Chapter 528: Harsh Review
An hour passed quickly.
Nine groups of participating teams crossed the sea with eight immortals, each showing their magical powers, and all completed their works within the specified time.
Xiao Yu's gambling contract with Jin Long and Mo Donghai has also become a well-known thing within this hour, and people who like Xiao Yu have secretly sweated for Xiao Yu, after the 'Almighty Chef' withdrew from the game, in addition to the 'Liulang Han Combination' still has some strength, the level of the other teams is obviously worse than the 'Xilinmen Hotel' and 'Sunshine Hotel'.
If Xiao Yu can't win the championship, then the champion of this competition is likely to be produced between Jin Long and Mo Donghai.
The most unpredictable thing is that the five mysterious judges have been hiding in the black curtain all the time and have not shown their faces, apparently, they only focus on the results and do not care about the process of cooking the contestants.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the most important moment of this competition is about to begin, our five mysterious judges will score each entry, and we invite the first team of the 'Xilinmen Hotel' chef Jin Long to introduce the works! His work is 'Phoenix Nine Days'! ”
The golden dragon proudly asked his assistants to bring his elaborate dishes to the stage, which was a phoenix with wings soaring, and the body of the phoenix was carefully carved from white radish, showing his exquisite food carving skills.
The body of the phoenix is covered with pieces of realistic 'feathers', and if you look closely, these 'feathers' are all made up of pieces of chicken roasted to a golden color, and under the delicate knife technique of the golden dragon, the whole roast chicken with the belt meat is cut into ninety-nine pieces of 'feathers', which is breathtaking.
In Jin Long's sprinkling introduction, the audience in the VIP seats continued to exclaim, praising the heir of this Cantonese chef who is really not Lang's name.
Even Xiao Yu couldn't help but secretly his thumb, this dish has indeed reached a very high level on the screen.
The roast chicken on the phoenix was carefully picked up, divided into five portions, and served by Qiao Qiao in a tray and sent into the black curtain.
At this time, almost the entire audience was holding their breath, waiting for the judges to announce the scores, and many people secretly guessed in their hearts that perhaps the highest score in this competition would be produced in Jinlong.
After a while, Qiao Qiao came out of the black curtain with a strange expression, and announced with a microphone, "The judges are reluctant to taste this dish, and the score of 'Fengxiang Nine Days' is zero!" ”
The audience was in an uproar, and the originally proud 'Xilinmen Hotel' team was full of consternation, and they saw that on the tray in Qiaoqiao's hand, there were five servings of chicken unchanged.
"This ...... That's impossible! Jin Long's face showed an expression of disbelief, zero points, this is simply a shame for his entire career, as if he had slapped him in the face with two big slaps.
Is it that the food you cook is so unpalatable?
Jin Long rushed over, took a piece of chicken from the tray in Qiao Qiao's hand and stuffed it into his mouth, the chicken skin was charred and crispy, the chicken was soft and sweet, he cut the chicken very quickly, and now the temperature of the chicken was still warm, just in the mouth.
"There must be a conspiracy here, a conspiracy against my golden dragon!" Jin Long was furious in his heart, he didn't expect that in front of everyone, the five judges who didn't show up would actually give this delicious dish a zero score.
"I'm not convinced! My chicken will never score zero! There's a shady scene in there! I want to appeal to the organizing committee! Jin Long finally roared loudly, if he didn't say it now, then from today onwards, he would be discredited in the culinary world of Shanghai Tang and become the laughing stock of others.
Xiao Ke said to Jin Long with a calm expression, "Chef Jin, the qualifications of these five judges have been discussed and approved by the organizing committee of the competition, according to the agreement, they will definitely judge each dish fairly, and the organizing committee will fully trust their judging results, if you are not convinced, after the competition, we can announce their identity information on the spot, I believe you will understand after you meet them." ”
The audience was stunned again, everyone did not expect that these five judges would have so much power, even the organizing committee of the competition could not change their evaluation results, almost everyone couldn't wait to see who these five judges were.
Only Xiao Yu understands in his heart that for anorexia patients, no matter how delicious this greasy grilled chicken is, it will never be able to arouse their appetite, and Jin Long is not losing in cooking skills, but in not knowing the origin of the judges.
Since Xiao Ke spoke like this, Jin Long had to temporarily suppress his anger and retreat, he wanted to see what kind of scores the other participating teams could get from such a harsh judge!
The second to show the work is the 'Xilin Hotel' team, although the golden dragon suffered Waterloo, Ren Hongchang was not discouraged, today's game from the beginning is full of weirdness, it can be seen that the criteria of these five judges are very weird, and they do not play cards according to common sense.
As long as he can get one point from the five mysterious judges, then he will overshadow the golden dragon, and even if he can't win the championship, he won't be ashamed to say it.
Ren Hongchang's work is 'Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang', in which snake meat and chicken are cooked according to the method of 'three cups of chicken', and the flavors of the two ingredients complement each other when tasting.
After the development of this dish, it immediately became a popular dish of 'Xilin Hotel', attracting a large number of diners every day.
Jojo also divided the chicken and snake meat into five portions and served them in.
The results of the five judges were released immediately, and Ren Hongchang's 'Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang' suffered the same fate as 'Fengxiang Nine Days', and was withdrawn without moving, with zero points!
As a result, almost everyone couldn't sit still, could these five judges be monks from Wutai Mountain? Don't eat meat? Or, it's just a joke made by the organizing committee and everyone!
However, as everyone knows, the whole game was filmed by the TV cameras and broadcast live on TV, which is too big if it was just a joke.
Although Ren Hongchang was a little depressed when he stepped down, but with the golden dragon in front of him, he did not lose the demeanor that a chef should have.
In the following time, one by one, the participating teams will take turns on stage to show their works.
Although their skills were affirmed by the audience, they could not win the favor of the five judges inside, and all ended up with zero points, including the works of Master Mo of the 'Sunshine Hotel'.
Only the seventh 'Liulang Han Group' on stage won a breakthrough 1 point, their work 'Called Chicken' has a unique fragrance, and a judge curiously grabbed a chopstick and stuffed it into his mouth, but spit it out again, which gave a comforting point.
This 1 point set off a storm in the audience, I thought that every team would get the same score, but I didn't expect that the 'Liulang Han Combination' would be the first to break through the zero score and get this precious point.
As long as these two teams also score zero points, the 'Liulang Han Combination' will win the whole game with this rare point.
The atmosphere in the arena suddenly became tense, and almost every pair of eyes were fixed on Xiao Yu, who was about to play, wondering if the youngest chef would be able to win the hearts of the judges.
Shi Jianlong felt that his heart was so nervous that he was about to jump out, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva and said to Xiao Yu, "Xiao Yu, you say, how many points can we get?" ”
"Hehe, Brother Long, don't worry, I think the judges will like our 'Treading Snow and Seeking Plum Blossoms'!" Xiao Yu replied confidently.
His 'Snow Hunt for Plums' is made by carefully cooking 11 kinds of ingredients such as chicken, orange peel and black plum in a casserole during the cooking process. Orange peel and black plum are two ingredients that have the effect of regulating qi and appetizing, increasing stomach acid, and have a certain therapeutic effect on anorexia.
After Xiaoyu's skillful cooking, the unique sourness of the two ingredients and the sweetness of the chicken form a wonderful balance, not only does not affect the taste of the chicken itself, but also smells unique, and after eating, it makes people want to eat it.
It can be said that this dish is tailor-made by Xiaoyu for anorexia patients.
Lingyun's food carving skills are also vividly exerted in this work, not weaker than the golden dragon's 'Fengxiang Nine Heavens', his carved plum blossoms, the branches are strong, the flowers are quiet, vivid, as if a bonsai has been moved from the outside to the competition field, giving people a pleasing beauty.
As soon as this work was displayed on the host stage, it immediately aroused the amazement of the audience, and even Jin Long and Mo Donghai had to nod secretly, the master of the eagle carving of the 'Qi Xianju' is indeed very potential, and it can be seen that in just over a week, his skills have reached a higher level.
However, for the five mysterious judges hidden in the black curtain, the food sculpture is completely dispensable, and they don't need to look at the decoration of the dish at all, only care about the connotation of the dish itself.
'Treading the snow to find plums' was also divided into five parts, and Qiao Qiao brought it in.
Seeing that Xiao Yu's bet with Jin Long and Mo Donghai was about to be decided, almost everyone's hearts couldn't wait to know if the youngest chef could make a splash and create a miracle.
Looking at Xiao Yu with a calm face on the host stage, a trace of doubt suddenly flashed in Mo Donghai's eyes.
Xiao Yu's golden chef's hat looks very familiar, and in his home, he also treasures a pair of shoes of the same color, which was left to him by his father when he was dying, and it is said that this is a treasure that his great-grandfather appreciated and received from the emperor when he served as the 'cook' of the imperial dining room.
Because this item is extremely precious, it is usually placed together with the ancestral spiritual seat, and is worshiped by incense, so that it is not touched by family members.
Could it be that this Zhang Xiaoyu's ancestor also served as the 'blister chief' of the imperial dining room?
Not to mention that Mo Donghai was thinking nonsense there, but suddenly there were a few crisp sounds from the black curtain, like the crisp sound of some glassware being thrown to the ground, and then there were a few exclamations and a chaotic sound.
Jin Long and Mo Donghai glanced at each other, and a knowing smile appeared on their faces, it seemed that this Zhang Xiaoyu's cooking skills were really not good, and he actually provoked the judges to throw his dishes on the ground.