Compared with the preliminary round, the final is more grand, and there are more onlookers.

When the gong sounded, the president of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce, who presided over the competition, took a note from the wooden box that had been prepared, slowly unfolded it, and said loudly, "Pumpkin!" ”

Then he drew another note, still shouting, "Rice!" ”

The extraction of these two ingredients means that the main ingredients of today's dishes need to use pumpkin and white rice, and other side dishes can be selected, but the main ingredients account for no less than 50%.

The last thing to draw is the cooking method.

After fumbling around in the box for a while, the president unfolded the note in his hand and looked at it carefully before announcing, "Empty!" ”

In other words, the dish does not specify how it is cooked, and it can be played at will.

The time of the competition is one hour, which can be advanced and not postponed, and five of the eight chefs will advance to the second competition tomorrow.

When the gong sounded again, the eight cooks, including Zheng Mingyuan, stood behind their stoves and began to think about the dishes that needed to be cooked.

But after watching and watching, they are all a little embarrassed.

Pumpkin and rice, if these two things are put together, the first thing that comes to mind is pumpkin porridge, but this pumpkin porridge is something that can never be called a dish.

Even if it can be served as a dish, I'm afraid it will be laughing and generous.

But just when the other cooks were in a dilemma, Zheng Mingyuan and Chen Guiming of the Eight Immortals Building had already begun to peel and remove the seeds of the selected pumpkins......

But Zheng Mingyuan cut the pumpkin into small pieces, and asked for some rice that had been soaked in water, and used a small stone mill next to him to grind it into fine rice milk.

Chen Guiming of the Eight Immortals Building hollowed out a round pumpkin, and then chose the best ham, bamboo shoots and other side dishes for backup.

Seeing this, the other cooks were also busy.

Su Yujin took a clear look at the teahouse, then pursed his lips and nodded with a smile.

Seeing Su Yujin like this, Lu Wenjing tilted her head, "Sister Su looks very happy, is it possible that Chef Zheng has no problem with this competition?" ”

"Almost." Su Yujin said with a smile, "I will also make this sweet soup that Uncle Zheng made today, if you look at it later, I will make it for you to eat when I go back." ”

"Okay." Lu Wen responded excitedly.

But then I was very curious.

How did she know that Chef Zheng was going to make a sweet soup today?

Is this the sharpness that a chef should have?

Forget it, don't care about it for now, the food on the test is good, everything is good, she will be blessed when she is full!

Lu Wenjing was extremely happy, seeing that the salt-and-pepper peanuts on the table were almost eaten by her, she beckoned the teahouse guys to add them.

The guy hurried to deliver it, and a few more came over.

Lou Yanlin explained that this private room is dedicated to Su Yujin, and if she doesn't use it, it will be empty on weekdays, if Su Yujin's people come, no matter who it is, the refreshment supply should be excellent, but there is no need to charge money.

Seeing this, Lu Wenjing blinked her eyes and asked with a smile, "I haven't seen your shopkeeper today." ”

"The shopkeeper has something to do and will go out for a few days, and I don't know when he will be able to come back." The guy smiled and was respectful and polite, "Miss Lu is in trouble?" ”

"No, just ask." Lu Wenjing smiled, took an orchid bean, and still poked her head out to see the excitement downstairs.

……

As the sun rose, someone prepared a dish and brought it to the judges.

The first three people made pumpkin glutinous rice cakes, pumpkin evaporation cakes and fried pumpkin glutinous rice balls, followed by Zheng Mingyuan and Chen Minggui.

Zheng Mingyuan served a bowl of pumpkin red bean milk custard, made of steamed pumpkin crushed into a puree mixed with glutinous rice flour, chewy and delicious, sweet pumpkin balls, with cooked red beans, boiled together in milk, and in order to make the taste of milk more fragrant, a little rice milk is added, which can increase the flavor and enhance the flavor, and avoid some people who are not accustomed to the taste of milk, so as to prevent the evaluation of this food from being affected because of personal taste preferences.

Chen Minggui served the whole pumpkin as a container, which was filled with fried rice with ham and bamboo shoots, the ham was fragrant, the bamboo shoots were fragrant, and the sweet taste of the pumpkin was enough to attract everyone's attention in terms of color and aroma.

The remaining three cooks haven't done a good job yet, but when they see the judges, including the imperial chef, nodding their heads again and again at the five meals that have been served, obviously very approving of them, this heart is becoming more and more bottomless.

There was even a cook who was panicked at this time, his forehead was full of sweat, and the spatula in his hand was already a little unstable.

After shoveling out the pumpkin puree from the pot, the cook accidentally broke the plate containing the pumpkin puree, and the broken porcelain pieces and the pumpkin puree became a mess that could no longer be separated......

The cook was stunned for a moment, then threw the spatula in his hand in anger, and even reached out and pushed everything he had on the ground.

In an instant, there was a mess in front of the cook, which caused an uproar among the onlookers around him.

The scene fell into chaos, and the president hurriedly ordered someone to take the cook away, clean up the scene, and even said loudly, "Chef Qian of the Natural Residence has no one in his eyes, and he openly destroys the competition, and he will never participate in the cooking competition again, and the Natural Residence will not be allowed to participate in the cooking competition for three years!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the scene was in an uproar again, and everyone was also discussing.

"I can't participate in the cooking competition for three years, and when the word spreads, I'm afraid that the name of the natural residence will be ruined in the future, and the business will definitely be much worse than before."

"This natural home is really miserable by Chef Qian."

"Where can I say that, Chef Qian has been able to take a lot of responsibility for Chef Qian from the first trial of the cooking competition to the present, and it has attracted many guests to the natural residence.

"That's right, one is prosperous, one is lost, that's the case, to this Qian chef, with such a good temper, I'm afraid this life will be over, unless I leave the capital......"

"This cooking competition is a comparison of craftsmanship, patience and casualness."

"Yes......"

A small turmoil passed quickly, and everyone's eyes were still on the judges, waiting for the final results to see who could advance.

With Chef Qian's example in the past, others didn't dare to make a mistake at this time, and only finished the food in their hands in an orderly manner.

The remaining two cooks cooked a little late, but they were still completed within the allotted time.

One is braised rice with garlic pumpkin and one is pumpkin shredded pearl rice balls.

Seven kinds of food, different styles, all of which taste excellent, were finally given after a discussion by several judges.

In addition to pumpkin pie and fried pumpkin glutinous rice balls, five people, including Zheng Mingyuan and Chen Guiming, all advanced.

For a moment, the people who were out of the game were depressed, and the shopkeeper and the guys of the restaurant where the promoted chef was located were overjoyed at this time.