Life is a Game

Because the tip of the pork belly and the chicken gizzards are cut with cross-cut flowers, the oily fried double crisp is quite beautiful after being out of the pan. Zhang Guanghang is very good at arranging the plate, and it looks like a phoenix spreading its wings from a distance .

The freshly baked oil was crispy, and was placed on the judging panel firmly by the staff.

"It's almost hot." Xu Cheng was not very satisfied with Zhang Guanghang's oily double crisp, "It's far worse than his master."

In Xu Cheng's eyes, there are only two kinds of dishes, perfect and unqualified. Whether it's one second longer or one second worse, it's a small difference, a thousand miles away.

Xia Mubing has a bad temper, a bad personality, no friends, and regards money as his life. He has been criticized by many people in private, but there is no doubt that he is an absolutely outstanding and loyal Lu cuisine master.

He learned Chen Qiusheng's lifelong knowledge, and used his life to carry it forward. He is not a pure person, but he is a pure cook.

When Xia Mubing was not seriously ill and was able to open the door with a spatula, Xu Chengcheng was his regular customer.

After tasting Xia Mubing's fried double crisps, it was difficult for Xu Cheng to say any compliments to the plate of fried double crisps in front of him. He only tasted it, then put down his chopsticks, thought for a moment, and scored 8 points.

Neither high nor low.

As the boss of Haowei Group, Han Guishan, the father of the sponsor of this competition, although he has long given the impression that I am here to eat, but he is also a big boss with a net worth of hundreds of millions who has seen the world.

As a famous dish, fried double crispy fried rice has been spread to Beiping, Northeast China and Jiangsu Province in the late Qing Dynasty. As a boss with a net worth of hundreds of millions, Han Guishan eats a lot of good things during his daily socializing and dinners.

He also ate Xia Mubing's fried double crisps.

Although Xia Mubing didn't have a good reputation in the chef circle, he had a good reputation in a wealthy business circle like them. Opens the most famous private restaurant in Beiping, without any requirements, without the demeanor of a master, never doing anything, must be booked how many days in advance, limited to a few tables a day, today's ingredients are not fresh and can't cook, and so on, just pay for it , as long as the money is in place, everything is easy to talk about.

"Well, it's okay!" Han Guishan commented after tasting a piece of pork belly tip.

Tried another piece of chicken gizzard.

Tried another piece of pork belly tip.

"It's not bad, it's quite crisp." Han Guishan kept moving his mouth, but he always felt that something was almost there.

"It's okay." Pei Shenghua said.

"It's okay." Zhu Chang agreed.

"It can only be considered okay." Tong Deyan said.

Han Guishan was startled. What happened today? How come every professional reviewer's evaluation is so similar to his?

Could it be that after these several sessions of reviews, he also possessed the professional qualities that a professional reviewer should have?

The final score came out, 8.4 points.

Also just ok.

Gu Li was still making wishful rolls at a leisurely pace. When the host lady announced Zhang Guanghang's score, his expression didn't fluctuate at all, and his movements didn't stop at all.

He was immersed in his own world, immersed in the feeling of touching and communicating with the wishful roll in his hand.

Everyone looked at Gu Li, and all eyes were on him, watching him slowly pinching the wishful roll in his hand, watching him steadily slice it with a knife, watching him use chopsticks to chop the pot into pieces. Flip the ruyi rolls and watch the ruyi rolls become golden and crispy.

It is a wonderful thing to watch food being born from the hands of others.

Finally, the wishful rolls are out of the pan.

Everyone present had a strong feeling, maybe it was unbelievable, maybe even they couldn't believe it, but they felt that Coulee would win.

The wishful roll was brought to the judging table.

It seems that it is exactly the same as the wishful roll made by Master Tan back then, almost carved out of the same mold.

When Master Tan was still alive, wishful rolls were the signature dim sum in their store, and the price was not very expensive. People who came here would buy a piece or two to try, and the taste never disappoints.

Master Tan is humble, gentle, calm, and highly respected. Except for a little bit of embarrassment, Gu Li is very similar to him in other personalities. Ruyi rolls are not only Master Tan's signature dim sum, but also many people's precious memories of him.

Including the 5 judges on the judging table.

Zang Mu and Master Tan have a very good personal relationship. When Gu Li was able to enter Zhiweiju, he put in a lot of effort behind the scenes.

Looking at the wishful scroll in front of him, he couldn't help sighing: "It's considered that he has a heart to do this."

Xu Cheng took a piece.

After a long time, he opened his mouth and said, "It's this smell."

"Old Tan didn't accept him in vain back then, that's the taste, not bad at all." Pei Shenghua couldn't help sighing, "Old Tan has a better vision."

Han Guishan didn't join their group chat, mainly because he couldn't get in the conversation. He was just a rich eater, and he couldn't eat without Xu Cheng's money. He didn't care about these twists and turns in the circle of chefs, anyway, he felt from the bottom of his heart that the wishful rolls made by Gu Li were delicious.

Apart from Jiang Feng's eight-treasure porridge, Gu Li's wishful rolls are the best.

Thinking of Jiang Feng's eight-treasure porridge again, Han Guishan couldn't help being a little speechless.

Jiang Feng's WeChat is still in his contact list, and he hasn't contacted him for a long time. He has to find a time to invite him to cook porridge at home, what reason can he find?

Han Guishan fell into deep thought.

Soon, Gu Li's score also came out.

8.9 points.

A shocking upset, the biggest dark horse in the history of the race, unexpected yet seemingly expected, obviously everyone thought they should be surprised, but they couldn't.

"This is the protagonist template!" Jiang Feng sighed in the rest area.

"What template?" Wu Minqi didn't hear clearly.

"It's nothing, I just didn't expect him to be the biggest dark horse in this match," Jiang Feng said.

"Zhang Guanghang shouldn't be cooking double crisps. The judges present are all masters. This dish is too difficult and easy to make mistakes. A little mistake will be infinitely magnified." Wu Minqi hit the nail on the head.

"Gu Li scored 8.9 points. No matter what he does, he won't win much." Jiang Feng said, after so many games, he only scored 9 points or more twice. My own eight-treasure porridge.

Gu Li was banned and Noodles could still use this big move. Jiang Feng would suspect that he had been pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger before.

Originally a genius, he was brutally suppressed, his talent was underappreciated, he endured silently, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, he shocked everyone, and became a blockbuster.

Proper protagonist template!

"Hey, is this an upset?" In the audience, Jiang Jiankang realized it later.

"I'm upset," Jiang Jianguo said.

"Honey, do you think our son will also be upset and advance?" Jiang Jiankang began to dream.

Comrade Wang Xiulian ignored him and gave him a blank stare.

Amidst the low-pitched discussions among the audience, Zhu Chang took the lead to pick up the microphone as usual, and said, "In fact, everyone of us was surprised by this result, including me. After all, I also thought at the beginning that Zhang Guanghang would be the most powerful candidate for the championship." Competitors, but if we only talk about their dishes today, I am not surprised that Gu Li can advance. There is no doubt that Zhang Guanghang is a very good and outstanding young chef. He has the courage to dare to cook fried double crisp This dish is already able to prove his level. I believe that everyone is familiar with this dish. It is a famous dish with high difficulty. His completion is not bad, but it is only good, but Guli is different. He made A perfect wishful roll, without blemishes or flaws, he deserves it."

Pei Shenghua, who has always talked a lot and can speak anything at once, instead organized his words this time before taking the microphone from Zhu Chang's hand and saying, "Let me tell you about the origin of Ruyi rolls. Therefore, Master Bai’an Tan Wenyan’s specialty dish was originally a dessert in the Mongolian Banquet in the Manchu and Han Banquets. It was lost for a time, and Master Tan Wenyan was able to reproduce it after painstaking research 30 years ago. Master Tan Wenyan is Gu Li’s master.”

"He dared to make this dish today, all of us are very surprised. Since Master Tan Wenyan passed away in nine years, no one has been able to make a perfect wishful roll. And today's wishful roll, no matter from The appearance, the cross-cut cloud pattern, the taste, and the heat during frying are all perfect. The production process is also very careful, comfortable, and there are no mistakes. I can only say that Master Tan was You did not accept the wrong apprentice, you used your strength to prove to everyone that Master Tan's vision is as good as ever, you will become an excellent white case chef, and you will go further than many people."

Gu Li still had no expression on his face, and could not see any emotional fluctuations. He stood quietly behind the cooking table, not knowing what he was thinking.

"The two judges in front are talking about wishful rolls, and I don't have anything else to add, so let's talk about Zhang Guanghang's oily double crisp." Tong Deyan is also rare to speak politely and talk too much, "I am very courageous and have ideas. Dare to do it, and your heat and skills are not bad. If you are drawn to face off against the other two players, I believe that there will be no problem in advancing to the final. Judging from your age, being able to achieve this level is considered quite outstanding. But from the perspective of this dish, you are not doing well enough, and your fire control is not precise enough. This is a dish that must be pursued to the extreme. If you fail to do it, it is not perfect, and it is also unqualified. "

Jiang Feng: ...

Wu Minqi: ...

They seem to know why Tong Deyan's interpersonal relationship is not so good.

Only Zang Mu did not forget his original intention, insisted on talking less, never talking too much, using the least words, and getting the same amount of appearance fees.

"You are very good, I believe you will give us a surprise answer in the final."

Finally, Xu Cheng picked up the microphone.

As Xu Cheng is a business tycoon, a well-known food critic, and a gourmet who gets more demanding as he gets older, everyone wants to know what he will say.

"I just have one question, how did you do it?" Xu Cheng looked at Gu Li.

The director cut the camera to the auditorium in time, and the staff ran to the cooking stage to give Gu Li the microphone.

"Practice." Coulee said.

"Master taught me this dish twelve years ago. At that time, I was not capable enough to learn it. During the nine years since Master left, I went to work one hour earlier and left work one hour later every day. I cooked Jinsi Shaomai and Wishful scroll, twice a day, 730 times a year, I have done it nearly 7,000 times in the past nine years."

"This is the dim sum that Master worked so hard to restore. I don't want it to be lost."

There is no genius in this world, only sweat.

The audience responded with the warmest applause.

Tong Deyan looked at Pei Shenghua whose face was full of relief and envy, and said, "Why, are you envious?"

"Aren't you envious?" Pei Shenghua asked back.

Tong Deyan didn't answer him, but murmured: "Mr. Tan has taken in a good apprentice."

Although the hostess was a little regretful that Zhang Guanghang was eliminated and she would not see him in the next game, she still had a sweet smile on her face and said on stage: "The second group of contestants below are Jiang Feng and Wu Minqi, Jiang Feng The competition dish for the contestants is shredded yam, and the contest dish for contestant Wu Minqi is braised pork with sprouts, the cooking table has been packed, please two contestants come on stage now, the competition will start in three minutes."

Zhang Guanghang and Gu Li walked towards the rest area.

Zhang Guanghang walked behind Gu Li and said softly, "You are very strong."

"Thanks."

Jiang Feng stood up and took a deep breath, feeling as if he was about to go to the execution ground.

He just sat in his seat and thought about it for a long time, but he decided that it would be safer to use Jiang Huiqin's method to make shredded yams. After all, the oil bottom sugar is too unstable, and the consequences of overturning the car would be disastrous.

A Voldemort-type player like him, who must fight until the end and never confronts others head-on, always seeks stability first before seeking other things.

The two walked towards the kitchen table together.

About to separate.

"Jiang Feng." Wu Minqi said suddenly.

"Um?"

"I like you."