Chapter 1 Mr. Ma Lincao
The No. 1 studio of Jiangdong TV is brightly lit and full of voices. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info is now the live broadcast of the 12th China Cup Chef Competition.
The final part of the competition is about to begin, after layers of auditions, preliminary auditions, and the last two winners can come here to compete for the best! The final winner can not only get a prize of 200,000 yuan, but also represent our Jiangdong City to participate in the triennial Chinese Chef God Competition! Let's witness this exciting moment together!"
The hostess, whose chin has been turned into an awl, announces the curtain with a trills that resemble an orgasm.
"The last two contestants from the Five Star Floor, Chef Luo Badao and the ćććććć Forehead.... ā
The host paused suddenly, and glanced at the prompt card in his hand: "Mr. Ma Lincao from the Liu Ji Breakfast Restaurant in the left alley of No. 8 Pozi Street, turn right 20 meters from the West Exit Alley." ā
The spotlight was on the two, one was a middle-aged man, with a fat head and big ears, a sideways face, and a golden chef's uniform embroidered with dragon knurling. The other is a young man who looks a little childish, with a silly smile on his face, revealing two deep dimples.
"Okay, I would like to invite our three final judges today! Miss Gu Bingbing, a famous movie star, Mr. Li Libo, a famous cross talk master, and Mr. Wang Liang, the national first-class chef and honorary chef and general manager of the Golden Cat restaurant chain!"
"Miss Gu Bingbing, I have always been your fan, how can you give up the opportunity to walk the red carpet in Cannes and take your precious time to participate in our auditions?"
"Well, Chinese food is broad and profound, I am a senior foodie myself, and in addition to filming, my favorite thing to do is to travel around and find local food, of course, there is such a show. ā
"What about you, Mr. Li Libo, you have been on our show for three consecutive years, what are your expectations for this competition?"
"I'm looking forward to Chef Luo's dishes this time, and the crispy stone pigeon last time was so fragrant and crispy that I still can't forget it. ā
"Then you are optimistic about Chef Luo, don't you expect this young man to bring us a different surprise today?"
"To be honest, I don't think much of this young man at all, cooking is an art from the inside out, and without decades of water grinding work, I can't even enter the door. I took a look at his information, and he has only been a chef for three years? It would be good to be proficient in the water platform! I don't know what tricks he relied on to win the audience's affection, but I want to use decades of life experience to warn him that the road must be walked step by step, and the food must be eaten in one bite, although you have some talent, if you want to eat a fat man, it is impossible, it will be empty. ā
"Haha, Mr. Li Libo is really fast-talking, so what about Mr. Wang Liang? As the sponsor and chief judge of this competition, do you have anything to say to the contestants?"
Wang Liang, who was wearing a black horse coat and had white hair, took a sip of the tea on the table: "Domineering is that I watched him step by step to get to where he is today, and his cooking skills have nothing to say, all he lacks is a little heat." In time, there will be no problem in coming back with a gold cup in the international arena. ā
"As for this young man, I prefer Libo's opinion, cooking skills need time to be honed, as for talent, I don't believe in it, in our industry, experience is far more important than talent. Wang Liang took a deep look at Ma Lincao, who was standing on the stage and looked restrained, and then said.
"Alright, the three judges are done, and our final round of competition will start soon! Today's competition dishes for the two contestants are Chef Luo's Flower Fish and Mr. Marlincao's Egg Fried Rice!"
As soon as the host's voice fell, there was a lot of discussion below. One of these two dishes has never been heard of, and the other is something that everyone has eaten, even most ordinary people can make.
"Is this kid good at it, why did he come here to scramble eggs and fried rice?"
"That's it, Chef Luo's flowery fish is tall as soon as he hears the name, can this Marlin grass be cooked? No matter how delicious the egg fried rice is, how delicious can it be?"
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Faced with the doubts below, the young man chose to be silent, but smiled faintly and silently walked to the stove to get ready.
Soon, the fire in the stove rose, unlike Luo Badao, who had a team of four or five people to help him. Young Marlin grass is just one person, but the side dishes, chopping vegetables, are equally not slow and methodical.
"Hey, this young man is not simple. Wang Liang turned to the side and said to Li Libo next to him.
"What's the matter? I only eat, I don't know anything about cooking, do you see something?"
"Look at this young man, the posture of the stove has both the flowing flow of the southern chef and the big opening and closing of the northern school, and when he uses a frying spoon to hook the seasoning, he doesn't need to look at it at all, and he doesn't estimate the weight, and the whole action is done in one go. It's hard to imagine that he has only been a chef for three years, and if he hadn't worked hard, he really had a great talent for it. ā
"Really, do you think he can beat Master Luo this time?"
"Look at it, it's difficult, I'm still the same sentence, talent is difficult to compare with decades of experience, besides, he made a mistake in choosing the dish today, egg fried rice? ā
"Well, too. Li Libo nodded, feeling the same way.
After a while, Marlingrass's egg fried rice and Luo Badao's flower tufts of fish were completed one after another.
"Tasting begins!"
Stir-fried golden egg fried rice and a plate of fish fillets arranged in the shape of flowers and as white as lotus petals were served to the three judges.
"Chinese cuisine is full of color, flavor and flavor, and just looking at this color, I feel that Chef Luo has already won. Li Libo looked at the two dishes in front of him and commented.
"I think the egg fried rice is also good, I have never seen an egg fried rice of this color, golden yellow, I thought it was made of gold at first glance. Gu Bingbing said.
"Well, it's a little interesting, this egg fried rice is really good, the simpler the thing, the more it tests the chef's skills, can completely wrap the egg liquid, and the grains can be distinct, this young man has put in a lot of hard work. Wang Liang stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a pinch of rice and looked at it, then said.
"Come on, come on, I'll try first, I can't wait. Li Libo couldn't wait to pick up a piece of fish fillet, sniff it violently, and put it in his mouth.
"It's fragrant!" he closed his eyes, chewed it carefully, and gulped in praise.
"This fillet is tender and smooth in the mouth, the aroma is light and elegant, and it completely blends with the flavor of the fish, I have never eaten such fish, what kind of fish is this?
Luo Badao smiled mysteriously and motioned for the other two judges to try it too.
"It's delicious! I've never eaten this kind of fish before, and it tastes more than a hundred times better than those cod and tuna!" Gu Bingbing was also full of praise.
Wang Liang also picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, and after tasting it carefully, he exclaimed repeatedly: "This is made of mandarin fish, so that the aroma of flowers can completely penetrate into the fish. ā
"Haha, sure enough, it's still the master Gao Jian, my fish is indeed specially raised, from the fry do not feed other food, only feed fresh petals, so that when it reaches adulthood, the flesh of the mandarin fish itself will naturally exude the fragrance of flowers. With a little cooking, you can taste it in the world!" Luo Badao laughed, his face colorful.
"High! It's really high! See, this is experience, how can you do it without hard work?" Li Libo gave a thumbs up.
"Well, I'll try this fried rice again, to be honest, if it weren't for the judges today, I wouldn't want to move the chopsticks at all, my mouth is very mouthful, how can ordinary things get into my eyes?" Li Libo scooped a spoonful of fried rice with a spoon with some disdain and sent it to his mouth.
"Wait! what's going on?" his eyes widened in disbelief as soon as he ate the fried rice.
"What's wrong?Libo?Is there something wrong?" asked Wang Liang next to him strangely.
Li Libo didn't reply, but then scooped a big spoonful into his mouth, chewed it carefully, and then swallowed it reluctantly.
"I can't comment, Master Wang Liang, come and try it. ā
Wang Hao picked up the spoon in surprise, took a bite and closed his eyes for a while before he said: "Incredible, incredible!"
"Is it really that delicious?" Gu Bingbing was amused by their expressions, and quickly scooped a spoonful into his mouth.
"It's so delicious! Is this still egg fried rice? How can I feel like I've eaten the best caviar! Not only is it delicious, but it's also elastic! This is really fried with ordinary rice?" Gu Bingbing couldn't help but exclaim.
Luo Badao, who was standing on the stage, walked up and took a bite, and as soon as he entered his mouth, he jumped up in anger: "Impossible! This is cheating! You have violated the rules of the competition! What umami has been added to the rice! I suggest that the judges immediately disqualify him!"
"Yes? If not? Wouldn't I just be declared a winner? Also, the real food should not be judged by a few, but by the public, and I suggest that the audience try it too. Ma Lincao sneered.
Two plates of food were served to the spectators, and when everyone had tasted them, there was an exclamation from below.
"It's really delicious! It's really good to have such delicious egg fried rice!"
"I don't know how much this egg fried rice will sell for in the future, even if it is sky-high, I will try it again in the future!"
"It can't be so delicious, is it really like Chef Luo said that something has been added to it? ā
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"Okay, everyone, be quiet! Let's listen to what the judges have to say!" Seeing the noisy audience seats, the host hurriedly came out to play a round.
"Young man, can you tell me how you did it? It is impossible to stir-fry such an effect with ordinary rice alone, and I haven't seen any other condiments added except for egg wash, not even chopped green onions, do you really add umami?" Wang Liang asked with a solemn face.
"There must be something, but it is by no means an additive, but a pure natural ingredient, egg fried rice? Is my egg fried rice really that simple?" Ma Lincao picked up a grain of rice from the plate and pinched it into two ends and sent it to Wang Liang.
Wang Liang put on a pair of reading glasses and looked at it carefully for a while, and was shocked: "Genius concept! Amazing skill! Admire, admire!"
"What's wrong, Mr. Wang?" several people leaned their heads over, squinting their eyes, and observing the grains of rice on his fingers.
Yes, it's a rice grain, but there is a milky white dot the size of a pin's eye in the middle of the rice.
"Is this undercooked rice? Do you have to use undercooked rice to achieve such an effect?" everyone was a little surprised.
"It's not that it's undercooked, it's that every grain of rice on this plate has been processed. If I guess it's right, this young man used a special method to add a filling to each grain of rice like a dumpling! This filling is supposed to be made with dashi, and the umami flavor is locked in by the shell of the rice, and it only comes out violently when you chew it. ā
"Teacher Wang Liang is right, this is indeed my use of old chicken, dried scallops, scallops, scallops, ham, etc. . . It took three days to make a secret filling, and I used this stuff to feed it into the rice. After Ma Lincao finished speaking, he took out a medical syringe from his pocket and shook it in front of everyone.
"I see!" everyone suddenly realized.
"What is this? It's just opportunistic, when you spend so much money, the rice is rancid, can you still eat it?" Luo Badao was a little unconvinced.
"What about you? I'm afraid that your flower fish will have to starve to death to hundreds before it can be cultivated, so that ordinary people can still eat it? I can at least give ordinary people a chance to eat it. Besides, it doesn't take me more than a quarter of an hour to cook a meal. Marlingrass sneered.
"Just kidding, you only need a quarter of an hour for such a delicate work?" everyone was a little unconvinced.
"Hearing is false, seeing is believing, I'll fry another plate, the last time I fried the rice was already ready at home, this time I got a copy from scratch. Ma Lincao walked over to the kitchen counter and got ready again.
The studio hall was silent, and everyone held their breath as they looked at the confident young man.
"Smack!" a pot of rice was poured onto the cutting board, and the marlin grass was quickly spread out with a kitchen knife and pressed into a thin layer. Then I sucked a full tube of milky broth with a needle, and my wrist shook rapidly, and I went up and down.
Fast! Really fast! Everyone could no longer see the movement of his wrist, as if they were seeing a sewing machine running at high speed, and only the faint "pop" sound came from the board.
About eight or nine minutes passed, Ma Lincao put away his wrist, grabbed the kitchen knife and pulled a knife flower, only to see the knife flash, and the rice grains on the board were picked up by him and thrown into the hot pot where the oil had been put and stir-fried.
"It's done!" a steaming bowl of egg fried rice was delivered to the three judges again.
Wang Liang scooped up a spoonful and put it in his mouth again, and exchanged ears with the remaining three, but there was no result for a long time.
"How's it going, judges, can you announce the winner of this Chef God Competition?" asked the host excitedly after a while.
"Alright, we've already discussed it. Wang Liang nodded and stood up: "The winner of this competition is the upstairs chef Luo Badao!"
As soon as these words came out, the audience below erupted in huge boos.
"It's not fair! It's obviously egg fried rice that tastes better! The creativity is the best!"
"It's shady!
On the contrary, the person concerned, Ma Lincao, was very calm, as if he had already guessed the ending: "Can you tell me why? Master Wang?"
"Well, this, this is because the domineering flowers are better in all aspects, you must know that we are also very difficult for this result, but young people, there is still a long time, don't care too much about the victory or defeat. Wang Liang's face was a little red.
"That's right, you don't have to worry about winning or losing. Ma Lincao suddenly changed his words: "I heard that the master, you accounted for 30% of the dry shares upstairs in Luo Badao, and you also recognized his sister as your goddaughter?"
"Fart! where did you hear that, there's nothing!" Wang Liang burst out in anger.
"Really, what about Miss Gu Bingbing? It seems that your latest movie, Chef Luo, is one of the sponsors, right? ā
"Ah, how do you know?" Gu Bingbing's face was full of surprise, and he covered his cherry mouth.
"It's just nonsense! You don't want to bite people indiscriminately if you lose the game! We can sue you for slander! Director! Stop filming!" Li Libo brushed the oily and slippery hair on his head and jumped like thunder.
"And you, do you think you're clean? Who was the one who went to heaven and earth with Luo Badao some time ago?
"You... You !!" Li Libo was so angry that his fingers were trembling as he pointed at Ma Lincao: "You spew blood!"
"Hey, people are watching the sky!" Ma Lincao sighed, took off the apron around his waist, silently packed up his things, ignored the people in the judges' seat, and walked out of the hall in a somewhat lonely manner.
"Hey, wait... Mr. Ma Lincao, don't you have anything to say? Actually, the second one is not bad, and there are bonuses. Seeing that he was leaving, the host hurriedly chased after him with the microphone.
"Oh, I almost forgot, but I still have one last word for them. Ma Lincao slapped his head.
"What's that?" the moderator handed the microphone to his lips.
That's in my name. ā
"Is there anything strange about your name?" asked the host, surprised.
"Recite it upside down. Marlincao laughed.
"Ma Lincao, Cao Lin Ma?!" the hostess muttered, her eyes were dark, and she almost fainted.