Dare to cook

Chapter 198 Quarterfinals - Simplified Confucian Mansion Banquet

It was night and it was raining cats and dogs.

Bean-sized raindrops slammed heavily on the window glass of the short-term rental villa, crackling.

Yao Yu sat facing the window, holding a cup of freshly brewed tea in his hand.

The black window glass reflected Yao Yu's face.

At this moment, Yao Yu fell into deep thought.

The match between the top 32 and the top 16 during the day is not difficult for Yao Yu.

According to the organizer's arrangement, after the top eight are selected, it's time to arrange a match between him and Shen Gongpei.

But, just now.However, Yao Yu received a message from the organizer that the duel between him and Shen Gongpei would be postponed again tomorrow.

He must wait until all the official matches of the famous contest are finished before he can be arranged to compete with Shen Gongpei.

In the previous famous competitions, there were only a handful of six or seven chefs who dared to challenge the chefs on the Kirin list.

And they all failed without exception.

There were even two players who could have won the current championship, but they were eliminated early in the official competition because they were too affected by the failure of the challenge.

The organizers repeatedly changed the time of the duel between Yao Yu and Shen Gongpei, but they were actually thinking about Yao Yu.

I am worried that if Yao Yu loses to Shen Gongpei, it will affect his performance in the subsequent games.

As for why the organizer should consider Yao Yu, of course it is because the Culinary Association has taken a fancy to Yao Yu's talent and ability.

On the one hand, there is a young handsome man with outstanding talent, a promising future and the ability to lead the team, who can win glory for the country in world competitions.

On the one hand, there is a middle-aged greasy chef who is never restless, keeps making small moves, and even dares to steal the database of the kitchen association, and will soon be expelled from the kitchen association.

Which is more important?It is clear at a glance.

If Yao Yu hadn't made up his mind and the matter had already been spread, Mu Songming and Guan Shanyuan would even have repeatedly persuaded Yao Yu to give up the idea of ​​challenging Shen Gongpei.

Because, in the culinary arts world, there are too few popular banner chefs like Yao Yu.

Guan Shanyuan and the others don't want Yao Yu to play a game that he must lose.

Although it is said that the young man lost to the chef of the Qilin list, it is considered an honorable defeat.

"It seems that after the famous contest is over, it will not work if you don't want to enter the national team." It didn't take Yao Yu much time to figure out the key.

He sighed softly, took a sip of the tea in his hand, turned and walked into the bedroom.

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The next day, morning.

After Yao Yu woke up, the rain outside the window was still falling, but it was much lighter than last night.

Wash up and go downstairs.

Downstairs, Chen Li had already got up early and made breakfast.

The match between him and Yang Rui is over.

Chen Li was very satisfied with reaching the top 16.

The person who eliminated Chen Li was Shen Qiuming.

And Shen Qiuming is not only Yao Yu's friend, but also a tenant in the short-term rental villa.

During this time, the breakfast in the villa was almost all made by Chen Li.

As the saying goes, eating people is short-mouthed and taking people softly.

After all, after eating so many breakfasts made by Chen Li, Shen Qiuming felt a little embarrassed after eliminating Chen Li.

Therefore, Shen Qiuming has already stated that in two days, he will teach Chen Li some dishes that Yao Yu can't but he is very good at.

When Chen Li heard that Shen Qiuming was willing to teach him how to cook, he naturally would not refuse.

When Yao Yu went downstairs, Chen Li, Yang Rui and Shen Qiuming were already sitting at the dining table eating.

After breakfast, everyone went to the competition venue.

After the game reached the top 8, the battle combination has been fixed.

In this round of competition, the teams will be assigned as follows:

Yao Yu VS Li Boju.

Wu Zhongliu VS Ji Xun.

Ling Zhaochi VS Shen Qiuming.

Lu Chenyu VS Bai Yuanchu.

This battle combination is also said to be randomly assigned by the computer.

But everyone, including Yao Yu, expressed serious doubts.

Because, the four strongest people are perfectly staggered from each other.

If the game continues according to this battle table, then Yao Yu and Lu Chenyu will only meet in the finals.

When Yao Yu and the others arrived at the main venue, it was almost eight o'clock.

After the contestants, judges, and referees are all in place, the competition officially begins.

The top eight will advance to the top four, and the four games will be played simultaneously.

The duration of the entire game is four hours.

During these four hours, the contestants have to complete five dishes.

The question for the quarter-finals is a question from Hongmeng List chef Tan Yuanwu.The content of the contest title is—Confucian Mansion Banquet!

Confucian Mansion Banquet is Confucian cuisine.

As for the Confucian family, of course it refers to the Confucian family in Qufu.

More than 2000 years ago, the ancestor of the Confucian family left a famous saying, "Never tire of fine food, never tire of fine food."

The Kong family has been a famous royal family since the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is even more influential than the seven clans and five surnames in the later Sui and Tang Dynasties.

However, the cuisine of Confucian cuisine began to spread during the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the past, in order to consolidate its ruling position, the Song Dynasty called on scholars from all over the world to serve the court, and formally conferred the title of Duke Yan to the descendants of Confucius.

Once Yan Shenggong was knighted, he had the right to open his teeth and build a mansion.

Confucian cuisine was originally the private cuisine of Yan Shenggong's mansion.

Later, after thousands of years of transmission and improvement, it gradually formed the Confucian cuisine known to the world today.

According to the data records of the Federation of Kitchen Associations.

The banquet dishes of Confucian cuisine are combined with ordinary home-cooked side dishes, and there are a total of 267 recipes.

However, there are only a few dozen that are widely known to the public.

The topic of today's competition is to ask the contestants to make a simplified version of the Confucian banquet within the specified time.

This simplified version of the Confucian banquet includes four dishes and one soup, namely: Yipin Bazhen Cup, Confucian Fried Fish, Confucian Immortal Duck, Confucian Sauce Steak and Yipin Tofu.

If these five dishes are to be prepared using traditional Confucian cooking procedures, they must be prepared 48 hours in advance.

However, today's game can only be produced live.

This means that the process of each dish must be cut down a lot.

As for how to delete, which processes to omit, and which processes to keep, it all depends on the performance of the individual players.

After the competition questions were announced, the staff pushed the food cart up.

Starting from this round of competition, the contestants will lose the right to choose ingredients.

All the ingredients will be uniformly distributed by the organizer.

The ingredients and seasonings distributed to each contestant are exactly the same.

After Yao Yu got the ingredients, he subconsciously scanned all the ingredients with [Clearness], and only after he was sure that there was no problem, he started to make.

Among the five dishes in this round of competition, the most time-consuming and labor-intensive ones are Yipin Bazhen Cup and Confucian Immortal Duck.

These two dishes are major dishes that a chef of the Jade Food List must master.

But there are very few who can really grasp the essence.

Yao Yu's grandfather, Yao Liren, was a chef who was born in Shandong cuisine. Among the recipes left by him, one-third of them are about various methods of Shandong cuisine and Confucian cuisine.

Therefore, Yao Yu also has a clear understanding of the more common Confucian dishes.

But just as Yao Yu was about to process the ingredients, a blade of light suddenly reflected from the opposite stove, making Yao Yu squint his eyes.

(End of this chapter)