"What are you doing? I am Brother Fang, not Brother Fa." Fang Ze put his mouth to Mimi's ear and said, "Don't worry about the glow. The person standing in front of you is a reporter. The time has come to show your face and become famous. Can you It’s up to you if you can’t grasp it.”
After Fang Ze's reminder, Mimi finally remembered that her dream was to one day eat and die by relying on her fame.
So any opportunity to show your face must not be missed. And to still show up in such an important food competition is to make his name known before becoming an official chef.
If you just want to be a chef who can make real food, then you can only rely on your cooking skills.
But if you want to be a chef who relies on fame, your cooking skills don't need to be top-notch, but you must have exposure and popularity.
After all, today's society is an era that depends on fame.
So Mimi immediately tidied up her slightly messy chef uniform, thought she had the best smile on her face, and started talking to reporters, introducing the lobster that Fang Ze and the others cooked this time.
While Mimi was talking to the reporter, Fang Ze had already put the other three lobsters, except the largest one, on the plate, ready to be tasted by the judges.
Although the quantity of lobster is small, Yunlong Fried Shrimp mainly eats the shrimp meat wrapped in bean skin and mixed with sauce. When eating, you only need to cut off the shrimp meat and then cut it into small pieces. Everyone can taste it, so there is no chance that any judges will not be able to eat it.
However, Fang Ze was too lazy to do the tedious task of introducing the lobster and cutting it into pieces for the judges to taste, so he had to wait until Mimi finished the interview, and then told Mimi the process and Yunlong fried shrimp. The secret was to let Mimi serve the lobster.
And Mimi is happy to do this work, after all, it is also a channel to make familiar faces and make connections. So based on what Fang Ze told him, he worked hard to promote Yunlong Fried Shrimp to various judges.
It would be fine if Mimi was just bragging about the taste. After all, both Fang Ze and Liu Pleiades had this confidence.
But after Mimi saw that she had run out of words to describe how delicious it was, she began to brag about the efficacy of lobster.
Listening to the words that came out of Mimi's mouth about the benefits of eating lobster, Fang Ze almost thought that what he was making was not lobster, but edible slimming pills plus Dali Pills and Shiquan Dabu Dan.
However, although Mimi boasted outrageously, none of the judges present had any objections.
Because this Yunlong fried shrimp is really delicious!
How delicious is it exactly
Well, food cannot be described in words, but people’s madness for food can be described in words.
The reason why Fang Ze only served three lobsters before was because he kept one of the Yunlong fried shrimps for himself.
But before Fang Ze and Lin Xiaoxin took a few bites, other chefs saw Fang Ze's Yunlong fried shrimp being served. The judges and diners completely ignored the other dishes and just kept grabbing the shrimp meat. They knew that today Fang Ze and his friends were afraid that this Yunlong Fried Shrimp was a dark horse, so they hurried over to get close to Fang Ze and share the taste.
Originally, it was impossible for Fang Ze to share such delicious food with outsiders casually. On this point, he and Lin Xiaoxin had the same temperament.
However, because Liu Pleiaxing had already rushed over to taste other chefs' entries before they asked to taste Yunlong Fried Shrimp, Fang Ze could not refuse these chefs and could only let these chefs taste a little bit.
Among these chefs was Chef Song, whom Mimi admired very much, but when he came over he just picked up a small piece with chopsticks, tasted it expressionlessly, turned around and left without saying anything.
That look and posture almost made Fang Ze think that Chef Song was a more powerful chef than Liu Pleiades.
After Liu Pleiades came back from tasting the delicacies made by other chefs one by one, Fang Ze pointed at Chef Song and asked Liu Pleiades, "When you ate the food made by that person just now, how did you feel about the taste?"
"To be honest, it's not that good." Liu Pleiades shook his head and said, "When a chef is cooking, he must devote himself wholeheartedly to it. From the knife skills to the time to put the seasonings, he must firmly remember , Only in this way can the dishes be delicious, and only then can people feel the chef’s sincerity in the ingredients.”
"But I just tasted Chef Song's food and found that although his food looks beautiful and tastes good after the first bite, his attitude towards the food is not very sincere."
"Well, this statement is a bit fantasy." Fang Ze asked, "How come you can still taste a dishonest method?"
"Because he doesn't pay too much attention to details." Liu Pleiades said to Fang Ze, "One of Chef Song's dishes is boiled duck. In order to make it more beautiful and easier for the judges to taste, he even cut the duck meat into small pieces. cook."
"But duck meat will shrink a lot when exposed to heat. Small pieces of duck meat will be old and hard in taste after being cooked, and cannot maintain its freshness. Therefore, even if duck meat needs to be cut into small pieces, it will be cooked first. Then chop it into small pieces and serve it on the plate instead of cutting it into pieces and then cooking it like that chef Song did.”
After hearing Liu Pleiaxing's words, Fang Ze felt relieved. He thought that Chef Song was a real chef, but after a long time, he was just an internet celebrity chef who relied on his reputation.
More than half an hour later, the scoring results came out. Of course, Fang Ze and the others won the first place without any suspense. But what surprised Fang Ze and Liu Pleiaxing was that Chef Song had also advanced to the second place.
It seems that in addition to being famous, Chef Song also has a wide range of connections.
"Two, two." Not long after the results of the competition came out, Fang Ze was still packing his things when he heard a familiar voice.
It was the staff member from before. This guy came over and said enthusiastically to Fang Ze, "I didn't expect you to advance again. Forgive me, I didn't recognize these two famous chefs before. Ju Xia downstairs must be in Sichuan It’s also a very famous hotel. Although I haven’t heard of it, I must try it out next time I go to Sichuan.”
"No, no." Fang Ze said politely to the staff member, "Our Juxia Downstairs is actually a private restaurant in a small place. It is not very famous, so it is normal that I have not heard of it."
"The more restaurants like yours, the higher the level of chefs inside." The staff member continued, "I didn't believe it before, but now I have seen it. Congratulations on your promotion to the third level."
"Same joy." Fang Ze asked the staff member, "It's almost night now, and there isn't much time left. Can we finish the stair climbing competition on the third floor later?" , today’s game is all over.”
"That's more or less it." The staff said, "But since you have advanced to the third level, there is actually no need to worry about elimination. The competitions in the last three levels are different from those in the first three levels."
"What's the difference?" Fang Ze asked, thinking in his mind. If the next game will be more professional and there will be more cameras arranged. In fact, he has no plans to participate in the next game.
After all, they were just here to play, and Liu Pleiades no longer needed to taste the delicacies made by other chefs. He was now more eager to know what delicious food was hidden in the land of China.
Therefore, if the next competition is stricter, Fang Ze will not bother to cover up the light of the food he made. Just make a random dish and take it home.
"Presumably when the two came as guests before, they heard that competing chefs have to challenge six floors one after another. Each floor has different rules for guests and gourmets." The staff said with a smile, "Actually, This is all fake news released to the outside world, and the purpose is to increase the quality of this competition."
"So?" Fang Ze looked at the staff member puzzled.
"So there are actually no six-story judges, only three-story ones. When you go up to the third floor later, you will find that there are less than ten guests inside, including Mr. Cai Yi, the most famous gourmet in our country. .”
"Wait a minute." Fang Ze interrupted the staff and asked, "In other words, we actually only have three games in total, right?"
"That's not the case." The staff continued, "It's just that after advancing to the third floor, there is no need to eliminate any chefs. In the three competitions tomorrow, from the fourth floor to the sixth floor, no chef will be eliminated. . But the guests from the original three floors will still be rated, and the chef with the highest rating will be selected and awarded the title of Xianghu God of Food. So it is still very important."
Although the staff member spoke vaguely, Fang Ze still understood what was going on.
First of all, in order to increase the competitiveness of the competition and to match the six-story Xianghu Tower, the organizer announced a six-story climbing competition.
But in fact, the organizers simply couldn't find judges and so many chefs on six floors to participate in the competition.
So there are actually only three floors in the Stair Climbing Competition. The two chefs who were promoted this time plus the three famous chefs who were directly recommended to the third floor, a total of five chefs repeatedly brought out their own special dishes to serve to the guests on the third floor for two days. These people will Will eat from the third floor to the sixth floor. Then eventually a snake skin was given to one of the chefs with the title of Xianghu God of Cookery.
This is probably a way that only the ultimate foodie can come up with to satisfy your cravings.
In the name of the competition, five celebrity chefs were asked to cook four meals for themselves over two consecutive days.
When Fang Ze heard this, he immediately had the urge to leave, but he thought about it carefully.
Anyway, we have already mixed up now, it will not be difficult to have another game later, just right. Except for Chef Song, all the chefs on the three floors will be top chefs, so it doesn't hurt to try their skills.
So after communicating with Liu Pleiades, Fang Ze decided to continue participating in the competition. However, once the game on the third floor is over, they will not plan to participate in the remaining games and go home directly.
(End of chapter)