The scores of the players are displayed on the big screen in turn.
Below Lin Xu’s ranking.
Huo Yifan from the Summer Palace Restaurant of China World Hotel and Zhuang Yizhou from the Chinese Restaurant of Yanjing Hotel ranked second and third respectively.
Guo Xinghai still ranks fourth.
As for Wei Gan, because his minced eggplant had too much meat and was too greasy, he finished eighth and was eliminated.
There were thirty players, eight people were eliminated in the first round, seven people were eliminated in the second round, five people were eliminated in the third round, and three people were eliminated in the fourth round.
There are now seven players left on the field, two of whom are from Diaoyutai.
At this time, both the eliminated players and the players on the field no longer felt unruly and angry before the start of the game, let alone the illusion that "Lin Xu is only like this, I will succeed if I work hard."
Four rounds have passed.
It either gets a perfect score or 9.9 points, and it has always firmly occupied the first place.
In this situation, what do you compare yourself to?
In the front row of the auditorium, Liao Jinming, director of the catering department, whispered to Bai Pengbo next to him:
"Go and inform He Baoqing to make a rich lunch and reward Lin Xu and the others. Today is really embarrassing for Diaoyutai."
"Okay, Director Liao."
Bai Pengbo bent down to the advisory table and conveyed Liao Jinming's instructions.
When He Baoqing heard this, he immediately muttered:
"Reward? What reward should I give? Our Building No. 1 is a little more homely, and we don't have anything special to offer, just a dragonfly that was just delivered in the early morning, but can that thing be killed?"
Dragon?
When Xie Baomin heard that there was this treasure in the kitchen of Building 1, he immediately said:
"Of course you can. Since you are rewarding the champion, you must pick up delicious food, right? This thing has to be raised in sea water and oxygen needs to be given. It is very troublesome."
As soon as he finished speaking, Dai Jianli, who was watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously, answered:
"That's right, that's right. He might die one day if he can't be taken care of. It's better to kill him now. Do you need my help, boss? I'm pretty good at handling this stuff."
Song Dahai looked at these two guys speechlessly:
"You two should treat each other as one person. When there is a dragon in your building, I don't see you two killing it and eating it yourself."
"The main reason is that there were no competitions at that time...Old Song, you are good at cooking fish, how about you come?"
When Dai Jianli saw Song Dahai speak out, he immediately planned to drag this old man into the water.
Song Dahai glared at this guy, then sat aside and looked at He Baoqing with sympathetic eyes.
He Baoqing was not stupid and kicked the ball directly to Bai Pengbo:
"Can the dragon beheaded? If so, I'll prepare it right away."
"I'm going to ask Director Liao, Chef He, please don't be impulsive. It's getting harder and harder to buy dragon fruit now. If you kill me like this, be careful Director Liao will deal with you."
I'll go back and ask for instructions once I hear it.
Dai Jianli and Xie Baomin immediately sat back to eat biscuits.
"With Director Liao's hard work, we won't even be able to eat the fish scales of the dragon."
"That's right, let's eat the little fragrant pig cooked by the boss for lunch. Although it tastes a little more homely, it's still good for the meal."
On the field.
After confirming that he was eliminated, Wei Qian immediately walked out of the competition venue with his portion of minced pork and eggplant and Guo Xinghai's salted fish and eggplant stew.
While these two dishes are still hot.
Quickly go to the kitchen to find some rice and eat it.
Eat and drink enough before watching Lin Xu win the championship.
After the eliminated contestant leaves the field.
The staff replaced the shelves with new ones, which were filled with various ingredients.
Liu Zhengyu stood up with the microphone and said:
"Chinese cuisine is broad and profound, and there are dishes of various colors, but relatively speaking, white dishes are more artistic, so please make a dish with white as the main color, with no limit on meat or vegetable, and no limit on flavor. The time is one hour, the timer starts!"
White?
This competition requires you to speak up.
No matter off the court or in the live broadcast room, there was a lively discussion.
"Wow! The questions in this competition are always unexpected."
"Indeed, people guess wrong every time."
"There are indeed a lot of white dishes, but the time is only one hour, so you have to think carefully about it."
"Blindly guessing that many players will choose tofu."
"Not necessarily. There are many white dishes in Chinese food, such as chickpea curds, hibiscus chicken slices, milk soup with cattails, etc. They are much higher quality than tofu."
"Don't forget that Boss Lin's white jade lotus root silk is also white."
"Yes, yes, why did you forget the white jade lotus root silk?"
"Looks like we're going to win this round again."
"..."
In the audience.
When he heard that he was going to make white dishes, Shen Guofu immediately said with a smile:
"This round is stable."
He had just eaten the steamed rice noodles made by his son-in-law yesterday. The appearance, taste, and texture all left a deep impression on him.
Han Shuzhen, Chen Meijuan and others also nodded.
With the steamed silver thread here, it should be no problem to pass this round.
Chen Yan looked at everyone's expressions of approval and suddenly felt like she had missed several episodes of a TV series.
"What's going on? My brother-in-law made a new dish yesterday?"
Shen Jiayue said:
"Yesterday Xu Bao made a steamed rice noodle dish, which is white and tastes great. If he makes this dish, he will definitely win this competition."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yan immediately felt like she had missed hundreds of millions.
Ah ah ah, if I had known earlier, I would have gone with my uncle and aunt to make a living yesterday.
When she was upset, Shen Baobao took out her mobile phone and showed her the appearance of steamed silver silk.
Chen Yan's annoyance became even more intense.
I heard that there will be an engagement party tomorrow.
No matter what, I have to ask my brother-in-law to make it again for everyone to try.
In front of the storage shelf.
The contestants are selecting the ingredients they need.
Guo Xinghai picked out the only grouper on the shelf, and also picked up some eggs and starch on the way. He didn't know what to cook.
Zhuang Yizhou chose chicken breast, soup stock and eggs. He didn't know if he wanted tofu curd.
As for Huo Yifan, he took away the small basin of fresh shrimps on the shelf.
There were actually two lotus roots on the shelf, and they were still crispy, but everyone turned a blind eye.
Everyone knows that Lin Xu can make shredded white jade lotus root, and they also know that this dish was the winning dish in the last competition. Whoever chooses lotus root now is the best at it.
Just when everyone was waiting for Lin Xu to choose lotus roots to make white jade lotus root silk.
Lin Xu picked up the only white radish on the shelf, and then took a bag of Taibai powder and a few heads of garlic.
His behavior suddenly made everyone confused.
What's going on?
If you don’t make a must-win dish, what would you do with radishes?
"Lao Xie, what's going on with your junior brother?"
He Baoqing felt anxious after seeing it.
As soon as the white jade lotus root comes out, this round of competition is won.
Why did you choose white radish?
Isn’t this taking the initiative to make things more difficult for yourself?
Although Xie Baomin was a little surprised, he was not too worried. Junior brother is not a reckless person, and he would definitely not choose this way if he was not sure.
I just need to be patient and wait for the surprise brought by my junior brother.
Thought of this.
He said slowly:
"Boss, do you know that my grandma is almost a hundred years old and is still in good health and doesn't even use a cane? It's because she doesn't have so many idle thoughts."
After speaking, he patted He Baoqing on the shoulder and said, imitating the tone of the stupid brother-in-law in "Crazy Racing":
"There must be a city!"
Dai Jianli echoed:
"Yes, yes, everyone from other hotels is here. You who are making noises, you don't know, you think we take them seriously."
He Baoqing: "..."
Damn it, you two should always wear the same pair of pants!
Lin Ji’s food topic below.
Fans also started a discussion because of Lin Xu's choice.
A Cerebellum Ax: Ah ah ah why not choose lotus root? I also want to see white jade lotus root silk again.
Hello everyone, my name is Chuiyangliu: Boss Lin can’t just cook one dish, he also has to make new dishes.
I only smoke Hardman, and I only love one person in my life: What if I can’t win the championship?
Blind Taxi Driver: I see that the landlady and Boss Lin’s family are very depressed. Maybe this is a new dish that has been researched recently.
Mahayana cultivator: Yes, not only is he calm, but he also looks happy. Boss Lin must be secretly making up lessons.
Liangshan is so dry: Family members, remember to send pictures. The signal on the tower crane is not good, so I can’t watch the live broadcast. I can only read text and pictures to satisfy my cravings.
Lin Daiyu uprooted the weeping willow: I asked the proprietress about it and found out that the dish Boss Lin is making is called Steamed Silver Silk with Rice Noodles. I can’t find it online. It may be an original dish.
Upon hearing this, the fans all became quiet.
Looking forward to Boss Lin continuing to amaze the audience.
After getting the carrot.
Lin Xu returned to his stove and started working.
Although one hour may seem like a lot of time, there are quite a lot of steps involved in the steamed rice noodles dish, so you have to try to spare as much time as possible to dry.
If you steam without drying the water, this dish will easily stick to a ball.
After washing the radish for a while, he placed it on the eucalyptus board and started cutting it.
Wu Kexin, who was in charge of the live broadcast, and the TV station's cameraman rushed over.
Lin Xu's knife skills have always been excellent, and now he has to cut radishes, an easy ingredient to show off his knife skills, so he can't miss it.
Cut off the head and tail of the radish with a knife, leaving only a uniformly thick section in the middle of the radish.
Then use a kitchen knife to cut along the radish, and a flat surface will come out. After all four sides are cut, the original white radish will become a rectangle more than 20 centimeters long.
Then lay out the radish and start slicing it.
As the blade flew up and down, slices of radish as thin as paper were cut out, shocking the fans in the live broadcast room.
"When Boss Lin used the Dubai Knife Technique just now, I was just about to say that I could do it, but now I realized that the Dubai Knife Technique was just a hook."
"Oh my god! It's so thin that you can clearly see the wood grain on the eucalyptus board."
"Is this cut by human hands? A flaking machine can't cut it so thin, right?"
"It's so beautiful. I feel like Boss Lin is going to go big this round!"
"The other contestants are also firing up their game. Zhuang Yizhou is making bean curd, Guo Xinghai should be cooking stir-fried grouper fillets, and Huo Yifan is squeezing shrimps, maybe making white-robed shrimps."
"Oh my god, they are all meat dishes. Boss Lin only used big radishes. Can he win?"
"How did White Jade Lotus Root Silk win? How can we still win today?"
"Yeah, I feel relieved if you say this!"
Lin Xu cut quickly and steadily, and soon the radish slices were completely cut.
After cutting, he moved his wrist, then arranged the cut radish slices and began to shred them.
Fans can once again appreciate the wonderful knife skills.
After cutting, soak these radish shreds in salt water to kill the water. Taking advantage of this time, Lin Xu looked at the dishes made by other contestants.
Chicken bean curd, fried grouper fillet, white robe shrimp, almond tofu stuffed with bird's nest, stewed lion's head in milk soup, delicacy winter melon box...
They are all tough dishes.
Which dish is better to learn?
He thought about it and finally chose white-robed shrimp.
It’s not because this dish is famous, it’s mainly because Lin Xu’s grandma prefers shrimps. This time she comes home just in time to celebrate her 70th birthday, so she will make it for the elderly to try.
When I was in school, my grandma often secretly stuffed herself with money.
Now is the time to repay her kindness.
After deciding to learn how to make white-robed shrimps, he put his hands behind his back and slowly sneaked up to Huo Yifan. Huo Yifan, who was squeezing the shrimps, shook his hand and a piece of shrimp the size of his fingertip fell to the ground.
Lin Xu: "..."
Do I look so scary?
"What are you doing here?"
Huo Yifan felt very unhappy when he thought about his father being choked by Lin Xu's master in the group.
Today I was going to kill everyone in Diaoyutai and slap them in the face.
It turns out that Lin Xu is better at craftsmanship.
Huo Yifan was filled with anger.
If I win, I’ll come over and play, right?
The villain succeeds!
Lin Xu told the truth:
"I haven't seen white-robed shrimps yet, come here and learn... Can I use other shrimps for this thing?"
Study?
I don’t believe you can learn it by watching it once!
As the saying goes, don’t hit the smiling person, and Wu Kexin walked over with the live broadcast equipment, Huo Yifan put away his temper and said honestly:
"Super large river shrimps will do, but the best is the green shrimps from Taihu Lake... This dish is very demanding, you must use live shrimps, dead shrimps cannot be used."
In order to let Lin Xu retreat when faced with difficulties.
Huo Yifan talked about a lot of things to pay attention to when making white-robed shrimps.
For example, freshly fished fresh shrimp cannot be used. They need to be raised in clean water for another day or two to allow the shrimp to spit out the sediment, so that the shrimp meat will taste more tender.
In addition, only the thicker part of the shrimp is used in this dish, and the tip of the tail is not required.
Therefore, you need to squeeze the shrimps out, and squeeze out the most delicious part from the joint between the tail and body of the shrimp, so that the shape of the shrimp will be more symmetrical and beautiful.
At the same time, during the squeezing process, the shrimp shell can leave scratches on the shrimp meat.
These scratches will help with subsequent sizing.
If peeled directly, the surface of the shrimp will be smooth and smooth, and it will be easy to remove the pulp when cooking.
While he was talking, Lin Xu took out his mobile phone, opened the memo, wrote down these words, and said while typing:
"Speak slowly, speak slowly, let me write it down first."
The steps must be written clearly, so that even if the cooking learning card is out of date, you can have a reference when cooking in your hometown, so that you won’t be blinded.
Huo Yifan: "..."
I just said casually, are you really ready to learn?
This dish is quite difficult. If you don’t take a year and a half, you can’t even hope to learn it.
He originally wanted to laugh at Lin Xu's naive ideas, but then he thought about it, he never misses any learning opportunity even at the competition site, do he really have the right to laugh at him?
No wonder he ranks first in every round.
Such an opponent who is highly talented and loves to learn is really powerful.
While I was sighing, I heard Lin Xu’s urging voice:
"Don't stop, keep talking. Is there anything else you should pay attention to?"
Huo Yifan smiled silently:
"I really admire you..."
At this moment, he had squeezed out all the shrimps he wanted to use.
Then he took the basin filled with shrimps, filled half the basin of water, and washed the shrimps carefully.
The biggest difficulty in the White Robe Shrimp dish is actually not making the shrimps, but how to keep the shrimps white in color while cooking.
The prepared shrimps should be as white as snow.
There cannot be any variegated colors to be considered qualified.
In order to achieve this goal, the shrimps must be washed twice as much as possible, and even scratched with flour, and the adsorption of flour can be used to wash away the dirt on the surface of the shrimps.
"Then what?"
"Then start marinating... The white robe of the white robe shrimp dish is actually to make the egg white until it is about to foam, then add some starch powder and stir evenly, and then hang it on the shrimp for cooking, because it looks like it is wearing a robe.
There are layers of white robes, so the name white robe shrimps came into being.”
Oh?
It turns out that this is the origin of the name of the dish.
I thought it was made in a concocted way.
Today Huo Yifan used the top-quality Taihu prawns. The shrimps are clean and translucent, and there is no need to use flour to wash them.
He washed both sides and controlled the water.
Then pour it onto a tray covered with kitchen paper, cover it with another layer of kitchen paper, and dry the moisture on the surface in this way.
Then put the shrimps into the basin again and start marinating.
"How should these shrimps be marinated?"
"Just use onion and ginger salt water."
After Huo Yifan finished speaking, he took the onion and ginger water prepared in advance, added some salt to it, stirred it gently, and then poured it into the shrimp after the salt melted.
Then stir the shrimp again so that the onion and ginger water fully coats the shrimp.
Then he put the shrimps in the refrigerator compartment.
"After the shrimps are refrigerated, the moisture will shrink in, which can make the pickling effect better. If you are in a hurry to cook, you can also put it in the freezer for six or seven minutes, and the same effect can be achieved."
Tsk tsk, luckily I came here shamelessly.
Otherwise, where can I learn these knowledge points?
Although it can sometimes be obtained through system tasks, no matter how much the system gives, there is still no sense of accomplishment like learning.
Lin Xu wrote it down carefully.
Seeing Huo Yifan starting to beat the egg whites, he asked:
"Are you ready to hang up in the lake?"
"Yes, add cornstarch to the egg whites and beat until the egg whites are no longer stiff... Do you want to learn this too? Isn't egg whites the most basic way to adjust the egg whites?"
Really?
Lin Xu smiled and said:
"I just asked casually to see if you know... You go ahead and let me see how my vegetables are pickled."
Huo Yifan asked curiously:
"What did you cook?"
"Steamed shredded radish with rice flour."
When he heard this name, Huo Yifan thought of the steamed vegetables that his elders loved to make.
Steam the shredded radish or vegetable leaves that are thickly coated in starch, shake them up after taking them out of the pot, then mix them with sesame oil and garlic paste and serve on a plate.
Isn’t it?
This is a competition to enter the semi-finals. You actually cooked such a dish. Are you planning to give up?
Huo Yifan felt that he could not understand this genius more and more.
Lin Xu returned to his stove and pulled out the shredded radish. The water had been driven out by the salt water. When he was pulled out of the water, it seemed like he was lifting a handful of transparent hair.
Carefully put the shredded radish into clean water and wash it twice.
Wash off excess salt water.
Then use kitchen paper to dry the water on the surface, spread it in a bamboo basket, and blow it with a fan.
On the other side, Huo Yifan beat the egg whites into a basin, added two handfuls of dry starch, and then added a small spoonful of salt.
Then I took three kuaizi sticks and started beating the egg whites.
The more he thought about it, the less he understood Lin Xu’s motives and reasons for making shredded radish.
Why don't you go take a look at his stove?
As soon as this idea was formed in my mind, I couldn't get rid of it. I really wanted to see what Lin Xu was cooking.
He just went to see mine, so I should also go see his, right?
Thought of this.
He held the basin and walked to Lin Xu's stove while beating egg whites.
After arriving.
I happened to see Lin Xu spreading shredded radish in a bamboo basket.
I'm going!
It’s actually cut so finely.
Is this shredded radish?
I almost thought you brought someone’s wig here.
I really can’t believe what a genius says.
Originally, he thought that this round of white-robed shrimps should be able to win over Lin Xu by a small margin. After all, this dish is both good-looking and delicious.
But after seeing those radish shreds in the bamboo basket.
He gave up the idea.
There is no comparison. This knife skill alone can scare away countless chefs. I don’t know how to cut this pervert. It’s so frustrating...
Lin Xu spread out the shredded radish, and when he saw Huo Yifan coming over, he quickly asked:
"You are here just in time. I have another question to ask you. What should I do if the squeezed shrimp cannot be washed clean with flour?"
Huo Yifan: "..."
Don't ask me, I don't know!
I'm so stupid, really, I only knew that Lin Xu's cooking skills were very good and he loved to learn, but I didn't know that he was actually good at pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger...
Damn it, he tricked me again!
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