Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 820 Pure Tomato Seafood Spaghetti

Because it was bugs that were used as punishment in the past.

And the food to be punished here is the stinky cheese unique to Italy.

Speaking of which, Chen Nian also used similar cheese when he was competing with his father before, and it smelled bad!

And eating bugs are two completely different feelings.

But all in all it's pretty frustrating.

In order not to lose the game, they came to the kitchen to start preparations immediately after the host announced the start of the game.

And with the lesson of not being able to turn on the stove when they were in Yunnan, they did not start preparing the ingredients immediately after arriving in the kitchen this time, but divided the work to check the stove and kitchen utensils.

Chen Nian went to see the use of those stoves, and asked the staff how to operate them.

The three of Mu Jie and Zhou Ji first prepared the tableware that will be used to hold the food at that time. After all, the kitchen here is really small, so it will be a waste of time if there are not enough plates.

And it's okay to just delay the time, the program team doesn't mean that they can't move at all after the time is exceeded.

But if it is found that it is not enough after the plate is set, it means that the ingredients in front have to be picked up and placed on another plate.

The bread and meat are okay, but the pasta will be cold after being tossed back and forth, and the sauce will fall off.

In this way, they asked the staff here to find enough plates, and then they began to divide the work and process the ingredients.

And Chen Nian is also completely familiar with the use of various stoves in Western-style kitchens.

In the first round, Mu Jie planned to make a black pepper turbot and a tomato and seafood pasta.

These two dishes are the practice of western food.

And according to the previously agreed division of labor, Chen Nian is mainly responsible for pasta, and they are here to deal with turbot.

Just after the Chinese chef had started to process the ingredients, Abraham discovered a new problem, because he found that the chicken was smelly after he cut it open.

So, he immediately called the staff here, angrily asked the other party to smell it.

"We can provide you with some fresh chicken, but it will take about half an hour." Abraham heard that he had to wait for half an hour!
You know, it only takes two hours to cook.

But right now there is no other way, he can only agree.

It's just that my heart is not very happy.

And when Chen Nian heard this, he knew that the program team was messing around again. It was on his side before, but now it's on Abraham's side.

Otherwise, according to normal terms, it is impossible for a five-star chain hotel to produce stale meat, and it is still a large amount of ingredients such as chicken.

The operating space in the kitchen is relatively small, and the places where ingredients are processed are all next to each other, so Sapa is cutting bamboo shoots over there while complaining about Chen Nian. This program group is not formal.

"It's good to understand. We also had a situation where the stove didn't work before. At that time, our Chef Mu was very anxious." Chen Nian comforted with a smile, "It's also a good thing that this is the first round, and the dishes are not so good. It's complicated, otherwise if it's the last two rounds, it will be really troublesome."

"Yeah, I thought you were pretty bad at first, always making things difficult for us when choosing ingredients, but now it seems that the program group is really bad, deliberately setting up various obstacles for us." Sapa nodded in agreement.

"Sapa, you are not much better. You actually left the preserved eggs to us before."

And while they were chatting, the photographer was also very witty and turned the camera to other places.

Since the time for the first round is indeed more abundant, they are not too nervous to prepare, and have enough time to control the heat and seasoning.

After roughly cleaning the turbot, Mu Jie was just about to start processing, when Zhou Ji came to him and volunteered to take over the job, and asked Mu Jie to prepare other things.

After all, Mu Jie is the head chef in this competition, so there is no need to spend too much time on these chores, it is good to leave the work of preparing dishes to other people.

"By the way, Master Zhou, remember to remove the spines from the turbot after a while. They don't like fish with spines very much. Otherwise, even if the taste we make satisfies them, the dining experience will be greatly reduced."

"Okay, if you don't tell me, I probably won't go for this thorn. After all, there are not many thorns in it, and you can get it off with a sip. Should I say it or not, these foreigners are quite delicate." Zhou Ji said with a smile .

But after he finished speaking, he still looked at the host again: "Beibei, remember to cut my part when the time comes, otherwise it will affect the friendship between the two countries after it is broadcast."

"No problem, I'll help you tell the director later."

After Zhou Ji finished processing the turbot, he cut it into large pieces and put them in a basin, then added various seasonings for marinating.

When it's time to make it, divide it into small pieces and place on a plate.

Aged is on the other side ready for pasta.

The noodles should be cooked in advance, and the sauce should also be made in advance.

For the black pepper turbot dish, Mu Jie’s idea is to marinate the fish first, then pat it with powder and put it in the pan for frying.

So during the pickling process, Mu Jie personally mixed a Chinese and Western black pepper sauce.

But after he adjusted it, he was a little uneasy. After all, he had served steak with black pepper sauce before, but it was the first time to serve it with fish, and even if it was black pepper steak, it was also made for Chinese people. , so he is somewhat uncertain about the tastes of foreigners.

So I called the old man who knows Italian taste better to have a taste.

But Chen Nian did not give an answer immediately after tasting it, but dipped some black pepper juice and tasted it carefully: "Master Mu, I feel that the taste of this black pepper juice is a bit too strong, maybe We prefer to eat things with richer flavors, but for most Italians, they still prefer a purer taste.

Our compound taste may be a bit unappetizing here. I think this black pepper juice should highlight the taste of black pepper more. Even if the black pepper taste is stronger and hotter, it’s okay, but other seasonings are not suitable. too much. "

Mu Jie didn't suspect that Chen Nian was talking nonsense, and he really didn't know much about the eating habits here, so all he could ask was Chen Nian.

"Okay, have you finished your work there? If you can't, you can adjust it. We still have some materials left over here, but what I want is to see if we can adjust it to have our Chinese style, and foreigner Do you still like black pepper sauce?"

"Yes." Chen Nian nodded.

Soon, Chen Nian handed over the work of making pasta sauce to Yao Guangbin for the time being.

But in fact, there is no need to do anything, just keep stirring.

And he went to Mu Jie's side to make a new black pepper sauce.

Mu Jie nodded after tasting it: "The taste is not bad, but I still think the compound flavor I made before is better."

Zhou Ji said from the side, "That's the difference between the tastes of Chinese and foreigners."

Chen Nian was also worried that Mu Jie would think too much. After all, everyone now has different opinions on these two seasonings, and this thing is a one-time sale. After it is sold out, the customer will not have the opportunity to redo it after the number of points scored by the customer.

It might be okay if you get a high score, but if you get a low score, you will have to take the blame, which will affect everyone's cooperation in the future.

So Chen Nian thought about it and invited Abraham over directly.

"Mr. Abraham, I would like to ask you to taste it for me, which of these two black pepper juices is better."

Regarding Chen Nian's move, Mu Jie and the others didn't have any complaints. Instead, they thought it was quite funny. It was the first time for them to ask their competitors to come over and help them taste it.

However, when they were in China before, they also helped Abraham and gave him rice noodles, so they felt that Abraham was pretty good, and he was serious about food. Maybe the only difference between everyone was in the way of food. But when it comes to this kind of Italian taste, Mujie also thinks that Abraham will be more authoritative.

And Abraham was also amused by Chen Nian: "Mr. Chen, are you not afraid that I will deliberately call the bad food delicious?"

"No, Mr. Abraham, I think that although we are a competition, it is also an exchange. This is just an exchange between friends, isn't it?"

Abraham smiled and nodded.

Tried the two black pepper sauces.

Finally, he pointed to the one made after aging: "I think this one is better, and it is more in line with our Italian tastes. Although it is a little different from our pure black pepper sauce, I think this change is still very good. Creative, based on my many years of experience as a chef, customers should like this taste very much, but there is only so much I can tell you, and I can’t tell you what to do next.”

Mujie couldn't understand Italian, but he could see which one he was referring to.

"It's okay, thank you very much." Chen Nian smiled and expressed his gratitude to the other party.

The reason why he called the other party over this time was just to reassure Mu Jie, otherwise Chen Nian would just use this to make by himself.

After Abraham left, Chen Nian translated to everyone what Abraham said just now, and Mu Jie also said cheerfully: "This Abraham is indeed very polite, and he is also a very nice person."

"Yeah, if it wasn't for the competition, I guess he would have done it for us." Zhou Ji also nodded.

Hearing this, the atmosphere on the Chinese team became relaxed again.

The photographers were amazed. It was the first time for them to see such a harmonious atmosphere in the competition between China and foreign countries.

In the past, when filming, both sides wanted to fight.

It often happens that the tableware I took out is put on the table for standby, and you take it away when you turn around.

Or there are only two ovens in the kitchen, and I insist on using both, and I won't let you use them when you use them.

In short, the smell is full of gunpowder, and this time it seems that everyone is friends with each other.

Very harmonious.

Of course, except when choosing ingredients.

In this way, both sides are busy.

As a result, the Italian team had a new problem when they were busy, but this time it was not the program team that was working, but their internal division of labor was not clear, and they did not explain clearly. The asparagus soaked in water that had been treated before was thrown away as garbage.

This made Abraham very angry.

Even though the camera was filming there, it was a good meal to catch the helper.

But things were also thrown away, and he couldn't pick them up from the trash can and use them again.

So in order to make up for him, only the remaining asparagus tips can be used.

The two sides worked intensively for two hours, and the dishes were prepared in a leisurely manner.

What Chen Nian cooks here is a pure Italian-flavored tomato and seafood pasta. He always made this when he was still on the boat, and was even praised by the Italian chef for a time.

I am confident that this pasta dish will make the customers confused whether it is made by a Chinese chef or a foreign chef after it is served out.

It's just that the only thing he's worried about is that pasta may be like Chinese noodles with fried sauce and scallion oil.

Even if it's delicious, how can such a thing that you can make every day score so high?

Mu Jie and Zhou Ji prepared a dish of black pepper turbot.

After removing the thorns inside, it is marinated and powdered, and then put into a pan for frying.

When frying, they added some black pepper juice into it, and added some after it came out.

But every time it is a small amount, because during the previous competition in China, they found that Abraham likes to use only a small amount of seasoning to add flavor to the ingredients.

More is to eat the taste of the ingredients themselves.

But it is clear that not many Chinese customers buy it.

But it's different here.

Chen Nian looked at the Italian team again. They made two dishes that looked like desserts, one of which was asparagus and kidney bean puree, and the other was purple rice chicken with cheese.

"I have now found out that if we blindly use Chinese food to cook for these foreign diners, we will definitely not win, and just like we are in China, there will definitely be a certain amount of favor at home, so we If you can't beat them, join them.

While retaining part of the Chinese flavor, we add more elements of western food, so that the diners can't tell which one is made by us and which one is made by them. In this way, the winner is really determined by taste. "

Mu Jie concluded before serving.

"Master Mu summed it up brilliantly!" Yao Guangbin flattered him.

Soon the waiter came over and brought out the first dish of the Chinese team, black pepper turbot.

"This is the first time I have eaten fish with black pepper sauce. Unlike beef, although the fish is fried on the surface, the meat inside is very tender. This is a very novel to me. Experience, I love this dish."

"I prefer beef to fish, but I have to say that this dish is handled very well, because I prefer spicy food, so I can accept the taste of this black pepper, but if I must If I choose, then I still want to eat a delicious black pepper beef."

In the first dish, although many diners thought that the black pepper turbot was delicious, some people still expressed their rejection.

But then came the second tomato and seafood pasta. .

Sure enough, when Beibei went out for an interview, the guests all said that this is their local authentic pasta, and most of them thought that this pasta was made by chefs from their country, because even in other countries in Europe and America Some local practices will also undergo certain improvements.

It's like American pizza looks like sacrilege to them.

Most Italians are very exclusive when it comes to food.

After the Chinese team's dishes are served, the next step is the Italian side.

"Kidney bean puree has a very soft texture and a good taste, I like it very much."

"I feel that this chicken and cheese are not a special match, and I feel that this dish is like the pasta just now. The Italian style is too obvious and there is nothing new.".

"If it were me, I would choose to serve this dish when it is hot, because the chicken is cold and the taste is not particularly good."

Sure enough, there are such sophisticated customers everywhere.

After Beibei saw someone talking about the dishes made by Abraham, although she kept smiling all the time, she felt much more comfortable in her heart.

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