hunt and eat

Chapter 283 Cooking Tournament Qualifiers, Opening!
After waiting for about an hour, when Weiwei was about to fall asleep leaning on the ancient pagoda, they were finally put into the arena.

"This place is not small." After finding a seat close to the competition venue, the members of the Blue Star team looked around curiously.

This is a circle of venues similar to the ancient Roman Colosseum, which can accommodate nearly 5000 people and occupies a large area.

Right now, most of the seats are already full, and the attendance rate is frighteningly high.

"Look there, it's Nia!" One stared at Miejue in the center of the field, and saw Nia dressed in a white apron, and shouted happily.

"Where?"

"Oh, I saw that too."

At this time, in the center of the venue, Nia, who heard Guta's voice, also greeted her companions with a smile.

"Hey, hey, why did Boss Silbazz himself participate in the competition?" Guta twitched his lips unconsciously when he noticed the tall old gentleman who was methodically checking the props in the corner of the field.

It is no exaggeration to say that the cooking level of the other party is the highest in the cooking world that I have encountered so far, and Nia probably has no chance of winning.

I thought that this boss recommended Nia to participate in the competition, so I should not participate. Who would have thought that this was not the case at all.

Although it's a bit discouraging to say this, but to be honest... it's a dimensionality reduction blow!
Apart from Silbaz, the owner of [Whale House], Guta also recognized several familiar faces among the other contestants.

The executive chef of Dongdoruma【Public Restaurant】, the chief chef of the famous meat restaurant【Meat Eater】, the proprietress of the famous seafood restaurant【Fish Taste】, the master of Dongdoruma's barbecue dishes【Grilled Story】 】The Chief Cook...

Almost all of them are well-known figures in the East Doruma culinary world, and the worst performers are the operators of well-known specialty shops.

Niya, who was squeezed among the big shots, looked like a green leaf among red flowers, she couldn't stand out any more.

To be honest, if Guta was at the scene, he would probably dig the ground with his toes in embarrassment. At least it would be far from being able to maintain the superficial calm like Nia is doing now.

"Ahem, first of all, I would like to thank all the famous chefs for participating in the competition, and thank you all the audience for being able to attend this grand event. In addition, I would like to thank the Grand Palace for its all-round support..."

"Okay, okay, let's get straight to the point, I can't wait to taste the delicious food later."

A hostess in a hunter's suit stood on the high platform of the arena, chanting a line that was probably prepared in advance, but was directly interrupted by an old man in the judge's seat.

It was a short old man with a big nose, dressed in a gentle style, and the sign in front of him was written with the five characters of Jieyun Village Chief.

"Be more tolerant to young people, and some necessary procedures still have to go... You are always so impatient, Jue Yunshu."

The one who spoke was a white-bearded old man with a big belly and earlobes hanging down to his shoulders beside him.

Looking at Shika in front of him, he seems to be Sui Fengren, the chief elder of Yanhuo Village.

After persuading his old friend, Sui Fengren turned his head to look at the host, signaling him to continue.

Nodding gratefully, the host then read out a series of names of advertising suppliers and supporting organizations as if they were reporting the name of a dish.

"Then, let us reveal together the theme of the [-]rd East Doruma Cuisine Conference Qualifiers!" The red satin on the sign next to it.

A line of large characters appeared instantly.

[Cooking Theme: The Way of Yin-Yang Balance]

"Then... the time limit is two hours, start now!" The host gave the order, and the two hunters nearby immediately rang the gong, announcing the official start of the preliminaries.

"What kind of theme is this? Cooking doesn't care about that?" Guta looked at the companions beside him in a daze, and found that they were also confused.

Unlike laymen like them, most of the contestants were lost in thought, while a small number of people had already entered the ingredient selection area and started to do it.

Guta speculated maliciously, whether there were some people who didn't understand and pretended to understand, fishing in troubled waters, and then saw Nia who was at a loss, and fell into silence for a while.

I almost forgot that my own family was competing in it.

Looking back to the center of the arena, Nia at this time, watching the contestants beside her, left the cooking table one by one, began to choose dishes and ingredients, and unconsciously became a little flustered.

As for the theme of the qualifiers, she still hasn't sorted out her thoughts yet.

The heavy pressure from those well-known chefs, coupled with the difficulty of the competition theme itself, made her a little out of breath.

"Come on, Nia...how can you just fall down like this!" The girl kept cheering herself up in her heart, and her mind began to spin rapidly.

"Yin and Yang... in balance"

"That is to say, reconcile two extreme things into one dish."

"So……"

With a flash of inspiration in her mind, Nia stood up abruptly, and waved her hands happily.

She knew what to do next.

At this time, beside her, almost all the contestants had already buried their heads in processing the material, and no one even raised their heads to take a second look at the girl's exaggerated movements.

Concentration, no matter which industry you are in, is the most important quality.

These well-known chefs, as the industry's best, their professional quality is naturally beyond doubt.

After struggling to drag a large basket of ingredients back to the cooking counter, Nia washed her hands and took a deep breath.

"Let's get started..." In the next second, she picked up a bundle of eggplant-like vegetables that had been washed and carefully observed every texture on its surface.

This is [Meaty Eggplant], a special vegetable produced in the cold regions of the mainland. It tastes quite similar to meat, and it has a unique refreshing taste of vegetables.

It is worth mentioning that the skin of meaty eggplant is very thin. In the process of peeling the skin, the vegetable fat layer under the skin will be accidentally injured, causing a special sour juice to ooze out, thus affecting the skin. The taste of meaty eggplant itself.

Therefore, normally, the meaty eggplant is processed by peeling the skin without damaging the fat layer, and then removing the same thin fat layer on the outside from the inside along the incision of a few millimeters on the top, so as to obtain A complete, uncontaminated meaty nightshade raw material.

It can be said that even among professional chefs, meaty eggplant is quite difficult to handle, and it is a difficult ingredient that ordinary chefs will never use.

However, in order to cater to the theme of this competition, Nia can only give it a go.

Even with years of experience in cooking, as well as pure skills in using daggers and blades, the girl still doesn't have much confidence in her heart.

However, there is no other way right now.

Let's learn the bachelor spirit of the ancient tower for a while, let's give it a go!

With a flash of light in her eyes, Nia held the knife in her right hand, and began to cut the knife along the mustard part of the meat-flavored eggplant little by little.

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(End of this chapter)