At this time, the food box had been taken behind the screen. Someone checked the seal before opening it and placing the three dishes on the table in front of the judges.
Wan Ziqiu first tasted the shredded pork with green peppers in front of him and nodded approvingly.
The green peppers are crisp and refreshing, not limp at all, and still have the unique fragrance of green peppers, but they are completely cooked through. It can be said that the heat is controlled just right.
The shredded pork has a tender texture. Although it is all lean meat, it is not dry at all. You can feel the gravy locked in it while chewing.
"Everyone, please try this dish of shredded pork with green peppers." Wan Ziqiu was very satisfied, but for the sake of fairness, he did not say anything biased. Instead, he extended his chopsticks towards the shredded cucumber.
In fact, Wan Ziqiu did not take the dish of蓑衣瓜 too seriously. He always thought that this dish was a test of knife skills and there were not many other techniques.
But as soon as he took a bite of Mrs. Ye's cucumber dish, he immediately noticed something different.
When making shredded cucumbers, if you season them too early and marinate them with sauce, the cucumbers will easily lose their moisture and their crisp texture and fragrant taste.
However, if the food is seasoned temporarily before serving, the flavor will only remain on the surface and will be difficult to penetrate into the interior.
But the cucumbers in front of me are crisp and tender, sour and spicy, and even have a hint of sweetness inside.
Mou Qichuan, who had already tasted the scalloped cucumber, saw Wan Ziqiu's astonishment and immediately said with a smile, "Master Wan, this scalloped cucumber is very well made!"
After tasting it, Cheng Wenjie also said, "The cooking skills are experienced and the seasoning is just right. I guess the first person to finish three dishes today must be Chef Qian Yunfei."
Wan Ziqiu just listened to their conversation without interrupting and silently poured himself a bowl of soup.
The sweetness of corn and carrots tempers the overbearing aroma of mushrooms, and the addition of bean sprouts balances the taste, making the whole soup more refreshing.
All three dishes were well-made, but Wan Ziqiu did not jump to conclusions too early. After all, there were three more people behind him!
After everyone had tasted the three dishes made by Mrs. Ye, the second person's dish was immediately served.
The servant quickly cleaned the table and brought the dishes prepared by Mrs. Ye to a table with the character "壹" (one) on it.
There are three identical tables lined up at the back.
All of these are under everyone's eyes, and no one can do anything about it.
When the second person's dish was served, the shredded pork with green peppers was pretty good, with nothing wrong with it.
The seasoning of the shredded cucumber is also fine, but the taste and crispness of the cucumber are slightly inferior to the previous one.
If you only eat this one dish under normal circumstances, it may be difficult to notice.
But everyone had just tasted the first amazing dish of shiitake cucumber, and when they tasted this, four words immediately popped up in their minds - slightly inferior.
There was nothing wrong with the following vegetarian broth. Compared with the first one, it just contained less corn, so it tasted a little less sweet. In addition, compared with the previous shredded cucumber, the gap was immediately widened.
Soon, the third-place dish was also sent behind the screen.
Wan Ziqiu first tasted the straw raincoat cucumber.
This cucumber dish is indeed flavorful, but too flavorful. The cucumber has become tough due to being soaked.
He rinsed his mouth and poured another spoonful of vegetarian broth into his bowl. As soon as he took a sip, he couldn't help frowning.
Wan Ziqiu picked up the soup spoon again and scooped up the bottom of the soup bowl. Seeing that what he scooped up were bamboo shoots, he immediately shook his head and put down the spoon. He was too lazy to even taste the shredded pork with green peppers.
"This vegetarian broth lacks freshness and has a slightly bitter taste!"
"It's still the bamboo shoots that are used."
"There was a problem with the choice of ingredients from the very beginning. There's nothing we can do about it."
The third person to finish was Lu Jinyu. Before the vegetarian broth was taken out of the pot, he tasted it himself. How could the slightly bitter taste be hidden from his tongue?
He immediately realized what went wrong.
But at this point, there was no time to make the soup again, so I could only try my best to season it to cover up the slight bitterness and serve it to him.
But how can this be hidden from the tongues of several chefs?
Now Lu Jinyu can only hope that other people’s dishes will have serious mistakes so that he can achieve the final victory.
When his dish was placed on the third table, the last person's dish was finally out of the pot.
Looking at the frustrated expression on his face, I knew that he must have made some serious mistake.
A glimmer of hope suddenly arose in Lu Jinyu's heart.
Looking at the last three dishes on the table, Wan Ziqiu suddenly felt a little pain in his head.
The shredded pork with green peppers was obviously overcooked. The green peppers were no longer green and the shredded pork was dry.
The cucumber was not cut evenly at all. Although efforts were made to cover it up, you could still see several cut spots at a glance.
Only the bowl of vegetarian soup looked normal.
But Wan Ziqiu frowned after taking a bite.
Well, another one making soup with bamboo shoots.
The former at least knew how to remedy the situation, but this one just gave up and presented it like that.
"I think the result tonight is very obvious, right?" Wan Ziqiu looked around and asked for the opinions of others.
The county magistrate did not rush to speak, fearing that his conclusion would mislead others, and asked the other three chefs to express their opinions.
"I think today is quite a coincidence. The ranking in my mind is the same as the order in which everyone prepares and serves the dishes."
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