Chapter 167: Chrysanthemum Tofu
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"It doesn't seem to work, but you can ask Xiao Wu to help you pack it. β
Li Ruonan and Lin Xiao discussed the plan of opening a winery last night, and rushed to Jiangdong early in the morning, and now it is Wuyan and Guan Xiaomeng who accompany Liu Mang to watch the game.
"Don't worry, Dream Girl, tell me what you want to eat, and I'll promise to bring you even the basin!"
"It's better to take it easy! You've become a celebrity now, don't you see those chefs acting like thieves when they see you on stage?" Liu Mang glared at him angrily.
"The third of the second round of the final of the Huaxia Chef God Contest starts now! We invite our two chefs, Mr. He Donglin from Minghuangxuan, and Chef Hou Weiming from Piaoxiang Restaurant!"
The more you get to the end, the more exciting the competition becomes.
Now that we are in the second round of the finals, winning this match will lead to the semi-finals and finally the title of chef.
The reason why Liu Mang cares about this game is all because of He Donglin.
In his opinion, with He Donglin's strength, he is definitely his fierce rival, and he must be treated with a spirit of 12 points.
"Master Hou Weiming, what are you going to cook today?" asked Yang Yan.
"Haha, keep it secret for the time being! You can ask Master He first to see what he wants to do. β
Hou Weiming is a lean man with dark skin, high cheekbones, thick lips, and a shrewd face.
He must have watched He Donglin's last game, in order not to be like that Li Mingqiao, who was given the first opportunity by He Donglin, he chose to sell it.
"Okay, what about Mr. He Donglin? You won't be a secret, right?"
"Of course not!" He Donglin pushed his glasses frame: "Today I want to bring you a Huaiyang dish - 'Chrysanthemum Tofu'." β
As soon as the name of the dish 'Chrysanthemum Tofu' was announced, there was an exclamation in the judges' seats.
"What's wrong, boss, is this dish a dick?" asked Five-Eyes strangely.
"This dish is a typical kung fu dish in Huaiyang cuisine, and its difficulty in making it is simply the ultimate test of a Chinese chef's knife skills. β
"How hard is it?"
"You know Wensi Tofu, right?"
"You know, I've seen it on cooking shows before! Cut the tender tofu into hair-thick strips, and then add the broth to make a soup! That kind of knife technique is really not something ordinary people can do!"
"'Wensi Tofu' is very difficult, but this 'Chrysanthemum Tofu' is ten times more difficult than it! About ten out of a hundred chefs who learn Huaiyang cuisine can make 'Wensi Tofu'. But among these ten, you may not be able to pick one out and complete this 'chrysanthemum tofu'!"
"Scared, so hard, and how the hell is this dish made?"
"Wensi tofu uses a straight knife method, first slicing the tofu into slices, and then cutting into shreds, but this 'chrysanthemum tofu' uses the cloth knife method, which requires continuous and continuous filaments on the tofu! β
"My mother-in-law, and this kind of knife technique! Boss, can you do it?"
"Of course I can!" Liu Mang nodded affirmatively.
"Then He Donglin will win this time?"
It seems that at this time, the few remaining chefs don't plan to hide it, and all of them have taken out their housekeeping skills. β
Hearing that He Donglin was preparing to make 'chrysanthemum tofu', Hou Weiming's face showed a trace of panic, and he hurriedly went to prepare with his assistant.
"Boss, what if you met him?"
"Me?" Liu Mang thought for a moment: "If I face him, then I will be him!"
"Hard-hitting?"
"That's right, if he wants to compare sword skills, then it's better, and I won't be afraid of him. Liu Mang's face was confident: "In fact, the best thing about this He Donglin is not his sword skills, but his sense of taste." β
"Isn't it???
"Not much worse. I, Lin Xiao, and this He Donglin are definitely the three people with the best sense of taste in this chef competition. However, I've already figured out how to deal with his dishes, and I'm sure to surprise everyone!" a smile appeared at the corner of Liu Mang's mouth.
"Chef Han, this He Donglin is really confident that he can make this 'chrysanthemum tofu'?"
"Of course, He Donglin was born in carving, and being able to practice knife skills to the smallest detail was originally his strength. β
"But this 'chrysanthemum tofu' was invented to test a chef's knife skills, and it lacks a lot in the taste of the dishes. β
"That's right, so that the tofu cut into the shape of a chrysanthemum can be kept in its original shape in the consommΓ©. In addition to the chef's superb knife skills, all movements must be gentle, no boiling soup, no heavy ingredients. In this way, it is bound to sacrifice a lot of the texture of the dish! Unless ......"
"Unless what?" asked Elder Li hurriedly.
"Unless this He Donglin can find another way to improve this 'chrysanthemum tofu', so that this traditional kung fu dish can have shape and flavor and complement each other!"
"It's unlikely, isn't it?" Li Lao shook his head and immediately vetoed it.
"This 'chrysanthemum tofu' has been born for hundreds of years, and so many generations of famous chefs have been born before and after, what can be improved has been improved earlier, can it wait until now?"
"I'm just assuming that if He Donglin can really improve successfully, the position of the kitchen god this time is really suspenseful!"
"Huh, is Hou Weiming going to make 'cherry meat'?"
Liu Mang saw through the big screen on the wall that Hou Weiming on the stage had taken a large piece of pork belly and cut it into small dices, so he roughly guessed what he was going to do.
"Yes! If I encounter such a strong opponent and can't beat him, then I can only think of a way to do it somewhere else. Liu Mang muttered to himself.
"Boss, what do you rely on to make cherry meat?"
"Cherry meat is also a Huaiyang dish, and unlike 'chrysanthemum tofu', this dish is about the chef's control of the heat!
"Chef Han, this Hou Weiming seems to have two brushes, at least he is very shrewd, and he did not use his disadvantages to touch He Donglin's strengths, but chose fire as a breakthrough. β
Li Lao, like Liu Mang, in the judges' seat, also saw the dishes that Hou Weiming wanted to make.
"The competition has come to an end, who can stay who is not a top chef? Han Shaobai nodded in agreement.
"But the fire is not like knife skills, it can be expressed very intuitively, it is more obscure and more difficult to grasp. Li Lao sighed.
"So, this game is really interesting!" (To be continued.) )