Eat Halberd: The Great Master of China

The ultimate in knife work

Zhao Dong was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, the competition project set by Helan Liancang was actually carving.

As if sensing Zhao Dong’s surprise, Helan Liancang smiled: “I once stayed in the Celestial Empire for a long time, and I also met your father at that time. Although I am not from the Celestial Empire, I have been studying food carvings of the Celestial Empire for a long time. ”

“Carving can be called a high-end embodiment of knife work, so I think it is also possible than carving, you should have no problem!” Helan Liancang said

The craft of food carving has a long history, around the time of spring and autumn. There are two main types of commonly used raw materials for food carving, one is roots, stems, leaves, melons, fruits and other vegetables with fine texture, firm and crisp and pure color; The other category is cooked food that can be both eaten and ornamental, such as egg products. But the most commonly used is the former category.

The Celestial Empire has always been known as a culinary kingdom, and this laurel should be said to be worthy of its name. Because the culinary history of the Celestial Empire is longer than the national history of ancient Egypt and ancient Rome. The vast territory and numerous ethnic groups have nurtured the broad and profound culinary culture of the Celestial Empire.

Typical is the well-known food carving technique.

Food carving is a kind of art memory that uses cooking materials to carve various patterns and forms such as various animals and plants, characters, flowers, scenery and architecture to beautify dishes and decorate the banquet.

He is both part of the culinary technique and a unique artistic sculpture in the art shop. Art comes from life and transcends life.

Food carving is the top embodiment of a chef’s knife work.

Food carving is the crystallization of art, and it is also a dazzling wonder left over from the 5,000-year-old culinary culture of the Celestial Empire.

The art of carving is mainly about form and god, shape is in the shape of specific things, the omitted omitted exaggerated exaggeration, or through anthropomorphic techniques to fix the shape, after the shape must be expressed. Food carving must be fast, because the nature of the industry dictates.

In the past, it was used to decorate banquets with beautifying dishes, and ordinary food carving required five or six years of hard work to complete some simple works independently.

Of course, there are more high-end blindfold carvings in the realm of carving. It’s a pity that it’s lost in history

The long-lost blindfold carving was carried out after blindfolding, so the practice was also done in the dark. The long-lost blindfold carvings are beyond the reach of chefs. Food carving plays an important role in today’s competitive hotel competition.

Especially while skillfully using various cooking knowledge and various cooking techniques, he gathers the strengths of food carving from all over the world, reflecting his exquisite skills in food carving. For example: blindfolded carving, blindfolded pinching, blindfolded dragon beard face and other unique stunts.

Generally, commonly used carving ingredients are relatively hard ingredients, such as green radish, carrot, water radish, beetroot, potato sweet potatoes.

However, the ingredients Helan Liancang set for the competition were actually tofu.

Tofu is notoriously very susceptible to damage.

In the process of carving, one careless person may destroy the piece of food.

Therefore, carved tofu has always been the top existence in the carving industry.

I saw Helan Liancang take out a basin with all kinds of tofu in it.

Old tofu, tender tofu, Japanese tofu, etc. are available.

Helan Liancang smiled: “Come, choose a piece!” ”

Zhao Dong spoke, “You are an elder, please choose first!” ”

Helan Liancang said with some surprise: “Okay, I didn’t expect you to be so confident.” Well, I won’t shirk, I’m going to let you know today, although I’m old, my hands haven’t fallen behind.! ”

Helan Liancang chose an old piece of tofu and prepared it for carving.

Seeing this, Zhao Dong nodded. I whispered to myself.

Tofu is difficult to carve, a well-known thing. Even if someone wants to carve tofu, they will choose the harder old tofu.

This will be less difficult.

Seeing Helan Liancang choose old tofu, Zhao Dong was not surprised.

Zhao Dong looked at the tofu soaked in the water, and he already had a decision in his heart.

That’s you!

Zhao Dong took a relatively wide container, poured water into it, and actually took a very tender piece of tofu and put it in the container.

Helan Liancang glanced at it and was immediately surprised: “You want to carve with tender tofu?” ”

Zhao Dong nodded with a smile.

At this time, Helan Liancang was stunned, tender tofu carving, but he did not dare to challenge the realm, could it be that Zhao Dong already had the strength to challenge this terrifying realm.

Zhao Dong didn’t know what Helan Liancang was thinking. He was now thinking about a famous dish of the Celestial Empire.

In the Celestial Empire, the carving culture was vast and profound, not only in the eight major cuisines. Even some local specialties have a profound cultural heritage.

Tender tofu carving, this craft, in a cuisine of the Celestial Empire, is often seen.

Then count Lu cuisine.

Tofu banquet is a traditional Han banquet and belongs to Lu cuisine. It probably began when the ancient emperor came to Mount Taishan to make a zen sacrifice, “vegetarian fasting, clean body and mind”. After the excavation and sorting of successive generations of chefs, Taishan tofu banquet has now become a strange branch in Lu cuisine.

There are more than 150 tofu dishes to choose from at the banquet. Famous dishes cooked with tofu as the main ingredient include: Yipin Tofu, Baxian Yaochi Party, Bergamot Tofu, Ginseng Tofu, Hibiscus Tofu, Lotus Tofu, etc., which are beautiful in color, aroma and shape.

In the tofu banquet, there is a dish carved from tender tofu.

That’s the dish “Arhat in the Water”.

Luohan in the water, this dish is carved from tender tofu.

Tender tofu is fragile, and even if it is to be carved, it must be placed in water and carved from top to bottom. Also known as water sculpture.

There was a time when this water arhat was known as the ultimate knife worker of the Celestial Empire.

You can imagine how difficult it is.

The dish that Zhao Dong wants to carve is even this water arhat.

Helan Liancang looked a little strange, he had studied art in the Celestial Empire for a long time, and naturally knew that water sculpture was so technical.

To be honest, if it weren’t for the small use of water sculptures. Otherwise, the ranking of water sculptures will definitely rank among the three major knife techniques in the world.

Because the water sculpture is too difficult. Even in the Celestial Empire, few people dare to say that they have completely mastered this craft.

It can be said that any chef in the world can guarantee a 100% success rate when carving tofu in water.

Helan Liancang’s heart was a little excited, but also a little unbelievable.

Could it be that the children of old friends are really so devilish?