After tasting the chestnut crisp, the three began to score.

After the scores were given, the three waited for the next dish.

At this time, one of the judges asked, "Do you think the two noodles just now, which one tastes better?" ”

He also asked on a whim, and the interval between the two pastries was too short.

Two pastries, one is swallow skin wonton and the other is chestnut crisp.

In terms of production process, swallow skin wontons are more complicated.

Sometimes, the complexity of the production process is often indicative of the taste.

It's not absolute, but it's usually.

Food is something close to life and is closely related to everyone.

At the origin of the diet, cooking was relatively simple.

From roasting, boiling, steaming, etc., to slowly stir-frying, burning, stuffing, and so on.

Techniques are becoming more complex, not for the sake of showmanship, but because the more complex they are, the more delicious they are.

There is a famous delicacy in Fujian cuisine, called Buddha jumping over the wall.

The preparation of this delicacy cannot be done in one day. The complexity of the production process and the cumbersome process are amazing.

Of course, the taste of the Buddha jumping over the wall is also beautiful, otherwise it would not be able to support its name.

The production of bird's nest skin is also cumbersome, but its taste is also worthy of the cumbersomeness.

It stands to reason that chestnut crisp should be inferior to chestnut crisp compared with swallow skin wontons.

But Yu Jinghong and the other person were a little silent.

After a long time, Yu Jinghong said: "The swallow skin wontons are quite amazing, they seem to be ordinary wontons, but they don't taste ordinary at all.

However, I think chestnut crisp is a bit more delicious. ”

Yu Jinghong's words were agreed by another judge.

"It's true that the chestnut crisp is more delicious, and the swallow skin wonton is very good, but it's a little worse."

When the judges who asked the question heard this, they smiled bitterly and said, "I thought I was the only one who thought so, but I didn't expect you to think the same way." ”

…………

At the end of the game, Gao Dian finished cleaning up the kitchen board stove and kitchen utensils, and prepared to leave.

Suddenly, Pan Huachun stopped him.

"Wait."

Gao Dian turned his head, his eyes a little puzzled.

Pan Huachun said: "Can we walk together? ”

Hearing his words, Gao Dian was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "There is nothing to do." ”

Although he didn't know what Pan Huachun wanted to say when he walked around with him, he didn't mind.

After hearing Gao Dian's agreement, Pan Huachun was also overjoyed.

Gao Dian then said: "But wait a minute, I'm going to go and tell my friend." ”

Pan Huachun nodded.

Gao Dian came to the audience, walked to Wei Qiaoyi's side and whispered a few words to her.

After Wei Qiaoyi listened, she smiled and said, "You go." ”

Gao Dian answered, and then went down to leave with Pan Huachun.

The two walked out of the arena and came outside.

"Go for tea or walk down the street?" Pan Huachun asked.

Gao Dian pondered for a while and said, "Just follow this street." ”

"Okay." Pan Huachun nodded.

The two walked slowly, very slowly.

Gao Dian didn't speak, he was waiting for Pan Huachun to speak.

Pan Huachun asked him to come out together, he must have something to say.

Anyway, Gao Dian is not in a hurry, so it is better to wait for him to speak first.

After walking for a while, Pan Huachun seemed to be brewing emotions, and he took the initiative to speak: "What happened last night...... I'm sorry. ”

Gao Dian was slightly stunned, what he didn't expect was that Pan Huachun actually apologized as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Chef Pan, what are you doing with your apologies?" Gao Dian asked in surprise.

"I shouldn't have made that deal with you, and I'm glad you rejected me, otherwise, even if I could have made it through the group stage, I would have felt a little guilty in my heart." Pan Huachun said.

His guilt is not for Gao Dian, but for himself.

When Gao Dian heard this, he was a little silent.

Pan Huachun said with a smile: "When I was young, I was also a famous genius. At that time, I was in high spirits, and in my thirties, I participated in this competition.

In the first competition, I didn't even pass the tryouts. Later, I worked hard and finally passed the selection in the second competition.

However, my progress has been slower and slower, and there has been no progress at all. In the group stage after passing the tryouts, I never made it. ”

Gao Dian listened quietly to Pan Huachun's narration and did not interrupt him.

"This year is the last time I'll compete." Pan Huachun said.

Gao Dian couldn't help but ask, "Why the last time?" ”

Pan Huachun said with a smile: "When you reach my age, you will know that sometimes it's not that you don't want to, but that you can't do it." Participating in this competition is too draining. Over the years, my energy has declined greatly, and I guess the next competition, I just want to participate, I'm afraid I will be powerless. ”

Speaking of this, Pan Huachun couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart.

People always refuse to accept the old, but they have to obey the old.

The older you get, the more your mindset changes.

When he was young, he was hot-blooded, high-spirited, and full of energy. But when I get old, my mind begins to become stubborn, and my personality begins to become conservative, and I don't have that kind of vigor.

This is a very helpless thing, but I have to learn to accept it.

Gao Dian listened, and his heart was silent.

"Originally, I thought that I must pass the group stage in this competition, and it can be regarded as fulfilling my dream in the last competition." Pan Huachun said.

Gao Dian pursed his lips, he didn't speak, he didn't know what to say.

Pan Huachun then said: "But I didn't expect that a person suddenly appeared in the game. I thought I still had a chance, but after you arrived, I knew that I shouldn't have a chance. That's why I thought about making a deal with you last night. ”

Gao Dian understood Pan Huachun's motives, and some doubts in his heart dissipated.

In fact, the deal Pan Huachun said was itself unfair.

It's not unfair to Gao Dian, it's unfair to Pan Huachun himself.

Just passing the group stage, and not being the champion, is not worth the price.

You must know that the value of one inheritance and several secret recipes is unlimited.

Even if Gao Dian uses it, it can be passed on to future generations.

It is impossible for Pan Huachun not to understand, but he still has to make this somewhat loss-making transaction, which makes Gao Dian very puzzled.

Now, Gao Dian can be regarded as understanding.

The reason why Pan Huachun is willing to suffer is because of the obsession in his heart.

Don't listen to what he said easily, but the obsession in the heart can really make people give everything.

Seeing that Gao Dian didn't speak, Pan Huachun suddenly said: "I don't say this to make you feel a psychological burden. Instead, I should say thank you to you. ”

Gao Dian smiled bitterly: "Thank you or something, needless to say, I didn't do anything." ”

Pan Huachun smiled: "You refused!" I am grateful that you have been able to face temptation and keep your heart. ”

Gao Dian smiled bitterly and shook his head, he really didn't feel like he had done anything.

"Chef Gao, although you are young, you make me a little impressed. In this society, there are not many people who can keep their hearts. Pan Huachun said.

Gao Dian said: "Actually, I have also been shaken, after all, the temptation of a few secret recipes is really not small. ”

"It's really big, and when I took it out, I didn't think you'd say no. But you were beyond my expectations, and you were able to resist the temptation to refuse. Pan Huachun said.

Gao Dian didn't say anything, he really almost agreed at the beginning.

Pan Huachun said: "After this competition, I will go back. Chef Gao, if you have the opportunity in the future, you are welcome to come to my city, and I will definitely welcome you when the time comes. ”

Gao Dian smiled: "I will definitely come if I have the chance." ”

It's just this opportunity, I don't know how long it will be after it.

Pan Huachun said with a smile: "When Chef Gao comes, I want to have a good exchange of cooking skills with Chef Gao." ”

When Gao Dian heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Really? ”

"Really." Pan Huachun nodded.

Gao Dian was overjoyed and hurriedly responded.

In the following time, Pan Huachun said some things, all of which were about this competition.

Gao Dian listened carefully.

Although he knows a little about this competition, he doesn't know as much as Pan Huachun.

After all, he is a person who has participated in several competitions, and he can be said to know a lot about this competition.

By the time the two separated, three hours had passed.

Before you know it, so much time has passed.

After chatting with Pan Huachun, Gao Dian found out that Pan Huachun was not as he imagined, he was a very good person.

After chatting with Gao Dian, from his conversation, Pan Huachun also found that this was a promising teenager.

Pan Huachun suddenly had some expectations.

He is an old era that is about to retire, but Gao Dian is a new era that has just entered the stage.

Pan Huachun is looking forward to Gao Dian's performance in this competition, perhaps...... It doesn't have to be jaw-dropping.

After chatting, the two went their separate ways.

Gao Dian returned to the hotel to find Wei Qiaoyi, ready to watch the results of the fourth round of the group stage with her.

knocked on the door of Wei Qiaoyi's room, and after a while, the door opened.

"Are you done talking?" Wei Qiaoyi asked in the first sentence.

"Well, we're done." Gao Dian nodded.

"Have you eaten?" Wei Qiaoyi asked.

She didn't ask in detail what the two had talked about, so there was no need to ask so much.

Gao Dian shook his head and said, "Not yet, what about you?" Have you eaten it? ”

"I don't have either, let's go to dinner together." Wei Qiaoyi said with a smile.

Wei Qiaoyi actually deliberately didn't eat, waiting for Gao Dian to come back.

"yes, okay." Gao Dian nodded.

The two walked outside, found a clean restaurant, ordered a bowl of mixed noodles, and ate slowly.

The capital's mixed sauce noodles are also a relatively famous noodle dish. It has also been rated as one of the top ten noodles in China.

"It's almost time."

Halfway through the two of them, Wei Qiaoyi suddenly said.

"What is almost?" Gao Dian was a little puzzled.

"The results of the game should be out." Wei Qiaoyi said.

Hearing this, Gao Dian suddenly came to his senses, and he hurriedly said, "Really? Let me see! ”

Immediately, he flipped out his phone.

Sure enough, the results of this morning's game have appeared.

Gao Dian looked at the list above, and in the third group, Wei Qiaoyi's was ranked fourth.

She made it through the group stage and is something to celebrate.

And it passed in the fourth place in the group, which shows Wei Qiaoyi's strength.

The top five in each group are on average a first-class pastry chef.

Of course, this is not necessarily, because of the lottery, it is impossible for the first-class pastry chefs to be so evenly distributed.

Some groups are more extreme, the top nine are all special first-class pastry chefs, and the top two in some groups are special first-class pastry chefs.

As for Wei Qiaoyi's group, the top six are all special first-class pastry chefs.

In Gao Dian's group, there are seven special first-class pastry chefs on the surface, and among the groups, it is considered to be the majority of special first-class pastry chefs.

The more first-class pastry chefs, the lower the probability of passing the group stage, and the more fierce the competition becomes.

It's a given.

"Congratulations!" Gao Dian said.

Wei Qiaoyi smiled and said, "Thank you." ”

However, from her expression, there was not much joy.

The fourth place result seems to be quite good, but Wei Qiaoyi is not particularly satisfied.

That is, she has figured out a lot now, and she no longer worries about the first thing, otherwise, her mood will be even lower.

The two continued to eat noodles.

The results of the afternoon game will not come out for a while.

Gao Dian was also a little apprehensive.

Chestnut Crisp ...... Will it be possible to make it through the group stage?

Time passed slowly, and both of them had already returned to the hotel.

However, he did not enter the room, but sat and waited in the hall.

Lonely men and widows, in the same room, are easy to misunderstand.

Even if there is no ghost in the hearts of the two, people are terrible.

After a while, the results of the afternoon game also appeared.

The two looked at the results of the game, and Gao Dian's eyes looked at the sixth group.

He looked at his name and appeared in the eighth place!

The seven in front of him are all special first-class pastry chefs, and they are also the seven in their group.

Gao Dian was after them, before the other.

He was overjoyed that he had passed the group stage.

At the same time, he was a little scared because his score was very dangerous and he almost fell out of the top nine.

If he sticks to the pastry he decided on earlier, then there is a high probability that he will be eliminated this time.

Thinking of this, Gao Dian glanced at Wei Qiaoyi gratefully, if it weren't for her reminder, he would have been eliminated by now.

Then, Gao Dian's gaze continued to move down and saw Pan Huachun's name.

He is in tenth place.

I didn't pass the group stage and unfortunately missed.

In fact, the difference between his score and the ninth place is very small, but it is this small gap that makes him unable to pass the group stage.

For this reason, Gao Dian felt a little sorry for him.

He felt that if Pan Huachun's score was a little higher, he would really be able to pass, which was a happy thing.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs.

The fact that he was eliminated is a fact, and no one can change it.

In fact, Gao Dian thinks that Pan Huachun's swallow skin wontons are very good, but this competition is full of masters.

In a hotel room, Pan Huachun's eyes were a little depressed.

Apparently he also saw his place and missed out on getting through the group stage. Just a little bit by the way he was able to actually get through the game.

He couldn't stop being disappointed, and his eyes were dark.

After a long time, he got up and began to pack his luggage.

Tomorrow...... He's leaving.

After packing his luggage, Pan Huachun looked out the window, and suddenly thought of Gao Dian, a young man.

Come on!

Pan Huachun said silently in his heart.