Rebirth's Private Kitchen

The host read a long opening speech, and then as the camera approached each contestant, the screens in all directions projected their appearances, and the voice of the host also introduced the names of these contestants one by one. .

Among the people participating in this national competition, apart from the Su family, Zhou family, and Xia family, there are also a small number of people from other places, but this small number of people are not as famous as Su Zhouxia.After the host's introduction, the logo of the culinary competition scrolled on the screen for three seconds, and a line of words appeared on it - the title of the competition: water.

After this typesetting, the screen was connected to the real-time broadcast of the players in the center of the field.When the title of the competition comes out, it means that the competition will start.An hourglass popped up on the screen, and a countdown was displayed next to it.

— 5 more minutes.

As time slowly dissipated, the expressions of the contestants became more serious, and their eyes were fixed on the aquarium in the corner.It seems that when everyone sees the word "water", they immediately think of seafood or seafood.

Chu Xing, who was beside Tang Lin, suddenly let out a "chi" laugh. Tang Lin looked over and found that the other party had stopped eating snacks, his eyes were firmly set in the center of the field, the corner of his mouth seemed to be a smile, and his expression collapsed. tight.It's no longer the hippie smile it was before, and it's more serious than the people around it.

At this time, Chu Xing's full attention was on the upcoming game, and he didn't notice that Tang Lin was looking at him at all. Five minutes passed quickly, and when the trumpet sounded, the contestants in the field started to move. Among the ten contestants, at least six jumped into the aquarium as soon as the trumpet sounded, pushing each other with the people around them. Shoving, scrambling for the seafood in the aquarium, which is not too much.

The remaining four contestants were much calmer than them. Their goal was not the aquarium, and the four walked in four directions.When the audience saw their actions, they became noisy.

"Isn't the topic water? Why did someone go to the fruit section to pick ingredients?"

"The fruit is pretty good. Look at that big, strong man, he brought back a black pig right away."

"Looking at the black pig, I suddenly felt that the contestant who picked the chicken was nothing."

"..."

Those four contestants who didn't pick seafood seemed to have refreshed the audience's perception, and many audience members had already begun to guess what they were going to do next.But no matter how they guessed, they all felt that the result was a bit far-fetched, and they couldn't figure out the true thoughts of these four people at all.

"The favorites to win the championship should not be underestimated. The seafood contestants probably don't know that they lost at the starting line this round."

Tang Lin tilted his head slightly, and caught Chu Xing's self-talk in his ear. Chu Xing watched the game very seriously, and didn't know that Tang Lin had heard his words.Tang Lin frowned, feeling that Chu Xing was not like an ordinary audience, but more like... a player competing in the middle of the field.

The contestants who picked the ingredients had already started cooking. The six seafood contestants chose crabs, sea fish, shrimps, etc., which are very common aquatic products.The other four chose black pig, fruit, chicken, and poultry.

At this time, the camera was facing the very strong man who shocked everyone. He was a contestant from the Xia family.He cut the black pig's neck with a knife, and a stream of bright red pig blood spurted out.There were exclamations from the audience, seeing the big bowl of pig blood, everyone's doubts were finally well explained.

The topic of the competition is water. Seeing the word "water", people's first thought should be pure water, a kind of liquid that they usually drink.But if you change to the game scene, you will first think of the creatures in the sea, such as various seafood.And this man with a strong figure and strong muscles thought of "animal blood". Looking at it this way, it seemed that the shock brought by the black pig had weakened a lot.Animal blood is also a kind of liquid.

Tang Lin watched the chef of Xia's family put the pig's blood aside, and then began to tidy up the black pig. He felt that it came from Xia's family, and he should have received the guidance of the British who won the culinary competition championship. , this chef should not simply use pig blood.

The camera turned to the contestant who chose the fruit again, and the opponent was from the Zhou family.The selection of this fruit is actually a bit weird. Isn’t juice considered “water”?The fruit also has the word "water", which seems to be closer to the topic than the other three contestants, but friends, this is cooking in a competition now, the main dish made of fruit?What can there be?Sweet and Sour Pork?

The chef of the Zhou family was not affected by the booing outside the venue, but peeled the five kinds of fruits he had chosen one after another, dug out some of the fruits, and took the rest to make juice.Looking at it this way, I really don't understand what he wants to do.

Then there was the contestant who chose chicken. This contestant was not under Su Zhi. Tang Lin thought about it, and remembered that this person seemed to be surnamed... Chu.Chu?

Tang Lin opened the booklet in his hand, and turned to the introduction page of the contestants.This person was indeed surnamed Chu, in his 40s, and did not work for any consortium, but opened a... small restaurant in Linshui City by himself?Tang Lin re-read it several times, and the introduction of this man was much simpler than that of others. He was indeed the owner of the restaurant. As for the resume booklet before opening the restaurant, there was no introduction.

It seems that a person who runs a small restaurant can go to the national finals of the cooking competition, it seems that it is not an easy person.

Chu surname?Tang Lin chewed it several times in his mouth, and glanced at Chu Xing who was still motionless and watched the game seriously.

Will these two have anything to do with each other?If they knew each other, then this Chu Xing was also a chef?

Tang Lin put aside these questions for the time being, and turned his gaze back to the playing field.The chef of the Su family is a very thin man, who looks less than 1.6 meters high, and his body is so thin that he will be blown down by a gust of wind.The other party chose poultry ingredients, which seemed to be a type of edible geese.He peeled the geese and put the whole one into a stew pot. The method is a bit like the stewed pigeon soup we usually make.

In addition, the six contestants who chose seafood and sea food seemed to be very ordinary cooking methods, which did not make people's eyes shine.While the players were being broadcast on the screen, there was also a countdown to the game.

The entire match lasted only two and a half hours, and it was very tight.

With the audience's exclamation and sighs, the countdown quickly jumped more than half.At this time, the game has reached the very fiery and tense last half hour.Tang Lin looked away, and he had already guessed what all the contestants were cooking. He twisted his neck to relax his body.

Su Zhi next to him was still watching the game without squinting, especially the thin and thin chef of the Su family, his brows on both sides were about to frown together.

Tang Lin shook his clenched hand and said softly, "Relax."

As soon as Su Zhijing was reminded by Tang Lin, he suddenly felt a tingling pain in his palm. He was too focused just now, and his nails pressed the flesh of the palm without realizing it.

Tang Lin saw him come back to his senses, grabbed his hand and spread it out, feeling a little distressed, the nail prints on the palm were very obvious.Su Zhi was embarrassed and withdrew his hand, but Tang Lin was so strong that he couldn't pull it back at all.

"Let me hold your hand." Tang Lin said.

Su Zhi smiled flatteringly, and gently scratched Tang Lin's palm.

"Don't scratch, doesn't your hand hurt?" Tang Lin pressed his tricky hand, "I can't guarantee that if you move again, I won't kiss you in public."

Frightening Su Zhi, Tang Lin laughed when he saw him turning his eyes back to the center of the game with a flushed face.

The countdown on the screen jumped to the last 10 minutes.

The dishes made by the ten contestants have come to an end.

The 10 minutes seemed to pass quickly, and seemed to pass more slowly than the previous hour or so. As everyone waited nervously, the familiar horn sounded again.

time up!

As the sound of the horn stopped, the ten contestants put the dishes covered by their pots on the trolley in front of them.The waiters waiting outside the competition venue went to the ten contestants one after another, and pushed the small carts to the judges' seats in an orderly manner.

There were five people sitting on the judge's seat, three men and two women, most of whom were around 50 years old.Seeing that Tang Lin didn't seem to know these judges well, Su Zhi gave him a brief introduction one by one.

These judges are all well-known gourmets in the country. The oldest one was the champion of the national finals of the culinary art competition, and won the third place in the world competition on behalf of Huaguo.The youngest one is a media person. He has produced many food shows and has been a judge of many amateur food competitions.In short, the status of these five judges in China can be considered a little detached, and they can be regarded as representatives of the golden tongue in China.

Tang Lin nodded knowingly.

"I thought it would be Tian and that Alfred who would come to be the judges." Tang Lin said.

Su Zhi shook his head and said, "Because it's a domestic final, the organizing committee clearly stipulates that only locals can be judges. Because they are also worried that foreign judges will play favoritism for personal gain."

It's like an Englishman being a judge for the finals of a French competition. What if the Englishman deliberately selects the worst players?So there is no chance for France to win in the World Championship?

Of course, domestic judges can't guarantee that they won't be bribed because of public favoritism, but every country is very strict. As long as such a situation is found among the judges, the judge will receive a very serious punishment.Usually no judge makes such a self-destructive mistake.

The dishes of the six contestants who chose seafood were brought up first. Their dishes were all ordinary, and the judges seemed a little disappointed, so they just took a sip.

In the end, none of the six players scored very high.

Afterwards, Chef Zhou's dishes were brought to the table, and the judges nodded, seemingly satisfied.After the trial of the Zhou family, it was the turn of the Su family, the Xia family, and the chef surnamed Chu.

After the judges finished trying theirs, they didn't give their scores immediately like the previous six. Instead, they seemed to be in hesitation. The five judges whispered to each other, and it seemed that it was difficult to give a result from Su Xia, Zhou Chu and the others. .

The national finals need to select three players to participate in the World Series, so who will be able to stand out?

The audience held their breath and stared straight at the five judges.