Chapter 91: Techniques for Chinese Cuisine
"What?" Seeing the results of this competition, Liu Rui looked incredulous: "Judges, teachers, did you make a mistake?"
"Make no mistake, this result is voted under the noses of the audience, absolutely fair. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info," the old man said.
"However, my rainbow buns are far superior to him in terms of creativity and cooking skills. Why is the rating so low?" Liu Rui was a little unconvinced.
"You must know that although your rainbow buns are unique and eye-catching, in Chinese cuisine, creativity can never compare to skill, which is also the biggest feature of Chinese cuisine!"
"Aren't my rainbow buns skilled enough?
"You're wrong, Mr. Liu Rui, maybe you're majoring in Western cuisine, so you have an incorrect understanding of Chinese cuisine. ”
The old man paused: "In Chinese cuisine, skill does not refer to the preparation method of the dish, but to the chef's own skills. ”
The old man picked up the remaining bun in Liu Rui's box: "Your rainbow bun will make people feel very novel before you know how to make it." But Liu Mang's soup dumplings, even if you know how to make them and how much each ingredient is, if you don't have solid basic skills and long-term immersion in cooking, you will never be able to make them. ”
The old man thought for a while and came to a conclusion: "This is also one of the charms of Chinese cuisine, which values the person who makes the dish, rather than the dish itself." You can make dishes from other countries as long as you know the recipes, but Chinese cuisine can never be copied in batches! Because there are high and low skills, every Chinese chef can never make the same dishes. ”
"Then you mean that this Mr. Liu Mang's cooking skills are far better than mine, and my rainbow bun making method is not so complicated, he only needs to taste it once and can copy it, right? ”
"That's right!" The old man nodded: "With Liu Mang's current cooking skills and basic skills, he can naturally make it." ”
"Okay, judge, there is still time, so do you mind if Mr. Liu Mang makes my rainbow buns once and makes me convinced?"
"This ......?" the old man turned his gaze to Liu Mang, with the meaning of inquiry.
"No problem. Liu Mang readily agreed.
He walked to the judges' seat, stretched out his chopsticks to pick up Liu Rui's rainbow bun and tasted it, and nodded: "If you are not afraid of wasting time, I can give it a try." ”
"Are you sure?" Liu Rui sneered: "If you don't do it, then what should you do?"
"What should I do? Aren't you begging for convincing? If I don't do it, I can give up my place in this competition. ”
"Boss, that's not good. Five Eyes couldn't help but dissuade.
He was very puzzled, why did he have to do such a thankless thing when he had already won.
"It's okay, because I want to prove that in the world of food, what a precious treasure our ancestors have passed down, and it can't be achieved by opportunism!"
A large part of the reason why Liu Mang agreed to this additional competition is also because Chinese cuisine is now declining.
Today's young people have lost interest in traditional Chinese cuisine due to the influence of foreign cultures. In their eyes, Chinese food is equivalent to a fly restaurant, something that cannot be put on the table.
Let's not talk about French cuisine and RB cuisine, but also some Korean food, and Vietnamese food seems to be able to overwhelm it.
This can be seen from the Michelin star rating, so far, there is not a single restaurant in the mainland that specializes in Chinese cuisine to make the list.
Of course, Michelin is only a foreign rating agency, and it does not represent the Chinese catering industry.
However, it can also be seen from the side that Chinese cuisine is far less popular than foreign cuisine.
People like Liu Rui, who only spent two years in culinary schools abroad, can become popular in the Chinese catering industry when they return to China.
What is this? This is tantamount to obliterating the enthusiasm and hard work of Chinese chefs who follow tradition and practice hard.
Therefore, Liu Mang wants to take this opportunity to announce to the world that in the culinary industry, Chinese cuisine will always be the world's first.
This is also a traditional Chinese chef - pride and dignity in his bones.
Liu Mang picked up the rainbow bun and tasted it again, then closed his eyes and savored it.
Cucumber, strawberry, kale, condensed milk, cream......
The amount and method of various seasonings are constantly decomposed and reorganized in Liu Mang's mind.
"Can you start?" Mr. Liu Mang, do you want me to teach you by hand?" Liu Rui sneered.
Can he replicate a dish just by the taste of what he has eaten? Does he think he's a god?
"Alright, please wait a moment, judges. Liu Mang opened his eyes and slowly walked onto the platform.
"Little Wu, help me find these vegetables and fruits, and then use the food processor to make juice. Liu Mang handed Wuyan a note and commanded.
"Understood!" Five-Eyes also became excited.
He has great confidence in his boss's ability. Being able to slap those sissy faces hard is also his favorite thing to do.
Liu Rui's rainbow bun is actually just a coat of Chinese cuisine that he has learned.
Although Liu Mang rarely makes desserts, he can easily analyze the amount and type of various seasonings in the buns with his sense of taste.
This is absolutely unbelievable in the eyes of foreigners, but in the hands of a Chinese chef who has been trained in traditional cooking, it is a ten-fingered snail - nine out of ten.
Mix the condensed milk and cream together, add a little milk and slowly stir into a paste.
"Well, the sweetness is still poor, although it tastes better with less, but I'm copying it now, and the taste should be the same. Liu Mang tasted it and thought to himself.
"Boss, the juice is ready. ”
"Well, use the strainer to remove the residue, I'll use it later. ”
Liu Rui in the audience first had a playful expression, as if he was watching how this person who didn't know the height of the sky was embarrassed.
But the more I looked at it, the more surprised I became, because Liu Mang's current approach was exactly the same as his, and even more skilled than him.
"Could it be that this Liu Mang has also made this dish before? Impossible, this dish was specially prepared by me for this chef competition, and it was just developed some time ago, and no one has tasted it at all. ”
Liu Rui shook his head and comforted himself: "It must have been a mistake, a mistake." ”
Glutinous rice flour is added to the juice of vegetables and fruits, and kneaded separately into a ball.
This method of making pastries of various colors has been passed down in China for thousands of years, such as spinach dumplings and matcha buns......
This Liu Rui ridiculously thought it was his original, and I don't know how he got into this chef competition.
"By the way, how did he wrap it into seven petals?" Liu Mang hesitated, as if he was stumped.
"Haha, not anymore. ”
Liu Rui was happy in his heart, because his bun was wrapped with a special machine, and it was impossible for people to do it.
"Forget it, let's use a stupid way, as long as the shape is the same. ”
Liu Mang thought about it, kneaded the seven doughs into long strips, and then put them together and gently kneaded them into a cylindrical shape.
Finally, cut it into thin slices with a kitchen knife and squeeze it slightly with a rolling pin, and the appearance of the dough naturally forms a distinct seven colors.
Take out the filling that you just put in the refrigerator and wrap it in the dough, and the raw blank of the rainbow bun is ready.
"This!How is this possible!" Liu Rui in the audience was like a rooster who had been choked by the neck, and he couldn't speak.
"Chef Liu Rui, now you believe me, right? In Chinese cooking, skill is always irreplaceable by machines. The old man laughed a little smugly.
The steamed buns steamed the skin, and then turned on the liquid nitrogen machine used by Liu Rui. Soak it in it, remove it quickly, place it in a metal locket and arrange it, and finish with some dry ice and close the lid.
This Liu Mang's version of rainbow buns is complete.