For the preliminaries of the Forbidden City National Cuisine Competition, in order to select the best among the tens of thousands of chefs who came after hearing the news, Zhu Yuan, the commander of palace cuisine, also put a lot of effort into preparing all the dishes in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony early in the morning. Ingredients.
As a preliminary round to select players to advance to the next round, three conditions need to be met to pass this competition.
The first point is to make one hundred and eight dishes for the Manchu-Han banquet. As a banquet that brings together the best from all over the country, these 108 dishes cover almost all cooking techniques and are almost impossible for one person to complete. Just wanting to know the recipes of these 108 dishes requires the chef to have sufficient experience. This threshold alone excludes most of the contestants from promotion.
The second point is the speed of completing the cooking. Only four promotion candidates were selected for this competition, but now there are at least 50,000 people in the competition venue, which means that it is a selection of one out of ten thousand. As mentioned above, even if one person can cook these 108 dishes, it is difficult to complete them alone in a short period of time, which gives the team room for operation.
The third point is the degree of completion of the dish after completion. As a reviewer of cuisine, Chef Long is considered to be one of the people with the highest level of cuisine in China. It is another problem to pass their review, which will once again screen out a group of people.
In this competition, Le Yuan and Kai You are undoubtedly the two people with the most advantage. Behind them are Lin's chef team of dozens of people. If you want to become a chef Lin, the minimum requirement is to have a level comparable to that of an average special chef.
At the beginning of the game, people on both sides of Le Yuan and Kai moved. Ten people from each team ran towards the place where the ingredients were piled. As Lin chefs, they can select the best ingredients at the first time.
But Le Yuan said to Zhu Qi behind him: "You were born in Mongolia, so I entrust you to cook Mongolian food."
"Understood!" Zhu Qi smiled brightly, raised the silver chopsticks in his hand, and started cooking in full swing: pheasant chicken in the dragon hanging furnace, roasted roe deer, lotus leaf rolls, scallions, braised pork tenderloin with melon in sweet noodle sauce, Spicy belly shreds with ten thousand characters, mushrooms with Chinese New Year characters; imperial bean yellow beans, sesame rolls, gold cakes, jujube paste cakes... each of the exquisite dishes is displayed under his hands.
Leyuan then handed over the courtier's banquet to Yan Xian, the Wanshou banquet to Yakan, and the Qiansou banquet to Mila and Shao'an directly.
As for Le Yuan, he was responsible for the remaining Jiubai Banquet and Seasonal Banquet alone.
Although Le Yuan was responsible for two dishes by himself, his speed was much higher than the others. Le Yuan took out the legendary kitchen utensils - the Demonic Bronze Tanlang Pot and Zhuanlong Pot.
Having been exposed to kitchen utensils for such a long time, I have already become proficient in using them. I rely on the Magic Holy Bronze Ware to soak dry food into its original form hundreds of times faster. Shark's fin, abalone, bird's nest, etc. are indispensable at the Manchu-Han banquet. The most high-end dry goods that are in short supply are all inflated in an instant.
Coupled with another piece of kitchenware, the Tanlang Pot, no matter what kind of ingredients, as long as you put them all in at once, no matter how old or shredded, it can be done in an instant according to Le Yuan's will. arrive.
Finally, there is the power of the Zhuanlong Pot. As soon as any food is put into the Zhuanlong Pot, it will be completely cooked when taken out again.
Relying on the legendary kitchen utensils, although the Manchu and Chinese cuisine made by Le Yuan cannot be said to have reached his strongest level, there is absolutely no problem if he wants to escape the preliminaries.
It only took Le Yuan's group less than two hours to complete the 108 Manchu and Han banquets.
Zhu Yuan, the chief chef of the imperial kitchen, led a group of dragon chefs to taste Le Yuan's cuisine. Although they only took one bite of each dish, it could be seen from Chef Long's face that they were very satisfied with the dishes prepared by Le Yuan's team.
Wiping the stain at the corner of his mouth, Zhu Yuan raised his right hand and announced loudly: "Ju went downstairs to Leyuan, all one hundred and eight dishes were completed, and passed the preliminaries!"
Le Yuan's group had a large number of people. Although the 108 dishes were indeed a lot of work, it only allowed everyone to catch their breath. As for Le Yuan, he didn't even shed a single sweat.
At this time, Le Yuan's opponent Kaiyou was also nearing the completion stage. There were already a hundred dishes placed on the long table. It seemed that he would be the second person to finish the dishes.
After paying attention to these, Le Yuan couldn't help but look at Liu Pleiades. Compared with the original plot, the two generals Zhu Qi and Mila in his group were recruited by Le Yuan, and even the most important legendary kitchen utensils were not left. In this case, their The speed is almost half slower than before.
However, Liu Pleiades is indeed a person favored by God. Although he lost a lot of help, he gained a lot. Seeing that he had no hope of winning the title, Wu Xiong, a top chef in Hunan Province, took the initiative to help Liu Maoxing, whom he had a relationship with for a while. Even Le Yuan's master, Bei Xiannu, came from Sichuan to help his son Liu Pleiades. Sous chef of Nanxian Restaurant, special chef Zhao You, Sanjie, son of chef of Longzhen Restaurant in Shanghai...
The people Liu Pleiades met along the way and helped him gathered around him. The luxurious lineup can be said to be unique. Nearly 90 dishes have been completed in a short period of time, and there is still one step away from completing all the dishes.
At this time, a voice with a sharp tone mocked Liu Pleiades and others: "Pfft! It seems that my time has finally come. Little devil, you can't defeat me!"
Right next to Liu Pleiades' group, a group of people were completing one hundred and eight dishes at an astonishing speed. Among them, the man commanding the bald men was the shark-fin demon who had been beaten to a pulp by Liu Pleiades and his group.
I saw the shark-fin devil pinching his orchid fingers, grabbing a dry tobacco pole and saying to the strong man behind him: "Young men, tell those dirty little devils who I am!"
A strong man who was cooking suddenly became solemn. He said with reverence as if he had met a true god: "This gentleman is the true holder of the legendary kitchen utensil [Jade Dragon Pot]. He came to the Chinese cooking world to save the troubled world." The savior - 'Mole Tathagata', Mr. Weng Guangxu is the one!"
The shark-fin devil is dressed like a Tathagata, but combined with his wretched temperament and the action of holding a cigarette pole in one hand, it is as funny as possible.
I saw the shark-fin demon pointing at the twelve strong men with numbers engraved on their foreheads behind him and said: "Did you see it? These people are the strongest Yaksha-Mole Twelve Divine Generals who have endured 30 years of torture in my underground. ! ”
Now the Shark Fin Demon's side can cook one or two dishes faster than Liu Pleiades. They are indeed Liu Pleiades' biggest enemy.
At this moment, judge Zhu Yuan's voice once again intensified the intensity of the competition.
"Liangshan Bokaiyou completed one hundred and eight dishes and passed the preliminaries!"
"Datong Hall Bei Lan, one hundred and eight dishes completed, passed the preliminaries!"
Two people in a row completed this cooking project, leaving the only one in the quota.
The shark-fin demon picked his nostrils and taunted Liu Pleiades and his group: "It's just a few more helpers. How can they be compared with my Twelve Divine Generals? This time I will defeat you, the great broomstick Liu Pleiades!" Pohohoho!”
Seeing the pig-headed Shark-fin Demon acting disgustingly in front of you, Le Yuan couldn't stand it any longer. His right fingers curled up in his cuffs pointed at the Shark-fin Demon in the air.
An invisible force of energy then hit the Shark-fin Demon's crying point. Immediately, the Shark-fin Demon's tears and snot flowed out. He couldn't open his eyes and said: "Woo, what's wrong with me? Woo, why? Do you want to cry?"
"Don't you think your current expression is the most suitable for you? Shark Fin Demon?" Le Yuan walked up to the twelve strong men behind him and patted their arms casually.
"Clang..." There was a series of falling sounds, and all twelve strong men were seen foaming at the mouth and collapsing to the ground, completely unconscious.
"Although these guys you are looking for are good at cooking, they are only at the level of ordinary people. If they cook honestly, it is really possible to cook a hundred and eight dishes, but with such a bad boss like you..."
Le Yuan couldn't help but shook his head when he said this. When cooking such a big banquet, the most taboo thing for chefs is to force themselves to increase their speed regardless of their physical condition. Although the efficiency is improved in a short period of time, the fatigue level will also increase instantly.
When he walked past these people, he slightly stimulated their tired bodies with his hands. Suddenly, fatigue came over him, and his body fell to the ground weakly, never wanting to get up again.
"The failure this time was caused by your blind command, so you can be out of the game with peace of mind!" When all twelve gods were wiped out, the shark-fin demon, who was completely third-rate, could not make a dish that satisfied the judges. Although he After completing a hundred dishes, the fate of being eliminated cannot be avoided.
Zhu Yuan brought a kind of judge to the long table where Liu Pleiades' dishes were served. After tasting them one by one, the other Long chefs couldn't help but said: "One hundred and eight dishes have been completed, and one hundred and eight plates are in terms of taste." Everything is impeccable! Master Zhu Yuan!"
"I know!" Zhu Yuan put down the chopsticks in his hands, raised his right hand and said, "Their cooking skills are indeed incredible! Passed! Ju went downstairs and Liu Pleiades advanced to the finals!"
After the four chefs stood out, the format of the final was changed to a knockout round, with Le Yuan, who came in first and second place, versus Kai You, and Bei Lan, who came in third and fourth place, versus Liu Pleiaxing.
In addition, the location of the finals was also changed to the largest building in human history - the Great Wall.