Chapter 20: The Contest Begins

"Seohpa! I've been helping out at my family's shop since I was eight years old! I've been able to take charge of my family's shop since I'm twenty-two! I've been on my own at the age of thirty, I've been at the helm of my father's Myeongdong restaurant group at the age of thirty-five! Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

"Well, it's amazing?" Liu Mang lowered his head and stroked the blade of the kitchen knife with his fingers: "I heard that you Koreans love dog meat very much?"

"Huh? Yes. Jin Tae-hyun was stunned by Liu Mang's unrelated words, and subconsciously replied.

"It's really a good habit. Liu Mang nodded solemnly: "If there are too many mad dogs, it's better to slaughter some, so as not to release them and bite people!"

After speaking, a cold and shining kitchen knife was chopped the vegetable pier by him.

"Very good, I hope you can be so sharp when you lose!" Kim Tae-hyun's chest rose and fell violently, took a few deep breaths, suppressed his anger, ignored Liu Mang, and walked towards his team.

Li Ruonan looked at Liu Mang's anger at Jin Taixian, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Although this person doesn't talk much, he always looks light-hearted, but once he quarrels with him, he can understand what it means to be angry and not pay for his life.

"What are the rules?" Liu Mang took the kitchen knife from the waiter and asked.

"Two wins in three games! It's all about dumplings. ā€

"Who made the rules?"

"This is negotiated between the two sides, why is it difficult?"

"It's a little, but it's not a big problem, don't worry. Liu Mang said that it was okay, but his heart sank.

He originally thought that it would be a one-game victory, so that the flame dumplings rewarded by the space would definitely be able to blow up the group of Korean mallets. But I didn't expect that the current two-win three-game two-win format was set up, so I had to find another way.

"By the way, and the judges, who will judge the outcome of this competition?"

The judges are all reporters from major food magazines and some well-known people, a total of 29 people. ā€

"So how can we ensure the fairness of this competition? You must know that whether the food is good or not is just a word from others, and if these judges are bought by the other party in advance, we will not have any chance of winning just by relying on cooking skills. Liu Mang voiced his worries.

"That's what I'm worried about!" Li Ruonan clenched his right hand into a fist and smashed it into his left palm.

"This competition was initiated by the Korean side, we have lost the opportunity, those celebrities don't have to worry, most of them are famous rich and celebrities, it is difficult to buy them by profit alone, I am afraid that those food magazine reporters, we have a relatively short time of contact with them, if they are really bought by the Korean side, then this time it is really dangerous. ā€

"It doesn't matter, as long as more than half of the people are fair, the food is the least praised, and it is also the easiest to judge. Liu Mang said with relief.

"I hope so. ā€

After a while, a large number of security guards in black suits and headsets came in, and after inspecting the venue, the members of today's jury walked in.

Liu Mang squinted his eyes and saw that it was really a big deal, and some rich people and celebrities who can often only watch it on TV have come.

"Huh, she's here too?" Liu Mang also saw an acquaintance among those rich stars, that is, Gu Bingbing when he participated in the Chef God Contest last time.

Gu Bingbing also saw Liu Mang, with a look of surprise in his eyes, and nodded at him friendly.

"Miss Ruonan, can you start?" asked a handsome young man who walked over and asked.

Li Ruonan glanced at Liu Mang, saw him nodding, and replied, "Let's start." ā€

"Hello distinguished guests, this China-Korea food exchange competition will start soon! We will have three competitions this time. The soup dumplings in the first competition, the second are steamed dumplings, and the third is fried dumplings. Chinese and Korean chefs can play freely around these three themes, complete the work within the specified time, and the judges will vote after tasting and voting, and the one with the most praise will win! The winner of two of the three competitions will win the final victory! and get the ownership of the title of the world's first dumpling!

"Why didn't you tell me in advance?" asked Liu Mang.

"It's too late, are you worried about the soup base, right? It doesn't matter, this Master Xiang Xiaotian has already boiled it up yesterday, and the rest depends on how you play." Li Ruonan replied.

Soon, a pot of bone broth as thick as milk was delivered to him, and Liu Mang tried to taste it, and his brows furrowed.

As the name suggests, soup dumplings are cooked dumplings soaked in a hot soup and eaten together. If the dumplings soaked in the soup are compared to the human body, then the soup is the soul of the soup dumplings, and a good bowl of soup dumplings cannot be made without a bowl of good soup.

However, although the current pot of bone broth is full of umami and beautiful color, it has a faint fishy and dry smell when you taste it carefully in your mouth.

If it is nothing in normal times, but in this occasion, the slightest flaw may lead to the loss of previous achievements.

"What's wrong?" Li Ruonan asked when he saw that Liu Mang was silent.

"The soup is almost hot. ā€

"Ahh

"No! The taste in the bone stick is forced out by a small fire, and now the rush will spoil the taste of the whole pot of soup. ā€

"Then we are sure to lose this game, it doesn't matter, we just win the next two. Li Ruonan was also relieved.

"I can only put some effort into the dumplings, so I'll try my best. ā€

Liu Mang originally wanted to add some space spring water, but after thinking about it for a while, he gave up, it is taboo to mix cold water in the soup temporarily, even if the spring water is good, it is estimated that it will not play a role.

But what can be done to make up for it? Liu Mang closed his eyes and thought about it.

"Ding!" After a few minutes, as a bell rang, the fight began!

Liu Mang opened his eyes, took a basin, and began to make peace.

Not only are there many factions in Chinese chefs, but the division of labor in the kitchen is also very complex, and it is roughly divided into two types - the red case and the white case.

The red case refers to the work that focuses on cooking ingredients, including stir-frying, steaming, chopping, and so on.

The white case is also called pastry, which is only responsible for making things such as dim sum and pastries, and does not participate in stir-frying, and today's dumplings belong to the category of the white case.

A strong martial arts master must be both internal and external, and the same is true for chefs. A good chef must not only be proficient in red cases, but also dabble in white cases, which is the only way to become a top celebrity chef.

Liu Mang and noodles have been cooking for longer than him, and since he opened a breakfast shop at home in junior high school, he has helped make noodles and dumplings, so he is still very confident in today's competition.

Dumplings are made with cold water and noodles, but today Liu Mang added spinach beaten into juice in addition to the spring water taken out from the space.

Dumplings stuffing he prepared with beef and shrimp. The texture of the beef is thick, and it complements the soup made from the beef bones, and the shrimp grains added to the meat filling can increase the freshness and bite of the filling, making the taste more layered.

"Not bad, not bad. After finishing the noodles, Liu Mang took out a large piece of beef from the refrigerator and nodded in admiration.

This piece of beef is packed in a vacuum bag, and the bag is full of Japanese, and the red meat on the meat is mixed with snow-white fat to form a beautiful marbling pattern, and it seems that this must be the best Wagyu beef.

Liu Mang took out the beef and placed it on the cutting board, and instead of using a kitchen knife, he beat it with two thick and square iron rods.

This method of preparation comes from the beef balls in the Chaoshan region. The beaten meat sauce is not only more tender than chopping with a knife, but also retains the longer muscle fibers, giving the meat greater elasticity.

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