Chapter Twenty-Four: The Victory Is Divided
"Before going out, the chef asked me to tell everyone that the purpose of our Shanhai Food Garden is to make every dish with peace of mind, and to be worthy of every diner who supports and trusts our Shanhai Food Garden. Because some people with sinister intentions have recently created rumors to maliciously slander our Shanhai Restaurant, so there is today's culinary showdown on behalf of Shanhai Restaurant, which proves publicly that our Shanhai Restaurant relies on cooking skills and has never used substances that endanger human safety. Zhang Mingchuan just said a few words.
"Okay, it's not hard to see that both of you are very religious people in cooking, so you can get the skills you have today. It seems that if you want your cooking skills to be recognized by the general public, you must have a pure love for cooking as a chef. Next, we move on to the final grading session. The master of ceremonies looked at both sides and then said.
Zhang Mingchuan and Qiao Fubao's unicorn sea bass were evenly distributed by the staff, and two plates were placed in front of the tables of the five chief judges and 30 professional diners at the same time, and each plate was stacked with a slice of sea bass, a piece of shiitake mushroom, a piece of ham, and a piece of bamboo shoots.
"Tangfeng Pavilion's unicorn perch has been famous in Xijing for 20 years, this time Lao Qiao personally took action, and the unicorn perch made is still the taste of the past, especially the bamboo steamer that has been used for 20 years to steam perch, which ensures the tenderness of the fish and reveals a faint bamboo fragrance." Tong Xiangtai, vice president of the Xijing Cuisine Association, who was sitting in the center of the main judge's seat, said after taking a bite of Qiao Fubao's unicorn perch.
"Huh? How is this possible. I haven't eaten Zhang Mingchuan's dishes yet, but after picking it up and taking a look, Vice President Tong Xiangtai suddenly exclaimed in questioning.
"As we all know, in order to maximize the taste of the fish, this unicorn perch only scrapes the scales without skin, and the shrinkage degree of the fish skin and the fish meat is different from the degree of contraction caused by heating, which will inevitably make diners feel detached when eating, but you look at the difference between the fish meat in the two unicorn perch in front of you." The child elephant paused and asked the people present to take a closer look.
"How is this possible?" "It's incredible." "Here's how it was done." Today's judges are not only professional chefs, but also professional gourmets, some people may not have noticed the details at first, but after the reminder of Vice President Tong Xiangtai, take a closer look, or find the difference between the two at a glance.
"Yes, it seems that the fish in front of everyone are like this, this chef Zhang Mingchuan of Shanhai Food Garden, it seems that the five sea bass steamed at the same time have reached this level." Vice President Tong Xiangtai continued.
"Even Tang Fengge, who has been making this dish for 20 years, can't make this kind of fish meat and fish skin synchronous fullness, and I now want to know how the texture tastes." After Vice President Tong Xiangtai finished speaking, he put the unicorn perch from Shanhai Food Garden into his mouth.
Sure enough, the skin and flesh of the fish seemed to be one, and they didn't feel separated at all in the mouth. And more detailed is the treatment of ham and bamboo shoots in Shanhai Restaurant. Vice President Tong savored the ingredients in his mouth.
"The bamboo shoots and ham in Shanhai Food Garden are not steamed directly until they are fully cooked at first, but wait until they are steamed with sea bass, which avoids the problem of overcooking the ham and bamboo shoots. Although Tang Fengge also discovered and tried his best to avoid this problem, in terms of mastering the heat, what I didn't expect was that this seemingly young Zhang Mingchuan was actually better. Vice President Tong couldn't help but sigh after eating.
"In terms of seasoning, everyone has seen that Shanhai Food Garden uses the most basic but just right amount, and the seasoning used by Tang Fengge is even richer. Now I have a clear score on both sides. Vice President Tong said to the other four chief judges around him.
"Well, it was a great game, it was an eye-opener." The four chief judges next to him also said.
Looking at the chief judges who were caught in the discussion and the thirty professional diners behind him bowed their heads and scored, Zhang Mingchuan looked indifferent, but Qiao Fubao next to him began to feel bad after hearing Vice President Tong's words.
"Wow, I didn't expect me to have a share. Fans and friends, let me try the unicorn bass that is not on the shelves of this mountain and sea restaurant on your behalf. "Junjun will take you to eat Xijing, and he looked at the unicorn perch sent by Zhang Mingchuan with peach blossoms in his eyes.
"I'll tell you quietly, I feel that the unicorn perch in Shanhai Food Garden is better than Tang Fengge's, but it has never been as delicious as steamed meiyu, maybe that's why Shanhai Food Garden didn't put this dish on the shelves." One bite into the mouth and finish eating Junjun took you to eat Xijing said.
"By the way, I also found that the skin of Chef Zhang Mingchuan in Shanhai Food Garden is also good, and I just looked at it up close and naked without foundation." Junjun took you to eat Xijing and said quietly.
"The fast hand has already taken a screenshot [dog head]" a fan commented at the bottom.
At this time, the master of ceremonies stood between Zhang Mingchuan and Qiao Fubao with the summarized scores.
"The average score of Chef Qiao Fubao's unicorn sea bass in Tang Feng Ge is 9.2 points for color, 8.8 points for fragrance, and 8.9 points for flavor, for a total score of 26.7 points!"
"The average score of Chef Zhang Mingchuan's unicorn perch in Shanhai Food Garden is 9.8 points for color, 9.1 points for fragrance, and 9.3 points for flavor, for a total score of 28.2 points!"
"Let's congratulate Shanhai Food Court on winning this culinary showdown!" The master of ceremonies finally shouted through the microphone.
Zhang Mingchuan looked calm, everything seemed to be expected.
Qiao Fubao, who was beside him, staggered after hearing this result, he didn't expect that he would lose to an apprentice who was about the same age as his grandson after cooking all his life! Fortunately, Qiao Yuangu, who was standing under the stage at this time, was quick and came to the stage to support him.
"Can I taste it?" Qiao Fubao, who was sitting in the chair, said weakly.
Eating the unicorn perch handed over by Zhang Mingchuan, Qiao Fubao knew that this dish would no longer be their Tang Fengge's signature dish, even if Shanhai Food Garden did not serve this dish. The only thing to be thankful for is that Shanhai Restaurant is not qualified to put forward the requirement of betting on star ratings, but what is the use of a star restaurant that has lost its signature dishes.
Qiao Fubao, who was slumped in his chair, was disheartened and listened to Zhang Mingchuan, who became the focus of everyone in the center of the ring, start the final victory declaration.
"In the past two days, there have been enthusiastic diners from Shanhai Restaurant who have helped us track down who is spreading rumors behind our backs, but we will not announce it, I hope they can put more attention on cooking, only continuous improvement of cooking skills is the foundation of being a restaurant. Unicorn sea bass is also not worthy of being on the menu of our Shanhai Restaurant, because we have higher quality dishes, and friends from all walks of life are welcome to come and taste it. Zhang Mingchuan stared at Qiao Fubao sitting in the audience and said.
Although Zhang Mingchuan did not explicitly say who was behind the rumors, everyone present seemed to know who it was.
Normally, a culinary duel is a two-way showdown with the same signature dish, so it's rare for one party to defeat the other's signature dish with a dish that doesn't come off the shelf.
Now that this situation has appeared, Qiao Fubao was even more angry when he heard Zhang Mingchuan's words, and he fainted directly, Shanhai Food Garden did not put this dish on the shelves, which meant that Tang Fengge did not even have the right to sell this dish at a low price, and the consequences of waiting for Tang Fengge in the next were already foreseeable to everyone.
The duel has ended, and everyone present has left Ziyun Tower, and before leaving, they all stepped forward to greet Zhang Mingchuan and praised him for his youth and promisingness.
Zhang Mingchuan finished dealing with everyone, and finally returned to the dressing room to pack his clothes and prepare to leave, as soon as he opened the door of the dressing room, he found that Junjun was still waiting at the door with you to eat Xijing.
"You're finally out, to be honest, I always feel that you have an inexplicable sense of familiarity, so I turned off the live broadcast and waited for you here." Junjun will take you to eat Xijing stared at Zhang Mingchuan's face and said.
"We must be meeting for the first time. However, there have often been girls who have used this reason to talk to me before. Zhang Mingchuan couldn't tell whether she was telling the truth or a lie, and sighed in his heart that this was a girl's sixth sense.
"Cut, you know that I was specially invited by your master to come over for live broadcast." Junjun will take you to eat Xijing Hearing Zhang Mingchuan say this, he followed him out of Ziyun Tower.
The lights are bright in the Furong Garden where the sky is getting dark, Zhang Mingchuan and Junjun take you to eat Xijing and walk side by side in the garden, the surrounding quiet environment is like this talented and beautiful two people are on a private date, along the way Junjun takes you to eat Xijing and talk, and Zhang Mingchuan is mainly responsible for listening, only occasionally echoing twice.
It's almost time to reach the gate of Furong Garden, Junjun will take you to eat Xijing and ask, "Where is your home, just so I can drive you home." ”
Zhang Mingchuan felt the stares coming from the door, and there were sneaky figures in the crowd from time to time taking pictures of the two, so he said: "If it's convenient for you, send me to the Eastern Suburbs Wetland Park." ”
"The Eastern Suburbs Wetland Park, it's not close, but it's just a stopby." Junjun will take you to eat Xijing and said after listening.
"If I hadn't been to your house, I would have believed it, although your home is also to the east of the Hibiscus Garden, but it is more northerly, and the Wetland Park is directly east of the Hibiscus Garden." Zhang Mingchuan thought in his heart.
When I came to the parking lot, Junjun took you to eat Xijing and opened the door of a pink pure electric version of the Austroi C4.
"I didn't think you were a young rich woman." Zhang Mingchuan also sat in the passenger seat.
"You see I'm your driver, it's not too much to add a contact information." Just in time for the rush hour of Xijing, the original forty-minute drive took an hour and a half, and seeing that the eastern suburbs wetland park had arrived, Junjun took you to eat Xijing and said.
"Okay, then you sweep me." Zhang Mingchuan refused once as a master, and this time he appeared openly, and he didn't need to refuse again in order to hide his identity.
"It's pretty much the same, it's okay to keep in touch often." Happy Junjun took you to eat Xijing put down Zhang Mingchuan and drove away.
Zhang Mingchuan saw Junjun's car taking you to eat Xijing completely disappear from sight, and he didn't feel the sneaky figure coming over, so he went directly into the mountains and forests.