The game officially started, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became serious and quiet.
The host came on stage and first greeted the judges' seat, contestants' rest area and audience seats respectively, and then began to read out the rules of the competition.
“This game is still being given excellent commentary by several experts on the judging panel.”
"Because this game is a PK competition, the situation of the game will be directly displayed on the big screen. Two PK players will appear on the screen at the same time to compare their cooking skills. This game setting will be more enjoyable. It will also make the next competition very intense. Please enter the stage in order of your position in this group."
"To be honest, I can't wait. I believe everyone present feels the same as me, so let's wait and see!"
The players began to enter the competition venue under the leadership of the staff.
After everyone was in their seats, the host turned to face the judging area and said with a smile: "Expert judges, are you ready? Now the big screen will start randomly playing live broadcasts of the contestants' PK group cooking."
Lu Ming and others responded quickly: "Okay, we can start."
At this moment, the cooking has just begun.
The cooking scenes of the two contestants randomly appeared on the big screen.
Through the camera, you can completely see the cooking status of the two contestants, and you can also judge the details of the operation!
It has to be said that Lu Ming and others are all highly qualified chefs with rich cooking experience. After seeing the preparation operations of the contestants, they can basically know the dishes that the contestants choose to cook.
Lu Ming carefully watched the contestants' food preparation operations for a while, nodded and laughed: "The test questions in this round are actually quite interesting. Watching them prepare food, to be honest, there are several questions that I have thought about before. It’s a good dish, and now people are starting to cook it, which makes me look forward to their performance even more.”
Du Yingchun nodded: "Yes, you must know that in the eyes of many people, duck meat is far less delicious than chicken. It has a strong fishy smell, and the meat is too firm, has less fat, and is not cooked well. It will taste too bad. According to the current mainstream duck meat cooking methods on the market, it is indeed difficult to make duck meat delicious.
However, in fact, as long as it is processed properly, the meat of duck is no worse than chicken on the whole.
Duck meat itself is more elastic than chicken and tastes much better.
Like the sliced skin-on breast meat eaten in shabu-shabu soup, the texture is closer to the pork loin.
It is much more delicious than chicken breast. Although the meat volume of duck legs and duck wings is not as good as that of chicken wings and chicken legs, and the tenderness is not as good, the muscle fibers are more elastic and have a very chewy texture.
And there is actually a trick to making ducks.
When we make soup, there is a saying: chicken is fragrant, duck is delicious.
Isn’t it the characteristics of duck meat? "
When Shen Jintai heard this, he suddenly said: "I still remember that the old master used to make a clear soup of boiled cabbage. It was two old chickens, one old duck, ham and ribs, and some lean meat. The soup was fresh, fragrant and clear. , the old duck in it plays the same role as ham in improving freshness.”
"Duck meat is indeed good, but it also has a disadvantage. Duck meat does require less cooking than chicken!"
"And why is this so? In fact, have you ever noticed that compared to eating chicken, most people don't have any "experience" in eating duck. People from all over the world are more or less good at eating chicken. How delicious is it? Why it doesn't taste good is explained clearly.
But duck is not the case. People in many places have no concept of "delicious duck". They are all prepared with aniseed ingredients, or thick and juicy, just for fun, or for a change after eating too much chicken and pork.
This game seems simple and very maneuverable, but in fact, it is more difficult than the previous game in terms of selecting dishes! "
After these words were spoken, everyone present immediately began to think!
If they were themselves, what dishes would they choose to cook?
Because of the content of the competition, the main ingredient is whole duck. There are no restrictions on cuisines, side dishes, and cooking methods. The contestants are free to use it.
But precisely because of this, the difficulty has been increased!
For a moment, everyone in the audience became quiet after hearing the words of several judges.
Pictures of the players competing appeared on the big screen.
Different from the previous game, this time the screen was split into two, and the two players in the PK group appeared on the screen at the same time.
Because the competition has just begun, both of them are busy preparing dishes. At this time, they are showing their basic cooking skills. The judges are looking at the cutting techniques, and the basic impression comes from the contestants' knife skills.
The host glanced at the screen, turned around and asked: "Judges, which one do you think has the advantage among this group of PK players?"
Lu Ming was watching carefully. When he heard the inquiry, he said directly: "You can't tell anything yet, but the attitude of the contestants is obviously more serious and rigorous than in the previous game. The contestants who can advance show that their cooking skills are very good." Awesome, this game is still worth looking forward to!”
Du Yingchun nodded: "Yes, we have just started preparing the dishes, and you can see that the players are starting to work on the details! In fact, if you want to stand out and get high scores in this competition, there are a few things worth paying attention to. First, It is the display of knife skills when preparing food, because this is the first impression on people and is very important. The second is the operational aspect of cooking."
He had carefully summarized these in the small conference room, and now when he talked about them, it was almost eloquent.
A few of them made a brief evaluation and found that the PK players in the first group were not much different in level. Although they looked exciting, there was no comparison.
Then the scenes of the two groups of contestants competing in cooking were played one after another.
The contestants who can advance have very high level of cooking skills, and the basic preparation of duck dishes is also very similar. For a while, there is no cooking that makes people shine.
Until the fourth group, this time, there were obvious differences in the cooking operations of the two contestants!
Lu Ming became interested, sat up straight and said: "Both contestants have completed the basic preparation of dishes. Next, they will carry out the most important cooking operation. How is the chef's technique? The true meaning of the competition can only be seen when cooking. The key point is here, just in time, let’s take a closer look at how these two contestants are going to perform cooking operations!”
"The contestant on the left is preparing to cook a very distinctive lemon duck. Lemon duck is a very local dish. The fermented lemon and duck meat are perfectly combined to form a unique flavor. In addition, With seasonings such as sour chili and yellow peel sauce, it tastes sour, spicy and refreshing, which is simply addictive.”
"When cooking this dish, the amount of lemon and duck meat is very particular. In particular, rice wine must be added during the cooking process to properly remove the fishy smell of the duck meat, and rock sugar should be added to stir-fry and dissolve the duck meat. Regarding the color, the color cannot be too dark.”
"We can just take a look at how well this player handles these key details!"
The picture in the camera began to move down, focusing on the details of the contestants' hand operations while cooking.
Lu Ming looked at it carefully for a while and nodded: "Yes, not bad, the details are well handled."
Shen Jintai suddenly said at this time: "Actually, I think the cooking skills of the contestant next to me are better. Look, he cooked the whole duck without deboning it!"
After hearing his words, the other judges' attention immediately shifted to the contestant next to them.
Looking at it, I also found a problem.
Lu Ming said with great interest: "This eight-treasure duck is a Kung Fu dish! The classic method is to remove the bones from the whole duck without damaging the body. This skill and knife skills first require skilled work. In addition, stuff the duck into There are a lot of ingredients and it takes a lot of time to cook. To make it crispy but not rotten in the end, you need to control the heat. In fact, this is very difficult. Generally, restaurants have dedicated people responsible for deboning."
Du Yingchun suddenly said: "President Lu, look at how he opens his back!"
The other judges nearby looked at each other, and their eyes widened immediately. Some people exclaimed: "Is this... an inch-click spread? He can actually do an inch-point spread? This player is very powerful!"
Lu Ming nodded: "Yes, the back-opening skill is currently the most effective way to completely and effectively maintain the shape of the duck! First, it will not destroy the complete structure of the duck skin in a large area, and it is more beautiful. Second, It can effectively reduce the damage to the bones of the whole duck and the tearing of the chicken when stuffing it, and increase the customer's complete dining experience."
"Obviously, this player is very good at stuffing the duck because he can cook it in an open and precise manner!"
Shen Jintai couldn't help but smile and sighed: "Hey, the fortress operation is quite a test of cooking skills. This player seems to be very powerful! I really didn't expect that I could see a little bit of openness here. Operation!"
"By the way, who is this player? The camera never captured the player's face. I'm really curious, who in the circle can do such a difficult operation skill."
The host had already found the information about the players in the PK group in advance, and introduced him loudly: "Contestant No. 25 Group A Liu Yunong, 37 years old, owner of Shangshi Restaurant chain company."
It turns out to be Liu Yunong!
No wonder then.
In fact, with Liu Yunong's identity and status, she will sign up to compete this year. This matter itself has already caused a lot of discussion in the circle.
At first, everyone was amazed, but when they discovered that this contestant was Liu Yunong, their previous excitement was immediately reduced.
That's Liu Yunong!
Isn’t it natural to have such cooking skills?
The host also noticed the changes in the judges' emotions and quickly changed the topic very experiencedly: "The cooking operations of this group of contestants are still very exciting. Let's change the group of contestants to observe and see who else is there. Very bright!”
Naturally, the judges had no objection, and the screen quickly switched to another scene.
But it is a pity that the next few groups of PK players did not have any amazing operations, and the selection of dishes was quite satisfactory. It cannot be said that it was not good, but there was no sense of innovation that could make people shine.
There was nothing noteworthy about the contestants' cooking, and the attitude of several judges was obviously not very positive when explaining it.
Lu Ming was also not interested. After watching the cooking operations of a group of contestants, he couldn't help but said: "It seems that our requirements for the contestants are a bit too high. Such an open-minded operation is very rare. We need to calm down."
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, another group of PK contestant cooking scenes appeared on the big screen.
The contestant on the right has finished preparing the dishes and is stir-frying duck meat. There is a full bottle of beer on the kitchen table, as well as other condiments and side dishes.
Judging from this posture, he should be preparing to make a beer duck.
Beer duck has a mellow taste. It is cooked with a variety of natural spices and then stewed with beer. It has a mellow taste and goes well with rice. It is a common dish in daily life.
If you cook this dish on a regular basis, there is actually nothing wrong with it.
But now that we are in a competition, the choice of this dish is a bit of a loss.
Nothing special, just too ordinary.
Unless you can innovate in terms of taste or presentation, it will be difficult to get high scores.
At this time, someone suddenly asked: "Is the player on the left doing bone dissection? Who is he?"
Just as the camera moved up to reveal the faces of the contestants, Du Yingchun subconsciously replied: "Fu Yu, Group B 005!"
Everyone immediately looked to the left side of the big screen!
I saw Fu Yuzheng doing the whole duck and deboning it very quickly and with very skillful techniques.
"It's really Fu Yu!"
"This kid is really awesome! Look at this technique!"
Listening to all the judges around him praising Yu, Du Yingchun felt inexplicably honored!
They are all from the same province, that is, our own people.
Du Yingchun smiled from ear to ear and suddenly said: "Actually, there is one thing about Fu Yu that you may not know!"
Gossip about Fu Yu?
When everyone heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up.
Du Yingchun said with a smile: "Liu Yunong is actually Fu Yu's master, and the two of them have serious apprenticeships!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned!
Fu Yu is so awesome, so how awesome does his teacher have to be?
No wonder he can do some skill operations that open his back!
In fact, the skill of opening the back inch by inch is generally used as an auxiliary operation for stuffing. The main purpose is to ensure the perfect appearance of the main ingredients.
However, this technology also has very high requirements for the stuffing operation. Because the opening is small, if the ingredients are stuffed with improper techniques, it is easy to damage the shape of the main ingredients.
This is the most difficult part of this operating skill!
Because in daily cooking operations, it is very rare to choose such a laborious and difficult skill to master, so that several experts at the judges' table, whether Du Yingchun, Shen Jintai, or even Lu Ming, did not expect to have the opportunity. See this operation display.
Cooking, in fact, sometimes feels like doing an extra question.
To deduce the answer, a calculation process is required.
There are only standard answers, but no standard process.
But now at the game scene, using a skill operation like opening the back every inch is a detail highlight of scoring! (End of chapter)
