"Oh? What a coincidence! Bian Xugang didn't expect that the entries prepared by his team would actually collide with Xiaoyu's side.

However, with nearly 400 teams participating today, it's not uncommon for each of them to prepare dishes to crash.

"Little Er!" Bian Xu just snapped his fingers, asked a young man with glasses to pass a bamboo basket over, opened the lid of the bamboo basket, and motioned Xiao Yu to look at the contents of it.

Xiao Yu had already guessed what he wanted him to see, and stretched out his head to look inside the bamboo basket, and sure enough, there were more than a dozen hairy crabs that were tied up and sturdy, foaming at the mouth.

"See? This is an authentic Yangcheng Lake hairy crab, each one has about four taels, I dare to guarantee the ticket, the whole Shanghai can not find a better one! Bian Xu just looked at Xiao Yu proudly, the meaning is very obvious, but when it comes to ingredients, you are a step behind.

Xiao Yu smiled in his heart and didn't say anything, in fact, in his opinion, although Bian Xugang's hairy crabs are very good, they are still a little inferior to those given to him by Li Touer.

Ling Yun on the side couldn't hold his breath when he heard this, he was in charge of taking care of the hairy crabs, so he naturally didn't admit that his crabs were worse than others, and couldn't help but say, "What? Can't find a better one in Shanghai? Xiaoyu, or, let them see, what is the real Yangcheng Lake hairy crab! ”

Erya also said on the side, "Yes, Uncle Li said that our hairy crabs are all first-class even in Yangcheng Lake!" Brother Xiaoyu, show them! ”

"Oh? It turns out that you also prepared hairy crabs from Yangcheng Lake? Okay, Zhang Xiaoyu, bring your crabs, let's compare and see whose hairy crabs are better! Bian Xugang was also a little unconvinced, and insisted on comparing crabs with Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu had no choice, since the other party insisted on comparing, then it was better to compare, so he nodded to Ling Yun, and the surrounding contestants also cast their eyes with great interest, wanting to see who was better on both sides of the hairy crab.

Bian Xu just selected a hairy crab from his bamboo basket, held it in his hand, and showed it in front of everyone around him like a treasure, this crab is indeed strong enough, it should be about half a catty, like a general in the crab, which caused a burst of admiration and exclamation from the onlookers.

Ling Yun opened the lid of the bamboo basket under his feet, looked inside, and saw a hairy crab with a huge body and 'golden retriever and golden feet', and smiled slightly, this is it!

This morning, when he was tying crabs, he noticed a 'king crab', this crab is definitely the king of these crabs in terms of appearance, size, weight and vigor.

Ling Yun grabbed the crab out and held it in the palm of his hand, and the surrounding contestants immediately burst into an uproar, although this crab was only one lap bigger than the crab with Bian Xugang in size, but it was much higher in terms of quality.

"Wow! Look, look, golden retriever and golden feet, this is an authentic Yangcheng Lake hairy crab! ”

"Yes, this crab looks like it has exceeded six taels, and it can grow so big, which is rare among hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake! Look at this violent! I'm afraid I don't want to break the hemp rope, right? ”

"King Crab! King Crab! This is the well-deserved king of crabs! ”

The contestants around let out a burst of exclamations, and there was no doubt that Xiao Yu's 'Crab King' firmly suppressed Bian Xugang's 'Crab General'.

Even Master Mo, who had always had a disdainful face, took a few more glances at this hairy crab and nodded slightly.

After Ling Yun finished displaying, he carefully put the 'King Crab' back into the bamboo basket, glanced at everyone in the Sunshine Hotel, and the smugness on his face was overflowing.

Bian Xu just put his 'crab general' back into the bamboo basket, and his face couldn't help but feel ashamed, he was too full of words before, he didn't expect Xiaoyu to have such a good hairy crab here.

With a sudden movement in his heart, he leaned his head over, quietly pulled Xiaoyu's clothes, and whispered, "Zhang Xiaoyu, do you sell this hairy crab?" I'll give a thousand, will it be successful? ”

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "Senior, if I don't make the dish of crab roe tofu today, this hairy crab will be sold to you, but it's a pity that ......"

Bian Xu was bored, and sat back in his seat with an unwilling face, scolding in his heart, "Stinky boy, I don't know how to lift!" ”

Lingyun, Erya, and Shi Jianlong were very happy in their hearts, the arrogant attitude of the Sunshine Hotel had long made them unpleasant, and now they were crushing them with this 'crab king', Xiaoyu refused Bian Xugang's purchase request, and they secretly gave them a thumbs up.

People fight for a breath, Buddha fights for a stick of incense, and money is just something outside the body.

When everyone's attention returned to the venue, there were already two more hosts, one male and one female.

Many contestants excitedly called out their names, the male host is called Xiao Ke, the female host is called Qiao Qiao, is two well-known food program hosts on Shanghai TV, the two in the field, the male is handsome, the female is young and beautiful, and the dress is also very decent, which attracts the attention of the contestants.

It is not the first time for Xiaoyu to participate in a cooking competition, he has tried cooking skills with others on Tianlin Road and in the culinary school, but it is the first time to participate in such a large-scale competition, especially when he saw that there was a TV camera filming at the scene, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

After a brief opening remarks, the two hosts began to introduce the rules of the competition, which are all in the entry instructions, and the contestants have already studied them thoroughly and are not interested. They are interested in who the organizing committee will invite to be the judge of the competition.

Sure enough, when Xiao Ke finished reading out the rules of the competition, Qiao Qiao began to introduce the judges of this competition.

"Next, I would like to introduce to you one of the three judges of this competition, Mr. Liu Zichang, President of Shanghai Cuisine Association! Please take your seat in the judging tent! ”

With Qiao Qiao's beautiful voice, a middle-aged man in a Mao suit, about forty or fifty years old, walked into the venue, smiled and raised his hand to greet the contestants, and walked into the small tent.

There was a whispering of discussion in the stands, and those contestants who knew Chairman Liu couldn't help but show joy, thinking that they could take advantage of the competition for a while.

"The second judge is Ms. Cao Hong, a famous gourmand and columnist for a number of food magazines."

Hearing the name 'Cao Hong', Xiao Yu was overjoyed, it seems that he is not a judge and doesn't know him, but this Teacher Cao is doing his confidential work so well, knowing that he wants to participate in this competition, but he doesn't disclose it in advance.

When Cao Hong appeared in the middle of the field wearing an elegant white ladies' suit and a faint smile, it triggered a round of applause in the stands, and it was obvious that this teacher Cao had a lot of weight in the hearts of the contestants.

Seeing the second judge sitting in the small tent, Qiao Qiao continued, "The last judge is the secretary general of the Chinese Gourmets Association, the national first-class judge of the catering industry, the master of Chinese cooking, the master of Sichuan cuisine, and the master of Lu Qiming!" ”

As soon as Qiao Qiao's words fell, the entire stand suddenly 'boomed', like a pot of oil dripping into a drop of water, and suddenly boiled.

Who? Did you hear that right? is actually Lu Qiming, the master of Sichuan cuisine! He is one of the top names in Sichuan cooking, one of the most important judges in the Chinese culinary world, and one of the judges in previous national culinary competitions.

How could he come to a sub-division to be a judge? This was obviously not expected.

Lu Qiming is a seventy-year-old gentleman, thin in stature, but very strong in spirit, when he appeared in the field, thunderous applause rang out, all the way to the judging tent.

"Master Lu happened to be recuperating in Shanghai during this time, and at the invitation of the organizing committee, he made a cameo appearance as the judge of this competition, please cherish this rare opportunity and perform well on the field!"

Xiao Ke's introduction aroused the passion of the contestants, and almost every contestant's face was filled with an irrepressible expression of excitement, and it was a great blessing in his life that his own dishes could be tasted by Master Lu Qiming.

After the three judges were officially seated, the competition officially began.

The competition process is very simple, each team takes turns to cook their own dishes at the cooking station in the order of their own numbers, and after cooking, they are directly sent to a small tent for the three judges to taste.

Each judge will give a maximum score of 10 points, taking into account the cooking level of the dish, and the sum of the scores of the three judges is the total score of the participating teams.

Since the main ingredient of this competition is tofu, the cooking time should not be too long, so the cooking time of each participating team is limited to 30 minutes.

Xiao Yu calculated that his number plate was No. 355, and there were ten cooking tables in the venue, even if each team took 15-20 minutes, an hour would only be able to send 30-40 teams away.

Judging from the number of people on the scene, there should be less than 400 participating teams, and there may be some people who did not come after signing up, but 350 teams should not be less.

In this way, it will be around seven or eight o'clock in the evening when it is my turn to race, and it seems that this is a marathon, and the organizers did not expect so many people to sign up for the race.

It doesn't matter if you sit and watch the game, but the crabs in the bamboo basket probably can't stand the torment for so long, so you have to find a way to keep them safe.

Xiao Yu whispered a few words to Shi Jianlong beside him, Shi Jianlong nodded, got off the stands, and disappeared.

In less than twenty minutes, Shi Jianlong came back with a smile and said to Xiao Yu, "Xiao Yu, the second chef in the kitchen of Xilin Hotel is from Jiangnan Chun Culinary School, and he can be regarded as our senior brother, I said hello to him, and our hairy crabs can be temporarily put in their refrigerator." ”

"Okay, you and Ling Yun should go on a trip together! Coming back as soon as you put away the hairy crabs is a great learning opportunity not to be missed. ”

When Xiao Yu was instructing Shi Jianlong and the others, Bian Xugang on the other side stretched out his ears to listen, and when he heard that Xiao Yu and they were going to put the hairy crab in the refrigerator in the kitchen of Xilin Hotel and temporarily refrigerate it, his expression couldn't help but move.

In his mind, an insidious plan began to take shape.