Dishes that don’t shine are not good dishes

Promotion (Part 1)

“What’s the matter?” Xie Yunfei didn’t hate Qian Kubotao, but he just didn’t hate it. After all, the girl in front of him was one of the main reasons why his predecessor dropped out of Yuanyue. The fact that he didn’t hate him was already because Xie Yunfei hadn’t been overwhelmed by his predecessor. proof of impact.

“Mm…” Qian Kubotao also saw Yunfei’s estrangement from him, so he puffed up his cheeks and showed a dissatisfied expression. But she is a cook after all, an excellent cook. After hesitating for about half a minute, she opened her mouth again and pointed to the ingredients in front of Yunfei, “Later, can you make an extra cake?” ?”

When Akakubo Momo said this, two faint blushes hung on her cheeks. As if she was afraid that Xie Yunfei might misunderstand, she added, “Of course, I will also leave you a cake I made.”

The contestants taste each other’s dishes. Although they have appeared in the dessert competition in the past, most of the time, they are two competitors who never touch each other’s creations from the beginning to the end.

This is also to save the last bit of face of the losers. Losing the game is already very unlucky. If you sincerely admit that the opponent is indeed better than yourself, such a blow, let alone those first-class chefs, even many special chefs Not necessarily able to get out of it.

However, for Akane Kubotao and Xie Yunfei who once stayed in Yuanyue, it was a very rare and common thing to taste each other’s works after the match. After the human food halberd battle, Akane Kubotamo tasted the Hanamaki steamed buns made by Yunfei.

As for Xie Yunfei, or his predecessor, because he was in a hurry to meet the old man, he didn’t taste the peach shortcake of Akane Kubo, who played better than him at that time.

But this time…

“En, yes.” Xie Yunfei did not reject Qian Kubotao, just like other contestants in the venue, he has 100% confidence in his cooking, and he is not afraid of being tested by more people, so he hesitated Finally, he added an extra sentence, “I will make all the ingredients I have at hand, no matter how many you want to eat, there is no problem.”

Hearing the young man’s remarks, Akane Kubotamo understood that the other party seemed to have misunderstood something, but she didn’t intend to explain, but just nodded.

Seeing Akane Kubotao turn around and leave, Xie Yunfei didn’t talk nonsense. He took the mixture of egg liquid and milk that he had prepared earlier, poured it into a large cylindrical cup, and put it on the steamer again.

Xie Yunfei was making pudding, or in other words, a kind of custard with milk. Not to mention paying attention to Xie Yunfei all the time, Xiaoyun, who was sullen for some reason at this time, did not mention comforting Xiaoyun, but his face Feifei, who was still a little depressed, was also reflected by the gourmets from the three groups of judges in area a.

But it was also because of this that the expressions on the faces of several people became more and more strange.

Three kinds of steamed cakes, stir-fried chestnuts that are popular among Chinese diners in autumn and winter, and milk pudding that is more custard-like…

“The cake made by this guy is completely Chinese cuisine at its core.” A judge judged so.

It’s not hard to guess, or in other words, it’s what Xie Yunfei showed.

But problems also arise.

What will the boy’s final product be?

“Should it be a relatively common cake with chestnuts?” Another judge gave such a guess.

As relatively more experienced gourmets, unlike those novice gourmets who only look at the appearance or the quality of the ingredients, a few of them have already passed the point of seeing whether mountains are mountains and water is not water, and have returned to seeing whether mountains are mountains or not, that is, paying attention to the taste of food realm.

Even if what Xie Yunfei brought up was just a plate of cake without any decorations or embellishments, in line with the duties of the judges, the few people would taste it calmly, and then score according to the taste of the dishes and whether they fit the theme.

In fact, whether it is the unfinished chocolate cake of Akane Kubomomo or the chestnut cake that Xie Yunfei can almost guess the finished product, there is no big problem in terms of the two themes of ‘cake’ and ‘fried’. In other words, the key to deciding who can go to the second round ultimately falls on the taste of the dishes served by the two.

If this is the case…

Although they didn’t say anything, the judges were more optimistic about Xie Yunfei. There was no other reason. It was just because the original cake made by Xie Yunfei had a glow effect, while the original cake that Qian Kubotao took out of the oven did not.

If the competition isThe quality of the original cake embryo is obviously better than Xie Yunfei.

Fortunately, the girl named Akakubo Momo also seemed to understand this. At this time, she was whipping cream with an electric egg beater, as if she wanted to make a very classic chocolate cream cake.

Divide the baked round cake horizontally into three slices of the same height, take out the bottom slice, and coat the surface with whipped cream, then the second slice of cake, the second layer of cream, and then the third slice of cake, The third layer of cream…

If it was in the food competition, Akane Kubomomo might choose some more fancy and beautiful cakes, such as lattice cakes, such as Baumkuchen, but she is participating in the dessert competition at this time, and the judges are some of the world’s top gourmets. Although such a fancy cake is more beautiful in appearance, the most important taste is not the same as the ‘ordinary’ version cake she made at this time.

But even so, the surface of the cake modified by Akane Kubomomo’s spatula and spatula was as smooth as marble, and after that, the almost perfect chocolate puree was poured.

The low-temperature tempered chocolate puree is much thicker than it was at the beginning, and the liquid flows slowly when poured, but after being spread by a spatula, it is like a mirror, able to reflect the lights in the venue.

This is the difference between tempered chocolate and chocolate that has not been tempered. What’s more, the tempering technique used by Qiankubo Momo and the puree of chocolate she chose are both top-notch.

About five minutes later, one step faster than Xie Yunfei, Akane Kubotao presented his work.

“…Please taste.”

Hugging her who carried the bear puppet with her, she buried her delicate face behind the puppet. She had already used all her strength, and her ten fingers were temporarily bandaged by the medical staff at the venue. However, the situation was slightly different from the preliminaries. The judges of the knockout round did not believe in tears. Silently, they cut off a small piece of cake with a fork. The few people did not rush to taste it, but inserted the small piece of cake and looked at it carefully before their eyes.