Just as Ye Chui said, the Hainanese chicken rice business was booming in the next few days. Relying on Ren Xueting's star effect and Ye Chui's already extraordinary cooking skills, Hainanese chicken rice has successfully become a well-known delicacy in Hainan's food industry. Moreover, Hainanese chicken rice is one of the four major Hainan delicacies, along with the Wenchang chicken cooking dishes. It is very easy to be accepted by people, and some places have even begun to regard Hainanese chicken rice as a Hainan specialty.
It seems that it won’t be long before Hainan’s specialty food, Hainanese chicken rice, becomes completely famous.
Dong Youyou felt that this change was a little unreal. When she saw the report on the popularity of Hainanese chicken rice on TV, the girl was so excited that she hugged Ye Chui beside her and took a big bite, which made Ye Chui a little dazed.
Lin Wei, who was sitting next to them, looked extremely unhappy.
Seeing this, Dong Youyou laughed a few times without caring, then came over and hugged Lin Wei's shoulders, saying with a smile: "Weiwei, are you jealous? Then I'll kiss you again."
As he said this, he was about to move his mouth closer to kiss Lin Wei's face.
Lin Wei was horrified and quickly dodged, but Dong Youyou refused to give in, and it ended up turning into a quarrel.
Ye Chui looked at the lustful Dong Youyou and couldn't help but twitch his face: There must be something wrong with this girl's sexual orientation, yes, there must be something wrong...
Hainanese chicken rice business is booming right now, but after three or four days, Ye Chui's focus shifted back to the Hainan Five-Star Cooking Competition.
Exactly half a month after Ye Chui's trip to Hainan, the second game officially began.
Ye Chui went out with Dong Youyou, Han Yuyan, Lin Wei, An Jing and Wang Shiyu early in the morning, and also hung up a sign saying that the restaurant was temporarily closed. This sign was absolutely necessary now. After all, Hainanese chicken rice was already very famous and there were still many customers. In fact, according to the normal business model, it was not right for Ye Chui to suspend business at this time. However, the main reason for this trip to Hainan was for the chef competition, so it didn't matter if he was a little willful at this time...
Before leaving, Ye Chui looked back at the Japanese sushi restaurant next door and happened to see Iijima Yanhao standing at the door of the restaurant.
The Japanese sushi restaurant officially opened these two days, but except for the first day when the bikini beauties attracted the restaurant to do a lot of business, the second day was deserted. Basically, it was in line with what Iijima Yanhao said at the beginning: "It's closed down for the good."
After seeing Ye Chui, Iijima Yanhao naturally didn't have a good expression. He snorted coldly and closed the door of the sushi restaurant.
Ye Chui smiled faintly and didn't care. He took the girls and left the food street.
The second round of the chef competition will be held today. The top eight contestants will compete against each other, and four contestants will advance to the final. Therefore, today's competition attracted more people than the previous one. There seemed to be more people gathered in the square in front of the seaside hotel. After Ye Chui got off the car with a group of girls, he even had to hold Wang Shiyu's hand tightly to prevent the little thing from getting separated from him.
"Why are there so many people? We won't be able to watch the game properly." Han Yuyan looked around and complained, "We should have come earlier if we had known."
"It would be the same if we came earlier. The restaurant isn't open yet, so we'll still have to wait outside if we come earlier." Ye Chui stretched his neck to look ahead and said, "I wonder where Xiao Du and Dong Qian are now."
"I just talked to my sister on the phone. She said she and the fat guy are waiting for us at the side door of the hotel. Let's go find them." Dong Youyou said at this time.
Arriving at the side door of the restaurant, Ye Chui soon saw Tian Xiaodu and Dong Qian. Because they were both contestants in the quarterfinals, they were very eye-catching standing together. Of course, Dong Qian was the most eye-catching. With short hair, a dashing demeanor, and a beauty, she was one of the stars in this chef competition.
And Tian Xiaodu stood with her. He was just taking advantage of her. I guess many people were wondering if there was something romantic going on between this fat guy and Dong Qian...
"Master!" Seeing Ye Chui and his group, Tian Xiaodu hurriedly greeted them with a smile.
The word "Master" attracted many people's attention.
How high must this person’s cooking skills be to be called “Master” by a chef of Tian Xiaodu’s level
Seeing everyone's gaze, Ye Chui quickly smiled and said, "Actually, my last name is Shi and my given name is Fu. He calls me Shi Fu."
"So that's how it is..." The others then began to lose some interest.
Tian Xiaodu and Dong Youyou finally squeezed out of the crowd. Led by the two of them, they came to the rest room where the contestants rested, while the other eight chefs were already here.
Including Qin Yiyue, Xi Shufen, Liu Qin, Zhou Baiwan, Zhao Tian, and Zhao Deguang.
The others did not pay much attention to Ye Chui, after all, they did not know them at all. At most, they were a little concerned about Ye Chui, knowing that this young man won the Judges Award in the last competition. However, among these people, Zhao Deguang's face suddenly turned a little bad. He was the one who had the deepest understanding of Ye Chui's cooking skills.
The top-quality jadeite pearl was defeated by Ye Chui's simple scrambled eggs...
“I didn’t expect there would be so many people participating in a five-star chef competition. They’re just like movie stars.” Tian Xiaodu said with a laugh, making a cocky expression as if to say, “Is it really okay to be so popular?”
Tian Xiaodu rarely shows up like this on weekdays, but it's clear that Wang Shiyu didn't intend to let Tian Xiaodu continue. She said to Tian Xiaodu with a sly smile, "Uncle Tian, I saw a lot of reporters outside just now. The scene outside just now will definitely be shown on TV, right?"
Tian Xiaodu patted Wang Shiyu's head lovingly, and said with a headache, "Maybe. Alas, there's nothing we can do about it..."
"But Uncle Tian, you were standing so close to Aunt Dong just now. If it was shown on TV and Aunt Du saw it, would she be unhappy?" Wang Shiyu said to Tian Xiaodu with an innocent look on her face.
Tian Xiaodu: “…”
The fat man's body trembled, and he turned around and took out his cell phone: "I'll explain to her quickly..."
Seeing his cowardly look, Ye Chui and others all became happy.
Dong Youyou hugged her sister and chattered to Dong Qian about what happened in the restaurant in the past two days. Finally, she said in a coquettish tone: "Sister, someone has made Hainanese chicken rice a specialty of Hainan. After the competition is over, can you come to the restaurant and run it with me? Together, we can definitely make Hainanese chicken rice the most famous specialty of Hainan and fulfill grandpa's wish."
"I'm not interested." Dong Qian refused directly. She even looked at Ye Chui with some displeasure, "Looking for a celebrity to hype it up is too despicable."
"… Why don't you say that the Japanese restaurant next door is despicable for hiring bikini beauties for its promotion?" Ye Chui said, rolling his eyes.
"Sister, are you ready for today's exam?" Dong Youyou seemed to be afraid that Ye Chui would continue to argue with her sister about the hype, so she asked immediately. "Do you have the confidence to enter the semi-finals today?"
Hearing Dong Youyou say this, Dong Qian immediately nodded confidently: "Of course I am confident, I will definitely enter the top four this time, and my opponent is him!"
Having said that, Dong Qian turned her head and glanced at Qin Yiyue, who was sitting in the corner and seemed to have no communication with anyone else.
Qin Yiyue is a very cold person, and doesn't seem to pay much attention to things other than himself.
Tian Xiaodu finished the call and came back sweating profusely. It seemed that he was severely scolded by his wife... At this time, he continued: "Master, you were the judge's award last time, so I talked to the organizer. They are willing to arrange some good seats for you so that you can watch the competition nearby."
"Really?" Upon hearing this news, Ye Chui also laughed, "That's really good."
"Come with me, I'll take you to your seats." Following Tian Xiaodu, Ye Chui, Han Yuyan, Lin Wei, An Jing, Wang Shiyu and Dong Youyou entered the hotel lobby first. Like the first match, this match was not bad. In addition to the eight stoves in the center of the lobby, there was also a circle of seats outside for watching the game. The main board staff gave Ye Chui a total of six seats because of his status as a judge. Because of Tian Xiaodu and Dong Qian, they were all the closest seats in the first row, which was very good.
"You guys sit down and wait for a while. The game will start soon." Tian Xiaodu said to Ye Chui with a smile.
"Xiao Du, how are you preparing for this competition?" Ye Chui asked.
Tian Xiaodu smiled confidently: "I am very confident this time, and it also benefits from your previous teachings, Master. This dish is derived from your grilled lamb kebabs, Master. I believe my dish will be delicious this time."
"Haha, that's fine." Ye Chui said with a smile, without asking any more questions.
Dong Qian, who was standing on the side, showed an unhappy expression on her face again. What she hated most was Tian Xiaodu's flattering attitude towards Ye Chui!
After the seats were arranged, Tian Xiaodu, Dong Qian and the staff who brought them left first.
After Ye Chui waited for more than ten minutes, the hotel lobby opened and the audience who were watching the chef competition poured in.
As spectators of the chef competition, there are two types of spectators in the second game, one type can sit in the seats, and the other type can only stand outside and watch. Of course, there will also be some live broadcasts on the TV screens around the hotel.
When the audience was in place, the eight participating chefs came out one by one. At the same time, under the introduction of the host, three gourmets who served as judges came out.
The first gourmet was an acquaintance of Ye Chui. It was Ye Wenhua, who was brought to the restaurant by Zhang Huabin when he first went to Hainanese chicken rice. He was a professional gourmet and was the perfect audience for this chef competition.
When the host introduced him, his eyes vaguely looked towards Ye Chui, which was considered as a greeting to Ye Chui. After all, the Hainanese chicken rice made by Ye Chui had won him great praise.
The other two judges were Hou Yang, a short man with a stern face, and Xiang Liping, a woman wearing a cheongsam with a classical charm.
Ye Wenhua, Hou Yang, and Xiang Liping are all well-known gourmets. Although they have not reached the level of Mr. Han, they are also very famous.
The eight contestants will have their dishes scored by three judges in turn on a 10-point scale, and will be ranked based on the scores.
After the three judges arrived, the next eight contestants came on stage. As the eight contestants came on stage one by one, the host announced the dishes that each of them would make: Qin Yiyue's steamed lamb, Xi Shufen's lamb and yam stew, Tian Xiaodu's cumin lamb, Dong Qian's mushroom lamb, Liu Qin's plum lamb soup, Zhou Baiwan's steamed lamb with ginseng soup, Zhao Tian's fried yangnan, and Zhao Deguang's crystal lamb! (~^~)
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