Food King

Chapter 169 Yang Pattern Relief
Not far below the No. [-] arena, Fangyuan's face showed a rare confusion, a pair of small eyes looked up at the sky, and whispered softly, but he didn't know that on a remote arena tens of feet away, Wang Yan took advantage of the pickled In the gap, raw materials suitable for engraving have been selected from many raw materials, and the production of the third link has begun.

Sculpture is not only an art, but also an indispensable and important part of cooking. According to some information obtained by Wang Yan from the True Explanation of Kitchen Dao, and after synthesizing some books in the library of Oriental Academy, he also has a certain understanding of carving. A deeper understanding.

Although there is no specific classification of carvings, it is related to the level of cooking in a certain way. The gap between the food sculptures carved by a Huangpin master and Xuanpin is very obvious. After a certain realm, even carved food sculptures will have different effects.

The raw material Wang Yan selected is a kind of fruit and vegetable called gourd. This kind of gourd is golden in color, resembling a pumpkin, and oval in shape. It is very suitable for food carving and is also one of the common raw materials in food carving.

According to the requirements of the competition, the selected dishes, from material selection to matching, from pickling to accessories, to the final cooking of the dishes, are all processed and modified by knife skills, and knife skills include carving.

Therefore, after the raw materials are marinated, most people start to select some raw materials suitable for carving, and carve them into dish decorations according to their own imagination. This kind of dish decoration can not only enhance the dishes. The overall aesthetics, as well as the effect of appreciation, make people pleasing to the eye.

In addition, some masters of matching raw materials for food carving can use the selected raw materials for food carving, and then match them with the cooked food to complement each other, so that the overall taste and taste of the dishes are also perfect. Because of the effect of food sculpture, it is more prominent.

On the top of the No. [-] ring, after Wang Yan selected the gourd, he cleaned it repeatedly, and then put it on the conditioning table. , took out the Profound Handle Knife from the storage bag.

The sharp Xuangang Saber exuded bursts of icy sharpness, held in Wang Yan's hand, the cold glint of the knife reflected a subtle ray of light under the refraction of the sun.

Wang Yan held the Xuangang knife in his hand, with the back of the knife facing down, fast and steady, with white light flashing, he scraped off the skin of the gourd as much as possible. The skillful technique and the strength of the knife made people dazzled.

The food sculpture he wants to carve is not difficult. The gourd is used as a cup to hold the finished dishes in the last step, so as to achieve a pleasing and complementary effect. The most important thing is to carve the gourd that has been peeled in front of him into the one he wants. kind of shape.

Wang Yan lowered his eyes slightly, and various patterns began to flash in his mind, and finally, they were fixed on a pair of melon cup-like utensils.

In his mind, the utensils made by the gourd were quite exquisite, like a hanging basket, with various patterns of birds and animals carved on it, which made Wang Yan nod slowly, and then opened his slightly closed eyes.

After a layer of skin is scraped off, the flesh of the pumpkin becomes more golden, and the juice formed by the internal fibers seeps out, rendering the golden flesh shiny and revealing a sweet fragrance of melons and fruits Dao, after Wang Yan removed that layer of agar-like juice again, he wiped it clean.

Standing by the conditioning table, Wang Yan began to conceive the shape of the pattern that flashed in his mind. He sized up the gourd in his hand, pondered for a while, and the tip of the Xuangang knife in his hand landed lightly on the top, and began to outline it.

A pumpkin as big as a bowl lay quietly in Wang Yan's hands, and as the Xuangang knife in his right hand slowly slid across, criss-crossing lines were also slowly outlined by Wang Yan.

Food carving can be roughly divided into four types. The first one is called whole carving, also known as three-dimensional carving. It is difficult in carving techniques, extremely demanding, and has the characteristics of realism and practicability, especially some details. The handling of the aspect is extremely complicated, and it also makes it difficult for people to complete it independently.

The second type is called relief. The so-called relief is to show the engraving method of the picture on the surface of the raw material. .

The so-called negative embossment is to use a V-shaped knife to carve, and directly use the knife to outline the pattern on the surface. This method is more convenient in operation, but the positive embossment is different. What needs to be carved on the surface of the raw material The redundant parts outside the picture are removed after the redundant auxiliary materials, so that the picture is raised, and what Wang Yan uses is this kind of manipulation technique.

Next, there are carving methods such as hollowing out, mold buckle, etc. Each carving method is also different, and the artistic level of the carving is even more substantive.

The one Wang Yan chose belongs to the relief, but the Yang pattern relief in the relief that he chose did not have a professionally equipped V-shaped knife, and all the patterns were completed independently with the Xuangang knife in his hand. His experience is enough for him to easily carve it out.

While waving the Xuangang knife in his hand continuously, Wang Yan can control the strength and depth of each knife to the exact point. He has the spiritual power to soak into the inside of the pumpkin, and the feedback is always in his mind. Wang Yan also knows the internal structure well.

As time passed, all the contestants in the ten arenas were exerting their strengths in an orderly manner in order to get a good result in the third event that had already started in the arena they were in.

The same is true above the tenth ring, especially the man in the blue robe, who has a sense of stability. He does not only use one of the files like Wang Yan, and the knives that are almost suitable for his own carving are all used. He placed it in front of him, and at a glance, there were as many as seven or eight kinds.

At this moment, the man in the green shirt picked up a U-shaped knife again, and quickly and steadily carved the pumpkin in his hand. The raw materials of plants and trees he chose were no different from Wang Yan's, and even the food carving parts were different. The same, but the only difference is the kung fu of his hands. With his ability, it seems that he can use this Yin Wen relief to give full play to his ability.

At this moment, the nearly hollowed-out pumpkin in his hand has been carved in sevens and eights. It can be seen from the pattern above that the entire pumpkin has been carved by him into a lotus-like lotus platform, and in the center of the lotus platform is a hand-sized The mouth of the bowl is used as a container for dishes.

The man in the blue shirt moved quickly. After getting a file again, he looked at the almost finished work in his hand, and a smile appeared on his face. He was proficient at using this shadow embossment. Come, because the knives here are more complete, it is also more handy.

"This round," the man in the green shirt said with a chuckle, and immediately looked at the marinated snow mountain beef beside him. He stuck out the file in his hand again, and quickly repaired the last parts that needed fine detail.

In the other place, Wang Yan took back the Profound Handle Knife in Wang Yan's hand, and his dark eyes also swept over the snow mountain beef beside him. There is a constant time limit for marinating any kind of meat, and the time is short. Meat tendons and compact internal fibers will not be broken, and if the time is long, the taste and texture of the dishes will decline.

"Soon." Wang Yan murmured softly, looking away from the marinated snow mountain yak meat, he didn't know if he was talking about the beef, or the almost finished food sculpture in his hand.

"Huh..." Wang Yan took a deep breath, and immediately the Profound Handle Knife in his hand quickly came out, like a finishing touch, and after lightly touching a few connection points on the top of the pumpkin, he turned his palm over and put the Profound Handle Knife into the storage bag , and his eyes, after scanning the food sculpture in front of him, turned around and came to the front of the stove, the flames from his fingertips shot out, and fell into the stove accurately.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" flames rumbled, making the temperature in the arena slightly higher, and everyone in the audience looked at each other in blank dismay. They were still a little surprised.

The man in the blue shirt narrowed his eyes slightly, and immediately put down the file in his hand. At this moment, in front of him, the gourd was also carved into a vessel in the shape of a lotus flower platform.

"Still a bit slower than him, this young man. Could it be that he is from the Oriental Academy?" The man in the green shirt frowned slightly. He knew in his heart that with his ability, he could squeeze into the top five at the top of the tenth ring. What he said was appropriate, but for some reason, he, who has always been calm, began to have a sense of comparison after seeing Wang Yan's cooking skills that were extremely inappropriate for his age.

However, since the first item, he has been left in the second position, which made the man in the green shirt feel a little frustrated, and as his gaze went away, in the burning wok in front of Wang Yan, It has already been injected with a little mountain spring water, and it has been burned hot.

"I don't know what kind of food sculpture he carved." The man in the green shirt murmured, and when he looked away from the seemingly intact gourd in front of Wang Yan, he took a deep breath, and then turned on the flame in front of him.

"Let's see, who is stronger in this last comprehensive strength?"

(End of this chapter)