Chapter 58: On the Water Side

There were a lot of ingredients in the ingredient room, so Pei Fang quickly picked them out, took a few carrots and white radishes, and went out. It seems that the cold dishes he wants to make are similar to Li Daniu's, and they are all dishes that particularly reflect the knife carving skills.

For this point, Qi Erfeng has his own different ideas. After all, people don't come to see your knife work, and as a judge, the first thing to evaluate the food is naturally the taste. Therefore, Qi Erfeng does not plan to have the same ideas as the other two chefs, not to pursue simple knife work, but to work the taste of cold dishes.

After making up her mind, Qi Erfeng began to look for ingredients in the food room, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "Wow! Drunken Immortal Residence actually has this thing! ”

Li Da Niu's movements were fast, and he was the first to finish his dish. I saw a lifelike chubby doll sitting on a lotus flower on a white porcelain plate, holding a longevity peach in her hand. His knife work is really good, the fat doll is carved out of white radish, and his expression is very vivid and delicate, which makes people feel pity. And the Nashou peach is carved from pink radish, which also looks appetizing.

Pei Fangcai's speed was also very fast, and not long after Li Da Niu finished it, his cold dish was also completed. What is amazing is that Uncle Pei carved a double dragon play bead. The carrot is carved with a red fire dragon, and the white radish is carved with a white snow dragon. The two dragons were majestic, as if they could come back to life at any moment.

After the two of them brought their dishes, the crowd of onlookers was amazed.

"Wow! He is worthy of being the chef of Drunken Immortal Residence! You look at the knife work, even a layman like me knows it. ”

"That's right, it's okay, look at how cute Chef Li's big fat boy is! That Shou Tao was obviously a gift to Elder Fang. ”

Hearing the discussion in the crowd, Li Daniu raised his chin proudly, and his eyes involuntarily glanced in the direction of Elder Fang.

Indeed, as everyone said, his longevity peach is just to please Elder Fang, and if he wants to come to the old man's house to see this, he should have a good impression of Li Daniu.

However, what Li Daniu didn't expect was that Elder Fang didn't react at all after seeing that Shou Tao, just like he did when he saw ordinary dishes.

In addition to appreciating Li Daniu's dishes, the onlookers were also full of praise for Pei Fangcai's dishes.

"Uncle Pei, these two dragons are really amazing, you see, they are the same as alive!"

"That's right! And it's all carved out of turnips, which is amazing! ”

"I like Mr. Pei, when he was still in the Drunken Immortal Residence before, I loved to order the dishes he cooked." This person who spoke must have been a former customer of Drunken Immortal Residence.

Hearing everyone's words, Li Daniu was obviously a little unconvinced, but in front of so many people, he was not good at revealing his emotions, so he had to temporarily suppress the unconvincing in his heart and wait quietly for the judges' evaluation.

Hu Qixiang on the judges' bench saw that Li Daniu and Pei Fangcai had already prepared the dishes, but Qi Erfeng was still nowhere to be seen, so he couldn't help but be a little anxious.

"What about Miss Qi? Why hasn't it come out yet? Hu Qixiang couldn't help but ask.

Xiao Hongluo in the crowd was also looking forward to it, why didn't this girl come out yet, if she talked too much more than the other two, it would also greatly reduce the impression of the judges.

Li Daniu immediately answered: "She hasn't made it yet, how can a yellow-haired girl be able to compare to me and Uncle Pei's speed?" You say yes, right? Uncle Pei. ”

After Li Daniu finished speaking, he squeezed his eyes at Pei Fangcai next to him, and motioned for Pei Fangcai to also squeeze Qi Erfeng.

However, Pei Fangcai didn't seem to hear anything, and after he put the food on the table in front of him, he kept standing there with his hands in his hands, motionless, like a pine tree standing in the wind.

Seeing that Pei Fangcai didn't react to his words at all, Li Daniu was not happy, he snorted, and turned to Hu Qixiang on the judges' bench and said, "Master Hu, why don't you try my food first?" ”

Hu Qixiang was actually more curious about what Qi Erfeng's dishes looked like, as for the dishes of Li Daniu and Pei Fangcai, he didn't have much interest. Especially this kind of pleasing longevity peach, Shuanglong playing with pearls or something, although the color is very good, but in Hu Qixiang's opinion, it is a little clichΓ©d, so he just nodded lightly and said: "Let's wait for Miss Qi's to taste it together." ”

Li Daniu had a look of disgruntle on his face, but it was not easy to attack in front of Hu Qixiang, so he could only endure it.

At this time, Elder Fang, who had been silent, spoke: "Since Chef Li and Chef Pei have already done it, it means that there is enough time to cook, so Miss Qi ......"

Knowing what he meant, Hu Qixiang immediately answered: "Elder Fang, before the competition started, there was no clear statement about how long he would talk, if this rule was added temporarily, it would be ...... It's unfair to the three chefs. ”

Hu Qixiang's original intention was to say that the temporary increase in time limit was unfair to Qi Erfeng, but he was afraid that his actions to defend Qi Erfeng would be too obvious, so he immediately changed his words and said that it was unfair to the three chefs.

Although he covered it up a little, Hu Qixiang's actions to defend Qi Erfeng had already made everyone understand what he meant.

Li Daniu immediately couldn't hold back and said: "No, no, since it is a competition, of course it is necessary to limit the time, although it was not said at the beginning of the competition, but it doesn't hurt to say it now." "He's done it anyway, and the time constraints don't affect him at all.

Elder Fang looked at Hu Qixiang and said, "The time limit is still needed, since it was not said before the competition, then add one now, you go and tell that Qi Erfeng that she has a tea time at most for her first cold dish." If the dish hasn't been made after more than one cup of tea, she loses the first game. ”

Li Daniu's face showed a look of disappointment. One cup of tea is too long, right? For Qi Erfeng, it shouldn't have much impact.

He was about to say something more, when suddenly a delicate voice like a yellow bird sounded: "No need, I'm ready too." ”

Everyone was shocked, and they all stretched their necks, wanting to see what kind of dish Qi Erfeng was cooking.

Hu Qixiang's face was relieved, and then he stretched his neck curiously.

Xiao Hongluo in the crowd slightly hooked the corners of his mouth and nodded secretly.

I saw Qi Erfeng holding a white porcelain plate with a smile on his face, and walked over gracefully. What is surprising is that the smoke on the white porcelain plate is curling, like a fairyland.

Hu Qixiang couldn't help but be the first to ask, "Miss Qi, what are you doing?" Why do I look like it's still smoky? ”

Qi Erfeng carefully put the white porcelain plate on the table in front of him, then straightened up, looked at Hu Qixiang and replied, "This dish I made is called 'On the Water Side'."

The crowd of onlookers began to talk.

"On the water side? What is that? ”

"The name sounds very interesting, I remember that on the water side it seems to be a sentence in the Book of Poetry."

"The leaves are pale, and the white dew is frost. The so-called Iraqi people are on the water side. Tracing back to it, the road is obstructive and long. Tracing from it, it is like being in the middle of the water. Hu Qixiang couldn't help but chant this poem.

Then, Hu Qixiang stood up and walked in front of Qi Erfeng to carefully examine the dish.

I saw that in the middle of the white porcelain plate is a pool of blue water, on the blue water carved a leaf of flat boat with green bamboo shoots, on the flat boat is a small, slim woman, clothes fluttering, leisurely expression. There is a rockery carved out of watermelon on the bank of the clear water, and the smoke is emanating from the rockery, which sets off the whole artistic conception like a dream.

"Miss Qi, are you really a cold dish?" Hu Qixiang couldn't believe it, "How did this smoky feeling come about?" Isn't it only hot dishes that have a steaming mist? ”

Qi Erfeng pursed his lips and smiled: "Hu Gongzi, look carefully, my mist is not steaming." ”

Hu Qixiang took a closer look, and it was true, the mist was refreshing and pleasant, not the steaming of hot dishes.

Li Daniu on the side was a Chinese expert after all, and when he saw Qi Erfeng's dish, his face turned pale, and he shouted in disbelief: "In such a short time, how can you make ice?" ”

It turned out that the smoky feeling was emitted by the ice as it melted.

Qi Erfeng praised: "Chef Li has good eyesight, he actually knows that my smoke is the effect of ice." ”

Pei Fangcai on the side said: "Actually, the most mysterious thing is not the smoke, but the thing that Miss Qi put under the boat, right?" ”

Hearing Pei Fangcai say this, Hu Qixiang immediately looked at the flat boat. This look immediately made him realize something that he hadn't noticed just now.

Just now, Hu Qixiang thought that there was blue water under the boat, which was just ordinary soup, but when he looked closely, it was not any soup, but a solidified paste, just because it was too crystalline, it had deceived his eyes just now, making him think that it was just ordinary soup.

"What is this?" Hu Qixiang asked, pointing to the paste and the white and round things in it.

This time, Qi Erfeng didn't answer him directly, but said mysteriously: "Why didn't Gongzi Hu taste it himself?" ”

These words are exactly what Hu Qixiang wants, since last night, he has been curious about Qi Erfeng's cooking skills, and finally waited until now to have the opportunity to taste her skills, Hu Qixiang is naturally a little impatient.

However, Hu Qixiang knew that the oldest person on the judges' bench was Elder Fang. If you want to taste it, you should also be the first to taste it by Elder Fang.

Thinking of this, Hu Qixiang turned around and said respectfully to Elder Fang, "Elder Fang, why don't we start tasting the first dish of the three chefs?" ”

Elder Fang nodded: "Okay! ”

After seeing Qi Erfeng's dishes, Elder Fang couldn't hold back and wanted to taste it.