Chapter 172 Living Things Coated with Carbon

"Let's not worry about what this is baked in salt for now. I have a question: if something goes wrong while trying this pot of food, would it be considered a work-related injury?" Of course, the good brother wanted to add insult to injury, so Tan Yunlun interrupted Su Yun's conversation.

"How can it be so exaggerated? Isn't salt-baked chicken something we eat often?" Unlike Chen Boyang who didn't know how to respond, Zhang Querong, who was more eloquent, immediately jumped up and refuted.

"But their salt-baked chicken is made by putting the whole chicken in the salt, with the skin covering it, while your pot is full of minced meat, and it will quickly become a salted dish if you bake it this way!" Tan Yunlun was not to be outdone: After all, he was the unlucky guy who was going to try this thing...

"Stop arguing, the clock is almost up, hurry up and serve the food." Zhong Buluo said to smooth things over.

Taking time into consideration, the noisy scene finally quieted down.

After everyone put the food in the pot on a plate, the four gourmet messengers brought their food over.

Seeing that the first dish served was the "Salt-Baked Vegetables" from the Tomato Group to which Chen and Zhang belonged, Su Yun couldn't help but look around: from the looks in their eyes, they were all people who were ready to die when it came to tasting!

She picked out half a water chestnut from the small dish served to her, poured half a cup of mineral water into a disposable cup, and then put the water chestnut in to soak. Then, Su Yun, the initiator of the program, took the lead, opened his mouth and took a bite with a calm face.

Seeing that Su Yun couldn't swallow after chewing for a long time, Tan Yunlun picked up the lid of the trash can and handed it to her: "Don't give them face, just spit it out if you want to."

"Go away, Allen!" Chen Baiyang and Zhang Querong quickly waved their hands and slapped him, "Don't influence Mary's judgment!"

Seeing the expectant and even pitiful looks on the two men's faces, Su Yun pressed his forehead and managed to swallow half of the water chestnut.

"Huh? He actually managed to swallow it? It looks better than I thought." Seeing that Su Yun actually ate it, Tan Yunlun felt relieved. He put down the lid of the trash can, picked up a piece of lotus root with chopsticks, soaked it in water, and stuffed it into his mouth. "Okay, today I'll try your cooking skills... huh?!"

It tastes like eating a high-purity super-salted pickled vegetable without any preparation. The salty taste that explodes at that moment is like eating a large piece of mustard, which is so sour and refreshing that it goes straight to the top of your head!

"Wow, Alan cried while eating!" Seeing that something was wrong, Zhong Buluo quickly handed him a tissue.

"Huh... No thanks." Thinking that Su Yun could swallow it, he, a grown man, certainly couldn't give up. After forcing himself to swallow the lotus root slice into his stomach, Tan Yunlun hurriedly gulped down half a bottle of mineral water to suppress his shock.

"You don't have to support them so much by picking up such a big piece of lotus root!" Shen Dingxia and Zheng Yuting taught them, "Just like Mary, picking up half a water chestnut is enough for your sake."

As they said, the three hosts then each picked a piece of shredded radish or shredded black fungus just as a token of their appreciation.

The tomato group's "salt-baked seasonal vegetables" was the base, and the next two groups' "stir-fried lotus pond" were not cooked well enough, the color was ugly, and they were half-cooked or over-cooked, but because they were fresh ingredients, they tasted like a failed version of a vegetable salad, not to the point of making people cry...

Finally, the first round of scoring came out. The banana group of Zheng Zhaoqiu and Liu Chongyin received 5 4 5 5 9 for a total of 28 points, and the pineapple group of Zhou Yuanfa and Lu Qiangwei received 6 7 6 7 7 for a total of 33 points. The tomato group of Chen Baiyang and Zhang Querong was only given 2 points by Su Yun and other three peers. In the end, Zheng Yuting and Shen Dingxia gave them 5 sympathy points each for their sake, so that they could get a score of 16 points...

"The host is biased again!" Zhou Yuanfa pretended to make a fuss again: The Banana Group has Zheng Zhaoqiu so it's not surprising that Shen Dingxia gave 9 points. I didn't expect that Chen and Zhang, who looked like they were here to make people laugh, actually got sympathy points by just showing off their looks!

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, the next round is about to begin - this round is a temporary extra round, so the order of selecting ingredients will be determined by the scores." Zhong Buluo picked up the microphone and said a few words, explaining that because this is the first episode, there are no audience competition items selected for the time being, so the artist contestants will have one more round, which will not be counted in the total score, but the order and number of draws will be allocated according to the scores.

Then, after reading out a list of prizes sent by sponsors, the Pineapple Team went to the water tank in the middle of the venue to pick ingredients based on their scores in the first round.

Three very simple and common ones: fish, shrimp and crab.

Zhou Yuanfa pondered around the water tank for a while, then called Lu Qiangwei to join him and reached out to pick out a few large shrimps in the water tank. He was born in Lamma Island. Although he moved to Kowloon with his mother to study when he was very young, he still had the skills of making shrimp sauce and boiling shrimps. Even though he hadn't dealt with shrimps for a long time, his proficiency was higher than the other two.

The next group to come out and select ingredients were the Banana Team. After Zheng Zhaoqiu whispered a few words to Liu Chongyin, the two of them stepped forward and worked together to pick up the most difficult crab.

"Why did you choose the most difficult crab?" Zheng Yuting seemed to understand something, but she still asked.

Zhong Buluo passed the microphone to him, and Zheng Zhaoqiu replied very gently: "A Fei likes to eat crabs."

"Oh——" Everyone present understood.

On the other side, Chen Baiyang and Zhang Querong, who felt they had caught a big bargain, walked over happily with surprised faces and worked together to catch the remaining fish.

The fish looked to be about two kilograms, and it was flapping its wings vigorously. After the two of them had worked hard to get the fish out, Zhang Querong, who thought he had learned some recipes for curry chicken and spare ribs when he studied in the UK, stepped forward, turned on the fire, poured in some oil, and told Chen Boyang to put the fish in: "Hurry!"

"Oh oh!" Upon hearing this, Chen Boyang threw the lively sweet-scented osmanthus fish into the oil pan with great force...

There was another round of applause in the room. Zheng Yuting and Shen Dingxia almost burst into laughter: "We have eaten fish for so many years, and this is the first time we know that fish can be fried alive..."

"Do you want me to call 999 to ask the fire department for you?" Seeing the fish jumping around in the pot, Tan Yunlun shouted.

"It's okay, it's done!" Zhang Querong, who has been taken care of by a nanny for several years, probably left his cooking skills in England. He picked up the spatula and hit the sweet-scented osmanthus fish twice. The fish immediately fell dead in the pot. "Perfect... Eh? What's this green and black thing?"

"You've smashed the viscera and gallbladder inside the fish. Now they're not going to flow out..." Su Yun held her forehead with her hand.

"Hey, your crab is coming over here!" Before everyone could finish marveling at the tomato team's magical fried fish, the crab from the banana team had already escaped from prison and ran onto the stove of the pineapple team next door.

Seeing the two members of the pineapple team frantically trying to catch crabs, Zhou Yuanfa, who wanted to help, had no time to do anything before the net bag covered the plate of prawns he had just blanched, and the shrimps and the plate fell to the ground...

After all the commotion, there was nothing left for the three fish, shrimp and crab to eat. In the end, in recognition of their contribution to the audience's laughter, each of them was given two prizes as consolation prizes.

"Oh, this is my strong point. Let me help you draw." Tan Yunlun has always had good luck in drawing prizes and is known as the "Wheel of Fortune". Seeing that other people had drawn car beauty vouchers and bird's nest vouchers and the like, he couldn't help but sigh.

When Zhong Buluo was reading the list of prizes, he noticed that there were gift certificates from a jewelry store and cash prizes, which were the best types of prizes.

"No need, we'll do it ourselves!" Remembering that Tan Yunlun had just laughed at them, Chen Boyang and Zhang Querong decisively refused the emperor's help. The two of them walked up one after the other and each pulled a small ball out of the box.

"Two tons of mineral water and one hundred boxes of instant noodles!" After seeing the contents of the two small balls clearly, Zhong Buluo no longer cared about hosting the show and burst out laughing on the spot.

"It's quite consistent with your two current cooking skills." After a while, Su Yun held back his laughter with difficulty before making a comment.

The designated ingredients for the final round were, unsurprisingly, the delicious abalone specially provided by Chef Yang, the Abalone King.

Logically speaking, the final round requires the preparation of uncommon ingredients, so even people who cook frequently may not know how to handle them - this is the key stage specially set up to "trap" the contestants.

However, considering that this was the first episode and they needed to get off to a good start, and Master Yang was known as the Abalone King, these three groups of contestants took advantage.

Everyone got their ingredients. The banana group planned to steam the abalone with garlic, the pineapple group planned to stir-fry it with ginger and scallions, and the tomato group planned to braise it in oyster sauce.

Compared to the banana group's laziest steaming, the last two were like magic. Every time they did it, the abalones got a little darker...

Later, after discovering that the abalone had "disappeared" in the pot when it was turned over, Zhang Querong and Chen Boyang looked at each other, and then quickly took various seasonings and two handfuls of vermicelli from the stove and threw them all into the pot in an attempt to cover up their "charcoal-grilled abalone".

"As we all know, it takes tens of millions to hundreds of millions of years to form carbon, but for some people, it only takes a trip to the kitchen." After seeing the two guys' little movements, Su Yun signaled the director to give a close-up of their pots.

The order of serving the dishes this time was reversed from the first round. The steamed bananas were served first: although the taste was relatively light and had a slightly fishy smell, it was the most delicious one...

Therefore, Su Yun and others, who felt that they had two tough battles to fight, ate very slowly and scored even more slowly.

But no matter how slow it is, we have to follow the schedule. Soon, the pineapple group's stir-fried abalone with ginger and scallions was served.

"As expected of the Pineapple Team, I think these abalones have become like homemade 'pineapples'..." Pineapple means grenade in the slang. Anyway, I don't know how they did it, but these abalones are so fat, strong and greasy that Chef Yang, who provided the ingredients, almost burst into tears on the spot...

Su Yun poked it with chopsticks and found that the stuffed meat was burnt but still uncooked, so she quickly took the initiative: "Pick the most burnt (most cooked) piece... emmmm, it feels like eating charcoal."

"Why is your piece so well-ripened, while mine looks only 15% rare?" Tan Yunlun frowned.

"But mine is at least 180% done!" Su Yun ate with a crunching sound.

Finally, the Pineapple Team withdrew with a total of 25 points in this round, and Chen and Zhang's ultimate dark masterpiece came to the fore.

“It’s the first time I know that the shrimp sauce from Lamma Island can taste like this…” As they passed by each other, Zhou Yuanfa, no matter how much he supported his hometown’s specialties, couldn’t help but shudder secretly.

"Ah - don't come over here!" The strange smell came before anyone arrived. Tan Yunlun really wanted to run away. "Are you boiling Chinese medicine or cooking? Even stinky tofu is not as stinky as your dish..."

"You are the tomato group, not the sweet potato group! Don't come over here anymore!" Although the program has a certain amount of script, this program has special content and relies too much on cooking, so it always has to be adjusted according to the on-site situation; even though Su Yun was mentally prepared to eat dark cuisine, she was still moved by the sudden appearance of a king-level dish that seemed to be delicious and had a good taste.

"It's a little dark, but the ingredients are all good stuff, just like the seabed mud. It doesn't look good and doesn't smell good, but it's nourishing and beautifying when applied on the face!" Zhang Querong signaled Chen Boyang to hold the plate, crawl to the edge of the food tasting table, and start telling lies with his eyes closed.

"Look, Lesley and Danny brought the plate over, and they almost scared Mary into walking out without shoes..."

"It's edible!" Chen and Zhang started shouting when they heard Zhong Bu Luo whispering with Zheng Yuting and Shen Dingxia on the other side.

"If you think it's edible, then take a bite and let me see." As soon as Su Yun said this, Chen and Zhang, who had been shouting non-stop, suddenly became as quiet as chickens.

"Please give us some face for the sake of our friendship of knowing each other for so many years." Zhang Querong put the plate on the table.

"For the sake of our friendship, can you spare my life?" Su Yun covered her nose and tried to hide, but was pushed back by Tan Yunlun, who had already run off to vomit, with the attitude of "a friend dies, a traitor lives"...

"Mother-in-law, you have to remember that I love you very much! If anything happens to me, you must identify these two murderers!" Knowing that this episode would not end well if she didn't speak first, Su Yun burst into tears in front of the camera.

"Don't worry, it's not poisonous!" Chen Boyang comforted.

"I don't believe it!" Su Yun said with tears in her eyes.

"Just eat when I tell you to, don't struggle!" Zhang Querong said as he fed her a spoonful of food.

As soon as he took a sip, Su Yun's face changed drastically.

Seeing that something was wrong and having already gone to the toilet to vomit, Tan Yunlun finally had a change of heart this time and promptly pushed the entire new trash can next to Su Yun.

"What's this score? Why are your '1' and '8' lying down?" Zhang Querong, who had never been good at math, was very confused after seeing the score written on the sign by Su Yun, who had finally recovered.

Chen Boyang realized what was going on and pulled Zhang Querong's sleeve, but unfortunately he couldn't pull his friend because he had to hold a plate in his hands...

"Have you ever read a book? This is the infinity symbol!" Su Yun rolled his eyes at him, then explained, "The infinity symbol ∞ is preceded by a negative number symbol. I gave you a group of negative infinity points!"

"Protest!" Chen and Zhang suddenly became anxious.

"What are you protesting about? Did you know that in this round, you have to taste the food yourself?"

Upon hearing Su Yun's words, Zhang Querong was greatly shocked.

Afterwards, he also began to look at Chen Boyang, who had not yet recovered from the sudden shock, with a look that showed "it's better to die than to die as a comrade."

With brisk movements, he took the spoon and scooped another spoonful from the plate held by Chen Boyang. Then, in a flash, he suddenly fed the contents of the spoon into Chen Boyang's mouth, which was slightly open due to shock.

Frightened by this sudden "biochemical attack", Chen Baiyang, who was holding the plate, subconsciously raised his hands to struggle -

Thus, in a blink of an eye, a plate full of dark food was smeared on Zhang Querong's face, who failed to steal the chicken and ended up losing the rice.

Under the tyranny of dark cuisine, the friendship can easily fall apart.

Seeing these two kids rolling up their sleeves, blaming each other and even fighting, Su Yun sighed: "It seems that this dish is really not poisonous. Look how vigorously they are eating it..."