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The Imperial Chef's Restaurant
Ever since Ji Yuchi posted that Weibo, the internet was in an uproar, and Baiji Restaurant was gradually caught up in the wave.
More and more people came to ask Bai Yinuo about Ji Yuchi, not only new customers, but also old customers. She was a little surprised, and gradually felt the popularity of Ji Yuchi. How come it seemed that every customer knew Ji Yuchi?
Fortunately, she received a call on Friday, allowing her to temporarily change her environment.
"Hello, is this Miss Bai? I am a staff member of the Haishi Division of the Taste Night. Your information has been reviewed. This audition will be held at the Qingyuan District National Convention and Exhibition Center. Will you participate?"
"Yes."
"Okay, then I'll enter your name into the system." The customer service said, "According to the information, the theme dish for this audition is staple food, please be prepared. This competition has public judges and uses a 100-point system. Only contestants ranked in the top 100 can enter the second round. Thank you for your participation, I wish you a happy life, and goodbye."
"Okay, thank you." Bai Yinuo said gently, then hung up the phone.
At this time, Ji Zihuai walked in from outside the door, and she looked at him.
Bai Yinuo understood: "Did you get the call too?"
Ji Zihuai: "Yes, I just received it. Is your theme staple food?"
"right."
Ji Zihuai fell silent after hearing Bai Yinuo's words. He was handsome, with a clear jawline, and looked a little cold when he had no expression, which made people feel that he was a little difficult to mess with.
Bai Yinuo has a delicate appearance, gentle temperament, and seems to be very good-tempered. Ji Zihuai is like a door god. Since Ji Zihuai came to Baiji Restaurant, Bai Yinuo would push Ji Zihuai out if there were some customers who were too noisy. When the customers saw that he was more than 1.9 meters tall, looked like a giant, and had such a cold face, they immediately obeyed him.
But Bai Yinuo was familiar with him, and as soon as he saw his expression, he knew that he was in a daze again.
It's really scary.
Bai Yinuo interrupted his silence and said, "The competition is tomorrow, what dish are you going to cook?"
Ji Zihuai scratched his head, feeling extremely entangled: "I don't know."
The scope of staple food is really too large. The definition of staple food is the main food on the table, that is, cereals, beans and tubes. Staple food provides the protein, starch and other elements needed for human daily diet.
There are many common staple foods on the Chinese table, such as rice, steamed buns, pancakes, noodles, or other cereals and potato products.
When Bai Yinuo heard the theme of the competition, he felt a little bit of approval for the organizer who set the topic. No wonder it was the government, the topic was both down-to-earth and meaningful.
Ji Zihuai learned the most about high-end dishes, some of which could be considered staple foods. After thinking about it, he found the answer.
After Ji Zihuai made the decision, Bai Yinuo found the other two and said, "We are going to participate in the competition tomorrow. The organizer said there are spectator seats. Do you want to go with us?"
"If you don't want to go, then you can go home and play."
She still remembered that the last time she told them about the competition, they both expressed their desire to go.
After Su Momo heard Bai Yinuo's words, she said happily: "Can I eat delicious food in a food competition? I want to go."
"The organizer only said that we can watch the competition, but I'm not sure whether we can eat it. But there are many contestants and few judges, so they definitely can't eat so many dishes, so they should be shared with the audience."
After hearing Bai Yinuo's invitation, Ji Yuchi shook his head and said with some regret: "My identity has been exposed. I am now negotiating with my agent on how to deal with it. I can't go now."
"good."
Su Momo began to imagine the events of the game that day, and couldn't help but ask, "Boss, will this game be on TV?"
Bai Yinuo looked at the schedule information and had some understanding of this, so he said, "Yes, but there are many competition areas across the country, and there are tens of thousands of players. Many players don't have cameras."
“That’s a shame.”
Serious people are the most beautiful. Su Momo felt that Bai Yinuo seemed to be glowing when he was cooking, and this competition was a very memorable event.
She felt a little sorry that the scene could not be shown on TV, so she said, "Boss, I am very good at taking pictures. I am a master of selfies. I have special photographic equipment. I will take a picture for you."
"Okay." Although Bai Yinuo was not interested in taking pictures, he did not reject Su Momo's kindness.
After deciding to attend the competition tomorrow, Bai Yinuo posted a notice at the door and posted an announcement on the mini program, informing all guests that he would take a day off.
Although it is better for people in a restaurant to be neat and tidy, there is also an advantage for Ji Yuchi not going, as he can stay and look after the house.
After Bai Yinuo had taken care of everything, he left some snacks for the Samoyed and left Bai's Restaurant with the other two, as the Samoyed looked reluctant to leave.
The National Exhibition and Convention Center is the largest exhibition center in Qingyuan District, Hai City, and is a landmark building in Hai City. The National Exhibition and Convention Center integrates exhibition, conference and commercial service functions, and was once jokingly called the center of the universe.
Many outsiders who want to come to Haishi to see various exhibitions will find that the locations listed on the tickets for these exhibitions are almost all in the National Exhibition and Convention Center.
Bai Yinuo couldn't help feeling refreshed when he saw the grand and majestic interior of the exhibition hall.
Although it was not the agreed time yet, many people had already come. Bai Yinuo took a few glances and roughly estimated that there were nearly 10,000 people.
Haishi is an international metropolis with a vast number of talented people. There are also many chefs, most of whom have special skills, so the competition is of course fierce.
The National Exhibition and Convention Center has a pleasant scenery and an exhibition area of about 600,000 square meters, which is more than enough to accommodate tens of thousands of participants.
The staff of the Taste Night competition set up many dining tables in the center of the exhibition center. There were many common ingredients on the dining tables. If you don't have them, you can ask the staff for them.
Because the number of chef workstations is limited, the selection is carried out in batches. Bai Yinuo and Ji Zihuai drew lots when they entered the door, and they happened to be in the last batch. The staff told them that if they followed the normal process, the last batch might have to wait until the afternoon.
After seeing this lot, Su Momo said with some concern: "Will this batch have an impact on the score? If everyone eats staple food, the judges will be full, will the score given be high?
Ji Zihuai said: "It probably won't happen. Even if it does, don't worry. Master will do his best."
"That's true. I was overthinking it." Su Momo thought of the egg fried rice she had eaten before, and her eyes lit up: "Boss, you can beat them with that egg fried rice. It's the best egg fried rice I've ever eaten."
"What I prepared was not egg fried rice, but noodles."
"Is it chicken noodle soup?"
Bai Yinuo smiled and said, "It's crab roe noodles."
She had not been in the modern world for long, only a few months, and although she had learned a lot of knowledge, it was still not enough. For example, she was not very clear about the abilities of her peers.
In order to get the bonus, she does not intend to underestimate the enemy.
Bai Yinuo lifted the box in his hand and showed it to Su Momo: "This is the crab I prepared."
For today's competition, Bai Yinuo specially selected some fresh live crabs. These crabs were large, full of vitality, and were not in the refrigerator, so they were very fresh.
Bai Yinuo prepared Yangcheng Lake crabs by herself because the organizer only provided ordinary ingredients, and no more expensive ingredients. After all, this was an audition of nearly 10,000 people, and if someone used high-end caviar in their cooking, the organizer would go bankrupt.
Because Bai Yinuo and Ji Zihuai both had to compete in the afternoon, they still had a long time to go. They decided to take a break and started looking for seats. In the audience next to them, Bai Yinuo suddenly saw someone waving at them. She walked over and found that it was an old acquaintance, the editor-in-chief of Food World Magazine, Haining.
He brought his wife and daughter to watch the game.
After Bai Yinuo greeted them, she took the other two to sit next to their family. When Haining's little daughter saw Bai Yinuo, she couldn't help but turn her head to look at her and said, "Sister, you are so beautiful. The prettiest girl in our kindergarten is not as pretty as you."
Bai Yinuo: “…”
Haining was a little amused and confused. What kind of description was this?
"Thank you." Bai Yinuo smiled, her temperament was bright and clear.
Seeing this, Haining's daughter felt a little shy and shrank into her mother's arms.
At this time, the first batch of chef competitions have begun.
Bai Yinuo's eyes wandered among these chefs, and suddenly stopped. She seemed to feel that some of them looked familiar.
For example, the chef in the first row seemed to have eaten in her restaurant.
At this time, Haining also saw the chef, so he said, "Ah, that's Chef Sun, the head chef of Xiexuan."
When Bai Yinuo heard the name of Xie Xuan, she was a little curious about why the other party came to her restaurant to eat, and he was very familiar with the situation in her restaurant. In a flash, she understood the reason. Sun Shang should have come to cause trouble at that time, but after eating a meal, he left.
Because the other party did not cause her any trouble, Bai Yinuo did not take the matter to heart. She quickly put it behind her and concentrated on watching the game.
The cooking competition is in full swing, and that means literally, as many people are using the stove.
Bai Yinuo looked at Sun Shang's actions at the front. After watching for a while, his eyes paused. His process seemed like he was making butter.
Tu Huangyou is another name for crab roe, which is high-quality crab roe. Tu Huangyou is a Jiangnan dialect, which means only. Huangyou is crab roe without a trace of crab meat. It is fragrant and rich.
I just don't know what the other party is going to do with this bald butter.
Sun Shang's movements were very familiar, as if he had done it a thousand times. He quickly finished processing the crab roe and then began to knead the dough.
Bai Yinuo understood what was going on. It turned out that the other party was also going to make crab roe noodles. This was not surprising, after all, the other party was the head chef of Crab House and was very good at making crab delicacies. And crab roe noodles was the most famous crab staple food.
Bai Yinuo shifted his gaze to the other contestants and discovered that some of them were professionals. They moved calmly and steadily, and the dishes they cooked were very good.
Some people's techniques are unprofessional and they are in a hurry. Some knock things over, some cut their hands, and some even burn the food.
But there are relatively few unprofessionals. Most of those who can take part in chef competitions and appear on TV are quite good at what they do.
There were photographers walking around the venue, holding cameras and filming the contestants who were cooking.
As time passed, the competition of the first batch of contestants soon ended. Among these public judges, there were professional food critics and non-professionals, but they were all people who loved to eat.
In order to consider fairness, the organizers gave each public judge a number of scoring sheets, which quantified the personal matter of taste, divided it into levels, and gave corresponding scores.
If you think it is an ordinary dish, it will be 60 points, and the comment is "ordinary". If you think it is a little amazing, it will be around 70 points, and the comment is "some highlights". If you think it is delicious, it will be 80 points, and the comment is "very delicious". 90 points correspond to "impeccable". 100 points correspond to "divine dishes".
Many people think that their dishes are good and can get at least 70 or 80 points. But the fact is that most of them get very low ratings, even falling below 60.
One contestant couldn't help but ask: "The flower rolls I made are so delicious, and my whole family thinks they are delicious... Why is the average score only 10?"
The organizer's scoring is very open and transparent. If any contestant is dissatisfied, they can raise questions directly.
This contestant is not a professional chef, but just a cooking enthusiast who particularly likes to make flower rolls.
A judge who was rating him shook his head and said, "First, your steamed buns are not that delicious. They taste like those from a street bun shop. Second, this is a selection competition. You are competing with others. The people who review the dishes are not your family members, but us, the judges."
"It's not that you can't cook ordinary home-cooked dishes. After all, we only look at the taste. You can cook ordinary home-cooked dishes, but you have to make the ordinary dishes taste better than others. Other contestants who got high scores are either long-time cooking enthusiasts or professional chefs. The dishes they cook are both high-level and delicious. These ten points can already be regarded as friendship points."
This contestant was a little skeptical: "The flower rolls I made were so delicious. I saw that the contestant before me made steamed buns, which were also very ordinary. He still got 60 points. Why did he get 50 points higher than me?"
"That's what I said. If you cook ordinary dishes, you have to make them eye-catching."
"Your noodles are not well kneaded, the noodles are a bit hard, the aroma is not enough, and the technical content is low, so the taste is limited. It may be good in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of us, the public judges who are more knowledgeable about food, it is not so good."
The public judge brought out the steamed buns of the previous contestant and said: "This steamed bun is a gold and silver steamed bun. They are almost the same size. They are white and plump after steaming. It is obvious that they have been fully exhausted. The unfried buns are as white as jade, soft and delicious. The fried buns are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. You can eat several of them in a row when you eat them with condensed milk."
"This dish has reached the best level of the gold and silver steamed buns. If you don't believe it, you can try it."
After the contestant tasted the golden and silver steamed bun, he was stunned. He...had indeed lost.
This steamed bun tastes better than the ones made in other stores. It is loose, soft and fragrant. As soon as you take a bite, you can smell the fragrant aroma.
According to his original idea, this set of gold and silver buns could get at least 80 points, but it only got a passing score.
The contestant sighed and finally gave in.
After he stepped off the stage, he said to his friends, "I thought this competition was too easy. I thought I could at least get a passing score. I didn't expect everyone to be so good, and the scoring was so strict. This competition was really not easy. Alas, I was publicly executed. I hope this footage will not be broadcast on TV."
Haining also heard these words and couldn't help but say: "Most people probably wouldn't make this kind of mistake. After all, this is a food competition."
As Haining was talking, he seemed to think of something and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Bai Yinuo: "Although these judges are very strict in scoring, I think you are different. If you make egg fried rice, the judges will also give you high scores."
"I'm not going to make fried rice today. I'm going to make crab roe noodles." Bai Yinuo said with a smile.
Haining's eyes lit up: "Then I'm really looking forward to it. I wonder if I can have the pleasure of eating it."
"Maybe. I'll make several servings, and since this is the last batch, the judges probably don't have much stomach left, so they probably won't be able to eat much."
The staple food is very filling. Even if each judge only eats a little of each dish, after eating dishes prepared by hundreds of people, it is equivalent to eating several bowls of rice.
Faced with this situation, Bai Yinuo was not worried. As long as they were willing to give it a try, she could get the score she wanted.
She looked at Ji Zihuai beside her and found that his eyes were looking straight ahead, but unfocused. He must be in a daze.
The master and disciple were probably the two most relaxed people in the entire venue.
The progress on the field was in full swing. Until most people had sent their dishes over, the highest score obtained was only sixty-five points.
Sun Shang's dishes were more complicated, and he was slow to cook because of his careful processing. He was one of the last few to be served. After the judges tasted his crab roe noodles, they were delighted and started to talk to each other. After the staff counted the scores, they told Sun Shang: "Subtract the highest score and the lowest score, your average score is 80 points."
When the other contestants heard this score, their jaws dropped. It was the highest score they had ever heard.
It turns out that this group of tricky judges can also give such high scores!
The judges said: "No wonder he is the head chef of Crab House. The crab roe is so well prepared. There is no fishy smell at all. It is impeccable."
Seeing this, Sun Shang couldn't help but feel a little proud, although he didn't show it on his face. After he stepped down from the stage, he prepared to look for his friend Jiang Ming in the audience. Jiang Ming was also the head chef of a chain restaurant.
Sun Shang looked around and looked carefully in the audience, but did not find Jiang Ming, but found Bai Yinuo.
When he saw Bai Yinuo, his smile froze and he was a little stunned. The other person had a beautiful face, which was unforgettable at first sight, and he would definitely not make a mistake.
At this time, Jiang Ming suddenly walked behind him, patted his shoulder, and said, "Why are you daydreaming? I will also go on stage later."
Sun Shang pulled Jiang Ming to the side and found that Bai Yinuo was no longer there, so he whispered, "Damn, I just saw the owner of Bai's Restaurant."
Jiang Ming was somewhat surprised when he heard his words: "She is also participating in the competition, that's right. With her cooking skills, it would be a pity if she didn't participate in the competition."
"What a pity! I am speechless when I hear the name of Baiji Restaurant. No matter whether it is Xie Xuan or myself, we have never won against Baiji Restaurant. Who would believe it if I told others?" Sun Shang felt like he had Baiji PTSD and was a little trembling: "She won't recognize that we ate at her restaurant last time, right? That would be too embarrassing. She definitely won't, definitely won't."
Jiang Ming watched his friend's expression change from happy to worried. He rubbed his temples with a headache, then patted his shoulder: "Brother, don't worry, I have to go on stage."
Jiang Ming is the chef of Jiangfu Laoyangfang, a local chain restaurant in Hai City. He is the son of the boss and started learning cooking at a very young age. He made a dish called Drunken Chicken Rice. The reason why Drunken Chicken Rice is called this is that the soul of the dish lies in the drunken chicken. It tastes sweet and delicious.
The public judges had a round of meals, and although they didn't eat much, they felt a little tired. But when the drunken chicken rice was served, they immediately felt that it was something special, and after taking a bite, they couldn't help but be surprised.
“Oh my god, it’s really delicious.”
“The sweet flavor of the liquor blends into the fiber of the chicken, making the taste of the chicken richer.”
After eating the dish, the judges gave their scores on their own scoring sheets. After the staff nearby calculated the scores, they gave Jiang Ming's score: "The average score is 88 points."
The staff spoke through a microphone, and the voice was transmitted to the entire venue.
The other players all whispered to each other: "Wow, this is awesome, it's a new record."
"He's the head chef of a big hotel, so of course his dishes are extraordinary."
Seeing this, Jiang Ming did not feel proud. Instead, he walked off the stage calmly and with full of the temperament of a master.
Sun Shang hadn't recovered from the incident at Bai's Restaurant yet when he heard that Jiang Ming's dish scored much higher than his.
After Sun Shang knew about this, he said with a sour tone: "I regret making crab roe noodles. I should have changed to something with higher technical requirements. Although crab roe noodles are not low in technical requirements and it is difficult to make them delicious, they are still a little bit worse and will definitely not get a high score."
At this moment, he heard a voice suddenly come out from the broadcasting station above the venue: "Subtract the highest score and the lowest score for the crab roe noodles you made, and the average score is full marks. Congratulations."
Sun Shang: “???”
Bai Yinuo did not have any psychological fluctuations after seeing that Sun Shang made crab roe noodles. Logically speaking, if it is the same dish, it is inevitable to have a comparison of high and low. If the taste is not as good as the previous dish, it will get a lower evaluation.
But Bai Yinuo did not change her decision and she still made crab roe noodles.
She makes the egg noodles first and then starts making the butter, so as to ensure that the butter has the best flavor.
She steamed the crabs she brought, then skillfully removed the crab roe. She then boiled lard in a pot, and used the lard to fry the crab shells, frying them from golden to slightly yellow, adding some spices, and then discarding the crab shells. She added the previously removed crab roe to the crab shell oil, then stirred it slowly over low heat until it blended well, and the butter was ready.
Bai Yinuo slowly spread the butter on the egg noodles and gave the crab roe noodles to the judges.
The judges have reached the final round of eating, their stomachs are already yelling “no, no”, they look very bored and are staring down at their phones.
But when they smelled the tempting smell of crab roe in the air, they couldn't help but sniff and asked curiously: "What smells so good?"
They put down their phones, looked up, and found crab roe noodles in front of them.
Bai Yinuo made three bowls of noodles and put three taels of crab roe in each bowl, which means that five or six crabs were removed for each bowl of noodles, so the amount of crab roe was a lot.
The crab roe noodles are full of crab aroma, and the golden crab roe and crab oil together emit a steaming aroma.
One of the judges said: "Wow, this crab roe noodle is special."
Although his stomach told him that he was a little full and couldn't eat any more, after he smelled the fragrance, he felt that it was not impossible to eat a little more.
He picked up a strand of noodles with his serving chopsticks and put it in his bowl. He took a bite and couldn't help but blurt out, "It smells so good!"
The crab paste is soft and the crab roe is rich. The butter tastes strong while the egg noodles taste light. The two have reached a balance, which makes people feel extremely enjoyable.
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