Food Tycoon

As soon as Haixuan and Yu Lu had finished processing the evening scent, a tall and thin chef came to the comment table with his own dishes. He was the No. 5 contestant. He made stewed beancurd duck and fried lotus shrimp. The shape of the prawns is particularly unique and exquisite. The golden prawns are decorated with coriander leaves and red chili rings. The combination of red, yellow and green is dazzling. It is perfectly placed in the white porcelain, which is as attractive as a work of art.

The scoring standard is based on the aspects of color, aroma, taste, and shape. The full score is 50 points, 10 points for each dish, 20 points for color, aroma, and shape, and 5 points for taste.Judging from the TV screen, contestant No. [-]'s fried hibiscus shrimp should be able to get full marks in terms of color and shape.

When the dish was served, all seven judges stood up, looked at it carefully one by one, and smelled the taste before picking up their chopsticks to try it.After eating, go back to the review booth and start scoring. The highest score given by the seven judges is 87 points, and the lowest score is 78 points. After removing the highest and lowest scores, the final average score is 82.2 points.

Mr. Xu commented as a representative of the comments: "Contestant No. 5 pays more attention to the presentation of food, which is good in color and shape, but when you look closer, the braised bean curd duck is a little too oily, and the bean curd skin is slightly burnt. It should be The oil temperature is a bit high, and there is a strong white pepper smell in the shrimp. It should be added to remove the fishy smell, but if it is added too much, it will cover up the original flavor of the shrimp. These two dishes failed a little. I can only give 80 points."

It was the first time for Yu Lu to see such a professional competition and commentary, and he suddenly felt that he was a bit unappreciative. The dishes he usually cooks are completely extensive, how can they be so delicate, so he couldn't help feeling a little nervous, and turned to look at Haixuan: " Ah Hai, are you alright?"

Haixuan said, "It's okay."

At this time, Zhang Yiwei found Yu Lu and Haixuan from the crowd, wiping his sweat, and he quickly sat down beside Yu Lu: "Master, Brother Lu. When is the match, Master?"

Yu Lu turned his head and glanced at him: "He'll be there soon. Are you better?"

Zhang Yiwei chuckled: "After eating the Sydney pear with Chuanbei rock candy that Brother Hai said, the cough was as if it was taken away, and it recovered immediately. I can also participate in the competition tomorrow."

Haixuan patted the back of his head: "Don't talk, watch the game."

The score of the first contestant was relatively low. Naturally, it was also because he was the first to play, and the judges were all under pressure.Because the first score was a bit low, the second chef who was about to go on stage hesitated for a while, and came on stage after 5 minutes. However, this unconfident delay affected his score. He made baked cassock fish And sweet crepe taro paste, in fact, the taste of the dish is not bad, but the score is only 1 point more than the first person, because the dish is cold and loses its original taste.

Zhang Yiwei said: "Wow, so picky?"

Yu Lu said: "This is a competition for professional chefs, so of course they will be more picky."

A fat chef next to them who had been paying attention to them for a long time suddenly said, "Which hotel do you three belong to?"

Zhang Yiwei said: "The Haibawang restaurant in xx county."

Unexpectedly, the other party laughed maliciously: "The smaller the place, the more shameless people are, and they dare to be called Haibawang! What is the level of the head chef of your restaurant?"

Zhang Yiwei glanced at the other party with disdain: "Our chef is at the level of the God of Cookery, just like you, he is not qualified to lift his shoes!"

The fat chef was not stimulated by Zhang Yiwei's words. He sneered: "You are still a god of food. I'm afraid your head chef came from a wild way. You don't even have a chef qualification certificate. You dare to participate in the competition with this level. Don't you know what level of competition it is?" The other party looked at them like ants, and now he knew that these three little chefs were his opponents, but unfortunately he thought they were helpers.

Yu Lu glanced at the other person's hat. Haixuan had educated him about it. That height is a chef's hat. This person is at least a senior chef, or even a technician or senior technician.He was very disgusted by the contemptuous tone of the other party, and frowned and said: "We can participate in the competition, of course we have passed the review of the organizing committee, so you don't have to worry about it."

The opponent rolled his eyes: "Fortunately, I thought this was some kind of high-level competition. Now this kind of non-level layman can come to the competition. It seems that this competition is just going through the motions. Maybe the top ten will be eliminated. People have made a reservation, and we just pay the registration fee to accompany the prince to study." In fact, the registration fee is only 200 yuan, and they cook a dish, and the ingredients are more than 200 yuan.

Zhang Yiwei has a bad temper, and stood up immediately: "What the hell do you mean? Who is a layman? Don't think that you can cook if you wear a high hat. If it's okay, you'll know if you compete on stage." He was excited , coughed up, and coughed very violently.

Yu Lu hurriedly got up and patted Zhang Yiwei on the back: "Awei, don't make trouble with him, sit down."

The people around looked at him one after another when he yelled so loudly, with contempt in their eyes, and some people said: "They are all from some pheasant restaurant, and even sick and consumptive can come to participate in the competition. This competition is his own. Do it at home."

Zhang Yiwei couldn't help shouting back: "You're fucking sick, I'm not a robot, I don't get sick, so you never get sick?"

Hai Xuan turned his head and said coldly: "Ah Wei, shut up! Sit down!"

Zhang Yiwei glanced at Haixuan, and sat down unconvinced. Someone actually slandered their brother Hai, and he deserved a fucking beating.

Haixuan crossed his legs and said leisurely: "There are always some people in the world who always like to make excuses for themselves. They think that others are flattering their leaders or have better fathers than themselves. They look like no one. If you look good, you can say that someone has plastic surgery, and if you can’t win the competition, you can say that someone has unspoken rules... Do you think it is necessary to argue with such a person?"

Yu Lu listened from the sidelines, and his anger could not help calming down. There are indeed some people in this world who like to complain about others, the society, the government, and their aspiring parents about their work. I have never reflected on whether I have treated others fairly, whether I have tried my best, and whether I have found the right method.If Haixuan won No.1 today, some people might think that he has gone through the back door. Even if he tasted Haixuan's dishes himself, he would only say that he was lucky and performed well on the spot. He would never affirm that others are behind the scenes. Work hard and pay.

When the chefs around heard Hai Xuan's words, they were all furious, but they didn't dare to say anything, because as soon as they got angry, they became the kind of people Hai Xuan said, so these people hated Hai Xuan. Teeth itch, but there is nothing to do.

The top ten contestants have already presented their works one after another. The judges and teachers scored and commented one by one. I don’t know whether it is a problem of level or the judges deliberately lowered the scores. The scores of the first round are generally relatively low, and the score of No.1 is also Only 87 points, which made the people behind couldn't help but chuckle, which shows that they all have a chance to surpass.

It was the turn of the second batch of contestants to enter the arena. Haixuan stood up, and Yu Lu looked up at him: "Ah Hai, come on!"

Hai Xuan nodded, and walked towards the arena with steady steps.The fat chef who despised them just now was in the same batch as Haixuan. Zhang Yiwei looked at his back and shook his fist: "Brother Hai, come on, beat those guys to pieces."

Haixuan is NO.11, and his stove is the first stove at the door of the kitchen. After he received the ingredients, he began to arrange the ingredients.Haixuan's two dishes of crab balls in clear soup and Jiangnan Baihua chicken can be done almost at the same time, because the two dishes will use a lot of overlapping content, such as shrimp, crab meat, pork fat meat, ham, etc., which saves him a lot time.

He first processed the shrimp meat, shelled the shrimp, removed the shrimp line, took the shrimp meat, absorbed the water and chopped it into meat paste, cut the fat meat into fine grains, peeled and diced water chestnuts, diced shiitake mushrooms, and cut the lean ham meat into pieces and minced meat. ,spare.

Haixuan first makes crab balls. He takes the meat from the steamed crabs, beats the shrimp paste with egg white, monosodium glutamate, and refined salt into shrimp gelatin, and then adds crab meat, fatty meat, diced water chestnuts, diced mushrooms, and diced ham to stir together. Evenly, beat it into a jelly, squeeze the mixed filling into balls of about 20 grams each, and the main ingredient of clear soup crab balls is done.

After the crab balls were ready, he was not in a hurry to cook the soup, and started to process the Jiangnan Baihua chicken. The tender hen weighing two catties took the skin from the back completely, leaving the head, wings, tail and other parts to steam for later use. , The oil under the chicken skin is going to be exhausted.

Stir the shrimp paste with diced fat meat, crab meat, egg white, minced ham, monosodium glutamate, refined salt, pepper, wet starch, etc. to make a thin filling, then poke a few holes in the chicken skin, turn it over and spread it, spread the wet starch, and then Spread the thin stuffing on the chicken skin, pat it flat with a knife, and then evenly coat with a thin layer of egg white, put it on a plate, and steam it in a steamer for about 6 minutes.

While the Hundred Flowers Chicken was steaming in the steamer, Haixuan began to cook the crab balls in clear soup, put the crab balls in boiling water and cook until they were raw, and then took them out for later use.Heat the pot over medium-high heat, pour in the soup, add fish sauce, Shaojiu, pepper, and sesame oil, pour in the crab balls after boiling, boil and pour into the soup pot, sprinkle with coriander, and the crab balls in clear soup are ready.

Take out the steamed chicken skin, cut the chicken skin into 24 uniform pieces with an oblique knife method, and place them neatly on the large plate in the order of one front and one reverse, with the head and tail at both ends, and the wings on the left and right to form a whole chicken shape.Finally, heat the wok with cooked lard, add rice wine, broth, refined salt, and pepper, thicken it and boil it, drip sesame oil, pour it on the chicken skin, place tuberose around, and the Jiangnan Hundred Flowers Chicken is a great success.

The time difference between the two dishes was less than 2 minutes. After they were cooked, they were served on the comment table. They were all piping hot, and they were all hot for the judges to evaluate.

The ingredients of these two dishes made by Haixuan are roughly the same. Most people will not choose two dishes with similar main ingredients, because if they are not done well, one dish will lose, and the other will follow suit. If you lose, you lose everything.Even if it is done well, the judges will feel that the contestants are taking advantage of opportunities, because on the one hand, it is to save time, and on the other hand, it is to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses.However, Hai Xuan did so, and watched the judges taste his dishes one by one with a calm face.

Yu Lu was so nervous outside the court that his palms were sweating. He didn't go anywhere for more than an hour just now, and he clenched his fists and stared at the TV screen, for fear of missing any shot of Haixuan.Now that Haixuan finally brought the prepared dishes, his heart rose to his throat, and he stared at the TV screen. Judging from the color and shape, the crab balls in clear soup were just an ordinary bowl of soup, not What's so special about it, but the plate of Jiangnan Hundred Flowers Chicken is extremely beautiful. The golden chicken skin and the jade white shrimp gelatin are neatly arranged alternately, together with the tuberose with green stems and white flowers all around, the visual effect is very strong.

Many chefs outside the venue were a little surprised, and couldn't help asking: "What kind of dish is this? Wenchang Chicken?" Because many people have never even seen Jiangnan Baihua Chicken, let alone cook it.

The difference from previous times is that the judges didn't move their chopsticks only once. After picking it up once, they couldn't help picking it up for the second time. Because the number of Baihua Chicken Nuggets was limited, more than half of the plate was soon empty. .The judges on the court ate with satisfaction, Yu Lu outside the court slowly smiled, and Zhang Yiwei began to get excited: "Brother Lu, look quickly, those old men ate two yuan, something made by Brother Hai It's just delicious, hehe." The kid was so excited, as if it wasn't Haixuan who cooked the dishes, but himself.

Yu Lu's heart also gradually relaxed, he shouldn't have a low score.Those judges who were clearly unsatisfied went back and sat down one by one, and then began to score. The first one to raise the placard was Mr. Xu, whom Yu Lu knew, with 95 points. Well, how can you give such a high score, the highest score is invalid.

The chefs in the hall were in an uproar. The highest invalid score of the previous dozen contestants was not 95.Sure enough, someone began to talk: "What is the background of this person, he is really not a default?"

At this time, the second judge raised his placard: 97 points.The audience was even more uproarious.Both Yu Lu and Zhang Yiwei grinned from the corners of their mouths to their ears, how happy they were!Zhang Yiwei proudly gave a middle finger to the people around him.

The following judges showed their cards in turn. The lowest one was 90 points, and the highest one was 98 points. Finally, the highest and lowest scores were removed, and the average score was 94.6. So far, the only one who scored 90 points was more than 94 points.This result silenced everyone outside the arena.

Mr. Xu commented: "Let me talk about the reason for deducting points. Crab balls in clear soup are deducted one point for color and shape. This is the weakness of soup dishes. Even if you cook it deliciously, you cannot rule out this existing fact. The other three points are deducted from your tricks, because the main ingredients of the two dishes are the same. Of course, you let me eat the difference between the two dishes. This is your success. Please make persistent efforts and continue to maintain !"

Haixuan nodded, "Thank you for the judges' comments."

Generally speaking, there is only one judge for a contestant, because time is limited and there are too many judges, it is impossible to talk about them one by one.However, just as Haixuan was about to leave, another judge began to comment: "Contestant No. 11, please stay. You are from xx County, right?"

Haixuan stopped: "Yes."

"Are you from xx county?"

Haixuan hesitated for a moment: "No, my hometown is in City G."

"Is the dish of Jiangnan Baihua Chicken inherited from your family?"

Hai Xuan shook his head: "No, I figured it out based on the recipes that have been circulated, and I have eaten it once."

The judges nodded: "It's good to be able to make this level after eating it only once. I haven't eaten Jiangnan Hundred Flowers Chicken for many years. This dish has almost been lost. Now there are only a handful of people who can cook this dish I ate the Baihua Chicken again today, and the taste is still better than that of the past, which makes people sigh, so I hope that the No. 11 contestant can carry forward the Baihua Chicken and make more contributions to the inheritance and development of our Y dishes."

Haixuan nodded his head: "Thank you judges, I will try my best." Then he turned around and left, and an old man with silver hair appeared on the other side. It was the old Mr. Jin they met in the garden, and he waved to Haixuan , motioning to the chicken on the commenting platform, Haixuan came to understand, turned around quickly, and walked towards the old man with less than half a plate of chicken left: "Is this it?"

Mr. Jin smiled and didn't take the plate: "Young people are savvy, so smart. Thank you!" He didn't look for chopsticks, just grabbed a piece of chicken and stuffed it into his mouth, "Well, that's the taste, shrimp The fragrance of chicken is blended with the crab meat. There is me in you, and you in me. It is crisp, tender, soft, sweet and attractive. It is just right for my old man's teeth. Help me carry it. My old man's hands are shaking, and I am afraid that I will not be able to hold it , Sprinkled good food, come here to watch the game with me."

Haixuan thought for a while, but did not refuse. He followed the old man to the sofa beside the studio and sat down: "Is Mr. Jin Mr. Jin Nanshan?"

Mr. Jin paused, grabbed another piece of chicken and put it in his mouth. After chewing, he said, "You know my old man?"

"I heard from my grandfather once." Y dishes are divided into several categories: g dishes, k dishes, and c dishes. Jin Nanshan is a living figure of c dishes. However, it is rumored that this old man has a weird personality. A small restaurant, his restaurant is said to be reserved for two years, very legendary.The old man is actually a few years older than Haihong, he should be in his nineties and has retired long ago.

Jin Nanshan sucked his finger and squinted at Haixuan: "What's your name?"

Haixuan said: "Haixuan."

Jin Nanshan rolled his small eyes: "Are you a descendant of that old Haihong?"

Hai Xuan nodded: "Yes, Hai Hong is my grandfather."

Jin Nanshan suddenly showed a look of envy: "This old man is more fortunate than me, and there is someone who will succeed him."

Haixuan didn't know why he suddenly felt so emotional, didn't he have any apprentices?

"That old fellow Haihong is still alive?"

Hai Xuan shook his head: "Not anymore, I went last month."

Jin Nanshan was silent for a moment, and then said: "It's time to go. At this age, I haven't eaten or seen anything, and I am satisfied, not to mention having such a good grandson like you. By the way, why did you come to our place?" Come to compete, not in city g?"

Hai Xuan said: "I opened a small restaurant in xx myself, and I came here on behalf of my own restaurant, not my grandpa's restaurant."

Jin Nanshan looked at Haixuan, and laughed: "Your temper suits my taste. I like it. You rely on the sky and the earth to rely on your ancestors. You are not a good man."

Haixuan smiled wordlessly, turned his head to look at the stage, the fat chef who had despised them just now came on stage, he cooked crab balls in clear soup and stuffed money swim bladder, Jin Nanshan glanced at the TV screen, and said: "Shame on me!" !"

Haixuan took a closer look, and the fish maw stuffed with money maw didn’t seem to be ready. The judges scored after eating it, and the final score was only 84 points. The comment said that the crab balls in clear soup were left for too long after they were cooked, and they were old when they were cooled. , The swim bladder is not fully developed, which affects the taste.

Jin Nanshan said: "It's wrong to choose this dish. It takes two hours to heat the fish maw with warm oil, and two days with water. How can he use such a short amount of time."

Hai Xuan didn't speak, Jin Nanshan said again: "Look at my ineffective apprentices and grandchildren, they will make people laugh."

Hai Xuan asked in surprise, "Contestant number 16 is your apprentice?"

"Disciple, working as the head chef in this clubhouse, it's not a good thing, and it ruined my old man's brand." Jin Nanshan said angrily.

Haixuan suddenly remembered that the name of this catering club was Nanshan Guild Hall, so it really borrowed the old man's name.

Jin Nanshan looked at Haixuan: "Boy Hai, what dishes have you learned?"

Haixuan said: "I have learned all the Y dishes, and I have also learned some other cuisines."

"So are you proficient in c dishes, g dishes, and k dishes?" Jin Nanshan looked at Haixuan.

"I can't say I'm proficient. I'm still young and I still have a lot to learn." Haixuan knows that Chinese cuisine is extensive and profound, and he may not be able to finish it in his lifetime.

Jin Nanshan was very satisfied with Haixuan's attitude, he stroked his beard and said, "XX is not far from here, come and talk with my old man when you have time, and cook me a meal."

Haixuan looked at the old man and smiled: "I want to pay for the meal."

"Of course I will pay for your meal." Jin Nanshan said with a smile, and then said to Haixuan, "This Baihua chicken, you can try frying the shrimp gelatin for a while, and then put the meat in it."

Hai Xuan nodded: "Okay, I'll try next time." He knew that cooking for the old man would definitely not let him suffer.

Haixuan was about to go down to find Yu Lu, when the fat chef No. 16 came over, his face was full of shame: "Grandpa Master."

Jin Nanshan hummed: "Shame!"

The fat chef glanced at Haixuan, with some dissatisfaction in his eyes: "Grandpa, do you know this person?"

"It's none of your business who I know!" The old man took the plate from Haixuan's hand and stuffed it into the hand of his disciple, "Look at the dishes they cook, learn a little bit, I'm going to lose my old face to you all." !"

Hai Xuan got up: "Then Mr. Jin, I'll go down first, my friend is still waiting for me."

Jin Nanshan waved his hand: "Go, come to me next time, just come to this club directly."

Haixuan nodded: "Okay."

The fat chef was holding a plate with only one piece of meat left, and was about to put it on the table beside him. Jin Nanshan pointed at him: "Let you eat."

The fat chef had no choice but to stuff the last piece of meat into his mouth, then he was stunned, with a rather complicated expression on his face, looking at the remaining chicken heads, chicken wings and chicken butts for decoration on the plate, and the leftovers At the bottom of the bowl, he picked up the chicken wings, dipped them in the soup, and put them in his mouth. After eating two chicken wings, he ate the chicken butts, and finally there was only one chicken head and tuberose for decoration. , and then sighed, this is the gap.

Seeing Haixuan coming, Yu Lu greeted him excitedly: "Ah Hai, that's great, congratulations!" The 20 contestants in the morning have almost finished scoring. Of the 90 contestants, only Haixuan scored 90 points Yes, the rest of the people are hovering below [-], so Haixuan should have no problem advancing.

Hai Xuan stretched his hand behind his back, forming a half-embracing posture, and patted his back: "This is also your honor."

Zhang Yiwei yelled happily: "Brother Hai, what is that Baihua chicken? Didn't you take it off?" When Haixuan went back to get the chicken, the TV camera hadn't been cut off, and everyone saw it.

Haixuan said: "Give it to others."

Zhang Yiwei said: "Didn't you save some for Brother Lu and me? We want to eat too, I've never eaten before."

Yu Lu said: "Are you afraid that you won't have a chance? Let Ah Hai go back and do it in the future."

Hai Xuan said: "Let's go, I'm starving to death, go eat."

Yu Lu said: "Meals are provided here. After eating, we can continue to watch the game in the afternoon."

Hai Xuan said: "Don't watch it, go back and rest, there is nothing to see."

Yu Lu said: "I want to read the judges' comments, I think they are very professional."

Hai Xuan sighed: "Then I will accompany you. But you have to go to eat first."

"Okay." Yu Lu said with a smile.