I run a food city in the last days

Is this a dish?

Although everyone watched Jiang Yiyin complete this dish bit by bit, now that they saw the finished product, everyone couldn't help but have this question.

How can it be - so realistic?

If they hadn't witnessed the creation of this dish with their own eyes, everyone would probably think it was a real fish basin.

Look, when she brought the dishes to the table, the lotus stems were still trembling slightly, the lotus leaves and flowers were swaying gently, and even from a close distance, you could smell the quiet fragrance of the flowers.

The "fish pond" below is even more sparkling, with lively little fish swaying along the waves of the soup stock, as if they are really shaking their heads and swaying their tails.

"I hope everyone likes this lotus pond dish." Because the cooking process is actually open and transparent, she simply introduced the name of the dish and stood aside waiting for everyone to taste it.

After all, Zhuo Jing had so much experience. He was the first to recover from the shock and expressed his unabashed admiration: "This can already be called a work of art. It makes people reluctant to use their chopsticks."

She smiled slightly: "Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Zhuo, but I think the beauty of the dishes is just the icing on the cake. The most important thing is to make the people who eat it feel happy, so please enjoy it."

She made a "please" gesture again, and everyone looked at Zhuo Jing.

The old master finally picked up the chopsticks, then hesitated for a moment.

There are so many edible and edible parts of this lotus pond, and everything is beautiful and tempting. Zhuo Jing, who has eaten so many good things, is rarely embarrassed.

Let's eat them all. It doesn't seem too reserved, and there are a hundred and ten people in total. Although this dish is very generous, but he wants to start this way, and the people behind him will follow the same example, so it won't be enough.

Let's choose one... It's really hard to decide at the moment.

Zhuo Jing felt that everyone's eyes were focused on the tip of his chopsticks, so he couldn't delay any longer, so he took away a lotus petal.

He should have returned to his seat, but he felt unwilling to do so, so he quickly took away the smallest lotus leaf, and then returned to his seat with satisfaction.

He was the most respectable person present. No one would criticize him for his occasional willfulness. Instead, he would praise him as "Zhuo Laozhen's temperament." But it was difficult for others to imitate him, so the remaining nine judges plus a hundred public judges , they all honestly took a chopstick from the plate and picked out the part they wanted to taste the most.

But in the end, the pond was full of lotus leaves, lotus flowers and even the "lotus seeds" in the lotus pods. A few small fish in the "pond" were gone, and finally even the soup was scooped out.

Chef Luo waited nervously for everyone's reaction, but saw that Zhuo Jing and others were silent for a long time.

He couldn't help but feel anxious, thinking that the taste of the first dish was too overbearing, and even if everyone rinsed their mouths, they would still be affected.

While he was anxious, he looked at Jiang Yiyin, but saw that she was still calm and calm, showing no sign of panic, and vividly interpreted the saying "Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers".

Chef Luo could only comfort himself: It doesn't matter, even if he loses this one, there will still be another one. If he can't beat it, it will be a 2-2 tie and enter the so-called Kitchen God Game. He will not let Qi Yuening and others do anything wrong with his old face.

Chef Luo's expression changed, but in the end he convinced himself and decided that after the results came out, he would not have too much of a reaction, lest the young man feel uncomfortable and would inevitably have to be comforted by an "old man" like him.

Chef Luo, who felt he was mentally prepared, calmly looked at the judges who finally made a move.

Ten industry experts directly gave points, while the 100 public judges voted anonymously.

Zhuo Jing was the first to speak: "Xiao Jiang..."

With this heavy tone, Chef Luo became more and more sure that the next words would not be good, so he braced himself and was ready to comfort the injured young man at any time.

"...I have lived a long life, and I have eaten a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas. Even some ingredients that are now forbidden to eat, I often tasted them when I was young, but if you ask me to rank the dishes I have eaten in this life, Let’s put it in order of priority. Your dish should at least be..."

The more Chef Luo listened, the more something was wrong. This content, this direction... didn't seem like criticism.

Could it be!

Not just him, many people were looking at Jiang Yiyin at this moment.

The young female chef just smiled and held back, neither seeming flattered nor making people feel that they were not taken seriously.

She seemed to have expected what Mr. Zhuo was going to say, and was not surprised at all.

Zhuo Jing secretly nodded at her humiliation and continued to finish his sentence: "At least he can be ranked in the top ten."

Although he had already guessed that his evaluation would not be low, his last words still made everyone uproar.

Qi Yuening was the most excited. It seemed that he wanted to question Zhuo Jing's words, but in the end he did not lose his mind. He bit his lips hard and finally held back what he wanted to say.

But as the saying goes, people become better with age. The people Zhuo Jing has met are probably more hideous than the dishes Qi Yuening has eaten. It can be seen at a glance that he is very unconvinced.

His experience expanded his magnanimity, and he was not offended by it, but explained calmly: "Some people may think I exaggerate, but my evaluation is entirely based on facts. The interesting features of this lotus pond are: Four--"

"First, all parts of it are related to the charge."

There is no need to explain this in detail. Everyone saw that she chose the ingredients, which can be said to have used every edible part of the lotus plant.

"Secondly, it perfectly illustrates the topic of Holland."

That is nature, it is simply a miniature lotus pond landscape, which makes people almost unable to bear to take off their chopsticks.

“Third, it tastes great.”

Most of the other one hundred and nine judges nodded. Taste is the most critical part of a dish, and Jiang Yiyin undoubtedly mastered it very well.

Zhuo Jing looked around at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Qi Yuening, and he said clearly every word: "The last point is also the most important point. This dish has loads everywhere, but there is no load everywhere. It is a chef's challenge to The grasp of the materials and the control of the taste are fully reflected. I think this is the most perfect explanation of the topic of 'Lotus'."

After thinking about it for a while, we found that this is really the case.

The lotus seeds, lotus flowers, lotus leaves, and lotus roots in this dish are all beautiful and beautiful, but they are by no means simply and crudely made from raw materials.

In comparison, the frog playing with the lotus appears much shallower.

When the judges asked this question, they undoubtedly hoped that the dish would be elegant enough. From this point of view, the lotus pond obviously won.

Zhang Hao also thought of this, and shook his head regretfully for a while: "I thought too simply."

He knew in his heart that even if he had thought of this, he might still be a little short of being able to do both good and bad things in such a short period of time.

Qi Yuening was anxious: "Why are you destroying your prestige again?"