Among the last three people, the first to finish was Zhou Baiwan's steamed lamb with ginseng soup.
As the name suggests, this dish is made by steaming lamb with the aroma of ginseng soup. It is simple to make, but it is definitely the most expensive of the eight dishes participating in the competition.
This dish uses lamb chops, which are the meat from the ribs to the ribs, with a thin film on the outside. The meat here is a combination of loose and lean meat, and has a soft texture. Zhou Baiwan showed his wealthy and generous side in the selection of ingredients - the lamb chops he used were only a small amount of meat from the third rib of each sheep, and the meat in this place is relatively the most delicious. The lamb chops Zhou Baiwan used for this dish were taken from at least ten Dongshan sheep and were marinated to show his wealth and generosity.
Lamb chops are originally more suitable for cooking methods such as roasting, braising, and grilling. However, Zhou Baiwan has a unique way of chopping the lamb chops into minced meat, which is then placed in a cage and steamed with ginseng soup. When the lamb chops filling is completely cooked by the ginseng soup and filled with a strong ginseng aroma, it is made into bo pancakes with starch, fried in oil, and finally the dish is completed after filtering out the oil droplets.
Although the name of this dish is Steamed Lamb in Ginseng Soup, in fact, steaming is only part of it. The most important part is the frying at the end.
However, the preparation process of this dish is extremely fancy and the cost is definitely not cheap. Even wild ginseng, a top-grade tonic, is used, not to mention the lamb chops taken from at least ten Dongshan sheep. However, although this dish has successfully attracted the interest of some people, for those who really know the business, this dish is just for show.
After Zhou Baiwan presented his steamed lamb with ginseng soup, he proudly used the host's microphone to explain every key point of this dish to others. Listening to his introduction, Ye Chui couldn't help but sweat...
Is this person using the cooking competition as a way to show off his wealth
The dish cooked in this way may taste good, but it loses the most essential goal of cooking and will definitely not get a high score.
As expected, Ye Wenhua only gave this dish six points, Hou Yang gave it seven points, and Xiang Liping gave it another six points. A total of nineteen points.
After seeing this score, Zhou Baiwan's face immediately turned cold - among the six contestants who had finished their dishes, 19 points tied for fourth place, and the top four in this round would advance. Tian Xiaodu's level would definitely not be much worse, and Zhao Deguang's score should not be low either. With 19 points, Zhou Baiwan was basically eliminated in this round...
After snorting coldly, Zhou Baiwan turned around and left the competition venue with some displeasure.
Dong Youyou was also relieved - Dong Qian was now ranked second. After Zhou Baiwan fell behind, no matter what scores Tian Xiaodu and Zhou Deguang got, Dong Qian's promotion was already a foregone conclusion.
Not long after Zhou Baiwan left, Tian Xiaodu had finally finished his dish, cumin lamb.
"Senior Brother has finished. Master, is there any problem with Senior Brother's dish?" Han Yuyan looked at Tian Xiaodu carrying the plate towards the judges, and immediately grabbed Ye Chui's arm and asked nervously.
Little Wang Shiyu even stood on a chair, waving her hands and cheering for Tian Xiaodu—"Fat uncle, come on!"
She was cute and lovely, just like a porcelain doll. The audience sitting in the back had no problem with him standing up to cheer for Tian Xiaodu, but they found the name "fat uncle" quite interesting.
Tian Xiaodu, who was carrying dishes towards the judges' table, heard Wang Shiyu's words, turned around and took a look. He accidentally tripped and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, he held the plate very steadily in his hand, so nothing unexpected happened to the dish.
As for Ye Chui, An Jing quickly picked up Wang Shiyu and told the little thing to stop shouting "Come on!" or else there might be some trouble...
Looking closely at the dish made by Tian Xiaodu, the mutton has a brown texture. However, this brown texture is not obtained by frying or deep-frying, but by roasting. Tian Xiaodu uses charcoal grilling in this dish, and adds a small amount of seasoning to keep the original flavor of the food. On the one hand, it retains the deliciousness of Dongshan mutton. On the other hand, it can make the food brown and delicious when grilled on charcoal.
After being grilled over charcoal fire, the mutton is covered with a layer of fine oil, which is crystal clear, oily but not greasy. It actually has the same effect as Qin Yiyue's steamed mutton. However, the steamed mutton is light and completely dominated by the original taste of the mutton, while Tian Xiaodu puts another thing in the mutton, trying to make it deepen the freshness and fragrance of the mutton.
"What's that smell?" The first judge, Ye Wenhua, was stunned after taking a bite of mutton. "What kind of spice is this? It tastes so good when mixed with mutton. How come I have never tasted this kind of fragrance before?"
Hearing Ye Wenhua's words, Tian Xiaodu couldn't help but laugh, because he thought of the scene when he first ate Ye Chui's grilled lamb skewers. At that time, he was obsessed with the strong and lingering fragrance in his mouth, thinking that it was some kind of precious spice. He still remembered what Ye Chui said to him with a smile, so he smiled and told Ye Wenhua that sentence: "It's cumin, I added cumin."
Tian Xiaodu's words were heard by countless people through the host's microphone. Of course, there was nothing great about saying this. There was no movie called The God of Cookery in this world, so naturally one could not appreciate the fun of this sentence. However, when Ye Chu heard Tian Xiaodu say this, his expression could not help but change slightly, and he laughed along with him.
I didn’t expect that the fat guy still remembered the scene of letting him taste the grilled lamb kebabs.
After Tian Xiaodu finished saying this, he faintly smiled at Ye Chui who was sitting next to him.
"Cumin, so it's the taste of cumin. I didn't expect this seasoning would be so wonderful when used on barbecue." Ye Wenhua nodded involuntarily, and picked up another piece of mutton and put it into his mouth with admiration.
The name of this dish is Cumin Lamb. He originally didn’t know why it was given such a name, but now he finally knows that cumin is the most important seasoning in this dish.
Next, Hou Yang and Xiang Liping also picked up some mutton and put it into their mouths. They both felt very satisfied with the simple seasoning with cumin.
Hou Yang praised it even more: "This dish seems to have no extra flavor at all, and it fully displays the freshness and fragrance of Dongshan lamb. Master Tian, I wonder how you did it?"
"It's simple, marinating." Tian Xiaodu explained with a smile, "Before I started grilling, I first marinated it with salt for half an hour to make the seasonings taste good without making it too strong. Then I grilled it, which completely locked in the flavor of the mutton without losing the aroma of the grill."
"I see." Several judges nodded at the same time.
In the audience, after hearing what Tian Xiaodu said, An Jing suddenly thought of something, turned to look at Ye Chui and said, "Brother, Uncle Tian's method is similar to grilled lamb skewers. He got the inspiration from the grilled lamb skewers you made, right?"
"Haha, yes." Ye Chui smiled and nodded. "Barbecuing is the simplest way to cook food, and it can best reflect the original taste of the food. Of course, barbecuing looks simple, but it is not an easy task to safely control the heat and roast every piece of mutton to perfection."
"Brother, what kind of score will Uncle Tian get this time?" Wang Shiyu asked nervously. What this little thing cares about most is the final ranking that Tian Xiaodu can get. In her plan, she intends to recruit Tian Xiaodu to open a big restaurant in the future...
"I can't confirm this." Ye Chui shook his head and said.
“Can’t confirm?” This shocked Han Yuyan, Dong Youyou and others. Ye Cui’s comments before were very logical, but they didn’t expect that he couldn’t be sure now.
Ye Chui showed a thoughtful expression and said in a deep voice: "Qin Yiyue's steamed lamb was perfect. In my opinion, Xiao Du's method is actually better, but his control of the heat is slightly worse. I'm not sure what score he will get in the end... It depends on how the three judges give him scores."
Those who were sitting next to Ye Chui no longer had any contempt for Ye Chui's comments. After hearing what Ye Chui said, they all showed expectant expressions and waited for the judges to give their scores.
Originally, I thought Qin Yiyue would be far ahead of the others, but from what Ye Chui said, can Tian Xiaodu's dishes be on par with Qin Yiyue's
The three judges have already tasted Tian Xiaodu's dish. The host seemed to be able to sense the extraordinaryness of Tian Xiaodu's dish and asked hurriedly: "Three judges, what do you think of this dish? Can you give a score?"
"I give it eight points." The first person to give a score was Xiang Liping. Among the scores given by this female gourmet, eight points was already the highest. Before this, only Dong Qian and the previous month had been given eight points by him.
After thinking for a moment, Hou Yang raised the sign in his hand.
"Nine points!"
Before, Hou Yang only gave Qin Yiyue nine points!
The score given by the two gourmets to Tian Xiaodu was actually the same as the score they gave to Qin Yiyue!
And they are all extremely high scores.
This moment made the atmosphere on the scene tense. The final score given by Ye Wenhua to Tian Xiaodu would determine whether Tian Xiaodu could surpass Qin Yiyue.
Tian Xiaodu's fat face showed an expression of nervous anticipation, and his breathing seemed to quicken.
In the lounge next to them, several contestants who had already participated in the competition were nervously watching Ye Wenhua's final scoring. Zhou Baiwan and Xi Shufen knew that their joint fourth place would undoubtedly be surpassed by Tian Xiaodu, and they couldn't help but have regrets on their faces. Dong Qian looked at Tian Xiaodu with some annoyance, knowing that her score this time would definitely be lower than Tian Xiaodu's.
As for Qin Yiyue, the man who had been a little withdrawn from the beginning and didn't even communicate with others, at this time he looked at Tian Xiaodu straight in the eye for the first time and frowned slightly.
Even Ye Chui felt a little nervous at this moment, and held Lin Wei's small hand tightly in his hand... Well, he might have done this on purpose.
Ye Wenhua gradually raised the score card in his hand... (~^~)
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