After looking at the ingredients used in the soup for a while, they finally couldn't help but get ready to taste it.

I have eaten a total of dishes prepared by seventeen chefs before. Among those dishes, some have stronger tastes and some have lighter tastes. Although they will drink a sip of water to rinse their mouths after each dish, there is still a lot of food in their mouths.

It is inevitable to feel thirsty.

And although I ate a lot earlier, the portions were very small, each one was basically just one bite, so by now I had just whetted my appetite and was in the mood.

At this time, it was the perfect time for Chen Nian to bring a cup of soup.

There are mutton and fish that can be eaten, and there is also a lot of soup to fill their stomachs at the end.

The fish soup made this time is as white as milk, with a thin layer of oil droplets floating on it. When you blow it gently with your mouth, it rolls to the side mischievously.

"If you don't follow the dragon, you will return to accompany the mortal fish."

This poem from the Tang Dynasty greatly demonstrates the delicacy of fish meat.

"Teachers, please invite me." One of the judges finally couldn't hold it any longer, and after saying this, he took a spoonful of soup and put it into his mouth.

Fresh!

Delicious!

Bright!

The soup is rich and rich. Although not many seasonings are added, this does not make the bowl of soup lose its color. Instead, it highlights the original taste of the ingredients to a great extent.

Pucai is also a seasonal dish in the Jianghuai region. It is known as the tender bamboo shoots in the water. Its taste is sweet and crisp in the mouth. Even if it is used to make soup, it does not have any special and unnecessary flavor to overshadow the main dish.

Once boiled, the pucai is crispy and tender, and the dish is full of fresh carp. Moreover, the pucai also has certain medicinal value, which has certain benefits for children, pregnant women, and the elderly.

Coupled with a small amount of gorgon seeds cooked together, this soup is not only delicious, but also has extremely high nutritional value. This is more than just an ordinary dish. It is not an exaggeration to call it a medicinal diet, whether it is Huaibai.

Whether it is fish or mutton, or the gorgon seeds and cattail sprouts added later, or even the seasoning pepper added in the middle, these all have certain medicinal value.

It is light and slightly sweet, so they can't help but take another spoonful after taking a sip. After drinking it, they even feel comfortable all over, and even the fatigue on their bodies has been reduced a lot.

Of course, this is just their psychological effect.

It has the same principle as looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst.

When eating mutton in the South, most people keep the mutton skin, that is, they cook it with the mutton skin.

Of course, this is also because the weather is cold in the north, and sheepskins are usually left to make coats.

The thickly cut mutton does not appear greasy in the mouth, and does not require too much energy to process. The soft mutton is full of juice, not fishy or irritating, and only retains the purest taste of mutton.

Although the meat of Huaibai fish has many thorns, which one of them here is not a master of the tongue, and what kind of food has not been eaten before?

So when you put a piece of fish meat into your mouth and just move your tongue, the fish bones will spit out one by one from the corner of your mouth.

After eating, their faces showed great satisfaction.

When Chen Nian saw their expressions, he already felt stable in his heart. The biggest competition for him now was the fried white fish made by the tall and thin young man, and the crab and fish made by another person.

The dish that exchanges souls.

But it depends on what criteria the judges use to make the selection.

When Chen Nian was dividing the dishes, he also gave a portion to each of the two people.

After the judges here finished eating, he looked over there.

And the eyes of the two people also turned over.

There was nothing going on with Chen Nian here, so Chen Nian raised his legs and walked towards the two people.

"Brother, the crab and fish you just made really amazed me!" Chen Nian said with sincere admiration.

"No, no. In fact, there were some mistakes in what I made this time. It could have been better. I have tasted both of your dishes and they all taste better than mine. Mine is at best a little creative. When the time comes,

It should be behind you."

Listening to the other party's humble words, Chen Nian also saw clearly the name written on the sign on the other party's chest: "Huang Yi."

The tall and thin guy next to him is called Fang Han.

I didn't know their identities when I only looked at their faces before, but now when I saw their names, I remembered that one of them was from Private Kitchen Restaurant and the other was from Lihua Hotel.

"No way, I think you two are doing better than me." Chen Nian said quickly, asking himself that he would not lose to anyone in terms of polite push and pull!

After Huang Yi's voice fell, Fang Han on the side sighed: "I don't know what you are being modest about. One of you is invincible in creativity, the combination of ingredients and taste are invincible, and my dish is not as creative as Huang Yi."

Brother, it’s not as good as Brother Chen in terms of taste, so it’s probably going to be sold out.”

As the three of them were humbling each other here, the judges were also discussing.

The other dishes have been arranged according to the scores, but it was the top three that caused them a little controversy.

Because Huang Yi’s fish and crab dish is really amazing and very difficult to make. Although the taste is slightly unsatisfactory, it’s not an unpalatable taste.

To be more precise, it should be in a state where it is quite delicious, but it is still a little far from super delicious.

Moreover, Fang Han’s fried white fish with rice wine is not as good as the other one in taste or creativity, but his use of rice wine and fragrant rice wine is very original.

So in the end, the score was only a little lower than that of the crab.

The final aged fish and mutton are impeccable in terms of creativity and taste, and their medicinal value and the fact that they use seasonal ingredients are also very exciting.

"But after all, this Chen Nian is from other places, and he is not a Huaiyang cuisine chef..." Suddenly one of the judges said.

If a chef from out of town takes away the championship in their territory, doesn't it mean that their level is not good enough?

Not to mention that there are two outstanding players, Fang Han and Huang Yi, who also know the head chef of Lihua Hotel and Fang Han's father.

But at this moment, a voice suddenly came: "So what? We are an upright public competition, and the quality of taste and creativity can be clearly understood after seeing and eating it. If it is on this

If they have to engage in shady activities, how can those young chefs make progress in the future? We might as well not invite chefs from other places! We just need to see who has a strong backstage and who is a local chef, and then we can directly award the award."

"I agree!" Suddenly another judge nodded, indicating that he agreed with this view.

"Because the opponent is from out of town, we have to award the championship to him, otherwise our colleagues in Sichuan will inevitably think that we can't afford it."

"Indeed...I agree too!"

Soon several judges expressed their agreement with this view. Finally, they looked at the judge who spoke first, and saw that the other judge had a look of helplessness on his face: "I'm just saying, you guys make me like it."

It’s like a shady secret, aren’t you afraid that someone above you won’t want to do it?”

"Why don't they want to? After all, they are making Huaiyang cuisine now. No matter who wins the championship, it has already served the purpose of promoting Huaiyang cuisine for us. People who want to eat Huaiyang cuisine will not eat Huaiyang cuisine because of Sichuan."

There is a chef who is good at cooking and instead of coming to Jiangsu, he goes to Sichuan to eat Huaiyang cuisine. Isn’t that the opposite?"

In the end, several of them made a unanimous decision and determined the ranking of the competition.

Chen Nian won the first place platinum award and a cash prize of 100,000 yuan.

Huang Yi and Fang Han won the second and third special gold awards respectively, and each received a cash reward of 50,000 yuan.

After that, five more people won the gold medal, each of whom received a cash reward of 30,000 yuan.

The remaining ten people received silver medals, worth 10,000 yuan each.

Huang Yi also won the first place in popularity with his crab and fish dishes. Nothing else but because the dishes were so creative.

Chen Nian came in second place in this popularity ranking, missing Huang Yi by more than 20 votes.

Afterwards, the organizing committee invited them to have a dinner together. The top eight ate together with the judges, while the remaining contestants sat at a separate table.

The guests divided their tables, and there were five tables in total.

Chen Nian sat with Huang Yi and Fang Han. They were now very familiar with each other after previous exchanges. Moreover, the other two learned from the subsequent conversation that Chen Nian had only been learning cooking for less than a year, and had always been a chef.

When I was in school, I went to one of the best food majors in the country.

"Awesome, I really wanted to go to school, but because I wasn't very good at studying, I could only get into a junior college with my college entrance examination scores, but I didn't want to study for an extra year, so I thought I'd be looking for a job after I graduated from junior college, so I just went straight

I don’t want to learn cooking from my dad." Fang Han said.

"I've been learning this since I was a child. Anyway, I also like cooking, and I've been learning it for almost ten years now," Huang Yi said.

Chen Nian looked at Huang Yi's arms and couldn't help but nodded, thinking that if he only studied for a few months like himself, he would never be able to develop such a unicorn arm, and his arms were obviously stronger than Fang Han's.

The more the three of them chatted, the more speculative they became. Even the rankings in today's competition were not important. The difference between the first place and second and third place prizes was only 50,000 yuan. Although it was a lot, it was compared to being able to meet two like-minded people.

For friends of the same level, this kind of network is the greatest wealth.

"When you have time to visit Sichuan in the future, come sit down with me and I'll treat you to a meal. Then I'll treat you to a taste of authentic Sichuan food." After the banquet, Chen Nian and the two of them added WeChat messages to say goodbye.

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"No problem. Then when you come to Yangzhou again in the future, you can call me and come directly to my restaurant for dinner. I will ask my dad to cook you some of his best dishes." Fang Han also said with a smile.

"What do you mean? If you come to Yangzhou, you must go to our place. I still have some respect in Lihua. I will make good arrangements for you when the time comes. You don't have to worry about food and accommodation." Huang Yi said unwillingly.

He doesn't care about money. What he values ​​​​is Chen Nian's potential, and after getting along with him today, he really wants to make friends with Chen Nian.

"Isn't it right? The executive chef's apprentice is so prestigious?" Chen Nian was a little unbelievable. Although he had never been in contact with the staff of these high-end restaurants, he would never go to such a star-rated hotel even if he ate.

But he always felt that he was just a chef's apprentice. If he was an executive chef, it might be more or less the same.

"It's not because of my master, it's mainly because my father owns the Lihua Hotel."

"Good guy, I'm starting to hate the rich now." Fang Han said to the side after hearing this, "This is a real rich second generation. Compared with you, my home is like a village, even though it is also located in the city center.
To be continued...