Second round of the group stage.

Gao Dian sorted out his emotions and walked on the field.

Different from the position he was standing in before, his position was surrounded by several people with relatively high levels.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or an intentional arrangement by the organizers.

To Takanori's surprise, David Norton and Akihisa Nagashima were also next to him and very close to him.

"Gao, I know you." David Norton said in Mandarin.

Gao Dian tilted his head slightly, "I know you too, David Norton." ”

Hearing Gao Dian's words, David Norton smiled: "Gao, you are very strong, not like what is said on the Internet. ”

Gao Dian smiled and said, "Your level shouldn't be like what it shows." ”

David Norton smiled: "My strength is not comparable to Wei." ”

Wei? Is it Wei Qiaoyi?

Gao Dian thought silently in his heart.

"You're going to hide this time?" Gao Dian asked.

“no！ There are too many masters in this group, and I can't hide it, not only me, but also that one. David Norton shook his head and looked at Akihisa Nagashima on the other side.

Akihisa Nagashima was watching the play, but he didn't expect David Norton to pull it on him, he smiled and said, "Joke, I'm not a master." ”

Akihisa Nagashima also speaks Chinese, and speaks it much better than David Norton.

After finishing speaking, Nagashima Akihisa looked at Gao Dian again, and said in a sincere tone: "Mr. Gao, I admire the food culture of Huaguo very much, and it is really a pleasure to be able to compete with Mr. Gao in today's competition, and I hope Mr. Gao will give him advice." Please! ”

When Gao Dian heard this, he squinted his eyes and said: "The Chinese food culture is broad and profound, and I just learned a little bit about it." ”

Akihisa Nagashima didn't speak, just smiled humbly.

The others also heard the conversation between the three of them, but they didn't say much.

David Norton and Akihisa Nagashima are not famous, even in their respective countries.

But those who were able to participate in this game were not nobodies.

It's just that compared to others, the two are not dazzling, and even a little dim.

And Gao Dian has a big reputation, but it is not a good reputation.

Therefore, the conversation between the three did not attract much attention.

At this point, the game officially begins.

Gao Dian still chose to make lily cakes, and the knife cut noodles were one of his hole cards, at least in the second round, he didn't want to take it out easily.

And during this time, he adjusted the improved formula of the lily crisp to a relatively optimal state, maybe it could be better, but that was not what Gao Dian could accomplish at his current level.

"Does Gao Dian still choose to make lily cakes? This wants to advance...... It's a little difficult! ”

In the rest area of the Chinese contestants, Qiu Weijun said with a frown.

He was the third most powerful of them.

It was the second most powerful before, only a little worse than Wei Qiaoyi, and now it is the third. Because during the training camp, Qiu Weijun lost to Gao Dian several times.

But when it comes to knowledge, it is not something that Gao Dian can compare, perhaps only Wei Qiaoyi has more insight than him.

"Didn't the lily cake made by Gao Dian score more than 90 points in the last round, if he can make that score this time, he should be able to advance." Lan Yuan said.

"To be exact, it's 90.625, which is not a low score, but it's not too high." Wei Qiaoyi said.

"Senior sister, what you said, then there are not many people with high scores." Lan Yuan said with a wry smile.

Isn't 90 points too high?

You know, this is an international competition, the scoring criteria are different, and most people make pastries that hover in the seventies and eighties.

There are not many pastries that can make 90 points.

Of course, some people don't come up with their own dough at the bottom of the box, causing the score to look low. However, even if you count these people, there are really not many.

"Wei Qiaoyi is right, ninety points...... It's not high, if it's still that result, maybe it will be eliminated. Qiu Weijun said.

"Isn't it, ninety points will also be eliminated? It's not the Top 10 again. Lan Yuan said in surprise.

"This group is a bit special, there are six people who are very good." Wei Qiaoyi said.

"Six? Isn't there only four plus Gao Dian? Lan Yuan wondered.

Four is not less, you must know that there are ten groups in total, and if there are four powerful ones in each group, then there are forty in total.

Among the people who participated in the competition, there were not so many powerful people.

It is estimated that there are twenty or thirty of them, a group of four, which is really not less.

Their evaluation is based on the criteria of this competition. By normal standards, everyone here is amazing.

However, now Wei Qiaoyi said that there are not just four, but six.

"Wei Qiaoyi should be talking about David Norton and Akihisa Nagashima." Qiu Weijun said.

Wei Qiaoyi nodded.

"Those two people, shouldn't they be very powerful? That is, they are at an average level, and in the last round of the competition, the results of the two were not eye-catching. ”

Lan Yuan said after checking the results of the two.

"That's just the appearance, in fact, these two are very good." Wei Qiaoyi said.

"How powerful?" Lan Yuan asked.

"Top 10!" Wei Qiaoyi said.

Lan Yuan gasped.

"Ahem~"

The cold air entered his lungs and he coughed twice.

"These two are so powerful, hiding so deeply?" Lan Yuan felt a little incredible.

"Hmm." Wei Qiao responded.

"I knew that these two people should have hidden their strength, but I didn't expect that the two of them were hiding so deeply." Qiu Weijun sighed and said.

"In that case, it will be really difficult for Gao Dian to advance." Lan Yuan said worriedly.

So far, no one has been eliminated, will Gao Dian be the first to be eliminated?

"Then junior sister, why didn't you remind Gao Dian before the game? Let him be more careful and make knife-cut noodles. Lan Yuan said.

"I reminded you." Wei Qiaoyi said.

"Then ...... him"

"He should have confidence, and I believe he's not the kind of reckless person," Wei Qiaoyi said.

Hearing this, Lan Yuan's heart seemed to be blocked, but he didn't know what to say.

"You see, that David Norton seems to be a macaron." Qiu Weijun pointed to David Norton and said.

Hearing Qiu Weijun's words, the two looked towards David Norton.

They could tell at a glance that David Norton was indeed making macarons.

This dessert is not made with flour, but with almond flour.

Macarons are a special dessert of country F and a representative dessert.

If you use a metaphor that Chinese people can understand, macarons are actually the F version of sandwich biscuits.

The name macaron, in fact, is transliterated, and this transliterated name is very common.

Although macarons are the representative desserts of country F, they were not invented by the people of country F, but by the Italians.

Later, after it was spread to country F, it developed from the people of country F and became a representative dessert of country F.

To make macarons, you need to use basic ingredients such as almond flour, egg whites, and frosting.

Egg whites are very common in foreign desserts, and many desserts or pastries need to use egg whites.

Another characteristic of macarons is their color.

Because different toners are added to the almond paste, macarons have different colors when they are made.

Any color of red, orange, yellow and green can be modulated by food coloring, and some are natural pigments.

Because macarons are rich in color and widely known, there is a color system called macaron color.

This is also the influence of food culture on other aspects.

Food coloring is within the prescribed range and can be used.

"Macarons, this dessert seems simple, but it's actually very difficult to make." Wei Qiaoyi said.

"Why?" Lan Yuan asked.

"The macarons are mainly divided into two parts, and like most pastries, one is the outer skin and the other is the inner filling.

This is a kind of F country sandwich biscuit, the outside of the cake should be smooth and free of bubbles, which is very strict on the production method and baking time. Whenever you make a mistake, bubbles will appear in the epidermis, and that will be considered a failure. ”

Wei Qiaoyi explained.

"What about the filling?" Qiu Weijun asked.

"Stuffing is the soul of macarons, and good stuffing is good macarons. Of course, the filling of macarons is not fixed, and it can be played at will, and any kind of filling can be accepted.

It can be sweet, salty, spicy, sour. The production of the filling is a secret recipe of each family. ”

Wei Qiaoyi said.

The two nodded abruptly.

They know something, but they don't know much, and there are some things they don't know.

"But junior sister, this macaron is called a sandwich biscuit by you, and suddenly I feel very down-to-earth." Lan Yuan said with a smile.

"There is no distinction between high and low, no matter how delicate the appearance is, it is just to eat." Wei Qiaoyi said.

"That's right." Lan Yuan agreed.

"Look, what did that Akihisa Nagashima do?" Qiu Weijun was a little puzzled.

Wei Qiaoyi looked over, stared at it carefully, and said, "He should have made a dorayaki." ”

"Dorayaki I know, Doraemon likes to eat this the most." Lan Yuan said.

Qiu Weijun glanced at Lan Yuan and said, "How old is you, you still like Doraemon?" ”

Lan Yuan stiffened his neck and said, "What's wrong?" Don't allow me to like Doraemon? This was my childhood! ”

Wei Qiaoyi interrupted the two and said: "Doraemon is indeed Doraemon's favorite food, but there are two legends about the origin of Dorayaki.

Both legends have one thing in common, that is, they were made with a gong as a cooking tool.

Therefore, the name of dorayaki is because it looks like two gongs together, and the other is also related to the legend of the origin. ”

"It's not difficult to make this dorayaki, is it?" Qiu Weijun asked.

"It's really not difficult, at least it's not as difficult as the making of macarons. But simple does not mean easy, do the simple well, which is more of a test of kung fu. Wei Qiaoyi said.

"Senior sister, do you mean that Akihisa Nagashima's level may be even more powerful than David Norton?" Lan Yuan asked.

"I don't know about this, but neither of them is simple." Wei Qiaoyi shook her head.

After talking about David Norton and Akihisa Nagashima, the conversation between the three continued and the other seven players began.

Wei Qiaoyi has a wide range of knowledge, although Qiu Weijun and Lan Yuan are older than her, but in terms of knowledge, they are far from comparable.

This may be related to Wei Qiaoyi's experiences in recent years, and most of their energy is focused on how to improve themselves.

Only when the level of the two of them is raised to a high enough level may they expand their knowledge.

Wei Qiaoyi can talk about the pastries of almost every country, some of which she can only say approximately, and she doesn't know very much, but she knows some better.

Time flew by as the three of them talked.

"You see, Akihisa Nagashima is done." Lan Yuan interrupted Wei Qiaoyi's words and said suddenly.

Hearing this, Wei Qiaoyi and Qiu Weijun both looked over, and sure enough, Akihisa Nagashima had completed the production and started the scoring process.

…………

"This dorayaki is also a relatively common kind of Sun Country pastry, I don't know what kind of surprise this dorayaki will give us."

One of the judges laughed.

"The appearance is golden, like a gong, and this gong is an image." This was said by the judges of Huaguo.

"Thick in the middle and thin on all sides, from a distance, it really looks like two delicate and small gongs together."

Another judge said.

After commenting on the appearance, the ten judges began to taste it.

"The skin is soft, and when you bite down gently, you can clearly feel the teeth passing through the dorayaki. The outermost golden part has a faint burnt scent. ”

"It's red bean paste, and when you eat it, your mouth is full of red bean flavor. Sweet and rich, soft as cream. ”

……

The judges said with their eyes closed.

Akihisa Nagashima smiled and stood quietly waiting.

The moderator said, "Ask the judges to score." ”

The ten judges were silent for a moment and quickly gave their scores.

Dorayaki is sweet, and you will feel tired of eating one or two dorayaki in general. But the dorayaki made by Akihisa Nagashima is not boring.

The fragrance is sweet and rich, but not greasy.

It takes a high level of production to make it.

The scores came out quickly, and after removing the lowest and highest scores, the final score for Akihisa Nagashima was.

91.75 points!

That's not a low score.

If Takadian is the level of lily crisp made before, then it can't compare to Akihisa Nagashima.

In more than 90 points, sometimes the difference is not a difference of one or two points, and sometimes it may be a difference of a few tenths of a point.

You know, there are ten judges here, and the difference of a few tenths of a point adds up to a lot.

For example, the difference is 0.25 points, after removing the lowest score and the highest score, the eight judges add up to two more points.

What's more, Akihisa Nagashima has more than a point more than Gao Dian!

Akihisa Nagashima, who got this score, bowed with a smile on his face, and then silently returned to his position, waiting for the rest of the game to end.

After Akihisa Nagashima, people finished the pastries one after another and went to score them.

Some are in their 80s, and some are above 90.

Above 90 points, most of them hover between 90 and 91.5.

The gap is not huge.

After a while, the macarons made by David Norton were also completed. chaptererror();