"Put the potatoes in the pot, boil over high heat, and prepare the ashes." Gu Zi retracted his eyes, and said in his heart that the game had begun, and it was useless to pay attention to others.

The merry chef is famous, and he won the eleventh place in the first round of the competition, and his every move is in the attention of many people.

"Grass and wood ash?"

The things that Gu Zi took out made many people puzzled, and the other cooks also took a look, and in the selection of the court banquet, strange ingredients and unheard of cooking techniques emerged in endlessly.

The Cao Fu stove that was the first in the first round of selection was blazing, laying the bottom with charcoal fire, pouring wine directly on the fire, the flames rolled like a fire dragon circling, the scene was spectacular but I don't know what the intention was.

The second place, Xiahou Jin, took out a brown flat object, with a pointed protrusion in the center, shaped like a horse's hoof, which was snow-white after peeling, and the flesh was plump with juice, gathered in a basin and mashed into puree. I don't know what it is, and I don't know what it means.

Fifty chefs competed on the same stage, and as far as the eye could see, Jia Yu sat down in the pavilion above, but he couldn't hold it back for a moment, walking back and forth among the chefs, watching it fascinated, if it weren't for his own identity, Jia Yu couldn't help but step forward to ask about the technique.

In the Tang Dynasty, the chefs in the imperial dining room were not the best in cooking, but only because the emperor's family was cautious and strict in the selection of cooks, and the taste would be considered on the premise of ensuring safety. Therefore, the cooking skills of many folk chefs are better than many cooks in the imperial dining room, and they are not the most powerful as the cooks in the imperial dining room think by the common people.

The Great Dynasty Banquet Selection is also a rare opportunity for the chefs of the imperial dining room to absorb the exquisite skills of the people, and the reason why Jia Yu has the strength of a first-line chef is that most of them learn from the experience of others in such competitions.

When Jia Yu was hungry and thirsty to absorb skills, he suddenly saw that there was no movement in the remote corner of his mouth!

Curious, Jia Yu recognized Xia Shang in the past, and was stunned for a moment.

"It's !! him"

From the beginning of registration, Jia Yu has been paying attention to whether there are any chefs named Xia Shang.

After seeing the cherry meat, Jia Yu was full of expectations for Xia Shang, and thought that he would see Xia Shang's name in the list of entrants, but it turned out to make him a little disappointed.

According to Jia Yu's understanding, how could Xia Shang not participate in such a good opportunity? Aside from personal honors, if you have a good performance in the big court banquet, your own store is also a good publicity.

Jia Yu had already begun to pay attention in the first round of the game, but he never saw Xia Shang.

The result disappointed Jia Yu again.

After the first round, Xia Shang's name still did not appear on the list, and Jia Yu believed that he really did not participate. It was inevitable to be disappointed in his heart, because Jia Yu wanted to know if Xia Shang was really capable or only proficient in one dish.

Just when Jia Yu was about to forget about Xia Shang, Xia Shang suddenly appeared in front of Jia Yu's eyes, wearing the clothes of a sous chef with a calm expression.

"How could he be wearing a sous chef's clothes?"

In the next second, Jia Yu understood why he hadn't noticed Xia Shang all along, because he had only paid attention to the participating chefs before, but he had not paid attention to his deputy. Generally speaking, the deputy is generally an inexperienced apprentice, because he has been learning art behind the master for a long time, and has a tacit understanding with the master that ordinary people do not have, they are good helpers of the chef but not a chef who can take charge of the chef alone. So no one is going to focus too much on them.

What made Jia Yu even more strange was the state of Xia Shang's group, when all the contestants were working at full strength, they were still not moving.

Jia Yu looked at it for a while, and found that Xia Shang was looking at him, and he was a little flustered for no reason, and quickly turned his gaze to other places.

In order to avoid the same embarrassing situation as before, Jia Yu no longer stayed by Xia Shang's side, but his energy was still with Xia Shang.

Xu Yuan had been silent for a while, and it was really difficult to come up with better ideas in such a short period of time.

Xia Shang didn't tell Xu Yuan what to do, and seeing that it was almost time, he patted Xu Yuan on the shoulder. Xu Yuan broke free from her deep thoughts, her brows were sad, and her eyes were in a trance.

Xia Shang said: "Don't think about things too complicated, your creativity is very good, but it's not perfect." It's hard to reinvent, but it's much easier to make changes to what was already there. There are two ways to embody 'strangeness', one is to make it from ingredients that have never appeared before. The second is to make it from common ingredients. It is not 'strange' to make common food with common ingredients, and it is not 'strange' to make infrequent food with unusual ingredients. ”

Xu Yuan was thoughtful.

After a while, Xu Yuan finally moved.

On the stage, all the meats such as pork, mutton, and chicken were thrown away by Xu Yuan, leaving only a few vegetarian dishes.

"Blanch the tofu and break it into a puree. Blanch the radish and break it into a puree. Take the juice from the tomatoes and mash the cabbage into minced pieces. ”

As soon as Xu Yuan's words fell, Xia Shang began to move.

……

The group that had been moving without movement finally moved, and there were a lot of curious eyes, but after a glance, there was no follow-up.

It's just a few vegetarian foods, what tricks can be made? Mashed into a puree? Either make porridge or mix it together. Without novel ingredients and high-end techniques, how can the dishes made in this way be called "strange"?

Also concerned about Jia Yu, because of the distance, I didn't see the ingredients used by Xu Yuan.

"Chop the meat, make meatballs?"

Jia Yu was also not very optimistic, and was about to take a closer look, when a shout suddenly came from behind him.

"Mr. Jia, my dish is finished."

Looking at the sound, there was an exclamation, Cao Fu, who won the first place in the first round, called it a day!

How long has it been?

Isn't it too fast?

Isn't it too sloppy, to be exact?

This is a great court banquet, who doesn't take out their housekeeping skills to make dishes that best reflect their cooking skills? Isn't it a little less sincere to finish it so quickly?

Jia Yu also frowned, but he was not worried about Cao Fu's sincerity, but wanted to know what the dish was? Is this Cao Fu really so powerful that he can make the dishes selected through the Great Dynasty Banquet in just a few moments?

Jia Yu won't let him go so easily, this kind of competition is not something that anyone can easily bluff, and if it's not a beautiful thing, he won't let himself nod.

Having made up his mind, Jia Yu walked over with a calm face, and the first thing he saw was not Cao Fu's dish, but the strange kitchen utensils covered on the stove in front of him.

It was an iron vessel shaped like a funnel, clasped upside down on the stove, enveloping the flames in it. The flames passed through the funnel-shaped iron tools, and from the small mouth of the funnel came out a small pinch of flames, which looked strange.

On the table, a long white sheet lay quietly in a white disc.

"Mushrooms?" Jia Yu wondered.

Cao Fu nodded.

Jia Yu's brows furrowed even tighter, and he looked at the unsightly mushrooms on the plate: "Just by virtue of this, you can participate in the Great Dynasty Banquet?" ”

Cao Fu continued to nod: "People can't look good, and so are dishes." ”

Jia Yu was a little disdainful, after all, it was too simple, and there was not even a decoration in the disc: "The name of the dish? ”

"Roasted matsutake mushrooms."