Chapter 344: The 'Fish' That Shocked the Audience
"A couple of judges, please. Takeda Keixuan didn't care whether Chen Hu had finished the cooking or not, and directly asked the staff to send the dishes to the judges' seats, and invited him respectfully.
The eight of them glanced at each other, then at Chef Liu Yuanlong, and after seeing that the latter didn't say anything, they picked up the pan-fried salmon rolls in front of them and tasted them.
I don't know what it tastes like Chen Hu, but judging from the expressions of the eight judges, it's not bad, at least it makes them feel good, and it's not an unpalatable work. Some nodded kindly, some were expressionless, but they didn't comment.
And rightfully so. After all, it is still the competition period, and the kitchen table and the judges' seat are not very far away, plus there are microphones and other equipment, which can definitely be heard here and there. Let's not talk about whether it will bring any changes to the latter, but the impact will definitely be there. Therefore, for the sake of fairness, both the judges and the audience present maintained a minimum of quietness, waiting for Chen Hu's cooking to be completed.
And this wait lasted for almost 20 minutes, and then it ended with a steaming mist dispersing.
"Hey, did you see that?!"
"See. It's hard to believe that there is light?! Is this really possible?"
"Look, what's that?"
"Fish, a big fish, how is this possible?!"
"Is this magic?"
The audience, whether it was gourmets, food critics, food-related magazine employees, or chefs who came to challenge, showed disbelief and shouted with the people around them. Only the staff of the program team, who had long been surprised, were full of calmness, even smugness, looking at the group of visitors in the venue who can be called the top of the Japanese cuisine industry.
"You know how powerful my master Chen is, right? I can't kill you!" the staff thought with pride in their hearts.
"Glowing cuisine...... Fushimi Yuki's eyes narrowed, and her gaze at Chen Hu became deep and curious.
"Is there really such a thing in the world?"
Kobayashi Motobin's face was solemn, and he suddenly had a feeling that the face of the Japanese food industry would be shattered by this chef named Chen Hu today, and there would be no chance of recovery.
Anthony Neil Matilla, a judge with a three-star Michelin rating, and Ashyao Hinata from Japan stood up in shock, and the former kept shouting OMG and OMG to express his unbelievable psychological feelings.
Not to mention Liu Yuanlong, he really didn't expect that the result of the activity of giving a domestic junior a platform would see such an amazing scene on the scene, which was simply impacting his three views! When will cooking be able to make magical effects?
Chen Hu was calm and calm, took the fish off the cage drawer on the pot, put them on the plate, and motioned for the staff on the side to come and serve the food.
The latter did not delay, with a reserved smile on his face, he sent a piece of fish to the eight judges, so that the audience who could not taste this magical dish for the first time was very anxious, and couldn't help but stretch their necks and even stand up and look at the eight people on the judges' seat.
"Hmm, it's strange, it's a steamed fish, why do I smell like untreated fish on him? Is it an illusion? Or is it a mistake in the production?"
"It shouldn't be a mistake in the making, otherwise the steamed fish wouldn't have tasted like that. Liu Yuanlong shook his head and said from the perspective of food.
Fresh fish is fresh fish, and even if you have steamed it without treatment, the taste will be different from the taste of the raw fish itself! This is a change in the quality of the meat, and no one can stop it. So obviously, this smell should be an acquired smell, not the original taste.
"Houttuynia cordata...... Liu Yuanlong looked up at Chen Hu, recalling the type of ingredients he had when he first chose the dish, and thought thoughtfully.
"With such a fishy taste, can the food still be delicious?" said Hinata Zuyao on the side, frowning.
At this time, he was a little too lazy to care about whether to help his own members, and his mind was full of focus on this amazing work made by Chen Hu.
"Don't you know if you taste it? Anthony laughed, and then decisively used his chopsticks to pick the skin of the fish, picked up a piece of fish meat and put it in his mouth.
"Oh~" Anthony let out a low sigh, his eyes becoming misty.
"Well~~"
"Hmm......"
"Ah......h
Then there were the other judges, who made a strange sound regardless of the occasion, and then their eyes were half confused, and the faces of the two female judges, Kana Kurakana and Asami Mizubu, showed a blush on their faces, which was very eye-catching.
"What the hell is wrong with them?"
"yes, why is it so strange just to eat a bite of fish?"
"Isn't it delicious?"
"Don't you think there's a sense of déjà vu in front of you?"
"The spirit of a certain medicine?!"
However, the eight people who were the parties experienced a beachside swim under the leadership of the Food Yijing. Eight people incarnate eight tourists, wearing swimsuits, surrounded by a school of fish, and many salmon, tuna, bighead fish and all kinds of marine fish frolicking in the seawater, and from time to time by the school of fish pecked the body, gnaw off the dead skin on the body, quite a feeling of enjoying the sea fish bath.
It wasn't until they had eaten the whole dish that they opened their eyes.
The man's eyes flashed with wonder and incredulity, while the woman's eyes showed admiration and the desire to eat again.
"Now comes the judging stage. Seeing this, Jin Mengjia on the side reminded in a timely manner.
"Before I judge, I would like to take the liberty of asking, can you tell me how all this is done? Honestly, I'm very curious, I can't believe that cooking can go this far. However, I also understand that every chef has some private secrets that are not easy to disclose, and if it comes to this, you can choose not to say it, and I can understand that. Anthony took the microphone and asked questions for the first time in this competition.
His face was amazed, as if he hadn't recovered from the immersive experience.
"Actually, there's nothing bad to say, it's just that it involves something quite mysterious, and if you don't have a certain amount of Chinese culture, you may not be able to understand what I'm saying at all, even so, do you have to listen?" Chen Hu smiled, looked at Anthony and asked rhetorically.
"Of course, why not?" said Anthony with gusto.
"Okay then. Then Chen Hu smiled lightly, and slowly said the foundation of his cooking in the expectant eyes of everyone in the audience.