I run a food city in the last days

Cold dishes, commonly known as cold dishes, are usually placed on the table before the main course to allow diners to appetize first.

Except for a few cold dishes that need to be cooked first and then cooled, most cold dishes do not need to be exposed to fire.

And what she is going to make today is a cold dish that does not require any fire at all.

Mutated cucumbers as long as an adult's arm were placed on the chopping board, and Jiang Yiyin felt nervous for the first time in a long time.

Not because of the competition, but because a cucumber of this length really tests your knife skills.

Cleaning it slowly and carefully to ensure that the cucumber was not broken at all, she picked up the kitchen knife she sharpened last night and took a deep breath. She gently pressed the right end of the cucumber with her left hand, and the kitchen knife in her right hand was at a thirty-degree angle with the chopping board.

She was immersed in her own world as soon as she started chopping vegetables. The knife in her right hand turned into an afterimage glowing with cold light, making it almost impossible to see her movements clearly.

A Xiong felt strange: "Why doesn't the boss make any sound when cutting vegetables?"

His loud voice immediately attracted the attention of many people. Everyone reacted and listened for a moment. They found that it was not that there was no sound, but that the sound was too subtle, and any other sounds would be covered up.

It's unscientific to use such a fast sword technique with such a soft sound.

Unless what she calls cutting vegetables is just a show, and not real at all.

The young last generation and the last second generation showed mocking looks and deliberately talked loudly:

"Ha, what kind of half-hearted job is this? You actually have the nerve to challenge Uncle Chen."

"Chopping vegetables silently is so bluffing!"

Just when they thought they were trying to make Yun Shen look bad, they were scolded by the older man: "Shut up if you don't understand!"

Only then did the young people notice that the older people's expressions became serious. Even Chef Chen, who was carving fruits and vegetables, couldn't help but stop what he was doing and stared blankly at the movements of the girl opposite.

And Jiang Yiyin didn't know all this. All her attention was on the cucumber in front of her.

The mutated cucumber was too big. Her silent chopping action seemed light, but in fact it required a lot of mental control and finesse, which was a great challenge to her physical strength.

There were beads of sweat on her forehead, and the slight movement of biting her lower lip conveyed a strong sense of exhaustion, but her eyes were still focused, and the rhythm of her left hand retreating and the right hand advancing was not disrupted at all.

In the past, she could cut the vegetables in dozens of seconds. This time, she took two minutes to cut, and finally cut the entire mutated cucumber from beginning to end.

She took a long breath and put down the knife. At this time, most people couldn't help but look at her, wondering what she wanted to do next.

At this time, the mutant cucumber looked no different from before.

Jiang Yiyin shook his sore arms and raised his eyes to observe Chef Chen's movements.

The other party has now withdrawn his gaze and is carefully carving a mutated apple in his hand. The shape of the peony is beginning to take shape.

She couldn't help but smile. Although the two sides chose different cold dishes, their directions were tacitly consistent, and they both showed off their knife skills.

After resting enough, she waved to Gu Huaiting: "Captain Gu, come and help me."

Chefs usually have several helpers, and Chef Chen naturally has staff from the Royal Kitchen to help, so no one raised any objections to her move.

Gu Huaiting washed his hands and walked over, his eyes filled with wonder. He got closer and could see clearly the knife marks on the cucumber. It was no exaggeration to describe it as thin as cicada wings.

"What should I do?"

"You hold this end, I'll hold the other end, and then we move together, turning the cucumber 180 degrees." She gestured.

After thinking for a moment, he nodded: "I understand."

"Be careful, don't let it fall apart or break." She warned again worriedly, then ran to the other end and carefully caged the cucumber inside.

Gu Huaiting's movements were almost a copy-paste version of hers. After both of them were ready, she counted loudly: "Three, two, one, turn over!"

The long cucumber instantly turned over on the chopping board, still intact.

She breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the kitchen knife again, and still cut out the afterimage at a 30-degree angle.

More than two minutes later, Jiang Yiyin put down the knife and ran to the side to wipe his sweat, drink water, and then wash his hands again before gently stroking the cucumber from one end to the other.

"Wow--"

Everyone was amazed.

A seemingly complete cucumber is like a spring, one piece after another, spreading out continuously, and its length has tripled.

Taking out a clean basin, she carefully plated the cucumbers in, just enough to fill the entire basin. She gently spread the salt she had prepared on the cucumbers and set it aside for later use.

Take a smaller basin to start the sauce, add light soy sauce, salt, sugar, sesame oil, and mature vinegar and mix until half of the basin is ready.

Chop the ginger and garlic into mince, cut the small red pepper into pepper rings and place them in a large bowl. Heat the oil in a pot. When the oil temperature is 80%, lift the pot and pour the hot oil directly into the bowl. You will hear a stinging sound as the ginger, garlic and pepper are rolled. The aroma inspired by the oil hits your nostrils.

Immerse the cucumbers together in the water. Hold the cucumbers with both hands to prevent them from floating. At the same time, scrub them gently. Repeat several times before draining the water. Put the cucumbers into another clean basin and plate them.

Finally, pour the sauce and spicy oil evenly on the cucumber. Instantly, every wrinkle becomes sparkling with oil, and red pepper, white minced garlic, and yellow minced ginger hang on it, complementing the green cucumber.

"Gudong-"

At this moment, I don’t know how many people swallowed at the same time, and there was a huge swallowing sound at the scene.

She clapped her hands: "The coir raincoat cucumber is ready, everyone is welcome to taste it."

The residents of Yunshen Villa looked at each other. Out of secret emotions that only they knew, no one wanted to be the first to take the step.

But Axiong wouldn't care about them. He rushed up happily: "I'll eat first. I'll eat first."

But there was someone faster than him. Gu Huaiting had just come over to help. At this time, he took advantage of the light on the balcony near the water. He took the plate and chopsticks handed over by Jiang Yiyin, picked up a piece of coir raincoat cucumber and left.

It's fresh, crisp, sour and spicy in the mouth, which instantly relieves the heat of standing in the sun for a long time. It makes your mouth salivate and just want to take one bite after another.

But reason told Gu Huaiting that in order to get more people to vote, he had to eat in moderation. He glanced at Axiong, who was carrying the basin directly, and the corner of his mouth twitched, and he stopped in front of the basin in a flash.

"Get in line and I'll give you a taste."

Ah Xiong's plan to monopolize the big head was shattered, and he felt extremely aggrieved. But seeing Gu Huaiting's expression, he knew that the matter was not negotiable. He had to be the first in line and tried to bargain in a low voice: "I am the first, can you give me more?" One bite?"

Gu Huaiting took new and clean chopsticks, cut off a cucumber about the length of a finger and put it on the plate.

"This little is not enough to fill the gap between teeth," Axiong protested, "Boss, please give me more."

"If you don't want to, just take the next one."

Behind Ah Xiong, Zheng Huijuan and others have already lined up.

"...Yes!" He quickly took the plate and said again without giving up before moving away, "Then give me the rest of the trial."

Gu Huaiting looked at him sideways: "Are you so unsure of the boss's craftsmanship?"

...That must be impossible.

Ah Xiong had foreseen that there might not even be any soup left. He walked to the side dejectedly and gently picked up a piece of coir raincoat cucumber. Looking at the cucumber that was scattered and even elastic, he rarely felt "reluctant to part with it". After thinking about it, I felt a lot of eyes staring at me.