Rebirth of the third-rate cook

"The one-month competition has ushered in the last game without knowing it. All the contestants have shown their talents. So, before the final game, let's take a look at the total scores of each team... "

"Currently the leading team is the representative team of the Wu Group, followed by Dongyang Group, followed by... It can be seen that everyone's total score is very tight. It seems that it is still a big winner who will win in the end. suspense..."

The host talked wildly on stage, but Liu Guo just stood beside Qin Yan calmly, talking in a low voice.

"I just met people from the Wu family, and their attitude is very strange."

"Isn't it the same as last time, very aggrieved?"

"I can't tell. Although I am still aggrieved, I always feel that today is a bit too much. Two days ago, it was obvious that they were angry and restrained because of the occasion, but today, it seems that it is gone..."

Qin Yan paused, "Are you trying to say that it was too deliberate?"

"It's hard to say, it's just my own feeling, and the president seems to be a little different today..."

Qin Yan leaned towards Liu Guo, squeezed Liu Guo's hand through the cover of his clothes, "Even if there is something, don't think about it now, you just need to think about how to finish the game safely, Come back with me to see our newly renovated house!"

When Qin Yan mentioned it, Liu Guo couldn't tell what it was like, because of himself, during this time, Qin Yan's store could not be opened, and the newly renovated home could not go back, and he was always circling around him without a single complaint. "Recently, it's really..."

"Hush..." Qin Yan looked at the stage, "Since I met you, you have been fine, nothing happened before..."

Liu Guo knew Qin Yan's temperament, and he would be really hypocritical if he said more, so he stopped talking and just held his hand instead.

In the last game, the main ingredient is not uncommon, it is quite common mackerel, but the auxiliary ingredients are rather strange, only various fruits, without any onion, ginger and garlic.

And the requirement of the last round is to make an innovative seafood dish with the materials provided by the organizing committee.

As soon as Liu Guo picked up the fish, he frowned, and put the fish on the cutting board without doing anything.

"Is there any problem?" Qin Yan immediately saw that something was wrong with Liu Guo.

"Sure enough, it's still here..." Liu Guo looked up at Ichiro Sada, "Wu's Group may have bribed the food preparation staff of the organizing committee. This fish is not fresh."

"broken?"

"It's not bad. But look at the color of the fish in Ichiro Zuotian's hand. It's obviously not the same grade as ours. They are very smart and know that they will definitely be found out if they replace the bad ones, but it's a little inferior. From the perspective of laymen There really isn't much difference."

"But this is mackerel. Sea fish has a strong fishy smell, and the smell of mackerel is even more strange. Chefs rarely cook fresh mackerel on weekdays, because if you don't pay attention, the taste will be even worse. It will be very strange, the most common way is to marinate it with salt for a few days, and then cook it later... But today's ingredients are fresh horse mackerel, and there is almost no auxiliary material that can remove the fishy smell. Under such circumstances, the horse mackerel is no longer fresh , is simply fatal!"

"Then what should we do? Inform the organizing committee to change one?"

"I'm worried that there won't be enough time to change. These mackerels should have specific labels. It's hard to see such a big one. I'm afraid the organizing committee won't be able to prepare more. We can't afford to wait for a temporary transfer." ..."

Qin Yan's frown was worse than Liu Guo's. If those people used violent means, he would be good at it, but in the current situation, he couldn't help at all.

Liu Guo took another look at the fruits prepared by the organizing committee, and let out a sigh of relief, "I'm afraid Master is protecting me..."

"Qin Yan, help me get the durian meat out, I have to deal with the fish first, the workload is bigger than expected, let's hurry up."

The two stopped talking nonsense, and together with another assistant began to prepare quietly.

Liu Guo deboned and deboned the fish, sliced ​​it along the lines, then cut it into cubes, kept some of it for use, and began to chop the rest into mud.

Chopping fish meat is a delicate job, you can't chop it randomly, the strength of your hand and the thread under the knife are all exquisite, it seems to be the same, it may not be chewy or sticky, it all depends on the skill of the knife.

Liu Guo maintained a slow pace, maybe adjust it, and stopped a few times halfway to squeeze some fresh lemon juice into the fish, and sprinkle some of the simplest seasonings.

The minced meat on this side is finished, and the durian on the other end is also processed. The three of them squeeze the fish meat into balls together, then roll the balls in the durian pulp, then wrap a layer of cheese slices on the dough After walking in the muddle and wrapping it in bread crumbs, it can be regarded as a good preparation.

The two assistants on the other side continued to work on the box. Liu Guo heated up the oil in the pan, controlled the temperature of the oil, and fried it neatly.

The process seems not difficult, but the mastery is all in the hands of the chef. From the time of chopping the meat to the heat of the oil, these are all the keys to the final taste.

"Brother Qin, I will refuse the emcee group who presented the dishes later, and you will bring them to the judging panel with your own hands."

Qin Yan glanced at the section of the road leading to the judges' seat, and nodded.

Zuo Tian Ichiro squinted at Liu Guo with a look of winning, Liu Guo turned his face away with a faint smile, making sure that the camera on the scene had turned around and was not facing him, and quickly bared his teeth at Zuo Tian, ​​and did it. grimace.

Zuo Tian always thought that since Liu Guo was taught by Meng Wanyang, he would either put on an air of ignorance and arrogance, or put on an air of modesty and gentleman, but he didn't expect this to happen. His expression was a little dazed.

Just at this moment, the camera swiped over, capturing Zuo Tian's dazed look, and Liu Guo's indifferent smile, forming a stark contrast.

Li Mingyue couldn't hold back, and covered his mouth to laugh. This Liu Xiaoguo must have done it on purpose.Li Dongmo got up and left the seat.

At the same time as the small episode happened here, the judges over there also began to criticize.

But this time after the tasting, the judges did not give a score for a long time. Several people frowned and whispered, not knowing what they were discussing.

Suddenly one of them asked, "I would like to ask the representative of Dongyang Group, do you know your ingredients before cooking?"

Liu Guo bowed his body, "I know."

"So, you chose to continue cooking even though you knew the ingredients were not fresh?"

"Yes."

"As a chef, he has no requirements for ingredients, which lacks basic professionalism."

After speaking, the judge directly showed five points.

Li Mingyue in the audience subconsciously stood up, frowned, pursed his mouth, clenched his fists tightly, and stared nervously at Liu Guo.

Wu Hang on the side raised the tails of his eyes, glanced at Li Mingyue provocatively, and looked at Liu Guo on the field with a smirk.

Liu Guo smiled nonchalantly, "I think this just shows my quality as a chef. A real chef is not the kind who can use high-quality ingredients that are hard to find for ordinary people to make delicious food for high-end diners, but The kind that can use slightly flawed ingredients to produce food recognized by many civilians through his own cooking skills.

Let me ask, seafood products are transported layer by layer after going out to sea. If the areas near the sea can still taste fresher, what about inland?I'm afraid, as far as the level of ingredients I participated in the competition is already rare for them.You can't say that these are bad, at most you can only say that they are not at the level of fresh water.

Therefore, it has nothing to do with winning or losing. This is my attitude towards food, treating everyone equally and eliminating waste.Unless it is rotten and harmful to the human body after eating, the rest are ingredients. Although there are differences, the task of the chef is to make them as similar as possible. "

Liu Guo's words were calm and composed, neither sensational nor provocative, as if they were really just stating a well-known fact.

However, after his voice fell to the ground, the audience fell into silence. In the end, it was the oldest judge on the jury table who broke the silence with applause.

"I have experienced hunger. In the most difficult time, the whole family drank rice soup for three or four days. There was really only rice soup. Because I was reluctant to eat rice, there was only a little rice left. I had to use it repeatedly to cook rice soup. In the end, rice soup It was almost transparent, and we finally got the relief food.

At that time, I thought, why can't so many chefs use what they can use around them to make food?

For so many years, I have become a gourmet, and I have almost eaten food all over the world. I have also forgotten my original thoughts. Today, this young man let me see his attitude towards food, and even through his food, I saw his attitude towards the world. His friendliness, the taste of the dishes cooked with a kind heart is incomparable.

So, I give full marks! "

As soon as the score came up, Li Mingyue was so excited that he almost cried out.Liu Guo was grateful in his heart, but he didn't want to lose his demeanor in front of his opponent, so he pursed his lips and bowed deeply.

The rest of the judges fell into the silence of eye contact, and when everyone was about to go crazy waiting, unexpectedly, they all gave full marks.

This means that after going from high to low, Liu Guo has another full score in this game, and unless Ichiro Sada also gets a full score, Liu Guo will be the champion.

However, this time, the judges gave the score with little hesitation, [-] points.

Zuo Tian refused to accept it, so he questioned the judges on the spot, and the old man who stood up and supported Liu Guo gave another explanation.

"Actually, the representative of the Wu Group has no problems in terms of material selection, production, and creativity. He even said that he is slightly better than the representative of Dongyang Group. However, we all feel that you lack one-fifth of a human touch. Your The dishes are more like models made by high-precision machines without emotion, rather than delicious food that makes people feel emotional."

Such a result obviously greatly exceeded the expectations of the two Wu brothers. This time even Wu Xiang couldn't sit still. Although the movements of standing up were still polite, the words he spoke were not so calm.

"This is a culinary competition, and the competition is all about cooking skills. How can we rely on some so-called invisible and intangible intentions to determine the winner? Since the judges also agree that our representative skills are slightly better, we can't Agree with this result!"

It seemed that many people at the scene agreed with Wu Xiang, causing a burst of whispering.

"What if this is a man-made injustice?"

The voice came from the gate of the venue, and everyone turned to look.Li Dongmo stood tall and straight at the entrance, as if he didn't care what his words meant.

The members of the competition committee did not expect such a change at all, and were a little flustered for a while. The main persons in charge hurriedly communicated with the judges and others. Li Dongmo looked at everyone indifferently, Wu Xiang frowned and looked at Li Dongmo and then turned back Looking at Wu Hang, Wu Hang moved his mouth and looked at Li Dongmo sullenly.

Seeing the expressions of the two, Li Dongmo, who had been expressionless all this time, showed a sneer, and slowly stepped aside to reveal the person behind him.

That person was the food preparation staff that Wu's bought.

The expressions of the two brothers sank a bit, but because they were not sure what Li Dongmo was going to do, they didn't dare to react abruptly.

But before the two could come up with a countermeasure, a group of people appeared behind Li Dongmo. These people held ID cards and showed their identities to the members of the organizing committee. We have obtained specific and relevant witnesses and material evidence, and we ask the organizing committee of the contest to cooperate with us.”

As soon as this remark came out, there was another uproar. Food competitions have always been the simplest and purest competitions, and they have never been affected by this kind of influence. As far as people are concerned, no matter how delicious something is, there will be a day when you will get tired of it. The so-called hard to adjust, the bottom line is this truth, so few people are distracted in this regard.

Therefore, in the face of such a situation, the staff of the organizing committee were also furious, and avoided the side without any nonsense. The police officers did not pause at all, and went straight to the Wu brothers, "Please also assist us in the investigation. "

If at this point, the two brothers still can't see where the problem is, they are really stupid.

Obviously, the person they so-called "bought" was either a member of the Dongyang Group, or he had been bought by Dongyang a long time ago. After digging a hole, they waited for them to jump by themselves.And once such a thing breaks out, as far as that person is concerned, as long as Dongyang comes forward to release him on bail, he will be safe and sound. After all, it is not a big crime. It won't be a good day for a long time.

Wu Xiang glanced at Li Dongmo in silence, and followed those people away without looking sideways. When Wu Hang passed by Li Dongmo, he gritted his teeth and said softly, "It's just a bribe, you really think you can hurt Wu's family?" ? President Li can't be so naive, can he?"

Li Dongmo glanced at Wu Hang as if looking at an ant, "Smartness is necessary, but a little cleverness will make you die without a place to bury you. Has the second young master never considered it? Why didn't your father even show his face in this competition?" ? Do you think that if you leave now, your father will fish you out? Bribery is really not a big deal, but I don’t know about tax evasion, smuggling, gangsters and even... I don’t need to explain the rest, Others don't know what activities Wu has been involved in privately, but don't you know it yourself?"

Seeing Wu Hang's pupils dilated suddenly, Li Dongmo finally gave Wu Hang a smiling face, "Whatever you sow, you will get what you want. I haven't done anything to Mrs. Wu for so many years, but I don't bother to be with you, for fear of lowering my reputation." Grade, originally, as long as you are not overreaching, I don't mind ignoring your rat shit. But you should never touch my people, I'm waiting for your Wu family to be ruined, I'm waiting for your father and son to be shot , when you reach the underworld, you will not go the same way as my people, I will let you not even have the right to dirty his reincarnation circuit!"

With a smile on his face, Li Dongmo said this passage in Chinese calmly. Except for Wu Hang, the people around him couldn't understand what they said, and after Li Dongmo finished speaking, he even owed God a gentleman. , and then walked straight forward without even looking at him.

In this situation, the ranking of the competition seems to have nothing to do with it. Liu Guo looked at Li Dongmo who was explaining things to Li Mingyue not far away, and couldn't help but reach out and hold Qin Yan's hand, "Brother Qin, do you think the president's position is too high?" Getting old all of a sudden? No longer have the original energy?"

"Brother Qin, do you think that everything is God's will in the dark? The dishes for today's competition are the ones master and I figured out on the day of the accident."

"Brother Qin, my business is over. Let's pick up the pudding and go back to our own home."

"Brother Qin, I still think it's best to stay in our small shop and stay at home for an ordinary life."

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