After Manhanlou's votes surpassed Shenghuayuan's, Jim could no longer concentrate. He was completely dazed. For this spring banquet, they in Chinatown had prepared for a long time and made a lot of efforts. He was even challenging the Chinese chefs as a representative of Chinatown. He believed that he had a sure win. After all, China's food culture had declined a lot over the years.
But... He never expected that there would be a person like Ye Chui, and a restaurant like Man Han Lou...
If Chunyan can't win the championship, then everything will be meaningless.
"Maybe... maybe we can still overtake?"
A glimmer of hope suddenly rose in his desperate heart, and he continued to stare at the display board, as if he was looking at the last straw.
On the display board, the number of votes for Manhanlou continued to grow, forty-six... forty-seven... forty-eight...
The number of votes gradually widened the gap with Shenghuayuan, and the gap became larger and larger...
Jim didn't care about anything else at this time. Sweat broke out on his forehead and flowed into the wound on his face, causing a burning pain. However, he seemed to be unable to feel it. He only stared at the display board motionlessly, looking at the three words "Shenghuayuan" on it.
The gap between it and Manhan Building is getting bigger and bigger...
One vote difference, two vote difference, three vote difference...
When Manhan Building had 60 votes, Shenghuayuan only had 50 votes.
Jim already knew in his heart that there was no chance of overtaking this time, but he was still staring at the display board.
However, at this moment, Shenghuayuan, which was originally ranked second, suddenly disappeared.
how so
Disappeared... Could it be that in that instant, Shenghuayuan got more than a dozen tickets and surpassed Manhan Building in one fell swoop
This was Jim's thought for a moment, but then he realized that Manhan Building still firmly occupied the first place, and the second place had become Jingjia Building.
Shenghuayuan has already fallen to third place!
It turns out that Shenghuayuan and Jingjialou just swapped locations...
Jingjialou actually surpassed Shenghuayuan
This was a bigger blow to Jim. His body began to tremble slightly, his heart was filled with anger, and he felt indescribably uncomfortable.
But that’s not all.
The Spring Banquet had been going on for an hour and was almost coming to an end.
The number of judges still remaining at the Spring Banquet is dwindling, and Manhanlou has already received eighty-nine votes—a number that has surpassed the highest number of votes ever received at any Spring Banquet.
Jingjialou, which ranked second, received seventy-three votes.
Shenghuayuan, which came in third, received fifty-nine votes.
The fourth place, Lao Huang BBQ Restaurant, currently has 58 votes!
Up to now, there is no doubt that the champion of the Spring Banquet is Manhanlou, and there is no suspense at all that the second place is Jingjialou. The only suspense is whether the third place will be Lao Huang BBQ Restaurant or Shenghuayuan.
Shenghuayuan, which was originally the favorite to win and had been leading the pack since the beginning of the Spring Banquet, gradually fell behind and was overtaken. Now, it is being overtaken by Lao Huang BBQ Restaurant, which was not favored by anyone before the Spring Banquet but broke through the siege as a dark horse...
This made Shenghuayuan a complete joke.
Of course, what awaits Shenghuayuan is more than just a joke...
The Spring Banquet continues.
The focus of everyone's attention has shifted from Manhan Building and Jingjia Building, and is now completely concentrated on Shenghuayuan and Lao Huang BBQ Restaurant.
Jim's entire body was soaked with sweat at this moment. He had never felt so humiliated and weak as he did now. At this moment, he only prayed that he could beat the Lao Huang BBQ Restaurant and retain his last bit of dignity.
He is Chinatown's eight-star chef, he is Chinatown's rookie pride, he represents Chinatown to challenge Chinese cuisine and is highly anticipated by everyone, even if he is going to lose, he has to lose with dignity.
Lao Huang BBQ Restaurant… Where did this crappy restaurant come from? It has such a low-level, ridiculous and low-class name. How could he lose to such a restaurant
His dignity would not allow this to happen...
But the truth is cruel, at least it is cruel to Jim at this moment.
Because soon, the number of votes for Shenghuayuan and Lao Huang BBQ Restaurant became equal, and then, Lao Huang BBQ Restaurant surpassed and jumped above Shenghuayuan.
Shenghuayuan fell to fourth place.
Shenghuayuan, which was originally confident that it could beat the Chinese chef and take first place, cheated and had at least thirty votes bribed, but it only ranked fourth!
He lost to Manhanlou, lost to Jingjialou, and then lost to a restaurant that was previously unknown and unknown...
Jim couldn't accept this fact.
"This Lao Huang BBQ restaurant must have cheated. What Lao Huang BBQ restaurant? The name sounds very low-class. How could he beat me? There must be something fishy here..." Jim seemed to have lost control and couldn't help shouting.
Ye Chui was standing next to him. Hearing what he said, Ye Chui laughed: "A trick? Are you qualified to accuse someone of a trick?"
"I... this..." Jim's body trembled, and he said anxiously, "This Lao Huang BBQ Restaurant is just an ordinary restaurant. What qualifications does it have to surpass us... There is definitely something wrong here..."
"This Lao Huang Barbecue Restaurant is from Jinan. If I'm not mistaken, the barbecue technique they use is inherited from Lao Huang Barbecue. This barbecue method originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and has a history of three hundred years. The pork is roasted with crispy skin, yellow color, tender meat, delicious, fresh and fragrant, and not greasy. It is a secret recipe passed down in the family. I think it was after the ban on meat was lifted that the descendants of the Huang family discovered the recipe left by their ancestors. This restaurant is run by this dish. You say this barbecue restaurant is an ordinary restaurant? Then do you know that its inheritance history is much longer than your entire Chinatown?"
Ye Chui said with full of sarcasm.
Ye Chui had guessed about the origin of Lao Huang's BBQ Restaurant when he first knew the name, and now the achievements of Lao Huang's BBQ Restaurant have proved a lot. There are many ways to roast pork in China, but the best one is the Huang's BBQ which has been passed down for 300 years.
This Lao Huang BBQ Restaurant should be the restaurant opened by the descendants of the Huang family!
Lin Wei, Anjing, Tian Xiaodu and others were all surprised when they heard Ye Chui's explanation, and Jim was speechless. Does this Lao Huang BBQ restaurant really have such a long history
Ye Chui continued to say to Jim: "It's not unfair for you to lose to this Lao Huang BBQ restaurant. After the vegetarian movement, maybe Chinese food culture has indeed fallen into a trough, but the food will recover and the trough will always pass. With the level of your Chinatown, what qualifications do you have to compete with Chinese food?"
Jim's face was red and white. He gritted his teeth and said, "I admit defeat this time, but that doesn't mean Chinatown has lost. My cooking skills are not good enough, but Chinatown's dishes have long surpassed Chinese cuisine. This is an indisputable fact..."
"Isn't that an indisputable fact?"
Ye Chui interrupted Jim. He was very serious at this time. He looked at Jim and said with a cold smile: "When things here are over, I will go to Chinatown in person. Haha, you came to China this time thinking that you are an eight-star chef and can beat all Chinese chefs by yourself? Please tell all the chefs in Chinatown that I, Ye Chui, as a one-star chef in China, will beat all of you chefs. I want to prove that the dishes in Chinatown are just a branch of Chinese cuisine. In terms of taste and realm, it is not worthy of being compared with Chinese cuisine at all!"
One person challenges all the chefs in Chinatown to prove the gap between Chinatown cuisine and Chinese cuisine.
Ye Chui has now officially issued a declaration of war to Jim and to Chinatown!
His tone was not overbearing and sounded very calm, but his calm tone made many people around him, Tian Xiaodu, Qin Yiyue, Dong Qian, even Lin Wei, An Jing, Xiao Xiao, Wang Shiyu, and even other people around who were paying attention to the conversation, feel an indescribable sense of heroism in an instant.
In the era of gourmet food, cooking is like a battlefield. Jim tried to overwhelm Chinese chefs by himself and prove that Chinatown cuisine is better than Chinese cuisine. He also tried to become independent. This was a provocation to Chinese food culture. So, Ye Chui issued a declaration of war to them. He wanted to grow up in the open and challenge the entire Chinatown cuisine. He wanted to defeat all their chefs by himself!
After hearing what Ye Chui said, Jim was very angry. He wanted to mock Ye Chui's arrogance and laugh at his arrogance, but... he didn't say a word. His lips moved, but what he said was just one sentence: "I will tell them for you."
When he said this, he wanted his tone to sound cold, to make Ye Chui understand that challenging Chinatown was impossible. However, when these words came out of his mouth, they became soft and full of awe, as if he was obeying Ye Chui's words...
He turned around angrily and prepared to leave.
However, a person stood in front of him, it was Xing Sen.
"Mr. Jim, your motive for joining Shenghua Garden to participate in the Spring Banquet is unclear, so we have the right to temporarily detain you. Please come with us." Xing Sen said with a smile.
After he finished speaking, he glanced at the square outside the window again, as if he saw something, and laughed: "The vote for Manhanlou has reached 100 votes, which is a record. There are a total of 500 judges participating in the Spring Banquet, and your talent, Ye Chui, has directly received the support of one-fifth of the people."
After hearing what Xing Sen said, Ye Chui and the others looked over and found that, as expected, the votes of Manhanlou had already exceeded one hundred people. This was the first time in the history of the Spring Banquet that a restaurant had ever had such a huge gap with other restaurants.
"Congratulations." Xing Sen smiled and said to Ye Chui, Tian Xiaodu and others, "From today on, the No. 1 hotel in China must be Manhanlou." (~^~)