Chapter 140: Garret's Careful Thoughts
After the judges received unanimous praise from the judges, the other three dishes in the three groups – tonkotsu ramen, potato water and meat platter, and butter pan-fried lemon king acanthous were also presented to the judges.
[The last team of the third group, the 'Butter Team', brought us a dish of butter pan-fried lemon king spinyfish!] There may be some viewers who don't know what kind of fish the king echinoderm is.
Here, I think it is necessary for me to popularize science to you, King Echinoderm is one of the most delicious and poisonous fish in the world today, its meat is more than 100 times smoother and delicate than ordinary fish, but at the same time, the toxin carried on its skin is 100 times more violent than the venom of a poisonous snake!
Even if it is a large sea king, licking a small bite of the skin of the king echinoderm may be poisoned to death, and because the skin of the king echinoderm is extremely difficult to cook, the slightest carelessness will cause the toxins in the fish skin to seep into the fish, causing the whole dish to become poison, so only a master chef can dare to cook this fish.
Speaking of which, the host handed the amplification phone bug to Garret's mouth:
"Ms. Garrett, can you be sure that the king echinoderm you make does not contain any toxins? Keep in mind that if something happens to your cooking, you may face a serious penalty of not being able to participate in the God of Food Challenge for the rest of your life. ”
Hearing this, Garrett didn't say anything, but after glancing at the host coldly, she took the golden knife and fork from Opera's hand, cut a small piece of fish meat and put it in her mouth.
[Oh ~ elegant, it's so elegant! Ms. Garrett proved to us that she is absolutely confident in her own cooking! 】
The host was bewitched by Garret's graceful movements, and when he threw his previous speech out of the clouds, he looked like Garrett licking a dog with all his heart.
In response, Garrett just glanced at the other party in disgust, and then walked back to her seat, not forgetting to glance at Orn on the way back, which obviously meant "I will never lose to you!"
When Garrett returned to her seat, the four judges each picked up a knife and fork and cut a quarter of the fish into their plates.
Carefully putting the fish into their mouths, the four judges savored the two bites, and then began to gulp down, in stark contrast to Garret's graceful eating action.
"Alas, no, don't patronize and eat, give me words!"
The host couldn't help but be a little anxious when he saw that the four judges were just immersed in eating.
After a while, it was the fat judge from before who took the lead in wiping the corners of his mouth:
"Because the king acanthoderm itself does not have a very obvious taste, and because the dish is fried in butter, this dish is actually a great test of the chef's control over the butter.
If you put too little butter, it will not taste, but it will destroy the taste of the king echinoderm itself, and if you put too much butter, it will dominate the crowd and overshadow the sweetness of the fish itself.
This contestant's control of the amount of butter is extremely accurate, the ratio of fish and butter can basically reach a five-to-five level, and the combination of the two flavors with sea salt and black pepper is also very smooth, and the overall saltiness and light taste are very moderate.
The lemon juice added at the end is the finishing touch, which not only greatly increases the freshness and sweetness of the king echinoderm, but also weakens the greasy butter very well, making people not tired of eating.
Today's third group, what impressed me the most was this king echinoderm and the hot ice sea bream in front of me, influenced by these two dishes, to be honest, I have forgotten what the two dishes in the middle are like. ”
The other three judges also nodded in agreement when they heard this, which almost made it clear that these two teams would be selected to advance.
As expected, after tasting the four dishes of the fourth group, the results of the competition were quickly announced, and the two teams that qualified from the third group were none other than the Holt Restaurant team and the butter team!
"Yay!"
Almost as soon as the host announced the results, the five masters hugged each other excitedly, and Yamato also smiled and hugged Orn.
During the hug, the two obviously noticed that someone was looking at them, so they subconsciously turned their heads to look and found that it was none other than Garrett in the distance.
Noticing that Orn and Yamato's eyes were looking over, Garrett didn't even look away, but took the initiative to walk over with Opella.
"I really didn't expect that you, as the king of the Seven Martial Seas, were actually good at cooking."
Very unexpectedly, the seemingly cold Garette took the initiative to speak.
Aoun glanced at Yamato and then said with a smile:
"Well, in fact, we are not good at cooking, but we were entrusted to help them, and we came to this food city this time to find a chef...... We still don't have a chef on board. ”
"Is there a lack of a chef...... Garrett was stunned for a moment, and only after a moment adjusted the expression on his face and said to the two:
"I hope to compete with you in the final."
With that, she turned and left with Opera, who was still timid.
"Orn, what did the woman mean by the repetition she just did?"
Yamato looked at Garret's departing back and asked with some puzzlement.
Hearing this, Orn shook his head:
"I don't know."
Although he knows the plot of the original book, he is also confused when faced with this kind of thing that is not mentioned in the original book.
"Don't think about it, maybe it's just a casual remark, go back and prepare for the next game."
"Uh-huh!"
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At the same time that Orn and the others returned to Holt's restaurant, Garrett and Opera also returned to the luxury hotel they were renting.
A short time later, Katakuri returned to the hotel with Strom:
"Congratulations Garrett, I heard you've made it to the quarterfinals."
"It's just the quarterfinals, it's not worth mentioning at all." Garrett chuckled lightly, then didn't know what came to mind, and subconsciously turned her head to look at Opella and Stron who were chatting and whispered to Kataku:
"Brother Katakuri, there's something I want to talk to you about alone."
"Huh?"
Katakuri was stunned, but didn't react unusually, just led Garette to the balcony and closed the soundproof balcony door.
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
After hesitating for a moment, Garrett finally mustered up the courage to speak:
"Brother Katakuri, if we do find Sister Lola in Pukki, do you really want to take her back?"
(End of chapter)