The people on the stage were unaware of the turmoil below.
Lan Qingying placed her dish in front of the judges.
"Hello judges, I made fried beef liver with blood orange sauce, served with tiger skin green peppers, pickled onions, and crispy bread."
This time, judge Wen Qi was the first to taste.
She first looked carefully at the fried beef liver on the crispy bread, and when the knife touched the crispy crust, a crisp "crackling" sound was heard when she cut into it.
The beef liver under the crispy shell still retains a tender texture, and cutting it is like cutting through butter.
How can beef liver be so soft?
Wen Qi was a little surprised and put the fried beef liver into her mouth.
After chewing for a few times, his eyes suddenly widened.
"This is?!"
In addition to the blood orange sauce, there is a layer of fine powder on the crispy shell of the fried beef liver. The sweet and sour taste relieves the greasiness of the beef liver very well.
“Is this sweet potato powder?”
Lan Qingying smiled and nodded. "That's right. I learned this from Mingyue's suggestion for frying food during the team competition. Sprinkle some sweet and sour plum powder on the fried beef liver to reduce the greasiness."
Wen Qi took another bite, this time pairing it with tiger-skin peppers, pickled onions and crispy bread. The spicy taste of the tiger-skin peppers, the refreshing taste of the pickled onions, the soft and tender beef liver, and the crispy bread added to the taste. All the ingredients blended perfectly.
"I didn't expect you could make beef liver into such a dish. It's even comparable to the foie gras dishes in high-end restaurants. Well done."
Next, Li Baiying came forward to taste the dish. She savored it carefully.
"You marinated the liver with lots of chopped onions and pineapple juice to make it soft, right?"
"The spicy flavor of beef liver and onions is also very suitable, and onions can also remove the fishy smell of offal."
"Compared to stir-frying, your method is indeed more creative."
Lan Qingying also explained, "I actually made stir-fried dishes in previous competitions, but by the time I gave them to the judges, they were already a little cold, and the dishes themselves became greasy. So this time, I changed my strategy and made dishes that were less affected by time."
"I see. I improved through my failures and ended up cooking something like this. Very good, very good."
Fu Shilang and Yuwen Yi also tasted this dish.
“It’s delicious. The beef liver is fried but not greasy at all. The sweet potato starch is used very well.”
"What you did this time is a bit like foie gras with blueberry jam on toast, but you did a great job of making the beef liver so soft."
"This must be your first time making it into the top three in the Mystery Box Challenge. You did very well."
After the judges finished their comments, Lan Qingying stood aside and waited with Di Hu for the last contestant to be shortlisted for the top three in this round.
"So, who will be the final contestant in the top three?"
The contestants below reacted very differently.
Some people are eagerly waiting, hoping that their dishes will be selected.
Some people prayed secretly, some prayed for themselves, and some prayed that their opponents would make mistakes.
There are also those who are full of confidence and hold their heads high.
The judges even looked at Yi Mingyue's expression, trying to find some nervousness or worry on her face, but she just stood calmly in front of her cooking table, not knowing what she was thinking.
Seeing this scene, Fu Shilang and the others couldn't help but admire Mingyue for being a good talent.
Her state of mind is different from others. She is neither arrogant nor impatient, and she has the potential to achieve great things.
"Then, the last contestant who made it to the top three has been in the Mystery Box Challenge many times before, and she performed very well in this challenge as well."
"Mingyue! Please come forward!"
When these words were spoken, some were happy and some were worried. The contestants who had a good relationship with Mingyue were happy for her, but some contestants were dissatisfied with this and felt that the judges were particularly partial to Mingyue.
Currently, except for team competitions, contestants do not taste each other's food at other times, so some arrogant contestants look down on other contestants' food.
The program crew also welcomes this situation. After all, these contestants who love to stir up trouble can bring a lot of topics when the program is broadcast. Sometimes they will even deliberately piece together the conversations during the editing and cut in some clips of contestants hating each other.
Mingyue brought her own dish and came in front of the judges.
"Hello judges, my dish is beef cheek and beef tongue rice bowl."
"This one next to it is crispy seaweed. You can eat it as you like."
"This small bottle of sauce can be added to the beef tongue according to your preference."
After saying this, Mingyue stopped talking and waited for the judges to taste the food on their own.
The first one to taste it this time was Yuwen Yi. He picked up the spoon and separated the beef cheek meat with a light scoop. He dipped some egg liquid with the beef cheek meat, took a bite, and tasted a little of the rice below. After tasting them separately, he scooped a large spoonful of rice, put a piece of seaweed on the rice, and then added beef cheek meat, beef tongue dipped in salt, green onion and ginger, and finally dripped a little of the sauce Mingyue mentioned.
He put a full spoonful into his mouth, and after taking a bite, Yuwen Yi suddenly froze.
Yuwen Yi's usual style of tasting is to be serious. He likes to taste food with a blank expression before starting to comment.
This is also a bit of his bad taste. You can see the changes in the contestants' expressions while they are waiting.
But this time, he failed.
To others, after Yuwen Yi froze, a strange expression suddenly appeared on his face, as if he was trying hard to hold back his laughter.
As for Yuwen Yi himself, he was indeed trying hard not to laugh and wanted to maintain his serious image, but this bowl of rice was too delicious!
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