The relationship between Ju Xialou and the dark cuisine world can be said to be incompatible. Master Bei Xiannu has devoted herself to fighting against the dark cuisine world since she was young. She even had a draw with Yakan, one of the Five Tigers, and is considered a member of the dark cuisine world. One of the thorns in people's eyes; Mira, the traitor in the dark cooking world; Le Yuan, the biggest enemy in the dark cooking world and the keeper of the legendary kitchen utensils; Liu Pleiades, the youngest super chef in the world, destined by destiny, with unlimited potential...
All in all, no matter how you look at Ju Go downstairs, she is an existence that the dark cooking world wants to get rid of quickly. But the man holding the large wine jar and drinking heavily came to the crowd with a smile, threw the empty wine jar to the ground, wiped the corners of his mouth and said:
"Hiccup, long time no see, Master Abe!" The visitor greeted Master Abe as soon as he arrived.
After seeing this person, Master Abe's expression became more solemn. He looked at the man in front of him and asked: "Mr. Yan, what are you doing here in the dark cooking world?"
"What are you doing? Of course we're not here for fun. Our restaurant has booked Prince Jiang's welcome banquet this time. Do you want to stop us? Master Abe!" When Yan Xian, who was originally confused, said this, his eyes There is a different kind of eagle-like look in his eyes.
"There's no need for Master to take action, your opponent is me!" Le Yuan stepped forward and faced Yan Xian, and the confrontation between the two people began at this moment.
"In addition to Brother Le Yuan, there's me too! I'm also Ju's chef downstairs!" After seeing Le Yuan jump out, Liu Pleiades on the side also joined the battle and confronted the two people from the dark cooking world.
However, although the two sides were in a tense situation, they did not fight after all. Such peaceful days continued until five days later, when the cooking competition in the restaurants of both sides began.
As the local official responsible for receiving Prince Jiang, the magistrate of Luo'an personally came to the scene with only one-time cooking ingredients.
The fat magistrate of Luo'an stood in front of everyone and said: "I hereby announce that the most honorable and sacred chef selection competition to select the chef responsible for cooking for Prince Jiang will now begin!"
"Both sides in this competition will send two contestants each, and the one with the highest score will be the person in charge of the welcome banquet. The first is the topic and the judges -"
With a wave from the Luo'an magistrate, the official behind him revealed a cage wrapped in aloofness. Inside was a group of round, white, tender, and fat ducks. They were the highest-end ducks - Peking ducks.
"You have all seen that this is the authentic Peking duck shipped from Chengdu on the grass today! The competition lasts two hours, and the ingredients can be of your choice. You can use all the things prepared here as you like. "
As the competition began, the four people began the first step of cooking, choosing the ingredients - Peking duck. Le Yuan rushed to the duck cage and grabbed one of the ducks with shiny feathers and fatness in one hand. This is the duck that Le Yuan has discovered through his spiritual observation and is the most suitable for cooking.
"Did you do a good job? Judging from the sounds of this duck's movements and its energetic heartbeat, this is indeed the best duck." Yan Xian glanced at the Peking duck in Le Yuan's hand and ordered something like this Conclusion, at the same time, Yan Xian quickly and accurately selected the best duck among Le Yuan's eyes.
The combination of speed and eyesight, between lightning and flint, the Peking duck in Le Yuan's hand has been processed, without any damage to the meat, and all the duck feathers have been plucked and hung there.
There was a "dou" sound, and at this time, a shining silver kitchen knife was nailed to the cutting board.
Le Yuan pointed one finger at Yan Xian and drank: "Look, 'Prodigal Son' Yan Xian, this is my food!"
After speaking, Le Yuan's left hand was like a flash of lightning, and he took the duck hanging on the side. At the same time, his right hand was holding the handle of the Garuda knife. A shocking bright light attracted everyone's attention. I saw an image of a phoenix flying high on the kitchen knife.
The Garuda knife in Le Yuan's hand suddenly flashed and disappeared, but as the light of the knife flashed by, the Peking duck in his hand turned into pieces of duck meat that shone like crystal. The power of the Garuda knife It is purification, which can further improve the quality of the meat of birds and animals and remove their own odor.
Taking out a wine jar, Le Yuan put the sliced duck meat into it. Then with a burst of sword light, all the ginger and green onions thrown into the air by Le Yuan turned into shreds of green onions and fell into the wine jar.
Le Yuan's preparations ended here for the time being. He sealed the wine jar and placed his two hands on the wine jar. At the same time, the true energy of his hands spurted out, accelerating the marinating of the duck meat in the wine jar.
During this process, Le Yuan checked on the situation of the other three people.
The first is Zhu Qi. After he finished cooking the Peking duck, he put the whole duck into the pot and cooked it. Then he picked up the preserved eggs from one side. He crushed the yolks of the preserved eggs with silver chopsticks, and then put them into the flour. , unexpectedly uses preserved eggs and noodles.
Using two chopsticks alternately, I saw that the dough was getting longer and longer, and the already extremely thin noodles changed unpredictably in the air, sometimes turning into a heart shape, and sometimes turning into the shape of a swimming fish.
Turning his eyes, Le Yuan looked at Yan Xian aside, and saw that he was bleeding the duck very boldly, and then used the steaming water to remove the duck's feathers, and then his hands seemed to become shadowless hands. A duck was taken care of in just thirty seconds.
Then he started to iron the skin and color it. Seeing this, Le Yuan guessed the dish he wanted to complete - Peking duck.
Finally, there is Liu Piaoxing. His cooking process is almost exactly the same as Yan Xian. If Le Yuan hadn't seen his little tricks clearly, he really thought that he would make a Peking duck rigidly, but after seeing it clearly, he completely gave up. They knew that they were sure to win this time.
Two hours later, Magistrate Luo'an, who was a judge, raised his right hand and said, "Time's up! Four of you, are the dishes finished?"
"It's done!" Confident voice ×4.
One of the dishes served on the table was Zhu Qi's. With an innocent smile on his face, he opened the lid of his dish and said, "Before the noodles are burnt, sir, please have a taste of my Zhu Qi's dish." Seven special ones—Sunflower Dandan Noodles!”
The bowl was surrounded by a grid made of duck breast (duck breast) meat slices and duck feet (duck webs) steamed together to form a sunflower-like pattern.
The magistrate of Luo'an raised his eyebrows and asked, "Duck paw? Is it delicious?" He put the duck paw into his mouth with some uncertainty, bulging his mouth and then widened his eyes and said, "It's soft and elastic, not I thought duck feet would taste so delicious!"
Zhu Qi used his cooking to dispel the slightest concern of Magistrate Luo'an. Magistrate Luo'an then tasted the bowl of noodles. After just one bite, his whole body felt wrapped in a wave of heat and he murmured in his mouth. : "The noodles contain an infinitely thick and chewy texture. This is the power of preserved eggs! There are also these bits and pieces of duck gizzards and duck hearts, which taste smooth and elegant, and contain the original content of duck stock. Authentic umami flavor.”
“Coupled with the use of bean paste to blend these ingredients in order to increase the overall taste of the duck dish, it resulted in such a Sichuan-flavored dandan noodles, which fully demonstrated the needs of both the local and the imperial court. I believe that the prince will like it very much after eating it."
The second one served was Liu Pleiades' work, but his Peking duck surprised everyone. What he served was a steamer.
"Is this really Peking duck?" Even the magistrate of Luo'an, who knows nothing about cooking, knows that the flavor of Peking duck is greatly reduced once it is steamed.
But Liu Pleiades suddenly opened the steamer and shouted, "This is Liu Pleiades' special recipe - Changxia Peking Duck!" There were dumplings placed in the steamer.
Peking duck is originally eaten with crispy skin wrapped in pancakes, but his dish goes in the opposite direction, using crispy skin to wrap the stuffing. Although I haven’t tried it yet, this dish is an extremely bold attempt.
Magistrate Luo'an took one of the dumplings and stuffed it into his mouth. Every time he chewed it, the happiness on his face increased. After finally swallowing the whole dumpling, he slowly said: "It's really... too... It’s delicious! Because duck skin is used to make the dumpling wrappers, after steaming, the pure and beautiful meat texture of the duck meat completely penetrates into the filling, and the steaming is just right, so the original crispiness is not lost.”
"In addition, the famous Sichuan straw mushrooms and other vegetables included in this dish make the duck meat even more delicious. The most surprising thing is that you added fruits to it, which not only eliminated the content of the duck meat, but also made the duck meat more delicious." The fishy smell also gives the duck meat a refreshing and touching taste! This is an ultimate dish that is more than enough to be presented to the prince!"
Yan Xian’s Peking duck was next, but Liu Pleiaxing’s roast duck was more beautiful than the previous ones. The magistrate of Luo’an was obviously a little disappointed when he saw this dish. He stuffed the duck meat wrapped in lotus leaf pancake into his mouth, and then The whole person seemed to be sleepwalking and ate most of the roast duck one after another.
By the time he came to his senses, Magistrate Luo'an was already sweating profusely from eating. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a hearty laugh: "It's a good Peking duck. Although it's not surprising, it's better than this Peking duck." The dish was brought to its extreme, with a rosy color, fat but not greasy meat, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Originally, I was a little disgusted with such oily dishes, but I didn’t expect that I would not feel this way at all when eating this Peking Roast Duck. I was in a daze. It’s like entering heaven, it’s a heavenly experience!”
Finally, Le Yuan's food was put on the table. Le Yuan just opened the lid just a crack, and a strange fragrance escaped from the plate, instantly covering the entire competition venue.
"Smell, it's so fragrant!" The magistrate of Luo'an was immediately taken into a food dream by this strange fragrance, "This is the aroma of wine full of Sichuan mountains and forests, fresh and refined yet intoxicating. What's even more rare is that it will The ultimate meaty aroma of Peking duck is perfectly complemented.”
"Please try my special dish - duck with Kikuxia Dionysus sauce!"
Magistrate Luo'an picked up a piece of sauced duck meat and stuffed it into his mouth. Suddenly the chopsticks fell to the ground, and then his eyes couldn't help but shed tears. Although his body was still here, his heart didn't know where it had drifted.
"This sauce must be Juxialou's secret Juxiajiang sauce, and this unique wine flavor full of Sichuan nature. It should be self-brewed wine using Sichuan's own ingredients. The two are perfectly blended into this sauce. Among the most delicious Peking ducks, this kind of meat not only does not have the fishy smell of Peking duck, but its gravy is so delicious that it makes people feel like it is flying into the sky. Is this the strongest duck meat?"
While Magistrate Luo'an was eating Le Yuan's dish, tears rolled down his face. In the end, he burst into tears. However, he still insisted on eating all of Le Yuan's duck dish.
After wiping his face, the magistrate of Luo'an said to the four people: "Every dish today is an extremely outstanding duck dish, whether it is the creativity of Zhu Qi or Liu Pleiades, or the kingly duck dish of Yan Xian and Le Yuan, All of them are worthy of being considered palace cuisine, but among them Le Yuan’s cuisine is comparable to all the others combined!”
"The winner of today's cooking competition is - Kikuta Downstairs!"