The Saliva Chicken carried to them by Yuan Zhou was already appetizing in terms of appearance and plate presentation.
The Saliva Chicken was placed in a peacock-shaped plate. The head of the peacock was slightly closer to the breast area, just like a peacock with its head lowered. The chicken head, neck and other parts were placed there.
In the middle of the body was the intact chicken meat. The tail of the peacock was installed with the chicken feet, making it look like a resting peacock.
This was the Small Fragrant Black-Bone Chicken. However, there were three types of Small Fragrant Black-Bone Chicken. The first type had black skin, white meat and white bones.
Therefore, the black skin on the plate was lined with the white chicken meat and tiny chicken bones. On top of the black skin was a layer of bright red and glossy chili oil with white sesame seeds.
It was as if a spicy fragrance would rush into one's nose as long as one looked at it. The distinct spiciness made one salivate uncontrollably.
"I'm going to taste it directly." Lee Yanyi was surprisingly fast. After saying that, he picked up a piece of chicken breast with his chopsticks.
The position he picked was very tricky. The chicken breast was the part where chickens usually couldn't move. Without special treatment, the meat here tasted very stiff and had no chewiness.
The size of this piece of chicken breast was about the size of a bite with a layer of black skin attached to it. When he picked it up, the chili oil was still dripping down until the white chicken meat was completely wrapped by the chili oil.
Only then did Lee Yanyi stuff it into his mouth and start to chew.
"Hiss. So spicy." Lee Yanyi was stimulated by the strong taste and started to chew before he could even speak clearly.
As soon as the chicken breast entered his mouth, his attention was attracted by the fragrant and spicy texture before he could even taste the taste of the chicken meat. However, when he bit it, the freshness of the entire piece of chicken meat burst out again. It seemed that there was soup in the chicken breast which directly invaded his mouth and blended with the fragrant and spicy taste just now.
"Ouch." Lee Yanyi couldn't help uttering a sentence of unknown meaning.
Only after he swallowed the chicken meat did he feel that his tongue had been completely numbed. It was the numbness of the Sichuan pepper.
However, his numb tongue could clearly recall the tenderness of the chicken meat, the crispness of the chicken skin and the freshness of the entire taste just now, as if the numbness was to better appreciate the taste just now.
"How marvelous." Lee Yanyi sighed inwardly.
"Um. Not bad. Delicious." While Lee Yanyi was savoring the aftertaste, the other members of the selection committee also began to eat. This was Zhou Shijie who was sighing with his eyes closed.
Zhou Shijie didn't stand on ceremony. He ate a piece of chicken thigh, which was tender and springy. The chicken skin was crispy, and the chicken bones were filled with the unique fragrance of Little Fragrant Chicken itself. Coupled with the strong fragrance, spiciness, and numbness on the outside, it made people unable to stop eating.
"Where's the paper? Where's the paper? "Hu Yue covered his mouth with one hand and searched for the paper with the other.
Ma Cheng, who was standing beside him, took out a piece of tissue and handed it to Hu Yue. Only then did Hu Yue stop drooling.
Yes, the characteristic of the Saliva Chicken was to make people's mouth numb after eating it, and they would involuntarily drool. Obviously, Yuan Zhou's Saliva Chicken had achieved this.
"Phew." Hu Yue breathed a sigh of relief as he took a piece of tissue from the corner of his mouth.
As a chief editor, he still needed his face. If he drooled, how embarrassing would it be? He was still recording the show.
Of course, the reason why Hu Yue started paying attention to his image was because the Saliva Chicken had already been finished.
A fully cooked chicken that was only 9.50 grams was naturally finished by the six men with just two chopsticks. The few of them couldn't help but lament that the chicken was too little.
"As expected of Boss Yuan, Boss Yuan deserves full marks. No wonder Chairman Zhou said it was full marks even without eating it. This Saliva Chicken is indeed full marks." Ma Cheng had already forgotten his previous dissatisfaction and wholeheartedly agreed with Zhou Shijie's score.
That was because Ma Cheng couldn't find anything to be dissatisfied with, no matter from which aspect.
"Could it be that talented people can really do whatever they want?" Zhang Yan thought to himself as he ate.
"Not bad," Hu Yue was more calm. He had already acknowledged Yuan Zhou's culinary skills with just this Saliva Chicken.
Only Zhao Xin was feeling dissatisfied and hopeless.
"Why is it like this? This saliva is so spicy and numb. Why do I still want to eat it? Why do I feel like I have a better appetite after eating it? I feel so hopeless.
"Could it be that spiciness can stimulate one's appetite? Why is it so spicy when I eat it? I can't stand it. After eating it, my mouth doesn't feel hot anymore. Instead, it feels fresh and refreshing. I have to endure it, I have to be reserved. I have to eat one more piece. "Zhao Xin's heart was filled with thousands of questions. He looked at Yuan Zhou with a resentful gaze.
Zhao Xin looked at the empty plate and gulped. He was sure that he wasn't the only one feeling this way.
This time, Zhao Xin felt even worse. He looked at Yuan Zhou's back and slowly understood why his master, Cao Zhishu, was scolding him.
He also understood how Cao Zhishu felt when he made Spicy Boiled Fish for an entire night after returning to the Shu Restaurant.
"This craftsmanship is so delicious that it makes one want to cry, yet it also makes one hate it," Zhao Xin mumbled. "Most importantly, why is it so little? I can't even get enough of it. "
Zhao Xin's abnormal behavior was not noticed by the evaluation team. Only Engineer Cheng, who was standing at the side, noticed it.
"Now you know how powerful I am, ignorant mortal." Master Cheng thought complacently in the heart.
Although Yuan Zhou didn't care, it didn't mean that Engineer Cheng, a nominal disciple, didn't care.
Engineer Cheng didn't forget Zhao Xin's rude words. Seeing Zhao Xin's reaction made him feel unusually relieved.
"This cold dish is above the standard. It's not embarrassing," Lee Yanyi said unhurriedly.
"Indeed. The effect of cold dishes is to make people have more appetite for the next dish. Yuan has always done a good job in this aspect," Zhou Shijie nodded his head approvingly.
"Let's see how the next dish is like," Zhang Yan's anticipation exceeded his tone of pouring cold water.
"Definitely no problem," Zhou Shijie guaranteed.
"My tongue is still very useful. No problem," Lee Yanyi said in support of him.
Now, even if Zhang Yan wanted to praise someone, he couldn't. Everything had been said. These two people probably didn't come here for the evaluation, but to promote the dishes. How could they start praising the dishes even before they started eating?
Now, they started praising the next dish right after eating one. How could the evaluation be fair and just?
Zhang Yan complained in his heart, but he still stroked his goatee calmly and pretended to be discontented. After all, this was the evaluation. The evaluation couldn't be concluded so quickly. Even if he had also snatched a piece of chicken just now, he couldn't lose face.
The evaluation team was still fine, but the people filming at the side suffered. There were so many people eating around them. Even if they couldn't smell anything, when they saw so many people eating contentedly and the members of the evaluation team starting to snatch a piece of chicken shamelessly, they only felt that these people were probably hired by Yuan Zhou.
"Is it really so delicious?" The crew-cut man looked at the evaluation team who seemed to be sitting upright and still and then looked at the customers at the side, especially Wuhai, who were eating with an intoxicated expression. He was puzzled.
The crew-cut man couldn't help thinking of a saying, "If you haven't eaten in Yuanzhou shop, you can't imagine how delicious a serving of food can be. But after you eat it, you will want nothing more than to become a rice bucket!"
"Is it really so exaggerated?" The crew-cut man couldn't help swallowing his saliva when he saw the evaluation team staring fixedly at the second dish carried by Yuan Zhou.
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