Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 819 Switching the Battlefield (Seeking a Monthly Ticket)

Afterwards, the program team gave them a few days to walk around here and buy some things by the way.

Went out with Mu Jie and others, and soon they saw the flower cake here. After seeing this special product, Chen Nian's heart was moved. Although he knew that this flower cake was indeed a specialty of Yunnan, but this special product was in other places It has already been promoted.

No matter which city you go to the specialty store, there is always such a thing. After looking at it, it is hard to buy it in the end.

After all, there are not many people who buy this thing and eat it back, so it is better to buy something else.

After that, Mu Jie called and asked some friends he had known before, and under the guidance of the other party, they went to a small alley in a residential area, found a shop that sold ham, and each bought a large strip of ham. Xuanwei ham.

Then they went to a time-honored tea shop to buy some Pu-erh tea, some of which were mailed back home, and the other part they planned to take with them and drink it by themselves when they arrived in Italy.

Then Chen Nian also heard that the coffee here seems to be good. Although he doesn’t drink much, red beans like coffee very much, so Chen Nian went to buy some coffee, and then bought two ethnic Yunnan style. Clothes, I heard from the shop owner that these are all made by hand using the ancient technique of batik.

So Chen Nian also bought two pieces, one for my mother and one for Hongdou.

Immediately afterwards, he bought some other gadgets and specialty products here, and wrote the names of his apprentices and Aunt Wen in the store on them, and sent them back together with the things he bought earlier.

However, clothes and coffee are sent separately, and the address and phone number of Hongdou are written.

Since the time is only three days, they can't go too far. They only stayed in Kunming for these three days, and then went back to the hotel to pack up their things and prepare to go to Milan, Italy.

Previously, when traveling from Chengdu to Italy, it was necessary to transfer in the middle of the flight, but this time, the flight from Kunming to Milan also required a transfer at BJ.

"Hey, I'm back to BJ again. If I had known, it would be great if we went back to BJ to get a rest." Zhou Ji said.

Mu Jie smiled when he heard this: "Junior brother, what you said is not right. We have been playing in Kunming for several days. What's the point of staying at home all day? Anyway, the travel expenses will be reimbursed by the program team. You don’t need to spend money yourself.”

"Yeah, speaking of it, it's my first time to go to Kunming. The climate there is really good, but I heard that other places in Yunnan are more fun. I thought about waiting until the work at hand is not so busy. Go to Yunnan to find a leisurely village and town, and rent a house for half a month to live in."

"Your idea is really good. I will do it after I come back this time. Anyway, I have nothing to do in the store now, so I just came out to explore the store in Yunnan." Zhou Ji suddenly realized and nodded.

"Master Zhou, you are going too far. I obviously came up with this idea." Chen Nian protested loudly that Zhou Ji plagiarized his strategy.

"Then you come too, we can have more fun." Zhou Ji said with a smile.

"I'll forget it. I'm busy in the shop. If it wasn't for this show, I probably wouldn't have come out. But I'm getting married soon. The three of you can come over and have fun together."

"It's a good thing to get married. When is the date?"

"It hasn't been fully decided yet, but I guess it will be July and August, oh, yes, July and August of the lunar calendar."

"That is the end of August and September?"

"almost."

"Okay, then we will definitely go if we are free, but have you bought this wedding room?" Zhou Ji asked again.

"No, my store has only been open for almost a year, so how can I save so much money, so I'm here to pick up jobs again?" Speaking of this, Chen Nian looked at Zhou Ji and the others with hope in his eyes: " Brothers, if you have a suitable job at that time, please introduce it to me, preferably the kind of high-end food that earns a lot of money, I can do it."

"Really? Have you done it before?"

"I did. Last year we had a boss's grandma in Chengdu who invited me to celebrate her birthday. There were [-] people, two tables, and the total cost was around [-] without drinks."

"Damn, there are so many, awesome, Brother Chen, your move is a big job of 50 yuan." Mu Jie said in surprise. tens of thousands.

"No, no, it's still not as good as a few masters. You are all doing state banquets. I can only take on this kind of private work."

"Hahaha, you are too modest, even the state banquet's meal standard is not much higher than yours."

Chen Nian smiled: "That's still different. If I can hold a state banquet, I will go without paying. This honor is at the national level."

"That's right, if you go out to be the chef of the state banquet, you will be looked up to everywhere." Zhou Ji smiled, and did not deny it, because he and Mu Jie's masters are both state banquet chefs, and they followed suit. I have had a few state banquets, so I know more about what's inside.

In this way, they flew back to BJ first, and after waiting here for a few hours, they flew directly to Milan, an international metropolis.

But these masters, including Chen Nian, have all been abroad, and Chen Nian has played in Milan for a while, so he knows that in such an international metropolis, if you want to talk about the security environment behind the glamorous, it is actually still Not as good as domestic ones.

The plane landed at [-]:[-] in the morning here, but they were a little sleepy. After all, they had walked for more than ten hours together during the time they were waiting in BJ.

After returning to the hotel, Chen Nian packed up his things and took a light sleep before meeting with the program team, but there are still tasks there.

Because Italian chefs went to small shops to learn rice noodles after they went to China, so now they also have to go to the countryside to learn pizza.

But Chen Nian doesn't have to go with him, he can have a good rest.

After two or three days, the jet lag of the few of them was adjusted, and they also agreed on a strategy for the new round, and then came the day of the competition.

The match was also held at the hotel they stayed in. The name of this hotel was Bosque, and it was a relatively well-known hotel chain brand in Italy.

It's just that when they entered the kitchen here, they found that the kitchen was too small.

There is no comparison with the time in the country.

Eight chefs plus a few photographers can barely get away.

However, before the game, the organizer arranged for two chefs from both sides to conduct a small interview.

"Chef Mu is a very cunning person. When he was in China, he took away a lot of ingredients we wanted, and he and his team seem to be very good at making traditional Chinese dishes."

At this time, the host asked again: "Then you come to your home court, are you particularly confident?"

Abraham smiled: "Of course I am confident. Although I fell behind by [-] points in China, I am confident that I can overtake this score here. There is an old age in Mr. Mu's team. He and I are old friends, and he seems to be very good at western food, but all in all, this is a game for us, and my team and I will definitely go all out to win this game."

After the interview with Abraham, he came to Mujie.

"This is not a small challenge for us. After all, this is someone else's home, and most of the diners are foreigners, so they must be better at cooking Western food, but our Chinese cuisine There are countless kinds of dishes in this country, so I think it is still possible to spread Chinese food to as many places as possible outside of China, and let them like our Chinese food.”

"So are you under a lot of pressure now?"

"It's okay. After all, Chen Nian in our team can cook Western food and speak Italian, so we are willing to accept this challenge and are confident that we can win again at their home court."

After the interview, the chefs of both sides came to a meeting room arranged by the other party in advance.

There was also a huge table, but it was covered with a piece of cloth, obviously to highlight the sense of mystery, and then under Beibei's command, they uncovered the cloth covered with the logo of the Chef King show printed on it.

After seeing the ingredients on the table, Abraham immediately showed a smile: "Guys, there seem to be a lot of good ingredients here."

Several other people also smiled after seeing this, as if they had already won the battle.

But on the other hand, Mu Jie was a little worried, because although he knew most of the ingredients in it, some of them hadn't been used at all.

Seeing this, Mu Jie couldn't help but start whispering to Chen Nian who was standing beside him: "The tomato juice and turbot can be used to make a sweet and sour turbot."

"You can also take this red saury, and you can also get macaroni. Then you can use this macaroni to make pasta, and you can take as many eggs as you can. After we have eggs, we can at least make them. Two dishes, and the eggs can also be used to paste some fish and beef."

Before starting to choose, Mu Jie roughly selected eight or nine kinds of relatively safe ingredients. In case some of them were robbed, he still had a backup.

As for some of the seasonings, he also roughly selected a lot. Anyway, there are many ingredients that he will definitely not be able to get here, but at least he has made a plan now, so that he can have a good idea of ​​how to make the dishes when the time comes. "

Soon it was time for their consultation.

Now it is in Italy, so it is up to the Chinese to choose first. Mu Jie looked at the ingredients on the table, and first took a turbot.

Turbot is also practiced in many ways in China, so it is safer to take this first.

It's just that for Abraham, turbot was not within his choice, so he even breathed a sigh of relief. After all, if he really kept it in his hands, he would have to redo the previous strategy one time.

But just after Mu Jie took the turbot, Abraham asked his son Sapa to take one of Mu Jie's most wanted ingredients, eggs.

Yao Guangbin looked at the other party's actions and was startled: "It's over, let's stop eating now."

Taking away the eggs means that there are fewer choices of desserts on their side.

"Master Mu, I think this turbot can be fried and served with black pepper sauce. Foreigners actually like this taste." Chen Nian suggested from the side.

"Okay, then take a black pepper juice."

Immediately afterwards, Abraham directly took away the three yellow chickens on the table.

But Mu Jie was not to be outdone, and took away the red saury, and they can make a salt and pepper red saury later.

Afterwards, Abraham took away the sausage. This ingredient was not in Mu Jie's plan, so he didn't feel bad about it. However, soy sauce was used to make salt and pepper red saury, so they took away the soy sauce.

Then Abraham took the squid, flour, olive oil, cheese, pancetta, mascarpone cheese, puff pastry and more.

For Mu Jie, he chose Haihong, Cheng Noodles, Peanut Oil, Beef, Spaghetti, Turtle Jelly, Orange Blossom Honey..."

Just like that, they came and went and took away the ingredients on the table little by little, and soon the big table was vacant.

After selecting the ingredients, it was time for the real exchange between the two sides. First, Mu Jie gave the other side an ingredient that he didn't want.

It seems that Mu Jie set his sights on the vinegar, he wanted to give the vinegar to the other party to embarrass him, but at this moment, Chen Nian hurriedly stopped: "Master Mu, it is absolutely impossible, the vinegar is given to them. It’s not embarrassment, it’s a surprise, and these Italian chef vinegars can still make people understand.”

As soon as Mu Jie heard it, he was in trouble again. He only knew about Western food, but he was not proficient: "Then what do you think is better?"

"Guiling jelly. Although we say we can use this to make desserts, they don't use Guiling jelly that much."

"Okay, then Guiling jelly, anyway, we can make dessert with Cheng noodles."

After Abraham received the tortoise paste, he couldn't help covering his head. He seemed to have seen the scene when Mu Jie brought the Houttuynia cordata to his side.

And after Abraham reluctantly took the tortoise paste, he scanned the ingredients on his side, and finally took the cocoa powder and sent it to the opposite side.

Seeing this, Chen Nian laughed, and gave himself cocoa powder, wouldn't that be considered as an enemy?
Not to mention that Yao Guangbin, as a national-level pastry chef, is definitely not unfamiliar with cocoa powder, even he can use this thing well.

Then came Mu Jie to snatch the ingredients from the opponent. He had already thought about what to grab, and this was the common goal of the four of them. Mu Jie immediately reached out and took the opponent's eggs. Bring it over.

This time Abraham couldn't help but let out a wail.

"They took our eggs!"

Seeing that there were no special ingredients for him on the other side, Abraham finally thought about it and took away the piece of beef. The lack of beef means that the Chinese chef has one less ingredient that can be used as the main ingredient.

After the selection of ingredients was over, some staff came to help them get all the ingredients into the kitchen.

Then the game will officially start.

(End of this chapter)