Chapter 233: When Food Meets Art, It's Not Just the Taste Buds That Are Amazing

After lunch at noon the next day, when everyone else was resting, Jiang Yu and Jia Dequan closed the door and hid in the side dish room. Diaphragm

"Do you want to learn which culinary 'skill'?"

Entering the side dish room, Jia Dequan took a kitchen knife from the knife holder, took it in his hand, looked up at Jiang Yu again, and said with a smile,

"You don't have to think about it so much, you don't have to participate in the cooking show alone, there are several chefs, under normal circumstances, one person can perform a show, so you have learned a 'unique skill' well, which is completely enough.

It's just a matter of how attractive a show like this is, otherwise, why do you think those chefs still practice those unicycle noodles and stilt ramen? It's nothing more than eye-catching!

Of course, that kind of thing is flashy, let's not play that set! ”

Jiang Yu asked, "Uh, then which do you think is more suitable for me to study?" ”

"If you really don't know what to learn, then just learn how to cut radishes and fishing nets." Diaphragm

Jia Dequan thought about it, and directly made a decision for Jiang Yu, he smiled "hehe" and said,

"This is actually not a 'unique job', as long as you master the skills, ordinary people can cut out, but if you don't know the skills, no matter how good the knife work is, you can't cut it.

But as I've said before, cooking shows are all about attracting attention, and the first time you see a radish cut into a fishing net, anyone who doesn't know it will be shocked to their eyes! ”

"Then let's learn this."

Jiang Yu nodded without thinking about it, and he said with a smile,

"Actually, I'm also quite curious, how to cut a radish to cut it like a fishing net."

"Then you'll have to keep your eyes open for a moment." Diaphragm

Jia Dequan didn't know what to say, he said "hehe" Yile, turned around and took out a carrot from the crisper, washed it, used a knife to remove the head and tail, leaving the middle section, and then raised his head and smiled at Jiang Yu, reminding,

"I'm getting started!"

As soon as Jia Dequan started to use the knife, Jiang Yu's two eyes were staring tightly, carefully observing every action and every detail of his carrot cutting, and at the same time, Jiang Yu was also silently calculating in his heart.

If you divide a carrot into four sides, with the front-up side being the A side, the face-down side being the C side, and the left and right sides being the B and D sides, then it is almost immediately clear how Judd Springs cuts the carrot is a little messy.

He first cut a knife thinly on side A, this knife is also particular, that is, it cannot exceed the center of the carrot, after cutting this knife, then flip the carrot 180 degrees, and then cut a knife on side C equally thinly, and it cannot exceed the center of the circle.

Then flip 90 degrees and make a cut on side B, then 180 degrees and do the same on side D.

The whole carrot is cut in the order of a-c-b-d, and the thickness of each knife needs to be consistent, and the degree of each knife cannot exceed the center of the carrot. Diaphragm

After all, Jia Dequan is the top culinary master in China, and his knife skills are naturally exquisite, and a short carrot does not take long in his hands at all.

He kept spinning the carrot with one hand, and kept cutting with a kitchen knife in the other hand, the action was so fast that Jiang Yu was dazzled, and in just a dozen breaths, he cut a whole carrot.

"Do you see clearly?"

After completing the knife action, Jia Dequan raised his head and glanced at Jiang Yu with a smile.

In his hand, the carrot looks intact at first glance, but in fact it has already been cut "covered in scales", which looks a bit like a cucumber, but in fact, the two are not the same.

Hearing Jia Dequan's question, Jiang Yu recalled his movements in his mind for a moment, nodded slightly, and said with a slight hesitation:

"Well, almost." Diaphragm

"Oh? Do you really see clearly? ”

Jia Dequan looked a little surprised, raised his eyes and glanced at Jiang Yu again, and then said with a smile,

"That's good, then, I'll move on."

As he spoke, he picked up the carrot that had been cut again, laid it flat on the cutting board, and slowly turned it in a circle, slicing the carrot into a thin layer with a flat knife.

This method is a bit similar to peeling an apple, slowly and carefully, making sure that it is not cut halfway, and the carrot is sliced all the way to the center of the radish, which is completed.

After slicing a whole carrot, Juddquan reached out and scooped some salt from the side, sprinkled it on the spread carrot slices, and then rolled the carrot slices as they were, and held them lightly in his hand to let the salt penetrate into the carrots.

Jia Dequan asked Jiang Yu with a smile while operating, "Do you know what the purpose of this is?" "Ahh

"Make the carrots softer."

Jiang Yu knew that Jia Dequan was asking for the purpose of sprinkling salt, and the salt would cause the radish to precipitate water, and the dehydrated radish would naturally become soft.

"Well, after the carrots are soft, it's time to witness the miracle!"

Juddquan smiled at Jiang Yu, and placed the carrot that had begun to seep out on the cutting board, and slowly spread it along the place where it had been rolled up.

After the carrots were completely spread out, Jia Dequan stretched out his hands, gently pinched both sides of the carrot slices, and pulled them out slightly, and a bright red carrot "fishing net" with a clear grid was instantly presented in front of Jiang Yu.

"That's how the 'fishing nets' were cut!"

Jiang Yu looked at the carrot "fishing net" spread out in front of him, and his eyes couldn't help but light up. Diaphragm

The lines of this "fishing net" are of the same thickness, one by one straight crossed, and the grid of the "fishing net" is diamond-shaped, uniform and delicate, and looks like a real fishing net.

The effect of this cooking "mastery" is indeed quite shocking, but it is not complicated to do, just like Jia Dequan said before, as long as you master the cutting method, even ordinary people can easily cut out "fishing nets".

Of course, the process of using a blade carrot is still a bit dangerous, and if you are not skilled in knife work, once you don't master the strength well, you may cut your hand.

"Do you want to try it?"

Jia Dequan looked at Jiang Yu and was also a little surprised, he couldn't help laughing, he put the kitchen knife on the cutting board, wiped his hands with a towel, and said with a smile,

"You said you could see how I cut it, so let me see if you can cut the 'fishing net'."

Jiang Yu thought about it, didn't refuse, nodded and responded: "Okay, then I'll try it first." "Ahh

With that, he picked up a carrot from the crisper, washed it, and then picked up a kitchen knife and cut it.

As early as the beginning, Jiang Yu had already seen clearly the order in which Jia Dequan cut the carrots, so he didn't find it difficult to do this step, in fact, it was just as he had marked before, according to the order of "a-c-b-d", and cut them in turn.

Of course, because it was the first time to cut the knife while rolling the ingredients, and it was also necessary to grasp the depth of the knife and try to make it as consistent as possible, so Jiang Yu naturally did not do it as fast as Jia Dequan when cutting carrots.

But even so, it took less than a minute to cut all the carrots.

This made Jia Dequan, who had been standing on the side and observing, couldn't help but look surprised, and even his gray brows inadvertently shook a few times, probably he was also a little surprised, he didn't expect Jiang Yu to cut so quickly.

The more this is the case, the more curious he becomes, Jiang Yu cut so fast, did he really see his previous knife skills clearly, or did he think that he was just cutting an ordinary hob method?

While Jia Dequan was thinking about this, Jiang Yu, who was standing in front of the cutting board, had already started the next process - slicing carrots. Diaphragm

With his previous experience in making Lizhuang white meat, Jiang Yu has actually mastered the use of the flat knife method, compared to the soft and somewhat slippery pork, it is much more difficult to slice the crispy and tender carrots into long slices.

Although carrots are easier to get into the knife, they are not as tough as pork, and they are easy to break if they are not careful, so you need to be very careful in this step, and once you break it, it will be useless.

Jiang Yu was slicing the carrots, his movements were much slower, he slowly rolled the carrots on the cutting board with one hand, and slowly advanced the knife with the kitchen knife in the other hand, and after a while, he finished slicing the whole carrot.

Immediately after, he followed Jia Dequan's previous example, sprinkled some salt on the carrot slices, rolled them back to their original state and pinched them lightly a few times, and when the carrots became slightly softer, Jiang Yu spread out the carrots again, reached out and pinched both sides with both hands and gently pulled -

An orange-red, finely gridded "fishing net" is presented in front of you.

"Not bad."

Although Jia Dequan had a premonition before, although Jiang Yu had only watched the "fishing net" he demonstrated once, maybe he could really copy it. Diaphragm

But when he really saw Jiang Yu cut out the carrot "fishing net", Jia Dequan couldn't help but be a little surprised, and even the corners of his eyes began to twitch.

This kid is really not a person!

He had cut the carrots so fast before, and the sequence of knives when cutting the carrots was complicated, so he could see through the mysteries and learn them well!

If this is a different person, if he doesn't explain how to cut the knife, I'm afraid that he won't be able to cut such a neat "fishing net" even if he cuts the kitchen knife bluntly.

No wonder the food cooked by this kid at a young age is so delicious, this is a demon!

Pressing the urge to complain in his heart, Jia Dequan reached out and pulled the carrot "fishing net" that Jiang Yu cut, looked at it carefully, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he immediately pretended to be serious and said,

"Xiao Jiang, although your 'fishing net' is cut well, but you still haven't mastered the depth of the knife, you see, the thickness of the 'fishing net line' cut out is different. Diaphragm

However, it's already good that you can cut it like this the first time you do it, and it's just a little bit worse than I used to be.

It's okay, don't be discouraged, just practice more. ”

"Oh, okay, I'll practice two when I have time in the future."

It's not been a day or two since he came into contact with the little old man Jia Dequan, how could Jiang Yu not know his thoughts, this little old man, didn't he just see that he cut out the "fishing net" for the first time, he felt that he had no face.

He didn't care, smiled at Jia Dequan, and said,

"Lao Jia, thank you this time, thanks to you, otherwise I wouldn't know where to do this cooking 'trick'."

"Thank you no need, next time you have time, just make a few more good dishes for me to try." Diaphragm

When Jia Dequan said this, he remembered the white meat and steamed lion's head of Li Zhuang that he ate yesterday, and the taste was really unforgettable.

If there is a chance, I must let Jiang Yu do it again.

Just thinking about this, he suddenly remembered something, and said to Jiang Yu,

"By the way, Xiao Jiang, this 'fishing net' is not just a show of skills, you can't just think about taking it out to bluff people after learning it."

"Huh?"

"When I first developed this 'fishing net', I didn't do it to show off my skills, but to use it for plating."

Jia Dequan glanced up at Jiang Yu and said with a serious face

"Imagine for yourself, if you put a carrot 'fishing net' on a steamed sea bass, does the orange color make this relatively elegant dish even more colorful?

In addition, the combination of fishing nets and fish-based dishes can always give people a sense of fun as long as they are well presented. ”

"Really...... How did I not think of that before? ”

When Jiang Yu heard this, his mind felt as if someone had opened a window, and he felt a lot more transparent in an instant.

"You didn't expect more, after all, how long have you been in the industry, and how long have I been in the industry?"

Jia Dequan looked proud, he said with a smile,

"Moreover, it is not only carrots that can cut 'fishing nets', but also radishes and cucumbers, which can also be used to arrange according to the needs of the dish. Diaphragm

Remember, when food meets art, it's not just the taste buds that are amazing! ”

……

On the first floor of the seven canteens, in the dining area.

Zhu Youfeng had just bought breakfast, put it on the tray and came to a corner, and after sitting down, he couldn't help but let out a sigh:

"Every time a new breakfast is released in the canteen, everyone grabs it as if it was a war, and now it is not easy to have a meal in the seventh canteen!"

On his tray, in addition to a basket of soup dumplings, two duck wings, and a bowl of porridge with preserved eggs and lean pork, there is also a pie about the size of a big meat bun that is fried yellow on both sides.

"That's not it, although Senior Brother Jiang has put his work on the second floor, he will occasionally come down to cook some new varieties of food for us." Diaphragm

Luo Xiaoyu, who was sitting opposite him, said while eating breakfast,

"I heard that this beef glutinous rice cake was made by Senior Brother Jiang who taught the masters in the canteen by himself, can the taste be worse? Of course, everyone will be desperately rushing to try it. ”

"Who knows if this news is true or not?"

Zhu Youfeng shook his head, picked up the fast and sandwiched the heavy beef glutinous rice cake in front of him, looked left and right, and said with a smile,

"However, no matter what, although the other masters of the Seven Canteens are not as good as Senior Brother Jiang, they are much higher than the masters of other canteens, even if this beef glutinous rice cake is not made by Senior Brother Jiang, the taste is not much worse."

As he spoke, he brought the glutinous rice cake to his mouth, opened his mouth and took a big bite.

Seeing that Zhu Youfeng had already started eating, Luo Xiaoyu couldn't help but ask, "How is it, how does it taste?" "Ahh

Luo Xiaoyu had some stomach discomfort in the past two days, and the doctor reminded him that he could only eat some easily digestible food, and it was precisely because of this that he resisted the urge at breakfast and did not buy beef glutinous rice cakes.

Although he couldn't eat it himself, he still wanted to know, what did this glutinous rice cake taste like?

"Hmm, these glutinous rice crackers are so delicious!"

Zhu Youfeng squinted his eyes, and after a long while, he seemed to have just come back to his senses, he sighed with a satisfied expression,

"The skin of this glutinous rice cake is brown and crispy, and the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes; The filling is soft and glutinous, with a hint of spicy, the key is that there is also coriander in this filling, and the meat fragrance is mixed with the fragrance of coriander, which is really beautiful! ”

After speaking, he took another bite of the glutinous rice cake and chewed it with a happy face.

"......" diaphragm

Listening to Zhu Youfeng's fragrant description, and then looking at his eating appearance, Luo Xiaoyu was stunned for a while, and saliva almost flowed out of the corners of his mouth.

He quickly took a breath, raised his hand to wipe the corners of his mouth, and secretly warned himself in his heart that he couldn't eat glutinous rice, while quickly clipping a soup bag to suppress the shock.

Fortunately, there is also this Jiang soup dumpling, otherwise, he would have to cry greedily.

After eating for a while, Luo Xiaoyu raised his head again and said in a sullen voice:

"Lao Zhu, today is Monday, and the box reservation for the No. 7 dining room is about to start again, you can't forget it then!"

"Don't worry, I've studied the restaurant reservation app thoroughly during this period of time, and I've already registered it."

Zhu Youfeng had already finished eating the beef glutinous rice cakes, and at the moment he was filling the soup bag one by one, and drank a mouthful of preserved egg and lean porridge, his mouth was full, and after he swallowed the food in his mouth, he said, Ah

"However, the official start time of this reservation is eight o'clock, and I still have to go to class at eight o'clock, so whether I can grab the box or not depends on luck."

"Cut, even if you don't go to class and stay in the dormitory to rest, you may not be able to grab it!"

Luo Xiaoyu raised his head and glanced at Zhu Youfeng, pouted and said,

"So many people are waiting, do you think it's just us who want to book a box?"

"That's right. Anyway, let's do our best and listen to the destiny of heaven. ”

Zhu Youfeng also laughed, he shook his head and sighed, and said,

"Okay, let's hurry up and eat, after eating, we have to rush to the classroom!" Diaphragm

After saying that, he lowered his head again and began to eat.

Luo Xiaoyu didn't speak, still eating slowly.

He and Zhu Youfeng are not in the same class, and there is no class in the first period, Zhu Youfeng can be in a hurry, what is he anxious about?

After eating breakfast in a hurry, Zhu Youfeng ran to class with his books in his arms.

Luo Xiaoyu picked up his schoolbag, came to the lakeside behind the library, found a clean place to sit down, took out his mobile phone and looked at the comments of netizens under the comic account of "Jiang Daqi Canteen", while waiting for the arrival of eight o'clock.

The most recent update of the "Jiangda Seven Canteen" was released last night.

There is nothing new in this update, just to remind netizens that at 8 o'clock in the morning today (Monday), the "Jiangda Seven Canteen" restaurant reservation app will officially open the reservation function, I hope you don't miss the time. Diaphragm

Although it was just a reminder, the enthusiasm of netizens was still extremely high, and they left comments in the comment area.

"I've stayed up for so long, and I've finally waited until Monday again, hahaha, this time I'm sure I'll be able to book successfully!"

"It's good to use the app to make a reservation, with the hand speed that I have practiced for nearly 30 years, I will definitely be able to grab the box this time!"

"Alas! It's so hard to try the food in Room 7, I've made reservations several times, and I haven't made a reservation once, so sad! ”

"Don't be sad upstairs, after all, you won't be able to make an appointment this time......"

“……”

Looking at this comment, Luo Xiaoyu laughed out loud from time to time, these netizens are really funny. Diaphragm

Of course, it can also be seen from these comments that many people really want to taste the food in Dining Room 7, but the number of private rooms is too small, and there are too many people who make reservations, and the real opportunity to taste is only a small group of people.

Thinking of this, Luo Xiaoyu was also very happy, fortunately he chose Jiangzhou University in the first place, if it weren't for this, how could he have the opportunity to taste the food cooked by Senior Brother Jiang?

Not only myself, but every teacher and student in this school will probably feel lucky, right?

In order to continue this luck, many students in this school have worked harder and harder, so that the campus is full of positive and courageous learning atmosphere.

Even Luo Xiaoyu, who is only a sophomore this year, has already prepared all kinds of postgraduate examination materials, and started to study foreign languages and other compulsory subjects in advance.

As for the purpose of the postgraduate entrance examination, in addition to continuing to stay in school and eating the meals cooked by Senior Brother Shangjiang, the more important thing is to be a better self.

Only a better self can deserve a better future; Only a better future will lead to a better life. Diaphragm

Luo Xiaoyu was thinking about this, and the mobile phone in his hand suddenly sounded "Dididi", and he suddenly came back to his senses, only to realize that it was the mobile phone alarm clock that rang.

The time has reached 7:55, and in another 5 minutes, the box of the No. 7 dining room will officially start to be reserved!

After turning off the alarm clock, he hurriedly quit the comic app, and quickly opened the restaurant reservation app of "Jiang Daqi Canteen".

I don't know if there are too many people online at this time, Luo Xiaoyu always feels that after opening this app, it is not as smooth as before, and it is always a meal.

He "chuckled" in his heart and secretly said "Oops", if he couldn't grab the box because of the slow response time of the app, it would be too fucked.

Time passed slowly, just five minutes, but it seemed like a month.

After a while, seeing that there were only 15 seconds left until 8 o'clock, Luo Xiaoyu didn't say a word, and began to refresh the box reservation page. Diaphragm

Without thinking about it, Luo Xiaoyu stretched out his finger and pressed it fiercely towards the appointment button-

"I'm so sorry, dear! The box has been booked, so let's do it next time! ”