Chapter 98: Alice, who successfully cleared the level, sees you! Wait...
I originally thought that I had passed, but I didn't expect that there would be a second test. The second test didn't require cooking, but it was a written test. Everyone was taken to a bright and clean room, and each person was given a quill pen, a bottle of ink and parchment.
The parchment is the test paper.
Ye Wan originally brought Pancake with him, but the invigilator didn't allow magical creatures, so Ye Wan had to leave it outside the examination room. Pancake ended up sitting on the edge of the flower bed, looking very unhappy.
As a child who grew up in an exam-oriented education environment, Ye Wan was still a little scared of exams. Especially after seeing the densely written parchment and the modules divided into basic knowledge, scenario analysis and food innovation, she sighed deeply.
The content of this test paper was all sorts of strange and bizarre. There were some questions that Ye Wan couldn't answer at all, such as when serving a dish to a distinguished earl, how many decibels should the sound of a silver spoon colliding with a soup bowl be to conform to etiquette? Ye Wan silently complained:
"I'm speechless. Are they hiring a chef or a waiter?"
The other questions are a little more normal, but not quite normal either. For example, what will happen if the mermaid seaweed from the Misty Sea is cooked with the bell fruit from the land of the bell tree?
Ye Wan knew that the mermaid seaweed from the Misty Sea was a precious ingredient that could enhance the flavor of food. It was called mermaid seaweed because it only grew under the reefs of the Misty Sea. Usually only the mermaids could pick it. Lorelai had even sent her some. When Ye Wan cooked plain noodles, she would add a little seaweed to enhance the flavor, and the noodles would become doubly delicious.
The fruit of the bell tree looks like an orange alarm clock. When the two are stacked together, diners will scream like an alarm clock after eating it. It would be very embarrassing if it appeared at a formal banquet.
But he didn't even mention why a seasoning like mermaid seaweed, which is good for enhancing flavor, would be cooked together with the greasy-sweet fruit.
The last question was even a subjective question, with a lot of words written in it: There is a barrel of Wild Turkey Liquor in the Kingdom Cellar that is over a hundred years old. Due to its age, small flames may appear when cooking with this wine. Please use this wine as a cooking seasoning to prepare a delicious dish.
Ye Wan had no choice but to write it.
When a dwarf-made candle burned out, the test paper was also finished.
The "examinees" rushed out. It was almost lunchtime, and the palace was generous enough to let everyone go for lunch. The lunch was also very good: braised beef short ribs, spicy squid noodles and angel food cake.
This angel food cake was dense and delicious. The girl who had kindly answered Ye Wan's question sat next to her again. "My name is Amelie, and I'm a wandering gourmet. What about you?"
"My name is... Alice, hello, but what is a wandering gourmet?"
"Hey? Don't you know about wandering gourmets? They're chefs who wander the world in search of delicious food. So far, I've been to the Dessert Kingdom, Anastasia City, and Alliance Island. A few days ago, I came to the capital of Osenna. I heard the palace was hiring chefs, so I decided to give it a try."
Ye Wan became interested because the travel stories that Amelie told were very interesting, such as the annual harvest festival on Tongmeng Island.
On that day, the chefs will take a hot air balloon and accurately drop the food prepared in the balloon into the basket prepared on the ground. Their traditional food is mushroom fried meatballs, sprinkled with chili powder and shredded cheese. The taste is perfect and the islanders love it very much.
For example, there is an underground city on the Cyclops Island, and there is a very delicious and plump white fish in the underground river.
"Because of the volcanic lava, the rocks there are hot and can be used to grill fish. There are also fungi that look like wood ear mushrooms in the corners of the stone walls that can be eaten cold as a side dish. This is probably the power of nature." Amelie said happily.
She also mentioned that she accidentally walked into a dark forest one night and was invited by an elf ranger to attend a full moon banquet. The wine was brewed from flower dew, and the desserts were made from various flower petals and nuts, and they tasted very good.
Once, Amelie went to an oasis town. She rode a camel in the desert for three days before she found a town with water. The town was in the center of the desert. When the wind blew, a lot of yellow sand was blown up. There were not many people in the town, and there was only one small restaurant.
The boss is a hunter, and he basically cooks whatever he hunts. A big black, greasy pot is always boiling with a thick brown liquid similar to curry. The boss puts wild rabbits, scorpions, peppers, and some nameless tubers and wild vegetables in it. It looks scary, but tastes extremely delicious, and is very good with black bread.
Ye Wan also yearned for this very much. She had secretly thought about traveling around this beautiful alien world with her luggage. It would be even better if Songbing and Youan were willing to accompany her.
As they were chatting, a servant hurried out of the door carrying a piece of parchment: "The next person to report his name will stay."
Ye Wan was a little worried.
Amelie asked, "For your last question, the one using Wild Turkey Wine, what dish did you write?"
"I'm going to make flame chocolate out of it, maybe in the shape of a broomstick, with orange flames enveloping the sphere. That would look cool."
She even designed the chocolate filling to be like lava, perhaps adding some black pepper and cinnamon to enhance the flavor.
"What about you?" Ye Wan asked.
"A kind of flamed beef." Amelie shrugged. "The instantaneous high-temperature flame will remove the fishy smell of the meat."
"That sounds pretty good, too."
Fortunately, Ye Wan and Amelie both stayed, and soon it was time for the last round of testing. It was time to cook again. This time the theme was: About His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s favorite breakfast.
Euan's favorite breakfast?
From Chinese-style grilled cold noodles, egg burgers, rice dumplings, oyster cakes, and fish soup wontons to Western-style croissants with coffee, fried eggs, and bacon, there is nothing he doesn't like to eat, except natto.
He could eat two big bowls of each, but even so, he didn't gain weight at all. Ye Wan was not sure what to do for a moment, after all, there were too many choices.
Of course, even the barbecue with hard cheese bought from the market, mashed potatoes with gravy near the market, and sausage hot dogs were also very enjoyable for Youan.
He is not very picky about food and is a sophisticated foodie.
Many people have already started preparing. In accordance with the stereotype of royal aristocrats, many people have decided to brew coffee or fine white wine, bake bread crispy, and put various jewel-colored jams into exquisite silverware.
Ye Wan felt that she had to be different, so she had to make a dish that was obviously hers so that You An could recognize it.
After all, her name now was Alice, and there was no way Euan could recognize her just from the list.
So she ran to get a bucket of tofu in the surprised eyes of everyone.
She decided to make lotus leaf chicken, tofu pudding and fried dough sticks, which would stand out among the exquisite breakfasts.
Press the tofu into tofu pudding, add a spoonful of soy sauce, vinegar and chili oil, and don’t forget to sprinkle a handful of coriander, chopped green onion and pickled vegetables.
The side dish was fried dough sticks. Ye Wan kneaded the dough and threw it into the hot oil pan. The dough immediately expanded and the fried dough sticks became translucent and delicious after being soaked in oil.
Youan loves to eat this. He breaks the fried dough sticks until they make a crispy "crunch" sound, then soaks them in tofu pudding. The fried dough sticks, which have absorbed the marinade, are also covered with seaweed shreds and dried shrimps, and taste fresh, crispy, smooth and soft.
In order to make the breakfast look better, Ye Wan also prepared glutinous rice chicken. Fresh lotus leaves were spread on the bamboo tray, and it was stuffed with chicken thighs, salted egg yolks, and dried mushrooms. In fact, according to the standard glutinous rice chicken, dried scallops should also be stuffed in to enhance the flavor, but she obviously did not have enough time to soak such dry goods, so she had to give up.
In order to appear more upscale, Ye Wan specially chose carved bone china to serve the breakfast she made, although she privately felt that tofu pudding tasted better in a coarse porcelain bowl than in an exquisite porcelain bowl.
In short, Ye Wan delivered the breakfast and then went back to wait for news. As she expected, she was one of the three people finally selected.
The employees of the Knight Tavern were all very happy. Goatee patted her shoulder and said, "You really make us proud."
Xiao Hui said: "Sister Alice, you are awesome!"
This time, the royal family's exclusive carriage came to pick Ye Wan up. It was a golden carriage. It did not have the leather smell of a public carriage, and it was not bumpy to sit in.
Opposite Ye Wan sat a very well-dressed man, a bit like the butler in the anime "Black Butler", with sleek golden hair and a black tuxedo.
He smiled mysteriously and a little disgustingly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to see you."
nonsense.
Ye Wan was still wondering why You An didn't come to pick her up in person when the "deacon" coughed and began to explain to her the various etiquettes of meeting the crown prince.
As he continued to talk, Ye Wan began to empty his mind.
In short, the golden carriage entered the palace unimpeded, passed by the towering and exquisite murals, stepped over the cold marble floor, passed through one archway after another, walked through one corridor after another, and there were many stained glass windows, and they finally stepped into the back garden of the palace.
The garden is huge, with the fresh scent of various plants and the singing of birds. The sunlight shines down and even the air becomes soft.
It was obvious that this place was taken care of by a professional gardener. A huge tree wall divided the garden, and roses and roses bloomed like a waterfall. There were also many plants that Ye Wan had never seen before.
The deacon led her straight into the depths of the garden, where there was a pavilion made of white marble. A young man was sitting in the pavilion with his back to them, concentrating on reading a book.
The sunlight shone obliquely into the pavilion, making his golden hair almost platinum. He was still wearing the soft white shirt that Ye Wan loved most in his memory, with the sleeves casually rolled up to his elbows.
He turned around when he heard the noise.
Ye Wan looked at him in shock.
"Your Highness, the person you want to see is here." The butler spoke in a gentle voice, bowed 90 degrees like a folding knife, and then left first.
Ye Wan ran over in shock: "You An, why did you become smaller?!
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