Food: The super chef just wants to set up a stall leisurely

Chapter 387 Fried Noodle Fan

“This plating is quite creative.”

"Yes, it's quite cute."

Amidst laughter, the two contestants looked at each other, glanced at the crowd, and started to communicate with each other by winking.

The other contestants all smiled, but since the contestant who made the dish might be right next to them, no one commented.

Zhao Xiaojing controlled the corners of her mouth that were raised too high and took a closer look. Well, although this contestant really has no talent for plating, he is cute in a strange way if you look closely, and he must be taking the competition very seriously.

Although the peacock's belly is round and its feathers are wide and round, like a middle-aged peacock, its head is very childish and looks like it was made by a child. Although the tail takes up half of the plate and looks sloppy and fancy, the color is indeed gorgeous enough. And who says that peacocks must be elegant and exquisite? Why can't sloppy exquisiteness be okay?

However, since it’s the theme of noodles, then what is this noodles about…?

Zhao Xiaojing's brain was working rapidly as she searched the crowd.

According to the order of tasting dishes, there will be only four people left. Their own dishes have been eaten, so the contestant who will cook this dish will be one of the other three.

The green shirt used instant noodles, which obviously didn't exist in this dish, so they were ruled out. Then there was still one contestant who had noodles and one who had chosen a particularly rich selection of ingredients. The theme of the competition was noodles. Just now, from the edges of the cucumber and lemon slices, I saw that the food underneath was fried food, not noodles. So the noodles for the noodles theme could only be...

Hidden in the tail of unknown ingredients!

And this tail that looks like a pot brush... a tail that looks like a pot brush?

Oh, it’s noodles! Made by the noodle player!

Holmes Jing instantly spotted a contestant in the crowd who had a nervous look on his face, blushing slightly, and staring at the big screen awkwardly.

After getting the answer, Zhao Xiaojing was satisfied and also stared at the big screen.

On the big screen, after Da Zhuang used a serving chopstick to peel off a few cucumber feathers, the food in the peacock's stomach was finally revealed.

Zhao Xiaojing finally found out what those strange ingredients the noodle contestants used for.

It turned out to be a fried hodgepodge, with fried shrimp, fried eggplant boxes, and fried chicken nuggets. These ingredients were placed together in the same sloppy yet exquisite manner.

"This contestant is quite attentive. I was wondering why they use lemon? It seems that it is used with fried foods. I like it this way. Squeeze lemon juice on it and even the oiliest fried foods won't be greasy anymore." The technical judge next to Da Zhuang said as he picked up the tasting paper cups and forks on the side.

“But our theme is noodles. Does the batter coating the fried food also count?” The ordinary judge next to him asked in a low voice.

"Who said that? This is fried noodle fans, how can it not be considered a noodle theme? I'll go first this time." The technical judge immediately forked a shrimp and a piece of chicken, then took a slice of lemon from the peacock's back, squeezed it gently, and dripped the juice on it.

"This is made of dried noodles. It can be considered a decoration, but it is edible. Some restaurants used it for plating in the past, but it is rarely used now. The contestant who made this dish must be a chef in the restaurant, but he definitely doesn't do the plating himself on a normal day." Seeing that the ordinary judges didn't seem to understand, Da Zhuang explained while pulling out a disposable glove and putting it on. He gently broke the peacock's tail, separated a small piece and handed it to the judge.

The ordinary judge took it, put the fan into his mouth doubtfully, chewed it for a while and then showed surprise, "Delicious! You really are a professional!"

"Delicious?" The judge who was eating fried shrimp with lemon juice looked puzzled and glanced at Da Zhuang. "Give me a piece."

Da Zhuang seemed a little surprised. He broke off a piece and handed it to another technical judge, then broke off a small piece and put it in his mouth. "It's even specially seasoned?"

After hearing this, the judges around, some wearing gloves and some holding forks, all started to take action.

"What do you mean by 'actually'?" The first person who tasted the fan looked at Da Zhuang with suspicion.

"Ahem, this... means that this dish is delicious!" Da Zhuang paused and smiled brightly at the judge who asked the question.

"Haha, this was just for decoration. He only said it was edible, but he didn't say it tasted good!" Another technical judge ruthlessly exposed the truth. "This was just a crispy texture. It's fried noodles. It doesn't even have any taste. How can it taste good? But this contestant's fan is obviously carefully made. I thought these fancy things on the outside were just for coloring and to make it look good, but I didn't expect it was for seasoning. Not bad, not bad."

After this scientific knowledge, the judges finally understood what was going on and their focus shifted to the noodles. Some even squeezed lemon juice to eat the noodles, while the fried hodgepodge was rarely eaten.

Zhao Xiaojing originally thought that she had not learned enough, so she not only could not recognize this kind of thing, but had never heard of it before. Unexpectedly, few of the contestants in front of the screen knew it either. After listening to the judges' explanation, they all looked confused and discussed in a low voice.

“How come I’ve never heard of this dish?”

"I haven't heard of it either. I often go to mid- to high-end restaurants. Even if it's not often made now, but seeing that the judge is not very old, if he has eaten it before, I should have eaten it too, right?"

"Maybe it's not Jiangcheng's dish?"

"How many restaurants in Jiangcheng have you seen that serve authentic Jiangcheng cuisine? Tell me, what kind of cuisine does Jiangcheng have? Aren't the eight major cuisines better than ours?"

"Well, that's because our Jiangcheng is all-inclusive. We eat the spicy Sichuan and Chongqing food, the spicy Hunan food, the sweet Jiangnan food, and the fresh Cantonese food!"

"That's right! That's why we haven't eaten it. It has nothing to do with whether this dish is Jiangcheng cuisine or not. I'm afraid it's not popular because it doesn't taste good!"

"No, no, no, Jiangcheng really has this dish. I remembered it!" A contestant in red who had been frowning and thinking silently while listening to the discussion suddenly spoke up.

"Huh? Where!"

"Is it the restaurant in the new Times Square in the new city?"

"No! You will never guess it. I just felt that he looked familiar. I felt like I had seen him somewhere. Now I finally remembered! This judge has a really high EQ. I thought about the direction of the restaurant for a long time!" The contestant in red looked at Da Zhuang on the screen and shook his head.

"What do you mean, isn't it a restaurant?"

"No! Do you remember the Yucunsi Chef who was very popular in Jiangcheng two years ago? At that time, as soon as you opened the video software, you would see their advertisement. There were vegetables that changed color when poured with boiling water, had flowers and leaves falling, big peach desserts that needed to be smashed open with a hammer, smoking ice cream, and brush-shaped desserts!" The contestant in red gestured anxiously with his hands.

"There seems to be such a thing..."

"Didn't it close down a long time ago?"