My days as a landlord in Gotham

(one)

If Li Lei hadn't been awakened from his dream by the smell of delicious food, he would never have believed that his new tenant was actually Liu Maoxing from "The One in China".

Although the manga version of this gourmet show has been completely broken by the author's brain, it is hard to justify it, but the animation version still makes the story come back.

Besides, since it's a gourmet show, everyone is focusing on Liu Maoxing's various creative and full-fledged food. As for the storyline, is it still important?

Li Lei was lured to the restaurant by the aroma of delicious food, only to see that Liu Maoxing had already served a simple but not simple breakfast on the table.

In the dense steam, Li Lei seemed to see rainbow porridge and small universe siu mai.

At this time, Li Lei can't wait to use the "Dimensional Homestay System"

Put three sticks of incense on the altar in the morning and evening, because the achievement of allowing Liu Maoxing to cook a meal for himself has been achieved at this moment.

Although what Liu Maoxing made was only the home-cooked breakfast that most Chinese people would eat - porridge and siu mai, but Li Lei said with certainty that he saw the food glowing.

"So the landlord is awake?

In order to thank the host for the cup cakes last night, I also made a breakfast to thank the host. "

Liu Maoxing showed a big smile, "Mr. Landlord has all the kitchen utensils and ingredients here, without the help of these kitchen utensils and ingredients, I wouldn't be able to make these things.

There are also a lot of interesting kitchen utensils here, Mr. Landlord, but I only know a few of them, and I hope that Mr. Landlord can take the time to teach you a few things. "

"Eh?

Can you read the English instructions for these cookware? "

For the convenience of the tenants, Li Lei kept most of the cooker manuals.

However, Li Lei was still very surprised that Liu Maoxing could read English.

"I don't know either. Anyway, when I came to Mr. Landlord, I found that I could understand it."

Liu Maoxing looked at Li Lei innocently.

And Li Lei found that he was too late to understand this issue. It is not surprising that Ada Wang understands English, but how can Wu Yong, an ancient person from the Song Dynasty, understand English?

It seems that the system temporarily loads the English conversation ability for these tenants.

"And I am a little familiar with these characters. When I was studying at Yangquan Restaurant, I saw some Westerners using similar characters."

Li Lei knew that Francois was what China called Spaniards in ancient times.

Although Spanish and English are quite different, they both belong to the Latin language family, so they are indeed very similar to the ancient Chinese.

"Ray, your cooking skills are really getting better and better!

But today is the first time we can wake us up with delicious food! "

After the words fell, Hamada Hiroshi pushed open the door, followed by a sleepy Jason.

"Eh?

Is this a new tenant?

Could it be that the tenant cooked the breakfast this time?

Li Lei, it seems that I praised you too early. "

After Hamada Hiroshi and Jason greeted Liu Maoxing, everyone sat down and prepared to eat.

I have to say that no matter how ordinary the breakfast cooked by the special chef looks, the taste is top-notch.

Upstairs, Li Lei and the others were naturally feasting, while the people in the financial company downstairs looked at the hamburgers and coffee in their hands unwillingly, thinking that today's breakfast was very boring.

"Mrs. Landingham, it seems that our boss's cooking skills have improved by leaps and bounds. If the boss tortures our taste buds and stomachs again, I think we should apply for a higher breakfast subsidy."

A girl who looked at the hot dog and salad in her hand couldn't help but complain.

"Don't the boss know how much we girls pay to stay in shape?"

"You can probably still complain about this month."

Mrs. Landingham looked at the bread in her hand and felt tasteless, "The boss decided to expand the company slightly, so this place is no longer suitable as an office.

The boss has negotiated with Mr. Bruce Wayne that Mr. Wayne will use a quarter of a certain floor in the Wayne Building as our company's new office location.

According to the email I received, the decoration of the new office will be completed around the end of the month.

In the future, you will never be able to smell the smell of our boss cooking breakfast. I wonder if you are satisfied? "

said Mrs. Landingham, laughing.

"Are we going to Wayne Mansion?"

The newcomers were generally excited, "That's the second tallest skyscraper in Gotham!

The most important thing is that this building is almost entirely owned by the Wayne Group. We are probably the first non-Wayne Group company, right?

I wonder if Mr. Bruce Wayne usually comes to work in the building?

Do you think I can meet him? "

"Stop thinking about it!"

Mrs. Landingham burst the girl's pink bubble, "As far as I know, Mr. Wayne works on the top floor, and he has a special elevator directly to his office floor.

And he also has a dedicated parking area, and there should be no less than a dozen assistants and bodyguards around him.

Do you think you will have a chance to be near him?

In addition, Mr. Wayne may not be in his office for a few days a month, so you can basically give up. ——I don’t know why you like Wayne Building so much, but I still miss it.

If the boss hadn't decided to expand the company, I would really be reluctant to leave here. "

Li Lei and the others who were feasting in the restaurant naturally didn't know the content of the chat between Mrs. Landingham and the staff. After all, Liu Maoxing's rainbow porridge and small universe siu mai were really delicious.

However, the portion that Liu Maoxing prepared for everyone will not support everyone. If you want to live in Liu Maoxing, you believe in "food should bring happiness to people"

A person of creed, if people overeat and suffer physical damage because of his delicacies, Liu Maoxing will definitely blame himself.

Therefore, Liu Maoxing's food is not only good-looking, but also rich in nutrition, the most important thing is not to overdo it.

Seeing the satisfied expression on the faces of Li Lei and others, Liu Maoxing also showed a happy smile.

Just as everyone was still savoring the delicious breakfast, an untimely call came in.

After Li Lei looked at the dialer's name, he reluctantly answered the phone.

"Phil, you called me on such a beautiful Monday morning?"

"Ray, for any office worker, every Monday morning is tantamount to the end of the world okay?"

Phil said on the phone, "I'm sorry that the agency has made the decision to fire your team. I believe this will be one of the few decisions S.H.I.E.L.D. has ever regretted.

But I'm also very glad that you finally accepted Director Fury's invitation to become our cooperative unit.

Although Director Fury is not very easy to deal with, I guarantee that he is a very good person. "

"Phil, I can't believe you're calling me just to apologize and congratulate me on such a busy Monday morning."

Li Lei still has some understanding of Phil's personality. His EQ is high enough, but his courage is not enough.

Simply put, Phil is an excellent friend and a good lubricant for a team, but he is definitely not a proper leader.

Although Phil led the team, he was also ordered to become the first director of S.H.I.E.L.D. after its destruction.

However, compared to Director Fury, Phil's leadership ability is really not flattering.

That is, when Phil was the director, S.H.I.E.L.D. was completely unable to resist the arbitrary intervention of the World Security Council and the United Nations. Finally, because of the joint oppression of the United Nations and the U.S. government, it was forced to agree and require the Avengers to sign the Superhero Registration Act , which eventually led to the split of the Avengers and the invasion of Thanos.

Although Phil is not the biggest responsible person, he definitely has a big responsibility.

However, Li Lei is not a member of S.H.I.E.L.D., so Li Lei doesn't have that much resentment towards Phil.

"If you have any tasks that we need to perform, please send me the task briefing and task reward as soon as possible.

If anything needs to be changed, I will email you.

what do you think? "

"Well, Ray, it seems you still have a lot of grudges against us.

A newsletter has been sent to your email. "

Phil said.

"Liu Maoxing, if you don't mind, I'll let Xiaohong and Jason accompany you to familiarize yourself with this world."

Li Lei said.

"Mr. Landlord, you can call me Ah Xing.

It is enough to have Mr. Hamada and the others to accompany me. "

Liu Maoxing said.

"Actually, you can call me Ray, and call them Hong and Jason.

You've cooked breakfast for us, our relationship doesn't need to be so tight. "

Li Lei smiled and went back to his room to check the mission briefing sent by Phil.

"Rich people can do whatever they want."

After reading the briefing, Li Lei muttered.

The task sent by SHIELD this time is not difficult, and there is almost no danger.

The task of S.H.I.E.L.D. is to hope that Li Lei and others can lurk by Tony Stark's side, and at the same time find a way to arrange other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents by Stark's side.

At this time Tony has not gone to the Middle East to sell missiles, so it is still a long time before he becomes Iron Man.

The reason why S.H.I.E.L.D. wants to lurk beside Tony is because the relationship between the Stark family and S.H.I.E.L.D. is too close, and Tony still has the title of S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D. covets Tony's related inventions and certain technologies of Stark Industries. After all, Stark Industries is the best arms|arms dealer in the United States, and some of their weapon technologies are not available in S.H.I.E.L.D.

The lurking method designed by S.H.I.E.L.D. is to use Tony's character. For the playboy Tony, beautiful women in cars are a must, followed by delicious food.

In addition to being the SVIP of famous restaurants in Los Angeles, Tony also often sends his own special plane to New York to invite chefs to cook for him in his mansion. Who makes the number and quality of Michelin restaurants in New York City far surpass those in Los Angeles.

In addition, Tony's mansion is equipped with at least five chef teams, and the survival of the fittest is still going on.

Tony, who was tired of eating Mexican food recently, announced that he had fired one of the chefs who were good at Mexican food, so Tony's assistants were busy filling up Tony's chef team.

If Tony doesn't eat well one day, maybe they are the life assistants who will be fired.

The reason why he came up with this method is that Tony has very strict management of the people around him, and he can hardly find any suitable infiltration method.

After all, Tony Stark is not an enemy of the United States. If he is offended by this, then SHIELD's life in the United States will be even more difficult.

The reason why S.H.I.E.L.D. assigned this task to Li Lei is that there are almost no agents in S.H.I.E.L.D.A.D. who are good at cooking, and Li Lei is not only good at cooking but also at the popular Chinese cuisine.

"Phil, I'm Li Lei."

After reading the content of the briefing and the quotation, Li Lei contacted Phil, "There is no big problem with the price, but if you need to incur other expenses due to the execution of the task, I will ask you for reimbursement afterwards.

After all, many of the ingredients needed for Chinese cuisine are not so easy to find in the United States, and in order to ensure freshness, I may need a direct flight to keep them fresh.

I think you should be able to understand the resulting costs, right?

In addition, I can only guarantee that I am lurking next to Tony Stark as a chef, but I cannot guarantee that your subsequent related personnel will be able to embed smoothly.

The only thing I can answer you is that I will try my best, and the rest can only depend on our luck. "

"Well, Mr. Li, your worries and doubts are indeed justified."

Phil also knows that it is very difficult to place a nail beside Tony, and it is unrealistic to expect this nail to develop itself into a pile of nails.

"As for the cost, if it is a reasonable expenditure, S.H.I.E.L.D. will pay for it.

But I also hope that Mr. Li understands that the budget of S.H.I.E.L.D. comes from the World Security Council. Just like most international organizations, we are very rich, but we often have to argue for a long time when we spend money.

Therefore, the budget of S.H.I.E.L.D. itself is not rich. In order not to shut down S.H.I.E.L.D., I still hope that Mr. Li can restrain himself a little. "

"no problem."

Li Lei replied, "However, the first step of the mission is very critical. I need you SHIELD to create a set of fake identities for us but enough to hide from everyone. At the same time, I also need you to create momentum for us.

If we don't get Mr. Stark's team of life assistants on our radar soon enough, I imagine a team of chefs will fill the void at any moment. "

"This is not a problem, we have already produced your relevant identities, and your identity documents are also placed at the Gotham branch.

It should be couriered to you shortly along with your FBI agent status. "

Phil said, "We've actually done this in secret.

This afternoon, Mr. Tony Stark's life assistant team will arrive in Gotham City, and Gotham City will hold the Gotham International Cooking Competition at the City Hall.

We have signed up for you, you just rush over in the afternoon. "

Li Lei was slightly taken aback by the efficiency of S.H.I.E.L.D., but since everyone had made arrangements, Li Lei didn't have anything to worry about.

After exchanging pleasantries with Phil, Li Lei hung up the phone.

When Li Lei returned to the living room, Liu Maoxing was using a tablet computer to watch the reality show "Hell's Kitchen" on Fox Network, "Although their cooking methods are a bit raw, the way they handle the ingredients is still in place.

In time, he should be a qualified cook. "

Liu Maoxing commented on the contestants with his professional chef's eyes, while Jason sat beside him very obediently.

"However, their head chef is too grumpy, which will have some adverse effects on the diners.

Your Western food is a bit similar to our Cantonese cuisine, which is very particular about the original flavor of the ingredients.

But your way of cooking ingredients is not as rich as ours, so you have discarded many delicacies. "

"A Xing, we have a cooking competition here this afternoon, are you interested in going to see it?"

Li Lei felt that if Liu Maoxing participated in the culinary competition, he would win almost 100%.

Even if it is just a few words of guidance, it will benefit a lot.

"Did Mr. Li participate in this competition?"

Liu Maoxing has great enthusiasm for any culinary competition, "At that time, can I see the live Western food production?

The content on the TV is edited, I can't see the details. "

"There should be no problem."

Li Lei replied, "Italian food and French food are the absolute big players in the competition, followed by Chinese food, Spanish food, southern American food, Portuguese food, and finally Mexican food and some mixed or Creative cuisine."

In fact, there is no uniform cuisine in the United States. In New England, except for the original homely style of the United Kingdom (including England and Scotland)

In addition to Irish cuisine, there are continental dishes represented by Italian and French dishes; while in the southern part of the United States, influenced by Latin America, Spanish and Portuguese dishes are popular, or based on Spanish or Portuguese dishes. Improved Puerto Rican cuisine, Cuban cuisine, and Mexican cuisine; as for the western region of the United States, because it is the place with the most immigrants from the United States, the cuisines here are basically Italian, French, Russian, and Chinese. Others include Japanese Chinese cuisine, Vietnamese cuisine, Arabic cuisine and later Korean cuisine.

Although Huaxia cuisine can be regarded as the most popular cuisine in the United States, strictly speaking, the Huaxia cuisine here should be called American Huaxia cuisine. Many of the methods are different from Huaxia cuisine, and at the same time, it also draws on the styles of other popular American cuisines. .

But unfortunately, unlike French and Italian cuisine, which are regarded as high-end cuisines, Huaxia cuisine has always been regarded as cheap roadside cuisine, on the same level as Mexican and Puerto Rican cuisine.

Therefore, Li Lei doubted whether Stark's life assistant team could watch Chinese cuisine.

"Ah Xing, do you have any dishes that look very high-end?"

Li Lei felt that he couldn't lose to foreign cuisine in terms of luxury, and he had to know that the principle of not being tired of food but not too delicate was proposed by the Chinese.

In terms of luxury, who can compare to the Chinese?

"Mr. Li, as a chef, what we should pursue is to bring happiness to those who taste the food.

If you are only after the luxury of the ingredients or the exquisite beauty of the food, then you have fallen into the magic of the chef. "

Liu Maoxing reminded.

"The best chef should be able to bring diners the happiest feeling with the simplest ingredients."

If it is normal, Li Lei absolutely agrees with Liu Maoxing's words, and he also hopes that chefs all over the world will follow Liu Maoxing's words as an imperial edict.

If half of the world's chefs could be as noble as Liu Maoxing, the problems of food safety and abuse of food additives would have been solved long ago.

It's a pity that except for a few chefs who can still cook with their own conscience, the vast majority of chefs have to succumb to reality.

But now the competition, and the more professional the competition is now, the less professional judges will be asked to judge.

Li Lei had just watched a singing competition, and it turned out that the judge they found was a certain actress.

It's not that Li Lei thinks that the actress is not good, and the acting skills of this actress in the later period are indeed among the best among her peers, but the problem is that no matter how amazing your acting skills are, the distance between a man and a singer is still a hundred and eight thousand miles away.

Even in this so-called Gotham City Government's International Cooking Competition, regardless of how many Michelin stars the chefs serving as judges claim to have, Li Lei feels that they have spent far more time on TV than they did on TV. time in the kitchen, so Li Lei doubted whether these famous chefs would use knives to cut vegetables after all.

What's more, this competition requires a lot of media coverage. For those who are not chefs, whether the ingredients are expensive, whether the knives and firework are dazzling, and whether the presentation is exquisite is enough to determine whether a chef is good or not.

As for the taste and nutrition of the dishes, please!

Can readers and viewers in front of TV or newspapers feel it?

It is this kind of judging standard of modern chef skills with the cart before the horse that has caused Western food, which is good at arranging plates, to become a representative of elegance and elegance in major gourmet magazines, while Chinese food, which pays more attention to the dishes themselves, has instead been reduced to cheap and unhygienic roadside stalls. represent.

We must know that when the Chinese people formed a set of dining etiquette and cooking technology system, the Europeans were still living a rough life.

Moreover, Italian cuisine, the mother of Western cuisine, was also influenced by many Chinese cuisines during its formation.

After Li Lei told Liu Maoxing about these analysis, Liu Maoxing couldn't help frowning.

"I was still lamenting that modern ingredients are becoming more abundant, and at the same time, the methods of processing ingredients are becoming more and more diverse. It should be the prosperous age of the catering industry.

I didn't expect the chef to pursue the details too much now, but he forgot the chef's duty. "

For the profession of chef, Liu Maoxing has a certain sacred attitude in his heart.

"But what they're after is something that a real cook would be dismissive of.

But what they hold dear is easy for us.

If at the expense of the taste and nutrition of the dishes, I can also make a work that makes them jaw-dropping. "

After speaking, Liu Maoxing asked Li Lei to find paper and pens, and he listed all the ingredients and kitchen utensils he needed.

Li Lei scanned the list of ingredients for a while, and asked, "Ah Xing, are you going to be a Buddha jumping over the wall?

In such a short period of time, can you make Buddha Jump over the Wall delicious?

Moreover, although Fotiaoqiang is impeccable in terms of fragrance and taste, but in terms of appearance? "

"In fact, this dish is just to deceive these foreigners who don't know anything. If the old Chinese gourmets come to eat it, my house's signboard will probably be smashed."

Liu Maoxing showed an embarrassed smile, "I used the current kitchen utensils to improve, only to ensure that the aroma will not be lost much, but there will be flaws in the taste, the most important thing is that the nutrition and balance in the ingredients will almost be lost.

In addition, I may have to break the general way of serving Buddha jumping over the wall, and directly adopt their western food serving method. "

"Then this dish is really a waste."

Li Lei couldn't bear it.

The serving method of Buddha Tiaoqiang is actually quite unsightly, that is, the wine urn stewed with various ingredients of Buddha Tiaoqiang is served directly on the table.

This kind of wine jar is generally very simple and simple shape, and the shape is not so clean.

However, those who really know how to eat want this kind of wine vat. Because Buddha Tiaoqiang uses a lot of seafood ingredients, the residual wine smell in the old wine vat is used to suppress the fishy smell.

And the more times this kind of wine jar is made, the more delicious Buddha Jumping Wall will come out in the future.

Moreover, because Buddha Tiaoqiang is a stewed Kung Fu dish, if it is directly placed in a bowl or basin, it is equivalent to releasing all the locked nutrition and fragrance at once.

You must know that the wine urn is a container with a big belly and a small mouth. In addition, the stewed Buddha Tiaoqiang produces fat accumulation at the outlet, so the fragrance and nutrition of the Buddha Tiaoqiang are not released so quickly.

As the diners continue to eat, the aroma and taste of Buddha Jumping over the Wall will be slowly released.

"They won't appreciate it anyway, so just make a dish that they think is delicious according to their standards."

Liu Maoxing said somewhat dissatisfied.

"For diners who know how to appreciate, I am willing to entertain them with 100% sincerity.

But for some self righteous eater, then I can only 'satisfy' his needs. "

"Most of the ingredients are fine, but the shark's fin."

Li Lei was a little embarrassed.

Sharks in this era are already protected animals. Therefore, although shark fins are still sold, some culinary competitions that pursue political correctness prohibit the use of such ingredients.

"It doesn't matter, I can use artificial shark fin, or I can copy it myself."

Liu Maoxing blinked.

The Huaxia people are a group of people who use seasoning to perfection, and can use beans to make the so-called "vegetarian meat feast"

The ingredients are obviously vegan, but under the unpredictable cooking skills of Huaxia chefs, they become dishes that are no different from meat in terms of appearance, aroma, and taste.

The so-called artificial shark fins are actually made based on this principle, but with Liu Maoxing's culinary level, buying artificial shark fins made by others is a complete insult to his cooking skills, so Liu Maoxing plans to make artificial shark fins by himself.

In Buddha Jumping Over the Wall, the texture of shark's fin is actually used. After all, shark's fin itself is an ingredient without any taste.

In order to prepare for the culinary competition held in the afternoon, Li Lei took Liu Maoxing to the nearby Chinatown to buy the corresponding ingredients.

Fortunately, Gotham City is a place where the Chinese community was established earlier than New York City, and the Chinese also have two large communities here, so the corresponding ingredients are relatively early.

Many knowledgeable food shop owners saw the demand list submitted by Li Lei and knew that the dish that Li Lei and others planned to cook was "Buddha jumping over the wall"

A boss said: "Master, are you planning to do 'Buddha Jumps Over the Wall'?

This is a major dish and Kung Fu dish of our Chinese cuisine!

Tsk tsk, looking at your list, are you going to follow the ancient recipe?

Nowadays, many restaurants think that the old recipe is too complicated, and in the name of "healthy diet" and "simple style", many ingredients are removed, and even some cooking processes are omitted.

The result is obviously a pot of random stew without knowing what it is. If you insist on saying it is "Buddha jumping over the wall", it really loses the face of our Huaxia chefs.

Your [-] main ingredients, eight flavors, mountain delicacies and eight flavors of seafood, I can provide you with everything except shark fin, and I guarantee that it is a first-class product!

As for the twelve ingredients you want, it's a little troublesome, but this street is full of old-fashioned bosses, bring them back and I'll take you to find them, and I promise to make your "Buddha jumping over the wall" a blockbuster! "

Li Lei and the boss chatted there, while Liu Maoxing carefully selected the ingredients.

Li Lei knows that many chefs in western food restaurants not only don't wash and chop vegetables, but even hand over the purchase of ingredients to others.

However, the chef of a Chinese restaurant is very particular about the origin and freshness of the ingredients, so the chef may not be able to wash and chop vegetables, and most of the time, he may not even start the fire himself. will give up.

For most Chinese chefs, choosing, choosing, washing and cutting vegetables are the basic to the most basic skills.

Many chef apprentices can't even touch a knife in the first year, and honestly pick and wash vegetables in the back kitchen.

If he can't even tell the dishes clearly, and doesn't know which part to use for cooking, the apprentice probably won't even have the chance to become a teacher.

"The quality of these ingredients can only be regarded as passing, but fortunately, they can still meet my cooking needs this time."

Liu Maoxing raised his head from the pile of ingredients, ignored the slight embarrassment of the shop owner, and directly hit his waist there.

Even though the Buddha jumping over the wall looks like just one urn, there are so many ingredients that Li Lei's black tiger trunk is almost full.

Moreover, Li Lei estimated that some containers and kitchen utensils were not available to the organizing committee, so Li Lei simply chose to bring his own.

When Li Lei and his group walked into the city hall with a bunch of ingredients and kitchen utensils, the reporters' eyes were immediately attracted.

After all, most of the chefs who were caught came with the knives and cooking utensils they are used to, and they brought everything with them wherever there were ingredients.

Fortunately, the organizing committee is more or less a member of the catering industry, and they also know the "Buddha jumps over the wall" in Chinese cuisine

Because of its reputation and complexity, the request of Li Lei and others was agreed.

At the same time, it was also agreed to give Li Lei and others a separate stove, so as to facilitate the operation of Li Lei and his party.

"Buddha jumps over the wall"

The reason why it is considered to be the "big dish" of Chinese cuisine

One, that is because the ingredients of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall are very diverse and precious.

Not counting common ingredients, the [-] main ingredients include eight flavors of mountain delicacies and eight flavors of seafood, including ginseng wings and abalone belly; while the twelve auxiliary ingredients are not delicacies of mountains and seas, but they are also premium ingredients selected from the best.

According to Liu Maoxing, the top-level Buddha Tiaoqiang costs between 10,000+ and hundreds of thousands of ingredients alone. If the chef’s labor costs are included, a top-level Buddha Tiaoqiang can make a millionaire feel pain.

And "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall"

Also known as "Kung Fu Cuisine"

The reason is that the cooking process is extremely complicated, and a slight mistake will ruin the dish. The pre-processing of the ingredients of Fotiaoqiang is very troublesome. Some need to be soaked, and some need to be cooked in advance... The important thing is the process There can be no error with the time, otherwise the taste of this Buddha jumping over the wall will be wrong.

Therefore, even though it is a Huaxia restaurant, it dares to claim that it has Buddha Jumping over the Wall, but Liu Maoxing said that the chefs who can really cook the taste of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall can probably be counted on one hand.

Even Liu Maoxing himself said that his skill in cooking Buddha Tiaoqiang can only be regarded as beginners at best, but if he really wants to bring out the essence of this dish, he will have to practice for at least ten years.

Since this isn't a reality TV show, the event gave all chefs nearly five hours of cooking time, so everyone could cook to their heart's content.

However, Li Lei's cooking at this table has attracted the attention of all reporters and audiences. First of all, the way Liu Maoxing and Li Lei wash and chop vegetables is really dazzling. Not only are there amazing knife skills, but also Fantastic pyrotechnics.

You must know that Chinese cuisine has always been regarded as the "art of fire"

If the chef's firework is not good enough, then the chef will not be able to make great achievements in his life.

In addition to the solid cooking skills of Li Lei and Liu Maoxing, which made the rare and strange Americans seem to be watching some kind of juggling, then Hiro Hamada's use of the big screen to explain the origin of the ingredients made the Americans stunned.

Although many ingredients in Chinese cuisine seem inconspicuous, their origins can really scare Americans who usually only go to the supermarket to buy vegetables.

The blind flower mushrooms in Buddha Jumping Wall alone are wild in only a few places in China, and they are carefully selected to reach the edible level.

In particular, Hiroshi Hamada also emphasized the tricky growth environment of these wild flower mushrooms and the harsh picking conditions, which made Americans almost stop kneeling down and calling the mushrooms father.

In particular, many ingredients in Buddha Jumping Wall are extremely rare, and they need to be pre-made by ingredients merchants before they can be made delicious on site.

The beautiful peaks, lush forests, colorful fields, majestic oceans, and Chinese farmers and fishermen who work hard but happily.

Li Lei's food documentary not only showed the natural scenery of China, but also showed the humanistic feelings of the Chinese people. Many reporters privately contacted Jason who was watching the battle, hoping to bring this promotional film back to the station for broadcast.

The reason why Liu Maoxing dared to shorten the production time of Buddha Jumping Wall to five hours was because of Li Lei's special pressure cooker.

The emergence of the pressure cooker has indeed changed the cooking methods of many Chinese cuisines. After all, the pressure cooker is undoubtedly a blessing for those dishes that need to be stewed for a long time.

However, Liu Maoxing told Li Lei in private that although the pressure cooker is a brand-new cooking utensil, he has no objection to using it.

But the Buddha Tiaoqiang stewed in a pressure cooker is definitely not the real Buddha Tiaoqiang.

Although the pressure cooker uses the steam pressure to make the ingredients that need to be stewed for a long time reach the entrance level in a short time, but the ingredients are heated for a long time to reduce the time for other ingredients, ingredients, and even the remaining wine in the wine jar to react. shortened.

Although modern technology can ripen various dishes, it cannot restore the original taste of the dishes.

Fortunately, Liu Maoxing did not intend to use all modern technology, he just used a pressure cooker to process some of the ingredients that required a long time to process, and he still used traditional technology to make the rest.

In addition to aging the old wine urns, even the stoves used for heating are very retro adobe stoves and traditional wood.

It's a pity that no suitable peach wood can be found in the United States, otherwise the aroma of burning peach wood will infiltrate into the dishes and it will be more flavorful.

The biggest advantage of firewood and adobe stoves is that they heat evenly without fluctuating temperatures.

When Fotiaoqiang was almost cooked, Liu Maoxing began to prepare the plate.

Platter presentation has always been the weakness of Huaxia cuisine, but this does not mean that Huaxia cuisine does not know how to arrange dishes.

If someone has eaten court or government dishes, then the creativity and delicacy of Huaxia cuisine are enough to kill any Western food.

The container that Li Lei prepared for Liu Maoxing was a huge rectangular blue and white porcelain plate. The simple and elegant style of blue and white porcelain is very in line with Western aesthetics, and Li Lei originally wanted to win in the Western culinary world, so he would choose a container that is relatively in line with their aesthetics.

Otherwise, according to the habit of Chinese cuisine, the main dish must be the kind of porcelain inlaid with gold rims such as riches and glory or gold and jade. After all, Chinese people love this festive taste.

I saw Liu Maoxing visiting on the porcelain plate with fruit slices or carvings, and painting on the porcelain plate with various special sauces.

Although Liu Maoxing said that he wanted to shock foreigners, Li Lei still hasn't figured out what Liu Maoxing's plan is.

As time passed, Liu Maoxing finally got up from the place where the dishes were placed to watch the fire.

He opened the lid of the wine urn, and suddenly a strong aroma of ingredients permeated the entire arena.

It was already almost dinner time, and the audience was even more hungry watching the performance of the chefs.

When the aroma of this dish floated into their noses, there were cooing sounds in the arena one after another.

Liu Maoxing took out the ingredients in the wine urn, sorted them and arranged them, and then began to fill them on the porcelain plate.

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