"Errenzhuan?" Han Yuyan was immediately surprised when he heard Ye Chui's words. What does making noodles have to do with Errenzhuan
Ye Chui smiled in a mysterious way, then grabbed the dough with one hand and started to swing it.
He grabbed the noodles with one hand and threw them into the air. After they fell, he grabbed them again. This happened once, twice... Every time the dough was thrown into the air, it would spin quickly. Under the action of centrifugal force, the originally ball of dough gradually became thinner and rounder.
Then the dough gradually turned into a pancake.
The pancake kept spinning under Ye Chui's skillful hands, becoming larger and larger, thinner and larger in size. At this time, Ye Chui was no longer holding it with one hand, but took a rolling pin, holding the pancake from the bottom, and shaking it slightly in his hand, the pancake kept spinning.
At this point, Han Yuyan finally understood why Ye Chui asked her if she had ever seen Errenzhuan - Ye Chui's movement of holding the pancake looked very much like the scene in Errenzhuan where one used his hand to hold a handkerchief and turned it.
This is a craft, and Ye Chui used this unique Chinese craft in making noodles.
The dough supported by the rolling pin seemed to be spinning faster and faster, and under the centrifugal force, the dough became thinner, bigger and rounder, as if a giant white umbrella suddenly appeared above Ye Chui's head.
Then the foreigners in the audience expressed their shock.
Some people couldn't help but take out their mobile phones to take pictures of the scene, and many people even stood up involuntarily, with exclamations and noises mixed together.
Although Chen Jueyuan and Huang Yiyuan's way of making noodles was novel, it did not exceed their imagination, but Ye Chui's... This scene was simply filled with a certain unreal fantasy, and it felt like this was not something that ordinary people could do.
Chen Jueyuan, Jim and Huang Yiyuan, who were standing on both sides of Ye Chui, were also stunned.
Chen Jueyuan was still rolling the noodles in his hand like he was practicing kung fu, but because he was too focused on Ye Chui's movements, he accidentally failed to catch the rolled noodles, and they hit him in the face with a bang...
Fortunately, or unfortunately, not many people noticed his embarrassing situation at this time, and almost everyone's attention was firmly attracted by Ye Chui.
On the other side, Jim suddenly cried out softly and hurriedly threw aside the dough that he had almost finished cutting. There was a trace of blood on his finger - this was because he was too fascinated by Ye Chui and accidentally cut his finger.
He quickly hid his hand in his pocket. It was an extremely immature behavior for a chef to cut his hand while cooking, which would definitely not arouse the judges' good impression.
Fortunately or unfortunately, no one is paying attention to him now.
Ye Chui used a rolling pin to push the dough that was constantly spinning above his head. At this moment, the diameter of the dough was already two meters. At first glance, the rotation looked as if a white cloud appeared above Ye Chui's head.
At this point, the pancake is finally done.
The next step is to cut the noodles.
Ye Chui suddenly retracted the rolling pin that was holding the dough. After putting it down, he nimbly grasped the edge of the dough with both hands, spread the large dough on the chopping board, and stacked them neatly.
The other hand had already picked up the incense stick.
The heavy kitchen knife spun quickly several times in Ye Chui's hand, just like a gunman playing with a gun. The movement was fancy and interesting, and the blade then fell on the dough.
Dun Dun Dun Dun…
The sounds of cutting noodles continued to ring out.
The noodles were cut evenly and thinly, and each strand was incredibly chewy and full of energy. Han Yuyan suddenly woke up from his dream and hurriedly put the noodles cut by Ye Chui neatly together.
Jim and Chen Jueyuan on both sides also woke up at this time and hurriedly continued to make noodles.
Jim had already picked up the second ball of noodles and started to cut them, but he was obviously a little uneasy, perhaps because he cut his hand or because he had seen Ye Chui's various ways of playing with the dough, and he made many mistakes with his hands.
The sliced dough gradually became irregular, no longer having the previous symmetrical shape of thick inside and thin outside, like a willow leaf.
Ye Chui's performance was so strong that it made the others' performance unstable...
Chen Jueyuan had completely put away his previous contempt, knowing that if he continued to be even slightly contemptuous, he would most likely be defeated in this match.
With the help of his kitchen helper, he quickly rolled the dough into pancakes, and with the kitchen knife in his hand, he cut out noodles one by one. This swift speed, like cutting through the Gordian knot, inevitably added a few points to him and caused some of the judges in the audience to cheer softly.
Soon, the noodles for the three chefs were ready.
According to the rules of the competition, the judges on site will now be asked to choose the chef they are interested in by watching him make noodles. This choice can determine the maximum score a chef can get.
A special scorer began to record the scores of the on-site judges.
This will take about five minutes.
On stage.
Han Yuyan carefully looked at the crystal clear noodles on the chopping board, with an expression of amazement on his face: "Master, you can also do this, it's amazing, it's like an acrobatic performance, why have I never seen you do it before?"
"In terms of the chewiness and uniformity of noodles made this way, they are actually not as good as those made by kneading them directly by hand. They just look better." Ye Chui explained, "Besides, this method is not that amazing. Anyone can learn it with a little practice for a while."
Ye Chui said it easily, but Han Yuyan knew that this was definitely not a skill that could be learned by just practicing for a while. It definitely required perfect control of the force of the dough, and the force of rotation had to be precise to every millimeter. Only in this way could the dough gradually become a round and thin pancake under the action of centrifugal rotation.
Of course, maybe to Ye Chui this really is nothing big.
Sister Han looked at Ye Chui's young but charming face with an indescribable look in her eyes...
Chen Tian, Tang Shanshan and others in the audience were also completely excited at this moment.
"The boss actually has such a unique skill. Why haven't I seen him make noodles like this in the past two days?"
"This is indeed a pretty good-looking trick, but I think Ye Chui changed his mind at the last minute and decided to make noodles this way."
"I have to marvel that he can make noodles into flowers."
"It's hard for these foreign judges to tell whether the noodles are good or not, so the first part of making the noodles is particularly important. I think Ye Chui understands this and that's why he made the noodles so fancy. This little brother really gives people surprises everywhere."
The last person to speak was Shen Zhongda. After he finished speaking, he glanced at Madam Gao and said, "Looking at the popularity that Ye Chui has accumulated in this place, I think that in terms of making noodles, Ye Chui must have received the most recognition."
Mrs. Gao obviously heard what Shen Zhongda said. Her originally calm face became increasingly uglier.
Out of the corner of his eyes, he couldn't help but glance at the person sitting next to him.
Andrew was sitting next to him.
But Andrew's face was very gloomy at this time, and no one knew what he was thinking. Noticing Mrs. Gao's visit, he turned his head slightly and gave her a cold look.
The relevant staff quickly tallied the votes of the judges on site, and the results seemed to be both normal and unexpected.
"In the first part of making noodles, Mr. Ye Chui received the favor of 35 judges, Mr. Chen Jueyuan received nine votes, and Master Jim received six votes."
The host announced with some surprise that this was the first time he had encountered a competition among senior chefs with such a huge difference in scores.
It was not surprising that Ye Chui got the most votes, but what was unexpected was that he could get so many votes.
Thirty-five votes, which means that in the upcoming competition, he can get a maximum of thirty-five points, while Chen Jueyuan can only get a maximum of nine points, and Jim can get a maximum of six points. Ye Chui's advantage is more than Jim and Chen Jueyuan added together multiplied by two...
This obviously greatly encouraged Chen Tian, Tang Shanshan, Jiang Yuemei, Shen Zhongda and other people on Ye Chu's side, and at the same time it also dealt a heavy blow to Madam Gao and Andrew's side.
Chen Jueyuan, Jim and Huang Yiyuan's faces all turned extremely ugly. Looking at Ye Chui, who was playing with the noodles in a fancy way, their eyes were indescribably complicated.
“Getting favor from so many judges doesn’t mean you can win. Thirty-five is only the highest score. You may not get any point at all…” Chen Jueyuan whispered sourly.
In response, Ye Chui just smiled at him: "Haha."
Huang Yiyuan and Jim were both somewhat depressed, but they had not completely lost hope.
This competition is a three-to-two competition with one person eliminated. Although Jim's result is far behind Ye Chui's, but... there is still hope of defeating Chen Jueyuan!
The host exclaimed at how exquisite Ye Chui's noodles were, and politely mentioned that Jim and Chen Jueyuan's noodles were also unique. Then he announced the next item to be done, which was to cook the noodles and make the noodle sauce.
Ye Chui's highest score was thirty-five points, but how many points he could get out of this thirty-five points depended on whether the noodles he made could impress the thirty-five judges.
After packing up the noodles and walking towards the kitchen, Han Yuyan came to Ye Chui's side and asked softly, "Master, can you tell me what kind of noodles you are going to make?"
Until now, Ye Chui had not told anyone what kind of noodles he was going to make to compete with the meat noodles at Wangfu Noodle House. He smiled and replied, "It's a kind of noodles that Mr. Han likes very much, and he asked me to make it for him many times."
Han Yuyan thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Could it be... fried noodles with soybean paste!?"
Ye Chui nodded: "Yes, it's noodles with soybean paste!" (~^~)