and old Jack?"

"Young kids should go home early."

"Dude, you are too strict."

"Aonzo, this is not a child's game of housekeeping."

Seeded Türkiye Lounge.

"Akyol, do you think this oriental boy can beat old Jack?"

"Old Jack is very lucky, but we can't say that Tang Lin will lose, Shen Tier, you have to be clear, there is never a fluke in the game, and we should deal with every game well."

"Akyol, you are right."

Not only players from France, Italy, and Turkey are discussing Tang Lin and Old Jack, but players from other countries are also analyzing Tang Lin and Old Jack's abilities in a targeted manner.

After choosing the topic, the whistle has already sounded.

Although Old Jack was a bit older, but his figure was very vigorous, he rushed out all at once, and brought the ingredients back in the blink of an eye.Tang Lin's movements were not slow either. He carefully selected the materials to be used, and quickly returned to his table.

The knives they were going to use had already been laid out on the table, and Old Jack and Tang Lin picked up the knives at the same time and started cooking.Everyone thought that Tang Lin would be helpless when facing Brazilian local dishes, but seeing his sharp knife skills and cooking without hesitation, the audience began to have a series of questions in their hearts.

Could it be that Tang Lin has seen or cooked this dish before?Such a coincidence?

If Tang Lin knew what they were thinking, he would tell everyone generously, it really was such a coincidence.He and Liang Ting hadn't seen this Brazilian dish when they were traveling, but learned about it from Mr. Tang, and it was still in his teens.At that time, his cooking skills were not up to the level approved by Mr. Tang, but he made several somersaults on this small Brazilian dish, overturned it and continued to cook it. He made this dish at least a hundred times before finally passing Mr. Tang. recognition.Although it's been a few years since I made it, Tang Lin really can't forget this kind of dish that he obviously cooked seriously.Without thinking about the brain, the hands have already started to move skillfully.

When Tang Lin saw the dish he had stabbed with a dart, he just wanted to sigh, that it was right to seek luck from Su Zhi.

When the other members of the Su family and the Tang family saw that Tang Lin had chosen this Brazilian dish, their faces turned ugly.Everyone thought that Tang Lin was in trouble and was about to be eliminated in the first match, but Mr. Tang and Mrs. Tang were the calmest and calmest among them.

Su Yun tilted his head, and saw Mr. Tang who was drinking tea leisurely, and Mrs. Tang who was very leisurely peeling grape skins one by one.Um?Shouldn't Mr. Tang and Mrs. Tang be more nervous than them?

The others also noticed the calmness of Mr. Tang and Granny, and turned to look at them.Sensing everyone's hot gazes, Mrs. Tang clapped her hands, pointed at Mr. Tang and said, "The old man taught Tang Lin how to cook this dish before. Hey, we didn't expect him to be so lucky that he got such a dish in the first competition." Simple subject."

Everyone: "..."

Suddenly I felt sorry for the old Jack, and also felt sad for the audience and players who were kept in the dark.

Don't think the topic is difficult, but it's easy for them Tang Lin!It's almost the same as cooking the local dishes you are familiar with!

Everyone wanted to yell this sentence to the uninformed audience, but they couldn't, so they could only sullenly hold the thought in their hearts.Seeing that the host is still talking about how difficult this Brazilian side dish is, the audience under the camera is nervous and doesn't like Tang Lin's expression at all, and the confident old Jack, everyone is really serious...and I still want to laugh.

Liang Ting wiped off his sweat, "Grandmother, tell us in advance about this kind of thing next time, we were almost scared out of our wits just now."

"Got it, got it, you should have more confidence in Tang Lin. According to me, Tang Lin will be ready for the finals." Granny Gu patted her shoulder to assure her.

Although Liang Ting and the others also have great confidence in Tang Lin's cooking skills, they are not as blind as Granny.This is not a national competition, but a world competition. They are facing powerful enemies from all over the world, and there is France behind them, no matter how confident they are, they are also nervous!

Looking at the faces of the people, Granny sighed and shook her head. Why aren't these people as confident as Su Zhi was to Tang Lin?

Su Zhi, who was talked about by the mother-in-law in his heart, was guarding the candidate area. He was the only one in the lounge of Nuoda University. His sitting posture had not changed since Tang Lin started the game. His head was always facing the big screen, and his eyes never left his eyes. , the camera is now divided into two sides, one is the real-time broadcast of Tang Lin's side, and the other is the American player Old Jack.

The three promotion rounds of the World Championships are all played for only one hour, which is very short for the players. If you slow down, the whistle may sound for the end of the game.

Tang Lin and Old Jack had very serious expressions, and the audience could only see that their hands were about to form phantoms, and the two sides not only made one pot, but also two or three pots, and their hands were moving at the same time of.At this time, the game time has entered the last 15 minutes. Judging from the appearance of Tang Lin and Old Jack, it seems that they have entered the final state.

Old Jack raised his eyes and glanced at Tang Lin. The player from Huaguo is in a good state of mind, and he seems to be able to cook Brazilian food well, but he doesn't know if he made that dish blindly.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and now it has entered the countdown of the last hour, and the countdown number has appeared in the lower middle corner of the screen, beating rapidly from second to second.

Under the eyes of everyone expecting, the whistle finally sounded.

"Beep-"

The staff on one side made a stop movement, and Tang Lin and Old Jack also stopped one after another when the whistle sounded.Their dishes were served in front of the judges, covered with a large hood.

Tang Lin didn't know any of the five judges this time, but judging from the reactions of the people around him, it seemed that all five of them were well-known people.

Old Jack's dishes were tasted first. The colors of his dishes are very bright. Although the shapes are simpler, they seem to be in line with the usual American style.The judges tasted his dishes one by one, and they seemed to feel pretty good looking at his face.

One of the blond female judges who looked about 50 years old smiled and looked at Old Jack, "Your dish has improved a lot compared to before."

"Although I'm old, it can't stop me from researching how to make dishes more delicious." Old Jack said.

The judges nodded, "You're right."

The audience looked at the judges chatting and laughing with Old Jack, and couldn't help but think in their hearts, this Old Jack might be directly promoted.Tang Lin touched his chin, does he look so weak?He could feel the pity eyes falling on him from all directions.

After trying Old Jack's dishes, the staff brought Tang Lin's dishes to the center.As soon as the cover was opened, the judges looked at the dishes on the plate and couldn't help but look up at Tang Lin.

When Tang Lin finished drawing questions, the judges searched for information on this Brazilian local dish, and then got more information from the organizer.They remembered that the picture of the dish on the information matched Tang Lin's real dish perfectly.

"This..." The blond judge looked up at Tang Lin, "Have you ever seen or cooked this dish?"

Hearing what the judges said, not only Old Jack, but even the audience all turned their attention to Tang Lin.What did the judges say just now?Did they hear wrong.

Tang Lin didn't expect her to ask such a question, and smiled, "Yes, my grandfather taught me how to make this dish before."

Old Jack's face turned pale instantly.

The players in the players' rest area who were lazy and disliked Tang Lin couldn't help but sit up straight.

The judges stopped talking, picked up a fork and tried Tang Lin's dishes.They ate seriously, more seriously and carefully than when they ate old Jack's dishes, and they also enjoyed it more.

Seeing the expressions of the judges, old Jack's tall and straight figure became hunched, as if he had aged a few years all of a sudden.

After the judges tasted it, they felt that the special taste in their mouths was still lingering wantonly in their mouths. This young oriental boy, it seems, is not as simple as the surface.

The blond judge took a deep breath and said, "Tang Lin, advance!"