This is indeed a gorgeous dish, the Crane Lake Crab Shadow, in the shape is very exquisite, whether it is standing on the mountains and about to fly the white crane, or the blue water river lifelike crabs, or even the crabs struggling in the crab cage half-exposed and half-hidden in the water, everything is vivid, and many vivid and vivid constitute a vivid landscape picture, which makes people ignore that this is just a dish when they pay attention, and will appreciate it as a work of art with ingenuity and craftsmanship.

There are a total of 12 judges here, as the contestants of the first game, their works in this game must not only give comments to the judges, today the emperor brought many dignitaries to attend the opening ceremony of the Liang Du Competition, and the objects of the first batch of dishes are naturally these people.

It is not an easy task to satisfy the nobles and nobles who have tasted all kinds of delicacies, and the tongues of the rich and noble people who have tasted all kinds of delicacies are the most picky, and it is difficult for them to be satisfied with ordinary dishes.

Everyone knows in their hearts that today, it doesn't matter whether the judges are satisfied or not, the important thing is that the emperor can be satisfied, as long as the emperor is satisfied, Feihuang Tengda is just around the corner, after all, as a chef, it is not an exaggeration to say that the peak of his career is to become an imperial chef, which is also the goal of most chefs in Liang Dusai deep in their hearts, to be able to get the favor of the saint is the supreme glory, just like the one next to the emperor who did not have the title but was called "righteous brother" by the emperor, although he died young, he enjoyed a lot of honor, Recognized by the emperor as the emperor's only friend, as the emperor's exclusive imperial chef, Huichuan Hui-sama, that person has become a legend in the industry, and is also the one who is regarded as a target by many juniors in the industry.

The opening dish, the Crane Lake Crab Shadow, was first picked up by the little eunuch in front of the throne, and after being transmitted layer by layer, it was sent to the emperor's throne, and then it was presented to the princely duke, civil and military minister who followed the emperor to watch the game, and then the twenty judges who sat at a long table under the competition platform. With the emperor present, the twenty judges were all sitting honestly, upright and serious, none of them dared to talk secretly, and the onlookers did not dare to make noise, so that this game was not like a competition for the whole people to enjoy, but a bit like an open-air court.

Su Miao watched Feng Erniu tremble and hand over the last work of her group to the guy, resisted the desire to roll her eyes, wiped her hands with a dry cloth, and fell on the crane lake crab shadow made by Dongpingmen. The dish has been presented to all the critics one by one, and it is exquisite, gorgeous and full of taste. People like beautiful things, even if it is something that is going to be eaten in the stomach at the end, which can bring visual impact, make people feel amazing, impressive, and unconsciously, this gorgeous appearance of the dish will be recognized by many people.

Su Miao's heart did not have too much shock to the exquisite and gorgeous shape of Dongpingmen's Crane Lake crab shadow, if she evaluated it from the appearance, her reaction was only to stare for a while and then slowly said the two-word comment "skillful", she did not disagree with the phrase "food is art", she also pursued the shape of the dishes, but she has always liked to be simple and generous, occasionally adding some humorous playfulness, and using various complex knife work to pile up, she does not like this cooking technique.

Food is art, but food is food after all, and it must be imported in the end, because to be entered, the artistic sense in food can only serve the most important color and flavor of food, if the artistic sense deviates from this original intention, it will be meaningless. To be honest, she didn't understand at all what the crane carved out of white radish in the center and the grass-like wild vegetables piled up under the crane's body had any effect on the taste of the Crane Lake Crab Shadow dish.

Because of the disagreement with this "gorgeous" way of expression, Su Miao did not have a strong interest in the dish of Dongpingmen, the knife skills of this dish are indeed exquisite, the sense of art is also very strong, and the hands are very skillful, but they are chefs, not sculptors.

She glanced at Dongpingmen, but saw that he frowned slightly at this time, and did not go to the stage because of the busyness of the commentary, he hung his head and stood straight, unable to see his expression, but could feel that his thoughts at this time were not on this stage, and eighty percent of this person's soul flew to Java.

This is a very special hand, there is no sense of stage fright before the game, once on the stage, the momentum is so strong that people can't ignore it, and the skills he showed in the cooking process are really impressive, but he put down the kitchen knife and once again returned to his previous decay, the contrast is so great, it is worth making people "amazed" him in their hearts.

Thinking like this, Su Miao suddenly noticed that the atmosphere around her seemed to be not quite right, and for a moment, it seemed that the whole world was quiet. Su Miao was slightly stunned, and everyone was silent, including in front of the throne and the judges' seat.

The dishes on the plate in front of them had obviously been moved, but they had not been touched on a large scale, which meant that they had only tasted one or two bites during the tasting, not before they tasted it, but after they had tasted it, and these strange silences were obviously due to the dishes in front of them.

This is a situation that Su Miao has never encountered, she is stunned.

Dongping Gate was peaceful, he still hung his head, didn't say a word, couldn't see his expression, and didn't know what he was thinking, as if everything in front of him had nothing to do with him.

After someone was silent like a mystery, he suddenly stretched out his chopsticks again, picked up a little dish and put it in his mouth, and then an amazing scene happened, the eyes of the people who had tasted this dish turned wet and red, and the distance was far away and this subtle change on and off the stage It stands to reason that Su Miao can't see it, but she is very sensitive to changes in people's emotions, and she is the one who has been watched by her, and she happened to notice it. Looking around in surprise, sure enough, the atmosphere of the scene was more silent, gloomy, and gloomy than before, whether it was a high-ranking official or a judge who was a professional in cooking, everyone, without exception, fell into some kind of incomprehensible, enigmatic silence and gloom.

was already full of tension because the emperor was coming, but at this moment, because of the mysterious silence, people felt suspicious and uneasy.

"Master, Master, it's a little weird." Noticing this weirdness, it was not just Su Miao, Feng Erniu's whole person was blindfolded, and she leaned into Su Miao's ear and stumbled.

Su Miao frowned.

"What's going on?" On the viewing seat, Chunniang looked stunned and asked in a low voice.

"That's crying, isn't it? Are you crying? Ruan Shuang sat back, put his arms on the back of the chair in front of him, and confirmed in a loud voice.

"It's coming, it's coming!" Happy eyes stared straight at Dongpingmen on the stage with a look of indifference, and his eyes were quite persistent.

"That's the magic kitchen that makes people sad...... Why," a slightly shrill voice intervened, and Acacia Green also had bright eyes, staring straight at the Dongping Gate on the stage, revealing a very interested look, "Interesting!" ”

"Her expression is so scary, what the hell is she here for?" Chunniang shuddered because of her expression, and asked Su Chan in a low voice.

Su Chan didn't answer, her eyes looked straight at the shadow of the Crane Lake crab on the judging bench in front of her.

"Chan'er! Chan'er! Chun Niang thought she was in a daze and poked her with her elbow.

"I want to try it!" Su Chan suddenly burst out.

Su Xian glanced at her with a tense face.

Only aftertaste was unheard of everything around him, he looked at Su Miao's expression intently, unconsciously supported his cheek with one hand, and gently rubbed the corner of his lips with his little finger.

On the stage, Su Miao was silent for a while, then suddenly raised her hand and said loudly to Lord Jiang:

"I'm going to try the food!"

Starting with the Liangdu Competition, both contestants can choose whether or not they want to try their opponent's dishes, which means that each contestant has to prepare a copy of their own work for their opponent, regardless of whether the opponent needs it or not, in short, it is a good opportunity to get to know their opponent and re-examine themselves.

"Yes." Master Jiang readily agreed, and instructed the man to serve the food.

The guy turned around and walked in front of Dongpingmen, and said a word to Dongpingmen, Dongpingmen glanced at Su Miao in surprise, perhaps he didn't expect that a person like Su Miao, who looked arrogant and unwilling to admit defeat, would choose to try the dishes in public, because he suddenly proposed to try the opponent's dishes on the stage, and the subtext was that he cared about the other party's work, and generally contestants with strong self-esteem would not make such a request, at least not on their own initiative.

He did not refuse Su Miao's request, and asked the assistant to bring the remaining plate of Crane Lake Crab Shadow to the guy, who took the plate, sent the Crane Lake Crab Shadow to Su Miao, and stepped aside.

Su Miao took the chopsticks handed by Feng Erniu, and stretched the tip of the chopsticks to the white crane in the center of the plate, the crane lake crab shadow, the snow-white crane occupies most of the position, it is the most conspicuous part of the whole dish, leaning on the top of the green peak, ambitious, and ready to fly, this is made of white radish, and it is the most outstanding and the most laborious part of the whole dish in addition to the crab pot.

This white crane is made of radish, whether it is the material or the shape is more biased towards the side dishes, Su Miao chose to taste the side dishes first, because the side dishes in this dish occupy the largest proportion of the whole dish, if this side dish is just a side dish and there is no outstanding point, then this Crane Lake Crab Shadow will be half wasted, and no matter how good the other places are, they can't resist the failure of this part of the noisy army.

The chopsticks fell on the white crane full of ambition and vitality, I wanted to clamp it up, but my fingers were not yet forced, and a scene that surprised Su Miao appeared, the tip of the chopsticks just touched the head of the white crane, and in the next second, the whole white crane collapsed as if it had suddenly died, collapsed, crashed into the "green mountain" under it, and fell into the blue water, which formed a slight shock in the water, as if water ripples. This subtle shock actually broke open the crab cage placed next to it, and the crab cage suddenly cracked a gap, and two crabs fell, shaking with the shock just now, visually as if they were lucky to escape and regain their freedom. At the same time, half of the dead white crane fell into the water, forming a dark floating shadow on top of the bluish liquid.

Su Miao fell into a deep shock.

She was shocked, not to mention the few assistants who followed her, all of whom had their mouths wide open and their eyes wide.

Unable to deny the visual impact of this dish, Su Miao was stunned for a moment, stretched out her chopsticks again, and sandwiched a piece of radish that fell in the blue "water pool", and at this time, the snow-white radish had been stained with a little turquoise sauce.

Su Miao picked up the radish that had become fragmented, and observed carefully, this white crane was carved very cleverly, in addition to resembling a god, it was definitely with careful thought, Dongpingmen moved the knife at each joint of this white crane, and the degree of the connected part is that as long as it is not touched, it will not be broken, but if a little force is applied, the connected part will be disconnected, causing the entire white crane to collapse suddenly, as if it died suddenly.

I put the radish in my mouth, and at that moment, my heart seemed to shake.

This is not simply a garnish carved into a beautiful side dish, but the radish is cooked in a dashi stock, and the radish that has been cooked in the dashi has changed its stiff texture and become flexible and elastic, which is why the white crane can maintain its perfect shape even after being manipulated by various hands and feet. The carotene that has absorbed the essence of the broth is mellow but not greasy, thick but not heavy. The radish is coated with a semi-jelly sauce that has been prepared before, and the sauce has a very refreshing flavor, and the largest proportion of the spice is citrus, and one of the most ingenious uses of citrus is fresh orange peel.

As we all know, fresh orange peel has a very special smell, slightly sweet, slightly sour, slightly pungent and slightly bitter...... Many of them are specially integrated into the semi-frozen sauce, the sweetness and freshness of the fruit are the most basic, but the most exciting thing is the ripe slightly bitter and slightly sour, the slight bitterness and slight acidity and the mellow of the broth are fused, eliminating the excess thickness, but making the bitter and slightly sour sublimated to another realm, straight into the hearts of the people, melted into the bones and blood, all the senses on the body are all affected at this moment, even if they instinctively resist, but they still can't resist each of their own cells will set off this mellow and beautiful bitter and slightly acidic digestion and diffusion.

Su Miao knows what the taste on the tip of the tongue is that has already soaked people's hearts, but everyone who has tasted it knows what kind of taste it is, and this empathetic bitterness and slight sourness is the most common loneliness in life, not the loneliness when you are alone, but the loneliness that floods in the bottom of your heart.

Obviously they are beautiful, but because they can never meet the expectations in their hearts and gradually dry up, put on a posture of working hard, but just put on such a posture and stiffened there, I don't know how long it took, little by little withered and cracked, until one day, the moment of collapse and fragmentation finally came, it was not a big deal, although I thought so, but I still couldn't match the regret and unwillingness in my heart.

The work is a mirror of the maker, it reflects the heart of the maker, because the maker he poured his heart and soul into making what he thinks is the best work, so the best work is often the epitome of the heart of the maker himself, because in the final analysis, everyone is human, so this kind of heartfelt thing is easy for the person who tastes it to have psychological resonance.

Because this kind of regret and unwillingness is more or less in the heart of a human being, but at this moment it was suddenly induced when it was caught off guard, which is the mystery of the magic kitchen.

Even the emperor is frowning, no matter who it is, no matter how high the status is, no matter what background or identity, as long as it is a person, there will be regrets that you have to ask for but can only wait for the desire to dry up.

Su Miao picked up a little crab meat that became unusually soft and thick after cooking butter and egg custard, it is autumn and is the most suitable season to eat crabs, the crab paste is plump, the crab meat is fat, and the taro chips outside are fried crispy and fragrant, but because Dongpingmen himself is a melancholy person, this is already very understood by Su Miao after tasting his dishes, because he is a melancholy person, so he has his style very much when it comes to heat and use the matching spices, and the delicious crabs seem to have a layer of magic under his cooking, Touching and urging people's hearts to become tense and bondage, as if inducing people to taste the taste of imprisonment through their taste buds, through this inducement to make people empathize, people seem to suddenly remember at this moment that they are no different from crabs in crab traps in this world full of constraints.

For a moment, even Su Miao's heart was shaken, and when the tip of her tongue was completely soaked by the taste that seemed to pierce her heart, even her heart trembled violently.

She put down her chopsticks.

Feng Erniu was the most curious among the assistants, peeking at the master who did not object, she quietly took a piece of radish with chopsticks and put it in her mouth, she originally wanted to clip crab meat but didn't dare, how did she know that the radish slices had just been eaten, she covered her mouth, and tears actually fell to the ground.

Whether it is the picture or the atmosphere, this first game is very weird, people who have not tasted it look at each other, confused, people who have tasted it are immersed in their own regrets and sorrows, the psychological strength is just that the mood suddenly becomes very bad, and the psychological one who is a little worse really cried, and I don't know what kind of sad past I think of.

Su Miao finally knew the most outstanding characteristics of Dongpingmen as a magic kitchen, good at inducing and outstanding appeal.

"What an eye-opener!" She said with admiration, looked at Dongpingmen with a smile, looked at him and said, "Whether it is the shape or taste, whether it is the skill or the artistic conception, it is all superior." In the next second, she raised the corners of her lips and turned into an indifferent face, frowned in disgust, and said to him full of disgust, "It's a pity that your style is what I hate the most, the taste is very good, but it doesn't make people feel delicious at all, can you be a chef like this, it's better to take an erhu and sing "Lotus Falling" at the gate of the city is more promising." (To be continued.) )