Liuxiang

The judges who had talked with Shang Huaiyan on the phone before quickly sat back in their seats.

There are a total of ten positions behind the judges' long table, and the judges of the ten positions have just evaluated to the third position. Now the scores of the two dishes of Yi Baitang and Hu Chengping are: Yi Baitang: 8 points, 9 points, 8 points .

Hu Chengping: 10 points, 9 points, 9 points.

Now it's the judge's turn.

The judge's surname is Xiong, and his figure matches his surname. He is [-] tall and weighs [-] catties.He picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and gave the score with a smile: "Steamed blue crab with glutinous rice is [-] points, and eight-treasure fish is [-] points."

The atmosphere at the long table suddenly fell silent.

The judge who first gave Yi Baitang eight points coughed and reminded: "This eight-treasure fish was served at a state banquet."

Although the words are not finished, everyone understands the meaning of what follows: all dishes get a full score of [-], if the dishes that have been served at the state banquet can't get more than [-] points, then what kind of dishes can get more than [-] points?

Judge Xiong said calmly: "Judge Xu said yes. Steamed blue crab with glutinous rice has also participated in Xiaosuiyuan fighting arts. The opening hours of Xiaosuiyuan did not say how much more than the state banquet. By the way, some people have counted Xiaosuiyuan. Is the number of garden fighting performances more or less than the number of state banquets?"

Of course no one around answered his words.

Judge Xu said unhappily, "Judge Xiong thinks steamed blue crab with glutinous rice is much tastier than eight-treasure fish?"

The judge Xiong was also polite: "It's a pity that the total score is only [-] points, otherwise I would give [-] points to the steamed blue crab with glutinous rice, and I won't be afraid of his pride if I give him an extra one!"

Seeing that the two of them stopped talking, the chief judge sitting in the middle patted the table lightly.

The sound of palms slapping the table was not loud, but both Judge Xu and Judge Xiong were silent for a moment, obviously respecting the chief judge very much.

Then the main judge said in harmony: "Okay, it's enough for each to express an opinion. After all, everyone mainly tastes the dishes. The rest continue." He then joked, "Don't be affected by the previous discussion."

The rest of the judges who hadn't scored yet laughed in unison.

Saying not to be affected... how is it possible!

If Judge Xu was obviously giving Tide Building a platform, then Judge Xiong's words made people realize that Lan Fang was not without support!

This is not surprising, how dare you go to Liangshan without twos and threes? It's just that everyone didn't realize that besides cooking ingeniously, Lan Fang's backstage is also extremely tough. Thinking about it this way, it seems to belong to Lan Fang The chances of winning are wider.

"Speaking of which, what is the name of Lan Fang's chef?"

"Yi Baitang, it was introduced at the beginning of the serving."

"I've never heard of the name. Did chefs from other places come to the capital to develop?"

"I'm not sure about that, but I heard from them that this chef looks very young?"

"How old? In your 30s? Or in your early forties?"

"No, looks like he's in his early twenties."

There were ten people at a table, there were those who stood at Tide Building, and there were also those who stood at Yi Baitang, but it wasn't that there were no one who didn't stand and only commented on food. There were actually quite a few third parties in this group.After all, Xiao Sui Garden is considered one of the top places in the industry, and all the chefs invited to judge are from the same industry.However, the proportion of top talents in a certain industry with their own personalities is much higher than that of the general public.

Some of them felt disdainful and puzzled by the undercurrent on the long table.

Among the chefs who were puzzled, there was a chef who was the head chef of the Shengshi Hotel that Yi Baitang had applied for before.

The chef was actually wondering all the time, and he didn't understand why there was such a competition today.According to the situation he and his companions analyzed at the beginning, Yi Baitang has a close relationship with that person, and that person can be called the representative of Huaiyang cuisine and even Chinese cuisine since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Arm wrestling is something that even Hu Chengping dare not even think about... All Huaiyang cuisine chefs can be regarded as his disciples and grandchildren.

So, in today's game, isn't the flood flooding the Dragon King Temple, and the family doesn't know the family?

He really didn't understand the situation.

But it doesn't matter if you don't know the situation, anyway, he is eating delicious food dignifiedly, and it is enough to score the score dignifiedly, that's how upright and awe-inspiring he is!

The prosperous Huaiyang chef said with a smile:

"I am very interested in how crab meat is put into glutinous rice. I think Yichu deserves [-] points, and Master Hu's mastery of the fire is also very good, which can be rated as [-] points."

As soon as he finished speaking, the gourmet sitting next to him suddenly asked in a low voice: "They are all Huaiyang dishes, who do you think is better?"

"It goes without saying, of course it's Chef Yi, you haven't tasted the golden soup before—" Chef Huaiyang replied without thinking, halfway through the words, he realized, "Good guy, are you lying to me?"

"Hehe, didn't I look at your expression that I know a lot of insiders?" The gourmet smiled comfortably, and then he said comfortingly, "It's okay, I have already voted, just like you, one ten points, one nine points I just want to know if this chef has the knowledge of Huaiyang cuisine. In this cooking, I always feel that there is a deep-rooted-light and timeless taste."

The judges at the guest-of-honor table were eating and scoring the dishes in full swing, and the busyness in the kitchen owned by the Tide Building did not stop.

From the beginning of the preparation until now, Hu Chengping has been standing in front of the stove for two or three hours. The heat brought by the non-stop fire in front of the pot makes him sweat all over, even though he no longer has to do the heavy iron pot himself. Dian, he was just cooking, and his arms began to feel sore.

Others may not be able to see it, but Hu Chengping himself has realized that during these two hours, his physical strength has been exhausted.

Still a bit reluctant.

But luckily there is only one last dish left.

Hu Chengping secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

He then turned his head and said to the chef beside him who was cooperating with him: "Okay, the juice will be collected for 3 minutes on high heat, and then you can start the pot and put it on the plate."

"Okay, Master Hu." The chef responded quickly.

Hu Chengping just left from the stove.

Everyone in the kitchen was still busy with their own affairs, Hu Chengping walked out of the kitchen alone, and went to the grove outside the kitchen to get some air.

He had just been walking slowly in the woods for a while, when a man dressed as a waiter stepped in and walked up to Hu Chengping.

Hu Chengping asked: "How is the situation now?"

Unlike Hu Jianming, he did not contact the chefs he knew and had contact with for public relations early on, but it is impossible to say that he does not care about the process and results of this competition.

The waiter briefly explained the situation at the judges' table, and then explained the reactions of the diners.

It's not unusual for the jury's side, and everyone is paying attention.But compared to others, Hu Chengping listened more seriously to the waiter's description of the diners: "Master Hu, the diners sitting at the red table eat very restrainedly; but the diners sitting at the blue table eat very restrainedly." It was very lively."

"All the tables are lively?" Hu Chengping couldn't help asking.

"All the tables are very lively." The waiter replied affirmatively.

"Who was the first to start arguing at the guest of honor?" Hu Chengping asked again.

"It's Judge Xu." The waiter replied again.

Two answers to these two questions are enough.

In this small forest, before all the results came out, Hu Chengping had already realized that this time, for the diners and taste buds, who would win and who would win.

The night is dark, the lights are all in the distance, the noise is still behind, there is only this small place, not connected, lonely and deserted.

The same time belonged to Yi Baitang's kitchen.

Yi Baitang had already stopped what he was doing.

Just 2 minutes ago, he suddenly had a burst of inspiration and was thinking and making the last dish of the day.

Because of Yi Baitang's contemplation, the rest of the staff in the kitchen who were affected by him came to their senses. When they realized what they had just done, from the second chef to the handyman, without exception, their hearts collapsed like a tsunami, and their faces The color is comparable to the greenest vegetable in the back basket.

Suddenly there was a hum from the kitchen.

Everyone trembled collectively:

What's wrong, what's wrong?

They were trembling, and followed the sound, and saw their own chef smiling happily, humming a song and putting the dishes on the plate, and humming a song, handing the separately plated dishes to the waiter outside, and then he turned back ——

"All right."

Yi Baitang was very happy.

"That's it for today."

When Ren said this sentence, the final two dishes were finally served on the table of the judges and diners.

They eat the same dishes at the same time.

All of a sudden, the audience fell silent, and the sound was completely stuck like a tape with a messed up string at this moment.

After a long time.

The main judge presses the corner of his mouth with a napkin:

"Before grading, let's do a different kind of survey. This survey does not involve in the final score, we only speak by taste."

"For today's two tables of banquets, if you can only choose one dish, you are willing to taste—"

His voice fell.

Seven voices sounded together:

"This is the dish!"

Together with the sound, they swiped in unison, pointing their fingers at the dishes that belonged to Yi Baitang!