gourmet food

Chapter 1356 Good Numbers Bad Luck
Blind box competition?

All the players present looked at each other. The rules of this game are indeed very novel, and they test the players' ability to adapt to changes.

Everyone has their own specialty dishes, but when the ingredients do not match, it is naturally very difficult to get high scores with the specialty dishes, so everyone immediately knew that today's test was not easy.

"Come on, let's start drawing lots now, come one by one from left to right!"

Ji Lao brought the box to the first team member on the left. Peng Yue was honored to be the first person to draw lots. He reached in and touched around, and finally took out a folded piece of paper.

Peng Yue opened it and looked at the number, No. 28, but the number at the moment was meaningless, and he didn't know what the corresponding ingredient was.

After it was Chu Yunfeng's turn, he reached in and took out a piece of paper. The number was 18. It looked pretty good. Just wait to open the blind box later!
Soon, when everyone had finished smoking, Mr. Ji signaled to the masters, and then they began to take out the bamboo baskets one after another.

Each bamboo basket is marked with a number, but there is a lid on the bamboo basket, so it is not clear what is inside.

"Send it to everyone, everyone can't open the bamboo basket before I officially start timing!"

hiss~!

Ji Lao's words made everyone's hearts beat faster. This obviously did not give everyone more time to think. They must decide on the style of the dishes immediately after seeing the ingredients.

If you still want to think about it, the 10 minutes of knife-making time ahead may not be enough, so when they saw the bamboo basket with the corresponding number being placed in front of them, many people began to hold their breath.

"Okay, all the ingredients have been placed in front of you, 3, 2, 1, the game begins!"

Following Ji Lao's order, the master chefs in the back kitchen immediately saw the lid on the bamboo basket being lifted, and then many people could be heard exclaiming.

"My God, what's going on?"

"No, am I so unlucky?"

"This is too cruel, can you still play like this?"

Mr. Ji and the others seemed to appreciate everyone's wonderful expressions, looking happily at those who were stunned, thinking that this game would be boring if it were as simple as you imagined.

Why do everyone show surprised expressions?

The reason is simple, because the ingredients in each bamboo basket are different, and many of the ingredients are beyond everyone's expectations.

Take Peng Yue as an example. The number he drew was pretty good, but the ingredients didn't look that good.

It's not that the ingredients are bad, but it's too simple. There are only three ingredients in the bamboo basket, one potato, three carrots, and a small piece of pork.

Yunyao smiled bitterly while looking at the ingredients. The inside of his bamboo basket was even more interesting. The biggest one was that it had not been processed yet. It felt like bamboo shoots that had just been dug out of the ground.

Next, there is a chicken thigh, and there is a small pumpkin, and then, there is nothing else.

So few ingredients?
What dish should I make?

Does the carver use bamboo shoots or pumpkins?

Some people have sad faces, some are meditating, and some are excited. Some people have more ingredients in their bamboo baskets, with five or six types.

It's just that the quantity is a little less. After everyone determined their ingredients, everyone felt a little confused.

The time for this knife making process is 10 minutes, but based on the ingredients given here, many people estimate that it can be completed in 3 minutes. So what do you do with so much time?

Ignoring this issue for the time being, many people had already started to move, but no one noticed that among all the people, Chu Yunfeng was the first to start.

Almost immediately after opening the bamboo basket, he took out the ingredients and placed them on the cutting board, and then cut directly.

The numbers Chu Yunfeng drew were also very good and very auspicious, but the ingredients might be the worst among them all.

Even Mr. Ji walked around from beginning to end and looked at the ingredients in Chu Yunfeng's bamboo basket. He couldn't help but shake his head. The reason is very simple. There are only two kinds of ingredients in this bamboo basket.

Two potatoes, plus a radish.

Yes, there are only these two ingredients, and the total number is only three, not even meat, so it looks miserable.

If other people see such ingredients, they will probably have quite a headache. This is just potatoes and white radishes. What kind of dishes can this be?

Shredded radish and potatoes?
Shredded potatoes and radish?
Or maybe stewed radish with potatoes or something?

What amazing dishes can be made with only vegetarian dishes?
Compared with the ingredients with meat, it probably won't be so amazing, but why did Chu Yunfeng start it so fast, and didn't seem to have any hesitation?
At this time, all the students were in action, and everyone was racing against time to process the ingredients. No one was distracted by watching others' actions.

But the master chefs have plenty of time. Not only do they record their performance on the panel, they also look at the ingredients in the bamboo basket while observing.

Because everyone wanted to see, who would be the most unlucky person?
At the beginning, according to the agreed opinion, all the ingredients would have a kind of meat in it, but in the end, Ji Lao proposed to come up with a special treatment.

That is to say, one of the bamboo baskets only contains vegetables and no meat. For competitions, there must always be a little "surprise".

The somewhat sinister masters naturally agreed happily, and everyone was guessing who would be the "luckiest" person?

So when everyone came to Chu Yunfeng's side and saw the potatoes and radishes in the bamboo basket without any meat, some of the master chefs couldn't help laughing.

Although Chu Yunfeng was still handling the potatoes, he still had the energy and thought to raise his head and looked at the master who laughed out loud in annoyance.

Good guy, this Master Su snickered the loudest. It seemed that he might have come up with this idea. Chu Yunfeng coughed lightly. Master Su quickly restrained himself and continued to look down as if nothing had happened.

Everyone's hands are very fast at this moment. Everyone is using their fastest speed to process the ingredients in their hands. The sound of kitchen knives hitting the cutting board is endless, and every student is very focused.

Ji Lao paid special attention to the 1/4 middle-aged chefs, carefully observed their techniques and speed, and couldn't help but nodded.

Judging from the current situation, these master chefs are older after all, and decades of cooking experience are not covered. This is better than young people in terms of skill and speed in handling ingredients.

But looking at Peng Yue and the others, they are as fast as these middle-aged masters, and their techniques are not much different. This obviously means that talent has a lot to do with being taught by famous teachers.

But among them all, there is one person who stands out the most and is even more unique. Watching him handle the ingredients is simply a pleasure.

No need to ask, everyone knew that this person was Chu Yunfeng. A potato in his bamboo basket was quickly cut into thin strips by him. Since I was paying attention to other colleges just now, I didn't see how he handled it.

Taking a closer look at this moment, Ji Lao's expression immediately became serious. Seeing such thin potato shreds on the cutting board, Ji Lao's brows gradually wrinkled.

"What exactly is this little guy planning to do?"

After muttering in his heart, Mr. Ji felt very confused. Normally, if it was fried shredded potatoes, no matter which cuisine it was, the potatoes would not be cut into such fine pieces.

Because potato shreds that are too thin are easy to break during the frying process, the shape after serving will naturally be quite poor, and the appearance of the dish will not be good.

No matter how good his knife skills are, he would not cut the potatoes into shreds like this just to show off his skills. Ji Lao walked over quickly. At this moment, there were several master chefs standing in front of Chu Yunfeng's cutting board. Everyone was a little a little nervous. can't read.

If they weren't afraid of disturbing Chu Yunfeng, everyone would want to touch the thin thread with their hands to see how thin it is. It feels like it is slightly thicker than hair, right?
Good guy, what kind of dish is this going to be, isn't this show off too powerful?

Chu Yunfeng didn't know what everyone was thinking, so he continued to process the second potato. After quickly peeling off the skin with a knife, he immediately started slicing.

The pieces of potatoes were absolutely as thin as cicada wings, and the light could be clearly seen after cutting them off. When Mr. Ji stood still here, the other masters also paid attention to the movement here.

Chop chop chop.
Chu Yunfeng's cutting speed was very even every time. The second potato was still cut into hair-thick pieces, which puzzled all the master chefs.

At first, everyone kept silent for fear of disturbing the students' operations, but many masters couldn't bear it anymore.

Master Su immediately frowned and asked Mr. Ji: "Mr. Ji, can you tell what you are planning to do?"

"Yes, this is the first time I've seen potatoes shredded so finely. Even I may not be able to cut them to such a level of detail!"

"Isn't this just to show off your skills? It's very difficult to cook potatoes with such fine shreds!"

"I don't understand it anyway. I'm very curious about this dish!"

Facing everyone's questions and discussions, Mr. Ji shook his head and said nothing because he didn't know what kind of dishes Chu Yunfeng was cooking.

Are these shredded potatoes used for cooking or for decoration? However, since both potatoes have been cut into pieces, it doesn’t seem like they are used for decoration?
"Okay, don't stare at him alone, look at the other students quickly, pay attention to the time when their knife skills are finished, and don't forget to score!"

Mr. Ji saw that everyone was extremely curious about Chu Yunfeng. The most important thing was that Chu Yunfeng had picked the most difficult ingredients, and his cooking skills were the best among them. This naturally made people very curious. curious.

However, after Mr. Ji spoke, everyone could only shake their heads and continue to pay attention to the other students.

Mr. Ji chuckled and stood motionless at Chu Yunfeng's side. When Master Su and the others turned around to take a look, they felt very depressed. We wanted to see it too.
After cutting all the potatoes into shreds, Chu Yunfeng did not wash them with water, but put them all into a large bowl.

Then he started to take out the only big white radish left in the bamboo basket, put it on the cutting board, and cut it directly from the middle.

"I'm going, so ruthless?"

Ji Lao couldn't help but blinked, and the doubts in his heart became even worse. Could it be that Chu Yunfeng didn't show off?
Generally speaking, radishes are more likely to be used for carving, but Chu Yunfeng simply killed the radish with a knife. This was obviously because he didn't want to carve something big.

What exactly is this going to do?

The masters went and came back again, sticking close to Mr. Ji and observing Chu Yunfeng's next movements attentively.

Elder Ji originally wanted to disperse everyone, but he saw that everyone had flashed the hand board for himself, and the data observed just now had been recorded on it, so he didn't say anything else.

Everyone laughed and continued to observe Chu Yunfeng's next movements.

I saw Chu Yunfeng peeling half of the radish, which made all the master chefs want to complain. Is this going to be shredded again?

Sure enough, when Chu Yunfeng started to slice the half of the peeled radish, the master chefs looked at me, I looked at you, and finally they all looked at Ji Lao.

"Mr. Ji, what kind of dish is this? Can't you tell?"

Master Su still couldn't help it and was the first to ask, but Ji Lao still shook his head, which made all the masters sigh in their hearts.

This Xiao Chu is really different. No one can even guess what he is cooking.

He had cooked more than 500 dishes at the ASEAN meeting's state banquet before, but this dish was not even included. It shows how many dishes this little guy must have mastered?
Are there really so many Sichuan dishes?
All the masters were in complicated moods at the moment, and they were staring closely at the movements of Chu Yunfeng's hands.

Slice it!
Shred!
The shape of the shredded radish this time was still beyond everyone's expectation. I thought Chu Yunfeng would cut it as finely as shredded potatoes, but I didn't expect that the shredded radish was a bit thick.

What kind of rough method?

Uh~!It's about half as thick as a chopstick. If compared with potato shreds, it would take at least a dozen potato shreds to make this radish shred as thick as this.

Weird, really weird. The processing of the ingredients is simply incomprehensible, too abnormal.

There was something wrong with the masters gathering together, so it still attracted the attention of many students. Everyone gathered around Chu Yunfeng, which in itself explained the problem.

What are they doing over there? Why are all the masters surrounding it?

People from other cuisines were extremely curious, but they couldn't see clearly from a distance, but Yun Yao and Wang Xiankui who were right next to Chu Yunfeng were naturally able to pay attention.

Feeling the same, they glanced at Chu Yunfeng's cutting board with the corner of their eyes. The two of them were even more confused. They couldn't figure out why the master chefs were so interested in Chu Yunfeng?

Isn't it just cutting up some shredded potatoes and radishes?
If it were me, I would be able to shred these potatoes so finely. Is this something worth paying attention to?

What the two of them didn't know was that Chu Yunfeng's bamboo basket had no ingredients at this time. Unlike everyone else, there was at least one kind of meat or several other ingredients in the bamboo basket.

Hu Yue also quickly glanced this way, but she didn't understand what Chu Yunfeng was doing. There was nothing special about it so far, and she was also curious about why the masters were doing this.

After the radish shreds were cut, Chu Yunfeng began to process them this time. After putting the radish shreds into a large bowl, he immediately added salt, then started to put on gloves to grab and mix.

Is this pickled?

After reaching this step, everyone can roughly guess what Chu Yunfeng's purpose is. There are two types, one is to remove water, and the other is to add flavor.

But looking at the current time, no matter which one it is, it must be confirmed at the last moment.

Then Chu Yunfeng raised his hand to indicate that his knife work was completed!

finished?
The masters immediately recorded the time for him in amazement, and after thinking about it, the score was not given to him for the time being, because everyone decided to observe again.

But Chu Yunfeng didn't know what the master chefs were thinking at this time, he started to pick up the remaining half of the white radish, and chopped it off again
(End of this chapter)