The streets of Taoxi Road were bustling with activity as usual. Yuan Zhou was carving and practicing his knife skills in front of the door. The onlookers were also very restrained. Of course, there was no lack of cameras.
However, they all switched off the camera flashes tacitly. Yuan Zhou had long been accustomed to this. He held the kitchen knife steadily and continued carving.
On the other side, Zhou Shijie had already led his team back to the conference room of the building where preparations for the event were made.
Everyone took their seats. Naturally, Zhou Shijie sat on the main seat. On his right was the chairman of Sichuan Cuisine Alliance, Zhang Yan. On the side of Zhang Yan sat Hu Yue. On the left of Zhou Shijie sat Lee Yanyi. The remaining two advisors sat on each side.
"Now, let's talk about the scoring," Zhou Shijie said first.
On the other side, the camera was recording the scene faithfully.
Once Zhou Shijie said that, everyone looked at each other and didn't say anything. For a moment, the conference room became quiet.
About a minute later, Hu Yue coughed and then said.
"I'm here to start the ball rolling. I personally feel that the dishes of Chengdu Cuisine today are pretty good, especially the novel plate presentation," Hu Yue said.
Hu Yue was referring to the plate presentation of the Kung Pao Chicken today. The chef had ingeniously dug out six circular holes on the chicken with a tree root to hold the dish.
The brownish-black tree roots, the slightly browned diced chicken, the shiny peanuts, and the small round shallots made this novel plate presentation look quite unique.
"It's flashy but impractical. Not only did it not enhance the taste of the dish, but it also ruined the overall feeling. I think it's a deduction," Lee Yanyi said bluntly.
"Chairman Zhang, what do you think?" Zhou Shijie didn't make a conclusion. Instead, he looked at Zhang Yan who was silent at the side and asked.
"I feel that since it's a new school of Sichuan Cuisine, it's reasonable to do so. Although it doesn't enhance the taste, it does look new. In terms of color and fragrance, the color is pretty good," Zhang Yan obviously agreed with Hu Yue's words.
"Alright, then what do the two advisors have to say?" Zhou Shijie was especially fair and impartial. He looked at the two advisors at the end.
Both of them were sous-chefs. One of them was a sous-chef from the Shu Restaurant. He was dressed in a Tang suit and looked to be in his forties. His name was Cao Le. Just like Cao Zhishu, he was burly and looked like he could handle the wok very well.
The other one was the sous-chef of Palace Cuisine. He looked normal with a fat belly and was dressed in casual clothes. His name was Bai Qi, which was a little rare.
Hearing Zhou Shijie's words, the two looked at each other. Then Cao Le from Shu Restaurant spoke first, "I don't think there's any problem with the taste. But because Chinese cuisine is very particular about eating it hot, it was a little cold when it was served. That's a little less than perfect."
"Yes," Bai Qi nodded. "The Yuxiang Shredded Pork was left to dry on the bamboo rack. The gravy was thick, but when it was served, the heat was gone, so it didn't taste good."
"Okay. Now that everyone has given their opinions, we can start the grading now." Zhou Shijie didn't say much. He looked around and said.
"Then let me start. I'll write first." Zhang Yan was the first one to speak.
"Me too," Hu Yue said right after.
"The dish is cold and gaudy. This is enough. No more." Lee Yanyi wrote his score quickly and then handed it to the production team at the side.
"So I'm the only one left now?" Zhou Shijie said smilingly.
"Yes. Chairman, you can write now," Hu Yue said smilingly.
"Um." Zhou Shijie lowered his head and wrote his score very quickly. Then, he handed it to the production team as well.
That's right. They all wrote their scores and then put them in an envelope, sealed it with wax and handed it to the production team for safekeeping. When the filming was over, they would open the envelope and check the scores to decide the final winner.
"Okay. The grading of Chengdu Cuisine is over. Today's work is over," Zhou Shijie announced.
Once the announcement was made, the production team also made a gesture to announce the end of the filming.
As soon as the camera was turned off, Zhang Yan stood up and went out immediately. He didn't want to face Zhou Shijie all the time.
However, Zhou Shijie didn't feel anything. He didn't leave until everyone left one by one.
The final video of the day appeared on the official website after the dinner in Yuanzhou shop was over. At that time, Yuan Zhou was quite free.
He sat in the restaurant leisurely and finished watching the video.
"It's really this rule. System, can you see how many points they gave?" People were always curious about such unknown things. Yuan Zhou was no exception.
The system displayed, "This system is the Master Chef System. It doesn't have the ability to see through things and other functions."
"What's the use of you?" Yuan Zhou was speechless.
"I didn't get any advantage at all." Yuan Zhou stroked his chin and felt this golden finger was really useless sometimes.
The night passed quickly. Early the next morning, Yuan Zhou had just finished cooking breakfast when he received the notification from the system.
The system displayed, "The grading is coming. Host, please do your best."
"Are you cheering for me?" This was the first reaction of Yuan Zhou.
The system displayed, "Yes, little comrade. Please work hard for a bright future."
"I'll prepare it right away. Please don't call me little comrade." Yuan Zhou was instantly choked by the system. He always felt it was the system's revenge for saying he was useless last night.
After all, the system clearly knew he hated the strange title of little comrade.
On the other side, just like what the system said, the four people gathered together and discussed that they should go to Yuan Zhou's restaurant.
It was proposed by Zhang Yan.
"Yesterday, Mr. Lee said that the chef of Chengdu Cuisine is not young. So, let's go to the restaurant of a young chef and have a look today." Zhang Yan looked at Zhou Shijie meaningfully and said.
"No problem. I agree." Lee Yanyi nodded his head even faster than Zhou Shijie.
"Guys, we just tasted the new Sichuan Cuisine yesterday. Today, we should try the traditional one." Hu Yue had a different opinion.
In his opinion, Yuan Zhou was so young that he would definitely win by a surprise attack when cooking Sichuan Cuisine. Then, it would definitely be the new Sichuan Cuisine. Since they had just tasted the new Sichuan Cuisine yesterday, it wouldn't be easy for them to compare. Only in this way could there be a comparison.
"I, on the other hand, think it's better to eat a young chef. This way, we can be considered to be doing the opposite," Zhou Shijie said unhurriedly.
Hearing Zhou Shijie's words, Hu Yue shrugged and didn't say anything more.
"However, since we are going to The Kitchen God for a meal, we have to quickly decide on the judges and set off," Zhou Shijie said again when he saw no one objected.
"That's right." Lee Yanyi nodded his head.
"Oh?" Hu Yue was puzzled.
"Since we have to go during mealtime, according to the rules of a surprise attack, we can't wait for him to prepare. Therefore, we have to line up as well. There are too many people there, so we naturally have to hurry," Zhou Shijie explained patiently.
No one objected to what Zhou Shijie said. After all, it wouldn't be in line with the rules of this event if they said it in advance and reserved a spot.
Therefore, the few of them quickly discussed the candidate for the advisor and immediately set off to pick him up …
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