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The Imperial Chef's Restaurant

Ji Zihuai's opponent this week is An Yan.

He returned to the villa and everyone gathered around him to ask about the result.

"I won." Ji Zihuai touched his hair, looking calm.

He won the competition with An Yan and now ranks second in points.

Although Bai Yinuo did not compete many times, he performed well in every game and defeated strong opponents, so his hidden points and weight were very high, and he ranked first in points.

So far, the top five in the standings are Bai Yinuo, Ji Zihuai, An Yan, Jiang Xinyi, and Chen Mingyue.

After hearing the news, Bai Yinuo was thoughtful and thought that the next game would be the finals.

Sure enough, she received a call not long after. After the staff informed her of the situation, they said excitedly, "Ms. Bai, the next game is the finals, and the champion of this game will be selected. This game will be broadcast live, so please arrive on time."

Bai Yinuo smiled and said, "Okay."

This day has finally come.

A duel between master and disciple.

After the shop assistants understood, they felt a little embarrassed, but the parties involved were calm. Ji Zihuai was a dull person, and it didn't matter who he was competing with. Bai Yinuo had seen this kind of scene many times, so he didn't feel embarrassed, but was eager to try.

When she was in the sect, she had a small competition every day and a big competition every month. She had too many competitions with her fellow disciples. When she was finally graduated, she and her master also had a competition in front of everyone.

"Let me see your progress during this period of time." Bai Yinuo said.

Ji Zihuai had been studying under Bai Yinuo for a relatively short time, and he had learned not a lot, but quite a bit. In addition, he had recently started to learn Tan family cuisine, and his ability to absorb food had expanded rapidly like a sponge absorbing water. He had made great progress as a whole.

Yuan Wen thought that Ji Zihuai's studies were disparate and chaotic, and his mind was not on cooking, so he would not be able to beat An Yan. But Ji Zihuai won.

Even Yuan Wen was amazed at Ji Zihuai's progress, so one can imagine how ruthless he has been during this period.

Ji Zihuai nodded: "Well, I will try my best."

He knew that Bai Yinuo's strength was unfathomable, but he was not afraid of it. This was one of the reasons why Bai Yinuo accepted him as his apprentice. Not being afraid of strong enemies was a very rare trait, and Ji Zihuai had a promising future.

Ji Zihuai was too tall. Although Bai Yinuo was 1.7 meters tall, he was still not up to his chest. He could only look up and look at him.

Bai Yinuo thought about the past and said with some emotion: "If you beat me, I will declare you a successful apprentice."

Although she is younger than him, because of her personality, she looks at him with a feeling that her son has grown up.

"good."

"You can leave Baiji and do what you like with peace of mind."

After hearing this, Ji Zihuai paused and shook his head slightly: "Let's talk about it later. Work and hobbies are not in conflict. Even if I win, I will help Baiji get back on the right track."

Ji Zihuai originally came to Baiji just to learn cooking, thinking he could leave after he finished his apprenticeship. But after staying for a long time, he developed feelings for Baiji. Even if he won, he didn't plan to leave. He wanted to help his master make Baiji better and better.

Bai Yinuo was a little touched.

This kind of unyielding feeling is so precious. She has a good eye for choosing apprentices.

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The final of the Taste Night has arrived and the venue is bustling with activity.

After considering various reasons, the leaders decided to change the last show from a recorded broadcast to a live broadcast.

Before the game started, the crew set up live broadcast equipment, and all major platforms have live broadcast channels. Viewers can click on the live broadcast channel to enter the live broadcast room.

When the images started to appear in the live broadcast room, the audience who had been waiting for a long time were extremely excited.

[Buy it and leave it, buy it and leave it, go to the link at the top and vote for the champion in your mind. I heard the prize is very big.]

[I watched Ji Zihuai's previous competition, and the judges said that he cooked Tan's cuisine. I searched it and found out that it's so famous.]

[I am an old Beijinger. Tan's cuisine, like Yuan's cuisine, can be considered Beijing cuisine.

340;Top3. Many people in the imperial city know its name, many celebrities have eaten it, and many foreign celebrities who visited China have taken photos with the restaurant. However, Tan's cuisine is now less famous and is not as good as Yuan's cuisine. ]

[Is Tan's food not tasty anymore?]

[No. I heard from my elders that it was because the old owner of Xinghuazhai passed away, and his son became the new owner. However, he only knew how to smoke and drink, and he didn't know how to run a business. He also withheld the chefs' salaries, which led to the chefs leaving. Over time, Xinghuazhai fell into decline. When my grandfather saw Ji Zihuai cooking Tan's dishes on TV, he was surprised and sad. In short, although I think Boss Bai is unfathomable, for the sake of sentiment, I voted for Ji Zihuai.]

The winning probabilities of the voting links are seven to three, with Bai Yinuo at seven and Ji Zihuai at three.

Ji Zihuai used to be a live broadcaster with millions of fans. Although he hasn't broadcast live for a long time, his popularity is still there. Bai Yinuo would not have gotten such a high number of votes, but her previous Wangchuan map sample made her remembered by many viewers, so she got so many votes.

While everyone was voting, Baiji's fans were eating melon seeds, looking very calm.

Some people wondered: [You guys voted very enthusiastically in every game before, why don't you vote now?]

[Well, the championship is in Baiji's pocket anyway, so whoever wins doesn't win.]

Others: "...too Versailles."

Although what they said is true, it makes people angry.

After being reminded by Baiji fans, the audience couldn't help but feel a little emotional...

[When I first watched the Night of Taste, I saw that these two were the few chefs from small restaurants, so I didn't take them seriously. I didn't expect that they would both make it to the finals. Who could have thought of that?]

[Bai Ji, it's so scary!]

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After a while, after Bai Yinuo and the others prepared the ingredients, the competition finally began, and almost all the cameras were focused on them.

The movements of their hands were clearly visible.

"What three dishes are you going to make?" Bai Yinuo asked.

Ji Zihuai said: "Yes, these are the three dishes in my mother's notes."

"Okay, I'll make three too."

The two chefs' counters were very close, with their backs facing each other. After they finished talking, they turned around and started to prepare the ingredients.

What they said made the audience curious.

[Three dishes? Did Ji Zihuai get influenced by Bai Yinuo's last competition and increase the number of dishes? But it takes six or seven hours to make a soup stock. To be honest, it's very risky to make three dishes in such a short time.]

[Since he said so, he must be able to make it. Anyway, after watching Bai Yinuo's last competition, I won't be surprised no matter how many dishes the contestants make.]

[Boss Bai made a cold dish last time, which only required carving and plating, and basically did not require heating the pot and stove, so it took less time. If you don't make a cold dish, it is actually very difficult.]

[Alas, although I know that the chef is very tired, I, as a viewer, am quite happy to watch it.]

Although the audience was curious, they didn't know what they were cooking for a moment and could only look at the ingredients and kitchen utensils on their table. At this time, someone discovered something strange.

[I've been wanting to say this since I first saw Boss Bai's competition. She never uses pressure cookers or electric stew pots. She always uses a stove. Ji Zihuai and An Yan rarely use them either. Is there any particular reason for this?]

[I am also very curious, could it be that the production team does not allow it to be used?]

The audience was confused, and it took a long time before someone answered.

[It's actually very simple, it's just the word "old". The characteristic of Tan's cuisine is that it strictly follows the ancient teachings, does not use soda, does not use MSG, and almost does not use modern electric kitchen utensils, and retains the original flavor. As for Bai Yinuo, it's even simpler. If you have watched her competitions so far, you will know that she likes to use the ancient method to cook. Every step and every method follows the ancient method, and she is more crazy than others. Her movements are so familiar that sometimes I even suspect that she is an ancient person.]

[This method is actually very tiring, but the effect is very good. I still miss the rice cooked by my grandmother in the countryside. Even the rice is so fragrant, which cannot be cooked in a rice cooker.]

After a few hours, Ji Zihuai finished first, followed by Bai Yinuo, but one step behind, so Ji Zihuai served the dishes first.

Ji Zihuai placed the dishes he cooked neatly in front of the judges, and the air was filled with enticing aromas.

The chief judge pushed up his glasses and looked at the dish in front of him with a nostalgic feeling: "Ah... this is the old Tan family dish."

Ji Zihuai and Bai Yinuo made an agreement

, a total of three dishes were made: a cold dish, a hot dish, and a soup.

"I'm a little slow." Ji Zihuai said.

The chief judge shook his head and explained to the camera: "No. Tan's cuisine emphasizes slow cooking. Most restaurants need to cook quickly because of business needs. But Tan's cuisine pursues peace and a slow pace, and the dishes are more flavorful."

An older judge nearby said with a smile: "In the past, Xinghuazhai did not allow ordering. It only accepted one table a day, and reservations were required."

Some judges had never eaten it and wondered: "The boss doesn't know how to run a business."

The judge who spoke shook his head: "It is true, but not without reason. His family works all day to prepare one table. I remember the prince of the previous dynasty left a message for Tan's cuisine, and it is still hanging on the wall of Xinghuazhai."

The judges were somewhat yearning: "Slow work produces fine work."

Ji Zihuai made three dishes: honey-glazed barbecued pork, braised sea abalone, and clear-boiled hericium erinaceus.

The judges tasted each dish and were very satisfied.

"This honey-glazed barbecued pork uses the best pork, the moisture is very well controlled, and the oil is blended with honey, making it tender and fragrant."

"This hericium erinaceus must be the top-grade mushroom from Daxing'anling. It tastes really refreshing."

"This seems to be top-quality abalone from abroad, with a strong flavor and thick meat."

After the chief judge finished eating, he was a little surprised: "Why does it feel a little different from what I ate at Xinghuazhai? The taste seems to be more mellow."

Ji Zihuai nodded: "My mother made some improvements on the original basis."

After Ji Zihuai came to Beijing, the dishes he cooked in the competitions he participated in were all from the recipes left by his mother. After each competition, his mother's name would be mentioned. Over time, as long as the judges knew Ji Zihuai, they would also know Tan Ning.

The chief judge thought that Tan Ning's ideas for improvement were just a flash in the pan, but he didn't expect that she had so many ideas, and each improvement was so ingenious and just right, which surprised people.

The chief judge was amazed and felt a little regretful: "If your mother were still alive, Xinghuazhai would not have declined and would have a high chance of reaching a higher level."

Tan family cuisine is already extremely delicious and complex. Tan Ning not only had to preserve the original flavor, but also had to create new ideas based on the original methods and taste, which was extremely difficult.

After the chief judge’s explanation, the audience understood the difficulty of improving dishes and seemed to be somewhat enlightened.

Ji Zihuai lowered his head and remained silent for a long time.

With his master around, he might not be able to become the best chef and satisfy his mother's regret, but he can make his mother's name more widely known, which is also a good way.

After Ji Zihuai left the stage, Bai Yinuo walked onto the stage.

The competition between her and Ji Zihuai was not like a competition, but rather a contest. The atmosphere was much more relaxed and joyful than a normal competition. They even agreed on how many dishes to cook.

She also made one cold soup, one hot soup, and one soup.

The three dishes she made were exquisite, complex, beautiful and elegant, and attracted everyone's attention as soon as they were served.

The chief judge's eyes flashed with amazement: "It's so beautiful."

Bai Yinuo explained: "This is the chicken slices with aftertaste, the mandarin fish with roast sauce, and the silver chrysanthemum soup."

"These are three of my best dishes from the banquet."

The chicken slices are snow-white, sliced ​​into uniform thin slices and neatly placed on the plate. The braised mandarin fish is served in a soup bowl. The fresh and plump mandarin fish is picked out of fish bones, cut into fish slices, and then stacked to look like mandarin fish. The soup is golden and clear, and the green vegetable heart next to it looks like emerald. The silver chrysanthemum soup looks even more impressive. A piece of tofu is neatly cut into 108 pieces, and it falls into the water like a blooming silver flower.

As for why it was cut 108 times, it was actually because one plus eight equals nine, and nine is an extreme number, a royal number.

Before the competition, she chatted with Ji Zihuai and kept thinking about what dish she should cook.

Just when she was confused, she suddenly remembered that the reward for this competition was to prepare a state banquet, and inspiration immediately came to her mind.

Then let’s have a small state banquet.

This was her specialty as a court lady in charge of imperial cuisine.

It is definitely not possible to prepare a complete state banquet. The state banquets of the Wei Dynasty had many varieties, including but not limited to the most expensive Shaowei Banquet, the most elegant Wen Banquet, and the most grand Zun Banquet. The Zun Banquet with the least dishes had thirty-six dishes.

Each of these dishes takes time and effort, and she reached the limit by making three.

The judges were surprised: "I have never heard of the names of these three dishes. Where do they come from?"

"It's me

"Bai Yinuo smiled.

She has been competing for so long that she is used to cooking other people’s dishes and she also wants to make her own dishes.

The judges were speechless. Apart from the previous dish, the gold-inlaid white jade tofu, these three dishes were all original creations!

[While other chefs are still learning recipes, she has already started to create her own. Boss Bai, how scary!]

[The cooking novice kneels down to the master.]

[This is nothing to be surprised about. I create my own dishes every day, but they are all dark dishes. Cry.]

Seeing the judges were stunned, Bai Yinuo reminded them, "Please taste them. These dishes are freshly cooked and are at their best."

"Oh, OK." The chief judge came back to his senses and took a piece of the chicken and put it in his mouth. As soon as the chicken entered his mouth, the delicious taste hit his taste buds.

"So delicious!" The chief judge opened his eyes wide.

Bai Yinuo explained: "The chicken is stewed in broth. The broth is made from old chicken broth cooked in a clay pot, and the chicken needs to be cooked until it is porridge-like. After the chicken is cooked, it is fried in scallion oil to lock in the gravy. Then it is cut into thin slices, slightly added with autumn oil, and a few drops of abalone juice are added to enhance the flavor."

The chief judge was amazed: "The mellowness of soy sauce, the freshness of abalone, and the fragrance of scallion oil are perfectly blended. It is simple and elegant and has become a classic. The taste is rich and leaves a lingering fragrance. No wonder it is called Aftertaste Chicken Slices."

The braised mandarin fish is even better.

Just one sip of the soup can make people mesmerized.

As the saying goes, an actor's voice is like a chef's soup. The quality of the soup reflects the quality of the chef.

"That's great, that's great." The chief judge was shocked and kept praising in his heart.

He is not only a gourmet, but also a cooking master. He has never tasted such a delicious and mellow soup. Because of his profession, he understands the difficulty of this matter even more.

The braised mandarin fish in sauce uses fresh mandarin fish, which is tender and pure in flavor. The soup of this braised mandarin fish in sauce not only has the freshness of the fish, but also the freshness of the fish broth.

The chief judge was somewhat emotional: "As the saying goes, fish is tasteless, and it depends on the chef's cooking skills. It is obviously tasteless, but you can make such a delicious dish. The ultimate taste of tastelessness is really the sound of the great music!"①

The last dish, silver chrysanthemum soup, was even more amazing.

The tofu was neatly cut into 108 pieces and floated in the soup, looking incredibly beautiful.

Both of the above are delicious. The taste of Silver Chrysanthemum Soup is not so stimulating and mellow, but it is fresh and elegant with a long-lasting fragrance.

It’s like the closing scene after a play, which makes the taste more layered and memorable.

The chief judge tasted all three dishes at once, feeling somewhat distracted. After a while, he finally came to his senses and felt belatedly frightened.

The first dish was the chicken slices, which tasted like a bomb, making people feel dazed and making the judges who tasted it forget the previous dishes.

The second dish, braised mandarin fish, had a rich and lingering flavor that the judges enjoyed greatly.

The third dish, silver chrysanthemum soup, was refreshing and pleasant, and was the finale that soothed the judges’ stimulated taste buds.

These three dishes were not just randomly thought up, but were carefully designed, with even the order calculated.

The whole review process was full of ups and downs, with a beginning, a middle and an end. Although they did not eat the complete banquet that Bai Yinuo mentioned, they could already get a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg just from these three dishes.

His gaze towards Bai Yinuo gradually became cautious.

The experience is too mature and the skills are too great.

Some things cannot be said in front of the camera, and the chief judge can only think silently in his heart.

Originally, the program team was worried that the selected chef would not be able to serve as the state banquet chef, but things turned out differently than they thought. Bai Yinuo could do it, and there was a high probability that he would do it very well.

The other judges even forgot that they were judges, thinking that since it was the last show, they might as well eat to their heart's content.

After finishing all the dishes, one judge leaned back in his chair, savoring the taste.

"Can I have a feast in your restaurant?"

"It's not available for now, but it will be put on the shelves when there's a chance." Bai Yinuo smiled and started practicing Tai Chi.

She can prepare a complete feast, but it would take more than ten days for her to complete it alone, and Baiji does not have a venue for the feast. This opportunity... should come a long time later.

While the judges and contestants were talking, the live broadcast room was in an uproar.

[I just had dinner and now I am starving, help!]

[Here it comes, the famous scene is here. Every time Boss Bai cooks, the judges always

It ate all the food, and even said it couldn't bear to waste it. Please don't waste it, the staff next to it are almost crying with greed.]

[When Ji Zihuai served the dishes just now, the judges ate a lot, but not so much, and their attitude was very reserved. Now they have become like this. How delicious must the dishes made by Boss Bai be.]

[These judges are really lucky. They can eat all the dishes that Baiji’s customers can’t eat.]

[Boss Bai, are you willing to come to our school to apply for the canteen aunt? I will definitely patronize your business every day. If you refuse, I will kneel down and beg you.]

After the tasting, the competition is not over yet, the more important scoring phase begins.

Bai Yinuo and Ji Zihuai sat on the sofa next to them and chatted. Compared to the others who were in a hurry, the two of them seemed calm and relaxed.

Bai Yinuo calculated the time and said, "It's almost the New Year."

Ji Zihuai nodded: "The Chinese New Year will be here in half a month."

Bai Yinuo hummed. As a native of Beijing, Ji Zihuai would definitely stay in Beijing to celebrate the festival. Bai Yinuo didn't know where to celebrate the festival. Now that he was alone and had no worries, he could go anywhere.

After Uncle Yuan learned about her situation from Ji Zihuai, he specifically asked her if she wanted to stay in Beijing for the New Year.

After hearing that the New Year's Eve dinner at Wenhuilou was delicious, Bai Yinuo was tempted.

After more than half an hour, the result came out freshly baked.

They were both called to the center of the venue. Many familiar people came over, Jiang Haixun, Zheng Yunfei, Su Zhen, Gu Sheng... They were all professional judges of the Taste Night.

Su Zhen held a gold medal and trophy in her hands, while the other person held a silver medal and trophy in his hands.

The audience was very excited after seeing this scene.

[Ahhhh the champion is about to come out, I voted for Boss Bai, look to me for the grand prize.]

[After more than three months of competition, it has finally come to an end. I am so reluctant to let it go.]

Gu Sheng hung the silver medal around Ji Zihuai's neck and said, "Congratulations!"

Ji Zihuai looked at the silver medal. He was a little disappointed that he didn't win the championship, but he soon calmed down.

He looked at his master's profile and felt very happy.

The champion is his master, not anyone else, so he has no regrets.

But this also proves that he still has a gap with her and still needs to work hard.

Su Zhen walked to Bai Yinuo, hung the medal around Bai Yinuo's neck, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, you are the champion of this competition."

"Thank you." Bai Yinuo took the trophy and was patient and excited.

After more than three months of traveling between two cities, she won.

With Xiao Yu and the money from the competition, Baiji can expand again. During this trip to Beijing, she also recruited many chefs. Baiji's expansion is unstoppable.

She found many friends in modern times, found a sense of belonging, and gradually integrated into this era.

She smiled tenderly at the camera: "Thank you."