However, after the judges ate the fish balls, Chen Nian still saw a look of surprise on the judges' faces. Although he didn't know what kind of fish they were made from, Chen Nian just vaguely heard something coming from over there.

There was a knocking sound, which meant that the fish balls were made by the other party's hands.

Seeing the judges chewing the fish balls far more often than normal, Chen Nian confirmed his suspicion in his mind and could not help but secrete saliva from his mouth.

"I really want to try it, but I don't know what it tastes like."

Soon the fish balls were distributed to the other guests, one for each person. Chen Nian tried to get Wonder Witch to leave one for himself, but he couldn't. He couldn't leave half of one for himself.

The dishes cooked by other people were also served one after another. Most people's meals were cooked without any problems, but there were still some who made some small mistakes when cooking, resulting in the taste of the dishes being unsatisfactory.

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Soon the last three people were left. Chen Nian looked up at the other two. One of them was the tall and thin man who helped him catch fish. The other party's fish had just been cooked and was being divided into more than a dozen portions.

After they were divided, they were served, but to Chen Nian's surprise, the other party not only asked the staff to help carry the divided plates to the judges and guests, but also kept two more plates and gave one to them.

Oneself, one share was given to another person.

"Thank you." Chen Nian thanked him quickly, and then his eyes were attracted by the exquisite piece of fish cut into squares in front of him.

The surface is golden and the taste looks very attractive, and you can smell the rich fragrance just by lightly lifting the tip of your nose from a distance.

Then Chen Nian picked up the plate and observed it carefully. Under the golden skin, the fish meat was slightly red, the meat was firm and tender, and the skin was as smooth as a piece of jade.

Just like jade from an old pit, it looks rough and uneven on the outside, but after cutting it, the texture inside is better than fine fat.

The portions they were given to taste were all small pieces of two centimeters square, but the positions were similar, so even if there was a certain difference in the taste, the difference would not be too big.

Chen Ni put this piece of fish meat into his mouth. As his upper and lower teeth closed lightly, the crispy fish skin made a slight clicking sound, just like putting a piece of seaweed on it, but the taste was better than the seaweed.

too much.

And only the thin layer of fish skin on the outside has been fried to this state, while the fish meat inside is still extremely tender, and the juices continue to emerge with chewing, giving people the feeling that they are eating fish and drinking fish soup at the same time.

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Moreover, there was a faint aroma of wine in the soup, and the wine brought out the freshness of the fish to the fullest. But as he ate it, he frowned because he felt another taste!

Although the aroma is somewhat similar to that of wine, you can feel their differences if you identify them carefully.

"Did you use incense residue?"

Suddenly, a voice came to Chen Nian's ear, and the judges on the stage also discovered the secret of this dish.

Chen Nian immediately realized that the other party actually used fragrant residue!

In fact, fragrant glutinous rice mostly originates from Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, and Fujian. The raw materials are wheat and glutinous rice fermented with koji.

The distiller's grains were originally used to brew rice wine, but if you want to get the fragrant grains, you need to brew the rice wine, and then continue to seal the remaining distiller's grains, and they can become fragrant grains in more than half a year.

And it still has alcohol content, but when used in cooking, it is more mellow than ordinary rice wine!

The reason why Chen Nian knew this was because he had heard from guests when he was in Shanghai before. After all, there are many rich people in a big city like Shanghai, so naturally there is a place where you can eat this kind of time-consuming food.

For Chen Nian, even if you haven't eaten it, hearing about it can be regarded as adding to your knowledge.

But I didn't expect that the tall and thin man would actually use these.

Now Chen Nian feels as if there is a bare-butt baby swimming staggeringly in his mouth after dipping his chopsticks into a little rice wine and sipping it.

He stumbled and bumped into the edge from time to time, then he laughed twice and swam in another direction.

The pan-fried white fish is really delicious, Chen Nian couldn’t help but sigh!

Looking at the guests, they also looked very satisfied after eating this dish, and the judges also nodded with smiles while discussing with each other.

It seems that this is going to give high marks.

Chen Nian guessed in his heart.

He lowered his head and looked at his pot. He saw that his dishes were not finished yet, but they were almost done. At this time, Chen Nian started to get busy again. He washed the green vegetables that he had prepared and processed them briefly.

Put it in the pot and arrange it.

Chen Nian's actions surprised others. Everyone else had already finished eating their dishes before you put them in. Isn't it a bit too late?

But Chen Nian didn't care about these looks at all, and he decided to include this dish only at the last moment.

But just after he added the dishes, the staff suddenly brought him another plate of dishes.

He looked up and saw that it was actually brought to him by another one of the three remaining people just now.

But this person, Chen Nian, had never spoken to him before, nor did he meet him when he was picking up the ingredients.

Could it be that you want to imitate the tall and lanky guy just now?

However, since the other party has sent one copy, Chen Nian has no reason to refuse. At most, he will send another copy to them later.

After raising his head and smiling friendly at the other party, Chen Nian began to look at the other entry that was brought up.

It looks like crabs and fish from the outside.

And at first glance, there doesn’t seem to be anything special about them. Crabs are just crabs, and fish are just fish.

But when Chen Nian picked up the crabs, he realized something was wrong, because the legs of these crabs were actually glued on!

With a gentle tug, he pulled it off...

Then he saw that there seemed to be some gelatin in the middle.

But the opponent used this thing in the competition, and obviously the glue was edible, so Chen Nian tasted the joint in the middle and found a faint smell of fish.

But is there such a thing in fish?

Chen Nian thought about it, and suddenly it occurred to him that there seemed to be something called isinglass on fish, which is made from fish fat and contains rich colloids, so it is called isinglass, and

Sometimes it is also called fish maw.

But in order to make it so sticky, I guess there may be fish scales in it, and the fish scales can also be melted away when cooking.

"Awesome, such a complicated production process is used just for this connection!"

Chen Ni couldn't help but admire him for a moment. This alone was enough to be called ingenuity, and the other person definitely came from a big restaurant, or was involved in self-media shooting videos, otherwise he would definitely not be able to do it.

Something so flashy comes out.

But now the other party is still with the judges, so there is no way to ask, so after the aging, I looked at the inside of the crab. Many crabs have been dismantled before, so the tools on the aging side are complete.

Pick up the tools and start disassembling.

After removing the legs and pincers of the crab, open the back shell. Some glue is also used here to stick it together.

It's a little easier to open than a normal crab, but there's still that sense of frustration.

Then Chen Nian saw full of crab roe and plump crab meat inside.

But at this time Chen Nian was a little confused again.

If we just peel off the back shells of those arms and legs and glue them back on, is it necessary to go through so much trouble?

In other words, there must be something wrong here!

Then Chen Nian used a small spoon to dig out the crab roe. He planned to take out the crab roe and meat and put them in the crab shell, and then eat them in one bite.

Aged crabs are usually eaten this way because they are particularly delicious. However, in the past, due to limitations of tools, we could not dismantle them very carefully.

But just when he took out the crab roe, he suddenly realized that the crab roe seemed different from the crab roe he had seen before...

So he first took some and put it in his mouth.

Then he finally realized that this was not crab roe, it was clearly fish roe!

The other party actually made the fish roe look like crab roe!

This is so creative!

Chen Nian finally figured out why a crab and a fish were served!

Because of this crab, except for the outer shell, the rest of the internal structure has been replaced by fish!

Crab roe is made from fish roe, and crab meat is made from fish meat!

This is true even inside those legs!

"Simply invincible!"

Chen Nian removed all the fish meat from the crab's body, and the fish meat that was removed from the legs and claws was actually covered with some red film. The other party even simulated this layer.

Put them all in the crab shell, then pour in a little bit of the crab vinegar that comes with this dish, mix it evenly, scoop up all of it with a spoon and put it into your mouth!

The aroma of fish fills the mouth with a hint of crab, and the texture and taste are quite good, but after all, there are some differences between fish meat and crab meat, so when eating it, it still feels a little weird when it is aged.

It's not weird in the sense that it doesn't taste good, but it feels a bit inconsistent.

After eating the crab, Chen Nian turned his attention to the small fish next to him. Since the crab was stuffed with fish meat, there was no need to think too much about the fish. It must be made of crab meat.

After opening it, Chen Nian discovered that what he had thought was indeed true. The fish meat was indeed made of crab, but the fish roe in the belly was made of crab roe. Even if they were exchanged in equal parts, it would belong to them.

However, when eating crabs, Chen Nian discovered that there was isinglass at the junction of those joints as a connecting material. Logically speaking, this fish should have similar surprises.

After looking at it back and forth, Chen Nian finally focused on the fish skin. The skin of this fish made of crab meat was golden yellow. He cut off a small piece of fish meat with a knife and put it in his mouth.

After tasting it carefully, I really tasted the taste of crab roe.
To be continued...