After eating this meal, everyone talked happily with Ida Huaishu and Saotome Tetsuya, and exchanged cooking experiences one after another. We chatted until ten o'clock in the evening, and then we reluctantly said goodbye.

"Brother Lin, is the Paris supermarket still open at night?" Liu Mang asked, sitting in the car back to the hotel.

"I don't open the door, but I know what you want to do, I'll arrange it when I get back to the hotel." Lin Xiao smiled.

"Oh, you want to do that too, don't you?"

"Of course, it's been a long time since I've felt that impatient. The last time I felt this way was when I was in middle school and I went on a date with my sister for the first time. ”

"Chef, ...... you" Shan Jian didn't know what kind of dumb riddle the two were playing, so she couldn't help but ask.

"They're looking for ingredients and they're in a hurry to get back to cooking. He Donglin showed an envious look on his face: "Young is good, and his understanding is much higher than that of an old man like me." ”

"Master He, your age is an uncle at most, where did you become an old man?" Shan Jian sneered.

Back at the hotel, the butler, George Paul, was waiting there.

"Mr. Lin, please follow me. ”

"Where is this going?"

"Pick the ingredients. Supermarkets in Paris usually close at six or seven o'clock, and if you want to find some ingredients, you have to go to the hotel kitchen. ”

"You can go directly to the kitchen to pick up ingredients, the service is really good. ”

"I want money!" Lin Xiao, who was walking in front, turned his head: "Money can make grinding ghosts, and it is an unchanging truth wherever you put it." As long as you have enough money, you can buy this hotel and play as much as you want. ”

Paul led the group to the back kitchen of the hotel and pointed to the cabinet door of a row of refrigerators: "I'm very sorry! In order to ensure the freshness of the ingredients, the vegetables and fruits of our hotel are purchased every day and thrown away after a while. So now there is only meat and some vegetables that are not easily spoiled, such as onions, potatoes, etc. ”

"Is that all?" Lin Xiao was a little disappointed.

"Forget it, let's make do with it today. We'll go buy some more tomorrow ourselves. Liu Mang opened the cabinet door: "Mr. Paul, can we cook here?"

"Yes, but sir, even though it's past dinner time, I can ask the chef of the hotel to make it for you, so there's no need to do it myself. ”

"No, I just want to make something to eat myself. Liu Mang waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Yes, the meat is quite plentiful. Walking into the refrigerator, Lin Xiao poked his finger at a large beef rib on the shelf and said.

This large beef rib is wrapped in a plastic bag, and when you look closely, the color is a little black.

"It doesn't seem new. ”

"Lao Liu, you don't know this, some Western steaks need to be proofed and deacidified. In this way, the meat is vacuum-packed and placed in a regular refrigerator for at least 40 days. Under the right conditions, natural enzymes break down connective tissue to soften flesh. ”

"It's kind of interesting. ”

"Of course, this method is only suitable for beef that is not of that high quality. Like Wagyu and black beef, of course, the fresher the better. ”

"Brother Lin, what are you going to do? The ingredients here are not very suitable for Chinese food. Liu Mang walked around the shelf, and there was a whole shelf of whole chickens at the other end of the freezer.

But Liu Mang found that the embodiment of these chickens is much larger than that raised in China, with a light press of the hand, the skin is very tight, it seems that the meat quality is relatively firewood, and it is not suitable for stewing and stir-frying.

"Well, this is a turkey in the West, the meat is very coarse, and foreigners usually use it to roast. If you have bones, there is no umami, and the stewed soup is not watery, and it has no taste at all. Lin Xiao pursed his lips and replied.

After looking in the refrigerator for a long time, Lin Xiao didn't find suitable ingredients. It was Liu Mang, who took more than a dozen chicken wings.

"Lao Liu, don't blame me for not reminding you, these chicken wings in France are quickly bred by white-feathered chickens, and the taste is much worse than our domestic chickens. ”

"I know. McDonald's and KFC also use this kind of chicken wings. ”

"That's right, are you going to fry it?" Out of the refrigerator, Lin Xiao walked to the aquarium in another corner of the kitchen.

"Well, just now after eating Saotome Tetsuya-sama's tempura, I was quite touched in my heart and wanted to learn to make a dish. ”

"Me too, but let's compare and see whose ideas are more interesting, what do you think?" Lin Xiao smiled.

"Okay. ”

"Chef, if you still need anything, I'll go up and get it. Shan Jian asked.

The condiments and tools that Liu Mang prepared for the competition had arrived in France the day before yesterday and were being placed in one of the rooms in the suite.

"I need a little Jinhua ham, some sticky rice, and a little dried red dates and candied fruit. Liu Mang replied.

"What about Master Lin?"

"I don't need anything, I think I have it all in the kitchen. Lin Xiao ran to the condiment table in front of the stove and took a look.

"Chef, do you want to bring your special knives down? ”

"No need, let's make do with a Western knife. Liu Mang took out a Zwilling chef's knife from the knife rack, stroked the blade with his fingers, and replied.

"Okay, I'll go. Just wait until I get back to start doing it. Shan Jian ran a few steps and stopped to remind.

"Roger!" Lin Xiao snapped his fingers and came to the aquarium.

"Great, there's fresh Australian lobster. Brother Liu, do you need it?"

"Hmm...... Think about it. Liu Mang touched his chin and thought: "No need, my dish is very ordinary, and I don't need to use seafood." ”

"Then I used it. Lin Xiao grabbed the long whiskers of one of the lobsters in the box that was two feet long and weighed about four or five catties, and slipped out of the water.

After waiting for a while, Shan Jian held the ingredients in his hand and trotted into the kitchen: "Chef, let's not start cooking it yet." ”

"No, I'm waiting for you. ”

Seeing that Shan Jian was coming, Liu Mang cut off the tips and roots of the chicken wings, leaving only the middle section.

Lin Xiao bled the lobster, only took off the tail of the shrimp about a pound of tail, peeled off the shell, and chopped it into pieces with a knife.

"Master He, can you see what the head chef and Master Lin are going to cook?"

"I can't see it yet. He Donglin shook his head: "The meat of the lobster tail is tender and sweet, and it is generally used for sashimi or steaming, and it is rare to chop it into meat puree and put it into dishes." Chicken wings are common in Chinese cuisine, but I think Xiao Liu's method seems to be very different. ”

Liu Mang held a sharp knife in his hand and cut down from the base of the wings to remove the bones in the chicken wings. His movements were gentle, as if he was afraid of breaking the skin of the wings.

After the deboning of more than a dozen chicken wings, Liu Mang took the glutinous rice and dried red dates brought by Shan Jian, put them in a basin and concocted them with water.

"Forgot!" All this was ready, Liu Mang walked to the stove and looked at it, and patted his head: "Master Shan Jian, I have to trouble you to run again and take down the steamer of our steamer, this kitchen does not have it at all." ”

"Do you need to steam? Okay. ”