Although there was ample time given for the third round of the cooking exam, with three hours of cooking time, there were no restrictions on the content and students only had to make three dishes.
Of course, if you want to do more, that's fine, but basically no contestants will choose to do that.
Not only because they are all artists, but also because they are not very good at cooking, let alone mastering it. Being able to skillfully make a dozen home-cooked dishes is already very good.
This is because the test in this round of eliminations is about taste. Even if you make a lot of dishes, it will be useless if the taste is not good. It is better to make the dishes more refined.
Based on this consideration, everyone basically only makes three dishes. If the first time they cook it is not delicious, they will cook it again a second time, until they make it the best they can be within the limited time. Occasionally, there are contestants who will put in some effort and at most make one more dessert or soup to polish it up.
Because of this, it was the first time I had seen a contestant like Lin Long who directly came up to the judges and asked what he wanted to eat.
Soon the contestants behind him and the audience were talking about it. They all thought that Lin Long was a little too arrogant. Instead of voting to please the judges, he should concentrate on making his own dishes. Or did he think his cooking skills were too good and became complacent?
As they discussed, they shook their heads, and almost all of them agreed that Lin Long's approach was not good. Even Lin Long's fans did not want Lin Long to fail to make delicious dishes because of the large quantity, which would affect the results of this round of eliminations.
After all, the artists’ cooking skills had to be so good that they could almost imagine it.
Of course, for the judges, Lin Long's "invitation" would be interesting.
Just as Lin Long said, each of them has their own preferences, and naturally they would prefer to eat what they like. There is nothing wrong with that.
He Long, Will and Ed, who had known for a long time that Lin Long could handle it, did not intend to be polite and ordered a lot of food at once. Will even ordered an excessive amount of desserts.
Seeing this, the other judges couldn't help themselves and subconsciously came down one after another, ordering their favorite dishes.
This also included Tulong Zhao Yan. After everyone else ordered, he followed the crowd and ordered the same thing.
Even the Silver Dragon Andre struggled for a while, struggling between not wanting to give contestant number two a chance to succeed and satisfying his appetite, and finally chose the latter.
The only one who didn't order was Red Dragon Norton. He simply waved his hand and said, "Whatever. I'm not picky and I don't have any particular favorites. Just serve the dishes you're good at."
Listening to what his Red Dragon father Norton said, Lin Long subconsciously paused. Thinking about it, his Red Dragon father had indeed never said what he particularly liked to eat. It was like this when they were on Dragon Island. It might be because he could cook anything delicious, so he didn't have any special preferences.
But does he really have no preferences at all? Or perhaps, to put it another way, what does his Red Dragon father usually eat?
As soon as this thought came to mind, scenes of memories from Dragon Island could not help but surface. In a flash, Lin Long knew what he should do for his red dragon father. He chuckled and replied, "Okay."
After saying yes, Lin Long returned to his seat and began to carefully select the ingredients one by one.
To be honest, watching the cooking test is a very boring activity during the period before the dishes are almost formed in the later stages.
It was only a few minutes, but not only the audience, but even some of the judges were getting a little restless and couldn't help but whisper to each other, discussing something in low voices.
Norton, who is an excellent cook, has no interest or patience in watching these artists who are not very good at cooking, choosing ingredients, doing boring preparations, etc.
It should have been like this. After watching for even five minutes, Red Dragon Norton felt like yawning, and then he would lie down and take a nap for a while. When the time was almost up, he would wake up and give the score. He had always done this before and there was no problem.
Until... his eyes accidentally swept over the contestant No. 2 who invited them, the judges, to order food, and he subconsciously took another look at the ingredients that the other party had already selected.
Then, as if he had discovered something, he let out a soft "eh". The next moment, he straightened up unconsciously, narrowed his eyes slightly, and carefully observed the ingredients selected by contestant number two.
There is no doubt that the ingredients selected are indeed the best among so many ingredients here. That girl seems to be really good at it, at least her eyesight is very good.
That’s right, the ingredients his RD Group obtained were of course the best and freshest. Many of them were even just pulled out of the sea and sent directly to the competition venue. Only his RD Group could achieve such strength.
However, even the best and freshest ingredients can be top-notch or inferior.
To give a simple example, even fish caught at the same time can be compared in terms of quality, not to mention that there are many of the same ingredients on the scene, making it difficult to choose when taking the ingredients.
What Lin Long chooses are naturally the best. It is not difficult for her to identify the ingredients.
After all, when she was on Dragon Island, she and her red dragon father mostly spent time getting food, so naturally, she learned to distinguish which ingredients were good and which were bad.
Although she seems to be slow in selecting ingredients, her eyesight is extremely accurate and sharp. She can pick out the best and top-notch ingredients from a pile of ingredients in just two or three strokes. In less than twenty minutes, Lin Long has almost selected all the ingredients she needs, except for the last one: a fresh big fish.
That’s right, this is the dish Lin Long wants to make for her Red Dragon father: grilled fish.
This is not a very special dish. Basically all the dragons on Dragon Island can make grilled fish. After all, fish is the most basic food for the dragons to survive. For most dragons, just grilling it is a full meal.
The same goes for Red Dragon’s father. Although he can cook a lot of delicious food, when he is just casually eating, he will always make grilled fish to fill his stomach.
Grilled fish is indeed the thing that Lin Long's Red Dragon father ate the most in his memory, and the first food that Lin Long learned to cook was also grilled fish.
What kind of fish is best for grilling? Without much thought, Lin Long has already selected the most suitable fish for grilling, and quickly removed the gills, scales, and internal organs. While cleaning the fish, he also carved beautiful "carvings" on the fish and marinated it simply to make it easier to grill it later.
While preparing the grilled fish, Lin Long had also begun to prepare other ingredients for the dishes, as well as various spices and sauces.
After a while, Lin Long had finished the basic work and started cooking. While making other dishes, he kept an eye on the marinating time of the fish. When he felt it was about time, he put the marinated fish on the grill and put it in the oven.
It was baked three times repeatedly, each time not long, about seven or eight minutes. After each baking, it was taken out and fully coated with the prepared seasoning. When it was almost baked and the surface of the fish showed a beautiful brown color, the fish was brought back with the baking tray.
Finally, I stir-fried the coriander and spices, took two spoonfuls of boiling hot oil, and poured it over the grilled fish. There was a very loud "crackling" sound, and the surface of the grilled fish was fried crispy in the hot oil, and the aroma spread throughout the entire stadium.
For a moment, the contestants who were eating around couldn't help but stop what they were doing and look over here following the aroma and crisp sound.
But at this time, Lin Long's hands did not stop moving. Several other dishes that were being made at the same time were almost finished. The aroma of the ovens could be heard "dripping" several times, and the aroma of cheese, cumin, etc. rushed out impatiently. Several ordered dishes were successfully completed.
Naturally, Lin Long pulled a food cart over and delivered the prepared dishes to the owners who ordered them while they were still hot.
The taste is not inferior to what you eat in high-end restaurants. It can even be said that it is even more delicious. Many judges couldn't stop after taking the first bite. They didn't care about the hotness and couldn't help but take the second and third bites.
The rich aroma and power of cheese explode in your mouth, and the stimulation and slight numbness of cumin explode on the tip of your tongue.
The delicious taste made them regret why they only ordered one dish. The three big bosses of the BD consortium ordered at least two dishes. They were so envious!
The judges who had not yet finished their work looked at those guys who were eating with such happy faces that they felt itchy in their hearts.
Although the dishes next door were not what they ordered, looking at the appearance and the aroma, they seemed to be delicious. They were a little greedy and couldn't help but stretch their necks to look in Lin Long's direction to see if the dishes they ordered were ready.
After about ten minutes, Lin Long served all the remaining orders, and there was still a lot of free time, so she served three dishes to the judges who did not order three dishes, plus a small dessert.
Of course, Lin Long also had her own selfish motives. The dishes she prepared for her six dragon fathers were all specially made according to their preferences. As for the other four judges, she was more casual and just cooked whatever she wanted.
After all of Lin Long's dishes were served, only two and a half hours had passed out of the stipulated three hours. The other contestants had not yet finished serving their dishes, but Lin Long had already finished. The judges' uncontrollable exclamations and happy expressions on their faces said it all, showing just how good Lin Long's cooking skills were.
Even the pickiest Andrei frowned and silently ate everything in front of him. As he ate, he couldn't help but mutter, "I must be hungry now, so I can't help but eat so much."
However, Red Dragon Norton did not try it immediately. He was the least surprised that the second contestant could come up with such delicious food.
Ever since he noticed how the other party calmly and accurately selected the best ingredients, he knew that his cooking skills must be good. He was probably able to not only perfectly fulfill everyone's orders, but also make delicious food.
In fact, this is true. He guessed right.
He did not bother to taste the dish in front of him because he had unconsciously raised the standard for evaluating contestant No. 2, first evaluating him based on the color and aroma, and finally the taste.
But for some reason, when Norton looked at the three dishes in front of him, he felt a little subtle in his heart, because these were the three dishes he ate most often.
Moreover, it looked somewhat familiar to him. Judging from the color and aroma, it seemed like he had made it himself. I wonder what it tasted like.
Thinking of this, Red Dragon Norton grabbed the cutlery at hand, picked up a piece of fish naturally, and put it into his mouth.
Then, the next moment, he was stunned, and took a few more bites in disbelief, trying to confirm what the grilled fish tasted like. This was clearly...
Suddenly, the red dragon Norton raised his head and looked at Lin Long, who had finished cooking and was cleaning up the kitchen utensils, without blinking.
Such an intense gaze was too scorching. After a while, Lin Long on the field felt something and raised his head suddenly. The moment he raised his head, he met the gaze of his red dragon father who was staring at him. Lin Long was confused for a while.
Is it because the taste is not up to par? No way, looking at her Red Dragon father now, it doesn't look like it tastes bad. Or did she do something wrong to make her Red Dragon father stare at her like this?
Lin Long couldn't help but touch the tip of her nose in confusion. This was her habitual action, but she only felt the hard texture of the dragon cub's mask.
This familiar little action made the red dragon Norton's pupils shrink. The second contestant in front of him seemed to overlap with his own dragon cub.
Although their auras were different, one was that of a dragon and the other was a bit more subtle, they were indeed human auras.
But they overlap subtly.
What made Red Dragon Norton finally confirm that contestant number two was his own dragon cub was nothing else but the reactions of the three dragons, He Long, Will and Ed.
At this moment, because contestant number two focused all his attention on them, the three dragons couldn't help but turn their heads and cast envious, jealous, and hateful glances at him.
Then, in a flash of lightning, the red dragon Norton suddenly understood something.
He completely understood why He Long and the others had been acting so abnormally recently. Even Will had turned over a new leaf, and there was still that familiar smell of grilled fish that only his dragon cub could make. All these abnormalities pointed to one truth:
His dragon cub is back. She didn't drown with Dragon Island. She's truly back. The second contestant is his dragon cub!
After enduring for a while, he couldn't help it any longer. The red dragon Norton, who had finally found his own dragon cub, was so excited that he slammed the table and gave a perfect score of '60'!
The scoring rules for the third round of eliminations are the same as those for the second round of eliminations, except for the change in the proportion of Norton scores, which are all instant scores.
But no one at the scene could have imagined that Norton, who had never given a perfect score, let alone a high score, would actually give it a perfect score in one go!
And that’s not all. After Norton gave a perfect score, Zhao Yan’s score came out within two seconds, also a perfect score! !
Such a rating caused a commotion in the whole place, with the audience and contestants discussing it. After all, these two people had given Lin Long extremely low scores at the beginning, but now, they gave him full marks in one breath!
This is a full score, which is completely different from a high score. It represents the judges' full affirmation of this contestant!
Was the dish made by contestant number two really that delicious? So delicious that the two big guys gave it a perfect score without hesitation?!
Of course, this was only what the audience and contestants saw. On the other side, He Long, Will and Ed did not see such a thing. Instead, they knew that their own dragon cub was exposed in front of the red dragon Norton and the earth dragon Zhao Yan. It was obvious that they had recognized Lin Long.
For a moment, the expressions of He Long and the other three were not very good. Although if they waited a few days until the fourth round of eliminations when they did not wear masks, the existence of their dragon cub Lin Long would no longer be concealed, but He Long and the others were still unhappy!
The red dragon Norton was also unhappy. He glanced at the earth dragon Zhao Yan who was following closely behind him and had scored full marks. He knew what the other party meant by the questions he asked him two days ago.
This guy Tulong obviously noticed something, but he didn't tell him anything. Instead, he used him to confirm whether it was a dragon cub.
This is too much. The dragon cub that I adopted hasn't even had time to warm up to the baby, and now another dragon dad has set his sights on it. It makes me infuriated just thinking about it!
Although the red dragon Norton was unhappy, he was happy that his dragon cub was still there.
Unlike Andre, who was frowning even more tightly at the moment, he endured it but finally couldn't help but blurt out:
"Is the food made by contestant number two really so delicious that people can't wait to give it full marks? Norton, when did your standards drop so much?"
This is clearly not a question of whether it tastes good or not, but because it was made by his own dragon cub. Even if it tastes terrible, he will give it full marks without hesitation.
Of course, Red Dragon Norton would not tell such a big truth.
In terms of the concept of competing for favor, it is obvious that Norton is the same as He Long and the others. This is the nature of fathers. Any advantage they can gain is an advantage.
So, Red Dragon Norton responded calmly:
"No, I think it's delicious. It's so delicious that it deserves a full score from me."
On the other hand, Earth Dragon Zhao Yan was even calmer. He smiled and said, "I've thought this girl is good since the last round, and I'm also very satisfied with the food. I think this full score is fair."
After hearing what the two dragons said, Andre's brows were furrowed as much as they could be. He felt that the two giant dragons, the Red Dragon and the Earth Dragon, must have slept for too long and their brains were dull. He was different. Don't think that having a little shadow of a dragon cub can influence him. He is not a dragon cub and does not deserve his full score.
Andre just snorted coldly, and ignored the "crazy talk" of the Red Dragon and the Earth Dragon. He tapped his finger on the scorer and gave a low score of one point as usual.
Not long after, Lin Long's total score came out.
Apart from Liu Long, among the remaining four judges, only the judge at the edge who was already mesmerized in the second elimination round gave full marks, while the other three, under pressure from Andre, did not dare to give high scores. The highest score was only three points, a low score, even though they were very satisfied in their hearts.
Lin Long's start was beautiful, and such a high score gave people the illusion that the scoring for this round of eliminations might be a bit loose.
But after everyone's scores came out, it was discovered that Lin Long had opened up a huge gap with them and was far ahead.
But no one doubted this result, because the expressions of the judges and the dishes that were not touched after one or two bites were enough to explain everything.
This time, Lin Long finally ranked first, and the eliminated contestants were the ten with the lowest scores.
After the third round of eliminations, the host David did not let the contestants go back to rest like he did in the previous two rounds. Instead, he gathered the remaining 60 contestants together again and had the total scores of the first three rounds added up backstage to come up with the final ranking.
Because Lin Long's score in the third elimination match was higher, she suddenly moved from the tail end of the top ten to the tail end of the top three, which is the third place.
The first and second place lists are contestant number four and contestant number one, Momo and Yaya respectively.
After all the rankings were announced, the host David excitedly spoke again and announced the most exciting part of the 'All-Round Artist Competition'.
"Now, the first three elimination rounds are over. There are still three more to go, and then the finals. But these are not the main points. The main point is that now our remaining sixty contestants have one more advantage: your looks!! I believe the audience has been looking forward to seeing you goddesses' looks for a long time, am I right?!"
The host, David, was indeed very good at heating up the atmosphere. Such a sentence immediately made the scene heated up. In such a climax, the host, David, excitedly invited the top three contestants to come forward, saying:
"First, please invite contestants number four and two, our supermodel Momo and diva Yaya. I'm not sure if the judges have recognized them yet, but please have them take off their masks. One, two, three..."
This is basically no surprise. The popularity of these two people is too high, and their temperament and appearance cannot be concealed. Most of the judges on the panel have guessed their identities.
No, it should be said that almost everyone has guessed the top ten. Even if they couldn't guess it at first, after watching the first three rounds of eliminations, they would have a rough idea of who they are. The only one they couldn't guess was Lin Long, who ranked third. After all, Lin Long's international fame was far lower than that of others.
So, when it was Lin Long's turn, everyone present couldn't help but become interested, including Andre. He wanted to see what the human being who could make him so unhappy looked like.
However, when Lin Long took off the dragon cub mask on his face very readily, Andre, who was originally full of disdain, was suddenly stunned. His pupils constricted and he just stared at Lin Long's face on the field, unable to speak.
This face, this face... He remembered it clearly. Isn't this the face of his dragon cub after it transformed? ! !
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