Hitchhiker

Because four fifths of the contestants were eliminated for the first time, when the culinary art competition rematch, the organizing committee directly announced that the competition time for each contestant would be increased to two hours, which is 120 minutes. At the same time, on the premise that the preliminary competition can bring some seasoning ingredients, each contestant is also allowed to bring an assistant into the venue.

"Master, come on!" Before entering the arena, Liang Zheng hugged Wei Huaqing vigorously, and then waved his fist at Ran Mo embarrassingly, "Mr. Ran, just wait!"

"You boy, is this a bloodbath!" After rubbing Liang Zheng's head vigorously, Ma Yuanzhou, who was competing in the same field, took the initiative to reach out and shake Wei Huaqing, "I have been looking forward to competing with you, I hope you don't disappoint me."

"It's an honor for me, Wei, to have an opponent like Master Ma."

Ma Yuanzhou smiled heartily, and Wei Huaqing was happy that someone would accompany him into the arena, so the two of them walked along the way, chatting and laughing, it seemed very lively.

The time for the rematch has increased, and the difficulty will naturally increase. The dishes have suddenly changed from one dish to three, and soup is also required.For all the contestants, this exam question was a mixed blessing.The joy is that although this soup takes a long time, it does not need to be watched all the time after it is put into the pot, which can free up more time to cook the other two dishes. Not good, but it will lower the score of the other two dishes.

After Wei Huaqing got the exam questions, he also thought about it for a long time. After carefully calculating the time, he arranged for Liang Zheng to go to the other side to fetch the required materials.

Because there were not many kinds of materials used, Su Pei, who was not far from him, studied it for a while. In the end, except that the box of tofu was probably made of Wensi tofu, he was not quite sure what Wei Huaqing wanted to make. .Fortunately, the little apprentice who came in with him today was very serious. Seeing that he had been staring at the diagonally opposite table without moving his hands, he called him in a low voice, otherwise, it would be bad to delay serious business.

Let’s talk about Wei Huaqing’s side, because of the lessons learned last time, he was more careful when cooking this time, and distributed the meat in the ingredients to Liang Zheng first, and asked him to put it in the pot to cut raw as needed, while he himself cooked. He deftly put the black rice that will be used as side dishes on the pot, sliced ​​winter melon and rapeseed, and put them away. When he looked back at Liang Zheng, he had already served pork belly and ribs on the iron plate.

Wei Huaqing looked at the color and was sure it was ready for use, so he asked Liang Zheng to heat up the oil for the next step of cooking.Occasionally, he suddenly thought of the person who followed suit last time, and glanced around without a trace, and sure enough, he saw that his position was arranged not far from him again.Fortunately, today he didn't persist in imitating his own dishes.

Wei Huaqing's two main dishes today, one is pagoda meat, and the other is yellow melon, black rice and meat beans sandwich. The two dishes are not top-notch in terms of difficulty, but they have higher requirements on the cooker's knife skills and the control of the taste and heat. .Especially the pagoda meat, it is necessary to cut the meat thinly, and ensure that the meat slices cannot be broken from the beginning to the end. When it is reset and redistributed to the plate, it is neat and clean. The fried meat skin starts from the edge, layer by layer It is high inside, and a small sharp corner is just exposed in the center. Looking from a distance, it looks very cute.

When Liang Zheng put the vegetables into the steamer, he didn't even hold back, and quietly reached out and poked the sharp corner.

Wei Huaqing scolded him softly after seeing it with a smile, urged him to prepare a large bowl of water, and then seized the time to deal with the steamed black rice. Luckily, he started to attack the protagonist of today's three dishes - Wen Si Tofu.

This dish is actually a bit of a trick. The chef uses a knife to cut the white and tender tofu into hair strands. Put it together with ham, ham, shiitake mushrooms and winter bamboo shoots that are also cut into filaments. Add chicken broth and boil it over a low heat. His homemade seasoning powder not only tastes soft, tender and mellow, but also can dissolve the greasy feeling after eating two meat dishes just now.

When it was time to serve the table, and because Wei Huaqing was very careful about the normal competition time, when the three dishes were delivered to the judges' table, it had only been an hour and a half past, and most of the contestants hadn't finished their dishes yet. While tasting the delicious food, the judges naturally had a little more time to discuss with each other.

Liang Zheng stood behind Wei Huaqing, poked his master's back secretly, and whispered, "Is your tofu cut as thin as a hair? Can you teach me how to do it when you go back?"

"Have you cut all the potatoes and radishes that I asked you to cut?" Wei Huaqing asked without answering, "When you can let me see that your shreds meet the requirements, I will allow you to practice this Wensi tofu."

"Is there no shortcut?" Even though Liang Zheng knew that Wei Huaqing asked him for his own good, he couldn't help but imagine that his master secretly hid some secret manual that he didn't know, which would allow him to get past those potatoes and radishes. Soar into the sky.

"It's better to do less daydreaming." Wei Huaqing couldn't figure it out. Liang Zhengming knew that there was no shortcut here, so why he always liked to ask him the same question.

Because the scores of the semi-finals will not be announced until all the contestants have finished the competition, Wei Huaqing didn't want to stay in the arena to wait after handing in the answer sheet, so he pulled Liang Zheng and two back out from the side door, and when the time came, the scores had to be outside Announced on the big TV, it doesn't make much sense to stay here.

Outside the arena, I was always worried that Wei Huaqing would meet strange people again after entering this time, but Ran Mo kept staring at the LCD TV in the hall, until he saw Wei Huaqing and Liang Zheng coming out from the side door, he was still in the slightest. Don't dare to relax.

I always feel that, compared to the first round, this time, it seems a bit too smooth.

"Don't you have to watch my competition fail to be happy?" Wei Huaqing felt a little funny after finishing speaking, and gave Ran Mo a hard blow on the chest, "However, the person who followed me last time also entered the semi-finals this time." .Fortunately, he didn't learn from me this time, otherwise he would be tired."

"Your two steamed dishes are easy to learn. Wensi tofu is not something that anyone can make. If he wants to follow suit, I really have to admire his courage." Wei Huaqing can now joke with himself, proving that he is really serious this time. Ran Mo didn't feel too much pressure, so Ran Mo felt relieved. As for the strange feeling just now, Ran Mo automatically classified it as his nerves being too sensitive, maybe it would be good to take a rest.

As the night passed, the worrying thing finally did not happen. Judging from the comprehensive score announced by the organizing committee, although Wei Huaqing's ranking was not at the top, he finally did not lose face to the Wei family and successfully advanced to the finals.

Just when everyone was relaxing and planning to celebrate Wei Huaqing and Ma Yuanzhou, who were successfully promoted today, a gossip spread quickly among all the contestants and units, as if they had grown wings.

"Who the hell is so boring?" Ma Yuanzhou, who believed in Wei Huaqing's strength from the beginning to the end, was speechless. Why do some people find it difficult to see others relying on their ability to make money, and insist on putting all kinds of strange hats on others?

What does it mean that Wei Huaqing signed up for the culinary competition not to mention relying on the backstage, but also through the back door, relying on the relationship of some people to bribe the judges, so that he can pass the competition smoothly from the preliminary round?He watched the video later, not to mention the first three dishes, but just the bowl of hair-like Wensi tofu. Now that all the participating chefs are called out, there may not be a few of them who cut it as well as him.

If this kind of strength will be used to make a fuss, how can other people be regarded as capable of staying in the final venue?Don't act like you can't eat grapes and say grapes are sour!

It's a pity that not many people heard what Ma Yuanzhou said, and even if others heard it, they might not believe it.Because, in this world, there are too many people who think carefully, hoping that those who are better than themselves will be trampled under the feet of the world, so that it will be their turn to have a bright future.

Because there was no effective way to suppress it, by the day of the finals, the rumors about Wei Huaqing had become more and more intense, and some unknowing sunspots even ran out to appeal to the organizing committee to disqualify Wei Huaqing from participating in the finals. People in the upper ranks can also enter the hallowed hall of the culinary art world, and they would rather not pay attention to this boring competition.

360 lines, no one in each line is willing to hear that their business is criticized, or even involved in some bad things. Chefs who claim to be half-artists are naturally the same.

Fortunately, the organizing committee of the contest hadn't spoken yet. All the finalists, except Ma Yuanzhou, who had a relationship with Wei Huaqing and spoke for him, consciously chose to remain silent.

It's not that they don't want to say it, but they all know that there is no basis for their words. Apart from hearsay and gossip, these people have no real evidence that can bring down Wei Huaqing at once. To start the game, but the loss outweighs the gain.

For the sake of fairness and to silence everyone's mouths, the organizing committee of the competition announced a decision that was expected by most people and unexpected by some before the start of the competition——the last competition of this culinary competition, From the prepared arena, it is time to go to a stadium that can accommodate thousands of people.Not only does it ensure that the actions of every chef will be announced on the monitors standing around the venue, but every culinary enthusiast sitting here can also witness with their own eyes every dish from the beginning of cooking to its transformation. The whole process of serving the finished product to the table.Even for all the contestants, the total amount of food to be cooked this time will no longer be limited to be tasted by the judges of the organizing committee, but also be able to produce enough quantity to distribute to the audience in the auditorium when questioned.