Reborn – Super Chef

Ye Chui's eggplant stew has been placed on the dining table in the lobby of Linjiabao restaurant. Although many of the five gourmets did not have much expectation for today's cooking competition, their eyes are still lit up at this moment. The pot is placed in a casserole. This unique style of kitchen utensils is very impressive to these gourmets.

The people at the other two tables also stood up one after another and looked over.

"The name of this dish is Salted Fish and Eggplant Casserole. Please taste it." Ye Chui briefly introduced it, and then lifted the lid of the casserole.

Bring out the dishes and let the chef lift the lid himself. This is called Huo (huo), which is a word specially used for some special kitchen utensils. As the God of Cookery, I still attach great importance to this style with Chinese classical flavor.

And as Ye Chui lifted the lid of the casserole, a scent of eggplant rushed to his face. Heavy oil and heavy sauce are the style of Chinese food, which is completely different from European and American dishes that tend to be fresh and fresh. The style has never been liked by international gourmets. In many cuisines, nutritional balance is also the criterion for judging whether the food is excellent. In this regard, Chinese cuisine is obviously completely unqualified.

But for the smell of eggplant on the dining table, several gourmets suddenly had a great desire to eat vegetables.

At this time, Han Yuyan hastily translated what Ye Chui just said into English. As for the name Salted Fish and Eggplant Pot, there was obviously no way to translate it vividly, so Sister Han used a direct transliteration.

None of the five gourmets here understand Chinese. Even Michelle among them, although she seems to have something to do with Mr. Han, she still hasn't learned Chinese. Naturally, the name Salted Fish and Eggplant Pot didn't attract their attention.

But Mrs. Gao and the others who were standing nearby were all surprised when they heard the name.

Salted fish? What kind of food is this?

Everyone knows about fish, but what about salted fish?

——Nowadays, fish is already a popular meat ingredient, but the most common way to eat it is to eat freshly caught fish directly. I heard that some places have begun to pick up the once popular canning process to preserve the deliciousness of fish , but pickled fish... I have never heard of it, this salted fish should be pickled fish, right?

"Salted fish? This Ye Chui really knows how to play tricks. The most delicious fish is fresh fish. What's the matter with this salted fish?" Huang Yiyuan sneered coldly, his voice was very low, so that only Madam Gao and Lin Li could hear him.

Lin Li also followed up and said: "Our Lin family has cooked this eggplant stew for decades, and we have made this dish superbly, but we have never heard of the practice of putting salted fish in this dish!"

"This eggplant stew has been made by Lin Jiabao for decades. We don't have to worry too much. Master Zhang's craftsmanship is already superb. Let's see how Ye Chui's mutton stew will turn out later." Mrs. Gao seems to have confirmed it. Ye Chui said lightly as if he was sure to lose.

The three people's conversations were all suppressed in extremely small tones, maybe they didn't notice it themselves, and their conversations at this moment were nothing more than self-comforting.

As for Chen Tian, ​​Tang Shanshan, Jiang Yuemei, Robert, and Shen Zhongda and others, their conversations were not so petty. Tang Shanshan had never eaten eggplant stew before, let alone Ye Chui's salted fish eggplant stew. She couldn't help but shouted: "The salted fish that the boss worked so hard to make tastes very good with this eggplant. I must ask him to cook this dish for me again when I come back."

"What exactly is this salted fish?" Robert said in English at this time. He was very interested in hearing Tang Shanshan's words. The salted fish in his mouth was also transliterated, which sounded a little weird.

"It's the fish that Master has marinated and dried for a few days. After the fish is dehydrated, it can be preserved for a long time. Master said that people used this method to preserve fish in the past. The flavor is very unique, and the taste is even better when fried with eggplant. Building." Chen Tian quickly answered Robert.

"Salted and dried fish? Well, the magical Ye Chui always surprises me. The taste of the fish after this treatment seems to be very good. I am looking forward to it. I must study it later." Robert immediately showed a very happy face. Interested look.

The last time he ate a dish made with fatty sausages at Chunyan. Although the name of this dish is a bit repulsive, it eliminates psychological barriers. The taste is absolutely nothing to say. Robert turned around and developed several American dishes. Fat sausage eating methods, such as sausage salad, sausage sandwich...

In Ye Chui's last life, these dishes were considered dark dishes, but in this life, after Robert's promotion, they became a success—of course, the premise is that Robert didn't tell the guests that the ingredients of this dish are made of pig intestines. of……

And now Robert's eyes are bright, as if he has discovered a new ingredient.

Salted fish salad, salted fish sandwich...

While discussing at the side, the five gourmets did not speak, but stared at the dishes in the casserole seriously.

There is a set of special procedures for gourmet evaluation.

China is used to starting from the color, fragrance and shape. There is no such thing as color and fragrance in European and American cooking, but there are similar classifications, mainly divided into two types: taste and taste. For some special dishes, you also need to consider to the plated features.

It is vaguely the way of color and fragrance.

As for the meaning and shape, there is no such way of tasting with Chinese classical artistic conception.

But to taste this eggplant stew at this moment, you only need to taste it from two aspects: taste and taste.

"The smell is outstanding and the fragrance is very charming. I can give him five points for this fragrance." After a while, Michelle said first, and she nodded with a smile.

"I seem to smell the smell of fish. Chinese cuisine is really strange. The taste of eggplant wrapped in the thick sauce and the smell of fish can be so perfectly blended together." Hannah, another female gourmet, forcefully Taking a deep breath, she raised her head with a look of enjoyment on her face. After a while, she continued, "Well, it seems that my previous views on Chinese cuisine were wrong. In terms of taste, I also give this dish Five points."

"Five points, I am looking forward to eating this dish in my mouth."

"Five points."

"Me too!"

The remaining three gourmets also went on to say, but they didn't know why, they gave the score directly, but didn't say why they gave the score. Judging from their appearance, they seemed to be a little puzzled about something.

In formal international culinary competitions, a scoring system is used, ten points is a full score, and a gourmet's ten points must be divided into various procedures of tasting, and this tasting starts from two aspects: taste and tasting. Five points for the taste is a full score.

Hearing the ratings of the five gourmets, Chen Tian and the others were overjoyed, while Mrs. Gao and the others were subconsciously surprised.

"Then let's taste the taste of this dish." Michelle continued with a smile, picking up a pair of chopsticks from the table, "You need to use Chinese kitchen utensils to eat this dish."

Michelle is clearly skilled with chopsticks.

Other gourmets are not so proficient. They are used to using knives and forks on weekdays, but they can’t control the chopsticks used in Asian cuisine, but they don’t have too much trouble. After all, among the top ten cuisines in the world, Chinese cuisine Although lonely, Japanese cuisine is very famous. As gourmets, they do not lack opportunities to use chopsticks.

But before chopsticks were set, Zhang Jiahui came out of the kitchen with his dishes.

Seeing this, Lin Li hurriedly said: "Our Lin family's eggplant stew has also been finished, how about inviting five gourmets to taste our Lin family's eggplant stew at the same time?"

Ye Chui's salted fish and eggplant stew received full marks from five gourmets, which made Lin Li a little dazed. He wanted Lin Li's dishes to be evaluated immediately, in an attempt to save some face.

Michelle didn't refuse, she put down her chopsticks: "Okay then."

Zhang Jiahui hurriedly put the casserole in the middle of the dining table, and glanced at Ye Chui's salted fish and eggplant pot. Ye Chui smiled, and walked over to cover the casserole.

Taste tasting, it is natural to consider that the two dishes will mix flavors, and as he closed the lid of the casserole, the original aroma of eggplant disappeared immediately, which made several gourmets feel a little uncomfortable for a while. give up.

At this time, Zhang Guycai finally lifted the lid of his casserole.

The scent of another flavor suddenly filled the air.

All dishes are made with eggplant as raw material, and even the production methods are similar. When the aroma comes out, the ordinary people in the hall seem to be unable to notice any difference, but for gourmets, especially the five people present here For a top gourmet, the difference in taste is so obvious, the most direct difference is...the smell of salted fish.

The embellishment of the unique flavor of the dried salted fish is immediately obvious.

Ye Chui uses salted fish and eggplant to cook together, which makes use of the unique characteristics of eggplant. When put into the casserole, the eggplant should be stir-fried first, so that it has a characteristic of "absorbing flavor", which can completely absorb salted fish. The taste of the eggplant blends with the salted fish. This dish is mainly eggplant, but the most important thing is the salted fish!

"So that's it!" Chris yelled directly, "It's wonderful, it's wonderful."

"Huaxia food is really ingenious." Tony followed Chris closely.

(ps: Don’t care about the ingenious and wonderful things in English... It’s just to describe the effect, just let everyone understand it.)

When they tasted Ye Chui's eggplant stew, they were all silent, but now they laughed.

Lin Li, Zhang Jiahui, Mrs. Gao, and Huang Yiyuan all smiled. The reactions of the three at least proved that Zhang's eggplant stew was no worse than Ye Chui's...

Guy Zhang couldn't wait to ask: "Please rate me the taste of this dish."

"Four points." Michelle said after thinking for a while.

Then Hannah: "Three points."

Chris: "Three points."

Tony: "Four points."

Sid: "Two points."

Zhang Jiahui: "..." (~^~)