"I said, boy, don't take yourself too seriously. My lord, I just want to give your Lord Yao a face, and let you come in alone to try your hand. To put it bluntly, it's going through the motions. Got it? ”

Going through the motions? This guy's thick accent made me sound uncomfortable.

The big chef went on to say,

"Before, your Lord Yao also recommended people to come, but few were left. You can inquire, there are a few people who have entered this kitchen, and a few of them have returned alive, and they are still taboo, you think too much! ”

I understand.

In modern terms, this should be the private meeting place where Prime Minister He Xuan entertained important guests.

Since it is private, the fewer people who know about it, the better.

I don't think it's worth it this time.

With the existing cooking conditions, it is basically impossible to make some new dishes with these ingredients in front of you, and even if you can make them, they will not exceed the ordinary.

But if you want to go back alive, you have to show your skills, and you have to be surprised.

So, once I made up my mind, I started wandering around the kitchen looking for life.

At this time, I heard the sound of water paddling in the water tank in the corner of the wall.

When I got closer, I saw a group of loaches twisting back and forth, passing through and burrowing through.

There are thick and thin, entangled together.

"Great!"

I clenched my fists.

When he smiled back, he met the eyes of the female chef behind him, and no one avoided it.

The female chef has big eyes, and the little tiger teeth are neat and white.

The big chef was on my side, but with a serious face.

I asked the big chef,

"Since I am asked to try the dishes, then I will show you a hand, whether you can go back alive or not, that's your business."

"In this way, you go to the big stove and ask, look at this point, there is any freshly ground soybean milk, if there is, come more!"

The big chef hesitated and said, "There should be!" ”

"Yes, that's great."

"You hurry up and find it, it's better to use a big jar to get it, go quickly!"

The big chef was forced by my unquestioning gaze and went out backwards with the female chef.

As soon as they left, I started the stove, lit the fire, and boiled the water, so that the stove room could be heated up quickly.

Although loaches are good ingredients, they are not easy to kill alive.

In order to ensure the integrity of the loaches, I plan not to cut them with knives or to stuff them in hot water.

Instead, I sprinkled old vinegar in the loach bucket, rinsed it repeatedly and poured out the mucus, and squeaked it in my hand one by one, directly breaking my belly, and one after another loach made a baby-like cry in my hand......

Chapter 12: Bright and Bright

The stove is my stage and my battlefield. When you pick up a knife, you are extra confident.

This kind of self-confidence, one is from the innate understanding, rarely according to the routine of the card, always create miracles, before the crossing has won the national cooking award many times, won flowers and applause countless times.

Another reason is that I have been polishing in a smoky environment for more than ten years, which makes it seem that there are not many masters in this world when it comes to cooking.

There are only a handful of people who are stronger than themselves.

My technique was neat, and it didn't take long for the loaches to clean up.

At this time, the big chef came back with a large jar of soy milk.

Seeing that my hands were covered with blood, I was stunned for a moment.

Then the jar was carefully placed on the stove.

I got closer, sniffed, looked up at the big chef, and nodded,

"That's what it tastes like!"

I was nervously busy in the backyard, and the front yard of the Prime Minister's Mansion was even more lively at this time.

Of course I didn't know, but I wasn't the only one who came to try the dishes today.

Everyone knows that the Prime Minister's Mansion is recruiting chefs today, and some decent men and women have been lined up outside the gate.

In the hall of the Prime Minister's Palace, the officials who came to recommend the chef sat around talking and laughing, and there was a warm atmosphere.

Of course, the most affectionate of this is Master Yao Qiyao, and he chats very openly with other adults.

They seem to have become gourmets at this moment, and they all have a good idea of food combinations, ingredient selection, etc.

At this time, He Xiang was sitting firmly on the Taishi chair, only listening.

This person has been in business in Yanguo for many years, and he has his eyeliner up and down in Yanguo.

He already knew that I came from a special background, that I was not an ordinary cook, and that I could paint, sculpt and sculpt, and that he might think that I was a talent and an all-rounder, and that I would come in handy in the future.

He had long wanted to find someone like me.

And he also heard that I had come to Liang Kingdom, and Lord Yao had brought people to the flood control levee to find me in advance, and the prime minister was very puzzled.

So when the dynasty was dispersed today, Lord Yao and my name Liu Bancheng, He Xiang promised to see him.

Of course, there are many customers in my own house, and the stove room is not manpowered, and I urgently need to add some chefs.

It's just that Lord Yao, who is in charge of state diplomacy, took the initiative to recommend a chef to himself, which made the prime minister feel straight to the soul.

At this time, a domestic servant came in through the back door and whispered behind the prime minister.

He Xiang got up and ordered Jiazai to gather everyone to go to the back stove to taste.

Everyone politely walked to the back of the Prime Minister's Mansion and crossed a street.

Come to a three-story "Xiang Dining Hall".

Turn left on the first floor of the "Xiang Dining Hall", and everyone enters the restaurant, which is spacious and bright.

I saw that here, there are more than 40 rectangular tables lined up on both sides.

On the more than a dozen slightly larger tables in the middle, pale red table skirts have been laid, and white tablecloths have been evenly lined on them.

Each of the more than a dozen chefs who participated in the tasting was assigned a table to match the finished products they had processed, and each of them wanted to borrow some to show off their skills.

It's just that the innermost table is not as rich and colorful as the others.

On other tables, there are chickens and ducks, fish, soup, bowls, cups and plates, which can be said to be everything, fragrant and delicious.

And on this table, the tablecloth has been removed.

In the middle of the table was a flat stove two feet in diameter.

There is a tall clay pot on the stove, and the aroma of the clay pot is lingering on the mouth.

Around the bottom of the clay pot, bamboo skewers of mutton, chicken legs, and pigeon breasts are evenly placed on a wire net.

The meat on the skewers is sizzling over the charcoal fire in the oven.

On the four sides of the table, there are two small jars on each side, and the small jars are full of yellow, orange, and milky white grease soup, and the tender green onion leaves dotted on it are particularly delicate.

The dishes on the other tables, Prime Minister He Cheng generally glanced at them,

In the end, his big eyes stayed at the last table.

The arrangement and finished product of this table made him have to take a closer look.

Lord Yao and others also paid attention to the difference in the dishes on this table.

He Xiang circled around the table, his hands twisting his beard, his eyes focused.

He waved his hand to seat the adults, who had been talking a lot just now.

Gesture for tasting.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and after humbling each other, start to work.

Taste a sip, feel not enough,

One more bite,

It was as if their eyes were glowing.

Shake your head from side to side, then head up and down.

In the end, they all focused their eyes on the prime minister's face.

He Xiang looked around at everyone.

Ordered the cook to be brought over.

He Xiang used the word "please".

You know the meaning behind the word "please".

And just like that, I was invited to the front desk.