Dare to cook

Chapter 220 Nine Great Gui

In the main venue of Tangdaowan, everyone is watching.

After Yao Yu and Shen Gongpei entered the arena, the host, referees and judges were also in place.

There are three judges today.

Although the number of judges was reduced by half compared to yesterday, the lineup was even more luxurious.

Shen Yongrong, Tan Yuanwu, Li Jianan...

Looking at the Chinese cooking competitions in the past two years, there has never been any competition like today where three Hongmeng Bang masters were invited to serve as judges at once.

With such a high standard, the audience in the live and live broadcast room were silently smacking.

Today's referee and event host are the two from yesterday's finals.

Ling Xiaoxue was wearing a well-tailored small suit. She was 1 meters tall, with a curvaceous figure and a delicate face with light makeup, which was very eye-catching.

especially--

It can attract the attention of the audience in the live broadcast room.

Ling Xiaoxue, who hosted a professional class, is 26 years old.

Because of her high-quality appearance, solid hosting skills, and good family connections, Ling Xiaoxue became the most photographed official host of the Kitchen Association as soon as she graduated.

In the past few years, besides hosting the finals of hundreds of culinary competitions, Ling Xiaoxue has also served as the host of several famous chef associations and the annual meeting of the Huaxia Kitchen Association.

Therefore, the celebrity chefs she has come into contact with are far more comparable to others.

Even more famous chefs than many famous chefs have come into contact with.

Seeing that both Yao Yu and Shen Gongpei had appeared on stage, Ling Xiaoxue briefly introduced their backgrounds to the audience.

After Ling Xiaoxue finished introducing Yao Yu, there was a burst of applause and shouts of support.

But when Ling Xiaoxue started to introduce the background of Shen Gongpei's life, the applause was almost inaudible.

There were even boos from Yao Yu's fans in the auditorium.

As a fan of Yao Yu, basically everyone has some understanding of the grievances between Shen Gongpei and the Yao family.

Even if Yao Yu has not revealed to the public that Shen Gongpei ordered others to plot against him, Yao Yu's fans have not forgotten what Shen Gongpei said when Yao Yunjian passed away last year.

Because of those remarks, Yao Yu's supporters generally had a bad impression of Shen Gongpei.

Moreover, Shen Gongpei has offended and suppressed many people in the past.

Culinary art lovers who often pay attention to the culinary art world will not be fans of this humble chef.

Although Shen Gongpei's culinary skills are indeed very strong, no chef at the same level dare to underestimate him.

Hearing the boos at the scene, Shen Gongpei didn't care. He just looked at Yao Yu coldly and condescendingly. His expression seemed to be looking at Don Quixote who was charging towards the windmill.

Indifferent and arrogant.

Because this game is not an official game.

After Ling Xiaoxue introduced the identities of the chefs of both sides, according to the usual practice, they had to interview the chefs of both sides about their feelings.

Ling Xiaoxue first handed the microphone to Shen Gongpei and said:
"Hello, Chef Shen, we all know that as a veteran chef on the Qilin List, you have hardly accepted the challenge of young chefs in the past two years."

"Then I would like to ask on behalf of the audience and the audience in the live broadcast room, what are your mood or feelings at this moment? Or, do you have anything to say to today's challenger?"

Shen Gongpei's stern face loosened slightly after hearing this.

He glanced at Yao Yu and said:

"It's a good thing for young people to be motivated. I also admire Yao Yu's courage to take challenges. I hope his performance today can surprise people!"

In front of the public, Shen Gongpei's speech is quite calm.

Although in this sentence, there is also a faint metaphor of Yao Yu's overreaching.

After Shen Gongpei finished speaking, Ling Xiaoxue handed the microphone to Yao Yu's mouth: "Well, contestant Yao Yu, do you have anything to say to Chef Shen now?"

Yao Yu smiled slightly and said:
"Chef Shen is a senior. Of course I wouldn't dare to be careless when competing with him."

"Actually, there is nothing special to say. Everything depends on the result of the game! In short, I will do my best."

"Okay, thank you two contestants for expressing your views." Ling Xiaoxue listened to Yao Yu's answer without a hint of explosiveness, and didn't intend to make further questions.

She withdrew the microphone and said, "Then, without further ado, let our referee announce the optional questions for this match."

Because the challengers in this competition are often too different from the chefs on the Kirin list.

Therefore, the organizer will give some preferential treatment to young challengers in this session.

There are two main benefits.

First, the challenger can bring a sous chef to help.

Second, the challenger has the right to choose the competition topic.

Of course, this right to choose does not allow challengers to directly specify specific competition topics.

Instead, you can choose a topic that is most beneficial to you on the spot from the topics provided by the organizer.

At present, there are ten categories of competition questions announced by the referees.

They are the ten major cuisines of Shandong, Sichuan, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hunan, Anhui, Beijing and Chu.

As the challenger, Yao Yu now has the right to select one cuisine from the top ten cuisines as the main theme of this game.

The cuisines that Yao Yu is best at are local cuisine and Cantonese cuisine.

Even though he had the [Peak Moment] skill card as his hole card, Yao Yu did not underestimate the enemy because of it.

Without hesitation, he immediately chose the topic of Cantonese cuisine.

After entering the Cantonese cuisine competition question category, there are ten alternative specific competition questions for Yao Yu to choose from.

The ten specific questions are:
Bo Ke Banquet, Five Dynasties Banquet, Zhongshan Famous Banquet, Yanqian Zen Vegetarian Banquet, Nanyue King Banquet, Shunde Whole Fish Banquet, Hakka Wedding Banquet, Huangpu Banquet, Xinxing Whole Lamb Banquet and Nine Gui Banquets.

These ten banquet competition topics are also the ten most famous culinary feasts in eastern Guangdong Province.

Ten kinds of banquets cover almost all the classic dishes of Cantonese cuisine.

Yao Yu looked at these competition questions, thought carefully for a moment, and finally chose Jiudagui (pronounced "ghost").

The "gui" in the nine gui originally refers to the container used to hold millet (five grains) during ancient sacrifices.

Later, "gui" was also used to refer to exquisite and high-end food containers.

And "nine" is an extreme number.

The combination of the three characters Jiudagui means that the banquet dishes are extremely rich.

In the eastern part of Guangdong, only when there are important festivals and happy events, or when there are very important guests visiting, people will make a table of nine large gui to entertain the guests.

This kind of sumptuous banquet food is hard to get when you are waiting.

Its specifications are as high as the "eight bowls" and "ten bowls" in Beijing and Tianjin.

In different regions of eastern Guangdong, the dishes of Jiu Da Gui are also different.

For example, the nine big guis in Yuen Long, Hong Kong are quite different from the nine big guis in Zhuhai.

As for the nine Gui contest questions selected by Yao Yu this time, the following nine dishes need to be prepared:
First course, Braised Suckling Pigeon; Second course, Soy Sauce and Oysters; followed by Panlong Eel in Black Bean Sauce, Boiled Prawns, Fried Oysters, Pork with Taro, Steamed Sea Fish, Stir-fried Seasonal Vegetables, and Scallops and Nutmeg soup.

Among these nine dishes, he is good at other dishes, except that Yao Yu seldom cooks them before.

Moreover, Chen Li, who is the sous chef, also knows the specific methods of these dishes.

After the contest questions were announced, Yao Yu geared up and said to Chen Li, "Come on, start working!"

(End of this chapter)