Even the media was supporting him. President Hua's frown deepened.
The Food Association was still fine. After all, it was only a semi-official organization. Usually, they didn't have much power. They could only organize some food festivals, food competitions, and give some trophies to some restaurants. They already had a lot of trophies. Now, they were aiming for a national trophy. Elder Gao and the others were only from the Food Association, so he didn't have to care too much.
However, these media people were a little difficult. If he offended them today, they would give him negative reports when he went back today. Especially when the current situation was unfavorable to him.
"President Hua, I agree to the extension. However, since you're not fighting for it, I also want to make a request!"
The head chef standing next to Gu Zheng suddenly said. President Hua looked at him in shock. He hadn't made a decision yet, but the head chef actually agreed. It completely messed up his plan.
"What's your request? Say it!"
Gu Zheng turned to look at him and replied softly. He had proposed the extension. It was understandable for the other party to make some requests.
The head chef stared at Gu Zheng and said word by word, "Only the simplest food. The ingredients can't be more than three. The time has to be within five minutes!"
"Three? That's too little. There's also a time limit!"
"It doesn't matter if it's simple. It doesn't have much time. However, what can you do with just three ingredients? Also, including the seasonings, it means that there's only one ingredient including oil and salt?"
Some people around were shaking their heads. Even simple food required several ingredients, not to mention only three ingredients including the main ingredient.
President Hua's eyes lit up slightly. He smiled and nodded.
He suddenly remembered that his best dish as a head chef wasn't duck blood and vermicelli soup. The best he made back then was scallion noodles. The simplest scallion noodles, the kind with some scallions and salt.
It was such a simple dish, but he could make it taste better than anyone else. President Hua also got to know the head chef because of the onion noodles. Later, he poached the head chef who worked in a small restaurant to make duck blood vermicelli soup in his restaurant. Very quickly, he promoted him to the head chef.
"I remember now. This head chef's scallion noodles won an award!"
One of the judges suddenly said. The head chef's onion noodles had participated in many gourmet food competitions and had won some awards. He could be considered to have a little fame. Since he could make a very simple dish of onion noodles so well, others admired him very much.
This judge had participated in the competition before. He didn't pay attention before. When the head chef said that it was simple food and limited three ingredients, he remembered that the head chef had this ability.
"How delicious can a simple scallion noodles be?"
Another judge asked in a low voice. The judge who had spoken before shook his head gently. "The taste of other people's dishes may be very ordinary, but his is really good. Back then, he won the first prize with such a simple dish of onion noodles. That was a normal competition. Although it was a district-level competition, many famous chefs from big hotels participated!"
"First prize in a normal competition?"
. "The judge who asked the question was stunned and also had an incredible look. The so-called normal competition was a competition without control. Some food competitions were for those big restaurants, big hotels, and big chefs to award awards. But there were also some competitions that were purely about taste and didn't have any control in advance. The normal competition he mentioned was this kind.
Although the competition was at the district level and not at the city level, Shen City was an international metropolis. The level of a district was equivalent to that of another city. In their district, especially in such a prosperous district, there were more big restaurants than in ordinary cities. To be able to win the first prize in such a competition, he was definitely a capable person.
"President Wu, I suggest that you refuse this condition!"
The judge who recognized the head chef persuaded Director Wu worriedly. He was also a judge at that time. He was very clear about the lethality of the scallion noodles made by the head chef. Being able to win with such a simple dish among so many famous chefs proved everything in itself.
"It doesn't matter. I believe in Noh!"
With a bright smile on his face, Director Wu thought, "Simple food, three ingredients. These people have never eaten Noh's fried eggs. After eating them, they will not be like this."
Speaking of which, Noh's fried eggs were really delicious. After that time, he had never been there again. He would go there another day to try it. But he heard that they had limited the number of people who had eaten it before. As a director, he was embarrassed to ask his subordinates to buy it for him. It seemed that after the competition, he had to talk to Noh and at least ask him to make an exception for him.
Mu Mu's face also relaxed and he grinned.
Simple food was limited to three ingredients. It seemed that Noh's fried eggs only had eggs, sesame oil, and salt. Water couldn't be counted. That was used to wash the pan. No one would count the water used to wash the pan as an ingredient.
With the fried eggs, Noh couldn't lose.
The other people on the website, especially those who had eaten fried eggs on the Food Channel, had strange expressions on their faces. If you don't seek death, you won't die. This head chef didn't even know the taste of Gu Zheng's fried eggs. If he knew, he definitely wouldn't have made such a request.
"Noh, what do you think?"
Not long after the head chef finished speaking, he asked Gu Zheng again. Gu Zheng smiled and nodded. He said softly. "Let's do as you say!"
Simple food with three ingredients. It was too simple. This was simply tailor-made for him. How could he object? He didn't know that the head chef had the specialty of green onion noodles. Even if he knew, it wouldn't matter. He had absolute confidence in his fried eggs.
He wasn't the only one who had confidence. Anyone who had eaten Noh's fried eggs would have confidence in him.
"Since all of you have agreed, then let's have an extra time. The extra time is five minutes. I will give you three minutes to prepare. The competition will start in three minutes!"
President Hua said again. He had purposely given the extra time. He knew that the head chef's green onion noodles were very good. Moreover, the head chef often made it. There were ready-made ingredients in the restaurant.
"Three minutes? That's too little time to prepare. If you ask me, you should have at least half an hour to prepare. After all, the rules have been changed!"
President Wu frowned. This President Hua was too insidious. This was their territory. Of course, it was easy for the head chef to make preparations. However, Noh didn't make any preparations. Three minutes was simply not enough time.
"President Wu, it's okay. I don't need three minutes. One minute is enough for me!"
Gu Zheng said to President Wu with a smile. President Wu was really doing it for his own good. He was also fighting for him. However, he really didn't need this. The ingredients he needed were very simple. Moreover, he had brought them all.
Just now, he had a conversation with the Artifact Spirit. The Artifact Spirit had said that anyone who ate the Glutton Immortal's cooking had to pay. He couldn't ask the judges to pay. If he did, it would be troublesome.
The result was out of Gu Zheng's expectation. The weapon spirit gave him a very simple reply. This was a special case. In the future, there would be no restrictions in all competitions. This made Gu Zheng surprised. At the same time, he also suspected that the weapon spirit had deliberately said this to target him.
"That's good. I'm relieved!"
Seeing that Gu Zheng had already taken out the egg box, the bottle of sesame oil, the box of salt, and the pot used to fry eggs from the box, President Wu smiled happily. He didn't expect that Gu Zheng would actually bring these things. This time, he wanted to see what President Hua could say and how he could make trouble.
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