gourmet food

Chapter 658
"Nonsense, what is it if it's not dried tofu?"

"Yes, I've been eating something for so many years. Is this indeed dried tofu?"

"It must be dried tofu. Look at the color and the shape. What is it if it's not dried tofu?"

A questioning voice immediately caused everyone to discuss it extensively, and almost everyone thought it was dried tofu.

"This is not dried tofu, this is a relatively famous dried tofu in Sichuan, called dried egg."

Mr. Liu listened with interest for a while, and finally couldn't help but speak out.

"Hmm~! Mr. Liu is right, this is actually dried eggs. It's not easy to tell if you don't look carefully."

President Li also nodded and smiled at everyone.

"Dried eggs? Are they made from eggs?"

Someone at the scene started asking questions.

"Yes, and only eggs are used, and no other auxiliary ingredients are added."

After speaking, Mr. Liu was also a little greedy. He had not eaten this dried egg for a long time. Seeing the unfinished dried eggs in the lacquer box, Mr. Liu was looking forward to it.

This egg jerky is definitely a masterpiece. Looking at Chu Yunfeng's method at this moment, it is certain that he will carve every piece of egg jerky.

But Mr. Liu couldn't decide how to deal with it later.

I wonder if Chu Yunfeng puts together each carved piece to make it a whole, and only waits until the dish is tasted to be discovered?
Or lay them out in layers and pour sauce on top?
These two practices will give people wonderful feelings whenever they are still or when they move.

Carving on the egg stem is considered unique!
From Mr. Liu's point of view, such techniques and creativity are considered qualified even for state banquet dishes. The most important thing is to see the creativity!

The creativity of the carving can be changed at any time, which is very suitable for different state banquet scenes. It seems that this Xiao Chu does have great potential.

"Mr. Liu is right. This dried egg is made entirely from eggs. It is steamed first and then marinated. That's why its outer skin and inner part look so similar to dried tofu."

President Li saw the curiosity on everyone's faces, so he smiled and explained it to everyone.

"Let me just say, when the dried egg was cut out, I saw that the cross-section was different. At that time, I guessed that it was not dried tofu. You still didn't believe it."

The young man who raised suspicion just now continued to speak. With the foreshadowing of Mr. Liu and President Li, his voice was inevitably much louder than before.

"Your observation is very accurate. You will see some bubbles and irregularities on the cut surface of dried tofu, but the cut surface of dried egg is different. Its cut surface is very smooth.

This is due to the different properties of the two ingredients, soybeans and eggs, so it is very simple to distinguish them from this point. "

President Li further clarified everyone's doubts. As soon as he finished speaking, the staff came over with the display screen.

"Come on, come on, let's make way, let's make way!"

When the staff entered the site, they naturally evacuated everyone to avoid accidentally injuring anyone during the installation.

Soon, in less than 10 minutes, a huge display screen was installed and hung on the temporary platform.

"Okay, it will be transferred right away."

While waiting, Mu Qing had already placed and adjusted all the shooting equipment. After the display screen was installed, she just pulled a wire to connect it.

"Okay, okay, there's a signal!"

"Okay, okay, this seems very convenient."

"Comfortable, no need to crowd in a crowd, it's so comfortable to watch like this!"

"Boss Chu, hurry up, don't waste time!"

As soon as the "live broadcast" was debugged, everyone at the scene couldn't wait to urge Chu Yunfeng.

Don't waste any more time.
Chu Yunfeng felt a little depressed. Who was wasting whose time?
But this is not a time for depression and distraction. During the waiting time, I prepared the sauce.

Making cold dishes is actually simple to say the least, but complicated to say the least.

The most critical thing is actually the sauce. The sauce involves the flavor of the cold dish. Different flavor types require different sauces.

Many cold dishes are made by directly processing the ingredients and then pouring the sauce on them, so it is also very important to prepare the sauce first.

In his free time just now, Chu Yunfeng prepared a total of nine kinds of sauces.

Red oil smell!
Ginger flavor!
Garlic flavor!
Mustard!
Peppery flavor!
Weird smell!

Sweet and sour!
Hot and sour!
Spicy!
These nine sauces are all very classic cold dish flavors. The seasonings used in each flavor are slightly different, but not all of them require the use of red oil.

Feeling everyone's attentive "anticipation", Chu Yunfeng continued to process the dried eggs.

Pieces after pieces of dried eggs are engraved with different floral patterns. Each piece is carefully made and is dizzying.

And the most surprising thing is that the patterns carved on each piece of dried egg by Chu Yunfeng are not repeated, which shows how profound his artistic skills are.

What makes everyone feel breathtakingly beautiful is that Chu Yunfeng carved patterns around each piece of dried egg.

Coupled with the dazzling pattern design in the middle, it is simply a beautiful work of art blooming with the movement of life.

"It's so beautiful. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to eat it."

"Me too. I took pictures of every piece I just took with my phone. It's so healing. It will be very comfortable to take it out and look at it when you're in a bad mood."

"I think Boss Chu can win the championship just by cooking this dish, right? I really can't think of anyone else who can do it with such delicacy and delicacy?"

"Wow!"

"Wow!"

The cheers at the Star Hotel came one after another.

Whenever Chu Yunfeng finished processing a piece, he would put it aside "intimately" and wait for everyone to take photos before putting it into the paint box.

Faced with Chu Yunfeng's thoughtfulness, everyone would make a "noisy" sound at this time to express their gratitude.

"What's the situation over there? Why is it so lively?"

"That's right, there will be a ghost scream soon, and I don't know what kind of "hands-on" is going on?"

Every chef who came to compete began to discuss and ask questions. Such a big movement in Xingchen naturally attracted everyone's attention.

It’s no big deal if you don’t want to pay attention to it. Too many people came to their side to watch the excitement, and there were not even one or two people alive in front of their booth.

The only people left alive are our own people
Coupled with the cheers one after another, it is natural that these chefs are envious, jealous, and hateful!

hatred?
This is not serious, it's just that "the cook looks down on each other" and he is a little unconvinced.

"What are you cooking? Why are so many people interested?"

"I don't know either. Didn't you see that I'm working hard here like you?"

"Would you like to go and have a look?"

"If there's anything interesting to see, let's cool off the porridge first!"

President Hou was chatting with many people at this time. Because he came late today, he was caught by his old friends as soon as he came and couldn't escape while chatting.

Among them are Master Ji Youwei, Peng Yue’s master, and Wang Zhiqiang, Wu Junjie’s master.

The Jingcheng Hotel is very powerful, and it will definitely have a place in this kind of competition, and the Howardson Garden Hotel is also one of the best hotels in Yangcheng, so it naturally entered the finals.

"What's going on over there? Is there a display screen?"

Master Ji actually wants to go around and see if there are any good ideas or some creative dishes this year.

But this person's name, the shadow of the tree, and his reputation were all here. Everyone who saw him had to come up to greet him, so he had no choice but to keep a smile on his face and "laugh and laugh" with everyone.

In fact, the initial commotion at the Star Hotel had already attracted Master Ji's attention. Now the commotion continued to increase, and Master Ji could no longer bear it.

"Sorry, excuse me, I'll go over and take a look."

Master Ji cupped his fists and said sorry to the people around him, then turned around and walked towards the Star Hotel with a smile.

"I'm sorry, I'll go over with Master Ji to take a look."

When Wang Ziqiang saw Master Ji leaving, he immediately followed him.

"That, sorry, me."

President Hou had also seen and heard the commotion caused by Xingchen, and wanted to go over and see what Chu Yunfeng was up to.

But before he finished speaking, he was blocked by the people who had just surrounded Master Ji.

"President Hou, haha, long time no see. When will you come to our hotel to guide our work?"

The person in charge of a five-star hotel in the northwest excitedly held President Hou's hand and greeted him warmly.

"Uh~! Okay, okay!

That, I return."

President Hou heard the cheers coming from Xingchen again and was about to run away, but he made another miscalculation.

"President Hou, let's go and have a look at our booth. This is the second time our hotel has entered the finals. Can you give us some guidance?"

After the person in charge of the hotel invited President Hou, everyone made such a request. President Hou had no choice but to agree to everyone's request and go to the site one by one.

This guy Chu Yunfeng is really not lonely when he is around. He can really "cause trouble".

Hmm~?

Master Ji had just walked halfway when he could clearly see Chu Yunfeng's movements on the distant display screen.

The carving was steady, accurate, and ruthless, with a strong aura.

In particular, Chu Yunfeng's carving technique has a hint of simplicity, which makes people feel excited.

No wonder!

So many people are gathered here, it turns out that it really has a unique attraction.

Master Ji quickened his pace, and his whole body was as fast as flying.

"Mr. Ji, wait for me!"

Wang Ziqiang was already a beat behind Master Ji, but he didn't expect that at such an old age, he could still walk at the same speed as a young man.

While chasing Master Ji, Wang Ziqiang looked up at the display screen. This sight immediately shocked Wang Ziqiang.

Chu Yunfeng?
How is he?

Last time I took Wu Junjie to Mr. Li's place, I saw how powerful he was. This young man left a deep impression on me.

I originally thought that my talented chef was already the leader among the younger generation of chefs, but Chu Yunfeng taught him a good lesson.

Let himself know what a young hero is, but his cooking skills actually overwhelm him, making his plans fail.

There are rumors outside that Mr. Li has taken Chu Yunfeng as his disciple, but only he knows that Chu Yunfeng has been selected as the seed player of the younger generation of Sichuan cuisine.

He was trained by Mr. Li personally. Although Mr. Li will not officially accept a disciple, he can often receive advice from Mr. Li. What is the difference between this and an apprentice?
Sculpture?

Are there carvings and paintings on the dried eggs?
And decorations?

What a carver!
Good trick!
Wang Ziqiang could tell at a glance that it was dried eggs rather than dried tofu, and he admired it after just two glances.

Isn't Chu Yunfeng's cooking skills improving too fast?
Last time I saw Mr. Li's carving work, he definitely didn't have the smooth and flowing artistic conception as he does now. How long has it been? This guy is growing up too fast.

Let Junjie come over later to get acquainted with Chu Yunfeng. The young people should communicate more, not to mention that they are all seed players in the plan.

Everyone was mesmerized by the carving of dried eggs, just like the carvings of jade and jade. After the carving knife cuts across it, the pattern gradually takes shape, and the artistic beauty in it is indescribable.

Chu Yunfeng processed it very quickly. Within a few minutes, he carved all the dried eggs, then put them together and placed them quietly in the lacquer box.

From the outside, it looks just like a plain piece of "dried tofu", but as soon as you take out one piece, you will find that there is definitely something special inside.

It seemed that Chu Yunfeng didn't intend to directly reveal the secret of this piece of dried egg. He left it there and started to deal with another ingredient.

"What is this for?"

Everyone has a question.

Chu Yunfeng began to take out the dough that had been mixed before, and then began to roll out the dough.

Guo Kui came to his side and started to process the fresh shrimps and fresh meat.

"Are you making pasta?"

After seeing the actions of the two people, everyone became very curious. What kind of pasta can be put into the saving box?
steamed stuffed bun?

dumpling?

Biscuits?

Everyone has many kinds of pasta in mind, but it seems that it is not suitable to put them in this collection box?

Moreover, this pasta also uses meat filling, which makes it even more unpredictable.

Guo Kui processed the fresh shrimps and fresh meat separately into minced meat, while Chu Yunfeng's way of rolling out the noodles was a bit strange.

When rolling out dough for dumplings, steamed buns, etc., a rolling pin is usually sufficient.

But Chu Yunfeng used two rolling pins, one at the top and one at the bottom.

This is not yet over. After the two rolling pins have closed the edges, another thick rolling pin is added to the middle part to continue rolling.

This action immediately let some of the masters present know what dish this was going to be.

It is mainly the details from the rolling pin that give away the target.

The rolling pin that Chu Yunfeng used at first was a long strip, usually called a rolling pin or a walking stick.

The big guy rolling out the dough in the middle is small at both ends and big in the middle. It looks like a long hollow wooden barrel, with a round wooden rod inserted into the long cylinder, and the long cylinder can roll freely.

It is usually called a machining hammer, also known as a roller, an axis roller or a walking hammer. It is mainly used to roll out various doughs, noodles and crush various brittle raw materials.

And as the dough that Chu Yunfeng made became thinner and thinner, at the end he put the characters under the dough for observation.

Don't give up until you can clearly see the words below on the dough. The thickness is so strict.

Then there is only one dish - glass hand!
(End of this chapter)