Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 209 209. Show Your Hands
Chapters 208 and 209 are messed up due to shielding, read in chapter order

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If He Beibei said that copycats beat people, Zhao Yue would take it for granted.

But he never expected that instead of showing dissatisfaction, He Beibei asked himself to help. What happened in this world?

Suddenly, he looked at Li Xiao's tall back, and secretly took a deep breath. Could it be that He Beibei from his family fell in love with the handsome guy in front of him doing the live broadcast?
So he likes this type?

He looked down at his small body, and sighed secretly, no wonder no matter how well he did and how devoted he was to her, she never pretended to him.

Zhao Yue's movements were very swift, when Li Xiao was familiar with the layout of the back kitchen.

Two small yellow croakers that had been deboned, gutted, washed and drained had appeared in front of Li Xiao.

Li Xiao quickly pulled out the outer layers of baby cabbage leaves, gently pushed the core of baby cabbage into the belly of the fish, and then put the small yellow croaker into the steamer.

The reason why he has been familiar with it for so long just now is not that the back kitchen is too complicated. The most basic thing for a good back kitchen is to be concise and clear.

The reason why so much time wasted was mainly to find two favorite plates and complete all the processes, Li Xiao said

"Most people eat the upper part of fish first, and then turn over to eat the second half after the upper part is finished."

"So, I choose a slightly curved plate and adjust the way the sauce is poured."

"Pour in the yellow juice from the middle of the plate, and the yellow juice will flow to the lower part of the fish along the arc of the plate. As long as you control the amount of the yellow juice and find a suitable plate, you can make the yellow juice as long as possible. Cover the lower half of the small yellow croaker."

"Then the other half of the chicken juice, only add starch to make thick juice, and cover the small yellow croaker. The taste should not be uniform, and the sauce should not be too thick, otherwise it will spread at the bottom and affect the appearance of the dish.”

While talking, he cooked two completely different chicken juices in the nearby pan, one was chicken juice with turmeric powder added, and the other was plain chicken juice.

After the two juices were cooked, the timer next to the steamer made a ding sound. Li Xiao turned on the steamer and took out the steamed small yellow croaker in a stream of thick steam.

Gently took out the small yellow croaker that was no longer dripping, and put it flat on the plate. Li Xiao squatted down and took a look at the angle formed by the bottom of the small yellow croaker and the plate.

Nodding with satisfaction, the included angle is very wide and the arc is quite suitable.

After making sure it was suitable, he used a spoon to slowly pour in the yellow juice with turmeric powder.

After the golden yellow juice under the small yellow croaker formed a nice round shape, Li Xiao began to pour the light yellow juice on the fish. This time he used a smaller spoon to increase the manoeuvrability. It is also evenly covered with a light yellow yellow juice without adding turmeric powder.

Although the color of the yellow juice without adding turmeric powder is relatively light, but when it is poured on the small yellow croaker, which is already golden yellow, the difference between the two does not seem too obvious.

Seeing Li Xiao doing the knife himself, everyone's faces showed even more embarrassing expressions. After all, this is their kitchen. What does it mean to perform cooking skills in their own kitchen?This clearly meant to look down on everyone. Originally, they were waiting for their boss to give an order, and they would immediately withdraw.

Although it's two days away now, it seems very demoralizing to do so.

But if He Beibei said he wanted to leave, if they didn't follow, they might be able to make a living here, but whether they could find a new boss in the future would become a problem.

What made them dumbfounded was that He Beibei stood beside the anchor who came to make trouble with a serious face.

Their eyes fell on He Beibei's hand, which was empty and did not hold a knife that could cut each other's throat.

Looking up, He Beibei didn't show any displeasure on his face, and his eyes didn't fall on any sharp kitchen utensils.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and began to suspect that their chef was possessed by some evil spirit.

At this time, Zhao Yue had already finished her work, and left He Beibei's side with a look of lovelessness, and returned to the other chefs.

Seeing the strange expression on Zhao Yue's face, a chef who was familiar with him came up to him, touched him with his elbow, and asked in a low voice
"Why does Deputy Chef Zhao have such an expression? What's going on over there? Why don't you stay over there and take a look??"

You know, another sous chef, Song Peiyuan, was still watching intently there, why did this one come back lifelessly?
Could it be that the bone removal step was not done well just now, and others scolded it?

It's impossible, Zhao Yue is the only two-star chef in the back kitchen, so it's impossible to make mistakes in handling the little yellow croaker.

Hearing the other party's question, Zhao Yue lifted her drooping eyelids upwards and looked at He Beibei and Li Xiao again. She suddenly felt as if she had been stabbed a few times in her calm heart.

At this time, He Beibei's eyes are almost about to burst into stars. Although Li Xiao's operation is very simple, even if a layman comes to observe it, he will think that Li Xiao does not have any cooking skills. After all, in the process, Li Xiao Xiao didn't use any fancy techniques.

However, the parents in the family are all five-star senior chefs, but He Beibei clearly understands that the simpler the operation, the more it can reflect the skills of a chef.

After all, the great coincidence is unfair, and the epee has no sharp edge.

If a chef who has just started is to learn skills, and a chef who has already started is to be familiar with skills, then a one-star senior chef is to start using skills flexibly.

Like yourself, after selection to become a senior chef.

Two-star, three-star, and four-star chefs will start to creatively seek more dazzling techniques, more complicated and changeable techniques, after all, they have already mastered some old techniques proficiently.

They need to master more and newer skills to make a breakthrough, but once they reach 5 stars, 6 stars, and 7 stars.

Instead, their craftsmanship has become more concise. They no longer pursue complicated and dazzling techniques, but use simpler cooking techniques to make food delicious.

Because they have been able to use most of the skills flexibly at this time, they are already very clear about food.

They know exactly what to do to make the food taste better

That's why He Beibei's mother likes not to do any treatment on the oysters, and only adds black vinegar and lemon juice after washing.

Because he clearly understands that such a simple expression is the best way to present the delicacy of a fresh oyster.

Although she can use various techniques to increase its flavor, such as tempura, braised, braised, and baked, it is also likely that the inosinic acid in oysters will be sexually altered due to the prolonged production time.

As a result, the original umami taste of 10 points is only seven or eight points.

"Okay, Chef He, can you give it a try?"

While talking, Li Xiao handed over a pair of chopsticks.

He Beibei quickly broke away from her wild thoughts, looked at the two [Steamed Fish in Yellow Sauce] in front of her, with a little frustration on her face.

One must know that she is already 28 this year, and will be 30 in two years. However, Li Xiao, who is obviously better skilled than her, is only in her early 20s.

She has always believed that her culinary talent is excellent, and she has been guided by a famous teacher since she was a child, and her progress has been rapid.

She has become a talented girl in the culinary world in many people's mouths, and her long-term experience has also verified this point.

At the age of 20, he successfully graduated from the Citigroup Red Belt Culinary Academy, returned to Dahan, participated in the most difficult senior chef competition in the world, and became a one-star senior chef in Dahan.

After that, he won many first prizes in the one-star senior chef competitions in different countries. Such a proud record also made her feel arrogant and defiant.

After winning the one-star senior chef, He Beibei did not slack off, and successfully won the titles of two-star and three-star senior chef at the age of 22 and 23 respectively.

For a moment, He Beibei looked like a rising superstar, unparalleled in the chef world.

The reputation is even far better than that of many four- and five-star veteran chefs.

After all, the promotion of one level a year is too terrifying. Many people think that He Beibei may even challenge for six stars before the age of 30.

The reason why it is six-star instead of a higher level is because six-star chefs are actually quite rare in Dahan.

The total number of 6-star chefs in Dahan is only more than 300, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are all rare.

Moreover, the 6-star senior chef selection is no longer a large-scale selection, but requires an application.

Five-star chefs need to apply for certification from the Chefs Association, and the Chefs Association will send invitations to judges to all six-star chefs.

The promotion process for five-star chefs will start only after at least 10 six-star chefs accept the invitation.

Each judge can come up with a specific topic, and chefs who apply to be promoted to six stars need to complete these 10 specific topics.

Every time a project is completed, 10 judges will give a score. The score is from 1 to 10 points from low to high. After removing the highest and lowest scores, the average score needs to reach 8 points or more to pass.

Of course, it is not necessary to pass all the items, only 8 of them need to be passed. ,

So in everyone's mind, even a superstar-like genius like He Beibei.

Faced with a variety of questions and projects, it also takes a certain amount of time to accumulate before you have the opportunity to become a 6-star super chef.

Of course, He Beibei didn't think so at the time.

In her cognition, she can be promoted to a level in a year.

24岁就能顺利晋升4星，25岁就能晋升5星，怎么可能要浪费5年才晋升6星？
However, the reality was far more cruel than she imagined. After she was promoted to 23-star at the age of 3, she succeeded.

The 24-year-old lost the promotion competition by a small score and missed the chance to be promoted to 4 stars.

But even if she failed in promotion, it didn't affect her reputation as a genius.

After all, she was only 24 years old back then, and she was still too young. Many people thought she was too aggressive and impetuous, and she lost everything, and even if she lost, the gap with the opponent was quite small.

Of course, as the person involved, she also thought so. She was just unlucky or underestimated her opponent for a while, which led to the failure.

However, this promotion failure is like the beginning of a nightmare, 25 years old, 26 years old, 27 years old, 28 years old.

The next four promotions all failed. Everyone found that this girl who was hailed as a genius had made very little progress over the years, and even showed signs of regressing in recent years.

He Beibei, who had lost her aura of genius, became more aggressive and impatient in her actions, and could not listen to any opinions.

Even this year, when discussing the menu with shareholders, there were fierce conflicts, and even made such a bad thing as direct resignation.

He Beibei has actually thought a lot about it during the months of confinement, calm down and think about it, maybe she is not a genius girl.

Most of her current grades are just because of the subtle influence of her parents, which made her a few steps faster than others.

However, everyone's advocacy made her believe this kind of nonsense.

As a result, he has been arrogant and arrogant for so many years, and the opinions given to him by men have been ignored. After all, as a genius, why do I need to care about other people's opinions?

If they don't agree with their own opinion, it must be their fault, not their fault.

After all, I am a genius, and they are just a bunch of mediocre trash, so why can they give me advice? ? ?
Even when she encounters some chefs with higher star ratings than herself and gives advice to her, her attitude is only superficially respectful.

Thinking behind his back, he was promoted to a four-star only when he was old, so what qualifications does a five-star have to guide him?

I just failed for a while and was careless for a while, which led to frequent defeats.

However, the long period of confinement and being separated from those who gathered around her to flatter and flatter her finally gave her time to calm down and review her life in the past few years.

She finally realized that she had really missed too much, the guidance of her parents, the guidance of the chef of the same level invited by her parents despite their old faces.

All of them were rejected by me. Not only did I not make progress, but I was still complacent, and even began to lose touch with the times.

The long-term complacency prevented her from discovering her own problems at all.

After a long time of thinking, she finally decided to start again. He called up the original kitchen team, and under the arrangement of her father, she came to a new restaurant to start her new life.

Even the menu was made after the discussion of his parents and her three people. She would never give up such an important right before.

She originally thought that the so-called geniuses really didn't exist, there were just more watching, more learning and more practice, but when she saw Li Xiao cooking in such a calm manner.

Only then did she finally understand that it was not that there were no geniuses in this world, but that she was really not a genius. ,

The last trace of fantasy in my heart was finally completely let go, but my mood was more relaxed than ever. Now I can really go on the road again with light clothes, and start to embark on the journey of learning and progress again as an ordinary chef, an ordinary three-star chef.

He Beibei suddenly opened his mouth and said to Li Xiao
"Thank you."

???

Li Xiao stiffly withdrew the right hand that had just handed out the chopsticks. He didn't quite understand what the other party meant by this thank you. Was it to thank him for giving her the chopsticks?

Why did he become so polite all of a sudden? Is this a prelude to preparing to go crazy? How did you say that sentence, courtesy first and then soldiers? ? ?
Li Xiao secretly raised his vigilance, after all, there are quite a lot of weapons in the back kitchen.

He Beibei took the chopsticks and picked up a piece of fish that was stained with light yellow yellow juice. His eyes lit up. The yellow sauce made by the other party tasted better than the one made by himself?

She had tasted the yellow juice without turmeric powder, of course, but the other party's made it was far better than her own.

The corner of her mouth twitched slightly, why did this feel so familiar?

By the way, she quickly understood where this sense of familiarity came from.

Isn't this the same as using the same materials, the same utensils, and making the same food with my parents at home, but the taste of the finished product is far inferior to that of my parents.

And this is how Li Xiao feels to her now, obviously the chicken sauce is made by their back kitchen, and the utensils and seasonings in the back kitchen are also used.

But the finished product is better than what I made myself.

Could it be that Li Xiao, who claims to be a gourmet anchor, is actually a 4-star or 5-star senior chef?

As for 6 stars? ?She couldn't imagine it at all, because the chefs who can get 6 stars are all famous in Dahan.

She never knew that there was such a young 6-star senior chef in the industry.

They didn't finish eating the small yellow croaker right away, but waited for 20 minutes until the small yellow croaker had completely cooled down before moving their chopsticks.

When eating the small yellow croaker on the top, you can already clearly feel the fishy smell in the fish meat, but when you turn the small yellow croaker over and eat the small yellow croaker with golden yellow juice on the bottom, the obvious fishy smell is overwhelmed. The ginger taste is suppressed.

The experiment was successful, and everyone was delighted.

Li Xiao also secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Fortunately, he didn't lose the chain, otherwise he tried to adjust but failed, and the fun would be great.

Back to the seat, waiting for the next few dishes.

The squad leader looked up and down with a strange gaze, looking at Li Xiao, who was calm and breezy.
"It seems that the match between you and the so-called Xie Guoyong was not a posing but a campaign, but you really used your own ability to easily win him."

Li Xiao was not surprised at all, the other party checked his live broadcast replay.

After all, it is necessary to invite an anchor with an hourly salary of tens of thousands of yuan to help promote it, and not to find someone to check the other party's details.

It is really stupid to see if the hired anchor bought a navy or a robot.

When the live broadcast starts, 2 of the [-] people online will be robots, which is ridiculous.

Don't open this store, close it early, otherwise you don't know how you will be cheated to death.

Li Xiao chuckled lightly, and he was not complacent. After all, he was just an ordinary food anchor with a little bit of special skills. Besides, he didn't know how to explain it. Where did he get these abilities? can speak quietly

"It happened that I knew something about what he was good at, so I narrowly beat him."

(End of this chapter)