As soon as the name of the dish was announced, the onlookers started to discuss it. Even the judges started to talk about it.
"Chairman Zhou, this Yuan is really confident," Bai Xiaoxiao said to Zhou Shijie beside him smilingly.
"Indeed, we don't need to worry too much about that," Zhou Shijie replied naturally.
"Hahaha. Lao Bai isn't a chef, so he doesn't understand how awesome this Boss Yuan is. I know him very well. I'm afraid he specially chose the dish this way," Wang Xiang said smilingly.
What Wang Xiang said was indeed the truth. That was because Yuan Zhou was very famous in the cooking circle of Sichuan Province. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was the signature dish of Sichuan Cuisine.
That's right. As soon as the name of the dish was announced, the four judges were all veterans in the cooking circle. They immediately found the clue. The menu was exactly the same. Of course, Bai Xiaoxiao also knew it from the very beginning. After all, the ingredients were prepared by him.
"Indeed. Assistant Zhong said all the dishes are the same. Boss Bai, you should know that," said Zhang Yan who had just sat down after announcing the start of the competition.
"Yeah. Two servings of the same ingredients. The big crabs are twins born from the same mother crab," Bai Xiaoxiao said humorously.
Bai Xiaoxiao's meaning was obvious. He was telling the judges that the ingredients prepared by him were very fair.
"Um," Zhou Shijie didn't say anything but just nodded his head.
"It's already strange that Boss Yuan agreed to come. Not to mention the same ingredients, I guess it's also futile to ask those people to prepare ingredients of a higher grade," Wang Xiang looked at Chef Li and said.
"Yuan is a chef who is responsible for his customers," said Zhou Shijie lightly.
As soon as Zhou Shijie said that, Zhang Yan directly snorted lightly and didn't say anything. Obviously, he was dissatisfied with Chef Li's despicable method at the beginning. However, he didn't say anything since it was the competition.
Bai Xiaoxiao and Wang Xiang looked at each other and didn't say anything. They just wanted to ask around after the competition.
After all, Zhou Shijie and Zhang Yan were obviously unhappy with the seafood alliance.
On the other side, at the cooking counter of 28 seafood restaurants, Chef Li stared at the seven dishes that belonged to Yuan Zhou and muttered to himself, "I don't know what kind of prawns are in Chili Prawns Forest, but the ingredients seem to overlap a lot. There are also sea crabs, squid and conch."
In addition, they couldn't tell which species Yuan Zhou had chosen for the shellfish and the fish. This group of people was still in the dark.
It had to be said that they were really ambitious. As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. However, before they started, they had never thought to find out what Yuan Zhou was cooking.
This was really arrogance.
Of course, they were not in a hurry. They had to be arrogant, and they had the same feeling.
"This Yuan Zhou is too arrogant. He even dares to overlap three ingredients." Ao Pi said at the side.
It should be noted that the seven dishes they chose were the best of the best from the twenty-eight head chefs.
"Isn't it better? This way, we can directly defeat the famous Boss Yuan, "Chef Li raised his eyebrows and said.
Just when they were discussing Yuan Zhou's audacity, Yuan Zhou had already started.
Yuan Zhou had already started processing the ingredients. He only had two hours to cook. Although he had plenty of time, he couldn't afford to waste it.
After all, if he finished earlier, he could have a rest and prepare the ingredients for dinner.
He started processing the squid and yellow croaker first. Yuan Zhou had said that he would make Chef Li and the others lose so badly that they would doubt their lives. Therefore, he wanted to use the same dishes for the competition.
The reason why the names were different was because of Zhong Lili. According to her, it didn't look good if two identical dishes were used in the competition. Therefore, she changed the names.
Zhong Lili was Li Shizhen's skin.
Chef Li was very skillful. He started with rolling crab dumplings, which was the specialty of Head Chef Zuo. So, he and his sous-chef went first, while the other head chef was preparing to soak the conch in water.
The others were conserving their energy, but Yuan Zhou had to do everything himself, including processing the ingredients. Therefore, Yuan Zhou couldn't stop. After soaking the conch with tea oil, he started processing the mantis shrimps.
Pepper Shrimp Forest, also known as Spicy Mantis Shrimps. To be honest, Spicy Mantis Shrimps were delicious, but it was difficult to absorb the flavor. The outer shell had a strong flavor, but after the shell was removed, there was only a little flavor inside.
Not to mention Sichuan Province, even in the coastal cities, which had a lot of experience in cooking seafood, the difficulty of absorbing the flavor of mantis shrimps had not been completely solved.
Basically, they just poured the flavor outside the shell and brought it with them when eating.
However, Yuan Zhou had a solution. Without the help of the system, he might not be able to solve it 100%, but he could at least solve 70% to 80% of the problem.
Of course, the specific effect still depended on Yuan Zhou's on-site operation. It was time for him to show off his high-end operation.
"Shua Shua Shua", a light sound of water splashing was heard. It was Yuan Zhou who was picking up the mantis shrimps and starting to clean them with a soft brush.
After cleaning, the mantis shrimps didn't bare their teeth and brandish their claws as before. As if they had just received a massage, the mantis shrimps appeared quite relaxed and lazy, with their green and transparent claws stretching out.
Even an outsider could tell the difference. After all, the mantis shrimps that had also been processed at the other side weren't as gentle as the mantis shrimps. They were all crawling left and right in the basket and making a lot of noise.
While the red and blue teams were cooking fervently, some reporters also came over to interview them on the evaluation platform.
"Chairman Zhang and Chairman Zhou, what do you think of this competition?" asked the reporter who came over to interview them while they were busy cooking.
"The challenge this time is very good. It fully proves that we Chinese chefs only care about the taste, not the authority. It's a very good friendly competition," said Zhou Shijie.
"What do you think of the 28 restaurants that are dissatisfied with the winner of the Exemplary Restaurant and implied that it's unfair?" The reporter was usually an onlooker, so he asked more straightforwardly.
"The Exemplary Restaurant is selected by us based on many factors, such as the environment and the taste. I think it's very fair and just. It's rare for some chefs to have different opinions," Zhang Yan said seriously.
The first remark was made by Zhou Shijie and the second by Zhang Yan. Actually, from the two remarks, it could be seen why one of them was the chairman of China Chefs' Alliance while the other was only the chairman of Sichuan Cuisine Alliance.
"Mr. Bai, what do you think of this competition?" The reporter continued asking.
"First of all, I've heard of the small restaurant on Taoxi Road for a long time. However, I've been busy in other places and didn't have time to eat there. Today, I can finally take this opportunity to eat there. I'm really happy," Bai Xiaoxiao said smilingly.
Wang Xiang didn't interrupt them. He didn't like talking in front of the reporters. Besides, the Australian crayfish, which he was best at, wasn't among the dishes reported by the red and blue teams today. Therefore, he was a little unhappy.
"I'm not here to judge what I'm good at. Everyone is a baby." This was what Wang Xiang was thinking in his mind.
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