Chapter 556： Matter of principle

Chapter 556 Issues of Principle

The competition was very intensive, with not only individual competitions but also team competitions.

After all, a large catering company with a large customer flow cannot rely on just one chef. At this time, it requires tacit cooperation among several chefs.

Because there are so many contestants, the first round will be conducted directly by nationality, with groups of equal numbers competing against each other.

Winning a team, each player will get 0.5 points based on the team's average score. They can definitely beat opponents of the same level to the next stage!

If a team loses, each player will have 0.2 points deducted based on the team's average score. It can be said that the rules of the game are quite cruel.

Xia Huaguo still had eight players left. By coincidence, they were drawn to play against Country R.

R Chinese cuisine will develop into one of the important cooking schools in the world in the near future. It has its own unique cooking methods and styles, and its influence is second only to F Chinese cuisine.

The Chinese cuisine has a history of more than 3,000 years. It drew on the traditional cooking methods of Xia Hua and localized them. Later, watercress also penetrated into it. In other words, Country R has an advantage over Country Xia Hua in the international chef competition.

Eight chefs with distinctive R country styles wear bowls on their heads, with a red sun in the middle and the traditional Chinese characters "Bi Sheng" on the left and right sides. They all raised their chins and crossed their chests, looking at Chef Xia Hua.

"Your Xia Hua Zhongyuan cuisine was stolen from our R country. There is no way you can win the competition. Why don't you admit defeat now to avoid losing face again!" A man said in a low voice word for word, and then everyone laughed. .

"My defeated generals, give up struggling. We don't need you to support victory again and again," another person said, shaking his head.

Country R has a small land area and a relatively small population, but it actively participates in various international competitions, not to mention its extremely confident chef competition. There are more than thirty chefs participating in the audition alone. Compared to Xia Huaguo, which only has eight chefs left at this time, there are seventeen or eighteen of them who are holding on!

Except for An Zhiqiu, everyone else had faced people from R country before, and almost without exception, they lost the game without any suspense.

Chef Xia Hua was so embarrassed and angry, but they lacked the confidence to retort confidently. They just gritted their teeth and straightened their backs, not showing cowardice or weakness even if they lost.

An Zhiqiu took a deep breath and said with a chuckle: "Our Xiahua cuisine dates back thousands of years, much earlier than yours. These are all recorded in real historical records and have archaeological evidence.

I wonder if you can provide strong evidence?

I think the facts are the facts, and you will never be able to erase the thousands of years of Xiahua Kingdom’s leading existence in various cultures and histories just because of what you say. "

Chef R Guo did not expect anyone from Chef Xia Hua to dare to refute, and An Zhiqiu really hit their pain points. They both knew who was learning from whom, but it was a pity that one side did not take a firm stand, and the other side pretended not to see it, and was deceiving themselves and others.

“You Xiahua people are just good at talking, you have no real skills!” they said, changing the subject.

“This is a matter of principle, and of course we must make it clear.

However, I think you are a little scared. Since you think you have superb cooking skills, you should not bluff and let the judges and the audience judge. Wouldn't it be more convincing? "

"Oh, we just don't want to waste time and energy," the man standing at the front smiled angrily, clenched his fist and said, "Okay, since you are so ignorant of promotion, let's compete and let you lose. Take a look. How did our R-country cuisine crush your Xia Hua’s embroidered pillows!”

An Zhiqiu nodded, "That's right. It's a mule or a horse that comes out for a ride."

The referee announced the start of the game, and the players from both teams went to the work area and gathered together to discuss the dishes.

They need to make ten tables of exactly the same formal and highest-standard hospitality banquets, including staple dishes, soups, vegetables, desserts and other dishes. This requires chefs to make reasonable combinations to meet the different needs of various diners, and more importantly, to arouse appetite. .

Among the eight chefs, An Zhiqiu is the youngest. Most of the others are in their thirties or forties, and there is even an old man with gray hair.

“I think if we want to have any chance of winning in the competition with the chefs from Country R, ​​we have to show our Xia Hua Country’s real trump card, the Manchu Banquet!

There are eight of us, and each of us chooses the five he is best at and makes a simple version. Even if we lose, we can still save some face in the battle. "The old man stroked his beard and arranged with himself as the leader, "I think this is good, you can tell me what you are good at first, pasta, desserts, soups and porridges, meat dishes or vegetarian dishes?

I am a top-notch soup maker and have made soup for many leaders. If I were making soup alone, I would not be inferior to Country R in the slightest! "

The other chefs didn’t have any ideas, so they could only follow him and said one after another: “I’m good at making pasta. Even if I steam the steamed buns and put them on the side, I can make people eat three or five at a time!

They are very good at hand-made noodles, wontons, dumplings, steamed buns, and pan-fried buns. People who come here can block the whole street! "

“I’m good at vegetarian dishes. Even a picky eater can cook down a few bowls of rice with vegetables...”

“I’ll do the meat and vegetables…”

Several people mentioned their past achievements with slightly excited expressions.

“Chef Yu, Chef An, where are you?” They had quickly selected the dishes they were good at from the Manchu-Han banquet, and turned to look at the two quieter people.

The rest are descendants of a Cantonese family. Although they were once defeated by a chef from Country R, ​​that chef was the top chef in his country, and the difference between them was only 0.05, almost a tie.

"I think so," Yu Zhi said with a frown, "We can't be too pessimistic. Our Xiahua cuisine has various varieties and pays attention to harmony. The more dishes on the table, the more harmonious it can be. And this is The key to victory.

Logically speaking, if you cook your best dishes, you can present the best table for entertaining guests. But is this really the case? "

An Zhiqiu also added: "We don't know much about each other and have only been in contact for half a month. But it is certain that our cooking styles are different. Putting them together in such a simple way is still not peaceful and gives The feeling of human beings being disorganized.”

“Disorganized? Do you think cooking is writing articles?” The old man sneered: “Young man, don’t think that winning a few competitions means you are at the highest level in Xiahua’s culinary world.

If the game is fair, then it is to deceive outsiders.

Who doesn’t know how rich your sister An Zhixia and your brother-in-law Fang Yuan are? One is the boss of Tomorrow Culture Company, Jinxiu Real Estate, Huida Company, movie theaters and welfare institutions, and the other is a transportation tycoon all over the country. Spend money to give you a good ranking.

If I had a relative like this, I would still be beautiful! "

(End of this chapter)