“The smell of kitchen knives, second only to chopping incense, has spread to Chinatown?”
Upon hearing this information, Chen Tian and Jiang Yuemei immediately exchanged glances. Both of them saw doubt in each other's eyes. Jiang Yuemei shook her head and said, "I have heard about the story of Old Chopper Zhang. I have also heard about the three kitchen knives, Zhanxiang, Huawei, and Yuchang, from Madam Gao. Madam Gao mentioned this to me. She has always wanted to get one of the three kitchen knives, but never had the chance... But the second kitchen knife is in Chinatown, which I have never heard of."
"Mrs. Gao is a cunning person. Maybe the second kitchen knife is in her hand." Tang Shanshan commented.
"Haha, if it's true, then Madam Gao will definitely take out her precious kitchen knife this time when challenging her." Chen Jiao continued, "Mr. Ye Chui even sent Zhanxiang all the way from China, so Madam Gao will definitely not keep it to herself."
Ye Chui asked Tian Xiaodu to send the Zhanxiang from China because he was going to make a noodle dish that required the use of a sharp knife, which required excellent knife skills. Ye Chui was already familiar with the Zhanxiang, so he asked Tian Xiaodu to send it over, not because he had no confidence in the competition.
Of course, there is no need to say this.
"So, the second kitchen knife will be released soon?" Li Xiuyun suddenly became excited. "It seems like this will be big news."
"This cooking competition looks even more interesting." Jiang Yuemei said excitedly. She put down the bowl and wiped her mouth with a tissue. "Give me another bowl."
Everyone: “…”
The others haven't finished their first bowl, but this fat lady is already eating her third bowl...
The discussion about Huawei ends here. No matter what, Ye Chui’s Zhanxiang is the king among kitchen knives. Even if Huawei is released, it will be directly suppressed by his Zhanxiang. Now everyone is more looking forward to seeing what Ye Chui’s Zhanxiang looks like.
In the afternoon, Zhanxiang was finally sent to Chinatown, but some procedures were required to get the things back. Tang Shanshan volunteered to go with Chen Jiao to get the kitchen knife, while Ye Chui waited in the hotel.
"Master, I seem to have gained half a pound in the past two days. I have been eating the noodles you made these days, and I eat a lot every time. I can't control my mouth."
In the hotel room, Ye Chui was sitting on the sofa watching a food show. Han Yuyan beside him suddenly complained. She lifted the hem of her T-shirt, revealing her belly. Her perfect belly, which was originally flat and even had bulging abdominal muscles after morning exercises and yoga, now felt a bit fleshy. Sister Han looked like she had a headache.
Ye Chui had an amused look on his face, and couldn't help but reach out and pinch Han Yuyan's belly...
Then they both froze at the same time.
This action seems somewhat ambiguous no matter how you look at it.
"Ahem... I didn't mean it." Ye Chui explained.
“…” Han Yuyan blushed.
Ye Chui continued: "Really!"
Han Yuyan looked at Ye Chui with a bit of grievance in his eyes: "Then take your hand away!"
“Oh…” Ye Chui quickly withdrew his hand with an embarrassed smile on his face.
There was a sudden awkwardness between the two of them.
Fortunately, footsteps were soon heard outside the door, and Tang Shanshan rushed into the room holding an exquisite Zen wood box in her arms: "Boss, I got your kitchen knife back."
Ye Chui quickly stood up and walked to the door, taking the box from Tang Shanshan. At this time, Ye Chui couldn't help but think of the scene when he first saw the kitchen knife - at that time, Han Yuyan sneaked into Xiaoyu's home cooking and was almost mistaken by Ye Chui as a thief who came to deliberately cause trouble. When he held the knife for the first time, Ye Chui couldn't help but sigh, "What a good knife."
This is indeed a good knife.
Opening the box, Ye Chui took out the kitchen knife. The blade was covered with plum blossom-like patterns, which was indescribably unique. When he held the kitchen knife for the first time, Ye Chui had an indescribable sense of suitability, as if the kitchen knife was made for him. This feeling was very strange.
A kitchen knife is like a sword in the hands of a swordsman. A handy kitchen knife can greatly improve the chef's cooking skills.
While holding the kitchen knife, Ye Chui had a feeling that he was unrivaled in cooking skills.
"Wow, this is the kitchen knife." Tang Shanshan looked closer at the kitchen knife with sparkling eyes, her face full of amazement.
Knowing that Zhanxiang had arrived, Jiang Yuemei, Chris and others also rushed into Ye Chui's room to observe this peculiarly shaped kitchen knife.
"This kitchen knife seems to be very sharp, but how sharp is it?"
"Ye Chui, cover it up for us."
"That's right, go make a dish for me to try now."
The last sentence was said by Jiang Yuemei.
Ye Chui glanced at Jiang Yuemei's stomach with some sweat. She had three bowls of oil-splashed noodles at noon. Isn't she full yet
He shook his head with a wry smile and saw a plate of apples on the coffee table next to him. They were the ones Han Yuyan had just bought in the morning. So Ye Chui reached out and took an apple, tossing it in his hand. Then he saw the flash of a knife, and layers of apple peels as thin as paper began to flutter. Before everyone could sigh, a peeled apple as crystal clear as a jade bead appeared in Ye Chui's palm.
Then Ye Chui swung the kitchen knife and chopped at his own palm - this scene shocked everyone, and even Tang Shanshan couldn't help but exclaimed.
The sharp kitchen knife cut into the apple and hit the ground, but stopped abruptly the moment the blade touched Ye Chui's palm.
The apple split into two halves, but Ye Chui's palm was not damaged at all. His control over the blade force had reached perfection!
Everyone was shocked, but before they could say anything, the kitchen knife flew again, and the black blade flashed. By the time everyone reacted, the cores of the two apples in Ye Chui's palm had been removed, and the apples had been divided into several small pieces of even size, each of which was crystal clear and indescribably lovely.
The crowd exclaimed at this moment.
"What amazing knife skills!"
“You can even carve flowers out of an apple when you peel it.”
“It’s like acrobatics.”
As he said this, everyone looked at the apple in Ye Chui's palm that was broken into eight pieces. Seeing this made them happy. Jiang Yuemei directly reached out and picked up a piece and put it into her mouth. Then she exclaimed again: "This apple..."
"What's wrong?" Chen Tian looked at the fat aunt in surprise. He also took a piece and put it in his mouth. Her expression became strange. "This apple is so cold, just like it was taken out of the refrigerator."
"Could it be because of the incense cutting?" Jiang Yuemei looked at Ye Chui, then at the kitchen knife in Ye Chui's hand.
"The blade of the Zhanxiang knife is extremely cool, and using it to cut vegetables has a freezing effect." Ye Chui said with a smile, "Of course, the speed of cutting is also one of the main reasons."
"Zhanxiang is indeed worthy of his reputation." Jiang Yuemei exclaimed, "Of course, Ye Chui's sword skills are even more amazing."
"Chinese cooking is truly amazing!" Chris shouted in amazement. A few days ago he was dismissive of Chinese cuisine, but now his attitude has obviously changed greatly and he has become a loyal supporter of Chinese cuisine.
"Mr. Ye Chui will never lose to anyone else when cooking with this kitchen knife." Li Xiuyun immediately said, and then he looked at Ye Chui and asked curiously, "But I'm very curious, Mr. Ye, you came all the way here to ask Master Tian to send the incense, what dish are you going to make?"
This is also a question that other people are very interested in.
Ye Chui was wiping the blade of the incense-chopping knife with the towel handed to him by Han Yuyan. When he heard this question, he knew that if he kept it a secret, everyone would probably get angry, so he spoke up: "Of course, the reason I sent you the incense-chopping knife is because I want to make knife-cut noodles!"
Knife-cut noodles is one of the top ten noodles in China and also has the title of king of noodles. Not only does it taste delicious, but the scene of making it is a superb skill. The dough is placed on the chopping board, and the blade flies horizontally. Pieces of noodles, thick inside and thin outside, fly out one after another and fall accurately into the pot. It is not only a cooking skill but also an amazing craft.
The noodles are cooked with sharp edges and shaped like willow leaves. They are smooth on the outside and chewy on the inside. They are soft but not sticky. The more you chew, the more fragrant they become. The title of the king of noodles can be said to be well-deserved.
Of course, China also has the delicacy of knife-cut noodles, but with the decline of Chinese food culture, this peculiar type of noodles is not very famous. Among the people present, Han Yuyan and Li Xiuyun had naturally heard of this kind of noodles, but Chen Tian, Chen Jiao, Tang Youyou, who grew up in Chinatown, and international gourmet Chris had never heard of this kind of noodles. The knowledgeable fat aunt Jiang Yuemei had vaguely heard of this kind of noodles, but did not understand it. She did not seem to think that delicious noodles could be made just by cutting the dough.
Finally, at everyone's unanimous request, Ye Chui had no choice but to walk to the kitchen with a sigh, ready to perform his knife-cut noodles skills for everyone on the spot.
At this moment, in the kitchen of the Sentosa Hotel in Chinatown.
whoosh whoosh whoosh.
Thin sheets of dough kept flying up from the dough and falling into the big pot in front of him.
The soup in the big pot was boiling and pieces of noodles were rolling around.
Several waiters stood at the kitchen door and watched the scene with envy.
The one cutting the dough was Jim, holding the knife he had just obtained.
Huang Yiyuan stood beside him with a look of amazement on his face: "Jim, your knife skills are really amazing. It's only been a few days since you learned the recipe for knife-cut noodles, and you've already achieved this level."
"No, not yet..." Jim stared at the dough rolling in the pot and shook his head vigorously, "The dough is not evenly sized, and it's far from being thick inside and thin outside, shaped like a willow leaf. I can't win the game with just this... I have to keep working hard!"
Among the two noodles that Ye Chui was going to make, one was knife-cut noodles. He planned to use this dish to compete with the oil noodles of Wangfu Noodle House, but it was obvious that Jim was also going to make this dish - he got the kitchen knife Huawei a few days ago, as well as a booklet containing various recipes.
The only noodle recipe in the booklet is this knife-cut noodles! (~^~)