Lin Xia smiled softly and gracefully, and said affectionately: "It's okay, such as washing vegetables and cutting vegetables, etc., will be handled by Zisu for me, and I will be in charge." ”

Lei Biao sighed slightly, he also knew the reason why Lin Xia cooked in person this time, although he didn't want Lin Xia to work too hard, but this was Lin Xia's choice, and he could only choose to support it.

A guy knocked on the door and said, "Boss, boss, Mr. He is here." ”

"Please."

He Mu was dressed in a green robe and walked in with a spring breeze on his face.

"I didn't expect this national cooking competition to attract so much attention, listening to the prince, the emperor seems to be very interested in this competition, maybe he will come to see the competition site." As He Mu spoke, he sat down recklessly, not treating himself as an outsider at all, and directly reached out to eat the cherries in the fruit bowl.

When he spoke, he didn't pay attention to Lei Biao's expression, but saw that the latter was calm as usual, without the slightest reaction, He Mu couldn't help but sigh at this Lei Biao's concentration.

When he heard that Emperor Dawu might also come to watch the game, Lin Xia couldn't help but feel a little flustered in his heart, and secretly looked at Lei Biao, without any reaction, he also calmed down, and joked to He Mudao: "Don't you think it's a pity that Juxian Pavilion didn't participate in this competition?" After all, my prize is still very tempting. ”

He Mu smiled nonchalantly, "Although we did not participate in the competition in this competition, Juxian Pavilion, as one of the organizers, has also received a lot of attention, and this time we are also responsible for providing vegetables and meat and other materials, among which there are many out-of-season vegetables, which will definitely attract attention, and by that time, our He Mansion will change to become a supplier." ”

In fact, this is also a plan proposed by Lin Xia to He Mu, when Juxian Pavilion wanted to participate in the competition and win some attention, but Lin Xia proposed to let them become one of the organizers, responsible for the venue, kitchenware, and the provision of ingredients.

Since the appearance of the Twin Restaurants, He Mu naturally also saw the status of the Twin Restaurants in Beijing in the future, Juxian Pavilion, as an old signboard for more than 20 years, will not go out of business for a while, but the restaurants in Yalinju have blossomed everywhere, and the business of Juxian Pavilion and Jupeng Pavilion has been affected.

However, the relationship between Juxian Pavilion and Yalinju is a little delicate, they are both peers and partners, after all, Lin Xia sold the out-of-season recipe to them, and the future development trend of Yalinju and the current Yalinju have laid the foundation in the upper-middle relationship network in Beijing, Yalinju must be a hidden danger, so it makes Master He and He Mu a headache.

Fortunately, Lin Xia made a suggestion to make them the largest vegetable suppliers, at present, the suppliers of vegetables, meat and other suppliers in the Wu Dynasty are very scattered, and there is no unity, and Juxian Pavilion has the recipe for out-of-season vegetables, and in the future, it can also launch fruits, wheat, rice and other things, which will definitely be able to take the lead among these suppliers, and the chances of running for the imperial merchant will be greater.

After carefully analyzing the pros and cons, Master He and He Mu considered Lin Xia's suggestion, Master He has a brother who is on an errand in the court, and his identity is not small, Yalinju has no idea of developing as a supplier, so it is not a problem for them to become the largest supplier, and they can also cooperate with Yalinju for a long time, killing two birds with one stone.

If they win the quota of imperial merchants, then their He family's merchant status must be on a higher level, more than what they can get from just one Juxian Pavilion and one Jupeng Pavilion.

So they accepted Lin Xia's suggestion and became the organizer of the competition together with Yalinju, so that the vegetables of the He family appeared in front of the chefs of major restaurants, after all, a real chef knows that the freshness of the ingredients and the deliciousness will also affect the overall appearance of the dishes.

After greeting them, He Mu left the conference room happily and prepared to eat in the private room on the second floor.

"If you have any new snacks today, give me a copy of everything."

"Okay, please wait."

Liu Lao and Gu Lao sat by the window, looking at the snacks, ice cream and drinks on the table, silent for a while.

The dim sum is mango pancake with light yellow skin wrapped in pulp and cream, double skin milk with a delicate and gentle white jade color, and crispy and browned butter biscuits.

As for the ice cream, it is still a slow white mist when it is served, and it is drizzled with rose-red strawberry jam and grains of pulp, which melts in your mouth when you eat it, which is a taste that you have never eaten before, not to mention the refreshing and cool ice drink, and the fruity taste fills the whole mouth.

Scooped up a spoonful of ice cream and tasted it for a while, after a while, Gu Lao said slowly: "I have traveled the entire Wu Dynasty, and I have gone to Yuliang and Saiwai, and it is the first time I have eaten such smooth dim sum, and I have simply broken through this field of dim sum. ”

Liu Lao spoke more rigorously, "It's hard to say at the moment, it's just a snack." "After all, this cooking contest is more than just dim sum.

Gu Lao picked up a piece of butter biscuit that had been cooled and put it in his mouth, and praised: "I didn't expect this butter biscuit to be so crispy when it was cold, I think that the chef who can make such a snack will naturally not be bad." ”

Suddenly, a young man stepped forward with a smile on his face, "Two, are you not satisfied with the snacks and drinks?" You can talk to us about the next time you come back, we can make some corresponding adjustments according to your taste. ”

Liu Lao and Gu Lao looked very surprised, they didn't expect such a service, but they really couldn't find anything wrong with these dim sums, maybe because the twin restaurants were the only one, and they couldn't find a template that could be compared.

Liu Lao shook his head slightly, "No, the old man is very satisfied." ”

Gu Lao was curious, "Which chef made these dim sums, can you come out and meet us?" ”

The man said yes and went to the back kitchen to call the cook out.

I thought it would be a man of considerable age, but I didn't expect it to be a petite woman who came out, wearing a white chef's robe and a red apron tied around her waist.

"Two gentlemen, but you are not satisfied with the dim sum I made?"

The female chef spoke softly and weakly, and she didn't look like a chef in charge of the kitchen, and there was no smell of oil smoke on her body, but a sweet aroma all over her body.

In fact, the kitchens of this twin restaurant are separated, and there is a separate kitchen for dim sum and pastries, which is worried about being contaminated with the smell of oil smoke and affecting the fragrance of dim sum, and most of the pastry chefs are women, and there are few men, but naturally there are two kitchens respectively.

"You made all the snacks on this table?" Gu Lao asked incredulously.

Liu Lao frowned deeply, and he couldn't believe it.

They have traveled all over the place, and they have never seen a chef who is a woman, in fact, it is not that women can't cook, but most of the women also cook in the house, and few are professional chefs.

I saw the female chef smile and said, "That's right." ”

"You developed it?" Gu Lao asked again, for fear that she would smile and nod again.

"No, these are all developed by our boss." The female chef continued, "There is also a rose purple steamed bun that I developed on the menu, and you can also try it. ”

After the female chef left, Gu Lao and Liu Lao really ordered the rose and purple steamed buns that the female chef said, which bloomed and was fragrant, and it was not inferior to other dim sum, but they had no intention of tasting it, and they were immersed in shock for a long time.

……

"Daddy, mother, can I be a judge!"

Seeing that her father and mother were back, Xiao Chen'er couldn't wait to rush forward and hug Lin Xia's thighs, looking at them expectantly.

Lin Xia only thought that Xiao Chen'er was cute, so she asked Lei Biao to pick him up and pinch his small nose, "Snack goods, do you know what a judge is?" ”

"Sister Shisu said, it's the one who eats!"

Lin Xia burst out laughing, raised his hand and touched his little head, "Yes, Xiao Chen'er wants to eat so much?" ”

Xiao Chen'er nodded hurriedly, her eyes full of anticipation, "En, I want to eat." ”

Seeing that Xiao Chen'er was looking forward to it and couldn't bear to make him sad, Lin Xia pondered for a while, thought of a way, and said to Xiao Chen'er instead: "In this way, when the finals come, I'll take you and my brother to eat together, okay?" ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true!"

Xiao Chen'er was very excited when she heard Lin Xia's words, and hurriedly opened her hand to wrap her arms around Lin Xia's neck, and then kissed Lin Xia's left and right cheeks heavily, "Mother, I love you so much!" ”

Lin Xia is helpless, this little guy loves me if he has to eat, and he kept shouting that he doesn't love me when he didn't give him cake yesterday! The fickle little one!

However, Lin Xia still enjoyed Xiao Chen'er's kiss very much.

On the second day, the first day of the National Culinary Contest was finally ushered in.

The competition venue is set up in the open square, with a row of tables and chairs in front of it, with a total of seven positions, which are the so-called judges' seats, and the judges can go down at will to see the progress of the dishes; There are three stoves on the left and right, each stove has two pots, one large and one small, and in the center is an incense burner, on which an incense will be lit, and the competition will end when the incense is burned.

There is a large open space under the stage, but it is fenced with railings, which is to avoid too many people from interfering with the game, so only queues are allowed to get the number plate to enter the venue, because the number plate will be randomly selected for judging, so the number plate will not be able to enter the venue after being collected.

At the same time, on the left side of the platform, there are baskets of ingredients, meat, vegetables, and seafood, everything, and a piece of it is very spectacular. However, the chef brings his own delicate ingredients and sauces.

The competition is very simple, first draw four judges from the audience, and then select one person from the crowd judges to draw the theme of the competition in a box full of the names of the ingredients, and then the chefs will make corresponding dishes according to the theme, and then the judges will score after eating, and the chef will advance to the next competition if he scores two points.