Matsutake mushrooms?

What is matsutake mushroom?

Cao Fu's explanation is succinct: "The king of fungi." ”

The king of fungi?

What a big breath! Even if it is the leader of the first round, an ordinary mushroom, you can get through it with a gimmick name?

Oh! No, there is also a strange kitchenware.

Everyone around them forced a smile, thinking that Cao Fu had committed a big taboo. The same is true for Jia Yu, he is not optimistic about this dish, and asks: "Do you know the consequences of lying in the middle of the Great Dynasty Banquet?" ”

"Yes."

Jia Yu carefully looked at this unsightly matsutake mushroom.

Cao Fu calmed down: "Mr. Jia, instead of watching from afar, it's better to try." After eating, I will naturally know whether I am lying or not. ”

Cao Fu's self-confidence attracted more people's attention, and more people were unhappy with such self-confidence, silently thinking about Jia Yu's angry expression after tasting it, and then reading this arrogant person out of the palace.

Jia Yu didn't think much about it, thinking that a confident person must have something extraordinary, and this matsutake mushroom should have some doorway.

A thin slice of mushroom meat, the skin is covered by a layer of light golden, revealing the white and tender meat inside, and the crisp sound of squeaking can be faintly heard with a light grip of chopsticks, which is very wonderful.

After eating, Jia Yu's face changed greatly, and the faces of the people who were paying attention to Jia Yu also changed greatly.

The things that could make Jia Yu look surprised were either excellent or bad. Is Cao Fu's roasted matsutake excellent or bad?

Jia Yu didn't comment, but Jia Yu's behavior has made everyone understand the result.

Jia Yu asked Cao Fu: "How can this only piece be supplied to the harem mother and His Majesty?" ”

Jia Yu said this to present this thing, which shows that he has passed his level.

Cao Fu smiled: "Just a moment." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Cao Fu stepping on the bellows, blowing towards the stove head, the flames in the stove suddenly rolled up, and after the funnel-shaped strange kitchen utensils, a pinch of green flames erupted, seemingly inconspicuous but fierce and abnormal.

Cao Fu kept at his feet, picked up a piece of matsutake mushroom with chopsticks made of green bamboo, passed it over the flame twice, left and right, and put it on the plate. The simplicity of the technique is jaw-dropping.

One piece is not enough, two, three, four?

It only takes a breath to make a slice, and a simple plate of Khao Song pork is done.

Jia Yu's eyes were also flashing, holding back his identity and not revealing it, he nodded silently, and asked Cao Fu's matsutake to be sent to the imperial garden.

Everyone was stunned, when did the selection of the grand court banquet, which represents the highest level of Datang culinary skills, become so simple? Just roast mushrooms over the fire? This...... It's also too ......

The word "fair" is not daring to be thought of, it can only be said that it is too hasty.

Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, but there is no gossip.

The next second, someone threatened to finish it.

Looking for the sound, this person is one of the four major restaurants - "Food for the Sky" chef Peng Baiye. This is a top chef in the capital, especially his knife skills, and he is also a strong contender in this competition.

Looking at Peng Baiye's dishes again, the dishes are as their name suggests, and everyone can think of four words - "splendid mountains and rivers".

It is indeed a splendid mountain and river, in a large disc with a diameter of one meter, the panorama of the Tang Dynasty is made up of various vegetables, fruits and meats, and it is a map of the Tang Dynasty from a distance. And all the things on it have been processed with exquisite knife work, the silk is as thin as a hair, the slices are as thin as wings, and even the diced meat is the same size and square. All the ingredients have been processed in different cooking techniques and put together to form this huge, unprecedentedly large-scale masterpiece, which is truly incredible.

It is not easy to make many chefs unbelievable, the key is such a magnificent production, but it only takes after roasting matsutake mushrooms, I don't know what kind of knife work is needed to complete it, just looking at the appearance of the chefs around a cold sweat.

Jia Yu was very curious, but he didn't show a look of horror, walked over, and still asked calmly: "The name of the dish?" ”

"Splendid mountains and rivers."

Peng Baiye wanted to describe the dish again, but Jia Yu didn't mean to ask again, calmly picked up the chopsticks, first tasted the green bamboo shoots, then the tofu, and finally often the lamb shank.

The dish in front of him was cooked in many ways, and the ingredients were not limited to this, and the taste was quite rich, but Jia Yu only tasted three of them, and after tasting them, he put down his chopsticks, twisted his eyebrows and shook his head.

Shake one’s head? What does shaking head mean?

It happened suddenly, Peng Baiye didn't expect Jia Yu to have such an expression, he was a little stunned, and he didn't even understand the simplest meaning. It wasn't until he noticed the look of disappointment on Jia Yu's face that he realized that his dish didn't seem to have achieved the desired effect.

Peng Baiye was anxious: "Mr. Jia, no matter how often you do anything else, there are still a lot of things to eat!" ”

"No need." Jia Yu waved his hand lightly,

Under Peng Baiye's puzzled gaze, Jia Yu left silently.

Peng Baiye picked up the huge plate and froze in place, wanting to chase but unable to move his steps, wanting to speak but unable to open his mouth.

Jia Yu looked back at him, thinking that this person was somewhat famous in Chang'an, and asked kindly, "You don't know what the problem is?" ”

Peng Baiye didn't listen to what Jia Yu said at all, and asked: "Mr. Jia, even if my dishes can't be presented to the ladies immediately, can they be included in the pending area?" ”

The area to be determined, specially reserved for some fairly good dishes, in order to be afraid that there will not be enough excellent dishes, in order to satisfy the appetite of the ladies and His Majesty, it is possible to choose from some second-rate dishes to supplement. There is a silver lining to entering the pending zone.

Peng Baiye pinned his hopes on the pending area, but the reality made him unacceptable.

Jia Yu shook his head, but his soothing words were like knives in Peng Baiye's heart: "No need, your dish can't enter the pending area." ”

"What? Can't even enter the pending area? ”

Even the cooks around me were surprised.

Looking at Peng Baiye again, he didn't make any action after hearing the words, carefully put the plate back on the table, and looked at the dishes on the plate with eyes full of love, which showed that he was really attentive to this dish. But it's a great shame for a chef to be seen as worthless when he uses a dish he really makes!

"Why?!"

A roar sounded like thunder, and the entire pear orchard was quiet, many pear trees were shaken off snowflakes, and all eyes were gathered between Peng Baiye and Jia Yu.

"Bold! The palace is heavy, how can it be noisy? ”

The two guards raised their eyebrows and walked towards Peng Baiye with a fierce attitude.

Jia Yu raised his hand, stopped the guards' movements, walked towards Peng Baiye with a calm face, looked at his dishes again, and said in a low voice: "If it weren't for your previous act of carefully putting away your dishes, you would have fallen to the ground at this moment, and this official will remember that you are obsessed with cooking, and will not cure your crime of disrespect, so you can go." If you don't even know your own problems, the official doesn't bother to talk to you. ”

Peng Baiye suddenly came back to his senses and realized that he had made a big mistake, but he didn't leave, and knelt on the ground in front of everyone: "I just ask Mr. Jia for guidance!" What's wrong with my dish? ”