Chapter 3 Liver Flower vs. Light Bad Snail Piece
The surrounding onlookers heard that Long Xiang had the conditions, and began to gloat a little, this Zhenlong Altar is Shui Yunxuan's treasure, that is Zhai Xing's lifeline, if there is no Zhenlong Altar, then he Shui Yunxuan will not have to open it, he will close the door directly, and the people next to him will start to heckle again. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Young Master Zhai, take it, come on!"
"Yes, your Zhai family is not bad at this thing, bet!"
Although Zhai Li is only eighteen years old, his psychology is still a little immature, he didn't pay attention to the pit dug by Long Xiang just now, and he fell into it, but now it is about his Shui Yunxuan's lifeblood and his dignity, he has to ask himself to calm down, if he is really provoked, it will be more than worth the loss. Zhai Li's eyes rolled a few times, and he had an idea in his heart.
"I didn't expect you kid to be eyeing my family's Zhenlong Altar, it seems that he underestimated you. If you want it, you can give it to you, but you have to ask for all the equity of your Longyang Restaurant, do you dare? What Zhai Li thought in his heart was that if he didn't accept it like this, then he Zhai Li wouldn't have to mix in Longyang, but it would definitely not work for him to hand over the Zhenlong Altar so easily, he now asked Long Xiang to bet his entire Longyang Restaurant, that is, let Long Xiang know the difficulty and retreat, and Long Xiang would not have the qualifications to be able to bet on the entire Longyang Restaurant! ・
But Zhai Li still underestimated Long Xiang's shamelessness, Long Xiang didn't think about it, and said: "Okay, a gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase." Can you please give a testimony to the elders of my Longyang Restaurant, Longxiang, and Zhai Li, the young shopkeeper of Shui Yunxuan, have a cooking duel in this Yunyin Temple today, betting on Shui Yunxuan's Zhenlong Altar, as well as all the shares of my Longyang Restaurant, I don't know if it is feasible? ”
This coaxing is a big deal, and the surrounding people heard this rare culinary duel, and it was between two leading restaurants in Longyang Town, and the stakes were still a lot, of course they agreed. Not only these onlookers, but also the villagers who were about to collect their stalls and go back all put down their things and surrounded them again.
Zhai Li panicked now, but this has already driven the ducks to the shelves, and everyone has already agreed to your conditions, if you regret it again, Long Xiang is willing to do it, the onlookers on the third floor here and the outer three floors must not spit on Xingzi and drown him!
Zhai Li hurriedly gave the little fat man next to him a look, and the little fat man understood, in the past, they only had an accident, Zhai Li gave him a look, and he knew that he was going to invite Zhai Xing out of the mountain. Taking advantage of the excitement of the crowd, the little fat man went out with his waist bent.
Zhai Li stabilized his mind, after all, his family opened a restaurant, Zhai Xing himself is a prefecture-level chef, his strength is very strong, and his ideal Zhai Li is also to take over his father's hands and master Shui Yunxuan, so Zhai Li has been strict with his own cooking skills since he was a child, and his kung fu is still a little. If it is about cooking, Zhai Li can beat invincible opponents among his peers, and even Zhai Xing said three years ago that if Zhai Li went to get a chef qualification certificate at that time, he would at least be a seven-star chef!
The hall is next to it, there are people and the abbot of Yunyin Temple are more familiar, go in and say a few words, arrange for the monks to eat hastily, and then put two big tables in the hall, Long Xiang and Zhai Li stand opposite each other. Master Kurong, the abbot of Yunyin Temple, also rushed over at this time, and what happened just now was also a while, he was dealing with some things in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and when he rushed over at this time, Long Xiang and Zhai Li had already written down the materials they needed on paper and handed them over to the people next to them to help prepare.
The materials in the hall are not complete, but fortunately, on the day of the market today, some things, such as meat and fishy things, can still be found at once.
Neither Long Xiang nor Zhai Li knew Master Kurong, but after seeing this old monk coming, the people around him were respectful to him. The person who prepared the materials walked past Master Kurong with the note and the materials he had taken, and Master Kurong looked at them separately, and basically confirmed that what Long Xiang wanted to do was liver flowers, and Zhai Li was making light snail snails, both of which were dishes that tested basic skills.
Master Ku Rong looked at the two young people, both of whom were young talents, and had a heart of love for talents, and said before starting: "Two little brothers, the poor monk is the abbot of this temple, Master Ku Rong. Today, it is rare for two people to visit our temple, and it can be regarded as a flourishing temple. The poor monk also has a little prestige in Longyang, and I don't know if he can surround the two of them as a notary public in this duel. ”
Although the two of them have never seen Kurong, their reputation is always known. This Yunyin Temple was built by Ku Rong, and his prestige in Longyang Town even surpassed that of the mayor, and most of the tricky and difficult things in the town were to ask Ku Rong to mediate.
Zhai Li didn't speak, just nodded.
Long Xiang clenched his fists with both hands, which can be regarded as a response.
Master Kurong smiled informally, and continued: "Since the two of you have no objection, then start the competition. ”
After hearing Master Kurong's start, both of them moved at the same time. Long Xiang glanced at Zhai Li's movements, and was a little surprised, he thought that Zhai Li was a playboy, and he didn't have any real kung fu in his hands, but Zhai Li took the knife and fell, without dragging the mud and water at all, and removed the tail of the incense snail in the plate, and quickly cut it into thin slices of uniform size.
Zhai Li is a straight knife method, is one of the most basic knife work, without fancy, in addition to feeling that the basic skills are solid, Long Xiang can not see anything special about Zhai Li.
The only test of the snail slices is the basic skills, to ensure that the size of the snail slices is uniform, a little more appears fat, after the water will not be too careful, one less point will be too cooked, resulting in the sauce behind it will be thicker, taking away the fragrant and tender taste of the snails.
Then there are the side dishes in the back, mushrooms and bamboo shoots. These two side dishes should also be the same size as the snail slices, which is the great point. Because the size of the three is inherently different, maybe this one is a little bigger, and that one is a little smaller.
However, food pays attention to color, aroma, taste, shape, and meaning, and none of them can be real cuisine. So it's not just your own cooking skills that test the chef himself, but also your inner self. If there is a height in cooking, then there is depth inside. The combination of the two is what determines your true culinary attainment.
And after Long Xiang saw Zhai Li's knife work, he was a little stunned, the liver flower he made was definitely much worse than the snail slices, but now if the material is temporarily replaced, then it will be directly judged, Long Xiang's palms are a little sweaty, and with a knife, the oil gluten that should have been cut into three points was cut crookedly all of a sudden, resulting in the scrapping of this oil gluten.
The other fat man who followed Zhai Li was still quite confident in his young master's skills, and he stared at Long Xiang from the beginning, seeing that Long Xiang had made such a low-level mistake, and hurriedly shouted: "Hey, the other side, you shouldn't even be able to hold the knife steadily, you can cut the oil and gluten crookedly." ”
The people next to him were all ready to see Zhai Li's jokes, but they found that Zhai Li was not as unbearable as he imagined, but very powerful. And Long Xiang is here to become an embroidered pillow, what a shocking reversal, many people don't know what to say at once, in fact, many people hope that Long Xiang can defeat Zhai Li and hit the arrogance of Xia Shui Yunxuan in Longyang Town in recent years.
Long Xiang ignored the fat man's ridicule, and continued to pick up the next oil gluten to deal with, his brain turned quickly, and he quickly thought of countermeasures.
Zhai Li didn't pay attention to Long Xiang's mistakes, Zhai Xing once taught him not to relax his vigilance because of the opponent's carelessness, the lion still needs all his strength to fight the rabbit, and he must grasp the sore spot of the enemy and keep attacking. Now he knows that Long Xiang's psychology has collapsed a little, it seems that he is afraid of himself, and the most important thing now is to concentrate, complete the dish in his hand, and defeat Long Xiang perfectly.
Cooking is a process of finding feelings, and the two people come back from the initial episode and continue to deal with the ingredients in their hands. Zhai Li even felt that he was playing at a super level today, he soaked the snail slices in water, pickled them in Shaoxing old wine, and processed the mushrooms and winter bamboo shoots, basically ensuring that the shape and size were consistent.
Next is the wok, first winter bamboo shoot slices, then red grains, then winter bamboo shoots and mushrooms together boiling and thickening, and finally put in the snail slices with good water, out of the pot and put on the plate.
Looking at Longxiang's side, everything is also in order, the gluten and sweet potato are cut into equal pieces, the flour is adjusted into a paste, the gluten is quickly oiled, and then put it into the pot and stir-fry it with sweet potato slices. Add seasoning and starch to coat well. Open the oily skin and flatten it; Then put the tendon slices and sweet potatoes on top, and a little bit of brown stuff, seal with flour, put on the steamer, take it out, and let it cool and cut off.
Then put it in a pan of oil, cook until medium-rare, slice and serve.
Two dishes were placed in front of Master Kurong.
Everything was calm, and the surrounding people didn't dare to say anything, except for seeing Zhai Li's extraordinary craftsmanship, they didn't see anything about Long Xiang reversing the situation; Ordinary people are sympathetic to the weak, and between Long Xiang and Zhai Li, people hope that Long Xiang can win.
But now, they are very disappointed. They wouldn't hope that Master Kurong would favor Long Xiang, because it was impossible, and it seemed that it was a pity that Longyang Restaurant left Longyang like this because of the duel between the two children.
Master Kurong looked at the two ordinary home-cooked dishes in front of him, and Zhai Li spoke: "Although my dish is said to be a light snail slice, because the three side dishes are the same size and complement each other, there is another nickname, that is, the three smiling beauties, please taste the master." ”
Long Xiang couldn't show weakness either: "Master, although my liver flower is ordinary, it is innovative in the dish, and there is no elegant name, please taste it." ”
Ku Rong looked at the two dishes in front of him and did not move his chopsticks. Instead, he called a ten-year-old novice next to him and said to everyone: "I can't taste these two dishes, but my disciple is only my registered disciple, not a person from my temple, so for the sake of fairness, I want to invite him to try the dishes for me. After speaking, he folded his hands in front of Long Xiang and Zhai Li and bowed slightly to apologize.