Chapter 49: Cooking Competition

The cooking competition was held as scheduled, first of all, it was the opening meeting, in which Matt met many people who would not have been able to see on a daily basis, first the emperor, then the Duke of Putinton, whom Matt had already met, and the representatives sent by the mainland countries, the judges of this competition, the organizers.

The opening conference is the same as those various opening meetings on the earth, it is also very boring, and the lengthy speeches are one after another, which makes Matt drowsy, but Matt is in the first row, even if he wants to sleep, he has to pay attention to the impact, and it seems that these people from other worlds seem to be very enthusiastic about such speeches, and I saw two people next to Matt, one is Master Klimt, and the other is a middle-aged man, who is also said to be very famous in the culinary world, and the two of them are listening with big eyes and meticulously, and it seems that they are enjoying it very much。

Finally, Matt's hard life finally came to an end, because the master of ceremonies announced the start of the cooking competition after the speeches of nearly ten people.

As soon as he heard that the game had begun, Matt hurriedly ordered Xu Tianhao beside him to start preparations, as for why it wasn't Jackson to cooperate with Matt, mainly because Xu Tianhao and Matt had been together for a long time, so the coordination seemed better, and Jackson, as one of the controllers of the Huaxia restaurant, didn't seem to be suitable for himself.

When Xu Tianhao prepared the basic tools and materials, Matt looked up at the rest of the people, they seemed to have just gotten up, even Master Klimt who was in the same row as him.

Matt didn't think too much about it, and now he is just thinking about the game.

Matt's actions, of course, did not hide from the people on the rostrum, I saw that the judges and guests, one by one, looked at Matt's appearance, and began to discuss, among them, the most excited is the emperor of the empire, this time the emperor attended the cooking competition, it can be said that he created a new history of the entire continent, even if the emperor loves food, and the main reason for his participation is because of Matt, how can he calm down now, if he does not take into account the most basic etiquette as an emperor, he is afraid that he will jump to Matt's side at once, ready to watch Matt's every step。

Matt first started making braised lion heads.

The main ingredients of the lion's head are mainly pork, flour, lotus roots, vegetables and other very simple materials, and these things are also very common on the continent.

Soon, Xu Tianhao, at Matt's request, will cut the pig meat into small particles, and then put a small amount of water into the basin, and at the same time put the flour and the pork meat cut into granules into the water, and put in a variety of seasonings, salt, wine, and eggs, etc., quickly stir evenly, and when the stirring reaches a certain time, the flour and the pork meat are kneaded into small balls of about the same size.

Matt then turned up the fire and heated the oil in the pan, and when the temperature of the oil had risen to a certain level, he quickly put the prepared meatballs into the hot pan.

I saw that the meatballs that had just been put into the pot, mixed with water, stirred up a little oil droplets.

After the meatballs were put in the pot for a while, the surface of the meatballs was quickly wrapped with a faint layer of light yellow skin, Matt quickly scooped up the meatballs in the pot, and at the same time, on the other side, Xu Tianhao received Matt's order again.

In a new pot, put some water in it, and start heating the water, Matt put the newly fished meatballs into the ginger and shallots, cooking wine, soy sauce and other seasonings, which were originally not used on the mainland, but now they are popularized because of Chinese restaurants.

Soon, under the raging fire, the water in the pot boiled rapidly, but this was not good, and then Matt asked someone to reduce the fire, cover the pot, and slowly began to simmer.

The braised lion's head here is ready, just waiting for the final work, and now Matt has his hands free again, and he has begun to prepare the kung pao chicken and Dongpo meat below.

When Matt was cooking the lion's head just now, Xu Tianhao on the side had already prepared all the preparations for the two dishes, and what Matt had to do now was to cook directly.

The first is Dongpo meat, because Dongpo meat, like a lion's head, requires a period of fire stewing.

There is no special difference between the material of Dongpo meat and the material of the lion's head, the only difference is the method of production, of course, these are very familiar to Matt, so it is very easy to do all the procedures, just wait for the stew to be done, and then process.

Matt left the least time-consuming of the three kung pao chickens for last.

Now cut the chicken breast into dices, then put it in the bowl and add Sichuan salt, red soy sauce, wet powder, Shao wine and mix well, put the stirred chicken into the pot, use a strong fire, burn it in the oil until it is six mature, and then put in the dried chili, ginger, garlic and other ingredients to continue to stir-fry, finally, Matt added peanuts, and after continuing to stir-fry, the kung pao chicken will start the pot.

Kung Pao Chicken was the first to be completed, followed by the lion's head, because it was to participate in the competition, Matt used the vegetables that had been prepared, and after Xu Tianhao dressed up, the lion's head compensated for the emerald green vegetables, and the color and flavor were complete.

About another hour passed, finally, Matt finished all three dishes, at this time Matt's face was relaxed, because he found that the others, the fast one, was only half done, and some slow, just a third of the way.

Matt's efficiency surprised the rostrum, although Matt has the reputation of a kitchen saint, but after all, it is just a legend, I didn't expect Matt to lead so obviously.

And unlike everyone on the rostrum, Jackson was surprised when he saw Matt's appearance, but he was even more excited, Matt was so far ahead of others in terms of speed, Matt had already won half of this cooking competition, as for the three dishes prepared by Matt, Jackson was not worried at all.

First of all, Matt's three dishes are all new dishes, and in previous cooking competitions, chefs who can make new dishes have won very high rankings, not to mention, now Matt has come up with three new dishes at once.

And the taste of Matt's dishes, looking at the current popularity of Huaxia restaurants, you can know how delicious Huaxia cuisine is, this is still the delicacy made by those chefs who only get Matt's skin, and the real essence is still in Matt's creative hands.

Minutes and seconds passed, and finally, the scheduled time for the game was up, and Matt was two and a half hours ahead of that.

"Okay, the time is up, now please prepare the participating chefs, and our judges will taste your dishes in turn, and the final winner has been decided" With the master of ceremonies' words, all the chefs stopped, as for those chefs who did not finish, they did not do it at this time, because this may lose the qualification for this competition, although they only completed one or two dishes, but still do not want their labor to even be eligible to participate in the selection.

There are a total of 20 judges this time, and they came to these dozens of chefs in turn to taste the fruits of their labor.

From left to right, front to back, in turn, Matt was in third place.

Finally, it was for the judges to come to Matt, who had just tasted Master Klimt and the other chef in the first row, and looking at their expressions, Matt knew that the dishes of Master Klimt and the two must be very distinctive.

"Are you Matt?" a judge came up to Matt.

"Yes," Matt said respectfully.

"Can you tell us about those three dishes?" the judge continued.

"Very honored"

"This is a lion's head, this is Kung Pao chicken, and this is Dongpo meat"

"Master Matt, I don't think there is any difference between this Dongpo meat and braised pork" It seems that this is a loyal fan of Chinese cuisine, or he would not call Matt a master.

"There is still a big difference between Dongpo meat and braised pork, first of all, his meat quality, very fresh and tender, and because of its workmanship, compared with braised pork, it does not look so greasy, and the taste and texture of Dongpo meat are very different from braised pork, which can be said to be a kind of progress."

"Oh, yes," Matt's commentary piqued the interest of the judges.

"Well, that's good"

"Indeed, this Kung Pao Chicken, spicy but not tired, very refreshing, and this lion's head, also has a unique taste, the most important thing is this Dongpo meat, I used to hate greasy the most, and now I eat this dish, it is indeed as Master Matt said, oily but not greasy, well, good"

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There are many tastes, and Matt is very highly praised, even the owner of Tengyun Pavilion, Bales, did not embarrass Matt, and made a very detailed evaluation of Matt's three dishes.

Soon the results came in.

"Everyone, please pay attention, the results of this cooking contest have come out"

"First of all, the third place is from Tengyun Pavilion, Master Soros, Master Soros's three dishes, fine workmanship, but not cumbersome, and the taste is very high"

When the master of ceremonies reported Soros's name, the audience was first surprised, because the name Soros had never been heard of, but it suddenly appeared, and when Soros came to the front desk, everyone found out that it was a young man, probably in his twenties.

Immediately afterwards, the master of ceremonies reported the second place, he was another middle-aged man in the same row as Matt, and then Matt knew that his name was Wilson, this name Matt had heard Jackson mention, it was said that he was very talented, and he was also very famous back then, but later for various reasons, he left the culinary world, and he didn't expect to come back today.

Then came the first place, and naturally, it was Master Klimt, who won the title of the world's first chef for a second time.

"Okay, now, His Majesty the Emperor will announce the kitchen saint this time"

Suddenly, everyone's hearts on the field were pinched, and even Matt was a little excited, looking at the emperor who slowly walked up to the stage with a nervous face.

"Now I announce the final chef saint of this competition," the Emperor said, slowly.

"Damn, are all the big guys like this" Matt's heart, which originally mentioned his throat, was suddenly measured by this pause, neither up nor down, it was really uncomfortable.

But fortunately, the Imperial Emperor Edward III did not delay for too long, maybe he saw the excitement of everyone on the field. "This time, Master Matt"

The last four words of Edward III were sonorous and powerful, and Matt's original hanging heart finally calmed down, everything passed, and this time finally established the status of Huaxia restaurants in the mainland, and Matt believes that Huaxia restaurants will definitely go to more brilliant.

As for the ranking of the others, the audience present will not care, they are cheering.

Of course, the final ranking, the cooking contest will eventually give a list, but that doesn't matter anymore.

Just as everyone was cheering, suddenly, Edward III reported a decision that surprised everyone present, pushing the atmosphere on the field again.

"Now, I have decided to give Chef the title of Viscount of the Empire of St. Matt."

"What" Matt was also taken aback at this moment, the Viscount of the Empire, it was decided by virtue of a cooking competition.

Edward III went on to say that "and gave Matt a fief the small town of Cairo in the province of Muscat, in the eastern part of the empire."

The titles above the viscount of the empire all have fiefs, of course, there are good and bad fiefs, as for this Cairo town, Matt doesn't know what it is, but Matt of Muscat Province knows, it is the third largest province of the empire, and it is on the verge of one of the three dangerous places on the continent The endless forest, as for why Edward III sealed his fief in Muscat Province, Matt does not know, and there is no need to know, because this can be described as a windfall, Matt himself has not reacted.

Matt was suddenly frightened by the sudden honor, fortunately Xu Tianhao on the side reminded Matt, Matt hurriedly thanked him, but he didn't want Edward III to ask Matt to make a table of dinner to thank him, which made Matt very speechless.

It seems that the title of this gluttonous emperor is really right.