Chef's Mistake Respawn
Chapter 2
Stutter a bit, he is not good at lying.
And Xu Wei already knew this, "Really?" He leaned on the chair and looked at him.
Cao Yilin felt that his palms were sweating, why did the topic change here?And this is not a big problem, why would the boss ask this? "yes……"
"Anything else?"
"Ah?" The topic jumped too fast, and Cao Yilin didn't react for a while.
"I mean, do you have anything else to do?"
"No……"
"Well, rest early then."
"Oh..." Cao Yilin walked out of the study in a daze, the boss didn't have much to say recently...
"Really?" Lao Mao asked while holding the phone excitedly when he received a call from JACK.
"Okay, thank you." After hanging up the phone, Lao Mao was stunned again.
Seeing that he didn't move after answering the phone, my wife said, "What's wrong with you?"
Lao Mao turned his face excitedly, "My wife, I can participate in the competition."
"It wasn't before..." Was the qualification disqualified?Been on strike for days at home.
"Just now the boss's assistant called and said, let me compete with the person who was going to replace me before. If I can win, I will still be eligible for the competition." Lao Mao said happily, "I knew the boss would compromise You know, Lao Mao has been a chef for 20 years, and many restaurants come here because of his skills.
Seeing that the old man was happy, his wife also had a smile on her face.
"I'm here to cook today, so let's celebrate it." Lao Mao rolled up his sleeves and said.
"Isn't it necessary to win the game to qualify?"
"Why, I don't have confidence in your old man yet. Don't worry about how much ability you can get the qualification through your relationship." Old Mao walked into the kitchen excitedly and started to work.
"Then you're going to have a competition tomorrow?" Since Cao Yilin bought a mobile phone, although Cao Yilin and Tietou rarely saw each other, their calls gradually increased. Of course, Cao Yilin called regularly.
"Yes." Cao Yilin boredly pressed the remote control of the TV to tune the program.
"Then I will ask for leave tomorrow and take those boys to be your cheerleaders." Tietou thought for a while, anyway, there is nothing to do tomorrow.
"No need, you have to deduct money if you ask for leave. We are just discussing with each other, what kind of cheerleaders do you want?" If all the "brothers" from their debt collection company come, others will think that they are here to make trouble.
Tie Tou thought about it for a while, and said, "Then if I have time, I'll take you there to have a look."
"kindness."
"Then I'm going to take a shower, that's all." Tietou hastily cut off the call, otherwise he won't have hot water later.
"En." After closing the phone, Cao Yilin pressed the remote control again, but couldn't find the program he wanted to watch, so he leaned back and lay down on the bed in a large font.Looking at the chandelier on the ceiling, I think about tomorrow's competition. If I can win, I will be able to go to that competition. At that time, there will be contestants from various countries, so there will be more recipes. I really want to go... Even if it is not It is also good to go to the game.
Guagua looked at the master lying motionless on the bed, swayed his body and walked to the edge of the bed a few steps, with his front feet on the edge of the bed, as if he was curious to see what the master was doing.But because the calf was too short to reach the edge of the bed, he barked twice to attract the attention of others.
Cao Yilin sat up, hugged Guagua on his chest and lay back on the bed, as if he was talking to Guagua, "There will definitely be a lot of delicious food at that time, if we lose the game, we will go to be Audience."
On the day of the competition, Cao Yilin woke up very early. After preparing breakfast, he cleaned himself up, picked up the briefcase with his apron and chef hat, and waited for the boss in the living room early.
Xu Ze, who had to work as usual, finished his breakfast and looked at Cao Yilin's very formal attire, "You today..."
"I'm waiting for the boss to follow him to the restaurant." Cao Yilin explained.
"Oh..." Xu Ze, who didn't know that Cao Yilin was going to compete, still didn't understand that a chef either cooks or eats in a restaurant, but why does he bring a briefcase? "See you tonight." Being nosy has never been a character trait of the Xu family, so he didn't ask any further questions, and went out to drive to work.
Xu Wei who came downstairs saw Cao Yilin's attire and couldn't help laughing. This is really not what a chef would wear. It is more credible to say that it is a white-collar worker from [-] to [-].This reminded him of the first time he saw Cao Yilin. "I'll have some breakfast first."
"En." Cao Yilin continued to sit straight on the sofa, saying that he was not nervous would be a lie, this could be regarded as his first cooking competition with others.
"Morning uncle, morning uncle Cao." The twins who woke up later greeted each other sweetly.
"morning."
"Morning." The two responded separately.
"Wow...Uncle Cao is so handsome today." Xu Cheng couldn't help sighing when he saw Cao Yilin wearing a suit.
Cao Yilin scratched his head in embarrassment, "Thank you."
Looking at Cao Yilin's expression, Xu Wei accidentally choked on the milk in his mouth, "Ahem..."
"Uncle, are you okay?" Xu Mo obediently stood beside Xu Wei, stroking his uncle's back just like his father did when he coughed.
After coughing and being able to pronounce normally, he said, "Good boy, uncle is fine, please sit down and eat."
"Sitting like this all the time, aren't you tired?" Xu Wei couldn't stand Cao Yilin's back, which was as straight as a steel plate, and said.
"Um, it's okay." Perhaps because the competition was approaching, Cao Yilin's nervous reaction was a little slow.
Xu Wei held the steering wheel with one hand, and stroked Cao Yilin's back with the other free hand, "Don't be nervous, you can do what you usually do, cooking is not a happy thing for you ."
Yes, he likes to cook, enjoys the process of cooking, and satisfies the happy expression of the food eater.Now, because of the name of the competition, he was nervous about cooking... Cao Yilin slowly relaxed and leaned on the back chair.For a moment, he forgot that the boss's hand was still behind his back.
Well, although he also wanted to keep holding him like this, but for the safety of the two of them, he felt that it was safer to drive with both hands. He reminded, "My hands..."
"What?" Cao Yilin turned around and asked belatedly, and when he saw the boss's extended arm, he leaned forward again. "Sorry, I was distracted just now and didn't pay attention..."
Xu Wei withdrew his hand and said with a smile, "It's okay. Still thinking about the competition later?"
"No, it's just... I don't know what I was thinking just now." Did he think about anything?It seems that I didn't think about anything, well, I really didn't think about anything.
Looking at Cao Yilin who "has gone out of his body again", Xu Wei just smiled.
The venue for the competition was in the Chinese restaurant that Cao Yilin had interviewed with before, and there was a sign saying it was closed for one day outside.
Master Mao came to the restaurant early in the morning and chose a seat at random to sit in the restaurant, with several of his apprentices standing behind him.
JACK also arrived very early, frequently looking up at the clock in the restaurant.
"Ding Dong." The wind chime hanging on the door rang because someone pushed the door.Xu Wei and Cao Yilin walked in one after the other.
JACK stood up and greeted him, "You are here, Master Mao arrived early in the morning, and I have been waiting for a while."
Master Mao also stood up, shook hands with Xu Wei politely and called out "Boss."
"Sorry, there was a traffic jam on the road, so I was 5 minutes late."
"It's okay." Master Mao said politely.
"Then let me introduce first. This is Master Mao, the chef of the restaurant, and this is Mr. Cao."
Seeing Cao Yilin, Lao Mao was stunned for a moment, "Ah, you are... Mr. Cao's son, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Xu Wei and Jack were taken aback for a moment, Mr. Cao?Which Mr. Cao?
When Cao Yilin heard it, yes, could it be... "Master Mao knows my father?"
"I don't know." Lao Mao said, but he had heard of it. After all, he was the one who almost took away his qualification for the AC competition.
"Uh, then how do you know that I am my father's son?"
Lao Mao laughed when he heard that, "You said you are your father's son, haha" This kid is so funny.
"Uh..." Oh, what kind of question is he asking.Cao Yilin scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Then let's start the competition." Xu Wei looked at the two people and said.
"Start? Why did Mr. Cao not come?" Lao Mao asked in confusion.
"Mr. Cao..." Xu Wei and Jack finally understood that Master Mao thought that the "Mr. Cao" who was learning cooking with him was "Mr. Cao".
"The one who wants to compete with you is this Mr. Cao, not the old Mr. Cao." Xu Wei corrected the misunderstanding and said.
"Ah?" Lao Mao stared at the handsome young man in a suit in front of him. Is he... the cook?
29: Two dishes
"Ah?" Lao Mao stared at the handsome young man in a suit in front of him. Is he... the cook?
Cao Yilin showed his bright white teeth and smiled sincerely, "Please give me your advice."
Lao Mao looked at the number of people for a few seconds before realizing that the few apprentices behind him were no longer as strong as the master, and they looked at Cao Yilin without blinking. And the owner of the money, how could he be a chef?How can you be a chef?At least the chef has to grow up to be as ugly as they are or from a bad family... In a word, the cook will not grow up to be like him.
Lao Mao never thought that the so-called "Mr. Cao" turned out to be such a Mr. Cao.
"It's started." Looking at the few apprentices standing in front of him, Lao Mao said displeasedly, and woke up the stunned apprentices, and everyone quickly stood behind the master, which fully demonstrated the effectiveness of the usual training. white.
"Please allow me to introduce today's judges first." JACK stood between the two sides and looked at the protagonist of today's competition and said.
Seeing that both of them nodded, Jack continued to introduce, "This is Mr. Wang Xu, a food critic from City A. He is the editor-in-chief of "Weekly Food". He has always been known for his spicy and objective comments."
Wang Xu is about 30 years old, and he is well-known among the young generation in the restaurant industry in City A. It is not because of his strong cooking skills, but because he is born with a very good sense of taste. Counting him in the Wang family, he has already produced three delicacies critics too.Wang Xu raised his eyes on the bridge of his nose, smiled and nodded.
Hearing JACK's introduction, Cao Yilin felt the urge to applaud.The current situation is like listening to the principal's speech when he was in elementary school.
"This is Mr. Huang Renhuang, the former head chef of Yushanmanlou." Yushanmanlou was founded by the chef of the imperial dining room in the late Qing Dynasty.Mr. Huang just stepped down from his seat last year. The current head chef of Yushan Manlou is his youngest son Huang Guokun, who is also very talented in cooking.
Mr. Huang stroked the goatee on his chin, with a kind face on his face, completely unaware that several hotels were closed because of what he said to the media.
"The other one is Mr. Xu Wei, the owner of our store. I hope the judges will have a fair and just attitude towards this competition. After all, this is related to the qualifications for the AC competition." JACK said as usual.
All three nodded.
"Do you have any objections to the judges?" Jack said this sentence mainly to Master Mao.
Cao Yilin shook his head, it didn't matter to him who the judges were.
"No." Master Mao said, since the boss was able to invite Mr. Huang, it is enough to prove his objective attitude towards this competition. No one in the industry knows Mr. Huang's temper.In addition to Wang Xu, although he is young and not good at cooking, he is definitely a gourmet when it comes to food.
"Okay, since that's the case, please tell Mr. Huang the topic of this competition."
Mr. Huang smiled kindly, showing two rows of neat white teeth that did not match his age at all, "Everyone relax, don't get too nervous, just play to your normal level. There is no question requirement, take Bring out your specialty dishes to satisfy my old man's appetite. There are no restrictions on hot and cold, and there is no limit to the variety. The time limit for two dishes per person is one hour."
After Mr. Huang finished speaking, JACK announced, "Please start."
Hearing that it was free play, Lao Mao opened his mouth unconsciously. It is very beneficial for him to have no topic restrictions. As the chef of LEE, how can he do without a few signature dishes.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the young man, just... Is it the latest trend to put the chef's hat in the apron in the briefcase?
When Wang Xu was first invited, he didn't refuse too much. Anyone in the food industry would know the "eccentricities" of the Xu family's diet.He was looking forward to being the chef of the Xu family, but when he really saw himself... he was more surprised and more curious.
Watching the man take off his suit jacket, revealing his white shirt, put on his apron and chef hat respectfully and seriously.Usually people who do this will give people two feelings, one is a fanatic who really likes to cook, and even thinks that cooking is a noble profession.There is another kind of pretentiousness to show off to others.Wang Xu felt that it was unlikely that the person Xu Wei trusted was the latter, but he would not think it was the former either.
Special dish?Cao Yilin searched for the recipes he knew in his mind, but... Which one is he best at?It seems to be all right... What kind of dishes are we going to make?
Master Mao took the materials he needed in the material selection area with a basket and started cutting and chopping.
Mr. Huang looked at the chef who was busy, and then at the young guy who was still in a daze.It's been 15 minutes, is this guy going to stay in a daze forever?
Xu Wei looked at Cao Yilin and couldn't help coughing, trying to bring him back to his senses, now is the game time.
Fortunately, Cao Yilin did react from those accumulated recipes.Turning to look at the boss, following his line of sight, he found that 15 minutes had passed.Cao Yilin hurriedly stood up and walked to the material selection area with a basket. The materials seemed to be very fresh. At this moment, a fish suddenly jumped up from the water tank and came into Cao Yilin's sight.Ah... that's all.
Seeing Cao Yilin's selection, Mr. Huang raised his eyebrows.
Four and 10 minutes passed quickly, and JACK reminded, "There are still the last 5 minutes."
Master Mao had already put the dishes into plates, covered them and placed them on the table. Seeing that Cao Yilin was still busy, there was only one dish on the table.
Soon, JACK announced, "It's time, please present your dishes."
Master Mao personally served his own dish, placed it in front of Mr. Huang who was sitting in the middle, lifted the lid and stepped aside to introduce, "The first dish is casserole fish head."
Mr. Huang picked up the water glass next to him and rinsed his mouth, then picked up a piece of tofu and put it in his mouth.Wang Xu and Xu Wei tasted it one after another.
"The main ingredients of my dish are silver carp head, winter bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, dried shrimps, etc. First remove the gills from the fish head, split them and wash them, then cut the winter bamboo shoots into slices, cut the tofu into pieces, cut the green onion into sections, ginger Slice and wash the shiitake mushrooms. Put the pan on the fire, put the peanut oil into the spoon, when the oil is hot, add the fish head, fry on both sides until golden brown, then add the green onion and ginger and fry for a while, then add the cooking wine, then Pour in the milk soup, wait until the pot boils, put it into a casserole, add sliced bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, sea rice, pepper noodles, etc., and cook over low heat for half an hour until the fish head is rotten."
After tasting, Mr. Huang Lao said, "In general dishes with tofu, I like to taste the taste of tofu first. Because I think the status of tofu in a dish is a bit embarrassing. It is too easy to rot and the time is too short. It’s not easy to taste. However, this fish head casserole made by Master Mao, I think the tofu alone has a very fragrant taste, and the rich flavor of the soup is also reflected in the tofu, and it does not fall apart, which is very good.”
Wang Xu put down his chopsticks and said, "The meat is also very fresh and tender, especially the prawns are not deprived of the freshness of the seafood by the rich soup of the silver carp head. Every part of it feels just right, Neither too much nor too little. To sum up, it is fresh but not fishy, and the soup is milky and white like juice, pure as snow. It is indeed the signature dish of Master Mao."
Xu Wei basically agreed with the evaluation of the two, and didn't say much.
Hearing the judges' comments, Master Mao nodded his head in thanks, and then raised his chin slightly to show his pride.
Then a waiter put the dish aside, Cao Yilin put his own dish on it, and took off the lid.
When Master Mao saw his dishes, he was really "playing big swords in front of Guan Gong".This old Mr. Huang had worked in the Imperial Dining Room in the previous generation, and he actually cooked the dishes of the Manchu banquet in front of his old man. Master Mao shook his head in his heart.
"My dish is called fried beef tenderloin with scallions. I wash and slice the fresh beef tenderloin, season with cooking wine and salt, add egg white, and water starch for sizing. Then take the oil pan and slide the beef tenderloin slices into the pan. After the color changes slightly, take out the oil and control the oil, then add the scallions, ginger and garlic slices to saute, then add soy sauce, cooking wine, clear soup, red pepper and stir fry a few times. Finally, when the red pepper is fried until 8 mature, add salt, monosodium glutamate, After seasoning with sugar, add the beef tenderloin and stir-fry until the broth is evenly wrapped on the beef tenderloin.”
Wang Xu looked at Cao Yilin in amazement again, cooking this dish in front of Mr. Huang...he really doesn't know how to choose a topic.
The three judges rinsed their mouths again, changed their chopsticks and put them on the plate.
kindness?Wang Xu's pupils opened unconsciously, and his eyes lit up. This smell...
"I think Mr. Huang is the most qualified to comment on this dish." Xu Wei said.
"This fried beef tenderloin with green onion is one of the five royal dishes in the Manchu banquet. The recipe is actually not complicated. It is characterized by smooth taste, bright red gravy, salty and delicious, and it almost melts in the mouth. And The selected fresh beef tenderloin should not have tendons, should not be cut too thick, and the temperature of the oil should not be too high. Especially when the beef tenderloin is out of the pan, it is best to be nine mature, because the beef tenderloin at this maturity has the best taste. The key to all this On one level, I can only say that this dish is very wonderful." Mr. Huang said from the bottom of his heart.
Cao Yilin was very happy to be praised, but on his face he was ashamed when he was praised.
Master Mao hurriedly served the second dish, "Glutinous rice ribs. I soaked the glutinous rice last night, then scooped up and drained, sprinkled with salt and mixed well; cut green onion into finely chopped green onions, chopped ginger into fine pieces. Then the pork ribs Wash, cut into pieces, blanch in boiling water for 1 minute, pick up and set aside, then marinate with salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, white pepper, raw powder, chicken powder, southern milk and ginger and shallot 30 minutes. Put the marinated pork ribs into the glutinous rice to make it stick to a layer of glutinous rice grains. Spread a layer of lettuce leaves on the plate, put the ribs covered with glutinous rice into the plate, and sprinkle a layer of glutinous rice. Finally Boil the water in the pot, add glutinous rice ribs, pour 1 tablespoon of oil, steam over high heat for 45 minutes, take out and sprinkle with chopped green onion to complete."
"Glutinous rice spareribs will easily appear as ribs and glutinous rice as glutinous rice, and the oil of the spareribs is also easy to handle, so it is easy to feel greasy. I want to say that this dish has spareribs. The meat is tender and has the fragrance of glutinous rice. The taste is very good." Wang Xu commented.
Cao Yilin finally served fish head tofu soup.
This is fish and tofu, which is somewhat incompatible with the main ingredients of Master Mao's first dish... I just don't know if it can be surpassed?
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This is both fish and tofu, which is somewhat incompatible with the main ingredients of Master Mao's first dish... I just don't know if it can be surpassed?
With the surprise of the previous dish, Mr. Huang picked up the tofu with anticipation. Just as he thought, making tofu delicious is not an easy task.
Seeing the judges silently eating Cao Yilin's dishes, Master Mao suddenly felt a little nervous. At the beginning, he didn't regard this young man as an opponent, but after hearing Mr. Huang's fried beef tenderloin with green onions just now, he said so. For sure, it can only be said that he underestimated the enemy in his heart, but he also worked hard when making "casserole fish head" and "glutinous rice ribs", and he didn't put water in it. Thinking of this master Mao, he felt a little relieved, cooking is the most senior , no matter how talented a person is, without long-term experience, it is difficult to reach a certain height.This young man looked to be in his twenties. He couldn't have started cooking since he was a teenager. Thinking of Master Mao, he felt relieved. After all, his past 20 years were not in vain.
"I'm curious how many years you have been cooking?" Old Mr. Huang asked with a smile.
"Probably... for seven years." Cao Yilin told the truth that during the seven years of his body rebirth, he never gave up cooking, even though he did it secretly.
"Seven years? Are you 20 years old this year?" Mr. Huang was very surprised.
"21 is old."
"..." Mr. Huang recalled that among the famous chefs he knew, the surnamed Cao was Cao Yilin... "Who is Cao Yulin to you?"
"I don't know..." This name has never been heard before.
Also, how did Cao Yulin's appearance give birth to such a handsome child.In terms of appearance, ah, "Cao De is your father, right?"
"Pfft." Xu Wei couldn't help laughing, "Uncle Huang, no one in Cao Yilin's family is a cook."
"No one is a chef, so who did you learn your cooking skills from?" It is impossible for ordinary families to let their children learn to be a chef when they are [-] or [-] years old, unless the family is very poor and needs to learn a craft , but this Cao Yilin doesn't look like he came from a poor family.
"At the beginning, I just read books. If I read a lot, I will follow it. If I cook a lot, I will be able to." Even before rebirth, I followed the recipes at the beginning, and then slowly cooked a lot, and the skills were honed out.
Mr. Huang did not expect that he had not received formal culinary training.
"Mr. Huang, the result..." Seeing that Mr. Huang started chattering, Master Mao was a little anxious. After all, it was related to the qualification of AC, so let's finish the result first if you have something to say.
Mr. Huang looked at Master Mao with a smile, and suddenly felt a little sympathetic to him. There are not many people who are talented in cooking, but he happened to meet one. "I think the result of this competition is actually obvious..."
Master Mao puffed out his chest confidently.
"It's Cao Yilin, Mr. Cao." Mr. Huang said, and Wang Xu nodded in agreement.
"What?" Apprentice A
"How could this be?" Apprentice B
"How could Master lose?" Apprentice C
"..." Apprentice Ding was silent but also puzzled, why?
Cao Yilin looked at Xu Wei happily, he won, he won.
Xu Wei seemed to feel his mood, his eyes were full of smiles.
"In this case, the result of this competition is..." JACK was about to announce.
"Wait a minute." Master Mao's face was ashen. "Can I ask where he beats me?"
"There are two reasons. The first point is in the choice of dishes. There are three kinds of diets. One is to satisfy hunger, the second is to taste, and the third is to preserve health. It is too greasy to eat together with glutinous rice ribs, especially for an old man like me, it will be a burden on the body. However, Mr. Cao’s fried beef tenderloin with green onion and fish head tofu soup do not need me to introduce you to know their food It works. I just think he is very considerate of this.” (Scallion beef fillet is more suitable for postoperative patients, post-surgery recuperation, weak muscles and bones, anemia and other people. Fish head tofu soup can make the body better absorb calcium, Especially suitable for middle-aged people and teenagers.)
Seeing that Master Mao opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, Mr. Huang took the lead and continued, "Of course, this is not the main reason. Since it is a competition, we will of course focus on the color and aroma. There are many fish head tofu soups People will choose frozen tofu, because it can better absorb the taste of the soup, and Mr. Cao first chooses tender tofu, which has not been fried, but still maintains the integrity of the tofu. And I rarely see fish head soup that can be boiled With such a milky white color, the taste of the soup is very strong. After trying his soup, although the taste of your previous fish head casserole was good, it almost disappeared from my memory. Especially the fish head casserole is a dish with a strong taste Vegetables." Seeing Master Mao's suspicious eyes, Mr. Huang said, "You can try it."
Master Mao picked up the spoon and small saucer on the side, and took a bowl.
After a while, "...I lost."
"Mr. Cao Yilin won this competition." JACK finally said.
Master Mao stepped forward and stretched out his hand, Cao Yilin quickly grabbed it.
"Young people are awesome, please do your best for the AC competition." AC is the dream of many teachers who have struggled for a lifetime, but when they think that they can't even win a hairy child, it would be a shame to go. For this competition, Master Mao is sincerely convinced.
"Uh, thank you."
Mr. Huang also came over and said, "Young man, you have a future."
Wang Xu also stepped forward and said, "I hope to have the opportunity to taste your other specialty dishes."
At this time, Cao Yilin Cao Yilin didn't know what else to do except thank you and giggle.
Watching the boss lead the people away, Master Mao went to the fish head tofu soup and took another bowl.
This taste... It's just a bowl of soup, and it's just fish head and tofu, but it gives people a rich taste.There's no shame in losing to this lad.
"Master, can we taste it?" Several apprentices behind Master Mao looked at the pot of soup eagerly.
Master Mao waved his hand.
The apprentices rushed over with their bowls and chopsticks.
"Wow..." Apprentice A.
"Why is this beef so smooth?" Apprentice B asked.
"This soup is so rich." Apprentice C.
"No wonder you won against Master." Apprentice Ding.
The other three people came up and covered his mouth, it was really a pot that couldn't be opened and which pot was lifted.
Master Mao pretended not to hear, thinking to himself, these bastards...
"What were you staring at for the past ten minutes?" Xu Wei asked on the way back when he remembered this incident.
"I'm thinking about what to cook, I don't know what my specialty is..." Cao Yilin was still a little confused. "All dishes look the same to me."
"You don't have to think too much about the special dishes, just cook what you want. The questions for the knockout rounds of the AC competition will be notified one day in advance to facilitate the players to prepare early. Only in the finals will the questions be given on the spot .”
"Oh... sounds very formal." There are knockout rounds, and there are finals...
"...That was a regular game." Xu Wei reminded.
"Will there be many people participating by then?",
"The AC competition started in the [-]th century. At first, it was just an exchange match between China and Japan. Slowly, players from Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, etc. also began to join. Now it has spread to the whole of Asia. There are also many excellent chefs in Asia to observe, but it is only limited to the issue of eligibility, but I think it will be a matter of time before the restrictions are relaxed." Xu Wei introduced.
"Then there will be many different chefs coming?" There must be many different cuisines...
"Extremely looking forward to it?" Xu Wei looked at Cao Yilin with longing.
"En. At that time, I will definitely see very good chefs. I used to watch the food shows abroad, and they all looked so good." Cao Yilin said adoringly, "Everyone said that his cooking tastes very good."
"You also said that it was a food show, and they would definitely say that they did a good job, otherwise how would anyone watch it. What kind of show do you usually watch?"
"I didn't pay attention to the name, but it all started at 9 o'clock in the morning. It was a program in Japan."
"You can speak Japanese?" I really couldn't tell at all.
"There are Chinese subtitles..." Cao Yilin had an expression of "don't you know?"
"..." After taking a look at Cao Yilin, apart from cooking, he really shouldn't be overestimated.
"The ends of the earth
find a friend
little sister singing and playing the piano
Lang, we are of one heart..."
Hearing this music, Xu Wei sat stiffly, as if his acupuncture points had been tapped, and couldn't help shivering for a while, "What's the sound?"
Cao Yilin was puzzled at first, then suddenly realized, and then looked at Xu Wei with a little embarrassment, "Sorry." Then he hurriedly took out his mobile phone from his pocket, "Hello?"
Xu Wei's whole face was twitching, this ringtone... really "spelled the soul"
"Tietou, um, I won... yes, okay, see you then."
Hearing the name "Iron Head", Xu Wei instantly recovered from the state of "lost "soul".
Why every time he was alone with Cao Yilin, the name Tietou popped up everywhere.
"Your cell phone ringtone is really special..." Xu Wei found a safer topic to divert.
"This one was tuned by Tietou. He likes Teresa Teng very much, so he used Teresa Teng's version of "Songgirl at the End of the World" as my ringtone." Cao Yilin said with a smile.
"...Then what song do you like to listen to?" Xu Wei ignored the name and continued to ask.
"I don't listen to many songs, they are all played to me by the iron head, but I think Teresa Teng's songs are pretty good." Cao Yilin doesn't understand music, and the songs he has listened to are very limited. The singer he knows is Teresa Teng and the Four Heavenly Kings.
"..."
"Andy Lau's is also good." Cao Yilin added after thinking for a while.
31: "Celebration Dinner"
"Are you going to celebrate with your friends?" Xu Wei said, skipping the name.
"Um, yes, Tietou said that he must celebrate his participation in the competition, so..."
"That's right. Since it's a celebration, let's invite your friend to your home. Originally, I also wanted to hold a PARTY and call some people I know well. Let's have fun together. Since your friend also has this plan, let's do it together, saving money." Divide into two." Xu Wei suggested that they would meet anyway, so it would be more reassuring to be under his nose.
"Well, that's fine, I'll tell Tietou later." Cao Yilin felt that it was a waste of time to play two games.
"How was the weekend?"
"Okay."
It was still on Xu's sofa, Yang Zhuoyun was still sitting on the side, and Xu Wei was watching TV.It was only ten days later.
"I said, your purpose is too obvious." Yang Zhuoyun looked at Xu Wei playfully and said.
"what?"
Yang Zhuoyun gave him a look of "Young Fake Immortal". "I've had two parties at your house in just ten days, how much do you miss us?"
"This time, because Yilin won the qualifying round of the AC competition, I asked everyone to celebrate."
"Yes." He didn't believe a word Xu Wei said.Yang Zhuoyun didn't point him out, but turned to look at Zhou Xiaoxi who was playing Guagua with the twins.
"Come, come, just this pose, Guagua smiles." Zhou Xiaoxi held the camera in his hand, and Xu Cheng and Xu Mo cooperated to put Guagua in various poses, ignoring the power of the dog and only caring about his own happiness.
Xu Zhi and Xu Ze also rarely stayed at home, just handling their own affairs with a laptop in their arms.
Two days ago, when the two were informed that they must stay at home on Saturday to celebrate Cao Yilin's qualification for AC, Xu Ze's jaw almost dropped in surprise.So he deeply thought that his elder brother should be possessed by a monster, otherwise why would he stop all business activities for the sake of the cook at home.This is definitely not something that the big brother who puts the interests of the company above all else will do, so he said uncontrollably, "Monster, show yourself."
In the next second, there was a big bump on his head. Based on his strength, he was sure that it was really his elder brother.
pain……
Xu Ze turned off the computer and looked at the people in the living room. This scene was so strange.The Xu family rarely entertains guests at home, let alone PARTY.The last time Lao Yang and the others came to a party at home, both he and Xu Zhi were away on business, so they didn't participate, but this time...it's weird, it's so weird.
"Third brother, why does eldest brother...?"
"do not know."
"Then why..."
"I don't know."
"That……"
"not understand."
"Hey, I haven't finished my question yet, you know what I'm going to ask." It's too perfunctory for him.
"I don't know why big brother wants to hold a party at home, and I don't know why we have this celebration for Mr. Cao, and I don't know how big brother and Mr. Cao are doing recently." Xu Zhi said lightly.
"Um..." This was indeed the question he wanted to ask. "This time you talked for a long time..."
Under Xu Zhi's eyes of "swallowing something", Xu Ze still shut his mouth wisely.
He suspected that he was adopted by the Xu family, otherwise why the eldest brother and the third younger brother have such sharp eyes, only he does not.
When he came here again, Tie Tou straightened his clothes and was ready to ring the doorbell after making sure there was no problem.
"Hey, I'm eating and drinking again." Guo Yuanpeng walked out of the car.
And Xu Wei already knew this, "Really?" He leaned on the chair and looked at him.
Cao Yilin felt that his palms were sweating, why did the topic change here?And this is not a big problem, why would the boss ask this? "yes……"
"Anything else?"
"Ah?" The topic jumped too fast, and Cao Yilin didn't react for a while.
"I mean, do you have anything else to do?"
"No……"
"Well, rest early then."
"Oh..." Cao Yilin walked out of the study in a daze, the boss didn't have much to say recently...
"Really?" Lao Mao asked while holding the phone excitedly when he received a call from JACK.
"Okay, thank you." After hanging up the phone, Lao Mao was stunned again.
Seeing that he didn't move after answering the phone, my wife said, "What's wrong with you?"
Lao Mao turned his face excitedly, "My wife, I can participate in the competition."
"It wasn't before..." Was the qualification disqualified?Been on strike for days at home.
"Just now the boss's assistant called and said, let me compete with the person who was going to replace me before. If I can win, I will still be eligible for the competition." Lao Mao said happily, "I knew the boss would compromise You know, Lao Mao has been a chef for 20 years, and many restaurants come here because of his skills.
Seeing that the old man was happy, his wife also had a smile on her face.
"I'm here to cook today, so let's celebrate it." Lao Mao rolled up his sleeves and said.
"Isn't it necessary to win the game to qualify?"
"Why, I don't have confidence in your old man yet. Don't worry about how much ability you can get the qualification through your relationship." Old Mao walked into the kitchen excitedly and started to work.
"Then you're going to have a competition tomorrow?" Since Cao Yilin bought a mobile phone, although Cao Yilin and Tietou rarely saw each other, their calls gradually increased. Of course, Cao Yilin called regularly.
"Yes." Cao Yilin boredly pressed the remote control of the TV to tune the program.
"Then I will ask for leave tomorrow and take those boys to be your cheerleaders." Tietou thought for a while, anyway, there is nothing to do tomorrow.
"No need, you have to deduct money if you ask for leave. We are just discussing with each other, what kind of cheerleaders do you want?" If all the "brothers" from their debt collection company come, others will think that they are here to make trouble.
Tie Tou thought about it for a while, and said, "Then if I have time, I'll take you there to have a look."
"kindness."
"Then I'm going to take a shower, that's all." Tietou hastily cut off the call, otherwise he won't have hot water later.
"En." After closing the phone, Cao Yilin pressed the remote control again, but couldn't find the program he wanted to watch, so he leaned back and lay down on the bed in a large font.Looking at the chandelier on the ceiling, I think about tomorrow's competition. If I can win, I will be able to go to that competition. At that time, there will be contestants from various countries, so there will be more recipes. I really want to go... Even if it is not It is also good to go to the game.
Guagua looked at the master lying motionless on the bed, swayed his body and walked to the edge of the bed a few steps, with his front feet on the edge of the bed, as if he was curious to see what the master was doing.But because the calf was too short to reach the edge of the bed, he barked twice to attract the attention of others.
Cao Yilin sat up, hugged Guagua on his chest and lay back on the bed, as if he was talking to Guagua, "There will definitely be a lot of delicious food at that time, if we lose the game, we will go to be Audience."
On the day of the competition, Cao Yilin woke up very early. After preparing breakfast, he cleaned himself up, picked up the briefcase with his apron and chef hat, and waited for the boss in the living room early.
Xu Ze, who had to work as usual, finished his breakfast and looked at Cao Yilin's very formal attire, "You today..."
"I'm waiting for the boss to follow him to the restaurant." Cao Yilin explained.
"Oh..." Xu Ze, who didn't know that Cao Yilin was going to compete, still didn't understand that a chef either cooks or eats in a restaurant, but why does he bring a briefcase? "See you tonight." Being nosy has never been a character trait of the Xu family, so he didn't ask any further questions, and went out to drive to work.
Xu Wei who came downstairs saw Cao Yilin's attire and couldn't help laughing. This is really not what a chef would wear. It is more credible to say that it is a white-collar worker from [-] to [-].This reminded him of the first time he saw Cao Yilin. "I'll have some breakfast first."
"En." Cao Yilin continued to sit straight on the sofa, saying that he was not nervous would be a lie, this could be regarded as his first cooking competition with others.
"Morning uncle, morning uncle Cao." The twins who woke up later greeted each other sweetly.
"morning."
"Morning." The two responded separately.
"Wow...Uncle Cao is so handsome today." Xu Cheng couldn't help sighing when he saw Cao Yilin wearing a suit.
Cao Yilin scratched his head in embarrassment, "Thank you."
Looking at Cao Yilin's expression, Xu Wei accidentally choked on the milk in his mouth, "Ahem..."
"Uncle, are you okay?" Xu Mo obediently stood beside Xu Wei, stroking his uncle's back just like his father did when he coughed.
After coughing and being able to pronounce normally, he said, "Good boy, uncle is fine, please sit down and eat."
"Sitting like this all the time, aren't you tired?" Xu Wei couldn't stand Cao Yilin's back, which was as straight as a steel plate, and said.
"Um, it's okay." Perhaps because the competition was approaching, Cao Yilin's nervous reaction was a little slow.
Xu Wei held the steering wheel with one hand, and stroked Cao Yilin's back with the other free hand, "Don't be nervous, you can do what you usually do, cooking is not a happy thing for you ."
Yes, he likes to cook, enjoys the process of cooking, and satisfies the happy expression of the food eater.Now, because of the name of the competition, he was nervous about cooking... Cao Yilin slowly relaxed and leaned on the back chair.For a moment, he forgot that the boss's hand was still behind his back.
Well, although he also wanted to keep holding him like this, but for the safety of the two of them, he felt that it was safer to drive with both hands. He reminded, "My hands..."
"What?" Cao Yilin turned around and asked belatedly, and when he saw the boss's extended arm, he leaned forward again. "Sorry, I was distracted just now and didn't pay attention..."
Xu Wei withdrew his hand and said with a smile, "It's okay. Still thinking about the competition later?"
"No, it's just... I don't know what I was thinking just now." Did he think about anything?It seems that I didn't think about anything, well, I really didn't think about anything.
Looking at Cao Yilin who "has gone out of his body again", Xu Wei just smiled.
The venue for the competition was in the Chinese restaurant that Cao Yilin had interviewed with before, and there was a sign saying it was closed for one day outside.
Master Mao came to the restaurant early in the morning and chose a seat at random to sit in the restaurant, with several of his apprentices standing behind him.
JACK also arrived very early, frequently looking up at the clock in the restaurant.
"Ding Dong." The wind chime hanging on the door rang because someone pushed the door.Xu Wei and Cao Yilin walked in one after the other.
JACK stood up and greeted him, "You are here, Master Mao arrived early in the morning, and I have been waiting for a while."
Master Mao also stood up, shook hands with Xu Wei politely and called out "Boss."
"Sorry, there was a traffic jam on the road, so I was 5 minutes late."
"It's okay." Master Mao said politely.
"Then let me introduce first. This is Master Mao, the chef of the restaurant, and this is Mr. Cao."
Seeing Cao Yilin, Lao Mao was stunned for a moment, "Ah, you are... Mr. Cao's son, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Xu Wei and Jack were taken aback for a moment, Mr. Cao?Which Mr. Cao?
When Cao Yilin heard it, yes, could it be... "Master Mao knows my father?"
"I don't know." Lao Mao said, but he had heard of it. After all, he was the one who almost took away his qualification for the AC competition.
"Uh, then how do you know that I am my father's son?"
Lao Mao laughed when he heard that, "You said you are your father's son, haha" This kid is so funny.
"Uh..." Oh, what kind of question is he asking.Cao Yilin scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Then let's start the competition." Xu Wei looked at the two people and said.
"Start? Why did Mr. Cao not come?" Lao Mao asked in confusion.
"Mr. Cao..." Xu Wei and Jack finally understood that Master Mao thought that the "Mr. Cao" who was learning cooking with him was "Mr. Cao".
"The one who wants to compete with you is this Mr. Cao, not the old Mr. Cao." Xu Wei corrected the misunderstanding and said.
"Ah?" Lao Mao stared at the handsome young man in a suit in front of him. Is he... the cook?
29: Two dishes
"Ah?" Lao Mao stared at the handsome young man in a suit in front of him. Is he... the cook?
Cao Yilin showed his bright white teeth and smiled sincerely, "Please give me your advice."
Lao Mao looked at the number of people for a few seconds before realizing that the few apprentices behind him were no longer as strong as the master, and they looked at Cao Yilin without blinking. And the owner of the money, how could he be a chef?How can you be a chef?At least the chef has to grow up to be as ugly as they are or from a bad family... In a word, the cook will not grow up to be like him.
Lao Mao never thought that the so-called "Mr. Cao" turned out to be such a Mr. Cao.
"It's started." Looking at the few apprentices standing in front of him, Lao Mao said displeasedly, and woke up the stunned apprentices, and everyone quickly stood behind the master, which fully demonstrated the effectiveness of the usual training. white.
"Please allow me to introduce today's judges first." JACK stood between the two sides and looked at the protagonist of today's competition and said.
Seeing that both of them nodded, Jack continued to introduce, "This is Mr. Wang Xu, a food critic from City A. He is the editor-in-chief of "Weekly Food". He has always been known for his spicy and objective comments."
Wang Xu is about 30 years old, and he is well-known among the young generation in the restaurant industry in City A. It is not because of his strong cooking skills, but because he is born with a very good sense of taste. Counting him in the Wang family, he has already produced three delicacies critics too.Wang Xu raised his eyes on the bridge of his nose, smiled and nodded.
Hearing JACK's introduction, Cao Yilin felt the urge to applaud.The current situation is like listening to the principal's speech when he was in elementary school.
"This is Mr. Huang Renhuang, the former head chef of Yushanmanlou." Yushanmanlou was founded by the chef of the imperial dining room in the late Qing Dynasty.Mr. Huang just stepped down from his seat last year. The current head chef of Yushan Manlou is his youngest son Huang Guokun, who is also very talented in cooking.
Mr. Huang stroked the goatee on his chin, with a kind face on his face, completely unaware that several hotels were closed because of what he said to the media.
"The other one is Mr. Xu Wei, the owner of our store. I hope the judges will have a fair and just attitude towards this competition. After all, this is related to the qualifications for the AC competition." JACK said as usual.
All three nodded.
"Do you have any objections to the judges?" Jack said this sentence mainly to Master Mao.
Cao Yilin shook his head, it didn't matter to him who the judges were.
"No." Master Mao said, since the boss was able to invite Mr. Huang, it is enough to prove his objective attitude towards this competition. No one in the industry knows Mr. Huang's temper.In addition to Wang Xu, although he is young and not good at cooking, he is definitely a gourmet when it comes to food.
"Okay, since that's the case, please tell Mr. Huang the topic of this competition."
Mr. Huang smiled kindly, showing two rows of neat white teeth that did not match his age at all, "Everyone relax, don't get too nervous, just play to your normal level. There is no question requirement, take Bring out your specialty dishes to satisfy my old man's appetite. There are no restrictions on hot and cold, and there is no limit to the variety. The time limit for two dishes per person is one hour."
After Mr. Huang finished speaking, JACK announced, "Please start."
Hearing that it was free play, Lao Mao opened his mouth unconsciously. It is very beneficial for him to have no topic restrictions. As the chef of LEE, how can he do without a few signature dishes.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the young man, just... Is it the latest trend to put the chef's hat in the apron in the briefcase?
When Wang Xu was first invited, he didn't refuse too much. Anyone in the food industry would know the "eccentricities" of the Xu family's diet.He was looking forward to being the chef of the Xu family, but when he really saw himself... he was more surprised and more curious.
Watching the man take off his suit jacket, revealing his white shirt, put on his apron and chef hat respectfully and seriously.Usually people who do this will give people two feelings, one is a fanatic who really likes to cook, and even thinks that cooking is a noble profession.There is another kind of pretentiousness to show off to others.Wang Xu felt that it was unlikely that the person Xu Wei trusted was the latter, but he would not think it was the former either.
Special dish?Cao Yilin searched for the recipes he knew in his mind, but... Which one is he best at?It seems to be all right... What kind of dishes are we going to make?
Master Mao took the materials he needed in the material selection area with a basket and started cutting and chopping.
Mr. Huang looked at the chef who was busy, and then at the young guy who was still in a daze.It's been 15 minutes, is this guy going to stay in a daze forever?
Xu Wei looked at Cao Yilin and couldn't help coughing, trying to bring him back to his senses, now is the game time.
Fortunately, Cao Yilin did react from those accumulated recipes.Turning to look at the boss, following his line of sight, he found that 15 minutes had passed.Cao Yilin hurriedly stood up and walked to the material selection area with a basket. The materials seemed to be very fresh. At this moment, a fish suddenly jumped up from the water tank and came into Cao Yilin's sight.Ah... that's all.
Seeing Cao Yilin's selection, Mr. Huang raised his eyebrows.
Four and 10 minutes passed quickly, and JACK reminded, "There are still the last 5 minutes."
Master Mao had already put the dishes into plates, covered them and placed them on the table. Seeing that Cao Yilin was still busy, there was only one dish on the table.
Soon, JACK announced, "It's time, please present your dishes."
Master Mao personally served his own dish, placed it in front of Mr. Huang who was sitting in the middle, lifted the lid and stepped aside to introduce, "The first dish is casserole fish head."
Mr. Huang picked up the water glass next to him and rinsed his mouth, then picked up a piece of tofu and put it in his mouth.Wang Xu and Xu Wei tasted it one after another.
"The main ingredients of my dish are silver carp head, winter bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, dried shrimps, etc. First remove the gills from the fish head, split them and wash them, then cut the winter bamboo shoots into slices, cut the tofu into pieces, cut the green onion into sections, ginger Slice and wash the shiitake mushrooms. Put the pan on the fire, put the peanut oil into the spoon, when the oil is hot, add the fish head, fry on both sides until golden brown, then add the green onion and ginger and fry for a while, then add the cooking wine, then Pour in the milk soup, wait until the pot boils, put it into a casserole, add sliced bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, sea rice, pepper noodles, etc., and cook over low heat for half an hour until the fish head is rotten."
After tasting, Mr. Huang Lao said, "In general dishes with tofu, I like to taste the taste of tofu first. Because I think the status of tofu in a dish is a bit embarrassing. It is too easy to rot and the time is too short. It’s not easy to taste. However, this fish head casserole made by Master Mao, I think the tofu alone has a very fragrant taste, and the rich flavor of the soup is also reflected in the tofu, and it does not fall apart, which is very good.”
Wang Xu put down his chopsticks and said, "The meat is also very fresh and tender, especially the prawns are not deprived of the freshness of the seafood by the rich soup of the silver carp head. Every part of it feels just right, Neither too much nor too little. To sum up, it is fresh but not fishy, and the soup is milky and white like juice, pure as snow. It is indeed the signature dish of Master Mao."
Xu Wei basically agreed with the evaluation of the two, and didn't say much.
Hearing the judges' comments, Master Mao nodded his head in thanks, and then raised his chin slightly to show his pride.
Then a waiter put the dish aside, Cao Yilin put his own dish on it, and took off the lid.
When Master Mao saw his dishes, he was really "playing big swords in front of Guan Gong".This old Mr. Huang had worked in the Imperial Dining Room in the previous generation, and he actually cooked the dishes of the Manchu banquet in front of his old man. Master Mao shook his head in his heart.
"My dish is called fried beef tenderloin with scallions. I wash and slice the fresh beef tenderloin, season with cooking wine and salt, add egg white, and water starch for sizing. Then take the oil pan and slide the beef tenderloin slices into the pan. After the color changes slightly, take out the oil and control the oil, then add the scallions, ginger and garlic slices to saute, then add soy sauce, cooking wine, clear soup, red pepper and stir fry a few times. Finally, when the red pepper is fried until 8 mature, add salt, monosodium glutamate, After seasoning with sugar, add the beef tenderloin and stir-fry until the broth is evenly wrapped on the beef tenderloin.”
Wang Xu looked at Cao Yilin in amazement again, cooking this dish in front of Mr. Huang...he really doesn't know how to choose a topic.
The three judges rinsed their mouths again, changed their chopsticks and put them on the plate.
kindness?Wang Xu's pupils opened unconsciously, and his eyes lit up. This smell...
"I think Mr. Huang is the most qualified to comment on this dish." Xu Wei said.
"This fried beef tenderloin with green onion is one of the five royal dishes in the Manchu banquet. The recipe is actually not complicated. It is characterized by smooth taste, bright red gravy, salty and delicious, and it almost melts in the mouth. And The selected fresh beef tenderloin should not have tendons, should not be cut too thick, and the temperature of the oil should not be too high. Especially when the beef tenderloin is out of the pan, it is best to be nine mature, because the beef tenderloin at this maturity has the best taste. The key to all this On one level, I can only say that this dish is very wonderful." Mr. Huang said from the bottom of his heart.
Cao Yilin was very happy to be praised, but on his face he was ashamed when he was praised.
Master Mao hurriedly served the second dish, "Glutinous rice ribs. I soaked the glutinous rice last night, then scooped up and drained, sprinkled with salt and mixed well; cut green onion into finely chopped green onions, chopped ginger into fine pieces. Then the pork ribs Wash, cut into pieces, blanch in boiling water for 1 minute, pick up and set aside, then marinate with salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, white pepper, raw powder, chicken powder, southern milk and ginger and shallot 30 minutes. Put the marinated pork ribs into the glutinous rice to make it stick to a layer of glutinous rice grains. Spread a layer of lettuce leaves on the plate, put the ribs covered with glutinous rice into the plate, and sprinkle a layer of glutinous rice. Finally Boil the water in the pot, add glutinous rice ribs, pour 1 tablespoon of oil, steam over high heat for 45 minutes, take out and sprinkle with chopped green onion to complete."
"Glutinous rice spareribs will easily appear as ribs and glutinous rice as glutinous rice, and the oil of the spareribs is also easy to handle, so it is easy to feel greasy. I want to say that this dish has spareribs. The meat is tender and has the fragrance of glutinous rice. The taste is very good." Wang Xu commented.
Cao Yilin finally served fish head tofu soup.
This is fish and tofu, which is somewhat incompatible with the main ingredients of Master Mao's first dish... I just don't know if it can be surpassed?
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This is both fish and tofu, which is somewhat incompatible with the main ingredients of Master Mao's first dish... I just don't know if it can be surpassed?
With the surprise of the previous dish, Mr. Huang picked up the tofu with anticipation. Just as he thought, making tofu delicious is not an easy task.
Seeing the judges silently eating Cao Yilin's dishes, Master Mao suddenly felt a little nervous. At the beginning, he didn't regard this young man as an opponent, but after hearing Mr. Huang's fried beef tenderloin with green onions just now, he said so. For sure, it can only be said that he underestimated the enemy in his heart, but he also worked hard when making "casserole fish head" and "glutinous rice ribs", and he didn't put water in it. Thinking of this master Mao, he felt a little relieved, cooking is the most senior , no matter how talented a person is, without long-term experience, it is difficult to reach a certain height.This young man looked to be in his twenties. He couldn't have started cooking since he was a teenager. Thinking of Master Mao, he felt relieved. After all, his past 20 years were not in vain.
"I'm curious how many years you have been cooking?" Old Mr. Huang asked with a smile.
"Probably... for seven years." Cao Yilin told the truth that during the seven years of his body rebirth, he never gave up cooking, even though he did it secretly.
"Seven years? Are you 20 years old this year?" Mr. Huang was very surprised.
"21 is old."
"..." Mr. Huang recalled that among the famous chefs he knew, the surnamed Cao was Cao Yilin... "Who is Cao Yulin to you?"
"I don't know..." This name has never been heard before.
Also, how did Cao Yulin's appearance give birth to such a handsome child.In terms of appearance, ah, "Cao De is your father, right?"
"Pfft." Xu Wei couldn't help laughing, "Uncle Huang, no one in Cao Yilin's family is a cook."
"No one is a chef, so who did you learn your cooking skills from?" It is impossible for ordinary families to let their children learn to be a chef when they are [-] or [-] years old, unless the family is very poor and needs to learn a craft , but this Cao Yilin doesn't look like he came from a poor family.
"At the beginning, I just read books. If I read a lot, I will follow it. If I cook a lot, I will be able to." Even before rebirth, I followed the recipes at the beginning, and then slowly cooked a lot, and the skills were honed out.
Mr. Huang did not expect that he had not received formal culinary training.
"Mr. Huang, the result..." Seeing that Mr. Huang started chattering, Master Mao was a little anxious. After all, it was related to the qualification of AC, so let's finish the result first if you have something to say.
Mr. Huang looked at Master Mao with a smile, and suddenly felt a little sympathetic to him. There are not many people who are talented in cooking, but he happened to meet one. "I think the result of this competition is actually obvious..."
Master Mao puffed out his chest confidently.
"It's Cao Yilin, Mr. Cao." Mr. Huang said, and Wang Xu nodded in agreement.
"What?" Apprentice A
"How could this be?" Apprentice B
"How could Master lose?" Apprentice C
"..." Apprentice Ding was silent but also puzzled, why?
Cao Yilin looked at Xu Wei happily, he won, he won.
Xu Wei seemed to feel his mood, his eyes were full of smiles.
"In this case, the result of this competition is..." JACK was about to announce.
"Wait a minute." Master Mao's face was ashen. "Can I ask where he beats me?"
"There are two reasons. The first point is in the choice of dishes. There are three kinds of diets. One is to satisfy hunger, the second is to taste, and the third is to preserve health. It is too greasy to eat together with glutinous rice ribs, especially for an old man like me, it will be a burden on the body. However, Mr. Cao’s fried beef tenderloin with green onion and fish head tofu soup do not need me to introduce you to know their food It works. I just think he is very considerate of this.” (Scallion beef fillet is more suitable for postoperative patients, post-surgery recuperation, weak muscles and bones, anemia and other people. Fish head tofu soup can make the body better absorb calcium, Especially suitable for middle-aged people and teenagers.)
Seeing that Master Mao opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, Mr. Huang took the lead and continued, "Of course, this is not the main reason. Since it is a competition, we will of course focus on the color and aroma. There are many fish head tofu soups People will choose frozen tofu, because it can better absorb the taste of the soup, and Mr. Cao first chooses tender tofu, which has not been fried, but still maintains the integrity of the tofu. And I rarely see fish head soup that can be boiled With such a milky white color, the taste of the soup is very strong. After trying his soup, although the taste of your previous fish head casserole was good, it almost disappeared from my memory. Especially the fish head casserole is a dish with a strong taste Vegetables." Seeing Master Mao's suspicious eyes, Mr. Huang said, "You can try it."
Master Mao picked up the spoon and small saucer on the side, and took a bowl.
After a while, "...I lost."
"Mr. Cao Yilin won this competition." JACK finally said.
Master Mao stepped forward and stretched out his hand, Cao Yilin quickly grabbed it.
"Young people are awesome, please do your best for the AC competition." AC is the dream of many teachers who have struggled for a lifetime, but when they think that they can't even win a hairy child, it would be a shame to go. For this competition, Master Mao is sincerely convinced.
"Uh, thank you."
Mr. Huang also came over and said, "Young man, you have a future."
Wang Xu also stepped forward and said, "I hope to have the opportunity to taste your other specialty dishes."
At this time, Cao Yilin Cao Yilin didn't know what else to do except thank you and giggle.
Watching the boss lead the people away, Master Mao went to the fish head tofu soup and took another bowl.
This taste... It's just a bowl of soup, and it's just fish head and tofu, but it gives people a rich taste.There's no shame in losing to this lad.
"Master, can we taste it?" Several apprentices behind Master Mao looked at the pot of soup eagerly.
Master Mao waved his hand.
The apprentices rushed over with their bowls and chopsticks.
"Wow..." Apprentice A.
"Why is this beef so smooth?" Apprentice B asked.
"This soup is so rich." Apprentice C.
"No wonder you won against Master." Apprentice Ding.
The other three people came up and covered his mouth, it was really a pot that couldn't be opened and which pot was lifted.
Master Mao pretended not to hear, thinking to himself, these bastards...
"What were you staring at for the past ten minutes?" Xu Wei asked on the way back when he remembered this incident.
"I'm thinking about what to cook, I don't know what my specialty is..." Cao Yilin was still a little confused. "All dishes look the same to me."
"You don't have to think too much about the special dishes, just cook what you want. The questions for the knockout rounds of the AC competition will be notified one day in advance to facilitate the players to prepare early. Only in the finals will the questions be given on the spot .”
"Oh... sounds very formal." There are knockout rounds, and there are finals...
"...That was a regular game." Xu Wei reminded.
"Will there be many people participating by then?",
"The AC competition started in the [-]th century. At first, it was just an exchange match between China and Japan. Slowly, players from Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, etc. also began to join. Now it has spread to the whole of Asia. There are also many excellent chefs in Asia to observe, but it is only limited to the issue of eligibility, but I think it will be a matter of time before the restrictions are relaxed." Xu Wei introduced.
"Then there will be many different chefs coming?" There must be many different cuisines...
"Extremely looking forward to it?" Xu Wei looked at Cao Yilin with longing.
"En. At that time, I will definitely see very good chefs. I used to watch the food shows abroad, and they all looked so good." Cao Yilin said adoringly, "Everyone said that his cooking tastes very good."
"You also said that it was a food show, and they would definitely say that they did a good job, otherwise how would anyone watch it. What kind of show do you usually watch?"
"I didn't pay attention to the name, but it all started at 9 o'clock in the morning. It was a program in Japan."
"You can speak Japanese?" I really couldn't tell at all.
"There are Chinese subtitles..." Cao Yilin had an expression of "don't you know?"
"..." After taking a look at Cao Yilin, apart from cooking, he really shouldn't be overestimated.
"The ends of the earth
find a friend
little sister singing and playing the piano
Lang, we are of one heart..."
Hearing this music, Xu Wei sat stiffly, as if his acupuncture points had been tapped, and couldn't help shivering for a while, "What's the sound?"
Cao Yilin was puzzled at first, then suddenly realized, and then looked at Xu Wei with a little embarrassment, "Sorry." Then he hurriedly took out his mobile phone from his pocket, "Hello?"
Xu Wei's whole face was twitching, this ringtone... really "spelled the soul"
"Tietou, um, I won... yes, okay, see you then."
Hearing the name "Iron Head", Xu Wei instantly recovered from the state of "lost "soul".
Why every time he was alone with Cao Yilin, the name Tietou popped up everywhere.
"Your cell phone ringtone is really special..." Xu Wei found a safer topic to divert.
"This one was tuned by Tietou. He likes Teresa Teng very much, so he used Teresa Teng's version of "Songgirl at the End of the World" as my ringtone." Cao Yilin said with a smile.
"...Then what song do you like to listen to?" Xu Wei ignored the name and continued to ask.
"I don't listen to many songs, they are all played to me by the iron head, but I think Teresa Teng's songs are pretty good." Cao Yilin doesn't understand music, and the songs he has listened to are very limited. The singer he knows is Teresa Teng and the Four Heavenly Kings.
"..."
"Andy Lau's is also good." Cao Yilin added after thinking for a while.
31: "Celebration Dinner"
"Are you going to celebrate with your friends?" Xu Wei said, skipping the name.
"Um, yes, Tietou said that he must celebrate his participation in the competition, so..."
"That's right. Since it's a celebration, let's invite your friend to your home. Originally, I also wanted to hold a PARTY and call some people I know well. Let's have fun together. Since your friend also has this plan, let's do it together, saving money." Divide into two." Xu Wei suggested that they would meet anyway, so it would be more reassuring to be under his nose.
"Well, that's fine, I'll tell Tietou later." Cao Yilin felt that it was a waste of time to play two games.
"How was the weekend?"
"Okay."
It was still on Xu's sofa, Yang Zhuoyun was still sitting on the side, and Xu Wei was watching TV.It was only ten days later.
"I said, your purpose is too obvious." Yang Zhuoyun looked at Xu Wei playfully and said.
"what?"
Yang Zhuoyun gave him a look of "Young Fake Immortal". "I've had two parties at your house in just ten days, how much do you miss us?"
"This time, because Yilin won the qualifying round of the AC competition, I asked everyone to celebrate."
"Yes." He didn't believe a word Xu Wei said.Yang Zhuoyun didn't point him out, but turned to look at Zhou Xiaoxi who was playing Guagua with the twins.
"Come, come, just this pose, Guagua smiles." Zhou Xiaoxi held the camera in his hand, and Xu Cheng and Xu Mo cooperated to put Guagua in various poses, ignoring the power of the dog and only caring about his own happiness.
Xu Zhi and Xu Ze also rarely stayed at home, just handling their own affairs with a laptop in their arms.
Two days ago, when the two were informed that they must stay at home on Saturday to celebrate Cao Yilin's qualification for AC, Xu Ze's jaw almost dropped in surprise.So he deeply thought that his elder brother should be possessed by a monster, otherwise why would he stop all business activities for the sake of the cook at home.This is definitely not something that the big brother who puts the interests of the company above all else will do, so he said uncontrollably, "Monster, show yourself."
In the next second, there was a big bump on his head. Based on his strength, he was sure that it was really his elder brother.
pain……
Xu Ze turned off the computer and looked at the people in the living room. This scene was so strange.The Xu family rarely entertains guests at home, let alone PARTY.The last time Lao Yang and the others came to a party at home, both he and Xu Zhi were away on business, so they didn't participate, but this time...it's weird, it's so weird.
"Third brother, why does eldest brother...?"
"do not know."
"Then why..."
"I don't know."
"That……"
"not understand."
"Hey, I haven't finished my question yet, you know what I'm going to ask." It's too perfunctory for him.
"I don't know why big brother wants to hold a party at home, and I don't know why we have this celebration for Mr. Cao, and I don't know how big brother and Mr. Cao are doing recently." Xu Zhi said lightly.
"Um..." This was indeed the question he wanted to ask. "This time you talked for a long time..."
Under Xu Zhi's eyes of "swallowing something", Xu Ze still shut his mouth wisely.
He suspected that he was adopted by the Xu family, otherwise why the eldest brother and the third younger brother have such sharp eyes, only he does not.
When he came here again, Tie Tou straightened his clothes and was ready to ring the doorbell after making sure there was no problem.
"Hey, I'm eating and drinking again." Guo Yuanpeng walked out of the car.
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