Chapter 732 Pork Chops with Chives and Roasted Almonds
Next, the second chef team’s dishes are even more colorful.
On the plate is a green sauce. The main ingredients are green onions, lime zest and lime juice. The small round leaves are pickled with salt and garnished with the fruit wood-smoked salmon.
Next to the fish, fresh flowers and herbs are used as ingredients. At first glance, it feels like everything is coming back to life in spring, with young flowers and leaves sprouting small buds alternately.
Although there is no discernible taste, in Wu Kai's description, this dish is a delicacy that is sweet and sour, and uses the roundness of smoke to balance the taste.
Not only does it taste very delicious and fresh, but the presentation on the plate also gives people a visual enjoyment, which is simply the best of both worlds.
Li Xun also spoke highly of this dish, but one slight drawback was that the taste of the fish overshadowed the taste of the green sauce.
As for Van Bakker, he is still the same, neither good nor bad, but his expression is definitely not satisfactory.
The third one finally came to Da Bo and their team.
The team of chefs in front of me are of different ages. They are all wearing their own colored chef uniforms and chef hats. They are tall, short, fat and thin, men, women and children.
In terms of age, Xu Qioni can be said to be relatively young.
Judging from the appearance, it is even more outstanding.
I can eat two bowls of rice just by looking at my face.
As the camera moves, a dish appears on the TV screen.
"Chicken legs? Strawberry jam, coriander leaves, fried fish and...bread?"
Chen Jianhai quickly opened his eyes to see.
On the plate in front of me, there were everything from red, green, white, and yellow. On the top of the plate, there was a bone sticking out stubbornly like a small white flag.
"etc."
This doesn't seem to be chicken legs, it should be ribs.
With so many people cooking such a small dish, which vegetable leaf was cooked by Da Bo?!
While Chen Jianhai was observing the dishes, the eldest chef in the team said:
“For this dish, we use roasted pork chops with almond and dried chili puree, paired with a virgin olive oil sauce made from chives, and finally topped with chive foam sauce.”
Before the chef finished speaking, Van Bakke said: "Are you satisfied with the finished product of the pork?"
The chef glanced at Van Bakker and said, "We ended up using the oven to speed up the process, but the finished product is pretty good."
"The meat of the pork chop is bone-free or semi-bone-free. It is delicious and the meat juice is locked in after being rested."
Following the chef's introduction, the judges picked up their chopsticks and began to taste the dishes on the plates in front of everyone.
"I think this pork chop is very well done."
After just finishing a bite of pork chop, Wu Kai put down his chopsticks and praised it without hesitation: "I like the roasted almonds in it very much."
"The fat of the pork and the flavor of the chives form a wonderful contrast, it tastes very good!"
Li Xun also continued: "I very much agree with Brother Kai's evaluation, and what surprises me most about this dish is the almond paste in it."
Li Xun picked up the spoon and provided the cameraman with a very suitable angle for shooting.
"This almond reminds me of the taste I had when I was a kid, but I personally think it would be better if some osmanthus could be put here."
These two compliments to the judges are now basically in the realm of whether they can be listened to or not.
Chen Jianhai finally understood that these two people came here to compliment each other on business. In the end, the quality of the dishes mainly depends on Van Bakke's opinion.
But Van Bakke's expression was still so disdainful and picky. After finishing the pork chop on the plate, he ordered some sauce and tasted it. Then he took out a paper towel and wiped his mouth, but still said nothing.
It was as if commenting on these dishes was a waste of his time.
Next, there is the tasting session for the audience.
When the audience is tasting, the judges will be given enough time to discuss together and give scores to the three groups of chefs.
When the discussion ends, the host will announce the results of tonight's game.
Sure enough, as the staff walked towards the auditorium carrying the plates, Wu Kai, Li Xun and Fan Bakke also gathered together to discuss. It seemed that the discussion was quite intense.
However, the photography only gave the judges a brief shot before switching the scene to the audience.
Since the number of a dish is only so small, whoever can grab it counts as his, so there are only a few lucky spectators.
Obviously everyone wants to eat, but after all, it is a live TV broadcast. Due to the face and dignity, they are too embarrassed to grab it. They can only stare at the staff eagerly, hoping that they will come in front of them.
At this moment, a bright pink "sea anemone" suddenly jumped up from the seat in the auditorium.
It’s too late to say it, but it will be soon!
The "big anemone" grabbed his arm, passed over the top of the head of the elder brother in the row in front of him, and unceremoniously took away the two plates.
When the staff and the confused audience who had stretched out their hands and prepared to taste the food delivered to their mouths reacted,
"Big Big Anemone" has already sat back on his seat, and handed a plate to the tall and majestic Xu Bayi next to him. Then he picked up the pork chop on his plate and put it in his mouth!
The next second, a white bone spit out from his mouth.
The child stopped crying and the adult stopped urinating. The action of grabbing food shocked the audience both inside and outside the TV.
Xu Ba's face instantly turned red to his neck.
He sat on the same spot with his plate straight, trying not to avoid it or eat it. He had never been so embarrassed in his old life.
On the contrary, Xiaolang sat there with a calm face, finished the food on the plate in a few mouthfuls, and then handed the empty plate back to the staff.
After a brief moment of astonishment, the host quickly spoke:
"Through the audience's tasting, we can see that this pork chop is really bone-free and melts in your mouth..."
As the audience's tasting session ended, the judges also selected tonight's results.
Host: "May I ask our judges, which group of contestants made you most unforgettable tonight and served you the best dish tonight?"
At this time, Wu Kai and Li Xun, who had been talking loudly before, stopped talking. The two of them turned their attention to Van Bakke, completely asking him to comment.
After all, professional people do professional things, and the professional judges are sitting here. It is not their turn to give advice.
Besides, it’s so easy to praise people, and to offend people by talking about their shortcomings, you can do it to whomever you like!
Van Bakke pushed up the black-rimmed glasses on his nose and said: "Tonight, the three groups of contestants all performed at a very high level for the competition, and the quality of the dishes was also very good. I am very happy and honored to be able to eat such delicious food.
food."
"My favorite dish tonight is the salmon pesto from the second set."
"All the chefs in the second group will each get 10 points."
"Unfortunately, the other two groups of chefs didn't get any points tonight."