The gourmet master on the tongue

Chapter 54 Chrysanthemum Tofu

Ou Hongjun Homestay.

"What are you going to test for tomorrow's competition?" Xian Zhaohui asked the judges present.

"Sword skill." One of the judges said.

"This...Everyone, I thought about it carefully, maybe there is no need to take the sword skill test?" Ou Hongjun said.

"Why?" someone asked.

Because Yan Ran is so young, his knife skills are definitely not very good. If he is eliminated in the second round, the influence of the competition will definitely be much worse.Ou Hongjun thought.

Ou Hongjun thought for a while and replied: "Food is a kind of pasta, basically there is no need to use knife skills, so the test of knife skills is a bit redundant."

"I can't say that. Although most snacks and pastries don't need strong knife skills, knife skills are skills that Huaxia chefs must master anyway. Although our competition is not that kind of large-scale competition, if Wouldn't it be better to choose a chef who can make pasta and snacks well and also has a good knives?" Yi Ronghai said.

This remark was endorsed by several other judges.

Ou Hongjun was slightly taken aback, turned his head, and changed his mind: "Then why not put the knife skill competition in the third round?"

"Why put it in the third round?" Yi Ronghai was puzzled.

"...Sword skills are more attractive to the audience. Putting it in the third round will attract more audience to watch the final!" Ou Hongjun said.

"Didn't you invite Mr. Zhang to be the judge for the third round, and you're going to take the test?" said one of the judges.

Ou Hongjun: "..." Damn, yeah, forget about it.

Three non-stick is a snack that most intuitively reflects the chef's mastery of the heat. It is a competition event that several of their judges have decided on early, and they also invited Mr. Zhang to be the judge, so it is impossible to change it temporarily.

Because of Yan Ran's participation in the competition, Ou Hongjun was only thinking about expanding the influence of the competition, and ignored other details.

"...Then, let's proceed as originally planned!" Ou Hongjun said.

You can't let Mr. Zhang fly over overnight, can you?

Yi Ronghai and the others glanced at Ou Hongjun and began to study tomorrow's game process.

Xian Zhaohui glanced casually at Ou Hongjun from the corner of his eye. He was able to sit on the seat of the mayor of a town. Naturally, he had more twists and turns in his mind than others, so he could easily guess what Ou Hongjun was thinking.

"Okay, let's discuss, I'll go back first." Xian Zhaohui stood up and said.

Yi Ronghai and the others stood up one after another to see them off.

Xian Zhaohui stretched out his hand and pressed falsely: "No need to give it away, you continue to discuss."

As the host, Ou Hongjun naturally wanted to send the mayor away.

The two walked out of the room, across the yard, and towards the door.

"Whether Yanran wins or loses, this game will attract the attention of the whole country." Xian Zhaohui said lightly.

Ou Hongjun nodded.

Before going out, Xian Zhaohui whispered again: "If Yanran loses, the influence of the game will be even greater!"

Ou Hongjun was startled after hearing this, and immediately figured out something.

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The next day, the game went on as scheduled.

Yan Ran, just like yesterday, arrived at the scene at 08:30 to prepare.

The audience at the scene was several times more than yesterday, and the roads around the stadium were almost completely blocked.

The scene was similar to that of the Sai Shen Hui, and the crowds were full of excitement.

What's more striking is that there are a lot of cameras on the scene. Obviously, after yesterday's spread, countless media have received the wind and rushed over to film the scene of Yan Ran's participation in the competition.

"I saw several familiar media outlets coming," Lin Hemiao said.

Yan Ran glanced up casually, then continued to look down at the kitchen utensils.

"Don't feel pressured later, play well." Lin Hemiao urged.

Yan Ran smiled and nodded.

Time passed quickly, chefs entered the venue one after another, and security guards began to clear the venue.

"Let's go out first." He Jinrui said.

"Okay." Yan Ran nodded.

He Jinrui and Lin Hemiao came to watch from the sidelines.

"I hope Yanran can win the competition, otherwise..." Lin Hemiao looked at the reporters around with a serious expression.

Although Yanran has no intention of developing in the entertainment industry, the violence on the Internet is too serious now, and she is very worried that if Yanran loses, there will be some unbearable remarks on the Internet.

In any case, she still hopes that Yanran can always be well.

"Don't worry, Yanran will definitely win!" He Jinrui said with an unusually firm tone.

"Why?" Lin Hemiao looked up at him.

"Because he is Yanran." He Jinrui said with a smile.

Lin Hemiao: "..."

I don't know when He Jinrui believed in Yanran unconditionally.

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"Dear participating chefs, today's competition will assess your knife skills..."

The game kicked off with the words of the host.

"This round of competition has a total of four dishes for you to choose from. They are Pagoda Meat, Wensi Tofu, Fasi Baiye, and Chrysanthemum Tofu. Each chef will draw lots to decide which dish to make."

After the host finished speaking, the staff immediately began to bring the boxes drawn by lots to the chefs.

The [-] participating chefs drew lots one by one.

Han Wei's draw is Wensi tofu, the first choice of famous dishes that embody knife skills.

The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he was confident.

The results of the other chefs' draws did not attract much attention.

The audience, including the judges, almost all focused on Yan Ran.

When the staff announced Yanran's lottery results, the audience didn't react too much, but there was a little commotion in the judges' seat.

"Chrysanthemum tofu? He actually won the chrysanthemum tofu?"

"This chrysanthemum tofu is the most demanding knife skill among these four dishes. It seems that Yanran's competition is a mystery this time."

"Yan Ran should not be over 30 years old this year, right? It's hard for this chrysanthemum tofu to be successful without practicing for more than 20 or [-] years!" Yi Ronghai said.

It's also good to smoke a Wensi tofu, but why is it chrysanthemum tofu?Ou Hongjun frowned slightly.

Although in terms of the publicity effect of the competition, Yan Ran's loss is likely to be better than Yan Ran's win.

But Ou Hongjun still hopes that Yanran can win. He is the owner of the recipe. If he can make good friends with Yanran for a long time, he will surely get more benefits in the future.

When Han Wei saw that Yan Ran had won the chrysanthemum tofu, he was inexplicably happy.

He doesn't hate Yanran, but if he can defeat Yanran, he will be very happy.

The difficulty of chrysanthemum tofu is much higher than that of Wensi tofu.

Wensi tofu pays attention to the thinner the better. Although it is said that it cannot be broken, but because the final product is scattered, basically it only needs to be able to achieve the three points of not sticking, not connecting and not breaking.

But chrysanthemum tofu is different. As the name suggests, chrysanthemum tofu finally looks like a chrysanthemum. It is gathered into a ball and cannot be scattered at all.

Therefore, the chrysanthemum tofu must not only be thin enough, but also not cut off. The difficulty can be imagined.

The other chefs present were secretly delighted when they saw the title Yan Ran got.

There is no reason, but I am happy anyway!

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Once the topic was in hand, thirty chefs immediately started cooking.

Although Yan Ran mainly makes various snacks on a daily basis, he has never given up on practicing knife skills.

Moreover, there is a special room in the Kitchen Cube where you can practice basic skills such as spooning or knife skills. There is no time limit for that special room, as long as Yan Ran can endure loneliness and put in enough effort.

How could Yan Ran let go of this kind of bullshit from the system.

The corner of his mouth curled up slightly, and he reached out to take the tofu out of the water.

Arrange the tofu with your left hand, and pick up the kitchen knife with your right hand.

In the next second, he slashed the knife at an astonishingly fast speed, leaving afterimages of the kitchen knife on the chopping board.

On the judges' stage, Ou Hongjun couldn't help being stunned when he saw Yan Ran's saber speed so fast: "Yan Ran's saber technique..."

"He doesn't seem to have put his chopsticks on?" said the sharp-eyed one.

"He didn't cut it randomly, did he?" Yi Ronghai was taken aback.

The judge's table was too far away from Yanran's position, Ou Hongjun and others couldn't see clearly, so they could only wait patiently with doubts in their minds.

Lin Hemiao saw Yanran cutting tofu from the sidelines, and worried: "Yanran cuts so fast, won't he cut it?"

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she repeatedly said "Bah, bah, bah..."

"Don't worry! Believe in Yan Ran." He Jinrui said.

Even though he said that, there was still worry in his eyes.

On the field, Han Wei always had Yan Ran in his heart, and he couldn't help but look back.

This look stunned him for a moment.

No chopsticks?He is not afraid to cut off?His sword skills are so powerful?Han Wei was full of doubts.

The time required for the four dishes varies. The organizer only gave half an hour for the two dishes of Wensi Tofu and Chrysanthemum Tofu.

Yan Ran finished it in less than 10 minutes.

It takes less than 1 minute to cut the tofu, which is amazing.

The staff brought the chrysanthemum tofu made by Yan Ran to the judges' stand. When passing by Han Wei, Han Wei turned his head and glanced. The tofu in the bowl was like a blooming chrysanthemum, lifelike.

He couldn't help being stunned, and after standing there for a while, he couldn't help but look back at Yanran.

Regardless of the taste of this chrysanthemum tofu dish, Yanran's sword skills can be described as "horrible" in terms of knife skills alone.

How did this guy practice?How is it possible that he is so young?Han Wei felt a little out of breath.

The four dishes are divided into four groups, the two groups of Wensi Tofu and Chrysanthemum Tofu have seven people each, and the two groups of Fasi Baiye and Pagoda Meat have eight people each. They will compete in the same group anonymously, leaving two people in each group.

The two remaining from the Wensi Tofu group were Han Wei and another chef named Zhou Fengrao.

But Han Wei didn't feel too happy. His attention was all on the chrysanthemum tofu group.

On the stage, several judges looked at the seven bowls of chrysanthemum tofu in front of them and began to score seriously.

"The shape of this path has begun to diverge, and the sword skill is not enough."

"This chrysanthemum looks lifelike, it's not bad, um... the taste is a little bit bad..."

"The cut is too thick, how can it look like a chrysanthemum?"

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The judges discussed in a low voice while scoring.

"This chef's knife skills are amazing. You can see that the tofu is cut like hair."

"Mmm! This taste is also good! This taste is much better than the other six!"

"I didn't expect that there is such a chef among the chefs who came to participate in the competition. This skill has been at least 30 years."

"Among the chefs who came to participate in the competition today, how many are over fifty?"

"How can I remember this, let's score first, and you will know later."

Several judges began to score one by one.

The staff came to the stage to count the scores, and announced the name of the promoted chef by the way.

"The one who got the full score of [-] is... Yan Ran, Master Yan!"

Before the words fell, everyone on and off the stage was astonished.