Chapter 195: Food Contest (1)

Tianxiang Building

Pei Xiuxiu looked at the invitation sticker on the table and turned her face to Rong Er and said, "Rong Er, we Tianxianglou also received an invitation post for the triennial Beijing Food Competition, and I decided to take you to participate in it." ”

Rong Er looked at Pei Xiuxiu worriedly and asked, "Boss, can I do it?" I've never participated in any food competitions, and it is said that the time-honored restaurants in Taibaiju in Beijing send out some of the best chefs in the capital. ”

Pei Xiuxiu patted Rong Er on the shoulder and comforted: "Rong Er looks at you like this, your father used to be a famous imperial chef in the palace, anyway, I am very confident in your cooking skills, you don't have to worry too much, go with confidence." Even if we don't get good results in the food competition, it doesn't matter, we focus on participating. ”

Rong Er opened his mouth and said: "Okay, we have to fight for our Tianxianglou, the boss Ronger will not let Tianxianglou lose face." ”

"Well, I'm relieved that you have such a mentality." Pei Xiuxiu said: "The food competition is nothing more than knife skills and specialty dishes, with Rong Er's strength, I think it's not impossible if you win the first place, what do you say, Master?" ”

Yuehua echoed casually: "Well, everything is possible, Rong Er, you go down and prepare well." ”

"Hey, okay, Eiji will do his best." Rong Er said with an oath.

The food contest held every three years in Beijing is now in its fifth year.

Fifteen years ago, chefs from dozens of time-honored restaurants in Beijing jointly proposed to hold a cooking competition to determine who is the number one chef in the city.

Originally, it was just a joke between a few chefs drinking in private, but the food contest has been well received since its inception, and it has become a tradition for decades.

Every year, chefs from all over the country gather together to compete and create a variety of specialties.

Some of them are for the sake of fame and fame, and some are purely for a learning attitude and a glimpse of the chefs.

Last year's food competition was won by Taibaiju, and the first place the year before was Sichuan chef Chef Ni, and there are many people who became famous in the competition.

Take this Chef Ni as an example, he is now a famous chef in Taibaiju.

With the increase in the fame of the food competition, the invited judges are also well-known figures, such as Chef Qin, the retired head chef of the imperial kitchen, and Chef Li, the owner of Daoxiangge who won the first food competition, and so on.

The people in Beijing who like to join in the excitement also showed great enthusiasm for the food competition, and the scene was surrounded on the day of the competition.

The most popular part of the competition is the interactive project that invites the people to participate together, who doesn't like the fun, delicious and beautiful food competition?

The food competition was held in a house built specifically for the competition, which was funded by dozens of restaurants in Beijing.

The house is a circular building with a total of three floors.

At the entrance is a gold-lettered signboard engraved with "food", and when you approach the red gate, inside is a large stage, surrounded by hundreds of large red lacquered pillars supporting the circular building, behind which are rows of seats to watch the game.

The empty space of the stage is designed to be open-air, full of light, and standing in the middle of the stage in the sunlight, it seems like a golden star.

Therefore, standing on the stage competition has become the chef's greatest wish, that is the most shining moment, that is the dream.

A week before the food competition, many chefs came to the capital from all over the world, disguised as ordinary diners to go to the major time-honored restaurants to taste the food, and by the way, understand the strength of their opponents.

The chefs who have won the qualification ticket for the food competition are by no means ordinary chefs, and it is not easy to get such a valuable qualification ticket.

First of all, it is necessary to have a recommendation from a famous store, and secondly, the number of places in each place is limited, and the winner must go through a fierce competition to obtain the qualification.

The total number of contestants in the food competition is 100, and it will go through three rounds.

The first round is a knife fight, and after the competition, fifty people will be eliminated.

The second round is the staple food competition, which will eliminate its 30 places.

By the third round, there were often only twenty people left in the fight for the signature dishes.

After three rounds of trying, the results and prize money were finally announced after the judges' comments and voting.

Bonus 1 is a complete set of outfits, gold pot, gold shovel, gold spoon, gold colander, gold chopsticks five-piece set.

Tianxianglou hall

The guys stood in a neat row, and Eiji stood in the middle of the crowd with a complete set of outfits on his back.

Chef Liu said with a smile: "Rong Er, I saw you wiping Cheng Liang Cheng Liang with this outfit a few days ago, I think it can be used as a mirror." ”

Everyone laughed in unison, and Rong Er laughed and said, "Don't underestimate this set, he is the only thing my father left me, the heirloom of our family." ”

Chef Zhen, who is knowledgeable about the goods, opened his mouth and praised: "Rong Er, your father is really worthy of being a famous imperial chef, and his set of pots has a great background. ”

"Tell me how to get started? Could it be that the golden pot is still expensive? "The guys are talking nonsense.

How do you know that Chef Zhen turned his face and said with a smile: "Everyone is done?" Actually, I don't know where this pot came from, I guessed it, haha......"

"Alas! I thought there was a story? Eiji is still up to you. The guys coaxed.

Rong Er said seriously: "I haven't heard what my father said, you all think too much, it's an ordinary pot." It's just that it means a lot to me, I can finally stand in the food competition and become my dream, and I want to be a good chef like my father. ”

"Good! You can say that again! Pei Xiuxiu walked in with applause.

The guys bowed in unison and said, "Hello two bosses." ”

Pei Xiuxiu walked over after Yuehua and said: "It's a great thing that Rong Er has a dream, and now you have this opportunity to realize this dream, you must firmly grasp it!" ”

Rong Er smiled happily: "Thank you, boss, Rong Er will be." ”

Pei Xiuxiu opened her mouth and said to everyone: "As the saying goes, three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the best, and I always think that the cook's line is very remarkable." You think about how proud we are when the fresh ingredients are processed and cooked into fragrant food and served to the guests, and when the guests feel happy because of the food we make. Let more diners love our food and make more diners happy is the purpose of our Tianxianglou. ”

The guys applauded excitedly because of these words, and the atmosphere of the scene suddenly became lively.

Yuehua opened his mouth and said: "Everyone has worked hard for you in Tianxianglou these days, Chef Liu's kitchen has been handed over to you, and the bear shopkeeper has worked hard for you." The food contest is over for two days, and I know you all want to go to see it, but the number of places in each restaurant is limited, so we can only go first this time. Don't feel lost, next year will let you go differently. ”

"Boss, Rong Er, you must let others remember our Tianxiang Building, so that our Tianxiang Building will be on a higher level." Chef Wang said.

Pei Xiuxiu said with a smile: "Don't worry, you won't be disappointed, Rong Er has always been a no-hit, a blockbuster, even if he can't get the golden pot back, he will win glory for our Tianxianglou." ”

The guys neatly encouraged him by shouting slogans: "Eiji...... Eiji ...... Eiji ......".

On the first day of the food competition, the lucky people who won the tickets lined up at the door early in the morning to enter.

The folk masters who came to participate in the competition approached the restaurant in twos and threes with the contestants' tickets.

The circular building is called the "food garden".

The people were talking to each other about gossip from all over the place.

The long-faced man with a pointed chin said, "I heard that the two chefs of Daoxiang Pavilion had a falling out over to participate in this food competition, and they almost got into a fight. ”

"Really?"

The long-faced man said: "Of course it's true, my nephew is in the kitchen and has a side dish, is he telling me in person that can it be fake?" ”

An old man touched his beard and said: "The food competition stipulates that each of these restaurants in the capital can only have one chef and one sous chef to participate. ”

"I heard that there were originally three or four restaurants with a quota, and since the food competition has become more and more popular and has become a national event, the number of places left for the time-honored brands in Beijing is naturally less, and it is said that it was proposed by Chef Qin, the former head chef of the imperial kitchen, in order to compete fairly, so that the world's cuisine can be integrated."

"Yes, yes, it's not easy for those cooks who came from far away, and now many hotels in the capital are full."

The long-faced man smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, I got the ticket, otherwise I would die of regret if I missed such a lively food competition." ”

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In contrast to the hot atmosphere in the outfield, the infield is indeed much quieter.

After the registration and sign-in, the contestants sat quietly in the designated area and waited for further instructions.

Pei Xiuxiu, Yuehua and Rongji carefully observed the environment.

Pei Xiuxiu pointed to the distance and said, "Rong Er, have you seen the big stage?" You're going to stand up and try it later, are you scared? ”

Eiji swallowed his saliva and smiled, "It's impossible to say that you're not nervous or afraid." ”

Yuehua comforted: "Don't be afraid, it's nothing, look at the ...... behind it."

I saw a few signs hanging on several red gates, with words such as fruits, vegetables, fish and meat.

Pei Xiuxiu said: "I'm afraid that's the place where the ingredients will be selected later, and I, as your sous chef, will definitely give full play to my residual heat, believe me." ”

Eiji grinned and said, "Boss! I'm so relieved to have you, you're so smart and icy I don't believe who else do you believe? ”

While they were still talking, as soon as the gate opened, a bustling crowd poured in, and the stands were suddenly filled with people.

People are waiting with great anticipation for the official opening of the food competition.

Dingdingding......

After a lively gong and drum beating ceremony, several judges with heads and faces delivered speeches related to the competition one by one.

After thunderous applause, the judges officially announced the official start of the 5th Food Competition.

With cheers, two red doors opened, revealing their true faces.

A dazzling array of fresh vegetables, rare ingredients from all over the world, including a variety of chicken, duck and fish, is simply a high-end vegetable market.

The crowd couldn't help but let out a neat exclamation: "Wow! ”