On the top deck of the Loulin ship, the sea breeze kept passing over the sea surface, causing ripples. A group of men in black from the dark cooking world were busy nervously, building new cooking tables, carrying ingredients, etc.
"Isn't it just to test the heat? Why do you have to come to the deck? It's so cold!"
The sea breeze was blowing constantly on the sea in the early morning hours. Although the wind was not too strong, it still made the two little girls An and Nakiri Erina tremble a little.
"It's indeed a bit strange. Doesn't it affect the chef's control of the heat in this environment?"
Nagiri Thistle was also very confused. It was windy on the deck, and the unpredictable wind would test the chef's cooking skills.
"Everything here cannot be treated with common sense."
Nakiri Senzaemon's words made everyone else fall silent, yes! After arriving here, everything they saw and heard was beyond their imagination.
In the middle of the deck, Xia Tian and Yakan stood side by side. Yakan was still drinking water from the bamboo tube. Xia Qian suddenly asked: "Yakan, what are you going to do with Li Yan and Luo Gen?"
"Hmm!" Yakan stopped what he was doing, with a hint of color in his eyes: "Why, you seem to care about those two useless things, you know they are your enemies."
"Don't slap me with such a big label." Xia Tian frowned and said angrily: "I just don't want to see two such good chefs disappear like this."
To be honest, no matter what Li Yan and Luo Yan's temperament is, they are both chefs, and Xia Tian doesn't want two outstanding cooks to disappear under the punishment of the dark cooking world.
Yakan was stunned when he heard this, but soon returned to normal and said calmly: "The loser must accept punishment. This is the ancient rule of the dark cooking world."
"But..." Xia Tian was a little anxious. But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Yakan's words.
"But now is the time to employ people, let's use this to make them guilty and meritorious in the next Neon Strategy!"
Xia Tian was immediately delighted when he heard the first half of the sentence, but the following words made him startled and suspicious: "Hey, Yakan! What do you mean by this?"
However, Yakan ignored Xia Tian and walked straight forward. Xia Tian was about to continue questioning, but at this moment the loud sound of gong stopped him, and the last round of cooking duel began.
Xiang En walked to the middle and loudly announced the start of the game:
"The theme of the last round of cooking competition: Huo Hou. Both sides will each present two dishes. The time is three hours. Each party chooses the ingredients. It starts now."
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge hourglass was lifted up by two strong men. As the sand in the hourglass fell, it also represented the official start of the cooking competition!
This is also the final battle to decide the ownership of the legendary kitchenware!
Xia Tian started to pick out the ingredients, and soon Xia Tian picked out a large piece of fresh pork belly, cabbage, garlic, green onion and a series of other ingredients.
But when Xia Tian set up a pot and caught fire, there was some trouble. Xia Tian still underestimated the influence of the environment. He saw that the flames on the cooking table were getting bigger and smaller under the influence of the sea breeze. There was no way to control the fire freely. Like this
It is okay to cook pork belly over a flame, but if the iron pot is overheated and the firepower is not enough, it will be troublesome.
"It seems we still have to use that method."
Xia Tian thought of this and immediately started to prepare. He took out the bricks to build the cooking table one by one and started to build a square stove...
Xia Tian's strange behavior soon attracted the attention of the judges' table. Nakiri Erina looked at Xia Tian curiously and asked: "Grandpa, what is he doing?"
"I don't know about this! Maybe it has something to do with the control of the heat!"
Nakiri Senzaemon also didn't understand Xia Tian's thoughts, but he saw the flames on Xia Tian's cooking table getting bigger and smaller, and guessed.
"Look, that chef from the dark culinary world!"
An's surprised voice turned everyone's attention back to Yakan, but this sight also made them couldn't help but scream in surprise.
Because compared to Xia Tian, who was busy with work, there was no movement in Yakan. He could only be seen sitting cross-legged on the deck, slowly drinking water from the bamboo tube, without any intention of making food.
"What is he doing? Does he want to admit defeat directly?"
An looked at Yakan who was calm and composed and said words that he didn't even believe.
Everyone else on the judging panel was also confused. Although three hours is not a short time and is more than enough to cook two dishes, is it really okay to sit like this all the time?
"Hehehe, Mr. Yakan wants to see how good that young man's cooking skills are."
In the end, it was Li Xiaoxia who solved everyone's doubts.
"Then when does he plan to start cooking?" Nakiri Erina suddenly asked.
"Let me think about it~" Li Ke raised his head and tapped his small chin with his finger, thinking in a mature manner. Suddenly, he immediately looked at everyone and returned with a smile: "It should wait until the boy completes the two dishes!"
"What!"
Everyone looked at Li Ke in surprise, thinking they had heard wrongly.
"But that time is simply not enough..."
"No, as long as it's Mr. Yakan."
The girl's smiling pretty face was accompanied by undoubted confidence.
Seeing Li Ke's firm and confident eyes, everyone on the judging panel felt a shadow cast over their hearts, and couldn't help but look at the tall, motionless figure from behind.
Xia Tian was actually observing Ya Can's movements. Seeing Ya Can's composure, Xia Tian curled his lips angrily and muttered: "You are so confident, Five Tiger Stars!"
After all, Xia Tian started preparing the side dishes. Onions, garlic, ginger slices, cabbage, etc. were transformed into perfect and neat pairs under Xia Tian’s superb knife skills.
The last step is to cut the meat. As we all know, cutting meat can better reflect a chef's knife skills than vegetables. Amidst the rapid sound of the kitchen knife touching the chopping board, slices of meat of the same size and thickness are neatly displayed in front of everyone.
"Twice-cooked pork!" Nakiri Senzaemon looked at Xia Tian's ingredients and understood Xia Tian's cuisine. Others on the judges' table also saw it. However, because of the strong taste of twice-cooked pork, it rarely appeared in the lighter-tasting neon dishes.
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"This guy's knife skills are really good!" Even Yakan, who was watching quietly from the side, couldn't help but admire.
"But how do you solve the problem of heat?" Yakan's voice suddenly became deeper, "If there is not enough fire, the large amount of water in the vegetables will destroy the original flavor of the pork... What will you do?"
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Suddenly, the wind on the sea suddenly became stronger, and the flames that were shaking on the summer cooking table became smaller. Nakiri Senzaemon couldn't help shouting:
"not good!"
"What's wrong, grandpa?" Nakiri Erina looked at her grandpa in confusion.
Nakiri Senzaemon looked at Xia Tian's cooking table with a stern expression.
"The most important step in summer's twice-cooked pork dish is to stir-fry over high heat, but now the boy can't use it at all. Without this step, then this twice-cooked pork dish will be useless."
When Nakiri Erina heard this, she looked at Xia Tian worriedly.
At this time, Xia Tian looked at the stove he had built at the beginning and muttered:
"It should be fine!"
After saying that, he kicked the simple stove away, and An said doubtfully: "What is he doing?"
Everyone on the judging panel was also confused, but at this moment, the sharp-eyed Nakiri Hisashi suddenly said: "What is that?"
I saw a fiery red object exposed from the collapsed stove, and Xia Tian smiled with satisfaction after seeing it.