94. Finals

Several other chefs on the stage were also seriously busy.

Rong Daquan grew fat, people are particularly afraid of heat, at this time on the forehead and the tip of the nose are oozing fine beads of sweat, he also doesn't care about wiping it, carefully peeling pigeon eggs in his hands, his idea is to take pigeon eggs as pearls, but the simple taste of pigeon eggs is too bland, so he is to boil and peel the pigeon eggs, remove the egg yolk inside, fill in the thin ham, sea rice, mushrooms, scallops, etc. chopped together, mixed with seasonings, and then steamed in the upper drawer, and then simmered with chicken soup to taste. The most important thing in this step is not to destroy the complete shape of the eggs, which requires great care.

Peel off the shell of the shrimp, remove the sand line, cut two knives on the back of the shrimp, and then fry it in 50% hot lard until cooked through, and the shrimp meat will be turned over to the sides to form a curved petal shape.

The tomatoes are chopped and boiled into a sauce with salt, wine, soup and broth, and the fried prawns are stir-fried in the red sauce, thickened, and finally drizzled with sesame oil and placed in the center of the plate, which looks like a pile of red plum petals from a distance.

Then the simmered pigeon eggs are placed along the outer edge of the plate, the shrimp meat is ruddy, the jade beads are white, and a "red plum pearl fragrance" with full color and fragrance is baked.

At this time, Han Xiangfei's work was also done, and he saw that the emerald green rape heart was stacked inwards in a circle, and the golden camel paw slices were neatly stacked on it, which was "Sand Boat Treading Cui".

As soon as Rong Daquan saw this topic, the first thing that came to mind was the very luxurious "old clam Huaizhu" made by Ningxi, but You Zhenniang did not make it as amazing as Ningxi at the beginning, but the basic idea is still the same.

She takes out the fish guts from the gills, scrapes off the scales, and then cuts the shiitake mushrooms, magnolia slices, water chestnuts, sea cucumbers, etc. into dices, and stuffs them into the belly of the fish from the gills after adjusting the flavor, and steam them with ginger and shallots.

The appearance of the finished dish looks like a complete osmanthus fish, but in fact, there is something else in the belly.

As for the local tyrant fat Chen Dexiang, the dish he wants to cook is "a hundred birds return to the nest", but his current appearance cannot be called a fat man at all, in just ten days, the whole person has lost his shape, so that when he came to the stage, he was questioned by the judges whether he was an impostor.

Ning Xi looked at him funny, and said in his heart, you have to thank some girls and me, if it wasn't for his own help, how could he lose weight in such a short period of time, in fact, when others lose weight, their facial features still look good, but their faces are too sallow, and there is a big black socket under their eyes, like a sick ghost who has been hollowed out by wine.

He used thin noodles to form the shape of a bird's nest, fried them in an oil pan until golden brown, washed and peeled the quails, cooked them in a pot of clean water, and placed them in the bird's nest.

Ning Xi shook his head lightly when he saw this, although the general method of this dish was correct, but he made it too rough, ignoring many details, and the taste was definitely not much better, but looking at his current mental state, it is estimated that he really has no energy to do better.

He deserves it, who told him to be opportunistic?

At this time, the four dishes have already been put on the stage, just waiting for the judges to taste and score.

Meng Shuangshuang asked Ning Xi: "Ning Xi Ning Xi, who do you think has a better chance of winning the championship?" ”

Ning Xi looked at the four dishes on the table carefully, in terms of good looks, Rong Daquan's "Red Plum Beads" and Han Xiangfei's "Sand Boat Treading Cui" were obviously a grade higher than the other two dishes, one was a circle of white jade reflecting red plums, and the other was a plate of emerald green and golden, and they were both bright and lush, which aroused people's appetite.

As for the taste, Ning Xi said: "You don't need to look at the birds returning to the nest, the quail has not been pickled in advance, it is too long when cooked, the taste is weak and the meat is old, it must not be able to enter the eyes of the judges; The appearance of the pregnant osmanthus fish is mediocre, but the ingredients in the belly complement the fish meat, and the taste should be more delicious than the ordinary steamed osmanthus fish, which can be the third. ”

"Can Brother Rong get the first place?" Meng Shuangshuang asked eagerly.

"It's hard to say." Ning Xi shook his head slightly and said, "It stands to reason that the level of the fragrance of Brother Rong's red plum beads should be richer than that of simple stir-fried camel paws, and the method of stuffing pigeon eggs is also more ingenious, but Han Xiangfei's craftsmanship should not be underestimated, who knows what the judges will think?" ”

Meng Shuangshuang pursed his lips in disappointment and nervously watched the judges taste the four dishes on the stage in turn.

In front of the judges, in addition to the four dishes in the competition, there are also small five plates of cold dishes, before tasting each dish, the judges will first take a sip of white water to rinse their mouths, and then sandwich one of each of the five dishes in front of them, eat slowly, and then start to taste the dishes.

Meng Shuangshuang didn't understand: "What are they doing here?" ”

Ning Xi explained to her: "The five dishes of cold dishes are old vinegar peanuts, honey jujubes, cold bitter gourd, husband and wife lung slices and salted duck, which correspond to the five tastes of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, which are used to adjust the judges' sense of taste. ”

"Oh, I see!" Meng Shuangshuang nodded suddenly, and some of the same unknown spectators around him also nodded again and again, "Girl, you are really amazing, since you know so much, why don't you go to the competition?" ”

At this time, someone recognized Ning Xi: "Hey, isn't this girl the girl Ning who won the first place in the first two competitions?" Why didn't you take the stage today? ”

Ning Xi smiled and shook her head, but did not speak, Meng Shuangshuang was afraid that she would be unhappy, so she hurriedly said: "Our family Ning Xi and Rong Daquan on the stage both represented the Shuangxi Building in the capital to participate in the competition, the judges said that this is not good, and the opportunity should be given to more people, so we just withdrew one, anyway, as long as Brother Rong can win a good result." ”

Her nonsense has also been recognized by the people around her.

At this time, the score on the stage also came out, and the competition used a ten-point system, and each judge added the score after scoring, and then divided it by ten, taking the average number, which is the final score of each participating chef.

Chen Dexiang's score was announced first, only five points, when this score was announced, the audience couldn't help but "shhh", Chen Dexiang was annoyed and ashamed, and he didn't care about any rules, and threw the pots and pans in front of him "Ping Pong" for a while, and then walked off the stage angrily.

You Zhenniang's score is eight points, she is very satisfied with this score, she didn't even qualify for the finals, but now she not only participated in the finals, but also won the third place, which can be regarded as worthy of the villagers' fathers, and she also knows that with her cooking skills, she can't compare with Rong Daquan and Han Xiangfei.

There are two people left, Han Xiangfei and Rong Daquan, the two of them are standing on the stage, Han Xiangfei is still indifferent, as if it has nothing to do with him no matter what the result is, in comparison, Rong Daquan is much more nervous, and even keeps taking a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his forehead.

Meng Shuangshuang also pinched a handful of sweat for Rong Daquan in his hand, and there were words in his mouth: "Brother Rong wins, Brother Rong wins." ”

Ning Xi heard a black line.

"Rong Daquan, the final score is ten points!"

"Great, Brother Rong won!" Meng Shuangshuang was so happy that he almost jumped up.

Rong Daquan's fat face turned red, and the sweat on his forehead was even more, and he could only smirk "hehe", Han Xiangfei looked calm, hugged his fist at him and said, "Congratulations." ”

"Han Xiangfei, score ten points!"

"Huh? What does that mean? The audience looked at each other, both of them were ten, so who won and who lost?

Rong Daquan and Han Xiangfei on the stage also looked puzzled.

It turned out that the dishes made by the two of them, no matter in terms of color, aroma, and taste, were impeccable, and the judges couldn't distinguish between them, so they could only give ten points, and each thought that it should not matter if they were the only one who gave the same score, but they didn't expect all the judges to think like this, and the result came out with two identical points.

But there must always be a result in the end of the competition, and the final way to discuss is to let the audience vote, and the organizer reacted quickly, and quickly moved out two large boxes from inside, placed them behind the two dishes, and then gave each audience a bamboo stick, and let the audience walk up to the stage in turn, and put the bamboo stick into the box behind their favorite dish.

Then a dramatic scene appeared, a completely one-sided shape appeared on the field, almost all the audience threw the bamboo sticks in their hands into Han Xiangfei's box, and Rong Daquan's box only had a few bamboo sticks, remembering Meng Shuangshuang jumped straight to his feet: "What's the matter with these people, at a glance, you can know that it must be Brother Rong's food that is more delicious!" ”

Ning Xi reluctantly persuaded her: "There's no way, there is only one plate of dishes, it is impossible for everyone to eat it, and if you can't taste it, then you can only look at your face, you say, can Brother Rong compare with Han Xiangfei?" ”

Rong Daquan on the stage is still happy, he admires Han Xiangfei's cooking skills from beginning to end, and he doesn't feel that there is any grievance in succumbing to him, and he can come up with the dish of "Sand Boat Treading Cui" with camel paws, which Rong Daquan is ashamed of, if it were himself, it would never have been imagined, at this time, no one would use camel meat to cook, and I don't know where he got his camel paws.

Since the shape is so one-sided, there is no doubt that the winner of the final of this cooking competition is Han Xiangfei, and the officials of the organizer were about to announce the final results, but Han Xiangfei suddenly stood up: "I'm very sorry, I can't win this award." ”