Let's not talk about Yin Ya's matter for the time being. Right now, Taoxi Road was very lively because of the new dish.
As a result, Taoxi Road, which was already bustling every day, became even more crowded. It was no exaggeration to say that it was crowded. At this time, the Queuing Committee had to take action.
In order to let more people eat the delicacies, the Queuing Committee organized the lines carefully and tried to save everyone's time. In this regard, the customers were very cooperative. They would leave after finishing their meal and then change to the next one.
Because there were too many people, the other shops on Taoxi Road had much better business today. The most obvious one was Li Li's Western Restaurant, which was not far away.
The number of customers today was about 35% more than usual. As the saying goes, a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. Seeing this situation, Li Li didn't think that it was him who made the food better.
Instead, he called his chef over and asked if there was any activity in the restaurant in front of him today.
The fat chef touched his fat belly and glanced at Li Li's expression carefully. Then he answered, "It seems that the new dish has been served."
Li Li nodded to show that it was reasonable. He said, "Cheer up. We will be very busy today because of the new dish in that restaurant. Be responsible and don't be negligent."
That was the general situation. The bustling situation on Taoxi Road lasted until the third day.
At noon on the third day, Yuan Zhou finished his work again. He stretched himself and his joints made cracking sounds.
Yuan Zhou dug a hole and buried himself in it. He was exhausted after serving so many new dishes at once.
"Hu … I have to hurry up and win the competition later. It's not good to delay dinner time." Yuan Zhou said to himself.
"I'll try to come back at six o 'clock." Looking up at the time, Yuan Zhou estimated.
That's right. This afternoon would be the competition between Yuan Zhou and the 28 restaurants.
Given Yuan Zhou's attitude, if Chef Li and the others knew about it, they would probably fly into a rage. One ought to know that it had been two days since they last drank or played cards in order to maintain a good competitive state. They had been staying in front of the stove all this time.
Hualala. After pulling down the shutter door, Master Cheng waited quietly at the side.
Engineer Cheng had a high status in both the China Chefs' Alliance and the Sichuan Cuisine Alliance. How could he not know about such a challenge?
Therefore, Engineer Cheng was specially here to be the driver today. He directly invited Yuan Zhou to get on the car, and then drove to the Renyu Building steadily and quickly.
This kind of activity and competition usually booked the whole floor, and the people of Sichuan Cuisine Alliance had already arranged everything yesterday.
Everything had been arranged well. Not only was there a cooking station, but there were also reporters and publicity. Although the competition wasn't broadcasted live on TV or online, it was still quite popular. After all, there were still many people who were curious about it.
Moreover, those 28 shops still had some friends and relatives to support them.
Yuan Zhou took out the electronic invitation card on his phone. After verifying it, he went straight to the hall.
The Renyu Building was a high-standard office building. First of all, it was reflected in the area. Yuan Zhou couldn't see the whole building at a glance.
In the center of the building, there were two cooking stations, red and blue. Behind the cooking stations, there were neatly arranged ingredients, which were all prepared in advance according to the menus submitted by both parties.
Chef Li and the others had already arrived. There were 35 people in total, which looked like a big group when they stood together.
Actually, they had planned to bring more people, but they had only sent so many invitation cards. After all, they weren't here to fight together.
To be honest, Chef Li and the others rarely experienced such a big scene. They accepted the interview from the reporters. Actually, it wasn't really an interview. They just talked about some trivial things.
"About this competition, someone said you have doubts about the winner of the exemplary restaurant," the reporter asked politely.
"It's not doubt. To be exact, we hope he can do better. After all, Head Chef Yuan Zhou is still young. He still needs to learn a lot from senior chefs like us," said Chef Li.
Just like what Yuan Zhou had said, Chef Li was more like a businessman than a chef.
In contrast, Yuan Zhou was much more low-key. He didn't have any assistant or sous-chef. He came dressed in traditional Chinese clothes with lotus patterns on the cuffs and hem, looking elegant and calm.
"Master Yuan, I'll wait for you at the side," said Engineer Cheng respectfully.
"Um." Yuan Zhou nodded his head and didn't refuse.
Only when he saw Yuan Zhou nod his head did Engineer Cheng turn around and leave.
This time, Engineer Cheng didn't say he needed any help. After all, in Engineer Cheng's opinion, those 28 joint restaurants couldn't even be regarded as clowns. It was simply an insult to Yuan Zhou's craftsmanship to ask if he needed any help.
Therefore, Engineer Cheng stood at the side quietly and waited to send Yuan Zhou back later.
After talking with Engineer Cheng, Yuan Zhou walked to the blue kitchen table to familiarize himself with the kitchenware. Putting everything else aside, he had to get used to the knife first and then cut a potato to practice.
The four judges, Zhou Shijie, Zhang Yan, Bai Xiaoxiao and Wang Xiang, were already in place.
There was a slight change in the lineup of judges. Except for the two chairmen, Yuan Zhou wasn't familiar with Wang Xiang and Bai Xiaoxiao.
The reason why he said they weren't familiar with each other was that Yuan Zhou seemed to have heard of these two names.
Although Bai Xiaoxiao was only in his 40s, he was the king of seafood in Sichuan Province. Sichuan Province wasn't close to the sea, but 30% of the seafood in Sichuan Province was transported here by Bai Xiaoxiao. Most importantly, the high-end seafood market in Sichuan Province was monopolized by Bai Xiaoxiao.
Bai Xiaoxiao loved to eat, so he had a good relationship with many chefs and had a high standard of appraising seafood.
Wang Xiang used to have a nickname, "King of Haimen". More than ten years ago, he was known as the biggest prawn in Sichuan Province.
A small green dragon with mashed garlic was very awesome. To explain, the so-called small green dragon was actually an Australian lobster.
All in all, it was completely reasonable to invite Bai Xiaoxiao and Wang Xiang for this competition. In addition, the ingredients for this competition were all sponsored by Bai Xiaoxiao.
The competition was about to start. Because it was a competition of Sichuan Cuisine, the chairman of the judging committee was Zhang Yan. He would announce the start of the competition.
After skimming through the opening words, such as the culture of Sichuan Cuisine, it was followed by the introduction of the dishes of the two teams.
"Next are the dishes of the two teams," Zhang Yan turned to the screen and said methodically.
Fourteen dishes appeared on the screen. The one on the left was Chef Li in the red team and the one on the right was Yuan Zhou in the blue team.
Red team: Hot and Numbing Mantis Shrimp, Winter Bamboo Shoots with Red Sea Cucumber, Pickled Pepper Arctic Scallops, Dried Pot Small Yellow Croaker, Salad Conch, Flaming Squid, Rolling Crab Dumpling
Blue team: Red Pepper Prawn Forest, Red Sea Cucumber with Bamboo Shoots, Spicy Seashell, Three Fish Floating Clear Stone, Sea Snail Soup, Eight Claws Flaming Mountain, Big Crab Dumpling
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