Three bowls of noodles: noodles with soybean paste, sliced noodles, and noodles with臊子.
There is no need to say much about the noodles with soybean paste.
The knife-cut noodles are placed in a small bowl, with a red and yellow tomato and egg stew topping. Knife-cut noodles are noodles that are suitable for being paired with various kinds of stews, but the traditional toppings used are tomato and egg stew, meat stew, three-fresh stew, etc.
Among them, tomato and egg sauce should be the simplest to make, but for some reason, Jim used tomato and egg sauce in his noodles.
Tomatoes and eggs are a perfect match in many ways.
Even in the eyes of many people, when cooking with tomatoes, the most suitable dish to go with it is eggs.
This statement actually makes a lot of sense. The red and yellow combination of tomato and egg does have a sweet and delicious taste that seems to be created by nature.
Of course, strictly speaking, this delicacy is of a lower level. As many people understand, no matter how delicious the eggs are, they are not as delicious as a chicken leg. In large-scale cooking competitions, unless the cooking skills have reached a superb level, no one will directly bring out a simple dish like scrambled eggs.
Jim chose the tomato and egg stew, which was in itself too bland and too homely.
But nothing is absolute. Ye Chui's cooking method is to seek endless food and inconsistent soups. In his opinion, even scrambled eggs with tomatoes can be extremely delicious, it just tests one's skills more.
The臊子面 on the other side is a completely different scene.
The noodles are placed in a small bowl, but the soup is quite sufficient. The soul of a bowl of臊子面 lies in the臊子汤, which includes black fungus, tofu, eggs, day lily, and of course, the most important thing is the diced meat.
The ingredients are gathered together in the bright red soup, creating a visual feast.
Although the bowl is small, it has everything you need, and the steamy smell makes you want to eat it to your heart's content.
Saozi noodles are probably the one with the longest history among the three kinds of noodles, and can even be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty. In Ye Chui's previous life, an old scholar who worked in a cultural center wrote a booklet entitled "Qishan Saozi Noodles, a Divine Food", which introduced this kind of noodles. Saozi noodles originated from the "Junyu" ritual of the Zhou Dynasty's corpse sacrifice system, and gradually developed into the current Saozi noodles.
A small bowl of noodles contains a heavy historical heritage.
The two representative dishes of Wangfu Noodle House,臊子面 and龙须面, are ranked first and second among the original ten representative dishes of Chinatown. In addition to the fact that Wangfu Noodle House has the only nine-star chef in Chinatown, the most important reason is that the recipes of these two dishes in Wangfu Noodle House are preserved very completely.
This was the first time that Ye Chui officially saw the臊子面, or meat noodles, made by Wangfu Noodle House. He could immediately feel that the noodle recipe was completely passed down, with original color and flavor, and was the most authentic.
Three small bowls of noodles were placed in front of fifty judges.
The bowl for the noodles was so small that you could finish all the noodles in just a few bites, so the judging didn't take long.
The sound of slurping noodles could be heard continuously.
Few of the judges on site were proficient in using chopsticks, which made the Chinese noodles less flavorful, but they were still delicious.
Ye Chui, Chen Jueyuan and Jim stood on the stage looking at the judges below, each with different expressions on their faces.
Jim was a little nervous, Chen Jueyuan was a little gloomy, but Ye Chui was very relaxed.
"Master, aren't you nervous at all?" Han Yuyan had already wiped the sweat off his face with a handkerchief and couldn't help but ask Ye Chui.
"There's nothing to be nervous about." Ye Chui chuckled. He believed in his skills. That bowl of noodles with soybean sauce was originally known as the number one among the top ten noodles in China. This ranking was chosen by the public. Ye Chui's skill in making noodles with soybean sauce was the authentic old Yanjing noodles with soybean sauce. The taste was absolutely amazing.
It took five minutes to eat the noodles. Three small bowls of noodles had been eaten by the fifty judges. They were whispering and discussing. Under the urging of the host, the fifty judges began to vote. There were special vote counters on the scene who were responsible for counting their votes.
This part takes another five minutes.
The chefs on the stage were all getting impatient. Even Ye Chui found it difficult to remain completely calm at this time. Mrs. Gao, Andrew, Chen Tian, Tang Shanshan and others below the stage also stretched their necks to look at the judges in charge of voting, waiting for the results to be announced.
In fact, there is no doubt that Ye Chui has the highest chance of winning.
Now everyone is just looking forward to who will win between Jim and Chen Jueyuan.
At this moment, the teller who was counting the votes suddenly looked towards the stage with some surprise, his eyes were on Ye Chui.
Why did he look at Ye Chui in surprise
This glance made many people involuntarily have doubts in their hearts.
Was it because Ye Chui's score was too low that surprised him, or was it because Ye Chui's score was so high that it was beyond imagination that surprised them
This guess suddenly rekindled the confidence of Jim, Huang Yiyuan and Chen Jueyuan. Mrs. Gao, who was sitting in the audience, also had a glimmer of anticipation on her stern face full of wrinkles.
Maybe... Ye Chui's results are dismal, so Chen Jueyuan might still have a chance to get first place.
In the first noodle-making competition, Ye Chui received the favor of thirty-five judges, so he could get a maximum of thirty-five points, but it was also possible that he would get no points at all. The surprised look of the teller might be because Ye Chui's performance was too poor.
Besides, in this situation, only if Ye Chui's score was too bad would the teller show such a surprised look, right
Regardless, this is a good situation.
Amid such anticipation, the host walked onto the stage.
He first made a few jokes to the camera to liven up the atmosphere, and then he officially began to score the three chefs.
"Let's first announce Mr. Jim's score. His knife-cut noodles won the favor of six judges in the previous competition. Three of the six judges chose to give him their scores after tasting his knife-cut noodles. Therefore, Mr. Jim's score is - three points."
Huang Yiyuan and Jim's faces turned slightly paler. This score... was definitely not very good.
"Here are Mr. Chen Jueyuan's scores. In the first category, nine judges chose him as their favorite chef. After tasting Mr. Chen Jueyuan's dishes, five of the nine judges chose to vote for him. Mr. Chen Jueyuan's score is five points."
With five points, more than Jim's three points, Chen Jueyuan has fully qualified to enter the next game, but this score will definitely not make Chen Jueyuan's wife Gao happy.
Only five out of nine people gave him points, what about Ye Chui
In fact, the order in which the host announced the scores already represents a lot.
Soon, everyone knew why the vote counter had glanced at Ye Chu in surprise.
"Mr. Ye Chui was chosen by thirty-five judges in the first category, and after tasting Mr. Ye Chui's dish..." At this point, the host paused, turned his head and looked at Ye Chui with a look of admiration, "Thirty-five judges all chose to vote for Mr. Ye Chui, which means that Mr. Ye Chui received a total of thirty-five points in this competition."
Jim scored three points, Chen Jueyuan scored five points, and then Ye Chui scored thirty-five points.
If this isn’t crushing, what is
The scene couldn't help but burst into roars, and the cheers of Chen Tian and Tang Shanshan were indescribably loud.
Han Yuyan, who was standing next to Ye Chui, couldn't help but clench his fists and said to Ye Chui with a smile: "Master, we won."
"Haha." Ye Chui's face also showed a little excitement. In fact, this was not winning, but a crushing victory.
Chen Jueyuan was a little stunned. He had expected Ye Chui to win, but he didn't expect him to win so... It made him lose confidence.
All 35 judges actually chose to vote for him. If one thinks carefully, the people who had previously chosen him and Jim as their favorite chefs but didn't vote for them in the end might have also voted for Ye Chui, but their votes would not be counted...
Jim's expression was a little empty, but after a moment he smiled in a free and easy manner. Together with the Sadness and Ecstasy Meal, the Spring Banquet, and the cooking competition a week ago, this was the fourth time he lost to Ye Chui. After losing four times, he had completely lost his temper in front of Ye Chui. He walked up to Ye Chui and said in a somewhat discouraged voice, "Mr. Ye, you won."
This is a sincere admission of defeat.
Huang Yiyuan still refused to give up. He walked over with a gloomy face and said coldly: "The knife-cut noodles that Jim made are a recipe he learned only a week ago. It's understandable that he lost because of his lack of ability. As long as you give him some time, his knife-cut noodles will definitely beat yours."
This is what they call a dead duck talking stubbornly, right
So Ye Chui laughed and began his usual cooking science talk: "In fact, knife-cut noodles are a traditional Chinese noodle dish. Even now, you can see knife-cut noodles everywhere in China..."
Huang Yiyuan and Jim both looked a little annoyed.
Ye Chui seemed indifferent and continued, "Jim, let me give you a suggestion. Knife-cut noodles are not suitable for cutting with ordinary kitchen knives. They are more suitable for short iron sheets. It will be easier to cut the noodles."
"Mr. Ye, you are so arrogant. If you have the guts, try cutting one and see!" Huang Yiyuan said with an unconvinced look on his face. It was just what he said in anger.
But Ye Chui smiled and agreed: "Okay."
When Jim was making knife-cut noodles earlier, there were still a few pieces of dough left, which were placed on the chopping board next to him. Ye Chui walked over and picked up the chopping board in one hand and held up the dough with the other hand. Then the kitchen knife started to dance, and pieces of dough fell onto the chopping board like snowflakes.
Thick inside and thin outside, shaped like a willow leaf, and all the same size.
At this moment, Jim and Huang Yiyuan were so shocked that they couldn't say a word... (~^~)