Because of the height, the audience can't see each chef's dishes clearly, but they are not in a hurry, anyway, they will always taste it, just watching the crackling firewood burning on the stove, and the staggered clinking dishes are already making people's blood boil, and it is good to have an eye for a while.

Ruan Mianmian was in the middle of the stage, so she naturally saw more clearly, and saw that these chefs had no salt, so they had to choose sweet dishes with less salt to do, and the chefs in Beijing were not sweeter than the southern chefs, so they didn't seem to be as familiar as Wang Xun, which made her a little anxious.

Seeing that the time had finally come, the five chefs took the pot off the fire almost at the same time, and immediately a small servant came up with various dishes, cups and plates, and evenly placed the chef's freshly cooked dishes in many small dishes with a large spoon, each with only a little bit of each small plate, so that more than 50 people could eat the chef's dishes.

Ruan Mianmian naturally got the first serving, and five small plates contained jade winter melon soup, shredded yam, stewed jade melon partridge soup, soy sauce chicken, and a braised lion's head.

The others are fine, but they are dishes that avoid salt, which can only be regarded as rules and regulations, not outstanding, but this braised lion's head, the color is ruddy and oily, the soup is clear, and the meatballs are round and huge, although Ruan Mianmian is only divided into a quarter of a piece, but it can also be seen that the meat filling inside is uniform and fine, seven points of lean meat and three points of fat, I really don't want to be two hands chopped out of the meat filling in an hour, Ruan Mianmian also sighed when he saw it, there is no doubt that this lion head is Li Binghai's craft.

After the first wave of food was delivered to the fifty spectators and the five boxes above, Ruan Mianmian picked up the chopsticks and tasted them separately, chewing them carefully, reminiscing about the taste of each dish.

Being in Yipinxiang, accustomed to eating all kinds of delicacies made by Uncle Hua, and the bizarre delicacies often created by Mu Ruqing, her mouth has long been raised, even if she eats the delicacies in the imperial dining room, she only feels that it is just so, at this moment I eat the dishes of these folk chefs, and I feel that the taste is mediocre, the winter melon soup is too light, the entrance has no taste, the yam is too sweet and the sugar coating is too hard, it is not easy to chew, the partridge soup is too greasy, and there is a layer of bright butter floating on it, it looks disgusting, the soy sauce chicken is too salty, and the color is even more black and ugly. Ruan Mianmian, who was eating, frowned slightly.

There is only Li Binghai's lion head, although there is no salt, but the seafood is used to make soup, so the freshness and saltiness are moderate, and there is no noise to lose the fragrance of pork, the taste is elastic, and it is not a disappointing skill from the imperial chef, Ruan Mianmian tasted a little bit of Uncle Hua's shadow.

Like Ruan Mianmian, although the other fifty judges have not eaten these in their usual coarse tea and light rice, after tasting it, they all feel that this braised lion head is outstanding, and the strongest of the strong is stronger, so more than half of them have written the number of the lion's head, and Li Binghai won this game.

Liu Xin'er sorted out the votes and handed them over, Ruan Mianmian glanced at it and knew in his heart that Li Binghai was bound to be shortlisted in the first round, and he had to be shortlisted with absolute votes, even if the people didn't vote for him, Mu Ruqing also instructed Liu Xin'er to inject water in a timely manner, although this is unfair, but it is also for the plan of the emperor later, and it is not impossible to give up small virtues for the sake of great benevolence and righteousness.

However, Li Binghai's dishes are really outstanding, but it saves Liu Xin'er the trouble of making tickets, and immediately Ruan Mianmian read out the ranking in his hand, Li Binghai won with a good score of 33 votes with a braised lion's head, and the other is the general in the stinger, who is promoted by the chef of the jade winter melon soup, after all, compared with the other three dishes, he is also a list, the mistake is not obvious, and he is also a smart person.

The crowd in the audience was surprised to learn that the first group was the cripple Li Binghai, who they were least optimistic about, and some people even loudly questioned Ruan Mianmian on the stage: "What's the matter, this Li Binghai really has so many votes?" Could it be that you miscalculated the ticket? ”

Ruan Mianmian was pointed at and asked like this, she had already expected it, so her complexion did not change, and she couldn't even see the slightest embarrassment, she was now able to represent the façade of Yipinxiang very well, and immediately said in an elegant and soft voice: "Guests, don't be impatient, it's normal to question the number of votes, and Mianmian should explain it clearly to the guests." ”

"Chef Li Binghai's work is braised lion's head, and the fifty judges have already tasted it and are full of praise, but they didn't know that this dish was Chef Li Binghai's work at the time. If the lion's head is not the work of Chef Li Binghai but someone else's, then it is even more impossible, who would watch their work become someone else's and remain silent? ”

After explaining in an orderly manner, Ruan Mianmian smiled indifferently: "Yipinxiang is fair and just, in order to maintain its reputation, it will never do anything that goes back on its word and acts secretly, not to mention that everyone is a witness, please witness the guests and chefs here, if there is anything wrong, please point it out on the spot, Mianmian must improve with Yipinxiang Restaurant." ”

These words are reasonable, and gentle and humble, which is the way of speaking for businessmen, which will not make anyone embarrassed or ashamed, but make people's hearts warm and feel that Yipinxiang is worthy of its reputation.

At the end of the first round of the competition, Li Binghai had an inconspicuous smile on his face, walked a little more chicly, and returned to the lounge side by side along the red carpet with another chef who had been promoted. Although the other three chefs were defeated, there was no annoyance or displeasure on their faces, and they were still smiling, because after they got off the stage, Mu Ruqing led them to their own rooms, which had been cleaned up at the moment, and there were some notes on the table, all of which were posts sent from other restaurants in the capital or the prince's palace, indicating the position of the recruited chef and the salary and treatment given, each of which could not be found with a lantern at all, and after these fifteen chefs were defeated, each of them could choose one of these to take office.

Speaking of which, when Mu Ruqing first released the news, he didn't expect so many posts to come in, which all believe in the fairness of Yipinxiang's selection of people, and also prove the unique voice and transcendent status of Yipinxiang Restaurant in the Beijing food circle, and no matter who it is today, as long as the chef on the stage is a person who has been affirmed by Yipinxiang, it is more practical than any craft.

The more the three cooks looked at it, the more frightened they became, and they sighed in their hearts that each of these good errands could be regarded as beautiful, and they would not worry about eating and drinking for a lifetime, and they were secretly surprised that Yipinxiang's face was so big, and it was really right to participate in the competition.

The game continued outside, and the second group of Qin Feng was arranged in, and it was natural that he made a plate of white jade hoof flowers with color and fragrance with his talent beyond ordinary people, which was crystal clear, and the entrance was fragrant and not greasy, although it could not be salted, it was delicately soaked in brine, and a lot of spices were put in the soup for boiling hoof flowers to neutralize, and the fragrance was just right, but it had a different taste than the general salt to enhance the taste.

So there is no doubt that he also made a big show and won the first place, the number of votes is almost the same as that of Li Binghai in the first group, the two strong players must compete directly in the finals, so the audience is divided into two factions, and even someone outside the door has begun to sell what is said to be the "support" items of the two chefs, what exquisite wood carving pots, Li Binghai's same crutches, and Qin Feng's chef robes and the like, and many guests come out to buy, the business is booming, and I don't know who is so business-minded, and even such business opportunities can be grasped.

Naturally, even the two popular players have fans and supporters, and Ruan Mianmian, who has long been very popular, can't escape, seeing many people pouring in from outside the door, their hands are either cute sugar people with the same makeup and hair as Ruan Mianmian today, or Ruan Mianmian's same Huadian, as well as Ruan Mianmian's same small square handkerchief, Ruan Mianmian, who has always been calm, blushed on the stage, smiled shallowly, and kept nodding and waving in the direction of those fans, every action was accompanied by a ghost crying wolf howl, ah no, it was a gleeful scream, Then the girls all waved Ruan Mianmian's same handkerchief, so frightened that Ruan Mianmian hurriedly stuffed the handkerchief in her hand into her sleeves, otherwise these "fan girls" would rush up to have a live handshake.

Finally, the chaotic scene calmed down a little, and the third group of games was completed on time, there were no outstanding candidates in this group, everyone scored about the same, and one of the last winners was Qin Feng's good friend, the straightforward and strong man from the northeast.

Then Ruan Mianmian announced the intermission, everyone can go back to lunch, if you are willing to stay, you will be provided with a simple lunch, so that the vast majority of the audience has no sign of leaving, often said that there is no free lunch in the world, this is not a ready-made meal, or a chef in charge of a pinch, naturally to stay.

Uncle Hua and Wang Xun knew that today was a good day for the newcomers, so they didn't show off too much, but stayed in the kitchen to cook a morning of dishes, so that it was just enough to make lunch for the guests.

As soon as Ruan Mianmian spoke, some small servants came up and quickly moved all these tables, chairs, vegetable and vegetable shelves, and another wave of small servants also carried several large buckets and vegetable pots and steamers the size of a basin to the stage in pairs.

In the bucket is steamed white rice and porridge, just the porridge is divided into pumpkin porridge, millet porridge, vegetable porridge, and even preserved egg and lean porridge, more than a dozen steamers are stacked together, enough to be more than one person high, inside is steamed bread dough cake and the like, as well as a variety of stuffing big buns, flower roll bean buns, and also made milky sweet bean buns for children.

There are more varieties in the vegetable pot, minced meat and eggplant, tiger skin peppers, cold dishes made by Uncle Hua, Jiangnan tofu cooked by Chef Wang, and more than a dozen dishes can be selected at will.