Chapter 2607
Chapter 2607: Chapter 151 The Wind Rises and clouds surge
Translator: 549690339
Apart from its unique and beautiful taste, nanputuo’s vegetable dishes were famous not only because of their good taste and elegant names, but also because most of them were related to famous people. Therefore, in just a hundred years, it had become famous both at home and abroad.
For example, the Half Moon sinking river was originally called Angelica tendon noodle soup. However, when he met the poetic Guo Moruo, he saw a bowl of round dish with half of the mushrooms black and half of the tendons white. It looked like the shadow of half a moon at the bottom of the river. The color was distinct, and with the taste of Angelica, it looked like chicken soup. Elder Guo praised it repeatedly and immediately named it “Half Moon sinking river.”
After the meal, he wrote the poem “traveling to South Putuo,” in which,”half a moon sinks to the bottom of the river, a Thousand Peaks enter the eye socket.” The name of the dish was embedded in it, which also provided a convenient condition for the reputation of Half Moon sinking river to spread far and wide.
Dishes similar to the Half Moon sinking river were not rare in nanputuo. For example, the fine rain clouds, thousand layers and hundred leaves, and so on.
It could be said that nanputuo’s vegetarian dishes were definitely elegant and gentlemanly among the vegetarian dishes. Even if the ink left a fragrance, it still carried the unique reservation of the literati and preserved the solar terms of the gentleman in ancient times.
Su Ruoyan quickly jotted down the dishes ordered by Liao wenkai and then handed them to Yuan Zhou in the kitchen. Yuan Zhou had not been idle before this. Apart from preparing the pre-ordered dishes, he was also preparing the vegetarian dishes that Liao wenkai had ordered.
The vegetable dishes mostly used things like tofu, shiitake mushrooms, and black fungus. Not only did Yuan Zhou grind a lot of tofu himself, but he also asked the system to provide a lot of pre-made tofu.
With the system’s Black technology, the tofu provided was not only white and tender like jade, but it was also slightly steaming and had a warm temperature. One look and one could tell that it was fresh out of the oven.
As for rare wild vegetables such as fungus and shiitake mushroom, some of them naturally needed to be fresh, while others needed to be dried and just soaked to bring out the characteristics of the dish itself.
As long as it was allowed, Yuan Zhou would usually prepare the ingredients himself. However, if the conditions didn’t allow it, Yuan Zhou naturally wouldn’t be polite to the system and would use the ingredients provided by the system.
With Yuan Zhou’s superb culinary skills, the dishes prepared by him were actually not much different from those provided by the system. However, Yuan Zhou was used to not sitting around and enjoying the fruits of others ‘labor. He felt that doing it himself was the greatest respect for culinary skills.
Knowing that Wu Hai and the others were going to compete, Yuan Zhou took good care of them when he served the dishes this time. He served eight dishes at once, two dishes for each of them, no more and no less. The table had just been set up, so there was still room for everyone to play.
Of course, even so, Yuan Zhou didn’t neglect the other customers. He served the dishes at the same speed as usual. It was also because everyone was focused on Wu Hai’s table and didn’t notice this detail. Otherwise, they would definitely have thought that Yuan Zhou’s cooking skills had improved again.
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As soon as the eight dishes were served, Liao wenkai was immediately attracted by the exquisite and gorgeous design of the dishes.
To be honest, he was very familiar with half of the dishes, but it was because he was familiar with them that he was surprised and in disbelief.
For example, the southern sea Golden Lotus. Everyone knew that this dish was famous for its gorgeous colors and its shape was like a blooming Golden Lotus flower. It was very beautiful.
Liao wenkai himself was even more proficient in this dish. He made it so lifelike that it was absolutely not a boast, but it had been tested by thousands of tourists, and was definitely one of his best dishes.
Even with his eyesight, he felt that the plate of golden lotuses in front of him was a lotus flower that had been plucked from the Lotus pond.
No matter how he looked at it, he couldn’t see the Golden Lotus in its original form. If the South Sea golden Lotus made by him was a work of art similar to a lotus flower, then the Golden Lotus made by Yuan Zhou was a Golden Lotus that returned to its original nature. Apart from the temperature, it was no different from the real one. Even the size and proportion didn’t seem to be out of place.
“I originally thought that after cooking for 20 years, I should know the limits of vegetarian dishes and I should be close to it. As long as I work hard, I will be able to win. But after seeing head chef Yuan’s vegetarian dish, I know that I was just thinking. It was the right decision to come to Chengdu.” Liao wenkai was very excited.
He wasn’t shocked. On the contrary, he was very excited. As a cooking fanatic, there was nothing more delightful than meeting a template to climb to the top. Having a template proved that there was a direction and goal to work hard. It could save a lot of time and do more things than blindly groping around.
In his heart, he felt lucky that he had listened to Yu daoyi’s words and come to Chengdu more than once. Otherwise, with his enthusiasm of staying in the kitchen for 25 hours a day, he didn’t know when he would be able to get the news from Yuan Zhou. He might not even have the chance in his entire life.
Liao wenkai, who knew his otaku character all too well, was really grateful to Yu daoyi.”I’ll just let go of Yu daoyi’s violin in the future.”
Yu daoyi knew how to make a zither and was also good at it, but his most precious treasure was a zither that he named Jiu Xiao. It was a zither that he had poured his heart and soul into, spent three years collecting materials, and another three years to make.
Yu daoyi had kept it like a treasure, and only when he was extremely happy and the person was to his liking would he take it out and play a song.
Liao wenkai only knew that Yu daoyi treasured this zither, but he had never seen it before. However, that didn’t stop him from knowing that this was Yu daoyi’s weakness.
As a matter of fact, apart from Zhou Shijie and Yu daoyi who had heard of the nine firmament sword once, the others had only heard of it but had never seen it in person.
Liao wenkai’s thoughts flowed. It was only a moment’s effort. No matter how good the food was, it was only the best when it was in the mouth. The competition was about to begin.
The four of them held their chopsticks and stared at the eight steaming dishes. They didn’t even dare to blink or swallow their saliva as it was a waste of time.
The brat who acted as the temporary judge took two photos before the start of the game and shouted without any nonsense,””The sixth round of the rice bucket King Competition of master chef Restaurant will now begin.”
After all, there were only a few people who could directly challenge Wu Hai. Therefore, although everyone wanted to compete for the throne, there were very few people who could really challenge Wu Hai. This was only the sixth time this competition was held.
As the devilish brat’s voice fell, the four people who had been accumulating power and waiting to attack immediately made their move. In an instant, the calm and still sea surface was instantly set off with huge waves. The wind and clouds changed, and the wind and clouds surged. Saber lights and sword shadows flashed, as if this wasn’t a place to eat, but rather the martial arts world.
Great swordsman Wu used the Tiger at the front door move, and then turned his wrist again to use the moon in the sea. This was a combo, and he directly fought against three great swordsmen. He blocked the hand gestures of the three great swordsmen, Mao Xiong, and became the first person to put food into his mouth.
Even at this moment, Wu Hai still ate from the outside to the inside, destroying the perfect shape little by little, let alone the fact that he had gained some experience from eating.
When the surrounding customers saw Wu Hai’s victory, they all cheered out. They all knew that Wu Hai was very awesome, but when they saw such a scene, they always felt their blood boiling. If they didn’t cheer out, they would feel that they had watched in vain.
Liao wenkai, who witnessed Wu Hai’s strength for the first time, raised his eyebrows. Looking at the wrist of the South Sea golden Lotus that he wanted to try first, he moved it again. This time, he was going to use his real strength.
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