Sometimes, time passed very fast, and sometimes it was very slow. For those who came to attend Yuan Zhou's personal cooking exhibition, time passed very slowly. They felt that they needed to sleep for a long time before they could eat their next meal.
For Yuan Zhou, however, time passed very quickly. He had only slept for two hours, and it was already the third day of the cooking exhibition. It was the theme of autumn.
Just like yesterday, Yuan Zhou finished packing up at 3: 50 am and prepared to go to the banquet hall. At this time, there were more people on the street than yesterday.
Most of them were the reporters from CCTV who didn't know about Yuan Zhou's habits yesterday and missed the opportunity to get up early. They were waiting outside the door of Yuanzhou shop, waiting to shoot the scene of Yuan Zhou going to the banquet hall.
"He really got up early." Seeing the door open, the reporters couldn't help but think so.
No matter what the reporters thought, Yuan Zhou came out in a traditional Chinese costume suitable for autumn. Today's costume was embroidered with autumn's withered lotus, which was still on the neckline and hem.
By the way, the theme of yesterday's dinner was summer. The design of Yuan Zhou's costume was the blooming summer lotus, which was both complicated and gorgeous.
The moment he opened the door, he saw a group of cameras. Yuan Zhou was a little surprised, but he soon calmed down. He nodded to the reporters and then continued to walk in the direction of the banquet hall.
When he arrived at the door, Yuan Zhou went through the security check as usual and then entered the banquet hall. When he entered, Engineer Cheng was still waiting there.
"Didn't I tell you to come at 7 am?" asked Yuan Zhou.
"Master is here. How can I sleep on the bed?" Engineer Cheng touched his head and said with some embarrassment. However, he insisted that he would follow Yuan Zhou closely.
"You have done a good job," said Yuan Zhou.
"Thank you, master. I will continue to work hard," said Engineer Cheng with his fists clenched energetically.
"Um." Yuan Zhou nodded and didn't try to persuade him again.
Other Engineer Cheng listened to Yuan Zhou, but when it came to respecting his master, Engineer Cheng was dedicated to his duty and did all the respect a disciple should have for his master.
Even if Yuan Zhou didn't care about some small details, Engineer Cheng would do it meticulously, just like now.
In fact, Engineer Cheng had cleaned up the banquet hall last night. He couldn't help now, because Yuan Zhou's kitchen didn't need a second person.
Even if he couldn't help and could only stand aside and watch, Engineer Cheng would still arrive before Yuan Zhou, which was what a disciple should do.
At 4 am, Yuan Zhou went to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients. It took Yuan Zhou worked for three hours to prepare. After that, Yuan Zhou began to prepare the breakfast.
While Yuan Zhou was preparing the breakfast, people began to come to the banquet hall one after another.
The first batch of people were basically chefs from various places. Among them, Dashi Xiujie was the earliest one.
Dressed in a white chef's suit, Dashi Xiujie stood behind the partition of the open kitchen seriously and stared at Yuan Zhou's movements with his burning eyes.
"This guy is so annoying." Not knowing why, Engineer Cheng didn't like Dashi Xiujie very much.
Maybe Dashi Xiujie's eyes were too similar to his.
That's right. Dashi Xiujie looked just like Engineer Cheng when he wanted to worship Yuan Zhou as his master just now. His eyes were firm and his face was full of respect.
Therefore, Engineer Cheng disliked Dashi Xiujie instinctively when he looked at him like that. Like repels.
Neither of them wanted to lag behind others. Therefore, just like the previous two days, the guests basically arrived at about 8: 00 am. When everyone was ready, after Zhou Shijie's opening speech, Yuan Zhou got on the stage again.
"Welcome to my personal cooking exhibition. The theme of today is autumn and the cuisine will be Qianzhou Cuisine." Yuan Zhou said straightforwardly without any nonsense.
"As Qianzhou Cuisine is located in an area with many ethnic groups, I will show the multi-ethnic characteristics of Qianzhou Cuisine. I hope you will like it." Yuan Zhou said courteously as usual. After a short pause, he announced the beginning of the breakfast today.
"The breakfast of this autumn is Yuan Zhou's homemade Colorful Glutinous Rice with Pea Soup." After that, Yuan Zhou said solemnly and then got off the stage.
As Yuan Zhou's voice faded away, Yin Ya's English translation also ended. Then, it was Zhou Shijie's turn to introduce Qianzhou Cuisine to the guests.
There were many cuisines in China, but Qianzhou Cuisine was not as famous as other cuisines in China. Therefore, when the guests heard Zhou Shijie's introduction, they listened with great interest.
Even the politicians at the side were listening very seriously. They even had a new understanding of Huaxia in their hearts.
After all, they knew that China was a vast land with abundant resources. However, they did not have a clear idea of it. But after this cooking exhibition, they had a clear idea.
That was, just the food itself could be so different. From the taste to the ingredients, to the meaning behind each dish, they were all rich and colorful.
"I wonder what kind of surprise Head Chef Yuan will give us today," the Thai Prince said.
"I am also looking forward to Mr. Yuan's culinary skills. China is indeed a sleeping lion," the Japanese cabinet minister said.
"I did not expect China to come up with so many different ways to eat. I am truly impressed," the South Korean politician said.
"Actually, eating is just a small way to China. Our country is prosperous and stable, so everyone loves eating," Department Head Hao said modestly.
"That's right. Eating is just one of the characteristics of China. We pay great attention to all industries," He Zhenghong followed closely behind Department Head Hao and said modestly.
In truth, the two of them were filled with pride. The way they looked at Yuan Zhou was no different from looking at a rare treasure.
After this exhibition, Yuan Zhou could be said to be the name card of China.
The praise and honor were all brought to them by Yuan Zhou. Therefore, the two of them exchanged a glance and continued to show off while being humble. They even pointed out that Qianzhou Cuisine was not one of the eight major cuisines, but a cuisine from one of the provinces.
When it came to showing off, no one present could compare to He Zhenghong and Department Head Hao. Even the politicians were envious of them even though they did not understand what they were talking about.
That was not all. After breakfast was the official start of the day. As for snacks, Yuan Zhou prepared more exquisite Soviet-style desserts.
The exquisite desserts paired with the set of bamboo cutlery opened the eyes of the politicians. The desserts were much richer than the ones at the state banquet. Moreover, they were all steaming hot, so exquisite and cute that people could not bear to eat them even though they knew the taste.
"Oh, my god, this is too exquisite. Is it really edible?" Ogyust and Manfred could not help but exclaim.
"Oh, I can do it for you," Francie, whose mouth was full of food, immediately said.
"It would be a waste to let you eat it." Ogyust looked at the peony flower that was bitten by Francie with a pained expression.
"I can help," Chu Xiao, who was at the side, said with a calm expression.
It was fine if Francie said it, but when Chu Xiao said it, Manfred and Ogyust could not help but protect their food. After all, Chu Xiao had a good tongue that could taste delicacies.
"Forget it. I will keep it and eat it slowly." The two shook their heads and protected the bamboo cages in front of them. They did not even want to look at the food.
If the snacks were so good, then the main course would be even better. Yuan Zhou showed them the extreme sourness today.
That's right. Yesterday, Yuan Zhou showed the guests the changeable taste, and today, Yuan Zhou had reached a new height in the aspect of sourness.
Just as Yuan Zhou said, Guizhou Cuisine was a multi-ethnic cuisine. In Guizhou Cuisine, there was a saying, "If you don't eat sourness for three days, you will walk in a panic." From this, the importance of sourness in Guizhou Cuisine could be seen.
This time, Yuan Zhou did not use the method of one dish per dish. Instead, he used a map of the entire Guizhou.
Yuan Zhou carved a bamboo plate. The shape of the plate was exactly like a one-to-one miniature version of the map of Guizhou.
The plate looked like both a delicate jade pendant and a running pig. It was both cute and interesting, and also vividly displayed the characteristics of the landform of Guizhou.
Every dish was placed in the corresponding place on the map. If the place was a hill, it would be placed in the shape of a hill.
Thailand, Vietnam, and other countries also loved to eat sourness. Today, Yuan Zhou would let them know that sourness could also be used in a fancy way!
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