Chapter 555: Winning or Losing
The one-and-a-half-hour competition ended in a calm atmosphere, Xia Jinxuan seemed to do her best, and when the guy brought the last dish to the judges' table, she breathed a long sigh of relief, subconsciously turned her stiff neck, and wiped the fine sweat on her forehead with the back of her snow-white hand. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
She looked at Su Miao, Su Miao was looking at her with a smile, and the expression of victory made Xia Jinxuan frown, but she no longer had the interest to get angry, a flower carving chicken seemed to have exhausted all her strength, and she even felt that now her mission was over, and the next thing she could do was to wait.
At this time, her heart was very calm, and she couldn't say why. The feeling of relief after exhaustion, the feeling of lightness and flutteriness seemed familiar, but she had long forgotten when she had experienced it...... Probably when I was busy in the kitchen with my father, in the Lotus Building, where the diners gathered every day, the kitchen was like a battlefield, and that time was the most tiring, as if she would never give up until she squeezed her last bit of strength dry. However, after being squeezed hard and becoming exhausted, I saw the tasters leave with smiles on their faces, and listened to their words such as "delicious" and "I want to come next time", and the tired body suddenly became light at that moment, and it was a sense of pleasure and joy when I suddenly became transparent and floated leisurely in the air, and it was probably the happiest moment as a chef.
How long has it been since she has experienced this sense of happiness?
She stopped without authorization, using various external factors as an excuse to cover up her inner fear and uneasiness, she thought she hadn't given up, but the moment she stopped without authorization, she had actually given up, but she didn't want to admit it.
Once this line of work is stopped, the accumulated sense of touch and taste sensitivity will disappear, and in the end, the craftsmanship accumulated by time and sweat will be destroyed.
Xia Jinxuan suddenly understood the meaning of Su Miao's words.
She tried her best, but she could no longer find the feeling of boiling blood, the blood was still boiling, but there were too many impurities in it, and even the boiling blood became tired.
Is it because she felt that her craftsmanship could not bear the heaviness of the Lotus Building, so she made excuses to escape for too long?
Has her craft been scrapped?
"Delicious! Fragrant! It smells so good! Under the stage, the admiration on the judges' seat broke Xia Jinxuan's train of thought, and Ge Yuanwai used his oily fingers to smooth his grease-stained beard, and said "with teeth and claws", "Such tender chicken, I have only eaten it in Huixianglou!" ”
Xia Jinxuan was slightly stunned, looked at the judges' seat, and looked surprised.
"This chicken is really tender, the most rare thing is that although I use Huadiao wine, I can't eat the taste of wine at all, I don't like the taste of rice wine the most, but I can accept the fragrance of this Huadiao chicken, and I feel very useful when I eat it!" Mrs. Wu Anhou said with a smile, "The chicken skin and chicken are stewed together, but the chicken skin is not greasy, the chicken is not firewood, the heat is just right, this chicken is as tender as silk!" ”
"What Mrs. Wu Anhou said is that this chicken is fresh and tender, probably because Huadiao wine is mixed into the chicken, which is more fragrant and softer than the chicken you usually eat. It's a pity that the Lotus Building is not opened in Liangdu, if Liangdu also has a Lotus Building, it is too fake to go every day, just rush this Huadiao chicken, and it is okay to go once every other day! Mrs. Feng Ningbo wiped her lips with a handkerchief, smiled, and echoed.
"The eldest lady of the Lotus Building, do you still have real skills!" Master Jingming put down his chopsticks and commented in a serious tone with a serious face.
These words fell into Xia Jinxuan's ears, and she didn't know which word touched the switch in her heart, and in an instant, it seemed that something had been turned on, and a dark corner was illuminated by the light that suddenly shone in, and a familiar sense of déjà vu suddenly surged towards her, and she suddenly felt that she had become light.
The sun cast a beam of light on her face from behind the clouds, and a cool wind blew in her face, Xia Jinxuan felt that her always heavy self suddenly relaxed a lot at this moment, and she couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips, which was an arc that was not easy to detect, but it was extremely clear.
Su Miao leaned on the cooking table boredly, staring at Xia Jinxuan's face all the time, looking at the curvature of the corners of her lips, as if smiling. Glancing at Xia Lang sitting in the audience, when Xia Lang saw Xia Jinxuan's smile, the whole person seemed to have been relieved of his burden, and the feeling of being burdened with the smile he brought to people before disappeared, and he also became clear and clear, he looked at Xia Jinxuan so quietly, his eyes were gentle, and even Su Miao almost drowned in his warm spring-like gentleness.
Su Miao's heart was itching, and she subconsciously looked in the direction of aftertaste, unconsciously with anticipation in her eyes. She set her eyes on Aftertaste, who was also sitting quietly under the stage, but instead of looking at her, he was keeping his head down, quietly...... I'm eating sesame sauce pancakes!
The brocade clothes and gorgeous clothes are well-dressed, and he actually sits in the crowd and eats sesame sauce baked cakes, although she bought the sesame sauce baked cakes for him, because she didn't have time to cook breakfast, but this is not the point, the point is that in such an important competition, he actually didn't look at her but ate the baked cakes!
Su Miao's pink bubble shattered instantly, and she glared at Aftertaste angrily, and Aftertaste just raised her head and received her inexplicable glare, inexplicable.
"This is Miss Su Miaosu's golden meatballs." Xia Jinxuan's dishes are almost tasted, and it is better to say that the Huadiao chicken served on the table is almost boneless. These judges usually pretend to be tall, and when they encounter really delicious dishes, they will be exposed in their original form, and they can be eaten more than gluttony, and even Su Miao can't do it with such a quick whirlwind. The guys were surprised by this, removed the remnants of the table, which was only left with chicken bones, served a new dish, and lifted the porcelain lid on it.
Huadiao chicken was almost eaten by the judges, the mellow of the aged Huadiao is too deep into the taste buds, the fragrant and tender taste is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the taste is captured by the rich and mellow taste, and such a taste has been completely accepted. Because the taste of Huadiao chicken is very strong, even if it is rinsed with water, it is difficult for the memorable taste buds to accept other tastes, and the taste buds at this time will instinctively reject other tastes, which is not good for Su Miao.
Insiders understand this, with Xia Jinxuan's Huadiao chicken in front, Su Miaohou's serving is actually very unfavorable for her competition.
Su Miao didn't react, and looked at the judges with a faint expression, either surprised or speechless.
Su Miao's golden meatballs are nothing special from the outside, they are about the same size as ordinary meatballs, and they can be swallowed and eaten at will. The meatballs are fried and become fragrant and crispy, but that's all, and they don't match the theme of "drunk" at all. If I have to praise it, at most, she fried the meatballs very well, but frying and cooking is the basic skill of the chef, and frying the meatballs to crisp is not a merit at all.
"This girl, give me nonsense again, I told her, she doesn't want to win!" Lord Jiang stood aside, watching a plate of fried golden meatballs being brought to the judges, he gritted his teeth angrily, he watched Su Miaobi come out all the way from Fengzhou, and he had a little bit of friendship for Su Miao, but this girl was too unreliable, she often played the game and didn't talk about it, and always made a moth by herself, he was about to be tossed out of heart disease by her sudden "surprise".
Master Jingming was also puzzled, although he didn't understand what Su Miao was thinking in his heart, but he was not as verbose as Master Jiang, picked up the chopsticks and picked up a golden meatball.
When the tip of the chopsticks clamps the meatballs, there is a "rustling" sound that symbolizes crispy softness, which makes people's hearts flutter. The crispy sound was very pleasant, and even though they knew that this golden meatball seemed to have nothing to do with the theme, because the crispy sound was very beautiful, people still couldn't suppress their inner desires, succumbed to the desire/desire in their hearts, and leaned over to take a bite.
When his teeth touched the crispy skin, he made a tempting sound, and even Master Jingming couldn't help but sigh:
"Su Miao's craftsmanship didn't say, this meatball was fried just right, and she grasped the time and heat the most accurately."
Master Jiang glanced at him and didn't say anything. He also knew that Su Miao looked free and casual, but her solid basic skills were one in a hundred, but even if this meatball was fried well, what was the use, if it didn't fit the theme, she would be eliminated, this was the rule of the game.
"Beef?" The Jingming Master who was chewing in his mouth muttered to himself, closed his eyes and savored it, and then suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes sparkled as if they were glowing, and he said in an exclamatory tone, "The filling made of this beef is too soft, I almost didn't eat it!" ”
Master Jiang looked at him with suspicious eyes, and was thinking about whether he was so soft, when he suddenly heard a woman's voice on the judge's seat shouting in surprise:
"Ahh
The two of them turned around, and it was Mrs. Feng Ningbo who exclaimed, she just jumped up from the chair, covered her lips with her hands, her eyes were full of excitement, and after jumping up, she found that everyone was looking at her, and she was shocked by her gaffe, and sat down in a hurry, her face was flushed, and the excitement in her eyes had not faded, and she looked shining.
Everyone was wondering what was wrong with Mrs. Feng Ningbo, but they didn't expect Mrs. Wu Anhou, who was sitting next to her, to exclaim after putting the balls in her mouth:
"Ahh Ahhh ”
Her eyes sparkled as well.
"Madame has eaten it too?" Mrs. Feng Ningbo grabbed Mrs. Wu Anhou's hand, her face flushed, and she asked with a smile of interest.
Mrs. Wu Anhou looked very excited, she wanted to laugh, but when she chewed something, she held back her laughter until she swallowed the whole ball, and then patted Mrs. Feng Ningbo's hand, and said with a smile:
"Osmanthus thick wine! Isn't this osmanthus thick wine! ”
Osmanthus thick wine is a popular wine in Liangdu, at first it was drunk by men, and later because of the appearance of soju with a larger degree, osmanthus thick wine gradually became the drink of women's dependents, but until now there will still be men because of its mellow taste, sweet but not greasy, clear and refreshing are still drinking, this is a popular wine, but it is also a long history.
Master Jingming heard the conversation between Mrs. Feng Ningbo and the others, he was stunned, and when he looked back at the golden meatball, he no longer dared to treat it as an ordinary fried meatball, and he didn't care whether it was sven or not, he put the whole meatball in his mouth, and when he bit it, the crispy texture had already made his lips and teeth fall, and the purity of the meat juice followed with the surging. Although the meatballs are made of minced meat, they do not change the texture of the meatballs because of the excessive pursuit of softness, and the meat grains are even, the meat is juicy, and the clump is just right, and the rough feeling rubs against the tip of the tongue, which is a perfect match for the crispy skin.
After tasting it carefully, the surprise in the eyes of Master Jingming was even greater. The meatballs don't seem to be made from one type of meat, the outermost layer is made from the softest part of the beef, the middle is the plump and lean juicy pork, and the innermost layer is the tender and delicious rabbit meat. A thin layer of starch is used between each two types of meat, perhaps due to the frying relationship, the types of starch are not the same.
What amazed Master Jingming the most was that after the innermost layer of rabbit meat was fried, the ring-shaped rabbit meat formed a thin and crispy hard shell, which created a new taste for the taste buds. When the teeth bite through this hard shell, the aroma of fragrant osmanthus thick wine flows out of the meatballs. The original osmanthus thick wine, although sweet but not greasy, thick but clear, pure and sweet wine flows out from the inside of the meatballs, spread on the tip of the tongue, the meatballs themselves are swept away from the greasy, integrated into the pure gravy, calming the intensity of the fat in the gravy, making the whole dish fresh and refreshing.
The feeling of being slightly drunk arises spontaneously, as if drunk is not drunk, and it is not the body that is drunk, but the pleasure and freedom in the senses/officials.
Master Jingming laughed, asked the man for a knife, put a ball on a plate, and cut it with a knife. A beautiful and seductive picture appeared, the meatballs were cut from the middle, and a dense and thick osmanthus thick wine slowly flowed out, and the aroma of the wine came to the face, fragrant but not strong. There are a few drops of osmanthus thick wine hanging on the golden meatballs, sparkling. Looking at the cross-section of the meatballs, it is indeed three kinds of meat, beef, pork, and rabbit, which are wrapped layer by layer, and perfectly displayed on the cross-section.
The judges stared at the plate for a long time, silent.
"She's finally willing to use her brain." Master Jiang looked at the golden meatballs on the plate, said blankly, paused, and denied his statement, "I mean, what kind of brain is she that can make this kind of dish!" ”
"Master," the guy who served the food suddenly intervened and came over and said, "Miss Su said that she was going to change the name of this meatball, this meatball is not called Golden Meatball, but actually called Wine Heart Ball." ”
"It doesn't matter anymore." Master Jiang said, looking at the stage.
Su Miao smiled and squeezed her eyes at him.
Master Jiang was speechless.
"It's a shame you can make this kind of dish!" On the stage, Xia Jinxuan was silent for a long time after tasting Su Miao's wine heart balls, looked at Su Miao and said. It was the first time she had asked to taste a rival's work, and by the time she did, she had already let go of all her pride.
"Admire me?" Su Miao asked with a smile, two rows of white teeth shining.
"No, I'm very unwilling to lose to someone like you." Xia Jinxuan still raised her neck straight, she said.
"Do you think you're losing?" Su Miao asked with a smile.
Xia Jinxuan didn't answer, she looked at her intently, looked at her for a while, and raised the corners of her lips, although the arc was shallow, but smooth.
"Such an expression is perfect." Su Miao looked at her and said with a smile.
Xia Jinxuan was slightly stunned, paused, she pursed the corners of her lips, tore off the overcoat on her body and threw it on the cooking table, turned around, and got off the stage without saying a word.
"Miss Xia, you haven't rated it yet......" Lord Jiang hurriedly caught up and stopped her and said.
"No need to judge, I lost." Xia Jinxuan interrupted him, bypassed him, and walked straight into the distance.
On the viewing seat, the corners of Xia Lang's lips hooked, he straightened his clothes and stood up, and when Xia Jinxuan swept in front of his seat, he turned around, lowered his head, and respectfully followed her.
Su Miao smiled, withdrew her gaze from them, and impatiently urged Master Jiang:
"Master Jiang, I can't rate it yet, if I don't evaluate it, I'll leave!"
Master Jiang was angry, these girls, one is more casual than the other, one is more willful than the other, can you care more about the excitement and fun of the game! (To be continued.) )