Chapter 113: Strength and Level

As the name suggests, the crab soup made by Tongxi is a more delicious soup than crab soup, in which the sea bass is slaughtered, the scales, internal organs and gills are washed, the head and tail are cut off, and cut into two pieces. Cut the green onion into sections, divide the ginger into two parts, slice one part and chop the rest into minced pieces. Mix the fish skin side down, add green onions, ginger slices, rice wine, and salt, marinate for a while, and take it out after steaming in the pot. Remove the green onion and ginger, strain out the soup and remove the fish. Shred the ham, bamboo shoots, and shiitake mushrooms, and beat the egg yolks. Heat oil in a wok, stir-fry the green onions, pour in the chicken broth and bring to a boil, cook in the rice wine, and pick out the green onions. After putting in the shredded bamboo shoots and shredded mushrooms, add the fish meat and original juice, add soy sauce and salt to boil, pour in the egg yolk liquid and stir well, pour in balsamic vinegar, sprinkle with shredded ham and minced ginger.

The three soups are made with different ingredients and different methods, but they are equally fragrant and mellow and attractive, and everyone can't help but swallow their saliva just by smelling it.

The four young men stepped forward, divided the soup into small bowls, and served them to the people who served as temporary judges one by one.

The first bowl was served to Su Miao first, and Su Miao thanked the young man who served the dish with a smile.

According to the order of the dishes, the first dish is the crab soup with Tongxi. Su Miao took a sip of cool well water, then picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful of golden crab soup and put it in her mouth, it was tender and lubricated, melted in the mouth, the taste was like crab soup and better than crab soup, less a trace of fishy damp and cold air, more of a thick and sweet beauty, the taste was mellow, and the color was bright.

"It tastes good! Kiko's craftsmanship has grown a lot! Su Xian praised with a smile, and Su Chan also nodded.

"I like crabs, but sea bass can make this flavor, it's good!" Su Yan also did not hesitate to praise. In fact, he also wanted to participate in this competition, but unfortunately he didn't have time to prepare for the exam, and then he became listless because he had saved a lot of pressure in his heart because of the fifty-two exams.

Tongxi was praised, overjoyed, rubbing his hands and looking directly at Su Miao, full of anticipation, hoping to be praised from her mouth.

"It's really hard for you to make such a taste, and it's a lot of progress." Su Miao said with a smile.

I am happy in my heart.

"It's just that there is some deviation in the control of the heat, the pot is late, and the knife work doesn't seem to be too fine." Su Miao scooped up the shredded ham and mushrooms that were a little thick, and said with a smile.

Tongxi was embarrassed for a while, his face flushed, and he touched the back of his head.

"You started the industry late, so you can take your time and don't rush, and overall the taste is good." Su Miao smiled and continued, "A little bit of jianyi, before pouring in the egg yolk, it will be smoother and more tender to thicken a layer of fish meat with wet starch. ”

Tongxi couldn't help but laugh brightly, and said loudly to her: "Yes, thank you Master for teaching!" ”

Su Miao smiled and said to Huiwei and Hou Wei: "Those who are also contestants, you can also try Tongxi's crab soup." ”

The aftertaste is nothing, so I picked up the crab soup that Su Miao had only eaten one bite on the table, scooped a spoonful, and obviously stood, but still had the ability to eat it elegantly. He only took one bite and put it back in front of Su Miao, but this behavior that did not hide the relationship between the two still made everyone blush and shy, although there was nothing unusual about the two parties, and the aftertaste was naturally thick-skinned in this kind of thing, Su Miao didn't react to the deeper meaning of his behavior at all.

Hou Wei was very disdainful of the things made by the junior apprentice who had just taken charge of the spoon, but because it was ordered by the head chef, he had to take the bowl handed by the guy and eat it hastily.

Tongxi looked at him intently, the rookie always hoped to learn more from the old bird to improve his own level, but Hou Wei, the old bird, gave him a heavy blow:

"The chef is too soft-hearted, such a useless thing The chef can still comment with his heart, if it were my apprentice, I would have let him go home and farm. The merits of the apprentice are related to the face of the master, for the sake of the chef's face, it is better to change to a more capable one, the person who makes this kind of thing to apprentice the chef is an insult to the chef's craftsmanship! ”

Tongxi's ears turned red, from red to purple, the whole person swelled purple, his head was lowered, his shoulders trembled visibly with the naked eye, strong shame and helplessness filled his body, he bit his lip tightly and was about to cry.

"You speak so harshly, how long has Ah Xi been learning, it's already amazing to be like this!" Su Yan and Tongxi are better, and they are a little angry when they hear such a cold evaluation, and they frown.

"In this case, there should be self-knowledge, a competition is a competition, not a child playing a game, recklessly participating and making such a shoddy thing, which is a humiliation for other participants."

"Old Houtou, don't talk too much, are you considered an elder like this, bully a stinky kid at an age, you are a dog at your age!" Ning Le's temper was provoked, he was angry, and he shot the case, and said angrily.

Hou Wei glanced at him contemptuously and said disdainfully: "It's not the layman's turn to intervene here!" ”

"You ......" Ning Le was so angry that he wanted to jump out and fight him alone.

"Second sister, you have something to say!" Su Yan was furious, but he couldn't say anything about Hou Wei, and pulled Su Miao to say in a stacked voice.

The corners of Su Miao's lips always seemed to be smiling, and she glanced lightly at Tongxi, who was eager to dig into the cracks, and said unhurriedly:

"Next, there is already a fish soup, and then let's try the lettuce soup with a small flavor."

The man answered, and put the big bowl of green and moist lettuce soup in small bowls and placed them in front of everyone one by one.

"Why is it called Bixi Lake Ulva Soup?" Su Miao asked curiously about the aftertaste sitting beside her.

"Because it's picked from Bixi Lake." Aftertaste was silent for a long time before he replied ignorantly.

He seemed to be angry.

Su Miao blinked twice, scooped up a spoonful of fragrant and delicious lettuce soup and put it in her mouth. Cooked with shredded chicken and ham, the green is fresh and mellow, clear and refreshing. Although it is a bright turquoise color at first glance, but at the second glance it feels bland or even very inconspicuous when it looks at the past, but the unique clear and delicious flavor of the lettuce mixed with the rich and delicious soup melts naturally between the lips and teeth, penetrating into every taste bud, not intense, not heavy, pure and delicate, dense and long, as if the lake water rippling in the blue waves is rippling leisurely, the wind is light and light, a leaf flat boat, the flowers are full of lake embankment and full of smoke, and it is a sunny day when picking Ulva is harvested.

The spoon in his hand paused, Su Miao's heart jumped, and she subconsciously looked at the aftertaste, and asked in surprise:

"Xiao Weiwei, do you want to go to the lake?"

Aftertaste was tilting his head to ignore her, hearing that his fingertips trembled slightly, there was a kind of panic and incredulity that had been seen through, he was stunned for a while, he barely suppressed the overturning of his heart, snorted without looking back, and replied casually:

"Not really."

"Obviously, there is!" Su Miao recognized that he was lying, smiled and asked, "Xiao Weiwei, do you want to go to the lake with me?" ”

"How could someone who can't even compare to a pot have that kind of whimsical idea." Aftertaste didn't look at her, and his slender fingers tapped lightly on the table, answering nonchalantly.

He really heard it, and Su Miao was speechless.

"I didn't say that you can't even compare to the pot, I clearly said that you are as important as the pot."

Aftertaste suddenly turned his head to look at her, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "You think I'll be happy that I am treated the same as the pot in your heart?" ”

"You asked so easily, am I more important than your pot in your heart, if I ask you to change your career, you will change your career, and if I ask you to throw away all your boxes of jade scales, you will also throw them away?"

Aftertaste didn't expect her to make such a request, and was stunned, because she was speechless, and looked at her without saying a word.

Su Miao looked at him with wide eyes for a while, then slapped her forehead and said sullenly:

"Forget it, you don't have to answer, although I know that your answer is no, I still feel very shocked when I am really answered like that!"

Her complaining expression was exaggerated, and she was stunned for a moment, and then said:

"I haven't answered yet, don't talk to yourself."

Su Miao raised her chin and snorted disapprehendedly.

Why did it suddenly turn out to be his fault? I thought about it secretly, but I didn't come up with a reason. The question of who is more important, the pot or her, is really stupid, so speaking of which, I am also stupid when I seriously feel angry about this stupid question just now.

After a while, he leaned his head closer to her and asked in a low voice:

"July 7, do you want to go to the lake?"

"It's not a regular holiday, and as a chef, you can't be absent from work just because you want to play." Su Miao clasped her hands on her chest and replied seriously.

"I'll go back when it's close."

"There's no one at that, right?"

"It's just that no talent is good." He smiled and said.

Su Miao was stunned, and then her heart moved inexplicably, and she didn't know if it was because he was too close, and even the warm breath brushed through her ears. She smiled, nodded, pursed her lips and whispered:

"Okay."

No one paid attention to their conversation, as everyone's attention was drawn to the lettuce soup in front of them. Obviously it is just an ordinary bowl of wild vegetable soup, and the taste of nature is not enough to stir people's hearts, but this bowl of lettuce soup is completely different from the vegetable soup that everyone has tasted before, fresh but not jerky, pure but not not tasteful, light but not simple, sweet but not heavy, it is a bright and smooth taste like rippling blue waves. The ears seem to echo with the subtle sound of water waves, the warm and soft wind blows lightly on the face, the sweet smile, the surging tenderness, and the delicious food like a landscape painting, I don't know when it started, the heart is also full of beauty and warmth.

Until the bowl of soup was all over, everyone was still in a state of fugue too empty, only Su Yan, who had always been very unconvinced by the aftertaste, flattened his mouth unhappily and muttered indignantly:

"The nasty ghost's craft has grown again!"

The two young men handed the remaining two bowls of lettuce soup to Hou Wei and Tongxi respectively, although Tongxi was useless by Hou Wei before, he gritted his teeth and did not escape, took the soup bowl in his hand, and did not use a spoon, he couldn't wait to take a sip, a pair of eyes suddenly lit up as if he had just trimmed the wick of the candle, and couldn't help but praise loudly:

"Delicious! Is this really made from wild vegetables? ”

Seeing this, Hou Wei snorted contemptuously with the eyes of looking at the soil buns, took the soup bowl and picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful roughly, and ate it hastily. However, no matter how hurried he was, in an instant, the mellow taste bloomed among the taste buds, bearing bright flowers one after another. The whole person seems to be suddenly bathed in the bright sun, the breeze floats, the clouds are pale and the sky is blue, and the air is filled with the unique freshness of green plants, and it seems that even the people who drink the soup have become quiet and bright.

Hou Wei trembled, looked at the soup in his hand in disbelief, his expression was dumbfounded, and his eyes turned into copper bells.

Su Miao saw it in her eyes, but smiled silently.

In the end, it was Hou Wei's turn to make barley soup.

To be honest, although the ingredients used in Hou Wei's pheasant barley soup are very fresh and rich, the taste is decent, there is nothing particularly unsuccessful, and there is nothing particularly outstanding, it is not delicious, but there is still a distance from the word "delicious".

Hou Wei has been in the industry for 20 years, and his cooking skills have entered a flat period with the growth of age and experience, tepid, not salty, not bad, middle and upper level, plain. If it is taken out alone, it is okay, but once there is a comparison, it immediately drops a notch.

Regarding this bowl of pheasant barley soup, the evaluation is mixed, some people think it is good, and those who have a mouth resolutely do not approve, and there are even a few people who were unhappy with the same joy and even said that this bowl of soup is not as good as the bowl that he likes to make.

"I didn't expect someone with 20 years of experience to make such a thing." The aftertaste was put aside after only one spoonful, and he was definitely at the ancestral level when it came to the poisonous tongue, especially when it came to finding fault with his peers, "The heat is completely wrong, the chicken is too old, are you treating the pheasant as a chicken?" The meat quality of pheasant meat is fresher and more tender than that of domestic chickens, and when the water is just boiling, it only needs two hundred and forty pieces. The barley here in Toyosu has a hard texture, even if you make zuò soup, you need to soak it in cold water for a while in advance, and you are not a novice, don't you even know this common sense? ”

Su Miao was speechless, except for people like him who like to ponder accurately, generally speaking, no one knows about this kind of "common sense".

Hou Wei was speechless, after tasting Bixi Lake Ulva soup, he could no longer say that pheasant barley soup was his specialty.

Tongxi looked at him in surprise, the person who had scolded himself so much before was actually taught a lesson by Brother Hui that he didn't say a word...... Is this the level of strength?

Voting begins.

"Even if you are a participant, you can also vote, you can vote for yourself and your opponent, and of course you can abstain." Su Miao said with a smile.

Tongxi voted for the aftertaste.

What is very surprising is that when voting on the aftertaste of the lettuce soup, Hou Wei, who has never said a word, suddenly raised his hand at the moment when the voter's raised hand was about to be put down.

He voted for the aftertaste!

As for the aftertaste, he didn't feel ashamed to vote for himself.

In the first round of the soup competition, Huiwei won with a difference of 12 votes ahead of Hou Wei, which was also the first victory of Cheng Tie's group. R1152