Chapter 521: Supporting the Field
Seeing Zhong Linlan's triumphant appearance, Luo Chen smiled indifferently and stood up calmly.
Although most people were expecting the chef of the state banquet invited by Zhong Linlan to cook the food himself, he showed a confident look.
Zhong Linlan disagreed, thinking that the chef he invited had won the first place in many domestic competitions.
Luo Chen unhurriedly opened his mouth and announced to everyone: "Today I have also invited a legendary master of the food industry, I believe that it will not disappoint everyone's taste buds." ”
Hearing this, Zhong Linlan in the audience pursed the corners of his lips and said to himself with a sneer: "Who wouldn't brag?" I don't have the strength to run up and hold on. ”
Then, under everyone's curious gaze, Luo Chen invited the master in his mouth to come up and reported his name at the same time.
However, everyone present looked at each other, and they all looked at an old man with gray hair walking up, but they all felt very strange.
Compared with the chef of the state banquet invited by Zhong Linlan, this old man is a little more mysterious, or no one knows him at all.
"Hmph, it's really a nobody!" Zhong Linlan booed again.
"That's right, you don't want to rely on the old and sell the old to win attention, right?" Those on her side echoed the voice, full of doubts about the old man's strength.
Zhong Linlan smiled disdainfully, seeing that the chef he invited for the state banquet was already preparing, he was even more sure to overpower Su Wuxi.
She raised her thin eyebrows lightly, sourly sneering: "Today is a banquet, not a cooking competition, so it's a lot of fun to invite so many chefs." ”
At this time, Luo Chen heard her constantly questioning below, and responded calmly: "I think you misunderstood, we didn't mean to compete with you, the two banquets happened to coincide, so it's not surprising that all parties have chefs from all sides." ”
But these words made Zhong Linlan sneer, and felt that Luo Chen was not only trying to save face, but also quibbling.
"Whatever you want, anyway, the chefs we invited to the banquet are very well-known in China, and I believe everyone present has heard of it."
Everyone gave positive answers, after all, this state banquet picture is often invited to participate in food shows on TV, and his popularity is indeed very high.
On the contrary, the old man invited by Luo Chen was unknown at all, and his thin figure did not even look like a chef.
Luo Chen also saw that everyone was now looking forward to the state banquet chef invited by Zhong Linlan, and he was not interested in the seniors he invited at all.
"I don't think popularity is everything, the food industry has always spoken with strength, although the old gentleman I invited never appeared on TV, but his cooking skills will not disappoint everyone." Luo Chen calmly responded to the domineering Zhong Linlan.
Hearing Luo Chenze's words, Zhong Linlan shrugged his shoulders disdainfully, catching a glimpse of Su Wuxi's thoughtful appearance, and his expression was even more proud.
Presumably, now Su Wuxi also understands the difference in strength between the two sides in his heart, so he can only hide in an inconspicuous place to hide his embarrassment.
Then Zhong Linlan decided to completely let Su Wuxi lose at this banquet, although he said just now, it was not for the competition, but he still took the initiative to challenge.
"Since you want to speak with strength, let's cook a specialty dish by our chefs on both sides now, and then let everyone judge, lest someone only brag with their mouths." Zhong Linlan eagerly instigated Luo Chenze, undisguised his provocation.
Hearing this, Luo Chen frowned, it was just a coincidence that they met here, but now they encountered a scene of chef competition, which was really not his intention.
In desperation, Luo Chen had no choice but to set his eyes on Su Wuxi, hoping that she could mediate.
"I don't need to watch the game, after all, this is not the theme of today's banquet, but I still ask the two chefs to start their own work and add color to our banquet with delicious food." After Su Wuxi finished speaking, he continued to sit quietly on the side.
Zhong Linlan snorted, feeling that Su Wuxi didn't dare to fight because of timidity, hooked the corners of her lips and mocked: "Anyway, the banquet has just begun, if the food can add color to the banquet, I believe that the two chefs can also bring a more lively atmosphere to the banquet by showing their cooking skills." ”
Everyone agreed with Zhong Linlan's proposal and looked forward to the showdown between the two chefs.
However, in everyone's minds, the strength of this state banquet chef will definitely crush the elderly chef invited by Luo Chen.
The two chefs were about to cook the first dish, and while the assistant was preparing the ingredients, the two walked to the stage together.
As soon as the master of the state banquet invited by Zhong Linlan saw the old man, his expression became respectful, and he bowed lightly to him and called, "Hello master!" ”
Everyone was immediately surprised when they saw this, and no one expected that the master of the state banquet would call this old man who had not been passed down from the scriptures to master.
Zhong Linlan was also very surprised, staring at the two of them in surprise, and after seeing the chef of the state banquet saluting the old man, he continued to speak with respect: "Master, it is my honor to be on the same stage with you today to cook for two banquets, and I hope you can give more advice." ”
The old man's face was kind, and seeing that his apprentice was humble, he smiled gently: "After so much time has passed in the blink of an eye, you have already left the school, so there is no need to be formal." ”
The conversation between the two came to Su Wuxi's ears, and he didn't know the private relationship between the two chefs beforehand.
She blinked in surprise, turned her face to look at the assistant beside her, and asked in a low voice, "I don't know what the origin of this old man is, you should check it immediately." ”
After the assistant opened his mobile phone to check it, he leaned into Su Wuxi's ear and informed: "This old man is good at Huaiyang cuisine and Cantonese cuisine, and he is the heir of the two cuisine masters, but because he is low-key, he is not famous in the eyes of the general public." ”
"I see." Su Wuxi suddenly realized and smiled leisurely.
At this time, Luo Chen walked over, looked at Su Wuxi's elegant smile, and added in a low voice: "I forgot to tell you that this old gentleman is not an ordinary powerful person who can be invited out of the mountain casually, and I also asked a friend to invite him to the banquet." ”
Su Wuxi nodded, in fact, the fame of the chef invited to the banquet did not matter to her, as long as she could cook delicious food.
The two chefs then began to cook their chosen dishes, which were soon displayed in anticipation of everyone.
Now the people at the banquet have become food judges, and when they see the waiters bring the dishes cooked by the two chefs, they immediately compete to taste them.
After everyone tasted it, they all thought that the old gentleman was stronger, and he was better in terms of taste and knife skills.
Luo Chen also tasted it, in fact, he felt that the strength of the two chefs was comparable.
As the saying goes, the blue is better than the blue, and the old man's cooking skills are naturally tempered for a long time, but his apprentices should not be underestimated.
"What do you think?" Su Wuxi looked at Luo Chen and asked with a look of enjoyment.
Luo Chen smiled indifferently, took a small portion and handed it to Su Wuxi: "You will know if you taste it yourself." ”
At this moment, Su Wuxi was about to pick it up, when he suddenly heard a whispering voice not far away.
She followed the prestige in surprise, only to see that the people at the banquet had their eyes on the door, and everyone was surprised by Yuan Heting's arrival.
Su Wuxi couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips when she saw Yuan Heting coming over, but to her surprise, there was also a man in a chef's uniform behind her.
There are three more chefs at the banquet at once, is it really going to turn the scene into a chef competition today?
Thinking of this, Su Wuxi couldn't help frowning slightly, and was about to get up to greet Yuan Heting, when she saw a figure blocking her.
I saw Zhong Linlan greet Yuan Heting with a flattering smile on his face, and pulled him in a soft voice: "Heting, you finally came over, I have been waiting for you." ”
For her actions, Yuan Heting immediately showed a look of disgust, gently raised his arm to push Zhong Linlan away, and coldly squeezed out a few words: "Sorry, borrowed." ”
Originally, everyone had tasted the dishes of the two chefs just now, and the one-sided reaction made Zhong Linlan very embarrassed, she felt that she had lost face, and she was very unwilling to lose to Su Wuxi like this.
But now Yuan Heting's arrival immediately brought him hope of winning a game, especially when he saw the international chef following him, who looked like a frequent guest on food shows.
But Yuan Heting's attitude towards herself caught Zhong Linlan unexpectedly, she bit her lip and pretended not to care about coming to his side again: "Heting, why does this chef you brought look familiar?" Tell us about it. ”
Although his attitude was a little indifferent, Zhong Linlan still felt that Yuan Heting must have asked the chef to help him.
Yuan Heting agreed coldly, his eyes searched for Su Wuxi's figure, and when he saw her sitting not far away, his cold face was soothed.
After introducing the identity of the international celebrity chef, everyone sighed again, no one expected that today's banquet would be so exciting.
Hearing everyone's reaction, Zhong Linlan felt proud again, thinking that Yuan Heting specially invited a celebrity chef to support him, which showed that he still loved himself.
"I said why does this chef look so familiar, you say his name, I remembered that he was the chief judge of a chef competition some time ago." Zhong Linlan echoed the matter, and glanced at Su Wuxi coldly.
However, Yuan Heting didn't bother to respond to Zhong Linlan, walked directly to Su Wuxi, gently took her hand, and said in a soft tone: "I came here because I was worried that you would not be used to eating the food at the banquet, after all, it was all to take care of the public's taste." ”
Su Wuxi smiled and replied softly: "It's okay, I'm not so picky." ”
Yuan Heting glanced at her affectionately, and then introduced the international celebrity chef he brought over to her: "This is the exclusive chef I specially invited for you, and he will cook something for you to eat separately later." ”
Zhong Linlan, who was not far away, heard Yuan Heting's words, and then realized that he was just being amorous just now.
She forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart, glared at Su Wuxi fiercely, and the hatred for her in her heart was even deeper, and even gave birth to killing intent.