After a while, the leader came on stage to speak. Reporters from all major media, holding long guns and short cannons, pointed at the leaders and clicked, and the flashlights lit up, making each face look white.
The audience in the audience applauded one after another.
"I announce that the finals of the first Longjiang Cup Food Festival cooking and ingredient competition will begin now."
Then, the voice of the deputy director of the Provincial Tourism Bureau sounded like a bell.
The audience immediately burst into excitement, bursts of warm applause, followed by the "dong-dong-dong" sound of kitchen knives chopping vegetables in the competition area, and the clattering sound of washing vegetables.
The rows of chefs in front of him were among the top chefs in the province, and their skillful knife skills were dazzling. Fang Xiaoyu looked a little crazy.
"Damn, professional ones are different." Seeing those chefs cutting vegetables well and quickly, Fang Xiaoyu couldn't help but admire them.
After watching it for a while, he remembered that he was here to compete, so he got busy at the desk.
He carefully washed the ginger and mountain pepper and chopped them into fine pieces. He also washed the fungus and patched it a little.
His knife skills were average. Compared with those of professional chefs, it was like a fight between a child and an adult. There was no comparison at all.
When the big camera on the electronic display screen switched to Fang Xiaoyu, many viewers couldn't help but laugh.
"Damn, even this cooking skills are embarrassing!"
"Alas! It must be a related household!"
"With this level, you still want to win the championship of the competition group? This is ridiculous!"
"Hey! If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. This is the champion of our Long County group stage! The real god of cooking!"
"Here I go, it turns out that this kid won the championship in the last group stage. It seems like he didn't do well either!"
"You know a ball!"
"Who the hell are you yelling at?"
Among the onlookers, some supported Fang Xiaoyu, while others looked down on him. Some even got violent over it.
Faced with the audience's reaction, Fang Xiaoyu just smiled indifferently and did not take it seriously.
He knows that the process is not important, but the results are important.
Not long after, chefs started to prepare the dishes and sent them to the judges' table for judging.
"9 points, 96 points, 93 points..."
"86 points, 9 points, 85 points..."
Listening to the host reporting the scores, Fang Xiaoyu couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
He inadvertently glanced at the judges' table and found out that one of the seven judges was Min Hui, Queen of Sesame, and he felt much more at ease.
"No matter what, let's make the best cold fungus first."
Fang Xiaoyu calmly prepared the dishes, boiled the fungus until it was halfway cooked, picked it up, and started to make cold fungus, adding shredded cliff ginger, wild mountain pepper and mountain lake salt, and drizzled some top-quality sesame oil.
A breeze blows, and a strong fragrance immediately rises.
“It smells so good!”
"This is what the fungus is made of and why it is so fragrant."
The audience watching around couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of their hearts.
The ultimate cold fungus is finally ready. Fang Xiaoyu specially divided it into two halves, adding wild pepper to one side and not adding wild pepper to the other, and divided it into spicy and non-spicy flavors.
"Okay, done!"
Fang Xiaoyu gently tapped the bell next to him, which made a crisp "ding" sound. Immediately, the etiquette lady came over and brought his "work" to the judges for examination. Fang Xiaoyu followed closely.
The host on the stage picked up the microphone with excitement and said to everyone: "Okay, now someone has prepared the dish. This is a delicious cold fungus. How delicious is it? Let's take a look later.
You will know the judges’ scores.”
As soon as the host finished speaking, he heard bursts of screams coming from below.
"Fang Xiaoyu, come on!"
"Come on Xiaoyu!"
"Come on, Boss Fang!"
“Come on Long County!”
Fang Xiaoyu looked outside and saw that Tyrannosaurus Rex was there with a group of boys cheering. After a while, the villagers in Hehua Village also started shouting.
"Xiaoyu, sister-in-law supports you!"
"Auntie likes you!"
"Xiaoyu, come on!"
Fang Xiaoyu took a closer look in the distance, and Lu Ping and Gu Ling's mother were also here. Gu Ling was also outside, with two beautiful nurses waving to him with a smile on her face!
"This girl didn't even say hello in advance. She told her in advance that no matter what, she would have to attend a group of relatives and friends from her mother-in-law's family. She would sit in the front row!"
Fang Xiaoyu said something reproachfully in his heart. He raised his hand and waved to Gu Ling and the others very coolly. This seemingly pretentious action immediately aroused the ridicule and disdain of some onlookers who did not know the truth.
"Damn, this kid has no skills, but he's really good at showing off."
"Yes! I can make cold fungus and serve it like this. I really admire it."
"I hope you won't lose the face of Long County people."
A few angry young people were talking sarcastically.
These words happened to be seen by the Tyrannosaurus Rex on the side. He walked over and gave him a good beating.
"What the hell are you talking about? Your nose is smoked by farts, right? You can't smell such fragrant cold fungus, but you are actually making sarcastic remarks here. I let you say it, I let you say it..."
The three boys were beaten so hard that they staggered around. Each of them huddled in a corner with their heads in their hands, watching from a distance.
Seeing Tyrannosaurus rex handle this matter so roughly, Fang Xiaoyu was really speechless.
At this moment, I heard the judges beside me scream in surprise one by one.
"Yeah! Yes, this fungus is delicious."
"tasty!"
"beautiful!"
Soon the judges showed their scores.
"10 points, 99 points, 10 points..."
Seeing that the judges gave high scores one by one, Fang Xiaoyu's hanging heart finally calmed down. With the current results, it is estimated that it will be no problem to get second place. The 01 points will be lost in the dishes. After all, there is nothing
The pattern is too simple.
However, when the Millennium Silent Pond Fungus Fish from Muyuan Villa is unveiled, it will surely amaze everyone.
Fang Xiaoyu returned to his seat and waited for a while. Finally, it was Muyuan Villa's turn to appear. When the etiquette lady was holding it, the fragrant and steaming fresh grass carp, together with Qixiaodie's black and shiny, top-quality cold fungus, were presented.
When everyone was in front of them, the onlookers and the judges couldn't help but exclaimed in exclamation.
“This dish is delicious as soon as you look at it!”
“This fish smells so good!”
"No, why do I smell fungus?"
"Let each take half!"
"Come on, team leader, you pay first."
One of the judges smiled and winked at the head of the judging panel, and all the judges stretched out their chopsticks, picked up a small piece, and put it into their mouths.
The judges had different expressions, but no one made a sound. They were all tasting it carefully, as if they couldn't bear to let go of the delicious food.
Time seemed to have frozen, and the onlookers all had their eyes widened, and some couldn't help but swallowed their saliva.
"Okay! This fish is delicious!"
“This fungus is delicious!”
Fang Xiaoyu couldn't help but swallow his saliva, widened his eyes, and stared, waiting for the judges' final scores. In fact, he was still looking forward to winning the championship. (To be continued)