Chapter 290: Better taste than 'Wagyu beef'
Kumamoto Akagi bakes the sliced Wagyu beef on the charcoal stove, while Liu Mang here puts the fried tofu into the pot again, adds the remaining water from the mushrooms just soaked, and simmers them together over low heat. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Light flavor, light thickening, in Chinese cooking, there has never been a strict specification for any dish, everything has to be experienced by the chef himself.
After the tofu is fried and expanded, it is filled with tiny holes that absorb the flavor of the mushrooms, making the whole piece of tofu plump and plump.
"It's ready, ready to serve!" Kumamoto Akagi turned over the beef on the oven again, and after making sure that both sides were browned and fragrant, he sprinkled the Himalayan salt grains in his hand evenly on top.
"Wow, is it done?" one of the challengers in the hall looked sideways, "It looks like Kumamoto-kun makes charcoal-grilled Wagyu beef, but what are the colored particles scattered on it?"
"Cotton sugar, or salt?" A person next to him analyzed: "Is Liu Mang's also beef? Compared with the color, it is much worse than Kumamoto-kun's." ”
"What beef, that's tofu. ”
"Tofu? Is there a mistake? Now it's the third course, take tofu as the main course? Is the Chinese's brain short-circuited?"
"Yes, I don't know what to think, the judges are all Westerners and like meat, and he actually used tofu as the main dish, which is like death. ”
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"Judges, please try our unique Wagyu beef. Kumamoto brought the charcoal stove where the barbecue was placed to the judges' table.
"Beef? haha... It's my favorite!" The bearded man with glasses next to John became excited.
"It's the best beef in the world, and the smell of it alone is intoxicating!" John picked up his fork, "Huh? What is the salt sprinkled on it?"
"Please taste!" Kumamoto Akagi did not answer directly, but reached out and made a gesture of invitation.
John smiled, picked up a steaming piece of beef, put it in his mouth, and chewed it.
"Hmm...... This delicate texture, the tangy aroma of fat and the rich gravy under the charcoal fire are really ...... I can't put it into words!" John felt as if his soul was about to take off.
There is no tendon in this piece of beef, and it is only roasted until it is medium-rare, but the meat is so tender that you want to swallow your tongue.
Under the heat of baking, all the juice is locked under the burnt yellow skin, and every time you chew it, you feel a sense of nostalgia, and you want to let this delicacy stay in your mouth for as long as possible, but it is like a giant hand pulling down in your throat, and it is not under your control at all.
"It's sprinkled with the famous rose salt! no wonder it's so refreshing, and when paired with beef, it's Romeo and Juliet!"
"Haha, you tasted it. Kumamoto laughed, "That's right! It's sprinkled with rose salt from the depths of the Himalayan peaks, known as lover's tears." ”
"Yes, yes, I can taste this kind of beef, this trip to Dongying is really not in vain!" the bearded man next to John also sighed.
"Mr. Kumamoto, your cuisine has conquered not only my tongue, but also my heart. Another judge complimented.
"Where's your restaurant? I'm willing to stay there every day!"
"It's a pity, I can't eat such a delicacy every day!"
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The rave reviews, the real rave reviews, and none of the judges were stingy with their praise for the dish.
"Father, we succeeded! The judges will definitely vote for us!" Kumamoto Sanzo was so excited that he almost jumped.
"Hey, aren't you happy too early, our dish judges haven't tasted it yet?" Wuyan walked over with the 'vegetarian cow' made by Liu Mang.
"Do you still need to compare, we have won this round!" said Kumamoto Sanzo with a confident face.
"Are you brain-dead or do not know how to do arithmetic? We are currently one vote ahead! Even if you win all the votes in this round, it seems that you can't win, right?" After listening to Jiro Ida's translation, Goyan sneered.
"Haha, as long as we win this round, we can get 9 votes, and as long as we win 3 votes in the last round, we win!
"Rest, you Le!" Goyan walked straight over, his shoulders flicked, and Kumamoto took a few steps back.
"This is also beef?" Looking at the dishes served by Wuyan, John was surprised: "No, Mr. Liu Mang, I was watching the game carefully just now, you seem to have only used tofu, right?"
A palm-sized steak is served on a white porcelain plate, topped with a black sauce, and served with sautéed broccoli and carrot strips, a very traditional Western recipe.
"It's a 'vegetarian beef' dish, you can taste it. Liu Mang stepped forward.
"'Vegetarian cow'?" John wondered, picked up his knife and fork and gently cut off a piece and put it in his mouth.
"This ...... This ......" just a slight purse of his mouth, John was already speechless.
"What's wrong?John?" asked the bearded man next to him.
"Don't talk, taste it!" replied hurriedly, closing his mouth and chewing with a look of enjoyment.
If Kumamoto Akagi's Wagyu beef made John think it was the best beef in the world, then the taste in his mouth now makes him feel very wrong!
Is this really beef? How does it feel like it melts in your mouth? And how can there be such delicious juice in the world?
This juice is surging in the mouth, constantly hitting the taste buds, as if his entire tongue is gone, it is so delicious that it makes you want to cry!
John smacked his lips, the knife and fork in his hand slicing through the plate with a crisp sound. And none of the judges next to him spoke, they were all chewing heavily.
If Kumamoto Akagi's Wagyu beef was a beautiful princess just now, then now Liu Mang's vegetarian cow is definitely a peerless queen, who has conquered everyone who has seen her with her peerless beauty!
"Liu Mangjun, I am also a half-China expert, so I know that there is a saying in China - dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground. Could it be that this plate is not beef, but donkey meat?" asked John, reluctantly putting down his knife and fork after eating.
"Of course it's not donkey meat. Liu Mang said with a smile.
"Is it dragon meat?
"Tofu! very ordinary tofu!"
"Is it really just tofu?" John was incredulous, "Impossible, can't I?
"Of course, you've been watching me cook, do I put anything else in the pot?
"Incredible! It's incredible! Chinese cooking is amazing! Mr. Liu Mang, you've won again!"