"Oh my, Owner Bu, you're also participating in this year's Hundred Family Banquet! That's great, I'm really looking forward to Owner Bu's dishes! "
Just as Bu Fang stepped into the Gate of Heavenly Mystery, he saw a plump meatball enthusiastically greeting him from afar. A look of astonishment immediately appeared on his face. Why was Fatty Jin here? However, after thinking about it, he felt relieved. After all, there was no rule on who would be the lucky winner of the Hundred Family Banquet. It was not surprising that Fatty Jin would appear here.
"Owner Bu, this is my son and this is my wife. Come, say hello to Owner Bu!" Fatty Jin said to Bu Fang with a smile as he pulled along his wife and a similarly plump son.
Bu Fang slightly nodded at the sweet-tempered woman standing beside Fatty Jin. It must not have been easy for Fatty Jin to find such a sweet-tempered woman.
Fatty Jin did not chat with Bu Fang for too long. Bu Fang quickly walked toward the stove at the side. The little eunuch had clearly told him the location of his stove yesterday, so Bu Fang easily found it.
When he arrived in front of the stove, Bu Fang sized it up and immediately furrowed his brows. However, he secretly sighed in his heart. After all, he was not in the store's kitchen … This stove was really too simple and crude. However, it was not a hindrance.
Behind Bu Fang's stove stood a little eunuch. This little eunuch was specially assigned to light the fire for Bu Fang's stove. Every stove had a little eunuch like this who could be considered as an assistant.
"Where are the ingredients I requested?" Bu Fang asked the little eunuch. The little eunuch's expression froze for a moment and he shook his head in confusion. Bu Fang lightly nodded. He was not in a hurry because he saw people continuously moving ingredients to their respective stoves in the distance. His ingredients should be arriving soon.
Sure enough, after waiting for a while, the ingredients that Bu Fang needed were brought over.
The gazes of the surrounding chefs fell on Bu Fang's seat. Many of them were very curious about the dish Bu Fang was about to cook.
The bald-headed Chef Jin narrowed his eyes and crossed his arms in front of his chest. He looked in the direction of Bu Fang and the corner of his mouth curled up with a hint of disdain.
As the head chef of the imperial kitchen, he had his own pride.
Hmm? Suddenly, Chef Jin's gaze froze and an expression of surprise appeared on his face. That was because there were too many types of ingredients in Bu Fang's dish. Furthermore, they were all of different colors … Most importantly, none of these ingredients were high-grade ingredients. Instead, they were just ordinary ingredients that were slightly more refined. Some of them did not even contain the slightest trace of spirit energy.
"Could it be that Owner Bu wants to use ordinary ingredients to make dishes? Participate in the Hundred Family Banquet this time? "All of the chefs were at a complete loss.
In their opinion, no matter how delicious a dish made with ordinary ingredients was, how could it compare to a dish made with high-grade ingredients? Just the aroma formed by the catalysis of spirit energy was enough to instantly defeat everything.
Owner Bu had become too arrogant! Was he looking down on them? Was he planning to use these ordinary ingredients to make an ordinary dish to defeat them?
Many chefs sneered one after another.
They were looking forward to Bu Fang's show. Once the cooking began, Bu Fang would understand how important real spirit energy ingredients were.
As the court band played, the festive atmosphere in the Gate of Heavenly Mystery became even more intense. A large group of guards walked out from the Great Strength Hall and stood on both sides. The ministers of the imperial palace, dukes, and generals also walked out of the Great Strength Hall while chatting and laughing. In the Hundred Family Banquet, other than the lucky commoners, there were also some influential families in the imperial city who brought their families to participate.
After all, there were not many opportunities to taste the culinary skills of the entire empire's chefs.
In the Ouyang family, Ouyang Zongheng, Ouyang Xiaoyi, and one of his wives were all smiles as they sat down at a banquet table. There were many influential families present at this banquet, such as the Xiao family, the Yang family, and so on … They were all influential families in the imperial city.
In this year's Hundred Family Banquet, they were looking forward to Bu Fang's dishes the most. An opportunity for Owner Bu to come out of his store to cook dishes was even rarer than the appearance of the Hundred Family Banquet. Naturally, they were looking forward to it and an endless stream of discussions began as soon as they sat together.
Under the gaze of tens of thousands of people, the emperor arrived in splendid attire. He wore a dragon robe and a spirit beast cloak as he gently sat on the highest seat in the Gate of Heavenly Mystery. With a face full of smiles, he looked at the festive atmosphere that was in full swing.
Ji Chengxue exhaled a breath of hot air. Then, he gave a formal speech to motivate the crowd, stirring up the atmosphere once again.
When all of the speeches were over, Ji Chengxue announced the start of the Hundred Family Banquet.
...
Chef Jin pulled out a kitchen knife that was emitting a cold glint. This was a kitchen knife that he had specially made for the most famous blacksmith in the imperial city. It was quite heavy and could cut through iron as if it were mud. It had been with him for many years and he could use it very smoothly.
In today's Hundred Family Banquet, the dish that he was going to cook was none other than the Four Happiness Meatballs. He had prepared a lot of high-quality spirit beast meat, ranging from grade one to grade three spirit beasts' beef and grade one to grade three spirit beasts' pork. The former's meat was soft and its lines were extremely clear, while the latter was fatty but not greasy and was filled with spirit energy. When these two types of meat were mixed together to create the Four Happiness Meatballs, it would definitely be able to conquer everyone. This was Chef Jin's confidence.
The ingredients he used were all top-notch. How could the trash ingredients prepared by Bu Fang compare? True delicacies could only be made with outstanding ingredients. How could trash ingredients be used to make a delicacy?!
This was why Chef Jin was so disdainful of Bu Fang's actions. He initially thought that Bu Fang, as the Owner Bu, would be a difficult opponent to deal with. However, from the looks of it now … his reputation was undeserved.
The ingredients prepared by the chefs on the scene were all of rather high quality. The highest was even the mutton of a fourth grade Antlered Sheep. It was obvious that everyone was planning to use these high-grade ingredients to make a name for themselves.
Cries of surprise immediately rang out from the crowd.
At this moment, in order to prepare the ingredients, several hundred chefs instantly took action. Each of them displayed their cutting techniques to their heart's content. The cutting techniques of the skilled chefs were dazzling to the eyes. Their kitchen knives reflected the sunlight and were incomparably dazzling.
The crowd had never seen such a spectacular scene before. Cries of surprise immediately spread out like a tidal wave.
The showy cutting techniques and the crisp clattering sounds of kitchen knives colliding with the chopping board instantly lingered in the sky above the Gate of Heavenly Mystery.
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Bu Fang took out the ingredients prepared by the imperial palace. They were actually all ordinary ingredients such as vegetables, meat, fruits, and so on. They were all things that were commonly seen in the homes of commoners.
Compared to the high-grade ingredients prepared by the other chefs, such as the meat of third or fourth grade spirit beasts, these ingredients were simply too shabby.
However, Bu Fang's expression did not change. After taking out all of the ingredients, he twisted his neck and prepared to start preparing the ingredients.
The symbol in his hand flashed, and a green smoke curled up as a pitch-black kitchen knife fell into his hand.
The Golden Dragon Bone Kitchen Knife. The more Bu Fang used it, the more he got used to it. He felt as if the knife was connected to his arm and it was extremely easy to wield.
Holding the kitchen knife in his right hand, he lightly flicked the knife with his left hand. A slight vibration spread out and the corners of Bu Fang's mouth slightly curled up.
He abruptly slammed his palm on the table. As true energy surged out, the meat on the table flew into the sky.
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