Dishes that don’t shine are not good dishes

In the Dark (Part 2)

The 24 hours in Wuheyoujing passed by in a flash, but in reality, everything was still the scene when Xie Yunfei entered Wuheyoujing.

About three meters in front of the kitchen table, Sakurai Jun had just turned around, and in the rest area about thirty meters behind him, Xiaoyun was sitting there. Although Xie Yunfei didn’t speak, Xie Yunfei could vaguely feel her worried gaze.

The sound of eggbeaters and utensils touching from time to time in the distance came from Monica, my opponent in this round of elimination.

The other party didn’t seem to let down his vigilance because of his blindness. Instead, he became more serious, and seemed to intend to use his strength to defeat him in an “righteous manner”.

“Then, it’s time to start.”

Xie Yunfei muttered something softly, and the corners of his mouth slightly turned to the sides, revealing a faint smile.

He could feel that everyone at the scene was not optimistic about him. Thinking about it, in China, when many chefs show off their skills, they will indeed process various ingredients or cook dishes with their eyes blindfolded, but that requires a high degree of concentration, and they are extremely familiar with the entire cooking process, almost turning into instinct.

In fact, even for such chefs, it is impossible for them to cook the next dish, but only show off their skills in one of the production processes.

It’s not that I dare not, but that I simply can’t do it.

Compared with those well-known special chefs, Xie Yunfei is just an ordinary chef who has just entered the public eye and was only slightly famous in Japan, or in Tokyo.

Now that he has lost his eyesight and can’t see anything, what decent food can he serve?

On the opposite side of the kitchen table where Xie Yunfei was, Monica raised her head at the right time, and glanced at the black-haired boy standing in the distance who seemed to be planning to start cooking desserts.

Her expression was neither sad nor happy, as if everything in the outside world had nothing to do with her. But if you look closely, you will find a trace of hesitation in Monica’s eyes.

“Those guys above, did they go too far this time?”

Monica muttered softly. As a candidate for this dessert contest launched by the organization behind it, Monica is indeed under pressure to win. But obviously, it wasn’t only the dark culinary world that got the specific information about the winning rewards of this dessert competition. The masters of the Chinese culinary world and the Marquis from Europe also unexpectedly sent their granddaughter and students.

Compared with those two four-star special chefs, Monica, who is just an ordinary pastry chef, seems to have no chance of winning no matter what she thinks.

But this is just what ordinary people think.

Anyone who really knows about Monica understands this fact – perhaps in other types of cuisine, Monica’s skills are very ordinary, but in terms of dessert making, she is an undoubted genius.

It’s like the dessert that Monica is making at this time – pumpkin cake.

Different from the traditional Chinese medicine dessert that Xiaoyun chose for Jie Yunfei, the desserts made by Monica follow the nutrition researched by Western scholars.

The proportions of flour, eggs, cream, and most critically, the proportions of pumpkin puree and maple syrup…

Monica moved very quickly, her hands were like two fluttering butterflies.

Stirring, beating, solidifying the mold…

In just over 30 minutes, the batter was made.

Just like Xie Yunfei yesterday, Monica did not use those cooking machines or blenders that are convenient for cooking by herself.Even so, everyone on the judging panel, especially Special Chef Amano, showed expressions of surprise.

“It seems that among the ordinary chefs who passed the preliminaries this year, there is more than one monster.”

Chef Amano muttered softly. She didn’t deliberately suppress her voice, so several judges nearby heard this exclamation.

“That little girl’s culinary skills are indeed very good.” Another judge nodded, “I thought she had tried her best yesterday to defeat another contestant, but I didn’t expect to hide her clumsiness.”

“This way of handling ingredients is not far behind Chef Xie Yunfei’s normal state.” Another judge praised. After finishing speaking, the judge looked at Xie Yunfei who was slowly mixing flour and egg liquid with a rolling pin, sighed, and came to a conclusion, “The competition is indeed over.”

It was rare for Erina not to speak. She sat silently on the right side of Special Chef Amano. Unlike other judges who focused on Monica, she focused on understanding Yunfei from the beginning to the end. .

The ten fingers of her hands placed under the judge’s table were even more tightly twisted together.

Monica didn’t care about the attention of the judges in the distance. The situation between her and Xie Yunfei was actually very similar. When cooking, it was difficult to be influenced by the outside world.

Pour the batter into a rectangular container, set the oven time, and start baking!

It wasn’t until the end of this step that Monica let out a sigh of relief, then raised her head and looked at the kitchen table where her opponent, Xie Yunfei, was.

His brows twitched slightly.

Originally, according to Monica’s idea, even if Xie Yunfei could cook food while blind, the whole process would be extremely long, and the food might not be served until the end of the competition.

But somewhat to her surprise, Xie Yunfei at this time had already finished making the dough. Not only that, but on the stove in front of him on the right, it seemed that some special ingredients were still being cooked.

The air is filled with the scent of wheat and red dates, the taste is very light, and it is also mixed with the smell of ingredients that Monica can’t name.

“Aren’t you planning to give up yet?” Monica curled her lips and murmured, “However, even so, Monica will not show mercy.”

Saying this, she withdrew her attention, turned around, and did not leave, just watching the dough maturing in the oven through the transparent material at the oven door.

Throughout the baking process, Monica adjusted the placement of the dough in the oven many times.

About thirty minutes later, she took out the finished product.

Monica’s expression was very serious, but the movements of her hands were not slow at all. While using the hair dryer to speed up the cooling of the cake, she also used the other free hand to fetch the date paste that had been prepared.

After confirming that the temperature of the cake met her requirements, Monica spread the date paste evenly on one side of the cake.

The thickness of the date paste is about 0.5 centimeters, which is the most suitable ratio for the pumpkin cake that Monica obtained after countless trials.

Then, it’s finalized.

Seeing this step, many people have already guessed the type of cake that Monica plans to make – cake roll.

However, it is slightly different from the more orthodox round cake rolls. In order to fit the theme, the cake rolls made by Monica are square.

On the original cake, there will be a long strip in the shape of a right angle that will be cut off by Monica every other distance.

After going through this cycle several times, Monica smiled.

“last step……”

As long as the next steps are completed, he will be able to serve the dishes to the judges’ seats, and bring this knockout match to a complete end.

But next second!

“Wow!” XN