After the ambulance left the hotel, the incident immediately became the talk of other customers, and many people were discussing who the person who was borrowed by the ambulance was.

Zheng Ke didn't think about it so much, and after having dinner hastily, he came to his own practice room.

As soon as he pushed the door open, a smell of feces produced by chickens and ducks came to his face, making Zheng Ke sneeze twice in a row, and then quickly closed the door, he didn't want others to mistakenly think that something strange was happening here.

Then, he quickly opened the window to allow air to circulate.

If it remains as it is, Zheng Ke will most likely be smoked to death by these smells.

It's winter now, and the moment I opened the window, a large amount of cold air poured in, freezing Zheng Ke's teeth.

In order to shorten this discomfort as soon as possible, Zheng Ke slaughtered the chickens and ducks as soon as possible, then removed the feathers of the chickens and ducks, took out the internal organs, and threw three pairs of chickens and ducks into the sink to soak.

After doing this, Zheng Ke took a breath and cleaned up the practice room.

When everything was taken care of, Zheng Ke hurriedly closed the window to warm himself up a little.

The dishes that Zheng Ke wants to cook are more complicated to deal with. Moreover, it takes a long time to spend on processing ingredients. If he had moved a little slower, he wouldn't even have time to cook this dish today.

Among the many ingredients, Zheng Ke first found the dried fish lips.

In China, it is very particular about ingredients, for example, in the south, there are "eight treasures of animals" and "eight kinds of seafood".

The so-called eight kinds of seafood are eight kinds of seafood treasures, and fish lips are one of them.

Fish lips, as the name suggests, are the lips of a fish. However, ordinary fish lips are too small, so large fish such as sharks and plowshare rays are often used to prepare fish lips, and sometimes the skin above the lips is also used.

In the dish that Zheng Ke wants to cook, the soaking of the fish lips is the most troublesome of all the ingredients.

First, it takes 8 hours to soak the lips, then the lips are boiled in three parts for four hours each, and then impurities such as fine sand on the surface of the lips are removed.

In other words, just soaking the fish lips, Zheng Ke will spend nearly 24 hours, which makes Zheng Ke, who is already short of time, feel pressure.

For this reason, Zheng Ke also prepared a back hand.

On the one hand, he asked the hotel to help him find some soaked fish lips, and on the other hand, he also asked the hotel to prepare a large number of dried fish lips for him to soak in advance and keep them for use in the competition.

After soaking the fish lips in the water, Zheng Ke found the dried fish maw from the ingredients.

Fish maw, known as one of the "four major seafoods", and at the same time, it is also one of the "eight kinds of seafood", which is the product of fish maw (biao) after cutting and drying.

Because it is a dry product, this ingredient also needs to be soaked.

The soaking time of the fish maw is shorter, and the processing method is relatively simple, which also allows Zheng Ke to have time to process other ingredients.

Before starting to cook, Zheng Ke thought about the complexity of the dish, and the events involved in processing the ingredients, which still exceeded his expectations.

It wasn't until the early hours of the morning that Zheng Ke finished processing all the ingredients such as fish maw, pork, chicken, and duck.

Touching his hungry stomach, Zheng Ke was a little helpless.

Others try to make dishes that can fill their stomachs by tasting them, and so far, he doesn't know when he will be ready to make them.

In order to have the physical strength to cook dishes in the second half of the night, Zheng Ke could only go for a supper.

Different regions of China have different dining habits.

There must be some places where there is the habit of eating supper, and Yangcheng is one of them.

Zheng Ke came to the restaurant, ordered an eight-treasure porridge and shrimp dumplings, and was about to drink saliva, but saw Suga Shino and Iwai Yuji sitting by the window, eating soba noodles, he suddenly remembered the ambulance, so he stood up and walked over.

"Suga-sensei, Iwai-sensei......"

Zheng Ke walked to the table between the two and said softly.

Suga Shino hurriedly raised his head, puffed out his mouth, and a noodle flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Seeing that the person who spoke was Zheng Ke, Suga hurriedly sucked the noodles into his mouth, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and made room for Zheng Ke.

"Mr. Zheng is also coming for supper?" asked Suga Shino.

"Yes, so far, the trial dishes haven't been made yet, so I can only eat something for the time being and pad it a little. By the way, what happened to the ambulance just now?" Zheng Ke asked curiously after sitting down.

"It's Mr. Sakagaki, who had a heart attack and is still in the hospital. I heard that there is nothing wrong with life, but you need to recuperate for a while. Suga Shino sighed.

"Mr. Sakagaki?" Zheng Ke rubbed his chin, there was no such person in his memory.

"Itagaki Sakura, a chef who is also a late bloomer. Now that he is retired, he has been working as a chef critic and has served as a judge in many competitions, but this time he was commissioned by TV Tokyo to be a guest commentator on the-blue, but before the competition even started, he was hospitalized. Yuji Iwai explained.

"Eh, what about the commentary, let the host sing a one-man show?" Zheng Ke said curiously.

"Teacher Zheng, don't be kidding. Suga Shino waved his hand, "Of course, since he is the host of the food show, he also has a certain understanding of cooking. However, don't forget, this is the-blue, the teachers who served as the judges, and they are all some of the best chefs in China. If there is only the host, then his opinion may contradict the judges' statements, and at that time, it will really be a shame. ”

"Yes. Zheng Ke agreed with Suga Shino's words.

Especially like this year's the-blue, which is almost a global TV station, broadcast live simultaneously, whether it is the scale of the competition or the number of viewers, you have to taste the previous competitions, in case of mistakes, it will really be recorded by reporters and media for a lifetime.

"Now Mr. Sakagaki is definitely not good, so it's up to TV Tokyo to find someone to replace him, and I hope he's a good talker. Suga Shino was a little worried, he only discussed it with Itagaki Sakura yesterday, and he would have an exclusive interview with him in his spare time, talking about the interesting anecdotes during the commentary, and now it is estimated that it is in vain.

Zheng Ke nodded, also feeling sorry for this Sakagaki teacher.

However, the commentators belong to the relevant personnel outside the venue, and no matter who they replace, it will have no effect on him.

The three of them chatted for a while, and Zheng Ke's supper was also served.

After having a supper, Zheng Ke also said goodbye to Suga and Iwai.

It's only early in the morning, and there is still some time before dawn, but Zheng Ke's mood is not easy.

If you want to be comfortable in the next few days, you must try out the prototype of the dish tonight.