After getting in the car, Mel took her to a street under construction, with traditional Chinese-style buildings on both sides, with cornices, gray brick walls, and streets paved with stones.
"Is this Jiang Qianfan's Chinese Food Street?"
"Yes. It's just that there have been no snacks that meet Mr. Jiang's requirements. It has been delayed for a long time. Even the mayor is considering whether to suspend the project."
Mel asked Lin Kesong to get out of the car, and the two chatted while walking.
"Actually, once this project is successful, it will become another very popular attraction in New York City. Not only for Chinese people, but also for every tourist who comes to the United States and is interested in Chinese food culture. Jiang's Being able to work together with the New York City government to prepare this project shows Jiang's influence in the American food industry."
"I understand!" Lin Kesong can understand Jiang Qianfan's mood, so he has strict requirements for the snacks here.
He hopes that everyone who walks into this place will fall in love with Chinese food.
Whether it's French, Italian, Mexican or Chinese, no country's cuisine can be called "the best." It's just that the people who cook the dishes are different, and the thoughts are different. In the end, when you put it in your mouth, you can taste different degrees of deliciousness on the tip of your tongue.
What Jiang Qianfan hopes is that everyone who makes snacks here has the same heart as him to pursue the best.
"Because of the mayor's hesitation and the fact that Quentin Group is also very interested in this place, this project is likely to run aground, and his hard work will be in vain. I know that Mr. has always told you that you don't need to win, As long as you enjoy the process, it's fine."
Lin Kesong stopped and looked at Mel seriously: "Mr. Mel, what do you want to say?"
"What I want to say is very simple, since you decide to stand by his side, you must be prepared to share the pressure with him. This game is not your game. If you win, you can build momentum for Jiang Qianfan and attract the public's attention. Pay attention and increase the stakes for this project to continue. If you lose, I bet the Quentin Group will take this as an opportunity to attack Mr. Jiang."
Mel has always been suave, with the calm demeanor of an elder. But this time, the deepness in his eyes pressed against Lin Kesong.
She could understand his concern for Jiang Qianfan and the true meaning of this match.
"I get it, and I'll take it seriously and do my best."
Mel shook his head, raised his hand and pressed Lin Kesong's shoulder and said, "What you want is not only to try your best, but to win."
Lin Kesong clenched his fists, his heart beating as if he was about to leave his body.
"I will definitely win."
On the day of the competition, Jiang Qianfan's car was parked downstairs of her house early.
Lin Kesong only ate a bowl of porridge and the side dishes prepared by her uncle for breakfast. Everything was very simple, so as not to affect her sense of taste.
Jiang Qianfan accompanied her to the front of the Red Vinson Hotel, and many media reporters who came to report on the scene looked over and kept taking pictures of them.
They wanted to surround him, but it was a pity that Jiang Qianfan's aura was too strong, and no one dared to lean in front of him.
Jiang Qianfan put his hands on Lin Kesong's shoulders until he came to the elevator dedicated to the contestants and the competition staff, carefully tidying up her collar.
At that moment, she felt that she was not wearing an ordinary plaid shirt, but the chef's shirt.
And Jiang Qianfan was about to send her a long voyage.
The players in front of the elevator looked at them quietly.
Everyone knows that Jiang Qianfan is invisible. But inexplicably, everyone could feel the focus in his eyes.
Lin Kesong even forgot to breathe.
"Go."
He said those two words in Chinese. Lin Ke Song knew that what he didn't say was "I will always look at you".
Annalise also came, with her makeup artist and assistant by her side. The moment she saw Jiang Qianfan, she smiled meaningfully.
"Everyone only saw that photo yesterday. Today, Mr. Jiang accompanied Crosoon here. It seems that Mr. Jiang is quite sure that Crosone will win the competition?"
Her words caught everyone's attention, including Victor, who had been standing in front of the door pretending not to see Lin Kesong.
"If she can't win the championship, can't she be my lover?"
Jiang Qianfan's rhetorical question used the tone of a declarative sentence.
Just when Annalise was stunned, Jiang Qianfan had already turned and left.
The elevator door opened and everyone walked in. Even if he didn't look around, Lin Kesong knew that he was being watched by everyone.
Instead, Annalise leaned towards Lin Kesong and whispered, "Kesong, what was Mr. Jiang's kiss like?"
Once again, she deeply felt everyone's attention.
"Annaris, have you ever eaten spicy chocolate?" Lin Kesong squinted and asked with a smile.
"Ah, of course I did."
The elevator door opened, and Lin Kesong whispered as he walked out, "That's the smell."
The players came to the lounge together and waited for the game to start. The game is expected to be delayed by half an hour from its original schedule as cameras are being repaired.
Sansa patted the seat beside her and beckoned her to sit beside her.
The staff of the competition committee brought drinks to the contestants and asked them to wait patiently for the start of the competition.
"Coffee, milk, milk tea or mineral water?"
The other players ordered coffee, Sansa asked for milk tea, and Lin Kesong asked for bottled mineral water.
As soon as Sansa was about to say something, Lin Kesong spoke first: "If you want to ask about Jiang Qianfan and me, I can only say that he is my competition mentor and my lover. Nothing else. You can say more."
"No... I'm so nervous. It's been several rounds and I haven't made it to the top three! I'm going to the bathroom!"
Sansa went to the bathroom. She is really nervous. In just ten minutes, Sansa went to the bathroom three times, causing Lin Kesong to feel a little anxious.
Lin Kesong went to the bathroom and came back, and the competition committee told everyone that the game was about to start, and everyone was invited to the arena.
"Go, Croissant!"
"Come on!" Lin Kesong unscrewed the bottle cap, took a sip of water, and then spit it out.
"What's the matter? Croissant?" Sansa turned her head differently, "Did you choke?"
"No! It's salty! It's really salty!" Lin Kesong looked for water everywhere, but it was time for admission.
Her mouth was full of the taste of sea salt.
The other players looked in Victor's direction, Victor just raised his brows, put his pockets in his pockets, and said with a smile, "What's wrong, Croissant? Don't tell me you drank a mouthful of seawater!"
At that moment, Lin Kesong wanted to stink this guy. He must have changed her mineral water while she and Sansa were going to the bathroom.
"Don't you think your pranks are boring?"
"I solemnly declare that your water is not my hands and feet. There is no evidence, so don't arbitrarily suspect people."
Victor left, Sansa frowned: "What, everyone knows he did it. He must still remember the last time you said you used sea water to boil salt in the lounge! He did it. What's the point?"
"Yes, temporarily disturbing my sense of taste."
Lin Kesong could only keep gathering his own saliva, hoping to weaken the strong salty taste.
When I came to the workbench, I was surrounded by an expectant audience. The lights went straight down from the top of my head, and the world was so bright that it was hard to open my eyes.
A new journey is about to begin.
Lin Kesong didn't look around, she knew that Jiang Qianfan was watching her somewhere.
"It's a pleasure to see you all again. The rules of the last game gave everyone a hard time, and it also made a big change in the ranking of the game. Both the audience and the players must want to know. Today What new rules will there be in the game?"
At this time, the staff came to the scene with a cart.
On the cart are all kinds of exquisitely packaged gift boxes, including heart-shaped, rectangular, square, and even triangular.
Lin Kesong was suspicious in his heart. He mentioned chocolate to Annalise in the elevator just now. Could this be the match today
Other players are also guessing that it is likely to be a cookie or a candy.
"Please choose one of these gifts! This is carefully prepared by the competition committee for everyone. I hope every player who receives the mysterious gift will like it!"
Victor chose a triangular gift box, Nobuo Goto picked up a rectangular one, Sansa chose a heart-shaped one, and Lin Kesong always had no requirements for the packaging of gifts, so he took a black square box, It is tied with a silver ribbon, which looks very textured.
The box has a certain weight and feels cool to the touch, like it's just out of the freezer.
Did everyone guess wrong, today they are making ice cream or ice cream
Through the carton, Lin Kesong faintly smelled the fishy smell. This was neither dessert nor ice cream.
"Every contestant now has a small gift in front of them. Please beg for good luck with a sincere heart, because what's inside the box is the theme of your competition today. You must use the ingredients in the box as the main material to make A delicious dish. It can be an appetizer, a soup, or a sparkling main course. Of course… you want to make it a dessert, and I'm fine!"
Listening to Annalise, the contents in the box are definitely not suitable for dessert.
"Now, everyone can open the box!"
Annalise snapped her fingers, and the sound of opening gifts rang out.
"Ah? How could this be!" The Mexican player complained not far away, and his box turned out to be a piece of pig liver!
"No way! It smells bad!" Sansa covered her nose and leaned back, what she got was actually a chicken heart.
Nobuo Goto's box contained a beef heart, while Victor got a lamb loin.
The theme of the competition is already obvious, it should be cooking with the internal organs of animals.
On the European and American side, the internal organs of animals are almost abandoned and are rarely used for cooking.
This is very difficult for other players, but it is not surprising for Chinese food that can be used to make delicious food.
But even so, Lin Kesong was not 100% sure that he could control the ingredients.
She undid the ribbon and opened her gift box... which contained chicken livers.
She pressed her forehead, which was really a problem. If it is lamb loin, pig heart, pig lung or even pig intestine, she can think of ways to do it.
But chicken liver... once it's cooked, it will be dry and not easy to taste...
It's really a problem.
Lin Kesong kept thinking about various cooking methods in his mind.
Could she make some kind of batter to fry the chicken livers? But how to make sure the chicken liver is cooked and not too old after frying? With limited time in the competition and limited number of chicken livers, there was no time for her to experiment.
Steamed chicken liver? Getting rid of the fishy stuff is a problem! The taste may not be good either.
Then make it into a barbecue, the outside is coke and the inside is tender!
Just guessing, she can also determine that many contestants will use barbecue cooking to treat the internal organs to remove the fishy smell. If she also uses this method, it is really difficult to stand out. Because the taste of barbecued chicken liver may not be as good as that of charcoal-roasted lamb loin or pan-fried duck liver, there is no way to win, so she can't choose.
Annalise clapped her hands and said loudly, "Dear players, have you made up your mind about what to do? If you have already made up your mind, you will go with me to choose the ingredients! Please be careful, because You shouldn't have time to enter the ingredients warehouse to make a second choice!"
Lin Kesong raised his eyes and saw Jiang Qianfan in the audience. He sat calmly, and Mel beside him kept explaining the situation to him. He raised his hand slightly, as if to tell her that he was here.
Although he had no idea, Lin Kesong could only follow everyone into the ingredients warehouse. As she expected, most of the contestants were choosing charcoal, charcoal, and seasoning for barbecue. Lin Kesong stood there like an outsider.
Victor walked past her with the ingredients, looked at her empty basket, and snapped his fingers: "Don't you even know what you are going to do? It seems that you are destined to lose to me."
Between Victor's fingers, Lin Ke Song saw the sliced bread on the shelf. A certain nerve in his mind was activated, and Lin Kesong rushed over with a basket. She quickly put bread, garlic, rice wine, sake, butter, basil, thyme and other seasonings and spices into the basket, and walked out of the ingredients warehouse at the last moment.
When Annalise knocked on the wine glass and the game started, Lin Kesong immediately took care of the chicken liver.
After washing the plasma and marinating with various spices, she fry the chicken liver with butter, add minced garlic while frying, chop the chicken liver and stir-fry for flavor, and add diced mushrooms and minced parsley.
She kept reminding herself to be careful with the heat, be careful with the heat, and the seasoning must be precise. Her nerves were very tense to observe the color of the chicken liver, scooped up at the most critical moment, and put it in tinfoil to keep warm. Then she tasted the texture and taste of the various breads of her choice, made a choice, sliced the bread, sautéed it with butter and garlic, and sprinkled with chopped basil.
Then, the fried chicken liver and shiitake mushrooms were placed on the bread slices, and Lin Kesong carefully placed them on the plate.
Time was tight, she had to complete twelve servings. Her back was wet with sweat, and the sweat ran down her forehead.
When the notification sound of the end of the game sounded, Lin Kesong was just about to get ready.
The staff pushed the cart, took the twelve dishes prepared by Lin Kesong and took them away.
On the screen is a picture of the judges tasting the food of the contestants.
At the beginning, the pan-fried fat sausage appeared, but the fat sausage was not washed, and the judges spit it out in less than two seconds after putting it in their mouths.
No matter who gets the fat intestines, Lin Kesong is very sympathetic to the other party, and it is difficult to deal with the fat intestines. It is thrown away as garbage in most countries, and it has too much filth in it, and the smell makes people vomit. It is also very troublesome to clean up, not only to turn the intestines out and clean, but also to tear off the intestinal oil, repeatedly scrub with salt and vinegar, and even use starch.
Then someone made a roast pork loin. Although a lot of strong spices were used, it still did not cover the fishy smell of the pork loin. Many judges frowned.
This game is really not optimistic. After the dishes of the four or five contestants were all tasted, almost no one scored more than six points.
Finally got to Sansa's heart. She used the method of roasting turkey and stuffed apple chunks and cherries into the heart of the chicken, reducing the fishy smell with the aroma of the fruit, and even a little fragrance. The seasoning is also done well, but the roasting time is slightly longer, which makes the chicken heart a little old. She scored an average of 7.8, which puts her ahead of Blue and the gap to the top three is getting smaller and smaller.
And Goto Shin's approach to beef heart is also unique. He first roasted the beef heart to half, cut it into pieces, and stir-fried it with sweet corn kernels. The final taste conquered many judges and scored 8.3 points in one fell swoop.
After Nobuo Goto, it was Victor. Today's Victor seems to be at ease, which makes Lin Kesong curious about what he will do with the lamb loin.
Although in China, it is very common to roast lamb loin with a lot of seasonings. The whole piece is put into the mouth. The taste is heavy and fresh. A nostalgic scent. But Lin Kesong didn't think Victor had ever eaten Chinese-style charcoal-roasted lamb loin.
When the appearance of the dinner plate appeared on the screen, everyone was stunned.
The platter is so beautifully presented that it is impossible to imagine that it is a dish made from lamb loin.
The lamb loin is cut into thin slices, seasoned with thyme, saffron, turmeric, etc., fried until slightly crispy, and rolled up with the asparagus boiled in the soup.
The bottom of the plate is a layer of sauce that looks very rich.